now consumer advocacy groups are urging an investigation. one tested says it has updated the privacy policies. stay with us. "news4 today" continues now at 5:00 a.m. >> a petition from the president. the date he's steps to pressure the nfl to force players to stand for the national anthem. on your mark, get set, it is almost go time for the marine corps marathon. what you need to know even if you aren't planning to run. > . the dodgers are headed to the world series. for the first time in 30 years, the dodgers are headed to the world series. the nats fans know what that means. the cubs aren't. >> we're like, not the cubs. exactly. it's been 30 years for

>> in breaking news overnight. a local meteorologist was -- suffered nonlife-threatening injuries on news 4 not long ago. >> you got burned. >> i do what i can. earlier today our co-worker and all around menace in the office, chris lawrence, doused me with a cup -- >> chris lawrence along with meteorologist -- spilled scalding hot tea all over me -- >> you're inclined to laugh at things. >> that could have been ugly. >> there's a slow-mo. >> bam. >> are there any burns on your hands? >> i mean, as you can tell -- some of the skin is starting to peel off a little bit there now. >> come on. >> i'll make it. i'm a little tougher than i look on the outside. >> that's good. >> this cookie doesn't crumble with the first splash of water. >> chuck, stick your arm outside. the cool arrow owe. >> it's

>> chris is a good guy. >> it's cooling off outside. >> it takes the burn away. we'll check that burn later on today. i think we should post pictures as the progress goes along and see how chuck is doing and everyone can send well wishes too. >> two fingers. >> good. you can use three. right now, it's 56 degrees. washington, not as chilly out this morning. 47 gaithersburg. 50 degrees in clinton. i think the kids could use a light jacket or maybe long sleeves. you'll want to be short sleeves lafter on today. bus stop forecast, not bad at all. clear skies this morning. 48 by 7:00 a.m. by 8:00 a.m., 55 degrees. in the mid-70s today and a beautiful weekend shaping up before we have rainfall. take a look at that coming up. let's check the roads on this friday morning. hey, jack. good morning, guys. could have been worse. chuck could have been standing next to me with this

roosevelt bridge, work zone in place. blocking a left lane. that should be clearing. unfortunately, crews are not going to clear in bowie on 197 northbound. up at 50, the left lane is getting by. overnight crash. now emergency utility work could be there through 8:00 or 9:00. no access from 50 east to go northbound on to 197. >> jack, thank u. another heads up for drivers this morning. in a couple of hours, traffic could be more of a mess in the district. especially if you're commuting between d.c. and virginia. you see that highlighted route on your screen there, that's 17th street northwest between constitution and independence avenue. that section of road will be closed starting at 6:00 this morning through 4:00 this afternoon. coming up, news 4's darcy spencer will be live to explain why the national park service has to test the levee there. >> you said service and levee, nervous. i got you. we're getting

annual marine corps marathon on sunday. this video shows us how many runners the race attracts. beautiful city, a great route. more than 30,000 runners competed last year. now, this is a look at the course. it's 26.2 miles and takes runners through the heart of d.c. all the beautiful monuments and such. news 4 will be cheering on the runners at mile 4. >> we'll be up and through this race. >> up and through. chuck will be running. >> go runners. we are also helping you plan. you want to get there on time. transportation reporter adam tuss working for you with metro's plan for a marathon sunday. >> the big race this weekend on metro. what do you need to know about taking metro to the marine corps marathon? first of all, going to open at 6:00 a.m. on sunday. that's because the marine corps marathon organizers have plunked down $200,000 to open the

the whole issue with staying open late or opening early. good to know they'll be open at 6:00 a.m. now, the closest metro station to the start of the race is the pentagon station. keep in mind, that will be exit only until 8:00 in the morning. if you're going to the marathon 10k, the archives and l'enfant plaza station downtown, those are the closest to the start line there. again, leave yourself plenty of extra time. get to metro when it opens at 6:00. there's going to be extra yellow and blue line trains to get everybody around. most importantly, stay safe. back to you. and nbc4 is a proud sponsor of the marathon. we have more information about the race in the nbc washington app. you'll find everything from the road closures to the -- to security measures in place to keep the runners and spectators safe. search marathon. one person was injured when

building in silver spring. look at that. police say the truck broke through a fence and into the apartment building last night. one person was struck by debris but will be okay. friends and well-wishers of tina frost will come together today to raise money for her care. frost was shoot in the head during the las vegas massacre. tonight's fundraiser will take place at gold's gym. the go fund me page raised hundreds of thousands of dollars. they started giving from day one. now she's back in our area in baltimore. we're hoping for a speedy recovery. she had another surgery earlier in the week and the family says it was successful. more progress. great news. we're learning more about the people killed and critically wounded in that deadly workplace shooting in maryland. annette sosa and jose dylan remain in

critical condition. they're the only two who survived the rampage in edgewood. one of the people killed was this man. he lived in arlington and commuted two hours every day to get to work. his family says he often raised concerns about the suspected gunman's hostile mood. >> he would come home and mention that he had a rough day at work with this person. tragic that this happened to my family. it had to be him. >> investigators say the suspect radee prince shot and injured someone in delaware before he was captured. want to go to chris lawrence at the live desk at 5:07. what's new about the controversy in the nfl? >> the president is now asking for signatures. there's a new petition on the internet. take a look at this. anyone who supports standing for the national anthem should sign it. the trump make america great again committee posted the petition. it's probably a response to the

not to require players to stand. yesterday the president tweeted, quote, too much talk, not enough x. stand for the national anthem. i got to tell you, apparently, i've been served by chuck's personal injury attorney. i don't know how much longer i'll be here. he must have had personal injury attorney on speed dial. >> i got a good lawyer for you chris. we have your back. >> you weren't watching when it happened. senate republicans are a step closer to reaching their goal to overhaul the u.s. tax code. late last night lawmakers passed a $4 trillion budget plan. only one republican voted against that proposal. >> the yeas are 51. the nays are 49. the concurrent resolution, as amended, is agreed to. >>

senator rand paul who joined all democrats to vote against this to pave the way for republicans to pass the tax cut package, needing only 50 votes in the senate. the budget plan now goes to the house, which is expected to pass it. turning now to decision 2017 where it was a big welcome back to virginians for former president barack obama. >> president barack obama! >> mr. obama back on the campaign trail to rally support behind democratic candidate. he never mentioned president trump by name but he took on ed gillespie. >> what he really believes is that if you steer enough voters, you might score just enough votes to win an election. and that's what makes this kind of anything goes politics so

democracy. >> at the end of his speech, mr. obama locked arms with the rest of the commonwealth's democratic ticket. virginia republicans down played the significance of the former president's visit and rnc spokesman says virginians will cast their ballots based on kitchen table issues, not star power. the team that eliminated the nationals from the playoffs is gone. >> and the los angeles dodgers have won the pennant. >> chicago cubs lost to the los angeles dodgers last night. one week after taking out the nationals. dodgers are now going to the world series for the first time in almost 30 years. >> all right. >> the dodgers actually had best record in baseball this year. >> they're either going to play the yankees or the astros. i kind of want the astros to win. sorry, a lot of new yorkers out there. >> exactly. spread the wealth a little. if you have weekend plans, the

i'm pulling for the astros because houston has had it tough enough this year. no doubt with hurricane harvey a couple of months ago. 40s and 50s on your friday morning. highs in the 70s. even nicer weather for the weekend. you have the five-day coming up with sheena. forget about friday night lights. the threat forcing a football team to push up start time of their game. you're in puerto rico and you're cooking food to eat. talk about having a good rap. hamilton creator lin-manuel miranda is celebrang someone ti

5:14 your time right now. >> oh, stop it. poor chuck. he has to have sheena wrapping up the poor wounds from his hand. >> not to say that chuck bell is going to milk this thing. >> oh, yes, he is. >> yeah, he is. >> it's friday. >> we're all working for to you try to help you get out the door on time. >> storm team 4, chuck bell, sheena parveen. we care about the weekend. wtop's jack taylor is keeping an eye on

minute. >> silly. head up for drivers this morning. traffic could become a mess in an hour from now. >> if you're commuting between d.c. and virginia. news 4's darcy spencer is live in northwest. now with a look at where you need a detour, she'll tell us why. hey, darcy. >> reporter: good morning. this is 17th street here in front of me. even at this hour, it's pretty busy. it's going to be shut down a little later today because of the levee system. it's a temporary one. we'll show you where it's going to be impacted. this is part of the levee wall. it's going to run across the sidewalk and across 17th street and connect on the other side. the important thing is to be prepared in case it will affect you and to allow yourself extra time. this is going to start at 6:00 this morning. again, 17th street in between constitution and independence avenues. this is going to impact commuters here

as in from virginia. this is so the national park service can erect that levee system. it's temporary but they have to test it. it's something that they do every year to make sure the aluminum panels can be put in place properly in case there's flooding. there has been flooding in the past. it's put in place to make sure that none of the buildings and monuments get damaged down here. the closure is going to happen at 6:00 this morning. everything is expected to be wrapped up by 4:00 this afternoon. back to you. >> all right. darcy, thank you. it's 5:16 right now. if you're headed to the big high school football game between potomac and freedom high schools today, there will be extra security there. the game time earlier, 5:00 p.m. this is because of a threat against one of the coaches. they do not think the threat is credible. still, no backpacks, purses or bulky items will be allowed. october is national bullying prevention month. burger king did a little experiment. here's how it went. the fast food chain recorded

bullying of a student and then the bullying of a whopper jr. burger. >> bullying of a burger? >> the company wanted to see which one would receive more complaints from customers. here's a look at the bullying of the burger. >> you think you're special? >> one whopper jr. meal. >> you kind of look at the results here. >> 95% of customers said something about the bullied burger. only 12% of people stood up for the student. >> this is not a good -- i'm sorry. you hand me a burger that's been punched -- >> i don't think customers are equating that with bullying as the way people equate bullying towards another human being. they just see that their order was messed up. >> good job burger king, you got on the news. mission accomplished. the message of standing up against bullying and not

bystander is important always. most of us have best friends and some of us have known that person almost our entire lives. >> if you have a sibling, you know what that's like. next week twins jenna bush hager and barbara bush are publishing a book. we're getting ready for this great week. sisters is a special bond and i'm sharing a story with my sister. i made her do it because she's one of my best friends. >> i'm going to warn you right now. this is going to be a total love fest. because this is my only sister. my only sibling. we are bonded like no two sisters can be bonded. in front of me -- >> so that is my sister. i tell -- she's the taller prettier version of me. those are my two nieces. she has four kids. i feel lucky and

she lives in northern virginia. we spent time on the playground with our kids. all three of my kids spend and her kids come over. it's just the two of us. it's hard to explain what that's like to have one person who always has your back. don't get me wrong. we're very different people and we fought like sisters do. now, nothing can separate us. >> you have so much in common. >> we do. >> i only had a brother. i love my brother to death. but i didn't -- i always wanted a sister because i wanted another girl and you can relate to them more. i love it. >> you can learn more about me and my beautiful, wonderful sister. >> the bush twins book comes out next tuesday. >> sheena, get us ready for this day. >> eun, it's going to be a beautiful day to go to the park with your sister. push the kids on the swing again or you said you spend a lot of time at

it's going to be a gorgeous day no matter what you do outside. fantastic. we're going to be a little above normal. temperatures again, even through the weekend. we're going to keep warming up. the weekend looking beautiful. dry across the weekend. rain moves in next week. then we get cooler after that. the weather pattern will be changing soon. take advantage of the weekend. 56 right now in washington. 50 degrees lees burglary. it's 42 degrees -- clinton 50 degrees. 50 quantico. 46 frederick. if the kids are walking to school, beautiful morning to do t clear skies. 7:00 a.m., 50 degrees. 8:00 a.m. in the low 50s. by 3:00 p.m., perfect weather to walk around. in the mid-70s. exercising this afternoon, perfect. you'll need the sunglasses and the short sleeves. into the weekend, if you are grilling. redskins play in philly on monday. beautiful weather. staying dry for grilling plans you have. weekend forecast, mid to upper 70s. rain arrives

we'll look at your extended forecast in a bit. check the roads on the finally friday. jack taylor. hey jack. >> sheena, good morning. the activity on both shoulders. authorities are headed to the scene. careful. bowie, northbound 197 at route 50. the emergency utility work continues. left lane getting by. no access from 50 east. to northbound 197. crews still working on -- kennedy center. you'll find the traffic there alternating by. back to you. >> all right, jack. thanks so much. all eyes will be on the skies tomorrow night. celestial sights outside to see. tune in later today for ellen degeneres. today ellen welcomes n

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praising d.c. chef jose andres. >> hit a milestone serving one million meals in puerto rico after hurricane maria. this praise is coming in the form of a rap courtesy of hamilton creator lynn manuel miles an hour dan. >> an da. they're getting more. sure they're poor but you're filling up the store. it's a legacy. you're killing it. lin-manuel miranda. how about that. >> he's just so talented. >> he really is. he's been a vocal supporter of this relief effort in puerto rico. a lot of celebrities speaking up and drawing attention. his message has been posted on the chef's instagram page too. >> the chef does this every time. he uses his

platform to help in times of need. kudos to the chef. lego apparently unveiling a new set that pays tribute to pretty smart women. >> there are so many out there. get ready to build the women of nasa. a few of the famous ladies. including sally ride and the first african-american woman in space. you will not see nasa mathematician katherine johnson from hidden figures. legos says it could not get approval from all the key people. that's too bad. there's so many people who work behind the scenes. astronauts are a big deal. they couldn't get there without the katherine johnsons. >> great movie by the way. >> so good. tonight and tomorrow night you will want to take a peek at the night sky. that's because the orion meteor shower. it's going to give a spectacular show. >> nasa says if you're going to be able to see it streaking across the sky from anywhere o

earth. the best time to watch, between midnight and dawn. look out the window. hopefully the skies will be clear enough for that around here. chuck? >> yes, they will be. absolutely. the peak of the orion will be saturday night into sunday morning. might see a couple tonight. we'll have relatively clear skies both nights this weekend. take a gaze upwards and see if you can spot a shooting star. cool start to the morning. weekend check coming up. a guidance counselor accused of sexual assault. police say he used a popular dating app to find his victi

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. it's friday. we made it to the end of the week. >> long week. all right. aaron. i'm glad you're back. i'm glad you came back after your first day back. before we get to the weekend, it's not over yet. >> we're working for you with a look at the commute and the forecast. storm team meteorologist chuck bell has moved outside to the weather deck. how does it feel out there? >> the cool air is helping the burn. that is very, very true. that is true. it's a cool start this morning. temperatures are in the 40s in the subur

town. if you're planning to be outside today, plan on all sunshine. start to finish. there's a view from the city camera. our downtown monuments proudly illuminated in the early morning darkness. temperatures again, eventually climbing from the 40s and 50s now all the way up into the 70s by a little bit later on today. so be ready for a great day to be outside. 46 now in winchester. 57, though, in annapolis. here's your hour by hour planner. look at that. not even a cloud on the planner there, jack taylor. highs in the low to mid-70s. sheena has a check of the forecast for parts of your weekend events coming up. got to love that. thank you, sir. troubles in bowie. there was a crash on 197 northbound at 50. the crash cleared but the emergency utility work continues. only the left lane is getting by. they're hoping to clear out of there by 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. plan ahead. the ramp from 50 east to go northbound on to 197 also remains blocked. crews are working on the rock creek paray

the traffic alternates through. light volume in virginia so far. 95, 395. a live look on 66 eastbound. trying to ride from gainesville. beltway interchange. no delay so far. aaron, eun, back to you. jack, thank you. breaking news now. a shooting on a university campus in virginia. >> chris lawrence at the live desk with details. what's going on here? >> this happened at virginia state university about two hours south of here near richmond. police got a report last night about 11:00 that there had been a shooting. you can some of the response there. when they got there, they found a young man with a gunshot wound and rushed him to the hospital. the university was on lockdown. the lockdown just lifted about 2:30 in the morning. police say it looks to be an isolated incident. back to you. chris, thank you. a look at the top stories now. the national park service will be testing a levee on 17th street northwest in d.c. the road will be clo f

constitution to independence avenue. that closure runs from 6:00 this morning until 4:00 this afternoon. just ahead, darcy spencer will be live with more on the traffic impact. >> the senate passed a $4 trillion budget plan overnight. it now heads to the house where it is expected to be passed. this paves the way for republicans to use a special rule to consider tax reform. that rule would allow senate republicans to pass it with only 50 votes. >> two people remain in critical condition after that deadly workplace shooting in edgewood, maryland. expected gunman held on a $2 million bail in delaware. we will hear from a family killed in that shooting. a man accused of killing his pregnant girlfriend is scheduled to appear in court this morning. he's charged with the murder of laura wallen. she was a teacher at wild lake school. she was reported missing on september 5th after she didn't show up on the

school. he denied he had anything do with her murder and says he deeply cared for her. she was expecting her first child. a montgomery county guidance counselor has been arrested on sexual assault charges. authorities say that colin black performed sexual acts on two women without their consent. he met both women on tinder, the dating app. he met with the women on two separate encounters at their home. he's on administrative leave from the school district. we now know the name of the police officer hurt in a hit and run. we brought you the breaking news at this time yesterday. officer heather hanes was helping another officer on new hampshire avenue when police say someone hit her cruiser and drove away. hanes was seriously hurt. she is out of the hospital right now. police say they have not tracked down the driver who hit her car. a northern virginia family is still trying to come to terms with the fact that their mother is gone. >> o leaving a father alonwi

a food truck ran a stop sign, crashed into their car and killed erin kaplan. her kids and their grandmother were in the car. they're okay. the high school that her kids attend surprised them with a touching gift to help them get through this tough time. >> briarwoods high school raised $2,000 for the kaplan family at the girls volleyball game. the money is providing them with help during this time. he cannot help but miss the help of his loving wife. >> right now i miss her help. miss her help. >> he says he's happy his children are alive. his two daughters were there to watch the game. his son ben is still in critical condition. go to the nbc washington app to get more information on the go fund me page.

this has to be for him. it's nice to see people rally around him and be a support system. >> the family will need that support. not now but in the months and years to come. still ahead, a bonfire and this 45-foot sculpture. setting up shop on the national mall for a festival. but could it stick around for months? we'll fill you in. imagine finishing the marathon and then learning you didn't. how a major race ro ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: ed gillespie wants to end a woman's right to choose. ed giof a woman'sd put thpersonal decisions,rge not women and their doctors.

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and the los angeles dodgers have won the pennant. >> nats fans don't necessarily have a lot of love for either of the teams. the los angeles dodgers oust the chicago cubs from the playoffs. the dodge letters going to their first world series in 30 years. the cubs beat the nats last week. i guess the cubs just won. as long as the yankees lose. >> that's what a lot of people -- as long as the yankees lose. >> somebody else, please. >> take a moment to consider the amount of training that goes into getting ready for a marathon. it is a lot. >> i can't wrap around -- a lot. >> runners in the milwaukee marathon had an unpleasant surprise at the end of the course on sunday. take a loo

course. it's about .8 of a mile too short. last year the route was a half a mile too long. then i would be really mad. this happened two years in a row now. somebody needs to remap the routes. organizers dashed the hopes and dreams of runners trying to qualify for the more prestigious marathons such as the boston and new york city marathons. >> in my mind i got a really good time. to think it was shy of an actual marathon was disappointing for me. >> it was showing .2 of a mile too long. between miles 21 and 23, it was all of a sudden .6 too short. >> here's another look at that route for you. the marathon was even under new management this year. so they thought there wouldn't be any problems here. the race director took responsibility. organizers e-mailed participants to say that they deeply regret this human error. >> see, the problem is, all this tr

you did it. some of these runners are trying to qualify for other races. now they have to find another marathon to run. >> before they can qualify. >> even if you run .26. you have to run another 26.2. too much running. >> here at home, we're talking about the full marine corps marathon route and that's officially 26.2 miles. >> our good. >> it could cause traffic troubles for you, even if you're not running or participating. what to know whether heading to the race or not, that's still ahead. and coming up, we're going to have the forecast for that beautiful weather across the day today and across the weekend. but it is going to be a little bit warmer for that race. we'll talk about that coming up. so far, your commute this morning, nice and dry through the afternoon. we're back with plenty of sunshine setting up for the marine corps marathon forecast. northbound at ft. washington, a crash. the southern intersection with old ft.

lane. northbound 197, only the left lane getting by. no access from 50 east to go north on 197. ws 4 continues after tnehe

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auto right now at 5:45. two former presidents, one similar message. we break down their criticisms of the kusht commander in chief. >> a current statue. why the statue may be sticking around for a while. and a cool start to your morning. by lunchtime, we'll be near 70 degrees. another unseasonably warm day. wait until you see your weekend forecast. it's 5:45. it's not often that you see two former presidents speaking on the same day. >> that's what happened yesterday when george w. bush

barack obama was in virginia campaigning for ralph northam and george w. bush took aim at president trump without mentioning him by name. bigotry is emboldened. and outright fabrications. >> bush went on to urge people to oppose threats to american democracy. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear from former barack obama had to say in richmond. meanwhile, president trump is once again going after a florida democratic congresswoman. >> congresswoman wilson claims the president was, quote, insensitive when he called the woman of a former soldier. the president called the congresswoman, quote, wacky and insisted her account of that call was a lie. edward lawrence is live on capitol hill. edward, that tweet came hours after the chief of staff, john kelly, defended the president, right? >> general john kelly walked into the white house briefing room andav

defense of president donald trump. we've seen to date. they went on to say -- general kelly saying that did not refute what the congresswoman said, however, saying that the president in his way was telling the widow that her fallen husband was a brave fallen hero. >> i was stunned when i came to work yesterday morning and broken-hearted at what i saw a member of congress doing. a member of congress who listened in on a phone call from the president of the united states to a young wife. >> and general kelly added that president obama did not call his son when he

a landmine in 2010. the president -- the chief of staff also saying that he advised the president not to call or make this call. back to you. >> edward lawrence on the hill. thank you. white nationalist richard spencer made his controversial speech at the university of florida yesterday afternoon. protesters drowned the crowd outnumbering his supporters. >> the school spent more than half a million dollars on security to prevent a repeat of august's deadly clashes in charlottesville, virginia. spencer helped organize the violent rally that left one person dead. while the president of the university was urging students to avoid the speech. it doesn't appear that it turned violent. in a few weeks there's a huge event aimed to bring attention to women's rights. don't expect it to be a typical

part of the event will include this massive statue of a woman. it's called r-evolution or revolution, depending on your interpretation. the statue will be the centerpiece for the three-day catharsis on the mall event. visitors have mixed feelings about the artwork. >> seems disrespectful to put it in the center of government, seat of government. >> there's a lot of statues and memorials and monuments to a lot of dudes. not as many for women. so 40-foot statue of a woman here, i think that's awesome. >> there will also be a bonfire on the mall that will happen on the last night of this event. the national park service has given the organizers a permit. catharsis on the mall will run the weekend of november 10th. >> we're inching closer to the start of the marine corps marathon on sunday. this is the course. you need to plan ahead for the various traffic closures that will impact traffic. the course is 26.2 m

heart of d.c. news 4 will be cheering on the runners at mile 4. so come and join us and check out the news 4 team. you know that the race attracts tens of thousands of runners every year. we want to make sure you get there on sunday. transportation reporter adam tuss is working for you with the plan for marathon sunday. >> reporter: yeah, the big race coming up this weekend on metro. what do you need to know about taking metro? first of all, the system will open at 6:00 a.m. on sunday. that's because the marathon organizers have actually plunked down $200,000 to open the system early. of course, metro has been having the issue with staying open late or opening early. well, good to know that they'll be open at 6:00 a.m. the closest metro station to the start of the race is the pentagon station. keep in mind that that's going to be exit only until 8:30 in the morning. so if you're going there, you're going to exit out of

corps marathon 10k, the archives and l'enfant plaza station downtown, those are the closest to the start line there. again, leave yourself plenty of extra time. get to metro when it opens at 6:00. there's going to also be extra yellow and blue line trains to get everybody around. most importantly, stay safe. back to you. >> all right. you have to make a plan, though before you get there. >> i have no idea how i'm getting there. no. >> snap your fingers. >> see what happens. 5:51 right now. this is breast cancer awareness month. >> this weekend women in d.c. are coming together to share their stories of sur rifle. thereof a lot of events to raise awareness. this is an important part of your overall health. breast cancer awareness. >> molette, you've been looking through the things that have been happening all week and into the weekend at the bald eagle recreation center in southwest ,

are. ward 8 is up this morning, is that right? >> ward 8 going pink for breast cancer awareness. most everybody here decked out in their pink, some with crowns on. we've got survivors, right? >> oh, yeah. and we've got so many supporters here, right? [ cheering ] >> all for the ninth annual walk that kicks off tomorrow. we've got much more on this coming up throughout the hour at 6:00 a.m. don't go away. ward 8 goes pink. >> looking good out there, molette. >> love to see that pink. >> we'll check back in with you guys in a little bit. a former colleague, mentor and friend received a special honor. the washington aid awarded jim vance best local tv personality. the publication said vance was entrenched in d.c. culture and he passed way from cancer in

community, of course. none too shabby here, our own chuck bell, a close number two. you've won this award in the past. i've won three of the last five. this year, jim vance won it. very nicely invited me to accept the award. i didn't know jim was gay. he wasn't gay. he was a friend an ally to the lgbtq community and anyone who felt belittled or bullied in any way. or marginalized. he was a hero to many in the community. this was appropriate for him last night. i was proud to pick it up. >> fitting for you to accept it for him. >> got to keep the votes coming in. vote early and often. a clear sky. a pleasant way to get your friday started. best thing i can tell you. it's friday everybody. the weekend just about here. 56 now in washington. a light south wind. the southerly winds have held temperatures up overnight. nowhere near as

been the last few mornings. mid to upper 40s in the suburbs. not any 30s on the map. unlike the last few mornings. as you plan out your day, temperatures around 50 degrees. 7:23 this morning. all sunshine during the day. sundown at 6:22 this evening. high school football games, it will be perfect. no more than a sweatshirt is what you need. we're getting close to what constitutes the peak of fall color here. the warm and dry weather we've had has all but destroyed some of the foliage around the national mall. all the cherry trees in the tidal basin. all of them have given up on all their leaves. have all of the events on the washington app and the twitter app at chuck bell 4. instagram forecast, have pictures of the dog -- came back and a gentleman stopped me and said i recognize the dog before i knew it was you. th b

than me. that's why. >> if you're headed to the big college football game in happy valley. michigan and penn state. number 2 penn state hosting michigan. 62 degrees for 7:36. that is mild by october standards. here's your whole ten-day forecast. way above average weather. early next week. maybe 1 to 2 inches of rain on tuesday. lingering into wednesday. >> bowie, 197 northbound up near route 50. left lane gets by. the emergency utility work that remains. the ramp to 197 is closed. northbound 210 before the southern intersection with old fort road. activity blocks the left lane. suitland parkway near the district line. in the roadway, be cautious if you head in that direction. by the time you hit the road it

will be dawn. >> you're a month away from the holiday shopping season if you can believe that. >> called that. mesh's -- >> walmart on the cusp of a deal with high-end department store lord and taylor. who will survive? the deal would allow walmart to sell the 190-year-old retailer's product online. walmart's goal is to create an online mall to compete with amazon. this comes as 25% of traditional malls are expected to close by 2022. apparently, a change in culture because a lot of kids went to the mall to hang out because they couldn't drive or see their friends. it's kind of safe -- >> don't actually look at the -- >> they're walking around. >> that's right. >> so if your

watch, you'll want to pay attention. >> could be vulnerable to hackers. >> three of the four smart watches that were tested are sold in the u.s. consumer advocacy groups are urging them to investigate. experts are worried that strangers could be able to hear conversations or get -- >> one of the manufacturers says it has updated the privacy policies since the research came out. >> so many places -- >> they had a mini echo. the little small -- >> big brother is watching. a new twist in the national anthem outrage. the petition the president launched overnight. what it means for players to protest. make noise over here. howard university kicking off a historic homecoming weekend. the big name p

festivities.

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husband. most hum nl person. plus, a father, husband and dedicated employee. new details about the arlington man shot and killed at his job. warm welcome on the campaign trail. how president barack obama is trying to get out the vote in virginia. team coverage in first 4 traffic to get you around it. >> checking in jack taylor and darcy spencer in a minute. this is what happens on friday. everybody trying to get everything done to enjoy your week yebd. >> puts a lot of pressure on the meteorologist as well. >> the meteorologist. >> to deliver on a good weekend forecast.