scene trying to make sense of what happened there. pat? >> reporter: doreen, we're learning a little bit more tonight. friends of the victim say police are looking into the possibility that the motive here was romantic. they say the gunman in this case was the ex-boyfriend of the 17-year-old teenage girl who was shot and killed at that picnic bench over there. they say the 15-year-old boy shot and wounded here was the brother of that teenage girl. now, we began our story with a witness who lives nearby. >> i heard the shots and i went out onto the balcony which faces, you can see it from here. and i went out onto the balcony and i heard a man screaming. >> reporter: that's helen samson. she heard the shots. she took these pictures from her apartment nearby. and what happened after that? >> and then i heard two more shots and i ran into the house like a jack rabb

shooting near a picnic table in this popular park in alexandria. it left two teenagers dead, one wounded. it happened around 9:00 last night near that picnic table. shot and killed, a 17-year-old teenage girl from alexandria. shot and wounded, a 15-year-old teenage boy from alexandria. dead, 19-year-old yerson nunez lopez. he is from maryland. they say he is the shooter. they say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. now, this is the 6th murder so far this year in alexandria. we talked about that with mayor alley son silver berg. >> alexandria is a very safe city. we have extremely low crime. so, the whole community -- it ricochets through the community when something

>> reporter: this statement tonight from t.c. williams high school, they say the school community was impacted by the shooting. they say counselors are at the school to help students during this time of need. police continue to investigate. i'll be back at 6:00 with more. jim, back to you. >> what an awful way to start that school week for that community there. pat collins, thank you. >> turning to our weather now and the storms that will move into our area later tonight, doug joins us from the storm center. what time are we looking at, doug? >> it will be overnight tonight, most likely most of us will be sleeping as these move through. they may be strong enough to wake you up in some areas. right now nothing around the d.c. metro area. you can see a couple showers towards morgan county, west virginia, a few more to the south and west. but the wider picture shows numerous thunderstorms, some severe weather now in parts of north carolina and all of this will be moving our way. so, we are expected to see some storms overnight tonight. coming up in a little bit we're going to talk about the hour by hour

we'll track those storms overnight. breezy sunshine tomorrow. we are going to see a rather breezy conditions but much cooler air moves in on wednesday. we'll talk about that, too. the weather pattern the next couple of days a little bit of a yo-yo. we'll have much more on this and again that timing, hour by hour foreca forecast coming up in 15 minutes. >> doug, thank you. a broadcaster with the washington nationals is in trouble tonight. ray knight was arrested after a fight in his northern virginia apartment. today he is shedding some light on what happened. he spoke to our meagan fitzgerald who joins us from alexandria. meagan? >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. early sunday morning, then he says four people -- >> at him on purpose. >> reporter: this is how most people know charles ray knight, the former major league baseball star and sports broadcaster. but early sunday morning, knight found himself inside a jail cell after a fight broke out

>> they came here. i was here alone. and they -- these four people came here so that's all. >> reporter: friends of ayours, do you know them? >> two of them are friends, two people i've never seen before. >> reporter: police say knight and a 33-year-old victim started arguing. >> it was actually inside my apartment. >> reporter: moments later the two men started fighting, then someone called 911. >> i can tell you when the officers arrived and did their investigation, there was enough probable cause to make an arrest on one party, and that would be mr. knight. >> reporter: knight was taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries before being booked inside a fairfax county jail. now, knight met his $2,000 bond actually. he will be due back in court in january. as for that 33-year-old victim we are told he is expected to be okay. back to you. >> all right, meagan fitzgerald. meagan, thank you. >> the number of victims nearly

far-reaching case of sex abuse at a school in maryland. you may remember this name, carlos bell. he used to work as a teaching assistant at benjamin stoddert middle school in waldorf. he is hiv positive. he sexually abused young students at school and in some cases recorded the abuse. today prosecutors nearly doubled the number of alleged victims from 24 to 42. bell faces life in prison. >> a d.c. man already in trouble with the law is facing new charges in maryland now. police tell us carry edwards tried to sexually assault a woman inside her home in camp springs. police also say he broke into the woman's home on saturday when officers arrived, he allegedly ran out of the house naked. he got away, but was caught nearby with clothes on. edwards was already in a supervision program in d.c. for another sex assault that happened last month.

state to make its case against a suspected killer. it's a strategic move designed to keep ra deechl prince behind bars. prince is accused of killing three coworkers last week at a counter top company in harford, maryland. one of the victims was from northern virginia. he then drove to wilmington delaware and shot somebody at an auto shop there. prince will be tried for that shooting first because he won't be able to get parole if he is convicted in delaware. he'll then be sent to maryland to face murder charges. the motive for those workplace murders still a mystery. >> we are hoping to get some new information in a few minutes after vandals spray painted swastikas on the banners at prince william academy. prince william county police tell us they targeted the building infants through kindergarten. news 4 shomari stone is at the news conference right now. it begins at about 5:30. we will bring

they come in to news 4. >> mix social media with threats of school violence and you will cause quite a scare. but now police are saying that a snapchat picture of a gun and the message written on the picture were not credible threats. news 4's tracee wilkins is at eleanore roosevelt high school talking with parents about how this whole situation was handled. tracee? >> reporter: doreen, there are is still some students here after school. i can tell you when we first pulled up here, the parking lot had a number of police officers who were still on stand by. i can gash guarantee you there is a parent having a strong conversation with their kid about what they post on social media. this picture of a gun and the text that went along with it spread quickly on snapchat. soon parents the prince george's county and tpolice and the scho system were concerned about what it meant. students at eleanore roosevelt thought it was a threat to them because of who

in class because people do not go to school if something like that happens because of all the things that happen in the world. >> reporter: there was additional security throughout the day at roosevelt. >> i think it was a good thing they took precautions to make sure the students were safe and the faculty and everyone there was safe. so because you never know what might happen. >> reporter: then by late morning prince george's county police declared the threat noncredible. turns out it was a picture of a be-be gun. somebody probably had a test and didn't want to go to school today. >> reporter: police say the post is not a mass threat because it started as a conversation between two students that spread. there will be no charges for the student who created the post. >> be careful whatever they post on social media so whatever you put out there. you have to be careful. >> reporter: this student narrowly escaped charges. prince george's county police have lots of conversations about this, but decided in this case there would be no charges. students who did not attend school today will be excused, but they aroi

parents saying it was this threat that kept them home. in greenbelt, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> it's really upsetting, isn't it, tracee, how quickly something like this can take off and affect so many people. >> reporter: yeah, and the way snapchat works, it can spread within circles in sheer minutes. kids really have to be careful what you put on the internet. it can always stay there like we got a picture of the threat a day after. snapchat does not mean people can't see what you posted. >> that's right. all right, tracee wilkins, reporting. thank you, tracee. >> new war of words today between president trump and a service member's widow. the phone call between the president and myeshia johnson has been the source of controversy recent days as you know. johnson's husband was one of four soldiers killed in niger in an ambush there. in her first tv interview this morning, johnson said she was angered by president trump's tone and that he stumbled when trying to remember her husband's name. the president q

on twitter today saying that he had been very respectful and spoke the name without hesitation. >> imagine being afraid to leave your home at night. that's been the reality for one community ever since a series of murders in a usual quiet part of town. three people have been killed in ten days, all within a mile of each other in a neighborhood in tampa, florida. now police are looking for the person in this surveillance video. they say he was walking in the area of the first murder scene. as police investigate, neighbors are moving in groups trying to stay safe. >> if they are scared to go to the grocery store or to church or whatever, we're here. we'll walk them, you know. we'll walk them from a to b. make sure there is safety. >> police believe all three of the murders are connected. >> when we come back on news 4 at 5:00 tonight, the community at the center of a battle over power lines, history and security and their future. >> and the white house and congress try to

timetable on tax reform. a look at what it could mean for all of us. vo: john adams' prescription for health care would be a disaster for virginia families. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged thousands more. 685,000 virginians would lose their health care. and adams is against medicaid expansion - denying coverage to thousands of veterans, children and the disabled. john adams: higher costs, less coverage, hurting virginians. mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

ralcandidate for'm governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: they call him enron ed. because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. corporations sending jobs overseas. and of course the enron scandal. now, enron ed is lobbying for donald trump's agenda. like cuts to virginia school funding, and taking away healthcare from thousands of virginians. enron ed gillespie. he's not lobbying for you. there is a new push tonight to try to force dominion power to bury a proposed high voltage power line in our area. the current proposal before state regulators would run lines above ground along i-66 from haymarket to gainsville. bureau chief julie carey joins us with the new strategy.

julie? >> reporter: well, doreen, take a look at that transmission line back there and then imagine something like that right in your backyard. that is what hundreds of residents at western prince william county face. state lawmakers are digging in to try to figure out a way to get state regulators to order that the new line be buried. prince william county supervisor peter camden lives just down the street from the proposed path of a new high voltage power line. so, it will impact 7 to 800 homes. >> or within 100, 150 yards of these power lines. it then brings down the value of the whole neighborhood. >> reporter: the battle over the proposed power line has been waged for two years now. the energy recently backed away from a plan to run it through an historic african-american community near carver road. so, the latest path of the power lines runs along i-66. sandwiching it in between the sound wall and the homes here. >> you'll be able to

hear them hum while sitting in your backyard, while playing at the park with your kids. >> reporter: dominion says the power lines needed to serve a massive new data center plan for this haymarket location. the proposals under consideration by the state corporation commission, but now a group of lawmakers say they'll propose legislation to give more weight to the concerns of property owners when power lines are evaluated. that comes as good news to rebecca mackenzie. she and her husband bought this town home three years ago. they have added a baby daughter to the family since and now face the prospect of a 120-foot-high transmission line in the backyard. >> i'm hoping that they realize that, you know, this really affects a lot of people and this isn't the right thing to do. to let a corporation come in and kind of mandate what's happening in our community. >> reporter: dominion energy declined to comment on the law you makers news conference, but issued a statement reading in part, the existing and growing energy demands of the greater haymarket area has created a well documented need to build new infrastructure that will

in prince william county i'm julie carey, news 4. >> trying to understand proposed tax legislation can make your head spin. msnbc's garrett hag is working for you tonight, he's live to explain what is happening on capitol hill could many pact yo -- impact your money. what is in the current gop plan now? >> the things republicans are most proud of in this plan, they want to reduce the number of total number of tax brackets down from 7 to either 3 or 4. that's still one of the things, believe it or not, they are still negotiating. they want to simplify the code. they want to get rid of a bunch of deductions and double the standard deduction for most people. they think a lot of people will see a tax break just by switching from taking all these deductions to going to that double standard deduction. and on the business side they want to dramatically lower the business tax rate down to about 20%. the president has said that's the only part of this plan that he doesn't think of as negotiable. and, jim, really the tax writing

senate are still very much in the process of putting this plan together. so, it's something of a moving target even though republican leaders are saying they want to pass something by the end of the year. a bill that doesn't actually exist on paper yet. >> well, you talk about the end of the year. they're running out of time to get this done. so, what happens next? what's the time line here? >> yeah, the legislative calendar here is really compressed and congress has to do something that they don't do well, which is work fairly quickly. the next step will be the house actually is probably going to pass the senate's budget here on thursday or so of this week. and then maybe as early as next tuesday we might find out what's in that republican tax bill on the house. now, this would start in the house just like the health care bill. it would go through a big markup process. the house would vote on it, kick things over to the senate, where the senate vote is really once again probably going to be the thing to watch. the same rules are in play if you still have your health care score card basically. republicans can only afford to lose twoub

is going to be the thing to watch, probably in the last few days before christmas, quite honestly. this thing could come very much down to the wire. >> and real quick, you got our attention today. a lot of people talking about 401k possibility of a cut. the president said no to that, right? >> this is interesting. it floated up over the weekend, "the new york times," "wall street journal" had stories that said republicans were considering capping the amount of money you can put in your 4001 k. tax free. lowering it to 18,000 depending on how old you are now, to 2400. that story was in the papers over the weekend. the president came out this morni morning saying this is something we're not touching. you have republicans negotiating with themselves, but looks like the president is trying to take that off the table. knowing, i think, that that would be something that it would scare frankly a lot of people who look at the 401(k)s as the keys to their retirement, want to save as much as they can. >> cause a fire storm with at

we appreciate it. our coverage doesn't end here. get in-depth reporting on nbc nightly news with lester holt, begins at 7:00. >> still ahead, it's a danger looming over drivers, sun roofs at risk of shattering while you're behind the wheel. susan hogan finds out whether this is more common than you think. >> storms on the radar, when we can expect them. doug i back in as

well, what a lot of changes we've seen since the thick fog early this morning to bright sunshine and warm temperatures this afternoon. >> then the clouds come in. and now we have the rain overnight tonight. >> which we need desperately. >> we really do. the unfortunate part of this, this may be in the form of storms. i think this is not going to be a widespread rainfall. so, some areas might get maybe a 10th of an inch where others pickup a full inch. it all depends where you are. not everybody is going to get that beneficial rainfall out there. as you look out towards the area right now, storm team 4 radar showing you what we're dealing with today. first off, though, take a look at the video here. this is in georgetown. notice the breezy conditions that are moving on in across our region. windy conditions upwards of 20 do 30 mile an hour winds. that will continue as we move on through the rest of the night tonight. a pretty nice afternoon nonetheless. temperature wise still on the mild side. we're going to stay mildou

now, we're tracking the radar, not much on it right now. but just down to our south and west, that's where we're looking at the strong to severe thunderstorms down in parts of north carolina. there has been a tornado, confirmed tornado on the ground from the north carolina, south carolina border all the way through the state and there is a new tornado warning right here just south of virginia. so, we are going to be watching this complex right here coming very close to our region. but most likely dying off. these are going to come through at the time of the least possible time for severe weather, that's overnight. that's exactly when we're going to be seeing these. we'll show you hour by hour. here's 7:00. not much going on in our area, but some strong storms off to the west. watch what happens by 11:00 now. we have a couple strong storms, maybe out towards peters burg towards west virginia. by the time they move closer they really start to die off. we start to see more form along the i-95 corridor. a couple showers, couple of thunderstorms, but not widespread in our region. by 7:00 m.

of here. some cloud cover for the morning, but then by the time you move on through, we're looking at sunshine throughout much of the afternoon. and by 5:00 everybody dealing with the sunshine. breezy to start the day, but i think all in all not a bad afternoon. this is what i'm expecting tonight. storms between 11:00 p.m. to the west, 4:00 a.m. to the east. strong winds likely with any storms that develop. so, again, not everybody is going to see them, but if you do you could see some 40, 50 mile an hour winds with the storms. isolated damaging winds. i'm not expecting monuch, but w are watching closely. temperatures mild. 74 did he dchlt c. rgts, 75 fredericksburg, 71 towards gaithersburg. it is on the mild side today. temperatures ten degrees above average. that is not going to be the case the next couple days. tomorrow we get one more mild afternoon. clearing skies, breezy early temperature around 74. nice and mild. but as we move on through the next few days, well, what are we going to be seeing? much cooler temperatures moving in. high of 65 on your wednesday. 61 on thursday. overnight low thursday, 48.

that puts you folks in the suburbs back into the 30s, everyone. 67 on your friday. and then this weekend a little bit of a half and half weekend. saturday is looking good, sunday we're watching a chance for the potential for some heavy rainfall late sunday into early monday. and then you can see this. much cooler air next monday and tuesday, low 40s, that means even on halloween. halloween is going to be little bit of a chilly evening for those trick or treaters that are going to be out there. i'm going to be live halloween. did you know that? >> dressed as what? >> i have three different costumes. oh, yeah, i'm going as a meteorologist, as a dad, and -- no, i have some real ones. [ laughter ] >> can't wait for that third. all right. thanks, kammerer. >> thank you, doug. >> just a couple hours till kickoff, sheree burruss live for us, the redskins facing one of their toughest tests of this season. >> they're out of work at rates four times higher than their civilian counterparts. how they are working to get

unemployment line. >> plus a d.c. couple killed in a freak accident in dewey

>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, a triple shooting in a quiet park as a case of murder/suicide, police say. a 17-year-old girl is dead. a 15-year-old boy, her

is in the hospital. the suspected gunman is the girl's ex-boyfriend. police say he shot and killed himself after firing at the two teens. >> a tv broadcaster for the washington nationals is explaining how he wound up injured and charged with assault. ray knight says four guys came over to his alexandria apartment early sunday morning. police tell us there was a fight. knight was arrested and taken to jail. >> snapchat pictures of a gun and what some thought was a threatening message had parents and police on alert in one community. turns out it was all for nothing. police say the picture making the rounds to students at eleanore roosevelt high school in greenbelt was not a credible threat. >> warm, loving and caring, just some of the comments about a district couple killed over the weekend on their bicycles in dewey beach, delaware. >> they had not been married for very long, but they left a huge impression on those they met. now at 5:30, news 4's darcy

knew them best. >> this is just a shock. i mean, it's just -- it's senseless. >> reporter: jim just can't believe his neighbors are gone and the way their lives were taken on a leisurely bike ride at the beach in delaware. >> just shocking. i mean, he just -- two terrific people. >> reporter: greg and jimmy were married about a year ago. they lived in this condo complex in northwest d.c. and spent time at their beach house in reh obot h. they were avid bike riders. that's what they were doing in dewey beach saturday afternoon. when a man driving a suv had a medical emergency and blacked out. he slammed into them as they were riding their bikes. the couple did not survive. how big of a loss is this would you say for the community? >> i think it's a huge loss. i mean, to the community and to their friends and family and just, you know, how sudden and tragic it has been to learn about it and to know what

chidik as friendly and outgoing. he worked as a government contractor. his husband jimmy was quiet, a hard working graphic designer and consultant. chidic served on the condo board here for years. >> unfortunately i learned from the security guard that was on-site. i can tell you the board, all the community members that i'm seeing on the e-mail tribe, everyone is just devastated and very, very upset. not only for greg, but his partner jimmy who was a terrific person as well. >> reporter: neighbors tell me that the couple was going to take their honeymoon to hawaii sometime in the spring. now, the driver who struck and killed them has not faced any charges at this point. in northwest, darcy spencer, news 4. >> he fought off the enemy, even after shrapnel tore through parts of his body. but it's what vietnam war veteran captain gary mike rose provided to his fellow soldiers that earned him the medal of honor award today. president trump presented rose with a medal at the white house. rose gave

under enemy fire in laos back in 1970. rose kept firing at the vietkong while trying to reach his wounded men. >> military families face a lot of challenges when they have to relocate. for the spouses the biggest struggle is finding the right job. virginia senator tim kaine met at a job summit in arlington. they discussed ways to improve job opportunities and to make it easier when families have to travel from state to state. >> and military spouses have the same challenges of moving here and there, sometimes with a professional credential in one state that doesn't immediately transfer to the next state. >> amazon, sprint and samsung were just some of the companies taking part in the summit today. >> you're used to seeing thieves run away from a scene of a crime. but this guy is in no hurry to get off of the porch with a stolen box. check it out. this is video from a home own

michigan avenue. after taking his time to get up the steps, he sits down in a rocking chair there, eventually gets up, grabs a box, starts to leave, but decides to take another rest on that rocking chair. and with the help of a cane, slowly walks down the porch steps with someone else's delivery. slow, but determined. >> yeah. the driver of this bus may have been speeding when it flipped over. investigators say tie ra wilcox was going too fast and lost control of the bus. happened just before 7:00 a.m. at route 129 in ellicott city. howard county police say a car crashed into the bus. both drivers were hurt. so were two mount hebron high school students and a school bus aide, all of their injuries believed to be minor. police gave wilcox a ticket and she's been suspended from her bus driver job with howard county public schools.

>> we're counting down -- oh, there is an awful lot on the line tonight up in philadelphia where the redskins are taking on the best team in the nfl. news 4's sheree burruss live for us in the city of brotherly love where there usually isn't any love for the redskins or us fans either eart either, huh, sheree? >> no, jim, there isn't. the fans, not the players, were put on blast. this is an important game. the redskins looking to make up ground in the division against the eagles. but chris thompson running back for the redskins says his family won't be here watching him play tonight because the fans are so mean and some of the fans that we met today, redskins and eagles fans, kind of agreed. >> my only experience, it wasn't bad. they just said, god's not going to help you today. i was like, you know, okay, cool. >> reporter: have you heard what chris thompson said about not wanting to bring his family up here because the fans are a little ruckus, you could say? >> i heard what they say

it's philadelphia. i'm sorry, brother, god can't help you tonight either. >> reporter: for the kbiez on the field, but for the fans, do you notice the eagles fans are bullies, would you say? >> sometimes. some of the ones that have a couple more drinks than the others get a little more beer muscles. it's the smart ones that enjoy the game. >> i came here with my boyfriend who is an eagles fan. i was like, i have back up. i haven't gotten any jeers yet. i got some hey props. now i'm getting boos. >> reporter: how do you combat the rowdy eagles fans? >> i'm here for a good game. and like i told a few people, at least i'm not a dallas fan. >> reporter: clearly some common ground on that one. you see this beer here, that is a local brew here in philly. usually the redskins/cowboys are a bigger rivalry. this takes

sheree burruss, news 4 sports. >> can you bring that for me? that's a keeper. >> i have this one for you, jim. >> see you tomorrow. go skins. we get an early look at the museum of the bible set to open in the district in just a few weeks. >> it's one of the deadliest cancers for women, but could a recent discovery lead to changes in the survival rate for ovarian cancer? >> and doug and i are tracking this rain moving into the area tonight. i'll breakdown when it arrives in your i'm i'm up earlyax, for my most important job. -more peanut butter, daddy. -more peanut butter, daddy. as prosecutor, justin fairfax fought drugs, crime, and human trafficking. that's why he's endorsed by virginia law enforcement. buckle up. nothing's more important than keeping them safe and helping them prosper. as your lieutenant governor, i'll work to grow the economy and invest in schools and career training, because virginia's families need more results, not more politics.

local churches praying for relief, worried their community programs could be in jeopardy due to an ever-increasing water bill that they say just isn't fair. >> that's right. it's a story that the news 4 i-team has been digging into for months. the money is for a fee called the clean rivers impervious area charge or iac. and it has nothing to do with how much water you use. it's paying for large underground tunnels to help keep sewage and stormwater from overflowing into our river. something the district needs to fix. >> that's right. but the faith community says they are being hit hard, and the extra fee has now gotten so high they don't know how they're going to pay for it. >> you have to remember, we cannot charge -

on our rates to allow people to come into the church. >> we look at every option. and there aren't that many, unfortunately. someone has to pay the bill. >> our investigative reporter jody fleischer joins us in the studio with a story you'll see only on news 4. >> jody, this isn't a new fee, right? >> it's not. it actually started in 2009. back then it was so small that nobody really noticed it. and it's been increasing steadily every single year. and now just that fee alone can be hundreds of dollars on your bill. >> so, what are the churches and other nonprofits going to do about it? >> well, they're really in a bind over this. they're hoping they can get some relief from d.c. water, from the board, but if that doesn't happen they say they could have to cut ministry programs, some of which feed the hungry, give back packs to children or help the needy during the holidays. >> churches are often bare bones nonprofits. >> they count on money from you and i to fund their operations. >> exactly. >> and you have more coming up? >> we do. tune in tonight at 6:00 and we

investigation and you will hear from many more members of the faith community. >> we look forward to it. jody, thanks so much. >> a consumer watch tonight. imagine driving your car when the sun roof suddenly shatters right over your head. >> susan hogan finds out if this is more common than you think. >> washington is filled with museums. the newest one set to open in just a few weeks. it's going to have a lot of people talking. owe g

ralcandidate for'm governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: they call him enron ed. because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. corporations sending jobs overseas. and of course the enron scandal. now, enron ed is lobbying for donald trump's agenda. like cuts to virginia school funding, and taking away healthcare from thousands of virginians. enron ed gillespie. he's not lobbying for you.

alex: when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. ♪ thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, for all of the victims out there. mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. shattering sun roofs, it doesn't happen often, but when it does it can be scary and dangerous, too. we first told you about the danger last year after it happened to a northern virginia family. tonight there is a new push for a recall, too. consumer reporter susan hogan is here with what you need to know. susan? >>t'

an investigation by consumer reports finds complaints have been filed in hundreds of models, including cars with panoramic sunroofs, a luxury feature that could pose a risk. they say the industry needs to put the pedal to the metal when it comes to improving standards and design. one july day, steven kaufman hopped into his car for a drive. he was traveling down a highway when suddenly. >> the sun roof exploded. the glass started raining down on me. i thought someone had taken a shotgun and blown out the glass. it was so loud. >> reporter: his is not an isolated incident. consumer reports recently analyzed over 20 years of data from the national highway traffic safety administration and found shattered sun roofs reported in more than 200 models across 35 brands. and these are only the cases reported to the agency. some manufacturers know of even more. david freeman of consumers union,

division of consumer reports, was acting administrator of nhtsa in 2014. >> it is not clear why this is happening. the evidence that it is happening is really clear. and so auto makers should be much more proactive, just recall these vehicles. >> reporter: the agency is currently only investigating the 2011 through 2013 kia s oren to suv. the consumers union would like that to be expanded. >> these sun roofs are shattering and nhts has more than enough evidence to consider this a safety defect and they certainly shouldn't wait for a fatality or an injury before forcing the car companies to act. >> reporter: when it comes to the glass itself, regulators can also call for different kinds of testing and adjust the standards as designs evolve. >> the regulations on sunroofs are clearly outdated. they were designed when they were a lot smaller. today they're a lot bigger and sun roof regulation needs to catch up. >> reporter: while hyundai

kaufman's incident, they told consumer reports, the safety of customers is their number one priority. here are four things you need to know if it happens to you. take pictures with your video or phone. if they are not helpful, contact the automaker. you can enlist your insurer to help them cover that repair for you. also be sure to file a report with nhtsa which you can do at safer car.gov. we tell our folks that is a great sounding board for anything car related to go to safer car.gov. >> the pictures from the video are shocking. i have a pan ram a the moon roof that goes over the back seat. you put kids back there. goodness, frightening. >> we'll post the report that we did last year for folks so you can see it, too. because we interviewed the mom with her kid in the back. same thing happened. you're just driving along and it happened. as david freeman said there

to be more things going down since there is a huge change in sunroofs now. >> that's the last thing you're worrying about in your car. >> exactly, right. >> thank you, susan. >> you're welcome. >> 100 more national guards men from maryland are helping with hurricane relief efforts this morning. they left for the u.s. virgin islands. governor larry hogan said the guards men will be in the caribbean for as long as 30 days. you'll remember back to back hurricanes walloped the islands earlier this month. the small group of guards men is already there helping with the recovery in puerto rico. >> in news 4 your health, two potentially game changing breakthroughs in women's health and an enormous global study. researchers have identified 72 mutations that lead to the development of breast cancer. those results were published today in the journal nature. these additions bring the total number of breast cancer associated gene variations to 180, including the very well known brak a 1 and brak a 2. researchers studied dna sequences in

without breast cancer. and said that the size of the study helped them detect subtle differences in the women. doctors say this could influence mammography guidelines in the future. and there is news when it comes to identifying the origins of ovarian cancer. ovarian tumors may start in the fa loepian tubes. a new study out from johns hopkins is reporting. ovarian cancer is the 5th largest cause of cancer deaths in women and it is often diagnosed later since very often there are no symptoms in its earliest stages. there is hope that these findings, both of them, could help doctors develop new ways of preventing and identifying these diseases sooner. >> for many christians, traveling to the birth place of jesus is out of the question. it's a dream of a lifetime, but they can't afford it. for those who can't, the next best thing may be happening right here in washington, and our kristin wright has that story. >> reporter: it's one of the most revered,

texts of the world. the bible has inspired many to worship and driven others to war. now the book is the focus of a new museum near the national mall. we got an exclusive look. >> it's genesis 1 taken from the gutenberg bible. >> reporter: the museum of the bible opens next month. dr. tony ziess is the executive director. >> we want every visitor to come out thinking, wow, that's the most extraordinary museum experience that i've ever had. >> reporter: do they hope for more? >> we hope they'll also say to themselves, maybe i need to look a little more closely at this fantastic book, the bible. i want you to glance at the ceiling. this is the most predominant thing we have here. >> reporter: an impressive l.e.d. display of biblical images. the family behind the museum owns the hobby lobby chain of craft stores.

over denying employees health insurance coverage for emergency contra exception. we asked if the bible museum will also be controversial. >> some people will try to make it controversial because it's about a controversial book. but the truth is we want to reach all people and engage all people. >> reporter: but security is still of great concern. we got a glimpse of the system. >> you need to be perhaps a little more concerned about security than you would in a different type of museum. >> reporter: dr. zeiss says the museum is proud to open during these divisive times. >> what better time to introduce the book the bible. >> reporter: he says to christians and nonchristians alike. in the district, kristin wright, news 4. >> now, for more information on the opening and how to get tickets, search bible museum in our nbc washington app. >> things are so dry around here, the leaves are falling off the trees before they even change colors,

>> not a good fall foliage year i don't think for us. we real i do need to see some rain out there. the problem is we're not going to get a whole lot from this system. even though it's providing a lot of rain, there are flash flood warnings, severe storm warnings in north carolina. by the time they move our way we're going to see things differ a little bit. out there now you can see plenty of cloud cover around the area but no rain just yet. we're going to see the showers move in. temperature is 74 right now, dropping into the upper 60s by 11:00 and that's when we start to see that chance of showers coming up here. you notice on our radar nothing going on across our region. back to the west, we're looking at some shower activity into the peters burg, west virginia area. stanton now under a tornado watch and here is that tornado watch in yellow. it includes areas just to the west of the richmond area, around the roanoke region, and tornado warning, we have seen this tornado now on the ground from greenville, south carolina, all the way through the state of north carolina. numerous tornado reports from one possible tornado. this one could b

closely. severe storm warnings, too. i think most of this information or most of this data coming into us is telling us that we're going to be seeing these weaken as they move our way. we're still going to get in on this overnight tonight. the timing of this differs depending on where you are. amelia is in the weather center with more in the four zone forecast. >> exactly, doug. we're going to be seeing rain move from the area west to east mainly overnight tonight when a lot of us are sleeping. i'm going to move through your storm team 4 four zone forecast from west to east. first in the mountain zone, hagerstown, winchester, front royal, luray area. cumberland, the rain moves here first. it is out of your area by 3:00 a.m. it is sunny for the morning commute in the inner mountain zone. the western zone includes frederick, leesburg, manassas and the culpepper area down through orange, could see strong gusty winds overnight tonight. that could produce some isolated wind damage. e

thunder. washington, arlington, bethesda, gaithersburg, camp springs, fairfax and the burke area, best chance for storms in the metro zone between 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. can't rule out isolated wind damage. good news for the morning commute, it's dry there. the eastern zone includes la plata, mechanics ville, you could have scattered showers till 8:00 a.m. and that could slow the morning commute. but for most of us, the day tomorrow is dry and overall still looking like a really nice day. just not as mild as today. >> yeah, temperatures still above average. temperatures getting into the low 70s so at the bus stop tomorrow morning most of us dry. 65 degrees, 70 degrees at recess, 74 degrees, pickup time around 74. another mild afternoon. we do see things cool quickly as we move into the day on wednesday and thursday. look at thursday. a cool day high of only 61, overnight low temperatures in the 40s in the city, 30s in the

weekend not looking too bad. chance of rain on sunday. some of that could be heavy late sunday. that's the storm we'll be watching because behind that, guys, oh, do we get chilly. temperatures in the low 30s in the suburbs, low 40s in the city and that includes halloween. going to be a chilly halloween forecast for you. >> all right. >> bundle up. >> thank you, doug. there is a lot more still to come. >> ahead, a big change to a lottery jackpot. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood in the district. big changes coming to the megamillions lottery. you'll pay more and you could win

as we well know, the odds are already stacked against us, but it's going to be even tougher and more expensive to play megamillions soon. first, the hard facts. your chances of winning the megamillions jackpot, one in 259 million. next week, ticket prices are doubling and your chances of winning climb to one in 302 million. your chances of winning the power ball, 1 in 292 million. now the good news. if you do win, the payout is going to be bigger. here's tom sherwood to explain. >> reporter: the promise, untold riches. >> thank you. >> reporter: just a winning ticket away. some know the huge odds against winning. >> i wouldn't win. i'm not that lucky. >> reporter: your chances are 300 million to 1. >>

i'm always not the one. >> reporter: but many do play megamillions or power ball. do you play megamillions? >> no, i play power ball. >> reporter: what's the difference? >> i just feel lucky playing power ball. >> reporter: in d.c. and throughout the region, megamillions tickets on saturday go from $1 each to $2. the minimum jackpot, 15 million to 40 million. the same as power ball. why the change? >> remember when the power ball jackpot got to $1.65 billion how exciting that was? megamillions is trying to do exactly the same thing. >> reporter: but those odds, 300 million to 1, the chance of being hit by lightning is only one in 10,000. a hole in one in golf, one in 12,500. hit by a meteorite, 1 in 6.1 million. officials always say, play responsibly. >> that's going

ticket. >> i think you need to be cautious. don't bet the farm when you play the games. >> reporter: many think they can defy the odds no matter how many they are. the chances of winning megamillions or power ball is almost 300 million to 1. >> that's okay. i can be the one person. >> reporter: in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> now at 6:00, tracking some strong storms just down to the south, a tornado watch in southern portions of virginia and north carolina. we're going to talk much more about this and the change behind the storm as well. >> two teenagers targeted in a local park. another tieen accuse of pulling the trigger. people in a normally quiet community are feeling nervous. >> plus, why are some local churches which rely on your money using your hard-earned dollars to pay skyrocketing water bills? the news 4 i-team goes digging for answers. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now.

>> first at 6:00, a broadcaster for the washington nationals hospitalized, then handcuffed. he's been charged with assault tonight. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm leon harris here. ray knight was arrested over the weekend after a fight in his northern virginia home and hauled off to jail. >> i just know that anything i say is not going to matter until the process works itself out. >> however, he did shed some light on what happened. news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke to him and joins us from alexandria. megan, did he tell you any more than that? >> reporter: so, doreen, he tells us that he was watching the yankees take on the astros early sunday morning. he says hours later, four guys came over to his apartment, which is just behind us here. he says he didn't even know one of the guys that he got into a fight with and everything went down hill from there. clarification as t