moving out. take a look at what it did in south carolina. this is in greenville. major roof damage here. the wind throwing trucks around like little toys. in north carolina, this is what's left of a small regional airport. one building destroyed. several planes damaged. this is northwest of charlotte. i know we didn't see a ton of damage here. angie goff here in the weather center with chuck bell. i drove extra slow this morning. there were a lot of branches on the ground. there was high water and flooding. >> a lot of water in a quick period of time. >> rain is not likely to impact a large part of the commute. like angie was saying, not a bad idea to take it slow. there's an awful lot of puddles early on in the day. a chance of

out. look at the clearing skies back to the west. the rain will be staying to our north. pretty much what you see is what you get as far as what's left in a rain chance. showers lingering towards fredericksburg in parts of maryland. bree breeze a as well overnight. with the return of sunshine, one more day left when we zoom into the mid-70s with sunshine this afternoon. a lot of very important details in the forecast coming up between now and the weekend. we'll share those with you in a few more minutes. angie? >> now to a man arrested for sexual assault in prince george's county. news 4 learned he's already facing charges. this for a similar crime a month ago. we wanted to find out why he was free when he was caught

>> this man was arrested saturday afternoon. moments after prince george's county police officers responding to the victim's 911 call saw him run. >> they chased, briefly lost him and after a search of the area located him nearby in the 5800 block of a road where he put on clothing: edwards was found to have attempted with a device. edwards has been ordered jailed without bond here in prince george's county. jackie bensen, news 4. the

thought was a gun threat will not face charges. now, this is a picture of what the shooting posted on snapchat. this happened over the weekend. the picture along with the text caused them to step up security at eleanor roosevelt high school. they later determined the threat was not credible. turns out, it was a picture of a bb gun. we have an update on the triple shooting in alexandria. one of the victims is a stew accident at tc williams high school. the shooting was a murder-suicide. it happened sunday night at the all veterans park in alexandria. the 19-year-old, lopez, shot his e ex-girlfrie ex-girlfriend, who was 17. her younger brother survived. lopez turned the gun on himself. w

broadcaster, ray knight after being charged with assault and battery at his home in fairfax county. we spoke with him on monday. four people came to his apartment early in the morning when a fight broke out. he knew two of the men. >> they came here. i was here alone. these four people came here. two of them friends, two people i never seen before. >> knight did not say what the fight was all about. he is due in court in january on that assault charge. police say the victim expected to be okay. deep drop. running out of time. got hit as he threw it. it's picked off. >> all right. so we knew it would be a tough game. not the outcome the redskins want. theyel

eagles last night. 34-24. kirk cousins throwing three tds. but it wasn't enough to overcome phillies carson wentz who threw four. the redskins host dallas on sunday. that's going to be a big game. coming up, sherri burruss will have a look at some of the big moments from the game. talking about baseball now. the world series could be a classic one. it gets started tonight. the houston astros taking on the l.a. dodgers. if you haven't been paying attention to the playoffs, here's why it's a big deal. the astros have never won a world series and the dodgers haven't won since 1988. already setting up to be a great world series, i'll say that. who you got, chuck? >> i was pulling for the nationals in all this. unfortunately, they've been eliminated now. i don't care who wins the world series now. i guess if i'm going to pull for someone, i'm going to pull for houston. they've had more than enough bad luck already.

bring home a world series, maybe lift series and help them dry out more. speaking of drying out, we've had rain during the overnight hours. hasn't been a lot of rain, but it's come down in a relatively short period of time. there are isolated road closures. we'll team up with jack taylor of wtop and help you plan out your tuesday coming up. plus, bigger jackpots, bigger payouts, mega millions dumping the lottery game. it will cost you more to play. we'll fill you in straight ahead. ♪ oh, things got heated. battle rounds continued last night on the voice. we're going to show you the best moments that you might have missed.

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miley. devon fleming still in the running. look for him on the show again tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc4. so if you have a soft spot for a sad puppy face, you're in luck. one of our favorite days of the year, the capitol's canine calendar photo shoot, alex ovechkin and his dog ready for the cameras. john carlsson posing with his dogs and 100% of the proceeds from the calendar sales benefit home ward trails animal rescue. goes to a great cause. some of guys accompanying shelters dogs, like nick backstrom. a limited number of calendars go on sale at the november 24th game. they raised $182,000 for home ward trails through sales of the canine calendar since they started doing it back in 2014.

new video this morning. take a look at this. one of the florida keys most photographed tourist attractions looking better than ever. key west southernmost point marker is now fully restored. thanks to a group of artists all who chipped in. it took a beating when hurricane irma hit the island last month as did most of key west. in fact, chuck we were told that visitors were once again let back in. i mean, it was so terrible what they went through. >> absolutely right. key west -- i attend my 40th birthday there. i'm glad things are putting back the way it was in beautiful sunny florida. we will be back in sunshine before you know it. we are tracking raindrops early this morning. it is a mild start already 72 in annapolis right now. let's talk

ooh, we are one week away from halloween. are you already worried about that candy hangover? we're working for you with four ways to trick out all of those treats. plus, the most haunted places in america. turns out one of them right here in our nation's capitol. we bet you've been there before.

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target is looking he owe the company is planning to ease into holiday promotions by highlighting good deals ever day. gifts under $15. they'll be rolled out for busy shoppers on the go. free shipping will start in november and black friday deals will be announced in the coming weeks. before we worry about thanksgiving or even christmas, we have halloween to celebrate, right? just a week away. google maps has a list of the 31 most haunted places in the united states and one is just a few minutes away from us. that's right. the white house. one of country's most famous haunted houses they say. presidents, first ladies, white

hearing unexplained noises there. another site is called western cemetery in baltimore. poet edgar allen poe is buried there. legend has it he still lingers among the graves. costumes, trick-or-treating, loads and loads of candy. you can see why so many of our kids love this holiday of halloween. after all the fun and games, what's a parent to do to avoid the candy overload and the complete sugar meltdown we know too much about? we have the answers as we get you ready for halloween. >> she's back. the switch witch. come halloween night, if the kids have been good and leave out their candy, she'll switch it with a toy of their choice. a trick-or-treat tradition that's worked for years. a halloween holly helps get rid of the extra treats without the

tears. as the story goes, kids take out ten pieces to keep and put the rest in a special vault that she takes to the north pole since the elves need the sugar to make the toys. you can donate it to kids in need. they collect thousands of pounds of unwanted sweets to fill the snack carts for families caring for sick children in d.c. and maryland. check with your dentist too. many of the drives send the sweets off to the troops. keep in mind, most candy is freezable. save it and use for crafts for the kids ar play dates down the road. >> a fourth thing you can do has been catching on recently in years. it's called reverse trick-or-treating. that promotes kindness. kids go back into the communities and give back their candy to neighbors or participating nursing homes and senior centers. coming up in our 5:00 hour,

going to join aaron and eun and we're going to have another idea what you can do with all that candy. a little demo for you. it involves, by the way, another upcoming holiday. we're also getting you ready for halloween all week. want to remind you, you got to check out chris lawrence's ideas for easy, do it yourself costumes you can make at home on the cheap. that's our nbc washington app right now. chuck, parents are just praying for a great night for crick or treating. we're going to be out there a long time, rain or shine, cool or hot. >> that's true. it's going to be good weather for trick-or-treating. most important at all, it doesn't look like it's going to be raining. fortunately, for kids wearing the costumes, it's not going to be as warm as recently. cooler air is on the way. it's not going to arrive mere today. but it starts arriving tonight and into tomorrow. you'll notice real cool weather between now and the weekend. your tuesday morning is getting started incredibly mild. many spots

degrees this morning. live picture over downtown washington. most of the rain has come to an end. we're in the dry slot here. one round of rain chances has come through tonight. the next chance for rain to the west is looking like it's going to dry up and stay north of us. as a result, this may be the last of the raindrops to contend with. stretching into parts of charles and st. mary's county. they're lifting northeast very quickly. they should be out of here. only 4:19 in the morning now. by 6:00, just about everybody should be dry. still a lot of leftover puddles around. here's future weather. back into sunshine by 8:00 or 9:00 in the morning. maybe lingering rain chances along the western shore of the chesapeake bay in maryland. really to the wefs i-95 corridor, the shenandoah valley. well before lunchtime. enough sunshine, temperatures

we should have no trouble warming into the 70s. visibility reduced. not much of an issue, look at how mild it is. 50s in the shenandoah valley. highs this afternoon well into the mid-70s around 70 across parts of the shenandoah valley. best thing to do on halloween, tuesday before halloween, go down to 17th street, high-heeled drag race. good running for the ladies and their high heels. ladies in quotation marks. are the roads near your home already packed? thousands more could be coming to your community. ahead at 4:30, the population boom that one local town is fighting against. first, paying more to play. the price of a mega millions ticket is going up. how much more is will bring to the lot hoe jackpots. we want to hear from you. do you have a sister that you can't but brag

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>> but the odds 300 million to 1. the chance of being hit by lightning is 1 in 10,000. a hole in one in golf, 1 in 12,500. >> attacked by a shark, 1 in 11.5 million. officials always say, play responsibly. >> i think you need to be cautious. we always say you don't bet the farm when you play the games. >> many think they can defy the odds. the chances of winning mega millions or powerball is almost 300 million to one. >> that's okay. i can be the one person. >> in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. the one thing still the same, you can't win if you don't play. the time right now, almost 4:26. "news4 today" continuing right now with aaron gilchrist and eun yang.

new video on "news4 today," damage from the dangerous storms that may have kept you awake overnight. the storm team 4 forecast breaks down how much longer they'll last. >> plus, sex assault arrest. a man in custody for the second time this month. why he was released the first time. an alarming threat against the school, but the student who posted this hon. social media won't face charges. the redskins about to go down to defeat to go to 3-3. >> plus another monday night football fail. the redskins late-night loss and the problems people will be talking about today. typically tough on a monday, but now we have a tough tuesday because the 'skins lost. spiraling down into our week. >> well, they'll straighten it back out. the boys are coming to town. >> we have to beat that team. another divisional

redskins, right? >> of course. >> i will say, philly is doing good. i lived in philly for five years. i'm sure philadelphia is going crazy right now. >> had we won the game. >> of course. >> my goodness, the ride in was crazy. it was pouring rain and then it stopped. it was really windy. >> it was quick. >> i almost had to pull over at one point. it was coming down that hard when i was driving in this morning. go ahead, sheena. >> no, you go ahead. not quite over yet. >> you're right. when you were driving, aaron, it was a little skinny line of heavy rain. as we go through the morning, you see it kind of moved out. but we have another little band. we're not completely over. another little band moving into the beltway. this is what we're looking at currently. there's the radar. as we go through time here, let's take a look. we have showers still again south of the beltway. so that's we're going t

hours. as far as your rain is concerned, across the area that i mentioned, it is moving through parts of northern virginia, parts of fairfax county, mt. vernon, north of woodridge, that's moving up into the district very shortly. as we go through time this morning, we're really going to see things changing. wind speeds, it is breezy out there. for most of the morning commute, you'll see the wet roads, chance of a sprinkle by 7:00 a.m. most of the commute on the dry side. temperatures very mild. another warmer day today until we get a nice cooldown starting tomorrow. we'll take a look at the forecast coming up. let's check the roads. it is wet out there. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. what a start. unfortunately, this morning as you ride through silver spring, trying to go north on 95 from the inner loop of the beltway. as you pass new hampshire avenue, the ramp is blocked with a jack-knifed tractor-trailer. authorities on scene trying to get it

blocked. 270 northbound. had an early crash this morning that involved, huh, a jack-knifed tractor-trailer. one left lane was getting by at the scene. skriepg t restrictions o on the bridge. wind warning. be aware, got a grip on the wheel. lead traffic across the bridge earlier. high-profile vehicles stopped. back to you. weather makes it a mess on the roads. >> developing this morning, the d.c. courts being asked how a sexual assault -- >> a man being charged with trying assault and kill a woman at her camp springs home. he was arrested saturday after officers caught him running from the victim's home naked. less than a month ago edwards was arrested in d.c. for allegedly sexually assaug

a judge ordered him released until trial but he was supposed to wear a gps tracking ankle bracelet. court records note that two weeks ago he attempted to tamper with that device. the allegations surrounding a former teacher's assistant from maryland are worse than we thought. carlos bell is accused of sexually assaulting 42 children. that is nearly double the number of original victims in the case. prosecutors say he sexually assaulted children at benjamin stoddard mts and sometimes recorded the abuse. he's also hiv positive and he faces more than 200 charges now. prosecutors are seeking a life sentence. the student behind what police thought was a gun threat will not face charges. this is a pick tough a student posted an snop chat. the picture along with a ex- -- this happened in greenbelt yesterday. students thought it was a