forecast. here's the radar now. >> "news4 today" starts now. so that moved in really quickly. >> yeah. >> driving in to work this morning, i see the wind blowing and i can feel it in the car. >> you can hear it. >> suddenly the windshield, i couldn't see anything. the rain got so hard. >> it was heavy. >> it was like 20 seconds. >> meanwhile, coming to work earlier, like i did, i had the windows down. >> i came in late to avoid you. >> i know you do. job well done. >> causes problems. >> the cars get stuck in the mud. they get stuck in the high waters. we rebehind people every time, just because you have a muscle car or suv, doesn't mean you'll get out of a tough situation. >> this guy got stuck in the mud in southeast d.c., big construction site, actually. he was towed out of there, good example, chuck of the impact a quick moving storm can have. >> you bet. a lot of leaves down as well. some of the storm drains may be clogged up with all t

here we are early this morning. a lot of clouds overhead. but the rain is quickly coming to an end. have to give a friendly shoutout to the new state champions, the mclean county -- state champs indeed for a local school. we have a big slot of drier air coming in. because the rain is pushing on out and we're starting out incredibly mild this morning, going to be the last of the really warm days. we're in the 50s and 60s now. 70 in annapolis. how about 71 in gaithersburg. 77 in washington. 76 in fredericksburg. for tomorrow, back to sunshine but cooler and cooler mornings ahead. got the five-day coming up. let's go to jack taylor at wtop. had a crash at 270 northbound. got the left lane ee owe you'll find the

headed around the ramp. the right side of the roadway on the ramp. you can expect their potential for delays along the orange line this morning. we had issues, broken down train the south side of cheverly. chopper 4, have a new crash on outer loop. unfortunately, down near georgia avenue. may have been an accordion crash. >> now 6:02. developing it morning. a d.c. man is behind bars acc e accused of his second sexual assault in less than a month. >> 23-year-old kari edwards was supposed to be under -- he forced his way into a woman's home. he's live in camp springs with more on what happened. justin? >> reporter: aaron, it was just before noon on

police were called to a nearby home invasion in camp springs. they later saw a man running naked down aught road here. but that was not the only thing he was missing. turns out that 23-year-old edwards was missing his gps monitor. he should have had that thing on there. he's now accused of breaking inside a home and trying to rape and kill a woman. he escaped, running off naked with stolen items. later arrested in his clothing. late last month he was charged with sexually assaulting a woman in d.c. where he is also from. the judge had to wear a gps ankle monitor during his release before trial. records also showed he was tampering with that device. i want to give you a sense of where that whole thing happened on saturday. this is the camp springs area where he was found in the 5800 block of auth road. if you saw something weird out

details about this case and perhaps others here in prince george's county. as for edward, he's being held without bond at this time. live in camp springs, justin finch. news 4, back to you. >> justin x thank you. it's 6:04 right now. the allegations surrounding a former teachers assistant are worse than we thought. carlos bell is accused of sexually assaulting children. he sexually assaulted the children and sometimes recorded the abuse. bell also told police that he's hiv positive. prosecutors are seeking a life sentence. we have an update on the triple shooting in zandry. one is a victim at tc williams high school. the second victim is a former student from the same school. that's according to the principal. the shooting was a murder-suicide.

this happened sunday night at the all veterans park in alexandria. the 19-year-old shot his ex-girlfriend who was 17 and her brother who was 15. the girlfriend died and her brother is injured. we want to go to chris lawrence with the damage that was left behind. what are you seeing chris? >> they didn't cause that much damage in our backyard. maybe tree brans down, a lot of mud on the road. take a look at what happened in north and south carolina. the storms blew out windows, crushed cars and flattened buildings. even flipped trucks on their end. it is possible a tornado touched down. cleanup crews -- about 100,000 piem lost electricity. one person tweeted out thankful my wife and kids are okay. it's a mess in

place pray for us. we definitely got the better end of this. chris, thank you. p all right. redskins lose on the road to a big division rival. painful on a tuesday morning. philadelphia beat the 'skins last night 34-24. not the outcome we wanted, none of us wanted. they call to 3-3. >> dallas coming today. sheri burress has a look at the big moments from the game in philadelphia. >> carson wentz practically beat the redskins single handed. this time on his own in four touchdowns

was elusive and burned the skins pretty good. he's a great player. hard to get down. tried rattle him a little bit. tried to make the big play for a touchdown. >> hard to tell with the kwb kwb, he knows how to miss. you got to make the plays, he didn't. >> escaped and kept 20 yards. we were covering and he ends up popping up and busted a long ruchblt definitely devastating going to get ready for the cowboy. >> from one elite cowboy, now to another one, dak prescott and the cowboys. sheri burruss, news 4 sports. the cowboys come to town on sunday. huge game. >> home field advantage. got win. >> for s

want to pursue journalism. do what we do. broadcast news. >> you got have the right stuff if you want to learn how to do it the right way. >> you think anyone can do all this? >> molette green is at elliott hine middle school. they got the right stuff, molette? >> they really do. they just started taping their interview. they're starting it up inside this new 90,000 upgraded studio. instied elliott high middle school. we have malia here on camera. take a look at juan, he's monitoring audio. look at the kbimt. this is part of the new equipment. look at the teleprompter. we love that, don't we? >> there's a ribbon-cutting ceremony. little bit later on this afternoon to officially open and welcome this new studio inside dcps. this is the only middle school

operation like this of its kind in city schools here in the district. we're going to talk with the teacher, mandrel burke who is passionately wanted to make this happen, to bring this broadcasting experience to his students. a bunch of parents are here and other school supporters. we have one of the pepco executives here and she has a special surprise coming up in this hour here fort students who want a career in broadcasting. they want our jobs, guys. >> you know? >> right. we wish them well. just not -- >> give us a little time. >> divide ten, 20 years. >> what if we had this in middle school, right? >> they have such a leg up, which is great to see. >> i wasn't doing all that in middle school. i was trying to survive. >> #best sister ever. check out all these awesome pictures you sent to us.

shots. i usually don't like to brag but i have a good excuse this morning. banding together to take on metro. a group once the rail is fixed. how to make your ride a little smoother. the rain has left the area. but if the kids are walking to school, they can do it. they just might want the rain boots. they have a lot of puddles out there. the temperatures still around the 70s. mid to

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attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. good tuesday morning. the rain has already moved through and it's left the area. it's now up around philadelphia. we're looking at drying conditions. we have wet road

you make your way out. temperatures are pretty comfortable by 8:00 a.m. upper 60s. by 9:00 a.m., we're dry. more sunshine through the day. let's check the road. we have backups, hey jack. >> we do on the outer loop of the beltway. chopper 4 was with us on the outer loop. the crash before georgia avenue was blocking the left lane. this is solid. 270 going northbound before 109 there was a crash on both sides of the roadway leaving one left lane getting past. we've got an incredible southbound delay early leaving 85 headed southbound. >> back to you. jack, thank you. it's 6:14 right now much the "today" show is featuring a series on sisterhood starting with jenna bush hager and her twin. they talk about growing up in the white house. >> i'm sure they had many adventures. we want to share our stories with you as well. >> it's tough to put into words how much my sister means to me. were

highs and lows of life. we're there for each other and we get to talk about the special bond for best sisters week on "today." my sister and i complement each other. we're the perfect match. two halves that fit. >> what makes our relationship so special is my sister is everything. i wish i could be. the things i don't have, she's so sweet and generous and so caring about others. she's patient and so loving and i feel like so sympathetic to other people. so i always joke if you want somebody to care for you and cry on your shoulder and someone to really feel what you're feeling, you go to my sister. if you want stwomeone to give y advice -- you always know what the right thing is and kind of what to do sand when and how. i feel like you have the answers. i feel like if i have a question about som

life, question, i can ask you and you just seem to have the right words. >> she's so right. when eun goes, listen, then you know you're getting some good stuff. >> it's not necessarily -- i don't want to clap tim the best advice. she knows i will be there for her. she knows i will be listening and offering her whatever she needs. stiemts ju sometimes just to listen. it's hard not to say what's on my mind. >> we would love for you to share your sisterhood. >> share them on facebook and instagram. >> look at you. >> cutis. >> use the #best sister ever. >> my sister was pregnant with her first born in that photo. if i didn't mention that, she would be mad at me. >> meet

tomorrow. >> there's angie. >> jenny, also expecting. trisha in the middle. >> it's so fun. i'm grateful to have the chance to share the fun stuff about sisters. love it. talk about awesome kids too. molette is at elliott p hine middle school. about to open the state-of-the-art -- >> we're crashing their interview here on the set. these are some 8th graders. the 6th and 7th graders are standing by to have their turn. we're inside their new $90,000 upgraded studio at this middle school. elliott hine in northeast d.c. the teacher who had this idea to make this even bigger than it was when it first started says it's the only one of its kind in the middle school system in d.c. ps. let's bring him

mandrel best of your recollection -- burkes is behind this. the ribbon-cutting is later on today. you guys are so happy about what this brings to your students. tell me what it does. >> it definitely introduces the world of journalism to kids on a higher level. we took it, expanded that idea and want today introduce the world of broadcast to middle school kids. tv producers, stage handlers, brought the studio to the classroom. >> you got new cameras and new everything. >> everything. new desks, new apple tvs, laptops, headsets, everything. that brings a new studio to the forefront and we're the only middle school in d.c.ps run solely by middle school kids. >> solely. alejandra jimenez is a 7th grader is on the set here. what has this done for you? >> it's given me less stage

fright. wanted me to go out more and talk to other people and stuff. i may want to go into the news business. >> i think you can do it, honey. all right. look, the ribbon-cutting is later today. local dignitary will be here at this school in northeast d.c. to celebrate this special thing going on at eliot hine. we have a pepco executive delivering a special surprise later in the hour. back to you guys. >> looking forward to that. give mandrel credit. i've been interviewed by his kids and he's been a champion for these young people and developing the skills for young broadcasters. >> even for children who don't necessarily want to -- what that young lady said about building confidence and how to communicate. those are important things to learn early on >> the next generation of kids will be better on camera. when i was a kid back

day, we didn't have -- you could see yourself on video now like that. when i was a kid, you had no way to watch yourself on video in essentially real time. >> look at you now. talented and as sharp as ever, chuck bell. >> grab your magnet and stick it on the -- >> you laugh. my first job -- >> i don't know what that means. >> when the weather broke. we had the old weather map out and i got to put the magnetic sun on the map a couple of times. now we're back to computers, it has ups and downs. lot of puddle jumping early. sunshine set to return. back up near 70 on saturday. cloudy skies back by saturday and rain chance on sunday. bit of a breeze still out of southwest averaging 13 miles an hour. out behind this weather front here, that front generated the rain last night.

as a result, i don't think we have much of anything in the way left of a rain chance at all. future weather, maybe a sprinkle or two across far southern maryland. that's about it between now and 10:00. otherwise, back to plenty of sunshine later on in the day. temperaturewise, 50s west of the city. afternoon high near 77 degrees. plenty of sunshine around. of course, the great race tonight on 17th street. the high heel drag race. temperatures around 60 degrees at 9:00 this evening. cooler weather the next couple of days. back into the 40s and 50s. frosted pumpkins thursday and friday morning. jack taylor, let's see how traffic is doing. hey, chuck. on the beltway, outer loop, topside, our crash before georgia avenue blocking the left lane. authorities on scene. the accident on 270 northbound before 109, the left lane getting by. on ohio drive, northbound, the ramp to get on

bridge, we've got a downed pole, authorities are rerouting traffic. all right. jack, thank you. supposed to get you out of a traffic jam. a solution for one of our biggest bottlenecks. the road project that's actually moving ahead of schedule. avoid the sugar rush. this halloween, we're working for you. four ways to ditch the goodies and the sweet trick to share with your family friends.

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>> they're all different. >> twist and twist. >> then you take three inch of typing paper. simply cut halfway through. what you can do is wrap that around. let the kids embellish it. >> if i can do this, anyone can do this. >> put a little gravy on it. >> that might get a little messy. >> this is a great party favor. good for play dates. if you're doing -- >> thanksgiving at the kiddie table. >> the fun part comes, right? >> you bite into it? >> no. you rip that puppy open. >> tear it open like a pinata. >> they love to tear stuff open. >> i put tissue paper too. >> pumpkins. >> it's hard to focus when you have reese's all around. >> i'm glad we made it to the segment. starting at 4:00 a.m., chuck bell was in

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6:31 right now. thanks for waking up with us. >> rain is moving out. but the roads are wet from the quick storm that blew through here. wtop's jack taylor is monitoring the roads. we begin with sheena parveen on the weather deck. how does it feel out there? >> i will be honest with you. it is a little chilly right now. we have a pretty good breeze coming in. you could probably get away with a light jacket. the breeze is go t

the good news is the rain has moved out. you will not need a jacket later on today. we're going to be pretty warm in the 70s. across the area, we are nice and dry. temperaturewise, we have a lot of 50s in the suburbs. 59 dulles, 57 in leesburg. 61 clinton. at the bus stop, a chance of a sprinkle in maryland. a lot of that has moved out. through the afternoon, warm and dry. more sunshine. temperatures for the afternoon bus stop time. more like the mid-70s. the cooler air doesn't get here until tomorrow. wait until you see thursday's forecast. let's check the roads. they still are wet from the morning rain. hey, jack. >> hey, sheena. good morning. our trouble spot on 270. it was northbound before 109. one left lane is getting by. northbound ohio drive. the ramp to memorial bridge blocked. unfortunately, we've got a pole down across the roadway rerouted through the area. sounds like our crash toward

anne arundel county near i-97, left side of the roadway blocked in both directions staying right to get by. early delays building. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jack, thank i. it's 6:33. nationals broadcasters, ray knight says four people came to his apartment before a fight broke out. he was charged with battery and assault. knight did not say what the fight was about. he's due in court early next year. a d.c. man is accused of saah all thing a woman. he was caught running from the alleged victim's home naked. he was supposed to be under gps monitoring after being arrested for assaulting a woman in d.c. last month. such a bummer. the 'skins go down to the philadelphia eagles. carson wentz put on a show throwing four touchdowns in the 34-24 wi

rival. the dallas cowboys coming to d.c. on sunday. we have to win that game. things should be back to normal at eleanor high school in prince george's county. >> it comes after a threat discovered on social media a student post thd video on snapchat over the weekend. we're learning the student behind this will not be charged. news 4's adam tuss is in the newsroom with a look at why. adam? >> aaron, police say this wasn't a credible threat. here's another look at the picture that the student posted over the weekend. the student won't be charged because police don't consider it a threat. since this started as a conversation between two students, it was not a threat. it turns out it was a picture of a bb gun. the picture along with the text caused police to step up security at roosevelt high in green

greenbelt. the students will be excused if the parents wrote a note. again, classes are expected to continue as normal today, guys. back to you. >> adam, thank you. 6:35 our time right now. the man accused of killing throw co-workers will be charged in delaware first. if he's convict i had there, he won't be able to guetapens rolled. prosecutors are going to keep him behind bars. they say he then drove to delaware and shot someone at an auto shop. prince is being held on a $2.1 million bail right now. there's good news for commuters. extended express lanes opening on 95 ahead of schedule. you can use them nair the garrisonville road exit. they're adding two more miles for traffic. the southbound side opens next tuesday. the northbound ramp opens next wednesday. >> storm aftermath. the

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all right. we can start counting down. we have been for a while. the olympic torch is on the way to pyeongchang, south korea. it was lit a few minutes ago i @ athens, greece. the olympic games are coming up if february. i am heading there for the month to cover the winter olympics for you. >> have you been learning -- we'll see you on the slalom and ice skates. you were trained and prepped. >> the funny things you know how i feel about winter. it will be a

>> the torch will travel more than a thousand miles and more than 7,000 people will carry it. >> not chuck bell. >> not this time around. di when they had the special olympics or something. i got to carry it for a mile or two. haven't had the privilege since. cloudy skies this morning. we'll get back to sunshine later on. a warm afternoon, into the 70s. cooler weather arrives tomorrow and chilly mornings coming up thursday and friday morning. sheena has the ten-day forecast in a few more minutes. hey, chuck. the outer loop of the beltway, we've had delays moving around from 95 to georgia avenue. new crash after 95 before new hampshire blocking the left lane. state highway on scene. northbound ohio drive, the ramp to go west on the memorial bridge blocked because of a downed pole. authorities are on scene redirecting traffic. aaron, eun, back to you. >> jack, thank you. a call to fix and fund metro before it's too

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woer following the impact of storms in our area. earlier this morning. the news crew came across a car stuck in the mud in d.c. >> this is 6th street and virginia. a tow truck came and pulled the car away. that road is back open now. >> the rain moved out of our area. but the pavement is still wet. that can cause problems. >> take a look now. we'll have more on the commute ahead on first 4 traffic in a few minutes. >> even though the rain and the wind gone for now. look at the tree toppled over there. >> especially to the south. we saw that really bad damage where a tornado may have touched down in the carolinas. chris lawrence shows us some of the damage. >> want to show you a new image from an airport in hickory, north carolina. >> it's been completely ripped apart and the hangar

planes with the nose pointed straight down. the wind caused most of the damage tossing trucks on the sides and damaging the building and trees. a lightning strike caused damage. more than 100,000 people lost power. fortunately, no one was hurt. but a significant amount of cleanup. developing this morning, a d.c. man is behind bars accused of his second sexual assault in less than a month. >> 23-year-old edwards was supposed to be under gps monitoring when prince george's county police say he forced his way into a woman's home. >> news 4's justin finch is live in camp springs with more on what happened. justin, this is very disturbing. >> reporter: eun, the big question is could this guy pulled this off if he had on that gps monitor. when they saw him saturday, he was running along auth road with no clothes on and without t

this all happening in the early hours of saturday afternoon. now, take a look here. this is 23-year-old edwards. prince george's county police say this guy broke inside a camp springs home and tried to rape and kill a woman. the trouble here is it comes after another disturbing crime he's accused of sexually assaulting a woman in southeast d.c. late last month. in court for that case, a judge ordered edwards to wear a gps monitor during his release before his trial. it turns out that records show he was tampering with that device and could be why he was not wearing it. in the camp springs area, this is the 5800 block of auth road where edwards was found. this is right off of branch avenue. there is a chance that he was -- if you saw him, police want to

you are a victim. back to you. >> justin finch, live in camp springs. justin, thank you. 13 before the hour now. the allegations of a former teachers assistant in maryland are worse than originally thought. carlos bell is accused of sexually assaulting 42 children. that's nearly double the original vib tils. he sexually assaulted them and sometimes recorded the abuse. he also said he's hiv positive. he faces more than 200 charges. prosecutors are seeking a life sentence. we have more on the triple shooting in alexandria. one is a student at tc williams high school. police also tell us a shooting was a murder-suicide. this happened sunday night at the all veterans park in alexandria. 19 yoer's

ex-girlfriend and her brother. the ex-girlfriend died and her younger brother survived. he then turned the gun on himself. chopper 4 was over a deadly crash in laurel. we're work to go learn the name of the person who died. prince george's county police say one car was trying to make a left turn when it hit another oncoming car traveling down route 197 yesterday. the road was closed for a couple of hours for the investigation. new this morning, small business rs coming together to ask that metro be fixed immediately. the state, our system campaign says lack of dedicated funding and poor service on metro is hurting the local economy. they say since more people are driving instead of taking trains, the parking situation is getting worse, especially in busy areas such as u street corridor. the group sent a letter to local governments and others asking for improvements for the next fiscal year. you forget about the impact metro has, not

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chapstick was so important. >> give me my orange chapstick. >> the most ridiculous things. >> having kids, who gets to sit where on the sofa watching a movie together. >> my girls fight over the chapstick too. >> do they? >> the lip balms. the ones that you gave them and some others. it always makes me think of that orange chapstick. >> big fight over orange chapstick. >> yes. >> it seemed like nothing at the time. but when you have a brand new orange chapstick and your younger sister used it, you think, she did it. it's a big deal. we had a big old fight over it. >> i understand. now you can laugh about it. >> now i give her every one i own. happily. >> thank you to my sister for sitting down with me, sharing moments together. i love her dearly and she means the world to me. >> our series continues to me when you get to meet angie goff's sister and the bush twins discuss growing up in the white

show this morning. all right. fun morning. >> we're going to talk to jack taylor now. take a look at your commute which may not be so fun, right, jack? >> no, it is not at all. getting in towards the beltway. 50 westbound the accident at 202. blocking a left lane. caused slowdowns outside the beltway near 704. ohio drive northbound west on the roosevelt bridge. crash brought down a pole. under police direction. 270 going north. the accident activity is before 109 leaving the left lane getting by. southbound slowdowns out of frederick beyond 109. with the wet roadways, it's made for one heck of a morning rush hour. >> sheena, do you have an idea when it will dry up? >> later on this afternoon, it will get warm again. >> your commute, like jack mentioned, the roads are wet. for your bus stop, it's damp but breezy. not seeing the rain falling. things are looking dry. recess dry, more

out there. but the radar, is showing -- it's moving to the philadelphia area. drying out through the rest of the day today. if you're walking the dog today, wet roads and we have boots i. animal dog rescue. if you need a dog to walk, head to their website. 8:00 this morning, 69 degrees, breezy. still pretty comfortable by lunchtime. more sunshine. 74. look at the afternoon temperatures. we're not going to see the cool air move in until tomorrow. that's when you'll notice it. 5:00 p.m. today. temperatures around 77 degrees. currently, though, about the upper 50s to low 630s. 63 in washington. 57 leesburg. 59 manassas. 60 degrees gaithersburg. the rain stays away for the rest of the day. we keep seeing the developing sunshine. that will help temperatures rise to the mid to upper 70s. normally we should be around 66 degrees. thursday will be the coolest day. 59 for a daytime high. you

day. we start to rise into the weekend. warmup on saturday. staying dry. 70 degrees there. next rain chance on sunday. highs in the mid-60s. next week, there's the halloween forecast. we're looking at dry conditions, temperatures around 60. i would say, it's going to feel like halloween. it doesn't look like the trick-or-treaters have to worry about the rain. >> sheena, thank you. 6:53 right now. we know that kids learn best with all the resources they need. you don't have to worry about tools. they get the stuff they need and they learn to focus on learning. >> the students at eliot high middle school are getting an amazing experience learning about broadcasting and molette green is talking to them about this terrific experience. molette, these are the future journalists and broadcasters of the world right now that you're talking about. >> reporter: and getting that early start is so very important. that's why they're celebrating this brand new studio. the $90,000 equipment

temperature prompter, everything here for the students, eun. even what you and i and arron ron love as well. a beautiful new anchor desk. the eliot hine network here. they're going to get a new upgrade as well. a renovation of the school. not far from the armory next year. we're really celebrating the future here that looks very bright. the teacher, mandrel burkes is behind the studio. jim vance came and gave an interview early on in this television radio network experience. you guys have another dream guest that you have been writing to and trying to appeal to. who is that? >> our number one goal is to interview, i'll let the parents and kids tell you. >> that's right. when do we want him? >> now. >> i think we'll be bringing him to the classroom hopefully. >> president obama. >> you

that? >> people can see you guys? >> now we're broadcasting simultaneously on u string, facebook, youtube and periscope. >> simultaneously. we're the only tv network that's run solely by middle school kids. >> in dcps. >> pepco is coming in. donna cooper, your organization is supporting this school and its efforts with this tv studio. what do you have here? >> this morning, i have a check for $2500 for eliot high. [ applause ] >> the upgrades keep on comingment thank you pepco for supporting this school. you guys were one of the guests here this morning. they talked about what the utility does in the community. we are here at eliot high network. the ribbon-cutting is later today at 4:00 p.m. where everyone will be celebr e celebrating this wonderful achievement. >> they look professional.

they're coming after us, aaron. >> tell the kids we say congratulations on the new set. 6:56 right now. here are four things to know. d.c. man accused of assaulting and trying to kill a woman. edwards was arrested on saturday after prince george's county police caught him running from the victim's home naked. the nbc washington app, you can read about the other sex assault edwards was recently arrested for. thousands of people in north and south carolina are waking up without electricity this morning. a severe storm swept through those states before raining in our area overnight. as the storm moves out, you can follow the forecast in the nbc washington app. president trump will make a rare trip to capitol hill today. he'll take part in the senate republican's weekly policy lunch. taxes is the main focus. other issues like health care could come up. a big loss for the 'skins on the road. they fell to the philadelphia eagles 34-24 last night. the 'skins face division rivals, dallas on sunday. we have to win this game. got to win that one for

forecast. lovely 77-degree afternoon coming your way today. the cooler air settles in for the workweek. next chance for rain on sunday. trick-or-treating on the cooler than average side. that candy will not be melting in your hands. >> i've been eating too much candy this morning. that's why all the reese's wrappers. >> that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. enjoy your day. >> make it a gat tuesday re ♪ >> make it a gat tuesday re do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪

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