going to be an ugly day. here's a look at the radar. this is a local view. what we're seeing here. drying conditions. some of the rain along the eastern shore and heading towards delaware. we did mention a powerhouse of a storm. now take a wider look at the northeast. there you see it now. much of new england seeing the heavy rain and gusty winds. over the weekend, if you didn't know, we had a tropical storm develop. tropical storm philippe and the remnants of it moving up into new england. so this is the reason why we have such rainy, gusty conditions this morning. as we go through the afternoon today, we'll see improvements. locally we have the clearing. but the winds could be gusting here 50 miles per hour by 10:00 a.m. a lot of heavy rain here. this is going to eventually move away. nicer conditions today. hold on to the jacket. it's going to be a chilly wuchblt we'll look at the forecast coming up. let's look at the roads. good morning, melissa. sheena, taking a look at the roads.

what's going on. you can see the beltway. all the main routes into town and out of town, not affected by any rain at this point. but it has been pretty nasty throughout the morning. beach drive at the maryland state line. all lanes blocked because of that downed tree this morning. the bay bridge, still high wind warning in effect. we did have the bridge shut down at 4:00 this morning here. taking a look here down to the southwest. fairfax county parkway, a new crash reported there this morning. as you zoom in southbound. 395 at glebe. crash along the left side. guys? >> melissa, thank you. you can see we're not the only ones dealing with the wet weather, heavy rain and gusty winds. it hit part of new york, new jersey and connecticut. remnants of tropical storm philippe making for a wet mess across the northeast with flash flood watches in areas.

coverage of this wild weather. justin finch is in loudoun county now. tracking downed power lines. >> we continue with news 4 justin finch. what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: hey there, eun, aaron. seeing still windy conditions out here in loudoun county on red hills road right now. making your way towards evergreen road. debris on the street straight ahead. we have work under way on downed wires here. this is evergreen mills road by ryan road. loudoun county sheriff's office working to restore the wires. seeing them being lifted up here as well as restore power to the general area. as you make your way to northern virginia as we have seen, you're going to see debris in the roadway talking about leaves, branches in some areas and other debris as well. so be prepared to slow down as you travel around. also, lots of reports of

outage throughout the area. we're talking about thousands here. each as far as fairfax county at back lick and braddock roads. want to tell you town of leesburg is reporting intermittent traffic outages. they're asking you to treat them like four-way stops. be very careful, be on alert. the lights will be out in several areas. build in time as you make your way up so you're not -- there's very windy and slick conditions. >> justin finch on the road. a lot of your neighbors are waking up in the dark. we're working for you and checking the numbers. dominion energy has nearly 3,000, mostly in arlington. know vek has 2,000 people. all in loudoun county. >> pepco, they have thousands without electricity in the district now. we checked with bge, reporting several hundred in our

and watch ford dark and traffic lights and be safe out there this morning. stay with us for continuing coverage on this weather alert morning. you can monitor the live radar you're seeing and we will keep you updated by sending alerts on the nbc washington app. four minutes after the hour. a family is mourning the loss of a young woman killed in an unthinkable accident on the highway. marisa harris was a grad student ought marymount university. she was driving down i-66 when a 12-year-old boy jumped off the overpass. the boyfriend steered the car off the road but paris died instantly. the boy is in the hospital with critical hop. it is now of:04. the former head of security at richard montgomery high school in montgomery high school will be sentenced.

sexual abuse of a minor. he bought a student gifts, including a cell phone, that he used to text with her before, during and after school hours. robert mueller's russia investigation heads into a new phase today. >> that's because his office is expected to announce the charges. angie goff is in the newsroom with more on the charges. >> this is what we know. a federal grand jury approving the first charges in that case as you mentioned. what the charges are at this point, that remains a big unknown. we won't know who will be charged today until the indictments are unsealed. in the past, law enforcement sources have named former national security adviser michael flynn and former trump campaign manager paul manafort in this investigation. both denied any wrongdoing and we don't know in either man will be charged today or if it could be someone who

well-known. we'll keep you posted. sdmie 6:06 right now. the fbi began investigating the matter in july of 2016 but the investigation picked up steam after president trump took office in january. robert mueller, the former fbi director was special counsel to oversee the troeb. now the new indictment could indict several key players, former am trump campaign manager paul manafort and michael flynn. president trump went on twitter and blames democrats for a witch hunt for evil politics. mr. trump repeatedly denied any kplugs with russia that took place. meanwhile, the president's tweets are not reaction to anything involving the special counsel. keep it here for breaking news on the indictment in the mueller

nbc4 and on the "today" show all morning. that's in the air to left. here comes fisher. astros win it! >> did you see this game? this one for the history books. people will be talking about this for a long time. it was a wild one. more than five hours long. i think the longest in history. the astros ended up on top. they were down in the beginning of the game. they beat the dodgers 13-12 in extra innings. sthe they traded the lead over and over. it all ended on a walk-off hit. game 6 of the best-of-seven series in los angeles tomorrow night. this is what you want a world series to look like. oh, so fun. couldn't stay up for the whole thing. >> we're seeing the highlights in the morning, right sfl. >> for sure.

number one off-season question apparently. their next manager is dave martinez. the nats signed him for the next three years. martinez spent the last few years as the chicago cubs bench coach. he won the world series with the cubs last year and the cubs beat the nationals in the playoffs this year. we hope some of that will rub off. talk about a dark and stormy night for redskins fans. feels like a monday. they had the loss against the rivals cowboys, and then having to drive in this stormy weather. the big question, how will the redskins do with all the injuries. if they want a chance this year, they have to win the next game. >> they had a lead then let it slip away. carol maloney shows us how it all happened from fedex field. >> reporter: it was raining, it was pouring and, well, there was not enough s

more than their share of injuries. burgundy and gold fall to the rival cowboys. it was a game of missing players and missed opportunities. late first half, 'skins look to go go up by two scores. a blocked field goal returned nearly the length of the field. so instead of a nine-point lead, redskins trailing 14-13 at the half. second half, one final chance, kirk cousins' pass deflected. intercepted and returned for a touchdown. redskins fall to 3-4 with a 33-19 loss. >> got to go every set. hit the reset button. instead, you just -- man, we wanted that one. really did want that one. just came up short. >> up next, the seahawks in seattle where they're known for their 12th man. while the redskins will be known to have enough men. carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> that puts it in

>> i mean, long suffering -- we'll keep on going. hope for the best. >> they know we want to win. they're going to shake off whatever they can shake off. >> let's go. heavy rain is pounding new england right now. the remnants of tropical storm philippe. we'll take you to ground zero and the impact of this massive storm. the power outage problems still hitting our area. what to expect next. fortunately, it's coming to an end. you can see storm team 4's stormtracker out there on the roads this morning. it will be a wind-blown day today. the rain is coming to an end. a lot of puddles and downed leaves. the wet leaves on the slippery side. more of a treat than a trick for halloween and milder weat

m mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. female narrator: what would john adams do to women's health? adams argued before the supreme court to give employers control over your access to birth control. adams also supports giving employers the power to block access to affordable contraception for 1.6 million virginia women. and adams opposes abortion even in cases of rape, or incest. john adams: wrong for women's health. wrong for virginia. 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.

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.

good morning everybody. storm team 4 radar showing the rain coming to an end. good riddance to the raindrops. picked up over an inch of rain. it's chilly and wind outside. temperatures in the 40s now. back into the mid and upper 50s later today. be ready melissa mollet for a wind whipped kind of a day. hold on tight to the steering wheels for the high-profile vehicles. >> your rain caused me problems on the roads. talking about downed trees and wires. we'll tell you where all of this is happening coming up. look at this. high winds, heavy -- this is what it looks like in connecticut this morning. >> hundreds of thousands of people lost electricity there. several school districts are closed today. that storm is still hanging over that area

>> news 4's aimee cho working for you on canal road where a tree fell and caused headaches. an update on conditions now. aimee what are you seeing? >> reporter: one less closure you have to worry about. that is good news. take a look at this map. it shows you the problem. the 3800 block of canal road northwest. this is near fox hall road. a busy stretch of road. this is closed overnight due to a downed tree t took utility workers so long to clean it up. they were spread pretty thin dealing with several different downed trees throughout washington with the storms. luckily, that is reopened in time for morning rush hour. you no longer have to worry about that. as you hit the roads, be careful. the roads are still dark, wet from the rain. covered with a lot of leaves and branches. especially if you're taking the more rural back roads. please do drive carefully. back to you. coming up on 6:16.

canceling the controversial contract with a montana company working to restore power to the island. the contract with whitefish interview is worth $300 million. it was under scrutiny because the company had two full-time employees when the contract was award and because it's based in the hometown of the secretary of the interior. the company denies the secretary or anyone else in the trump administration had anything to do with the contract. about 70% of puerto rico is still in the dark. some neighbors still don't have power at the promenade apartments in bethesda each after they were told to go home. it's been more than a week since a fire forced them out. it burned part of the high-rise back on october 21st. the building did not have running water or electricity for days. according to our news partner at wtop management let people back in yesterday but some say they couldn't still turn on the lights. the fire caused about a million dollars in damage. chuck bell and

emcee and kick off the walk to end hiv this past weekend at freedom plaza. a big thank you to everybody who joined us. you see jim claire from wtvc on the stage with us. this has been around for years. >> look at chuck. >> always a constant presence of positivity and cheer. >> this is one of the biggest hiv prevention fundraisers in the country put on. we've been a prout partner in d.c. more than half a million dollars raised so far. d.c. has been -- year after year. the work is workingment. >> whitman walker a big part of that. >> good thing it was on saturday. >> yeah. >> rather than yesterday. >> sunday was so

>> now it's continued. >> the worst thing is that cold, the wind driven rain was cold out too. >> it is. melissa mollet, earlier, her umbrella flipped inside out and broke. you don't want that to happen to you. >> unless you're along the eastern shore, you don't need one through the morning. here's a look. zooming in closer to annapolis, the bay bridge. that's light rain. we have a wind advisory until 10:00 a.m., the winds gusting near 50 miles an hour. there's the big storm system up around new england, but it's pulling away from our area. winds currently gusting around 30, 35 miles an hour. we have a 40 miles an hour wind gust in annapolis. staying breezy through the afternoon. temperatures mostly the mid to upper 50s. we'll stay cool today. have your jacket. this is available at the humane rescue alliance. if you need a dog to adopt you. breezy. by 5:00 p.m., only 59 degrees. future

keep clearing the rain out. as we go through the day, improvement with developing sunshine. now your halloween forecast looking really good for the trick -or-trea trick-or-treaters. cool, then chilly through your tuesday evening for halloween. so all is looking well for going door to door for the kids dressed up in their costumes. by wednesday, cool again in the upper 50s. thursday, we're going to have a warmup. 68 degrees. by friday, we're back in the 70s. 73 degrees friday. get cooler again going into the week yechblt weekend. let's check the roads on this improving morning. taking a look at a couple of new problems. wayne avenue in silver spring, brand new crash looking at the beltway. overall, looking okay. showing you slower spots. 66 inbound from manassas. 95 northbound atwood bridge, 210

beach drive at the maryland state line. lanes blocked with the downed tree. we'll get a live picture from that area soon. this is the new one i was talking about. garrison street at northwest. wires hanging across the road. this weather causing issues for some people this morning. ashburn, ryan road at evergreen road. ryan -- fairfax county parkway at terminal road. 395 outbound at glebe. >> thank you. sexual harassment claim against one of hollywood's a-listers. that's coming up. plus this. still ahead in the next 30 minutes, addicted to your phones. you're not alone. >> two hours 22 minutes. two hours 30 minutes. >> we're getting in on the digital diet. the challenge and what it means for you and your family. saved from the flames. a f

the action one woman took and what the firefighters had to do to save the life of a baby. kevin spacey coming out. the reason the actor decided to tell people about his sexual orientation now. have you seen this woman? how a visit to howard university's yard fest may have changed her life. power probproblems. more team coverage on this weather alert morning.

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new this morning, kevin spacey is apologizing in response to allegations he tried to seduce a teenager more than 30 years ago. the accuser is actor anthony rapp. he said space ee climbed on him in the '80s. he put out a statement saying he doesn't remember the incident but he's sorry for what would have been deeply inappropriate dunk en behavior. he also came out and announced he's gay. he said he's been protective of his privacy for years but he wants to deal with this openly an honestly. digital addictions. do you know someone who spends too much time on their smartphones. probably we all do. >> i just tracked mine. in the last hour, 25 minutes. >> that's part of our job. e-mail and tweeting. >> your kids walk with their heads down. focused on the screens. >> our consumer reporter, susan hogan. she has a look ahead at how digital addiction may be affecting f

>> let's face it. we're all addicted to this. most of us can't live without it. >> we're working for you, looking for things on our phones that sucks up our precious time. >> jack, jack, hello? >> meet jack. he's my 13-year-old son and yes, parents, you can relate to that smartphone glaze. our kids are so entrenched into what they're watching, they don't hear us. here's the deal. i gave jack an assignment. i asked him to log every time he used the smartphone for two weeks. he was awesome. writing it all down. the results. 2 hours 22 minutes. 2 hours 30 minutes. >> it gets worse. you'll hear from him monday on news 4. we'll challenge you and your kids to do the same. we're exposing our digital addictions. answering questions at what age they should get a smartphone and what happens to your kids' brains when they're overexposed. if your family has a digital

message. >> watch for our consumer, medical and investigative stories. >> stay tuned for her special reports on digital addiction tomorrow morning. the focus will be about the kids and video games. >> we'll have ideas on how to get your kids to kick their habits. >> scare in the air. passengers praying for their safety. the smoke filled the plane headed for dulles. what sparked the fire and what happened next? >> i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. the wind is mouhowling this morning. if you're taking a flight this morning, you want to hold on tight. it will be

you are waking up to a storm

morning. >> take a look. wind-whipped trees are wreaking havoc on the roads. we've been reporting about trees down across the region this morning starting at 4:00. in maryland, that's snow my friends in garrett county. wild weather. we have team coverage to help you get out the door. >> it hurts my eyes. >> the snow? >> yeah. i can't look at it. >> let's begin with meteorologist chuck bell on the storm team 4 weather deck with the up to the minute forecast. >> winds are still gusting well over 30 miles per hour at times. even my little gray hairs are flying in the wind this morning. it is a nasty start to the work and school week. a lot of puddles to be jumped this morning. rain basically over now. the wind will be with us the rest of the day and it feels a lot more like november. there's radar. off go the raindrops leaving southern maryland headed

it is chilly here in the 40s this morning. 48 in washington, 45 in the panhandle of west virginia. hold on to your hats ard hair pieces. kids under 40 pounds, rocks in the pockets this morning. winds could gust before settling down a bit. you've got two kids under 50 pounds, be careful. >> three kids under 50 pounds. brennan tries to make the mark. it's a big deal. usually about 49. crash in the left lane. outer loop after leesburg pike. crash along the right side. this is 95 in maryland that we're talking about this morning. northbound gw parkway. car off the roadway. right side there. blocked by a crash. all of this popping up in the last couple of minutes. wayne avenue, have a crash in silver spring as well. otherwise, main routes into town and out of town looking tyl.

impacts as far as trees and wires down coming up. melissa, thank you. a lot of power outages affecting you and your neighbors throughout the region. if you go out to the live desk, break down the numbers for us, angie, getting any better? >> the glimmer of hope in the 5:00 a.m. hour, things are improving. the outages are getting worse across the region. dominion virginia adding a few outages in the last hour. most of us concentrated in loudoun county, some in fairfax. clark and stafford counties in virginia also impacted as well. novek. pepco reporting 2,000 outages. almost all of that near the dupont circle neighborhood. bge, several hundred in the region don't have electricity right now. remember, when you lose power, you can always get streaming newscast

washington app on your personal devices. it's now 6:33. here's a look at your top stories this morning. a graduate student at marymount university in arlington was killed after a boy jumped off the 66 overpass. marisa harris was driving with her boyfriend saturday afternoon. she died instantly. the 12-year-old boy is in critical condition at the hospital. we find out the first charges in special counsel robert mueller's special investigation. just who will be charged and with what remains unknown. previously law enforcement sources named former national security adviser michael flynn and former trump campaign chairman paul manarttargets of . both have denied any wrongdoing. it's unclear if either will be charged today. the 'skins are thinking about their upcoming game against the seahawks this morning and all the injured players they'll have to replace. they lost to the cowboys yesterday at home. to make matters worse, they los

during the game. they play the seahawks this sunday. 6:34 right now. firefighters saved three children to a burning home in temple hills over the weekend. >> one of the children is an infant. yesterday morning that home caught fire. a woman called 9-1-1 to say that children were trapped inside. firefighters were able to rescue the children and revive them in the yard. they were all taken to the hospital in serious condition. four others people were able to escape the home. fire crews say the flames started in the kitchen. a husband in northern virginia is being called a person of interest in his wife's death. the loudoun county sheriff's office says on saturday morning the man called a family member to watch his children. when that relative went to the house, which you can see on the map here, the woman was found dead. shortly after that, the husband was sent to the hospital after a serious head-on crash. another driver cri

they have not released the names of anyone involved. the national highway traffic safety administration is lawn pg a pilot program to notify drivers to any open recalls when they register vehicles. maryland was the only state to apply. we're getting a look at new video on board a united airlines flight that was originally headed to dulles international airport. a passenger there recorded the emergency landing in boston. the flight was on its way from munich, germany, when there were reports of smoke on the plane. the smoke came from the plane's galley which is where the food is prepared. no one was hurt. a historic church in alexandria is relocating two plaques that honor george washington and robert e. lee. leaders decided that they may create an

as a welcoming church. the plaques had been discussed for years but took on an added urgency after the events in charlottesville. they plan to move the plaques next year when they decide on a new location. finding a star at yard fest. the story behind the viral photo you probably saw on facebook and how it could help launch a new career. the storm team 4 by 4 is on the roads for you. the rain is clearing out but that is not the only concern this morning. cleanup crews are

independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members and mandatory life sentences for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say

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this morning. the good news, it's along the eastern shore. much of the area is start to go dry up. here's how the morning shapes up. the rain clearing by 7:00 a.m. still very gusty though. winds near 50 miles an hour with a wind advisory. temperatures in the 40s. let's check the roads. good morning, melissa. >> good morning. roads and rails. just found out camden line service suspended because of a downed tree. we'll talk about the road problems coming up. melissa, thank you. this morning a college student's dream of a modeling career may become a reality all because of photos from instagram from howard university's yard fest. >> it's funny how it happened. he was snapping pictures of stylish outfits when he snapped a photo of this woman. according to the daily mail, this is a sophomore at plymouth state university. she'sl

student. smart and beautiful. >> just because you have pictures on instagram doesn't mean you're a model. in her case, you might be a model. >> reaching out to her. official agencies think -- she's heard from three of them. you might see her in ads and the runway. >> good luck. washington on edge. there could be a major breakthrough in the russia investigation. a look at who could be in the crosshairs and what it means for president trump. as you make your way out to work and school this morning, prepare for wet and windy conditions. perhaps each crews that work on the roa asds narrator: ed gillespie's false attacks. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members

nces for violent sexual predators. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad because i'm a pediatrician, and for ed gillespie to say i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable.

m mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. female narrator: what would john adams do to women's health? adams argued before the supreme court to give employers control over your access to birth control. adams also supports giving employers the power to block access to affordable contraception for 1.6 million virginia women. and adams opposes abortion even in cases of rape, or incest. john adams: wrong for women's health. wrong for virginia.

it's 6:44. we continue our team coverage with news 4's justin finch live for ous in loudoun county. >> storm team weather alert day for us. we're on the scene of downed power lines. justin? >> reporter: that's right. aaron. they've been working on this throughout the morning. we've seen cars beginning to build up. show you right now the area we're seeing. this is red hill road facing evergreen mills road and ryan road. straight ahead, perhaps you can see that road closed sign and behind that, wires were down

hours. crews have been working to lift those wires up and begin repairs there. they have been successful. the weather, though, has been wicked. i hear the wind was whipping, rain coming down. the condition has not been favorable. on the road, we've also seen patches, lots of wet leaves, other debris as well. cars now on the road realizing the kind of conditions they are now in. we've seen slowdowns begin to happen. as you drive this morning, you may want to go a touch under the speed limit. the conditions out here can be a bit changeable. we're live in loudon. i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> thank you. we have a team of meteorologists work on up to the minute forecasts for you. >> what we can expect coming up in a few minutes. now the mueller investigation. a federal grand jury in washington has approved the first criminal charges in the

into russian election. >> if you're just catching up, here's a look at the timeline. the fbi investigation began in july of 2016. it picked up steam after president trump took office in january. robert mueller, a former fbi director was appointed in may as special counsel to oversee the probe to russian interference in the election. this could impact several key players, including former trump campaign manager, paul manafort and michael flynn. joining us now with more on this developing story. >> nbc news political editor mark murray. mark, we don't know who is going to be charged. we've heard a couple of names, paul manafort and politically, how big is this for the white house? what does this mean? >> this is a significant development. not only for the trump administration but all of washington. and the united states actually. if this is somewhat on the level of the paul manafort, trump's former campaign chairman or

national security adviser, these are people who are incredibly close to donald trump. to say this were an investigation of hillary clinton, this would be a john podesta or robby mook, somebody they very, very close. this is going to be a very long investigationment we don't know who will be the person indicted today. but i have a feeling this is going to go on for months if not another year or so. >> the president got on twitter yesterday and what might we expect today from him or the white house? >> the strategy at least from the president as well as conservative allies, is really to muddy the waters. in fact, hillary clto

clu colluder. this is all the democrats, they paid for the dossier, the dossier that had -- in the 2016 election, the person who ended up benefiting from the russian interference is donald trump, not hillary clinton. everything we've seen, james comey initial investigation, the trump campaign ties to russia, not anything to do with the democrats or hillary clinton. >> you said these are the first potential charges. >> we're a long ways to go. >> mark murray, thanks, as always. president trump's approval rating dropped to a new low. the "wall street journal" poll shows the president's approval rating now at 38%. that's down five points since last month. 58% of respondents disapprove of his job performance so far. his approval rating of 38% is the lowest in modern times for a president in this stage of his

the poll has margin of error of plus or minus 3.3 percentage points. of course, keep it here for breaking news on the indictment. we'll have coverage on the "today" show all morning long. senator marco rubio will rally with ed gillespie. he is supporting his bid for virginia governor. that will take place tonight at 7:00 in sterling. voters will head to the polls on november 7th. if you can't make it to the polls next week in virginia, you will need to vote absentee. you have a to have a ballot mailed, you must request by tomorrow at 5:00. to vote absentee, you must do it by saturday. there are a dozen of reasons to choose from. work, religious obligations.

melissa mollet is here. take a look at this big problem this morning. camden line service suspended because of a downed tree at laurel. metro honoring tickets. just got off the phone with them. another problem because of the weather. this downed tree on beach drive at the maryland state drive. all lanes blocked there. >> outer loop before 95. maryland. crash in the left lane and outer loop. crash on the right side. rest of the beltway looks okay. northbound gw parkway. car off of the roadway there. 66 inbound off of the toll road. after the crash, you can see travel times not terrible right now. beltway pretty slow. germantown to the spur, pretty good there. 37 miles per hour. going to take you 15 minutes from 95 to 270. 66 inbound outside the beltway here from fairfax county parkway to the beltway. no big issue

i got to tell you, chuck, it has been pretty tough with the wires and trees down all over the place. >>. [ inaudible ] [ inaudible ] >> all right. >> taking this one here. what's important is that we'll get to the forecast momentarily. we had a lot of rain around here, almost an inch of rain yesterday. the rainiest day in two months. the winds have peaked up to almost 50 miles per hour. right now, west wind averaging 18. but still gusting over 30 miles per hour at times. the temperatures still mostly in the 40s. they'll stay there for a couple of hours. eventually by later on

sunshine. wind stays, but the sunshine is back. the next couple of days, more of a treat than a trick coming your way for halloween. warmer weather arrives on thursday. the rain for the most part is quickly to start to come to an end. excellent news for everybody. sheena, what's going on for halloween? >> good, chuck. perfect timing for the trick-or-treaters. the good news, we'll be nice and dry. the weather will be cooperating. here's the halloween forecast for the trick-or-treaters. 60 degrees by 5:00 p.m. if that's the time you start to go door to door. 7:00 p.m., 57 degrees. for most of the trick-or-treating, we'll be in the 50s and nice and dry. normal high this time of year is 64 degrees. over the next few days, we'll stay a little below normal. then we'll be warming up slightly into thursday. also friday. but then oo

speaking of the weekend, we fall back on sunday. 2:00 a.m., the clocks go back an hour. the new sunset, 5:00 in the afternoon. it's going to be getting darker earlier around here. let's take a look at the ten-day chuck. >> all right, sheena. clocks back this weekend. don't forget to change the battery in your smoke detector as well. sunshine back tomorrow. another small chance for rain late in the day wednesday. maybe early, early wednesday morning. 73 objen a friday. cloudy on the cool side for saturday. clocks back saturday night before you go to bet. milder weather back for the early parts of next week. monday, tuesday, back up to near 70 yet again. milder than average weather is not completely done with us just yet. but if you're spending any time outside today, you need to know it will be ferociously windy for the remainder of the morning. a lot of leaves came down in the wind. wet leaves are always slippery on the

be extra careful this morning. you won't need the umbrella, which is a good thing. the rain is quickly coming to an end. that's a check of the ten-day forecast. the news continues. chuck, thank you. it is 6:54. here are four things to know as we've been telling you. at least 7,000 power customers remain across the region. most of those customers right now in northern virginia. you may run into emergency crews trying to fix the downed power lines this morning. give them the room they need to do their work, of course. go to the nbc washington app for updates. follow justin finch on twitter. a grad student at marymount university was killed after a boy jumped off the 66 overpass. marisa harris was killed after the boy jumped on her suv. the boy is in critical condition in the hospital. the first charges from special counsel's russia investigation will be announced today. the latest on what we can

app. we'll send out an alert as soon as the charges made public. the houston astros are one win a away from winning the world series. lasted more than five hours. tons of home runs. the a troes and dodgers play again tomorrow night. very exciting. taking a look at the roads and rails. starting with the rails. mark, remember, camden line service shut down because of a downed tree. as far as other closures, because of these weather issues, deep drive at the maryland state drive, lanes blocked with the downed tree there. two problems not weather-related. outer loop in maryland, outer loop on the pike, crash on the right side. how is the weather now, guys? >> much better, melissa but windy. we have the weather advisory. gusts close to 50 miles an

59 for a high. tomorrow, halloween looks fantastic for the trick-or-treaters. a little warmup towards the end of the week. friday, 73. we get cooler this weekend. feeling like fall as we fall back one hour. sunday morning we gain an hour of sleep. i like it. i look forward to it. >> i heard that. >> i know. a gree with that, too. >> then i get sad. we continue now. our team coverage with news 4's justin finch live in loudoun county. >> reporter: that's right. we're live right off of evergreen mills road watching traffic go by in front of a big mess. this is ryan road at evergreen road. that's where the wires have been down after the overnight storms roll through and close down traffic along that roadway. novek crews trying to restore power to neighbors in that area. also to open up those roads soon as well. as we make our way down evergreen mills, we've seen

some wet leaves and other debris as well. more traffic picking up and drivers will need to slow down. back to you. >> justin, thank you. good morning. that is the broadcast this morning. we appreciate you waking up with us. >> the "today" show is next. we'll be back in 25 minutes with all of your weather and traffic and local news. until then, enjoy your day. >> make it a great monday everybody.

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