center, the site of the worst terror attack on american soil. it is lit up in red, white and blue this morning just hours after yesterday's mele a few blocks away. that is where a man drove a box truck on to a popular trail killing eight people. we're going to get you up to speed on the very latest from the speed and what we're learning about the suspect. first up to chuck bell and what you'll face as you head out the door. how the wind is behind us, we're moving forward, chuck. >> still on my little sugar fix. that's all right, though. didn't have as many trick or treaters, so extra candy for me. cloudy skies across the area. these clouds will continue to thicken up as we go through the remainder of the day. most of the rain. that is light snow across indiana and ohio. most of that staying well to our north and west. not much of a rain threat for the next couple of days, but that being said, a lot of cloud cover here early this morning. temperatures

chilly. we're in the 30s in the shenandoah valley. low to mid 40s here in the city. planning out your day, plan on a lot of clouds. not much of a rain threat today. i couldn't rule out a sprinkle or two in the shenandoah valley. most of us, molette, will be on the cloudy and dry side. back to that breaking news in new york where eight people are dead after a man mowed them down on a popular bike trail. new york city mayor bill de blasio said this was a cowardly act of terror intended to test our spirit. the attack began unfolding at 3:05 p.m. the suspect drove the rented truck on to a bike path on west street near houston street. all of this in the tribeca neighborhood. then he collided with a school bus on chamber street. keep in mind this is a residential area. this happened in the middle of the afternoon with dozens of people around. nbc's jay gray spoke to some of them about how that attack

unfolded. >> multiple people on the ground from chambers all the way up to halstead. >> reporter: victims of an afternoon attack along the lower bike path. >> it happened out of nowhere. i was walking down the street and multiple gunshots. >> reporter: this rented truck barrelling over bikers. eight people killed, 11 injured. >> this was an act of terror and a particularly cowardly act of terror aimed at innocent civilians. >> reporter: carried out, police say, by 29-year-old sayfull sayfullo saipov. this video showing alla akbar according to police. >> i saw the dude with two guns and the guy with the two guns for some reason was running around. he was getting chased. and then all of a sudden four shots went off and we all just started running. >> reporter: a patrol officer shooting and stopping the s

he's in bellevue hospital right now and to this point has refused to speak to investigators there. police say he acted alone and at this point in the investigation federal agents say they've found no connection between the suspect and any terror organizations. jay gray, nbc news, new york. more now on the suspect. he came to the u.s. legally in 2010. officials say he had been staying in new jersey where he allegedly rented the truck he used in yesterday's deadly attack. his permanent address is listed in tampa, florida. one of our nbc news choppers was over his apartment complex as investigators interviewed his neighbors. most of them told our affiliate he seemed like a nice guy. they didn't know him very well. >> i saw him early in the morning and then at night. >> one person he's good, the next day you hear he did something in new york, something that you can't even imagine,

>> reporter: we've also learned the suspect was an uber driver for six months and made more than 1400 trips. investigators say saipov didn't have a very big social media footprint. he was married in 2013 while living in ohio. investigators are looking to interview his wife. president trump weighed in on the attack in his hometown several times overnight. in his latest tweet the president says he ordered the department of homeland security to step up what he's calling our already extreme vetting program. he goes on to say, quote, being politically correct is fine but not for this. within hours of that horrific attack in lower manhattan, people made their way to georgetown for the annual halloween festivities. and as you can see there on that video, the police presence was large. new this year, but planned prior to the

strategically placed dump trucks capable of blocking a car attack. news 4 asked people in georgetown where being in the middle of a soft target made them concerned? >> i keep my eyes open. i can tell you that. >> i've been doing this every year for ten years and just thought it would be okay. it actually didn't even enter my mind not to come. >> police officers did go around to various bars and restaurants and told the staff there, speak up if they saw something suspicious. coming up at 4:26, we are going to check in with our aaron gilchrist. he is our eyes on the ground as this investigation develops and he'll bring us the very latest from new york. he is in the big apple. five after the hour now. went outside, chuck. i took a coat. it was a little bit too warm. up and down weather, it wasn't as cold as i thought it was

not at cold as the last couple of mornings, that is for sure. mainly courtesy of the clouds moving in. little chillier in the shenandoah. rain chaps remain very, very low for this evening. as the warm air rushes on in here today, might bring out a sprinkler two into the shenandoah valley. more 70 degree weather coming our way for thursday and friday. details on how warm and how long coming up. we'll take it. thank you so much. some may call it a violent arrest, but one local police chief says it is warranted. why he stands behind the video and who we've learned is put in cuffs. the countdown is on. what just arrived in south korea as we mark 100 days until the winter games. and eun yang is helping us get ready. narrator: ed gillespie's false attacks. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd.

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 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. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd.

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 i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable.

. you're watching "news 4 today." almost ten minutes after the hour. the fairfax county police chief is standing by his officers this morning. it comes after a cell phone video showing a man's arrest over the weekend. it's one of our top stories. take a look here. you can see two officers holding the suspect, michael stark, on the groun

shooting cell phone video of ed gillesp gillespie's bus arriving at the an nondale parade. an officer told him to get out of the road. stark said he told the officer he's a reporter, but stark continued talking and at one point used profanity. it's against the law to curse in public in the county. they say the officer used a lawful take down tech knowing. this next story will upset anyone who trusts a business with their personal information. want you to take a look at this. news 4 is trying to find out why personal tax documents were put out on a dc sidewalk. there they are. the boxes were set outside of a speedy tax location on h street on tuesday. the business was apparently evicted. we tried to reach out to the business, but there was no answer. one, two. peterson hits it

back at the wall, gone! >> and with that home run there will be a game seven of the world series. the dodgers beat the astros 3-1. the decisive game seven gets started tonight at 8:20 in los angeles. from baseball to downhill skiing, the winter olympics now just 100 days away. and we're getting you ready. eun yang, she joins us next with what to expect in pyeongchang. chuck? >> all right. the daily grade for today, well, clouds are back so we're going to give today a c minus. not really going to be much of a rain chance. temperatures getting up into the low 60s today. it's a chilly start. the kids need a warm coat earlier in the morning and jeans later on. no need to pack the sunglasses today. and we continue to follow the very latest out of new york

after a man rammed a box truck into several people on a popular bike trail. be sure to download the nfc washington app for breaking news on this story. aaron gilchrist is also there in new york. follow him

at 4:14 this morning, staying on top of that

what's usually a busy bike path is a crime scene this morning after a deadly terror attack and federal investigators are digging through the suspect's life trying to figure out why he drove that truck into a crowd of people killing eight. news 4's aaron gilchrist is live in new york starting at 4:26 this morning. this all unfolded in the shadow of the world trade center around 3:00 p.m. yesterday. the suspect drove the rented truck on to a bike path on west street near houston street, and this is in the tribeca neighborhood. then he collided with a school bus. witness bes say he jumped out of the truck and shouted alla akbar or god is great. this is a picture of officers detaping them after he shot. eight people dead, 11 hurt. a local teenager is showing some progress after being critically injured in a tragic crash last month. this was the scene that changed ben

a large food truck ran a stop sign and t-boned his family's car killing his mother only on news 4 we're hearing ben as work is underway to make the roadway safer. julie kerry reports. >> do you live here in northern, virginia? >> yes. >> on his 54th day ben kaplan gets a visit from virginia's lieutenant governor. >> do you like my mullet? >> i did like it. yeah. >> reporter: this was the horrible scene on september 8th when a man driving a bus converted into a food truck ran a stop sign and slammed into the cap lain's vehicle. erin kaplan was killed. ben, his two little sisters and his grandma were hurt. >> it's been tough. i have grief over the loss of my

embraced the kaplan family. >> oh, it's meant the world to me. the man who hit our car, he taught me about the evil in the world but seeing all these kind actions has taught me that the world can be nice, too. >> reporter: ben was heartened about the work v dot is doing to improve was son and mills road. work doing to fortify the shoulder. the loudoun county sheriff's office hitting that area hard with enforcement. >> right now it's so difficult. we have so much traffic in this community. >> reporter: we rode along with gary apple with the speed control signs that gather data about how people are driving, about traffic volume so they can decide the best times to patrol. >> too many cars, people driving recklessly. the officer h

listen to what ben cap lain says. >> i just don't want anyone to go true what i have gone through. it is hard. >> that was jewel live kerry reporting there. look out for scammers trying to use a tragedy on i-66 to trick you into donating money. this story is just infuriorating. the family of marissa harris says they are not behind any of those fundraising efforts including one page on go fund me. harris was killed when a boy fell on her car from the cedar lane overpass. the 12-year-old boy did survive. the olympic flame is lit and today marks an important milestone. we are now 100 days out from the start of the 2018 winter olympics in south korea. the

middle of a 100 day journey across the country before the opening ceremonies february 9th. eun yang joins us with a look at one of the places you visited in south korea as we look ahead to your going there to the winter olympics. very exciting time. >> very exciting. going there is what's so interesting to me. i was a foreigner in that country, even though i was born there. one in particular was founded in the 600s by a monk. the testimony bl was destroyed and now it's completely rebuild. it has 22 treasures. there are so many trails. each one is a work of art. look at that, beautiful trees. just a stunning place to be. visitors come from all walks of life. you just feel very at one with nature he

place to be. >> i love these lessons that you're bringing us. >> i'm telling you, i need to go back when i'm not working and spend more time there. i'm going in february. that's work. >> you have to get your winter gear together? >> oh, my goodness. i need four coats, girl, you know me. >> and a big hat. not quite ready for the big, big hat yet, right, chuck? >> well, there are some chilly mornings in our near future. fairly cold outside even now in the shenandoah valley. not as clear here in town. you'll need a little raft to get your day started. 41 degrees under an increasingly cloudy sky. skies are clear. could have some frost on the pumpkins here across northern maryland, out into the shenandoah valley. 46 as i mentioned here in town. the forecast for today. there is rain

parts of the ohio valley. grazing west of the blue ridge. shenandoah valley, northern maryland, a little chance for a sprinkle or drop there. east of the mountains on the i-95 corridor it will remain dry for the day. help you plan it out, increasingly cloudy skies. 10:00, full overcast before lunchtime today. any rain chances, the computer is hinting that they're going to be west of i-81 up into the mountains. got to have a little good news in the forecast. 60s and cloudy. 75 degrees coming up for tomorrow and friday, molette, may be a little warmer than that. >> i'll take it for as long as i can. thank you, chuck. >> fair enough. up next, our week long series on digital addiction. it continues. what all of that time on the phone or tablet is doing to our

kids brains. first, the commute got easier for drivers going south on 95 in northern

you're watching "news 4 today." a little girl with some big ideas wants you to raise your hand. 10-year-old girl scout alice paul tapper wrote an op ed in "the new york times" after she realized that more boys than girls were participating during class activities. in her op ed tapper says she feels girls were afraid that the answer was going to be wrong and that they would be embarrassed. tapper's experience inspired her to create the raise your hand girl scout patch. girls can earn the patch by pledging to raise their hands more in class and getting others to do the same. well, this week we've been taking a look at our addiction to all things digital. and we've been testing you and

when it comes to using our devices. better for our social lives maybe. but how about our brains? we wondered if and how so much brain time influences or brain waves. until we have this report. >> reporter: does this scene look familiar? children in front of tablets, devices, video games. the digital age has ushered in a whole host of learning and entertainment possibilities for all of us and particularly kids. how does all of this screen time affect our brains? >> any exposure to digital devices, to phones, to pads, to computers of course has an impact on our brains and substantially it's contributing to shaping. >> take a look at this brain scan from a study done on the effects of social media on the brain. the red areas identify where the brain's white matter change

circuitry in the brain is in effect being rewired. what's the long-term effect of this? dr. rosenick says more research needs to be done to understand the positive and negative effects of the rewiring. >> witness these changes in the physical and positive effects on the brain. you got kids in there? >> i need an ambulance right here. we are following that breaking news out of new york this morning where investigators are trying to put all the pieces of the puzzle together after what is being called an act of terror that claimed the lives

eight people. good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence. it's the sound none of us want to hear. you hear the silence and you hear everything that has gone on before. >> chris is in for aaron this morning who is on assignment this morning in new york. we want to go right to aaron before we get a look at weather and traffic. you were on the scene just a few hours ago and you are back up this morning. what are you noticing now? >> this is still very much an investigation. you can see the rented home depot truck still parked on the scene here. investigators still looking around. this is now being investigated as an act of terrorism. the fbi and new york police departments are here pulling together evidence. we know that there were six people who were killed here on the scene, two people died at the hospital. several people injured as well. we're going to have much more on

of minutes. >> all right, aaron. thank you. we'll head back to aaron again as he mentions for complete coverage this morning. first, let's take a look at your weather and traffic. if you were just getting ready to head out the door, we begin with chuck bell. >> thank you, eun. it's a cloudy sky outside this morning. the clouds are going nowhere. don't plan on getting as much sunshine as we've been enjoying. cloudy, rainy and that is snow across ohio. here in and around the city i don't think if you can't find your umbrella, i don't think you're going to need it. the most threat we have for rain today is really just a sprinkle or two. highest chances for that will be out north and west of town. in the 30s and 40s to get your day started. around the city it will turn into a relatively mild day. temperatures up near 64 degrees. and then much warmer weather coming back for thursday and for friday. that plus the weekend when

minutes. let's go to melissa mollet. >> branch after between serrat and brandy wine. southbound 110 at washington boulevard. that work zone there, 66 and 95, no problems there. bell way running just fine. thank you, melissa. we begin with the breaking news of the terror in manhattan this morning. new yorkers are waking up after the deadliest attack in their city since september 11th, 2001. eight people are dead after a man drove a truck into a crowd of people and then a school bus. we're working for you this morning to bring you the latest on this investigation and the suspect. all of this unfolded less than a mile from the world trade center on west street. >> we sent aaron gilchrist to new york after we learned about this attack yesterday afternoon. he joins us live from the scene. aaron,

about the investigation as a whole this morning. >> we've been able to gather quite a bit. our sister city has been working to gather information as well. we can share that with you. i want to point out that as we are set up a block away from the scene where this all ended after that truck came down several blocks of a bike path that was littered with basicyclists and people walking as well, that truck is still on the scene here in the shadow of the world trade center. we can see right over our shoulder. let me show you video that we're just getting into the newsroom, some cell phone video that shows the suspect running away from the scene after this attack. you take a look here. he had a hoodie pulled over his head but new york city police say this is 29-year-old sayfullo saipov. you can see him pulling into traffic and then pulled out what we learned was a bb gun and he started to fire. we have new photo of police arresting the man after he was