is facing charges for what killed eight people. >> he drove the truck on a popular bike path in tribeca. the bike path has reopened. the empire state building went totally dark to honor the victims. five are tourists of argentina celebrating their 30th high school reunion, another a mother of two from belgium. two were americans, one from new york, the other from new jersey. >> this morning, investigators are learning more about what drove saipov to commit this crime. they call him a fervent follower of isis who spent a year planning the attack to their specifications. during interviews from his hospital bed, saipov told investigators he was proud of what he had done. he wanted to fly isis flags from the truck but did not want to attract too much attention. meanwhile, we're hearing

darren drake's father said his son recently had weight loss surgery and that bike path was part of his new workout plan. >> he took the bike path and that's when it happened. making good money. every benefit you can imagine. >> last month saipov rented a truck and drove into new york city to practice the route he would take during the attack. the suspect did not plan on stopping in tribeca. he planned to carry out his tedted deadly attack on to the brooklyn bridge. the associated press is out with a -- the hackers who interfered in our election had much bigger ambitions. the a.p. reveals a hit list going back to 2015. the list shows that hackers tried to break into the e-mail accounts of secretary of state john kerry,

colin powell and other high rank u.s. officials. tracie potts will break down how significant this is. today all eyes will be on a federal court here in d.c. because paul manafort and his business associate rick gates will be back in court for a status hearing. they were indicted monday on 12 charges including money laundering. manafort and gates both pleaded not guilty. the marks on the front door of this fairfax county home tells us part of the story. police say a man beat his 76-year-old wife with an ax before committing suicide with a chainsaw. this happened on springfield hills drive yesterday in springfield. it started when a family member couldn't open the front door. once inside, she saw the husband beating his wife and that family member managed to rescue the wife and get them both outside. there was another

before police arrived after setting up a perimeter, police found the husband seriously injured in the home's garage. he was taken to the hospital where he died. we want to remind you here at nbc4, we're committed to helping you stay safe at home. there are several resources for you or anyone you know dealing with domestic violence. search safe at home in the nbc washington app. today the groundbreaking ceremony for the dwight d. eisenhower memorial will take place. that's between 4th and 6th streets. this project is going to be $150 million. the memorial honors the 34th president and it is set to open in a couple years. in the year 2020. here's a ground ball right side. could do it. the houston astros are world champions! >> i mean, nothing better than that feeling. new this morning, the houston

world series. look at that. the as troes and dodgers both won more than 100 games this season. last night, do or die game, the astros took the lead in the first inning and never looked back. wow. i mean, it would have been sweet if they were at home. but still, a world series -- >> they'll take it anyway they can get it. gives a lot of hope. that was the franchise's first championship. gives hope to all of us. >> including the washington nationals, for sure. there you are. you're so good about that. >> just a terrific moment. today begins a new era for the washington nationals, speaking of. >> that's right. they're going to officially introduce the new manager, dave marred ness and sherri burress has a preview of what we'll see. >> good morning everyone. a big day if you're a washington nations

new manager, dave martinez. they're hoping the first-time skipper can get them over the hump and into the playoffs. a three-year deal with a fourth year option. inexperience as a manager makes up as a player and his time as a coach helping lead the chicago cubs to win the 2016 world series and the 53-year-old played for 16 seasons, including a four-year stint with the expos. thar hoping they can lead them to a post series win. 1:30 at nats park. we'll have it covered tonight at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. >> always makes me feel old when guys i knew as players -- >> that's because he's -- >> thank you. that makes me feel better. >> he's taking over for dusty.

let's get another check of weather and traffic. >> another look at the roads in a minute with melissa mollet. but we start with chuck bell and sheena paragraph veeb aveen and noticeable difference in the temperatures. >> you're going to love this afternoon. not as chilly this morning and warmer temperature. >> a fantastic finish to the work and school week. temperatures as you were mentioning, eun, not that cold this morning. a lot of 30s the last few mornings, not today. in the mid 40s to around 50 degrees already. 56 in annapolis. there is warm air bottled to the south. already 63 down in southern maryland this morning. radar and satellite shows a lot of clouds. not much more than a stray drizzle drop or two this morning. future weather carries that little chance for a pocket of drizzle between now and 9:00 a.m. that is about it. later on today, it will be milder. as far as your out the door planner. for that, over

this morning, you might want a light jacket if you think the 50s are chilly. most of the area in the 50s. by 7:00 a.m., you'll notice the clouds around. not as cool as we have been. warming into the upper 60s by the afternoon. unseasonably warm. the normal highs. 63 degrees. 10 degrees or so above that. by 7:00 p.m., we'll be close to 70 degrees. wait until you see tomorrow's temperatures. actually going to be warmer than today. aside from that, let's get a check of the roads this thursday morning with melissa mollet. good morning. >> i'm excited tore a reprieve. outer loop at connecticut avenue. that's cleared out of the way. had that earlier problem with the two left lanes. the only thing getting by. all of the beltway looking good here at this point this morning. westbound 70 after 27. mt. airy, one right lane getting by. no slowdown there.

there. we'll take a look at 270 coming up. thank you, melissa. the man accused of secretly recording at a local gymnastics gym and why police say it took months to arrest him. in just a few hours, republican leaders are expected to release a major tax reform bill. what it could mean for you and your paycheck. and the home of the brave ♪ >> sing it! he can cross that off his bucket list. a local bus driver credits for helping him go from traffic ligs to the spotlight ahtt

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.

the feds filed child pornography charges in charles county. the i-team's scott mcfarlane broke the story. there's 200 local charges. he was hiv positive. the new charges increased his potential prison time and could spare victims from testifying. this next story is so alarming, it took police five months to arrest a man accused

bathroom of a children's gymnastics studio in montgomery county. >> now a lot of parents are speaking out after feeling uninformed and angry. >> i'm angry. i wasn't told. i got an e-mail and i'm going to investigate it further. i have three girls under the age of 8. >> you can understand why she's upset. police arrested the man who is another parent himself. just two weeks ago. this comes after police said he placed a running camera in the bathroom over five months ago. rankin, the mother of three girls who attends silver star gymnastics. why did it take so long to make the arrest? although they had to be thorough enough to deem probable cause, they needed time, i guess, to go through the data they were collecting. >> right. this is so alarming. we k

parents concerned about this. they probably want any potential victims to come forward and talk to police about it. >> yes. >> awful. detectives in maryland are using state of the art resources to find an accused rapist. the 23 clues the suspect left behind that helped police come up with this sketch. we're also getting an update on the local woman shot in the head and survived the massacre in las vegas. how her road to recovery is getting shorter each day. don't be surprised if the kids -- at school today. oh, no, chuck bell. >> if they bring it in, tie the string around their finger. it's going to turn into a super nice afternoon with temperatures in the 70 ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: they call him enron ed. because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high.

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. 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.

good morning everybody. it's a bit cloudy outside.

possibility for a few drizzle drops this morning. if you can't find the umbrella, you can get away without it today. sheena has a look at the rest of today and the ten-day forecast which includes, most important of all, the weekend. stay with us. chuck, thank you. we're expecting to get the details of a house republican tax cut bill. >> tracie potts standing by on capitol hill. tracie, what you've been able to get what, do you think it will look like? >> we know that they were going late into the night to do this. the big question, how are they going to pay for $1.5 billion in tax cuts and who will that benefit? lowering the tax-free limits for 401(k)s, they talked about that. that's unlikely to happen. still the question, how is this going to benefit or affect middle class families? in other words, how do you lower their taxes and lower the corporate tax rate to 20%, which the preside

make the math work? one of the things the president insists on is repealing the mandate to buy insurance and the affordable care act. that could have an impact on revenue. money coming in. the top tax bracket is something under consideration. property taxes may be deductible. but tate state and local taxes if you're in high tax states like new york and california. that has a big impact. the home mortgage interest deduction, we're hearing that it will still be there but fewer people will be eligible to use it. that could have a big impact as well. we'll get the details in a few hours. >> all right. trying to make everyone happy. thank you, tracie. now to decision 2017 where there's new finger pointing in the race for virginia governor. ed gillespie's campaign is hitting ralph northam. the reversal on sanctuary cities. he said he would sign a bill banning sanctuary cities if lawmakers put it on his desk.

supporting a ban. in fact, in a debate here on news 4, northam called the ban a solution to a problem that doesn't exist. make sure you have the nbc washington app where you can find complete coverage of the governor's race and other races between now and election day on tuesday. 4:48 now. the man accused of defacing the lincoln memorial missing his court date because he's in russia. the 21-year-old student was order today leave the country in late september as his visa was about to expire. when he tried to re-enter the u.s. from russia, the state department denied him entry. he is facing ten years in prison after park police officers say he used a penny to car of letters into a column of the lincoln memorial in september. a tool that blends police work with dna technology may help officers find april rapist. take a look. this is a sketch of a person that montgomery county police officers they li

woman while she was waiting at a bus stop in gaithersburg. dna evidence helped generate this image. officers tell us this is the first time they've used a sketch based on dna to help solve an active case. the search continues for a man missing from the walter reed medical center for the second time in a month. william glenn carter iii disappeared, he also vanished in late september. he was found a couple of days later. he's believed to be driving a 2012 toyota tun drdra. call montgomery county police if you see him. there's hope for the woman shot in the head during the massacre in las vegas. tina frost is recovering from baltimore. her dad says she's out of the intensive care unit and in her own private room. she's learning to write and is using a

communica communicate. she's working on walking by herself. they're working on movement, memory and speech. her family knows more surgeries are definitely in her future. they admit they're scared. say their daughter is getting stronger because of the staff at hopkins and the prayers of all her supporters. it goes to show, you survive an attack like that. but boy, it is months, maybe years of recovery. therapy. >> nice to see the first few steps, though, of hope. >> work is under way to repair a dangerous stretch of road after a terrible crash in september. the accident killed a mother and critically injured her teenage son. installing high friction treatment on the pavement n evergreen mills road in leesburg that's where aaron kaplan was killed when a large food truck ran a stop sign and t-boned her car. v-dot

resistant treatment today for drivers. the work is expected to continue through saturday blocking one lane of traffic. school officials in silver spring want to know who posted racist signs at montgomery blair high school this week. the signs read, it's okay to be white. in a letter home, school officials say the signs were removed before students got there to classes. similar signs were found at universities around the country. some think it's about sparking racial division. a bus driver is proving that dreams really do come true. >> and the home of the brave ♪ >> larry -- sang the national anthem at the wizards game at the capital one arena.

for years with his singing. news 4 caught up with him as he was getting ready for the big performance. he said he wouldn't be able to do this without the help of a recent grad who founded -- it profiles young men and women with service jobs at the university. >> we want to use unsung heroes, learning about their stories and dreams. >> every single day i sing. i don't care what i'm doing. i'm singing and praising god. >> amen. he says he's glad he was able to use his talent. something many who ride his bus enjoy every day. what a win-win. not only did mr. cal way was able to share his talents. but recognizing people behind the scenes who have hidden talents. >> he sounds like he should be an opera singer. >> yeah. >> i love it. >> i would love to see him like

aside from what you showed us. >> reveal all his hidden talents. >> there are a lot of people. we'll let you brainstorm while we all reveal ours. you can think about it for a while. great weather on tap for us. >> we're both wearing sleeveless because we're embracing the unseasonably warm temperatures today. wait until you see today and tomorrow. i think a lot of people will go through the afternoon saying this does not feel like fall. might look like fall outside. but it's going to be unseasonably warm. we go into the weekend, we'll be cooler. saturday there will be a big drop compared to tomorrow. but we have small rain chances for the weekend and then a rainy stretch going into next week. it's 52 right now, washington. 45 dulles, 45 leesburg. 50 degrees in clinton. not as chilly as yesterday morning. you might

if you're standing outside. through the afternoon, i do not think you want a jacket. clouds around right now. we could even be seeing a few sprinkles, especially near winchester, la ray, we've got breaks in this to the west. that will be moving in later today. the clouds around, not as chilly if you're exercising this afternoon. look at that 74 degrees by 5:00 p.m. with more sunshine building. here's future weather. through the day, the clouds hang around. through the afternoon. that's when we'll start to see them breaking up. tomorrow, even warmer. 76 degrees. warmer and unseasonably warm. saturday, 62. there's the clock. saturday into sunday. 2:00 a.m. sunday we set the clocks back one hour. daylight saving time. gain an hour of sleep. but the sun will be setting around 5:00 p.m. there's the rainy stretch. we'll talk about more what to expect. let's check the roads with melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning, sheena.

inner loop and outer loop of the beltway. everything has cleared. we're looking good. i said 66. i meant 270 from 70 down to the spur. going quick there. going to get there in 25 minutes. 56 is clear by the way. we just looked at it a couple of minutes ago. not right now. between spring hill and leesburg pike, getting by the work zone there. >> bull's-eye, the company moving out of the d.c. strip mall and the new one aiming to move in. we've got an update after several boxes of -- found outside a former tax preparation bus

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 i would tolerate anyone hurting a child is despicable.

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it turns out d.c. is getting a new target store. sam's park and shop strip shopping center. it's not going to be a big one like on 14th street. going to be a smaller store like in bethesda and college park. as soon as we get word on when it's going to open, we'll bring it to you. here's an update now to a story we first told you about on tuesday. the u.s. marshall service is reexamining policies after sensitive files from a d.c. tax preparation service were found piled on the street after an eviction. a caller told news 4 about this on tuesday. documents showed clients' names, addresses and social security numbers. witness tell news 4 people were seen taking documents and furniture. the head of the neighborhood business association says he stepped in to avoid more stealing. he says he was surprised when agents from the u.s. treasury service showed up to

street, that's one thing. but when you watch closer and you see p p files and see people's personal information, that's a confidentiality breach. >> spokesman for the u.s. marshal's office which conducts evictions tells news 4 the agency has a policy of not leaving behind drugs and guns. they said in a statement, that "we're looking into it to find out more details and to evaluate our current procedure." breaking news right now at 5:00 a.m., a shopping trip turns deadly. a shooting spree inside of a walmart. >> plus, a video voyeur inside a gymnastics