a fourth grade girl during class. the chilling details. and what's next for the teacher. >> announcer: news4 at 4:00 begins with breaking news. >> what a friday. what started out as a robbery in wheaton turned into a chase on the beltway. >> a chase that crossed county lines into prince george's county that ended with a crash that closed the lanes of the inner loop. traffic is bad in that area. news4's darcy spencer is on the phone. what can you tell us? >> reporter: this is a huge traffic mess. if you use the beltway in prince george's county you want to be aware and avoid the area. i've been driving these roads trying to get to the state police headquarters. all the roads across route 1,ery avenue, avoid the area if you can. we are showing live pictures of chopper 4 right now. i wanted to talk about how this all came to an end right here on the beltway. police pursuing a van

robbery suspects inside, at one point that van crashed and the robbers bailed out. the one person initially we were told critically injured. i was just able to confirm with montgomery county police that person is dead. that person was a suspect. they are still working to confirm that, but they do believe was a suspect in the armed robbery. and we can also see from the video that several people were detained there on the beltway. so, an active police investigation, a crash scene and also a fatality. so, a lot going on right there on the inner loop at this hour. we are working to confirm details again about whether those who were detained were arrested and what was their involvement in the robbery from earlier this afternoon. it was a robbery of a check cashing store right on georgia avenue in the wheaton area of montgomery county. they were able to escape in a van. police at some point spotted that van. that's when they began to chase through montgomery and prince george's county. they ended up there on the inner

greenbelt road and route 1 and that's where you see everything continues to play out at this hour. from what we understand a couple lanes have reopened, but again, it is a mess in this area. police are continuing their investigation so you want to avoid it if you can. we're working to get more details and we're going to come back with a live report here shortly. >> all right, thank you, darcy. let's go back up top and take another look at the traffic on the inner loop right now. two left lanes in route 1 are open. still very heavy congestion in that area. if you're a commuter you know how bad things can be there on a friday. now it's backed up seven miles. the situation certainly not going to help tonight. now we are going to keep an eye on the situation and we'll bring you any updates we get on the air and as well on our nbc washington app. pat? >> leon, what a mess this afternoon. well, now we take you to the storm center and a quickly changing weather situation. so, doug, i understand we are in for a bit of a shock as we head into the weekend. >> well, i mean, after today, pat, temperatures today got up to 79 degrees. the record high temperat

so we were very close to setting a record high temperature. but just look at this map. this tells the story. right now 77 d.c., we're at 82 right now in richmond. just to the west, 54 in pittsburgh, a 23 degree temperature difference here and this cooler air is going to be making its way our way. much cooler day tomorrow all because of a frontal boundary. the cold front moving through the region. you can see the front, the clouds stoshd with it driving down from the north and west. this is what's going to set the stage for a much cooler day on your saturday. also i'm tracking rain on your saturday, too. i'll take you hour by hour, see you back here in ten minutes. >> thanks, doug. an alarming assault in arlington county that has police on the look out and many residents and commuters worried about their safety. a woman told police that as she loaded items into her parked car, a man came up behind her and sexually assaulted her. it happened late last night near the intersection of south randolph and 31st streets just off

news4's chris gordon just talked to the police and he joins us live now with the latest on the investigation. chris, that is a very, very busy area. no wonder people are probably really scared there. >> reporter: well, there is a great deal of concern here in shirlg ton among the people who live in this neighborhood and those who come and go by bus here at shirling ton station. tonight many people are wondering why no one saw this attack because it happened right over there in plain view. a half a block away. passengers getting on and off buses at sureling ton station, the rape occurring 100 yards away. police say a woman visiting a friend's apartment was leaving, loading items into her parked car just after 10:30 last night. a man approaching from behind pushing her down, sexually assaulting her before running off. >> i can only imagine how scary an incident like this must

i would have responded immediately to that call for service. again, canvassing the area, we use our canines in the search as well as helicopter unit. >> reporter: the suspect running away, running up the street a block from the heart of shirling ton. news of the assault is putting people on edge. >> i think it's horrible. this isn't a dark alley way, this is in the middle of the street. it's scary that you don't have to be hiding in -- on a dark pathway for this kind of thing to happen in the middle of the night, so it's awful. >> reporter: arlington police are looking for help finding the suspect in this brazen and violent attack. that's the latest live in shirling ton. back to you. >> hope they catch the suspect soon. thank you, chris. >> thanks, chris. a local elementary school teacher is charged with hitting one of her students. mark segraves shows in northwest washington it's not the first time a student there has accused a teacher of assault. mark, what are you hearing?

leon. this is cleveland elementary school. the fourth grade teacher turned herself into police. she is charged with assaulting a female student, fourth grade student. it was caught on videotape according to police. on videotape you can see the teacher coming into the hallway, smacking the fourth grade student in the back of the head, then grabbing her by the neck and pushing her down the ha hallway. police say that constituted assault and 9 teacher has been charged. we spoke with parents today learning about this from reporters outside. they hadn't been notified by the school. here is what one parent who has a fourth grade student told us about the teacher. >> she's supposed to be a good teacher. she's real good at making kids learn. but she doesn't have a pleasant disposition. >> reporter: now, that teacher is expected to appear in court either late this afternoon or sometime tomorrow. now, in a separate

happened about two weeks ago an after school teacher is accused of assaulting a different student. now, police told us they are not filing charges in that case, but d.c. public schools continues to investigate that internally. both of these teachers remain on administrative leave. that is the very latest here in northwest. mark segraves, news 4. >> a all right, thank you for that, mark. >> two very different stories. after the release of a grade tampering report in prince george's county, the report found there was no systemic effort to change grades, but it did find a lack of monitoring and bad procedure. a staff that didn't consistently adhere to the district's own policies, poor record keeping and hundreds of grade changing irregularities. still, depending on who you ask, the report was either vindicating or troubling. bureau chief tracee wilkins is here now with a look at the findings and serious divisions today on the school board. tracee? >> reporter: the bottom line

that prince george's county school staff, a number of them, just did not understand the rule, did not follow the rules, broke the rules, and because of that students who shouldn't have been graduating did. now, this is the first time an investigation like this has happened in the state of maryland. so prince george's county doesn't have another county to compare itself to to see if there are other issues like this in the state. what the state is saying is what they found here is troubling. a new independent audit into graduation records of the prince george's county school system reveals students graduating without meeting state requirements. grade changing, transcript manipulation, poor oversight and training about grade policies within the school. but the report did not say that school ceo kevin maxwell orchestrated it. >> i've never done it, i've said all along i haven't done it, my team has never done it, the report says we've never done it. >> reporter: the more than 200 page report came after months of interviews and records reviewed in the

four prince george's county school board members asked maryland's governor to developing allegations of grade tampering. today two of those board members held a separate press conference responding to the report. >> what i heard was a ceo and board chair celebrating the fact that they were not directly tied, but that we still graduated hundreds if not over a thousand students in the past year alone who did not meet the state graduation requirements and that is very troubling. >> reporter: the state is giving the county school system three months to get all of this straight. they want folks trained. they want them to incorporate an automated system to get rid of keeping so many of their grades and things done on paper. they want all of this done and reported to them in a meeting in january and they'll decide what to do after they hear what the county is itting to do to fix its problems. reporting live in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, trade ee. a scare at the white house minutes after

town for his trip to asia. the secret service says a man came up to an officer and dropped explosives along the fence line of the complex. police immediately arrested the man, put the white house on lockdown and cleared parts of pennsylvania avenue and lafayette park. officers swept the area and checked the suspect's cell phone. found no explosives. 33-year-old irvin pet away is now facing felony threat charges. >> this week we've been telling you about the republicans proposal for tax reform and we are getting a better idea of how it could impact you. >> and one big way could be in the classroom. why the teachers who were trying to shape the next generation could be paying out of pocket even more than they already do. >> and there was a chain reaction crash that quickly turned into a tragedy claiming a woman's life and her family now. speaking only to news4. could this have been avoided? >> i'm sorry. plus prepare your pets so you can socialize older

ralpand as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all.

we want to show you a live look at the inner loop at the beltway in college park. this is the big story of the evening. a 7-mile long back up which is the result of a police chase and crash. the chase began after a robbery at a check cashing center. we now understand police are saying they have four people in custody as a result of that chase and their apprehension. we also have learned now at the site of that crash, the scene there, we now learned that one person has died. so, we have now four people in custody and one person dead as a result of that chase and crash this morning. as you can see that back up still extending all throughout prince george's county. we'll keep our eye on that scene there and of course give you any new information we have right here on the air and of course our app at the nbc washington app. >> the nation's two largest teachers unions tell news4 they are worried that teachers will soon lose cash because of the new tax proposal before congress.

aig could closer look at one of the cuts proposed in the bill for now and how this cut would affect teachers. scott? >> leon and pat, the head of the american federation of teachers tells news4 this plan comes at the expense of children, educators and families. republican supporters of the deal say the proposal helps cut taxes overall for the middle class, including teachers, but weeks before this tax proposal was announced we found teachers are spending a lot of money. a news4 i-team report showed local teachers spending an average of about $300 each to equip their classrooms with supplies, equipping their classrooms with money found out of pocket they are paying themselves. american federation of teachers and national education associations both of which headquartered in d.c., which represent hundreds of thousands of teachers nationwide say this new tax eliminates a tax deduction that puts money back in teachers pockets. we found three local sl

arlington and anne arundel county reported providing finances for teachers. regardless of the tax deal. it must be approved by the house, the senate and the president before the end of next year to become law. pat, back to you. >> all right, scott. many people are quick to adopt puppies and young dogs. when they go and visit the shelters. but older dogs need good homes, too. >> that's right. and adult dogs can be just as much fun and puppy like. i can tell you that firsthand. when it comes to running and playing with you and your family, news4's sheen parvel has a few things to keep in mind. >> reporter: it is a fact a lot of people may be nervous to adopt an adult dog especially if they're a little bit scared. we have tips for you. from the humane rescue facility with an older adult who is nervous, who is this? >> this is china and she's a 13-year-old maltese. >> she had to get

shave in. it will grow back, we promise. she does need a home now. what can you say about adult dogs, how to socialize them if they are scared? >> you want to go slowly. once they are 12 weeks of age they are out of their socialization period. you just need to go slowly. don't put them right in the middle of everything, ask people to ignore them. bring some treats with you and just keep your distance and keep it short and keep them on leash so that you can have total control. >> okay, good news about going forward because they can backtrack and get worse in their fearfulness. what about some other things, other helpful things to calm them down? >> just allowing them to walk around a little bit more instead of always being stationary. >> okay. >> if they're meeting somebody new, go on a walk with them instead of having the person come face to face and sit there with them. >> got it. >> that's a little bit easier. >> you mentioned some antianxiety pills as well. >> yes, if it's really severe, definitely antianxiety medication is super

a lot of adult dogs and animals available for adoption. china is available, too >> and i can tell you firsthand adult dogs don't leave as many messes in your house as the little ones do. a win/win. >> good. >> that's a point. great dog walking weather today, doug. >> that is fap f's for sure. >> it is quite nice average is 63. record high is 80. >> you were shooting for that. >> we had 79 so far at the airport. that's unofficial. we'll see if we get to the 80 degree mark. amazing how warm it is today, and how much cooler tomorrow. temperature will be dropping 20 degrees. we're at 77, 80 degrees, we hit that in fredericksburg and charlottesville. charlottesville tomorrow maybe 30 degrees colder. yeah, that's the kind of air we have coming in right now. not much on the radar. we had a couple showers, not much. again, a couple coming through prince william county. we had a few in the district, but spkl

coming through parts of lauren county and rapahanac county, heads up in warrenton, you may see showers, that's about it. here's the cloud cover. here's the frontal boundary. as we widen out here, all this is moving out to the east. watch the last couple of frames. this starting to come out of the north and that is where the cold air is. and that is what we're going to be dealing with tomorrow. high pressure centers over to our north and that gives us more of that northeasterly flow. what that gives us, cloud cover. watch what happens by tomorrow morning. 8:00, here come the clouds. watch what happens around noon. oh, noon, not bad, but i think by 4:00, 5:00 in the aarefterno look at this. we have showers. most of this light rain, but it could be steady during the evening hours. this is something we're going to be watching very closely tomorrow. if you have weekend plans on your saturday, not the best day. get out early. i think if you leave before 2:00 in the afternoon, you'll be fine. dry through 2:00, at least in the d.c. area and

the rain. even on tuesday -- rather saturday night into sunday morning, here we are 2:00 a.m. still seeing shower activity. by around 9:00 a.m., the rain moves out and we still see the clouds in here so i've actually lowered temperatures on sunday a bit but we do clear a little bit during the afternoon on sunday. temperatures tomorrow, 59 after a high of 79 today. we're at 59 tomorrow. lots of clouds, much cooler and rain moving in late. that is something we'll be watching. here's the high temperatures tomorrow. 59 d.c., 54 gaithersburg. luray at 50. and maybe only 49 at winchester. it is really going to be a cool dreary day out there, especially during the afternoon. but once again, early tomorrow is dry, late tomorrow that's when you have the best chance for rain, p.m. showers. 69 on your sunday. afternoon sunday should be okay. 74 degrees coming up on monday, good chance of rain in the afternoon on monday, too. same deal on tuesday, although just a slight chance of showers, but notice that temperature difference. and we stay in the 50s all next week, including some of the coldest air we've seen so far

that puts some of you down into the upper 20s next thursday and friday. much more on this. we'll talk about it a little more at 4:45. >> you got it. >> what a change. name brand clothes for your closet at a did you say counted price. >> sountds good, right? why a new wardrobe can help women get a new start in life but only if you act fast. >> plus, harassment in hollywood. the brand-new accusations against kevin spacey. this time impacting people who work on the

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i'm erika gonzalez here at the live desk. new information on that armed robbery and chase out of wheaton that's b that's backed up the beltway for miles. montgomery county police told us they think the suspects involved may be behind other similar crimes in the county. it sounds like they have the same m.o. this was around noon today that this all started to unfold. a check cashing place on georgia avenue and a group of armed and masked men on the scene. according to police, they took off in a white van leading police on a chase on the beltway. at some point that van crashes. one man jumps out, is struck and killed by what appears b

unmarked montgomery county police cruiser. the other four men were arrested on scene. here's captain paul starks on the link this case may have to others. >> these suspects play have been involved in previous robberies in montgomery county. one occurring on september 1st in the wheaton area near randolph and veers mill road of a food truck. later that month on september 22nd, in the same area near veers mill and randolph, there is a check cashing establishment that is also a convenience store and gas station. >> the captain went on to describe similar weapons that were used in all three of those cases. now, this is a live look at the beltway so what we can tell you right now is that two left lanes of the inner loop at route 1 are open. however, you are seeing from chopper 4 at least a 7-mile back up. if you're coming in 95 south from baltimore, you're jammed. inner loom from bethesda,

jammed. this is just an awful situation that we have been monitoring since probably about 1:00 this afternoon. big, big back ups on the beltway. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. the family of a spots ill vein i can't county woman has questions after a tragic accident. >> they loved one struck and killed as she sat at a red light. a semi truck suddenly swerved in a line of cars yesterday at the intersection of 3 and gateway boulevard. that driver is facing a serious charge. >> our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live at the scene with more. julie? >> reporter: well, the the victims' relatives were here a short while ago. they walked out there alongside route 3 or plank road as it's known to try to make sense of the tragedy that happened here yesterday. now, they just come to the hospital and that's where the passenger in the victim's vehicle is being treated now for life-threatening injuries.

4 of an accident that happened around noon thursday on busy plank road. police tell us a man driving a semi without the trailer attached was in the center lane when he suddenly swerved into the right lane, plowing into a lineup of cars stopped at the light. 54-year-old sherri laney was killed. her fiance's 80-year-old dad sitting in the front seat is in extremely critical condition. four other cars were also smashed in the chain reaction, injuring two others. the truck driver who caused it all, he's in the hospital, too. tonight he faces a felony manslaughter charge. the victim's loved ones struggling to make sense of what happened. >> we're angry. we're angry. we're hurt. we're in shock. we're in grief. and we're angry that this could happen. she was doing everything right. and she was just sitting at a stop light. >> reporter: now, sherry

from pennsylvania just a couple years ago when she reunited with her high school sweetheart. on news4 at 5:00, i'll tell you more about the mother of two whom they say was a care giver to many. back to you now in the studio, pat. >> that's a heart breaking story, julie. thank you. a big party as aiava woman celebrates a 60-year-long journey. >> jim and wendy in the newsroom with more on this. hi, guys. >> betty nash first started working, dwight eisenhower was president and the soviets had just sent the first dog into space. >> the sky was the limit for mrs. nash and she is celebrating today 60 years as a flight attend apt with american airlines. kristin wright will have her story. >> also ahead at 5:00, the temperatures may be fall-like right now, but it's the perfect time to start thinking about winter. >> yes, indeedy. susan hogan will join us at 5:00 with some things you can do in your home right now that will have you save something cash

>> plus a local pastor's historic discovery. >> and a famed song writer's battle with a hidden disease. >> we'll see you other with those stories plus a good deal more on the day things turn really cold on us. leon and pat being back to you. >> thanks, guys. we're about to take that dip here. >> oh, yeah, and the weekend is just about here and there is a change in the air. >> that's right. but doug is still talking about flirting with a few records. what's the word, man? >> guys, we are flirting with that record of 80 degrees today. we got to 79. so far the official observations not coming out just yet. we have a cold front. that cold front moving through. couple of light sprinkles, most of us staying on the dry side. behind this frontal boundary, we'll see temperatures much dool eras we move on through the day. we go from 77 today, look at this. 55 in pittsburgh, watch that cool air settle right on down across our region tomorrow. 59 d.c. roanoke only 46. oh, much more on this a

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meanwhile in the u.s. a new round of allegations, eight unidentified house of cards employees allege sexual harassment and assault by spacey and describe a toxic atmosphere on the set. tonight on nightly news i'll be talking with others who worked on the set of house of cards in baltimore. one former staffer telling us she knew of several complaints against spacey. the production company behind the series called the accusations disturbing. all of that and more coming up tonight. back to you. >> all right, thank you, kate. news4 wants to get you in the holiday spirit with a trip to the big apple. check this out. one lucky winner and a guest will win two tickets to the tonight show with jimmy fallon. two tickets fought rockefeller christmas tree lighting and two v.i.p. today show plaza tickets. how are you going to get there? where are you going to stay? don't worry, we have your back. we'll take care of your train ticket and your hotel while there in new york city. all you have to do is watch news4 today during the 6:00 a.m. hour and news4 at 4:00 and get the secret code words. and then enter them at the

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let's get you up to speed on this friday with the breaking news that we have been covering, a serious crash and chase on the beltway. police think the suspects involved in an armed robbery and chase in wheaton that backed up traffic on the beltway for miles may be linked to some similar crimes in montgomery county. a man was struck and killed by what appears to be an unmarked montgomery county police cruiser after jumping out of the van police were pursuing. this is all happening on the beltway. officers arrested four people. we should also mention here that the robberies that police think this group of armed masked men may be a part of was a september 1st and september 22nd incident. very similar m.o.s here in all three cases. a developing story that darcy spencer has been keeping track of and new details will be coming from her a little later in our broadcast. back over to you guys in the studio. >> all right. thank you, erika. all right. did you get one, did you get yours? well, as you

wait is over for the much hyped iphone 10. >> it's just unbelievable. this is what it looked like at the georgetown apple store this morning when the doors opened at 8:00. keep in mind a lot of the folks had been there since yesterday afternoon. at least 100 camped out overnight just to be among the first to get one of these phones, and they're willing to shell out at least a thousand bucks to get it. >> lining up to spend a thousand dollars of their parents' money. >> yeah. >> yeah, why not? why not? >> why not? >> i don't get it either. i don't. i always like to wait for those things. >> well, when you get a phone, this afternoon something you need to consider before posting that selfie that you just took with your child. >> that's right. as we wrap up our week long digital addiction series, we got a look for you about how oversharing could put your kids at risk. consumer reporter susan hogan working for you joining us with that story. >> as a parent we're all kind of guilty of this. we all love to show off our kids by posting photos and bragging about them on social media

i've done it a few times. that could be putting them at risk. consumer reports explains how you can safeguard your child's digital security while still having the freedom to share what's important to you. artist and motivational speaker rosie never shies away from posting her artwork to social media. >> it's rye he will good tool for me to reach as many people as i can whether they are able bodied or not. >> when it comes to her three young children rosy takes a different approach. >> i have an 8-year-old son who is old enough to understand his own privacy. if it's a picture of him, i always check with him and ask him, are you hop happy for mommy to share this? >> along with respecting your child's privacy, you should be concerned about their digital identity. child identity theft is a real threat. our culture of digital over sharing is likely to blame. >> seemingly harmless information, like your child's name, their age, what they look like, where they go to school, all of that information can be

hacker could use down the road for identity theft. >> consumer reports says follow these digital parenting tips. first, tighten up your privacy settings. you can set your facebook posts to go to just your friends rather than the entire public. limit your circle of friends even more by creating a list of close friends. another option, a closed facebook group which requires you to approve everyone to request access, always use caution before sharing a picture of a child's actual location, anything that could reveal hints of your home or their school. and be careful about sharing pictures of your kids in any state of undress. >> even the very innocent photo of your kid naked in the bathtub might kind of haunt them down the road since nothing in the internet truly ever goes away. >> as for rosie, she will continue to share, but with purpose. >> every post has to be intentional. so, just like my artwork, i make sure that each posting has a purpose and has a meaning.

guilty of posting those really cute pictures we think of our kids, and we think they're kut , cute, but our kids as they get older, my 18-year-old didn't appreciate the post i had of them when they were toddlers and their little behinds brushing their teeth were cute. >> i know. >> it does make you think twice for thursday. >> as a matter of fact, a lot of the piece us you all have been doing this week really have been food for thought. really good advice. >> absolutely, you're right. we are wrapping up our digital addiction week. it was really interesting to see how well we all did and how well our viewers did as well. >> yes. we were tracking that. >> if was funny. as you all know, we got my son, my 13-year-old son jack involved and having to log all of his times that he was on the phone really kind of, you know, it was a wake up call for all of us. and for our viewers, a lot of them were like, okay, we don't want to log our times on our smartphones and a lot of them

want to know how much time they're spending on their phone. but it did make everyone at least kind of stop and think about it, which i think is really at the end of the day what this is all about. we're not trying to tell you to stay off your smartphones or your kids. our industry relies on people being on their smartphones and getting into our app. >> that's the thing. >> it's just talking about take a breath. you guys, too. >> i decided to turn it off when i go to bed. it goes to bed with me. i did it every night this week except one. >> it totally counts. >> couldn't sleep. >> i was just wondering what i was missing. >> right. [ laughter ] >> that's what happened what happens. >> we have our digital hashtag, on our facebook page and also our nbc washington.kochlt. kind of look at the packages. they were informative. >> great stuff. >> i'm going to get the iphone 10, too. i'm waiting for the apple store going out of

and then i'm going to -- >> you always get deals when they go out of business. >> don't hold your breath. >> no standing in line for you. >> if you were standing in line today, what a great day to do it. wow, temperatures today in the upper 70s, nearly 80 degrees. some of you did hit 80 today, but don't think about getting out the shorts just yet. we have the cold weather moving in tomorrow. cloud cover now, temperatures 77 degrees, dropping right on in the 60s. 60 by 11:00. nice evening out there, currently 74 rockville, 76 belvoir, camp springs area. if you're heading out friday night it is looking good for you. there are a few showers as i mentioned, down in the southern maryland, notice this area down around culpepper, this area will move right over culpepper in about the next half hour or so then fredericksburg. can't rule out other few isolated showers, too, all because of a cold front. you can see that cold front with the shower activity from the northeast all the way down to our southwest. moving across our region.

going to start to sink in. we'll get et numbers to the east of the front, in the 80s. 82 in richmond, behind the front only in the 50s. 54 in pittsburgh, that's the cool air that is going to settle in overnight tonight. so, tomorrow a much cooler day. 53 degrees at sunrise, 55 degrees at noon, 60% chance of rain during the afternoon. the rain moves in and some of it could be steady with the temperature around 59 at 4:00. so, not good. look at this, sunrise at 7:39 tomorrow. sunset at 6:04. sunday the sun goes down at 5:02. no! not good. daylight savings time coming to an end. remember to set those clocks back one hour. 69 degrees on sunday. most of sunday looking pretty good. 74 on your monday, again, a good chance of shower activity late on monday. tuesday a high of 58 and we stay in the 50s and we are cool, if not cold, as we head toward the end of the week. temperatures only in the 30s to wake up on thursday and friday. that puts many of you in the 20s. yeah,

moving on in. how about some cool stuff, a brand-new satellite. amelia draper has more on that. >> imagine going from your first iphone to an iphone 10. the picture quality is incredibly better, the battery life much longer, basically everything has improved and advanced and ultimately made our experience better. this is how a new satellite that is set to launch next week will involve weather satellites and improve weather forecasts. the jpss 1 is the first in the series of four new weather satellites being put into outer space that will provide high-def in addition images of the entire earth. >> it is going to orbit the earth 14 times a day collecting data across the entire planet and that data, the temperature, humidity fields, about all that information then flows into our numeric weather models increasing the accuracy of our 3 to seven-day model predictions. >> so, how will this new jpss satellite improve our storm team 4 ten-day forecast? this

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now at 5:00, guns, cash, speed and a crash. chopper 4 first over the scene of beltway drama. we've got new information on what started this and how it ended. >> plus, missing the mark, local school leaders react to the findings of an investigation. it found some student grades were changed to boost graduation rates. >> i'm storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. we're tracking big change that has a big i mpact on your weekend. >> live breaking news at 5:00, white knuckle drivers gripping their steering wheels in frustration at this hour. this is a live look. check it out. of the inner loop of the beltway in college park. traffic backed up for miles and

those back ups also on i-95 south following a deadly police chase. >> yeah, one person dead, four others in custody. officers telling news4 the men involved in today's chase may be behind a string of crimes in our community. >> yeah, today's drama began in wheaton with the robbery of a check cashing business that came to a crashing end on the inner loop here in college park. >> and we learned an unmarked police car hit one of the suspects on the highway, killing him. news4's darcy spencer is working this breaking story for us. darcy, what do we know now? >> reporter: we know anyone taking the beltway this afternoon, be prepared. it is still a mess at this hour. i just got an update from mountain biki montgomery county police a short time ago. let's show you from chopper 4 video as police layout what happened this afternoon. an unmarked montgomery county police cruiser struck and killed one of the robbery suspects. you're going to h