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

the suspects allegedly robbed that check cashing store. it's up on georgia avenue in the wheaton area of montgomery county this afternoon. they got away in a van. now, police spotted that van and chased. that's how they ended up on the inner loop in prince george's county. the van hit two more vehicles. one of the suspects bailed out. that's the suspect who was hit. four more taken into custody. they are facing charges. let's hear now from police about the suspect who was struck and killed. >> montgomery county officers in their vehicles were attempting to stop that vehicle when -- it is still under investigation. one of the occupants of that vehicle exited the suspect vehicle and was struck in the roadway on the beltway. >> reporter: now, police are telling us that they found some guns in the van, one long gun as well as some handguns. they are also saying they believe that these same suspect

more armed robberies in montgomery county. and it's a good thing considering the weaponry they had in that van, no shots were fired. back to you. >> that is a good thing. all right, darcy with the latest. thank you. we want to show you another live look from chopper 4 as it pans out. the crime scene not only impacting traffic on the beltway, but i-95 south, this friday, it's rush hour. any time it's bad, but you compound it with all that's happening in afternoon. we are told that the traffic is backed up at least seven miles on the beltway. a couple of lanes are getting by, but it is very slow going. and we will keep an eye on this and stay on top of this situation. see a lot of truck traffic there, too. we'll have updates on news4 and on our nbc washington app throughout the evening. >> but it is friday evening and you have a big weekend heading your way. and we have some daylight saving time going, going a

doug, it's going to be a lot happening out there. >> a lot going on out there, wendy. weather wise, yeah, with the time change as well and of course when you are making that time change make sure you change the batteries in the smoke detectors, too. first big change is the temperatures. we go from 79 today to 59 tomorrow. i mean, just look. here we've got a cold front that's moving on through. a couple showers associated with that, culpepper, fredericksburg. look what it does to the temperatures. we saw a high today in the 70s around the afternoon here. what we're going to be seeing with the numbers, there we go. 77 right now, 55 in pittsburgh, here comes the cold air moving right on in across our region. not just cold. i'm tracking something else for your saturday and your sunday. see you back here in just a minute. >> all right, doug, thank you. allegations of teachers assaulting students at a local elementary school and now one of them is under arrest. lacy thornton faces assault charges tonight. news4's mark segraves is live

where parents are just now finding out about this most recent incident. mark? >> reporter: yeah, jim. in fact, two incidents, both of them happened last month. in the first case it was an after school employee who was accused of assaulting a student. in the most recent case, it's a fourth grade teacher who was caught on videotape hitting a young girl. parents at cleveland elementary in the shaw neighborhood why not notified of the arrest of one of their teachers. >> it's like a family it's kind of shocking. >> reporter: police say lacy thornton turned herself into police this morning. she is charged with assaulting a fourth grade student. according to police, surveillance video from inside the school shows the student in the hallway kicking the door of her classroom. the teacher is then seen coming out of the class and hitting the young girl in the back of her head. then grabbing her by the neck and pushing her away. >> it did strikehe

injury and pain to the students. >> reporter: this parent has a child in the teacher's class. >> it doesn't surprise me about the allegations at all because, like i said, i observe her and she doesn't seem to be a very pleasant individual. >> reporter: a second staff member at cleveland elementary is also being investigated for assaulting another student. police say they are not charging that teacher, but it is being investigated by the school system. both teachers are on administrative leave. in the district, mark segraves, news4. >> maybe even thousands of students graduated even though they didn't meet the state requirements. today governor larry hogan says he is deeply troubled by an independent audit of prince george's county schools. that report found that 5% of all graduates were ineligible last year, and undue pressure on teachers to graduate these students. but the report said there was no evidence of system wide fraud. bureau chief tracee wilkins in upper marlboro with reactio

tracee? >> reporter: it's a prince george's county school system is dealing with all of this and trying to figure out what this report means. this is unprecedented. it hasn't happened in any other maryland county, so they can't make comparisons. what the maryland state board of education is saying that they found here is troubling. a new independent audit into graduation records within the prince george's county school system found some students grades were changed, allowing them to graduate without meeting state requirements. for parents in the county. >> i think they're doing say disservice to our community and to our kids without giving them the opportunity to graduate the proper way. >> reporter: according to the report, the prince george's county school system lacks policy monitoring procedures and clarity. does not consistently adhere to grading and graduation policies, has poor record keeping, and grade change irregularities. but the report did not say school ceo kevin maxwell orchestrated it. >> i have never done that. i've said all along i'vee

done that. my team has never done that and this report says that we've never done it. >> reporter: the more than 200 page report came after months of interviews and records reviewed within the system. four prince george's county school board members asked maryland governor to investigate allegations of grade tampering. today two of those board members were left out of the school system's press conference responding to the report. >> instead of alleging we have a problem, they alleged our hair is on fire and the systemic fraud and corruption throughout the system. that brought this to and brought it straight to the governor which brought it to a whole different level. >> reporter: the two board members who called for the investigation held a separate press conference. >> there was a lot of spin and a lot of celebration which was disgusting in my view. >> what i heard today was a ceo and a 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: still a lot of division on this school board en

out. the prince george's county school system is supposed to be working on fixing these problems for the next three months and the maryland state board of education wants to hear their plan for doing that in january. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news4. >> all right. a story you've been out in front on for us. tracee, thanks so much. a trial date has now been set for president trump's former campaign chair in connection to that special counsel investigation. paul manafort will head to court in may of 2018. manafort and his long-time business associate were indicted earlier this week for money laundering, conspiracy and other federal charges. those charges stem from before manafort joined the trump campaign. manafort is currently under house arrest. >> now to the latest from new york and the investigation into the terror attack in manhattan. this evening we're seeing new images of the suspect after he got out of that truck. we are also learning that one of the ways authorities identified

protected. also new barriers now in place along the west side highway bike path to keep cars from entering. erica has a look now at security measures for this weekend's big new york marathon. >> reporter: you can feel the general excitement near central park. those runners tell us that they've been training for four months and they're ready to go. they also say they realize that there are looming security concerns, but they're not going to let that get them down because they've trained. i know the feeling. i'm running, too. security barriers up and down first avenue on manhattan's upper east side, the first obvious sign that the new york city marathon is just days away. first-time runners are anxious. >> there are nerves in accomplishing such a big feat. >> reporter: when the wave of 50,000 plus runners take off from staten island sunday morning there will be more security than ever before. >> thousands of uniformed officers that you will ski on the route, other officers you won't see. they'll be in plain clothes.

counterterrorism trained officers on the route. they'll have radiation detection devices on their person. >> reporter: to protect everyone, police are bringing in more sand trucks, blocker vehicles, rooftop observation posts, extra heavy weapons teams, dogs and helicopter surveillance. >> there is an extensive amount of effort being made in additional resources being used to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: runners trying to push those thoughts of the unknown from their mind, wanting to focus on staying positive and willing themselves somehow some way to that finish line. >> i'm ready. i can't wait. i can't wait to get to the finish line, get my medal and prove to myself that i can be a marathoner. >> nothing is going to stop me from running this so i feel safe in new york city. it's probably the safest city in the world. >> we expect to see things tighten up near the marathon route saturday into sunday. near central park, erica, news4, new york. >> a frightening attack and other women potentially in danger. th

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y2l2xy y16fy one commuter calls this assault horrifying and now many others are worried about their safety. a woman told arlington police as she loaded items in her parked car, a man come up behind her, grabbed her and raped her. this happened late last night near the busy intersection of south randolph and 31st streets. news4's chris gordon is reporting it is the second assault this year and it has people on edge. >> reporter: buses were rerouted as police closed off 31st street between 10:30 and

shirlington sees the police activity near his home, but doesn't know what's happening. >> the police were investigating the rape at that time. what's your reaction to the fact that it happened here? >> well, i'm surprised. i mean, i often walk here. >> reporter: police say the victim was leaving a friend's apartment loading items into her parked car just after 10:30. the attacker approaching from behind, pushing her down, sexually assaulting her. he ran off. she called 911. police began a manhunt. >> we use our canine assistance of fairfax helicopter to search the area. >> it's horrifying and terrifying that that can happen to you while you're doing something as regular as load yg you are car. >> reporter: police are checking surveillance cameras at shirlington station. paris ford takes the bus to shirlington for work every day. >> and for someone to not feel safe going home is, you know, really upsetting, especially for a woman. >> reporter: police say sexual assaults in arlington are rare. this atta

that remains unsolved. the other happened inside the atrium high rise in rosslyn when a resident was attacked in may. the suspect is still on the loose, despite surveillance video of him leaving in the elevator reacting as police arrived. the camera showing his face. >> unfortunately we never received any tips that led us to identify who that individual is. but we continue to investigate that incident. >> reporter: for help, trying to solve both of these recent rape cases. that's the latest, live from shirlington station. chris gordon, news4. >> thank you, chris. >> i'm erika gonzalez here at the live desk. we have some breaking news that's just come into the newsroom. a loudoun county public school teacher has been arrested for allegedly having an inappropriate relationship with a student. this is a picture of

andrew robeson. the high school that he is at, potomac falls high school, this in loudoun county. he is being charged with two counts of indecent liberties. he has been arrested and is being held on no bond. again, 29-year-old andrew robeson, a teacher for loudoun county public schools has been arrested for allegedly having a relationship with a student. back over to you guys in the studio. >> a scare at the white house just minutes after president trump left town for his trip to asia. the secret service says a man came up to an officer and said he dropped explosives on the north 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. no explosives were found. 33-year-old irvin petaway is now charged with felony threat charges.

world got a brief glimpse into what it might be like if president trump did not have twitter. the president's account temporarily deactivated yesterday. that move apparently done by a customer support staffer on their last day on the job. twitter is now doing an inter internal review. meanwhile at real donald trump is back up and running, and the president on his way to asia has already tweeted more than a dozen times today. more than half of those are focused on the democratic presidential primary and hillary clinton. >> let's take a live look outside now. some big changes you're going to want to hear about before you make your plans for the weekend. >> and it's a move that can save you some money. susan hogan with some things that you can do to your home now that will

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all right, doug. get ready for more big changes, you say, coming overnight or tomorrow morning? >> i heard about wendy's plan. what are you doing? >> i'm working for you this weekend. >> are you? >> for you. >> i'm not. >> theater lab, we've got juvenile diabetes. >> got a lot of stuff going on. good. you need to know what the weatherer is going to be. if you've got plans for the weekend, we'll talk about rain and much cooler weather moving in, too. out there right now nothing but cloud cover after what was a warm day and still on the warm side. current temperature sitting at 76. winds out of the northwest at 10 miles per hour. notice the temperatures around the region, 72 martinsburg, 79 down towards fredericksburg. we had a couple of areas that were in or near 80 degrees today. fredericksburg hit 80 degrees, the record in d.c. is 80 degrees. so, we were very close to that. couple of showers, not much around most of the area, but this is the one area we're watching. down at the south the culpepper area, you see where

heading right over culpepper, it's going towed right down to the fredericksburg region. heads up fredericksburg if you have loved ones coming down from d.c., heading back towards fredericksburg it will be that time the next hour or so they move into the fredericksburg area all because of a cold front. you can see that cold front clearly defined from the northeast into the southeast. bringing us the slight chance of shower. the bigger deal is going to be the temperatures and the chance for some rain. now, tomorrow look at the cloud cover across the region. i think by around noon you're going to be okay, but notice by tomorrow afternoon it's going to be on the wet side. wendy says she's going to be right about here. wendy, look, it's raining right over where you're going to be. letting you know to keep the umbrella handy. >> i will. >> most of us are going to need the umbrellas tomorrow. we'll see the rain through early sunday morning. notice around 9:00, 10:00, the rain is out of here for the most part and we're dealing with the >> clyde: cover. high temperatures tomorrow 59 degrees. lots of clouds, much cooler with the rain moving in late. look at what we have the next

59 on your saturday. 69 on your sunday. 74 on monday. a little bit more about that weekend. let's talk about that weekend if you've got some plans. one of which includes a lot of beer. >> i know, doug, we were talking about this event. a lot of fun at nats park. i'm not going, doug is not going. but if you are going on saturday, you definitely want to bring the rain jacket for the d.c. beer fest. by noon we're likely dry, but bring the rain jacket if you're going to the first session. by 3:00 showers in the forecast and if you're going to the second session, showers are likely. and notice the temperatures really chilly, a huge change from today. 20 degrees cooler, feeling like autumn out there tomorrow for sure, but then as we look to sunday, well, we've warmed back up with high temperatures near 70 degrees. doug is going to be hosting the breathe deep d.c. walk 9:00 a.m., comfortably cool, 55 degrees as the walk is wrapping up at 11:00 a.m. 59, if you're hanging out at the national mall tomorrow afternoon, looking really nice. really wherever you are, doug, sunday definitely the better

63 degrees at 1:00. some peaks of sunshine. it's dry for most of the sunday, maybe not early in the morning. >> d.c. breathe easy fighting lung cancer. some clearing, 74 on your monday, 58, though, on tuesday, and hello, not just cool air, cold air coming in. i've got temperatures in the 30s on thursday and friday in the city. if we're in the 30s in the city, that means you're most likely in the 20s in some of the suburbs the coldest air of the season making its way next week. we'll see you at 5:45. >> thanks, doug. a local pastor's historic discovery. now she's leaning or learning -- >> leaning on. >> leaning on a group of fourth graders. that's what she's doing to help her preserve it. >> and a family is seeking answers after a woman planning a future with her fiance had her dreams shattered by a reckless driver.

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we continue to work our breaking news at 5:30. one person is dead, four others in custody after a police chase and crash on the beltway in prince george's county. >> let's go back live to erika gonzalez at the live desk in the newsroom. erika, we just obtained a new

that right? >> we just got this from montgomery county police. this is the gun they say they recovered from the driver's seat of the van involved in that robbery and chase that started in wheaton, ended on the beltway. montgomery county police say a group of masked and armed men held up a check cashing place on georgia avenue. that led to a chase on the beltway, a crash, and then one of the men jumped from the van and was hit and struck and killed by what appears to be an unmarked montgomery county police cruiser. the other four men, they were arrested on the scene. now, police think this same group of men may be behind two other armed robberies, similar mfrmt o., they say. those armed robberies were back in september also in montgomery county. from the live desk i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. now to a tragic accident that occurred in virginia, a woman planning for a new future with her high school sweetheart, now her family is planning her funeral. >> this evening they are left searching for e

chopper 4 over the scene in fredericksburg on busy route 3 near the ramps to i-95. a semi truck plowed into a line of cars yesterday afternoon, killing a mother of two. >> she was doing everything right. and she was just sitting at a stop light. >> our northern bureau chief julie carey is at the crash scene where she talked to the victim's family. jules? >> reporter: well, you might be able to see a little bit of spray paint out there on the asphalt. but aside from that there is no visible sign of the 0 horrific accident that happened yesterday. it killed a woman named sherri laney. left an older man in critical condition and hurt two others. the truck driver who caused the chain reaction crash he faces involuntary manslaughter charges. the victim's family, they say they will be looking for justice. sherri laney's little ste

hurried from her pennsylvania home when she learned of the terrible accident. this afternoon she came to see the intersection for herself joined by laney's cousin. >> 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: it was noon. sherri laney was driving her fiance's 80-year-old father in the passenger seat when a semi truck without the trailer suddenly changed lanes and plowed into her car, setting off a chain reaction crash. laney died at the scene, three others were taken to the hospital with injuries. the truck driver james lee from georgia was also later hospitalized. investigators still looking into why he didn't see the stopped cars. >> there is no indication of any braking. >> her family says sherri laney had just moved to spots ilvan ia

reunite ing with her high school sweetheart. >> she was happy. happiest she had been in a long time. >> reporter: laney's facebook page shows it. the words live, laugh and love on this shot. laney was a dedicated caretaker of her fiance's father. her cousin said that role fit with her personality. >> she had such a big heart. she had a big heart. she would turn nobody away. she wanted to help people. she wanted to make people happy who were around her. if she saw a need that you had, she would fulfill it if she could. >> reporter: and obviously this is a huge loss for sherri laney's fiance. i just got off the phone with him a short while ago. he's understandably devastated. he's been keeping individuvigil 80-year-old father's bedside. he is in icu right now. still in very critical condition. back to you, jim and wendy. >> such a tragedy. >> poor family. >> julie, thank you. fourth graders get a rare chance to learn about the history right unde t

>> the school where they go to class, the grocery store where their parents shop, all of it. built on a plantation that once held slaves. >> northern virginia bureau reporter david culver shows us how a pastor is helping children appreciate hal lowed ground. >> reporter: this is a historic slave cemetery. it was saved from a widening project that would have destroyed much of this. it was saved by a woman named michelle thomas. she's a pastor here in the area. and after she had this saved and now preserved, she's got a new mission. this is a mission to not only remember, but to honor the lives that rest here. and to do this, she's got some new helpers. well, a lot of new helpers. we're talking about several fourth graders at a nearby elementary school. and what's cool about this for these fourth graders is the land on which their

a plantation that itself had slaves. so, this now is an effort to really explore history in a very tangible and real way, something that not many fourth graders get the chance to do. >> so, this connects them because this is where they live. this connects them to the present. history can never be lost if you share it. >> reporter: but it's going to go beyond the fourth grade. they hope to actually have high schoolers from dominion high school involved in this project, too. pastor michelle sees it as encompassing many generations and really rediscovering the history that is loudoun county. >> it's l is apple's most expen phone and it is selling out fast. >> people are getting creative so they can be among the first to tryout the iphone 10. >> and take a look at high temperatures today. 78 in washington and 80 degrees i

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for more than nine years, i covered a beat: my lifelong home of prince william county. as the lead reporter for the gainesville times, i wrote more than two thousand five hundred news stories, vetting facts, and holding politicians' feet to the fire. and when dominion wouldn't tell us who owned the haymarket data center, i didn't stop until the truth came out. now i'm running for delegate to bring a reporter's eye to richmond. i'm danica roem. it's time richmond answered to us.

will have power over your health care. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions. seniors would be charged more for health care; premiums would go up. and adams supports giving employers the power to block birth control access for female employees. john adams: wrong on health care, wrong on birth control, wrong for virginia. disclaimer: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy

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opened this brand-new xfinity studio store. this place is pretty cool. products like virtual reality will be showcased. and customers get to try them out. this 9,000 square foot flagship store is located here on seventh street in the chinatown penn quarter neighborhood. >> this is a disease that goes undiagnosed or miss diagnosed as much as 90% of the time. maryland and virginia, two of the states hit the hardest. only on news4 mark segraves speaks with famed singer song writer jesse colin young who says his career almost ended because of lyme disease. >> reporter: after more than 50 years, jesse colin young is still writing songs and still touring the world. in 1969 he scored a top 10 hit with his band young bloods, and the song get together. but his newest song is more personal. it's called

>> when i wake tomorrow morning, who will i be, a man who is strong and willing or lost and angry? >> reporter: young is speaking about his battle with lyme disease. >> and it's hell to live like that. >> reporter: like hundreds of thousands of americans, young's lyme disease went undiagnosed for decades. then he was miss diagnosed, also a common problem for those suffering with lyme. >> i was pretty sick. we had no idea what it was. i mean, they gave me antianxiety drugs. >> reporter: young's symptoms were common. >> mostly psychological, panic attacks, inability to find words, which still, you know, i'm still -- there's no, there's no really -- there's no cure for chronic lyme. >> reporter: he took those antianxiety drugs ten years and never got better. >> my career ground to a halt

memory loss and the panic attacks, touring became impossible. >> reporter: according to the centers for disease control, 95% of confirmed lyme disease cases occur in just 14 states, including maryland and virginia. lyme disease is commonly miss diagnosed as lupus, arthritis, multiple close is, or as in young's case, psychiatric disorders. about nine years ago, young read a book about lyme disease and then found an infectious disease expert. he no longer takes those antianxiety pills. instead, he's on a daily regimen of antibiotics. >> we can forge ahead. not used to the cool weather yet. >> reporter: and he's back on the road performing for audiences. >> it's a real blessing to be back. >> reporter: as he writes in his new song, for those suffering with lyme disease, it can be

>> an august lime life cuts like a dull knife. this lime life, the shadow left is me. so, no longer a shadow. but that was how it was for a long time. >> reporter: young performs tonight at the bethesda blues and jazz club. if you'd like more information on lyme disease go to the nbc washington app and search lyme disease. mark segraves, news4. >> what a long road back. hey, we all want to save a little money, right? still ahead at 5:00, susan hogan shows you what you can do at your home that will save some dough this winter. >> and she's been a flight attendant since dwight eisenhower was president. now 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. corporations sending jobs overseas.

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one person is dead and four others are in custody after a police chase and crash on the beltway in prince george's county. our gathering new information about the robbery suspects involved. darcy spencer joins us with a live report in just about 15 minutes. stay with us for that. >> the sky is the limit for betty nash. she is still working after celebrating 60 years in the air. news4's kristin wright was there today for betty's diamond jub lee and after millions of miles logged, betty tells us she's seen it all at 30,000 feet up. >> reporter: in 1957, a young woman in manassas, virginia, named betty nash knew she wanted life's journey to take her sky high. >> i never changed my mind, no matter what education i had or anything. i always wanted to be a stewardess. >> reporter: betty was picture-perfect in uniform and 60 years later she still is. >> the names have

>> reporter: american airlines is celebrating betty's 60 years of service. they threw a big party at reagan national. everything pink, betty's favorite color. she says it is the little things that matter, like talking to each and every passenger as they get on the plane. >> people want a little love, a little attention, and a lot of luck. and it is just the truth. >> reporter: the airline surprised betty with tiffany diamond earrings and a $10,000 donation to the charity where she volunteers. and she'll always cherish her 60th jubilee pen. >> oh, my god, it's gorgeous. >> reporter: even some of betty's regular passengers from d.c. to boston wouldn't miss this. >> when she says, i say hello to every single person that walks on the airplane, she does. >> she comes by my seat and always asks me, how is your dad doing, how is your sister doing? she remembers my stories. >> we love you. >> reporter: betty is

she says she'll keep flying tomorrow, the next day and the day after that. because the sky is still the limit. at reagan national airport, kristin wright, news4. >> you know, when you love your job, you never work a day in your life. good for her. plus, imagine all the places she's visited. >> and the frequent flyer miles. she's been all over the world. and keeps smiling. >> good for her. >> congratulations. >> absolutely. when you take the metro to chinatown you're going to have a new mural greeting you as you exit near the giant arch at seventh and h street. an artist creating a 40 foot dragon on what will be the new circa restaurant at the verizon center. a d.c. art center and circa slerkted the dragon for the major role it plays in chinese culture. it is a symbol of strength and good luck. >> meanwhile in baltimore, it's domino day. starting tomorrow at the science

center in baltimore and they're setting up a very maryland-themed display. tomorrow they will topple 35,000 dominos. >> awesome. >> all week, crews have been setting up the dominos at a chesapeake bay-style complete with a giant crab and a hammer is there, too. they'll form the outline of the bay itself and the ocean city board walk. that is beyond cool. >> one falls and the rest go, too. >> 150 homeowners in our area will be a little warmer this winter. tomorrow washington gas kicks off its annual day of weatherization project. our consumer reporter susan hogan joins us now in the studio with how news4 is working for you in the community. hi, susan. >> hey there, jim. what's really cool about this project, it's not only warming homes across our area, it's also putting money back into the pockets of homeowners who need it. a little heat goes a long way. >>

>> and tweaking our faucets does, too. dion is getting his home weatherized for free. you hit the jackpot. >> i feel like christmas. >> he is one of more than 100 homeowners who chose to get their homes weatherized. washington gas started project weatherization several years ago working with a number of nonprofit agencies to identify homeowners in need. >> they could save about $225. >> that's significant. >> very significant. >> we're not talking about expensive things to do, fairly simple. >> they are very simple measures one can do themselves. >> connect this plastic onto the tape. >> from ceiling our windows with plastic. >> apply this here. >> to weather stripping areas around our doors to keep the cold air out. to fixing cracks and windows. >> use the same process on the outside. >> they taught me a lot about weatherization myself and just the whole process and what i ou

>> around the patio door. >> some of these savings go up as high as $275 a year. so, tomorrow as jim said, washington gas does kickoff its day of weatherization. so, news4 will be working for you and hanging out with the family who is chosen to get their home winterized. joining live on news4 this weekend. i'm looking forward to it. >> fun, so cool. and, doug, we've got some cooler weather heading our way. so, this is timely. >> yeah, i think the cool est air we've seen, the coldest air we've seen this season coming up late next week. tomorrow a big change today. high temperatures today close to the record high of 80. we officially hit 78 at the airport. forecast 78, i was hoping for that 80. why not set a record, right? out there right now, a very warm evening. it's going to stay that way. i think we'll see a pretty nice evening. 76 degrees right now, temperatures dropping down to bo

11:00. but still very nice for your friday. we had seen a few showers, but not seeing much in the way of those right now except in our southern zones. 76 fort belvoir, 73 dulles, 74 camp springs. this is what i'm talking about. most of the area dry, a couple 6 light sprinkles into southern maryland. down around fredericksburg, this is the area i'm watching, area of storminess culpepper area, p spotslyvania. all associated with the cold front, you can see the cold front giving us the shower activity from boston all the wait down towards nashville and tennessee. once again, for us not much going on as far as rain is concerned. what is going on, though, is the temperatures. current temperature 76 here, 81 richmond, 54 pittsburgh. that cooler air will settle on in across our region tomorrow. highs tomorrow only in the 50s for the most part. 53 by 7:00 a.m., 55 by noon. 55 degrees

i think we have a chance to see rain in the afternoon tomorrow. heads up for that. keep that umbrella handy. 60% chance of afternoon showers. 69 degrees on sunday. 74 degrees on monday. good chance for rain monday afternoon. that is something else we'll watch. as i mention, very cold air make iguodala its way in here. 54 on your wednesday, 55 on thursday, 50 on friday. lows in the 30s. speaking of the colder air, well, how about this. the storm team 4 winter weather outlook. next thursday, don't miss that. i've got the latest on just how much snow we may see. and it's going to be i think a lot more than what we saw last year. doesn't matter. we only saw 3 inches last year. a lot more than what we saw last year. what about daylight saving time? we have to set the clock back an hour. for more tips see amelia. >> if you haven't heard, daylight saving coming to an end, and here are four things you need to know. first we see a big shift in sunrise and sunset times. fi

sunrise on saturday right around 7:38. the sunrise on sunday at 6:40. it's the sunset that i think gets a lot of us depressed. sunset saturday 6:40, sunset on sunday 5:00 in the evening. this is the perfect time to check your fire alarm. co detectors and fire extinguishers in your home. talking about that sunset, though, the sunset will be before 5:00 p.m. until january 4th. and the sunset will be before 6:00 p.m. until february 27th. just a sign of the colder weather to come. and here's a fun fact. why do we even have daylight saving time? it was originally adopted to save energy during world war i even though the most recent research shows it doesn't save a lot in the way of energy. we ask you to weigh in on facebook and twitter what do you think about daylight saving time. should it stay or should it go. joe weighed in and said i wish we could stay on it all year. modern society has more people that stays up laterin

evening, so it's nice to have the later daylight. vanessa also weighing in saying i think it should go. it doesn't do anything. doug, back to you. >> i totally agree. it doesn't do anything except make it darker quicker during the afternoon. we actually asked you on our facebook page and amelia did that, too. 65% of people out there said let's get rid of it. we don't need it any more. let's get rid of it. the other 35% need to get on our side and say get on board. >> come on. >> we love daylight saving time. team daylight saving time. >> i ke it on sunday. li

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chopper 4 up in the air over that horrible accident on the beltway that caused this massive back up. moments ago crews started to move the van that was involved in that deadly police crash -- chase, rather, and crash. darcy spencer will have a live report for you in just two minutes. well, the judge's decision has sparked a lot of disappointment and criticism. no prison time for army soldier bow bergdahl who walked away from his post in afghanistan. nbc's mark barger has more on this politically divisive case. >> reporter: after pleading guilty last month to desertion and miss behavior before the enemy, army sergeant bowe bergdahl received a dishonorable discharge today from a military judge in fort bragg, north carolina. that's instead of a punishment which could have extended

the judge gave no explanation for his decision, which also included a reduction in rank from sergeant to private and forfeiture of payee kwal to a thousand dollars per month for ten months. the dishonorable discharge triggers an automatic appeal to a higher military court. >> we think there is an extremely strong basis for dismissal of the case. >> altogether? >> yes. >> reporter: bergdahl's attorney cited comments on the case last year by then presidential candidate donald trump. the president slammed today's decision tweeting that it was, quote, a complete and total disgrace to our country and to our military. prosecutors had sought a stiff penalty because service members suffered wounds searching for bergdahl who was captured by the taliban after leaving his post and held for five years. the defense cited bergdahl suffering as a captive. >> this is a good outcome. let him get back to civilian life, but not benefit from his egregious miss behavior in combat. >> reporter: bergdahl returned t

five taliban prisoners being held at guantanamo bay. in a sentencing hearing he apologized to the service members wounded searching for him. mark barger, nbc news. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> at this hour, the back ups are building five hours after a dramatic police chase on the beltway. it started as an armed robbery and a chase that crossed county lines. >> all of it coming to a head in college park. four people cuffed within view of our cameras, another suspect killed. >> the inner loop of the beltway brought to a stand still in the moments after this deadly accident. some lanes are open now, but traffic isn't getting any better yet. >> just incredible on this friday evening. news4's darcy spencer joins us now live with new information about the men behind that chase and their connection to a series of other crimes. darcy? >> reporter: this really did make a mess of the afternoon and now evening commute. w

above the scene. you can see that the back ups continue at this hour for miles. and montgomery county police are telling us they have their suspects in custody. it is the gun found in the drivers seat of a van. that van was carrying several armed robbery suspects who crashed on the beltway wrecking the friday afternoon commute. police say the suspects were heavily armed. >> it was reported that at least a long gun was involved and also powerful handguns as well. >> reporter: chopper 4 video shows the crash scene on the inner loop, four robbery suspects taken into custody, one one suspect who bailed out of the get away van was struck and killed by an unmarked montgomery county police cruiser in the chase. >> they are conducting an investigation and when they are through they will share it with the community and the montgomery ty