through our area. >> get ready, folks, big change after they move through. let's head straight to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer. he's holding down the fort. so, what are we talking about, doug? >> we're tracking rain right now, guys, heavier downpours coming through parts of the region. just in time for the evening rush. right now along 270 coming towards the beltway down towards the warrenton area, too, you see what i'm seeing. culpepper, fauquier county, loudoun county. notice what's going on in parts of montgomery county. right along 270s this is the heaviest rain through gaithersburg and rockville. just came through the leesburg area. this rain moves through and behind it, well, we get a big change. temperatures today close to the 70 degree mark. look where we are tomorrow. you see the cold air coming in and tomorrow afternoon we're in the low 40s. some of you could feel like the low 30s, rather the upper 30s during the day tomorrow. we'll talk much more about that, better chance of rain area wide, coldest weather by

>> thank you, doug. coming up, now to video you will only see here on news4 and some tense moments for a d.c. father. >> someone stole his car with his baby in the back seat. news4 was there when police found that car, reunited the boy with his very relieved father. >> this all started around 18th and monroe streets in northeast, d.c., in the city's brook land neighborhood and ended a mile south. our pat collins talked with the cops who found that baby. he joins us now live with the story. pat? >> reporter: jim, this is where they found that stolen car, the motor still running. this is where they found that baby in the back seat of the car. fast, painstaking police work led to the big save here on w street. it was a hand off that brought tears to his

his father's arms after d.c. police found him in a stolen car on w street northeast. on the recovery, officer georgetta johnson, she was determined to 2350i7bd thfind t. >> my hard skipped. it was very heavy. i'm like, i've got to find this child. this could be my child. i have boys. i have children, so i'm like, no, we've got to find this baby. >> reporter: now, this all began this morning when the boy's father ran an errand on 18th and monroe streets, northeast. he left the baby in the car and parked it about a block away. when he came out, the car and baby, gone. police went on a full core press to find the car and find that baby. cops from all over began to search. they went from street to street, car to

as it turns out, it was doubly difficult because in the end, this stolen car wasn't abandoned with the doors open like you see in the movies. it was parallel parked right against the curb just like you and i do in our own neighborhood. strong words tonight from police commander william fitzgerald. he had this to say about what happened. >> very disappointed. in fact, that a car is left running unattended with a child in it. at no time should a parent ever leave a child unattended. it's just an inane decision to make by a parent. no >> reporter: police are going around the neighborhood checking surveillance video cameras trying to identify the suspect in the case. jim, back to you. >> it's a heart stopping moments, pat. the odds against finding that little boy. thanks so much. >> now to what has become the deadliest mass shooting inside a place of worship, and there are new questions about the

26 people killed inside that church in the small community outside of san antonio. at least 12 of the victims are children. while investigators have not revealed a clear motive, they say it appears to be a domestic situation with the shooter's family. among the victims in yesterday's massacre, the pastor's 14-year-old daughter. chris lawrence is in our newsroom now with the latest on this. chris? >> yeah, wendy, the oldest victim was 77, the youngest, a baby only 18 months old. it is the largest mass shooting in state history. and tonight there are real questions about how the shooter got his hands on the weapon in texas. police have identified him as devin kelley and say he opened fire on the congregation with an assault-style rifle. it was sunday morning, people were in church. in addition to the 26 who died, another 20 people were wounded. kelley used to be in the air force, but was court martialed for assaulting his first wife and baby stepson. he was given a bad conduct discharge. investigators say kelley wore a

firing outside and then moved into the church. a civilian with a gun confronted kelley and followed him along with one other person. they think kelley killed himself inside his vehicle. one woman who works across the street from the church says she is just as shaken today. >> we heard a massive load of shots, and i believe that's when he was in the church. and we couldn't do anything because we didn't know if there was more of them. >> federal law prohibits someone with a dishonorable discharge from buying firearms. even though kelley received a bad conduct discharge, the governor says kelley's application to carry a gun was denied. he did not have a permit in texas. we've also learned he said some threatening text messages to his mother-in-law. she and her family go to that church, but she was not there for sunday service. wendy and

church used to be a safe space for people. now places of worship all across our region are taking security precautions in case a gunman enters their sanctuary. news4's meagan fitzgerald is live for us in prince george's county tonight where one pastor has been preparing his congregation even before this weekend's tragedy in texas. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, jim, that's exactly right. the pastor here at the first baptist church of glenarden said it's a shame he had to prepare his congregants. he said ever since we saw that shooting at a church in south carolina two years ago he tells us he's done everything he can to make sure his parishioners are as safe as they can be. >> it's unbelievable. it's unfathomable to think that someone would come into church and do something like that. it's beyond -- really beyond comprehension. >> reporter: it was once the unthinkable. the idea that someone could open fire inside a house of worship, but not any more. >> over time

the other killings like even in charleston, south carolina, we've tried to take precautionary steps. >> reporter: after a gunman killed nine people during a bible study in charleston back in 2015, things started to change here at the first baptist church of glenarden. pastor john jenkins says an armed security detail, including off-duty police officers, are in place at his church. >> we don't change our life-style because of that. we take precautions, but we don't change our life-style. that would be devastating. >> reporter: but last night as the fourth and last church service ended here, many congregants admitted that what happened in texas was on their minds. >> pray for those who would have the mind-set to want to do something as evil as what happened. >> reporter: while hearts here and around the country are heavy, most people say they won't let these evil acts impact their way of life. >> my faith is strong. i don't feel fearful about coming to church. i don't feel fear because i t

>> reporter: now, places like prince william county are offering something that is called worship watch training. this is where officers are teaming up with faith-based organizations to try and help them in an event that they have a potentially dangerous situation happen or other potential crimes to strike their congregation. jim? >> awful we have to think about that in the world today. meagan, thank you so much. our coverage continues ahead at 5:30. we're going to look at where this discussion over gun laws is headed next. plus, we'll have another big development on the nbc washington app and here on news4 all this evening all the way into nbc nightly news with lester holt. he's reporting live tonight from sutherland springs at 7:00. >> well, the race for virginia governor is being watched nationally, but it is being waged at a very local level. one of the polls out today from the way son center for public policy shows democrat ralph northam leading by 6% over ed gillespie with a in

of 3.5%. the real clear politics average of polls over recent days has northam up just over 3 points. bureau chief julie carey has been checking in with campaign volunteers today to get a look at their final blitz. she's live in leesburg. hey, jules. >> reporter: hey, wendy. the campaign signs left over from the absentee ballot loudoun county voter registration office. some places reporting record absentee voting for the 2017 governor's race and tonight both republicans and democrats working hard to try to drive up the numbers. tomorrow, this rain not going to stop a final round of door knocks. >> it's a polling place. >> reporter: democrat linda bailey usually just does campaign volunteer work during presidential enginee presidential years. not any more. >> encourage them to make a plan tomorrow. >> reporter: now she is working hartd on behalf of a loudoun county delegate and statewide

northam. >> i feel like if we are going to have change in this country, it has to start at the bottom and work its way up. >> we have your support tomorrow for ralph northam for governor? >> reporter: this campaign war room in the basement of a leesburg home buzzing this afternoon as volunteers picked up material for the last round of door knocks. the effort, the numbers they say, similar to a presidential election cycle. >> we're going to knock around 36,000 doors in this district over a four-day period, which is pretty, pretty significant. >> are you ready to go win tomorrow? >> yes! >> reporter: republicans also ramping up the intensity. the republican national committee office cleared out this afternoon and headed to arlington. so, young staffers could hit the streets where ed gillespie and the gop team. >> a lot of the rnc staff actually lives in virginia and votes in virginia. so, they are coming to support a candidate who will be their future governor. >> reporter: while much of northern virginia has shifted blue in recent statewide elections, republicans believe gillespie will be competitive there. >> we are competing in every

and northern virginia is critical as well as out state virginia. we are hoping by knocking doors and pushing the final day that we'll make a turnout difference and put ed over the edge. >> reporter: if that local effort they believe will really make the difference, but from half a world away, president trump once again tweeting about the republican in this race, hoping to tip the scales. talking about his support for ed gillespie. back to you now in the studio. >> julie, thank you. she's in the fight of her young life, but there are more promising signs for this victim of the las vegas shooting. what's next in tina frost's road to recovery? >> and the relief effort in puerto rico is getting help from an unlikely source. the sim sons. >> and months after harvey, the effort to help stranded pets still ongoing. these guys looking for a new home. how y can help when we cooume

ralcandidate for'm governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. narrator: they call him enron ed. because washington, dc lobbyist ed gillespie represented the worst of the worst. lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. corporations sending jobs overseas. and of course the enron scandal. now, enron ed is lobbying for donald trump's agenda. like cuts to virginia school funding, and taking away healthcare from thousands of virginians. enron ed gillespie. he's not lobbying for you.

mark herring: my mom to provide for our family. at one point, she got fired for of all things -- getting married. that was a lifelong lesson for me: when people are hurt, you need to stand up and do something. and i've never forgotten that as your attorney general. whether it's protecting veterans and seniors from shady debt collectors, or cracking down on gangs and drug traffickers, i have one guiding principle: do what's right for people. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

in news right now at 5:00, a security scare that is unfolding outside of the white house. chris? >> yeah, wendy, this is some breaking news coming into the newsroom. i want to get you straight to the video again because this is just coming in. we've learned that u.s. secret service and d.c. police took a man into custody this afternoon on pennsylvania avenue for making threats to injure officers at the white house. we just got this video. if you look in the distance you can see some

officers detaining the man. now, we have learned another local police jurisdiction got wind of these threats and notified the secret service. they told them, look, be on the look out for this person. the man was spotted in lafayette park. he was later apprehended. we are working to get more information to flesh this out. right now taken into custody for threatening officers at the white house. jim, back to you. >> chris lawrence. chris, thank you. tina frost is a fighter. she survived the las vegas massacre last month and friends are calling her recovery nothing short of a miracle. and she's starting to talk now, even take some steps. and for the first time we are getting a look inside her brave battle. news4's kristin wright has more on tina's road to recovery. >> reporter: tina frost is a survivor. she's on her feet walking, taking steps doctors weren't sure were possible. tina was shot in the head in las vegas only five weeks ago. >> her b

working well. >> reporter: family friend amy clinger went to see tina at johns hopkins wednesday and recorded the video. for the first time we are seeing the young woman in her recovery. >> to see her this far in such a short amount of time is amazing. >> reporter: amy also shared pictures she took of tina reading a magazine and playing on a tablet. tina is also laughing and talking in sentences. >> then she's communicating and she has an opinion about things and she has a personality. >> reporter: tina's next challenge is surgery in a week to reconstruct part of her forehead and eye socket. she lost her right eye, but still has 2020 in the left. loved ones say her progress is remarkable. every day tina walks her unit at hopkins. >> it's just really amazing. it's amazing and unbelievable. >> reporter: their prayers answered. in the district, kristin wright, news4. >> kentucky

is recovering from broken ribs after he says a neighbor attacked him. he told police that one of his neighbors tackled him from behind as he was outside his home in bowling green. witnesses tell our nbc station in the area that paul had been mowing the lawn at the time and that the two men had ongoing problems. it's not clear when paul will be back here in washington, but the neighbor is currently out on bond. >> president trump is overseas in asia, of course, right now on a five-country tour. later this week he'll deliver a major speech in seoul. he held talks overnight, our time, with japan's prime minister. the para greir agreed on increa pressure on north korea. our david culver got a rare chance to see what it's like aboard a u.s. aircraft carrier. >> reporter: with the president in asia and heading to south korea this week, the u.s. navy's positioned three carrier strike groups in that region and we got a rare opportunity to

the aircraft carrier, the uss harry s. truman, as it was underway training in the atlantic. now, this is part of the 6th fleet and hence not one of the ships positioned near the korean peninsula. but it gave us a feel for the military might and there's a lot of it. when deployed, a carrier strike group, it consists of several vessels, we're talking about a cruiser, multiple destroyers and at least one sub, just to name a few. they're also equipped with roughly 70 aircraft. whether it's during the day or the dark of night, they're running flight ops preparing for various combat scenarios. now, we actually flew out from naval station norfolk onto the true man to give you a rare and exclusive look at the sailors at work. for security reasons they didn't tell us exactly where we were. we asked, they would only say something to the effect of, well, we're off the coast of florida somewhere. next week right here on news4 we're going to share with you our taste of navy life and you're going to meet some of our local sailors serving our country.

hurricane relief efforts into puerto rico. >> hey, buddy, you're paying your bar tab immediately. don't play on the right. i heard about your inheritance from your aunt. >> mo, the bartender from the long running simpsons is a newly released video he is forcing to pay up his tab. he says he'll donate 25,000 to help the still ravaged u.s. territory. that money set to go to unicef, one america appeal, and save the children. >> go mo. >> go mo. >> whatever it takes. >> still to come, a special honor for a d.c. teacher named teacher of the year and why he almost missed out on the surprise. >> and storm team 4 tracking a big change coming our way this

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.

herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. this is all so crazy. i had the air conditioning on in my car, kind of muggy. >> it is kind of thick out there. >> that's going to change in a very big hurry. we go from what we saw yesterday which was just cloudy, drizzly type weather. temperatures today close to 70 degrees. tomorrow we're going to drop nearly 20 degrees. it's going to feel like the 40s in most areas by this time tomorrow afternoon. we're talking a pretty good amount of rain tomorrow, too. right now the rain is moving in courtesy of a cold front. that cold front moving through the region, right now you can have -- we have two areas of very heavy

one in the central montgomery county coming through the gaithersburg area and rockville and another down to the south coming through southern fauquier and culpepper. this has a light lightning. you'll hear through the culpepper region. the fauquier county, a little bit of lightning moving through stafford county, southern portions of prince william county. you see around manassas coming through there, around fairfax seeing some of that heavier rain. look at this around gaithersburg. 95 about to get hit, this area in gaithersburg is dropping heavy rain along 270 here, the tin ter county connector 370 and inter county connector. rockville towards gaithersburg always a slow go this time in the afternoon. as a result of this rain. this will move through the next couple of hours. mostly of us will be rain free around 8:00, 9:00 tonight. behind it, we're not going to see this any more. 67 degrees, winds out of the south at 5 miles an hour. notice the numbers to the west are a little bit cooler to the st

we have not seen the rain just yet. 71 still in culpepper, 69 down towards fredericksburg. tomorrow, though, 53 is where i'm going for a high, but we'll have falling temperatures all day. and by this time tomorrow in the afternoon, well, not just the rain likely, but temperatures in the 40s. look at this rain coming through. now, clouds early tomorrow morning. here we are tuesday, 7:00 a.m., watch what happens by noon. just about everybody seeing the rainfall coming in around the noon hour and then watch what happens during the afternoon. some very heavy rain from d.c. and notice 66 south is the heaviest. some locations could pickup half an inch to maybe up to an inch of rain during the afternoon tomorrow. that coming with 40 degrees -- 45 to 50 degree temperature so a very chilly, nasty tuesday across our region. not going to be too windy, though, so at least that's good news. starting to clear out a little bit by 10:00, but then we still have shower activity around. next couple of days 53 on tuesday, 49 on wednesday. cloudy, drizzle kind of like yesterday, but ten degrees colder than yesterda

53 on your thursday. 46 on friday. and then watch what happens on saturday. i'm going for a low of 33 degrees, almost all of us will see a freeze or very close to a freeze. 44 degrees for a high temperature, some of you may stay in the 30s all day saturday. that's with sunshine. this is a cold air mass coming in. then we get back into the 50s, but still well below average. good chance of rain cuoming up. winter forecast coming up on thursday. you don't want to miss that, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00 we'll talk temperatures and of course we're talking snow fall. i'll have that for you on thursday. >> we're all curious. >> thank you, doug. >> a robbery, a chase, the beltway backed up for hours, remember that? we are learning tonight about the five men who were charged after trying to knock off that check cashing store. >> i'm adam tuss, how much is too much when it comes to finding a parking space in the district? i'll tell you about a brand-new program that could have you paying a lot coming up. >> and a si

d.c. social studies teacher. why he almost missed out on th big surpre narrator: edis gillespie's false attacks. independent press says they're false. fear mongering. absurd. ralph northam went to vmi and was an army doctor for eight years. in richmond, dr. northam helped pass longer sentences for gang members 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.

mark herring: my mom to provide for our family. at one point, she got fired for of all things -- getting married. that was a lifelong lesson for me: when people are hurt, you need to stand up and do something. and i've never forgotten that as your attorney general. whether it's protecting veterans and seniors from shady debt collectors, or cracking down on gangs and drug traffickers, i have one guiding principle: do what's right for people. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

>> announcer: you're watching news4 at 5:00. >> right now at 5:30, storm team 4 tracking a line of rain sweeping across the dmv tonight. big changes will move in behind it. doug kammerer is back in just a couple minutes with a look at what's in store for your neighborhood. >> in the district, a bab

back with his father after someone car jacked the father's vehicle with the child still in the back seat. only news4 was there for the reunion, but police tell us the father left the car running with his son in the back. and when he got back, someone had taken both of them. officers found the abandoned car with the baby in it, safe about a mile away. >> the man who opened fire in a church in texas sent threatening text messages to his mother-in-law on sunday morning. devin kelley killed 26 people from a 77-year-old victim to a baby just 18 months old. the local sheriff there says there was a domestic situation between kelley and his relatives. >> in addition to those threatening messages we have also learned kelley received a bad conduct discharge from the air force. he had been court martials for assaulting his first wife and their child. both of these should have kept him from getting his hands on firearms. but fbi

>> there are multiple issues in this. you can't put your finger on one. but we need to address all of these. we may not stop every mass shooter, but they're coming with greater fle greater frequency all the time. we have to stop some of these otherwise the numbers are going to keep going up and we're going to be wringing our hands and asking why on a weekly basis. >> we invite you to keep it here for the latest coverage from texas. lester holt will be reporting live from the scene just ahead on nbc nightly news that comes on right after news4 at 6:00. >> the first of several trials is underway in the gang murder of 15-year-old dam ras revis, gaithersburg. among ten others accused in the fairfax county crime, revis was assaulted and stabbed back in january and her body dumped near the industrial park there. prosecutors tell us she was blamed for luring another gang member h

several other suspects have already pleaded guilty and others have trials ahead. this multi-vehicle crash in fredericksburg, virginia last week has now claimed the lives of two family members. 80-year-old larry lurch died yesterday. he was among several people hurt when a tractor-trailer slammed into traffic at a red light here on route 3 early thursday. lurch was a passenger in a car driven by his future daughter-in-law who did die on the scene, you may recall. the truck driver may face additional charges now. >> you know you weigh a lot of factors when deciding if you're going to drive uber or you're going to drive, take uber, or take metro downtown. pricier parking just became one of those factors. transportation reporter adam tuss explains where d.c. is testing a new pilot program. >> reporter: parking is often a challenge in the downtown core of the district. >> can't stand looking f

parking is pricey. >> reporter: and it's about to get a whole lot pricier depending on when and where you park. vdot changed rates at a thousand meters in pen quarter and cha t chinatown sections of the city. certain blocks and prime spaces could cost as much as $5.50 per hour to take a space. pierre jimenez commutes from woodbridge to the city and thinks thoughts about the new pricing? >> i think it's outrageous, number one, which is why i never drive into d.c. it's just crazy. i prefer to do public transportation, metro, whatever. it's so much easier. >> reporter: many in the area even opt for uber or lyft because of the parking situation. vdot says changing rates in the very busy air why will encourage people to leave spaces in a timely manner and that will free up spots for others who are willing to pay. you think it's too expensive as it is? >> um, i know it's not cheap. [ laughter ] >> reporter: there is a chance you could actually pay less because some spaces will drop to just

again, it's all based on when and where you park so just make sure you are reading the signs clearly. now, we should say this is just a pilot program right now, but if it is at all effective, you can bet vdot is going to stick with it. back to you. >> adam tuss. this is no ordinary monday for a local teacher. it's the day he was surprised with the title d.c. teacher of the year. [cheering and applauding] >> in a story you'll see only here on news4, mark segraves explains this year's winner comes from a school that's in the process of turning around its reputation. >> reporter: teachers and students at lassalle backus school were told the end of the day assembly was for an attendance count. but the real reason was to announce the 2018 d.c. teacher of the year. >> i was going to try to duck this assembly.

five years. accepting the $7500 prize, howard explained that being named teacher of the year means he has the students of the year. >> we've been labeled the bottom 40 school and oftentimes the lower 40 schools, lower performing schools where there is a stigma put on them and the children that are in them, that there's not good instruction that goes on, that there aren't good students there. that everybody is just kind of hanging out not really doing anything. so for -- to get recognized is to recognize the work my students have been doing as well as my administrative staff. >> words cannot describe how much mr. howard taught me. i learned something new every day. >> reporter: since 1984, 34 teachers in the district have been awarded the honor, but only three schools have won more than once. stewart hob son middle school and friendship public charter both produced two teachers of the year. benjamin baneker high school is

teachers of the year. he will use some of his prize money to attend a history conference in scotland. he's now in the running for the national teacher of the year award, which has only been won once by a d.c. teacher. in northeast, mark segraves, news4. >> a tour bus full of dogs rolled into arlington today. the animals are looking for forever homes. they were displaced by hurricane harvey. 15 of the dogs are in our area. some of the animal welfare league of arlington and others at the humane society of charles county, maryland, they are ready for adoption. go take a look. >> they get them good to go there. a lot of you can't live without your netflix. i know i can't. now crooks are trying to take advantage of it. susan hogan with what you need to know about a netflix scam. >> and from the stage to the smithsonian, the exhibit from hamilton that is coming to town. >> and coming up on news4, we're getting you and your family ready for winter. a few simple tips and

get the kids ready for the colder months.

i'm i'm up earlyax, for my most important job. -more peanut butter, daddy. -more peanut butter, daddy. as prosecutor, justin fairfax fought drugs, crime, and human trafficking. that's why he's endorsed by virginia law enforcement. buckle up. nothing's more important than keeping them safe and helping them prosper. as your lieutenant governor, i'll work to grow the economy and invest in schools and career training, because virginia's families need more results, not more politics. 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 could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

♪ ♪ a scene from the original broadway production of the tony award winning "hamilton." still one of the hottest tickets around, and now you'll be able

remnant of it up close and also help bring attention to a good cause. that green silk costume worn by show creator and star lin-manuel miranda, goes on display at the history museum donated for a special ceremony this morning along with an oil painting. this is alexander hamilton's wife eliza. it pays tribute to the unique relationship between philanthropy and the art. hamilton raised money to open a children's orphan. 200 years ago that orphan is still in operation today. cast members of the musical are also among its biggest supporters. >> so, we raise money every spring and fall and we ask audience members to donate. so this goes back to ground wyndham, the orphanage. >> the exhibit opens march 22nd. hamilton the musical opens in june. >> it looks so different from the one i saw on broadway. the consumer

million netflix subscribers. there is a new e-mail scam going around and cyber security experts call it well designed. our consumer reporter susan hogan joins us now to show us what we need to look out for. >> well, well design is code word for really hard to detect. the e-mail looks exactly like something that you would get from netflix, only problem is it's a fake and it's certainly not from the company. so, let's take a look at what you need to know. the scammers use a template system to generate individualized messages. the body of the e-mail is generic, but the sender field is designed to show the name of the intended victim. so, your name. now, the suspicious e-mails ask you to update your billing information and it takes you to a fake netflix swwebsite. you are asked to enter information. if you clicked a link or provided information on a website posing as netflix, the company suggests you change your netflix pass word.

any site where you use the same e-mail and pass word and forward the scam e-mail to fishing at threat netflix.com. they send you e-mails asking you to update your billing information, but they tell you to go to their website instead. back to you. >> good to know. they led police on a chase. it turned deadly. shut down the beltway for hours. and what we are learning now about the five men at the center of this investigation. >> plus, the discovery about the flu vaccine, why it was so ineffective last year, and what that means for you now. >> we're working for you with ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, 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.

trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

right knew at the live desk, we need your help to get the word out. a mother and her

daughter haven't been heard from in 24 hours and police from virginia are worried about them. i retweeted these photos that we just got into our newsroom from the fairfax county police. detectives say their family hasn't seen them or heard from them since this time last night. gail and her daughter may be in trouble. they were last seen at their home in the falls church area, fairfax county. they think they left in a blue 2012 toyota high lander. i want to put the license plate number up on the screen. vjg 2156. vjg 2156. if you think you may have seen them, please give fairfax county police a call right away. jim, back to you. >> good to get that word out. chris, thank you. a group of armed robbery suspects led police on a chase friday that ended with this crash on the beltway that backed up traffic for hours. tonight we are learning more about the men involved and what they did before and after creating this chaotic scene. news4's darcy spencer is live tonigh

on the new details that came out of their court hearing today. darcy? >> reporter: what we learned today that the suspects, after allegedly committing that robbery up in wheaton, drove here to this check cashing business five miles away in takoma park. little did they know police were already here watching and waiting. the five men charged in the armed robbery of the cash checking store in wheaton friday were part of a robbery crew, according to charging documents. and that crew allegedly went to another check cashing store about five miles away after the first hold up. they didn't robb the store, but police say that move ultimately led to their capture. police were conducting under cover surveillance of the store on university boulevard in takoma park, spotted the suspect's van and began a chase. that chase ended in a crash on the beltway. the driver jumped out and was run over and killed by a montgomery county officer in an unmarked car. all five suspects appeared in

multiple charges. a judge denied bond. >> as our prosecutor in the courtroom argued, they are a flight risk as well as danger to the public. >> reporter: police were watching check cashing stores because of a heist at the exxon gas station in wheaton which also has a check cashing area inside. police say the men are suspected in that crime and the hold up of the post office in brandywine in prince george's county. charging documents show the suspects stole or tried to steal video surveillance systems after police put out a press release showing their photos. prosecutors say they found several loaded guns in the suspects' van including this tech-9 semiautomatic pistol. three of the men charged have immigration detainers against them, meaning they could be deported after they finish serving time if convicted in these crimes. they are facing up to 65 years behind bars. now, according to these charging documents, some of the

involved in the robberies. reporting live from takoma park, darcy spencer, news4. >> if you remember the flu vaccine did not work very well last year, now scientists think they know why that vaccine targeted for last year's strain mutated making the vaccine grown in the eggs virtually ineffective. that's also part of the second problem. flu viruses mutate every year. researchers found the very process of growing the vaccines in eggs which is what they do, makes them mutate even more. according to the cdc, last year's vaccine reduced the disease by just 34%. >> all right. we know this is a working town, right? and we're working for you. so, tonight we're kicking off a cool new series where i get to tackle some of the most unusual and challenging jobs out in our area. some go unnoticed. some you've never heard of. and we need your help to make it all happen. our hashtag is #hand it to handly. first up tonight, the folks who keep all those

and fountains sparkling for the national park service. their day starts early, nine hours later they'll have these three pools and fountains at rollins park sparkling for all to see in foggy bottom. to show me how to get it done, we had to suit up and boot up. >> yeah, you had to be suited for the safety. >> meet the team of benson, pendergrass and careen wilson. between them more than 35 years power cleaning, everything from the fda memorial to the lincoln reflecting pool to the fountain at dupont circle. >> you haven't seen them before. once you see the before and after, then you'll be able to appreciate the work that we do. >> first you drain, then you rake and shovel. >> got take your allergy medicine, you know? then the fun begins. they have to suds up the basin with industrial strength detergent. >> you just want to walk with it, get all the sides. >> now time to put power behi

gunk and algae away. >> you want to stay in control of it because it will get away and visitors can -- if you let it get away from you, you can burn somebody pretty bad. >> boy, i can feel the power in my hand. >> oh, yeah. all day you're doing this. >> yeah, your arms get a workout. >> yeah, it does. >> you make it look easy. i mean, i was like one-sixth of your speed. you're using it as a wand. >> it is a high pressure job. the water coming out of here more than 300 degrees. >> that will burn your hands real bad. >> that water will scald you. >> it will scald you. >> they clean these pools every week. >> i love it, i love to see the people smiling, ducks getting back in the pond and everybody says how beautiful it is. makes your day. >> i guess it's lost on nobody that's the interior department right there. [ laughter ] >> what's the

you've ever come across? >> rodents floating around in the water. >> like a rat? >> yes, a couple of them at that. >> eww. >> all right. it's a lot of unusual things you can see up here. >> you don't want a tourist coming across that. thank you. >> exactly. >> they make it look easy. our thanks to the national park service. hey, if you've got a job you'd like me to tackle, go to my facebook page and challenge me. we'll also be doing a facebook live tonight at 7:15. so share your ideas with me. our hashtag again, #hand it to handly. we went to dulles with the beagle brigade this week. that was great with customs. wednesday at noon join me, i'm going to be operating the capital ferris wheel in prince george's county. >> that sounds fun. >> come on out. you should definitely go. bring cocktails. it could be a wild ride. >> you know i will. >> don't eat. >> i'm impressed they do that once a week. that look like a lot of hard

which is why they have a bun ch of them to do. >> when you're doing the capital wheel, i think it's a little too slow. >> slow in the palm of my hand. >> i like to go a little faster if we can get that done. >> there is some liability there. i don't know. >> if you're doing it -- i'll find a way. out there right now we're dealing with some rain. some of that rain is coming down really hard, even down around the national harbor area. you see that line of showers lining up right now, right along i-95, baltimore down towards fredericksburg. heaviest rain currently do towards the stafford county area. look at this, a lot of lightning associated with this. this is a pretty strong thunderstorm. heads up around the heart wood area, this is going to come right over 95 here. already raining on 95 south at quantico, south of woodbridge. heavy rain associated with this. you'll pickup a quick half an inch with this as it moves across stafford county. watch out there. this will move right over to charles county in about the next half hour or so. then you have more rain in through fairfax county right around mt.

cheverly, bladensburg seeing that rain. savage and laurel, zoom in on the area toward cheverly, down towards bladensburg. route 50, you're seeing rain around riverdale, lanham, seat pleasant seeing some of that rain. you're hearing it on the rooftop. it's coming down pretty good. we need to see some rain. here's what we don't need. cool temperatures. winchester, that's no problem. as we move on through tomorrow morning, 41 gaithersburg, 43 in manassas, and watch this, here's noon tomorrow, 48 d.c., 40 in winchester and we get even cooler by tuesday, by tomorrow at 5:00, 46 d.c., with rain and some of that rain will be steady if not heavy. so rain likely tomorrow. drizzle 49 on wednesday, kind of a nasty couple of days here. same deal on thursday. friday a high of only 46, falling temperatures during the day. and look at this. saturday, a low of 33 in the city, 44 on saturday afternoon. that is some cold

you have to get ready for winter. amelia draper, she's ready for winter. she's got some friends. >> and i have some friends. so, this is my best friend gina mitchell and her son teddy. talking to gina, what's the number one annoying thing when you're getting ready for winter? here's my first winter tip for the hour. you lose the mittens and gloves with the kids. >> every year. >> i just thought of the idea, take some string, and i did this for an adult, tie it through your mittens. we've done that for teddy's jacket here. we have his little mittens attached with string to his jacket. he can go to day care and not worry about losing gloves and mittens. the second tip is keep your pets am mind. you probably want to get a shirt for your dog or puppy. also we talked about the salt earlier. get some dog shoes or rubber balloon type things to protect their paws from the salt. my third tip, guys this came in handy tonight. keep an old towel by

wipe off your dog's paws. and teddy, what do you sni what about a count down calendar? do you like winter? >> no. >> no? and that's what a lot of people said on facebook and twitter when i talked to them. how are you guys preparing for winter? and they said, well, we don't want it prepare because we don't like it. i came up wut count down calendar, birthdays to help you get through the colder months. coming up we're going to continue to show you ways to get ready for winter whether it's your home, your car. and, doug, everyone is looking toward thursday for your winter weather outlook. >> except for teddy apparently. >> not teddy. >> he's like, no, i'm not ready for winter. >> he figured that out early. >> exactly right. if you want some snow, take a look. on thursday, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, again at 11:00, we're taking a look at my winter weather outlook first on news4 all afternoon. do you want some snow, do you want to hear about some cooler weather moving in? we've got some coming up this week. as far as snow is concerned, guys, i am predicting more than last year.

but i think we're going to get a lot more. >> i'm going with teddy. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam and 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. will have power over your health care. adams supports letting insurance companies deny coverage for pre-existing conditions.

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. 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.

new tactics tonight to fight the growing abuse of opioids in the district and as tom sherwood reports, proposed new laws could sharply restrict excessive doctor prescriptions. >> reporter: deaths and overdoses from both heroin and other opioid abuses, a growing problem

preventions. >> it's definitely a city wide problem. we know that people aren't always -- they're not always overdosing where they live or, you know, where they engage in other activities. >> reporter: cindy klay is executive director of hips, now in its 25th year of counseling and medical assistance on city streets. it serves about 100 people a day. >> we need to make sure we reach people who need it the most. >> reporter: 131 people died in the past two years. a 175% increase from 2014. as prescription opioids joined heroin as the leading cause of drug deaths. >> the district has lagged a little bit behind on the opioid crisis. we've seen increasing overdose deaths without intervention the past couple years. >> reporter: now d.c. council man is introducing a bill that would restrict opioid prescriptions to seven days withou

>> it's a seven-day limit. it's a refill. they can't get more pills than they need. what happens is those pills can go into the black market. >> reporter: nbc council health committee chairman vincent gray is proposing more access to preventive drugs. and to require police to carry anti-overdose drugs on patrol. they want it available to addicts, friends and family members. >> anything that gets more of it into the community is a good thing. >> reporter: the council is to hold a public hearing on december 12th on all of the new anti-overdose proposals. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. >> tonight at 6:00, disturbing new clues in the texas church massacre. a closer look at the gunman's violent past. the red flags that were missed. and the reason why this tiny church may have been targeted. plus, new concerns about safety here at home. see what's being done to keep parishioners safe. a father reunited with his

jacking on the streets of d.c. >> my heart skipped. my heart gets heavy, very heavy and i'm like, okay, i've got to find this child because this could be my child. >> the frantic search and the happy ending you'll see only on news4. and storm team 4 tracking changes to make sure you're prepared. we'll breakdown the timing and impact next. >> first to our weather, it's time to break out the umbrellas and the jackets, too. >> here we go, folks. doug is tracking rain right now and the cold that follows. doug? >> yeah, we're talking some serious cold in here later this week. but a lot colder even tomorrow and this forecast really making its way through the next couple of days is going to be one that we're going to be seeing some big changes in. take a look right now at the radar that we have and you can see where the storms are. we have one very big storm down to the south. more rain, some heavy rain in through parts of maryland now coming through the district, but down to the south, and we're watching this storm, a lot of lightning associated with this. if you live in stafford