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now you can use the inner loop ramp to get down to national harbor right now.u n see that closure this morning. that's going to be a big problem for a lot of people. fredericksburg, road closed between wheatfield and professional this morning. ou can see that little bit of purple is a big situation for a lot of people. allow some extra time. police are directing you around it. northbound gw parkway, the ramp to 395. crash there as well. chuck, good morning. >> good morng and haponday everybody. the first monday of october and our weather pattern through the enonth of september, very warm and incredibly wet. now it's a warmer and drier pattern comin our way. beautiful weather outside this
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morning. no complaining allowed other than the fact that it's monday. and rain chances tomorrow afternoon a slight chance for a dw rainps but that's not going to bother your monday at all. 63 in gaithersburg. 66 in quantico a 58 up in beautiful charleown, west virginia. sun isn't up until 7:04 and could be a little sun glare early on your way intoork and school this morning. temperatures in the 60s for the early parts of the mning commute but a nice one today. you can stay ahead of the weather bysing our nbc washington app as well. also find me on twitter if you welike for a about the forecast. more about the rest of the week coming up. >> thank you, chuc it's 5:01. usre on this breaking news. a serio crash has an onramp t the beltway partially shutdown. >> amy is there at the scene. at are you seeing? >> chris, we're l was a hit-and-run crash.
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police tell me a constructionuc worker was s by a vehicle and that driver took off without staying to help.o i wantive you a look behind me at where it happened. police tel me tha construction worker is fighting for his life at the hospital. the crash happened around 2:00 a.m. this is on southbound 295 at exit 1-a near 295 north. this is a work site. we will stay on top of the story. >> this morning's accident comes on the same day that new move over law takes effect. it's a change designed specificsly to make thi safer for people doing work on the side of the road. if you see a work truckith it's lights on, you must move over or slow down. thatde inc recycling trucks, service vehicles and utility hthicles. if you're ca you will have
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to pay a fine. >> he was the former mayor of d.c. and is a current council member and now he's filed a police report against a local night club. >> he was injed during a confrontation. the chief o staff tells news 4 the council member was attending an art all night event at the d.c. eagle on saturday. gray andhe bouncer had a dispute over his i.d. according to the chief of staff when hst qned how he was being treated the employee pushed him out of the door causing him to fall ais hurt back and hands. councilmember gray did attempt to enter the d.c. eagle last night but refused to provide proper identification to ourdo staff after being asked for it several times as required by c. law. >> breaking news right now at 5:03. the latest on a powerful deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit rt of central indonesia. angie is at t live desk
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following developments. >> this is the latest. w thisas the death toll from friday's massive earthquake a tsunami has risen. 844 people confirmed .de you're looking at video of the disaster. take a closer look. the quake hit friday and creat a tsunami and waves were reportedly as high as 20 feet in places and thimorning d.c. scue crews are working to find more survivors. now back to you. >> thank you, angie. big news impacting businesses in the state. the u.s. and canada reached a trade deal.
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and it fulfills the campaign pledge to renegotiate danafta. students at catholic university will stage a protest to demand the dean o the school of social work be fired all in response to what heweeted last week. the tweet attacked one of brett kavanaugh's accusers. since when do senio girls hang with fresh men boys. he drinking with and by her admission having sex with underage boys. in anothere unive he would be the victim and she the perp. it'smportant to note, she never accused judge kavanaugh oa ting her. she said he and his friends would be at parties in college where the punch was spiked so boys could take advantage of
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girls. kavanaugh denies all the allegations including those of hi first accuser, dr. christine blasey ford. after h testimony last week the white house approved the investigation. while this is a background investigation and not a criminal probe, democrats are raising concerns that the white house is limiting it's scope. >>ou the white isn't intervening or micro managing this process. o>> are we going get the kind of investigation that's thorough? >> the fbi has yet to contact her legal team. >> this morning we're also keeping an eye on a developing situation in pennsylvania. three men were killed when a car exploded in allentown.
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it happened late saturday but some people that live nearby are still not allowed back into their homes. >> the immediate aftermath looks like a war police say this was intentional. local and federal authorities believed one o those killed was the person responsible. so far no word on a motive. >> they close out their preseason and could be starting with a lf key players. take a look at the center of your screen. this hit could mean he's suspended. wilson earned a 10 minute penalty but the department of player safety announced an in person hearing.
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>> matt damon stepped in to play the supreme court nominee. >> w had a couple of thousand beers along the way especially rk judge that can't remember chunks of his life buts my key witness. if i'm angry, you're right. if you think i'm angry now, then wait until i get o that supreme court. because then you're all going to pay. this skit focused on his anger andem ion. she made a surprise return playing the democratic senator and kate mckinnon playing senator lindsey graham. ♪
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>> then there was this. he performed his song i love it. he's taken lot of heat for his trump.t of president in fact, at the end of the show he made a unscripted pro-trump speech that did not make air as the credits roll. after his performance, kanye took to twitter and posted this photo of himself making a make america great again ha and then talked about abollishing the 13tham dment. he later said he wanted it amended and not abollished and it's still unclear by what he meant by that.
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what are youg see nicole? all righ having a little audio trouble there. we'll get that cleared up because that's something to keep an eye on. >> it's 5:14 this morning or this afternoon rather. first lady melania trump will head to africa for her first major international trip without the president. it will focus onhild wellbeing.
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>> a historic black church here din thetrict held it's final service day. the church was founded in 1868 and the 's changing demographics took a toll and decreasedof the sizhe kong regags. >> after 7 years in the making a new exhibit is about to open. news 4 had aneak peek o the newly expanded museum this weekend. it's tucked away in rural potoc, maryland. it features huge halls of modern andar contemp art. it with was designed to be a place where people can unwind from stress. >> check out ts photo.
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that is a replica of air force one. it arrived today as part of a t projec help educate kids about democracy around the world. it will be on display at the national harbor this month. tickets are 30 days for and $15 for kids ages 3 through 12. >> weave been following breaking news on the roads this morning. a lot to catch you up on. what's going on? >> good morning. seve al trafficrts this morning. a worker was hit and it's a hit-and-run as well. you can use the ramp to the innerloop. the outerloop isn't going to work for you this morning. gaithersburg, germantown.
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that's where this water main break is. >> 94 north, a brand new crash there. l looke it's moving okay. miint start s a delay here in the next couple of minutes. do have all lanes blocked there. two trees down across the y. road the ramp to 395 accident there ss well. chuck at least it'retty outside today. >> high pressure is moving in and close the books on september almost 4.5 degrees warmer than average which is really crazy
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when you figure how much rain we had. measurable rainfall on a record g 16 out of the 30 days the old record was 15 days of rain our fifth wettest september on average and now we're just short of 50 inches of rain here. that is nearly 2 inches above average. it has been a crazy rainy year. for today a little more chance to dry out and with all the rain it's about as green at the beginning of october as i can ever remember here and it's goingo stay that way. with temperatures running well above average our growing season will b extended by quite a bit. and 64 at national airport.
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suns up at 7:04. no rain chances for toy. today's high temperature 80 degrees. future weather for your tuesday starting offdry. no worries there, but during the middle and later parts of the afternoon a chance for a few showers and rumble or two of thunder tomorrow afternoon a little line of hit and miss shower cnces there coming to the d.c. area between 4:00 and 8:00or tw. and it's going to be a very warm day and the warming trend continues. 85 wednesday. 87 degrees on thursday. i may have to start complaining that's too hot. >> no, no. december is around the corner and we'll start complaining about the cold. >> a water val burst and that's prompted a major road
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closure. we're right on route 355. road crews have shutdown the southbound side of the road although northbound traffic is able to get by.ha we're tolds about a block down the road here. i'm told this will significantly impact the morning rush. you're taking a live look now, h you can see these cars are having to make a u-turn here right a high point drive. now we're told by someone here on sceneg coordinat recruiting of those buses, he says that anyone who is catching a bus between middlebrook and game il preserve road have to walk down to the middlebrook bus stop
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in order to catch the bus. of course that is because the buses cannot get through here as well. >> so cws are going to start repairing that valve break and hopefully getting traffic back up and running although again we're told the morning rush will be significantlyimpacted. back to you. >> nicole, thank you. >> managing yochores. >> d have chores in your house? >> yes. managing chores and allowance shouldn't be hard. coming up new technology to help you sort it all out. it's really dangerous. take a look at th w. thkend a man had to be rescued from the river. what he was trying tot do tha got him seriously hurt. >> later this afternoon on
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ellen. >> no! >> i said don't do it ony account. >> that's my fault. i'm going to drop se. >> thatooks so scary. the cast of will and grace drops by literally. u can watch ellen here at 3:00 and stick around for ns 4 at and stick around for ns 4 at 4:ew00 he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year".
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he's helped grow twenty companies ben's vision: medica all.. f a plan to lower prescription drug costsan fully fund our schools. the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare. but it means we've got to believe in each other. ben jealous. governor.
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all of that stuff. >> that's goo parenting. >> that's right. this morning, cracking the whip, this morning, we're taking a look at technology that could help you manage it all. it will keep your family's allowances and chores in sync. they can be created on a daily, ekly, or monthly basis for each child and it allows them to watch it grow. what chores need to be done and check the box whenco mpleted. it's $2.99 for ios and android. information is synced and will send kids reminders when chores need to be complete >> allowances can be paid with real money or other options such as the amount ofcreen time earned. the app is $2.99 for ios. it helps kids
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spend, share and save smart. instead of cash, your kids have a virtual balance with you. kind ofike an iou. ileach child w have separate accounts and you decide how to allocate their allowance. other features center on money fnagement, helping kids learn how to budget things they want. that's free for ios. >> a final hurrah for bryce harper? he gets emotional as he wraps up theeason and mayis time here in d.c. a look at the interview and what's next for the soon to be free agent. >>asood morning. ou're getting the kids ready to go to school this morning, shest slend sunglasses. temperatures will go from 50s and 60s this morning up to 80 degrees for a high temperature this afternoon. a plus weather for sure. more about our next chance for rain coming up in just a minute. >> major mess in two different
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spots. one in prince george's county and one in montana county. and one in montana county. details on
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two major traffic alerts that are going to cause headache on the monday morning commute. the whole news 4 today team swois working for you. >> nicole is giving us the latest from gaithersburg. we'll check in with both of t and then melis is going to give you a look at the alternate ways to get around ts morning. >> a construction workers now fighting for his life after being struck by a vehicle. police tellas me this a hit-and-run crash. i want to give you a look behind me at where it happened. police are still here investigating it's on southbound 295 in the national harbor area. obviously it's very dark at this
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time of night and can be tough to se'l we stay on top of the stories and bring you any updates as we get them. >> thank you. >> a broken water valve is causing a major road closure there. nicole jacobs is on the scene with the latest. nicole, what are you seeing? >> the actual valve break is about a block down the road. we have pic cres we show you in just a second but the southbound lanes here are mpletely shutdow here on route 355 and if you take a look here to the left here, you can see how cars are having to make the u-turn. an offic now aiding them in doing that. at first it's a little jarring, i believe,hen vehicles come up and immediately see road e. clos they're going at the normal 40 miles per hour speed limit here. so definitely a major traffic
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headache that we're told will take place here and is taking place. the pio saying that it take some time to get this underway. i can tell you,om fromne who is here coordinating the bus routes this morning that anyone catching a bus between preserve and middlebrook rd will have to catch it at middlebrook. the water is really shooting up into the sky and that's mething that they have been contending with here this morning. we'll continue to keep you updated on the progress here but according to the tpio,s will cause some major issues for the morning rush. we want to get now to melissa that will give us some work around with regards to this issue. >> northbound is nice and clear.
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southbound turningol around there. trying to work their way around that neighborod. it's not the easiest spot. i know that from having grown up not far away austin hill, southbound 295. the ramp to the outer loop. the ramp is blocked. a construction worker was hit in this hit-and-run and you can use th ramp to national harbor ando sout frederick road still shutdown. take a look at that water just gushing out of the ground there. this is going to take sometime to get this shut off and all of those repaired so you can count on at least several hours. i would probably bet it's going to be more like this afternoon before it even has a chance of reopening. so soubound frederick road near game preserve is where the water main break is. good morning chuck bell. >> good morning. it is now 5:33 on your monday morning. temperatures under a partly
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cloudy to mostly clear sky. no rain chances for today. mostly in the 50s and 60s. 57n leesburg. 64 at national airport. it's going to be a fine day for all of the activities. sun's up at 7:04 this morning. and that ride in h s glare issues first thing. tomorrow we're tracking a little bit of a chance f som rain before more temperatures maybe even getting close to, wait for it, maybe near 90 degrees before the week is over. more about that coming up. >> would have been an annual tradition turned io a protest against brett kavanaugh in northwest c.d. it was the annual red mass that happens before the u.s. supreme ourt new term that starts today. they spoke out and meanwhile sources tell the nbc news fbi
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spoke to debah ramirez. she accused him of exposing himself to her when they both attended yale. the fbi is investigating that sexual assault. coming up, have the latest from capitol hill. >> today students at catholic university will stage a protest that the dean of social work be fired. his tweet attacked one of brett kanaugh's accusers. he later apologized and the university initially suspended him. >> it will be an emotional day in las vegas. it was onego year today that a man opened fire through a hotel window killing 58 pele at a country music festival. que marees along the iconic vegas strip will go dark tonight to honor the victims. this weekend survivors had a chance to reconnect a concert. two people from our area were at the music festival.er
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they we killed and tina frost was injured. the latest update h oner go fund me page that was moved back to san diego and this weekendear theu.s. capitol protestors gather to call for tougher gun restrictions. they made posters showing those killed and left flowers. many spokeebout the importa of the midterm election and a lot of voices echo thee s message including a 7-year-old girl. >> it was the worse mass shooting. >> we begin with breaking new out of indonesia. week'sath toll from last earthquake and tsunami has gone up ain. 844 people confirmed dead either fr that 7.5 magnitude quake or the tsunami that followed.
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at the same time, 5000 people have been forced out of their homes. >> former d.c. mayor and councilmember gray filed a police report against a former night club. he was pushed by a bouncer on saturd. according to the chief of staff the confirmation happened after the bouncer took issue wit gray trying to use his d.c. council enter. the bouncer insisted on seeing an i.d. with a birthday on it. says the push hurt his back and hands. the club said councilmember gray refud to provide proper identification. >> the u.s. and canada reached a tentative tradeal. it accomplishes two things. it gives the u.s. greater access to canada's market and exempts tariffs on cars coming into the u.s. the deal fulfills president trump's campaign pledge to renegotiate nafta. it will now be called the united
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states-mexico-canada agreement. >> coming up another pubc figure speaks out as a victim of sexual assault. more on this barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. donald trump is against expanding medicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions.
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and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking insurance rates up to 64 percent in virginia. barbara trumpstock agrees. cevoting with trump 98 pernt of the time. nnifer wexton believes healthcare is a right ... and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. "i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is cong."
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welcome back at 5:41. it's good to be a skins fan this morning. we'reanked number 1 in the nfc east. titans beat the eagles in overtime yesteay so now the skins are the only team with a 2-1 record. both 2-2. the skins had more time to rest up for their next game because they play the saints in a week on monday night football and the saints beat the giants and now the giants are 1-3 so here we go. >> we're number one. >> hope springs eternal. there will be no more baseball in washington until april. >> they wrapped up their season
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yesterday and it definitely wa 't with awin. in fact, they were blown out losi 12-0. making matters worse, this may be the last time we ever see bryce harper in d.c. here. the day after the world series ends and the way he became so emotional after the game, he's not going to be sticking around the district. >> you know, it's tough. sometimes you go t upre and you never know what's going to happen. getting a little emotional now because you never know. happy to go up there and hit a double and write it off like that and f i'mback, i'd love to be and if i'm not we'll see what happens. >> he went on to thank the d.c. fanse saying felt they always had his back.
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that's a lot of money. >> not t yankees. i don't know ifld they c spend money.ind of >> hi, melissa. >> good morning, first 4 traffic alert ts morning. one big problem in prince george's county. another, this one in montgomery county. take a look. take a look. some road closures you
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he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. ona plan to lower prescripdrug s and fully fund our schools. the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare. we cbut it means we've gotobs, to believe in each other. ben jealous. governor.
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kaine: my from him and his workers.ope then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders.
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our economy works best when eryone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career a technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. here in virginia, we have to build an economy that works for all. >> it's now 5:46 and we're tracking two trafficer . a construction worker was hit by a car right along thet exi to i-95 northbound and thest ination is blocking some traffic. >> take a look at this. this is what itik looks when a water valve burst overnight in gaithersburg. it shutdown frederick road. it's going t takeawhile to clean this up. nicole jacobs and chopper at the scene.
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all the team coverage continues in a few minutes. >> sexual assault and misconduct of brett kavanaugh. >> tracie, what is the concerns about the scope of this investigation. >> democrats say it's too narrow. the president said that the fbi can interview whoever they want. but our sources are telling us that the c guidanceing from the white house council's office is a specific list and prettyf short list people that they are being asked to interview here. remember this is not a ful criminal investigation the fbi is doing. it's expanding a background check so t white house is the client and the white house is providing the direction of who to interview and who not to interview. >> and we're told this investigation is only supposed to take a week and the fbi, have
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they started talking to anyone yet? >> well, apparentl according to our sources they have talked to deborah ramirez who is the second accuser that said vanaugh exposed himself to her in college and he denies that. mark judge who dr. ford says was in the room when she was attacked, he i set to be interviewed but apparently not any of the colleges classma that say he was a heavy,ue fr drinker and of course kavaugh denies all of this. >> we'll keep an eye on this investigation. thank you. >> it's 5:48. kellyanne conway says she was a victim of sexual assault. conway made the stateme during cnn's state of the union yesterday. she said he empathizes with victims of sexual assault and harassment. she said raw partisan politics lead to the situatn surrounding kavanaugh and s compares it to people such as
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bill cosby and bill clinton and when asked how her work effecis efcted with preside trump, she says it's not related. >> take a look at this picture. this is 32-year-old alto alton thodos. he may be driving a silver bmw with virginia tag uze-8869. on saturday, police tried toe sen arrest warrant for thodos at a fairfax county hotel. he barricaded himself inside the room. by the time police made their way inside the room the suspect escaped throughhe ceiling, into the attic and left the building >> back now to that breaking news, melissa is working for you but first t we're going check in with angie at the live desk. >> this just rein,ing news at the live desk, two cancer researchers were just awarded
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the noble prize in physiology or medicine and thi because of their ground breaking worknd a new approach toward cancer research. their names are james p. allison of the u.s. and tasuku honjo of japan. and i'm giving you a truncat version of what they were able to discover. they say this is really gng to improve research into releasing he break down in unity in cancer research and they are being credited for this new breakthrough andhis information is just coming to us now and we are going to find out rchers jameshe res hour. son throughout the >> it's a lot to sift through. thank you, angi back now to the roads, melissa is trying to help you make the most of your monday morning commute. >> good morning. two differ problems this morning. first prince george's house, oxon hill, the ramp to the outer
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loop. crash investigation, ramp is blocked. a construction worker was hit. or was a hit-and-run. ther is in critical u condition. yocan use the ramps to national harbor and the inner loop but not outer loop this morning. taking a look in montgomery county, section of southbound frederick road closed. road closed and it's up over this problem. tell me how things are going. that really is a e'gusher. >> seeing an absolute geyser on the southbound side of 5. all lanesre blocked on the southbound side and just a ttle inside here and you can see the lanes are going to be closed bec tse water main break is directly in the center of 355. e middlebrook to get around this thing. northbound lanes are getting by
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just fine but that's going to be your work around for now. melissa. >> thank you. a couple of otherbl ps around town as well. in leesburg, evergreen mills a ro red cedar drive, lanes blocked there. two trees across the road. we're shutdown there. inner loop and outer loop at tha be nice and clear here this morning. travel time on 270 and the top ef the beltway, no problems. taking a look h at 66. it's okay. 95 north, quantico to the belt way is slow. 25 miles per hour this morning because of earlier crash that's now on the shoulder. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. looks good outside today,huh? >> sure does. no real weather issues for the comme this mornin the visibility is nice and high. 10 miles per hour in washington. there's somnd areas a little fogginess out there this morning but by and large not any weather impacts on your ride into workc and sl this morning. south westerly breezes today will keep temperatures way abo
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average. our average high temperature now is 74 degrees. we'll be near 80 degrees this afternoon. radar shows nothing for uso worry about around here right now. current temperatures 62 in hagerstown. 68 in annapolis. 64 in capitol heights. sunshine. temperatures running 5, 6, 7 degrees above average for toy. here's future weather through your tuesday. a dry start and dry through lunch hour tomorrow. after 3:00 or 4:00, probably goin to have a line of showers develop here along the blue ridge. just about the timet we to the tail end of the commute home morrow. not arantee. we have a rain chance at 40% for tomorrow. look at this ten-day forecast. his isuld hardly believe the first ten days of october here. temperatures near 87 degrees
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coming up on thursday afternoon. and nice dry and warm weather this weekend. i had a great time mcing the best in shaw dog show. the grand champion righ there. there's lorenzo. he was antr aian herding dog. good job there. $750 main prize and there's eric and i two poochs. the white one with a crazy bad attitude biting his sister. his sister a blue ribbon winner agaipr tiest girl in shaw two years in a row. >> good morning. now that the calendar is flipped over to october it's time to start stockingp for halloween. total spending will be $9 billion this year in line with last ar's record which was 9.1 billion and people claiming to spend an average of $86.79. that's up from $86.13 last year. the u.s. economy is good and
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consumer confidence is high. families are ready to spend big on halloween. with your cnbc morning business report i'm jackie deangelis. >> it's the firct ofer and get ready to see a lot of pink this month because october is breastancer awareness month. >> the disease will kill tens of thousands this year alone. a local business and african erican sorority are kicking off the campaign to raise awareness. she is with members of alpha kappa alpha sorority and they're kicking it off. >> good morning. it's all about getting pink heels in october. hold up your shoes. >> that's right. >> expert shoe and luggage repair ready to do w theork to turn those soles pink and join forces again with alpha kappa alpha sorority. one of the d.c. chapters hereto y. part of the proceeds go to breast cancer research. we'll tell you how you can get
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involved and join the fightn coming upe 6:00 hour of news 4 toda >> all right. well, they do so much good in the community. can't wait to see it. >> that's s.ght, chri >> still ahead, could the star of the washingto capitols miss the first game of the season? who may be facing a suspension for a preseason whit. >> plure heading back to indonesia as the search for survivors following the weekend's tsunami continues. all of thi while the scope of the destruction left behind becomes all too clear. >> wsst a we're tracking a major water main break sure to impact your commute. details on this as news 4 today continues. stay with us. your time is 5:56. >>
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news 4 today begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news, a construction worker struck while 295.ng overnight along take a look. this is a live picture from the area where it happened. also take a look at what's happening in gaithersburg. that is a geyser of water shooting out of a water main that burst overnight o route 355. >> that trouble continued into this morning. this was the vw from chopper 4 just a short time ago. take a look at that messthere. thousands of gallons of water
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bubbling out of the water main. this morning repair crews are trying to fix this sue. that could cause lingering issues through the morning commute. good morning to you. >> we have live coverage of both incidents. ell in l get to chuck just a moment. first let's begin with melissa on this very busy morning, melissa. >> it's a busy morning. several trafficrt a first in prince george's county. southbound 295. the rame there to outer loop. this crash investigation. the ramp there is blocked. this is a construction worker that was hit. a hit-and-run here by a vehicle early this mo ning. they'reow looking to that car. you rn use thep to the outerlook. chopper 4 ove this one, gaithersburg, german town there. if you use this section of frederick road we ahutdown in the southbound

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