capitol hill u.s. senators are ready to vot on the most controversial supreme court nominee in years. >> good morning. >> it has been a wild 24 hours in the district and the ride could get even crazier. at 10:30 this morning, the first vote on theavanaugh confirmation will be held. e hundreds of protestors w arrested at the capitol. among those taken into custody comedian amy schumer. she iseled to chuck schumer andee has an outspoken critic of brett >> we'll begin with a check on your commute as well as weather. but first let's turn to storm team 4 chuckbell. another warm one chuck? >> not as warm as ye merday. wee 90 degrees yesterday at national airport. it will not be tha warm again today. that being said it's an

incredibly mild start tooth day. our average t highperature is only 72. we're currently ateg 76es at 4:00 in the morning so a very unusually warm start this morning. temperatures aren't going to be moving a whole lot today. we'll betuck in the 70s all morning long. most of those rain chances have be pushed down to our south for now. clouds will be a big issue today but rain chances remain relatively low. that's what you need to know about the weather. 0sno for now but it's going to be warm again and i mean soon. probably on sun back in the 80s but today and tomorrow both lots of clouds but not much in the way of rain chance. you don't need to carry the umbrella around with you. we'll be in the 70s all day today. >> 270 year at montrose road. southbound and southbound looking good. nothing on the radar here right now. district heights, inner loop,

the ramp there toestbound 450, annapolis road. work zone blocking t ramp there. fairfax eastbound 66 at 123, work zonelocking two right lanes, 95, north and south ofvi inia. no worries there. >> more than 300 protestors were arrested yesterday during the day long demonstrationthgainst confirmation of brettna kah. they were demanding that the senate vote against adding him to the supreme court. whether he getsnhe court maybe determined soon. the first crucial vote takes place at 10:30 this morning. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell wasting to anymore sche fling a votelowing the release of that fbi report. democrats calling that investigation a sham and want a

private briefing from t investigators involved. mcwnnnell shot that idea it's important to know this morning's vote is a proce aral vo will effectively end the debate over kavanaugh and set the stage for a final vote as early as tomorrow. >> the confirmation process not only divided the country but lawmakers too. four senators remain undecided and appear caught in the middle here. collins, jeff flake say they're unsure how they will vote. the west virginia democrat says he is undecided aswell. kavanaugh needs at least two to vote yes. he'll then have 50 yes votes and vice president mike pence to cast t vote if needed. president trump won west virginia handily and manchin could risk angry voters and losing his seat in the election.

>> f what you have seen so far does this feel like the fbi talked to eveone they needed to? are you comfortable with the scope? >> he went on to say he will not make aio dec on his vote until this morning. >> someone that's no doubt watching thatoteount closely is steve daines of hemontana. tweeted his support for kavanaugh but he will miss saturday's vote because his daughter is getting married that day. he knows that two things will happen over the weekend. he'll wal his daughter down the aisle and americans will have a new supreme court justice. the vote begins at 10:30 this morning and news 4 is in place to turn out all of the t. developmen you can also look for updates in the nbc washington app. >> 4:04, breaking news in the police are investigating a drive-by shooting in southeast. chris larwrence with the latest >> that a iarentlynvolved a

u-haul truck. ywo women were shot and both expected to be o but this could put some of you on edge.s investigatold news 4 those women were walking in a group with one other woman and two men. they told police the u-haul was driving east on southern avenue toward mississippi avenue. they will certainly add another layer to the shooting. >> congressionalns republi will take one step closer to reality. a president trump decided to freeze pay last month over budgetconcerns. the deal alsoifts a salary freeze for executive level jobs.

she was key in brokering this deal. congress likely won't vote midtermstil after the >> today the man accused of oman off a sidewalk and raping her will be in court. the initial hearing for dustin rogers will continue to he could choose his own lawyer. he attacked a woman tuesday night. rogers has an naextensive cri background. he's been arrested almost a dozen times. this morning, he's still being held whout bond. >> today, family, friends, and even strangers are expecte at the funeral services for maddox ritch. he went missing in a park. the boy ranway from him when he disappeared. he w found dead after a week of searching. hundreds arrived for his wake with teddy bears and. balloons the medical examiner has not seleased the cause of death yet. >> hundred attended a vigil fth police officer killed and

six other officers hurt in the south carolina shoot out. he was a 30 yeareteran of the florence police department. the shooting began when officers hied to serve a search warrant at aome on wednesday. the sushocted soter was identified as fredho ins. he used a high powered rifle in that attack. >> he was kno as a respectful young man with big plans for his life. this morning, police are still searchin for the person that killed him. we first told you about this story yesterdayn news today. elijah was in a home around 8:00 wednesday night when a fight ts e turned violent. someone started shooting and a stray bulletgh passed throu a window and hit him. a neighbor tried to keep him alive by performing cpr but the damage was already done. he w 17 years old. >> 4:07, new details coming in tohe news 4 newsroom about joshua snyder. he is the montgomery county teenager that died in a crash on wednesday. news of his death spread quickly

around his school. according to a go fund me page he was heading to learn more about his internship when he struck aox truck. police ruled out alcohol but they're not sure what caused snyder to crash. concerned parents now talking about a walk out over prince ougeorge'sy schools. >> this comes after they held a meeting to address that problem. pmost 100ents attended a meeting. th is some of the mold that they are concerned about here. the school says the rainy humid summer created more con sdensatn condensation. those pipes have been wrapped and the ceiling tiles have been replaced but some folks told us last night they don't like the piece mill repair plan and want eir kids moved to another school. >> sniffling, sneezing, mom, i

have a headache. i'm thinking do we have a cold going on? what is goi? >> mold problems like this have been identif sveveral other schools in the county and work is being done to repair those too. a fistfight at a youth football game has some people saying the coaches were the realn childre here. anothe coach captured the video and posted it with the comment quote grown men fighting ate pewee football game today. please make this go viral. the coaching involved iued a written apology yesterday and have been disciplined. >> what would you do with $405 million. >> i mean, where do you start? where do you start with all that? after tonight's mega millions drawing some lucky person or the of people may have answer to that question. no one s matched all numbers so folks have until 9:45 tonighe to try t luck.

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from the get-go i saw him as neal armstrong and he's one of the greatest actors alive. >> he also said it was great to be at the air a space museum for the premiere. first man opens nationwide a week from today. > news for your health this morning, new research suggests that women that take a low dose aspirin on a regular basis may lower their risk of ovarian cancer. the study also finds women that take other painkillers like ibprophen h a higher risk. >> when it comes to breast cancer the sheriff's office is hking a stand. the department two survivors. they both got life saving treatment. turner had lead a fund-raising campaign to bring in money to help other patients with treatment. >> it means a lot to m because

i am a o survivor three years and i also have family members that digidn't. earlyti det is the key. >> it will run until 1:00 this afternoon. remember that massive apartment fire last month i southeast d.c. most people ran away from the flames. >> that's not thease for a group of u.s. marines that was out there and they we rning in in droves. they actually ran toward the flames to te to s their neighbors. the marine corp. barracks is a few yards away. they saw the flames and when into action. yesterday they reunited with the people they tried to save. >> i have been waiting for the oppoayunity to thank you to them because they helped a lot.

if it wast forthem, it would have been a lot of fatalities in that building. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused the firee they focussing the investigation on the buildings air conditioning unit. some people had the concern that the fire may have started on the roof. >> still a lot of heroism that day. >> yeah. these young marines and i said did they call you?al did they you? no, we just saw fire. >>t's like in their dna. let's do it. well hats off to them. >> you can run with the marines again later this month. the marathon is coming up. >> are you running? >> i will not be running this iar. the last tim completed was 2014. the aging process has not been kind. on a frida morning, friday --

we made 90 degrees yesterday. our first 90 in aoctober. ourage high is 72. to 90 degrees is not exactly what you expect this time of the year and it's still a really mimo start this ing. the cooler air is trying to settle in. the front is down to the south. and then lift back north as a warm front. any rain we're going to get today or tomorrow is going to be ry, very light. not a way to mess up your

outdoor plans. all the clouds around today and any rain chances will be down to theutouth don't plan on a whole lot of sunshine today. skies mrihtten up late in the afternoon but the sun is down by 7:00 tonight. clouds thicken up against overnight and into tomorrow morning and we could hav a little patch of drizzle or light rain in the first half of the day tomorrow here's future weather at noontime on saturday. cloudy skies. a bit of a light rain or drizzle. that should be coming to an end late in the day tomorrow and then returnf sunshine by sunday afternoon. temperatures will be in th 70s today and tomorrow. it returns on sundayig with a of 86. monday and tuesday as well.

goodeather for the long holiday weekend. >> i like that. that's for sure. i don't mind teas warmer sticking around. i have to say. 66 here at gallows road. inbound, outbound. no problems on 66 it's nice and dry. lanham. some lanes blocked by the work zone in eachti dir there. mcclain, inner loop after the dulles toll road. the res of the beltway looks good. 95 north quantico to the belt way, going to take you 17 minute southbound just after quantico a slow down but don't have apo of any problems. we'll let you know why we're seeing that delay there. through prince george's county, good in green. >> it's 4:20 and still ahead we're working for you checking out essential oils. >> ahat they are how you can use them to jump start a healthier life.

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these days essential oils seem to be everywhere. >> justin finch talked to a local woman that says theseea products to a healthier lifestyle. >> in h househol essential oils are well essential. >> essential oilsave become like your thing. >> they have. for the past 2.5 years have

been using essential oils exclusely to help cle my home and keep my family healthy. >> in a small box sheer keeps oils in tiny dark viles. they have all kindsf names and aroma. >> smells amazing. >>y pungent. >> yes. >> a lemon oil mixes with vinegar to keep her home clean. >> this is your allatural cleaner. i spray it and wipe it down and the one thing that i like about this is that i can give this to my kids and i don't have to worry about this being toxic. she says essential oils have won over her two sons. the oils with an air diffuser like this helped her oldest with his early to bed early to rise school routine. >> i diffuse to help him sleep and every night he'sike mom, did you put the diffuser in my room. so yeah, they love them.

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k> it is 4:29 now. a live l outside on this friday morning. another warm morning outside as we head into the weekend. >> it will a busy friday w. we're going tol you in on everything you need t know before you head out the door. >> thath starts wit a check on the forecast and the commute. chuck and melissa are here to fill us in on that. not quite as warm as it was yesterday. >> no. it was in all caps on the teleprompter and i'm going to belt it out there butou didn't. >> maybe next half hour but it is friday. welcome to friday.he noy breezes today. a cold front just down to the

south now so it's taken an edge off the warm air we had around here yesterday. 90 degrees yesterday afteoon. today will be about 15 degrees cooler than that. storm tm 4adar scanning the skies this morning. no rain out there right now. a few showers late last evening all gone now. temperatures remain uncomfortably warmy october standards. mid 70s this morning. if you're planning out your friday today don't plan on seeing a whole lot of sun. could be a lit he breake and there but this is going to be on the hole a day you find to quite cloudy and temperatures will stay in the 70s today. nowhere nears hot. the warm weather will be back before you know it. it will be back on sundayte oon. more about that in a few minutes. good morning, melissa, can you yell out the word friday? >> friday. i'm very excited it's friday. i'll yell whatver you w on friday. inner loop this road work just cleared o of the way. so you don't have to worry