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 about

the sach waituation. we're nice and clear. 26 minutes. same thing asou're headed northbound this morning. nothing in the way as far as any rog work or anythin like that. 66 is fine, into town and out of town. 95 northbound. we do have a b little of a slow down southbound through quanticohi morning. >> in just a few hours the first crucial vote for the confirmation of brett kavanaugha will en. they called for a procedural vote at 10:30 this morning. it could set the stage for the final vote tomorrow. jue kavanaugh admits to making mistakes in his testimony at a senate hearing last >> he wrote an op-ed for the wall street journal last night in response to criticism over his partisan tone he wrote i was

very emodaonal last thu and i said a few things i should not have said. judge kavanaugh wro he revered the constitution and going fo ward il keep an open mind in every case. >> kavanaugh's behaviore during hearing is an exact reason a former republican supreme court judge says he doesn't believe, rather he says kavanaugh doesn't belong on the highest court in the land >> he spoke to a crowd of retirees yesterday in palm beach florida. he once praised kavanaugh in a book hed wrote s at first he was all for kavanaugh's confirmation and now says he has changed his mind because of kavanaugh's behavior and po ntialbias. stevens retired in 2010 after 35 year of servicen the supreme court. three republicans and one democrat remain undecided on kavanaugh's confirmation. at least publicly they're the only ones. their pictures are on your screen here. senator collins of maine,ef

flake, and joe manchin of wes. virgin they were satisfied with the investigation into kavanaugh's straight ahead, we'll have a live report on capitol hill about today's vote and nbc will carry a special rortater this morning of that vote. >> some breaking news in the district at 33 police are investigating a trive-by shooting involving a u-haul k. two women were shot along 7th venue in southeast just before midnight. police say the truck was traveling east toward mississippi avenue. the shootinget happeneden the shell gas station and a post office there on southern aven. news 4 will have the latest on this coming up at 5:00. >> now to our other top stories we're following,he man accused of a rape in rockville is set to court. to the initial hearings were continued so he could choose his own lawyer. he dragged her into the woods and sexually assaulted her. >> this morning, police are

still searching for the person that shot and killed a 17-year-old charles county young man here, elijah cole wasn a home around 8:00 when a fight outside turned violent. a bullet passed through thend and hit him. >> nearly 100 parents packed into akeeting to t about the mold probls in morning side. he rain and humidummer have condensation. it has been repaired but more needs to be done at the school and are even discussing a possible walk ou >> developing this morning, we're working to find out more about a woman a rescued fro burning home in fort washington. news 4 was at that home on old palmer road last night as she was taken to the hospital? critical condition. ire fire chief told us the started in the basement. >> it's 4:34. also developing this morning in the district we have

surveillance pictures of the person accused ofng attac someone with a hammer near logan circle. got man and another man into a fight yesterday at the wine shop on 14th street northwest. the attacker ranf. of the victim is expected to recover. >> the punishment for skipping the metro fair could just be a fine. the d.c. council is a step closer to indecrimizing fair evasion. it unfairly targets peopler of colorticularly young black men. it u addsp to about $25 million. the full council still has to vote on this measure. >> well it was an epic fight to the very end but the period kas could not pull off the on the road victory.

last night the boys lost 7-6. despite the loss, the offense was on fire all night. >> ost.hie scored two goalsn 21 seconds to force this game into overnight. it wasn't enough to take down the uipe. a slap shot in the extra time gave them the win. >> it's unfortunate but i don't think you expect to score this many goals in the first two games. let alone come to pittsburgh and end up 7-6. >> the penguins may have won last night but we'll have a chance toreseedeem ourselves in about a month. >> it will be the first time they played each other since they won the stanley cup there in vegas. they're going to be hungry. they're going to be hungry. 4:36 this morning, coming up, a new place to ring in the weekend. we're going to give you a look inside the new d.c. arena ahead of the first musical

performances. >> a man arresteause of a fit bit. how pole sayic

take a look a that. that is cash. shredded into tinypi es. a utah couple says that's the work of their toddler that put the money they were saving for season tickets to football games into the shredder. they thought they lost they found it in the crash. turns out they may be able to get the cash back if they mail all the pieces to the treasury department. it could take up to 3 years. >> it takes them three years to tape it all together to see t exactly how muy have to give back. but wow.

apparently they left it in an velope on the table. >> 4:40. there's now a new concert venue in d.c. >> the entertainment and sports arena is preparing to celebrate it's new grand opening. it opened last month. tonight wale is scheduled to perform for a o sold crowd there and tomorrow night mary j. bliej wi blige. >> tickets went fast but we wanted this to be an opportunity for the people in the neighborhood in d.c. to come into this building even before the grand, grand opening with mary j.blige on saturday. so they' be the first ones. >> cage the elephanteaturing judah and the lion will perform

next weekend. >> temperatures here so mild a lot of people going to the weekend.

at some demoare calling it a sham while republicans say they are satisfied evenith t uncertainty. mitch mcconnell set a vote for 10:30 this morning. tracie potts is live with the tes still upn the air. >> there are four aaron and angie. one democrat and three republicans. the democrat, manchin, we haven't heard from him. thehr republicans called the report reassuring.

and the samehing from senator susan collins of maine after she said it was thorough which is the allegation democrats have been making that the white house hampered this effort and there were a lot of people not interviewed. also this morning, kavanaugh making t case for themselves in a wall street journalop-ed, talking about why he got tool emotiot that hearing last week. >> ac thank you. >> and 4:36, he's apologizing for a tweet that sparked contro drsy. she sineted it. the singer wrote women a the n-word of the world. she later tweeted an apology writing she wrote without thinking about her choice of words. >> here's breaking news inci ne york.

a man has been slashed in the back of the neck in the middle of times square. the incident happened right in the middle ofes t square. you can see the police response there. apparently the was some sort of fight right outside old navy. that man is now in stable condition at bellevue hospital. police say they brought six peopleth back t precinct trying to sort outho did what and who would be charged. as we get more information we'll bring it to you. >> thank you. 4:47 rig now. a man thought he was meeting a woman for a date when he was shot and killed. he was last seen alive in april of 2017. his body was found in prince george's county morhan six months later. one man has already been charged with his murder. now the woman mcmillan was going to meet has been arrested too. das has been charged with

second degree murder. >> a 90-year-old man is a accus brutal murder and a fitbit tracker helped lead to his arrest. offersers in san jose, california believe he staged his step daughter's suicide last month. they arrested him after they took a closer look at the fitness tracker data.at her heart spiked the afternoon of her death before stopping all together. they pieced that together with surveillance video showing her in herouse at the time she died. he's being held out bail on suspicion of murder. >> the city of chicago is eparing for a verdict. jason van dyke is charged wit the shooting deathy nearl four years ago. he was captured on dash cam video of officer shooting times in the street van dyke pleaded not guilty. the shooting was heavily otested across the country. schools are preparing forarly

dismissall. that includes the cancellatione of a school events and potential cancellation of classes. >> we are learning more about a man that used a homemade bomb to kill himself and his o-year-old son and friend. this happened in allentown, pennsylvania. he layed out plans for the kiing andetters to family and police. he said he was miserable and accepted blame for the murder and even details how he constructed the device. >> well, you should keep boiling your drinking water l in thee in the southern part of stafford county. today officials plan to provide update on the boil water alert that's been in effect since tuesda the county posted this interactive map showing areas under the advisory on its website. the water main bak may hav contaminated water for 13,000 customers including homes, businesses and 8 schools.

ey'll be providing bottled water for students until the lifted.y is you can still shower and wash your clothes but you should boil water for drinkingnd cooking. >> okay. look at you. what you cooki in the weather department? >> well, finally a little cooler weather. >> we will cool down for today and for tomorrow but if youike the warm weather, you won't have to wait long. it will be back on sundaynd most of next week though not 90 degrees, most of next week looking way warmer than average. another 90 degree day yesterday. at made our count 45 days 90 or higher so far for the vyear. ay warm year and incredibly wet and we still have a 19nch infall surplus year to date. there's a lot of clouds on our

sky here early this morning but you can see here this pushed most of rain well down to the south. that's where it's going to stay. rain chances are not quite zero. i couldn't rule out a patch of z e. later on could get a little brightening in our skies. clouds lower tonight and on saturday morning once again a very cloudy start to your and and there could be a little patch of drizzle around during the day tomorrow. here's 1:00 in the afternoon drizzle along the bay and into parts of southern maryland. so not really much of a rren for your weekend b not a lot of sunshine in the first half. a lot of a clouds not much rain an on sunday back into the 80s. the 80s most of next week before we cool down on friday and next weekend.

all right melissa, how is the commute coming along. >> right now okay here this morning. we're going t talk about something that's going to kick in this evening and through the weekend. arlington mem bridge. we have a full closurehis weeke weekend. it starts at 9:00 p. and runs through 5:00 a.m. this whole project in it's entirety expected to lastor the next two or 2.5 years as they do these closures.nh laam outer loop at 450. two lanes getting by. that is just fine and it will take you 25 minutes. >> melissa, thank you. it's 4:52 right now. we're still trying to find out more details abouthis school bus crash in frederick county, maryland. this happened yesterday when a car hit the bus. there were childre on board. none was hurt though. another bus was brought in to take the children home. still no word on how that crash happened or any possible charges. do you ever wonder where the most dangerous roads in our area

are? >> well, a new report from aaa singles out two of the most populated counts. prince george's ounty and fairfax. adam tuss has a look at where drivers need trabe e careful. >> well, look, driving around here can be danrous in places. people are erdistracted. yone is in a rush.ew but this n report is shedding light on where w need to be the most careful. it unfortunate but ddly crashes on our roads are common. >> i have seen cars in bad accidents. >> according thi new report from aaa prince george's county holds aio not reputation for deadliest roads in maryland. in invi, fairfax county roads have that title. new numbers show 99 traffic deaths in prince george's county in 2017. that's upve 32% the year before and 35 traffic deaths in fairfax county in 2017. that was the most in virginia. >> everybody is in too much of hurry. >> betsy stevenson i a fairfax

county driver. she agrees some can be dangerous. >> they don't allow for traffic. wait too late to make their commitments. a crash happens about every four minutes in fairfax county. in prince george's county, places like maryland 210, indiaa head highway becoming synonymous with bad cras >> before you know it, boom, it's always something on 210. >> after both prince george's and fairf county both have adopted street safety plans as part of the street smart campaign and many residents say the numbers are adding up in the wrong direction. >> how many times early in the morning are we likenother accident on 210? it's something we see a lot. good information sothere. good news for all of you information seeking consumers out there. there's a newin show c to you on nbc 4 on saturday morning.

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>> you may have seen some of this. among those taken into custody comedian amy schumer. she i related to chuck schumer and has been an outspoken critic of brett kavanaugh. this morning we have full coverage of today's wvote. begin with a check on your drive as well as your forecast. melissa is standing by with look at the roadways and storm team 4's chuck bell is here with a little bit of a cl down. it's a cloudy start today. o knowhings you need about the forecast. no 90s now. that being saidt will very warm again starting on sunday and going through most o