comedian amy schumer. she is related to senate minority leader chuck schumeras and been an outspoken critic of judge brett kavanaugh.ll this morning w have full coverage of today's vote. >> we'll begin with a check on your morning commute as well as your forecast. melissa has a look at the road but let's turn our attention to chuck bell that says no 90s for now. >> no 90s for aittle while. we could be done with 90 degree weather for the entire yesterday. our 45th day this year 90 or higher but the latest we ever reached 90 degrees in washington, october 11th, 1919. to 99 years ago. today will not be 90 eagrees. thiser front is down to our south. we're on the cool side of it for now. that means cloudy skies and temperatures in the 70s today. there's aekend, chance for drizzle and fog around early tomorrow but most of youreekend will be rain free and warming up against

starting on sunday. right now it's 68 in virginia. 72 in quantico. 66 in howard county. 67 degrees in montgomery county. farrah is available for adoption. can go to their website and find out more. and good dog walkingweather, morning, noon, and evening. more about that weekend and the beach forecast coming up in a few. chopper 4 showing you the furthest one. outer loop after connecticut avenue. there's one a little bit closer. acopper zooms here. take a look at that. it looks like a dump truck that is sideways. crews on that scene as well and there's one before this with a vehicle that seems like it has spun out and it's facing the rit side.

so trying to figure out what's going on with the three separate incidents this morning. that back up is justoing to start building. 295 southbound as you approach , still slowhere as well. angie. >> thank you, melissa, 6:02. whether kavanaugh gets on the court may be determined soon. the first vote happens at 10:30 this morning. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell wasted no time schedulinghe voteollowing a recent fbi report. democrats called that investigation aham and want a private briefing from the investigators involved. mcconnell shot that idea wn. it's important to note that this morning's vote is a procedural it will effectively end the debate over kavanaugh and then setorhe stage a final vote as early as tomorrow. >> now the kavanaugh confirmation process has not only divided the country but lawmakers too. this morning four senators remain uncided and appear to be caught in the middle. republican susanolns of

maine and jeff flake say they're they'll vot how joe manchin is undecided. kavanaugh needs t two ofse senators to vote yes and vice president mike pence ould cast the tie breaking vote if. needed keep an eye on senator joe ldmanchin. he c risk angering voters and losing his seat in next month's election. a reporter asked the senator whether he was w satisfiedith the fbi handling of the investigation. >>nrom what you have see so far, does this feel like the fbi talked to everyone they needed to? are you comfortable with this scope? >> i'm just trying to deal with nat i have rightow to be honest with you. >> he said he wouldn't make a decision until this morning. >> someone who is no doubt ot watching that count closely is senator steve daines of montana. he tweeted his support for kavanaugh but said he will miss saturday's vote because his daughter is getting married that day. he knows two things are going to

happen over the weekend. he'll walk his daughter down the aisleve and america will new supreme court justice. the vote begins at 10:30 this mornin and news 4 will have a special report on the proceedings and you can look for updates on the nbc washington app. >> d.c. police are investigating a drive-by shooting inea sou and apparently those shots came from a u-haul truck. megan is at the 7 district police station. what can you tell us? >> well, i can tell yo it's an unusual look out for the vehicle that's involved in the drive by shooting that happened last night. the two women that were shot say that the bullets came from a u-haul truck. now take a look at the maphere. a group of five peoe were walking in the area when the shots range out. they're expected tutbe okay they were injured.

the u-haul truck drove away and they haven't found it yet. inveigators still looki for that truck and the people that were inside it. now, interestingly nenough, monday, at around 2:00 in the morning a person was robbed at gun point at 60th and clay street inth nst washington. three men were handguns then fled in a u-haul pick up. nowt's unclear if they're related but that's something that police will be taking a look at as for the drive-by shooting that happened last night, no arrests have been made. back to u. >> megan, thank you. >> congressional republicans appear to be one step closer to making pay rises ait re they have a deal to give a 1.9% pay raise next year. president trump decided to freeze pay last month over budget concerns. the deal also lists a salary

jobse on executive level like the vice president. representative bash bra was a key player in brokering this deal. congress likely won't vote on it until aer the midterms. >> the man accused of driving a woman off a sidewal and raising her, initial hearings for dustin rogers continues. police say that rogers attacked the woman tuesday night. rogers has an extensive criminal background. he's been arrested 11 times. this morning he's still being held without bond. >> he was known as a respectful young man with big plans for his life. this morning the sheriff's office is still searching for the person that killed elij ah cole. he was at a home in waldorf around sd8:00 wed night when a nearby fight turned violent.

someone started shooting and a bullet him hit. theeighbor tried to keep him alive by perrming cpr but the damage had already been too severe. cole was 17 years old. >>lsew det now coming into the newsroom about joshua snyder. he is montgomery county teenager that died in a crash on wednday. news o his death spread quickly around northwest high school in german town where he went to school. he was headed to learn me about physical therapyip intern when his car truck a -- struck a box uck. >> parents are talking about a walk out over the mold at prince george's county schools. >> this is some of the mold they're concerned abou the schoo says the rainy humid summer created more condensation

on the air conditioning pipes which dripped on to the ceiling tiles. now the pipes have been wrapped and ceiling tiles have been replaced but some don't like the repair plan and they want their moved to another school. >> sniffling, sneezing, mom, i have a headache. i'm thinking do we have the end of the summer cold going on? what is going on. >> mold problems like this have also been identified ateveral her schools in the county and work is being done to fix those problems to >> a fistfight at a youth football game have some people sang that the coaches are the real children here. another coach posted this video with the comment grown men fighting at a pee wee football game. please make this go viral. the coaches issued a written apology yesterday. they have also beendisciplined. >> 6:08, what would you do with $400 million.

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has you thinking you can still no down to the beach for the weekend. much of a rain chance. a little on the cloudy side today and tomorrow. and even the mountains near 80 degrees. warm weather everywhere. your forecast is coming up. see you then. >> 30 minutes is all it takes to master and cpr. 'll talk to the chief about we just moved in aboutabout four months ago,

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great to be at the museum for this premiere. >> women that take a low dose aspirin on a regular basis may lower their risk of ovarian cancer. that's the newfi ing. women that take other painkillers had a higher risk. talk with yr doctor before making any changes to your medications. >> we want to get bsk to t breaking news on the roads this morning. melis melissa, what's going on. first 4 traffic alert this morning, top of the beltway to an oil spill caused three or four crashes o the bel way. it is the furthest one along the top of the once you get past that one you're kind of home free. as chopper z dmsn here, you see we have a dump truck sideways on the roadway there and then before this one a

vehi te spun outthe right so we have a four mile back up here at the top of the beltway, very, very slow at this point here's another shot just showing you that. the rest of the beltway looks good. our problem up top here and as we zoom in, you can see going about 3 t miles per houough one section. they are pretty good. state highway keeping everything to the right. cheverly southbound bw parkway at 50.e right s blocked by the crash. take a look at those delays. anduninbo there on 50. at least it's pretty nice outside. >> yeah. the windows open and make the ride into work a little less. temperatures in the 70s around e city. skies are mostly cloudy. a few light rain chances during the overnigh hours. those are gone but in the wake of a cool front now dow to our south, we have a north easterly

breeze this morning. feels nice outside nestly. temperatures have been pushed back into the 70s now across much of the area. a milder 73 in morgan. 70 degrees right now in prince george's county. not a pbad weekend to do gardening in the yard. i want to see a nice cloudy day. not a bad time to spend time doing yard work. finitely warmer. mid 70s tomorrow. back into the mid 80s on sunday. this front will stay south of us today and tomorrow and then graduay come back ase get into sunday and that means it will be a warm second half of the weekd.

future weather, is there much of a rain chce? not really. cloudy skies today. maybe brightening up just a little bit later on in the day today and then for tomorrow, another cudy foggy sfar and sniend will and sunshine will be making a start yet again. a lo tomorrow. today and back into the 80s on sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday. that's a lot of warm weather here in the first half of octobeer maybe coolerby this weekend. >> thank you. still ahead, we're working for you checking outssential oils. >> what are they? how can they help you jump start life. hier >> tune in for ellen at 3:00 followed by news 4 at 4:00. we'll be right back. barbara comstock might as

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this morning, news is live this morning at a very unique class that sans you complete in just 30 minutes. and learn some life saving techniques, right? >> yeah, hands only cpr. we have chloe. we have carly he also learning

and kevin schafer is instructing here. all of thi part of what's going to happen tomorrow at the fall jubilee where everybody can come in and take advantage of this life saving oppounity. and only cpr is effective ief rob clemons can talk about that. because that's what you want people to know. >> it'svery, very simple. that's why we're going in tomorrow from 9:00 to 4:00 and it's three simple steps. call 911. take your hand put it over the center of the chest, push ha, push fast until help arrives. so very simple. >> one of the many things you can take part of. lots of things happening where you can come and do this and joy all the festivities. >> tomorrowea is aiful day. the weather is going to be perfect. we shutdown downtown.

150 vendors, crafters, wonderful food, activity, you need to come see it. >> and it's >> it's free. so come on out. the little ones all the way to theak adults can part in this life saving training. back into you. go ahead, you're doing great. >> that is impressive. 6 years old and a lot of these cpr classes, they'rell day deals. so the fact that you can go part and yes the hands on of it and get that done and get like maybe a deep fried oreo or whatever they're serving up. >> 6:23 right now, these day essential oils seem to be everywhere from soaps and supplements to foodac . >> justin finch talked with a local woman that says these products lead to a healthier li lifestyle. >> in her household essenal ls are essential.

>> essential oils have become your thing. >> they have. for the past 2.5 yeae i h been using essential oils exclusively to help clean my me and keep my family healthy. >>? a small box she keeps her oils tiny dark viles. they have all kinds of names and aromas. >> it smells amazing. >> oh, yeah, very like pungent. >> a lemonhe oil that mixes with other ingredients to keep her home clean. >> i just spray it and wipe it down and it doesn't leave any streaks or anything and the one thing that i like about this is i can give this to my kids and i don't have to worry about this being toxic. >> in fact, she says essential oils have won over her two sons. they help her oldest withea his y to bed, early to rise school routines. >> i diffuse to help him sleep. every night he's like mom did

you puthe diffuser in my room? so yeah, they love them. >> if you're ithe marketor essential oils, first, some advice. >> it's important to get them from someone that can teach you how to use them and use them effectively. >> make sure that you buy the best. she recommends using only 100% naturally p derivede oils with no added ingredients. justin finch, news 4. i have lergies. i've done that here. if you want to start using essential oils start with a few. >> and take ne onow your body responds to those oils. 6:25 and coming up the cap head to pittsburgh to defend the cup. thisat rivalry m up went into overtime. a look at the drama-filled night on the ice against the caps number oney. en >> big college football games.

maryland is on the road in michigan. virginia tech is hosting notre dame with a big game saturday night. temperatures aroun 70 degrees there. i'll be watching oklahoma, texas, and the cotton bowl tomorrow afternoon. have a good friday. >> i'm justin finch outside of the u.s. capitol where the senate is set to convene in a matter of hours as the wheels turn for judge kavanaugh's we just moved in aboutgh's four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice wheients come n and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it!

bo> chopper 4 bringing us live pictures fromve the scene here and melissa is here with more on that. >> we want to check in with her now beforehuck fills us in on friday's forecrlt. >> oup with the first report of an oil spill. because of that oil spoil wead three additional crashes and this one just happened here in the back up. not w only are blocked on part of the right side of the

beltway, outer loop after connecticut, now the left side as well. w we're more like 5.5 miles. live look at the back ups here. the rest of the wabelt is behaving itself quite well here. it looks like a red little line almost the entire top of the beltway. at this point in morning going 7 les per hour in this back up. might want to consider tha today because it's going to be a big problem. the right side still blocked and inbound still blocked because of wellas >> good morning and happy friday erybody. clouds in place through the overnight hours. a dark spot here on our friday morning. sun up until 7:07. visibility nowhere near the fog this morning. clouds yes, fog no. so that should help at least a little bit with the flavor of

the morning. temperatures have fallen into the 60s now for northern montgomery county and low to mid 70s downton. 71 degrees there in anpolis. the daily grade for today will be completely satisfactory.t much sunshine today but not much rain to worry about either. rain chances are low. temperatures are stay right where we are in the low to mid 70s through your friday. for now back to the news. in about four hours, the first crucial vote in the confirmation process of brett kavanaugh will happen.ld it c set the stage for a final vote as early as tomorrow. ahead of the aion on capitol hill, judge kavanaugh admits to making mistakes in his system st aenate hearing last week. >> he wrote this op-ed last

night in response to criticism over his partisan tone he said i was very emotional last thursday and said a few things i should not have said. he wrote he reveres the constitution and going forward i'll keep an open mind in every case. >> team coverage continues. justin finch is live ouide the capitol. >> are the crowds already starting to build this morning, in? >> we are seeing people begin to trickle in. they have been here for several hours this is one of several protests we have been seeing for this now confirmation process.

>> on thursday we saw crowds swarming into theth streets t supreme court before they made their way inside the office buildings. that's where median amy schumer was among more than 300 people arrested for unlawful prapests. she hns to be the cousin of senate minority leader chuck schumer of new york. members of the community sayer they were for that very active day yesterday. they have been here for the past veral hours a will be watching what happens today as well. take a listen. untilintend to be her the senate vote is on thefloor. it will likely be a very busy day again. >> breaking ns out of

pittsburgh, a man is dead after he fell out of a window at duquesne university.th is a residence hall. there was some sort of fight on the floor last night and a man fell out of thend . he was taken to a hospital in critical condition but wasnc pron dead at the hospital. now to our other top stories this morning, d.c. police investigating a drive-by shooting that involved a u-haul truck. two women were shot near southern and mississippi avenues in southeast. they're lking into whether this could be connected to recent robberies. a live report in a few minutes. >> he disappeared last year after going to meet a wom he

talked with on the dating app. his body was found more than six months later. the woman is now charged with second degree murder. >> we're working to find out more about a woman rescued. she was taken to the hospital in critical condition. the fire chief told us the fire started in the basement ands ill not clear how. >> county health officials will provide an update on the boil water alert. officials say you can still shower and wash your clothes. but you should boil for drinking cooking. >> the caps just couldn't pull off the win against the penguins last night. the caps lost to their rival perio 7-6. despite that loss the offense was on fe all night.d oshie score two goals in 21co

ses to force that game into overme but the penguins managed to score in the extra time. the caps now have time off tbefore they play las vegas gold golden knights nextednesday night. >> this will be their first time playing them. so you know they're going to come hungry. >> coming up, passing on some life saving skills. >> that'sri t. a 6-year-old and a 14-year-old can learn this, you can too. hings youcpr, four need to know about it coming up next on tuesdanews 4 today. >> a first four traffic alert on the beltway, foursh c slowing down the friday commute and melissa is here to help you geund it. we'll check in with her again on we'll check in with her again on the gr

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>> this is where six separate crashes a slowi down an already busy spot. >> they nearly doubled. 8 miles long and growing. 'llissa is keeping an eye on this. check in with her again in just a few minutes. >> we'll know in just aew hours whether judge brett kavanaugh's nomination to the u.s. supreme court ill continue. at 10:30 there will be a procedural vote. if that votese p it could set the stage for a final vote as early as tomorrow. mitch mcconnell wasted no time scheduling that vote following the release of an fbi report. >> democrats called that investigation a scam and want a private briefing from the investigators involved. mcconnell shot that idea down. r threeublicans and one democrat are undecided on the confirmation. >> tracie potts is live on capitol hi

capitol hill with more. >> this is going to be an incredibly dramatic day on capitol hill. while this is a procedural vote, it's the first of two, this is the vote that'soing to tell us whether or not judge kavanaugh has the votes to be confirmed and that repor came out yesterday morning. we were up here in the hallways all day long tryingo get a sense of where these undecidede senators w and we simply don't know. senator susan collins of maine plans to make a announcement at some point and she'll have to declare where she stands on the senate floor today at 10:30. joe manchin is a wildcard but it's pretty clear that he doesn't want to be the decidin te on kavanaugh even though because west virginia is such a ro trump state he'd like to vote yes. >> we are following some breaking news here in the district as well. police tell us they're

investigating a drive-by shooting in southeast. >> we're told that there were shot apparently fired from a u-haul truck. megan mcgrath is following this. >> that's liright. in d.c. are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened in southeast last night and the look out for the vehicle that's involved is usual. the women that were hurt in the shooting say that the shots were fired from a u-haul truck in the area. this all happened in the 400 block of southern avenue and southeast. a group of five people were walking in the area when suddenly shots range out. now two women that were in the group were it in thleg. they are expected to be okay but that u-haul truck then sped off. now polic say there was another incident involving a u-haul that happened earlier this week. that happened at 2:00 a.m. on monday. a person was robbed at gun point in northeast. three men a armed withened hah

guns then fled in a u-haul pick up truck. now it's unclear whether these incidents are related but both involve u-haul trucks.e of couhe investigation continues. no word on any arrests inhis drive-by shooting. back to you. >> thank you so much. >> also developing this morning in thedistrict, we have surveillance pictures of the person accused of someone with a hammer near logan circle. d.c. police say this man and another man fought each other yesterday at the wine shop on 15th street northwest. the attacker ran off. the victim is expected to recover. the scene is just blocks away from 11th and t street where a jogger was stabbed andla killed month. >> a man accused of dragging a woman off a sidewalk and raping her will be in court. police say rogers attacked them tuesday night.

rogers had an extensive criminal background. he's been arrested nearly a dozen times. this morning he's being without bond. >> he was known as a respectful or hisman with big plans life but this morning, detectives are searching for the person that kild elijah. we told you about this story yesterday on newsda 4 he was in a home around 8:00 wednesday night when a fight outside turned violent. someone started shooting and a strayouullet went tgh a window and hit him. a neighbor tried to keep him aliv p byforming cpr but to no avail. he was 17 years old. >> 6:49. new this morning, the nobel peace prize winners wer announced. >> the award is always widely anticited. the nob committee held a news conference this morning. they choseoth recipients that made efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of

war and armed conflict. there were 331 candidates. president trump was among the candidates following his meet g meeting. >> a major mess at the top of the beltway now, aaron, an 8 mile back up because of six different mecrashes. n the left. some on the right. all of this started with an oil spill at theop of the beltway. and lots of spin outs. those taillights here, the outer loop, inner loo with massive delays here. in silver spring, near new hampshire, a crash there in the back up as well. the rest of the beltway looks pretty good here this morning. we zoom in and take a look at kingback ups, we're t about a 7 miles per hour back up now. this is going to take a coup of hours to get it out of the way. southbound bw parkway. inbound 50 is slow as well. eastbound 66 near sudley road.

crash and you can see those delays headed inboundt thi point too. travel time in virginia. 66 fm fairfax county parkway.th 95 n looking good in virginia. there is your 7 miles per hour travel time from 95 over to 270. it's going to take you an hour and 20nu s. don't get into it this morning. take your alternate and do not that. can i stress that anymore? >> when you hop in your car they'r going to update you on this. >> thanks. cloudy skies await you on your way into work and school this morning. temperatures are not going to be aranywhere near as today as yesterday. national airport 90 degrees yesterday. that was our 45th day this year. 90 degrees or higher. average nches ahead of

and rainfall. cloudy skies, pretty much start to finish. no 90s for now. not much rain. a lot of clouds but very little inhe way of rain chance. that's true for today and tomorrow as well. don't plan on a lot of sunshine until sunday afternoon. temperatures cooled into the m 60s across northern maryland. north easterly breezes will keep temperatures going above our high right now. we're going to be 76 later on in the afternoon. a lot of clouds. couldn't rule out a sprinkle or two but rain chances today are barely at 20 this weather front will stay to our south today and tomorrow so another repeatfo pance tomorrow. but it comes back north as a warm front and as a result we'll be back in the 80s starting on sunday afternoon and most of next week it's looking like the 80s as well. here's your whole forecast then. mid 70s and clouds today. midnd 70s clouds tomorrow. drizzle and fist aroumist aroun

saturday morning. but saturday afternoon anddr evening sunday back into the 80s we go and a very warm second week of october. >> thank you, chuck, 6:53 right now. we're working for you. we have three letters that can save your life. >> molette green is at a pretty unique class where you can complete training in about 30 minutes. goodmorning. >>absolutely. 6-year-old chloe and her sister, they have been working on this dummy for an hour. this thing could be coming to life soon. but ally, you only need a 30 minute class for hands only cpr training. firefighter kevin doing the instructions there. let's talk about han only cpr. why what that is? >> it's three casteps. 911. take your hands and put them over the center of the chest and wait until someone else helps

>> andhink about the mouth ouyou. to mouth but we're not talking about that kind of cpr. which is feive. this is just adds. >> that's conventional you don't have to do mouth to mouth. when the heart stops pumping, it's still there. you just need chest compressions to be able to help feed those organs and hopefully keep them alive. >> that's what we're talking about, keeping folks alive and the unit is right there. that's all over the place in jobs. pretty much every office building should have one. >> if you don't, you need to get one. they're in most public places. it's going to be part of the trning that we do. it's part of the chainf survival along with chest compressions. >> i want to let eve this hands only class will be offered tomorrow during the fall jubilee event here. right under the palion. beautiful. going to be a great outdoor day. you don't need to pay or

register just walk in. classes start tomorrow at 9:00 here and will go all day. part of the fun and festivities of the fall jubilee. so don't miss out. want to tell people fou things to know. hands on cpr is just as effective as theonventional and of course the first 30 seconds of giving this life and death treatment raises your chances of survival. cpr training fosters your ability to help out in an emergency situation and sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the u.s. so we wantve to keepbody safe. take advantage of this. >> back to you guys. >> you can find out about road

closures in the nbc washington app. >> tonight's mega millions drawing is $405 million. you have uil 9:45 tonight to get your hands on a ticket. if you match all six numbers that's a $235 million cash pay out. >> washington post reports congressional republicans have a deal to give federal workers a y 1.9% raise. t would overrule the president's efforts to freeze pay. the vote on that likely won't happen until after. >> later this morning the first crucl vote in judge brett kavanaugh's confirmation to the supreme court happe at 10:30. sets the stage for the final vote that could come as early as tomorrow. nbc will have mor on this and a pecial report and you can get updates on ournbc washington app. >> first 4 traffic alert right now, top o the beltway is a mess. you might want to think about outene loop after cicut avenue. six crashes. an 8 mile back up. b this isause of an earlier

oil spill and just a lot of difference. don't want to takehe path to the beltway now. it's going to take you 120 mites from 95 over to 270. >> that's an ugly ride across beltway. weather wise the sunshine is gone but the rain chances remain very, ver low. we'll be back in the 80s starting on sunday. >> all right, chuck, thank you and thank you for joining us for news 4 today. the "today" show is comg up next. >> we'll be back in 25 minutes with more on the weather and the traffic. >> in the meantime, make it a grt friday everybody.

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