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ever. >> news 4 today starts now. >> you have to waste a little bit of that money. >> a little bit. >> just bause -- it' absurd. there's so much of it. >> i could waste a lot of it. i have plenty of ids. >> good tuesday morning, everybody. >> it's a brisk start to your ngy but t could be taking a sunny turn. that's good news. >> melissa is tracking road conditions for your morning commute. let's check your forecast first. >> lauren is in for chuck today. how are things looking? >> they're looking all right. especially compared to yesterday. yesterday's temperature, m to upper 50s. we're already starting off on a warmer note today and tay looks like a mild day we're going t have at least for the next ten. we're starting this morning in the upper 30s and lower to mid 40s. don't expect frost proems out there this morning. grab the sunglasses and even a light jacket because by this afternoon the temperatures will be back to seasonal conditions.
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mid to upper 6 but on the way out the door, could be chilly. 44 at 6:00 a.m. and by the time we get to the 8:00 a.m. hour we're in the mid 40uts, the sun comes up after 7:00 and we're looking at the temperatures t follow sui and move on into the mid to upper 60s. we're mildayut there t and it's still looking like we're going to have plenty of sunshine out there today, but we do have rain for the weekend. we'll time that out and talk about what to expect for the weekend. but let's time-out your commute. good morning, melissa. >>ood morning. outer loop at 50. so the main lanes here in virginia and the press lanes seeing some crash activity with only some lanes open there. both sides, outer loop near 50, express lanes right no so very close to that area. bethesda, northboun 270. pretty rough. newington southbound 95
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affairfax county, two right lanes get by the work zone. 66 looks good eastbound and westbound. aaro >>melissa, thank you. 5:02 and developing right now police in montgomer county are investigating an alleged rape near the twin brook metro station.-y the r-old victim said it happened in a parking garage. >> justin finch isr live n the scene with details on the search for a suspect. justin. >> we know montgomery county police have been on c thise since yesterday evening, since close to 6:30 when that 911 call first came in. that 16-year-old girl says she was taken to a parking garage re stairwell whe was sexually assaulted here near the twin brooks metro. you'll see chopper 4 was over the scene last night during the investigatio officers there down on the ground looking for clues. she met this m who was believed to be about 24 or 25 years old on a s. and along the way they struck up a conversation before sheaid
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he forced her into that parking garage stairwe where she says that she was raped. a search for that suspect began here and went on to other red to line in case he got back on the train, but turned up no sign of tha man at this time, so at this hour, he is still at large. and back out live, one detail police didrelease is the 16-year-old girl said this man has aer tattoo u one of his eyes. also police were called through surveillance video hoping to find any sign of this man on video so they can get a better look at him and also release tat footagethe public. i'm justinfimplh, back in to you. >> it's 5:03. more about breaking news in germanto where a man was shot and killed. chris lawrence is live on churchill ridge circle with t latest. chris, what are we learning? >> the victim is a 20-year-old
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man and he was shot in the chest and that's how he died. take a look behind me. montgomery county police are still on the scene although at this point they haveot released any information on who they're looki for. the man was found outside this apartment complex in germantown. we're not far from an pai paramedics were able to rush him to the hospital. we're waiting to learn who he was and who detectives are looking for.
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a juster 3:00 yesterday the man broke through the front doors of fox 5 and confronted a security guard. the guard tried to pep r spray him and when that didn't work, she shot theunarmed suspect in the chest. fox 5 is identifying him as george odoms. we're told he contacted the station hoping someone would help him get in touch with president trump. >> when you found out? >> shock. > he did not make it into the newsroom and no one else is hurt. he is expected to be okay and is charged with burglary. >> an 80ear-old maryland woman safely escaped an armed intruder by tsmarting him. he knocked on the woman's door earlier this month be a roof inspector. the woman wasn't buying his sty and tried tolose the door. police say he forced his way in and pulled the knife and
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demanded cash and jewelry. the two drove around for several hours andan the w gained his trust and he eventually let her go. he now faces several charges incling kidnapping. >> we want to update you now on two school security storiesld w you about yesterday morning. we started in manassas where a 9th grader faces felony charges or threatening to attack two schools. investigators say the threats were notredible and the teen did not have the means to carry them out. his name is not being released. >> in montgomery county, the form student threatening to shoot up walter johnson high school will stay behind. ba a judge called him a threat to the community and ordered him held without bond yesterday. court documents showed he ban threatening walter johnson high school in february after learning he missed too many classes to graduate. >> coming up on 5:07 right now, as we turn to decision 2018,
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presidrat trump ed the man he once called lying ted during the 2016 presidentialon elec last night in houston, the president called senator ted cruz a very good friend. they'reartners in the gop fight to hold on to the senate. more ody has helped me with your tax cuts, with your regulations with everything military g including and our vets than senator ted cruz. >> the two men put on a united front. senator cruz is in a competitive race against the democratic challenges for the seat he's held since 2014. >> now to theew bizarrewist in the killing of saudi journalist jamalkhashoggi. they claim the killers used a body double to make peopl he left the conciliate alive. turkish officials released this security footage to cn and shows the man walking around istanbul after he was dead dressed in his clothing and
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glasses. ofs also say investigators found a vehicle with saudi diplomatic plates in anar undergroundng garage. saudi arabia denies it ordered the journalist to be killed claiming he died in a fight at the conciliate. the petition has more than 1,000 signatures and it calls for the mayor and the counsel to take action. the strt would serve a a daily reminder to saudi officials working at thetmbassy on tha street about the na jost's death. it's 5:08. new questions about recent immigration grades in the district. he wants to know whether people arrested by immigration and customsenrcement this summer were racially profiled. he tried for months to get information about those raids in
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edominantly latino communities. i.c.e. says it doesn't target groups of people. >> president trump continues blaming democrats for the migrant caravan making its way to the border. some 7,000 migrants fro central american countries are making their way to the southern border. the president teted that criminals and unknown middle easterners are mixed in with the group. he offered no evidence to back claim.t the president threatened to close the border and cutoff foreign aid to several central americanations if the caravan is not stoppe >> authorities are trying to figure out who put what appears to be an explosive device in the mailbox of george soros. one of his employeesound it and moved it to the woods before calling police. it did not explod the case has been turned over to the fbi. soro has been in the news lately after being accused of orchestrating the migrant caravan currently working it's way through mexico.
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visitors to d.c. do. they took in the sights. >> plus a hollywood a-lister makes a big announcement. >> plus mild conditions already out there this morning. compared toer yey. 46 degrees is our temperature right now. d is going to help boost the temperatures up a little bit. today is going to be the warmest day out of the next 10. ll show you that number. ll show you that number. i'll let you know wn that's he here's to the stair takers, ll show you that number. i'll let you know wn that's he breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers.
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defending our gun safety laws to protect the people of marand. attorney general brian frosh. >> breaking news, there's been a break in a kevin mccarthy's office in bakersfield, california. >> angie has new images from the scene. what's going on. >>e do have this for you. police are searching for the people that broke in right tano. a look at this. you can see just how much damage was caused. the majority leader kevin mccarthy's social media page posted the photos of the damag and suspect. the suspect also threw a bolder
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through the window and then stole some office equipment. it's still not clear exactly everything tt was stolen, but we'll continue to update you as we learn more. >> all right, nkangie, tyou. an update now to that story of a florida politiciann charged the death of an alleged shoplifter. michael nn re-signed from his role as city commissioner in florida. he had his first cou appearance yesterday and pled il not guty. he's charged with shooting and killing cristobal lopez. he was lopez was trying to claim a hatchet. witnesses told polic theictim made no threats verbally or physically toward >> the dallas cowboys stayed in town to visit the national museum of african american history and culture. jason garrett is known for taking the team on field trips
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for bonding and educational experiences. >> they picked a good one too. amy schumer used politics to announce she and her husband are expecting their first child. she broke the news on the instagram story of frien and journalist jessica yellen. at the end of herist of recommended candidates, the line, i'm pregnan appeared. she was recently arrested for protesting the confirmation of judge brett kavanaugh to the sueme court. we are just days away from the 43rd marine corps marathon. tens of thousands of people wili participate that race on sunday. video of last year's marine n corps maratho and there's things for everybody to keep in mind too.me tro will open two hours early on sunday. that's at 6:00 a.m. and there will bef lot road closures. that will start around 3:30 in the morning. we postedore information about those closures in the nbc washington app. just search marine corps marath and don't rget that
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you can always go to mile four. >> key bridge, i believe. >> yeah, the nbc 4 party. we'll call it that. >> we'll be cheering you on. >> there you go. >> in matter of hours hurricane willa is expected to slam western mexico. the hurricane was weaked and is now a category 4 storm. winds have slowed to under 130 miles pehour and the storm is expected to cause a life threatening storm surge. renants of the hurricane will then move to central texas whichs still recovering from last week's flooding. look at all of that water. think about preparing for more damage. it's heartbreaking. >> in dallas -- i'm not sure of the other specifics for the other cities in texas, but dallas had feet of rain in the last month or two months.
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>> today is going to be beautiful. temperatures at 58 degrees yesterday. lookt this. 69 degrees will be our daytime high today.ng we're go have a little wind so if you want to eat lunch outside, do it today because that is comg our way. now it's going toleel like f similar to yesterday. but it's going to be on the cooler side and cooler morning temperatures as well. not this morning, though, it is utchilly out there not as frosty as yesterdaymorning. we do have warming conditions. nice blue skies through the day today but otherwise, after about 4:00, the wind starts to pick up
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and it will be breezy into the evening but not unt then, if the kids have after school activities winds anywhererom 10 t 20 miles per hour. same deal tomorrow morning. wind gusts up to about 20 or 25 miles per hour and they'll start to come down throughhe day tomorrow but tomorrow is going to be a breezyay temperatures will only top out in the low to mids. 50 plenty of sunshine but on the blustery side. no rain today or tomorrow. g lookind all the way up and down the eastern seaboard. i want to show you willa though. this is the hurricane. the eye has closed down a little bit but we're expecting landfall on the western side of mexico later on this afternoon and then it will scoot acro texas and scoot across the deep south and depending on the track, it could move right into our area for the remember nan remnants of that. it will be a chilly rainith
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theemperatures around 50 degrees for thisened with. we start to warm up tuesday, y, wedn thursday of next week. so enjoy today. let's see if you're going to enjoy your commute. let's talk to melissa. >> not in virginia this so outer loop near 50, a big problem. on the outer loop, main lanes, we have two right lanes only getting by here this mor the express lanes are shutdown at this moment because of a crash. so we're very slow. we'll keep an eye on this and let you know h this develops. do not take the express lanes. you canee we have a littleit of purple showing you that closure. just the express lanes outer loop near 50. in laurel, northbound bw parkwa at 32. right shoulder is getting by a crash there and bethesda, right lane gets by that. aaron. >> thank you. 5:20. you your kids to have a better life than you but they will need your help to get there.
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there's no manual when it comes to raising kids but you don't have to reinvent the wheel when it comes to settiop up young pe for success. >> she takes advantage of quality time talking to her son jake before school. >> there's a lot of pressur out there for high school students. as long as they're trying their best, it's oka with mom and dad. >> that's a great way of thinking to instill in jake. he's made a career of coaching people in life business, health and fitness, including helping adults figure out the best way to help the kids in their lives. his first advice is that you have to practice wt you
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preach. >> if you're tg to teach children themportance of tience but you are getting angry on a customerer ilervice e waiting for 20 minutes, your actions are showing them that being impatient is. ok >> we already know the value of conversationnner but the old stand by of how was school today needs to be replaced with a more empowering question that leads to critical thinkingou >> what was favorite part of school today and why? that's an open ended question. thatakes them think and frame things in a positive framef mind. >> the third is repetition of what you believe is most important. >> if there's a lesson that's important to you as a mentor and a peent make s that you're consistent with your delivery of it because consistency is the key to success at anything in life. >> finally, one of the biggest parts of success is understanding failure. he says these days there such an emphasis on winning thats k
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lose a chance to learn about themselves and how to improve. >> there's a lot of shame around failure. especially for kids. so if you talk to them early about it and teach them t there's opportunity for growth and, you know, ask them questions, what went wrong here what could have gone better. >> teach them what the lesson is and teach theo how move forward the best they can, but not to get down. >> s it's also important to teach kids to be grateful too. that it's okay toenjoy who you are, what you have right now before you try to move on and get more or get better. >> gratitude changes your attitude. 5:26. coming up, cars without drivers coming to d.c. you could be changing the roads fleet. >> ancient artifacts or frauds. how a little museum learned some of its displays are not real after all. >> and it's cool out there this morning. not quiy as chis yesterday but the temperatures starting in s.e upper 30s and mid 40 we'll drop as we go through the 6:00 and 7:00 a.m. hour and then
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shot. that's aad in a few minutes. we had frost yesterday and i don't believe we'll be dealing with that this morning but we have plenty of cold temperatures to follow as we go through the work week. enjoy. look at that southwest wind. that's going to hel pick the temperatures up a little bit more than where we were yesterday. yesterday we were at 58 degrees. and then your wednesday, thursday, peiday, ttures in the mid 50s for the aftnoon
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high. winds will pick up today but not until this afternoon. we'ligtalk about the changes. we have a hurricane that's going to impact us. >> good morning, outer loop at 53, two lanes getting by a crash there in the main lanes and also taking a look at t express lanes in virginia. we have that shutdown right now. but the rest of the beltway looks say. you ca that closure here right now so as we get more information about that we're going to let you know what they're saying as far asow long that's going to take. just the rig shoulder is getting by the crash. looks better than it did a shor. time southbound is okay there.
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>> melissa, thank you. we turn back to two stories we have been tracking while you were sleeping. new r details in thee of a teen arj girl near a metro station. >> live with more on first i want to turn to chris lawrence at the scene of a deadly shooting in german town. tris, what have you learned there? things. the victim is a 20-year-old man and he was shot in the chest. take a look. police have been on the scene here all night. the man was found right outside of here but as of right now they have not released any infohaation on the suspect they're looking for. news 4as onhe scene when police got the call that a man had been shot outside this apartment complex. to give you some perspective of where we are, we're not far from walters landing elementary school. the man had gunshot wounds.
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paramedics rushed him to the hospital but they were not able to save him. what we're trying to find out, is who police may be looking for in this case. detectives have been here on the scene interviewing the residents here as well. live in germantown, chris lawrence, news 4. >> also developing, p ice are investigating the alleged rape near the twin brook metro station. >> justin joins us live with more informati on the victims. justin, wt happened here? >> well, police have been on th case since 6:30 yesterday evening trying to find this guy now wanted for the sexual assault of a 16-year- goldirl in a parking garage. she was telling police she got on theus in the area bound for the twin brooks metro. she met a guy aroun 24 or5 years old and they struck up a
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conversation. that's before they got to the twin brooks station where she says he forceder into a parking garage, into a stairwell where she wasll sex assaulted. she then got away and was able to reach outso to another p that called 911. >> it's now 5:35. this is what fox 5 employees ars seeinghey come to work. boarded up windows and doors. it was a frightening work day yesterday because a man was shot by security after trying toay force his into the station. >> the suspect kicked through
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the front doors and was confronted by a security guard. the guard tried to stop the man usingepper spray and when that didn't work, he shot the unarmed suspect in the chest. he has a historyen of mtal illness. he t contacted station hoping they would help him get in touch with president trump. contacted us here as well via e-mail. he's expected to be okay and he is charged withrg ry. >> it's 5:36. here is a look at our other top stories this porning. ce are not releasing the name of a teen accused of threatening two schools in virginia. investigators say the teen did not have the means to carrythut e threats. >> a former student accused of threatening to shoot up walter johnson high school will stay behind bars. police say 18-year-old lou louis cabrera began threatening the school back in february after learning he wouldn't be
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able to graduate. last week he was arrested at a friend's apartment with two load rifles and ammunition.re blicans and democrats are bringing out big names to rally vote voters. coming up, news 4's tracie potts will have mor on a live report. >> tonight's mega millions drawing could provide life changing wealth. jackpot worth $1.6 billion now. theon cash opti, $900 million and get this, mega millions has the chance toump closer to $2 billion if people keep buying tickets. we'll have tips on t where buy your mega millions ticomtg up at 5:45. >> now 375:, coming up, get ready to sharet the str with driverless cars when you'll be seeing them on
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five dead sea scroll fragments on display were found to be fake. they were taken off display. more than a year ago they used x-ray technology to analyze the k on the fragments. their reports raised suspensions about the authenticity of all five fragments. >> now to a change that could impact anybody that commutes through the district. d.c. may ban right turns on red. >> sources telldam tuss that leaders are considering the ban in distct.
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spanberger: i'm abwhen dave brater, and i appwent to congress,. he went washington. [ camera shutter clicks ] while virginians strugglce with rising drug p brat's taken thousands from pharmaceutical, insurance, and other health care compans, voting them billions in tax breaks while voting against lowering the cost of prescriptions and voting against protections for pre-existing con htions for the peope represents. brat serves his donors' interest we need someone who's for us. we have some fantastic schools slipped. and we have a lot of schools that are in crisis. r current governor has withheld money that could've been spent on education. maryland needs a governorwhose y is public schools. ben jealous has a plan to fully fund education,
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to bring teacher pay up so thatt we can atthe best and brightest. ben's education plan is supported by teachers like me.w if parent better schools, then ben jealous needs to be the person they vote for. my name is rachel and i'll be voting for ben jealous for governor. welcome back. the countdown is on. midterm elections are two weeks away from today. president trump is setting asid his once bitter rivalry with senator ted cruz to drum up votes. they appeared side by side in
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housto as for the democrats, former president obama blasted the trump administration at a rally in neva. >> tracy is tracking this for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning. it's like 2016 we saw president trump out there campaigning and president obama for the democrats. in houston, president trump supporting the man he once lled lying ted. they had quite the rivalry two years ago but now president trum p is urgingple in texas to vote for ted cruz to come back to washington. he also announced his team is working on a cut tax for the middle c gss afterting so much criticism that the last tax cut mainly benefitted the wealthy. and then there was president obama in nevada. something for democrats. the president called out president trump on mecare, cial security, and how he has dealt with t fbi and the justice department. back to you. >> tracy, thank you.
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>> early voting is underway in d.c. early voting starts tomorrow in west virginia. maryland begins on thursday. there is no early voting in vrj virginia but as long as you have a valid excuse you can vote before ection day in person using an absentee balloballot. messages will be reviewed by criminalinvestigators, prosecutors and victim ka vo t -- advocates. reports may be referred torc la enent or the attorney general. >> prosecutors will wrap up closing arguments in the mansion murders case. his parents wt atraphic autopsy photos of the three family members and theirr housekeeere shown for the last time. prosecutor told jurors that dna
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evidence is overwhelming. she also said if they think he had help, they can still find him guilty of the murder: the prosecution will prest their rebuttal before the deliberations. >> students at theniversity of utah are on edge after a student was shot and killed onpu c late last night. take a look at this video from the scene. weust learned from our nbc affiliate in salt lake city thae the sused shooter was found oad inside a church with a self-inflicted gunshot wound. during a news conference, police say the suspect andnt the stu had a previous relationship. now here's some of the posts on twitter. all classes have been cancelled r the day. we'll continue to follow up as we learn more.
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>> within a week we could know the results of an investigation within the culture of the university of maryland football today they'll have a second meeting to discuss the findings. the report is expected to be released to the publicwen the next. the latest investigation comes r who collapsed on the field back in may and dd weeks later. >> ahance to win the game, . ocked. game >> if you're upright now you probably didn't stay up to see some of the washington sports teams in their le night match ups out west. the wizards clutch in overtime.b theyeat the trail blazers 125-124. morris lead the night. 28 points for thhim. wizards will stay out west for a match up against the golden state warriors. that game tips off tomorrow night at 10:30. >> they're not the od.y team winning big in the west. the caps pounded the canucks
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5-2. an all star performance bylex ovechkin that ended it with two goals. they'll be back to take on the edmonton oilers the dodgers head up to boston to face-off against the red sox. stick around for the highlights here on news 4 at 11:00. > you know, world series is still fu >> yes. >> do you know what i mean? >> yeah. good. >> it's going to be a nice day and we'll take every one we can t at this point. >> i agree. doing all right today but don't get used t it light jacket. that's all you need. when you head outdoors, it's still cool. not quite as cold as eryey.
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and then friday might want to bring the rain jacketng we're g to talk about that in a second but let's talk about those temperatures. as you c see, we were starting temperatures in the 20s yesterday. so a little warmer today. especially as you're getting the kids ready for the bus stops. that should say tuesday. so any after school activities, if you're picking up the kids later this afternoon, looking good. the only thing is, winds warl picking up after 4:00. it will get prett breezy this afternoon and breezy through the es tomorrow at 10 to 20 m per hour so we go from upper 60sod tay to mid 50s tomorrow but s ll plenty of sunshine.
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clear skies out there right now. the sun coming up about 20te mi after 7:00. and all the way u and down the east coast looking good. look at this, hurricane willa should make landfall as a sategory 3 so a major hurricane later on t afternoon on the western side ofmexico. friday night through the day on saturday and possibly through sunday we'll have some rain. so chilly through your saturday and sunday and we'll have a chance for showers and as we head into monday lingering showers as a weak cold front comes through. yo rain around for the weekend so en the day today. let's get a check in on the traffic. >> a couple of problems. chopper 4 over this right now. this is an pedestr bridge here. so right now all we know is ee there doesn't to be any
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injuries. we'll let you know if we get the furthers. deta that crash there causing delays in the express lane and a brand new problem here in silver bring. outer loop before georgia avenue. the lane is blocked by crash there. zooming in just a little bit here, do have arand new crash there in bethesda northboubw parkway, right shoulder is getting by that crash. >> thank you. you wouldn't like driving across this one. lo at this. new video this morning of the world's longest o bridgn overnight. it connects hon kong to southern chin it took $20 billion to build and took nearly a decade. at 34 miles long, it's about 29 miles longer than the bay bridge
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near annapos. wow. i'd be a little nervous. >> driverless cars could be a reality sooner than you think here in d.c. ford and md.c.or announced plans to begin testing 10 self-driving cars in thedi rict early next year. a driver and a second person will be inside the cars during the testing. ford hopes to have thousands on the streets. >> walmart i expanding holiday perks for online shoppers. beginning next month,illions re products sold by third parties on walmart.com will be igible for free two-day shipping. hat's when orders of at least $3 and for the first time, shoppers will also be able to return items bought from third party back to a walmart store. currently you have to print a return label and send that back to the third party seller.
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>> thank you. it's 5:55 right now. tonight's big billion dollar jackpot is the largest prize in u.s. lottery history. more than 280 million people bought a ticket to try to win last friday's drawing. nobody matched all six numbers though. >> then the mega millions jackpot has beenng gro since july when 11 california officer s won just over $500 million. we're double that here. the game costs just $2 to play. if you're trying to figure out n toh numbers to play, lis this, the lottery tracking website says the most common numbers drawn, 1, 2, 28, and 70. the least common is 5. ve i don't think i go for any of those numbers. >> no. >> they're not my go to numbers. >> i like 5. >> i go 7, 17, maybe a 35. >> you know your numbers. >> 52 is a good number.
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and yet i never won a dime playing thett y. it's 5:56 right now and next, his bad lie turned into a kidnapping but officers tell us the 80-year-old victim was able to outsmart her captor. >> and officials are revealing new details on the investigation intoto washi post journalist's death. 6 latest is still ahead at right here on news 4 today. stay with us. : right here on news 4 today. stay with us. 0 right here on news 4 today. stay with us 6:00 right here on.n
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we're learning more about the suspect when a security guard opens fire. >> a sex assault just outside a metro station. a live report coming up. >> could you use an extra billion dollars? yes, please. the growing mega millions jackpots up for grabs again tonight. now you have the chance to win the biggest lotry prize ever.
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ever. >> first thing you spend money on? >> shoes. >> yes, you get shoes and a handbag. i don't have to think that much abou a it. >> wha you going to do first thing? >> a boat. >> a boat? don't want aboat. >> i'll see you from atop my 400 foot yacht. >> i don't want a boat. >> it's a brisk starto the day but things could be taking a suy turn. >> melissa is tracking road conditions. let's check your forecast l fir. ren is in for chuck bell today. bw are things looking so far. >> it cou boating weather out there today. tomorrow and the restf the week not looking so good for that. 45 degrees is our temperature right now.
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