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excited today. a player in south carolina appears to have matched all of the numbers. here t y are just icase, 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and the megaball ifiv5. we just went through saying a 5 is not a common number selected and two 5s. we are looking at the historyhe and historic win. first, we want to check on your commute and forecast. chuck bell standing by with details. let's start with melissa mollet and breakin news on the commute. what's going on? >> we have a camera here that keeps going in and out for you this morning. trying to get eyes on an outer loop at telegraph road is where this crash is this morning. you can psy the bsee the bottom beltway is very slow. temple road between branch ave. and saint barnabus road, a truck lost its load. another problem in mclean, right
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side is blockedes just of the beltway. so we have a spot now. bethesda northbound 270 spur after the beltway, one right lane gets by the paving. you can see southbound for a littledelay. good morning, chuck. >> it's been clearing out overnight and a northwest wind is going to be ready to greet you on your way out the door. so what to wear? grab that insulated wind breaker. may need little help. sunglasses for today as well. be bright and sunny all day long. that's the good news but a certain chill in the air. 43 now in frederick, maryland. 43 in leesburg, rginia. 47 in upper marlboro. forecast then wake up weathe bright and sunny. temperatures 30s and 40s early. getting above 50 degrees. most areas not lbog after 9:00 in the morning, your afternoon high today much more pleasant. 58 degrees. much more pleasant than the chilly temperatures thisg.
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morn again, it will be a little on the breezy side. more about the return of rain chances for the weekend coming up. for now, let's go back over to the news.t, >> all ri chuck. thank you. back to that big story this morning. one you'll beng hea about all day. >> we are anxiously awaiting the official confirmation from lottery officials that a winning mega millions ticket was sold south carolina. you know who has family in south carolina? angie goff who's at the livede . i know you want to know about these numbers. >> nobody's calling me back. e husband who boughthe ticket there is not calling me back. this could be a problem. but, eun, aaron, it is what everybody is talking about. last night's record smashingil megaons drawing is at $1.6 million. the next estimated jackpot, $40 million. so what do we take away from that we have a winner that? somewhere. we're still waiting to hear from lottery officials. the winning numbers again 5, 28,
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62, 65, 70 and megaball 5. if there is a winner for sure, which we pretty much think that ere is, half of that billion dollar plus jackpot comes from ticket sales alone and millions of tickets weresold. the rest of the ticket revenue goes to the retailer that sold that ticket. the lottery and also the state government but, you know, even after that big split you're getting a nice chunk of change in the n.d, >> for sure. keep calling, angie. >> noiing. ot nothing still. >> thanks. we'll check in with you soon. it's 5:03 do you have something to say? >> there was just confirmation that one ticket. >> all numbers. all right. don't worry, you have another chance to become a multi-millionaire before this weekend. tonight's powerball drawing is 6$620 million. another chance, good luck. 5:03 now.
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a scary sightt a local community this morning. homes with bullet holes in loudoun county. some of those bullets hit during a baby shower. >> news 4's justin finch is live now a thesheriff's department with more on this story. justin, what happened? >> reporter: well, that's right, aaron, eun. a very close call there over the weekend. theou loudouny sheriff's office responding to bullets into homes. two more of th's. that why they're trying to get out the word abo safety. here is a reminder, it is illegal to shoot a gun within 350 feet of a now often the complaints here are about sports shooting. they're advising hobbyists to take precaution. michael chapman also released a viko this w advising residents to be careful an be
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aware of where they fire these weapons, even to go as far as tp our location just to make sure there are no homes or buildings or others nearby. you have to bear in mind, the development out here in loudoun county, which means a lot more people out here as well. so imagine the shock of this woman who had a bullet fly through her bedroom window after shots were fired near that outdoor baby shower at her hom er the weekend. >> it was a little dioncerting to stay 9 least. that's the only means. >> reporter: and so luckily no one hurt in that case. bear in mind, two cases. that one included over the ekend. between may and august, five reports of bullets flying i in loudoun at the office. >> i'm justin finch, news 4.
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5: this morning. an arrest was made in a rape we told but near the twin brook rockville station. malachi raymond. the two struck up a conversation on the metro bus. once they o got the bus raymond tried to kiss the victim allegedly. he pushed her into a nearby parking garage and raped her. she says he walked her back to e metro station and she called police. police used the description of the suspect and video tod f him. >> we're learning news. we learned the name of a man who shot and killed a person inge antown. officers tried to arrest 18-year-old ovalen valentino pritchette. as officers approached, he shot and killed himself. he was wanted in the shooting
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death of 20-year-old steven frazier on crchill ridge circle in germantown yesterday morning. that is not the only shooting that l investigators are looking into this morning. >> there were multiple shootrogs yesterday fairfax county to pribs gorges county. take a look at the map showing you the three locations we're talking about. the shootings happened within 12 hours of each poother. ce don't believe the shootings are related starting in centreville. cell phone pictures show paramedics working on that man at bolto road saying someone shot him on old centreville road. he is expected toiv su chopper 4 was over quiet glen court afterec dves investigated this a few blocks away from flowers high school. just before 9:00 p.m. a man was found shot t death in the middle of the street. prince gorges county say this does not appear to be a random killing. in prince gorges county u.s.
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park police are investigating a adly shooting that shut down suit land parkway for most of the y. jerome robinson of southeast d.c. was killed. police believe he was involved in some sort of altercation witi peop another car. detectives are still looking for that car and the shooter. they believe the persons involved may be driving a white audi similar to the one you see here. u.s. park police say the b suspects cou armed with a rifle. it's now 5:08. happening today a injuryl wil decide the fatef the man shin murder. darren wint is chargedki with ing three family members and their housekeeper. the jury must sort through a month and a half of testimony and idence. prosecutors argue the dna evidence against wint is overwhelming. wint's lawyers say there is enough evidee pointing to wint's brothers as the ones who
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did it. d.c. mayor is unveiling plans to make the streetssa r. we have the plan that will affect anyone driving in the strict. chri what is this? >> reporter: well, sadly enough, eun, it comes down to t simply many people getting killed. this could affect how you get around some of thehlost h used streets in d.c. like right here outside city cent. while cyclists are cheering the plan, some drivers, they don't like it at all. this basically comes dow to the mayor and the council saying the current laws simply don't work. this has been the deadliest year for traffic deaths since 2011. 31 people have been killed in traffic crashesea thisr. that's compared to 30 all of last year. so the district is considering banning right turns on red at
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100se intions mostly around schools and downtown ctdist hey're thinking about reducing the speed to 20 miles an hour and also to taking a quiz to renew your license. drivers are worried this is going to back upff t and cost them more in tickets. here's mayor muriel bowser. if nobody is there to enforce the rules, what's the use? that's part of e reason why we are doing this. first of all we have to put in controls and traffic controls es where it m sense. >> now while some drivers would hate to lose a right turn on red anywhere, some advocates say this plan doesn't even go far enough and they want to see this ban expanded to include every intersection in d.c. in north northeast d.c., chris lawrence, news 4. >> chris, thank you. 5:10 now. it's the list every major metropolitan area wants to be
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. we're talking about amazon's list of finalists for its second headquarters. montgomery county, the district and now there is new buzzrom "the new york times" that crysta finney is the leader. >> i think it makes sense. yeah. it's close to d.c. >> we have theinfrastructure. we have metro. si have the new expansion on bus rapid tr you know, we have the capacity to absorb this. t >> deal could bring 50,000 jobs to the area. in the next few days we should start seeing signs and mile marrs go up for the 43rd annual marine corps marathon. this time around metro trains will run trains at 6:00 on metro morning. there will be music and
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entertainment at every mile. for more information and nbc 4 is a partner of the marine corps marathon. if you're n d headingown to the race, you can check out coverage here on news 4 on sunday morning. we'll have chuck bell t outre greeting all the runners. it will be a great day. dress carefully -- >> it reads to an investigation. a viral outbreak inew jersey lled six children. the details all parents want to hear. out of control. an escalator speeds up catching riders by surprise. how about our weather, chuck? >> four things you need to know about the forecast. so long above the 70s. a cool northwest wind today. could get a wallop from willa here onhe saturday with possibility of a couple of
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inches of rain. inches of rain. complete cck of the foreheca i' spanberger: abigailwhen dave brat and i appwent to congress,. he went washington. [ camera shutter clicks ] while virginians struggle with rising drug prices, brat's taken thousandsca from pharmaceu insurance, and other health care companies, voting them billions in tax breaks while voting against lowering the cost of prescriptions and voting against protections for pre-r isting conditions e people he represents. brat serves his donors' interests. we need someone who's for us.
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your time is 5:15. we're working 4 your health this morning. health officials aorng to contain a severe viral outbreak at a pediatric center six children have died following an outbreak of adenovirus. here's what you need to know. he sickness is usually associated with minor ill pss. this is associated with respiratory illnesse the facility said it alerted health officials on october 9th about the outbreakut one mom aid sheon is sick didn't learn about it until this week. >> kids died from this and what's the outcome going to be. they should have notified us sooner. they shouldn't have let him get so bad that his one lung is completelyyhut down before t sent him to the hospital. >> the state has barred the
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facility from acceptingew n patients until the outbreak is contaid. it was cited in 2016 and 2017 for spreading infections. an outpouring of support for sandra day o'connor. the former justice says she is suffering from what she called, quote, probably alzheimer's disease. in a lette released yesterday o'connor announced doctors diagnosed her with the baginning of dementia some time ago but the 8-year-old said the condition has progressed. o'connor sat on the court for -- from 1981 until 2006. chief justice john roberts says o'connor remains an inspiration for those who will follow the many paths she has blazed. new details surrounding the catholic church crisis. d.c. attorney general isg investigathe archdiocese of washington. racine wants tonow if not for profit laws were broken to cover
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up s abuse by priests. the investigation comes after archbishop of washingtonca inal donald wuerle resigned this month. he was criticized about howcl h handlegy abuse in pittsburgh. >> we're also interested in knowing how the arch diocese goes aboutnvestigating itself. >> racine says the statute o limitations for mandatory reporting violations i three years. the archdiocese says there has not been a credible claim in the past two decades. 5:18. we want to alert you to some problems on the roads right now. >> melissa mollet is in first 4 traffic. >> this first 4 traffic alert here at the bottom of the beltway, outer loop and telegraph road. we have a csure in the through
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lanes. temple hills and barnabus road, lumber in the road. east town georgetown pike after say goneht road, r side blocked by a crash there. as we zoom out, 66 at 95 looks okay. 50 at prosperity avenue, both directions there have some crashes there. chuck bell, it s chilly this morning. >> sure was. a lot of peo turn the seat heaters on here for the next couple of hours and potentially for the next couple of months. hope you enjoyed 72 yesterday. that won't be the case toda still much warmer than average month curtourtesy of the crazy m start. we've been shaving some of the surplus off. is month is more than 5 degrees warmer than average. five of the last six octobersn have all b warmer than average. warmest october on record, 2007.
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we're now almost a full degree cooler than that one and with more chilly days ahead we're probab not going to have a top ten warmest october. still warmer than average but nowhere as crazy as it was at the beginning of the month. currently it is a chilly 48 in washington. airport.t dulles 40 in manassas. there are upper 30s scattered across the map this morning. very kmichilly start to finish afternoon highs mostly in the mid 50s. about 58 downtowny proba closer to 55 or 6 at most of the outlying bus. northwest winds 15 to 25 miles per hour. this slugf moisture was hurricane willa. it will bring rain to us starting friday afternoon, into friday evening, friday night and most of your saturday will be a rainy mess. kind of on the windy side as well. c
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marips marathon on sunday morning. hopefully rain will taper back to showers. no more 70 any time soon. >> all right. thank you, chuck. still kiahead, w out. it's important for your mental and physical health, but if you're not already doing it, where do you start? coming up, simple steps to get you motivated. >> today on ellen. >> like a strutting song. >> did you hear the gong. ellen's known for dancing but today jason sedakis isiving her a run for her money. hardly recognized him. a hardly recognized him. a stickund for news 4 at 4:00.
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several clientsirn t fitness goals and he gd soa workout and be specific. >> work out, okay, those three times a week at this specific time for 45 minutes doing thiif sp thing, then you will have a much easier time holding yourself accountable to it. >> reporter: stretching is an ti absolutely cl first move. no fancy equipment needed and out stretching needs t be active. >> ease your way into it getting your leg a little bit until you really feel theh stretc activate. this lets your bodyarm ups you get into it which can protect you from >>injury. eporter: he showed me a static 15 second hamstring stretch for the end of your workout. >> if enu want to your knee a little bit to get deeper into the hamstring. >> reporter: finally, he teaches a short high intensityworkout. >> you can do a four minute interval, 20 secondson ten seconds off with four moves
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cycling around twice. >> reporter: you start it with a prisoner squad followed by pushups, three different levels, on your knee >> chest down to the ground. >> reporter: standard three point pushup and plyometric right here, down, up and t'down >> tnot something i would necessarily recommend for beginners. >> reporter:good. yeah, moving right along. we worked up a sweat with shoulder taps. again, it's important to guess as intense as youghcan. wrist up to your left shoulder back down. left toright, back down. do it for a little bit of speed. come on, aaron, little faster, little faster, little faster. >> reporter: before you end, there is a fourth squat ve. >> washat a flying pushup? >> yes. >> that's crazy. that's advaed. >>idn't even attempt that. he suggested that beginners dy who ith a workout b has similar goals and a bilgts. >> make sure you're accountable to each other not sitting around
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eating french fries. we exercised, let's go get a treat. >> chuck? >> time for the dog walking forecast. cash king on lottery day. perfectly good choice for a name. this puppy dog availableor adoption at they. humane societ chilly 40s. bright su breezy, highs in the low to mid 50s. plus he was aested before he even turned ten. now he'eading to college on a full scholarship. a maryland teen shares his a maryland teen shares his inspiring story of turning h
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to care for other human beings. nurses ben jealous has a plan called medicare-for-all, that builds on the foundation of medicare, by using our collective purchasing power, tofower costs and the costs prescription drugs. medicare-for-all allows us to take every pharmaceutical company to task on the price of every drug. get a better deal for all of us. nurses want a healthier maryland and medicare-for-all will lead to just that. my name is hannah and i'm supporting ben jealous for governor of maryland. "news 4 today" begins with breaking news. breaking news right now at 5:30, a warning for drivers on the beltway.ba major ups on the outer loop in alexandria. >> we'll get right to melissa mollet. first to those winning numbers for the $1.6 billion mega
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millions jackpot. listen up. grab a pencil, 5, 28, 62, 65, with another 5 for the mega ball number. we hope you matched at least a few of tse numbers and get some money out of this whole thing. >> there is a winner of this huge jackpot this morning. not in our area. we'll tell you where it was sold. first, let's g back to melissa and check the trouble on the >> good news here for once. traffic alert going to be disappearing. outer loop at telegraph has reopened. we are flowing hshe. earlier cad shut down the through lanes. we just have the local lanes getting by which was working okay. now everything has reopened. same situation here. inner loop between branch avenue and saint barnabas. no problems on the beltway at this point this morning. arlington eastbound 66 at glebe road. knewing ton southbound fairfax county parkway, terminal road
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crash there. and in mclean, crash after say gone roadblocked by that crash. good morning, chuck. >> don't want to miss that turn. don't want toiss say gone, no doubt. see what i did there? yeah. i had that joke an hour ago. for some reason i did do it, then i did do it, now i wish i hadn't done it. 39 degrees in winchester. at least i thought it was funny if no one else. 38 at fort ade. 48 degrees at national airport. school day forecast for kids today, sun's not up until 7:27. watch out. could be kids out at the b stop before the sun is up. it will be chilly so layer up, kids. daily grade for today honestly with sunshinee,ut th b plus. today's high, 58 degrees. the only knockn the day would be an a. it's going to be a little
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breezy. ack to the breaking news that is making jaws drop onerywhere. so is waking up an instant millionaire. >> yeah, mega millions officials confirming that somebody in south carolina won that massive $1.6 billion mega millions jackpot. the largest in u.s. history. take a look at the numrs here. the mega millions website updated just about 40 minutes ago after it was confirmed that there is a winner. it shows you that estimated mega millions jackpot all the way back down to $ llion. you have another chance to become instantly rich tonight. >> this is the kind of play mega millio millions. >> i haven't checked my tickets eryet. >> neiave i. >> the powerball drawing has an estimated jackpot of $620 million. that take home cash option is $354.3 million. good >> 5:33 right now. in our other top stories, police used surveillance video to track
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down the suspect in an alleged pe nea the twin brook metro station. malach raymond was arrested at his home last night. the 17-year-old told police thed two sta talking on a metro bus on monday. once they were off the bus he tried to kiss her. when she refused him, he allegedly pushed her into a parking garage andaped her. the man suspected of committing a germantown murder shot and killed himself as police were closing in. this is chopper 4 video of the scene on great seneca highway and matney highway. 18-year-old valentina pritchette killed himself when police were coming in. with less than two weeks til the mid term elections, president trump is sounding a warning about the central american migrant caravan marching towards the u.s. border. theresident claims middle eastern terrorists are hiding in the caravan. yesterday he admittede' th no proof to support his claim. news 4's tcie potts fact
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checks the other claims by president trump coming up in a live report. this morning a man is charged in connection to a 17-year-old's death in waldorf. charles county authorities say they'reooking for anoth suspect. police say andre johnson was the first to fire at a rival group of people outside of a home on october 3rd. someone in that group fired back. alisha cole who was standing nearby was shot. cole staggered down the streela before cing in a driveway. police are still searching for the other shooter. life o death. this morning a jury will continue deliberating the fate of ronald he was convicted of capital murder for killing his wife and a rookie police officer. jurors will have to choose between life in prison and the death penalty for hamilton. it's been 17 years since the jury imposed the death penalty in if you drive at all, it's confusing, all of the traffic circles. you have to navigate o street,
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two streets, two-way streets and throw in all of the trafficrc s, weird stops, signs, it can be challenging especially even fore residents who l here? e> the mayor has unveiled a new plan to m d.c. streets safer for everybody but these changes could make it harder for drivers to renew their licenses. news 4's chris lawrence is live to explain the plan for us. chris? >> reporter: aaron, this could affect howdou get aro some of the most highly used streets inin d.cuding right outside of city center. while cyclists are cheering this proposal, some drivers dont like it all. here's a look at some of the new safety measures. it would basically require d.c. drivers to take aui short to renew their licenses. it would ban right turns on red at about 100 intersections. mostly wnwn, near schools and it would reduce speed to 20 miles an hour in residential areas. this is mayor bowser saying the
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current laws aren't working. this is the deadliest year for traffic deaths since 2011. so far 31 people have been killed compared tof 30 all last year. cyclist the, pedestrians say thei concerns are finally being heard. some drivers are worried it will simply back up traffic and cause more in tickets. here's the mayor with the plan. >> we are examining and i know the worduiz can upset, there is a pass or fail and some action that happens based on that, but what we're just focusing on is driver du retion. >> reporter: while some drivers would hate to lose a right turn on redanywhere, some advocates say it doesn't goghar f they want it i every district. chris lawrence, news 4. ♪ ♪ 5:37 now. a dramatic battle round for a local "voice" contestant.
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owe have some fantastic schools slipped. and we have a lot of schools that are in crisis. our current governor has withheld money that could'veeen spent on educatio maryland needs a governor whose top priority is public schools. ben jealous has a plan to fully fund education, to bring teacher pay up so that we can attract the best and brightest. ben's education plan is supported by teachs like me.
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you're watching "news 4 today." >> some scary moments out of rome. ra escalator sped out of control at a station yesterday. you can see a huge pile of people on the floor there. >> at least 20 people, mostly russian soccer fans were injured here. theyere in rome for a champions league soccer game. >> he was arrested at the age of 7 and now 11 years later a baltimore teen is heading to coege on a ful scholarship. >> gerard mungo jr. made headlines after being arrested for sittingirn at bike. he said that experienceei of bng jail ffed and taken to
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shook him so much that it changed thera tctory of his life for the better. he said he started to pour his energy into basketball to stay out of trouble. now he's headed to university in pennsylvania. he will be the first in his afamily toend college. congratulations. >> way to go. marathon weekend i here and there's heavy rain in the forecast for saturda but sunday, race day. i think the rain will be tapering back to showers. lnot a of sunshine. as long as we can keep the heavy as long as we can keep the heavy in off ofra announcer: the following will surprise you about barbara comstock: barbara comstock: "i think roe vs wade should betu rned and the state should decide it." announcer: that's right. comstock supports taking away a woman's right tod hoose. she voted to defanned parenthood
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you're watching "news 4 today." it's 5:45. some loudoun county residents say stray bullets disrupted an afternoon baby shower and this isn't the first time residents have had to deal with bullets whizzing by and hitting their homes. >> news 4's justin finchs live the sheriff's office now. justin, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. wepoke with the will you be boxville homeowner that says she was hosti an tdoor baby shower over the weekend when the bullets began blasting and she and her guests had to act quickly. luckily though no oneas hurt.
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>> heard and felt a bullet or two whizzing by their heads so they were like, we better go inside. >> reporter: a close call worthy of this reminder that gunfire is prohibited within 50 yards of a highway here in loudoun county and also prohibited within 100 yards of a park or school. now often this is the result of sports shooting out here and these are hobby shooters perhaps unaware of how many lives could be at risk when they fire their guns in certain areas. that's why loudoun county sheriff released a video this week to use ction when firing their weapons and also be mindful of just where they are firing. he also suggested youap the locations of where they're going to shoot just to verify nhey're nor a place where someone sould be hurt or worse. he says that thire changing so quickly here in loudoun county people often aren't aware
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of where new developments ever going up. to give you a sense ofow mmon this has now become, they had two close calls of firing of guns nearesences over the weekend and five reports of bullets into homes between may and august,r just o the summer. so a real calm here. live in loudoun. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. >> thank you,in ju tonight president trump will be back on the campaign trail rallying supporters in wisconsin. >> he's expected to talk about the migrant caravan moving through mexico. tracie potts is here. the president seems to be pcking off ofvious claims he made. >> reporter: right, aaron and eun. he said there were middl easterners mixed into that car a van of what's believed to be pl 7,000 p headed to the u.s. border from honduras. there's no evidence of that and when pressed president trump admitted there is no proof but he thinks there might be middle easterners mixing in insinuating
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that people who might be intending to do harm to the u.s. are trying to sneak in with this big caravan of migrants. president trump said he will not allow them past the border. now sources are telling us that homeland security is loong at another caravan that seems to be forming headed from el salvador. no evidence that anyone other than those migrants. fewer arrests last year, than 1% were african ordl m east. >> tracie hill on the story. thank you. when you hear a story about east cancer, you may expect it's a woman. men are aected by it as well. we wanted to share one man's experience with this disease. tonight on news 4 at 5:00, doreen gensler introduces us to matt sheez as he opens up about his battle with breast cancer
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and how surgery saved his life. >> you go from a high toow a of what's going to happen. there are a lot of uncertainties once you're diagnosed with breast cancer. >> tonight matt reveals how he was diagnosed and we'll hear from the doctor that talks about techniques that leaves minimal scarring. horses are going to take over downtown d.c., right? we'resed to seeing them as mounted police, but this is the difference. >> the washington international horse show is in town celebrating 60 years. news 4's molette green is at capitol one arena with a preview. hey, molette. >> reporter: guys, you said it, it's pretty incredle, downtown d.c., capitol one arena and outside of it, there are hors everywhere. barns, hey, right behind me there's a stable of horses and they come from all over the country. and, of course, over seas for this very importt event in washington marking 60 years. i want to bring in victoria
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lowell who is the president of the washington international horse show. i know we have some warmups happening. we could ihe a parade of horses at any moment, victoria. talk to us about inha general this is all about, that hunter and jumper horse rrmpetition, t? >> yes, correct. this is all about celebrating the horse. this has been going onor 60 years and we are just thrilled to have people come down and experience the horses. we have 500 horses coming down the streets of c. and jumped in the o capital arena? we've been lucky enough to have this event in washington for so many years. can you talk to me about what the horse do for people? i mean, the impact on a person and their relationship with a horse. >> well, first of all, i think they make you smile. i mean, as you come down to the capital one arena, horses are walking up and down the street all day long. everybody can touch and pet them
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and experience the horses up close and personal. really unlike no other event in the country. >> i just rof it. i'm sure our viewers that were upt 6:00, they'll love to see that. >> reporter: back in to you guys. >> molette green. molette, thank you. 5:51 is our time right want to turn back to meteorologist chuck bell. look at our forecast on this chilly wednesday. >> very chilly,ed inaaron. a lot of the neighborhoods outside of the beltway are down in the 30s so you'll nee an extra layer of warmth this morning, a milder 48 at national airport. winds for now are not too much of an issue, but northwest winds will be up around 15 to 20 miles per hour a today so you'll need wind breaker for sure. may want to stay on the sunny side of the street a ll. won't be anywhere as mild this afternoon. down all the way to 34 in winchester, 34 in gaithersburg. 50 degrees by the bay in
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annapolis and 52 in southern sryland. most of theurbs in the ad 40.ne. yo bright and sunny from start to finish. sun is up at7:27. down at 6:17 this evening. so now just aha little less 11 hours of daylight to enjoy. high temperatures today up near 58 degrees butt will be breezy. now the next thing we need to concern ourselves with could be some heavyain here friday ternoon, evening, night, into the first half or three-quarter of a day. it was hurricane willa. that is unraveling across west texas and new mexico. that moisture has to go somewhere and it has eyes on us. clouds will arrive here thursday night into early friday. rain moves p in at somnt late morning to early afternoon on friday. and then the rain could beeaoday and nice. tomorrow sunny a nice as well. that's the good news. here's your ten day forecast,
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heavn r friday night through saturday. ta about 1 to 3 inches of rain friday night and saturday. taperingack to showers during the marathon and chilly all the way through next week. alright, melissa mollet. any good news in the traffic? >> not so much here. 66 eastbound atglebe road, left side is blocked. real delays as you're headed into town. you can see that right there on the map. beltway looks okay. as we zoom in, we do have new problem 14th street on the right shoulder. pulling out, hillcrest heigh in bound near silver hill road, left lane blocked by a crash there.4, upper marlboro, upper woodyard road. maryland looking good on the beltway. in bound on 66, no worries. 95 north quantico to the beltway, 40 miles an hour. remember to listen to wtop when
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you hop in your car. eun? nea, meliss thank you. 5:53. w overnight, the red sox take the lead in th. seri they defeated the dodge early this morning 8-4 in game one. it was a tight match until the seventh inning. that's when eduardo slammed a three-run homer. look at that ball go. tonightoth teams square off at fenway park. >> dodgers can get >>back. we have another local guy to root for on "the voice." funsho survived and take a look at the battle round he barely survived. ♪ ♪ n >> lov edition. adam had to choose between funshond dean grdre. blake shelton saved the >>day. he saved him from
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el stolen for his own team. funsho and mike parker from virginia both still alive miw. made the cut in the battle rounds. >> blake was very casual. you're welcome and hit the buzzer. good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. mcdonald's is betting on breakfast to boost traffic. in tuesday's earningse confere call the fast food giant announced it would be rolling m oute breakfast food items and they're trying to lure back customers to restaurants. 're visiting the breakfast menu has worked pretty well in the pain. 2015 the company introduced all day breakfast to attct more diners. the move resulted in an uptick of sales. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. >> breakfast right w, thank you, frank. this week news 4 was the
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it' about6:00 a.m. now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eunyang. i'm sure there's a joke out there somewhere aboutdr caviar ms that can be made, but the person who bought the winning mega millions ticket probably got little sleep l night. they're pbably clutching it in their hands right now. someone in south carolina has matched all the numbers. here theyre just in case you matched a few, 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and the mega ball is 5. we'll take a lookt that historic win this morning.
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>> i haven't checked my tickets this morning. >> i haven't ieither. on't want to walk off the set. ti need to wai and check it because if it's enoh money, i'm out. we want to check your forecast and the commute too. melissa mollet will look at the roads and rails. we'll start with chuck bell. >> you're going to quit your job over $20. >> if it's a few thousand. >> a few thousand. >> i might take a day off, >>that's all. ll right. well, aaron will release his scale of lotteryer winningss his appearance at work coming up a little later on. right now though, 4 things you weather.now about the so long to the 70s.da yest 72 degrees. today's highs will be in the mid 50s.er noticeably co in addition to that, quite a northwest breeze blowing what was hurricane willa promises to deliver us somen heavy rainsaturday. hopefully we can get out of here before the marine corpsarhon on sunday morning. right now though your wednesday starting off mostly in the 40s. there are some 30s o
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