>> pipe bombs intercepted ct the new yoy home of the clinton's. >> and former president rama and forirst lady michelle obama as well as the forerr attorney g, eric holder. >> with one sent to cnn in manhatt manhattan. another device sent to george soros. >> we're getting our first look at wt these packages look like. d.c. police tweeting out this image. they say the devices have been packaged in eanilaelopes like this. the president spoke at the white house a short timeago. >> the full weight of our government is being deployed to conduct this investigation and bring those responsible for those as to justice. in these times, we have to unify. we have to come ertoge and

send one very ear, unmistakenble message that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united states of america. [ applause ] >> right you, chris gordon is standing outside theobama's house. >> we're going to begin team coverage with nbc's pete williams. >> reporter: what's still not determined, we're told, is whethe the devices were actually working devices.no w, they looked like they could be. they all looked pretty muchike is. this is a picture of one of them, one found in new ityo's ark pipe with end caps, wrapped in tape, wires coming out, connected to some sort o device, but whether this was actually functioning, designe to be functioning or accurately made so it would function is still being determined. the effort is on full court press to determine where they

are coming from, but some went through tta u.s. p service because that's how they were intercepted and never got to the intended destinations. >> news 4's chris gordon is live in northwest washington where the obama family lives. one was to be delivered to their home. what happened there? s> reporter: well, pat, i'm next to wha a permanent secret service barricade here in northwest washington. this protected detail has been here since the obamas moved in. the former first family lives in the house bind me, four houses down, and news media from around the world is watching. a dark suv backs into the home guarded a u.s. secret service detail. cruiser restricts traffic to

local residentresidents,here's trained, and searchesear the obama home. the sweephe includes t mailbox and camera equipment. journalists from newsga orzations worldwide gather here after thery discove of a suspicious package with a potential explosive device addressed to former president obama. >> the package was found at a screening facility located in the package was immediately identified ithe screening procedure, and it never made it to the intended location. >> reporter: this is a picture of a suscted explosive device like the ones arriving in a stamped manila envelope. they are similar. onee addressed to th former secretary of state, hillary york, n, in suburban new and another to cnn, causing the evacuation of the cab network's new york city headquarters for hours. fpackage found in a congressional maiility as

well. >> they are being analyzed to see if they are irt or explosive. it's believed from preliminary reviews they are explosive in nature. >> reporter: d.c. polent out that picture of the stamped manila envelope so you see it rdognize it if you happen to think you're in the vicinity of a susciouspackage. call 911. that's the latest live from northwest washington, pat, back to you. >> all right, chris, thank you. this investigation is still unfolding u and down the coast. susan mcguines has a live report in the next half hour. moving on now, and breaking right now at 4:00, the mother of makaya wilson responds to the arrest of the third suspect in the r-10-yd shooting death. she was shotgen july while ing ice cream.

today, the police chief announced arrest of gregory taylor facing murder charges as well as two other men. spoke with the mother a short time ago, and she described fear felt knowing her daughter's killers were on the loose. >> we still move in life, work, school, different things like that so it's fstrating not knowing. >> hear more on news 4 at 5:00. the police chief said two other people are responsible for the shooting, and he intends to bring them to justice. we are waiting for a verdict right now in the d.c. mansion murders trial. this as the's jury first full day is in deliberations. daron is the only personheharged with death of three family members and their housekeeper in en2015. the d wrapped up closing arguments yesterday. the jury is sorting through a month and a halfes ofmony and evidence. dnaecutors argue the evidence against daron is

overwhe overwhelming. the lawyers say there's enough evidence points to his brothers as the ones who orchestrated the killings. flames gutted this home in springfield today killing a man. neighbors who knew the victim are in a ste of shock. northern virginia reporter is live now along beverly park drive, and, david, you spoke with some folks who risked gettingth dangerously close t flames to save that man's life? >> reporter: their stories are incredible. hear from them in a moment but look over my shoulder. hours after the fire, you how devastating it was. that's the upstairs porch, and t it, charred leftovers of some of the porch furniture. two men working nearby on another home saw what was going on, and they reacted. instabilintly running towards t flaming to save a life. this cell phone video bri ly shows the flames. you can see the man recording it eps back, the heat, too intense. >> made aggressive attack inside

the ,ho the fire was 15 minutes. >> reporter: they foundme the ner inside lifeless. the charred home is a difficult sight for stevenlopez. >> i'm a guy who came by and seen it and that's about it. >> reporter: he's down playing the efforts. when he saw the flames, he and another man did not wait for te firefigh. they darted towards this work ladder and leaned it up again the burning home. >> climbed up all the way through the porch, and i felt the heat, and, like, the smoke, and i got back wn >> reporter: incredible you tried to save his life getting that how thick were the flames? >> i tried. they were big, man. you could be on the other sid the street and feel the heat. >> all you saw was fireuc . >> reporter: chris brown used to live here and cut his grass. >> at the end of the day, we're close. ther running through the naked, how you

doing, it's always up and up, never n bad, and no negativity said towards nobody, so we just tr to keep it positive as possible, and when we see things like thist happen,rts your heart. >> reporter: that's chris pointing out,s this community hurting tonight. fire investigators are on scene, leon, tryingo figure out what sparked this fire. as far as who the m was w lost his life, well, they are trying to get in touch with nd ex family before releasing his name. >> thank you so much, david culver reporting live. nbc's megyn kelly is sorrya forlly insensitive comments made on air. >> she questioned why it wa inappropriate for white people to dress in black face. she addressed the conoversy this morning. >> well, i was wrong, and i am sorry. >> the on-air apology came after two african-american "today" show hosts called kelly ou

tracy wilkens spoke with a history professor today say the comments are part o a trend. >> well, she apologized to the staff, but she owesig ar apology to the folks of color around thecountry. >> reporter: kelly's questioning why black face as part of a halloween costume is reyes us sparked a national debate er beginning withbc colleagues. >> in addition to her being a colleague, she's a friend, she said something stupid and fe inible. >> i think that megyn kelly, who spent a numbeho of years at fox, was being entirely consistent with her career. >> reporter: this professor from howard university aligns these comments withov past consial comments made about race. >> jesus was a white man too. >> go back to the career before nbc, when see her whether it's being insensitive to the parents of trayvon martin, she built her reer, in fact, on

pushing the envelope. >> reporter: one feel she pushed too far this time. >> there's a higheaclevel of untability when you're a national anchor. have more awareness a sensitivity about what's going on. >> reporter: others are focusing on differences. >> i think we should be able to get backo having a conversation about being equal and not turning everything into a racial episode or event. >> reporter: tracy wilkens, news 4. coming up, deadly outbreak, seven children confi dead in a new jersey hospital. >> it's severe because it's affecting children with highly compromised immune systems. working for you with information about a recall you ed to know about before your family sits down to dinner tonight. and someone in south rolina is very lucky and ver rich. why we may never know the winner of one of the biggest lotteryck ts in history. >> and we're all jealous. >> a little, for sure, guys. temperatures this afternoon, not

all that bad, but we're talking about a frostdvory across the area tonight. talk much more about how low temperatureso and, of course, the nor'easter that's just a couple days

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wrapped up a meeting with department of homeland security and fbi about the string of bomb threats targeting prominent democrats. this is a map to show you the targets revealed by authorities. the one there in the middle targeting the u.s. capital mail facility in maryland,eportedly targeting house member maxine waters. ent to the obama's address in d.c., to george soros in new york, hillary clinton's home in new york, and former obama administration official who works for cnn in new york city, and inflorida, mail targeting former dnc chairwoman wasserman-schulz. the mail reportedly sent to waters processed in capital heights. we'll keepabs on this. the man hunt is ongoing right now. at the live desk, scott mcfarland, pat, back to you. >> thank you. more breaking news this

afternoon. another awful day in the markets. the dow dropped 600 points today. officially wiping out all of the 2018 gains. the nasda s and 500 also suffered big losses facebook, amazon, netflix, and alphabet all traded lower,om slowing sales and fears over new tariffs drove the downturn. more people getting sicker fr a batch of smonella ground beef.ew 60 n cases popped up a coss thentry bringing the total to 1 cases in 22 states. it was sold under many brands and many different stores like walmart and sam's club. the cdc says look for the establishment code, "eft-267" on any packages. it was districted by jbs incorporated, again, to many different stores. the company recalled more than 6 million pounds of the product last month. can you believe there are only 28ays until thanksgiving?

if you are hosting or planning to bring a side dish, we got sad news today. the woman who created a thanksgiving, stap the green bean casserole died.ew she was fromjersey, the driving force behind this very opular dish made with green beans, cream of mushroom soup, topped off with crunchy fried onions. she died of alzheimer's disease and was 92. m this is tt popular recipe ever with over 3 million clicks on the website for last year's holiday. >>hat right? >> yeah. she made it back in 1955 and alwa led the green bean casserole ingreents in the kitchen in case. >> how about that. >> casserole ready. >> i m thought wife created that. >> ha-ha, she's been exposed. >> yeah. >> all right. >> that's a neat story. t yeah. so neat story abo weather? >> oh, yeah, actually, you know,

it's not bad out there tonight, but tonight, a cold night, frost advisory in the area, for areast that, southern maryland, and showing the map in a second and you'll wonder are we under the advisory? hold on. outside, this is a good shot. 're seeing fall color. yeah, it's a little bit late. >> not bad. zblen >> and muted. >> it's there. starting to seen it nowe area. temperature-wise at 57 degrees, look at the winds, northwest at 21 miles per hour, winds gusting 20-25 miles per hour today. inging in cool air today. 58 in fredericksberg, warm at 60 degrees in theve cold night tonight. notice where the frost advisory is. it's along and east of i-95. now, what about you folks back to the west? leesburg, frederick? most of the areas have seen a freeze, so the frost adresory, thee warnings, you will not see those anymore since you already saw that. the growing season is over for you. not over, souther

maryland, that's why there's a frost advisory in the area. just because it's over does not mean you will not see frost. you will in leesburg and fairfax and rockville, expect frost tomorrow morning with temperatures in the mid-30s. get the ice scrapers ready for early tomorrow morning. need them. again, the bus stop, cold for the kids, 40 degrees, 52 at recess, and upo 56 by tomorrow afternoon. ind of similar to what we saw out there today. cool, sunshine, breezy, and cool in the afternoon, but not bad. rad radar, nothing to show, nothing stin the area. m to the north, that's actually giving us the northerly cool wind, but i'm tracking this right here. this will be our nor'eaer, making its way from the gulf of mexico, up the east coast, into our area friday. not tomorrow. here's f this is at 11:00, no problems here, but here comes the rman, ng its way in at 1:00, 2:00, and throughout the afternoon, it's steady, and i think it's

here, everybody's seeing that rain by 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, and overnight friday night into early saturday. some rain heavy at times and rather breezy,too, if not windy friday night into early saturday. so 54 for a high with that rain coming in durin the afternoon. 56, most of this on saturday will be a.m. rain, and some wind. we'll see that die off. we may see some clearing late in saturday. not bad on sunday. marine corp. marathon looking good now. temperature at 60 degrees on sunday, and then a chance of showers coming up on , mond too, back into the 50s, even the low 50s for halloween. halloween looking it's on the cool side. >> that's okay for the marathon. runners want it cool >> oh, yeah. thanks, doug. >> >thanks. >>p next, new information on the severe viral outbreak. >> health officials scrambleo ntain a deadly outbreak of a viral illness and a medical facility in new jersey. tids receive gift of music today in prince georges

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sad news from new jersey. a 7th child died in the rehabilitation center there. e outbreak is especially severe because the children's immune systems are so weak. >> reporter: a seventh child from the long term medical care facility in new jersey died following a severe viral outbreak at the center. adno virus 7 is common and mild in healthy people, but the children at this center for nursing and rehabilitation all had fragile immune systemsea inng risk for complications. in all, about 18 kids at the center were affected, including old son.an's 14-yea >> this is the sickest he's ever been. >> reporter: the new jersey health department said they found minor hand washing

deficiencie deficiencies. >> you had a group of children yll eara agiwhle idynlrre a facilit, and if you're not doing good hand washing a good hygiene, 's going to spread from patient to patient. >> reporter: in a statement, the center says it promptly notified all appropriate government agencies when the virus was initially identified, and continues to fully cooperate with the ageies, and has sought out medical guidance. the center is not accepting newe patience untiloutbreak is under control. erica edwards, nbc news. an outbreak of hand, foot, and mouth disease at one of baltimore's campusesjo o hopkins university, 129 cases reported at the homewood campus ,ince early september. hand, fo and mouth disease is highly contagious, characterized by fevers, se throats, and painful sores. reduce catching it by use of

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to the latest on breaking news this afternoon. horities investigate at least si profile public figures, most democrats. thehe targets include obamas, clintons, and eric holder. susan isck tg the investigation for us with a live report now. >> reporter: with most of the intended victims well-known democrats, often disparaged bid the present, there's a lot of speculation here about the motive. >> a mant hun on for the person or people who sent packages

containingotential explosives to prom innocent democrats and c cnn's new york headquarters. >> it's beved from preli preliminapreli preliminary reviews, they are explosive in nature. >> rorter: the first package similar to this was found monday, another sent to hillary clinton. >> it is a troubling time, isn't it? >> reporter: packages were s to former president obama, former c director, and congresswoman watersrtand nbc re several had the return address of former democratic chair, wasserman-schulz. >> obviously, these devices are an attempt to strike fear, hence terrorism. >> reporter: president trump commted on the investigati this afternoon. >> acts or threats of political

violence of any kind no place in the united states of america. [ applause ] >> reporter: one common thread among the packages? all are frequent targets of the president. >> fake news, cnn. hillary clinton came second. >> violence has license by the president of the united states. >> reporr: true motiv is unknown as the investigation continues. no one was hurt, and one subject of the investigation, pat, wer the packages sent by the same person or people. >> all right. susan, thank you. opening statements are underway in the trial of a man accused of spa aing deadly police shootout in prince georges county. the shootout two years ago led to the friendl fire death of officer colson. michael ford is accusedov of ing that attack outside a police station in 2016. ford fired shots at the station. police believe he was hoping to die. several officers returned fire, but oneullet hit colson who

was wearing a vest, but now facing murder >charges. et's go back to the conversation about megyn kelly and comments made about wearing black face for halloween. the nbc news host drew sharp criticism abots the comm defending the use of black face in those costumes in a pan discussion yesterday, and as we reported yesterday, she issued anpology internally, actually, this morning on her show, and did so internally to the staff at nbc news. wh's taylor thomas has the talk around town. this created a fire stor >> it did, rightfully so. our listeners believe that knew the history of black face and what came with it. th are surprised by it, some aren't, some are. >> huh. o >> i thi listeners really think it was unexcusable for her to do is on a national platform like that with the years of experience she has. >> heard the apology, no doubt. >> yeah. >> do you think it was enough?

go far enough? did the network go far enough? >>edhey ackno the apology, but does not take away the sting. one of the great comments we have, she summed it up, nicole, a listener from d.c., summarized what the listeners were saying. >> i was surprised by the comment because, you know, with her age andexperience, i would have thought that she would be more in touch witham africaican culture, and i was very heartened by her apolog had seemed heart felt, and i think we should allow people to be able to make a mistake and to apologize because that's the only way that we're going to continue to have dialogues and increased understanding around this very poisonous issue of race in the country. i really apprecied her apology, and i think it was sincere and shements to learn, and i think weeed to hav more dialogues like that. >>in resting. she's willing to give her the benefit of the doubt, onsidering, though, as you

know, and we spoke off camera, this is not the only comment she's made in that vain. do you think tt's a common view among listeners? >> they said it's what you do. you say something, you apologize, and then it goes away. listeners are watching her, behaviors, and to see if she said.what she >> social media is what everybody cares about. i want to see if it's a meme at halloween time. we'll talk about it if it is. thank you so much. >> you'rekingwelcom e. for a beer burglar that looks a lot like a character from "friends." winner takes all in south carolina, but will we ever know who matched all the numrs in lottof the biggest jackpots in history? and it was a cool daytoday, in for a chilly night. take a look. temperatures in the suburbs dipping down into the 30s, i 41 washington, and that means outside of the beltway, you might be scraping some frost off

that windshield tomorrow morning, and we track rain friday. how does this impact the weekend? we'll break it down in 15 minutes. let's go up to chopper 4 flying over breaking news this o afte one person is dead after a shooting in laurel. these are liveictures ove an apartment complex near laurel there appears to be a large crime scene here. no motive or suspects at this time. we'll update you as soon as we we'll update you as soon as we

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>> blake stepped up and stole him for his team. another local competitor, mike parker, survived the battle rounds last >>week. > mariah carrey will be a guest adviser next week.ck tiets for her concert go on sale friday. news 4 is working for you in the community with focus on the 60th annual washington international horse show. >> taking place right now atne capital o arena. 500 horses involved, spectators get to see wor cup jumping, shetland pony racing, high jumping, and other events. that show will run through sunday. >> been there a couple times t seethat. it's fascinating. >> it is. it's a great show. all right, mcdonald's taking inspiration from its customers now. >> yeah. the new mu on the item. >> we're at prince georges

county high school! [ cheers and applause ] for a pep rally like nothing seen and an organization giving $20,0 to art programs. that's coming up on news 4. that's coming up on news 4. i want to hear you, high we have some fantastic schools slipped. and we have a lot of schools that are in crisis. our current governor has withheld money that could've been spent on education. maryland needs a governor whose top prioritysc is publiols.

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cock's "promise has turned to dust." she's trump's "unquestioning foot soldier." jennifer wexton is the "clear and convincing" choice. "smart, serious and substantive" ... "ms. wexton would be a breath of fresh air" in connress. i'm er wexton and i approved this messageca e i've worked across party lines to get things done. that's how we can fix congress and make it work for us again. i used to be that quiet day .tween monday and wednesd but now, there's all this playful banter and sting up late. how am i supposed to read my book? oh, hi tuesday

i'm the quiet day, was never supposed to be this much fun! [ screaming ] can you, can you win a little more quietly? just... here's the latest on the suspicious package scare in d.c., newndyork, florida targeting a half dozen prominent democrats and president obama at his home northwest d.c. these are the targets in which suspicious packages were received today. u.s. capital mail city in capital heights, package intended for waters, the california democrat, george soros in new yorkin hillary n in new york, a cnn contributor in new york, and

wasserman-schulz, and the fbi released a picture of the packages. here's a look at the street in which president obama and his wife live in northwest d.c. there's been a strong police prence there allday. the fbi sent the suspicious packag to one from here in d.c., to capital heights and one in new york andflorida, to quantico for field review. that's a look at the package the fbi released. debbie is listed as the sending address, but she was actually a recipient of one of the packages. they are now sent to the fbi lab, and they say it nowhe highest priority of the federal bureau of investigation. at the live desk, scott mcfarland, back to you. >> thank you. four other big stories this afternoon. chopper 4 fing over breaking news in laurel where one person is dead after a shooting, and these herre live pictures, an apartment complex near laurel buoy road, and as you can see

there there is a large crime scene working. no motive or suspectsnown at this time. we'll update you here on news. d.c. police chief announced a third arrest in the shooting of the 10-year-old wilson gunned down getting ice cream back in july. gregory taylor faces murder charges now. the chief says at least two other suspects are out there. wilson's mother reacted to the arrest today on news 4 at 5:00 just ahead here. no verdict after the first full day of deliberations in the murder mansion trial. daron is the only one being charged with the murder af the fami housekeeper in 2015. the jury returns for another day tomorrow. we'll let you know when there's a verdict with an alert on the nbc washington app. and an emergency workers in mexico workn beach town left isolated by hurricane willa. that storm's 120 miles per hour and hit a resort city high-rise hotels. no reports of deaths, but there

are widespread power outages and damaged buildings there, pat? many schools aretrgling these days to keep up with changing technology in the arts and media depament, but four high schools here in the washington area are getting a generous equipment upgrade and popup musical festival. tommy mcfly is there att high poin high for this over the top pep rally. >> if you know anythingoubout ourng people, they are desires to explore every opportunityn the arts. r us, we don't have a lot here, so the access to the equipment is going to mean a lot to our music and arts program. [ cheers and applause ] s >> therit of the music department is going to enhance more throughout the whole school, and maybe bring students to join the music department as well. >> reporter: over 2,000 students were treated to a high school

nation music festival this afternoon with a gift to inspire for years to come. >> every school, we've within or they get a free recording studio donated to the campus to record and teach digital arts in the school. >> it's going to, you know, change people's view oft, and so now that we have all the equipment, you know, people can say, hey, high point has the gear, the new equipment, maybe high point is a school worth looking at. >> our normal pep rally? yeah, will peril in comparison. to th i don't know how the kids are ever going to go back to way we normally do duringt spi week. [ cheers and applause ] >> high point high school and three other c prince georgenty schools got this pep rally treatment this week, thanks to princehool nation, and georges county, tommy mcfly, news 4. was that cool or wh? >> very cool. >> oxen hill, buoy, and wise high schools are t others

getting the popup concert and equipment donations. that't just wonderful, i it? >> yeah. to see that kind of turnout. >> yeah. big response. >> way to go, guys. okay. fast food breakfast fans might be loving it. starting november 1st, mcdonald's adds triple level breakfast stacks to the menu. you hearde right. two sausage patties, bacon, two lars of american cheese, and an egg on one sandwich available as abiscuit, mcmuffin, and mcgriddle. they were inspired by customers who get creative with food orders like adding hash browns. i don't know if you need a doctor's permit to eat one of those. >> theyyre hun customers. >> and cholesterol. >> -- >> youknow, i have to say, i go to mcdonald's a lot. >> n ordering that >> no, no. the egg mcmuffin, it healthier thing to get.

iake off half the bun. that there is not healthy. >> taking half of somebody else's, maybe, giving it to you. >> no thank you. >> a washout? >> not washout, but if you have plans, for example, my son has baseball tutryouts ay. i don't think we'll play, even though it's not rainy during the day, baa there's so much rain friday night into saturday, a lot of games could be cancelled ois weekend becausethe rain we see before the weekend. now, let's look and show you lyat's happening out there right now. rea nice afternoon. plenty of sun, it's cool, but, yeah, still nice, temperature is 57 degrees, about 10 degrees below average. temperatures dropped quickly tonight, down to about 44 by 11:00, and is going to be a ld night tonight, and, again, we're expecting frost. frost advisory now for everybody east of i-95, prince george's county and charles county, king george e county arybody east like the district and arlington county. just because you're not in the advisory northern virginia, you alady have seen your growing season end so there's no longer

going to be frost and freeze advisories in effect, and if it happens here, we won't see it more in the eire area as we get through the next couple months and through the winter months. now, satelli and radar shows the storm system, clouds moving in from north, right. that's a colder dihyction. that'se are cooler today. tracking this system, the nor'easter. it's back towards the west, actually has some rain from what was hurricane willa. that's coming together to the south. the cool weather is in the country, and that's the storm from the coast, becomg a nor'easter, with the nice northeasterly winds,hat ovides 20 to 25 miles per hour winds friday into saturday, and heaviest rain is friday night, 1 to 2 inches of rain are possible. we could see cancellations for some events, especially game-type events saturday, and that moves out saturday morning. this is huge news because we're talking about the weekend. many taking a closer look at the weekend, and it's not going to be a washout, a sunday is looking okay? >> yeah, doug. they're going to be peeks of sun

out there on sday. we have so many events going on this weekend, so it's great that we're seeing that forecast improve asee the wor wears on. saturday, a high temperature around 56 degrees, on sunday, high around 60. warmer on sunday. as doug said, we had rain saturday morning until about 8:00, 9:00 a.m.,nd after that, only a few scattered showers are possible in the afternoon saturday, it's looking mainly dry with hit or miss shower here or there, but it's not a washout.f peeksun on sunday, and then you can see another round of rain overnight sunday, but that ends early monday morning. we have the walk to end hik chast going to be there mc'ing the ent, saturday at 9:00, it's cool, but the heavy rain's over at that ndpoint, we have the howard homecoming parade from 10:00 a.m. to noon, low to mid-50s for the anparade a shower is possible, but really not all that bad for this time of year. going to the pumpkin patch? go on sunday. we have the marine corp marathon taking place sunday, the peacock

ile, mile four, and doug, alternately with layers, great unning weather. temperatures in thmid-50s. >> you're a runner. you preher cool we correct? >> i was out this morning, which will be similar. it's nice for the runners. >> all right. looking good for the marathon on sunday. will be , channel 4 there at mile four. running there anyway if you are running it 56 on saturday, a.m. wind and rain giving way to some clearing. 60 on sunday. not bad. chance of a shower monday, high of 59 degrees. colder weather again, frost possible tuesday and wednesday morning. hallowee is chilly too. we look like we'll see a fairly chillyimperiod, halloween at 7:00, 8:00, temperatures in the upper 40s in most locations. yeah. a little cold. wear an extra costume underneath your real one. >> all right. >> a tearaway costume.

>> all right, thanks. someone in south carolina is very lucky and rich right now. >> we may never know who the winner is. that's onef the biggest lotte lottery jackpots in history. jay gray is live with that next. first jim and wendy are in the newsroom with news 4 at 5:00. e>> we're here, so did not win. you know that. >> obviously. >> not even $2. nothing. >> we have to stick with scratch offs. october is breast cancer aweness month, an we often associate breast cancer, almostt always, women. >> yeah. numbers are smaller, but men car also sufrom breast cancer. we bring you the story at of one father's battle with it and his powerful message to others. also, drivers rank their cah for reliability, and e year "consumer reports" gathers information to see which are the best and which are plagued with probms. >> susan hogan has details and results at 5:00 and tells us about the biggest issue that you want to avoid if you're in the

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well, we all had big dreams of taking home the big egamillion jackpot of $1.6 billion. it's only reality for one ticketholder out there. >> and you bought tickets. uh-huh. all over. >> the winning ticket was sold in a small town o south carolina. that's near greenville, and that's where we find nbc'say gray. did you buy a ticket,y? >> reporter: of course, pat and leon. i bought pnty in several ates, and i'm in front of the place where i did not buy one. this is just a road stop in upstate south carolina. really just outside of greenville as you talked about, ention as lot of a you imagine after selling t ini

selling the ticket of the life and lives of those who bought it. the magic ticket was printed at this rural south carolina convenience store. the only one tas match night's megamillion drawing, meaning the winner or nners, as players pooled money, will take home just over $1.5ilon or just under $878 million if they chose the cash option. i'm excited for the person who won. sad for me because i was hoping to win. >> reporter: the store gs a cool $50,000 for selling the wiing ticket, and he's going to share it with his employees. >> i'll do good with the money. >> reporter: we know the winning numbers now and where ty were picked. the only remaining lotto mystery is who, w and may never know who. the ticketholderay has 180to claim the prize and can be anonymo anonymous. whoever has the wner needs to gn the back and prepare for the wind fall.

>> take a deep breath. put that ticket in aecure location, consult with a trusted adviser. >> reporter: as for the rest of us -- >> i don't know, we can keeptr ying, never know. >> reporter: after all, there's a power ball drawing tonight worth $620 million. >> yeah, and it's the third ever.st power ball payout as for the megamillions, next drawing is friday. jim,swendy, i now just a measly $40 million. no worth playing. >> measly. >> all relative. jay gray,u,hank yo live in south carolina for us. news 4 at 5:00 starts right now at 5:00, pipe bombs in the mail. the targets, two former presidents, two forme first ladies, prominent democratic politicians, and journalists. >> a nationwide investigation launched, and the white house is weighing in.

>> they are extremely angry, upset, unhappy. this egregious conduct is against everything we hold dear and sacred as americans. >> reporter: congressional offices and newsrooms on alert as images emerge of the pipe bombs. >> news 4's live team coverage continues right now wt 5:00. >> a start with the fast moving details in a day that terrorism was thwarted. >>y packages containing nea identical pipe bombs like this one are being intercepted here