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 hereh. when i was little, i cut his grass. yeah. gonthat he's

e. neighbor>>hood, we are close. >> reporter: as we bring you back out here to springfield for a live look inside that home right now, you have crime sce investigators going in and out, several of them, but they are workin on now trying to determine how exactly that fire started. as for the victim in all of this, officials have not yet released his name. they are waiting to get in touch withis extended family, jim, before letting us know who he was. >> all right, david, some wicked flames there coming out of that building. we appreciate it, david, we'll see you again at 6:00. wellthe check is in the

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clvp. we are talking about a no leaster, but it'sking better for one-half of the weekend, right? >> well, i got both plans. >> i know. >> talking about it all week. >> you're good saturday now. >> okay. >> and you're good sunday for the marathon. >> there you go. >> this moves in pretty quick and moves out fast as well. moves in a little bit early on friday, and that means it leaves earliersa on rday. out there right now? hey, we've finally got fall color outthere. there's chopper 4 -- >> oh, nice. >> that's great. >> it's nice. we like fall color in the area. this is breaking we got fall color, everybody! can you believe it? >> wow. >> it's been awhile, and way behind where we should be this time of year. we are peaking in a week normal normally, but that's not the case. one or two trees there. this is one of my favorit vantage points here, looking out to the friendship heights area, normally good color here, only see trees now with color, but

it'scoming. temperature right now is 56 degrees, winds north at 17 miles per hour, and around the rest of the region, 55 in leesberg, 54 in honey town. it's a cool afternoon. average high is 66. it's cold. frost advisory for everyge alnd east of i-95. it's not includiin northern vi, west virginia, or most of maryland, and you say, we're not getting frost. no,sehat's not the you will see frost in the area, but because the growing season is over west of i-95, you no longer see frost or freeze warnings in the area, but it includes d.c., the frost advisory, s everybody, get ready, there's temperatures tomorrow morning in the 30s, talking mid-30s, so,yeah, get out the ice scrapers if you got to. make sure they are ready. bus stop 40s, degr 57 dregs to pick up the kids. not a bad afternoon after a cold start. in-wise, we're dr we'll stay that way until friday. why? well, right now, there's winds

north, you see the flow. that's the cool flow coming here's the storm, back to the west, and, twaactually, it's t,veloping up the gulf coast through the con the area, like a nor'easter system comi in across the area on friday, at 11:00 a.m., we are dry but rain moves in at 2:00, 3:00, 4:00, the evening rush, yeah, onid th wet for that evening rush on friday, and heaviest rain overnight friday night, so if you got dinner plans fridayoi night and out, expect to get rained on, expect to have the big umbrella. we need it friday. by saturday morning? it gets out of here. a.m. rain. some wind. heaviest overnight. e morning. i think most of the rain is done by 8:00, 9:00 in the morning. temperate around 56 degrees. 60 degrees. not bad if not a pretty nic out there on sunday. i'll have more on this including another couple storms next week in the ten-day forecast, plus, a closer look at your weekend. amelia will join me at 5:45.

>> thank you, doug. we follow developments in the tostory tonight, explosive devices sent through the mail to the homes of t former presents and other high ranking democrats. a live report from new york ngty co up next. this isy a ver painful time in our nation. it's a time when people are feeling a lot of hatred in the air, and i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me.ry nmany of them wbout practice, president trump taking away protections for pre-exting conditions. and women are frightened they could lose repductive health car it's why i'm glad i have a friend named ben. ben is a national leader who's protecting obamacare from president trump. he's my friend ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin and i approved this message.

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sorting facility. .c. police are trying to determine if the device could have exploded. >> bomb expertwith the nypd are checking out a package sent to cnn offices in midtown, manhattan. mark santia is live outside the time warner center in new york city with the latest. mark? >> reporter: jim, wendy, you can see there'still a very heavy police presence here, but the pbarricades are gone andple are allowed to go back inside 58th street, it' now reopened, it's a very different scene than we saw just hours ago. hundreds of people standing shoulder to shoulder in midtown, cnn employees, workers from whole foods, and venn senator jeff flake caught up in the chaos. extremely troubling, obviously. there's been a lot of this going around. so not a good >> reporter: though who live and work near columbus circle told

to shelter in place as the nypd bomb squad secured and removed this live explosive device. >> suspected something was going on arriving in the office with police officers outsite. >>ry because, you know, we're not expecting any of this. >> reporter: law enforcement sources say it' a metal pipe with black tape and wires hanging out that was tucked inside a yellow envelope with a type label addressed to john brennan, the alert to evacuate was made while cnn wasnair. >> fire alarm here, we'll keep you po >> there's a fire alarm. we'll learn what the latest is. >> we'll be right back. >> reporter: law enforcement turces said the device found here at cnn mail room is similar to other devices. >> we will not be intimidated and will bring the perpetrators to justice. >> reporter: as the nypd heightened secury across the city, the joint terrorism task

force is working to tra down the creator or creators of these devices. >> what we saw here today was effort to terrorize. it's an act of terror attempting to undermine our free press and leaders of the country through acts of violence. >> reporter: this device is tharacterized as a crude device, but law enforcem saurscers say don't let the adjective fool you. because it's called "crude" doesn't mean the device was not dangerous. instead, they said it was extremely dangerous, and it was remove from here and investigators are going over that device right now. we're live in midtown, manhattan, mark santia, jim, wendy, back to you. >> mark, thank you. >> one of the bapackages was intercepted in capital heights. the sender targeted democratic

congresswoman waters. we are live in theai facility with more on what was sent and how to spot auspicious package. >> reporter: indeed. you know, when you think capital heigs, you don't necessarily think capitol hill, but there's a connection. there's a sprawling u. postal service facility here. several, as a matter of fact, more than one at least, and, of course, this is where a packa was intercepted bound for california democratic congresswoman waters. now, generally, there's nothing untoward here. doesn' look like anything out of the ordinary. of course, that is not necessarily the ca. the fbi is trying to conclusively link this package to the others sent today, but there's enough similarities they arexploring the nnection. there's a statement from waters' office confirms , thdeed, there was a package bound for her that was suspicious. she anked the authorities a the safety people who actually intercepted that package and found it. the system has worked just like

it's supposed to. now, again, this package is not conclusively linked, but look at something that the postal service actually puts out about how you can identify a suspicious package. some of the hallmarks. one of ,th excessive postage, pe mied words, substance on the package, package sealed a extra pe, and, ocourse, wires. those are visual things that people should look for, but here as they look for other things, as a matter of fact, they x-ray the packages and they have other means of dsoecting thing, and we have to understand those are the this that kicked in today to caused this stir. again, this package not linked to the others, but strong suspicion it could be as the in investigation ues. live in capital heights, derek ward, news 4. the story is rapidly changing by the mi hte. e multiple crews covering new angles. ahead at 6:00, learn the latest on this, and pull up the nbc

washington app. it's the top story on the home page. somebody woke up this morning snificantly more wealthy than yesterday, winning that record $1.6 billion megamillions jackpot. will we e know who it is? >> the arts canft thrive a large donation to a local county school system. > check it out. this is what we're waking up to tomorrow morning, 7:00 a.m., temperatures in the suburbs only in the 30s, about 41 heren washington. we'll see frost out there, mainly outside the beltway, and rain onfriday, and doug and

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gin and a pear brandy when it opens to the public next month. very cool. you in theorking for community with word of a big boost for the arts and media departments at four prince georges county schools. tommy mcfly was in a popup music festivaligt point high school with a big announcement for today. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> the spirit of the music department is going to enhance throughout the whole school and mayng students to join the music department as well. ♪ >> reporter: over 2,000 students were t treatedo a high school nati music festival this afternoon with a gift to inspire for years to come. >> every school that we have been to on tour also gets a free recording studioonated to campus, and all the gear they need to start recording and teaching digital arts. >> it's really going to, you know, change people's vw of

high point. >> our normal pep rallies peril in comparison to this. acdon't know how the kids are going to go bk what we normally do during spirit week. eers and applause ] >> reporter: high point high school and three other prince georges county schools have gotten this pep rally treatment this week,olhanks to high scho nation, and prince georges county, i'm tommy mcfly, news 4. >> wow. >> that's a peplly. oxen hill, buoy, and wise high schools are the others getting the popup concerts and big equipment donations. >> aha lot oy kids out there. not so much up elsewhere where there's anuty after nbc's megyn kelly made an on-air comment appear to defend white people wearing black face. consumer reports releases a new list of most and least reliable cars. reliable cars. the surprises at

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clinton and forr president obama. the u.s. secret service intercepting those packagey todaefore they made it to the clinton's or obama's homes. the time warner center where cnn is located in new york was evacuated after a bomb was found in their mailroom. we have a live upte on this breaking news coming up at 6:00. so, when you spin all those thousands of dollars on a car, you don't want any problems. >> well, some cars are more reliable than othe,, of cour and each year, consumer reports members rank them. susan hogan h the exclusive report. >> reporter: every year, consumer reports surveys members asking them about any serious problems with their vehicles in the past 12 months. this year's annual awe though reliability survey gathered information on more than a half millio vehicles. >> just because a not mean it's.

in-car electronics like systems and poweequipment and ansmission continue to give headach headaches. >> reporter: lexus tota, and mazda were the brands, mazda moving up nine spots from the previous year,rands at the bottom were tesla, cadillac, and volvo. >> the tesla electric lost recommended status because issues reported by cr members for the car's air suspension and body hardware issuesike the do handles. >> reporter: as turbos are common, some car owners in the surv have trouble with car's turbo charger and engine comput with some needing complete engine replacements. >> when new tecology intr model years to get it working correctly. >> reporter: here's a look at the cars on top as thee most reliable, the lexuxsg, prius,

and miada. the least reliable was the ram 3500, tesla model x, and you said it perfectly, s complicated. >> so complicated. i just want to know how to turn it on sometimes. >> there you have it. >> i'm in the well, one lucky tictholr is a billion dollars richer tonight. it was sold in simpsonville, south carolina. they will own the town. >> they have 18 days to accept the prize and we'llw never kno it it's single person, family, or co-worker because south carolina allows ticketholders to stay anonymous. the big prize may have gone eone in south carolina, but two people in virginia and one in d.c. took home a million dollars. that's not so bad. in virginia, the million dollar

winnersere in eyelet and dale city, and several won $30,000 and $10,000 prizes. megyn kelly is facing a fierce backlash tonight after racially insensitive comments questioning whether it was inappropriate for white people to dress in black face for halloween. r own "today" show colleagues, both african-american, called her out on airs morning, and then she had this to say. >> i was wrong. i am sorry. one of the brave hearts inhis chair every day discusses different points of view. sometimes i talk, sometimes i listen, and yesterday, i learned. >> prince georges county bureau chief tracy wilkens spoke with a professor today said thets comm fit a pattern. >> i don't know how, like, that got racist on halloween. >> reporter: questioning why black face as a halloween costum is racist sparked a

national debate beginning with her nbc colleagues. >> well, she apologized to the staff. she owes a bigger alogy to folks of color around the country. >> i think that megyn kelly, who is a lawyer, who spent a number of years at fox, was being en entirely consi with her entire career. >> reporter: dr. greg car, author and professor at howard university aligns her recent comments with past controversial comments she's made about race. >> jesus was a white man too. >> back to the career with nbc, whether it's insensitive to the parents of trayvon martin or sandra bland was mentally ill, she pushedhe vel help. >> reporter: one some feel pushed too far this time. >> she sd something stupid. >> reporter: prince george county resident brooks feels kelly's apology missed the mark. >> higher level of accountability when you're a

national anchor. you needsi more svity and awareness about what's going on. >> reporter: others are tired of conversations focused on differences. >> we have to get backo having a conversation about all of us being equal and not turning erev into aac rial episode orythi event. >> reporter: as it stands, this event is continuing to unfold. >> i'm megyn kelly, and i begin with two words. i'm sorry. >> reporter: tracy wilkens, news 4. well, doug is joining us again with the forecast, and we cooledff today, and -- >> yeah, you know, we got rain coming. that's also a promise. mark that down. if it -- >> thank you. come, don'ts not rely on me. >> cold and rainy. >> talk about what's going on ftt there right now. a nicenoon, and yeah, temperatures about 10 degrees below from uayesterday, ay 15 below right now in the city. we are 72 yesterday afternoon. right now, sitting at 56 degrees.

54 degrees at 7:00, dropping to 44 degrees by 11:00, so it's a cool night tonight. not just cool. we've got frost in parts of the area. a much colder night tonight. frostdvisory in effect for everybody here in parts of southern maryland. it does not a includeas west of the blue ridge. it does -- or west of i-95, does not include northern virginia at all, but that doesn't mean osyou're not going to see you already saw the end of your growing season so you know longer receive advisories, you will wake up with frost on the ca get the scrapers ready. tracking a storm system in dallas. they have been hit with rain over the past week or two. for us, tracking the system that's going to make i into the gulf, and eventually, up the coast, and give us a lot of rain here especially friday into the day saturday. saturday morning, that is. most of the weekend, actuallyg lookokay, but the rain heaviest friday night, 1-2 inches possible and moves out saturday morning, a lot to do with the events going on saturday and sunday.am

ia has a closer look at the weekend. >> yeah, doug, so many events going on this weekend, and if u have pla sunday, not worried, but saturday, in the morning hours, but sunday, peeks of sun. 60 degrees on sunday. another round of showers overnight sunday into very early monday because of the rain early saturday, maybe having a little bit of an impact on the earlyng saturday morplans, but saturday afternoon, i think most of us are looking mainly dry. good news because the forecast for the weekend continuedov im as the workweek wears on. we have the walk to end hiv. chuck i goi to be there mc'ing the event 9:20 saturday rning. at tha point, heavy rain is over, cool, though. bring the warmer jacket and light rain jacket just in case we have the howard home coming parade 10:00 a.m. to nn saturday. i can't rule out showers, it's more abo the layers, low to mid-50s for the highs, chilly

going to the pumpkin patch. i would pick sunday for the day, but from the rain, it's muddy t there, and on sunday, we have the marine corp. marathon. a lot of us are at mile 4, the peak off mile there cheering the runners on, and if you are running, i think layers are key, if you were out there this morning,t's going to be very similar, and if you are running tomorrow morning, though, it's feeling a few degrees a be warmer, but take a look. the race gets 8 underway 0 a.m., and 48 degrees at that point, really nice running weather by 10:00 a.m. 50degrees. feeling refreshing. as the race is wrapping up, doug, at thate' point, wre in the mid-50s. again, bottom line, the weekend is not a washout. >> you know, you said that, like, three, four hours, i plan on doing 2:21. setting records. >> that's what i plan to do. 54 degreay on fr of course, i'm not running that, but friday, rain on friday night, going out friday? that's when you need the umbrella, sunny sunday, looking bad with a high of , and much

cooler, again, as we make our way to next week. halloween, average high is low 60s, but we're in the low to mid-50s, and by the tim we trick or treat with the kids, temperatures fall into the 40s. a lot of cool air, guys, ove ten days. >> okay. >> okay. >> here's to the stair takers, >> okay. >> breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers,

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metro promised if you are more than 15 mines late,ou get a credit back to your account. news 4 learned a lot of riders g are get money back to the tune of about a million dollars wort transportation reporter adam tuft broke the news today and is talking to riders about it. >> metro rail riders are getting credit back on their accounts. >> it's good. it's worth it. >> reporter: news 4 reported you get a credit if you are more than 15 minutes late, and n more than nearly $1 million has been credited back to accounts. >> that is crazy, and i wish they took the million dollars to ke the metro functioning. >> reporter: now, the exact amount metro gave back on the rail side as of this week is

$961,675, but metro says it's well below budget. they budgeted about $2.5 million for these crcoits. kristin rides every day and has got a credit. that's not what she nts. >> i just want the metro to get me to a place at a certain time, d the refunds, while nice, i just want a reliable system. >> reporter: here's the thing, we learned that the rush hour promise is going to be changing. it's going to go from being late at 15 minute clip to being late at 10 minutes. s meays they want to drop the time limit for whent gives credits back because the system is becoming re reliabilile. by the way, the amount of credits given back to bus riders is about $1,000, mainly because bus riders have to fill out a form to get the credit back. ong the metro system, adam tuft, news 4. news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news.>>

our political climate's extremely devisive and volatile right now, and, tonight, it feels like we reached a dangerous new level. >> several suspicious devices sent to high profile public re fi all of whom have been critics of president trump. >> in addition to the packacr sent to deic donor george soros this week, packages that appear to be pipe bombs were sent to the new york home of the clinton's, to the obama's home here ind.c., and to former attorney general eric holder, acand age addressed to former cia director john brennan was sent to cnn headquarters in manhattan. we have a photo of one of the intercepted devices. we have all the angles covered. we begin with chris gordon near the obama's home with the latest on then. investigat chris? >> reporter: well, i'mg stand at the secret service roadblock

on belmont road in northwest washington. the obamas live just down the way on the right. the suspicious package sent here was interceptedt aail screening facility. today, president trump decred that the safety of the american people is the higst priority. he announced that a major federal investigaon is underw.