up. good morning, gmelissa. >>d morning, mr. bell. eastbound 66 before the beltway, this right lane taken out here by some sort of workone or situation. not exactly sure what's going on. stay left here to get by that one. manassas, northbound prince illiam parkway near university boulevard, a truck fire reported there. beltway, no problems. .nner loop and outer loop nice and gre southbound bw parkway after 197, still have that left lane getting by the work zone. northbound bw parkway as you approach 197 looking much better. >> melissa, thank you. back to our top story. a search for bombs sent through the il continues this morning. officials fear at least one package is stillg mak its way through the mail service. a postal worker reportedlyveold igators a suspicious package was spotted with former vice president joe s name on it. that package has not beente lo all the bombs apparently had timers, contained powder from

fireworks, and shrapnel. >> at least seven suspicious packages are being examined right now. it's not clear where they came from. these packagerowere mailed upstate new york to florida, the clintons, obamas, eric holder, george soros, and the cnn offices in new york city were til sent devices. california democ congresswoman maxine waters was sent two packages. this was the scene outside an l.a. mail facility yesterday when a robot was brought in to inspect the package. another one was addressed to her d.c. office but was intercepted in capitol heights, maryland. >> this mrening lawmakers a praising the work of the secret service and postal workers for keeping the devices away from their intended targets. after the packages wer discovered, there was a visible increase in law enforcement outside of the d.c. home of former president obama. the postal service is also sending out these flyers detailing what workers should be looking for on its packages and letters. the head of d.c. homeland

security said the public help is vital. >> see something, say something is not a cliche. it actually does save lives. so if you're thinking about, i don't want to bother a police ce of no. any type of suspicious activity needs to be reported to law enforcement. >> coming up at 5:00, news 4's justin finch will oave more the steps officials are taking to make sure you and your mail is safe. and these incidents are reminiscent of anotherscare, the anthrax scare that hit washington, new york, and florida 17 years ago.t >> j a mseth after the ptember 11th terror attacks, the tainted letters turned up in mailboxes. thes letters were mailed in october and november of 2001. several lawmakers and news organization received letters containing anthrax. five people died, including two d.c. postal workers. the prime suspect was never charged. he was a microbiologist a an army research lab in maryland.

last night at a rally insc sin, president trump condemned the mailings and called for american unity. the president didn't do his usual routine of launching specific personal attacks on his political adversaries, but hehe did blame media for the current political climate. ne t 4'scie potts will have more coming up in a live report. we have breaking news right now. fairfax county pole are investigating a stabbing. chris lawrence is at the live desk. >> beun, we'ven making phone calls and working to get more information about this. here's a look at whe it ppened in falls church. we know detectives are centerins their igation in the seven corners area, specifically pa i patrick henry drive. police tell us the victim has life-threatening we're looking to learn a bhit more about who they suspect stabbed this person. we'll update you as we learn more. >> chris, thank you. new details in the srch for t killers of a 10-year-old girl in the district. police arrested a third suspect

men owed to catch two more allegedly involved in the tlooting of makiyah wilson. she's thee girl who was shot outside her apartment complex as she went out for ice crea back in july. the latest man arrested was gregory taylor. police say he was part o a group of men who randomly started shooting near that apartment comple today jurors continue deliberations for the man accused in the 2015.c. mansion murders. daron wint is the only person charged with ikilling three family members and their housekeeper. no jury was reached yesterday. prosecutors argue the dna evidence against wint is overwhming. wint's lawyers say there's enough evidence pointing to his brothers as the ones who planned the killings. it's 4:34. today early voting opens in maryland. it's already under way in west virginia and d.c.

there's no early voting in ia vi virginia. you can find polling centers near you and hours of operation in thebc washington app. new overnight, we've learned nobody won last t'ni powerball drawing. take a look at the numbers on your screen. 21, 45, 53, 56, and the powerball was 22. this jackpot has ballooned to $750 million. that is the third largest jackpot in u.s. lottery history. the next powerball drawing is going to be on saturday. of course, we know the powerbal has been in the shadow of that big mega millions jackpot that somebody in south carolina won. >> coming up, we'll explain why the winner of thatou jackpot remain a mystery for a long time. i still have a chance is what you're saying. >> always. there's always a chance. >> okay, good. >> very small, but there's a chance. 4:36 right now. also ahead this morni, more

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special delivery? not quite. this is a military cargo plane that dropped a humvee right in the middle of a neighborhood in northina. chuck, isn't that curious? >> are you going to look right at it? i thought chuck was going in to take a closer look. >> the humvee was on a platform attached to a parachute apparently. folks in that area said they heard a boom when it landed yestery. right there. nobody was hurt. military officials say crews were testi a new heavy lift platform system, and the humvee about aosed to land

mile away. >> oops. >> that test didn't go well. >> nope. you know what, don't mess with this judge. take a look at this video out of washington state. >> this judge is awesome. it shows the judge chasing after two inmates. he just took off his robe, ran r the suspects. these inmates tried to escape the courtroom. >> look at him. >> this is likef something out a movie. the judge takes off his robe, runs after the two men. look at him go. out the door, down the stairs. this happened outside of enseattle. both were caught. >> yeah, they were. >> they didn't have faro go. they couldn't get far. >> look at that. boy. >> judge is fast. 4:40ht your time r now. chuck, now it's your turn. >> is it? oh, good. all right. so marathon weekend is the heaviest of the rain is going to be friday night into early saturday. by race da still aot of wet roads, but i think most of the rain will be out of here in time for the marine corps marathon. for the marine corps marathon. ten-daforecast coming righy

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a news 4 i-team investigation reveals a local programhat handles bodies donated to science is suffering some serious problems. scott macfarlane reports that includes the mishandling of remains, causing heartbreak for local families. >> reporter: the state has a the people who have donated their bodies to the state for scientific research. when the news 4 i-team began investigatin the program, we were surprised by what we found. >> i didn't know it was going to be suchor hell me. >> reporter: 'scarmen late husband brian donated his b ty maryland state anatomy board to advance medical research. when the state returnedin brian re carmen buried them, alongside family. more than a year later, she received ag disturb call. the remains she buried were not her husband's. >> i said, so who are the ha remains i buried? he said, ma'am, i have no idea.

>> reporter: an internal memo obtained by the i-wam shows the man in charge of the program warned of a serious inventory control problem at the state in another instance, a donor's hes were mistakenly buried at the state-run cemetery instead of returned to the family. the state health department oversees the anatomy board and is investigating how manes othe famiould be impacted. >> it's a terrible thing, and we're trying to get to thett of what happened. >> reporter: coming up tonight as part of our full invest iation, why the state dealing with so many more bodies than it used to in years pastt' and w being done to prevent future mix-ups in this sensitive program. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. back to our explosives found in the mail. president trump mentioned the packages sent to former elected leaders during a campaign stop in wisconsin last night. >> and wrele the psident condemns the attacks and called for american unity, he also amed the media for the current

political climate. >> the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility a constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. have to do it. >> news 4's tracie potts joining us now from capitol hill with more on this developing story. what more did the president have to say? >> he called it a despicable act that should be opposed and. prosecut he said federal authorities, the fbi, and others are on the case to try to figure out who sent these bombs. obvisly there has been some divisive political rhetoric going onn on the campa trail. the president dialed that back a bit last night in terms of his iticism of democrats in light of what's happening here. but did say that thiss something that should be condemned, adding that these acts or threats of political violence have no place in the united states ofca ame

he night about unity amid a bitter campaign. he has several more stops this week into next week. now condemning this violence that seems p to haveitical undertones. >> all right. tracie potts live on capitol hi u for tracie, thank you. now, the package bombs are the latest in a series of threats against federal officials. a news 4 i-team investigation revealed the troubling trend earlier this month. in congress alone, police have tracked nearly 1,000 threats made in just six months. since 2012, more than 2500 suspicious packages and substanc have been found on capitol gemunds. housers increased security at their district offices following the shooting at the congressional baseball practice in alexandria last year. this year the feds have prosecuted nearly three dozen people for making threats against federal officials. developing this morning, investigators are searching for

answers after aruesome discovery in the hudson river. the bodies of two women were found yesterday right off the riverside park on th upp upper west side of manhattan. the bodies of two clothed women were found together. investigators have not said how they died it or anything about t possible sus all eyes will be on wall street today. the dow plunged 600 points yesterday, wiping out all of its 2018 gains t cnbc reportss latest decline was driven in part by a sharp drop in tech shares and worries about corporateni es. metro riders are getting credit back on their accounts. the transit ancy promised to refund your sma trip account when the system is more than 1 minutes late. since the program began this year, metro has refunded riders nearly $1 billio but that's well below the $2.5 billion they budgeted. now metro wants to raise the bar because it i says service improving. starting next year, metro plans to reimburseou when trains are

ten minutes late. >> wow. a billion bucks? >> a billion dollars. and to think that's less than half the budge to reimburse riders for late trains. >> surprising all around >> put me down as impressed. >> all right, chuck. impress us with this forecast. >> well, abo that. unfortunately, your weekend will not feature anywhere near the amount of sunshine that we've beenjoying the last couple days. right now skies are clear, and it is cold out there. nationalairport, as usual, one of our warmer spots at 41 degrees. as soon as you get away fm the urban heat island and away from the bay waters, it's way down into the 30ss t morning. 32 now in columbia. 30 in gaithersburg. 35 in fredericksburg. you'll need your seat heater this morning. taking the pup dog for a walk? if you don't have one, you can adopt sicily here atan the h rescue alliance.

this morningay up. 37 degrees for the early walk. lunchtime walks around 52 degrees. that's when i usually take mine out. at 6:00 this evening, back down into the 50s. sun is down at 6:16. so i keep mentioning this rain chance. there it is moving through parts of the deep south now. all we'll see today is an i increase high clouds later on in the afternoon and towards evening. no impact from rain for today or tonight. tomorrow is when that starts to change. we'll wake up to a cloudy sky and in the 40s. rain chances pick up aft noon. there could be a few showers in the shenandoah v central virginia as early as lunchtime tomorrow. most of us wait until 5:00 in the afternoon. the fbreakdown marine corps marathon weekend, 40% chance of ving some rain on race day, but not a day long deluge of rain temperatures in the mid-40s as the race gets going.

into the mid and upper 50s byim thewe get into the middle parts of the afternoon. sunday's high close to 60 degrees. ere's your ten day. 58 and sunshine today. 52 torrow with rain moving in in the afternoon. heaviest rain friday night and saturdaytumorning. ay afternoon remaining cloudy and showery. then again, we've lowered our rainhances for sunday. that's good. we moved them back up again on monday. next chance for a bright, sunny day like today i next tuesday. >> going to be a while. allng right. ta look at 66 here, eastbound before the beltway. right se of the road is blocked. this is a disabled tractor trailer. you have to stay left to get by in. right now not s much of a slowdown. it could kick into gear if it stays around too long. beltway is fine right now. as we zoom in, arlington northbound gw parkway at the key bridge, lefttiane is gng by that work zone. down souri here throughe george's county, into town, out of town, no problems. and inbolaurel, soud bw parkway after 197, still have the left lane getting by the work zone. also seeing some delays

northbound bw parkway as you're approaching 197. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. is 4:52 right now. a recall warning before you make dinner plans tonight. more people are getting sick from a batch of salmonella tainted ground beef. the cdc says more than0 new cases have popped up across the country, bringing t total to 120 cases in 22 states. the beef sasold under many different brand names and in many different stores, including walmart and sam's club. the cdc says look for the establishment koe establishment code est-267. new overnight, if you're up right now, you probably didn't catch the wizards late-night gamen the west coast. if you're wizards fans, probably better off. d.c. no match for the golden state warriors. the defending world champions outscored the wizards 144-122. many are talking about steph curry's remarkaere pformance.

shot?r away is that like, way beyond the three-point line. come on. not only did he. e -- did he end the night with 51 points, but five three pointers. that was just in the first quarter alone. kevin durant also on fire with 30mo buckets. toow night the wizards will stay out west t take o the sacramento kings. maybe we'll do better against them. >> i hope so. also overnight,he red sox expanded their world series lead over the dodgers. the dodgers werep when i went to bed.on bosteat los angeles 4-2 last night. th're now two games ahead in the best of seven series. there's no game tonight. othe series moves over the west coast for games three and four starting tomorrow. maybe they'll do better. it was cold in boston. the folks from l.a., i can't imagine them playing in that weather. >> they don't know how to deal with that. you kind of might be the case. we're working for you in the community with a really cool event for your ks this weekend. we're talking about the steam fest in prince george's county. 's a festival that celebrates

science, technology, engiering, arts, and math. the event kicks off on saturday at the showplace arena in upper marlboro. it is free, but you need to register aheade. of we'll link you to that information in the nbc washington app. >> cool. well, the first distillery since prohibition will be opening in pnce george's county in november. >> it will be a craft distillery. among the offerings wilbe fru fruitrandies. two brothers-in-law originally went into the business as a hobby. then they ound the perfect place to bring their craft beverages in the arts district. they're currently working on a pear brandy and dutch style gin. so that's the fruit brandy. so that's what it is.

not bandies. now i know what i'm talking about. >> you know brandies, okay. got you. understood. >> you know i c't drink anything like that. all right. someone is waking up officially knowing they are a bill wnaire. >> the one ticket in south carolina that won tuesday's big $1.537 billion mega millions jackpot. >>hose numbers count. >> oh, boy. but we may never know who that person or those people are. it could have been a group of people who bought the one ticket. >> we'll never know. >> south carolina is one of seven states that allows the winner to remain anonymous. but it's sort ofd har to hide becoming that filthy rich. >> all the sudden,ight? >> especially in the small town of simpsonville, south carolina, just outsidereenville. three second place tickets were sold in our area. one in d.c. at a 7-eleven. are you kiddinge? at the 7-eleven on south vanaugh street? at's my 7-eleven. i was like, i should go there.

didn't want to deal with the traffic. i went to a different place. oh, my gosh. >> you have to go to your re ilar place. et it was sold the same time. oh, i'm sorry. okay. i digress. >> the other two were sold at dale city, virginia. the winners have 180ays from this past tuesday. >> so you never bought the tiet? >> no, i went to a different store. i'm so ready to punch myself in the face. okay. >> i can help if you need it? >> i'm hot right now. all right. still ahead on newsto 4 y, two stories impacting your wallet and your safety. >> consumerus reporter hogan is breaking down the just released reliability rankingsf popular cars. how reliable is your car experting to the plus, keeping your home warmer and your heating bill lower. the simple things y can do this week to accomplish both of those things. you're watching news 4 today.

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breathe better. sleep better. breathe right. good morning everyone. i'n yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. fast approaching 5:00 a.m. on a orning here at news 4. we want to start with a check on your forecastom and thete. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a check on the roads, but we begin storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at the forecast. i guess we have to enjoy the dry weather while we can, chuck. do.e sur it's not going to be dry for your friday evening plans, and at leasthe first half of your weekend may be in trouble for

outdoor plans. at and i are mc'ing the walk freedom plaza. i think they invite the weather guy, figuring that'll keep the weathe a good. i caneady sense my invitation being withdrawn for next year. four things you need to know about the weather for today. it's starting out cold, in then 30s most neighborhoods this morning. today will be our last day of full sunshine for quite a while. it's not going to rain all weekend. most of the rain chances are on saturday. the goody news is sun is not very sunny for the marine corps marathon, but it loo less rainy. that's good news. right now, 29 in gaithersburg. 41 atrpational aiort. wake-up weather, clear and cold this morning. we'll eventually get high temperatures up to around 58 a degrees wit little bit less wind today than yesterday. more about that weekend rain chance coming up. good morning,elissa. >> chuck, taking a look at the roads here right now. eastbound 66