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 i caneady sense my invitation being withdrawn for next year.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 before gallow,

right lane still blocked. silver spring, georgia avenue, right side is getting by the work zone there. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems. arlington, northbound at the key bridge, left slalane getting by that work zone. this one was justed cle in laurel, southbound bw parkway after 197. a littley bit of a deth southbound and northbound. aaron? >> all right, melissa. thank you. it's 5:01. less than 24 hours after multiple explosive devices we found in the u.s. mail, the fbi is looking into the possibility that there may be more. at least seven suspicious reckages are being investigated right now, all aed to prominent democrats. an eighth may have been sent to former vice president joe biden. a postal worker reportedly told investigators a suspicious package was spotted with biden's name on it that package has not been gh located th. also targete california democratic congresswoman maxine

waters, who may have received two packages. this was the scene outside the mail facility near l.a. investigators had to bring in a robohere. d other package was addres her d.c. office but was intercepted in capitol heights, maryland. waters and biden are just two of the people impacted by all this. take a look at the map behind me here. the clintons, obamas, former attorney general eric holder, democratic donor george soros, and the cnn ofces in new york city were all sent devices. here's what they look like. the bombs apparently had timers and contaid powder from fireworks. x-rays showed there were likelys pif shrapnel inside the pvc pipes as well. l of those who were sent explosives are political opponents opresident trump. he's criticid all of them, usually at one of his make

t erica great again rallies. he held another evst night in wisconsin, but this time he struck a much different tone. >> the language of monal condemnand destructive routine, these are arguments and disagreements that have to stop. no one should calessly compare political opponents to historical villains, which is done often. it's done all the time. got to stop. >> president trump says it's everyone's job to make the tional dialogue more civil. he cled out the media specifically. >> the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless hostility and constant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. have to do it. >> at no point during last y night's rad the president attack anyone personally. since the news of the explosivep broke,licans and democrats have been united in denouncing the act. lawmakers praised the work of the secret service and postal

workers for keeping the devicesy rom their intended targets. >> law enforcement officials say they're staying vigilant to make re nothing gets past them, but they need your help. news 4'sustin finch is live in capitol heights with more on the steps they're taking to make sure everyone is safe. justin? >> reporter: aaron, that'st. ri this post office here behind me actually processes mail bound cfor thosegressional offices. they are charged with flagging suspiciousit s, and yesterday that is what happened here. now law enforcement is asking us all to do the same. take a look at this image here showing one of those devices mailed in the mail yesterday. you'll see it's in a manila envelope. inside, whaal officials the makings of a dangerous explosive device. it's the reason why postal workers nationwide are revisiting their suspicious package training for what those items to look like and to how to c.st handle and report them.

here in we had an issue with this some years ago, back in october ofth001. e two postal workersdi who after their exposure to anthra their sacrifice still remembered. the postal office where they worked now bearing their name wi tributes along there as well.ss congrewoman eleanor holmes norton says too often the work of postal workers and mailoe handlers unnoticed. >> i must say that my heart goes out to the feder employees, many of whom i represent on the front lines. they're the ones that were most inhe line of fire, whatever it turned out to b and i saw what could happen because we lost two postal workers rightere in the strict of columbia. >> reporter: and at all levels of law enforcent, we have been hearing that identifying suspicious packages in mail items is not oy the job of the

post office, also, too, that we as citizens must be alert for suspicious packages and when see them we should call them and identinf them to lawcement as soon as possible. they say that kind of work can truly save lives'r live here in capitol heights. justin finch, news 4. >> stin, thank you and we are monitoring the investigation very closely and will bri you any updates on air and online as they come in. of course, just find that information in the nbc washington app. breaking news now. it's being call the the most powerful storm of 2018. super typhoon yutu slamming into u.s. territories right now. >> this is happening in guam and the mariana islands. chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest ideo of this strong storm. >> guys, take a look. the winds have been gusting upil to 180 per hour. you can see the power of this storm in this new video. we've learnedeveral people have already been injured. as you take a closer look, just to put thes strength of t storm into perspective, super typhoon yutu is the force e kwif

len -- equivalent of a category 5 thurricane. it strongest storm to hit any part of the u.s. this year. storm surges and waves have crested as high as 25 feet. thin the eye oe storm, those waves have reached as high as 4t nearly 200 federal emergency workers have deployernto the nortarianas to help. these u.s. territories are going to need a lot of help to recover from this kind of storm. >> chris, thank you. it's 5:07. we have new details in a fatal shooting ttocked the district. a third person has been arrested in the death of 10-year-old makiyah wilson. she was gunne down outside her apartment complex as she went out for an ice cream back in july gregory taylor of ft. washington, maryland, now faces murder charges. her mother tal to news 4 about the break in this case. she explained why she can't forgive the suspectedilrs. >> the past couple of court days and everything i've been throug sympathy.

h,d says you should forget and fo irgoive a lots n of people, t'me i not even -- they're not even showing they care. >> the police chief says detectives are still looking for at least two additional suspects. this morning investigators are trying to establish a motive in a deadly supermarket shooting in kentucky. investigators say the suspect entered a kroger store yesterday afternoon and shot a man several time he then walked out into the parking lot and shot a woman. both died. an armed citizen exchanged gunfire with that suspt, but he managed to get away and was later arrested. new details about that viral outbreak at a pediatric rehab ceer in new jersey. a seventh child has now died from the adenovirus. it's common and usually mild in healthy people, but the children at the rehab center all had fragile immune systems. in all, abo a 18 children the center were affected. today we could get answers

about a last movanth's massive fire at a senio apartment building in d.c. smoke could be seen for miles. the residents are safe now, but questions remain about the cause an the response. news 4's amy ch is live with what we could learn from officials today. >> rorter: aaron,eun, good morning. i want to show you this building is still brded up. it's destroyed. nobody can live in it. officials say this chain lin nce may have slowed firefighters down and made it tougher for them to get to building ase this it was burning. that's just one of the many problems expected to be addressed at today's hearing.ts also, residay the fire alarms did not go off, the sprinklers did not go off. neighbors had to bang on doors to let them know what was going on. and of course you may recall shortly after the fire, officials said everyone in the building wased accou for. enginee days later as were searching the building, they discovered an elderly man still alive, still trapped of course, the question remains

there how did nobody realize this man was missing? in the meantime, the 160 residents who used to live here aill have no place to call home, and theyo have not been allowed back inside here to gather their things. news 4 will be covering that hearing today. we'll bring you updates on air and in e nbc washington app. >> aimee, thank you. sunday is the big day for tens of thousands of runners in the marine corps marathon. > this year a twist for one family. a father and daughter are trading roles for the race this year. ken has run 25 marathons, cluding 16 marine corps marathons. his daughter polly has cheered him onbo at just every one of those races, including his first marathon nearly 20 years ago. now it is his turn to root for her. >> we sort of have come up with the phras we're passing the baton now. it'll feel slightly weird. >> this will be polly' first marathon. for more information about the race, you can search marine

corps marathon in the nbc washington app. and nbc 4 is a partner of the marine corpsat mn. check out coverage here on news 4 on sunday morning. if you are going out there, maybe mile four. >> our ohuck bell will there. >> we'll have our whole peacock set up. still ahead, why the forecast may play a role in your heart's health. >> and ike you're in the mar for a new car or have doubts about the one you're driving now, we have the story forou y consumer reporter susan hogan breaks dn the reliability ranking of popular cars. chuckout our weather, bell? >> looking good for today. if you want to come out and see us art mile four, it'srg on the ia side of the key bridge. car wash fecast for today, nothing to worry about. you may want to save your elbow grease or your mon. rain is moving back in tomorrow. more about the weekend rain chances coming up. we're family. we'd d

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owners in the survey have trouble with their car turbo charger and engine computer. a few needed complete engine replacements >> the truth is, when automakers introduce such new technology, it can take several model years to get it working correctly. >> reporter: here's a look at the cars that came out on top as the mo reliable. the lexus gx, toyota prius c, and mazda mx-5 miata. the lrest able were the ram 3500, tesla model x, and the cadillac ats. i'm susan hogan, news 4. 5:16 right now. a new flu treatment promises to get you back on your feet faster than any other drug. it's called xofluza. it's the first new flu drug in 20 years. doctors say that pill can reduce the severity and the duration of the flu after just one dose. but it's only meant for patients ages 12 and older. the drug will be available within a few weeks. this is some p unwelcome news as we head into fall and winter.

new researchst sug people may have a higher risk of heart attack on coldysgray, windy >> swedish researchers found the link was strongest with romperatures. when the weathered to 30 degrees, people were 14% more likely to have heart attack. as the wind speed increased from 0 to 36 miles per hour, there was a 7% increase in risk. and on days with no sun, the heart attack risk went up by 11%. oom telling you, gloom and is not good for anybody. even our general mood goes down if there's no sunshine. >> these are all things that are ouressors. if ye super cold, your body has to work harder to warm you up. >> you can also be stressed by extreme heat. they didn't study that, though, did they a bunch of winter haters doing this survey, no doubt about that. n, no doubt you funded this research. all right. we have a clear sky,nd it's cold outside this morning. be ready for 30s in neighborhoods. four things you need to know about the weather. off to a chilly startto

sunshine fory, but that's it. rain moves in for tomorrow. saturday also looks cloudy and showery. sunday, though still cloudy, looks a little less rainy now. that'selcome news. here's the rain where it is currently from kansa gulf coast. this is all coming in our direction. we won't have anything to worry about today. morning. clear this some of these high clouds across southern virginia and southern west virginia now, those will be moving in later on in the day. they'll dim out the sunshine a little bit tail end of the afternoon. again, nothing to worry about infallwise today. future weather, tomorrow morning it'll be cloudy when you get up but dry. friday afternoon the rain starts to move in after about lunchtime. rain could be briefly heavy at mes from about sunset on friday to sunrise on apat'll be the rainiest period. rain will back to showers once we get to saturday urternoon. so sy starts off rainy and blustery. breezy as wel

finishes up cloudy with showers around. sunday, again, lower rain b chance not much in the way of sunshine. temperatures will be up near 60 degrees by sunday afternoon. so agai 30s now, 58 the high today. enjoy the sunshine while we have it. an 80% chance of rain second half of tomorrow. 0% chanc of rain on saturday, the heaviest of which will be in the morning. next half hour, i'll give you the ten day. for now, it's time for first 4 trafnic. >> good m. new problem here on the beltway. bethesda, outer loop after georgetown road. a crash here. we're starting to see those delays as you're trying to kind of head around to river eastbound 66 before the beltway, still have that ridt side blocecause of the disabled tractor trailer. looking at the rest of the beltway, not bad at all. everything is nice and clear. no complaints aside from outerl at old georgetown. silver spring northbound georgia beltway, right e lane gets by that work zone. and arlington northbound gwt parkwayhe key bridge, left lane isng getti by there.

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time to start thinking about the weekend. the walk to end hiv satday morning. eun and i are mc'ing that event. still looks cool andhory, unfortunately. the howard homecomin parade could also have showers impacting that. then if you're going out to the pumpkin patch, sunday will be the better half of the wee nd to do that. today's forecast coming up. worried about that saturdayh morning, k. all right. plus, a backyard surprise when a humvee drops from the sky. a military mistake that caused this suv fl. and more on our top story this morning, those suspicious packages sent to prominent political figures. why officials fear the explosive threat may continutoday.

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right now at 30, we're still tracking our top story. explosive packages shipped to ominent political figures and the media through the mail.

so far at least sevens, package including bombs, have been tracked down. the threat is not oveor at least one is believed to be out there mixed in with the mail that's delivered to our homes and offices every day. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. we're going to get back to the latest on that investigation in a moment. >> first to a check on the weather and traffic this morning as you start your thursday. enjoy the sun once it comes up today, because it's goingr to b ast day of good sunshine for a while. >> we'll take advantage of it. chuck bell is here with your storm team 4 forecast before melissa mollet has t ourraffic. chuck, give it to us. >> all right. sunshine for your thursday. that is the best news that i've got in the forecast. fortunately, those weeke rain chances we've been telling you about all week, they'reil there. the clear sky and light wind overnight has allowedat tempes to go bombs away. 29 now in gaithersburg. below freezing now across much of centralirginia from

manassas to warrenton, stanton, and harrisonburg. national airport still at 41. right by the water there, 47. as you're planning out your thursday, nothing to worry about todae just make sou got your seat heater working this morning. sun is not up until 7:28s t morning. then bright sunshine all day long. we will start to see some high clouds movin inater on in the afternoon. not a big impact for today. tomorrow, though, more rain chances by friday afternoon. that part of the forecast and the ten day coming up laterhe o inalf hour. melissa, good news, i trust? >> unfortunately not. outer loop after old georgetown road, had this veerturned cle towards the top of the beltway. right now you're just getting by single lane to t this overturned vehicle. hopefully they get this out of the way here pretty soo because right now it is causing a slowdown there.n you can see the map there, kind of the bottom of the spur is taken up with that red and orange line. rest of the beltway is looking okay.

don't have any complaints. eastbound 66 before the beltway, very slo here. had an earlier disabled vehicle on the right side. we have now reopened, but we're still pretty slow. rest of 66 looks okay. 95 in virginia, no problems. our little slow spot here going just about 45 miles perouour nort there through woodbridge. >> melissa, thank you. your time is back to our top story. sentearch for bombs through the mail continues this morning. explosives like the one o your screen were sent to former top lawmakers. this morning officials fear at least one i packa still making its way through the mail service. a postal worker reportedly told investigat suspicious package was spotted with former vice president joe bide on it. but that package has not been loomted. all the apparently had timers, contained powder from reworks, and shrapnel. >> at least seven suspicious packages are being examined right now.le it's not yet where they came from. take a look.

these packages were mailed fromt e new york to florida, the clintons, the obamas, former attorney general eric holder, democratic donor george soros, and the cnn offices i new york city. california democratic congresswoman maxin waters was also sent two packages. this was the scene outside the l.a. mail facility yesterday when a robot wasrought in to inspect the package. another one was addressed to her d.c. office, but that was intercepted in capitol s,heig maryland. news 4's justin finch is live outside that postal facility for ushis morning. justin, what are postal workers and law enforcement doing to make sure they find these packages? >> reporter: well, aaron, right now postal workers are ewreg their training on handling and reporting suspicious packails. this fy here in capitol heights, they actually process mail for congressional offices. thick thinking yesterday helped lead to flagging those suspicious packages. they all want you to see this image. it's one of those suspicious

devices mailed out yesterday. it appears to be in a very benign manila envelope. inside, the potential of a very explosive and dangerous device. red flags for items like these include llmissgs on the label as well as being crudely assembled. basically, if it loo suspicious, you are urged to give a call to law enforcement, no matter how bigllr s this, of course, can be very serious. you might recall back in 2001 that five people t died due anthrax exposure. two of them local d.c. postal workers. they worked at the brentwood facility, now named in their honor. d.c. police chief says now is a time for all of us to be individu vigilant. will not let this type of terroristic behavior interrupt our lives. we're going to do everything we possibly can to ensure there's a

swift closure in this case. >> reporter: so right nowaw enforcement looking to see if there are perhaps more devices in the ml system thatould go out very soon. in the meantime, they're urging us all to say if you see something, say something. it does not matter how small the item is. it really could save a life. back to you. n finch live jus for us in capitol heights. justin, thank you. and last night at a rally in wisconsin, prenddent trump ned the mailings and called for american unity. the president did not do hisnd usual rf launching specific personal attacks on his political adversaries, butd he lame the media for the current pitical climate. ws 4's tracie potts will have more in a live report. >> it'sow 5:35. we want to begin your other top stories with this breaking news. airfax county police are investigating aovernight stabbing in the seven corners area of falls church. the major crimes division responded to the scene at patrick henry drive and

arlington bouleva u. police tel the victim has life-threatening injuries. we'll update you as we learn more. a third arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 10-year-old girl i d.c. gregory taylor is now in custody, charged in makiyah wilson's killing. she was buying ice cream outsidt her north d.c. home in july when she was killed. o more suspects are still on the run. coming up in o next half hour, hear from makiyah's mother about why she can't forgive the suspected killers. it's day two of deliberations in the d.c. mansion murder jurors will decide the fate of daron wint. he's the only person charged with killing three family kembers and their houer in 2015. wint's attorneys are trying to pin the murders on his brothers. and early voting starts in maryland at 10:00 this morning.v earlyoting already under way in d.c. and west virginia. there is no early voting in virginia. but you can vote before election day in rson by using an absentee ballot. you have to have a valid excuse for not voting on election day. you can find polling centers

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how about this for an unexpect delivery? a military cargo plane dropped a mum v humvee in the middle of a neighborhood in north carolina. that humvee was on aor pla attached to a parachute. residents in the area said they heard aig boomhen it landed yesterday. nobody was hurt. they were testing a new heavy lift platform system, and thata humvee supposed to land about a mile away. might want to keep testing that system. >> not that close. then check this out. you don't want to mess with this judge. this video is out of washington state. >> take a look atit this. shows a judge chasing after two inmates two tried to escape his courtroom. look at thisng it's somet out of the thre stoojs o sto stooges. the judge rips off his. ro >> very clark kent. >> the two men go down the

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your time is 5:45ur back to top story. explosives found in the mail. president trump mentioned thepa ages sent to former elected leaders during a campaign stop in wisconsin last nht. >> a while the president condemned the attacks and called for american unity, he also t blam media for the current political climate. >> the media also has a responsibility to set a civil tone and to stop the endless

hostility andonant negative and oftentimes false attacks and stories. have to do it. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill following this developing story. tracie, what elsehe president have to say? >> well, he said that this was a despicable he did talk quite a bit about unity and said this is not what america is about. he went after whoever is sending these bombs, saying that he opposes this and that t federal government is on it. they are investigating, and they will find who's behind it. in fact, the n biafbi and other agencies are in the process of doing just that, now trying to take apart not only how these bombs were made but the packaging, looking for any clues, hair, fiber, dna. >> all right. tracie potts live for us on capitol hilie tr thank you. 14 before the hour now. a 4 i-team investigation

reveals a local program that handles bodies donated to science i dealing with a serious problem. scott macfarlane reportshehat includesishandling of remains, causing heartbreak for local families. >> reporter: the state has a memorial site for the people who have donated their bodies to the state for scientific research. when the news 4 i-team began investigating the program, we were surprised by what we found. >> i didn't know it was going to be such hell for me. >> reporter: carmen's late husband brian nated his body to the maryland state anatomy board to advce medical research. when the state returned brian's remains,armen buried them, alongside mily. more than a year later, she receiv a disturbing call. the remains she buried were not her husband's. >> i said, so who are the remains that i buried? he said, ma'am, i have no idea. >> reporter: an internal mo obtained by the i-team shows the new man in charge of the program warned of a serious inventy

control problem at thetate board. in another instance, a donor's ashes were mistanly buried at the state-run cemetery instead of returned to the family. the state health department oversees the anatomy board and i is invting how many other families could be impacted. >> it's a terrible thing, and we're tryi to get to the bottom of what happened. >> reporter: coming up tonight as part of our full st ination, why the state is dealing with so many more bodies than it used to in years past and what's being done to prevent future mix-ups in this sensitive program. for now, scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. look at this. the smoke could be seen for miles. this was the scene from the arthur capper senior apartments in southeast washington as esidents were rescued from the building. a month later, questions remain about the actual cause and response to this massive fire. >> news 4's aimee cho is outside

the b mlding. she he on what we could learn from d.c. officials about that fire today. >> reporter: the goal here is to make sure something like t hs nevepens again. as you can see, the building behind me is still boarded up. nobody can live there. officials say this construction chain link fence may s havewed firefighters down and made it tougher for them to get to people inside this building as it was burning. that's justan one of the problems expected to be addressed at today's hearing. also, residents say the fire alarms did not go off, the sprinklers did not go off. residents had to bang on each other's doors to let them know what was going on and in many cases rescue people in wheelchairs. shortly after the fire, officials said everyone was counted for, but five days later as engineers were bu searching theding, they discovered a man still alive, still trapped inside his apartment. of course, the questremains there, how did nobody realize this man was missing? in the metime, the 160 residents who used to live here still have no pmanent pla to

call home and still have not been allowed back inside to gather their things. news 4 will be covering that hearing today andill bring y updates on airnd in the nbc washington app. >> aimee cho, live for us in southeast.k thou. new overnight, if you're up right now, you probably didn't catch the wizards' late game on the west coast. probably better off. last night the wizards lost to the warriors 144-122. yikes. steph curry was on fire. he scored 51 pfints. of his three pointers were just in the first quarter alone. and he's almosthooting from half court these days. kevin durant also put in 30 buckets. tomorrow nizht theards take on the sacramento kings. also overnight, the red s expanded their world series lead over the dodgers. boston beat l.a. 4-2 last night. they're now two games aheadt in the besf seven serious. no game tonight. the series moves to the west coast for games three and four.

that'll start tomorrow. >> it was really cold apparently at fenway park. i think that was not helpful to the dodgewe. >> they in the low to mid-40s for the game the last two nights. they're going out to l.a. it'll be almost 80 degrees. >> woo, that's my kind of weather. >> let's all go to l.a. oh, sheena. by the way, we're all coming out to visit. we have a sunny day ahead today. our rain chances are going up, up, up as we get into your afriday. rada satellite combined here shows a pretty steady batch of rain now from kansas city all the wayds down tow new orleans. there's no way it's going to miss us. the good news is i think the heaviest of the rain will be done by very early on saturday morning. sunday, though not much sunshine, looks like rain chances will be a little lower fearingwere originally that is welcome news. it will be bright and sunny to finish today. here's future weath starting tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m. skies becoming mostly cloudy late tonight and early tomorrow. could have rain swers in here early as about lunchtime.

the heavier, steadier rainmomes in f sunset tomorrow until sunrise oda sat morning. the rain could be heavy at times late friday night into the predawn hours of saturday. keep that in mind. an inch to two inche of rain is possible. your friday planner then, cloudy skies tomorrow. rain chances go from 30%t lunchtime to 80% chance by 5:00 and so8:00. oday it's the good day. clear skies, temperature 42ow in washington. below freezing in many suburbs this morning. 29 in montgomery county. 32 in front royal. get your winter coat on here this morning. it'll be up into t midnd upper 50s later today. there's that rain chance for your friday and saturday. steadiest of the rain is done by on on saturday. melissa, still a lot of clouds on marine corathon day, but not much in the way of rain. >> that is good. takiop a look right now of the beltway, not so good. chopper 4 over this problem. this isoo outer after old

georgetown. this car was just on its side. they've righted it. g they'rng to get it out of the way. right now just the two left lanes get by. that causing quite a delay, about a three-mile backup. we're hoping this really loosens up quickly as they get that vehicle out of the roadway. that's the backup right now. connecticut avenue is where you're going to start getting that slowdown. rest of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop no problems here. inbound suitland parkway at stanton road, left lane blocked by a stalled vehicle. 27 no problem. top of the beltway, you can see those delays, going about 36 miles per hour. inbound on 66 is fine. 95 north quantico to the beltway, 41 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fmhen you hopn your car. >> melissa, thank you. metro riders are getting credit backn their accounts. the transit agency promised to refund yourcc smart tripnt when the system is more than 15 minutes late. since the programegan this year, metro has refunded riders

nearly $1 million. that is well below the $2.5 million they budgeted. now metro wants to raise the bar because it say service i improvint starting nexear, metro plans to reimburse you twhen the trais are ten minutes late. > someone is waking up knowing they're a billionaire. >> somebody in south carolina won tuesday's37 massive $1 billion mega millions jackpot. you know what, we may never know who that person is. south carolina is one of seven states that allows the winner to remain anonymous. kind of hard to do though when you become that filthy rich. >> all the sudden. >> especially in a small town like simpsonville where the ti k ticket was sold. >> i've been through there. greenville at least. three second place tickets were sold in our area.ne the depressingor me was sold at a 7-elevenou on capitol street in southwest. that's like three blocks away

from me. i can't believe i didn't go to that one. the other two were sold in dale city. all eyes will be on wall street today. the dow plunged 600 points yesterday, wiping out o all its 2018 gains. cnbc reports this latest decline was driven in party a sharp drop in tech shares and worries about corporate enings. >> morning. i'm frank holland here at cnbc headquarters. google isaking it easier for users to delete their search history. a new function called your data and search allows users to ndreview delete recent searches within the search page itself. it also lets users adjust ad settings and activity controls decide what information google saves to your account. the wlaunclaunch of the new too follows recent privacyth scanda found google was still storing time-stamped user data and giving developers acces to users' private information on its google plus platform. with your cnbc morning business

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to lowprescription drugsosts of medicare-for-all allows us to take every pharmaceutical companyce to task on the pf 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. good morning, everyone. i'm aneun >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. just about 6:00 a.m. on a busy morning here at news 4. we want to start withn a check your forecast and your commute. >> we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and a look at your forecast. cold morning, chuck. >> oh, yes. down below freezing in many of our suburbsnghis mor 29 now in manassas.

37 now in quantico. 32 in columbia, maryland. 29 in montgomery county. a very cold start for sure. sun is not up for a while. still almost another hour and a half before the sun is up. ill stay colder for the next couple hours. again, many below freezing for the next little bit. be ready for a hitch in your giddy-up. e i'm very optimistic youing to like the way today is turning out. b-plus. would have been an "a," but we'll be about 8 degrees cooler than average. our average is 66. today's forecastedigh is only 58 degrees. it won't be ass breezy it was yesterday. to help you navigate thein way work and school, here's melissa. >> something you might want to avoidere. a little slow right now. chopper 4 over the top of the beltway. this is outer loop after old georgetown road. everything is now on the right. it was an overturned vehicle, a two-car crash with injuries. we still have real backups there. slow from about connecticut