news4 midday w beginsh breaking news. >> we are following several breaking stories including mor suspicious packages found. explosive specialists called n thew scenes this morning. the tense moments caught on cam raj -- camera as the package i carefully anapproached. president trump plays the blame game. and a massive house fire out of coleville. firefighters concerned that home will collapse. we have live coverage.

good morning, i'm erika gonzalez. suspicious packages addressed to actor robert de niro a former vice president biden were found. this comes after seven packages e sent to top democrats, including formernt presi obama. tracie potts has the latest. >> reporter: two suspicious packages were discovered in delaware this morning, addressed to former vice president joe biden. >> all the components were there to harm somebody had that exploded. >> reporter: a new york bomb squad removing a pack an packag restaurant owned by actor robert de niro. authoritiesre investigating suspicious packages mailed to

former presidents barack obama, hiclinton, congresswoman maxine waters and other high-profile democrats critical of president trump. >> such m conductt be fiercely opposed and firmly prosecuted. at >> reporter: at a rally last night he blamed again the media. john brennan went to cnn's new york headquarters. the building was evacuated. >> this clearly is an act of terror. reporter: most of the packages were intercepted at mail filities and got nowhere near their intded targets. >> we are fine thanks to the men and women of the secret servicer orter: postmarks and other evidence could provide important clues. >>dna, fingerprints, hairs andh fiberst might be connected to theen ce. >> reporter: authorities have not said why the device go off.t >> more on that twe there

president donald trump. this is another look at the tweet from this morning in the midst of the terror. when asked if t president has a role to play in these potentially dangerous packages, one was sent to cnn, sanders said there is a big difference between comments made and actions taken. download our nbc washingtoup ap fortes on this breaking news story. now we go to our breaking news out of colesville. we're told this is what's left of a large two-story home.n flames have b shooting out for nearly an hour. right now the a occupan unaccounted for. montgomery county firefighters are on the scene. we will bring you updates as they come into our newsroom. we're also following a deveping story with the help

of our news partners. we have a new informationbout 200-page report committed by th university of maryland and board of regents on the culture inside the football there. john joins me. tell me whathis report specifically says about the culture of the footballroam there. >> the people i talked to is that the culture is not exactly that was following the death of linebacker jordan mcnair when you heard allegations of abuse and sries of players mistreated by coaches and members of the athletic department. at led to this long commission. according to this commission and the report givenoa to the of regent as week ago, there are lo of recommendations, there's no recommendatio in terms of personnel whether anybody should or shouldn't be fired, but ultimately the culture there is

not considered toxic to those who finished ts report recently. >> is anybody in jeopardy of losing their jobs art of this report or even arevious one that was done? >> that's definitely the case the boardf regents met for more than seven hours on tuesday. theyl have a conference call again sometime this afternoon. the sense i've gotten from inside tha meeting on tuesday is that a majority favor that athletic and the director moving on. trying to figure out how that's going to happen is something to work out. there's lot of money involved, contracts that go for the nex few years. in the long run, school president wallace lowe, i've been saying for a while he's still in jeopardy. a lot of people are upset with how that's been handled on his end as well.

i think one person told me maybe by the sing he might be on his way out as well. >> all right, john domen with our news partner, thanks so much for your time. >> thank you. >> let's talk a little weather. super cold out there this morning with temperatures in the 30s. sun'sut now, which hopefully means we're warming up.s le find out how much. let's go to amelia draper. >> things are going to warm up this afternoon, high in the 50s. was a cold start this morning. i took my dog out and said, nope, i am not running outside this morning. a little bitoo chilly. right now the chill is still in the air. with plenty of hisu, it's still nice. upper 40s, 50 in washington, 48 inri fre and 49 in manassis. very similar t yesterday, but we're not going to be dealing with those breezy winds like we had on wednesday and plenty of

sunshine in the forecast. a ourrage high now about 66 degrees. tomorrow we're only in the low to mid 50s for highs, a high around 52. on saturday we're in the mid 50 on sunday we're warming to around 60 degrees. but with that cooler weath also comes some rain friday and saturday. i'm going to have the latest timing with future weather, erikia ceri eri erika, at 11:20. early voting begins in maryland. early voting is under way in west virginia and d.c. you can vote before election day in perso using an absentee ballot but you must have a valid excuse for not voting on election day. today we expect to learn more about that massive fire at a senior apartment building near the navy yard. d.c. officials are s h tod a hearing on the cause and

respon response. last month over 100 seniors were displaced following that fire. news4's aimee cho is live. >> reporter: the residents want to hear where they'll be able to live. most of them are still in hotels they want to hear what the strict plans to do to ma sure nothing happens like this again. the smoke could s ben for miles. some of theany questions need to be addressed, why the fire alarms ander sprin failed to go off, whether a construction sensor slowed downer firefig and kept them from getting to people inside and of course how elderly man could be trapped inside the building for five days afterwar without anybody realizing he was missing. again, those 0 sidents still have no permanent place to call home. they don't know if they'll ever be able to return to the building t gather their things. today we're expected to hear from some of those residents w will talk about the struggles

they've been going through and we hopeo to talk fire officials who can answer some o those lingering questions that have been going on for so long. >> aimee, thank you so very much. we're still working tothearn cause of this dramac house fire. jaime rodriguez was killed in the fire and known in thes community a papa jimmy. two men working on a house nearby ran to help. they grabbed a work ladder a leaned that against the home, but the fire was just too hot to be able to help. . right now a part of can road is closed down where a major tree trimming is happening. the road is set toreopen today at 2:00. new overnight we learned that nobody won last ght's

powerball drawing. those numbers are on your seen right now. the jackpot has nowballooned to $750 million. the next powerba drawing, saturday. the powerball has been in t shadow because of that huge megamillions jackpot that was one by one person in south carolina, over a billion dollars. amelia talked to us about the cold morning. coming up,ho is dealing with 12 inches of snow? 12 inches of snow? and the transit stem is paying

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more breaking news coming in at this hou the vorassociated press is seporting that defense secretary james mat is going to sign an order to send at least 800 troops tohe mexican border. president trump recently threatened to shut down the border because of the large migrants moving toward the

united tates. they a provide logistical support to border control,hi including es, tents, equipment. there are already about 2,000 national guard troops assist teg bor -- assistingor at ther under a previous pentagon arrangemt. jurors are deliberating the fate of a man accused in the d.c. mansion murders. the jury must sort through weeks of testimony anden ev. prosecutors argue the dna evidence against wint is overwhelming. however, wint's lawyer said there's enough evidence pointing to wint's brothers a the kills are. >> a news4 i-team reports that mishandling of remains are causing heartbreak for some

families.or >> rr: the state has a memorial site for people who donated the bodies to the state for scientific research. when we began investigating the prram, we were surprised b what we found. >> i didn't know it was going to be such a hell for me. >> reporter: carmen late husband, brian, donated his body to mhe stateical board to advance medical research. whenhe state returned his mains, carmen buried them. but she received a disturbing call, that the remains she buriede wt her husband. >> i said who are the remains that i buried? he said, ma'am, i have no idea no clue. >> reporter: the new man in charge warned of a ser inventory problem at the new board. and the state health department ovsees thenatomy board,

investigating how many otherli fa are affected. >> it's a terrible thing. reporter: coming up, why the state is dealing with so many more bodies than it u the past and what's being done to prevent future mixups in this sensitive program. this morning investigators are trying to establish a motive in deadly supermarket shooting in kentucky. investigators say the suspect entered a kroger store yesterday afteoon and randomly shot a man several times. we're going to get to that story in just a minute. we have news in the macaiah wilson case. she's gunned down outside her aenarst cream. a third person has been arrested ke her death.

her mom s with us about the break in the case and said why she cannot forgive the suspected killers. >> the last coupleou of days i've been t'through, i no sympathy. god said you forget and forgive a lot of people but to me they're n t even showingt they care. >> reporter: the police chief said directs are still looking ofolr suspects let's go back to the story this morning trying to establish a motive in a ddly supermarket shooting in kentucky. investigators say the suspect entered a kroger store yesterday afternoon and randomly shot a man several times. he then walksut to the parking lot and shoots a woman. both people died. armed citizen exchanged gunfire with the suspect, but he managed to get away. theuspect was later arrested. >> metro announced if you're more than 15 minutes late on

your trip, you're going to get a credit back. a lot of people have been getting money back, to the tune of around $1 million worth. >> reporter: metro rail riders are getting quite a bit of credit back on their accounts. >> that's it's worth it. >> reporter: news4 has learned that since metro put its rush hour promise in place this year where you get a credit if you're more than 15 minut late, more than $1 million has been credited back to smart trip >> that's crazy. i wish they would take then millnd get the metro functioning. >> reporter: the exact number is $961,675, but metro says that's actually w below budget. the transit agency budgeted about $2.5 million for these type ofs.cred christaox rides everyday. she's gotten one of the credits but says that's not what she wants. >> i want metro to get me to a

place at a certain time. the refund, while nice, i'd just rather have a reliable metro system. >> reporter: we learned the rush hour prose is going to be changing. it's going to go from being late at a 15-minute clip to ten minutes. the amount of creditiven back to bus riders is only about a thousand dollars, main because bus riders have to fill out a form to get that credit back. along the metro system, adam tuss, news4. >> a huge kids festival is taking place right now in d.c. how can you take part cing up. >> and we are talking to people

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heavy snowfall in parts of new england. here's what it looks like right now in maine. the national weather service reports up to 12 inches in some areas in fact. as expected, the snow causedra severales on the slippery iads. more precipitation expected to hit maine this weekend, which could include freezing rain. let's just skip right on by. >> no, not ready. >> october, november. i want to settle in to the fall. i don't want to skip through to winter. >> it' i worked up in buffalo, new york. kind of the joke is are the kids goingo need snow suits over their costumes for halloween. >> but none of that around here. >> no, not around here. was definitely a chilly start this morning, some frost in areas. plenty of sunshine out there. for the afternoon, we're going to be pasantly cool you definitely want the fall jacket heading out this afternoon, picking t kid up from the bus stops and i'm not

trackire they winds like i was yesterday. the latest indications is that rain will move in toward the late afternoon and early evening hours. you still he your friday morning and midday areas to get dsyour err done or get your walk or run in. sunday is looking like the better of the two weekend days because we're tracking rain on friday. right now we're at 50 degrees. can you see in the backgroun here from one of our tower cameras a not cloud in the sky. 1 p.m. we're at 53degrees. and we'll top out today around actly where wch were yesterday. but without the wind, it will feel a little bit better out there.ut here'se weather. i'm starting you off at 3 p.m. you can see the rain starting to come in from the south during the mid afternoon hours. it's in the d.c. and metro area and almost all of metro

virginia. and friday night, you're gting rain, stay in, pop some popcorn and enjoy the a cooler weather some rain. we're waking up to rain on saturday at 8 a.m. nothing too heavy but if y have events, keep that in mind. we have the walk to end h.i.v. and the howard homecoming parade. as you move to the afternoon and evening hours, still a few showers. as we look to sunday, we do dry out.e i'll have m on how the weather is impacting your weekend and what we can expect next week, erika, coming up in 15 minutes. >> thank you, matsm. nobody w car that breaks down and racks up big repair bills. amelia and i have been talking about this, our cars have been giving usle so much tro "consumer reports" gives us a

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we're staying on top of this breaking news.te suspicious packages now have been stopped. this morning officials say suspicious packages addressed to actorobt de niro and former vice president joe biden were st ped. one were addressed to de niro in new york and two were addressed biden. some of these packages also ended up rht here in our area. one for congresswoman maxine waters was intercepted at a postal facility in capital heights. justin finch has more on what stalorkers and law enforcement are doing to make sure they find these packages.

>> reporter: law enfor agencies from local to federal are working right now to track down the source of those spicious packages. meantime, postal workers are on alert and they're being asked to have the public on alert as oll. here is one those suspicious packages. as you can see, it's wrapped in a manila envelope, looks pretty benign but inside officials say are the makings of an explosio of -- explosive device. those can still b o in mail right now. 's a real hazard, especially for postal workers. you mightecl back in 2001, two d.c. area postal workers died aft being exposed to anthrax. the processing center where they worked is now named in their honor. authorities also say that we must salute postal workers for their difficult and sometimes dangerous jobs. >> somebody, some federal

employee, some postal worker recognized that something was amiss and called in law we're so grateful for whoever they were. >> reporter: and officials say the best thing to do if you see a device or package that looks suspicious is to not open it or approach it but to give a to 911. they say it's very important that if you see something to sah sog. in northwest, i'm justin finch, news4. >> we'll be following t story closely all day on air and online. look for updates in our nbc washington app. >> an date on t breaking news out of colesville, we now know nobody was in the home when the fire started. flames were shooting from the home for nearly an hour, and now we're seeing mostly smoke. firefighters remain at the scene. >> there's a new drug to help treat the flu.

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listed. t european ambassador to the united states is here with whatan families expect at the two-week festival. this has been going on since last weekend. >> last saturdayoe and through the first week of november. the demand force p is very high. there's a lot of excitement about this. >> tell us what parents can look forward to if they've got kids interested in participate ing. where do they go toartake in a little fun? >> we bring performe, movies, storytellers from 28 states to sh the diversity of our culture and our languages and our aditions. ki can participate, there's a

great event happening on friday evening, a choir from latvia, some of whom are deaf, ome of whom areearing impaired, some who have no hearing problems singing together. there are painting opportunities. it's a great opportunity for children to be exposed to different cultures and at the same time get them out of the house, the parents like to do that. you can go to the web site to get where the events are taking place. >> talk to me about how d.c. schools cooperate in this. >> people provide thevenues. >> in many locations they serve as thevenues. >> our member states provide the entertainers and movies we work closely with the european culture foundation. it's a very clollaborati effort across the d.c. area.

>> there's really something forb evy. >> absolutely. ages 2 to 12. you can choose what fits, how venturous your kids are, how much they want to participate or just be entertained. >> where can people get information? >> www.kidseurofest.org. and you find out about the venues and theull schedule of what's happening. >> it runs through november 4th. thank you for being with us. >> amelia is back after a break with a look

this is pretty unwelcome news as we head into fl and winter. new research suggests people may have a higher risk of a heart attack on cold, gray and windy days. swedishnd researchers f the link was strongest with temperature. so when the temperature dropped to 30 degrees, people were 14% more likely to have a heartck

at as the wind speed increased from 0 to 36 miles per hour, there was 7% increase in risk. and on days with no sun, the heart attack risk went u by 11%. basically we need to be living in san diego. i think sheena beat to us amit. ia joins us now to talk more about weather, really a focus looking toward the weekend and how much rain we could be dealing with is still uncertain? >> we could be looking at two inches of rain moving in. the morning and midday hours tomorrow mpletely dry but then take a look at your weekend forecast. 56 on saturday, 60 sunday. we're going to have rain out there saturday mornin looking at the latest information coming in, there is saturday hat your afternoon and evening is completely dry. hat in do want to keep mind.

saturday is not a complete washout but you want to count on showers likely, especiallyng duhe early morning hours on saturday. as we look to sunday, some peeks of sunshine in the peacekeepfor. we could have showers moving in overnight sunday but thosearould out of here by monday morning for the commute. because of the showers on saturday, the weather having a bit of an impact on your weekend. we have the walk to end the heavy rain at that point is over, just light showers. but it's going to becool. you definitely want the layers. i would even recommend maybe a ligh pair of gloves. i just hate being cold wetside. have the howard homecoming parade until noon. showers are possible but not a heavy rain. we have the marine corps marathon on sunday morning. a lot of us at ws4 will be at

the peacock mile, mile four, to cheer all the runners yeon. are going to be key to start the race, temperatures in the upper 40s. and it is looking dry. if you're heading to the mountains to check out the fall color, still not all that great. moderate color around the mountains with moderate leaf drop as well. here in our area, we're only l experienci color. rain moves in later in datemo ow around 2, 3 p.m. it continues saturday morning with a chance for showers saturday afternoon. on sunday i really think we're mainly dry but some showers are possible on monday. after that tuesday, wednesday, thursday, upper 50s, plenty of sunshine. halloween wednesday, november 1st, thursday. it's here. >> thanks, amelia. it's hard to run omarathon.

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sunday is the big day for tens of thousands of runners in the marathon. what makes the race so special each year are all the individual's stori individuals'stories. st about every one of his race, including his first marathon that was nearly 2 years, and now it's his turn to

root for her. >> it will be slightly weird. >> this will be polly's first marathon. good luck to her. and another special runner this year, ol80-yea bob bell. he has run 74 marathons. bob jns us this morning with what drives him to keep running. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning. >> you have my utmost respect and admiration. talk to mebout how you got into running to begin with, much less what brought you to 74, now coming up on 75. >> i came to washington with my brother and my dadn i was a high school freshman. my dad thought i was a good walker. i walked fast. >> okay. >> so he encouraged me to go out for track in high school. and i ran cross country in high school. so i had a little background in running. but when i wasnn the my late 30s and early 40s, iegan to

run distance running. >> so you started pretty late in life distance running. >> that's right. i was sort of a late bloomer, too. i was not one of the faster cross country runners. >> okay. okay. >> but i am now running, and most of the people i ran with in gh school are not running anymore. >> you look fantastic, sir. you're a former marine. ank you for your service to this country. is it particularly special that this is themilestone 75 marathon with marie corps this weekend? >> well, i love the idea of doing ri corps. actually, i was not in the mari corps. my son was in the gulf war and we have an active duty grandson. >> so it's all in the family. >> we're from the chicago area. rah winfrey did her first and maybe only marthhon e.

it's such a great place to visit in washington, d.c. we have 31 people who are coming to cheer us on. my son, jim, the former rine, is running. my daughter isin ru >> and they're going to do the full with you? >> yes. >> you're going to all be doing it together? >> we've got two grandchildren, both of themoing theirst marathon. >> will you do it together or will you be leaving them in the dust? >> well, no, they should run faster than i do. but we do have a friend who has lunteered to be with me the entire 26.2 miles. >> that's excellent. i have to ask you, i did one and i said nev again. never say never but i said never again. easier?s get >> well, you know, i recover ry fast and the pain goes away and then i'm ready for another one. but the problem is i'velowed down a lot, you know, fro age

40, i now am 80. >> i don't think anybody's holding that against you, sir. >> it's time to retire from tha distance and do half marathons. >> will this be ylr last f do you think? >> yes, it will, absolutely. i've announced i and i'm going to stick by it. >> well, we couldn't be more excited to be able to be part of and race and cheer you o there will be lots of people out there doing the very same thing. ank you so very much, mr. bell. we really appreciate your time. what tremendous example you have set for us. we've got a lot of information on the nbc washington app about the marathon, about the race this weekend. can you find that just by searching marine corps marathon. coming , big offers for holiday shoppers. getting an early start is all about competition. hog you could come out the winner. i heard you're scared of clowns. >> >> i heard that. >> impossible. i'm not afraid of clowns. >> but i heard that you were.

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michelps is opening up about his struggles with mental health. phelpss the most decorated olympian of all time, but he says he hid his struggles at the height of his this morning on the "today" show lm talked about a scary time in 2014 when het took his own life. he explained how a talk with a therapist literally changed that fate. >> i was soown on myself. i didn't have any quite honestly, i just didn't want to be alive. over those ree, four days

where i didn't want to leave my room or talk to anybody, i finally realized i can ask for help and it's okay not to be okay. for me that's what changed my life. >> phelps is currently working with an app company called talk space, which connects people to therapistsht on their phone. nbc4 is alsoed commi to ending the sgma surrounding mental health with our changing minds campaign. we have resources that can help. just search changing minds. >> halloween isn't here yet but already retailers are moving aggressive to win your holidays ss. they're prepared to offer free shipping. how b retailers are fighting to get their piece of the pie. >> reporter: expected to be the biggest holiday shopping seaso ever with more than $1 trillion up for grabs online and off and target going after amazon and

walmart aggressively. announcing free two-day shipping starting next thnth. move came after walmart ruled out free two-day shipping for products on its web site over the coming months and free two-day shipping onny order $35 or more. and amazon offering for customers purchasing $159 a year will get free one-day shipping. >> the prices that the customer paea have a been predetermined. >> reporter: according to a new survey,% say it's more important to have their packages shipped for free than to get them fast, as major retailers compete to show customers how low they can go.

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on name brand outerwear for everyone, today at marshalls. (beep beep) we're live in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. >> welcome to "access live." we begin with talking about megyn kelly live. what io going t happen to her show. she did not host today. repeat aired instead. we're not sure when she will back or what's the fate of the show. >> or if he's back at all.n she did o her show yesterday with the public apology after herut comments a blackface on halloweeit ied a huge fire storm. she closedhe show telling her audience to have a great day, and she eesaid, we'll you tomorrow. >> she probably had no i ba she might not evback on the

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