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trump paraphernalia. >> folks, we're better than is >> kelly canceled. >> i was wrong and i am sorry. >> late breaking decisions to part ways megyn kelly. a fall north eastern coming in. >> rain could disrupt your plans for the ekend. >> good to see you guys. getting ready for a soaking. >> it will be a very wet nht and it will last through part of tomorrow. it won't be a washout. first we have to come through tonight. >> if you have plans this t evening, tngs you need, a coat and an umbrella. the rain ming its way in. we are seeing the rain. really all through northern virgia through southern maryland. the d.c. area seeing a little
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to thereheteer south. this is what happens when you get northeastern. cold air and rain do no make for a good mix on a friday night and that's what we have. tonight, coats is that umbrellas. nasty saturday morning but then a little better over the weekend. saturday afternoon and sunday. and then halloween, things look better and better. much more on this forecast. just download the free sxap get forecasts for your neighborhoods. asi m manhunt for the mail bomber and today the
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takedown. >> it was called political violet. the man believed to be responsible is in custody. the number of mail bombs belonging to at least 13 with packages sent to kamala harris, corey booker and james clapper. susan mcginnes is tracking the investigation. >> reporter: cesar sayoc was arrested today. >> he's beenharged today with five federal crimes. these charges may change or expand as the investigation proceeds. reporter: as sayoc was taken into custody, fbi investigators seized his van, covered with ctures of thepresident, right wing bumper stickers and pictures of democra with rifle targets over their faces. >> he aears to be a partisan. that will be determined by the facts as the casefooes ard.
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>> reporter: as investigators look for a motive, more packages were discovered.th 're a long list of pipe bomb recipients sent coast to coast. the common thread, frequent critics of president trump. the president only hinted at what some may see as a political motivation. >> we must show the world that we are united in peace and love and harmony as fellow american citizens. >> soon after returned to his anti-mediarhetoric. >> i can do the greatest thing for our country is that on the networks and it will show bad. >> reporter: before the arrest, the president tlamtd quote, bomb stuff was slowing the republican pomomentum at the s. with a suspect in custody, there is now a mountain of '47 the
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packages to the van. >>s gu motive plastered all over his van. unknown,ter: still whether more bombs are en route. od dna evidence and a finger print that was one of the packages sent to maxine waters. >> our coverage continues ahead with a closer look at suspect and the possible motivation behind these suspicious packages. the move comes a few days after the black face comment created a firestorm. nbc said the show is not returnin other co-hosts will anchor it next week. it began when she wondered on air why it isri inappre for whites to dress many black face for halloween. she apologizedhe next day.
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she is still in talks about her future at th network. a bright future cut short when a 22-year-olddas kily a stray bullet in northeast d.c. he m tommet wasn'ttarg. he t was driving home from work when the bullet hit his suv. >> police are still searching for the man who shot him. what aorrible loss for that family. >> reporter: you're correct. here you have a young m who had his whole life ahead of him. a promising future of helpi people. and his life was cut short, right near this intersection. driving home. like these people that you see here. around 48 hours ago. his father is absolutely devastated. let me show you a photo of this amazing young man twoorks-year-old tom marmet. he was a volunteer social worker at some so others might eat.
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this is from the scene. someone firn shots in alley and the stray bullet hit tom while he was driving his jeep liberty. it shattered the glass on the 1700 st. he died at the hospital. his father owns a few restaurants in the d.crea including roofer union and adams morgan. i sat down with him and he said his son was a loving, caring young man who waneld to people in need. >> no parents want t knock at policor from two officers who are telling you things you can'tbelieve. when we found out about tom being shot and an innocent just driving down the street through the city, it was shock. >> reporter: roger marmet says
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this gun violence in d.c. needs on come to a end. if you have any information, if you are out here wednesday arou 6:00 in the evening, when these people tell me three shots were fired, and you know who did it, call d.c. poli. there is a $25,000 reward for information leading to the arrest. >> you'll hear more at 5:00. his dad talks about how he graduated and hows he ying to help the d.c. community. more than a dozen children injured in a school bus wreck. the dump truck clipped the rear waldor bus in the kids and thefe driver sd
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minor injuries. no word yet on possible charges. on still ahead, we' weather alert for the rest of the night. how the plan for the rest of your weekend. >> and book those tickets, plan that route. thanksgiving will be here and now is the time get those travel plans ready. >> a searching for justice. the next move by them vic in this restaurant rant caught on camera. camera. >> do yohave au
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if you have outdoor plans for tonight, youo might have bring them back inside. >> you can see why we're o back weather alert tonight. doug will be here in three minutes and he'll t ck the storms for your friday mmute. our top story this afternoon, the arrest, the lsjustice department offic just wrapped up a news
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conference here in washington. erica gonzalez is at the live desk. >> reporter: his name is cesar sayoc. he lives in florida about a half mile away from the mail facility in opa-locka where investigators believe some of the suspiciouss deviay have passed through. he was arrested once in 2002 for threatening to blo up power plant in florida. allegedly saying it would be worse than september 11th. investigators say a finger print help them findit. he was arrested in plantation, florida. then van was t from the parking lot where he was ofested, covered in picture president trump and pictures of democratic politicians with targets on their faces. here's ase c look at what is in the devices. the pipe bombs t appearbe made of pvc plastic and they have some sort of aal dig timer in them. they contain explosive powder
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d broken glass. authorities say they were not home devices, despite some of them being poorly made. here's more on how the fbi lab was able to link sayoc to the devices. hey uncovered a latent finger print from o of the items containing an .ied we htave confirmed this finger print is that of cesar sayoc. >> say sok charged with five federal crimes including making crimes against former presidents. he is facing nearly 60 years in prison. ba to you. matthew shepard has been laid to rest 20 years after he was brutally murdered because of his sexuality. his death became a rallying cr gay rights. his ashes wereinterred today at the national cathedral. thoughy did not know
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him, there are pieces of matthew shepard's storyo those who came to the national cathedral to pay respects. he was a student at the university of wyoming in 1998. 20 years later, he vividly remembers hearing the reports of his classmate's they said it proof that he did not die in vain.ie as a s we are moving in the right direction. >> reporter: despite the tea and hea ache, the funeral service was more of a celebration. e homily, a thank you to shepard's parents for the gift ofheir son's story. >> they could have just grieved privately. but they shared matthew with us. he now joins others' remains like heallen keller.
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>> rest in this place. you arw. safe and matt, welcome home. >> reporter: following a public service, a private nmint. one final chance for his parents to say goodbye to theiron som 20 years after his death. and wehave much m on matthew shepard's life and legacy. we've created photo gallery of the personal items hisarents donated to the museum ofatural history. we're about a month away from thanksgiving. while you don't need to go out and buy the turkey just yet, maa to think about travel plans. a lot of decisions you make now could make or break your holiday. >> reporter: kimberl warren knows the pain of holiday travel. >> you get to the airport and you thinn every per in humanity has been put right in this place. >> reporter: she's been a travel adviser foremore than 30 years
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and said there are fourno thing to when booking your trip. >> first, travel on the offday. >>nk tiving day, christmas day, new years day. >> being super flexible as to leaving very early in the morning or late at night. >> they said the smartest thing. >> accept for around thanksgiving, flying on a tuesday o wednesday is best. being flexible isn't just gooded for that crairline seat but your wallet, too. >> the first thing i want to do is get my best bang for my buck. >> she books t herms after the holiday rush. >> we should start looking at the airfare. >> consider flying out of one airport and into another. lesser used airpoes might be olden ticket. kayak says you should bookks thangiving or christmas flights no less than four weeks
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out. new years a christmas, six weeks ahead. >> you might think of a travel agent. give them yr cost parameters. ey can watch flights and times for you and have relationships with hotels and resort >> we can find things that possibly you can't find on the internet. >> right now, your average domestic flight will run between $300 and $400. after halloween, the prices head north. >> so we're talking thanksgiving. you've been talking halloween lthet few days. i have fwhabs their christmas lights up thrks now. >> three weeks. >> you know who you are. you know who y are. christmas lights. >> 25 neighbor nearby neighbors in the mood, in the spirit already. >> w halloween first and then right into -- >> celebrate them all together.
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>> right now, no matter what you're dealing with, they'll be getting wet outdoors. a pretty wet night for sure. i told the people throughout, the skinlt annual fashion show for the salvation army. with thealizationrmy there. a great day for this. a great day for this. watch out around that your brain went offline. next time ask yo cvs pharmacist. our proprietary search tool analyzes ways to help lower your prescription costs. just drop in.... before you conk out... see what you might save at cvs pharmacy.
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if you are just joining us at 4:30, we are in weather alert mode. >> that's right. and it won't let up the rest of the night. the rar is right behind his head. right there. and it will be a nastyni t, huh? >> looking really nasty. if you have dinner plans and it will be out and about, the evening is not looki good. >> i'm going to have it hour by hour. we have so many activities going on. >> take ak l at the radar picture. going on across the area. downtown. right into the beltway. not a ton going on but notice we haveome heavier showers. fredericksburg. these moving to enorth. if it is not raining hard, the heavy rain is coming.
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the heaviest rain overnight into early tomorrow. the system starting to move in. 15 to 20 miles per hour. it will be even stronger during the daymo ow. it is a chilly rain. most of you right now, the mid 40s. it will be a nasty friday. we'll talk more about it. tens of thousands of runners will lace up their shoes for the 43rd annual marine corps marathon. >> and mark segraves shows us how the runners are getting ready for the grueling 26.2ile race. >> reporter: here at the national harbor, racers are
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coming to pick up their shirts and their number.ey th come from 50 states and 6 countries. for this woman, it will be her a first races a runner and it will be vy special. how are you feeling now? >> excite. >> reporter: sunday's marathon won't be their first race day together but it will be a first. >> that was my last marine corps -- >> reporter: ken has won 25 marathons including 16 marine corps >> when you do five, they give you this. >> reporter: and just about every one of those races -- >> she picked me up across the 14th street bridge. >> reporter: holly has been there to cheer her dad on. >> that was cool to see him. >> reporter: including his first 1999.hon in >> holly was 4 years old. she was out there rooti for me. my best champion. >> reporter: and she loved toad
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cheer her on. >> it's special. how many people have their dads who are running a marathon? especially when i was little, i knew i wanted to do it just le you. i thought it was ay reall cool thing. >> no slowing down. >> reporter: holly took inspiration from herdad, growing up to be a competitive cross country runner in high school and college. but she's never run a marathon. >> remember, it starts in your feet. >> reporter: on sunday the two will trade places. holly will be running and dad will be on the sidelines cheering. >> we're passing the baton now. will be slightly weird. >> reporter: they hope to run a marathon together, but not to determine who is the fastest. who is the faster runner here? r me. yeah. orter: mark segraves, news4.
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> a look at the first 4 traffic and the marine corps marathon this weekend. lots o closures, of course. we'll have the full list on the app.4 sunday, beginning at 7:45, the race will begin. and arlington, 110 through 66 to u.s. 1. a lot of local roads in rosslyn as well. we'll have the key bridge closure, mstreet, k street,nd also at 6:00 a.m., ohio drive rough the tidal basin avenue. if you're headed to the marathon, we have a full sunday
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schedule. apple's new h iphones the store shelves today. this one costs hundredsless. it is called the 10 r. the cost, $750. it shares many of the features of the more expensive phones and get this, it is water resistant. it does not have duel rear cameras like the other one does. it does come in 16 colors. next, new details about a rant in a virginia restaurant caught on camera. >> show me your passport. do you have a passport? >> we do. >> a woman yelling obscenities and a family speaking spanish amongst themselves. what they decided to do. a suspect is in custody after more than a dozeniv explos devices were mailed to prominent democrats. saving you money and keeping
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pictures and political means collected as evidence. a family member said he worked as a stripper and bouncer and called him a lost soul. three more packages were lost today, bringog the total 13 packages sent to top demdrats critics of president trump. one is the former of u.s. director of national intelligence james clapper. another to corey booker and another to senator kamala harris. they are asking the public to stay vigilant. fingerprint evidence helped ack the case. mr. trump calling thesects despicable and november place in our country. stay with us a for new updates. back over to you.
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a video appears to slow a woman harassing a person f speaking spanish in sv lovele. >> show me your passport. do you have a passport? >> we do. >> the video has gotten thousands of views. the viewer reporter reports that the woman wants charges brought against woman involved. >> reporter: it started as a racist rant and it could end up here in court. that is if the vtim and those involved have their way. they're pushing for the sheriff's office to move forward with charges against a woman who approached a group of talking in spanish. she said she is considering oegal action. she wanted share that she and her cousins from guatemala are
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talking about moving forward with a civil suit. in the video that has gotten a lot of views, not only online but on airtionte've shared with you. you can see the woman enter the andy's restaurant in loveettesville. shepproaches the group and starts asking them for their passports. >> if you to somethi wrong, you have to pay the co nsequences. >> reporter: we've spoken with the prosecutor. why can't they go forward with criminal charge plus, some alternatives that the victims wouldike to see come out of it. reporting fro d virginiaid culver, news4. just in time for the evening commute,ain.
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up to two inches of rain. shenandoah drive, a little wet snow early this morning. nothing like that here. when i mentioned nor'easter, a lot of are you saying snow? no, n for us. take a look at the rain. you can see it on storm team 4. around the fbeltway,rly light. you notice down to the south. we are definitely seeing the heavier rain making its way, from southwest to northeast. once he get south toward wood bridge, that's where it is fairly heavy. and look from fredericksbuat, some heavy rain. we'll all get in on that. this whole m systees across our region.
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we'll see the very cool conditions continue, the rain continue and we'll see the winds picking up. the winds out of the east at 15 miles per hour. friday night football. a g natht for football. st. john's, still undefeated. rain. rain, rain and do you think the running game will be a good bet? yeah. we mayome up overnight. the temperatures may go up as that system makes w its across our area. >> there's a lot going. on look at the review hour by hour. you can see, if you have plans for yardwork. not necessarily the best weekend. if you're going toumin patches, haunted houses, i would choose thendr activities.
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as far as car washing goes,ul i wait until monday afternoon when we get a nice stretch. tomorrow morning it will be raining. it will be ay bre start to saturday. temperatures will be in the upper 40s. we'll make our way to the upper 40s. as we move closer to 5:00, we'll see it taper off. the temperatures will top off in the mid 50s. that should be just a cloud there. as we get closer to the evening, we'll see things really drying out. just in time for race day, right? if y're running in the marine corps marathon, it will be chil a. maybe eve little damp on the road. but it is going to be dry. that's good news. the temperatures around the race start time, in the upper 40s, low 50s, and things become a little milder. let's look at the ten-day
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forecast. >> it is looking a little better after race day. not a bad day for racing. i can't rule out a stray shower. late in the afternoon into the evening hours west of 95. a high of 61. skoi tuesday. that's looking good, too. ther breezy. and then look hat wean. a couple aysago, it looked like temperatures in the low 50s on wednesday. now, a lot different. definitelym on the w side. the next storm system moves our way. closg out the week next friday, a good chance of rain. another storm moves in with highs in the 60s. a drive to help local children stay warm this winter. the kids are getting brand new coats. the event bigger than ever this year. >> today we're going to give out approximately 3,000 coats to
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over 30 shelters. we're givin them a couple of brand new books and we have the therapy angel dogs here. visit get on get dogs, with mickey mouse and then get on the bus and go to school. >> i wonder which one they like the most? for the schools, shelters, ty benefited from this. >> keep the little ones warm and toasty. >> good stuff. stay with us, folks. fighting the flu. >> why doctors are pushing for everyone to get the shot this deadliestr one of the scenics on record and the new drug you can take to treat it. >> but first, erika gonzalez has a look at what's ahd. >> a busy day. we've got so much coming up. c inside te file. new at 5:00, our first look at dee evidence used to convicted the mansion m suspect.
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>> meagan fitzgerald takesr us n a t through the mansion. plus,g uncover major problems in the program that handles bodies donated to science. you saw it last night. >> now one aay later,ion from the state. and i put in with the marching band no around the world. there was a halftime, skins, cowboys. they put a hat on me and gave may whistle a i'll let the rest tell you the story. >> all iant to see is if you dispelled the rumors about rhythm. >> i just want to know if you're a high stepper.
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get ready for a nasty night. storm-team 4 has the track, next. on news4 at 5:00. get a flu shot. a hard push from oeorstrs decades. erica edwards reports. >> school is closed for at least one michigan district today. reportedly because too many kids and teachers are out sick with the flu. p ses areg rt sinto pop well. >> already this year we're seeing an uptick in the numbeof cases a few weeks earlier than it maybe normal. >> reporter: doctors insist now is the time o get a flu shot. the vaccine is not perfect. you could still get sick. but studies have shown the shot can reduce the severity of the disease a prevent flu deaths. just over a third of adultsot u shot last year and was one
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of the worst seasons on record. with 80,000 flu-related deaths and 900,000 hospitalizations. >> reporter: we have an opportunity to vaccinate,t to protindividuals, and maybe stop flu in its tracks before it sgets atronger hold in our community. >> reporter: meanwhile the fda approved a new drug to treat doct say xofluza works with flu. just one do. that and tam flue work best the faster you can take them. >>nd an extremely busy day, folks, as we kick off another hour of nonstop breaking news. we will not tolerate such lawlessness. >> new tonight, the key clue that cracked the case. the suspect's alleged stripping
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past. developing now inside the case file. our first look at the evidence used to convict the mansion murder suspect. a father's broken heart. >> there was a spirit and a light in t himt is lost, not just to us but the world. >> news4 talks to the dad who lost his son to stray bullet. his message to the shooter and the search for justice. >> we begin with a weather alert and the radar is lighting up behind us. y celebratrselves for a chilly and very rainy friday night. doug kammerer is standing by with what comes next. >> we've got rain out there only now and it will continue. it will continue to increase. take look around the district.
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not a lot going on here but just to the south, we' watching it in the next half-hour or so. around the beltway, look at the heavy rain. that'sll making its way across our region from southwest tohe nortt as it developsouth and west. it does show a couple ofstorms. the coastal low beginning to develop, making its way up the coast and we're expecting a very chilly night. that leads the a wet saturday morning. early morning rain on
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