we have and myself coming in,

already a lot of people down in about 7:30, that's when the sun comes up but we've got mostly clear skies to partly cloudy skies out therenoight rain showers to the north and west up towards hagerstown. we have a disturbance through the ov a few showers. i don't think that will impact the racers out ere. maybe a few sprinkles. look at the temperature. 51 right now. southwest winds will stay anyere from five to 10 miles throughout the day today. >> thank you, lauryn. tens of thousands runners waking up, mentally getting the mind-set to tke on the 26.2

mile run. it's the 43rd marine corps marathon. we have jim handly. we've already seen pele gathering out there. >> that's right. you've got to wear the reflective gear because it's lked aboutk, lauryn the great weather. so far, so good. it's dry and chilly. we are waiting for sun to come up. in light of wt's be happening this week and in pittsburgh, security is a big issue. marines have been out here through the night with extra canines. i want to bring in the rac director. thank you for joining us. we appreciate it. talk if you would about security. if people are concerned coming down here, and we got about 150,000 spectators, what do you tell them. >> i tell come, these 30,000 runners need these 150,000 people to cheer you on.

first thing, in my 26 years as a race director, this is amazing. this is a runner's dream. 47 degrees at the start and finishing at 55. i would love to seeur the record get destroyed today because the weather is going to take care of thos runners. so if we've got one throughout who is thinking this is the year and the time to do it. >> this could be it. >> this could be it. >> reporter: and the second question is about the security. it's on everybody's mind.g the one th the marine corps marathon has to do, we have ght top law enforcement and emergency medical people, they're here i metropolitan d.c. day in and day out things are happeni inghappening. >> 30 days ago we did rehearsal concepts and we didrills with rehearsal concepts so we can

make decisions when we have it. you mentioned security is heightened a little better. it was all normal protocols that are in. so if anything happens like we saw in the news, it hasn't affected the posture we are in. so it's not like we elevate it, it's just the awareness for everybody is what we always tell you -- see something, say something. it's tough time out there but we need everybody so when you've got close to 200,000 people looking around, this is as safe and a secure race. we call the bubble. when the runners come through my three ssreening poi this morning, this has been sanitized, it's safe in here. so all they have to do when thes get here think about 26.2 miles. let the marines and sailors take we're going ecause

to get you to the finish line so they can get the eagl globe and anchor and tell them they're marine, the proud, the corps finishers. >> reporter: rick nealis, thank you so much for joining us. we're going to map out the 26.2 miles that take you by the rkjestic monuments, through rock creek through arlington, it's something to behold every year and it will be one of the biggest this year. angie and adam, see you at 6:30 with the oldest runne at 7:15. so much excitement around everythintoday but i want to let you know because of the runners and racers out there, r there are t closures going on throughout the area. news 4's melissa mollet has you covered with the traffic changes. >> i'm melissa mollet with thet fiook at your traffic and marine corps marathon. lots of closures. we'll have the full list on the nbc washington app. the 43rd marathon, sunday, beginning at 7:45.

road closures kick in around 3:30. in arlington, 110 from 66 to route 1. parkway fro spout run to key bridge and a lock of local roads in rosalyn as well. in d.c., starting at 6: a.m., a key bridge closure, m street, k stre in georgetown, rock creek parkway in northwest. at 6:00 a., ohio drive and independence avenue through the tidal basin ea. main avenue after east basin drive and the 14th street bride. hov la if you're headed to the marathon, best idea and they're advising everybody to take tro. the system is opening two hours early and we have a full sunday schedule. >> thank you, melissa. now we want to bring you up to spe on theatest of what's being called the deadliest attack on a jish place of worship in american history. 11 people dead and at least haln a d more injured after a man opened fire inside a pittsburgh

synagogue. police say 46-year-old robert bowers entered the tree of life synagogue yesterday morning armed with an ar-15 style assault rifle and three hund gu -- handguns. police swarmed the building and traded gunfire with him. he was shot multiple times but four officers were wounded in the shootout. the community there is still in shock. >> this is our community, whether you're jewish or not and we're all here and hopefully there's ways we can find to supporteach other. >> bowers is charged with 29 federal counts including mueer and hat crimes. news 4's david culver is in pittsburgh and will he an update in the next hour. earlier this year, the l anti-defamatigue issued a stark warning. they track anti-seitism in the united states. according to the league, in 2017 we saw largestsingle-year spike on record of anti-semitic incidents. last umar, ther of incidents increased 57% from

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now. a little upper-level disturbance bringing usloud cover and sprinkles. but not here in d.c. wee seeingartly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. sun cing up in about 1:15 from now. 7:31 will be the time of our sonrise. ot looking too shabby on this sunday morning. you can seethose temperatures more mild than we have been in the past few days. thtemperatures are in 40s, right around 50 in d.c. as well as caquantico marine base.s 51 degrright now. we're seeing rain it says, but that's not right. we are seeing rain to test. i think we'll drop as we go through the 7:00 a.m. ho as we tend to do. partly sunny by 9:00, very comfortable by 11:00, the middle part of the morning. so possibly a few sprinkles but, first, for all of our runners, good luck toyou. it's cloudy by dry, 7:00 a.m.

start. those temperaturl be in the upper 40s. by the time you wrap up the race, 10:00, r11:00, tempera low to mid-50s. nice afternoon, but w have rain on the way later tonight. here's the sprinkles i was talking about. they disintegrated and fell apart as they headed towds i-95 but we are looking at a few showers by th-81. se will decimate as they move to the ea. we've had to move up the timing of rain. we could have rain showers after 5:00 instour wrn suburbs. moving through here late tonight, they could be a bree times once the rain showers move through. so you can see gusty winds but then everything is out of here. 60 for today. r againin mainly after about 6:00 p.m. then it will be breezy through the day tomorrow. gusts up to 25, 30 miles an hour, but the rain will be out of here tomorrow morning well before the morning commute. tuesday looking dry, low 60s.

halloween 70 degrees. we have rain late thursday into fr and possibly lasting into saturday. >> glad to see it hold off s another d we can get through that dry "reporters' notebook" is up next. good morning, i'm pat lawson muse. if you drive through the dis cict, you may need toange your habits. the city is considering big changes to boost road safety. one of them is banning right turns on red at about 100 intersections, most in the ridowntown business dist and near schools. traffic fatalities are at the highest level in years, so the mayor is hopin big changes mean a big reduction in traffic . dea chris lawrence and scott mcf mcfarland are with us this morning. this may take adjusting. >> it takes muscle memory. d.c. is experiencing what every community in america experiences.

llw enforcement w tell you october is the most dangerous month for pedestrians. pedestrianatalities are highest in october when the weather is typically warm and daylight is shrinking and activities are going on around schools. d.c. is experiencing what everyone is experiencing. clearly they're trying something that has a different flavor to combat the problem. >> so, chris, the mayor's pla is called "vision zero." wh else is int and how would it work? >> some of the headlines that jumped out to a lot of folks were setting these 0 intersections, mostly downtown but some around schools as well where you could no longer make a right turn on red. that got drivers' tensiattentio. it would reduce the speed limit to 20 miles an hour in some ea ar but they have other things going as well. eliminating gaps in the sidewalks. addingrotected bike lanes and

putting in more of these designated areas with a ride-sharing company like uber nd lift to drop off and pick up. >> and using cameras to give you your ticket as opposed to n putting it your windshield. >> photo enforce system technologically the choice o so many municipalities. it's something that frustrates drive . drivers have a visceral reactioo toto enforcement but it will be an increasingly used tool not just in the district but everywhere. another concern is the heroin and opioid epidemic. it's created a huge backlog of cases in state forensic labs in maryland and virginia. the i-team found the mie? overdoses and drug crimes has virtually paralyzed state drug labs, they're requesting emergency aid. have state hire more investigators? is money the problem? >> both. they haven't been able to hire more investigators and money is problem. the back lolog in maryland stat

police has grown 20 times larger in theast few years. 20 times larger. the backlog of drug investigative cas they handle will double again by 2019. it's all related to the opioid and pefentanyl epidemic. they need manpower and the more sophisticated the fentanyl becomes, the mle co the chemistry of the synthetics, the more difficult those investigations become and they only have so many people who are trained to do this. to hire more people for a forensic lab is one yoing. have to train them, too. these are chemists as much as they are inves digators. th't have the manpower and other states are feeling the same thing. y learned thurs morning maryland and virginia state police will get $2 million in emergency money from the u.s. justice department as the feds acknowledgment that they have a backlog problem. >> and delayed investigation means delays in getting dangerous stuffff the streets. >> and dangerous people. those investiganeons being d

in forensic labs are done to elp prosecutors, states attorneys, police, to get drug traffickers off the streets. on the topic of drugs, more are being delivered by mail. the i-team has discovered a spike in the number of passengers delivered to the postal service. so why the big uptick in drugs being distributed by mail? >> two important points. the first being it's clear that some drug dealers belve the safest try transact drugs, especially marijuana, is to do it by parcel. it leaves less evidence of their own being and the description can be done without spoiling the content. the postal service has cases, they have postal inspectors, ho expertsook at parcels to find drugs and we saw a rapidly ofincreasing number those cases in maryland, d.c. and virginia. this underscores more important point that chris and i know from having covered the rn federal gont, parcel inspection has never been more important. they do parcel inspection off site -- the library of congress,

the pentagon, capitol hill, the white house -- because of what happen wednesday and thursday. dangerous packages are targeting people and it's ultimately the front-line postal workers who have to be there to stop something dangerous from being transacted in the mail. >> and workers killed in the anthrax attack shortlyfter 9/11. > one of our local postal processing facilities now named after the two men who died. the shootingf an intruder at the fox tv station in washington, d.c. was part of a gsturbing week in this town. security a securird shot a man who broke into the lobby of the building when she was unable to tase and subdue tn. 38-year-old suspect, george odom, says he's homeless and he hasof history contacting local stations, including nbc 4. he survivedd he's been charged with second degree burglary. obviously this comes at a ti of serious concern about media fety, the time of jamal

khashoggi's presumed murder and then, of corse, the pipe bombs that scott just alluded to. what are your thoughts about all of this and about the discourse that's feeding it, chris? >> well, i definitelyor felt my former colleagues at cnn. i thought a lot about them when that happened and i was going back and forth on sial media talking to them after the breach there. but i think there's two issues here. i think -- you know, last year was the deadliest year possibly ever for journalist. i think there was something like 81 journalist killed last year but most of them were killed in mexico, syria, iraq. the danger to journalists is in these correspondents w working in places like mexico where there's virtually no protection for themts wver or working in act i wive war zo like syria and iraq. the dangerous to journalists working in the united states, i put it at substantially lower

level. while the letter, the packages that were mailed to cnn are alarming, they don't speak to an everyday danger for journalists working here in the united states. >> for whateverx dangerts for journalists in the united states, what happened at the wttg tv station this week shows that sometimes people with threatening natures will go to building. but journalists are perhaps more exposed when they're in the field. journalistsy tch thatter have -- nature have to go person to person, without theshield of a bulletproof door. when they were most vulnerable is when thaer theere outside th building, not headquarters. building, not headquarters. t. all righ

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flickering as more high school otball teams cancel their season as participation in the sport plunges. local school systems are cancelling their seasons, players are hanging up their cleats as more schools and more parents decide that this game is just a little more than they bargained for. >> it's two big factors. there's concussionconcern that's not necessarily brand new there ball but it's been for a few years and it continues. the other issue is what we see in so many local public schools, athletics are increasingly specialized. high school athletes, be they virginia maryland, d.c., are playing one sport, not just two or three. npecialization. because they want to chase the possibility of colleges olarship but at very schools where high schools have 3,000 kids and middle schools have many hundreds of students, you have to be really good to make the varsity team. u have to be a specialist. especially at our high-achieving

football programs like damascus, westfield -- i should not naming thm because i don't wanto offend anybody i haven't named. you have to be a specialist and foball is aport that can consume you, can physically injure you making it less likely you lace up the shoes for baskeeall season, you h to start practice in july, keen k you off the summer camps. so specialization is cannibalizing football participation and it's true no matter where you live in our area. so what will happen to these orts and teams? it's been part of our culture, part of school life forever. >> yeah. but i think it speaks to what you never had the pressure on the kids from coaches saying you need to concentrate on my sport year round, from the soccer coach, from the baseball coach, from whatever sport it is saying i don't want you playing those other sports. when i was a kid in school, we were encouraged to play

basketball, baseball, soccer or football, run track. little of everything. >> swim team even. ed experience it all. >> that was consid mark of pride that wow, you saw the guys with their letterman jackets with four ortsfive sp on it. it's not that way anymore. these kids are on travel teams when school is not playing. it's just a very different dynamic. and it's a self-sustaining problem with football because if you had 60 kids plang for the varsity football team at richard montgery high school, now you have 40. you know what happens? you have fewer one-way players. now more players have to play both offense and defense and you ow what happens when y play both offense and defense whether t's prince george's count fairfax county, montgomery county? you'll get hurt more often and at leads to an even smaller football team. so that problem can snowball. >> and the thing with football as well is the expanse. you've seen these budget cuts. we've seen schools cutting

bands, pe, all these special programs. football -- say it costs on the very consecutive end $150 to outfiye a p that's on the low end. you have 40 guys, that's $6,000. on the high end it can be $800, even $1,000. you have 40 guys, you're talking $32,000 to $40,000. a lot of schools don't have the budget for it. they'rerequiring th parents to foot the bill more for thesesp ts and that obviously puts a lot of pressure on filies that don't have the means to fund these programs like a lot of parents do in some of the high-end private sc and some of these mega high schools in more affluent eas of fairfax and montgomery. >> would it impact recruitingn the college level? >> sure. clleges will tell you this problem could ming down the

pike, they will have fewer people from whom to choose. this is more public school dynamic than the private school one. the major pwiivate schools tell us they're able to field robust teams the, but they're also recruiting themselves to bring in the best talent. >> from theeids who would going to public schools. >> that cannibalizes the public sools further. > wednesday is halloween and kids whether old or young will be looking forward to up and going trick-or-treating but safety is more important now than ever, we kow that. chris, you've been working on stories for parents who want the ids to have all the fun, that have their candy and eat it, too. but they're also concerned about looking out for children's teeth, looking out for safety. what are some of the things we are focusing on? >> i talked to my kids', denti he's a pediatric dentist in a, alexandr. angela johnson. i asked should the kids eat it

ve once or it to them little by little? >> of course not. >> she said it's better to let them go crazy and gorge as mucho as they want and then they go to bed. >> not sure they'll go to bed after they eat it all at >> but what they will do is you start to ration it out, that means that can coating their teeth everyday for 20, 30 days until you hit thanksgiving. she said that's a lot worse. she said -- i asked what some of the worst candies you can do and she said the sour patch kids. she said not only -- she said the worst candies are the ones that stay in your mouth. so you et aick two bites, goes down, that's not as big of a e problem. rd candies that sit in your mouth for 10, 15 minutes, they do more damage and she said the sour patch kids not only are

they sticky and they get in your mol molars, but that acidity actually works against you in terms of your enamel as >well. you have small kids, you'll be dealing with this. >> i have a five-year-old and ei ht-year-old. i have two children now who recognize halloween is a utilitarian holiday. we stay out there as long as we can to pack the highest volume we can get t our bags. they don't tire. there's boundless energy and ambition o halloween night. >> and they don't discriminate between sour patch an -- hard candies or slowly dissolving. to do said if you have something do chocolate like hershey's kisses and anything with nuts because tnuts kind of help get the candy out of the teeth. >> my kids c't remember where they put their shoes but they can remember who in our neighborhood gives out full candy bars from 12 months ago. they know who's giving out the big milky way. they remember certain things. >> and we want them to have fun

and be safe. >> thes older kthere's a lot of apps now, this red panic t butty can press that immediately sends a signal to all their emergency contts with a gps signal and a google map so there's a lot of ways you can keep an eye on them even if yo right there with them. >> i know you'll busy wednesday night. >> we will. >> thank you both, scott and c is. that's "reporter's notebook." i'm pat lawson news 4 today continues. theotdown to the cannons continues. o we're justr an hour away from the start of the 43rd marine corps marathon. that's a live shot from the key bridge, mile marker four where you can find a lot of nbc

personalities. the peacock will bt there. >> he will be. cts of signs, noise makers, that's aner that pumps up the crew arnthey t afrtd r a -- and try to make their way. >> we love marine corps marathon day. that's the 43rd race and we to check on the weather for the race because lauryn, the cool temperatures will help people? >> it's going to be a good day for running out there, absolutely. temperatures not too warm, not too cold. kind of comfortable out there maybe some layers. but i think it will be a good ce day. mainly because we're also dry. you can see a beautiful view fm our live capital camera and you can see the police lights because all those roads are shot down. oh, yea it tookme a hot minute to get into d.c. because almost every road is shot d so if you need to come to d.c., ill suggest you listen to wtop radio. probably you want to avoid it

all together. as far as your morning planner is concerned, 51s degrees our temperature. it's showing rain because we have sprinkles to theo west some isolated sprinkles possible through the 7:00 a.m. hour. we'll drop a degree two throh the 7:00 a.m. hour but temperatures go back up. and if you'retc planning to this race, sunrise comes up an hour from now. it will be cool temperatures by 10:00 a.m. rain later tonight. we'll time it out for you in just a fewte mi things will be picking up soon for the marathon this itmorning. >> a day full of fun. i guess -- well, some will say it's fun. >> ll, the wholething, you know what i mean? >> yes, the whole thing. for people honoring the marine corps, the wheelchair racers will hit the courset. fir they start around 7:45. about 10 minutes later the mathon kicks off wi the cannons. more than 30,000 runners are expected to be there. the award ceremony for marathon

and the 10k runners is set for 11:10. military awards happen at 12:45 and the special penguin award presented to the last finisher is expected o bended out shortly after 3:00 this afternoon. >> that would be me if i wasr ning. >> really? and we have the victory rty that goes on from 7:00 to 9:30. no it is fun, but there's a lot of emotions involved an a little more than an hour the 43rd marine corpsll marathon w start. >> and we have you covered from start to finis tens of thousands of runners will take part inhe 26.2 mile run through d.c. and virginia. and jim handly is back a it this year in the starting line in arlington where he is every ar. a lot of excitement for all these runners. >> i tell you, adam and angie, there is a wholef lot excitement this year. as you mentioned 30, 000 r eed ,

almost 200,000 spectators. we're waiting for the sun to come up so it can warm up. but they are hoping to break records here this morning because 50 is theweet spot for people who love to run marathons and have been doing it for decades. they0e coming from all states, representing 64 countries. let's map out for you of the 26.2 miles. it all starts at the pentagon. we are just up the street on 110, route110from the pentagon. so we'll get a bird's eye view as thenn rs and handcyclers come underneath us. they'll run through arlington, they will make their way over the key bridge, that's mile mark four where our nbc 4 cheering squad will be. they'll go through rock creek park by the monuments in front of the capitol, aroun all our majestic landmarks, then back ta

iwo memorial, the finish line, it reopened after restoration so it will be a big finish. we should see our first benishers come across around 9:00, those wil the 10kers, then we have the hand crankers,n oo, t the full marathoners at about10:20. we want to bring in our friend moises linares from telemundo, how are you doing? >> it' a going to great day for anybody running and participating in this marathon. >> and securities itight. that was your warmup. >> i think anybody who's ming in rigw needs to make time because the walk from the drop point to the starting line is -- it actually minutes. about 20 >> good luck to you. >> let me show you something. look at thi >>oh, wow. >> just in case you're wondering

, angie and adam. representing the force. >> the only oneho can pull this off. we'll have a camera on you. you are stopping at mile marker 4. >> telemundo and nbc 4, yes. go there, cheer us on, it will be exciting. >> go get them, mo wes. ll see you at 4:00. runninghave some 10kers with us, susan hogan among them. adam, i have a favor to ask you. i'm going to be posting on instagram and twitter. can you make sure angie know house to se up an account on those social media acnunt so she hare them with her 100,000 followers. >> she's been posting non-stop this entire time. >> show her the ropes, adam. >> if there's one thing buck sure is covered is the social media part of all of this. >> we are counting on it, thanks, angie and adam. >> we'll check back in with you in a little bit. and moises, 4444, we'll track am. >> you can tra runner if

you have loved ones or friends that are running. you can go online in the mcm app and you can see where they are along the course. a couple years ago when i did it the anchorsp pulled it and my dot just sat there for a while. i wasn't moving. >> we watched you progress. we watched you progress. meantime, runners will be going past the most iconic landmarks in arlington. jim was talking about it, you can see it here again. it has this kind of snake feel. it goes all the way around arlington, across bridges, through the district. dozens of roads are already closed for the marathon so keep thatd.n mi most roads are set to reopen when the race is over this afternoon. for a full list, checkit all out in the nbc washington app. we continue also to follow the developments out of pittsburgh this morning. that's where a gunman opened fire inside of a synagogue killing 11 people and injured half a dozen others. police say 46-year-old robert

bowers entered the tree of life synagogue armed with an ar-15au style rifle and three handguns. investigators say he shouted an -semitic slurs as he shot at congregants. police swarmed the building and traded gunfire with him. tihe was shot me times but survived. four officers were wounded in the shootout. the shooting is said to be the deadliest attack on jewish pla of worship in american history. >> it is heartbreaking. we have seen support for jewish communities across the countries since this attack. david culver is on the ground in pitts burlg this morning where hundreds have come together. he has more near the tree of go life sye in the squirrel hill neighborhood, the site of r yey's mass shooting. >> reporter: we are about a block away from the tree of life congregation synagogue down that street. you can see police in pittsburgh still have the prerimeter set u. and while their emergency lits are illuminate manager streets here, we have noticed another light, several of them, in fact.

memorials like that being set up along streets. it's their way of finding healing and peace. if there's power in numbers, this is the city of pittsburgh showing its it's a scene that's become all too familiar, almost routine. devastating violence followed by a community's embrace of one anothe another. these carnegie mellon students among thendreds packing pittsburgh's squirrel hill neighborhood saturday >> just experience emotions, be here together supporting everyone else and taking care of each othert >> re: and they're finding healing in giving. love on a sad day.d hope and >> reporter brianna handing this woman and her daughter a simple flower.

it'sedappreci >> most of her friends go to this synagogue. >> reporter: at 12 years old, lisai witnessing theuncertainty firsthand. >> it's hard to process. but knowing my family is with me -- >> it hits you hard. >> how do you find healing from something like this? >> by gathering together, giving gs to each other and loving each other. there's nothing else. >> reporter: see gigal said she lived in aiisrael, she in israel is when she feared most for her surroundings. when she came here she felt a comfort, a safety. she said yesterday's shooting a shattered reporting in pittsburgh, i'm david culver, news 4. >> so much heart break. 6:41. we are taking a live look as

runners and marines and ady forers are getting the 43rd annual marine corps marathon, the marathon of the op e. it will be an extraordinary day of accomplishment. news 4 today returns after this. i i beeve i've heard stories from people across virginiaing. that have moved me to take action on veterans unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and pediatric healthcare. but we can't make progress when we're divided, when our leaders pit us against each other for political gain. in the senate, i'll always listen to you and focus on solving problems that matter to virginia and to america. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message.

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events over the last few days are making it harder to separate violence and politics. >> it's been a tough couple days. the nationwide search f suspect sending package bombs that ended in a van covered with the esident's image, now a shooting where the suspect is said to have lobbed online attacks against the migrant caravan and oer minorities. moderator of "meet the press" j chuck todning us to make it down. chuck, what a crazy wee and then just seeing his response to this, he's obviously drawing criticism for his stance on this. >> i think that you have your head in the sand if you n't

realize that we have had an amped up political rhetoric, amped up discourse is going to have an impact at some point and you'ref naive you somehow say these are just coincidences that happen and you're like, wait a minute, there has been a permission slip of some sort that has giv rise to the feel as if this rhetoric c be hotter. these anti-semitic attacks are up according to the anti-defamation league 57 i say this from personal experience. i neverelt anti-semitism until the last year. i didn't make aware of what my religion was when it dime what i did for a i living socan vouch for that. i have personally felt it. so i think the president, particularly when he's in campaign mode, empathy has never

been his strong suit. he is a pugilistic politician and he just only knows one speed and so this is -- he's -- as we have been saying, he says the quiet part outloud when he complained the coverage of the pe bombs was interrupting momentum of the midterms. i think he'sed han the shooting slightly better than he handled the pipe bombs but saying well maybe i'll cancel my rally, okay maybe i won't. don't seem to want toac owledge any role at all of the amped up political rhetoric and then just putting it on the media and democrats. so i do foresee a horribleeek politically where this is going to be an argument over the cyco. he's going complain, he's going to do stuff people will feel is inappropriate in the oment, the coverage of that, he'll complain about it and we'll have a vicious cycle. i can tell you this, a it's terrible closing message for republicans in the last five days of the >>midterms.

less than ten days, as you mentioned, how isg that goito play out as voters head to the polls? >> honestly,e've never had a situation like this so to sitre thnd say you know this will not py ou his valleys of hiblic opinion -- it's not as if he has a job rating but he can get it unto 46%, 47%. but when it dips people se to know. it's a moment after char ottesville, the helsink summit with putin. when he seems to just fight what is the -- what sort of -- where the rest of america is. when het seems to alm push back on some moment when it feels like he's swinging against the tide of where the rest of public opinion is on something like that he dips and i would just say this -- if history is any guide, this is not going to be a good week for republicans because the president is refusing or of back down.

>> right. what a tough week. 'm sure you'll talk about it on the show. >> we are. we'll have mayor of pittsburgh on, the head of the anti-definition league on, we have the twcampaign chiefs for the battle for house. you can see every sunday at 10:30 right here after news 4 today.we l watch, chuck, thanks. 6:49. more than 30,000 runners are getting ready for today's marine corps marathon. >> they'lbe greeted by another face from news 4, amy cho is live at mile ready for the race. >> i can see you have your swag re go, new the party spot of this race.

how is it going so far? >> hey, guys, it's going great. good moing. and we have ourst tru peacock showing off his move. we cannot wait to see theru ers. only mile four so it will be pretty ely in the game for them. we'll pump them up and make sure they're feeling the love. i can't wait to see the runners, i have so much respect fora body who can run a marathon so we are on the arlington side, we would loveyo to see out. we'll be posting stuff on social media, checkthat out. it's chilly right now, which is probably a good thing for the runners and we'll send it to lauryn who tells us how things are looking for the rest of the morning. yes, stay a lite onthe

warm side because you're right, it's cool out there. we are on the cloudy side as well. into :00 we'll head back the low to mid-50s so this is perfect running weather -- i'm told. not that i know for suret i'm told. i'm not running, i can't believ angie did this before. >> twice. >> twie. goodness. so glad they'll never ask me to do thihe i will everybody on. as you are headed out and may be cheering some people on grab the sunglasses because we are going to have sunshine. sun comes up at 7:30. possibly layers because we will get warmer as the sun goes up. 51 degrees by 8:00 a.m. and we'll continue to travel to the to mid-50s. it's a beautiful view from our capital camera. we are seeinght sprinkles. more showers expected later

tonight and we are warming up by halloween. next chance of rain for us besides today will be late in the week, probably thursday night into fridayca so yo see current temperatures out there right now warmer than it was last two mornings, 51 in washington, 48 at dulles, 46 in gaithersburg. so we'll have sun, partly sunny skies, it will be comfortable, not as breezy, nice afternoon. by 6:00 we'llatch for showers moving into our western suburbs along i-81. if you're headed out to work out, it's going to be mild and gorgeous. dry, light now for pumpkin picking tonighi will be muddy so keep that in mind if you're doing any fallti ties but it will be nice out there and if the haunted forest is something you're doing, ke in mind we cou have a few showers later on tonight. we have a fews, showmost up along the mason/dixon line around hagerstown.

but for most of this, this is getting out of here. so we'll show you futurecast, you can see rain dissipate as it come us there o comes through our area bynight. he first part of the overnight, it's out of here. tomorrow ng's commute will be dry. it will be windy out there, so as y get kids ready for the bus stop, know we'll have gusts up to 25 throughout the day tomorrow. we'll start to die down after 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night. temperaturenearing 60 degrees tomorrow. we're in the low 60s tuesday with a much a lighter wi plenty of sunshine. keep the sunshine going on hallowee in fact, halloween looking fabulous. look at this. temperatures will be in the low 70s through t afternoon but then dropping through the 60s for halloween. rain chances return late thursday night and into friday. we'veot g

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welcome back as we are here on marathon day. les take a livlook at the starting line right now as the excitement and anticipation is building. >> it loo like a discoout there. >> disco party. >> we're taing 26.2 miles by the time all of this is over. we know that the 10k going to kick off around the same time and so we have runners ofall ages. did you know that a third of the marathon runners, of the 30,000 marathon runners, are first-time runners. > i do not know that but good luck to all of them and everybody who is out there today. we have much more ahead on news on the key cluding the peacock on the key cluding the peacock br

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>> like the music. >> in tune with the lights at the starting line. >> here's a look at the starting line. >> the sun should come up in about 45 minutes from now. they've been doing this 43 years. >> so manyop up and at 'em. thank you for being with us. i'm adam tuss. goff.d i'm angie we have a lot of members from our team fanning the course. but first, for those of you going out to cheer on your runner, you probably want to know how the weather will be. >> and we have the person who can tell you, lauryn rickht rics here. >> we have mostly cloudy skies.

we h a few sprinkles pass through during the overnight. it will be a beautifulou sunris there for those areas that can scour out those clouds but nou can see we have a few sprinkles to thth towards the mason/dixon line. hagerstown through union town and northe frederick county, marylan maryland. a nies south wind at six m an hour. it won't be as breezy out there p day. we'll d little through the 7:00 a.m. hour, but once the sun comes up, partly sunny skies hrough the morning and the day today. ve more rain on the way. we'll talk about that and peek into your halloween forecast a couple minutes. >> halloween just around the corner. lauryn, thank you very much. one of d.c.'s best traditions continue this is morning. >> we are talking about thema ne corps marathon that is set to start in less than an

hour. plenty of runne taking the shorter route for 10k. >> chuck bell is at mile 19 for the marathon runners but it's the starting li for 0k as well. chuck, you're not running but what are you seeing? you brought the dog. >>reporter: brought the dogs with me, polka dot lou and queen isabella have come w outh me. they love running, they love unning as much as they like chasing squirrels. if i had known years ago when i stted running the fu marathon if i had known they would have a 10k option i would have changed for that.do it's nice here. the roads are damp, of course, as we were promising, all that rain yesterd it was spritzing around two hours ago when i got up but that's coming to a stop. and there's thin spots in the low clouds overhead so it will be perfect running weather, a little cool withemperatures mostly in the 40s but it will be a fine day for running out here and if you want to come down, we're at 4th and madison near

the national gallery. i'm going to be easy to spot with the two knuckle heads hereo lou,re not really chewing on that leash, are you? i think he's trying to escape. >> he wants to run. >> or he wants breakfast. >> we live not far from here. she knows where every squirrel one' the mall is and showing him the ropes. >> chuck, we'll check back with you to look at the forecast for the race and as we've been mentioning, thousands of are going to be taking to the streets for the marathon in just a short time. if you are not one of them, you have a lot of streets to avoid because they're all closed in the district and in arlington today. melis mollet has a look at the traffic changes for you. >> i'm melissa mollet with a look at your traffic and the marine corps marathon so lots of liosures. we'll have the ful on the nbc washington app but let's go through it here. the 43rd marathon sunday at 7:45. road closures kic in earlier

around 3:30. in arlington, 110 from 66 to route 1. gw parkway from spout run to key bridge. and a lot of cal roads in rosslyn as well. in d.c. starting at 6:00 a.m. t we'll ha key bridge closure, m street, k street in georgetown, rock creek parkway in northwest. also at 6:00 a.m.,rihio and independence avenue through thed d basin area. and the 14th street bridge hov ne. if you're headed to the marathon, best idea and they're advising everyone to take metro. we have a full sundayle sche 7:05. now to the latest on what's being called theeadliest attack on a jewish place of worship in american htory. 11 dead after a man opened fire inside of a pittsburgh synagogue. police say 46-year-old robert bowers entered the tree of life synagogue armed with an ar-15 assault rifle and three

handguns. investigators say he shouted anti-semitic slurs as he shot at congregants. he was shot multiple times but survived. four officers were wounded in the shoot dwro the shootout. the community there still in shock. >> our commun jewish or not, we're all here and there's ways we can support each other with this. >> news 4's david culver is in pittsburgh and heill have an update in our next half hour. well, this was the white house last night after the shooting. the flag was lowered not long after finding out what was happening in pittsburgh. the president issued a proclamation asking flags be flown at half-staff until sunset wednesday to honor those killed in yesterday's ooting. hours after the gunfire stopped, an arrest had been hundred ople in pittsburgh pade. gathered to mourn what happened, but that gathering quickly

turned to a call for action. as we mentioned, davidculver is in pittsburgh. >> reporter: it has become a difficult and unfortunate reality that follows acts of violence. you have to community together, loving one another and that in and of itself is part ofthe healing. however, what we are seeing more and more, especially since parkland having covered that in south florida earlier in the year is that there is a distinct difference at how some, especiall a young peopl responding and the immediacy of the violence. young people are saying that they want people to act upon this in going the polls, in they're turning this into an effort to get out the vote. they say tft's part their healin back to you. >> 7:07 right now. earlier this year, the anti-definition league issued a stark warning. the organization tracks

agti-semitism in the u.s. according to the l in 2017, we saw the largest single-year spike on reports of anti-semitic assaults and vandalm and attacks on jewish institution the shooting in pittsburgh adds to what was a nation on edge, mail bomb squares and another mass shooting will be covered this morning on "meet the press."or moderhuck todd will join us in studio for a preview on what's ahead in the show. 7:08. taking a live look at the marine corps marathon starting line. we are just about 40 minutes away from the official start. ople's ll this the marathon because the marine corps marathon is the largest one in the world thatoesn't fer prize money so it does cater to everyday epeopl more on this and the weather we

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you heard the news first on 4, the district is considering a ban on right turns on red in some places. >> this week, the mayor nnounced a number of other changes aimed at cutting down on traffic fatalities which are at their highest level in years. and mark seagraves wexplains the changes could impact you. >> reporter: three years after d.c. mayor yomuriel bowser launched her plan, district officials report more needs to

be done. 2018 has been t deadliest on d.c. streets since 2011. there will be 31 traffic deaths so far this year compared to 30 in all of last year. >> what is particularly troublesome for is that the spike ined ptrian, bicyclist and motorcycle fatalities which, as you can see, represent a higher portion of the year to date trend. meeting with t the d.c. council, bowser and her transportation director rolled out their new pl to reverse that trend. d.c. drivers would be required to take a short quiz in order to renew their drivers license, banning right turn on red at 100 intersections, mostly downtown and near schools, reduce the speed limit to 20 miles per hour in residential neighrhood, use photo enforcement for some parking violations like blocking a like lane and increase the number of speed and red-light cameras. >> fundamentally, we want to make every intersection as safe

as can be. >> reporter: some proposals, lie the right turn o red ban, could be implemented. as for the quiz to renew your license, that's a few years off. connotesw the word quiz there's a pass or fail and some action that happens baded on th but we're focusing on driver re-education. >> reporter: bowser hopes the council will support re-education. in the district, mark seagraves, news 4. >> mayor bowser also proposed changes to lefhand turn and she wants to stop rush hour reversals on connecticut avenue. so a lot to keep in mind with these traffic changes. let's take a live look outsidas we get ready for the marine corps marathon. this is mile marker four and tke bridge where you'll find a lot of the news 4 nation out there. if u want to cheer them on, we are less than an hour away, just about 30 mutes until the cannons fire, the runners hit

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people filing in? >> they are, adam, right now some of the30 00 participants, runners, crankers are being funneled in through a security checkpoint on the rosslynside. all you can bring is a clear bag and they have their bibs on. a lot of them were coming from the rosslyn metro station. if you're planning to be among the 0,000 spectators, leave the house quickly because security is tight in light of what happened yesterday in pittsburgh and with the pipe bombs mailed, they have ramped out security. we've seen extra marines, canine units as well, too.ha the been out through night, through this pitch black darkness sanitizing this entire area along route 110 and memorial avenue and, in fact,

he entire 26.2 miles of this marathon race mapped out. security is tight, but it is tight every year. they've been spending weeks going through scenarios ready to counter neigh cou eerhi an that happen down here. you should feel secure. they are working together. we're in our 43rd year and they are ready and prepared. but if you see something, say something, as we always say. we've got another about half hour before the hndcyclers kickoff and they kick off first, they'll be first across the finish line, too. the 10kers start by the mall. they finish also a iwo jima and 7:55 is when the pistol goff and everyone goes across route

110, cross the key bridgeou th rock creek park as well. and the weather, rners love this. if we hit 50 degrees, that's the sweet spot as we've been saying. we could break records today. adam and angie back to you. >> lauryn, a lot of people with butterflies in their stomach. i don't know how i would feeling if i had to run 26.2 miles. >> but the weather is a huge part of that. so you want everything going for you. we were talking with chuck todd about it earlier. this is the perfect running weather. he mentioned 50 degrees. we're at 51. real quick, though, delays getting in. y just somethi want to mention because there are a lot of closures out there. virginia.coming from i thought i was going to miss the start of the show because it took me -- ev iything shut down. then buses blocking off exits, key bridge is shut down. almst every brge to get into d.c. is shut down so plan

accordingly or listen to our friends at wtop. i had to call a couple times. >> we would have face timed you. >> with no make up on, mya hai in looking like a hot mess. i was like i'll never get there on time. it's a might mare to get in but that's to be expected. they should have advanced security. ot running and you need to get outside and do stuff, is it going to be dry today? yes, for the most part. int is it g to be dry tonight? no. and i have a lot of people asking me about some of the festivities leading up to iklloween. it doesn't look it will be dry tonight after 6:00 or 7:00. do the winds pick up? yes, they pick up overnight. yes. we'll have gusts up to 30 mil

an horough the day tomorrow. is it getting colder? . throu through halloween it's getting warmer. we have a few showers out tere today. chuck was talking about the spritzing in the downtown d.c. area but more showers up towards hagerstown you can se those are dissipating towards the mason/dixon line heading towards route 15. so we have the chance later on tonight after 6:00 to see showers. then we're dry through the midle part of the week. we have rain late thursday night into friday asnt a cold f pushes through the area. that's where temperatures drop.n right no feeling that bad. temperatures measured at reagan national airport, 51. outside the beltway, temperaturein the 40s. we usually drop during the 7:00 hour so we'll be ine 40s but by noon in the mid-50s. by 2:00 nearing60 degrees. again, the rain moving in with a clipper systemom the west to

the east. it will scoot by quickly from 6:00 to 2:00 a.m. temperatur going up. right around 60 tomorrow so we'll slip a bit. 61 tuesday but look at that. ing of temperature is 65. we'll b 70 on halloween. so we're dry, if you have parades this afternoon, you'll be fine but after about 5:00, 6:00, you see rain move in. this is with the clipper. by11:00 along i-95 it scoots out of here. your morning commute will be a-o.k., just on the windy side. tomorrow's daytime highs in the upper 50s. gusts up to 30 mil an hou tuesday temperatures in the low 60s. wednesday temperatures will be round 70 degrees. clear skies. the sun goes down on wednesday, halloween night just about 10 minutes after 6:00 but those demperatures will be in the low to 0s so it's looking good for halloween. we have rain late thursday night

into friday, possibly lingering into saturdayut much cooler temperatures headed our way for the weekend. n, thank you very much. let's look at the starting line as we get readyor the race. the marathon about to kick off in a half hour. we have the handcyclists and the other runners and participants getting ready to go. the anticipation is building. >> and did you know the course is slightly different this year? so there's a couple changes and the worvi of to these runners is don't go out and kill yourself a the first couple miles. pace yourself. pace yourself. odws 4 tay is back with the this isn't an election.

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see what you might save at cvs pharmacy. look at the colors. they are in formation. they are ready. the countdown for the cannons is go off on. we are just over an hour away from the start of the mane corps 4 marathon and neis up and at it. >> the paratroopers coming in, this is what usually starts the festivities for event. then we'll see the handcyclists get going. his is so cool to see the paratroopers coming in and everything going on there.

just quite a sight for what is t people'smarathon. tens of thousands getting ready ro participate. we have you co from the starting line to the finish line as we are spread out across the entire race course. people want to know about the we her. >> we know they're probably going to want to layer up. >> definitely layers because it is chilly and if you're standing out there to cheer the people oa are running, you want to have the layers early. cover, a lot of cloud the sun is coming up right now. 7:31 is the officiunse in d.c. and, again, it's hopping downtown and it's pretty busy and i expect that to be the case throughout the day as long as the race is going on. we had a few sprinkles. i woke up and i was like what is going on? an upper level piece of energy

dropped a little rain on us but that is dissipating. some rain towardshaggersow area. so as you make your way out the or, layers. we'll have partly sunny skies. so sun glasses a must. we have your halloween forecast and rain later tonight. we'll time that out for you cominginup. >> t are picking up as we were just showing you for the marathon. >> the wheelchair racers will hit the course first. they sta around 7:45. then 10 minutes later the marathon kic off wi those cannons and the shot of the pistol. more than 30,000 runners are expected to be there today.he

award ceremony for 10k and ai wheel rubbers are setor 11:10. the last metal will be handed out at 3:00 th afternoon. then a victory party from 7:00 to 9:30, if you're still di st. >> you have to party. and one of d.c.'s best traditions is continuing with >> the marine corps mare on that set to start and plenty of runners takinrtthe s route todaythe 10k. >> that's what would be my preference. we have storm team 4's chuck bellt mile marker 19 with isa and sweet lou. >> they're enjoying their morning. i won't be running the race. this is the fastest i ever got to mile 19. this is awesome and i didn't a even breasweat. this is where the 10k starts.

obviously the 10 kvrk is just o six miles. so a shared finish line event. the speedy runners will probabld e in 35 or 40 minutes. we hate those people. the fast marathoners are usually in the 2:30 to 2:40 range. that's about a 4:45 mile pace over a marathon distance. myest ever, 3:08. so i wasn always that seven and a half, eight-minute mile pace. last time i finished th rac angie and i ran it together about four years ago? >>ke something that. you ran, i just survived. >> did you take a taxi. >> neither one of usbroke the tape but we both finished the race. that's the goal. it's an awesome way to see the city. so many people from outof town get to come and this is their first experience to see washington. it's so much more fun to see washington when you can run dun the middle of theet stre so my training this week, i

wasn't able to train for the race because i've been in puppy training. >> that takes work, too, chuck. thanks for bringing the dogs and cheering everybody on. we'll check in with you as the lrunners -- k, lou wants to go. >> i think you cl that a squirrel. runners will be going past the most iconic landmarks around here. look at ee course in c you didn't know. yo can see itnake all around arlington and some crossings through the district here.en d of roads are already closed for the marathon and that will be a majorbstacle if you're trying to get anywhere downtown. most roads are set to reopen. when the race is over this afternoon, you can get a full list of thenb closures in our washington app. we also continue to follow the developingto in pittsburgh where a gunman opened fire in a synagogue. police say 46-year-old robert bowers entered the tree of life synagogue armed with an ar-15

assault rifle and three handguns investigators say he shouted anti-semitic slurs as he shot at congregants. he was shot mulple times but survived. this shooting is said to be the deadliest attack on a jewish place of worship in american history. >> we have seen support come o all across our country. david culver is on the ground in pittsburgh where hundreds ve me together. he has more near the tree of life synagogue in t squirrel hill neighborhood, the site of yet's mass shooting. we are about a block of way from the tree of life congregation synagogue. you can see police in pittsburgh have the perimeter set up. while their emergency lights are illuminating many streets here, we have noticed another light, several of them, in fact. memorials like that being set up along streets. it's their way of finding

healing and peace. if there's power in numbers, then this is the city of pittsburgh showing its might. it's a themes tha become all too familiar. cemost routine. devastating viole followed by a community's embrace of one another. yet when it's your home, your neighbors, it's different. >> i was in a slump all day. >> reporter: carnegie mellon studentswariannaer and kai huizen t packing squirrel hill neighborhood saturday night. >> to just experience the b emotion, here together supporting everyone else and taking care of each other. >> reporter: they're finding healing in giving. >> i want to spread hope love on a sad day. >> reporter: brianna handing sigal ander daughter simple flower. it's appreciated. >> most of her friends go to this synagogue. last week we went there. >> reporter: at the 12-years,

lisai witnessing it firsthand. finding comfort first by. >> it's hard to press. >> i hits you. it hits you hard. >> reporter: how do you findhe ing from something like this? >> by gathering togeth, givi hugs to each other and loving each other. that's it. there's nothing else. >> reporter: sigal o pointed something interesting. she said for the past two decades she's lived in pittsburgh. before that she lived in israel. she said insrael is when she feared most for her surroundings. when she came here she felt this comfort,his safety. she said yesterday's shooting shattered that. reporting in pittsburgh, david culver, news 4. 7:39. we now want to take a look at the starting point for the 43rd annual marine corps marathon. we are just about five minutes away from the wheelchair and

handcyclists taking off for thir e, the 26.2 miles that everyone will complete today -- except for he runs running the 10k. they are the lucky runners in over the country and even outside t countryoining us outside t countryoining us for very, very special

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police $2 million for extra help with lab work to help slow a backlog that keeps growing. crowds are ready to go.el whair racers are about to begin the marathon in just a minute. well, there we go. and they are off. you're watching history because this is the 43rd annual marine corps marathon. >> and the runners will start in 10 minutes, but this is such a great sigh as the handcyclists get the event started, the wheelchair racers get started and the tens of thousands behind them starting to flood the we have you covered with news 4 crews across the race course as you can see from ou shots here. what a shot that is. beautiful stuffher ly wee.'re famiwe'd do anything for each other. but this time... those bonds were definitely tested. frog leg, for my baby brother don't frogs have like, two legs? so they should have two of these?

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>> thatsic is getting me the mood. not that i want to run 26.2 miles but a lot of people are about to, some racers ve begun the marine corps marathon, the cyclists and the wheelchair racers. > and here to witness it all once again, news 4's jim handly at e starting line with it as it happens. how os the energy there,

jim? >> it's pumpe y time you see those handcyclers come across route 110 it's dramatic and everyone is pumped up. they will be the first ones to fly across the finish line after doing 26.2 miles. we'll minterview the in our 9:00 hoair. we are wng for about six minutes and thenhat pistol will go off for 30,000 runners. we've got 7,900 first time marathoners. the 10kers are starting at the l national the oldest today is an 86-year-old woman. we have an 82-year-oldman and we've got one guy who is 80 years old running his 70th marathon today. a few minutes ago i caught up with the youngest runner. here's what he had t. s >> i'm just thinking about what i'm trying to do, i'm trying to

finishhe goal and at the end my sense of accomplishment. >> reporter: at 14 years old, was this partf your goal to do it at this age? >> no, it was not planned. after my first half marathon at 13 i realized my sense of accomplishment wanted to keep me going. >> reporter: what's your goal? >> my goal is to finish in four hours and 45 minutes. back live here above route 110 on memorial avenue, we have more assisted people coming, some are in wheelchairs. they are getting a loud applause from the 100,000 spectator fanned out across this map.i then we w see the marathoners as they line up ready to start, about 30,000 strong from all 50 states. so stay in touch, we'll be right

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on your mark, get set -- >>oh man. >> get ready to go. >> i can't even imagine the ht feeling rthere. a minute away from starting this race. is that a guy in an elvis costume? >> oh, probably. you'll see all kinds of things. and you'llot n their numbers, the smaller the number, theh closer are to the starting line. >> is that right? >> yes. so one year they gave me a 4. so everybody thought i was going to be this crazy great jirunner. handly is standing by. this is the official start. what you got? >> we are literally secondsaway right now from 30,000 nners, marathoners coming across the finish line. b they'en queueing up for an hour at the pentagon. let's take this in as we itwa for the pistole' to fire. heard the national anthem. 15 seconds for the runners.

>> we lost jim's mic butl we do the talking for him as we get ready to go and there they go. the official start of the 43rd marine corps marathon. the people's marathon. look at that sea of people who are just getting going here. long way to go but so many people pumped up. how cool is it to see the flagd l the way there? >> carrying the stars and ripes. and what they'll see along the 26.2 miles is our city like they've never seen before. for first time runners it's extraornary because you have living history and you have these monuments that you see up close and you meds new frien and people that help you along the waly.

jim ha covered this year after year. this is a great moment of this ra i want to mention, we waited for that 7:a cl7:55 mark for that hr to fire. what's interesting about that is at the sole surviving u.s. marine, the world war ii medal of honor recipient hershel woody williams served as the honored starter. he fired the pistol and kicked off the 43rd annualr marine marathon. it's important to note they aren't the only ones running.e we hmore than 400 service members doing the satellite run in afghanistan as well as iraq and on the uss "georg bush." so because of that this is a rvrathon for the people but also for those who s our country. >> we talked about the wide swath of people running from

this country is amazing. youet this spectacular look through our area. this is our signature marathon, one of the biggest in the world and to see everyone so excited about this is so ol. lauryn, the weather looking good for the rest of the race. >> absolutely. temperatures will be in the 50s for much of the race for those for much of the race for those racer out there. i believi've heard storiesnt from people across virginiaing. that have moved me to take action on veterans unemployment,

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good morning. unspeakable tragedy. th>> firing out of e front of the building with an automatic weapon. >> a peaceful morningraf pyer at a pittsburgh synagogue shattered when a gun man opens fire during services. >> members of le tree ofife synagogue were brutally murdered by a gunman targetinghem simply because of their faith. >> at least 11ll , several others injured including police officers. a tight knit jewh community shocked. >> i'm totally stunned.ie i can't b it. >> this morning the search f answers. why was the synagogue targeted? what are t about the suspected gunman and how do we prevent horrors like this one from being