wicked witch of the north. welcome news. very pleasant day to be outside for today. we can take a peek at max 1 potentially. there's an early lean on what the weekend is looking like. saturday, a little on the showery sidey especially satur morning. by saturday afternoon things will start to dry out a bit. sunday i looking great. don't forget to set your clocks back saturday night when you go to bed before y're up on saturday morning. you'll be early or late depending how that works. i'll be back in a couple of minutes with a look at youree hall planner. how about 72 degrees for a high te perfect trick or treating weather as well. melissaou mollet,e never been the wicked witch of the north, have you? >> no, no, no. i was dorothy one year. >> wicked witch of the west. >> not on my board. >> to your north, to your north. inner loop andp outer l clear. earlier road work there in college park. that is now gone. beltsville, southbound bw parkway. left lane getting by the work

zo h. wee a situation on powder mill road. that is both ways the ramp t 295. the ramp is blocked on powder mill road. kind of some delays through that area and be bsville nowause of road work. looking at 95 in maryland, 32 down thebeltway, 68 miles per hour. ten minutes this morning. 66 and 95 invi inia. no problems there. guys? >> all right, melissa. thank you. 5:01 now. developing this morning, shock and disbelief thatniversity of maryland football coach d.j. durkin will keep his job following the death of jordan mcnair. >> an outraged student government association will hold a rally tomorrow to let the unersity know that the feel this decision is unacceptable. news 4' justin finch is live in college park with more reaction from mcnair's family to this decision. justin? >> reporter: eun, aaron, the independent reports are now complete and the reaction is now coming in. the board of regents and the university saying they will move

vforward with thesey sad findings in the wake of the death of jordan mcnair. however, his parentsnd supporters are weighing in as well. they were expecting, they sa more accountability in all of this. regents chair jimrady did join president wallace low yesterday annocing they will be accepting these findings and also low announcing that he will be stepping down in june of m19. yoht recall that 19-year-old jordan mcnair collapsed in fictball pra back in may of this year and he died two weeks later of heatstroke. head coach d.j. durkin won't remain on board as you mentioned as will the athletic director damon edmunds. the findings of this 198 page report did point out they felt that the program itself is not o toxic, ver, it did create a culture of silence in all of this and t several mistakes were made that day that jordan collapsed in that football

practice. his parents spoke yesterday abou the findings. >> i miss my son every day and today it didn't help. >> we started the jordan mcnair foundationo basically the main goal of that is to educate, make aware prevention, education about heatstroke injuries or heat-related injuries so this won't happen to someone else's child. >> reporter: as youmentioned, here on campus some mixed thaction to the findings as well. university student government announcing a protest will take place tomorrow afternoon. a mar to the mai administration building at 33506789 p.m. we're live here at the university of maryland. i'm justin finch, news 4, back ju to you. >> in, thank you. 5:03. we turn to the latest on the deadly shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh. hundreds of protesters met esident trump as he arrived in erttsburgh yestday. he visited the tree of life

synagogue and paid respect to those in saturday's attack. demonstrators say president trump has failed to fully denounce white nationalism. they call his policies an assault onnd immigrants refugees. along with the president were melania trump and his daughter and son-in-law. theyay flowers and visited two of the four police officers who were shotayn satu also developing this morning, nbc news has learned special cnsel rober mueller wants the fbi to look into erports that a woman was oed money to make sexual assault allegations against him. several dc reporters say a woman contacted them. reporters investigated and found her claims d a notear to be true. they then alerted mueller's team. mueller's office is investigating whether therump campaign coordinated with russia to influence the 2016 elections. 5:04. new details on a heartbreaking accident in indiana. thes are the three siblings who were h and kille while trying to get on the school bus yesterday morning. a fourth child was hit and is in

itical conditio police say the bus stop lights here working at time. the driver accused of hitting the kids has been charged with reckless homicide. the drivers alrea out on bond. it's known as one of the most dangerous intersectio in ourarea. we're talking about old fort road and route 210 in prince gorges county. this morning officials are king steps to keep you safer. news 4's nicole jacobs is live with details on the brand-new speed cameras going up there. nicole, good >>morning. eporter: good morning to you, eun. i can tell you highway safety officials and prince gorges county police officers are trying to send a strong for drivers to slow down here on indian head highway. certainly it's been widely reported and the numbers point to a notoriously dangerous roadway. haver this year two people been killed in crashes here, but over the last ten years there

have bee 47 fatal crashesrd accoing to maryland state highway administration. starting today red light cameras go into effect ticketing drive speeding 12 miles per hour or more over the posted speed limit. we're talking about the area of ndd fort road a maryland route 21 residents in this area along with communitynd civic leaders are all getting behind this effort hopin that the roadway is safer. eun, aaron, back to you. >> nicole jacobs live for us fort washington. nicole, thank you. >> 5:06. in the district you'll g ext time to cross some of the busiest streets. d.c. mayor muriel bowser said the city will resign signals. the change will start near thed navy y and at high volume areas at ward 7 and 8. the goal is to eliminate traffic deaths and injuries. nearly 2 dozen people face charges in connection to a massive drug bust in anne

arundel county. police say they've taken more than 160 pounds of fentanyl off the street after an eight-month investigation. fentanyl is a powerful opioid and it's been linked to over dose deaths. they've also gotten xyledene, a largenimal tranquilizer which can be deadly to humans. the drugs had a street value of t$800,000. >>ay we're hoping to learn more about the death of notorious mobster james whitey bolger. >> guards found him unresponsive yesterday morning. the 89-year-old was a servi life sentence. he was the head of a boston mob and an fbi informant. he inspired the jack nicholson character in "the departed." it looks like kanye west may have had a change of hea c when es to politics and the president. e yesterday west tweeted,

quote, mys are now wide open and now realize i've bee used to spread messages i don't believe in. i am d mtancingelf from politics and completely focusing on being creative. he ended the tweet. in some other tweets he denied designing the shirt blexus. th came a few weeks after his visit with president trump at the white house. he gave t whole long speech. >> long -- >> yeah. >> there you go. boston police will be ver busy today. >> they're deeg with not just the normal halloween stuff but a rssive victory parade, too. the boston sox will have its world series victory parade today. this is video from the parade afr winning the 2013 world series. boston got to be getting used to these things. this will be the ty's 11th championship parade since 2002. >> spread the nothing against boston. >> it's 5:08, 5:09.

we're following breaking news n thedistrict. dozens of shots fired, one person dead in southeast >> news 4's molette green joins us live from alabama avenue just hours after the shots rang out. molette, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, right now i want you to check out the scene behind me police have taped off that intersection and you can see two police cars here where the shots rang out blocked off by the crime scene tape. what we can tell you is a lot of shots were fired. police have confirmed that this is aineadly sho but we don't have any details yet on the victim and we don't hava suspect description. this is the 136th homicide this year in the district and of course last night this was the very late oes. and we'll have much more

throhout the day as more details become available. back to you now. >> all right,le e. thank you. still ahead, politics may give you a headache, b is the constant bickering impacting the mental health of oouer generation? >> we're taking a look at the study that says yes. pl a sinking situation that is on camera. busted. a would-be thief tries to off with packages from another person's doorstep. wait until you see what happens that stops her in her tracks. chuck? >> it's a great story worth sticking around for. clear skies. a chilly start to youralween morning. 30s in the rural area. 50 downtown. ybe one of the warmest halloweens in 15 years! halloweens in 15 years! comple forecast coming up.te announcer: the following will surprise you about barbara comstock: baroara comstock: "i thinvs wade should be overturned and the state should decide it."

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watch packages delivered to your ho after hearing this story. >> a woman was caught red handed stealing packages from a home in texas. take a look. so watch as she calmly walks up to the front of the house near houston and carries the boxes to her car. those aren't her boxes by the e way. thief may have thought she was getting away with it and then this >> hey, what are you doing? what are you doing? put my packages back on the porch. >> that lady's thinking, who is at? >> the would-be victim spotted the thief through a security app and then spoke through her through the doorbell. that was a surprise. ope woman d, returned the packages already in her car and then she claims she thought shee was at som else's house, you know? the case of mistaken address. >> uh-huh. >> apparently thoseer boxes filled with kitty litter. >> she wouldn't have -- big get on that one. 5:16 our time right now. let's turn to r.e weat >> the weather? >> yes, the weather.

>> i don't know what that accent was. >> it's good. you will like it. i don't know why now we're all doing bad fakeerman accents. skies are clear. temperatures are typically chilly. 50 now at national airp the wind is calm so you get away from the heat island in the city. it's noticbly cooler. 39 now in loudoun county. 37 in wincheer, virginia. 41 in frederick, maryland. upper marlboro. 51 by the bay in annapolis. st. mary's county, temperature, 53 degrees. big range of temperaturesha typical ofhappens with a clear sky and a light breeze. check out that halloween forecast. sunny and mild today with a high of 72 degrees. so you say, how rare is it to be above 70 on halloween? i look back through the last 15 today would be only the fifth time in 15 years. maybe a one in three chance for it. last time we were above 70 for

halloween was 2009. it rained on t trick or treaters. 2006 was dry. 2005as dry. 2004, 9de ees. here's the good news. it will be sunny and mild today. it will be equally warm, in fact, even a little warmer tomorrow. this rain chance that cold front there in chicago. that arrives here probably before you wake up on friday morning. it will be raining. so your planner then for today, nothing to worryabout. sun's not up until after 7:30. 6:09.at next week behind the clock change though the sun will be up before 7:00. all of tha information and more in our nbc washington app with a complete custom tailored storm team 4 forecast. here's a quick peek at the next five days. sunny and 72 today. 75 and moreloudstomorrow. showery, still mild on friday. weekend highs back in the 50s. could be rainy first thing onrd sa. melissa, sunday looks great.

>> tonight even better. i loveit alexandria on the woodrow wilson bridge, dclabled ve not showing a big slowdown because of that. just expect it if it hangs around here. in northwest, new hampshire avenue between nnd street 20th, technical rescue happening there blocking the lanes and some side streets off of that area as well off of new hampshire. we're going eo keep an on that and let you know how that develops. also have a crew on the way. beltzville, southbounbw parkway before powder 1 road. 66 fairfax county parkway to the beltway, noer problems arab? >> coming up, a local man works overtime to create the perfect halloween costume for a young man in a wheelchair. man in a wheelchair. >> be sure to catch "ellen" at

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i'm angie goff. breaking news out of the dupont circle area. we know dc fire andems

responding to a rescue call. this is at a building in the 1300 block of new hampshire avenue northwest. as we take a look at the map here. we know that this is a high angle rescue underway, an operatn that usually involves ropes and suspension to help get someone who is trapped safely out. as we work to get moredetails, the impact for you, we have roads closed for you.00 nd 1400 block of new hampshire avenue, 1900 block of sunderland place and the 1300 block of 20th place and melissa will have more on that. eun, aaron? >> haangie,s for that. it's now 5:23. halloween can be tgh for some children with disabilities. most costumes are not made with them in mind. >> there's a mother in manassas park who is getting help from a compan calle magic wheelchair. chris lawrence shows us they're ansforming his chair into a costume worthy of hoepywood. >> rter: you can't just snap your fingers to make magic.

there's no spell or substitute for swea just ask brian mcnaughty who's building a jeep for a 15-year-old kid, a quadriplegic. >> that's going to beor for the do hinges. >> the costume is made of foam that sits on a frame. >> where i'm sitting right that's exactly where kevin would be sitting. >> you'll meet kevin in a second, but first -- >> reporter: what's been theha est part of putting this altongther? >> fit and movement. his arms. you know, when we put the actual foam o the side he won't hurt rhimself. >>orter: it's not just any jeep, it's the jeep of jurassic >> must go faster. >> reporter: have you gone through and looked at all of tho scenes fthe movie? >> you wouldn't b screen shots i have. >> reporter: from those images he started sketching and tossing anything that didn't work. >> we built this specifically for caregivers. >> reporter: he volunteers for a

non-profit that builds epicst es for kids like kevin. >> they will see the costume first and the't w see his sability. >> kevin! oh, look at that! that's for you. this is fantastic. >> thank you. iope you like it, buddy. >> kevin is non-verbal and his mom jessica is at a loss for words. >> it's hard every year to get a costume for him to go and enjoy halloweeve i don't have any words for it. it's just -- i'm just so grateful. >> reporter: that's when you realize theic m isn't in the wheelchair but in this moment. >> good job,buddy. >> chris lawrence, news 4. >> within deonderful story. >> magic wheelchair depends on donations. we will post a link on the nbc washington apus

about 5:26. getting youn the halloween spirit all morning long. coming up, a look at the holiday race where wheels arerequired. a dream machine for reese's peanut buttercup lovers like me. we'll show you the candy converter thagis allow fans to get only the good stuff. chuck? >> not sry to be outside. get the car washed, keep it clean. d.c.'s family homeless shelter officially closed for good. where the families who called

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in washington. i'm joe manchin, and i approve this message. al in maryland, democratsmen. are on the front lines. with so much at stake, ben jealous is the bold leader maryland needs. his plans will get our schools back to number one and protect our healthcare. maryland's teachers, nurses and president obama agree.al ben s has the "courage to move families forward." let us stand up for our kids let us stand up for familiesd let us st for our state ben jealous, democrat for governor "news 4 today" starts now. right now at 5:, a live look outside as we start your halloween morning. does it look spooky out there? >> a bit. >> h'm, never know whethyou turn corner, right? but nothing scary about our. forecast tod

you're going to love it. good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. good news for trick or treaters, you won't need to cover up the costumes with coats. a lot of us sending us pictures. look at this, that's melissa's little one. >> melissa. >> i love that, donald duck, >> she thinks she's mickey mouse. she's so cute. >> grown folks in costume as well. >> those two. >> chuck is frightening. >> yes, you, too. >> keep them coming, folks. you can tag u at nbc washington on social media. befor forecast, we need to check in on melissa. road closures in the northwest. melissa? >> big problemstn the north as far as this closure. take a look at what we're talking about.e new hampshirvenue between n street and dupont circle, we have police activity there. some sort of rescue happening ere. and these lanes shut down. some intersecting streets also

closed. if this sticks around going to obviously be a big problem for the morning commute. we have molette green on the way. she should be there shortly. we'll get a lot more information once she arrives on the grnd. alexandria avenue nr the woodrow wilson bridge, a disabled vehicleere. crash at 270. alexandria, southbound 395 before seminary have an incident they're calling it in the left lane. ngle tracking on blue and yellow line on metro. problem at national airport. that single tracking happening between pentagon city and braddock road. good morning, mr. bell. >> good morn g,melissa. happy wednesday, everybody. happy halloween as well. it's seasonably chilly start to your wednesday morning. 46 in gaithersburg. 39sbn lg and martinsburg. 47 in clinton and 51 degrees bay side in anne arundel county. it wilbe a fantastic day to spend as much time outdoors as wayou can get with. sunny skies with afternoon highs

in the upper 60s and low 70s. for the trick or treaters going out this evening, wow. no heavy jacket require for this. temperatures will stay in the low to mid 60s at peak trick ore treating sun is down at 6:09 this evening. once that sunwn goes drivers, be careful. watch out for those little ghosts and goblins onhe neighborhood streets. angie goff at the live desk. new information about the issue in northwest d.c. that melissa just told us about. this i near the dupont circle atea where the dupont station is. actually where the situation started. we have d.c. fire and ems responding to a rescue call after police tell us a man ran from the dupont station to the heuric museum. they're in talks, in negotiations to try to get that man down. how does this impact you? we have road closures i place

as melissa told you mainly affecting new hampshire avee the 00 and 1400 block. the 1900 block of sunderland place. we're on the way to bring you the very latest. stay with us. now back to you. >> thank you, angie. 5:33. also breaking in southeast this srning, one person dead after dozens of shots were fired overnight. gunfire was reported around 11:30 last night near the intersection of alabama avenu and e street. police did say they are looking for a man wearing all black clothing. investigators saying there are dozens of shell casings here. there were 96 in all of17 new developments this morning in the fallout over the death ofan university of mar football player jordan mcnair. >> university board ofegents allowing the coach d.j. durkin to keep his job despite the allegations he allowed a toxic culture within theot

ll program. >> justin finch is live in ision.e park with that d justin? >> reporter: eun, aaron there is oncern on campus and beyond that there is not enough accountability in the 198 page report. mcnair'po family out about that yesterday and students here on campus plan to demonstrate about that tomorrow but on tuesday we did hear from b rd of regents chair jim brady as well as university president wallace low. they explained the process of this investigation and also took questions from the press. low also announced that he wil step down from his post as president in june of 2019. now jordan mcnair was a 19 fear-old sophomoretball player who collapsed during practice back in may due to heatstroke and died a few weeks later. they did point out in the report that they could have done more to treat him at thee tim of his collapse, however, they do not blame a toxic football culturei ts entirety for his death. instead they say the culture w

dangerously silent. squelching voices that could have spoken out and done more. the recommendations include not only keeping athletic director and head coach d.j. durkin having both remain with the program. >> we believe that coach durkin has been unfairly blamed for the dysfunction in the athletic department and while he shares some responsibility, it is not fair to place all of it at h feet. >> reporter: now governor larry hogan as well as prince gorges county chair baker said they are prepared for protests. we're live in collegepa rk. i'm justin finch, news 4. it's 5:35. we continue following the latest in the deadly pittsburgh synagogue shooting. today there will be at lorst five funerals for the victims kille at the tree of life synague on saturday. yesterday the president along

members r family traveled to pittsburgh to lay flowers and leaings more about the officers who weren injured i the deadly shooting. the latest on their conditions coming up in the next half hour. this is the first morning that no families are living inside the d.c. shelter. mayor murl bowser chained the doors yesterday. that building wl be coming down in the next few months. they've beenoc red to the smaller shelters across the state. the saddest case to come out of this shelter is thatf a lisch shah rudd. the7th street high heel race,gh last dozens of drag queens showed off their elaborate outfits and some wanted to get into the fun. >> se sprinted while others

strutted their stuff. here you go. awkward jog or something ther >> heels are really high. >> i know. celebrating lgbtq community. it started years ago when t men decided to race each other from bar to bar in heels. we've posted here and search high heels. >> look at themm coment. >> search high heels on the nbc 5:37.ngton joop hours away from the start of trickr treating. coming up, reminrs for you and your family to keep the streets safe. >> plus, making the next uber ride. sa the new

i was 'mnavy doctor, sosed to getting to work early. now i have aeneral practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me. many of them worry about president trump taking away protect ns mafor pre-existing conditions. and women are frightened they could lose reproductive health care. it's why i'm glad i ha. a friend named ben ben is a national leader who's protecting obamacare from president trump. he's my friend ben i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin and i approved this message. i' dave brat said he'd vote to ruce the deficit. abigail spanberger, and i approve this message. but instead, he voted to increase it by $1.9 trillion. why? brat went washington, taking hundreds of thompands from big drug ies, wall street banks, and other corporate special interests and voting to give his big corporate donors big tax breaks,

making the next generation pay. dave brat went washington, and all we got was the bill. self proclaimed mother of the chemical weapon corp meet aime hoeber. where she referred to nerve gas as just insecticide someone who's made a careere gas cashing in on her govement contacts- was sued for using her position as a board member to defraud shareholders. and is now pursuing trumps agenda of defding planned parenthood and is now pursuing trumps agand denying medical coverage to people with pre existing contions.

the more you know aimee hoeber, the less you want to. i'm david trone, i approve this message. it's 5:40 on this halloween morning. take a look at some of these great costumes that people have beenending in. make sure you tag thesh nbc gton app so you can share

them. that's chuck and aaron. >> that's a dog. a sheep. >> a ghost, scary dog. there are some very scary numbers about pedestrians on halloween. moreildren are four times likely to be hit by a car on halloween than any other day of the here are 4 things to know to have a safe halloween flebration. these aren't jus the kids. first and most obvious, watch for kids in the street. vosecondly, neighborhood short cuts. there are likely more pedestrians o the side streets. slow down, a person is twice as likely to survive being hit by a caroing 25 miles per hour than 35. that little extra speed makesge difference there. then, drive sober. almost one in five fatal pedestrian accidents on hallown involve safer drivers. >> the tips are mostly for drivers. search halloween in the nbc washington app for more safety info. >> 5:41 is our time. mr. bell. >> yes. the next thing we need to do is

scare the falcons. they're coming to town t play our redskins. >> yes. >> 1:00 game at fedex field. beautiful day. owmperatures in the cooler 50s. learn about many more 70s we learn about many more 70s we

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teacher and children: ...and justice for all. to care for other human beings. nurses ben jealous has a plan called medicare-for-all, that builds on the foundation of medicare, u ng our collective purchasing power, to lower costs and the costs ofd prescriptigs. medicare-for-all allows us to take every pharmaceutical c tpany to task price of every drug. get a better deal for all of us. rses want a healthier maryland and medicare-for-all ll lead to just that. my name is hannah and i'm supporting ben jealous for governor of maryland before he was attorney general, ian frosh led maryland'sgh. so when donald trump's epa attackour clean water laws, frosh is leading the charge to stop them. attorney general brian frosh.

you're watching "news 4 today." now to reports of a potential pl ainst special counsel robert mueller. he isskg the fbi to look into reports that a woman was offered money to make sexual assault allegations against him. news 4's tracie potts is on capitol hill trning. tracie, how did he find out about this? >> he found out from reporters who heyoman approached them trying to get them interested in this saying she was offered money to tiel these st of sexual misconduct and harassment decades ago. reportedly when she worked with mueller back in the law firm but that law firm said they have no one of n thate who's ever worked for them, no one on file. checking into is whether this is a scam, whether it's some deliberatettempt to

discredit the man in charge of the russia investigation. >> all right. tracie potts live for us on catol hill. tracie, thank you. new overnight. news 4 received the results from a new nbc news gen forward poll. how likely are they to vote in the mid term election next week. 31% of millennials overall say they will definitely vote. 26% say they'll probably vote. 23% are uncertain whether or not ey'll vote. 12% probably won't. and 7% definitely will not vote participants were also asked what they think is the most important problem facing theco try right now. the top answer is racism. with the election now less than a week away, some rids share compane making it easier for you to get to the polls. capital ride hare is offering free rides on november 6th. e the code bike to vote on the capital bike share app to get the d pass and lyft is taking

50% off rides across c thentry on election day. the ride share company is giving free rides to erunded communities. we are learning more about two fairf county sisters found dead in new york city. their mother received a phone call the day before their bodies were discovered. la week officers found 16-year-olds duct taped together in the hudson river. they are saudi immigrants. their mother says someone from the saudi embassy called her and ordered the family tve the u.s. because her daughter's applied for political asylum. the sisters were reported missing in august. not tigators are sti calling this a homicide. we have learned that ratana was enrolled in george mason university before leaving in the spring. ddly crashes are too common along route 210 in prince gorges county. it's part of the reason officials are implementing a safety measure this morning. news 4's nicole jobs is live

in fort washington now. >> reporter: you can certainly see this is ay vsy intersection, and when you hear that there are -- there have 4 been fatal crashes over the last ten years, that really put things into perspective. those numbers are from the maryland state highway administration, but starting today there will be red light cameras flashing here at this o intersectionf old fort road and maryland route 210 ticketing any driver speeding 12 miles per ho or more over the posted speed limit. highwayafety officials, community and civic groups as well as those who live in this area all back the efforts to make this stretch road a lot safer. so far this year two people have died in crashes and the hope is that with the presence of these cameras, drivers will put their own safety and others top of

mind. aaron, eun, back to you. nicole jacobs in fort washington. thank you. > it's now 6:49. the next time you hop in an uber, your ride is going to be safer. nthere is a shield icon on the app that connects you directly to 911 in case of an emergency.il dispatchers know the make, model, license plate number of your uber but mlyt importa they'll know your exact location this not only protects riders but drivers as well. >> had a screaming, yelling customer that was threatening me 911my vehicle and, yeah, the could not hear me because of the customer yelling in the background. >> now 911 can automatically o dispatchicers to the vehicle's location. for more information on how to use safetyshield go to the nbc washington app and search uber 911. kid, not an adult, the worst part of the halloeten isng

a bunch of candy you hate to eat. >> this year reese's is to the rescue with the candy exchange machine. looks just like a vending machine. there it is. >> ahhhh! >> kids and adults can trade in the candy you don't want. >> ndgenius. >> get the prized peanut buttercups. there's a huge market for this. according to the reese's survey, 90% of people say they have ytraded or wish the could have traded unwan cddy on halloween. unfortunately the candy conve converter machi is headed in new york. if you're headed that way, look for it. >> that would do really well in our market. >> in ourws om. this is a halloween costume that's making many of us do a double take this morning. how about this? beyonce takes on the iconic toni braxton look. do you see the difference there? queen b re-created the shphotos.

wrote phoni braxton. toniraon recognized this and praised beyonce's portrayal. >> just a quick, cute fast that she was styled by zarena aes who went to sweetland high school. what a cool job to style beyonce. >> for halloween, how about that. >> okay. yeah. i'll do it. >> maybe i just think it would be a cool job. >> no, based on t singi that was taking place in the studio earlier this morning not on ca luckily for you -- no. , >> -- you shouldn't sing. >> we're all behind the scenes singers. >> aaron can sing. >> stop telling people that. not true. >> oh, we're going to have to put a secret microphone in the shower tn're at aa place. >> excuse me? >> that's where you're singing, right? >> move on, chuck. >> i said microphone, not camera. >> oh, geez. okay. 50 degrees right now. of cloud cover out there. not much of a breeze either.

temperature now 37 in loudoun county. 39 in the shenandoah valley. oser to the 5s the closer you get to the chesapeake bay. what you need to w before you put the costumes on. shedable layer of fal fleece early this morning. sunglasses and a sweater. peect day to take the dog out for a walk. teddy avaable fordoption at the humane rescue and alliance. temperatures in the 40s this morning butook atthat. mid 60s at noontime and near 70 degrees for highs today. it's been a while. we have not had a halloween 70 or higher since 2009. so our warmest halloween in a decade and t porrowmises to be even warmer. no one really cares if it's warm on november 1st. clouds will be coming inof becae his cold front out to our west so today sunny and mirr. to warmer but becoming very, very cloudy. that rainrrives here late

thursday night and friday is looking like a very showery day. enjoy t sunshine while we have it. here's a look at the ten day forecast. 72 for your halloween. evening trick or treat temperatures will be in the area. 70% chance for rain on friday but likely to be on both commutes for shfriday. ers ending relatively early, hopefully before noon on ckturday. set your c back saturday night and change the battery in your smoke detector. melissa, let's hea the latest on traffic. >> good reminder. nortest still have thi problem, new hampshire avenue between n street and dupont circle, we arehut down there. police acvity, a rescue there blocking some lanes. we're going to have a live report from molette green coming up. as you do, nothing happening here. some intersecting streets also closed because of this. again, we're expecting a live report in the6:00 hour. southeast, mlk jr. avenue. have a crash reported there.

southbound 270 after 70, single lane getting by that crash ming out of frederick. single tracking blue and yellow line between pentagon city and national airport. travel time, 270 looks pretty good. so does the top of the beltway outer loop. 65 in bound and n major delays.t to one of those when you hop into a car. group of lifelong friends who shared everything n share $1 million. the awesome 11 from arlington won the mega millions prize. they are accepting the oversized check from the folks at the virginia lottery. the group buys a ticket every week for the mega millions. last week was their lucky we. finally paid off. the ticket matched the five n winninbers and only missed the megaball. >> their ticket was one of two in virginia t win the million dollar prize in the historic billionollar drawing. these are the kind of people that give us hope to keep

playing, keep playing, evtually you'll win something, right? >> something. at's enough of a jackpot. >> it'sn helpful wu play with friends, too. >> 5:55 right now. good morning, frank holland here at cnbc headquarters. pizza hut iseaming up with dominoes. it's called the pie pro. ses a pair of robot arms to move them along an assembly line. it mak the pizzas, slices them, even slides them into a the process takes seven box. minutes. the truck could make your pizza while it's driving to your house. don't expect to see this on the roadeny t soon due to the high cost and lack of hydrogenta fillingons in the u.s. i'm frank holland. i remember when 30 minutes or less was a big deal. back to you. >> that's too long. >> 30 minutes, what? >> thank you, frank. new overnight, the washington wizards lost again. they wrapped up theirfive-game

road trip in memphis but they lost the game 95-107. the wizards only win this season was last week in portland. hope to turn things around quickly. still ahead on news 4 today, anger and division at the university of maryland. >> the results of two investigations into the death of football player jordan mcnair are out and not everyone is happy with it. how students are planning toes pr this week when "news 4 today" continues. et ime hoeber.

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change happening right now and i'm not exactly sure what's going on. we're at 20th and behind me is where all of the activity is at new hampshire avenue in the 1300 block. just getting our way down. police have kind of allowed us to move further down the road here. what we just saw was the police removing the crime tape -- crime scene tape from aroundhe building. this is a high angle rescue operation that they are working and investigating here along new hampshire avenue here. not exactly sure. waiting on t commander who is down there on t scene to give us an update on what they're dealing with this morning. we can tell you that a lot of the seets have been blocked off but moments ago just as you were coming to me we saw a lot of police cars moving out of the way. they have been blocking t streets here in this area where