sisters found dead last week in new york city. >> police sent out new photos today, but there are still more questions than answers about why the girls were in new york and just how they died. our era gonzalez is at the live desk with what we are learning today. >> reporter: gym, ndy, detectives on the case are getting closer to determining actly what happened to the two young women. that picture we just put up, this is the first time we've been able to show you a clear picture of the sisters. their mom told detectives the day before the girls' bodies were found, she got a call from an official at the saudi arabia embassy ordering the family to leave the u.s. because her daughters had applied for political asylum. 22 and 16, they were reported missing last august. last week, their bodies were found in the hudson river. duct taped togethot. cls on. no outward signs ftrauma. this is an update now from the lead detective in new york on this case. >> we've made significant

progress in piecing together pieces of this puzzle to learn what happened, detectives have been down in virginia. they conducted a number of terviews in virginia. including members of the immediate family. as well as others. and those interviews are really unravelingay in somea piece of the puzzle behind the scenes, what was going on in thewo young ladies' lives. >> reporter: the pair moved from saudi arabia to the u.s. with their family in 2015 and had been living in fairfax county. we made attempts to reach the family, but we have not had any success. jim, wendy, back to you p. >> erica gonzalez, thank you. back to the breakg news we've been telling you about on the bw parkway this afternoon, a major barakup after a crash left one perso a dead a second injured. video from chopper 4 shows the car flipp over, debris scattered around the southbound side of the parkway, between route 197 and powder mill road

in prince georges county. that road is closed just past route 197. thisutrage in college park evening after the university of instate decided to football coach d.j. durkin. today, everybody froke law to former and current players are slamming the board of reons' decision. many feel durkin is not held responsible for the death of mcnair last summer. some taking to social media today to voice frustrations. ellis mckenzie saying a group of people do not have the courage to hold anybody accountable for mcnair's death. another says paycheck was chosen over that life. newss getting new reactions this evening from college park. what are youg? hear >> reporter: well, the terps here are practicing while others prepare for protests tomorrow, and others prepare for protests

before saturday's game, and protest led by jordan mcnair's dad. >> i'm not 100% sure really where the blame lies. >> reporter: some are on the fence about what manyas perceiv a forced retirement by university of maryland president wallace lowe. >> i think it makes a big difference to the school. >> reporter: stunts quick to say how they a feelut d.j. durkin returning to the position of head football coach. >> any coach that allows a isayer to die on his watch should not keep job. >> reporter: the president is retiring this june, after thesi univer system of maryland's board of regions' chair announced that coach.c. durkin is returning to his position after being placed on administrative leave. he was on the field when jordan troke and from hea died two weeks later. elected officials whoerupport lowe swift to react. >> it's ndindefensible a more and more of the colleagues are saying, what went on? >> reporter: lowe is crediteth eing the catalyst behind the growth of the university of

maryland in the last few years, improving its academic standards, transitioning it into the big 10 and he's credited with partnering to redevelop the route corridor in prince georges county and som wonder if t attack on leadership isn't personal. >> falls back to years ago when dr. lowe agreed the name of the stadium to be changed because of the racism, and mr. brady disagreed with it, i don't know if that lies at thease or didn't like lowe's leadership. >> reporter: spoke with anlliam brit curwin, former president of mar and former chancellor for the university systems of maryland, and he sai that theoard of regions basically violated policy when they decided the head football coach could return saying that is something the president's supposed to do. this is what a spokesperson with the university system of maryland had to say about that. f the u.s. and board of regions, they had a responsibility to provideco endations and guidance to

the president. the board carried out the b responsibility the primary focus on what was best for the university and the students saying that the sports program had been in disarray for some time. now, theyl md board -- or the maryland delegation here in annapolis are considering actually holding t hearings have conversations about exactly what happened here. they are talking about starting that in november. reporting live in collegeckpark to you in the studio. >> a story that's not going away. thank you. at 5:45, we'll speak with the "washington post" about the impact this decision has on the sporgram there, and the challenges the coach will face now and ming forward. wendy? >> now to the man who is on trial fora the death oince george's county police officer, a police officer who diednd durg fr fire. that officer was killed when police say michael ford fired ots outside police headquarters. in a surprise move today, ford iok the stand his own defense, claiming he did not intend to shoot or kill anyone.

news 4's chris gordon has the story in prince georges county. >> reporter: before the shooting rampage in the prince georges county police station on barlow road, mhael fofd testifying in his own defense said, i tried to kill myself, i took the gun out, put it to my e head, i pull the triggers. the jurors watched ford. fo testified, i wrote a note to my mother, i'm going to kill her.lf, i apologized to he had his two brothers drive nim to the police station. they shot video o a camera ford recounts he fired at the twice, wanting them to come out and kill m, but ford says he didn't intend to kill any police, to frighten any police, or the people in cars and in ambulance. he says hid not fire at them. he fired towards them. in the chaos, detective colson was shot and killed by another officer by mistake thinking that colson was the gunman. during the questioning, tor

prosec confronted ford saying he has a robberin conviction m it illegal for him to carry a gun. that ford fired 23 shots changing clips when he ran out of bullets. you never said come out and you?t me, did ford replied, i never said that. you never said, i'm here to died i never said that. never said, come out and shoot me. ford replied, i didn't do that.e mi ford's week long trial here could wrap up tomorrow with closing arguments, and then it will be t up the jury to determin held responsible for the death of the police officer colson. he faces dozens of other charges of attempted murder and assault for allegedly firing bullets at others during that same shooting spree in march of 2016. that's the latest live from the prince georges county courthouse, wendy, back to you.

>> thank you, chris gordon. in pittsburgh today, funer services were held for three more of the 11 victims fro saturday's shooting rampage at the tree of life synagogue. lvin wax, retired accountant who was leading the services when the gunman entered. joyce feinbergiv from the sity of pittsburgh, and irving younger, a retired andfather, volunteering at the temple greeting people andha ing out pamphlets. of the six wounded, four remain in the hospital. soon, our roads will be full of holiday travelers. yet, another tragedy one the s of the local road overnight is highlighting a danrousriving trend. news 4 is working for you with tips to keep your families safe. >> reporter: we see it all the time cartrouble, a flat tire, vehicles pulle over to the shoulder. happened to me this past weekend. we an assumee the s the

road means we're out of harm's way. not the case. >> it puts not only our lives at risk, but also our customers'. >> reporter: she's a flat bed operator for henry's flat bed service. >> we know wheneople are doing the speed limit, when they are under the speed limit, when they are moving over, when they are not moving over. reporter: overnight, virginia state police investigated a case of someone not moving over. a man helping change a and killed by a passing tractor trailer. police looking for that truck driver. >> she had a good heart. >> reporr: this weekend, young woman trying to help a stranded driver hit and killed on route 50 in prince georges county. in april, a man nearly killed responding to this wreck on 395, the leg badly injured. this was personal. the manhit? he's a co-worker. >> even now knowing he's doing all right, it's still one of those -- that could have me.

>> reporter: with the upcoming thanksgiving travel, officials warn if you have a breakdownn the highway, this is what to do. first of all, try to get off the interstate. if you can't get to an exit, move to eshoulder, as far over as you can. do not get out of your car. they say from inside your call, dial #77.he >> job is to keep you safe as possible. >> a message echoed here, hoping you will help make her job ait safer. in fairfax, news 4. at 00, you heard of the move over law. dave is going to beal back to about the move it law, and why officials are going to be cracking down on it this holiday season. we're just getting started here on news 4 at 5:00. a me too moment in a locl. middle sch a 12-year-old charged with assaulting his female

classmates. we a covering the developing story tonight, and we'll have details in the next half hour. new concerns about a treatment for cervical cancer and why some doctors are now changing how they deal with it. >> reporter: the police closed down the streets, i'm tommy, preparing for halloween on south lee. trick orreaters are already here! everyone is wondering, elia -- >> how's the forecast! >> and the forecast is looking great. nombllas needed tonight, but i am tracking rain moving into the area. i'll have the lattes

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that matter to virginia and to america. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. e some fantastic schools have slipped. and we have a lot of schools that are in crisis. our current governor has withheld money that could've been spent on education. maryland needs a governor whose top priority is public schools. ben jealous has a plan to fully fund education, to bring teacher pay up so that we can attract the best and brightest. ben's education plan is supported by teachers like me. if parents want better schools, then ben jealous needs to be the person they vote for. my name is rachel and i'll be voting for ben jealous for governor. breaking newsn southeast d.c. where one person has been shot. >> victim found on mississippi avenue near hally terrace. >> we understand ath lot o top police officials are there including the chief?

>> repriter: that's t. i'll tell you more about that in a second, but take a look, you can see down there, all those officers wearing the white shirts are supervisors at the police department where we are told a man was ,sh about 3:00 this afternoon. we are threelocks from the school. we're in the 100 block of mississippi avenue southeast. there's an elementary school in the 400 block of mississippi avenue southeast. the shooting happened just asol scs letting out in the afternoon. obviously, very,ery disturbing for people in this neighborhood. we've been watching children coming home from school in their little halloween costumes. not something yout to see any day, but particularly not of children a lot out on the streets as you mentioned. there is a lot of police brass here.ha the reason foris it is halloween, and, generally, for the years that i've been h experienced wthis, the entire command staff work on the

evening of halloween, so they all responded to the scene here. now, as to the man's injuries, we are told he wasci uncos and not breathing at the time he was transported by ambulance. that is indication injuries are very, very severe, but, again, this is a developing situation. there are homicide detectives here. we're t ging to more information as to the man's age, any other information tha we n give you, and as soon as we get that,k we'll come bac and bring it to you live in southeast washington, jackie benson, news 4. well, safety bviously on the minds of people in georgetown. it's halloween, and you know what it means, several streets, they are closed, police recommend drivers avoid that area. in about an hour,raffic along parts of wisconsin and along m street vestricted. sel side streets closed. parking restrictions are going to be in effect. the complete list of closings is in the nbc washington arp.

"georgetown halloween." well, there's already a lot re fun in alexandria today w tommy mcfly is on south street, and that's south lee streeor thereng in the community for you this evening. tommy, a lot of people, creatures, and rscharac too, showing up around you. >> reporter: yeah, absoretely. people gathering here already, jim, look at this. hey, everybody, having fun? >> yeah! >> reporter: this is the early crowd on south lee street. we're expecting, like, 10,000 ? people 5,000 people tonight?ir making tay through here. the p.d. closed the streets. this is community tradition, that people get together, we did it with our radio show, an we've bontinuing to make it happen, and it gets bigger and bigger andry bigger e year, so alexandria p.d. is o in force making sure everyone is safe this holiday. poke to the lieutenant minutes ago, and he told us what parents should be looking for as they send trick or treaters out this halloween. plan.me up with a game

have them have contact numbers for their chilen, especially they are older and trick atreatalone. they need a means to call 911 or call them if something's out of the ordinary. >> jefferson and washington would be very proud of us because they walked the streets, you know, walked the streets and everything, and here we are, you know, tonight, waiting for the mmunity to come. that's what this all out. >> didwendy's look -- >> reporter: all the trick or great s are having a time. the roads are closed. radio cohost, kellynd jenn are here, ready for an awesome, awesome halloween excitement. are you pumped? >> planned the outfits for months now, and look at the trick orreaters here on lee street. >> we are on wilkes and south lee. we have 2,000 bags ofcandy. jim, wendy, saving some for you. >> that's a lot of cavities

there. >> have been eating bags of candy every day this week, it seems. good to see the gang back together. you know, this year, we had nbc 4 starting a new tradition, pumpkin off ting the nbc roof. this f pumpkin had ae called on it. so very cool last week, but it starting deconstructing, if you will, and neededom pavement surgery. >> happy hallowngn. anyt scarier than when your face is carved on a pumpkin? so i'm going t cebrate by tossing it. are you ready? ha-ha! yes! wow! that was great! i never looked so good on a pumpkin! there it is. there is something quite

therapeuticbout that. i may throw something off the roof every week now. >> i like the letterman slow motion there. >> yes. >> the nose was falling off or eaten off by maggots or -- >> it was bla with mold. it was -- it was not pretty. it was, like, my portrait of dorian gray by my feet at the desk. t,yway -- >> all ri good stuff. at coming up, more ahead 5:00, the forecast for trick or treaters, and tracking some rain for your weekend. >> good news for expecting mothers who take prescriptorn meds f mental health issues, and what it means for your baby's health. concerns about safety of you and your familhe on roads. ford explorer owners say carbon mo oxide fumes are still leaking into their suvs despite the fix from the manufacturer. this is what we have been rinvestigating for a yea you, tomorrow on news 4 at 7:00, susan is working for you, and susan is working for you, and asking tough queions to the

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a greatni e to be trick or treating. >> beautiful, just a beautiful day. >> yeah. gorgeous all around. >> yeah. >> exactly the weather we want fo the ds. not too warm or too hot. behind us, perfect. >> looks like florenceye >> . >> kind of does. >> without the -- >> no lines for the>>food. yeah. >> looking at a sunset time tonight at 6:09. >> ok. >> we have another hour to go. if you are going out trick or treating after sun tonight, it's important to keep in mind that the moon is not going to be ou for the trick or treater so bring a flashlight for the kids. looking at the weather headlines, it's gorgeous, though, overall for trick or treating. tomorrow is nice and mild with highs in the low to mi70s s warmer than today as we look to friday, well, you g th umbll tt wo tracking the showers, potentially heavier rains later in the day for your friday night. friday night could be a storm team 4 weather alert with heavy

rain possible or a few rumbles of thunder. we'll watch that. right now, though, check out these temperatures in the mid-60s toow 70s. 70 degree in frederick, 66 in the dirict, 69 in the river, and here's what you can expect or trick or treating this evening. 7:00 p.m., temperature at 66 degrees, still mid-60s at 9:00 p.m., mainly clear skies for trick or treaters a 11:00 p.m., only around 62. our normal lows are now in the 40s. for tomorrow, high temperature of 75 degrees. that's above normal. clouds and mix of sun throughout the day and beautiful breeze on your thursday afternoon. overnight, a few showers could sneak into the area. this is friday morning at 6:00 a.m. with future weather. notice light showers out there, otheise cloudy skies with all of the white. we have plenty of clouds around throughout the day on friday. a few occasional showers,ut notice how hit and miss the

activity will be. this is not going to be the exac placement. still a ways out to figure out exactly where it's going to be raining and when, but you get the idea. some showers on and off throughout the hey. ing into the evening hours, this is friday, 5:00 p.m., that evening commute ould be a slow-go tracking rain, brighter colors here, heavier rain, rumbles of thunder moving through the area from 5:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. saturday morning, 9:00, 10:00 a.m., the rain is out of the ea, seeing clearing, cooler, but the weekend is looking dry. take a ook at thefour-day forecast. the five-day forecast is coming up at 5:45, but75 tomorrow. 72 on friday. that's the day you need the up broadway la. on -- up broadway la. on sndurday, dry, breezy suay, and extra hour of sleep sunday. >> all right. thanks. news 4 works for your health tonight. discovery about cervical cancer that already led to changes in how it's being treated.

>> reporter: parents of kids at this middle school getting a startling letterrom that principal tonight. a 12-year-old boy accused of groping his female classmates. ming up, how the investigatn and redskins welcome the newest playe into the ld. newest playe into the ld. fo

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you're watching news 4 at 5:00. dl> a m schoolboy in northern virginia charged tonight with sexual battery. >> that student at ripen mid is not even a teenager yet. he's accused of groping girls in his class. >> our bureau chief is joining us from prince william county police headquarters in woodbridge this evening to talk unfolded. the case >> reporter: well, jim, wendy, when police started ase just this the week, they were able to find out

this improper touching had been goingn since september, and it took one young victim speaking up to reveal she was not alone. students are heading home from rippon middle school with troubling news in a letterrom the principal. a 12-year-old boy at the school is facing charges of sexualor battery improperly touching female students. the police sts the incid came to light this week when a victim came forward. we did have a courageous young lady who did feel that the touching was inappropriate and alerted a staff memr who then tified the school resource officer. >> reporr: the sro learned that girlfuls not alone. there was multiple victims. the girls were touched in their private areas over the clothe, going on since september. >> the incident that occurred throughout the hallways are dung school hours and the school buildings. >> reporter: that letter sent

home reads in part, "we placed phone calls to the paraphernaen those who reported, and i applaud the students who reported this behavior to an adult." now, because ohethe age, boy's case will be handled through the juvenile intake process, and i'm told by the police he's not being held in juvenile detention. back to you. >> thank you. major news this evening about cervical cancer surgery. nbc's erica edwards reports it is changing how doctors treat their patients. >> reporter: the new research appliesom to with early stage cervical cancer having a his reckmy. >> thi is high level evidence we should notontinue to perform minimally invasive surgery. >> reporter: those who had minimally invasive surgery were more likely to have their cancer comeack and kill them than if

they had the more invasive surgery. doctors are not sure why. it could be that some of the cancer is left behind in minimally invasiverocedures or the instruments used might spread tumor cells. results were startling and strong enough to change practice in at least one major cancer center in texas. >> this calls for awareness tha surgical app aches should be tested with the same level of scrutiny as drug related treatments. >> reporter: the american society estimates 13,000 new cases of cvical cancer will be diagnosed this year. 4,000 women will die of the disease. erica edwards, nbc news. researchers say this applies only to cervicalsu canceery. minimally invasive surgery can be a good option for other types of cancers. news 4 works for your health

with good new for expecting mothers on antidepressants or antipsychotics. babies in the womb exposed to the medications are not likely to develop autism, however, the study finds a mother's general health before pregnancy does impact rates of autism with rates going up for mothers in worse health. the study is published in the journal of the american medical association. and an ice rink up in flames two years ago is set to be rebuilt. maryland's board of public works is providg $6 million to redevelop the tucker road ice rink. it's been closed since the fire caused significant damage in january of 2017. the county says the new facility will have an nhl sized rink with bleachers and otr amenities. this is the only ice rink in the southern part of that county, and it is home to the pularck tucker road a youth hockey program.

well, his name might make you smile, b his play on the field will make you smile even bigger, folks, the redskins introducing the newest play maker today. we are joined now from redskins park with more on haha's first day in the burgundy and gold. i can't say it enough. >> reporter: puts a smile oay your face tois name, and that's how we saw the faces of players of the redskins. their already top-rated defense just got tter. packer trading in the gundy and gold for b gold, a welcomed opportunity for the 5th year safety. >> check this out.t? all ri i got to practice by the hour. i came here to play. i came here to work. even if it's special teamso r contributhe team in any way i can, no. 20 is suiwed up thisekend, and b you can that. >> reporter: when he last played in september, w heore no. 21

inspired by a redskins sgreat. >> one of the best in the gamehe 's one of the best to play the game, and that's not just for the money, but for the love of the game. he was a leader. he didn't talk much, but he led t example, and he set gr examples. that's who you want to admire and look up to, and, you know, someone you want to feed off of. there's no way i'm sean taylor, but a guy i look up to and model my gamefter m. >> reporter: well, his name is fun to say, but thas nothe real name. it's pashaun. when he was an infant, his grandmother did not want to say it so nicknamed him "haha", and it stuck. one of the behind best safeties in the game. this defense, guys, really might not be a laughing matter starting this sunday. >> they did not even need him on the throw -- they got him rs but, boy, looking sostrong, all right, thank you. >> reporter: yes, indeed. a student field trip to mt.t

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let us stand our kids let us stand up for families let us stand up for our state ben jealous, democrat for governor we have very nice conditions out here right now, clear skies, a light wind, and mild temperatures, but this is not going to last long. is treat of a halloween forecast will be a trick over the weekend.e we havhe full forecast with rain included coming up. >> enjoy it while you can. thank you, see you in a bit. it's one of the ddliest stretches of roadway in our area, and, today, transportation officials announced their plan to try to keep you safe. there is now a new speed camera up and running t on indian head highway at old fort road in prince georges county. in the last 11ar eopl have lost their lives there due

to speed. thisbo catches a going more than 12 miles per hour over the speed limit. this is an experiment to be evaluated over five years. drives on i-81 could pay tolls to use it. a report to richmond recommends charging tolls or implementing sale and gas taxes on 181 to pay for $2 billion worth of upgrades.ha cars would beed up to about 11 cents a mile and truins could be p 17 cents a mile, but no more. all tolls uld be lower overnight. the plan is expected to go before the assembly in january. >> free delivery, program perks, and a membership fee. ahead at 5:00, susan hogan explains how cvs is hoping to take on the likes of amazon. not the student rally only public protest facing thee univsity of maryland. new fallout from the decision to keep football

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of regions decided to keepac th h and athletic director after the death of maryland football player jordan mcnair. protests are planned as the coach preparing to return to the field this weekend. leon spoke with someone closely following the story, joining us ww from the news roomh more, leon? >> reporter: jim, rick mace a sportsheeporter for "washington post" has been on top of the story from the very start, and the big questn that rick and so many are asking is, how in the world did the board of regions recommend asking hea coach d.j. durkin? turns out many had ahae of heart based upon durkin's appeal to the board. >> d.j. durkin went in there, think of a football coach, they are not xs and os, but a salesman to give great halftime speeches, and our understanding, heard from multiple people, d.j. durkin went in there and really impressed them with his enthusiasm and passion for football, for the school, and, really, impressed them he was the guy that can lead the

program going forward. might have been mistakes, but he's the guy to ensure they do t not r themself, and they parently held a vote that evening, and that' when they decided it was friday evening that the d.j. durkin was the guy they wanted to hold the reignso of theall program for the near future. >> rick, the investigation said there was dysfunctionalty, there was bullying, there was abuse. they did not say it was toxic, though. so despite virtue of the definition of that being dysfunctional, is it ploof of being unfit for the >>job? i don't know why we focusn the word "toxic" or "toxicity,"s dysfunctionust as damming in many regards. >> what's the state of the locker room now? do the players want him back to take the sidelines this weekend? >> we heard different things t and i hav make sure it's clear there's been no availability for media, so we've not had a formal setting to discuss matters with players. we know ree walked out in a meeting yesterday. it's understanding they did show

back up at the football facility today, but one of thebyproducts of the reporter, d.j. durkin has been shown that he has complete power. you know, if they speak out, what's going to happen? they don't wantos to their scholarship or abandon their teammates t by fought side side with for eight games or give up on bowl hopes. they are in a tough spot and feel they don't have much to say or do or protest much. >> reporter: get this, mace mnt on to tel if maryland has a successful season derurkin's return to the field could damage the program for years to come. other big 10 schools who could use this against maryland when they recruit players in the >> . sufuture. >> mean tile, this just came into the news room,rr governor hogan is deeply troubled by the board's decisioemcalling for o reconsider and hold a public hearing on it. we'll have a closer look here at the top of the hour. backo you. >> wow. so this is so far from over.

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water bottles. student in district heights elementary in forestville sport new kicks this evening. the nonpfit soles for souls donated 400 new pairs of shoes. the donation w made possible by timber land and the faculty at the school. >> there's a lot of kids taking extra steps trick orti tr, but you don't need the coat. it's warm. >> so comfortable for this time of year, wesucked out t year for halloween. you don't need the sweatshirt under the costumou if head out tonight with the kids, you are ready to head out, long sleeves are just fine.he grablashlight as well if you go trick or treating in a neighborhood that does not havew lights becaun you are trick or treating, once the sun 0sets in minutes, there's in oonlight to assist you the trick or treating hours tonight, but it is comfortable, 66 degrees, and that's where we are at 7:00 p.m., just gorgeous, clear skies overnigh tonight by 9:00 p.m., at around 64, and low 60s by 11:00 p.m.

we keep it dry throughout the night, and then throughout the day tomorrow as well, so there's a low impact on thursday. at the bus stop, getting out of the candy coma tomorrow morning, it's comfortable, 50s to near 6e de so jackets not needed at the bus stop, and you don't need them for lunch or those after school activities. lunch tomorrow is going t rbe fantastiess is definitely outdoors, make plans to have your lunch outside tomorrow. there's going to be a high torrow around 75 degrees, about five degrees warmer than today. those after school activities, u want to takeadvantage, not only because it's going to be mild, but it's going to be dry, somethe cannot necessarily say on friday, and, also, daylight savings time ends this weekend, so we lose the hour and see the sunsets begin at 5:00 p.m. >> oh, i know. and i tell ya, just next week, a amelia,s too early for some people, but, yeah, that's coming our way, and believe it or no we're in full force of fall right now, although it does not feel like it out here right

now. i'm in short sleeves, but maybe a long sleeve shirt today is it. idin is on the way. as we there's changes, not today, not tomorrow, but by tomoow night, this frontal system is edging towards the area, and we'll have rain along with it, so late thursday night af er thatning commute, and then somed widesprowers friday, especially friday night, and some of that lingers into early saturday morning, so ifyo have things to do with the kids, sporting events saturday a morning, you'r right. timing it out for you, starting tomorrow night at 8:00, you can see we a mostly y, most arrives after 10:00 or 11:00, and than there's a few around for the morning commute on friday, and, again, that morning not a washout. by friday afternoon and evenin there's the front, gusty winds, a few thunderstorms are possible and areathof heavy rain. could last into early saturday morning, but out of here by 10:00 a.m. on saturd. again, your weekend forecast, say good-bye to the 70s. we're in the s. some areas in the 50s saturday,

and there's a blusterwe nor wind feeling colder. sunday, sun, and temperatures in the upper 50s, set the clocks back. this is not the only chance of rain. there's rai through next week? >> yeah, especially next tuesday and wednesday, we have showers in the forecast, and here's your n-day forecast. notice tomorrow, the warmest day of the next ten, make sure to soau it up b we have those occasional showers on friday we showed you in future weather. heavy rain friday night. saturday, it's going to be much cooler and breezy. , we only stay in the 50 but plenty of sun saturday and sunday, and more rain tuesday and wednesday with temperatures next week mainly in the 60s for highs, jim and wendy. >> great, thank you. you know, there's a rise in the number of people seeking help for domestic violence. >> in, our ar program haves not been able to meet not been able to meet ahead at5:00,

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it's an ax head at georgewa ington's mt. vernon home this month. archaeologists say the 7-in long tool could have been an important part of life for native americans. >> like a big potato. >> yes, it does, but 6,000 yea old. >> they last, don't they. >> there's a new report out tonight, grading d.c. agencies on their response to domestic violation. >> they got a failing grade. here's the report. >> reporter: domestic violence is a problem in most cities, and d.c. is not any different. that's why the city partners with the d.c. coalition against domestic violences a way of trying to help survivors. theic coalition says d.c. p receive nearly 36,000 calls for survivors asking for help in 2017. that's up 11% from 2012. dawn dalton is the policy director for the organization. she says the problem i so great that it's important for each d.c. agency to have aci sc domestic violence policy in place. >> we want to make sure that f

thoseks are prepared to know how to respond to a survivor, should they come face-to-face. >> reporter: her organiz surveyed 23 agencies in the district as part of their report card project. dalton says almost all of them failed except for the d.c.en police depar and the child and family services agency. >> if you either have a policy or you don't have a , it's clear-cut to us. >> reporter: metro was one of the agencies that failed, but they don't see it as clearly as the coalition does. while they don't have a specific domestic violence policy, the organization has the employee assistance program. a spokesperson saidquote, metro's ideap program pr a comprehensive assessment, support, and rereferral services to victims of domestic violence. the more help the agencies can get, the better. >> we just want to make sure that there is clear guidance that's provided to those individuals so that they know how to interact and respond, and

tools to dove the it in a meaningful way for every survr:or. >> repormegan fitzgerald, news 4. now the mayor tells us she's spentillions of dollars on programs to help survivors. ofand she's directing all the district agencies to imement a domestic violence policy byjanuary. now at 6:00, a mystery hundreds of mes from home, as two sisters from virginia are found bound by duct t tape on banks of new york's hudson river. >> the blame game, new calls fot protests controversy surrounding the university of maryland's football coach after the deat of one of his players. >> city streetsy taken over b gunfire. >> pop, pop, pop. >> another young life cut short by violence >> like the wild, wild, west. >> new discoveriesor how we treat cervical cancer. news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. yeah, first, to breaking

news as gunfire erupr an elementary school just as children are were getting out of class. >> translator: police chief is there as well asthop brass from department, and this crime is so concerning for parents because of the timing. this is halloweenhen children are out going door to door at nigh b >> jackieson is off mississippi avenue in southeast, jackie, wha have youlearned? >> reporter: well, doreen, this is rtdishing as described. we know that a man is in very grave condition after being shot here just as school was let out this afternoon. it's hall as you can see in the video that we have to show you,he entire top brass of the police department was on scene here while the investigation continues, and i use the word "disheart "disheartening" because as a parent, it's disheartening for me to see what i see now i children lifting up yellow police tape in their walking home from school. you don't want to