day of the month of n'lember. be well into the 70s this afternoon. storm team 4 radar tracking a couple of littln drops here early this morning for northern fredrick county u maryland to hagerstown, into the panhandle hi west virginia. no rain around area. most of the immediate d.c. metro area, not any real significant chance for rain. i can't rule out a drop here or there, but today is not going to be mh of a rain chance. 61 already in front royal and in winchester. 52 ing. leesb 58 in prince george's county. still 60 degrees by the bayn annapolis. dog walking forecast for today, look at citgo here. a little fall coat on and everything. good looking dog. he's avaable for adoption at the humane rescue alliance. he can help keep you warm inin those coldr nights to come. dog walking temperatures, 58 this morning. get those extra miles in today. mild,re breezy, tempera into the 70s. melissa, we'll track out that chance for thunderstorms tomorrow coming up. >> thank you. taking a look right now, clinton

outbound 5, the ramp to woodyard road. the ramp was shut down. now it sounds like you can squeeze by as theyor wait that tow truck. laurel, southbound bw parkway before 197, lt lane still getting by that work zone. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway, no problems right now.z earlier worke is gone. 270 from fick to the spur, 69 miles per hour. going to get there in 26 minutes. >> all right, melissa. thank you. back to the breaking news we've been following this morning. >> a man has died aftereing shot near union station. news 4's megan mcgraiv is in northwest d.c. with the latest. megan, what happened? >> reporter: well, as you mentioned, this is now being classified as a homicide. h the victim died in this. if you look behind me, you can see the still have the area cordoned off. police are still on the scene. we he tape acro this grassy area as well as the sidewalk, which is closed heret in the u block of massachusetts avenue. this is just right next to union

station and the postal museum, just down the street from the u.s. capitol. in fact, when the shooting happened, the streets in the area and near the capitol were lock down as police looked for two suspects that they believed were involved in all of this. it was about 10:00 last night when the shots rang out. i'm told by police there was some kiennd of altercatith betwn victim and these two suspects. shots rang out. the victim, was stru taken to the hospital, where he later died. at this point, all we know about the victim is he is an adult the lookout is for two people involved in this. at this point, no arrests have been made. of people here in the next couple hours are going to be coming to work, going to be walking over from metro station to the u.s. capitol. all of the roads at this point are now open. however, this one sidewalk area is still off limits. back to you. >> thank you, megan. d i. durki out as the head coach of the football

program at the university of maryland. that bombshell announcement came just 24 hours after the school said durkin would keep his job following the death investigation of stunt jordan mcnair. >> university president wallace lowe made that decision. he said after meeting with ca aus officials student leaders, it was clear that firing coach durkin was the right thing to do. jordanat mcnair's fher learned the news during a live interview with nbc's tom costello. >> i'm glad the right thing was done to fire coach durkin. coach durkin was a cancer to the university of marynd football program. i commend them for having the courageous effort to make the decision underard circumstances and letting mr. durkin go. >> 19-year-old jordan mcnair suffered heatstroke during practice in may and died weeks later. two inveigations into the football program found a cultur whayers feared speaking out. former classmates of mcnair's

were the first to speak out about against the board's decision to reinstateurkin. >> new traveled fast last night. justin finch is live with student reaction. >> reporter: aaron, eun, as you know, this has been a difficult several months here in college park. students say yesrday was like an emotional whiplash. first they were stunned to hear thur head coachn was in line to keep his job. then stunned again to learn that he was going to be out. as you mentioned, university president wallace lowe announcing durkin's departure yesterday, saying it was in the best o interestf the university and all parties involved. he joined maryland as head coach back in 2015 and has been on lee since august as the incompete independent investigation into the so-called toxic culture of the football team was being mped up. it did find more could have been done to prevent 19-year-old rdan mcnair's death. however, students here now say

bthat something should han done sooner than when it was. they are somewhat happy to hear the coach has been sacked. >> it was literally n even a whole day later that the students were like, no. most of us were like, we don't think this, we don't is okay. i think it was interesting that we were actually listened to. >> reporter: so this morning a lot of mixed reaction. at 30 thismorning, we're due for a student government press conference, learning more about the studere tion to this decision as well as a planned student protes for this afternoon about 3:30 p.m. we're live in college park, justin finch, news 4. >> stin, thank you. your time is 5:05. we have breaking news right na. father has been arrested and charged in the murder of his own daughter. chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest. >> yeah, we're getting some information about this. appantly he's the one who called it in. this happened about 1:30 in the afternoon yesterday on

halloween. it was just a few hundred yards from the elementar schoo the dad basically called 911 saying that he had shot his adult daughter. paramedics got there. they tried to save her, were not able tdo so. at this point, he's been charged ith first and second-degree murder we're working to try to get more information about how this went down and maybe more importantly why. eun? >> very upsetting. chris, thank you. it's now 5:06. heartbreaking, that's how parents and school board members describe videos of after-school brawls bei posted online. this is happening at crossland high school in prince george's county. we've even seen social media pages dedicated to these fights. the school system is urging the prince george's county police department to investigate because many of these fights are happening off campus. no one is coming forward to identify any of the people involved, and it's making the

school day uneasy for many steeents. >> we our students who are being bullied or threatened in any type of way to come forward and know that the school system will protect you. >> crossland high school has changed dismissal procedures. additional security assistance was also added and will coordinate with the prince george's countyolice to patrol locations off campus where many of the incidents a public schoolteacher is waking up in jail this morning. 28-year-old lind ssay mages is accused of causing physical or mental harm to a child in her care. investigators say the non-sexual relationship happened with the uaudent between j and august of this year. she was a teacher at discovery and hillside elementary school at the ti. > today the d.c. council will take steps to address sexual assault and abuse in schools. cocilmember david grosso is planning to discuss legislation aimed at better preventing and responding to sexual abuse and assault in public and charter

schools. two of th bills being considered would require all schools to have certain policies dn place. schools will n to provide age-appropriate instruction to students on const, personal boundaries, and healthy relationships. also happening today, google employees are planning on walking out of work to protest alleged sexual misconduct among the company's executives. this walkout comes just a week after "the new york times" published a report that google had paid millions of dollars in exit packages to make executives accused of harassment. the head of google's open research group tweeted yesterday, quot the google walkout is real and deeply tnspiring. the troops so the mexican border will start their new assignment today.n more t,000 soldiers headed south this week for operation faithful patriot. president trump made theon decisio send troops to the border as a large caravan of migrants seeng asylum moves north through mexico and is headed for t u.s. mr. trump is determined that mented the undo

migrants will enter the country. the group is still more than 900 miles the soldiers are expected to provide planning, engineerin transportation, and other support to the department of land security. immigration is one of the president's key talking points tinues campaigning around the country. last night he was in florida, and once again immration was a main topic. >> it was hardly the only subject covered at this rally. the president blasted the media once again, this time over what he thought was unfa coverage of his trip to pittsburgh this week. the president was there to pay his respects to the city and the jewish community after the synagogue shootin on saturday. more than a thousand turned out for a peaceful protest during his visit. he says the media coverage w only focused on those hisnstrations, not on visit. >> and they did everything in their power to try to play it up and push people apart. that's what's happening. they're pushing people apart.

it was fake and it was make beeve what they id. i came home, looked forward to seeing it, and it was sad. >> those protests were not fake. there were several peaceful demonstrations happening. last night's rally was one of 11 the president has planned in the final days leading up to tuesday's midterm elections. he'll be in missouri tonight. while the polls won't open w for a more day, millions of ballots have already been cast. as ofda yest more than 24 million votes have been counted across the country. it's aeady more than the total number of early and absentee ballots cast in the 2014 election. nationally, 43% o early voters so far are republicans. 41% are democrats. you can count a oprahng the celebrities who plan on knocking on doors ahead of the midterm oprah says she will be in georgia today to helpfo campaig democratic nominee for governor stacey abrams. it is o of the tightest and in thontentious races

country. oprah will appear at a town hall conversation with abrams and join her as she canvass the neighborhood. a lot of creativity andni pl goes into halloween costumes. >> one of my favorite toddlers may have taken the cake. take a look. this is 3-year-old parker curry. you maybe remember her from earlier this year when her love for michelle obama's portrait shnt viral. and i had a chance to see that portrait together once again at the national portrait gallery with the artist. here's the original image of parker frozen in admiration of the former --k at her face. wow. well, you may have guessed it, parker went as the portrait f halloween. take a look. zzfeed posted this picture of parker in the matching dress and pose. parker's mom said when she asked her what she wanted to be for he halloween, immediately said michelle obama. what an homag c >>'t wait for her to get old enough to learn about the first lady about michelle obama

and her legal career and everything she's done since being in the white house and after. good for her. are you a te-night snacker? coming up, what researchers say could be the healthiest thing to eat before bed. plus, what makes a car safe for a teen driver? news 4's susan hogan breaks down the kinds of things you'll want to check before you buy anything. chuck? and good morning, everybody. speaking of cars, what about car wash forecast? take your chances today. today is not the issue. the problem is it's probablai going to on your shiny, clean car tomorrow. more about that and the weekend coming up. i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me.

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governor ralph northam said amazon is uniting republicans andemrats. >> we have had support from both sides of the aisle on this. people that have been very there's in a time whe a lot of political games being played out there, but the leadership in both the he republican andemocratic side in the house and the senate has come togetr and said we have, i think, put a great package on the table. >> experts told "the new york times" crystal city is likely tm wion's hq-2 because there's a lot of building space, plenty of transportation, and room for growth. drivers along interstate 81 could soon be paying tolls to use that highway. a report to the virginia general assembly recommends ch tolls or implementing sales and gas tax increases along i-81. that runs in the the state.art of the money would pay for $2 billion worth of upgrades to that road.ca would be charged up to 11 cents per mile. trucks would pay no more than 17 cents per mile. the plan goes before the general assembly in january.

in> in news for your health, a new study finds eg a protein before you go to bed could you lose weight. the snack suggested, cottage cheese. >> yum. >> researchers from florida state university say servings typically have at least 30 grams of protein, and eating it or a snack like it 30 minutes before bedtime may be good for yr body, bad for your bathroom. the protein had a positiv effect on the body's metabolism, improved mcle health, and didn't add body fat. >> i'm just going to skip it. unless i dump a half a jar of strawberry jam on it, i'm not eating it. almost time to set back your clock for daylight savings. our many, that decrease in daylight can makeeel a little down. about 5% of people in the d.c. ar suffer from seasonal affective disorder, s.a.d. the symptoms include decreased

energy, the desire to sleep more, a craving for carbs, and unusual crying. experts say all those symptoms together could mean you have seasonal affective disorder. the good news, there a y a few thin can do to treat it. >> one is you want to increases exer if you don't want to go out and get a true light box, you want outside as much a you can during the day, maybe move your desk closer to a window. vitamin2,d, 0 to 4,000 units daily has been shown to offer somebuenefits. the treatment of choice really is this thing called a ight box,hich is mimicking sunlight. >> the doctor says light therapy boxes help with mood and can also increase er. all right. i could use that all the time. i might just carry a box around with me. >> could you imagine if you were giving out cottage cheese to kids trick or treating last >> you'd have a stoop covered in cottage cheese.

neighbors did put out cutis, the clementine oranges. kids took those. they were wrapped up. chuck, big kudos t for wonderful weather. that's my little girl, my son on the right, enjoying halloween with their friends. she went as a fortune teller. her friend went at cleopatra. that's my niece. is that not the cutest chef you've er seen in your life? we had a lot of fun. >> how was the candy haul? >> listen, just going toe -- i ur reese's peanut butter cups, four of them, the regular size. > and i didn't get a singl one? that's the real message in all this. i didn't get anything though i bought a pot of chili for men make dinner today. we're in store for a nice start to the month of november. big-time changes arrive late in the day tomorr. it could be a bit of a showery start to the weekend. early on yourn thursday g,

skies partly to mostly cloudy. there have been a few sprinkles across northern maryland, moving north of the mason dixon line. 's going to be any chance for rain this morning, it'll be basically north and drew.f this dashed line i the northwestern most corner of the news 4 nation. here's future weather. high-resolution model hints at c sprinkle c between now and about 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning. primarily for the norther parts of the shenandoah valley, up to about hagerstown. that's all gone by 9:00. the late morning, noontime hours, and mosooof the afte we'll have more than enough sunshine to get temperatures way into the 70s. likely to beghry thr at least about 6:00 this evening. once the sun goes down about 6:00, clouds will really thickei up. ouldn't rule out a few showers after 6:00 or 7:00 this evening. st of the day will be dry. there's a top-down emergency day lefor convert owners. temperatures well into the 70s. we're already 57 here in washington. currently 60 in fredericksburg. how about 73 degrees at 2:00 in the afternoon.

72 at 5:00 in the afternoon. so no complaining allowed there. here's tomorrow. at 4:00 p.m., cloudy. ter a few sprinkles tomorrowmo ing, likely to have thunderstorms along the i-95 corridor between 5:00 and 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. th rain chance lingers into the first part of your saturday. 77 today. 72 and showery tomorrow. only 62 saturday. then we set our clocks back saturday night. nybright and sun for sunday. redskins forecast in theurext half good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look here. forestville, inner loop at pennsylvania avenue, a disabled vehicle was blocking a lane. that's out of the wa we have a problem in fredrick. southbound 270 after buckey's town pike, a crash reported there. starting to see slowdowns. clinton, outbound 5, theamp to woodyard road. the ramp was'r blocked. wee now getting by on one side. the tow truck there is on the way. taking a look at 95 here in virginia. quantico to the beltway, as

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researchers not only skipped recommending small cars, but s ose with high horsepower well. they say young drivers may be tempted to test the lif a powerful engine. to see the list for yourself, go to the nbc washingtoapp and search vehicles for teens. back to you. i26s . coming up, another playoff push right here in the district. could d.c.nited become our next local champions? we'll fill you in on tonight's critical game. anthe football fallout continues at the university of marynd. the terps head coach fired justo urs after being reinstated. what his players are saying about d.j. durkin's departure. and good morning, everybody. it is going to be a very pleasant day to be o today. got the wrong graphic up, but there's an early peek of the ten-day forecast for you. i'll break down today's weather

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i approved this message. 5:30 is your time right now as w take a live look outside. today is the first day of november. i can't even say it. i'm sck in october. it's early, and i had too much sugar and not enough souep. therego. >> where's the sugar? you should have brought some candy with you. let's tk about the fall. how about that? that's what it will feelike entually around here, but today is a day to enjoy being outside. soak it in a littleore while you still can, folks. >> i have peanut m&ms right here. i know you don't like nuts. >> you knock them. o melissa will show us the roads in a second. first, chuckor bell's forecast f today with today. we like it. we really do. >> absolutely. two thumbs up for today's

forecast. well, eight thumbs up.s, to >> quick math. >> rain chances today are small. not quite zero. i can't give you the 100% chuck bell guarantee it won't rain a littleit somebody today. ook at all that rain to our west. solid band of rain now from cleveland to cincinnati, towards st. louis and memphis. that whole line of rain arrives here latthe day tomorrow. a chance hat, there for a shower or two this morning northern parts of the shenandoaa ey. most of your thursday will be dry and warm. it is 61 in winchester. 57 at quantico. 58 degrees in prince george's county. and this is still two hoursbe re the sun even comes up. 70 degrees at noontime. outdoor lunch highly recommended today. 75 degrees on your way home. there's your highs in your hometown today. gaithersburg, high of 74 this

afternoon. >> yeah, baby. i like it. inner loop on the american legion bridge, disabled vehicle in the left lane. rest of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop looking good. right now, 270 southboun is ur slow spot. fredrick here after buckey's town pike, that's a one-mile backup. live camerawing you delays in the distance. this is 70, and you can see thosen delays 270 headed southbound. outbound 5 in clinton, the ra to woodyard road, still partly blocked by a crash. and northbound 95 after 234, right side block by a disabled vehicle. eun? >> melissa, thank you. it's now 5:32. back now to our developing story. the university of marylan has fired football coach d.j. durkin jordannths after mcnair's death. this announcement came one day after the board of regents recommended that he keep his job. students, players, and even

ryland governor larry hogan were quick t condemn the board's recommendation. hours later, university president wlace lowe announced durkin was gone. that decision came as welcome news to the mcnair family. >> jordan mcnair's family found out during a live interview with costellm >> does the fact that coach durkin is now out, does that in any way help as you continue to mourn? >> it's a step in the right direction for some type of closure, which is im jssible. it'st an emotional roller coaster dealing with this scenario. >> before the announcement, the student government association had planned a rally to call for justice for jordan mcnair. let's continue our team coverage now of the story with news 4's justin finch. >> he's live in college park with reaction from players and students. justin, what are they saying? >> repter: well, eun, aaron, a lot of opinions about the future of the football program, as well as head coach durkin's departure. a lot of stunts supporting that decision. there are also reports that football players actually

eered when that announcement was made. some players even takingo cial media, as you will see here. linebacker tre watson posting that pressure busts pipes, doesn't it? ckennieve lineman ellis m writing, it's never the wrong time to do what's right. matt canada wil remain as interim coach as maryland squares off against michigan ate at home here on saturday. durkin joined maryland back in 2015 but has been oneave since august as this independent investigation ramped up into the football program and its haviors here. that report did recommend that durkin and others keep their jobs. as heard there, durkin later left, parting ways with the university. we found students wh say that that was the right call. >> well, i actually am kind of happy because i know president lowe had absolutely nothing to do with the football program. that program needs to be re-engineed from the ground up. i'm glad we're taking the first steps.

>> reporter: and so later this morning, we are due to hear more from students. the student government sociation scheduling a 7:30 press conference today on campus. after that a march will hake place on campus. about 3:30 this afternoon in support of the mcnai family. justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. we continue f lowing the latest in the pittsburgh nagogue shooting. this morning the suspect robert bowers is set to appear in court for arraignment. bowers faces 44 counts, cluding hate crimes, in saturday's deadly shooting. 11 people were killed inside the tree of life oynagogue. mothe victims will be laid to rest this morning. there were five funerals yesterday. it's now 5:. here's a look at your other top stories this morning. divers haveli recovered at data recorder from the crashed lion air jet, and m itay hold some answers for the families of the 189 victims. the boeing planeed crash monday

minutes after takef from jakarta. investigators say a preliminary report into the crash could be released within a month. active duty soldiers at the u.s./mrtico border will s their work today. president trump made the decision this week to send00 mo than 0 troops to the border w as part oft he calls operation faithful patriot. it is in response to a migrant caravan heading north through s mexico tk asylum in the u.s. that caravan is still more than 900 miles away. and the president talked up his immigration plans at another rally last night in florida. e president threatened to triple the number of troops at the border. he also hammered coverage of his trip to pittsburgh this week. the rally was one of nearly a dozen he'll be leading up to tuesday's election. news 4's tracie potts will have more on the midrms coming up. it is the last day for aryland voters to cast their ballots without waiting in line. early voting there ends today. tomorrow io the last day vote early in d.c. and early voting ends on satuay for west virginia

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5:41 right now. some shocking news for some parents in northern virginia. >> they learned that a 12-year-old boy at rippon middle school is accused of groping female classmates. that student is now facing charges of sexual battery.'s ripprincipal sent a letter home to parents, informing them of the charges. prince william county police say the incident came to light this week when a victim came forwarde it's apparentl happening since september. >> we have a courageous young lady who did feel that the atouching was inappropria alerted a staff member, who then notified the school resource officer. >> now, because the accused 2 student is 1 years old, this ase will be handled in the juvenile justicesystem. we're told he's not been held id juveniention right now. good morning, everybody. from storm team 4, here's four things to know abouturhe next days. it will be warm and breezy today. kind of a stormyr finish to y

friday. and then kind of showery to start your weekend. a lot of big things going o including friday night college football in the pitt panthers are coming to charlottesville. be ready for some potentially heavy rain if you're headed down to the game. erbefore he was attorney g, brian frosh led maryland's fight to clean up the bay. so when donald trump's epa attacks our clean water laws, frosh is leading the charge to stop them. attorney general brian frosh.

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welcome back at 5:45. now halloween is over and all rmes are turning to november to focus on the mid elections that are now just five days away. president trump plans to spend quite a bit of time on the road between now and election day. just hours ago, the president talked up his immigration plan at a rally in florida. president trump even threatened to triple the number of troops working at the southern border. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning with more on the president putting immigration front and center heading into the crucial election next week. tracie? >> yeah, aaron and eun, it's ay clear strato continue to hammer immigration, to continue to talk about this caravan headed to the border.ow the president saying he may send up to another 15,000 troops to thede b

that would outweigh what we already have in afghanistan, to meet these migrant travelers headed this way. it's something the predent is talking about on the campaign trail. last night in florida, tonight in missouri. he's also talking abo idea of birthright citizenship, ying that he, with an executive order, with the signature of a pen, can overturn those protections guaranteed in the 14 amendment. now republican candidates are tong forced to, or ask decide publicly and say publicly whether or not they agree with him. >> all right, tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. acie, thank you. lowering the voting age in d.c. could take a major step forward today. the council's committee on the judiciary and public safety will vote on a bill today. this bill needs a majority of theovotes to forward. tacoma park, greenbelt already

allow 16-year-olds to vote. also today, open enrollment gins in virginia. one big change is the expansion of medicaid in the state. it opens up coverage toho hundrs ofands of people who didn't have insurance options before. the age limit for medicaid is a between ths of 18 and 64. new details this morning on c bizarree out of new york. we're getting our first look at the fairfax county sisters found dead in the hudson river last week. they went missing back in august. they were found facing each other and t tapedether at the waist and ankles. right now investigators s nll have figured out how these sisters died. they believe they were alive en they went into the water, and surveillance cameras in the area don't show anyone jumping from a bridge. p howeveice are still not ruling out the possibility that this could have been a icide. 5:47 right now. today metro will discuss the cost of its new ambitious plan to attract riders. >> it could mean good news for riders but could come at a cost.

news 4's megan mcgrath is live at metro's headquarters with how this pla could impact your commute. megan? >> reporter: we, good morning, guys. this actually could make your commute a little easier, depending upon how things shake out. metro is trying to expand and improve service to get riders to come back to metro. so to increase ridership. all of it would come at a cost, about $20 million. tc., maryland, and virginia would have to f bill. now, the budget is being taken up during today's board meeting, so just in a few hours. take look at some of the improvements being talked about here. they include, first of l, making all cars eight-car trains, as well as institutes a $2 flat fee on the weekends, as well as extending rush hour irvice. noaddition to the cost of those service improvements, her costsn the budget are going up. things like pay increases, more money needed for metro access service.

so other costs are going up as well. that is the downside. now, the budget is going to be discussed later on thisai morni. cey a lot of discussion, and we'll be keeping a close eye on this. back to>> you. ll right, megan mcgrath for us downtown. megan, thank you. > today the ladies get a night off. that's because it is national men make dinner day. >> apparently this is a thing. the day is at men who don't usually get down in the kitchen. see, chuck cooks every night. we have a special guest joining news 4's molette green this morning. is storm team 4's doug er kamm i can't believe he's up. he's a good sport. this is early for h. >> i know, i know. and look, right after a big halloween party at his house last night, he had to get up. so we want to talk about the rules. before we get started -- and e rulesopping -- there to national men make dinner day. >> first off, i did not know this was a men make dinner day, okay.

>> it's a thing. you must choose a publishedre pe. you did that. >> slublabsolutely. >> we have the recipe up on our website. just search salmonella. no, just kidding. you got to keep the ingredients organized. that's another rule. and he's kep the ingredients organized, so much so that a lot of the food hasn't even come ouc of theging yet. he's chopping up the mushrooms. you're making -- >> chicken marsaof, which is one my favorite dishes. whis is my world famous chicken marsala. i mean by that is after today's episode, this will be world famous because i've never made this before. >> okay. just make sure you look down while you're t cutting up mushrooms. we do not want a catastrophe on our hands. this is going to behat we are doing. we've been in the kitchen 45 minutes. there's still no sesoning on th chicken. >> hey, let me cook my way.

let me cook my way. > the men of news 4 today, they've also cooked dishes. you're going to have to come correct by the end of the hour. >> don't you worry. i'm good. aaron, i heard you got something going on as well. i cannot wait toha taste you've got going. >> you're a good sport. we appreciate you being up. that looksexcellent, what you're doing right there. great form, the chops are perf jt. good. >> right. i'm just wondering if holly is somewhere nearby coaching >> she's probably in bed lyinging. >> k is here. we're going to bring the kids in,n a little bit. >> see you guys a little later. >> molette said search salmonella. that was the funniest line of the morning. >> all he's doing is chopping mushrooms. soun like he's working on the treadmill.

45 minutes, he's cut one mushroom. only 12 hours toinner. better get chopping. it is a mild start to the day today. you're going to love to be outside. temperatures are already in the upper 50s to near 60 degrees. 57 now in washington. temperatures even in the suburbs, what would normally be the cooler rbsu manassas at 49. winchester, 61 degrees. still an hour and a h the sun even comes up. your wake-up weather, emperatures it on the mild side sun is not up until after 7:30 this morning. we'll be in the mid-60s by midmorning. eck out that number. double 7 for the high temperature today in washington. warm south winds today 15 to 20 miles per h lr. if you'reking for something to complain about, it might be on the breezythside. area of storminess will impact your friday in a big way, especially your friday evening. any little rain chance today is mainly confined to the northwest rtion of our viewing area.

late morning, noontime, perfect outdoor weather today. more than enough sunshine to get temperatures into the 70s. another chance for rain rolls in after sun down tonight. maybe a few sprinkles as early as 6:00 or 7:00 p.m. a better chance for a shower or two about hi9:00, 10:00 evening. with a could start o little rain early. most of tomorrow's rain chances, especially any heavier rain and thunderstorms, comes up later on in the day. here's future weather 4:00 and 10:00 p.m. tomorrow, especially along i-95 into southern maryland, out on to the eastern shore. could have some thunderstorms tomorrow. there's your ten-day forecast. 77 day, 72 tomorrow with storms likely for your friday evening. saturday little showery to g things started but should dry out later in the day. move your clocks back saturday night, change the battery in your smoke detector. sunday looks great. i'll give you the redskins forecast coming up. good morning, melissa. >> good morng, chuck. looking at bethea, inner loop on the american legion bridge,

isabled vehicle in the left lane. owdown right now. southbound 270 also looking better. fredrick after buckey's tpin ke, we had that crash there. that's looking better than it was. here's a live look. we were seeing backups here along 270. this is eri-70. we seeing this backup southbound. that's pretty much cleared out.b clinton, nd 5, ramp to woodyard road, still a delay there because of that crash. brandywine road at missouri avenue, crash reported. as far as yr travel times in virginia, looking good. 66 and 95, no big complaints there. maryland looking goodn 270. top of the beltway also behaving itself. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car this morning. i know a lot o you have that candy hangover. we definitely do in my house. take a look at halloween at our house last night. this all based on brennan wanting to be a s.w.a.t. team guy. i said, okay, i'll be a burglar. your dad will be a your sisters already convicts. the dog plb a poliwi

we had so much fun. it was such beautiful weather. >> adorable. and i like that everybody gets into it. poor norm. >> norm is used to it. he's like, yeah, okay. >> whatever. we want to thank all ofou who sent us all these fabulous you celebrated halloween. great costumes here. >> a lot of fun to see what people do to themselves and their dogs.y' >> what t willing to do. >> many of you tagged us in photos showing off your family's costumes, your pet's costumes. a lot of fun had, clearly. >> people love halloween. >> keep them coming. we'd still like to see what you have. >> make that dentist appointment.>> good morning. i'm lest llie picker at cnbc. toyota and subaru are recalling than 400,000 cars worldwide to repair a faulty engine part that could cause a vehicle to all while driving. the recall affects some of os subaru's popular models, including the forester. s

those vehicles were made between 2012 and 2013, but subar hasn't said how many were sold in the u.s. toyota is recalling the sion sports car betwe 2012 and 2013. ith your cnbc morning business report, i'm leslie picker. >> allright, leslie. thank you. it's 5:56 right now. arill ahead on news 4 today, a lot of out there right now, but how can you tell which car is safest f your teen driver? >> news 4's susan hogan is working for you, breaking down the latest safe ri ty reports. plus, a bombshell announcement fm the university of maryland. head football coach d.j. durkin has been let go. we have reaction when news today co 4nt i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me. many of them worry about president trump taking away protections

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look, i never wanted to hebe the popular day.y. hey look, it's thursday! but in this place, it's just getting out of hand! hey thursday! popularity has always been friday's thing, and if friday finds out about this whole scene, trust me there's going to be drama! so, let's just keep all of this between us, hmm? thursday. friday! what's happening here? nothing. [ screaming ]

a good morning, everyone. welcome to your thursday. stm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilch just about 6:00 a.m. now. halloween has come and gone. november 1st is here. >> how did that happen?

>> the final throes of 2018. we're going to start it with warm weather. >> at least we have that. melissa is standing by with a check of yourer. we begin with chuck bell and a look at your forecast. we'll take any warm weather we can get. >> two months from now, it'll be kn new year's day. >> well, thanks for that. >> we'll jus ski right over thanksgiving and christmas. i'm thinking about my next vacaeson. temperatn your thursday morning mild. you cannot argue with this. 61egrees before the sun is up in winchester. 59 in annapolis. one of the few cool spots. ft. meade down to 48 degrees. if you're planning out your commute today, no real worries about that. a mild start to the day. sun is up at 7:30. more than enough midday sunshine to get temperatures to near 70 by noontime. afternoon highs will in the mid-70s for most. probably as high as 77 degrees i know you're starting to think about the weekend. going to the redskins game on