>> i was driving slowly, trying to keep my eyes open for de. >> it's 4:00 a.m., everybody. >> today isn't only important because of the weather, it's election day.s tomorrow at t time, we may know who most of the winners are. we'rig tracking the races and have all the infortion that you need let's start with chuck bell. i assume you'll start with the fog, chuck. >> wrong. we're starting out -- there is fog.sue with no doubt about that. keep your low beams on, but the real issue for today is honestly a threat for strong to severe storms rightn the mid-day

hour. so we have a slight risk of severe weather today. rain is possible before drier weather comes in for wednesd and ursday. this morning though, vote early or vote late today tovoid any real chances for strong storms. future weather will continue to bring it in. and. >> good morning, talking about that fog, just be careful there. woodbridge between prince william parkway, all lanes

blocked. stars heights the right side blocked for t crasht's now out of the way. >> it's 4:02 and today is the day. after months of campaigning and political bickering, the power lie with the voters. it's election day. >> 35 million people already ca their ballots. if you're planning on casting your ballot, herere times you need to keep in mind. polling places in virgi a open at 6:00 a.m. this morning. in maryland and virginia, they open at0 7m. >> democrats need to split 23 seats to take the house. they need two seats to take the senate. >> b this is also the first referendum on the trump presidency as we near his term in office. he has hit the campaign trail

hard. telling voters that bypassing ballots for republicans, they're really voting for him. >> there is somethi goingon. there's anlectricity like people have not seen since 2016 november. a lot of a things going on. get out and vote. >> high profile democrats also on the campaign trail. they insisted the future of health care is on the line. >> i have now been inen battleground states in the last two weeks. all anyone is talking about is health care and women are complellly fg the enthusiasm. >> democrats are oupending

republicans with women putting up 57% of the money raised. >> barrack obama made a surprise visit to supporters of jennifer wexton yesterday. in maryland, governor larry hogan has a double digit lead in the governor's race. if ga wins he will be the firs two-term republican governor in maryland since the 1950s. it is a hotly contested senate race in west virginia as well. senator joe mansion faces well funded republican challenger. real clear politics has mansion up by 5 points in this race. each candidate focused on the eastern panhandle of the state yesterday for last minuteai caing. voters in the district will cast ballots for several races as well. the mayor is up for re-election and there's six d.c. council

contests as well. >> the news 4 team will working for you all day. tune in tonight for an nbc 4 election special. we'll have updates right through news 4 at 11. and we'll be on voting patrol tracking any problems at thell if you send any issues, send the i team a text. open the app and search i-team. >> we expect to learn the names ilof two peopled in a bad crash in woodbridge. >> this happened around 8:30 last night out of garfield senior high school. take a look at the damage hereca yo see it was just destroyed. crushed, two people inside that car died. it looksike the bus crashed into the high sc.

>> new this morning, police are investigating a deadly shooting in northeast. a man was fou shot to death outside of this apartment building. no word yet on a suspect or a motive. >> an officer involved shooting is the thi in our area in just 24 hours. this was not far from joint base andrews. the suspect fired several rounds. he's in the hospital now. the suspect's gun was recovered from a stolen car. this is a wook atre the other shootings happened as well. early monday police fatally shot a man up near baltimore and on sunday evening, police say they were lured inton ambush. >> they got audio as they duckec foer in the woodbridge shooting.

take a listen. >> i got shots fired on my vehicle. >> he shot the gunman and now he's in the hospital with serious injuries. none of the officers was d. injure >> that's just one of the demands coming from university of maryland students. this all stems from the death of football player jordan mcnair that collapsed during a and died weeks later. >> this university poured s much money into facilities for sports andle atics and negligents to care for the actual athletes that are involved. >> the students wan to make sure that the university president retired as he said he would. they want the board of regents to be elected a not appointed. they contacted his office but

have not heard back. >> more than a dozen people are dead after a bus crash in peru. >> we have video from the horrible crash. among the 18 people that were killed there were a dozen women and children you can see other people rushing to the crash scene to try to help out. >> a truck crashed head on into that bus on the aghway. o learned more than 3 dozen others were hurt. now back to you. >> we could learn more details about the suspect accused of mailing bombs to prominent democrats and media people when he appears in court today. he'll be in a feder court in new york today. he's accused of sending more than aozen bombs to critics of

president trump. authorities arrested him more than a week ago in florida after tracing his fingerprints from one of the packages. caught on camera, new arveillance video shows a man violentlyacking two police officers at a police station. this may be difficult to watch. e first incident happened in october. the suspect was booked o robbery charges. you see him punch the officer while he's handcuffed. on sunday night he oas caught camera stabbing an officer in the temple. both are extekted to beokay. >> we're learning more about a heartbreaking helicopter crash that killed newly wed couple in texashe ntsb is investigating the cause of the crash. the couple was on theiray to their honeymoon in san antonio. their family says the only comfort is knowing the young couple spent the last days of

their lives celebrating their love. he posted this video on twitter owing the system's track. passengers will move through tubes at o speedsf 150 miles per hour. musk describ the two-mile longtu nnel as disturbingly long.i' m a little claustrophoibc and i don't know if i would make it. >> maybe a little too much honesty. >> one man braved body aches, distance, isolation, travelled 5,400 miles from k alaska to west florida on foot. >> wo >> he began his journey at the end of july. he says he wanted to become the

it.st-person to complete he arrived in cuba yesterday. the southern most point of the u.s. greeted with cheers from his wife friends. a i averaged about 55 miles day and yeah, so today was the final day and i made it and it's been the adventure of a lifetime. >> now you may be wondering why he ran with that stroller you see there, there's no baby in he it. carried his supplies and gears. >> i thought maybe there w a child and for some parts of the run he wanted to be with his fami family. >> do you want to lose some weight? whatesearchers suggest you do every day. >> if they tell me i have to sleep more, i'm doomed. >> it's a question we always ask eachother. what would you do if you won the lottery? that's the woman that won the historic jackpot.

>> and it's the bear cub stealing hearts around the we'l you why when we come world. back. >> it's going to be an active weather day for election day. te first thing this morning or wait until later on in the day because that line of storms in west virginia will have a big west virginia will have a big impact on the middle meet aime hoeber. o self proclaimed mothe chemical weapon corp where she referred to nerve gas as just insecticide developed for people. someone who's made a career cashing in on her government contacts- was sued for using her position as a board member to defra shareholders. and is now pursuing trumps agenda of defunding planned parenthood and denying medical coverage to people with pre existing conditions. mth you know aimee hoeber, the less you want to.

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that rarely stepped on the scale. regularly checking y r weight can help you see how changing diet and ercise habits effect weight loss. >> i weigh myself almost every day. >> rolling in the ug an iowa woman is living her dream after winningde 334 murin the second degree in a powerball jackpot. 51 and now she says she wil retire and take a long vacation. >> i said get that ticket, get

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the way down to where there are some rocks and thecub just continues to go after momma. >> following the gravytrain. >> indedispense. you can do it. >> you'll be all right. >> all the way to the bottom. there yougo. >> but for now -- >>ight aaron. >> a bear is a bear. >> adorableas and per veerns to boot. >> absolutely right. >> absolutely. all right. so whato do you need know about the weather today for your election day? ather alert for you. an unusual weather set up brings us an opportunity for strong to severe storms here for the second time this early part of the month of november. today's primary threat comes in late morning up to the early parts of the afternoon. but here's the main area up nean chicag and this weather

front out ahead of it means business. severe thunderstorm watch already across alabama and mississippi and it's not completely out of the range of possibilities that we don't end upith a severe weather watch box around here later on in the morning today. right no mt of the burst of heavy rain is still well to the get out to the polls early. and as the atmosphere gets waed up the risk for severe ather increases. ,uthern maryla fredericksburg and out on to the eastern shore, but everybody in our viewing area has at least a chance for a strong storm. watch out for the fogin first this morning. temperatures are in the mid 50s now. the upper 60s today with a 100% chance for rain and

thunderstorms. again mainly in the middle to early parts of the afterno and then back to dry weather wednesday and thursday. another sking rain on friday. but the weekend looks chilly and dry. >> i like that. dry sounds good at this point. taking a lookow at the roads, fog everywhere. you can see it looks hazy. we have all lanes blocked southbound now. we just ske witholice because of this crash investigation. the northbound lanes, though, are nen that's a change. 66 inbound, fairf county parkway to the beltway. it wille take you n minutes. same

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>> it's 4:29 on this weather alert morning. here's a live look as we kick off this election day. a lot of spots you can't see at all. severe storms are heading our way. you'll want to keep that umbrella close by. raincoat when you head to the polls to cast your ballot. >> absolutely. counting down to the openingf e polls today. the earliest precincts open in

ndabout an hour a half. we'll let you know for sure exactly when theypen up. vote early or vote late. you also have an interactive radar feature so you can help-o ti what might be the best time for you to go. chances for thunderstorms today whic is rare enough in november highest chances for severe weather will bend along east of the i 95 corridor. all rain free forhe now but showers and thunderstorms could be in the winchester area as early as abo 8:30