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his family said he left wor and s driving two of his friends home but they never made it. just after 8:30, pablo was speeding northbound when he lost corol of his car, crossing over the mlaian beforeing into a bus. the front end of his car reduced to mangled metal. pablo and his 19-year-old friend prince arthur died. now three families are left with grief. >> i just don't have words to describe how painful it is. >> reporting in wood bridge. news and we have continuing election coverage ahead of these pivotal memorials. >>he races that could help tip the balance of power. and montgomery countyots are sounding off on what's important to them. we have new concerns about the dangers of the energy

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>> reporter:rom d.c. bethesda, silver spring, it has become a part of night anlife. endless parade of uber cars waiting for passengers. >> i knowt is not the safest thing to do. >> reporter: but pple have -- how many of you have taken an uber late at night? all of you. >> meet eliza, 13 years old, just starting eighth grade. her friends, molly and eileen. >> reporter: why were you doing it? >> because serve doing it. uberporter: even thoug requires passengers to be at least 18, their friends often o sneak out house at midnight toak s out and meet one friends. were you nervous? >> a little bit. you're inome random person's car. >> reporter: a grown-up. >> you're out in the middlegh o the even if it is not the uber, it

is where you're going.hi >> i parents have no idea. >> reporter: sandra washoed to learn her daughter was only 12. >> what is a d uberver thinking as he pulls up to a dark home at 2:00 in the morning and a little girl comes out? >> reporter: tteam is about to show you. it is 12:30 friday ght. eliza books an uber waiting on a dark street in front of her house. i want my daughter to know how serious this is. >> reporter: with tracking devices, her mom rides with. as we follow close behind but out of sight. minutes later, a driver in a hyundai picks her up. he drives her eight minutes to herst ation. another dimly lit home. teens s there are two ways, either using their parents' uber account or using anoth way to make it difficult to trace them. using these. uber gift cards. you can set up a new uber account and use the gift card and then it isot traceable.

>> i didn't think my children could do it because they don't have credit cards. >> reporter: but watch as eliza uses a gif account. her destination, a 24-hour gas station near the highway. the i-team stays close behind. her mom on the phone with her. but instead, the kia drops her off next door. >> he is dropping her off at a motel 6. >> i think he should have said how old are you? our policy is we don't drive minors. are you okay? do your parents know? >>beeporter: said this is xerng the policy pro hiblts minors to rideunaccompanied by adults and it will investigate any such rides during. they said they will tell their drivers to ask for i.d. that didn't prevent this driver from picking up eliza at 2:00m. a. she said he was polite and never

asked her age. this time i have team had some questions for him. do you have any concerns about picking someone as young as the paenger you just picked up? >> not really. >> reporter: if you see somebodu young,hink their parents must have signed off on it. >> yes. >> reporter: d three to pick her up without a question? >> i couldn't believe how easy it was. >> reporter: easy and alarming abt the possibilities. >> that child could be running away. that child could have met aat pr online in the middle of the night. inking, it of probably won't be me that something bad will happen to me. it won't be >> reporter: taking a chance with these suburban sneakouts. news4 i-team. >> pretty amazing. who knew that was happening? tonight, news4 is working for your health. those energy w drinks mighte you up but a new study shows they might be harm tofl your blood vessels.

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degrees. the current temperatures, winds out of theut the rains stopped but not before preeucing over t quarters of an inch of rain. same deal iner baltimore a yesterday, an inch to two inches of rain. knew the sixth we haddest year and that will continue to increase. the rai is making its way through now. behind it, we are clearing out. we won't see any more rain. we have the rain stopped now. we are done. we are still seeing the rain but it is movingut fairly quickly and it will continue to do so. so clearing skies. you can see the cloud cover just to theth each of e blue ridge.

behind us, we're clear. normally wouet you colder numbers. near 70 in nashville. this is making our way so we'll see another mild day tomorrow. the forecast, 52 to start off the day. nice in the city. mostf you in the mid to upper 40s. by no, 61. by 4:00, we're at 65 degrees.at a g day. this is a nois breeze. much cooler thursday. temperatures only in the mid 50s. and then even cool we are more rain against on friday. the high of only 54 grees. upwards of a half inch to an inch of rain. saturd, breezy, we're talking windchills on saturday. but guys, that is nothing, nothing compared to what we've got next week.

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welcome back. just a couple hours in our area for voters to head to the polls for the mid-term elections.

>> a steady stream of voters coming out. despite a msive showing for early and absentee voting. more than 38 million votes cast before the first polls opened.th >> here' magic number. democrats need to flip 23 seats to retake jority. it is an uphill battle in the u.s. senate where democrats to keep seats and pick up two additional. >> and we're also keepi an eye on 36 governor races across our country. that includes heren maryland. but the two most closely watched by far. down in georgia and florida. >> nbc news has a team of correspond country.s the covering the races that could play a key role in who controls the pow in washington. >> reporter: i'm anne thompson in bucks county, pennsylvania. one of the seats the hope to flip in their effort to house.ontrol of the across this county today, voter

turnout has been very robust. by noon today,lmt half the people in the district where i am had cast ballots and that's pretao extrinary. >> reporter: i'm morgan radford in missouri. the line inside thi polling station is wrapped around the building. here, both democrats and tpublicans sayy understand what's at stake. their incumbela senatore mccaskill is in the political fight of her life. this is a pto race in a state that president trump won by nearly 20 points back i 2016. >> reporter: i'm gadi schwartz in tempe,onar we have long lines of voters taded to the polls. so many ofse young voters may be the deciding factor when it ces to some very contentious senate races. wee got much more coming up. >> in our area, voters will be picking a new county executive. it has been a heavily contested

race. chris gordon has that. >> reporter: these people are waiting in the hallway here a elementary ace school in today toakoma park to to cast their vote. some s they've waited two years for this miderm election to express their frustration with the way this company is going. >> morning and evening. long lines at montgomery county polling places. lines to vote. for the most part they can keep the lines moving. the montgomery board of elections has a team of roamers ady to respond or replace broken equipment. they said this mid-term election is important to them. for luis, it wa his first time voting. >> it is important.

it is part o my life. i'm an adult now. i were you sending a message any way? >> every vote counts. >> others say they're voting for change. >> the past two years havbeen ry tumultuous. i think our policies are going in the wrong direction andnt i o turn it around and i think my vote is important to do that >> here in rolling terrace in diverse. is >> we are immigrants. we believe it is important to have our voices heard as well. so i think it is important to vote on issues we i believe as well. >> theolls here in maryland are open until 8:00 p.m.an ne in line at that time will get to vote. back to yo >> thank you. in the final hours of voting,

the nonpolitical group voice, they're encouraging registered voters to go ts.the poll it is made of up of member of all faiths. they targeteighborhoods where turnout is historically below the message, voting brings power. >> when they dmen sfrat with their turnout, we talk to them about the issues that we hear in our community. and we communicate the pow of it to make chang happen. when they're not knocking on doors, they're in schools. in addition to voting, this election has also sparked a knew level of civic engagement. the students were focused on voter access inclu polling,

precinct problems, voters unfairly being turned away, voting machine or ballot issues, long lines. and they're using so many to get the word out s people are informed when they head out to vote. and we want toge encou you to contact us. we are on voter patr. if you see any issues, send them a tip. you ln also e-mai them at tips @news4 i-team.com. when we come back, a lot of rumors about amazon's second headquarters. ahead, what it could mean for our area if that project ends up being split in two. nd a new chapter for a ld 106-yearwoman. she is now deciding to become a u.s. citizen. and most of us had a gorgeous wunset ont was a rainy tuesday. but still some rain here in

rts of southern maryland. this is quickly pushing out of the area. how does this im

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a young man was gunne down as he was walking. >> reporter: this time it happened on the d.c. side of southernavenue. this time the victim, a young man, walking down the sidewalk, near the fairfax village cond minute- alminute-up. id to yawning man named david who lives across the street. >> middle of e day before the ten shots, pop, pop, pop.

unfortunately, you hear it you see all the cars, the police cars. i came out and looked. bodies laying on th ground. >> reporter: from all directions, police converge on the murder scene. a stretch of southern avenue closed off as they move to interview witnesses and collect eviden. on the scene, the police chief, peter. he said this does not appear to be a random ct ofviolence. >> it appears to be a targeted shooting. it looks lik whoever was shooting the person, he was the intended target. we don't know whathe motive was or the circumstances. >> reporter: there is a lookout for a white lexus suv wh paper tags. now the death count in our city continues to grow. 143 murders so far this year.

97, the same time last year. >> in southeast. pa collins news4. flames tore through a home t fairfax county today. you're looking live view of the aftermath. this is just off braddock ad. we're told the fire started in the back of the house. one person inside ted was able to get out with noinjuries. fire investigators are stiin g to figure out what started it. a sour note for an entire college marching band. the allegations of hazing that led to all the members being de suspen >> the band is doing hazing. >> the band is what? hazing? >> reporter: the city getting amazon? amazon? why this might be

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we have continuing election coverage until 11:00tonight. the music has stopped for students at bowie state university. this as allegations of hazinged eccross the campus. corey smith want the administration to reconsider the desion to suspendhe school's marchi band. >> reporter: for students on the campus, the sound ofilence is deafening. >> you can hear there's something missing. that's why i feel people are upset. >> reporter: upset that, the marching band. on they told field whe the halftime whistle blows. >> i'm there for the music. >> reporter: they'll tell you the symphony of soul marching band is an integral part of the campus life.

not just on saturday. >> when they practice in the morning and the evening. serv looking out the window. >>eporter: the university is not sharing details but says the allegations are serioushe and suspension was needed to ensure the continued safety students. tonight, law enforcement was involved. >> the band is doing hazing. >> what? >>ow an effort is underway to get the bandback. they have more than 400 signatures. >> i don't feel as if the entire congregation should be punished for the actions of a handful of people. >> students hoping the momentary pause isn't permanent. news4. >> because of the suspension, the symphony o sou will not be in the stands this saturday when bowie state takes to the field during the championship game. it looks like we have a

splitn decision amazon headquarters. it looks like hq2, it is just not easy to say. it will be split between new york city and crystal city in arlington. so does that mean we are getting half of what was promised? and were we promised anything? adam tuss has been following the velopments. >> reporter: crystal city and amazon? maybe not exactly. >>t is really interesting twist in the story. >> reporter: the twist is thats amazon reportedly rd to split its second headquarters between long island city, in queens, new york, and crystal city, in arlington. this chess board in crystal city feels appropriate for this story. the whole thing is starting to resemble a chess match. are we just pawns in this whole operation? or will we get oneclare checkmate? jack mcdougal ishe head of the

board. he said even half of amazon headquarters. >> it is not about the job or the investment. bits thetechnology, the innovation, the intellectual ca>>tal. eporter: because the deals to land amazon have been kept largely secret,n' we dot know yet what arlington was willing to give up and now like for half a headquarters. a contactedrlington leaders today and none said they could participate in this story at this time. >> lots of people commented, you know, it would be better if risdiction around the country wouldn't get into this competition using tax dollars. but i can't say more without seeing what the city is promising. >> reporter: they say this is essentially a done deal. a formal announcement is expected at the beginning othe year. >> amazon promises billions of dollarsesorth of itment

wherever it lands its next >> i guess we have to start saying hq3? or hq2.5? >> the rain is done. >> then what's coming? >> we have a little of everything. we're talking nice weather, mor raine forecast. and then it is a matter of when we get to coolerh air w the wind and then just the cold air. winter really making its presence felt next week. a prettyic night. i saw this a lot. a lot of rain n'bows. that beautiful? a lot of rain bows as a result of the sunshine making its way through. theo ain movee east and then the sun move in from the west. we saw the rain bows around town. we're looking at pretty nice conditions. oh, i didn't know we were doing

that. a lietle ea out there, the current drmperature, still on the mild side. ping to the next couple hours but nice weather. we won't see much in the way of windnd temperature fall behind the front. the temperatures tomorrow will be warmer than today. you can see where the rain is. toward southern maryland and calvert county and the northern neck. the rest us dry and that's the way it will stay. there goes the storm system. you see it continuing to move out. we're goingo see pretty nice conditions here. some sunshine during the day morrow and warmer temperatures. so tomorrow, maybe you need jacket early but you won't need it all day. >> itbe wil a chilly day. we have more rain in the forecast. so as you're thinking about rest of the workweek and weekend, here's what you need to .n tomorrow, a light fall jacket. really nice. definitely want the coat out

there. friday you'll want the rain jacket and the umbrella. especially on the second half the day. the weekend, at least it is dry but it's chilly. temperatures 4nly in the on saturday and sunday. so at the bus ops, the temperatures will be in the 40s and low 50s in the district.so that's definitely jacket weather. out there thursday morning, and on friday, maybe a few light showers out there. but again, the most rain on freeway looks to fall during the second half of the day for that evening commute. we are saying right now, 100% chance of rain on friday. it is one of those days where it could be an all day soggy rain. pick up a half inch to an inch of rain this year. already, the sixth wettest year on record and we're only about six inches away from being the wettest on record.he with rain and the wind that follows, more foliage will come off the trees.

and then the rain leads to a chilly weekend. especially sunday morning. >> a chilly weekend. it gets even colder. look at the estemperat a steady decline as far as the numbers go. 54 with rain on friday. not a very nice day. friday night, the rain moves out. you may get in dinner okay. late in the evening. behind it, we really do cool. a high of 49 degrees. look at the low. it could be the coolest numbers so far. then a freeze next week. this will be a s bigrm monday into tuesday. it does bring in the cold. look how colde are. next wednesday, a high of 39 degrees. overnight lows temperatu around 30 degrees. that's in the city. some of you downnto the low 20s. winter moving in. >> thank yo doug.

a local woman is 106 years old andelebrating a first in her life. >> she just became a new citizen. rt the other side of the s break, we'll hear why taking the oath means so much. and a local firefighter is accused of a road rage rampage. what set it o and why this first responder is

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that would put her birth in 1912.y a v different america then. woodrow wilson winning the presidency that ye. th rms titanic sinking to the bottom of the atlantic and tokyo giving the first crop of cherry trees. that year, she was born in el salvador. soon after pursuing the american drea she says it was a greem started with her late husband. after he passed, she became more determined than ever to make to it this day. as she received her naturalization papers -- >> what does this mean for you? >> for me and my family, it is a dream come true. >>eporter: she is one of her 18 children. she's lost count of how many grandchildren and great channeled grarn and great, great grandchildren. >> everybody is not there. it's a lot of >>ople. eporter: she says her mom hopes toua evey vote.

>> we have voice. i important. >> reporter: maria is simply grateful for this moment. she tells me she is happy for this opportunity as her jumpy for an immigra comes to an end. her journey as an american is just beginning. >> and maria's family said they imagine to get the paperwork in order so she can vote in the next election. >> you have another big hour o election coverage right now. >> welcome to news4 at6:00. the first local polls will close in just one hour. >> a divided nationet t seliver a referendum on president trump' first year in office. >> and covering all the angle for you. a mid-term election unlike any other. wi control of congress, up for grabs.

voters turn on trump? >> the republican party has not been a check andbalance. president y fend off trump in battlegrounds? >> womencandidates. what the pink race means at home. >> and record breaking voter turnout. news4's live team coverage ontinues as the clock ticks closer to the results ofde sion 2018. >> natr how the votes shake out when this night is over, this election day will help chart the course of th country for the next two years and beyond. >> so interest is high on all sides. going into tonight,ome americans are casting their ballot to applaud president trump. others hoping to send a sharpory >> we've got our news4 team fanned out across the area. we begin with blayne alexander.

>> reporter: you talked about the high interest. it is very clear when you look at pollinglaces like this one in southeast d.c. a large crowd behind me and i'm told, it has been this busy all day. we've already seen a record number some of the 38 million people cast early ballots. mo money has been spent on this mid-term than 90 in history. now it is time to decide. in what are typically known a offyear elections, this year, crowded precinc tell a can i ha have, a different story. >> reporter: candidates start by