super windy as i walked across thearng lot this morning. a lot of us gearing up -- >> i ran into the room -- i mean the building. >> chuck is over there laufg. i don't know why. it may be mid november, bu mother nature says it's time for snow. >> we're a bunchat of r wimps. >> video proof of the wind, y chuck, is on instagram. >> its really? >> your hair a is blowing over the place? >> yeah. >> had his balaclava on. >> i have one. >> okay. fair enough. we were talking abo kmans for wintry weather tomorrow. a big dip in the jettream has allowed cold air to go down. it's snowing on the arkansas/louisiana border this morning.at s unusual for november. for us it's a cloudy sky this morning. dry today. look at future weather. this is forhis time tomorrow. 24 hours from now as the moisture rides into our cold air, likely to start out as mostly snow in the shan then doe

a valley. this is 8:00 a.m. it will start as snow, sleet, all rain in southern maryland will with time become almost all rain for i-85. the snow hanging on a little bit longer in the shenandoah valley. that will change over to rain. winter storm watches are issued for all of the i-81 thcorridor. 's for tomorrow, not today, for tomorrow. that's where the most likelihd is for little bit of an accumulation of om siesyness tomorrso -- iciness tomorrow. >> good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. in bowie, the ramp to eastbound the ramp is blocked. this is an over turned tractor-trailer. big rig tow on the scene trying to get this righted and out of the way before the morning ea commutey kicks into gear here. the next hour or so. brian town southbound between laplata road. you can see the purple there.

that's because of a crash investigation. inner loop and outer loop, nothing too impact full on 270 southbound near frederick, left lane is getting by that work zone. aaron? me>> ssa, thank you. now to some breaking news in california, firefighters still battling the three large wildfires as search crews l through rubble. looking at video of the city of paradise 50 people have been killed statewide in the wildfires. the camp fire has killed 48 people making it the deadliestt and m destructive fire in the state's history. in los angeles the woolsey fire is 40% contained. firefighters almost have the smaller hill fire fully contained. breaking news now. fairfax county police are investigating a homicide. >> news 4's angie goff is investigating this. what's happening? >> we've been talking back and forth with them and they're

telling us they do have the suspect in custody. they t responded the 2900 block of charring crossroad. happened just before 1:00 this morning. it is in an apartment complex. families in this area, you might be waking up wondering what ng on.y is g at this point a 27-year-old man was taken to the hospital after stabbed. we're told he died at the hospital. police say this appears to be a domestic issue but they've not identified the suspect. in a t they say the victim and suspect did live in the same apartment. our news 4 justin finch is headed to the scene. we'll have more within the hour. back to you. it is official. crystal city will be home to one of amazon's second headquarters. the major announcement arrived around 10:00 yesterday. >> amazon is splitting its headquarters between amazon, new york, and crystal city or

national landin amazon represents a $2.pa three billion and perhaps more importantly 25rks,000 jobs with salaries of about $150,000 are coming to this area. >> the new t virginiah innovation campus will teach the skills amazon employees need many graduates will get jobs with amazon hq2 in software development, artificial inielligence, user expnce design and interface design. amazon plans to begin hiring for its new headquarters next year. >> i don't know anything aboutf anyhose things. i need to go back to school. this area is about to see some major changes when it comes to transportation. they include metro upgrade, traffic changes to route 1 and even the construction of a new pedestrian bridge. with a the new buzz on the roads and rails, not eryone is

sold. >> ridiculous. i think it's difficult over here as it is. where are we going to park? i mean, i can't even imagine. >> metro will play a pretty big role in the new boom amazon isi ng to this area. the general manager believes it was metro that helped sell amazon on the area. we can expect major upgrades to the crystal city station as wl as the rmt forthcoming potomac ation. they'll have to step it up with all the people coming, right? >> we're covering every angle of this and chris lawrence has more on how it's being transformed into national landing. we have an update about a montgomery county high school student. you may recall devinarcia and his friends were waiting for a school bus. ta t a look ats picture that his mother sent to our sister station telemundo 44. you'll see here in ase nd. devin is still in rehab now but he is walking and talking again.

there's his photo. he suffered a brain injury and internal sbleeding. other says he is able to have short conversations again. frecovery is number one. but the looks it, you know, he's getting there. y 's going to get there rea soon. >> so that crash last month prompted calls for pedestrian safety montgomery county. on tuesday the county council met with the state highway administration. it argued for lower speed limits, more crosswalks a new curb markings on state roads in english and spanish. 11 pedestrians have died on the road this year, the same as last year. the former archbishop that was ousted is calling for accountability. the cardinal didn't respond to specific cover up accusations against him but talked about personal responsibility. >> sometimes we simply have to

take personal responsibility and we simply have to say this is -- this needs to be done institutionally it's easier. personally it's where purification has to be part of the entireprocess. >> wuerl stepped down as archbishop last month. yesterday they delayede until a global meeting in rome in fe. 4:37 right now. a look at our other top stories this morning. today lawmakers, veterans and freshmen will vote on party hleadership roles for b the house and senate. and with the new guard prompting to shake up leadership. coming up, news 4's tracie potts will hav more on the transitions on capitol hill in a live report. kkk flyers showed up in five counties. upper marlboro,mass.,

found this in their agent city sis. a suspected white nationalist has been arrested in d.c. for stockpiling several illegal guns. they seized guns and ammunition from jeffrey clark.is he p the 2r50e of life synagogue's accused gunman, robert bowers. in a post he said he was lucky. he openly discussed killing people of jewish faith and blacks. 4:38. to wilson was suspended for the first 16 games of the caps season but didn't miss a beat when he returned to the ice last night in minnesota. late in the first period wilson scored his first goal and first penalty of the season at the same me. just like him, right? he was sent to the box for oahitting thee and then in

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vote on party leadership roelts for both chambers of congress today. plus, there could be some growing pains with a new guardp ising to shake up leadership. news 4's tracie potts is on capitol hill with more. good morning. >> reporter: hey there, good morning. a l more women, a lot more progressives. it is a different looking house majority come january, and now here, hose members are they will be voting on what could be different leadership for democrats. nancy pelosi, the minority leader expected to become the house leader. she's facing a challenge. we already saw one of the new members, o youngest membe congress, alexandria ocasio-cortez participated insi in. already a little bit of contention going on there. we will see votesappening this week for democrats and republicans in terms their leadership. republican candidates are holding a forum so that their members, including their new members, can hear from those

potential leaders today. why that's significant, inside baseball because the leadership counts the votes, they pull together the party and they decide the agenda, what gets down and what legislation gets pushed through. >> a important day for sure. tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. 85-year-old supreme court justice ruth bader beginsbegins ready to get back into the gym. she broke t ribs last week. he insists ginsburg is a tough nails. >> 85 out planking all of them. right now these are live pictures from florida where election workers a trying to finish recounting hundreds of thousand of ballots for the senate and governor's races deadline.morrow's yesterday workers started processing thousands of ballots throh tabulation machines but election officials in palm

county, florida, said the old machines are over heating and that is causing the tallies to be off. they not early voting tallies were not matching up with any previous tallies. he recount must be finished by tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. the vote will determine who toes senate, governor rick scott or incumbent governor rick nelson and ron desantis and tallahassee mayor andrew gillum. new thismorning, former first lady michelle obama kicker off ook tour in chicago. she was joined by oah winfrey to discuss "becoming." >> they discussed mrs. obama's new book. sh discussed h love of chicago and discussed some of her experiences in the white house t st haveped her life. >> they tell you you can order anythi and they listen very carefully because everybody listens to every word that the presidentsays. i used to tell barack, don't say you want something because then

we'll have like thousands of it. you know? and then we're paying for it. >> mrs. obama has tour dates at capital one arena here in d.c. on november 17th and the 25th. >> good luck getting a ticket. there is now a scholarship fund in honor of a d.c. woman stabbed to death while jogging. wendy martinez was murdere two circle.go in logan she served as chief of staff. the company donated half a million to sta the fund. her fiance says the wendy martin legacy project will help support women in tech, empowerment and police arrested the suspect. a d.c. tow truck company is under investigation after a news 4 report about one woman's car that disappeared two month ago. tiffany told news 4 the car had been impounded but the city insisted it wasn't. well, it turns out she was right. our cameras were there when she car at found her collision towing lot in

northeast. it had been towed seven weeks ago. now to makewo matters e, the car had been b wken intohile it was sitting in the lot. the own told tiffany and other car owners he did report the cars had been impounded and it was the city that lost tra of their cars. >> i don't know who to believe. i think that there's -- somebody's at fault andst this s ot really the ending that i anticipated. >> now the owner of collision towing refused to answer our reporter's questions. the department of consumer and regulatory affairs has launched an sfleegs that towing company. newhis morning, there are 15 new auction records for american painters. pened atnse bidding h the christie's auction in new york. this is paintings that you'll see of edward hopper's iconic chop suey. this was in the smithsonian. it sold for more than $91

million and set a new auction record for american t. >> in total the auction brought in mor than $317 million. id christie'st only auction off paintingings, but the pink legacy diamond. >> wow. >> christie's auction house sold it last night for $50 million. >> what? >> wow. >> christie's says the renowned jeweler harryinston was the buyer. the impressive sale marks new world record price per carat. >> even the model looksdd even she's like, i can't believe i'm putting this on. >> w harryston can break that up and sell it off. >> break it up? >> i'm justild about harry. >> i bet you someone is going to buy that ring. >> of course they are. >> it would look s good on my hand. >> my phone connection was lost when i on the phone bidding with that thing. >> that happens every time. >> edward hopper or the pink n,diamond. >> you'll get something a

little less flashy this year. >> we are ineaer alert mode tomorrow. lots of interesting weather coming our way. will it raintomorrow? yes. will it probably start as a wintry mix, especially in the shenandoah n valley andthern maryland? you betcha. timing, yes. this is a big concern. the deepest part of the comes here during the daylight hours tomorrow. even though the november sun is weak, it' just enough to probably drag most areas in the mid and upp 30 you say, that's still plenty cold, but as long as it's above 32 it won't make any difference. i still think there's a high kelihood of delays, potentially school cancellations tomorrow especiallyfr for the nds and neighbors in the shenandoah valley. there's the swirl moving into southwest arkansas now. that is the area of low pressure that will be riding over us to during the dayrrow. as a result, there will be a lot of rain and in all likelihood quite the mix of sleet and snow as well.

here's 5:00 a.m. you have nothing to worry abo today. this is 5:00 a.m. probably going to start as sleet and snow. mostly snow in the shenandoah valley. mostly sleetc.round the area. by 8:00 tomorrow the sleet/snow mix. washington, northbound, southern maryland will be all rain for southernhe maryland and northern neck. by noon tomorrow whatever amount of sleet or snow w a hadund the city becomes all rain. moderate rain at that. the sleet could hang on a little longer as sleet or fezing rain in the shenandoah valley, but eventually all of that cold air well.coured out as it will end as rain. winter storm watches along i-81 tomorrow. liquid equivalent. this is an inch to two inches of ra equivalent. if it was all snow it will be six inches a more. by the time you mix in and rain, two to three inches in the shan then doe a. we dry oy on fri afternoon and we stay

dry for the weekend all the way througthanksgiving. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. taking a look abowie. the ramp to eastbound 50. we're still shut down. overturned tractor-trailer. you can see somebody trying to hook a strap on there. right now we still have the ramp blocked. we'll keep you updated on this one. a fatal pedestrian crash in ryan town. outbound between l plata road and bryantownroad. frederick southbound 270, that has cleared out of the way. 66, 95 in miri land and virginia both running smoothly. ♪ ♪ feel like we've heard tha

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>> you know it will. >> we're getting ready. good morning, everybod i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 5:00 a.m. th d.c. region still buzzing about amazon's big announcement. a lot onk people will be tg about the icy rain that's coming, maybe even the snow, to melissa mollet is standing by with the morning commute.uc bell is here first with our forecast. would you rather have your first snow in january and latz snow in marchin or your first sno november and last snow in february? he latter. >> let's start it and get it over with. tomorrowlert f nothing to worry about today. cold and dry, no weather concerns for today. tomorrow an ugly mix of all combinations of sleet, rain, freezing rain and snow. highest impact in the shenandoa. vall in the 30s to around 40