news 4's aaron gilchrist has his story.s is the second time in almost 30 years that william has been to his childhood home in capital heights. his memories here are almost impossible to believe. >> i knew it was serious. but i had seen the beatings before. i just ignored it. william was 10 years old in 1984 when he watched his mother's boyfriend drag her from the home. >> he put the gun to her face. she turned around and yelled "no" as loud as he could. >> before killing himself, marshall williams also shot his 12-year-old brother tony and then turned on him. >> he put the gun to my head. the first thing i did is beg for my life. i asked him please don't kill me. being spared didn't end williams's trauma. his family's strategy for coping with the law, don't think about it. >> somebody patted me on the back and said "you're just going to have to forget about it baby." >> three years became too much. drowning in saudness and guilt, william came to north capitol planning to jump. instead a moment of clarity saved his life. >>

i think we should have an aaron gilchrist forever stamp. s been on forever, yesterday morning, last night -- >> a long day. >> way to go, aaron. great job last night. this morning we're starting off early and we're starting off with a lot of cloud cover around the region and the radar is showing a few sprinkles. you can see that rotating around. a weak disturbance that is passing well south of the metro area. and the nearest any sprinkles are just to the west of fredericksburg. otherwise should not have any trouble this morning. but if you live near charlottesville and know anyone, grab an umbrella. it will be a little wet. elsewhere a dry start. temperatures around the immediate area are generally in the low to mid-50s. nearby suburbs near the bay near 60 degrees. it's a rather chilly morning in the shenandoah valley. most locations there are in the upper 40s to near 50. upper 50s near 60, though, near the bay. the northern eastern shore, a few locations there might get a few sprinkles the next few hours. and hour by hour our temperatures r

aaron gilchrist sat down with the two men behind the movie. >> three bodies.than that. >> a depiction of the men who brought terror in our lives, "blue caprice" is based on the beltway sniper attacks. don't expect to relive the assaults. >> it focuses on the relationship between the father and son. >> reporter: alex moore wanted to explore how violence is an expression in america. over 20 days in october, 2002, they killed ten people in maryland, d.c. and virginia before they were caught sleeping in the blue caprice. actor isaiah washington took on the role reluck tanltly. >> they had the same bias i had about him. he's a monster, he's this and that. no way i'm going to touch this. it's not what people think it is. >> reporter: the film opens with an abandoned lee malveaux who becomes a father figure and tor meanter. >> how many people have you killed. sorry. dad! dad! >> reporter: it travels down a twisted road of manipulation and brainwashing. >> want to try it? the kids a natural. >> not trying to provide easy answers. only trying to create an intense human

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this wednesday, september 25, 2013. let's take a live look outside at 4:26. a cool start today and another lovely fall morning. >> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is here with a look at the forecast. >>> good morning. we have a mostly clear sky in washington. we have some high clouds drifting in just to our south. and temperatures, well, they are chilly again. similar to yesterday morning. we were down into the mid-40s. it's low to mid-40s across much of northern virginia. had much of maryland. frederick down to 41 degrees. that's the cool spot. right now martinsburg is at 42. much of the shenandoah valley in the low 40s. right around washington, our nearby neighborhoods are generally right into the mid to upper 40s and that will be our lows near the chesapeake bay. the temperatures are still elevated. it's in the low to mid-50s. a little patchy fog parts of the shenandoah valley and into the mountains. otherwise no travel problems weatherwise on t

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang.come to "news 4 today" for this thursday, september 26, 2013. a live look outside rate now. 4:26 is your time now. 61 degrees. getting a little warmer as we go through the week. >> it's like a heat wave already. meteorologist tom kierein is here with your first forecast. tom? >>> good morning. we have a cloudy sky over much of the region this morning. oducing a few sprinkles near re fredericksburg to near charlottesville. this had will be stay iing to o south. just a few sprinkles here in northern spotsylvania and to culpepper. elsewhere right around the bay just to the the west of cambridge there may be a little sprinkle there. as we get through the morning hours, these sprinkles will tend to dissipate. right now just getting a few of those south of the metro area. temperatures are a bit milder due to the cloud cover acting like a blanket and holding in the warmth from yesterday. we're in the low 50s in the nearby suburbs and the rural areas down to near 60 by the bay. we'll take a lo

. >> reporter: yeah n the past hour you sue julie kerry and aaron gilchrist. they're inside along with chuck todd making the final preps for the debate. they shot the video a short time ago. about to take place an hour from now. they are trying to get familiar to the setup as what they will be dealing with as they take the stej less than an hour for now. meantime, a lot of the folks are the attendees of the event. they will be filing in in a few minutes from now. and i want to show you the prerts and supporters. they're lining 123, and they have signs for terri mcauliffe and ken cuccinelli. they're on both sides. police are out there as well to make sure everybody is safe. that again is happening at this hour. less than an hour from the debate. i want to show you what the candidates are looking like. here is the nbc 4 poll. among likely voters, mcauliffe leading 43% to 38% for cuccinelli and 8% for the libertarian candidate. he will not be at this debate tonight. less than an hour from now, from here, i'm going to head back inside, get a recap of the debate an

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. let's take a live look outside at 4:26. another chilly start to your day. 59 degrees right outside ou studios. let's check in with tom kaern to get a look at the rest of your forecast. >>> good morning. the air is fresh and cool on this monday morning. under a clear sky we have june it terrorizinging in the eastern sky and a few clouds rolling in from the west. we'll have the crescent moon rising, too, but it's rather chilly in the rural areas. many locations in the 40s with patchy ground fog. watch out for that. closer to washington, our nearby neighborhoods are generally in the low 50s. bus stop forecast for students it at the with bus stops this morning, sun rise 7:03. should have a partly cloudy morning between now and about 8:00. we'll be in the low 50s across s in the rural areas. and then by late morning, probably around 8:30, by mid morning, we should be into the upper 50s to around 60. i'll look at the morning ahead. that's coming in a couple of minutes. a look at traffic with danella. good morning. >>> good mornin

last but not least, aaron gilchrist, co-anchor of news 4 today, lived in richmond for 23 years where he began his career, covered four virginia governors. the former chairman of the democrat nation democrat, terry mcauliffe and ken cuccinelli. let's hear a round of applause. mr. mcauliffe, by virtue of an earlier coin toss you will go first with your two minute opening statement. go ahead. >> thank you, chuck and thank you to fairfax chamber for hosting us tonight and to all virginians watching at home. i would like to recognize my wife dorothy who is with me here tonight. for the last two decades we have been raising our five children here in fairfax county. the choice in this race is simple, which candidate is going to govern from the mainstream, work with both parties, and focus on those economic issues that virginians are concerned about. during this campaign i have proposed common sense solutions on issues of education, transportation, and work force development. i've also been proud to earn the support of so many prominent republicans, many of whom have never supported a democr

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang.e look outside at 5:00 a.m. 50 degrees in some places. a chilly start

i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> and i'm eun yang. welcome to this friday. first up your forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >>> good morning and happy friday. early this morning we have some low clouds that are coming in from the north and east not producing any rain. just a slight chance of a sprinkle perhaps in northeastern maryland but mostly clear elsewhere. but these low clouds are advancing from the northeast heading southwest so they'll probably be moving across northern virginia as well over the next couple of hours. under the clouds it's milder, it's in the 50s. where it's still clear, it's dipped down into the 40s. manassas, prince william county, 48. now in the shenandoah valley, the panned handle of western virginia, most of those locations are just in the 40s this morning. so quite a chilly start there. it's in the low to mid-50s, our near by suburbs. we'll stay in the 40s and 50s through 7:00, 8:00 this morning. by 10:00 a little sunshine should break out. we ought to be into the low 60s by then. then by noontime near 70 degr

northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry and aaron gilchrist are on the panel for tonight's debate. julie joins us live. we have seen the round the clock commercials. what does each candidate need to accomplish tonight? >> first of all, let me say i have covered every virginia's governor race since 1993 and i am hard pressed to think of a debate with more consequence than this one. that's if part because the two have only faced off once before. that was way back in the summer when voters really were not focused on it. so this is their last face-to-face debate before election day. what they're going to be looking to do is to solidify the support they have, and then to try to shore up the places where they are weak. and what we found out yesterday in the poll is that ken cuccinelli is doing poorly with women. so he needs to find a way to appeal better to women than he has been doing. mcauliffe has to do a better job of convincing voters that he is best for business, that he is the person who can run the commonwealth as governor. >> a lot at sfak tonight. jewly k l julie kerry, we'll b

news 4s aaron gilchrist will be on the panel. nbc "nightly news" will run at 6:30 followed by the debate at 7:00. you can watch it here on nbc 4. >>> when we come back on news 4 at 5:00, a student suspended over a toy gun. why parents are fighting to get their kids back in class after an incident t >>> a virginia beach woman says her son's school district is in the wrong for suspending him because of a pellet gun. the school district suspended the 12-year-old and his friends saying they were shooting at other students near the bus stop. the boy's mother says it happened in their front yard, 70 yards away from the stop on what is private property. there will be a review in january to see if the boys can go back to school. >>> there's talk about u-2s appearance with bono and president clinton. >> he didn't sound like himself. >> i walked into the oval office and i thought it was a member of his own road crew. >> i must be really easy to make fun of. >> that was in new york during former president bill clinton's meeting for the clin

aaron gilchrist joins us now to break down what we found. aaron? >> yeah, barbara, democrat terry mcauliffe leading ken cuccinelli in our new nbc 4/nbc news marist poll. mccauliffe holds a five-point lead over the attorney general. cuccinelli led by three points in an nbc poll back in may. libertarian candidate robert sarvis also having an impact on this race. 8% of likely voters support him. 10% of likely voters are still undecided. kooup and mccauliffe square off in their first debate sponsored by nbc 4 and the fairfax chamber of commerce tomorrow night. julie kerry and i will be on the panel there. nbc 4 will broadcast that debate live at 7:00 p.m. tonight, though, the candidates for lieutenant governor will take center stage. republican e.w. jackson, democrat ralph northu plshgs face each other in a debate in arlington. dave culver will be there for that debate. on the's debate could be crucial in determine ing who wins the race here. these are the results of our nbc 4/nbc news marist poll. northam leading jackson by three points among

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. welcome to "news 4 today." right now dozens are without water in northwest d.c. because of a water main break. an eight-inch main burst between irving and kenyon. about 18 homes and two 12 unit apartment buildings impacted here. d.c. water tells us it will take them between six and eight hours to repair that main and get the water back on. let's go to danella now for a check on the rest of the morning commute. >>> good morning, aaron. here is what we're tracking for folks traveling the gw parkway. a clear commute for you. still early. out to the dulles toll road right now, again, as you are traveling in this area clear as well. travel from the dulles international airport heading to the beltway in both directions you're clear. a live look at 28. your drive time just 15 minutes from sully to the capital beltway, not bad at all. now i'll send it over to tom. >>> good morning. storm team 4 radar showing a few scattered sprinkles south of the metro area over the parched landscape north of charlottesville heading du

. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist.come to "news 4 today" on this wednesday, september 25. 54 degrees outside our studios. still chilly around much of the region this morning. let's get an update on the forecast. here is tom kierein. >>> a calm wind, a few high clouds from the west and also some patchy, dense fog forming rapidly over the last half hour or so in parts of the shenandoah valley, around the blue ridge. watch out for that fog. watch out for deer, watch out for pedestrians. temperatures right now are generally in the 40s across most of virginia, wf of wf and maryland that includes our nearby suburbs but closer to washington right around 50 degrees, mid-50s near the waters as well as the tidal potomac. we'll have high clouds with us here through the morning hours, by 8:00 should be around 50 degrees. by 10:00 the low to mid-60s. by noontime 70 degrees and partly sunny. a partly sunny noontime, too, for lanham. temperatures by noon in the upper 60s. a look at the rest of your wednesday, that's in ten minutes. h

i'm aaron gilchrist. problems on the rails right now. here's danella with first 4 traffic. >> good morning, aaron. delays on the orange line now because of a broken down train. this is at the dunloring metro station. over to the roadways, inner loop of the beltway in virginia, some good news. as you make your way past gallos road, accidents there but now it's cleared. a bit of a delay from the interchange to the dulles toll road. the drive itself will take you about 23 minutes. aaron? >> danella, thank you. less than 17 hours away from a government shiftdown and if government fails to act the effects could be deadly to the american economy costing the district more than $2 million a day. the tourism industry could be hit particularly hard. the smithsonian may be closed. that means that the national zoo would be closed as well. we are still waiting to hear if d.c. mayor vincent gray will succeed in protecting city workers from a shutdown. he designated all city employees as essential to try to keep them on the job. the white house budget o

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" for this monday, september 30, 2013. a live look outside right now. 5:01, time for weather and traffic on the 1s. >>> storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein has your forecast. >> the air is freb and chilly on this monday morning. good morning. right now we have temperatures down into the 40s much of maryland and havevirginia and w virginia, a little patchy fog in the rural areas. down into the 40s in frederick county as well as in loudoun, fauquier, prince which wiilliam stafford, spotsylvania, charles county, southern maryland, too, just near 50 degrees. and we have temperatures right around the metro area generally low to mid-50s now. we'll still be in the 50s through 8:00 but them by 10:00 the mid-60s. sun rise is at 7:03. then by noontime for your lunch hour should be mild. you'll be comfortable in short sleeves. pa partly cloudy into the mid-70s much of the region. waldorf, charles county, the hometown forecast there by noontime should be near 70 degrees

i'm aaron gilchrist.ilding, but there are power outages in that area, and folks who live there are being told to stay inside the buildings and not open windows. let's get a look at the latest on the roads now with danella. >> good morning, aaron. tracking an accident that involves a pedestrian so if you're traveling in northwest d.c. heads up along 14th street at harvard street. right lane blocked by the accident. i-270, delays from germantown. drive time from germantown road to the capital beltway, the drive will take about 27 minutes. airplane, back over to you. >> danella, thank >>> good morning. temperatures now into the 50s and plenty of sunshine today. afternoon highs low to mid-70s around the metro area and near 70 elsewhere and then tomorrow a bit warmer each afternoon with cool mornings and sunshine and the same thing into the weekend. aaron? >> t >>> welcome back to today it's tuesday morning, september 24th, 2013. a glorious day in new york city. i'm willie geist along with al, natalie, mel b.

aaron gilchrist, news 4. >> "blue caprice" is playing at the west end cinema in d.c.er spring. >>> why leaders in kenya have issues with a travel advisory put out by the state department. >>> what likely sparked this fire in a high rise apartment. >>> and the end of an era for washington and their baseball team, the washington nationals. we're talking about it all on air as well as online. join us on facebook and twitter. we'll be back in a moment. >>> investigators are sifting through the ruins in the deadly kenya attack today. the attack killed 67 people. the kenyan military said its first goal is to identify specifically what caused the large explosions inside the mall, triggering the three floors to collapse. agencies from u.s., britain and germany are all participating in the investigation. in the wake of the kenyan mall attacks in the u.s., the u.s. government has issued a travel advisory for the country, which upset several kenyan officials. state department issued the advisory friday, which made specific references to the mall attack. kenyan authorities believ

i'm aaron gilchrist.veling along 301 southbound, this is near 5, still seeing your >>> mostly cloudy on this thursday morning. still cooler. temperatures near 50 and 60 around much of the region. more sunshine will begin to appear. partly cloudy this afternoon. highs, low to mid-70s. tomorrow, lots of sunshine. morning lows, 50s. afternoon highs, 70s. we'll keep that going through the weekend. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i want a governor who's focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. who's ken cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia? >> it's 8:00. oh, it's 8:30 on a dhurs on this 26th day of september, 2013. we have a shot of people at rockefeller plaza. let's

i'm aaron gilchrist. check on the friday morning commute with danella sealock and first 4 traffic. >> good morning, airplane. doesn't feel like a friday morning for folks traveling dc 295. an accident at benning roadblocking the left lane. starting to see delays as you approach route 50 and continue towards benning road. now back to the outer loop of the beltway. earlier accident cleared at connecticut avenue. delays on the outer loop in montgomery county, they remain. a bit sluggish. 17 miles per hour between i-95 and georgia avenue. >>> a man is in critical condition after being shot in a home invasion on 100th avenue in glendale. prince george's county police say two men entered the home while two people were inside. one man was shot in the torso. police say they are looking for two men seen leaving the area on foot. it's not clear if they took anything from that home. >> some of the first responders who worked to save lives of aaron alexis' victims at navy yard will be honored. the d.c. fire chief wil

last but not least we have aaron gilchrist, co-anchor of news for.w let's welcome the candidates for governor. the former chairman of the democratic national committee, terry mcauliffe and the attorney general of the state of virginia, commonwealth of virginia of course, republican ken cuccinelli. let's give a round of applause. [applause] >> moderator: by virtue of an earlier coin toss you will go first. co-head treachery thank you to the fairfax chamber for hosting us tonight and to all virginians were watching at home. i would like to recognize my wife dorothy was here with me tonight or for the last two decades we've been raising our five children here in fairfax county. achilles industries is simple. which candidate is going to govern from the mainstream come work with both parties and focus on those economic issues that virginians are concerned about. during this campaign i have proposed commonsense solutions on issues of education, transportation, and workforce development. i've also been proud to earn the support of so many prominent republic