thank you, blake shelton. you're welcome.n "news 4 today," right on red may become a thing of the past at some intersections in the district. >> it is part of an effort to make things safer for pedestriuss. >>> pl could amazon's new headquarters be coming to crystal city. we'l tell you why some say it's looking likely. news 4 continues after this. >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> coming up on 5:00 a.m. good morning, everybody, i'm aaron gilchris >> i am eun yang. i'm sure a there is a jout caviar dreams that can be madeer the pson who bought the mega millions ticket is a little excited today. a player in south carolina appears to have matched all of the numbers. here t y are just icase, 5, 28, 62, 65, 70 and the megaball ifiv5. we just went through saying a 5 is not a common number selected and two 5s. we are looking at the historyhe and historic win. >>> first, we want to check on your commute and forecast. chuck bell standing by with details. let's start with melissa mollet and breakin news on the commute. what's going on

but blake shelton literally saved the day. >> there it is, the steal!e shelton saving the day. funsho saved him. and we've been watching mike parker. they're both still alive.s parker on team jennifer. >>> yes, horses are going to take over downtown d.c. they've already done it. we're usein to s mounted police, right? but this a little bit different. the washington international horse show i t inn celebrating 60 years. i had a wonderful time spending some time out there this morning with some experienced riders t preview the wonrful event. >> hey, hunter and jumper competitions getting ready to start up this morning. i'm standing beside a beautiful 13-yr-oldhranis csotind a local from middleburg. good morning. i'm going to feed christiano first. all right, virginia, let's talk about how exciting this is for you first to be able to be here once again. >> oh, gosh, it's incredibly, sighti incredibly exciting. there are not a lot of s ws like this anymore. it's so special. >> and i noticed christiano's braid herend nice aluminum shoes here. can you give us

. >>> now to a couple still going strong, blake shelton and gwen stefani. eekend blake, dressed as a sailor and again went goth as sally from "the nightmare before christmas" for a halloween party with gwen's three boys. there's blake busting a move. >> also in l.a. chris pratt and his son jack spent time with chris' new lady katherine schwarzenegger in santa monica. >>> and here's hunky chris hey in australia hitting the waves with wife elsa pataky. yesterday chris and his trainer picked up a hitch hiker. >> we'll give him a lift. >> little does he know we're getting a chopper. here he is guys, here is a hitch hiker. >> are you guys flying to byron? >> that was a hitch hiker. what a welcome. >> all right scotty, dream's over. back to the normal hitch hiking. >> come on. >> you would like to hitch hike on that helicopter. you love him. >> he's kind of dreamy. >>> still ahead -- e . marry sc.es of "bohemian rhapsody." rami malik takes us back to the beginning of his freddie mercury transformation. >> i may have had a beer in my hand. >>> and -- ♪ i've got fri

coach's kelly clkson, jennifer hudson, adam levine and blake shelton battle it out. love kelly, but, you know, a local singer will be featured during the blind auditions. >> they don't tell usbo much who that is but you can see if that person makes it through on the voice at 8:00 here on nbc 4. >> if you fell asleep for the ravens steelers game, baltimore came out on top. they had the upper hand against their foes t winning past three match ups. it was a contentious first half and in the second they poured it on and the final score was26 4. >> yeah. how about this skins fans. are number one in the nfc east and we didn't even pla this weekend. we had a bye. so they beat the eagles in overtime, thank you very much, titans. now the skins are the only team with a 2-1 record. philly is tide fh second w dallas. they have 2-2 records. >> the sns had even more time to rest up for the next game because they d't play the saints until a week from tonight. monday night football. so you like it later. >> good morning. a couple of different problems. southbound 295, the ramp to th

. ♪ the maryland native sang a duet in his battle round for team adam, but it was coach blake shelton saved funsho from elimination. funsho and another local contestant, mike parker are both still alive. parker made the cut in the battle rounds last week on team >> we're all covered here in the dmv. >> cane stand the rain? >> cane stand the rain? when the nra tried to overturn maryland's assault-weapons ban, attorney general brian frosh led the fight to stop them, defending our gun safety laws to protect the people of maryland. attorney general brian frosh. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- trevor noah, lucas hedges,

super star coaches blake shelton, kelly clarkson, jennifer hudson and l adamine will battle it out todd singers to their team. >> a singer from this area is going to be featured during the blind auditions. find out if they make it on the ice tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. >> 20 people killed during a ekend mo ride in upstate new york. now lawmakersalreng about now lawmakersalreng about regulations. it hasn't always been easy, has it? ♪er thhave been days when you doubted yourself. ♪ and days when you were ready to quit. ♪ but ♪ou didn't. because you had the courage to venture into something powerful. education.ve if i lou with just three words of advice: never...stop...growing. [cheering] or a m weekend here in d.c. brett kavanaugh was confirmed to the u.s. supreme court. >> thousands of protestors were in the streets before that vote.g we're looking at the official swearing in ceremony that will happen tonight and why the fall out from the process couct efhe upcoming midterm. we want to begin with a check on your commute and the forecast. >> yes, we'll get to in just a moment b

blake shelton stole him to his team last week. "the voice" airs tonight and tomorrow at 8:00 p.m.ight here on nbc 4. >>> just ahead, a play with nearly 200 people disappear from radar. >> the crews are searching the scene for survivors after the plane crashed minutes after takeoff. we'll have the latt on recovery efforts. >>> first, let's check in jim and wendy. >> this might sound familiar. if you have ever searched for a doctor, onliou logon and check out the reviews before you view the appointment. >> how do you know reviews are legit? the news4 i-team shows you why you might want to get a second opinion. >>> pl, regular shutdowns and 24/7 track work have made it tough and l to big declines to the number of people riding metro. metro wants you back and they have a t plan get you back. it involves more service and in some cases, cheaper fathres. >> and cocktails. that might work. 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. president trump taking many of away protections for pre-existing

blake shelton saved the >>day. he saved him from el stolen for his own team. nd mike parker from virginia both still alive miw. made the cut in the battle rounds. >> blake was very casual. you're welcome and hit the buzzer. >>> good morning, i'm frank holland at cnbc headquarters. mcdonald's is betting on breakfast to boost traffic. in tuesday's earningse confere call the fast food giant announced it would be rolling m oute breakfast food items and they're trying to lure back customers to restaurants. 're visiting the breakfast menu has worked pretty well in the pain. 2015 the company introduced all day breakfast to attct more diners. the move resulted in an uptick of sales. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm frank holland. >> breakfast right w, thank you, frank. >>> this week news 4 was the first to say that the district is considering banning some red tupls. >>> , could amazon's new headquarters. we'll tell you why they say it's we'll tell you why they say it's moreke . [dave] megawatt, how do i lower my novec electric bill? [megawatt] according to t

ke,y clar jennifer hudson, adam levine and blake shelton will battle. local singer will be featured at the blind auditions. >> you can find outho it is and if they make it through to the next roundtonight. the voice airs at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. now here's your cnbc morning business report. >> now that thealendar flipped over to octoalr, t spending will be $9 billion this year. that's in line with last year's record which was 9.1 billion. people planning to send an average of 86.79. that's up from last year. the national retail federatn says it's good and confidence is high. families are ready to spend big on halloween. th your cnbc morning business report, i'm jackie deangelis. >> right now a first 4 traffic alert. looking a bit better oxon hill southbound 295. ramp to the outer loop details comingup. >> it's always important to know about the next weekend. saturday andunday both loo nice and very, very warm indeed. coming up i'll show you a fen daecast that will make you daecast that will make you thin fast, reliable internet is crucial. does it e

superstar coaches, blake shelton, kelly clarkson, jennifer hudson and adam levine will battle it outadd singers to their teams. and here's another reason to tune in tonight. a singer from this area will be featured during the blind auditions. so find out if that singer makes it to the next round and what happens to this duo tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. they battle it out on that show, the judges. >> they do. and once again, we have a chce, you know? we're going to win. >> we're going to root for whoever it is. >>inrs crossed! >>> let's get a final check of our forecast. lauren? >> oh, guys, yeah not the prettiest of days out there on this columbus day. a lote of peoave off, but the good news is, even though it looks like it's going to rerain weot going to see too much. maybe a stray shower with patchy blue skies, low 80s. hurricane michael, let me show you this track realquick. those winds are at 75 miles per hour. could be a major hurricane as i moto western florida. and then depending on what a cold front does will depend on whether we can see some rain out of that for uer

. >> blake shelton. >> if you're around, get dressed up, come down, and hang out with us at the plazacrowd costumes are just as good as ours. >> a lot of times, better. i'm excited about it. dylan and i are doing one together. >> there's a tease. >> i cannot wait. >> throw that out. >>> how about a final check of the forecast. >> we start off with showers in the northeast, autumn warmth through texas. heavy snow in the western plains and the rockies. as we get in the midweek period, the snow continues in the rockies. a lot of rain from texas and the ohio river valleys. that moves east by friday. much cooler around the great lakes. mountain snows in the rockies. and wet weather from the plains into the pacific northwest. that's what's going on around that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning, i'm meteorologist kari hall. we start out the week with some cool weather. inland valley, 70s. by the middle of the week, for halloween, it's going to be very warm, reaching into the low to mid-80s. for the weekend, though, we wil

hoda channelled her blake shelton.e looked good, too. >> yeah, d s. >> how about that surprise? >> that was the best part. did you know he was coming out >> i think we knew. he kept saying," you look pretty and that's terrifying me." >> this is our fun way of saying tomorrow is halloween. we'll have our costume can i say, craig, this is your firs halloween on the show? >> this is the first. i am e yited? >> ye should be. >> we don't know what the other is going to be. we are going to surprise one another. > i am excited about my costume. looking forward to tomorrow. >>> let's get a check of today's headlines on this tuesday morning. the first b funeralsng held today for thele 11 peop who died in the zog shooting rampage in pittsburgh. the accused gunman appeared in court monday. robert bowers answered ye sir, when a federal judge asked if he understood the charges against him. if convicted he could face the death penalty. meanwhile, in pittsburgh a grieving community trying to make sense of the violence that took 11 li

we headed backstage to meet up with adam levine, blake shelton, kelly clarkson and jennifer hudson.nny. >> i was there at the "today" show. >> you met sonny when he was eight weeks old. >> nice to have another male on the group that's potty trained. >> sonny, come here. can you sit, can you sit. shake. shake, good, pound it, pound it. oh, yeah. pretty good, right? >> pound it buddy, pound it. >> that's a smart dog. >> he is. >> yeah. >> i feel like we need a mascot, like a voice dog. >> let's get a picture. >> you better rock those glasses, sonny. >> it's unanimous. all of the coaches are team sonny. four chairs turned for sonny. sonny showing his voice pride. we had a good time. catch a new episode of "the voice" here on nbc on mondays and tuesdays. next one is monday 8:00 central on the peacock. we had a great time happening with our puppy with the purpose. >> did he have a favorite? >> kelly for sure. they had history. kelly was here. >> it was cute to see all he could do. >> he's learning a lot. >>> reese witherspoon and her husband were selected to read to their son's class as