the only thing i can see is she hit traffic. >>> at the fairfax county adult >>> at the fairfax county adult detention center, repeat offender brenda brewer has seen plenty of enmates come and go over the years. the latest to leave was sabrina monahan. having completed a short sentence for drug possession. before she left, monahan was subjected to a urine test. after brewer told staff she'd been trading commissary snacks for prescription drugs. while monahan passed the test and was exonerated, brewer admits to having dealt her own medication in the past. >> it all depends on the type of medicine they give me and if it make me high, i go out there and i see a white girl would like to get high and i sell my medicine to her. uh-huh. >> supporting her drug habit on the outside is what had led to brewer's 30-year-long revolving-door relationship with the jail. >> my pattern is to get out of here, go out there and steal, smoke crack dope. that's the first thing i look for. go get me a girl, put on a skirt and go shoplifting. that's my routine of getting out of prison to do. and i don't want

are actually calling her that on the block now. >> slaughter is awaiting trial for larceny in fairfax county but she's just returned from nearby stafford county where she was sentenced on an unrelated charge of perjury. >> it's really, really disappointing. they gave me five months. so hopefully my time runs all together. that's what i'm hoping. i'm just a little depressed, you know, behind it. tired of inmates. just tired of being around them. >> the feeling seem to be mutual after slaughter tells others about her court appearance. >> talking that dumb [ bleep ]. >> it's not dumb. >> [ bleep ] don't want to be bothered with you no more, that's it. >> brenda brewer has been in and out of the jail over the past 30 years and says she doesn't want to hear slaughter whine about her problems. >> we playing cards, and i ain't going to hear that [ bleep ]. she want us to baby her. i'm not going to baby her. you broke the law, so evidently you broke the law to get here. to do something. so i'm not going to baby you. you tell me something, i'm going to take you just like it is. you know, miss brenda,

but will remain housed at fairfax county until her grand larceny charge is resolved. she says her unusual appearance has led to cruelty. >> oh, what's that on your skin, is it contagious? everyone asks me that. no it's just eczema. it's not even that bad. that's all i hear all the time. >> slaughter did not want to discuss why she has no eyebrows or lashes. but it's led to unwanted nicknames. >> they call me giraffe, call me terradactyl, they call me all types of [ bleep ]. i know on the outside i don't look like this. i do makeup, i don't hair, i do lashes, i do everything. so i don't look the same. >> you know she ain't got no eyebrows, no eyelashes. i'm not trying to be funny or put her down or anything but this is a jail. people in jail talk. >> they call her avatar. they call her alien. i mean, it's just cruel. >> avatar. that's her new nickname. people are actually calling her that on the block now. >> i cry a lot. because i never heard, i'm never understood. i'm always misunderstood. i'm always singled out. i'm always the outcast. and it hurts. >> she's like sc

in fairfax county, it's just in the mid-20s to upper 20s in the southern part of the county.uch of prince george's county in the upper 20s. and it's past freezing now right near the chesapeake bay. walking to work this morning, you will need your windbreaker and warmest winter gear. we'll have an east wind blustery throughout the morning commute with temperatures right near 30. then heading back home, walking back home from work, it will still be cold just in the mid-30s. and the winds will still be rather strong, the winds gusting over 20 miles an hour during the afternoon. but gradually diminishing getting into the afternoon and overnight tonight. post your pictures like ardiana did in arlington. this is a picture from a couple days ago. all the leaves are probably swirling around there, but nice autumn color in a few isolated areas. post your photos on facebook, twitter and instagram. i like it on facebook because you can post your higher-resolution photos there. for the rest of the day today, we'll have the winds gusting to around 30 miles an hour into the afternoon with

>> messing around in fairfax county, no telling what the [ bleep ] they would do.probably bring some [ bleep ] up, probably find way to get me in some extra [ bleep ]. i would rather not admit guilt to anything in fairfax county. >> bumgardner can still press criminal charges against bell, but says he probably won't. >> i'm not trying to be in this jail and press charges on somebody and then [ bleep ] just happens all over again a bunch more times. that's just how it is. >> coming up -- >> it sucks not having a selection and variety of clothes in front of you every day. and to wake up to the same jumper. >> a new arrival in the female unit quickly learns the many limitations of jail life. and -- >> he's creating a biohazardous situation in his cell. he's smearing fecal matter and throwing urine out from underneath the cell. >> the troubled inmate acts out again. but this time he refuses orders to exit his cell, prompting a stronger response. ♪ let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together ♪ ♪ i've got some real estate here in my bag ♪ ♪ it took me four days t

a nearby sign marks the site of the first confederate casualty, and across the street at the fairfax countydult detention center, christopher russell says race is still a divisive issue, and that his views are summed up by a symbol from another war. >> i have a swastika. the nazi battle flag is tattooed inside of it. it basically puts where i stand on life. i can walk into a unit or a room, and i can tell you how much racial tension is in the air by the feel and how everybody looks and how they act. >> most of the 1200 men and women incarcerated in fairfax county are only charged with crimes. they're awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. but russell pled guilty to possession of heroin with intent to distribute. he is serving three years here. and he says he won't let jail alter one of his core values. >> i believe in the preservation of my race. there's a double standard. especially when it comes to whites. it's okay to have black power. it's okay to have brown pride. if you have white pride you're a [ bleep ] racist. how does that work? how is it not the same for anybody else? y

if you're looking for a new home, soon you can live rent-free in a historic one in fairfax county, partprogram the county is discussing this week. news 4's jim handly tells us how it works. >> thousands of cars drive along georgetown pike every day, unknown to most is the historic treasure they pass by, the turner farmhouse, once home to a family that played a key role in fairfax county. >> a home he lived in and built, a queen anne style home in 1905. there are no other falls like this in great falls or even very few in northern virginia. >> once of the things we did here was have a 4th of july celebration. it was held in the adjoining property, in the park. the turners always had a big party outside. all the cars would park on the lawn. we'd all have a marvelous party and go over and watch the fireworks. >> reporte the hou is owned by the county and falling into disrepair. a few years ago state lawmakers gave counties an option to do something about it called resident cure raters. that's a person or family that lives in the property and fixes it up. among the financial benefits is no

and inside the nearby fairfax county adult detention center, intelligence plays a key role in reducing gang activity among the 1,200 men and women incarcerated here. >> face forward. >> most have only been charged with crimes and are awaiting trial at the resolution of their cases. >> backs against the wall. till the last deputy's left the room. >> only a small percentage of the inmates are identified as gang members. staff say they still pose a serious threat. >> we have right now 77 in our facility. they still practice criminal activity, even while in here. i know that's shocking. but they do. >> private first class doolittle heads up the sheriff's intelligence unit whose primary responsibility is monitoring gangs. >> let's go! >> the unit conducts frequent shakedowns to gather intelligence. >> we line up in a fashion to let them know that we're still in charge. >> don't flush your toilet. don't grab anything. >> are they continuing to further their gang activity in here, outside? if they're doing it outside, who are they contacting outside? >> what was that? >> telephone number. pho

in fairfax county, a stronghold for warner, he leads ed gillespie by more than 50,000 votes. as you head outside the beltway, those margins become more and more razor thin. pris prince william's county still has a warner lead but less than 3,000 votes and in this county less than 400 votes separating the two with gillespie holding a slight edge. >>> we have team coverage of the elections tonight. maryland an upset for democrats, voters unexpectedly made republican larry hogan the state's governor-elect, who today said he's ready to roll up his sleeves and begin working. chris gordon spoke to voters about the change they hope to see. >> reporter: larry hogan's late night victory allowed for only an hour's sleep. today, he held his first news conference as governor-elect. >> we have a lot of work to do. our state economy is in real trouble. we focused on that for years and now we have to roll up our sleeves and get to work on trying to turn our state around. >> reporter: business owner lisa ellis and reverend charles o'neill says prince george's county needs hogan's help. >> we

treatment that might make a difference. >> the number of people being caught up in the heroin seen in fairfax county has almost doubled in 2014. >> jeff goldberg explains what experts are crediting the spike to and how the county is trying to stop the growing trend. huge's just a heart -- the whirlwind of guilt and depression. >> use only 21 years old, a girl we will call riley. the addiction started with prescription opioids like oxycontin before moving to heroine. >> riley realized her life was out of control and she needed help. her story is now more and more, and in fairfax county, where heroine has become an epidemic. so far in 2014, police reports overdoses, 17 of those resulting in fatalities. nearly double the rate compared with this time last year. a consistent challenge for fairfax police and those who deal with treatment is that people are failing to grasp just how significant the problem is right here in this community. >> parents are unaware. >> lucy caldwell says heroine has hit the suburbs and become mainstream. isit seems that the stigma gone. >> riley knows just how bad it is and ho

nikki burdine is live outside the fairfax county courthouse with more. nikki good morning. >> reporter: good morning, that's right jesse matthew is already here in fairfax and he will appear in person in a courtroom for the first time in fairfax at 9:00 this morning. we will be in the courtroom. matthew was brought here from another jail in just a minute but just to give you a little bit of background on how matthew got here. it is completely separate from the hannah gram case. today's hearing comes from a sexual assault in 2005 in fairfax. he faces three felony charges. police say matthew approached that woman from behind and grabbed her. now matthew also tied to the 2009 disappearance and murder of virginia tech student morgan harrington. matthew is also of course facing an abduction charge and intent to defile charge in the disappearance of hannah graham. today though completely separate charges. we expect to hear from the judge to set a trial date which we expect to happen in the next six months or so. also told that matthew's attorney says he will no

just mid to upper 20s in fairfax county, alexandria and arlington. farther west, leesburg, down to 27. southwest of washington, upper 20s now in prince william and falkier counties. and the feels-like temperature by noontime, it's still going to be only feeling like 20 degrees hour by hour into the afternoon. the feels-like temperature will hovering in the teens to near 20 degrees with the wind still gusting but with lots of sunshine. we'll look at the colder temperatures coming in tonight in the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 5:41. alexis, how are the roads? >>> they are looking good traveling the beltway and virginia. problems there. we'll take a look at routes 210, 5 and 301 traveling out of maryland toward the beltway. looking good at 53 at 55 miles per ho respectively. no delays or trouble spots report there had. a live look at route 210 south of the beltway where we are seeing volume but no incidents. taking a live look at 395 just north of etzel road, all lanes are open. back to you. >>> happening today, the president and congress are ta

county, fairfax county, prince william, southern fauquier and culpeper under an advisory. warnings in pink, loudoun county, frederick county, northern fauquier and rappahannock and back towards the west we are expecting snow to cumulate. temperature wise, we're in the 50s right now. so, again, it's going to be kind of hard once this starts to begin as snow. this should begin as rain to begin with as we watch that storm moving up. it will switch over to snow. i'll have much more on the timing and how much you can expect in your area coming up in a couple minutes. >>> this looming winter weather is making for an early holiday rush in the air and on the roads. here's a look at i-95 north in maryland this afternoon. transportation reporter adam tuss is staying on top of the trouble, joins us -- live in southwest d.c. with a look at new technology to make your trip safer and smoother. >> reporter: that's right, wendy. and here we go. a lot of people already adjusting their schedules, because of the impending winter storm. take a look at the southeast-southwest freeway here tonig

the upper 60s and much of western fairfax county and northern virginia. spots may get to 70 in culpeper county down to orange. leesburg should be in the mid-60s. so will manassas. southern maryland, most of the counties should be in the mid to upper 60s and a partly cloudy sky. except right near the bay waters, a little colder there with highs in the low 60s. away from the waters, should be in the upper 60s there. near the pennsylvania border including frederick county, washington, the panhandle of virginia, to lal day dayny, all should be warm. near 70 degrees out in the mountain this is afternoon. we'll have a southerly breeze keeping it cool here. this evening in the concert for valor, by 5:00 in the low to mid-60s. by 11:00, the upper 50s. a mostly cloudy sky. then the low 50s by dawn on wednesday. breezy and cooler tomorrow. highs reaching just low 60s. and much colder on thursday. 30s in the morning. afternoon highs near 50. might get an afternoon rain shower. friday, sunny and cold. 20s in the morning. afternoon highs in the 40s. more of the same on

reporting live from fairfax county government center, news 4. back to you in the studio >> the economy top the concerns among most of you according to exit polling. 80% of voters were worried the economy was going in the wrong direction. 45% felt the affordable care act was too far reaching. two-thirds said the state's ethics laws need an overhaul after bob mcdonnell's corruption conviction. . >>> first of all, only the apparent losing candidate in this case ed gillespie can ask for a recount. if the difference is less than half a percent, local communities must pay. here is the the sticking point. if it is between half a percent and 1%, gillespie's campaign must pay. so that could affect his decision. if you go back to 2006, george allen did not ask for a recount in an even closer race with jim webb because of these rules. you can download the app to get a push alert. . >>> now to other races in virginia. jerry connolly beat suzanne scholte with 11% of the vote. >>> this morning, we're learning new information about a woman abducted off a stree

fairfax county low to prince william manassas, near freezing there. it's also near freeze anything leesburg and loudoun county. much of montgomery county and the other part of the county is southern part low to mid-30s. and beltway, mid 30s. southern maryland too. it's just in the mid-30s. so dress accordingly today. a knit hat and your warm winter coat. have some gloves with you. the winds will be increasing. it will feel even colder. at the bus stop this morning, low 30s and near freezing with lots of sunshine. but it feels like the 20s. mid-30s by then. earlier this week i traveled to charles county and visited the t.c. martin elementary in charles county in brian town. they even had a welcome for them there on the marquis of the school. and i had a wonderful warm welcome from all the wonderful students there. let's thank the teacher susan sacker for the invitation to talk to all of these fourth and fifth graders in charles county. they knew a lot about weather. we had a great time. 50s sunday. rain likely monday. cold again mid week ne >> looking g

rain coming of across fairfax and southern portions of loudoun county. there will be more and more as the evening and overnight progress. temperatures are very comfortable, low to mid 60's at 5:00. 61 in frederick. quantico at 60 degrees, 63 in morningside. through the overnight the areas of rain will become more widespread and rain will be heavy at times as the winds come out of the east about five miles per hour. in the morning, some very chilly temperatures, 48-53 degrees. not a comfortable start to your thursday morning. the trajectory in the atmosphere is coming straight at us. it's all moving right towards our area so we will have the rain. it looks as though after the rush hour it should begin to taper off. by midday it should pretty much be over. this is a computer simulation of the atmosphere. a pretty wide area of rain. around midnight, starting to move into the metro area, back toward the mountains and farther to the south and west. even for the morning rush we will have areas of rain. 51 degrees in the morning. that will be the average temper

most of fairfax county in prince william. charles county getting showers there as well. and anne arundel that's where the heavier rain is now. here's the timing. 8:00, most of the rain will be east of washington. still linger anything southern maryland, northern neck, eastern shore. after that it will track to the east. maybe even sun breaking out. the rest of the afternoon might get a few isolated showers. we'll have drying roads. stay ahead of the rain with the radar on your team 4 weather app on your smartphone. low to mid-50s most of the region. showers between now and 8:00. it should dry out a bit. during the afternoon, sun breaking out. a smaller chance of a shower. highs reaching mid-60s by early afternoon. overnight, blustery winds. down in the 40s. blustery chilly day on friday with highs mid-50s. good weather for raking leaves. a lighter wind. afternoon highs on sunday. upper 50s. milder into next week. good weather for the concert. a little chillier on wednesday. melissa looking at the wet roads and everything slowing down. >> slowing down a little earlier tha

most of the 1200 men and women incarcerated at the fairfax county adult detention center are only accusedimes and awaiting trial for the resolution of their cases and few have favorable reviews. >> fairfax is the worst jail in northern virginia. >> this jail is locked down. >> fairfax is the most viciousest jail ever in the united states of america. >> yeah. >> they don't like it here because of all of our rules. from all of the rules i've heard we have more rules and regulation than the other local jails so we're known as the tough jail. >> the woman who runs the jail says that's by design. >> we have a very regimented system and we have a way of doing things and it's structure and a lot of individuals that come in don't have structure in their lives. >> nowhere is that structure more evident than in what is commonly referred to as the old side of the jail. reserve for higher security inmates, it is far more restrictive. inmates are locked out of their cell from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. >> also the world generally sleeps during the evening and is working during the day. we don't want them

. >>> the suspect in the hannah graham abduction case is now in fairfax county. police transferred jesse matthew from a charlottesville facility to the fairfax county adult detention center at about 1:40 this morning. in addition to graham's abduction, matthew is also charged in a 2005 sexual assault and attempted murder case after woman in fairfax county. matthew is scheduled to appear in court coming up on friday morning. >>> bowie state university has fired an assistant football coach for what you see in this video. it was captured of him body slamming a student. the video from tmz reveals charles grant, a former n.f.l. defensive end also cursed at the student and bowie state released a statement saying it has zero tolerance for this kind of behavior. it violates the core values and jeopardizes student athletes. the name of the victim is not being released in this case. >>> a sexual assault at a commuter parking lot in prince william county leads police to issue a warning. nikki burdine has more on what the suspect looks like and how investigators say you can

. >>> could the president's new immigration policy help struggling schools here in fairfax county? i'm peggy fox, this story coming up. >> three shot and killed at d.c. police headquarters 20 years ago tomorrow. bruce leshan was at the ceremony. >> the snow in buffalo will start to melt this weekend. we'll tell you why that could be bad news for some residents coming up. >> we know how that works after big snows. we're looking at arctic air again, fortunately didn't come with snow. if you're going out tonight, you got to bundle up. dress for the 20s, 37 downtown, 30 in gaithersburg, 32 in leesburg and manassas. we'll come back, show you wind chills and talk about the weekend. it's not all >>> the president's new immigration policy came with some backlash today as expected and joining us now is face the nation hose bob schieffer. what do you make of the timing of this new executive order? why not wait until congress convenes and try to get some bipartisan support? >> well, i think that's what a lot of people on capitol hill are asking, especially the republicans. it's basically come

he faces three felony charges in connection with the 2005 sexual assault in fairfax county. matthew also faces attempted murder charges in fairfax city. >>> today is day two of testimony about the man convicted of killing chandra levy. lawyers for ingmar guandique said he should get a new trial because one of his former cell mates gave false and misleading testimony. levy's disappearance in 2001 sparked national interest after she was romanceically linked to california congressman gary condit. her remains were found in 2002 in rock creek park. this week's hearings are scheduled to wrap up tomorrow. >>> one of the country's most renowned pathologists will testify today before the grand jury in the michael brown case. dr. michael baden was hired by the teenager's family. he conducted a second autopsy after a local medical examiner was complete with his duties in ferguson, missouri. a grand jury is deciding whether to indiet ferguson police officer darren wilson for brown's death. an announcement on a possible indictment could come this month. today michael brown's family joine

time, the suspect in uva student hannah graham's abduction and murder appeared in person in a fairfax county court. he is accused of a brutal attack on a young woman 14 years ago in the city of fairfax. the charges? attempted murder, abduction, and sexual assault. >> mr. matthew prepare today enter a plea to the charged at this time? >> not guilty. >> i'm sorry i couldn't hear that. >> not guilty. >> reporter: commonwealth attorney says the victim will come back to fairfax from india to testify in the trial. a trial date of march 9th was set. in the meantime, jesse matthew will be transported back to charlottesville in advance of a december 4th hearing in the hannah graham case. in fairfax, peggy fox, wusa9. >> dna collected under the victim's fingernails after she scratched her attacker has connected matthew to the morgan hairington case. she was the virginia tech girl who was abducted and murdered in charlottesville five years ago. >>> we are now learning more about a bizarre home invasion case from mac lean. a springfield couple allegedly tortured and tasered a prominent attorney and his

county. much of fairfax in the low to mid-30s. as is the rest of northern virginia. and into the mountains this morning it's at or a little below freezing there. there's a view of the mall this morning. a live view. mostly clear skies. your weather headlines for this monday. a mild afternoon. turning even warmer for veterans day tomorrow. looking good in the hour-by-hour forecast. our temperatures quickly climbing today. by noon time, ought to be up in the upper 50s. quite a change from where we are, 30s to upper 50s by noon. a lot of sunshine flew the day. by 2:00, 3:00, mid-60s. after that, when we have our sunset at 4:59. the earlier and earlier sunsets means it gets colder as well. temperatures into the 50s. next weather and traffic at 5:11. form team 4 x 4 is on the road. here's melissa. >> here's one actual nice spot. beltway at colesville road. i'll show you the good stuff first. wider look at the beltway, looking quite good, into town, all around town. no major problems except for this. aspen hill, georgia avenue at southbound connecticut, water main break. t

east of i- 95. 1 to 2 inches right along i-95 and points west into montgomery county and also fairfax county. you get toward loudoun county, upper montgomery county, 2 to 4 inch also. frederick and hagerstown, westminster, you folks will be in the 4 to 8-inch band, especially out toward romney, cumberland. any place you have some elevation, it will be an elevation driven snow. you'll get colder earlier and it will start to snow earlier therefore you get more snow. red alert on wednesday, snow. bus stop temperatures not too bad. you won't have any problems getting the kids to school or doing errands in the morning except the fact it's going to be rainy and miss ab. try to stay off -- miserable. try to stay off the roads between 10:00 and 4:00. that will be the transition in the immediate metro area. in fairfax it will turn to snow firs> by morning at 9:00, primarily rain inside the beltway with snow to the north and west. but then by the time we get to 11:30, 12:00, it begins its transition and goes to snow crossing i-956789 we'll come back and -- i-95. we

live in fairfax county, megan mcgrath, news 4. >>> two more students have come forward saying they were inappropriately touched by a substitute teacher in montgomery county. >> do you have any comment on >> news 4's jackie benson tried to talk to that teacher, jose paneda, but he refused to comment. he was arrested in october, accused of inappropriately contacting a student at roberto clemente. the district has taken heat waiting to notify parents for three weeks. school officials sent a letter to parents saying he taught at 20 different schools last year. they're asking for any more possible victims to come forward >> and searching for clues to solve a murder in southeast. a man was shot to death last night. it happened on 37th street. police have not identified the man who was killed and don't have any information about a possible shooter. >>> you can start signing up for health insurance through the federal health exchange this weekend. open enrollment for plans under the affordable care act begins tomorrow. officials are pro a much smoother process this time. they say the website wi

in fairfax county the low to mid-40s. montgomery county in the lower 40s to upper 30s. in the 30s from leesburg to manass manassas. no rain in maryland or virginia. the district or delaware, a dry start to the day there and all around the region staying dry for the morning commute. they will need the heater on in the 40s for the morning commute. then upper near 70 degrees during the afternoon. then morning lows tomorrow are near 50 with afternoon highs again right near 70 degrees on wednesday afternoon. then on thursday, some showers likely as a front sweeps on through. we might get some thundershowers even on thursday afternoon, likely not severe and cooler in the mid-60s. windy and chilly on friday. partly cloudy with highs in the mid-50s. the seven-day outlook will continue into the weekend. maybe your sunday afternoon and drying out on monday morning. here's melissa with breaking news. >>> new hampshire avenue at rap dofl road, we have a pedestrian crash with the intersection completely shut down. your alternate is columbia pike. we are seeing backups starting to bu

are going to be hovering in the 30s to near 40s for another few hours in prince george's and fairfax countywarrenton is down to 32. the mid-30s in prince william and loudoun county. and farther south, stafford and spotslvania, we are near 40 degrees. the skycast 4, for most of the day we see sunshine. a few high clouds will be drifting over. by noontime, mostly sunny near washington. we'll have a few clouds coming in. and by 5:00 as we get dark, yeah, the sun sets at 4:58. just a few clouds will be coming through for the rest of the evening. and for the afternoon, absolutely delightful on the mall. everyone is getting ready for the concert arriving early. mostly sunny. you'll need your sunglasses with temperatures in the upper 60s. a gorgeous afternoon coming up. then this evening, under a partly to mostly cloudy sky. by 8:00 p.m., back down to the upper 50s. then by late evening as the concert ends, we'll be into the upper 50s. so still the mid to upper 50s. then bottoming out in the low 50s by dawn tomorrow. so a milder start. but a bit of a chill in the air on wednesday morning. then win

fairfax county voting strongly for mark warner. and as we speak right now, he has a very small lead over ed gillespie, but nobody declaring victory yet. but as these numbers stay as we see them right now, this is another race that could be headed for a recount in virginia. >> julie, thank you. ed gillespie is senator warner's republican challenger. northern virginia reporter is at his headquarters. what's the mood over there? >> reporter: as you can imagine, a lot of happy people here. the most narrow of polls going into the race didn't even have it this close. the fact that it's neck and neck, a lot of smiles. think ten months to january. that's when ed gillespie launched his campaign. he september an e-mail blast out followed by a twoet. they admitted it was name recognition. they had to get out in front of the question, who is ed gillespie. tonight that question has been answered, and it's making waves across the nation. now we did catch up with senator mark obenshain. you recall that he ran last year. he's not surprise the by w

right now the storm team 4 app and on your tv are showing temperatures near 40s in montgomery and fairfax county. the district is generally in the low to mid-40s. same thing for near the bay. high this is afternoon reaching the mid to upper 60s. montgomery, prince george's and fairfax, the upper 60s. across most of northern virginia m locations reaching the upper 60s. culpeper down to orange, and to our south, much of southern maryland looking beautiful for the veterans day parade with highs in the mid to upper 60s. counties north of washington near the pennsylvania border from frederick to washington and the panhandle of west virginia, the mid to upper 60s. the warmest temperatures in the shenandoah valley and into the mountains where it will be into the low 70s for a brief time during the afternoon. then cooler weather moves in tomorrow with a blustery wind with highs in the low 60s. much colder thursday with highs near 50. thursday, friday, highs in the mid-40s with a rain shower sunday into monday. a cold weekend coming up. the next weather and traffic coming up at 6:31. the hour-by-hour bre

>>> a troubling rate of suicide among local teenagers has federal officials taking action in fairfax county. county health officials and the centers for disease control are looking suicide clusters. their have died in suicides since septemb in addition to 13 suicides among girls in the county bet 2003 and 2013. the cdc is leading the least of eight focus groups among parents tonight. they're trying to identify risk factors and suicide prevention strategies. wee information on suicide preventi on the changing mind section of our website on nbcwashing >>> family and friends of a d.c. corrections official, who was murdered, left court today frustrated. a hearing for nissim man accused her was delayedy o weeks. he is charged with murdering carolyn cross back in september. she was found beaten and strangled in her apartment in alexandra. th defense asked for a delay in the proceedings today. it said the lawyers say they just received the autopsy report last night. her lawyer says the report raises questio about the case but did not elaborate. >>> another woman charged in the disappearae of her t

it was supposed to run from a small part of fairfax county up columbia pike and into crystal city. we will have more on this at wjla.com as well as in our 5:00 newscast. is coveredhe nation in snow right now. the great lakes area is bracing for several feet of it. marcy gonzalez has more on how they are per pairing for the early winter blast. a harsh, record breaking taste of winter. it could be the worst storm in five years, as much as four feet of lake effect snow falling today in upstate new york. >> this is mother nature at its best, doing something some people never see. >> more than half the country is blanketed in white today, icy conditions causing problems on .he road in kentucky, this ambulance flipped, sending two people to the hospital. stormnsylvania, the first of the season triggered 80 accidents yesterday alone. >> i hate the snow. if it came the last day of winter it would be too early for me. >> not everyone feels the same. this giant panda at the toronto zoo cannot get enough. but with freeze warnings in effect from california to florida, everyone is feeling the b

. >> that process starts this morning at the fairfax county government center. news 4 megan mcgrath is live with a look at what's next. megan, good morning. >>> well, good morning. a very, very tight race. too close to call. mark warner had 49%. ed gillespie had 48% of the vote. only 12,000 votes separating them. 99% of the precincts have reported. officials will certify the results at 9:00 this morning. ed gillespie has not conceded. he said he wants to see what the numbers are like today. however,ark warner last night speaking to his supporters, well, he struck a victorious tone saying voters are tired of the partisan bickering. >> they recognize and why i think we were tonight, e end of the day they want to hire folks that can work across party lines and actually people the people's business first. you have given me the chance to go back and continue that fight. >>> no matter what the opposition may say, this race is not going to be decided until the last vote is counted. >> and as the electoral board begins the canvas process later this morning, they will cu

mid-30s in montgomery county to fairfax county.uch of loudoun and prince william in the mid to upper 30s. much of prince george's, 30s and near 40 by the bay. a few scattered showers with a high reaching near 50 degrees before then. then near freezing. by dawn friday, a blustery wind tomorrow. cold. temperatures just in the low 40s friday afternoon. and very cold on saturday morning. down to the mid-20s. after nyes in the mid-40s and sunny. a bit milder. near 50. rain looking likely sunday night and monday. rainy monday. clearing out after that. another shot of cold air with highs in the 40s on tuesday and wednesday. 5:31, next weather and traffic on the 1s, a look at your neighborhood highs. abouting to you. >>> thank you, tom. al roker is trying to make history with the longest weather report ever. how cool is that. >>> it is trending on twitter across the country right now. al is in hour 7. he is trying to break a guinness world record. and al joins us live from new york city. you're up, you're good. you're not punching. are you

the judge is in fairfax county are adamant about protecting civil rights. unless you go in there and you tell them that your son has threatened to kill you, they're not going to do anything. >> r early did lie at first to keep his son in treatment and out of jail. even that didn't result in kevin getting the help he desperately need. >> i wasn't aware of how scary i was being until i was sort of caught in that -- the bliss of being manic. >> rep eventually, kevin did get the help he needed. >> he is fantastic. >> the model for recovery. he is a clear sign that people when they get services can and do get better. >> rep but not before things got much worse. >> when i was at my lowest and he was at the sickest, and this is something a lot of parents feel but they don't say, where i honestly thought he was in such pain it would have been better if he hadn't been born. >> as said, the earlys are doing better. pete has written a book about the ordeal and works to get laws pa when dealing with mentally ill people. kevin works to help people like himself find help

breaking following two stories from fairfax county, both in annandale. one was a serious crash involving a pedestrian. we will have live, complete coverage on that in just a moment. first -- >> the top story is frigid temperatures in the area, and it will get even colder into the night and the morning commute. >> let's get right to steve rudin. what is the plan tomorrow? butt is cold right now, this is just the beginning of the super cold air later tonight into early tomorrow morning. at temperatures at 11:00, 44 reagan national, 37 winchester. elkins, west virginia, at 20 degrees. at wind out of the northwest 15-20. that is giving us windchill factors that have already fallen into the 20's. the exception is single digits in the mountains. this is headed our way early tomorrow morning. a huge shift in temperatures, the temperatures tomorrow in the 20's. 26 degrees, the windchill factor making it feel even colder. ofntime, 4:00, temperatures 30 to 35 degrees. if you think that is cold, wait until you see the hour by hour windchill forecast. all of that is

the fairfax county native will at west potomac high school where she was a student a few years ago. the service begins at 11 a.m. u.s.major shakeup in the postal service. how the struggling agency is about to make history. >> learn which local city is offering healthier foods in vending machines. arctic air, up.ingtonians are bundled coming up, details on new features on this >> you're watching abc 7 news at peterson, gordon maureen bunyan, chief meteorologist doug hill, sports. and tim brant, this is abc 7 news at 6:00, on your side. >> the iraqi military is claiming a major victory tonight in the fight against isil. the military says it's driven theterrorist group out of city that is the location of the refinery.l soldiers removed roadway bombs buildings. >> the senate is expected to authorizing the keystone pipeline. today the house approved the pipeline's construction for the ninth time. environmental reviews and legal aallenges have delayed decision on the project for nearly a decade. the white house insists vetodentbama will likely it if it gets to his desk. >> postmaster gene

happened early yesterday, facing three felony charges in connection to the 2005 sex assault in fairfax county, and also faces attempted murder charges in fairfax city. the u.s. customs officer would seize more than two pounds of cocaine stuffed in bottles marked natural medicine. they came in on a flight from el salvador with a picture of the stash. both the woman and her young daughter were put right back on the plane. the mother has been barred from coming back to the country for five years, which that cocaine would have a street value of more than $115,000. >>> it did not take police very long to track down a robbery suspect. this is the 43-year-old leaving the bank last friday as they would say that he took a cab to the bank and handed the teller a note and then left in that same cab as they managed to track him down through the cab driver who we were told was not involved in that robbery. >>> two people inside the warehouse store on north frederick road were hurt today after the mini van would crash through the window. sky 9 captured the scene just before 1:00 this afternoon. there was a

it's obviously painful she is gone. >> reporter: shortly after a fairfax county detective spoke those words, caleb crew gave in and described in chilling detail how he killed his wife, andrea, mother of their two young daughters. this family photo was snapped just weeks before she died. crew tells detectives the couple had gone to court on august 8th, 2013, a previous domestic violence charge against him was dropped. but on the way home, they argued. crew stopped the jeep in a parking lot and andrea threatened to call 911. >> she did start to call 911. i took the phone. i grabbed her out of her chair. by her throat. she only weighs 112 pounds. strangled her in the back seat. the first thing i said, i said goodbye. i went down that path. i couldn't go back. she said, please, caleb. i started crying, but i couldn't stop. >> crew tells detectives, though his wife lay lifeless in the suv, he checked and found a pulse, so he took off the tie he had worn to court and wrapped it around her neck. >> and you say you put it on. what do you mean? >> around her neck. >> tightly? >> yeah. >> okay.

corridors were the first portion of the project was supposed to begin, connecting all the way to fairfax county. the arlington county board chair made the announcement today saying they had no choice but to ax the estimated $550 million project due to the mounting opposition of those in the area. the project has been in the works for almost a decade and there has been money spent. fairfax county has to ax their project since there was a joint venture. everyone was shocked. >> we need to slow down our pace in general. i think it would add a lot of charm to the neighborhood. >> there are so many people coming and going all the time. i used to live on h street and the cars slowed down traffic so much. >> some people may move to the area in anticipation of this streetcar project. the board chair says the best thing they can do now is to continue to support these corridors. stephanie ramirez, wusa9. >> gas prices are driving americans less crazy over the past month, which is good news for the economy. according to a senior analyst at wells fargo, for every dime, prices go down, americans spend $3 bi

it included parts of fairfax county and earlier today, the fairfax county board issued a statement saying we are both saddened and disappointed, although we believe the decision is shortsighted, we recognize the project cannot happen without the support of the arlington board. >> thank you. the demise of the planned arlington streetcar comes just along the h plans street corridor or were scrapped. when the part of the line will be open. >> tensions are building in the city of ferguson as the grand jury debates whether to charge the officer who shot and killed an unarmed teenager this past summer. we got more on what to expect announced.cision is >> it may be too many to count. everybody from peace promoting to hate groups are speaking out as police and the national guard are gearing up. but truthful -- that's what most are hopeful is the extent of demonstrations. the government already clearing a state of emergency. the national guard on alert. >> we are concerned about folks not coming to speak but instead coming to instigate. but we are also concerned that people who want to speak have

if you have any information, please contact metro transit or fairfax county police. >>> coming up, a holdup caught on camera in maryland. police are hoping you can help them solve this case. >> up next, if you drive a lexus, we have a recall you need to know about. more on that >>> toyota is recalling nearly 423,000 lexus models because of potential fuel leaks that can cause fires. the recall affects the 2006 through 2011gs, the 2007 through 2010 ls and itself 2006 to 2011 is models. toyota said they were getting complaints about fuel odors. that's when they found deteriorating gasket sealings. there are no reports so far of any fires or injuries from the problem but dealers will fix the gasket sealings for free. >>> police have made a second arrest in the murder of a 19- year-old from woodbridge. 25-year-old bryan patterson was taken into custody last night at his home in manassas. he is the accused trillionerman in the death of christopher weaver last saturday night. prince william county detectives say patterson shot and killed weaver and wounded a 15-year-old following an argumen

was in jesse matthew fairfax county for an unrelated sexual assault case. he is charged in a september 2005 attack on a woman in fairfax city. the is set to go on trial on that case on march 9. a large-scale search will take place sunday for two missing montgomery county children, last seenjacob hoggle with their mother more than two months ago. the police arrested the mother, but she has not told them where the children are located currently. d.c.,cene from northeast flames ripping through a rowhouse. this was on 4th street northeast. nobody injured, no word on what caused the fire. alexandria police are investigating the death of an infant girl. officers responded saturday home on pendleton street for nonresponsive infant. the baby died at the hospital. an autopsy is being performed to determine the cause of death. d.c. police made a quick arrested a shooting that left a pregnant woman critically wounded. officers found the woman shot inside of anpartment hallway 1 58th street northeast. hours later, the police made an arrest. they charged him with assaul

by 8:00, some showers possible in gaithersburg and montgomery county back into loudoun county, fairfaxd prince william county. we'll advance it one more time. by 11:00 tomorrow night, you'll be dry. you can walk the dog, but you're going to be cold. temperatures in the upper 30s to low 40s downtown. so for tonight, clear to partly cloudy. breezy, much colder. 32 to 42. winds northwest 10 to 15. now, by morning, increasing cloudiness. a little bit of sun to start, clouds roll in fast. and then by afternoon on thursday, mostly cloudy and chilly. you'll need that coat all day. highs will struggle to get to 50. i mean struggle. okay, rain and snow showers out in oakland, 42 in cumberland. culpeper, you might make 50. warrenton, upper 40s. again, dress for the low to mid 40s. 49 downtown. 48 in rockville and gaithersburg. looking at maybe 50 on the bay. there is not a small craft advisory tomorrow. okay. we'll break this down on the day planner. 44 at 9:00. clouds. 49 by 11:00. increasing clouds and then by 1:00, mostly cloudy and temperatures again right near 50. friday, the cold day. bree

here at fairfax county 507 people cast provisional ballots. 100 were people that did not have proper photo id. experts believe these provisional ballots tend to lean democratic. when and if those people come in to prove their votes should count, like five people did today, their votes are going to count. >> we take additional security precautions. >> reporter: a guard stood watch over fairfax county's vote tallies as canvassing began for yet another razor thin election. >> we do this every year every election. >> reporter: once again just like last year's attorney general race where mark herring squeezed out the win, lawyers are scrutinizing the tallies in the virginia senate race. >> it's the tiny transcription and arithmetic errors that a 15, 16 hour days in the polls it cause. our goal is to make sure we get it right. >> i am 100% certain senator warner will be sworn into the u.s. senate for a second term. >> reporter: today warner's election experts seemed more confident than the k himself -- candidate himself last night. >> well, it was a hard fought race. it went a little longe

. >> reporter: haidl valley elementary has more children in poverty than any other fairfax county school. for more than 84% of the students here, their first language is spanish. >> it's so exciting to see a school dealing with the challenges, very high free and reduced lunch and english language learners and yet doing phenomenal work. >> reporter: but 20 other fairfax county schools are still struggling failing to meet accreditation. 92% of the children here are on free and reduced lunch which is an indicator of poverty status. immigration attorneys are hopeful the new policy will help lift many of these children and their families out of poverty. >> these elementary school kids who are u.s. born u.s. citizens but have undocumented parents are living in really extreme poverty. of course, that has demonstrated effects on educational outcomes. they also need food stamps and free lunch. >> reporter: simon sandoval with legal aid justice center says they will be looking to help parents of local elementary school students. >> to the extent we can take their parents, give them work authorizat

in fairfax county, wusa9. >>> a post holiday hobby morphing in to an obsession. >> gray thursday and black friday shopping. >>> when it comes to the holiday industry, they don't play around. how to boost sales. plus, we'll tell you what will be top >>> they expect $25 million people to shop online, still small, but the federation, they would expect the shoppers to shell out $616 billion in the holiday purchase, up 4% from last year. >>> and it is numbers like that, wall street and the high hopes for black friday. they show they are looking to spend about 10% more on the gifts this year than last. that has translated in to the retail sales growth of around 6%. they are pushing to the new record highs and the home prices, they will be continuing to drift higher. people are getting their holiday shopping on right now. where they are streaming in, ready to snag the good deals. what do you have there? >> they've been doing it all evening. but doesn't it seem like it every year. before the door would open up their doors at 5:00 p.m. now, once they did open, they would take about 10 minutes