around martinsburg and hagerstown where we're seeing heavier rain developing in frederick area towards loudoun county and chester area. the rain has moved in and will continue to move in, in coverage and intensity and start to streng strengthen. we will be watching this tomorrow. the big thing is the potential for heavy rain with heavy downpours from time-to-time. low for tornadoes but the threat is there. high winds and heavy rain gu gusting up to 40 miles an hour with some storms. we'll talk much more about this and i'll break it out for you going hour by hour in about 15 minutes. >> thank you. >>> more breaking news tonight multiple sources telling news4 transportation adam tubb that the metro board has chosen a new general manager. they broke the name on twitter tonight. so far, no -- broke the news on twitter. no name has been released because it has to be finalized. a formal announcement expected the ends of this week. just yesterday, they reported they were down to two finalists. >>> you saw the pictures first if you follow jackie bensen twitter, a packed house in northeast d.c. all the

we have a freeze watch in effect for tomorrow night, upper montgomery county, western loudoun county and faulkier counties. this would pretty much put an end to the growing season. for saturday morning, -- tonight is not crazy cold, low 40s tomorrow morning, chilly, yes. 41 in gaithersburg. and by 10:00, we're struggling to get to 50 in manassas and lees burg and 40s in gadgetters burg and wheaton and bowie. by 2:00, not much better, 56 downtown and 53 in gaithers burg, and yes, a few showers in hagueers town west and we'll come back with how long it will stay cold. >>> only on 9, miscommunications caught d.c. firefighters by surprise when metro caught power to the dangerous third rail without letting the firefighters know. the firefighters were responding to smoke from debris at the foggy bottom metro station. before they could clear the smoke and debris, metro reenergized that third rail. >> unbe knownst -- unbeknownst to the firefighters on the scene, it was reenergized. when they say it's minor, you could say it that way but this is a serious breakdown in compliewncations. this i

. >> reporter: in fast growing loudoun county is it growing from this by this. >> we continue to growfica significantly. we grow by 33 people a day. >> reporter: yes, 33 people and a third of all the jobs. >> and people have to get there. >> reporter: that's why you have to find ways to help everyone get around what's become a crawl. >> especially outwest it's become kind of chaotic. >> reporter: shane is a salesman all throughout loudoun county. >> a 20, 30 minute drive turns into an hour. >> reporter: showcasing improvements just outside leesburg and new lanes for trucks and roundabouts and new ways for those in this community to get out of their community and onto a main road. when vdot took on this project they were thinking about the road and also thinking about the trail, hikers and cycliscyclist. this is a brand new tunnel built here underneath one of the new int interchanges. >> reporter: ben stein is happy vdot is addressing the issues here but not necessarily happy with all the crowding. >> overexpansion of the metropolitan area, unsustainable. people trying to work in d.c.

montgomery county south, loudoun county south and faulkner county as well. it is pretty much a lock. check out the future cast tomorrow morning. allow the extra time to get to work, which is just miserable. mid-50s with the strong northeast winds. moderate at times, heavy at times. you can see that it is heavy downpours. again, not thunderstorms, just heavy rain. a pretty stable environment in the low 50s. by 2:00 p.m. we still have heavy rain. look at heavier rain back to culpeper and gaithersburg. 52 in frederick. it is quite a change in the 80s on monday. now, by 6:00 p.m., more heavy rain across the board with the temperatures in the low 50s. by 10:00 we still have heavy rain. i'll tell you what, we don't know how they will be playing again tomorrow. we'll see. the latest on joaquin, yes, category four. winds 130 that's sustained. gusts up to 160. that will get your attention. it is hammering the bahamas right now, turning eventually to the north by 8:00 tomorrow morning and then head back out to sea. we will come back and talk about the track that has c

notice, not a single area of very heavy rain and we had moderate rain out toward portions of loudoun county and we had the moderate rain coming on through and no extremely heavy rain will zoom on in and i'll show you where that's going to be as we move through back to the west. we are still watching more rain moving up from the south, but the last couple of frames here, notice some drying beginning to take place and the reason for this is twofold. one, we have this trough out here towards the ocean and that's stopping some of the inland flow and down to the south extremely heavy rain taking place and the shift is starting to happen where they're going to get crushed down towards parts of south carolina. the wind gusts have been a big factor and upwards of 30 miles per hour and ocean city, they've been upward of 40 to 50 miles an hour and that's where veronica johnson has been and v.y., you're seeing problems with the next high tide and the next one could be worse. >> that's right. we had high tide around noon today. we're expecting the next high tide at 12:16 in the morning and there

and we don't have that back to the west and we have showers and rumbles of thunder and portions of loudoun county and harper's ferry and more back toward the west and in toward west virginia, frederick county, maryland and frederick county virginia. this whole line will continue down toward the south and it will come through the metro area right around 6:00, 7:00 tonight. big-time storms around philadelphia and pretty strong storms down to the south and this is the region that will be hitting us. we're not seeing these storms developing in our region. what's behind this, what's ahead of it is very warm air and behind it, only 63 in pittsburgh, 66 in state college, and i was just looking toward garrett county maryland right now. 55 degrees in oakland, maryland. we have much cooler air making its way in here. here we are at 6:00 tonight in about an hour and notice thunderstorms around the region and by 8:00 they're just about through and the exception toward fredericksburg, by 10:00 it's all out of here and tomorrow we'll see some sunshine and some clearing skies and rather cool conditions a

lots of rain falling inside the beltway and heavier rain into parts of loudoun county right around the leesburg area impacting 15. it is a soggy day and it will be soggy tonight. right now we're at 57 degrees. not only are we dealing with rain at times throughout the overnight hour, but it's breezy and cool. at 11:00, the temperature of 54 degrees and lows tonight around 50. a chilly start tomorrow and a raw, rainy day so be prepared and take action now and the period for flash flooding seems to be tomorrow so clear your gutters and check your sump pump and doug has more impacts for the rain tomorrow and saturday coming up. >>> the white house says there are significant concerns over a new report about the secret service. >> yeah. that's right. high-ranking officials are accused of retaliating against a republican congressman by digging up information to embarrass him. he's investigating his conduct and he's one of the most vocal critics. now a new report reveals 45 secret service employees improperly access the congressman's old job application. 12 years mr. chaffetz applied for the s

gapped road here in loudoun county you can see features a big gap. this is from the heavy rafrl and rising waters earlier today and from leesburg all of the way to old town, alexandria and the ours of preparation are winding down. >> loudoun county fire and rescue is ready. the swift water boats are in place normally on standby in two firehouses. this weekend there will be three. >> we've staffed up the area and we've increased our staffing in luckets and here in leesburg. >> out on the choppy, misty potomac, this d.c. fire and rescue boat patrolled along the oldtown waterfront. the big question here is will the potomac's waters creep up king street? alexandria residents and businesses that didn't want to take any chances rolled up to get their five-per-person sandbag allotment. many who come are used to the drill. >> we live in old town and we've not flooded before and we don't intend to now. >> reporter: this is greg nelson's first experience with potential old town flooding. >> this is our first season with this kind of weather. >>. >> reporter: h

route 9 near harpers ferry road, loud down county word of a -- loudoun county word of a crash that had police responding. andrea, nick, back you to. >>> we have the latest some breaking news out of the district. the search is on for suspectses in a stabbing in northeast. police say a woman was stabbed repeatedly at 53rd and dick streets around 1:00 this morning. she was conscious when she was taken to the hospital. no word on her condition right now and also no word on a motive in this case. >>> new tensions between the u.s. and china. a u.s. navy destroyer has entered the water around the south sea. china crepes the island chain is within its borders -- claims the island chain is within its borders. >>> house republican leaders have struck a budget deal with the white house. the move is aimed at preventing another shutdown and debt crisis. it's also expected to be house speaker john boehner's last hurrah before leaving officer. the 144-page bill calls for an increase in spending of $80 billion over two years and covers defense and domestic programs. but it also cuts for some reforms t

that's getting into prince william, fairfax, loudoun and into washington in another hour or so. temperatures are milder. we are in the mid to upper 50s. i have a he got the rain totals expected. that's coming up the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. now maine slays is looking at how the radar is impacting the roads and where it's wet and where it's dry. >> absolutely. you can take a look and see to the lest of that green strip. right now you can see we do have a lot of moisture here this morning. that, of course, is going to be moving in as tom has told us. right now one problem, 95 north you have the right side blocked because of an incident there. hoping it gets out of the way soon. prince georges county, no major problems. a lot of the road work that should have been hemmiappening y is not. they've held off because of the rain. quantico to the belt way, 18 minutes. can't do much better than that. i'll see you back here in 10 u you. >>> today a jury hears closing arguments. prosecutors are trying to prove that severance killed fleem in alexandria in the past ten year

you can track that down to loudoun county and the airport, about to get hit, too. gaithersburg, continuing to see light rain and gaithersburg, continuing at 30 miles an hour and 11:20 and germantown, 11:26 and the olney area, 11:45. you will see heavy rainfall the next hour or so. in d.c. area south of quantico, fairfax, springfield, we will see moderate to heavy rain but not quite as strong as to the north. that line extending to culpeper and orange and madison counties. this will move across our region the next 1 to 2 hours and should be out 1:30 to 2:00. this is a cold front. behind this cold front is actually very warm air towards the west and why tomorrow morning you will notice a difference. high temperatures today in the 70s, close to it. we're still there at 11:00 at night. 67 degrees, winds out of the south at 13 miles an hour ahead of that front. the components of the wind he helping to keep the temperatures up. tomorrow morning, heading to the bus stop, nice and mild. 7 and 8:00 a.m., 60 degrees. notice some sunshine as well in that area. tomorrow, a few

just a few lingering sprinkles, maybe just light rain now in loudoun county, fairfax, montgomery, prince georges, and east of sprinkles around the bay down to cal vert county. west of the metro area, south of 66, generally just light rain there. so the flood threat is over and going forward through the rest of the day. here's the future weather. by mid-afternoon, the areas in green, just scattered sprinkles and drizzles. then by 4:00, 5:00, we'll still have some lingering sprinkles and drizzle around much of the region, heavy rains well, well south of the carolinas getting a lot of rain out of this, but just patchy light showers, maybe moderate showers around the blue ridge later this evening. total amounts of rain, areas in blues, up to a half inch today, that'll be it. might get an inch or higher in these areas in the lavender around the central blue ridge to the southern shenandoah valley, west of charlottesville. temperatures are chilly, this is what november, october, it feels more like november. we're in the upper 40s to mid-40s north and west of the metro area. shenandoah valley i

heavy storms move in. >> and following the strong recommendations of the emergency officials, the loudoun county sheriff's department, and vdot. in waterford, anny hong wusa9. >> and while the latest hurricane joaquin, tracks are more encouraging this evening. taking no chances. ocean city maryland removes them from the beach and close the sea wall gates with states of emergency in both maryland and virginia. and petco -- pepco have crews here to help them from outside that region and folks to our north that survived super storm sandy to hope that joaquin is not a repeat performance. >> that it is a pretty scary wone the last time and that i uld hope that they would not ever have to go through that again. >> to track the paths of joaquin as it moves up the coast. check out our weather section of our new wusa9 app. >>> and a defiant charles severance arraigned today ahead of his triple murder trial, which begins on monday. severance answered not guilty to each of the charges against him. but would not give his name nor say if he understood the charges. he only wanted to argue about why he

dark green, culpepper, loudoun, western fairfax, northern shenandoah county. wave of moderate rain coming through. metro area, light rain and drizzle. enough to make all of the roads wet. temperatures hovering around the upper 50s. wet roads in the 50s near 60 for the morning. late afternoon and evening, wet roads. temperatures in the 60s with flashes of lightning and strong storms. hour by hour coming up at 5:21. melissa, what's going on? >> brand-new problem 66 in bound just inside the beltway. we have police activity there on the left side of the road just being reported so that could slow things just a bit. 95 quantico to the beltway going to take you 18 minutes. can't get much better than that. overall, no other major problems. still have the problem northbound on indian head highway after livingston road. left side of the roadway is blocked. >> we continue following developments in northern virginia where two people are dead after a car slammed into a house. news 4's kristen wright is on the scene. >>> we're also learning about the final moments in the d

rain drops in the mountains of west virginia, an hour or so from northern loudoun county.will lane chance will drift primarily across the western and northern sides of the viewing area. lower rain chances to southern maryland. everyone should take their pocket umbrella. 50s to near 60s. school day forecast, cloudy, may need the umbrellas, chances for showers. talk about a chilly weekend ahead. coming up in the seven-day forecast. >> i feel like i'll be drunk all the way home. >> a woman causing quite a stir after broadcasting herself driving drunk on periscope. how police can punish her. >>> new developments on the malaysia airlines flight that broke up over the skies over ukraine. what we're learning that report will say and the criticism it is fitting when we go to the live desk ahead. (child crying) this is a pos, not a ppo. a ppo? it's a pos. i want a pos or i have a pos? you have a pos. so you want me to have a ppo? you have a pos, not a ppo that means... i want a ppo? (child crying) you have a pos, it's like a hmo. it means you a referral from a pcp. a pcp? a primary

we see this area of showers that has developed back toward manassas and eastern loudoun.e everything is moving east at about 30 miles an hour so we do have some wet roads out there. some rain in northern part of d.c. will be over toward bowie at 7:00. fedex field at 6:49. a few showers this morning. much better chance this afternoon and evening. some could be on the strong side. let's get a check on traffic. what's going on? >>> looks like we have a bit after metro headache this morning. single attacking going on on the orange and silver lines between ballston and east falls church because of some earlier train issues. you can expect delays in both directions. that means you need to get out of the house earlier rather than later. we're still keeping a close eye on that situation on the suitland parkway. the westbound side is open. so for those of you heading into town, you won't have any problems. it's heading out of town you'll have the issues. again consider branch avenue, 414 as alternates. want to take you to our trafficland cam and show you how things are shaping up

back in loudoun, fauquier counties, plenty of sunshine. tracking a mix of clouds and sun as they work their way. we'll have mostly partly to sunny sky this evening. early skies becoming mainly clear overnight. with that it's another chilly start tomorrow morning. 60 in washington, 55 in gaithersburg. in ten minutes i'm going have your hour-by-hour planner for this afternoon and evening, barbara. >> thank you. >>> rescuers found life vests and debris but found no >>> hurricane joaquin is losing steam at the top of bermuda. the storm dumped 2 to 4 inches of rain on the island and brought 60-mile-per-hour wins. the hurricane has been downgraded to a category 1. it will continue to weaken in the next few days as it continues to trek into the ocean. >>> this just in. the cargo ship believed to have carry 22 americans is believed to have sunk. that news after a conference just wrapped up. so far debris, a raft, life suits have all been found, but no signs of life. >> what that means, though, we change our search planning efforts. we're still loo

we have a freeze watch in the northern half and western half of loudoun county, temperatures, 25 to true. 3 2 . if you have sensitive plants, it will kill them, and this is saturday night and not even the coldest night. it will be colder on sunday. i can see the freeze watch in fairfax and so you -- southern montgomery counties on sunday night. tonight is not the cold night, chilly but not cold. taking the kids to the soccer league tomorrow? dress for the 40s and it will stay breezy all day. >> thank you, topper. the jury in the charles severance murder trial watched video from an alexandria target store that have prosecutors say shows him following one of his victims before killing her. peggy fox was in the the courtroom, and peggy, how convincing was the video? >> reporter: it's pretty clear that the woman we see is nancing dunning in the hour before she was killed in 2003. she had gone target shopping, and it's clear that there is a man that appears to be following her that resembles charles severance, but that video is 12 years old and not crystal clear. charles severance's appearanc

this is actually hamilton station road in loudoun county. the floodwaters caused a big hole to open in the road there. a lot of repair work that needs to be done. they had to shut the road down in that immediate area. there was a neighborhood in the leesburg area. they had a tremendous amount of flooding. several feet of water going into houses in this one community. they've got a mess to clean up. we've got more rain coming our way. we'll keep a close eye on it and let you know what to dond a how to prepare. back to you all in the studio. >> hurricane joaquin is slamming the bahamas right now. the storm is getting stronger. it was upgraded to a category three. joaquin is in the atlantic and could move up the east coast next. hurricane warnings are in effect in the central islands of the bahamas. winds there gusting up to 120 miles an hour. the bahamas could get well over a foot of rain. we're all watching and waiting. eun? >> kristin, thank you. one thing everybody can do to get ready is download the washington nbc app. you can download upt

she's a doctor... who's a pediatric emergency room physician at inova loudoun hospital.he's a mom... who knows the value of a quality education. she's a community leader... who will work in the state senate to reduce traffic and use some common sense. jill mccabe. she's not a politician... and in richmond, she'll work for us. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk new this hour. police are saying a kentucky fuj tish got close to residents before police tracked him dunld shot him dead just hours ago. kentucky police ended a news conference a little while ago about how they captured him. they say just before 3:00 a.m. he went to a home to ask for a ride but the couple rye fusefus called police. state troopers and u.s. marshals found him hiding in a wooded area very close to a residential area. they say cook shot at them and they shot back in exchange. they say he shot and wounded a police officer during a traffic stop. that is the latest from the live desk. back to you. >> thank you, molette. >>> the owl with an attitude is back. montgomery county parks received three repo

getting that in prirnce georges county and western fairfax into loudoun. there is a low risk of any tornadoes but high winds, well, there's a moderate risk of that by later this afternoon and into the evening hours. very low risk of any hail and flash flooding. only a low to moderate risk of that. next weather and traffic on the ones. rain totals by the time this is all over. now melissa has problems around the region. >> top of the beltway interloop near 355, we have a little bit of a jam. only getting by on the left lane because of a crash that happened there. about 30 minutes ago. should be out of the way there. right now here's a shot of the storm team 4x4. amelia segal driving through. the wet roads and wipers working overtime. beltway overall looking pretty good. you can see the problem on the inner loop and outer loop. 95 on powder mill road. moving nicely northbound and southbound. eun? >>> 6:32. new this morning, the nation's report card is out. it shows the results from the naep, a national exam for fourth and eighth grade students. the results,

gorgeous autumn day there from loudoun county to stafford. in the mid to upper 70s. southern maryland as well into the low to mid-70s this afternoon with lots of sunshine, just a gorgeous autumn day on the way. >>> a proposal to make one of d.c.'s employee benefits the best in the nation. for first time this morning, council members will officially consider a plan for 16 weeks of paid family leave. someone is going to be paying for that time off. kristin wright joins us live from the wilton building downtown with more on the benefits and the costs. good mornin >> if you've ever had a baby, and taken some time off and had to rush back to work, you understand why this is so important. if you ever had a sick relative and had to rush back to work, you understand why this is so important. so here is the proposal. 16 weeks of paid family leave to bond with an infant and adopted child. six family members to recover from an illness. or after a military deployment. that's all according to the washington post. the post also reports that workers earning up to $52,000 a year and

freeze warnings are posted from montgomery and fairfax counties, prince william and loudoun all the way the shenandoah valley and the blueridge. that's for tonight. they will probably be re-issued again for tomorrow night. 46 in reston. hourly temperatures, we'll spend most of the day with the temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. snow showers downwind of the lakes and across parts of northern new york and new england. more clouds today, shenandoah valley, panhandle of west virginia, partly to mostly cloudy in the low 50s. more sunshine will bring metro area highs into the mid to upper 50s. if you're going out to the shenandoah valley, best color the farther west you go into central parts of west virginia. lows tonight, this is wakeup time tomorrow morning, 39 washington, 34 gaithersburg. that's cold. here's monday morning. wake up temperatures 30 in gaithersburg, 31 manassas, culpepp culpepper, frederick, 29 martinsburg. monday morning is when the real cold stuff will be around. here's your quick check of the seven-day forecast. 50s today, tomorrow and monday. then back into the 60s an

that's the only thing that matters. >> reporter: erica plans to take her fight for justice back to loudouncounty, hoping collie will face new harsher charges. >> he did admit to will issing my brother drugs and i want to see him charged accordingly. >> reporter: the commonwealth attorney will be the one to file those charges. while not excusing her brother's actions she does say that she wants those dealing drugs to be held accountable. in alexandria, i'm david culver, news 4. >>> just hold on until the weekend and everyone with the allergies. >> everyone is getting very sick and throaty from all of their allergies. >> yeah, and the mold spore count which has been pretty high. >> so we'll see where that puts the count over the next few days. meanwhile, we're talking about cold and that's the big story for the upcoming weekend right into the early part of next week. if you're going out this weekend, jacket, sweater, hat, gloves. you won't need all of it, but a nice, warm jacket or sweater as the temperatures drop down to the 40s and upper 30s in a location or two by early tomorrow morning.

freeze watch, now posted tomorrow night into early sunday morning, northern montgomery county, western loudoun county, all of fauquier county. this will likely change to parts of a freeze warning by this time tomorrow night. the district in southern maryland not included. we will talk about how cold it will get and how long that will stick around, and a warm-up with temperatures back into the middle 70's. the details in just a few minutes. jonathan? jonathan: steve, thanks. mudslides left a mess in southern california. video, rescuers using ladders and tarps to help people trapped in the rolling river of mud. interstate five reopened after mudslides pushed up to five feet of mud across the interstate. southbound lanes reopened an hour ago. that is a major highway. encouraging news about the health of former nba star lamar odom. woke up,ative say odom spoke him even gave a thumbs-up, three days after he was found unconscious at a nevada brothel. his former college basketball coach said his estranged wife, khloe kardashian, said that odom 's off dialysis at his kidneys are working fine. the poli

en route seven in loudoun county, a recurring long-term or project. it is pretty heavy in that area between route 15 and route nine. also watch out for the leesburg road were, in the eastbound on seven approaching business seven . that is the latest from the traffic center, back to you. just a reminder, metro trains are operating on a different schedule today. trains are operating every six to 12 minutes. metro-owned lots is free today. metro is operating on a saturday supplemental schedule. police are searching for scandals who vandalized a statue honoring a judge in fredericksburg. tawny wrote the dred scott decision which affirmed wage rate -- slavery. we now know the name of the man who died after falling on the appalachian trail. alexi lichmin was taking pictures when he fell about 35 feet below. the search is on this noon for an 80-year-old -- that search was canceled. he went missing during a picnic three weeks ago in upper marlboro. the family said a body discovered in the park today is believed to be his. we will have more details this aftern

. >> the citizens of loudoun county and those beyond have to pay to go on the toll road. now they have to potentially pay on this. >> that is well over $7,000 a year. >> in the end, the board voted to move the 66 proposals to the next level. >> moving forward. understandings that they will come back in january. >> much of the refinements they hope to work out is the framework of the plan. the tolls, the revenue, where where would it go? how does public transit weigh into this as well? we expect they will continue to have the conversations. they will be back before the board in january. we expect the board will vote on the project. reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. maureen: thank you. plea for action today for the governors of maryland and virginia. montgomery county counsel and the fairfax board of supervisors sent letters to officials. they say the state's need to come together to improve the american legion bridge. the letter asked each state to prioritize funding for the bridge repairs and the additional h.o.t. lanes. leon: still ahead tonight on "abc7 news at

it includes northern montgomery, western loudoun, faquier. all the areas in the brighter blue. nothing for the metro. more on that and the warmup in the seven-day outlook in a minute. maureen? maureen: all right, steve. thank you very much. the maryland state board of elections rejected montgomery county plan to move early voting sites that left the county scrambling to come up with a new plan with days until a deadline. "7 on your side" government watchdog chris papst explains why the issue is so controversial. chris: early voting in montgomery county and the rest of the state is relatively new. it started in 2010. with the election of governor larry hogan for the first time since then the republicans now have control of county election boards. and the republicans here in montgomery county, their plan which includes moving some early election sites, like this one in chevy chase sparked intense debate. >> it's mainly an attempt to reduce the number of voters in the county. and especially the number of the democratic voters. i think that is probably the plain definition of voter

loudoun county. seeing the heavier rain. a couple of lightning strikes starting to show up and move toward the washington metro. the rate of movement is east/southeast at 30 miles per hour. that means for the next hour to hour and a half we will see the showers and the storms finally enter the washington metro. the bigger picture, this is all along a cold front. after the cold front is through we are better weather coming our way. we have beautiful fall weather set to come. cooler to start off the holiday weekend. sunshine up to 75. we will retract the heavier showers and the storms. the complete forecast on the way. >> you got it. folks remember you can track severe weather away from your tv. download the storm watch weather app or the smart phone. we have it for you. download it now. maureen: lots of emotion on the witness stand today at the trial of accused serial killer. this afternoon the widower of the final victim ruthann lobado recalled the moment he learned his wife had been killed. jeff goldberg is live outside the

some loud and students can relate to the stress that comes with lost tests -- some loudoun county students can relate to the stress. after some digging, tess were found in a shipping room at the school in ashburn. leon: a waldorf family is urning the death of a woman in her great-grandson on poplar hill road. firefighters found the home totally engulfed. four family members middle safely ,two did not. aty are identified 68-year-old birdies washington and her six-year-old great-grandson. our doors were always open for anybody. middle of the night come evening, whatever, she was there. no matter what happened. gofundme account has been set up to help the family. a reted army captain who attended high school in bethesda is about to receive the congressional medal of honor. for hisbe honored actions while leading a security detail in afghanistan in 2012. he is a naturalized citizen born in france, graduating from ross or johnson high school in bethesda. theident obama will present medal of honor to grover next month. two suicidee faced bombers. livingsocial announced it is laying off 200 emplo

loudoun county public school said when the bus is late, the student get an excused tardy. the family said sometimes in the confusion they're simply marked "tardy." >>> you may have noticed more children walking home on your drive from work because it was international walk to school day. here's a look at the morning trek around seaton elementary school in shaw. students and parents walk to school and along the way picked up free gift and message about safety. >> so we walk to school every day and teaches her road safety, you know, especially around here where the school is. there's a lot of construction going on. >> according to safe kids d.c., traffic accidents are the number five cause of children getting hurt in the city. >> yes, and a big message for folks driving around who don't have kids or don't have kids in school. take care. a lot of little once running around. >>> what a beautiful day. >> indeed. >> cold front went through. we had a few clouds this morning but then everybody forgot about that. no showers. there's a bigger cold front on the map for friday and bec

the activity is prince william, loudoun county, into upper montgomery county.infall rate in the red, 1 inch per hour with lightning popping up around leesburg. these showers are becoming more intense and the atmosphere is becoming more unstable and will continue to do so until about 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon. we have heavy rain through leesburg, warrenton. pick a road or artery to make you leave town and you will have a slow commute home, no doubt. hey market towards aldi, 50. upperville, further north towards leesburg. in montgomery rain, frederick, rainfall rates an inch per hour and moderate rain, 301 and route 5. we'll tell you what that means and have the weekend forecast. >> thank you, top. >>> the third republican presidential debate gets unde

an incident caught on camera in loudoun county is sparking mixed reaction. >> what are you a professional videographer? you can see me on video. you are assaulting the kid. larry: it happened in sterling, virginia. you are assaulting thea young d against the light when a driver had to swerve off the road to avoid him. this video has racked up more than 100,000 views online. here is a hint, if you're going to break the law, don't broadcast yourself doing it. in this case, police say it may have saved lives. >> i know. i am super drunk right now. larry: that florida woman is behind bars after using periscope to broadcast her drunken drive home. police say when whitney beall strained her saturday night out in real time starting out at a bar and getting behind the wheel, people who did not know her saw the video and called police. >> you know her name? >> no. i don't know her. these are random people that pop up. >> you hear her saying she is drunk. larry: police officer used his personal periscope account to find her location. she was arrested after failing several field sobriety tests. poli

it was held saturday by the ladies board of inova loudoun hospital. money proceeds the hospital and nursing scholarships. love that. >>> well, the marine corps marathon is tomorrow. preparations are under way and have been all week long in northern virginia. there are two separate races. the marathon starts between pentagon and arlington national cemetery and the 10k starts in d.c. both finish at the u.s. marine corps memorial. news4 is proud to be a sponsor of the event and we'll have live coverage tomorrow on news4 today. hope you watch. >>> well, can a cancer drug cure parkinson's disease? researchers reveal what could be a major breakthrough in treatment for patients. ♪ ♪ >> it's a halloween tradition for leesburg family that's made their house display go viral. wait until you see what they have got and what they're running this year. that's all next. >>> new guidelines this week on breast cancer screenings. the american cancer society recommends women have fewer mammograms and start them later. the organization says annual mammograms should start

it happened in loudoun county. michael crawford recorded the video of the near collision of a driver of a jeep and teenaged pedestrian. crawford started recording the conversation. the tiny helmet cam set off the driver. >> what are you a professional videographer? >> more than 100,000 people have viewed the video online in just a few days. >>> turning to our campaign 016 coverage. the neon lights of las vegas will shine brightest on the democratic presidential candidates tonight when they take the stage for their first debate of the election season. craig boswell is outside the white house with a preview. >> reporter: hillary clinton arrived in las vegas monday evening and immediately started taking shots at republicans. >> some people think mr. trump is entertaining. i don't think it's entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. >> reporter: this will be the first time her democratic opponents will get to square off against the front-runner face-to-face. >> it's a wonderful idea, isn't it? >> re

that freeze watch in effect for western howard county and montgomery county and loudoun county and culpeper and points to the west does not include d.c. but it will be just as cold here, too. and how long this cold air lasts is how long you need to pull those coats out of storage. >> thank you. >>> new tonight, police say they're looking into the possibility the murder last night in montgomery village was a hate crime. friends say zell la ziona was elegant and brave, a transgender woman only openly identifying that way in the last several months and friends wonder why any would want to kill her. jackie. >> reporter: jim, the victim's friends are having trouble understanding the hate that appears to be involved with this. one told me, this is not the montgomery county i grew up in. >> this doesn't make any sense how somebody can have hate as a motive in killing for no reason. >> friends since seneca valley high school, now, one is gone. yesterday evening, 21-year-old zell la ziona was shot to death in daylight between two strip shopping centers near wake forest mall. witnesses saw a group of

the district , the suburbs waking up tomorrow morning, especially northern montgomery county and loudoun county, upper 30's. lower 40's woodbridge and upper marlboro. tomorrow morning, a little bit of sunshine, lasting only a few hours. the clouds rapidly increased, just to the southwest. harrisonburg and charlottesville will see the showers before noon probably, than all the rain moves our way. however, it will not be that heavy at least at the start. tomorrow evening for the rush-hour commute home, dodging aindrops west of d.c. further east, annapolis, north of baltimore, it will hold off longer. 9:30 tomorrow night, a lot going on, dupont, maybe a chance of a shower, but the heaviest of the north and west. the rain over spreads wednesday. wednesday morning it will be a wet rush-hour commute with heavier rain, a least a band, moving through this time tomorrow night. once this is out of here, the skies clear and looks really nice thursday, friday, even the upcoming weekend. saturday, for the trick-or-treaters, it will be dry, upper 50's. how much range what expect in the next 36 hours?

montgomery county, frederick county, loudoun county, light rain right now. southern maryland, leonardtown and waldorf, skies are cloudy but at least it is not raining. had quite a bit of rain during the daytime today. still have the flash flood watch in effect, probably going to cancel out early, but until 8:00 in the morning. it includes the entire d.c. metro area, everything to the south. we look for the potential of the heaviest rain, what is left of it, well to the west of d.c. that is where they may have localized flooding. i'm not expecting a lot more. overnight, through the day, these are the totals. the jackpot will be well to the south. this is a computer estimate, showing anywhere from 10 to 16 inches of rain. that may be a bit overboard, but not out of the question. that is a lot of rain in the carolinas. 49 degrees overnight, otherwise just scattered showers, cool and breezy, the wind out of the northeast at 15 to 20. through the early morning tomorrow, if you have plans for the farmers market, grab the umbrella come you will probably need it. th

this morning a father is waking up in police custody accused of killing his 9-month-old daughter in loudoun county. it's been more than a year that she died. her father is now charged with murder. police say they arrested ellis yesterday. he told police the little girl went limp while he was feeding her. the medical examiner said the infant died of blunt force trauma to the head. >>> a shooting near virginia state university. we know that two people were shot. one of them was killed. another was wounded. this information coming from the richmond times dispatch this morning. not a lot of information at this point about these two victim, and police right now are still investigating what exactly led up to the shooting. we're working to find that out. aaron? >> kristin, thank you. >>> today a former d.c. pastor should be in court. they say he sexually abused two teenage girls. two pictures led to pictures of child porn. he served with the police department for 25 years. >> this morning we're learning of a daughter's mother found murdered in her home. police have arrested this man. she says from

very little like in southwestern loudoun. in fairfax county, one band of rain stretching into western montgomery. i'm looking at this heavier shower which is coming out of stafford and trying to come up the river. so if you under wharton or western charles, eastern fairfax and be a problem. the steadiest rain we're looking at, this big batch heading up toward romney and across junction going up to 20, so our friends in west virginia have to worry about that. a warm front is trying to lift north. with this warm front here, we're potentially looking at stronger storms with highs upper 60s and low 70s. i want to show you around the dinner hour, potentially strong storms. i'll have an update in a few minutes looking out towards the weekend. i have good news for the trick or treaters. >>> police now say it was a high-speed ride in a stolen car that led two men to their deaths. the car crashed into the dining room of a home on smithway drive near beacon hill road around 8:00 last night. delia goncalves talked to witnesses who say t

the activity is prince william, loudoun county, into upper montgomery county. the rainfall rate in the red, 1 inch per hour with lightning popping up around leesburg. these showers are becoming more intense and the atmosphere is becoming more unstable and will continue to do so until about 1:00, 2:00 in the afternoon. we have heavy rain through leesburg, warrenton. pick a road or artery to make you leave town and you will have a slow commute home, no doubt. hey market towards aldi, 50. upperville, further north towards leesburg. in montgomery rain, frederick, rainfall rates an inch per hour and moderate rain, 301 and route 5. we'll tell you what that means and have the weekend forecast. >> thank you, top. >>> the third republican presidential debate gets underway in a few hour and for the first time, donald trump will not take the stage as a gop front-runner. craig boswell is live in boulder, colorado, a preview for us tonight. good evening to you, craig. >> reporter: good evening, jan. if the past few days are any indication, expect quite the verbal volly in c

most on the light side in montgomery county, fairfax, loudolou loudoun. it will get heavier at times, still a ton of moisture around our region the nor'easter starting to get developed and will bring all this in the next couple of hours, why we have a flashflood watch in effect, 1-3 inches of rain across the area and flashflood watch saturday. look at this. this is the latest track of joaquin, the latest advisory of 11:00, still category 4 storm with 130 miles an hour winds. look how far east the track is, way out into the ocean right now. absolutely no impact towards our area. we will talk much more about this in a few minutes. the one area it may impact, towards ocean city where veronica johnson has been all day long. >> reporter: a wet, soggy and windy one at the beaches. maryland under a state of emergency. this there have been no evacuations ordered here. with joaquin curving and going out to sea, that will not happen but concerns of flooding possibilities. a coastal flood warning goes to 4:00 p.m. friday could be extended because i think conditions

. >>> loudoun county wants the state to buy the dull lense greenway. they want to vote to support the purchase of that 14-mile highway by the state. supervisors say they would also support distance-based or time-based tolling on that privately owned road. right now drivers pay one amount no matter how far they travel on the road. >>> all right. it's 4:37. let's take a look at the current temperatures on this friday morning. much milder this morning. the kids haven't needed a coat for recess this week, but that is about to change. >>> outrage against a popular airline accused of leaving a disabled man on a flight long after everybody else got off. wait until you hear the compensation that airline is offering him. >>> and the upgrade to traffic signals that could have an impact on you even if you don't drive. your time right now >>> a nurse who had ebola is suing. hickox was seen riding her bicycle outside her home in maine. a medical official report thad she had a fever but hickox said she didn't have any symptoms of ebola. >>> new traffic signals in fa

she's a doctor... who's a pediatric emergency room physician at inova loudoun hospital.'s a mom... who knows the value of a quality education. she's a community leader... who will work in the state senate to reduce traffic and use some common sense. jill mccabe. she's not a politician... and in richmond, she'll work for us. >>> charley rose in rare form on the late show coming up. >> happy early halloween! be careful and be ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ee-e-e-oh-mum-oh-weh ♪ ♪ hush my darling... ♪ ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] ♪ hush my darling... ♪ [snoring.] ♪ don't fear my darling... ♪ ♪ the lion sleeps tonight. ♪ [snoring.] take the roar out of snore. yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. >> jon: welcome stephen colbert! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs ( band playing "late show" theme ) ( cheers and applause ) >> stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! stephen! ( cheers and applause )

flooding several streets in loudon coulo loudoun county and hamilton stream caused a bridge to collapse. emergency responders are urging people to plan ahead this weekend. >> be aware what's going on. understand the weather coming in, understand what your schedule is and how the weather might impact that schedule. >> reporter: tonight, there's no word when hamilton station road will be repaired. there are things you can do right now to start preparing for flo flooding. a big one, make sure debris and leaves are cleared from your gutter and down spouts and make sure you have a full tank of gas in your car. i'm starting to sound like my father and know how to get in touch with family and friends during an emergency. one thing you can do is download the washington app and access storm team 4 and get the developing forecasts. >>> virginia's first execution in three years is on hold tonight and it's still unclear if it will happen as scheduled tomorrow, convicted serial killer set to receive an injection tomorrow night but a restraining order blocking it over the drugs to be used in that inj

she's a doctor... who's a pediatric emergency room physician at inova loudoun hospital. she's a mom... who knows the value of a quality education. she's a community leader... who will work in the state senate to reduce traffic and use some common sense. jill mccabe. she's not a politician... and in richmond, she'll work for us. >>> you know pierre will go face to face with just about anyone. he is the same way off the field too. he is taking on big business. the wide receiver -- filing against fandduels saying misusing player's names and likenesses without permission. >>> caps jumping back into the saddle tonight after taking a little medicine from the penguins. it tasted like castor oil. they lost 3-1 to the hated penguins this he have been back at practice trying to get their mojo pack. getting ready for columbus 2-8 in last place but the players say don't let that record fool you. >> way better than what their record said. they aren't an easy team to play against. they are deep in their goaltending heats up they are insanely hard to score against. it's not a -- it's n

down into the 40s in montgomery county, fairfax county, loudoun county, prince william fauquier, low and mid-40s there. near the potomac, low 50s at washington. many of our eastern suburbs near 50, right in the bay waters, though, in the upper 50s. easton, 49. look at this shenandoah valley, chilly to cold, 41 in front royal and luray, martinsburg in the low 40s. patchy dense fog in the mustn'tmustn't mountains now as well. tidal flooding around the coastlines of these counties bordering the bay. haines point, high tide a little higher during the times of high tide than average during the afternoon hours. watch out for that. now let's check on the morning commute. we have a crash. what's going on with that? >> brand-new crash just popped up. 95 northbound near the 11th street bridge, report of an accident. trying to get more information on that one for you here this morning. also, construction lines sprinkled all over the place. outer loop, still with lanes blocked for the time being. bigger look at things overall, no major problems on the beltway. we look at this situation here with

she's a doctor... who's a pediatric emergency room physician at inova loudoun hospital.e's a mom... who knows the value of a quality education. she's a community leader... who will work in the state senate to reduce traffic and use some common sense. jill mccabe. she's not a politician... and in richmond, she'll work for us. >>> you're watching news 4 today. >>> a bit of a twist now on a story that's getting serious national attention. close to 100 students at a south carolina high school where an officer is seen on video throwing and dragging a student walked out of class in protest but for the deputy. the brief protest happened on friday. students posted photos and messages on social media. according to several reports, they walked out of the class and gathered to express their views on deputy ben fields firing. he was fired a few days after this incident. apparently not all students were pleased with the decision. students more t-shirt that read free fields and #bringbackfield. >>> a california teacher is behind bars accused of having a sexual relationship with two hi

northern virginia, upper 60s near 70 through loudoun, prince william, fauquier and to culpepper. a gorgeous autumn day. southern maryland should be beautiful as well. calvert, charles, st. mary's, southern prince george's and king george looking great with highs in the upper 60s to near 70. counties along the pennsylvania border, frederick, washington, gorgeous autumn day. shenandoah, warmer there, to the low 70s, near 70 out in the valleys of eastern west virginia. beautiful autumn day coming up. let's check on our traffic this morning. construction going on around the region. >> we do have road work here and there, not a ton everywhere. enough worth mentioning here this morning. inner loop at 95, two lanes blocked, sounds like that's something -- we talked about it last night on the 11:00 p.m. show. this sounds like something that will get out of the way here in just a couple of minutes. 370 at 270, still have that road work happening as you're headed to 270 this morning. that is something you may have to contend with some lanes blocked near 270. 95 southbound at lorton. we hav

but still 57 in attleboro and loudoun and 51 in worcester with likely rain tomorrow, this is joaquin. major hurricane, still hitting the bahamas, still has winds at 130 miles per hour, jogging to the west at 3 miles per hour. >> tuesday evening it won't matter. yes it will send some big waves toward the coast, swells towards the coast and likely give us rough seas that, would be the extent it on a track like this or farther east like the the effects become more. of course we'll monitor future tracks and the movement of joaquin and let you know if it's going to become an issue but all of the computer models have been congregating more out here. so this track i think is no longer in play. the one that's farther out to sea is the one that's most likely from here on out and the one that's we're going with as center. here's the seven-day forecast with that good news in there. weekend. but saturday is northwest of boston and worcester and really into vermont and new hampshire, otherwise, temperatures staying in the 50s and into tuesday case joaquin came close. >>> up next, tom brady finally