much of loudoun county same with fairfax.rincipl heading out for a walk or a jog or a bike ride early this morning? chilly for now. bright sunshine will bring a nice warmup. it will be a perfect day to be outside today. here's future weather. hardly a cloud to be found for the big day before thanksgiving. seasonably cool overnight tonight, clear and dry. for thanksgiving day tomorrow, mix of cloud and sunshine, on the whole you'll like tomorrow. here's your hour-by-hour forecast. 53 at 11:00. sitting down for dinner time, temperatures in the low 60s. a nice, mild evening as well. if you want to walk off some of the extra calories. traveling on thanksgiving day, it will be busy. bigger impacts on thanksgiving day if you have folks coming in tomorrow. could have big slowdowns from minneapolis and st. louis and kansas city. here's our seven day forecast which is mild for the next couple of days. today and tomorrow, full sunshine. mid to upper 60s on the big black friday shopping day. unfortunately there's always bad news. shower

this out in loudoun county. again where we have an overturned tractor-trailer that's closed both the northbound and the southbound side of 15 between va-7 and 622. the detour in this area pretty significant so commuters will need to be mindful as you head out. police are currently on the scene. nikki burdine is also on the scene as well to give us an update on the situation out there. nikki? >> reporter: guys, this is just a very big mess right now. i want you to take a look at the scene behind me. we just got here. route 15 closed in both directions. we're just north of leesburg and whites ferry road n. is between route 15 and selma lane. i'm told this could potentially be a fatal accident and i'm also told there are actually two accident scenes here on route 15. a police officer just came up to us and told us they are working to move away one of those accidents momentarily. they're hopeful this can be cleaned up in the next half- hour, 45 minutes. for now route 15 both directions closed down. it's not clear ex

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. >>> there was a big vote in loudoun county. the voters there made history in one of the fastest growing and the wealthiest counties in our country. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is live in ashburn to explain just what they did. david? >> reporter: wendy, in its roughly 250 years of existence loudoun's county board has never had an african-american serve as a supervisosupervisor. last night voters on in loudoun county elected to change that by adding not one, but two, and one of them being its new chairman. >> it's very humbling, but i'm pretty excited about it. >> before taking hold of the chairman's gavel, phyllis handal is taking in her historic win. >> i have a couple of months to bask in this honeymoon period, but the voters of loudoun county have put me here to do some things and they expect it from me. the mother to two sons first made history in loudoun county when she was the first african-american to run for a supervisor position. she lost. sometimes you have to lose in order to win and that's what i f

tonight we learned the driver who did not survive attended loudoun valley high school in purcellvillerrett haake has the latest on the story from the high school tonight. >> reporter: debra tonight a source close to the investigation tells me the drivers shouldn't have been behind the wheel at all. he was just 15 years old. just after midnight this morning, a loudoun county sheriff's deputy spotted a car driving through a residential neighborhood with its headlights off. when the deputy tried to pull the car over, the driver hit the car instead and the deputy pursued. just a few blocks away, the driver slammed into a parked car. setting off a chain reaction crash that would total three vehicles. emergency responders raced to the scene as neighbors awakened by the crash stumbled outside. the first responders found a car on fire and doused the flames. they pulled a 15-year-old female passenger from the backseat with serious injuries. and airlifted her to a hospital. the driver's side of the car didn't look like a car anymore a source said. crushed beyond any hope of survival for the per

. >>> a 15-year-old loudoun county, virginia, boy was killed this weekend while drive to drive away -- trying to drive away from police. >> the thing is he should never have been behind the wheel. nikki burdine is in purcelville with the story. nikki? >> reporter: that's right. an incredibly sad story. sources tell us the boy should never have been behind the wheel in the first place. he was only 14 years old. his passenger rushed to the hospital. she was also -- she is also a teenager. her condition is not known but we're told she suffered nonlife threatening injuries. investigators say this all happened just after midnight on sunday. aer is arrive's deputy -- a sheriff's deputy spot add car driving through the neighborhood with its lights off. he tried to pull them over and the car sped off crashing into a car, a chain reaction crash that totaled three vehicles. both teens were pulled out of the car that caught fire. the boy was pronounced dead at the scene. neither of the teenagers have been identified and grief counselors will be here at purcelville high school to provide any need

emotional day here at the loudoun valley high school. students arrive and they are still trying to come to grips with what happened over the weekend. today they say they are wearing pink in honor of their classmate. >> he was a fun-loving kid. he loved to be around people. sam: the heartache is setting in. the sophomore petri seen in the facebook picture was killed in a car crash sunday morning. >> a bright person. kind. just sad to see he passed away. >> they noticed him driving sunday without the headlights. they tried to pull him over. he stopped briefly twice and then sped off. the deputies lost sight of the car in less than a minute after the stop he crashed. petri died at the scene. the passenger was flown to inova fairfax hospital in serious condition but non-life threatening injuries. today the school officials say they try to teach the students lesson to avoid this situation. >> don't make a temporary decision that will have a permanent impact. we try to get them to have sense of the gravity of the situation. don't overreact. >>

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> david culver coming to you from what is the home for the loudoun county board of supervisors is their boardroom here and history made by the voters last night. we'll start with this chair right here. this is where supervisor eugene del gaudio has sat for many years, but last night voters decided to elect sainz for this seat. >> it's not about myself and not about my opponent and it's bettering the county at the end of the day. >> koran is one of the first african-americans to sit on this board, one of the first because the other one elected last night will sit in the chair position. that belongs to phyllis randall. >> and i realize, no one person ever gets to that place by themselves. it's because hundreds of thousands of people lay down a path for me to walk on, and i am, i am behold tone histy and that seat. >> coming up at 5:00, we'll hear from both of the newly elected board supervisors and chairmen, and you will hear why they say there's a message sent here by the voters in loudoun county. in leesburg, i'm david culver, news 4. >>> temperatures are way above normal for t

gabrielle is his sister and a senior at loudoun valley. she says her brother meant the world to her. >> he always came to my room to talk to me about whatever was going on, and asked me how i was doing and he wanted to make sure we were okay. his mom wants others to know there was a lesson, and other teens to trust, and also to follow your gut. >> trust your gut and know that if something looks bad or feels bad to speak it out to somebody that can make a difference. >> reporter: in loudoun county, darcy spencer, news 4. >>> a cold start to our day today and really just cold all day long. take a look at the low temperatures we had early this morning. d.c., 32. the first time we've been at the freezing mark so far this season. frederick, 19 this morning and thurmond, maryland, 35 and look at the current windchills at 6:00 tonight and only 30 dags in kull pepper and we're in for a cold night tonight and then we have thanksgiving warmth coming up over the next couple of days and we'll follow that for your black friday forecast and we have it a

light showers here in northern loudoun county, northern montgomery, southern montgomery and this area in the northern prince george's, that's where we're getting a batch of moderate rain. that will be tracking away from the metro area. we're not done with the rain yet. we may get more later today what to wear for the rest of the afternoon? we'll have the umbrella handy. wear a warm coat. it will be chilly. long pants. we'll have this off and on rain. a new hour by hour timing for when the rain ends and when we may see sun again coming up. >>> breaking news from the live desk. police in takoma park are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. this is in the 7500 block of new hampshire avenue. they are not telling us much more at this point. new 4's pat collins is there now trying to get more information. we'll update you as soon as we get that information. back to you. >> thanks. this just in, close call for virginia state police trooper after a crash that appears to be the result of speeding and wet roads. around 7:30 this morning senior trooper a.d. brown stopped a dri

african-american to serve on loudoun county's board of supervisors. a board that dates years. >> that's where you will be sitting on. >> yes. it's unreal. >> he grew up in northern virginia and he defeated eugene. >> del gaudio. >> it's not about myself and it's about the community as a whole. >> phyllis randall, chair -- chair -- >> randall had to think about that f a moment and hasn't even taken the gavel yet, but has decided she's not a fan of hairman.gs fishl state-approved >> i think having it to be by law chairman, is ridiculous, to behonest. >> she defeated the independent and the gop nominee. >> change is constant and sometimes change is necessary. >> we don't make anything of it other than she got lucky because we split the vote between the two republicans in the race. >> virginia gop chairman john whitbeck doesn't see the two aboard as a threat to his party. >> it's certainly not indicative of a trend in either way. they're reflecting on the past that brought them here. >> no one person ever gets to that place by themselves. it's because hun

some young ladies in loudoun county have raised $2500 for the friends of loudoun mental health.he seniors at wooddrove and loudoun valley high schools faced off in a powder puff football game trying to fight mental illness and loudoun valley won, but all of the girls came away winners. >> more startling revelations in the case of the crooked cop who staged his own suicide. who detectives say he tried to have killed. >>> this is a strange one. the bizarre case of a man who caught cancer from a tape worm. >>> a bizarre new twist in the case of a illinois police officer who staged his own suicide. according to the associated press lieutenant joe gliniewicz tried to hire a gang member to kill the village administrator. that administrator was apparently auditing the fox lake police explorer program. investigators say gliniewicz stole thousands of dollars from the program. according to the a.p., his wife who helped him run the program and their son, they are now under criminal investigation. police investigators say he staged his own killing to help conceal extensive criminal activity

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. >>> good morning. back to "news4 today." we want to let you know we're experiencing technical difficulty. we're working to get things back up and running. we hope you don't notice anything. >> we go to chuck bell. >> does that mean we have more time for traffic and weather? oh, no. apparently not. here are the four things you need to know about the weather today. a mild monday morning. we're in store for a november heat wave. temperatures in the 70s many day this week. for now, though, showers just down to our south. charlottesville to richmond to the lower parts of the chesapeake bay, that's the main areas we'll see threats for rain. i couldn't rule out a little sprinkle or two. have your teeny tiny umbrella on your way out the door. temperatures

. >> as loudoun county grapples with expansion and a building boom, there's an effort now to protectsome hallowed ground. >> northern virginia bureau reporter david culver has the story from leesburg. >> reporter: just a few miles north of leesburg, a growing community with a mountain backdrop. it's here in springs and ana peterson began her search. >> i wouldn't have thought to look in a pine grove. >> ana, who now lives in maryland traced her ancestry to loudoun county. >> these two are face down. i haven't turned them over. they're heavy. >> her distant relatives, closer than she ever thought. here lies mary cummings carr. >> she's my great great great great grandmother. i'm a direct descendant of her. >> reporter: carr's husband thomas also buried here. >> he was a wagoneer in the american revolution in the loudoun militia. >> reporter: the sugars, the sullivans among the three other families in this resting place. some of the stones too tough to read in desperate need of restoration. >> we talked about maybe getting a committee to help trim up the branches a little bit. >> suppo

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. >>> we have breaking news now in montgomery county. firefighters are working to put out a large house fire in potomac. live pictures from chopper 4 now. see the smoke coming out of the large home. it continues to shoot out of the roof there. kristin wright is on the scene. she'll join us live from horseshoe lane soon with an update. >>> breaking news on the roads as well. melissa mollet has your traffic. >> 66 inbound here as you approach fairfax county parkway, we have a pretty good backup. this has loosened kwo eed quite. the earlier disabled fire truck off to the right side is now out of the way. your lanes are now open and really is loosening up quickly, but want to allow extra time. 95 north of back lick road, two right lanes blocked there. i

. >>> a somber morning at loudoun valley high school where a 15- year-old student died in a fivey crash over the weekend -- fivey crash over the -- fiery crash over the weekend. it happened in sterling, virginia over the weekend. nikki burdine has more. >> reporter: friends say wilberto pitre was an amazing friend and a great kid, someone who could light up a room just by walking in. >> a really good person, always cheered up everybody. >> reporter: loudoun valley high school is filled with students wearing pink as a tribute to their friend, wilberto pitre. >> some of us called him wil, others called him bert. >> reporter: just after midnight on sunday, he was driving in sterling. according to sources close to the investigation, sheriff's deputies spotted the car without the lights and tried to pull him over. but instead of stopping, he sped up, crashing into a parked car. the car went up in flames. wilberto pitre was pronounced dead at the scene. his passenger was rushed to the hospital. school officials confirm he was a sophomore at the school. >> we did let the students know last nig

a loudoun county woman who took a loaded gun into dulles airport is facing serious charges. the woman was stopped yesterday afternoon. she had a 45 caliber handgun loaded with four bullets in her purse. in addition to criminal charges she could also face a hefty fine. passengers are allowed to travel with firearms in checked baggage if they're properly prepared. remember to remove your shoes, belts, and outer wear. there is an app for that. the "when i fly, i can bring my." jewelling a i jewelry can slow down arriving on a flight. >>> instead of move swoog senior living experienced senior can experience and mentor the young children. >> she does things we may not know or nobody has taught us. i think it's going to be a great experience combining the young folks with the older. >> many of the young mothers were once in foster care. they say having help and advice from an older generation helps them stay on a positive track. >>> facebook wants to help ease the burn of a breakup. new tools will help you see less of your exes. when you change your facebook to single, facebook wi

in loudoun county, a pickup truck crashed into a tractor- trailer around 1:00 this morning. crews shut down both directions of 115 for hours. police say a ford f-150 was headed north and for some reason crossed over the center line and hit head on with the tractor-trailer. >> each person had one person of the vehicle. the driver of the pickup truck is deceased. >> reporter: the other driver is not hurt. troopers say it's not clear why the pickup driver crossed over. both drivers were wearing their seat belts. traffic was rerouted adding 45 minutes to the typical drive time for everyone else trying to get around the accident. the investigation and clean up lasted all night. >> just diesel fuel and that's what they are cleaning up right now. >> reporter: route 15 was reopened by 7:00 a.m. police have not released the name of the man killed in that crash. back to you. >>> today, 70,000d.c. students have better access to public libraries. they are coming together with school leaders to celebrate the district's successful response to president obama's connect and library challeng

15-year-old petry was a student at loudoun valley high school. police say an officer spotted him driving with his headlights off and tried to pull him over. he sped up and then crashed into a parked car. he died at the scene. a female passenger who was with him was seriously injured. she is expected to recover. police say that he did not have a driver's license. leon: damascus man will be sentenced april after he pleaded guilty today for the death of his adopted son. 28-year-old brian o'callahan accused of beating the toddler to death. the child abuse resulted in death. he originally was charged with murder and he is now held on bondfor sentencing next april. maureen: one year since the district said goodbye to marion barry. tonight a special event was held to remember and honor the long-time city leader. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live at the event at the wilson building where barry spent so much time. sam? sam: we are in the foyer where family and friends, colleagues gathered to remember barry a year after his death. he served in public offi

. >>> i'm molette green live outside loudoun valley high. six extra brief counselors are here today to help the students at this school cope with a tough loss. the loudoun county sheriff's department contacted me 30 minutes ago, they will release the student's full name a bit later today. so therefore we are not using the 15-year-old's full name and image until that happens. the young man, this teenager, beloved by so many here, died reportedly speeding away from a traffic stop. >> we all called him wil. some of the kids called him bert. he was fun-loving kid. >> reporter: that makes the loss harder for the school community. a sophomore. a band leader here lost his life in a fiery crash early sunday morning in sterling. >> he loved music. any instrument he could find, he tried to learn to play it. saxophonist in the marching band and jazz band. loved music. learning to play the bass. he wanted to play bass next year. he was working hard to make great music, too. >> reporter: students who had classes with him say he was a nice person and many

rain along route 15 here through loudoun county 2rks 70 is wet. 50 is wet, 60 is wet.moderate to heavy rain getting ready to cross parts of southern maryland. whenl does it all come to an end? 4:to 6:00. we'll get to the impacts on your commutes in a couple minutes. right now it's breaking news.

there's a new effort here in loudoun cnty to preserve hallowed ground, but ite involvs the region'sopprosecutor. >> i came out here and found my great great great grandparent thomas carr and mary cummings carr stones and he was in the american revolution in the loudoun militia. >> we walkedhe old cemetery with lana petersoand she recently discovered it's where herr aesrsest and it's the help for neighbors over the past several generations and in order for ana to restore the ground herself the courts need to weigh in. >> i've come to learn there's a lot of different duties that are incumbent upon the commonwealth attorney and this is one of them that came u several years ago. >> coming up on news 4 at 5:00 we'll show you how the prosecur is coming up to preserving the history for not just ana and the cemetery, but several others in loudoun county. >>> i'm chris lawrence at the live desk where we are following multiple attacks, multiple terrorist atintas n special report. >>> we are coming on the air to tell you aut a situation unfolding in paris where there had been a number of apparen

jay: in 1974, flight 514 slammed into mount weather along the loudoun county line. after being diverted from reagan national airport to dulles due to foul weather. >> there were plenty of bodies but we couldn't find survivors. jay: all 92 people aboard died incling alice's mother and father. >> the mountain jumped up and bit the plane. jay: the national transportation safety board ruled the crash occurred because the plane descended too low, too soon due to miscommunication between the pilots and the air traffic control. >> you felt it was too soon. how could thise happening? they were alost home. >> for nearly three yers, abc7 news has been digging into the disaster to understand how the safety recommendations put in place after this crash made flying today much safer for the public. >> it's a very significant accident. >> this exclusive documentary is now available to watch online at wjla.com. it is just a couple of clings away. go to the main page wjla.com. scroll down. go ahead and hit "watch exclusive." you cannot only watch the documentary, but you can go to t

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. >>> i'm molette green live in woodbridge where turnout at last check, about 260 at this particular polling place. the chief here managing all this says that's better than they had been expecting. just about an hour ago senate democratic candidate jeremy mcpike cast his ballot inside this poling station. his challenger or opponent in this race, the republican, cast his ballot hours earlier in manassas. now it's all up to the voters. >> hi, guys, did you do it? >> yeah. >> reporter: a lot at stake as voters rush in before heading off to work. with lots of their mind. >> transportation is a big issue. i have to commute all the way to dulles. >> i want to know we have decent economic opportunities. >> reporter: casting ballots in two big senate races

north of the district, parts of montgomery, frederick, loudoun and washington counties, you will be dealing with scattered showers mainly later today. here is the latest on the radar, tracking very light showers, pretty much only sprinkles impacting parts of the panhandle of west virginia and far western maryland. you can see as this activity tries to push toward the east it's just encountering very dry air and falling apart, but as we work our way throughout the day we will continue to see showers have more success making their way in. this is going to be the area of rain that eventually sinks south and everybody will be getting rain tonight. don't really need the umbrella today. right now we are at 50 degrees, 10:00 a.m. dry at 56, cloudy throughout the day, 1:00 a temperature of 62, high today is 65, we will hit that at 4:00 p.m. and at that point showers north of washington i will be showing you future weather in just over ten minutes tracking the rain moving into and out of the area hour by hour. >>> police identified the gunman suspected of killing an officer and two other people in c

early sunday and he was a sophomore at loudoun valley high school. he is remembered as a fun person and musically tal ended. he played saxophone in the marching band. >> i called him berto when i wanted to have fun with him because he was a fun-loving kid and he loved to be around people and he was all about other people. >> reporter: the teen was driving his parent's car without permission and without a license. when he crashed on east beech road in sterling at 12:30 in the morning. pitre sped away from an attempted traffic stop. a sheriff's deputy tried to pull him over because his headlights were not on, but when he didn't stop, she pursued and less than a minute later pitre crashed into some parked cars. his 15-year-old passenger was also seriously hurt. at school students wore pink in his memory.

montgomery county and makes its way in and a lot of this not quite reaching the ground along 270 and loudoun county down through waldorf and that's fredericksburg. and look at the view and you see la rhea and take a look, wooe got a lot more rain coming in and this whole area of moisture making its way and it will be a rainy night and we mentioned the temperatures where it is raining and it is steady rain and the temperature of only 4 is and only 45 in kull pepper and temperatures will fall and as the rain bes we'll talk much more about that and let you know what to expect for the early morning commute tomorrow coming up at 4:08. >>> now to a disturbing discovery in a popular park. a man's body has been found in beverly park. a lot of folks in alexandria call it the pit, but it's an area where this time of day you normally find a lot of kids out playing. our pat collins is in the neighborhood. pat, what are you hearing there? >> reporter: chris, an eerie sight here. crime scene tape surrounding a popular park here and below where kids normally play, homicide detectives. they're working a cas

sophomore at loudoun valley high school. he is remembered as a fun person and musically tal ended. he played saxophone in the marching band. >> i called him berto when i wanted to have fun with him because he was a fun-loving kid and he loved to be around people and he was all about other people. >> reporter: the teen was driving his parent's car without permission and without a license. when he crashed on east beech road in sterling at 12:30 in the morning. pitre sped away from an attempted traffic stop. a sheriff's deputy tried to pull him over because his headlights were not on, but when he didn't stop, she pursued and less than a minute later pitre crashed into some parked cars. his 15-year-old passenger was also seriously hurt. at school students wore pink in his memory. he had earlier dyed hads hair pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. students are learning a very difficult lesson through this tragedy. >> don't make a temporary decision that will have a permanent impact. we try to have them make sense of a situati

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. >>> here are some of the stories we're working on right now at 4:15. a dashboard camera is rolling as a passenger unleashes a brutal set of uber driver. straight ahead you'll hear from the victim and wh he credits with stopping that att some new bombshells lobbed at the church of sentology. we'll talk to billy bush about >>> man seto spenthe -al ok. decade in prison for causing the crash that kled son in prince gege's county. today a judge sentenced charles smith to ten years behind bars. he was high on pcp when he ds car in cottage city with his 4-year-old son inside. this happened in 2013. the boy wasn't strapped in and the impact ejected him from his car seat. >> tomorrow is election day in virginia. the entire general assembly is on the ballot

in loudoun county two men will face charges in connection with a teenager's murder. henry vazquez anjouan zelaya are charged in the death of a boy. centeno miranda was shot and killed on his way to a bus stop back in early september. >>> we could learn more about metro's next general manager. "news4" plans to be at an agency board today. paul weed held is the new name in this search. he's the former chief executive of bwi airport. you think about venues and grab-and-go passes. you would still not be able to eat or drink on metrobuses. >> there's new information about the crash in the russian plane in egypt. two major developments. metrojet's entire airbus a 321 fleet is grounded for safety checks and the uk has grounded all flights from sharm el sheikh suspects that someone planted a bomb on board. isis claimed responsibility but there is no hard evide. the plane crashed killing all 224 people on board. >> thank you, kristin. >>> finally senior citizens have their water back. that was in not the case yesterday. d.c. water crews fixed a broken vafrl and restored water

. >>> history was made in loudoun county.randall won 37% of the vote defeating county chair scott york who ran as an independent. randall served two years. she's a therapist and worked with the board and board of corrections. then there's democrat a northern virginia native. human resources manager for aramark. he beat four-term supervisor eugene delgadio. does this represent a shift in county politics? >> it seems like it to me. the thing with loudoun county, though, it's one of the richest counties in the nation and the board of supervisors was all republican but i think what's interesting here i saw the shift in the dem graftics of loudoun county and you have more residents coming in from surrounding counties. prince george's, montgomery county, arlington county, fairfax county, and in all of those, they had trended toward obama and so you have those voters moving into loudoun county and that might be affecting the elections. you didn't like the republican nominee and dell good owe had his own problems with the grand jury

trump had 500 trees cut down to improve riverview's for his loudoun county golf course. kimberly: if you are under 30 years old, you probably have no idea what this is about. before streaming and digital video, there was betamax. the cutting-edge technology debuted in 1975. sony says they will quit making betamax tapes next march. they have not manufactured any betamax recorder since 2002. i was surprised to know they were still making them at all. cub, is the giant panda taking its first steps. the zoo posted video of the happy moment on instagram. bei bei took those wobbly steps. mama then picked him up, as if to congratulate him. devon: and really cute music. kimberly: i don't know. way to go, bei bei. good job, buddy. they were making betamax tapes, that means i will probably be able to still purchase laser disks. cool tomorrow morning, mild by the afternoon. kimberly: thank you for joining us. wow. this place is spectacular. thank you . we worked with a designer from havertys for a complete refresh. you must be happy to get out of that tiny house? yeah you know when

the counties include all of frederick, western loudoun, northern fauquier, this wind advisory will go until 6:00 tonight. if you're in these areas, you could see gusts up to 50 miles per hour with winds that strong. some minor wind damage, small limbs brought down. it's feeling like temperatures in the 30s and 40s for everybody. here's a look at current wind gusts across the area. from about 22 miles per hour in manassas to close to 30 miles per hour in gaithersburg. 2:00, feeling like 57 degrease. once we hit 5:00 p.m., temperatures around 50. 7:00 p.m., we continue to tumble with the windchill at that point of 45. >>> no definitive proof as to whether jihadi john is dead. the latest is that a senior defense official says the u.s. does have video showing a man believed to be the notorious isis terrorist getting into a vehicle struck by a u.s. drone. this air strike in syria was specifically targeting him. jihadi john appears in several videos showing the ste westerners. if anything changes we'll bring it to you right away. back to you. >>> thank you. right now we're working to find o

trouble now in loudoun county. the latest from melissa mollet. >> we just got off the phone with police in loudoun. a crash at russell boulevard parkway. they say they're actually away from the scene at this point. it's been all cleared out and no major problems right now. taking a look. 66 at 123. in into town, out of town, everything is rolling along just fine this morning. taking a look northbound from quantico to the beltway. average speed 63 miles an hour. it looks like you're getting into town just as quickly as you'd like to. again, you're on time here. top of the beltway is nice and clear. northbound, 61 miles per hour. same thing as you're headed southbound. 95, 29, route one, everything here into and oust town is just fine. 'll be back in ten minutes. "weather & traffic on the 1s." i'll see you then. >> we're better as a city than what we have seen. >> an emotional mayor rahm emanuel after another deadly weekend in chicago. someone shot and killed a 14-year-old saturday night. jaquante riles family just m

. >>> a message of unity and spreading peace in loudoun county. people of all faiths parade together. that i wrote messages of love in response to the terror in paris. organizers tell us a service was about inclusion and diversity. >> we all have our common humanity to share regardless of any religion that might try to define that. >>> in addition to praying together all faith leaders in loudoun county condemned the attacks in paris. >>> there is an investigation into suspected arson of a mosque right now. this happened in ontario, canada. investigators say someone set a fire to the mosque two nights ago. it was attacked back during 9/11 as well. it's not clear whether this was related to the paris attack. no one was in the building and no one was hurt. >>> coming up at 6:30, some of the places you'll notice increased security. >>> it is 6:17. new details about what led to a shooting inside union station. police say a man slashed a woman during a domestic dispute saturday night. the victim and the suspect then went inside the station. an off-duty

wearing pink for will, students at the loudoun valley high school head home after shock and sadness. >> i was numb when i found out yesterday. >> a sune your, who was a friend of will who says was a friend to all. >> totally like people's person. everyone loved him. >> according to the loudoun county sheriff office a little after midnight on saturday a deputy spotted a car driving without the lights on. the deputy tried to make a stop but the car slowed down and took off out of the deputy sight. moments later he spotted the car parked in a car crash and the driver, died at the scene, will. the passenger air lifted to inova fairfax hospital with non-life threatening injuries. >> don't make a temporary decision that will have a permanent impact. we try to get you to have a sense of the gravity of the situation. don't overreact. >> we have all come together as a family. altogether living in his memory. >> will was only 15 years old so at this point it's unknown why he was behind the wheel. the sheriff office is still investigating. jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: thank you. new raids

this was in loudoun county. this photo taken yesterday afternoon. ÷ instagram.ith nice peak color in the red zone just west of washington as well in the metro area. your peak color coming in. tomorrow, mostly cloudy. mid-60s. maybe a little sun farther north. then that mild air moves in tuesday all the way into friday. highs low to mid-70s each day. might get rain. drying out for the weekend. sunshine back at 70. >> a little bit of everything in that forecast. thank you, tom. coming up, a circus act gone wrong. the audi >>> a terrifying circuit stunt. they watched as a trapeze artist fest 30 feet into the stands. >> scary. as our drew smith explains, witnesses were surprised that the show went on. >> oh, my god. >> video from an nbc ten viewer shows the aftermath after a 19-year-old trapeze artist fell 30 feet. his partner didn't catch him during a stunt. >> the fire trucks and the ambulances and the police car, the sirens, the flashing lights. >> mary lehman was outside protesting the circus. she saw him being taken out on a stretcher. >> i asked an attendant w

doug: temperatures today in loudoun county that never got out of the 30's. really cold stuff. mild temperatures coming and more rain to deal with before the sunshine is back. this is from washington. cloud cover and the dreary morning. the rain with is us through morning. wednesday morning as well. it's 45 and 39. 52 and 37 the average high and low. 43 in reagan. the wind is shifting east. it will bring up the temperatures. tomorrow the warm front will arrive to get in lower 50's. it's a rainy pattern. but look south. this is a sign that the warmer wind will start to accompany the warm front moving in from the kentucky and the southwestern virginia. that is where the rain is. moisture from the southwest here. the moisture screen will head from the southwest. the rain could be moderate or heavy. the rain is widespread. there there is a low process and a break in the day. the rainfall totals 1.5 and two inches by the time it ends wednesday evening. we will be in better shape tomorrow. 59 on wednesday with the rain. clearing and breezy. 52 for the day. then the weekend this looks

a historic election and loudoun county. voters made changes to its board of ousting the chair and adding two black supervisors for the first time in county history. sam sweeney is in leesburg with the newly elected supervisor and what she wants to tackle first. the four-term chair is absentchairperson from office. the first-ever african-american this county,st in but the entire state of will take his place. phyllis randall. you serve as a mental health council, but you will be resigning from that position. what is on the agenda? an ethics pledge. i talked a lot about ethics and transparency. the government belongs to the people. the first emotion i will -- the first motion i will put forward -- is an ethics pledge. jummy: from state politics to the white house. a new poll finding donald trump net connect with ben carson in the race. 4% support,ps to his lowest number in a national poll. hillary clinton maintains a lead at 53% to bernie sanders, who has about 35%. development in the death of a police officer in illinois. why

i want to mend the alexandria police department, federal bure reof investigation, loudoun county sheriffd i want to thank the following officers, detectives and agents by name. detective sergeant dave cutting, sergeant sean casey, detective will oakley, lieutenant mike hochens of the alexandria police department, the federal bureau of investigation agent aaron detective sten o'shea from the loudoun county sheriff office. there mor law enforcement officers who dese creit fr theork case. ime robi me from nag them all thwored this case ith grace anit produced th coviction of a violent murderer. i thank the people without whom this culd not have beenmy d victim witness coordinator and witness advocate. law clerks. udoun county wealth attorney and the ohi county west virginia prosecutor attorney scott simpson. i cannot finish remarks without highlighting the contribution of the case by thanking david lord. david, right here,

we did have showers and they formed in loudoun county and prince george's county, they quic w itn't funnyless you were in them. watch right here. zip. that is it. they were in and out. if you were out at that time, se.e i was, you got on the wet my wife was actually mad at me. >> who can blame her? >> anyway, what i'm watching down to theso h,he way. the front will stall across our region. this moisture will move along the front. what do tean you? future weather tes out. here we a a 7:00 a.m., a f 10:00 a.m., weao see shors developing. this is the latestcomputer model bringing a lot of thearea rain even d.c. metro area, showerct and heavier rain and steadier rin tor southern maryland and moves out of here 5:0 6:00. it won't rainlluring when it does, you could see rain for a steady period of time to the south. best chance, leonarddown to fredericksbu, waldorf has a chance and chance of seeing anything impactful. what to expect tomorrow? it will b a l cooler, temperatures falling during the day. rather breezy and cooler, the est chance of ow to the south. 63 in the morning. notice how the t

loudoun county, northern montgomery and frederick seeing light rain around the i-81 corridor tracking showers there. all of this will push in in the overnight hours. look at what happens with future weather. 2:00 a.m. will see showers and cloudy skies and tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m., everybody is dealing with rain in the morning. we will continue to track rain through the mid-morning hours. as we work towards the late morning and midday, showers are more scattered. as we head in, tracking scattered showers and here we are at 1:00 between 2:00 or 3:00. we start to dry out and tomorrow evening is mainly dry. wet roads for the morning and midday tomorrow. tomorrow is a huge travel day. we are not talking about downpours. you will need the umbrella. more rain moved in on monday. we will let you know how long that sticks around and the full forecast in ten minutes. >> developing now at 11:00, new information coming into the newsroom about the suspected gunman in the planned parenthood shooting. law enforcement said he ranted about president obama, politics and abortion. once in custody, an

the loudoun county sheriff's office said steven had been choking his wife moments before she shot him back in 2013. >>> in another courtroom, the trial of a loudoun county deputy charged with assault gets under way. john gregory is accused of assaulting someone during an arrest back in june. he has been on paid administrative leave since the incident was reported in july. gregory is a ten year veteran of the force. >>> developing this morning, the fbi is joining the search for a missing teenager from d.c. ava zechiel disappeared in tennessee's cherokee national forest last wednesday. her father tells news 4 she was on a hiking trip with her boarding school. he says this has been a difficult time for family but he's thankful for the people helping. >>> fines for selling tobacco to minors could go up today in montgomery county. council members will vote on the decision today. we told you about news 4's i team investigation into the crime. over the summer, our reporters found multiple stores willing to sell to underage customers. >>> another vote in montgomery county protects anybody loo

big news in loudoun county. phyllis randall won defeating scott york. in fairfax county, stacy kinkaide will keep her title. she'll be sheriff for another four years after defeating brian wolf for a second time. right now we are compiling a list for you, a list of all the maryland winners from last night's elections there. you can find that list in the nbc washington app. >>> it is now 6:06. one of those races is making history in college park. patrick wojan was elected last night. wojahn says he wants to bring more amenities, high quality developments to college park. >>> ohio voters said no to legalizing recreational marijuana. voters said they did not like the idea of a group of wealthy investors controlling production of the drug. in houston voters decided not to protect gay and transgender people. the ordinance would have established nondiscrimination protection failed with 61% voting against the law. democrat kevin steel won the district attorney county race. pennsylvania, steel and bruce castor traded political shots over never charging or prosec

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. >>> now the disturbing numbers in the european zone migration crisis. last weekend overloaded boat sinking turkey, nearly half of those killed were children. meanwhile, the united nations has the number of migrants topped 318,000, that is a record for a month. >>> the death toll from a fire in bucharest has climbed to 31. 130 people remained in the hospital. the tragedy is surging -- the tragedy is serving as a wake-up call to other clubs in romania. all three clubs are apologizing for putting their customers lives at risk. >>> the ntsb has identified the wreckage of a cargo ship. the el faro was located in waters 15,000 deep in the bahamas over the weekend. it sank a month ago during a hurricane. there were no survivors. sonar indicates the ship

trump had 500 trees cut down to improve river views from the loudoun county golf course. leon: major matthew rode for 13 hours in the marine corp base quantico. it raised money ill service member in the family. maureen: here is suzanne kennedy. suzanne: a reunion she wasn't anticipating. this box of world war ii momentos was found in the attic of the district height home where the mother and the father once lived. they were handed over to lauren police who received a citizen tip and was able to locate the family of amando custodio the navy steward shown in many of the pictures. >> i feel deeply touched. like my father is here again. he has been gone for a long time. suzanne: stacked in a box were naturalization papers war rations and letters dating back to the 1940's. he served in the navy for 32 years. >> dadly loved being in the service. that was his life. >> shane says it was just like her mother to carefully preserve the wartime keepsakes for future generations. >> it's special to reunite people with their property but a daughter of a veteran and reclaiming the proper

a driver drove away from a loudoun county deputy from a traffic stop. the carn a mile later, hit several vehicles in sterling. police originally turned -- pulled the call over for not having its headlights on. a small plane had to make an emergency landing this afternoon. investigators say the plane's engine lost power, and it glided in for a landing. the pilot was the only person on board. no one was hurt. the redskins could not claw out a win in charlotte against the panthers. the panthers beat the redskins to remain undefeated. robert burton is live in charlotte with a recap of the game. they started strong, robert. robert: exactly. take awayprobably to from this game, cam , the panthers quarterback, known as the nfl's dance king, not a lot of dancing today. of teammates did a lot dancing and so on. let's go inside bank of america. there were some bright spots in this game. early for the skins, first quarter, look at under robertson who fields the kick at the goal line, great blocking, exploding up the field. he would go the distance, 99 yards for th

major general dan hughes hopes to see his wife and kids in loudoun county, virginia by christmas. in the meantime he knows what he and the other service members are doing in the middle east helps prevent terrorism, so events like the macy's day parade finish safely. (two second pause) audio outcue: i'm edward lawrence nbc news, washington. >> raven industries in sioux falls has once again designed and made some new balloons for this year's macy's thanksgiving day parade. raven's aerostar division has produced more than 90 large balloons for the parade, including every large character balloon except one since the macy's relationship started. new this year are: an updated ronald from the animated "ice age" movie. raven aerostar division vice president and general manager says the larger-than-life characters take hundreds and hundreds of hours to design and build. as the sales roll out, the people roll in for those black friday sales. and those deals seem to be starting earlier and earlier every year. even though winter weather hit siouxland this morning-- people are still out this e

that rain in through portions of the washington area and notice back toward the west back toward loudoun county and the winchester area and down toward la rhea and here's the heaviest rain, and this is right into portions of 270 and out route 70 and right along 15 so head's up back toward those areas and there's more rain to come and look down to the south. a lot of rain pushing our way. we are going to see some of the heaviest rain overnight tonight and something else we're seeing and it's not just the umbrellas that you need and we'll talk about that as you head over the next couple of days and i'll have that coming up at 6:15. >> thank you. >> disturbing new details in a deadly crash. a driver hit one car and then took off before slamming into a church van full of families and young children. four people were killed including a couple from el salvador, a pregnant woman lost her baby and more than a dozen others were hurt. tonight we're getting our first look at the victims and the questions that surround this case. >> we have team coverage. we begin with derrick ward at the scene in h

in loudoun county, julie carey, news 4. >> the latest quinn iny2k university poll takes i closer look at the democratic race in iowa and it shows hillary clinton showing her lead in the state with 51% of the vote. bernie sanders trails with 42% and martin o'malley just showing up with 4%. the biggest issues for those expected to take part in the democratic caucus with the economy and jobs topped the list followed by climate change, foreign policy and health care. >>> extra security for the macy's day thanksgiving day parade. we are live in new york with a look at how recent terror threats will have an impact on that event that draws millions of people. >>> a man is sentenced for shooting and killing a father who was trying to protect his son. >> i was daddy's little girl and it hurts my heart to know that i can never see him again. >> reporter: coming up on news 4, what part instagram played in the ruling. >>> a newborn baby abandoned inside a nativity scene at a church. how strangers are >>> that thanksgiving travel rush is in full swing tonight and this is a live look at seattle and