the chief deputy in northern west virginia said one officer was hurt by shattered glass inside the courthouse during wednesday's shootings but no other injury was reported. the gunman was in a parking lot across the courthouse downtown and they have yet to determine the motive. you see the aerial shot live from wheeling, west virginia. this is the block where that activity took place. and again there are a number of different reports saying that at the very least the shooter is down and critically injured. more news on al jazeera. >> it is a hobby, something that i wanted to do part time. that's partly why i enjoy it so much. >> shawn mccutcheon's part time hockey is changing the rules o rules. that's tonight on inside story. >> hello, the supreme court is back in session this week, and the first case it heard involved cash and campaigns. shawn mccutcheons was to contribute more money to candidates. three years ago the supreme court opened the floodgates for corporate and union money to super pacs, but current law sets the amount that any individual american can give. mccutcheon sued. >> this

west virginia. looks like trying to sneak in here into northern west virginia, trying to sneak maybe into the shenandoah valley. it's south of town we're watching moderate showers in the lady smith area, even south of fredricksburg tracking toward the northern neck passing between colonial beach and newland but looks like it will head toward leonard town in central and southern st. mary's and calvert. all of this is moving toward port royal, maybe up 301, might clip southern charles in another hour, 90 minutes or so. other than that, fairly quiet this morning and mild. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. but just want to point out these temps back in columbus and cleveland in the 40s. there's a cold front that comes through tonight. we're going to get into some cooler air after today where we're going to be close to 75 this afternoon. right now it's 59 in leesburg and manassas. it's 60 in rockville. 59 for bowie. joint base andrews 61. you see these clouds over town now. mostly cloudy morning. 64 degrees. dew points have crept into the low 60s. feeling muggy out there with a light southwesterly wind at 3 m

it's south of western maryland and down through the higher spots of northern west virginia, canaan valley and elkins and areas toward lewisburg and blacksburg, there's a little moderate color that is started showing up. but, one thing we know is that we haven't had a lot of rainfall here. locally, with the low, low color we are seeing. it's allowed for some leaf drop and premature color. since september 1, 1.22 inches of rain. it puts the deficit down by 2.5 inches. normally, we would pick up over 3.5 inches. push it into the early color and allow the leaves to drop early. on my way to work today, noticed a couple trees, the leaves sprinkling down like rain. it is the rain we need. there is a chance coming up as you will see, the upcoming seven day forecast. 84 degrees right now in d.c. 83 in college park. 70s to the north. low 80s to the south. tomorrow, get ready for even milder conditions. even this evening, if you are going to be out, pleasant as we drop to low 70s. 73 degrees by 10:00 p.m. certainly no jacket tomorrow. tomorrow is short pants day for you. 85 degrees in mechanicsville

west of d.c. much of northern virginia, west virginia, and southern p.a. as well.and during the day tomorrow, it will be more like november feel to the air than october, with temperatures still running about 10 degrees cooler than average. vic? >> okay, bob. thank you. let's check on the roads now with kristy breslin at wjz traffic control. >>> hi, vic. hi, everyone. well, the delays on the beltway remain steady. traveling on the top side inner loop, very steady, from jones falls expressway to harford road. average speed at this point, about 33 miles per hour. on the west side inner loop, watch for brake lights there, from baltimore national pike, past liberty road. northbound 95, delays continuing from 32 to 895. then traffic does ease up after that point. as far as accidents go, in dundalk, north point boulevard, at east baltimore street. route 32, at telegraph road, in anne arundel county. and back to baltimore city, three accidents to report. north elmont at cres mond. and pompous street at boston street. let's now take a live look, as you can see, still plenty

west virginia, kentucky moving toward the east, southeast. so the bulk of this stays south of us. however, we had showers form right over us. it started out in eastern west virginia and northernderick county. the bulk of it has moved into frederick, maryland, now carroll and ears's of d.c. watch -- areas east of d.c. in la plata a commof light showers there. that will come through eastern charles the next 20 minutes and across southern maryland, calvert county. more moderate showers now just north of where 50 and the beltway come together in prince george's county, back to college park. this is tracking up toward odenton and bowie and laurel. you have a few showers coming out of silver spring headed your way. montgomery county fairly quiet now as your activity has generally moved into howard county. the stuff in frederick has also moved into caroll county except the northern part of the county, thurmont. a couple showers left over there. temperatures are cool but it's the dampness. when you factor in the humidity, it just cuts through you. so 40s and 50s. i'm thinking a middle weight jacket this morning with 51 in eastton and 46 in winchester. 45 at cross junction from steve

northern virginia. i grew up in northern virginia and southern virginia. we used to cal call fairfax county north virginia, like it was west virginia a separate state. a different universe. it is a major partly of the state and drives the state economy and heavily depend ant upon and linked to the government. there are 56,000 federal contractors that are squeezed on the shutdown and that is part of the state that doesn't vote like the rest of the state. >> the urban areas are trending momoderate and the rural areas e going more conservative. the rural areas the southside of virginia, those areas are probably align more with the tea party. the tea party doesn't have much traction in northern virginia. it's not fertile ground for the republican party. the split in the republican party is visible in virginia. where you have pragmatic business types in northern virginia and the old south in the other part of the state. >> how much has the tea party helped in the state. >> >> it's not clear that the conservative base will come out in strong numbers. there is aroun an enormous drop off. and that usually accrues to the benefit of

scattered showers are likely from west virginia to northern new england. cold front will produce some rain from the mississippi valley to the great lakes, but most of the west will be dry with some seasonally cool weather in southern california. >>> in sports now, detroit has tied the american league championship series at two games apiece. a second inning error by usually shorthanded boston second baseman pedroia opened the floodgates. the tigers scored five second-inning runs off jake peavy. it was peavy's worst performance of the year. the tigers beat the red sox, 7-3. game five is tonight in detroit. >>> earlier the dodgers powered up to take the fifth game of the nl championship series. adrian gonzalez homered twice for los angeles and zack greinke pitched seven solid innings. carl crawford also homered. the cardinals hold a 3-2 lead in the series with game six friday night in st. louis. >>> and the people who will select college football's playoff teams have been announced. among the 13-member committee, former secretary of state condoleezza rice, fo

northern maryland. panhandle of west virginia, low to mid 70s now in parts of the shenandoah valley. southern parts of faulkier county, quantico in the mid 70s and beautiful southern prince george's county, brandywine, down to waldorf. mid 70s already. high temperatures today, upper 80s to near 90 in a few neighborhoods. heat index is up close to 90 degrees. current airport delays, no troubles in and around here just yet. all green airplanes for now. tomorrow afternoon, the affects up and down the eastern seaboard could be kind of strong. fall color, not a lot of color in the metro area just yet. already some good color starting to show up. fall western maryland into the high mountains of west virginia, getting close to peak. peak foliage season in the shenandoah valley around columbus day weekend or the weekend after. it does represent an awful lot of moisture, which will be drawn northbound by this approaching cold front. as a result, all that tropical moisture up the eastern seaboard and a serious cold front, that same front that dropped the snow in south dakota. that front means

could be a damp day from west virginia to northern new england. in and snow showers for western part of south dakota and nebraska and most of the west is dry. another day of mild temperatures 60s and 70s. 80s coastal florida. chicago, detroit, indianapolis, close to 60 degrees. >>> when it comes to love and marriage it is good to take your time and make sure you do the right kind of thing. >> for one couple they did that and a lot more. meet martina lopez and jose. they were married after a courtship of only 80 years. during that 80 years they had eight kids, 50 grand kids, 35 great grand kids and 20 great great grand kids. >> 20 great great grand kids. they did have a civil wedding several decades ago but never got around to a religious ceremony. it was held until the couple's garden. talk about ever lasting love. >> he wasn't so sure. >> see his hand on the forehead. he's like do i really have to do this. i thought i was going to get away with it. >> she told him finally if you like it you have to put a ring on it. >> and did the dance oh oh oh.

could see a spot shower in northern maryland or the mountains of west virginia today or tomorrow but rain chances low otherwise. 61 degrees in manassas out across the piedmont. two miles in culpepper and three miles of visibility. pockets of thick fog this morning. the air mass is so warm and once the sun is up that will eat up the fog quickly. jim was talking about tropical storm karen barely hanging on. winds at 40 to 50 miles per hour now and not much strengthening is expected. holding on to minimal tropical storm strength over the course of land fall. we'll keep a close eye on it. the moisture will come across georgia and the western carolinas. 2:00 on tuesday morning, the moisture starting to come back in our direction. we need it. it's been dry around here since the last part of july, early august. so we had two months of well below average rainfall. this will help quite a bit. our main threat for rain will come up, starting about lunchtime on monday until about sun down on tuesday. that's when the bulk of the rainfall is going to be here but it shouldn't last all that long. we

there's a slight chance for a shower today, northern maryland and the mountains of west virginia. us will be dry today and tomorrow. near 90 today and tomorrow as well. your weekend plans, nothing to worry about from a rain perspective. a spot shower possible today but not much of a threat. the real rain arrives here on monday. most of us will be a monday afternoon, monday night and tuesday event and finally that will break the heat around here. the snow will keep us cool next week but no snow in our forecast. >> thank you. >> gas prices are dropping across the region. ad ad ad adam tuss cruised the streets. >> a gallon of regular going for $3.09. you know what that means? people stopping at gas stations like this. over the last month gas prices have been dropping steadily, actually down about 20 cents over the last month. >> i think inside the belt way is always more expensive than outside the beltway. that's how it works. >> it does work that way. in laurel, $3.19. here in manassas, 3.11. i have the gas buddy app. pulls up the cheapest one. >> after the busy summer travel season

so in the mid-70s across the west virginia panhandle and down into parts of northern virginia around charlottesville. signs ofshowing dissipating to the south and east. more clouds anticipated as the evening rolls along. 55 in the suburbs. 65 in downtown baltimore. light winds and a sunset coming up at 6:49. high-pressure south of us will continue to pump in the summer- like air for a couple more days. there is a front west of chicago, but this high is strong. it will keep it to the west of us until maybe the weekend. there is some cool, unsettled weather over the pacific northwest. eventually, our temperatures will start coming back down, but probably not until the early part of next week. until then, keep your summer shorts and flip-flops handy. it might even turn a little more humid the next few days. honey skies tomorrow. temperatures well up into the 80s. friday, a week weather disturbance coming through. the clouds increase a bit. there might be a sprinkle or a spot or two. untill have to wait perhaps sunday evening into monday for any significant rain chances. sunshine tomorro

west virginia. a couple trying to get into northern virginia right now, in and around areas into frederick county, just straddling the state line here west of strasburg there, south of cross junction. it's 57 there but not raining at all. down to our south we've seen the showers come out of the lady smith area toward the northern neck. you see a few still out there not far from colonial beach this morning down just west of red vial. they're running about 64 according to jan down there, one of our weather watchers. in southern st. mary's and southern calvert, the bulk is pushing toward the eastern shore. cambridge, oxford, looks like you'll get a couple of showers there. temperatures rather mild. 50s and 60s east of the mountains. west, though, behind the cold front we've dipped into the mid- 40s now in cleveland and columbus. pittsburgh not quite in the cooler air but they'll be there a little bit later today. we've got 60s in ashburn. 60 arlington. 59 for rockville. to the south dumfries with that big traffic backup monika was talking about, 58 and 60 degrees in baden. one more look outside on our mic

this morning you see showers in kentucky and west virginia, some of them getting closer to the shenandoah valley, the northern part. then we have some south central virginia tracking towards senior maryland. let's go first to these guys coming out of virginia and also some down west of warrenton, east of luray moving toward fauquier county. this stuff is pretty light. i don't envision much more than a light use of the wiper. maybe the intermittent setting at worse. down south starting to pick up yellows and orange. we have leftier showers down here. this is well south of us here. this is on 301 now, port royal, approaching dahlgren and passing south. looks like colonial beach is going to see it. newland seeing some of the shower activity this morning as it's moving east, northeast into st. mary's county where we already have a shower south of len nartdtown. -- leonard town. southern calvert county you'll see it too. the extreme southern and eastern part of the county the way it looks now. temperatures mild on the east coast. we're in the 50s and 60s this morning but look back at ohio. those are 40s. behind th

west virginia. into the northern part of the valley by perhaps around 8:00, 9:00 this morning. the eastern shore getting a few sprinkles now but most of the region probably won't see any rain around the metro area until at least as early as noontime. by then we should be into the upper 70s and likely downpours, thunder and lightning and severe storms with damaging winds between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. we'll look at your severe weather threat and what areas are covered by that coming up in about ten minutes along with your seven-day outlook. danella, how is traffic? >>> breaking news on the beltway. inner loop. this is a live picture right now with the accident investigation looks like. if you're traveling the inner loop because of this accident here, you are going to be force ed off into the exit for the park and ride. now we're heading over to the map right now. good news, it's pretty early so your delays are early. no delays in montgomery county. as you get closer to the exit ramp, that's where you are slow as you exit on to the exit for park and ride and then you can continue on

could be a damp day from west virginia to northern new england. kota and nebraska and most of the west is dry. >> another day of mild temperatures 60s and 70s. 80s coastal florida. chicago, detroit, indianapolis, close to 60 degrees. >>> when it comes to love and marriage, it is good to take your time and make sure you do the right kind of thing. >> for one couple they did that and a lot more. meet martina lopez and jose. they were married after a courtship of only 80 years. during that 80 years they had eight kids, 50 grand kids, 35 great grand kids and 20 great great grand kids. >> 20 great great grand kids. they did have a civil wedding several decades ago but never got around to a religious ceremony. it was held until the couple's garden. talk about ever lasting love. >> he wasn't so sure. >> see his hand on the forehead. he's like do i really have to do this. i thought i was going to get away with it. >> she told him finally if you like it you have to put a ring on it. >> and did the dance oh oh oh. >> she did the finger thing and he was like

>> the ms-13 gang was founded on the west coast, grew and spread but what is the tie to northern virginia to do with money. to explain better we needed to show you the gang's hot spot and that meant traveling to el salvador more than 3,000 miles away for this special report. this is one of many holding cells in el salvador. it's where ms-13 gang members await their day in court. san salvador is the heart of the world's most notorious gang and it's where we traveled, more than 3,000 miles from virginia where the gangs has run the streets for years. >> we traveled alongside a sergeant from the herndon police department. he escorted her crew through alleys and jail cells few people, much less cameras, have ever seen. >> what we see here we're going to eventually see here. >> reporter: these men are members of antigang tasks for and they covered our every move. what many don't realize is ms-13 is a u.s. made product, if you will, started in l.a., spread to virginia, and then migrated to el solve door. >> where are you from? >> el salvador. >> from el salvador. but you speak english? >> yes. i

parts of northern virginia will be near 90 in a few isolated spots. lots of sunshine with a light wind out of the westd then this evening after we peak in the 80s by midafternoon and bright sunshine, we'll have our temperatures gradually dropping back down into the 70s and then by dawn tomorrow the low 60s and afternoon highs again on thursday, friday and saturday, each day should be hitting the mid-80s. now a look at your storm team 4 seven-day outlook. sunday, now the last couple of days looking like rain on sunday. now that may not come in until monday and then we'll have the cooldown. temperatures on monday and tuesday should be in the 70s with a chance of a few passing showers. i'm back in ten minutes with a hometown forecast. danella, here now looking at first 4 traffic. good morning. >>> good morning, tom. still tracking light volume in our area. that's good news. you always want to hear that, right? head up i-270. easy commute for folks out of frederick, maryland, heading down to rockville. in fact, heading to the beltway, you're clear. a live look shady grove road. northbound and southbound g

west virginia that is trying to work in. what is happening to moisture here in the northern gulf andorh you can see rain showers out to the westre not going to get rainn here, high pressure is off toe s the east. you can see things nis andis dry but we'll get the cloudiness. a partly to mostly sunny day today. temperatures once again again good 10 to 15 degrees above normal. not even a storm but it could become a tropical depression at any one and could be a tropical system, perhaps a tropical storm as it tracks to the north. it'll make land fall sometime this weekend here, somewhere s in western florida. then we're going to watchwat that and it looks like it l wants to track up the eastern seaboard but that could get pulled up with a cold front by early next week and bring us pretty good rain. rai so after a dry september andsept early start to october, maybe we'll get rain around hereund early next week. 87 today. plenty of sun. a warm afternoon. wind out of the east at 5 ea miles an hour, few clouds and mild. there is your seven-day forecast. 87 tomorrow.w right now we'll check showers ce hold off until monday. that may be

activity.acti at 3:00, if you are north andh west, are you still dry, butdry, north and east you are getting pretty good rain. southern maryland and northern virginiayou are getting good rain. and overnight the rain you gets down into the mown taibz ou moun the west and showers tomorrow morning for much of youryr thursday, and coolercoer temperatures here to stay ase ts well.ta we won't be out of the 60s for the next several days. check out the wind, breezy and cool day.cool showers get in later this afternoon. rain likely 5 the overnight lowr and there's the seven-dayn-day forecast, yes, this storm will be a part of our lives rightlis through the beginning of the weekend, it may be sunday when a we tar start to get partial sune and return to sun next week. fall is here. >> i'm glad, too. too. >>> and tony is here. >> i'm happy, good to see you, tucker. >> thank you. don't do ask tony and tucker for the last couple of days. >> you didn't do it. >> and we heard from people. i heard from two people who said that they were thrown off time wise because they didn't hear the to too-too doo-doo ♪ doo- ♪, you know what it's time ask tony and tucker. sorry

good bit to take a drive out west this weekend an take in the fall color. 89, close to 90 degrees tomorrow. the northern virginia temperatures, leesburg to orange, upper 80s. a lot of 90s, too, in neighborhoods around culpeper, orange, fredericksburg. it is going to be hot tomorrow. doing anything outside, remember to hydrate. here's your weekend. it's dry, it's hot. in fact, even on sunday i think we could have just a touch of humidity coming our way on sunday. the high, 87 degrees. feeling like july but all that will be ending after the weekend. notice the 70s stretch all throughout next week. and some cool mornings coming our way as well, as far as monday goes, i do think we could see about an inch and a half of rain out of that weather system. inch and a half, maybe even two. especially if it slows down and stalls. tusi in tuesday looking like the real soggy day for us. >>> coming up in sports, we've got the braves and i got you white chocolate pumpkin. oh, please don't call me "pumpkin." no, white chocolate and pumpkin. oh! pumpkin. ha-ha! pumpkin is back at dunkin' donuts. hurry in for delicious pumpkin co

northern virginia now. 86 for our friends. 87 in culpeper. so we are talking a big-time warmup and also the fall foil i can't imagine. especially back to westirginia. so it may be a good weekend to take a drive towards the mountains. 86 on thursday mpl 88 on friday. the record on saturday is 96. and we are looking at rain for monday and tuesday. hopefully we'll get it then. >> all right. hey, we're going to tell you about an encouraging trend for gas prices. >>> find out where >>> metro tells us tonight the regular weekday schedule will continue, but it will only run six car trains until further notice. >> metro launched a new service giving metro riders another way to contact the metro police. you can now use your cell phones to text information about suspicious activity, unattended bags, panhandling and other nonemergencies. if you have a smart phone, text information to my mtpd from a standard cell phone. if it's an emergency situation, again, call 911. >>> gas prices across our region are heading down. >> news 4's transportation reporter adam tuss is cruising the streets shopping around for you. >> reporter: well, have you noticed gas p

northern new england. moderate color in these areas in orange. the highlands of west virginia.or in shenandoah valley and areas to our west not at peak there yet. a live view from our city camera. sun rises at 7:07. 67 now at reagan national. but look at the humidity. it's up there. you'll feel it when you step out the door. the air is mellow and mild this morning and students at the bus stopwatch out for patchy fog in the rural areas but you'll be comfortable in short sleeves this morning. we'll be in the 60s between now and about 9:00. and then after that, the temperature graph again like a roller coaster today will be soaring into the upper 80s by midafternoon. partly cloudy and rather humid. and then overnight tonight for your friday evening, we'll be right back down into the 70s. and tropical storm karen coming inland, coming ashore perhaps some time late on saturday east of new orleans and then coming up perhaps through the carolinas and close to us by monday. may give us some tropical showers and needed rain. between now and then the summerlike pattern continues through

west coast. it quickly grew and spread. what is the tie to northern virginia? much of it has to do with money. to explain, though, we needed to show you the gang's hotspot. that meant traveling to el salvador. more than 3,000 miles away for this special report. this is one of many holding cells in el salvador. it is where ms-13 gang members await their day in court. it is the heart of the word's most notorious gang and it is where we traveled more than 3,000 miles from virginia where the gang is from the street for years. we traveled lining side sergeant soff from the herndon police department. he escorts our crew through alleys and jail cells few people, much less cameras, have ever seen. >> anything that we see here are eventually going see up will. >> reporter: these are members of the anti-gang task force. they covered our every move. what many don't realize is that ms-13 is a u.s.-made product, started in l.a., spread to virginia, and then migrated to el salvador. where are you from? >> el salvador. >> reporter: you speak english? >> yes. >> taken up there. cell phones, facebook. >> repor

northern virginia, manassas, warrenton and fredericksburg, 88 to 89 degrees. we'll have the short pants on. here is a look at the fall color. most of it in the mountains, eastern areas of west virginia and some of the high spots there around canine valley. weekend looking great. right now we have monday wet, tuesday wet. big umbrella days here. possibility with the morning rush on monday but the afternoon and evening rush could be slow on monday if we get the big rains from karen and the cold front. back to you. >> thanks. >>> in news 4 your health, strides against breast cancer. a new study found that simply going for a walk can signific t significantly reduce a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. woman who walked an hour a day lowered their risk 14%. woman who engaged in an hour of vigorous exercise reduced their breast cancer risk by up to 25%. october is breast cancer awareness month. >> foodie websites could be ruining your appetite. it's according to the journal of consumer psychology. constantly looking at sites like instagram and pinterest may leave you without an appetite. they asked them to look at pictures of food, then gave them peanuts. people who saw sal

right around 5:00 or 6:00, west virginia up through pittsburgh, up to erie and buffalo that's where the heaviest rain will be. later tonight overnight, mostly up in northernby tomorrow morning. and then we'll clear it out for your friday afternoon. so kind of a quick shot of rain. just showers today. pittsburgh to d.c., maybe harder up around buffalo. middle of the country not too bad. a lot of showers. just cloudy. >> so rain in denver, not snow? >> there will be a little bit of a mix. they could see their first snow of the season. >> thank you very much. >>> coming up on "morning joe," senator cruz says the shutdown was worthwhile. some of his colleagues don't agree. we'll break down the winners and losers and how it could impact policy for years to come. and when we come back heerks we'll huddle around the cooler. nearly 1.8 billion views on youtube and now began nam style impacting south korea's tourism strategy. [ horn honks ] [ passenger ] airport, please. what airline? united. [ indian accent ] which airline, sir? [ passenger ] united. whoa taxi! [ british accent ] what airline, then? [ passenger ] united. all right. [ spanish ] what airline? [ pas

to fire up the base, he'll hold a rally in northern virginia with a handful of attorneys general from other states. they'll come from alabama, georgia, west virginia and florida, all to say that the battle is not over. this could be a low turnout race and rallying the base could help him and they're going to continue to fight on obamacare regardless of the outcome of what happens in virginia in a couple of weeks. jenna: a race we'll continue to watch. thank you. jon: mobster sent to jail for the rest of his life but one man who was set to testify against whitey bulger suddenly turned up dead. more about what killed him coming up. plus battling deadly wildfires thousands could now be warned to get to safety. and a doctor on trial for killing his wife. was it an accident or did he carefully plan it? >> he said i'm really concerned about my wife. she gets nauseated easily, she gets anxious and i want to make sure i have everything that i might need in the post operative period to cover her for these issues. life with crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis is a daily game of "what if's". what if my abdominal pain and cramps end our night befor

west. indeed a very blue sky. the further you go across parts of northern virginia.you go over the bay bridge and out to portions of the eastern shore. so do expect an awful lot in the way of cloud cover to be coming back into the picture as we get into tomorrow and the days after nap's the view from our reston camera. looking northbound, that's sugarloaf mountain on the right-hand side of the horizon there. again, notice the blue skies as you're looking northbound. temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s now. will climb into the mid to upper 60s by later on this afternoon with in and out periods of sunshine and some cloudiness, then back down into the 50s by 9:00. what should you expect on your wednesday? a cool, dry morning. cloudy skies back by tomorrow afternoon and a chance for some evening rain drops on your wednesday. and that will lead us to what should be kind of a soggy stretch around here through thursday and friday. when i see you next, we'll talk more about the all-important upcoming weekend. >> never too early to talk about the weekend. >> never. >>>

warning from a line of strong storms that are now sweeping across the northern shenandoah valley into the panhandle of west virginiathunderstorm warnings is in effect until 9:15. could be damaging winds associated with this along with maybe some heavy rain that may cause localized flooding, and we could get more of tha >>> don't forget, you can keep track of your weather any time of the day or night go to the weather channel on cable or weather -- >> weather whatever -- >> weather.com online. savannah. >> all right, al, thank you so much. as part of our education nation initiative we sent jenna bush-hager back into the classroom to learn about some of the issues today's teachers are facing. always good to send a teacher herself. good morning. >> good morning. i liked being back. having been a teacher myself, i know it's a constant juggle between lesson plans and bigger policy issues. i met up with a brand new teacher and a veteran to get their take on some of the challenges. >> reporter: over 3 million public schoolteachers stepped into the classroom this year armed with study aids, signs and smiles. like samantha,

the mid- to upper 80s in washington across northern virginia and the nearby suburbs in maryland by hid afternoon with lots of sunshine coming out of the west. just enough for a down slowed to allow the air to compress and give us hot temperatures by 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. the record for the day is 89 set back in 1986. it will be near that, i think for washington by perhaps around 2:00 or 3 clack. temperatures drop back through the 70s and by dawn tomorrow, the low 60s and we will keep this summer pattern going into thursday, friday, saturday, and again on sunday. each day we will have temperatures reaching the mid 80s. then the first part of next week we will likely get needed rain on monday into monday night and tuesday. should be cooler with highs in the 70s. average high is the low 70s. you can stay in touch and stay connected with me and social media and twitter and facebook and the weather 24-7. download the storm team 4 ap on google play and the itunes store. >> see you again shortly. coming up u the freebies local businesses are offering people affected by the shut down. the groundbreaking moves the pope is making this week. here's a loo

northern rockies, with heavy snow in the lower elevations tonight. showers and thunderstorms across much of the midwest. rain in the lower mississippi valley and southern florida. stray showers from western new york to west virginia. >> boston 74. atlanta, 84. miami, 88. omaha, 80. dallas, 91. albuquerque, 79. boise, 59. portland, 53. 72 in los angeles. >>> a new opportunity for scammers. authorities say con artists are using obama care enrollment to trick people. >>> new this morning, mysterious fire. new questions about the so-called safest car after a video went viral. >>> plus, shot through the heart. a man survives a serious nail gun accident. he's explaining how this happened. >>> welcome back. president obama has heard a loud, clear message from the heads of the top financial institutions. the leaders of goldman sachs, wells fargo and other megabanks expressed concern about the shutdown. but they told the president the biggest concern is the october 17th deadline for raising the nation's debt limit. they told the president failing to do that would be a brick wall on the road to recovery. >>> major warning this morning about scammers and the affordable health care act. the better business bureau warning con

reaching the mid-80s across parts of northern virginia and in the maryland highs reaching just around 80. should peak in the mid to upper 70s around the bay. farther west, shenandoah valley into the mountains, most locations peak in the upper 70s. and after that, we'll see our temperature drop back under a mostly clear sky tonight. should be 70s through the evening. then by midnight should be back down to around 70 degrees under a mostly clear sky. and then by dawn on wednesday, temperatures tomorrow morning should be down to near 60 degrees. afternoon highs on wednesday with lots of sunshine into the mid-80s. we'll keep this warm afternoon, cool morning trend going on thursday with highs reaching low to mid-80s. and on friday as well, although there may be just a few more clouds around, highs reaching the mid-80s. here's your weekend. storm team 4, seven-day outlook on saturday should be partly cloudy, highs reaching the mid-80s. then increasing clouds on sunday, highs reaching around 80 degrees. does look like a pretty good chance for some showers maybe moving in late on sunday afternoon, perhaps into sunday evening, but most of the day sunday right

northern virginia. we have areas of steady rain coming up. could see between one and two inches of rainfall here. no big flooding across the area, but minor river flooding. off to the west, not quite as much wind. the winds could gust to 25, maybe close to 30 miles per hour. that is possible for areas there. western maryland. areas of eastern west virginia. only half to an inch of rain through friday. so again, we're taking you through friday with some of the highest rainfall totals near the coast, near the water, near the bay. so lesser amounts as you head towards the west to the mountains and winds there again could gust up to 20 miles per hour. here's a look at your storm team four-day forecast. likely tomorrow wet weather. likely on friday wet weather. still some showers left around for your saturday. and sunday, it's showers and i think even some drizzle in the area. high temperature for saturday. 66 degrees. we continue with the northeasterly flow. more wet weather, just not quite as heavy. would be a day that could get a little bit of activity squeezed in outside. monday and tuesday of next week, we'll push it back in the 70s. a chance of rain on monday and wedne

west pushing into west virginia and southwesternso virginia, some of that will spill into our area today, not a perfectly sunny day.y day we are tapping into moisture on the northernstorm system i mentioned, they flew in a plane 60-mile per hour winds and we're looking for the advisory packagy shortly. this will become tropical storm karen, and allison it's going to track north up into western florida and it may strengthen over the next 24 hours, it will track likely track for the recommenremnants will track up eastern seaboard.er we may get rain early next week as that storm perks through the region. there's at cue weather seven-dae forecast. 87 this afternoon, and we willwe keep the 80s in the forecast through the end of the weekend, yes,of through the end of thehen weekend, and there are the rain chances next week.es that is the weather forecast,t, allison, now i'm going to toss it over to you and a very special guest? >> gather round, it seems rathe silly to me that we walk the place sherman a and associates when there's no place called sherman. >> and with the addition of -- >> even the clips are reallyally funny. but the fox hit show the mindy project is bac

west, 40s there. tomorrow morning we start with showers in norfolk. we'll take you to midday. the rain still in southeastern virginia trying to creep stormed the northern neck and southern maryland with some showers in the afternoon. but it's going to be tomorrow night. here we are at 9:00. here comes some rain moving in tomorrow night into thursday morning. and with that easterly flow, looks like the drizzle and showers and low clouds and cool temps are going to be around for thursday and friday, possibly extending into the weekend as well. it all depend as where the coastal ends up. 71 degrees, refreshing this afternoon, a mix of clouds and sun. a few upper 40s outside the beltway. tomorrow cool, some showers in the afternoon, especially south of town. high of 65. cool and damp, yellow alert thursday. we've got some rain around, low 60s. some drizzle if not rage, about the same on friday, 65 -- if not rain, about the same on friday, 65. redskins in dallas on sunday. a high locally 68. let's go over to monika samtani. boy, weather is just beating traffic's butt. >>> on i-95 an ongoing situation. multi-vehicle accident happened about annual hour and a

northern rockies. some in the lower elevations as well tonight. snow and thunderstorms across the midwest. lower mississippi valley and southern florida could see rain and stray showers from western new york to west virginia. >> new york 78. baltimore 84. 88 kansas city. 73 minneapolis. 42 billings. 55 salt lake city. colorado springs comes in at 67. sacramento 78. seattle a cool, brisk 60. >>> well, it's that time of the year again. getting ready for halloween and that means pumpkins, of course and in this case a really big one. >> really big one. it is grown in the garden of eddie giorusso. he is an experienced big pumpkin grower and estimates the prized gourd weighs 1300 poumpbds. >> it is entered in the state's competition for the biggest pumpkin that takes place this weekend. he had to make a special reservation on the ferry to move the pumpkin to the mainland. i don't know what the other pumpkins look like but this is a big one. >> i'd like to try that sometime. you must water it nonstop and feeding it miracle grow nonstop. and you have to trim away the other pumpkin so it gets all the nutrients. >> eddie said these were not perfect conditions and there was a lot of rain in the early summer and cool

northern part of that system. forecasters say a storm system could dump more snow on that area before things warm up thanks to mother nature over the weekend. >>> west virginia seeing an inch or two expected across the mountains and good news for people getting ready for west virginia's ski season about a month away. >> or tomorrow, depending on how much snow they have. >>> let's get a look at the rest of the weather and how cold it's going to get. here is chad myers. >> good morning, guys. a cold morning for most of the eastern half of the u.s. this morning. temps in the 40s across a lot of the big cities. new york and it's wayne and cold. boston gusty as well and denver fog. they would like to get wind to blow the fog around this morning and seattle the same story for the airport delays. not major delays across the country and no really big storm systems around but enough to cause 15 to 20-minute delays here. partly cloudy in the midwest and mostly sunny across most of the rest of the country. only 42 in minneapolis and 46 for chicago, 51 kansas city. and 65 in l.a. have a great day. back to you guys. >> you're going to have a great day! >> not a lot of hi