i'm tom sherwood in the newsroom. >>> tom kierein joins us now. more changes in store for the rest of this week, huh? >> i was reading some robert frost this morning. "the road less taken." >> sure. >> i looked out my window, this is what i saw. heading out early this morning, maybe you saw a scene like this. suburbs and rural areas as we were predicting this morning. >> wow. >> yes, it was white with frost. absolutely gorgeous. that was in northern montgomery county this morning. post your pics on facebook, twitter, and instagram. right now clouds passing over the region. storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles coming from those clouds. right along interstate 70 between frederick and hagerstown. most of them, though, are not quite reaching the ground. maybe a few sprinkles right around annapolis right now. and as we look hour by hour, steady in the upper 40s to mid 40s by midnight tonight. and into tomorrow morning. so not as cold tomorrow morning, but you will need a warm coat and gloves. and then an afternoon jacket and an umbrella for thurs

tom sherwood breaks down the battle over money that could affect service. but first, a public hearing with riders slamming metro for a plan to cut back its hours. >> that's right, there's been no shortage of complaints here at metro headquarters today. hundreds of comments filed in writing. and dozens of riders coming here to headquarters to tell leaders in this marathon hearing just how they feel about this proposal to reduce rail hours. you got to remember here the whole idea here is to cut about eight hours per week from the rail side of things so that maintenance crews can get in on the track and but that is not sitting well with a whole lot of people. take a listen to some of the passion that came out of the public hearing already so far today. >> frankly, the proposed cuts are disgraceful. you have many people that are going to be heavily impacted with these decisions if they go through. >> i think it's disgraceful. entity serving the public. contrary to other popular believes, everybody does not work 9:00 to 5:00. >> reporter: the general manager say

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tom sherwood, news 4. the holiday shopping season. the premium outlets are off of i-270. a ribbon cutting occurred this morning. there are 100 stores on two levels. it features a a fountain, fire pit and phone charging station. large crowds are expected these first few days. overflow parking is available at high point farm. >>> still to come tonight, new this time from maintenance workers. why some of thoem them feel they are being bullied to get change back on the tracks. >>> not done with the rain yet. it's mostly moving out of the area. something else is moving in just in time for the weekend. fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. this is your last chance to get super fast 100meg internet, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. forced to break safety rules so maintenance fixes can be done quickly. union members came to head

our tom sherwood is at the event and we'll have much more this afternoon. eun? >> thank you. >>> you're looking at hillary clinton in lake worth, florida. she'll be encouraging voters to vote early. donald trump is up 2 points in that battleground state. clinton is also c 69th birthday today. meanwhile, she's getting support from colin powell. it makes him the latest former bush administration official to reject their party's nominee. >>> well, the gloves came off last night between megyn kelly and former house speaker newt gingrich, supporter of trump. they got into a heated argument predator, that is -- >> he's not a sexual predator. >> that's your opinion. >> you cannot defend that position. >> i'm taking a position on it. >> i'm sick and tired of people like you using language that's inflammatory that's not true. >> at the end of it, megyn kelly said, you can take your anger issues and spend some time working on them, mr. speaker, ends quote. a few words spilled over to out of herself tonight attacking donald trump. watch what happens to her after this elect

tom sherwood, news 4. >>> a lot of talk on spoeshl media and a lot of purple around town today. it's spirit day. it started six years ago by a young woman impacted by suicides among teens. from that time, spirit day has grown into a massive campaign where people and lgbtq youth. >> hopefully a show of force extends to the communities. no excuse for bullying any time. there's a lot of shades of purple out there. >> we have sleeveless dresses because it's 80 degrees out there. it's feeling like fall. you can break out the gloves and scarves and fall fashion you haven't been able to wear this week. tonight, eat outdoors. it might be the last time to do so in quite some time. it's either going to be raining tomorrow night or too windy and too cold on saturday. also want to mention we're doing a facebook live at 4:30. you can jump on and ask us any questions in our weather forecast. your outlook for tomorrow, during the mor it's a nice start to the day. great for another run outside tomorrow morning. i'll be out there. you can still have your lunch outdoors. still looking dry and com

tom sherwood has more now on the steps being taken ahead of selfie or two or encouraged more voting. >> please get out and vote. >> reporter: a group of democratic leaders and nonprofits urged to be aware of voter intimidation at the ballot box and high lited a number to report any problems. >> we have seen nationally and in maryland attempts to stop people from voting. >> reporter: no republicans were invited to be part of this nonpartisan press conference. >> this is not a partisan issue. we do not look at this at all. vote. all eligible voters. regardless of who they vote for. >> lee is one of 40,000 republicans in prince georges. he was working nearby as a poll watcher. >> i really do have a pretty good confidence that we're going to do better this time on voter integrity. we have paper ballots. we don't have the machines that can be easily rigged. >> reporter: all the the >> there's been nothing widespread, but i think even in a state like maryland, certainly there could be the potential for that to be a problem. >> today voters said they were encountering no problems. >> tom sh

tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: metro, a big bonus to the booming regional economy, but metro is sinking under rising costs and declining ridership. the mayor today joined a call for maryland and fund metro. at least be more adegrees nif finding funds to support hundreds of thousands of suburban riders. >> the funders have to come together to make some tough decisions. it's not easy. if it was easy, it would have already been done by now. >> the mayor said she agrees with board chairman jack evans. e he told news 4 one possible proposal service cuts other than during rush hour to the suburbs check so we're calling on them to tighten their belts. >> reporter: riders worried the new silver line and other lines would be affected. >> i wond r how many people it will affect daily. >> it hurts commuters and it's not the visitors. . it's the commuters. >> transportation secretary pushed back on evans' comment see more metro improvements before talking more money. >> then we'll have the conversation about this should be structured and funded. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news 4. >>> she grew up so

tom sherwood, news 4. >>> we got a cold week ahead, is that right? how many days of cold? >> it's going to get quite chilly. the temperature is 66. we're there today. but the rest of the week, at least through friday, will be below that average. most of you will be in the 50s. temperatures out there at 70 degrees. a beautiful afternoon. winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour. those winds gusting upwards of 20 to 35 miles per hour. that makes things cool too. those winds go going to stay up and help temperatures a little bit. we have colder numbers moving in. notice the warmer air down to the south. the cooler air makes its way into the north. back to the blue ridge and back to the valley. start tomorrow. cold enough back here now not too worried, but there could be some frost. that is the valley towards the right. back towards parts of west virginia as well. frosted a vuz ri as temperatures into get into the 30s. wind may help to procollude that frost from forming. but still that's something we'll be seeing a lot more of the next couple days. pleasant around 4:00.

we were aware that when tom sherwood made sure through minute reporting. last year they performed more than 56,000 inspections. as for connecticut avenue, the plan is to add more tow trucks and tow more vehicles during a.m. and p.m. rush. according to a official, just during the 30-minute extnded rush hour in the evening, they have issued nearly 1700 no parking tickets. most of those to d.c. and maryland residents. most of those issues here on connecticut avenue. there are ways to avoid the traffic on the roads. back to you. >> mark segraves, thank you. >>> to our weather now. sunshine today, but there's a change in the air. parts of the area are under a frost advisory. doug is tracking it all from >> we're going to be expected with a cool start after a very nice day today. temperatures today above average. 66 degrees up towards hagerstown. the warmer air to the south. only 61 in state college pop those numbers continuing to fall. frost advisory not in d.c. back towards the valley. but more importantly, tomorrow night that's going to be the real cold night

tom sherwood reports the large turnout made it difficult for some. >> chopper 4 told part of the inside an even longer line as people were anxious to cast ballots on the first day of a week of early voting in maryland. >> why vote? >> for our president and our country. it's important who we have in office. the people that we lkt affect us. >> with reports of a strong turn out all around the state the turnout here caused some concerns. >> didn't v couldn't get to vote. >> long waits of two hours or more had seniors and voters upset there was little accommodation for them. >> i came early to vote. and i'm also disabled. i can't stand. i can't walk very well. early voting is a good idea, but they don't have it organized. >> the site was crowded, but accessible. some chairs were made available to ease the wait. >>> you saw a few of the folks in those lines had umbrellas with them. the rain has been falling across the area. let's get to cheep meteorologist doug kammerer. how long do you think this is going to stick around? >> for the most part, this is all moving out. it will continue to do

tom sherwood will follow this story through the day. >>> early voting is under way in washington as well. additional polling places will open tomorrow. polling place will open in each of the districts wards on friday. they will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. same day voter registration is available. >>> the cnbc poll shows hillary clinton up nine points in a voters. it is one of five polls out in the last 24 hours. one has clinton up double digits and another has a tight race. both candidates are hitting the battleground states today. tracey potts has more. >> we cannot stop for a minute. no complacency here. trump says he can still win. target analysis shows 10 million americans have voted with more democrats at the polls in eight battleground states. more republicans in three. florida is tied. >> they have lines going to the voters polls and booths that are four blocks long in florida. there are a lot of red hats and buttons and trump shirts. >> reporter: the latest poll trump trailing by nine points. >> i don't pay attention to polls when they are good or bad. >> reporter: the ba

. >> tom sherwood is live for us in silver spring. >> you can see behind me there are the lots of choices for the voters and the voters today they were r it was raining part of the day and that probably kept some people away. >> why did you come out in the rain to vote early? >> it's very important to vote. rain or shine. >> i didn't want the crowds. >> reporter: there are crowds some places. >> not here. >> reporter: many voters were anxious to vote on this first day of early voting. >> can i ask you why you came out early to vote in the rain? with. this has been a very, very long election. hopefully the future they will not be this long. >> reporter: whatever their reasons, turnout was reported strong statewide. early voting ends next thursday and could exceed the 430,000 early voters reported in 2012. >> why vote? >> for our president and our country. it's important who we have in offic us. >> there are 70 early voting sites across maryland including ten in montgomery county. voting spokesman march ji said turnover fgs better in part because the polls opened at 8:00 a.m. instead of 10:

tom sherwood reports. >> reporter: a $25 fine for homeowners. $150 for commercial imposed last season. the city actually failed to print any tickets to give out. ward 6 council member charles allen. >> do we have tickets or notices of violations printed up for the sidewalk act? >> reporter: at a council hearing today d.c. public work officials say they do have tickets for this season and they say they are ready for snow with enough working equipment owned and leased. d.c. was caught offguard by a an ice storm and the whole town was gridlocked. we got to get geared up for the big ones but ready for the small ones. >> reporter: the city will experiment with this mini plow for sidewalks and bridges and building a huge road salt facility to more quickly deploy trucks. the city may be preparing for snow but citizens in october an expensive court case and put them out of business. >> thousands of drivers impacted by this road closure. we go behind-the-scenes to show you t chanhege northern virginia, on the issues, barbara comstock and donald trump are the same. comstock and trump promote de

tom sherwood joins with us that story. >> lots of early voting going on in maryland. so far no serious issues reported. at the wayne curry sports complex in prince george where is they kept up a a steady pace in advance of the presidential election. >> that's all you got to do. come out and vote. we got you covered. >> maryland democratic leaders and nonpartisan groups visited the center to encourage turnout and warn against intimidation. >> the right to vote is not only a sacred right, it's a sacred obligation. they stood in fnt >> we do not look at this at all. e we want all voters to vote. >> today voters said they have like that. i had made up my mind before i left home. >> have you had any experiences with voter intimidation or any of your friends. ? >> no, not at all. very pleasant. >> have you heard about it? >> i heard about it on the news. i haven't seen anything like that. >> coming up at 6:00, despite fears of fraud, there's little indication of that too. >> thank you, tom. >>> and we invite you u to make nbc n your hub for all things political. >> police a

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chris gordon, tom sherwood with us. it is a major project. >> they were competing with virginia and d.c. they came up incentive. the county executive teamed up with republican governor larry hogan to come up were a package of incentives. the return will mean $1.8 billion in net and will build in downtown bethesda. >> where in downtown bethesda. even to call it downtown, bethesda used to be a quiet little space, more and more apartment buildings, office buildings, condos. now the whole area will be changed with 30 story buildings. 29 story buildings. where is the marriott going to actually be so we can avoid that neighborhood during the >> it could be anywhere. they will announce next year. that is part of the negotiating. they're trying to get somebody to build a huge, global headquarters. 770,000 square feet that they will lease back. they're working out details, possibly negotiating. >> and they want to tip their hands in the negotiation. >> a lot of people are worried it will be over build like rosslyn. >> it is call

news 4's tom sherwood is here now to explain why. tom? >> well, pat, the hotel is new business here, but for mayor bowser today, it was too much politics. hundreds of protesters briefly blocking the new side entrance to the trump international hotel on pennsylvania avenue. >> i don't like what he represents said. >> reporter: yes, hundreds of protesters but far different from just two years ago when smiling city officials incluing then-council member muri lerks bowser joined trump for the 2014 groundbreaking. today mayor bowser was on the far side of town, a democrat supporting hillary clinton not wanting to be seen with trump. >> i say that i don't want to be involved in donald trump politics. the city will make sure trump pays his taxes here. >> and we also want to make sure that they're paying their fair share of taxes but i always root for d.c. businesses. >> and again, d.c. leaders want the trump hotel to succeed, but his campaign, not so much. this is a heavily democratic city. the democratic candidate gets about 90% of the vote. >>

news4 tom sherwood explores some new equipment expected out on our streets. >> reporter: it kind of looks and bridge access. >> 43 inch blade on it. >> reporter: d.c. council public works chairman tried it out. >> i do hit this? >> turn it. there you go. >> reporter: but she was sad to learn the city is only experimenting with this piece of equipment. >> they only have one of these but it's absolutely fantastic. it makes me realize we need more than these. go down. >> reporter: make sure this season you shovel your walk. coming up at 6:00 the city says it will enforce the sidewalk law with fines if you don't. >>> the race for the white house both campaigns holding rallies in the crucial battleground state of florida. donald trump has back-to-back stops appearing within the past hour in sanford. speaking to supporters he he said now is the last chance to defeat what he calls the establishment. >> in four years you don't have a chance. all these characters that want to run in four years they can forget it. they are wasting their time. you don't have even a little bit of a chance. this is it

tom sherwood, news 4. we rebounded nicely this afternoon into the 50s to even near 630 60 across parts of virginia. storm team 4 tower view looking off to the north. some of the clouds off to our north and west are producing a few sprinkles of light rain, way up here in pennsylvania. a few of them trying to reach the ground here. just to the west of frederick. right near bradock mountain. otherwise we're fredericksburg up to 60 degrees. culpeper at 59. so is manassas. we'll see the clouds coming and going into the afternoon and evening hours. by 10:00 tonight, back down to near 50. upper 40s tomorrow morning. might have a little sun in the morning then the clouds close in by 10:00, the mid 50s and rain likely in the afternoon. we'll have the hour by hour timing on that and a warmer ? i love you but i tell you if you ever lay a hand on me ? >>> music and videos are the source of much of our daily pleasure and entertainment, as we continue our spotlight on do domestic violence, today with our "safe at home"

we have scott mcfarland and tom sherwood to talk about issues that people have been discussing over the last months. we'll start election day. obviously a lot of the conversation is focused on the presidential candidates but there are many other races people around here are thinking about, are concerned about, right? >> watching about it, thinking about it more than people runni issues. how are they affecting candidates elsewhere the ballot. we have a close congressional heavily competitive. i look at maryland's sixth district, one of the closest in the nation in 2014. could it be close as well? all of western maryland and most of montgomery county. john delaney versus amee hober. they will be affected by donald trump for better or worse. >> when he won the primary in the sixth district. he got all votes of all seven of the republican candidates combined together in the primary. i think the tense one cell phone luann bennett challenging barbara comstock. that was held by frank wolf for 34 years. now it has been it goes out to winchester. is that considered northern virginia? >> by some,