sarah winchester was the daughter in law that the guy who founded the winchester rifle company and became fabulously rich. but her husband and child both died. her child died in infancy, her husband died a few years later of tuberculosis. she moved from connecticut out to san jose, california, bought this eight room farm house, and over the next 37 years turned it into this sprawling 161 room victorian labyrinth and if you have taken the tour, it takes two hours to walk through the house. you walk over a mile without stepping outside and you only go through 110 rooms. it's a really bizarre and amazing house, and the story you get on the tour is that she became convinced that her family was cursed by anyone who had ever been killed by a winchester rifle in that she was building the research i found that a lot -- building the house to keep the spirits at bay. as i did the research i found that a lot of that last little bit i told you, i thought, that is not cool. it doesn't track well in the actual historical record. the record suggest something quite different. and this idea of a woman liv

chilly 39 at manassas this hour. 36 at winchester. 42 a martinsburg. frederick 43 degrees.ere.n is 44. not much to shoo odd level cloud here andig today was the day where the winds were extremelyy. we had wind chills and definitely a hang on to your hat day for sure. n the ews is the winds have finally pretty much subside and we're just c seeingm to light winds right now acros ourarea. but we had wind gusts in excess of 50 mile s an hour iome of our neighborhoods. overnight tonight as i mentioned it is t goingo be cold. 34 at quantico. 38 in the city. 31 only at manassas. 32 culpepers. 33 at winchest 32 at frederick and 39 at lo at 24-hour temperature change from last night this hour to right now. and we're anywhere from 6 to 24 degrees colder than we west yeday.so ries and warnings we had a freeze warni in effect. includes louden warren, culpeper. lighter colorst fro expect it ornight tonight and early tomorrow morning in many of our neighborhoods. any typee of vegetation outsiensible or harmed make sure you protect it. really really cold conditions. here's look at next co

there could be a drop or two for winchester or martinsburg today. noeal significant chance of rain around the city this afternoon. most of us could get awayhe without umbrellas. here's future weather. not much of a chance for rain. forecasting 59 later in the afternoon. 46 in winchester, 50 in hagerstown. sun isn't up until 7:32 this morning and these clouds will be breaking up high temperature around 59 degrees. tomorrow looks nicer. hardly a cloud in the sky tomorrow. temperatures will ben the low 40s and then during the afternoon3 tomorrow. you can use our nbc washington app. a custom tailored forecast done on your smartphone so you can go to the app store and download that. also follow me @chuckbell 4 on instagram. i just posted a deo. they were interested in a nap yesterday afternoon. at least one of them the other was trying to keep that from happening. forecast.ur ten day becoming breezy today, becoming sunny tomorrow and becoming warm on wednesday which iswe hal with a high near 70. trick or treat temperatures will be in the upper 50s and lo

the case is being delayed until march because winchester's defense attorney is having health problems. this is the fourth time this trial has been rescheduled. >>> our time is 5:05, today is the first day for supreme court justice brett kavanaugh. doug is joining us from washington, d.c. to tell us what's next for kavanaugh, the court and the co justice brett kavanaugh begins the supreme court this morning. start out by meeting his 8 new colleagues. >> arriving to applause, 8 members of the us supreme court entered the east room of house of solidarity as they watch the 90 justice take his ceremonial oath of office. >> so help me good. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh just listened as the president addressed the bitter fight over this nomination. >> on behalf of our nation i want to apologize to brett and the entire kavanaugh family for the terrible pain and suffering you have been forted to endure. >> i take this office with gratitude, and no bitterness. on the supreme court i'll seek to be a force for stability and unity, my goal to be a great justice for all americans. >> th

we are seeg light showers. 55 in winchester. at this time last night we were already in th upper 30s in some areas. 37 in winchester. we'r 15 to 20 degrees warmer right now in most areahe notice wherehowers are, moderate showers around baltimore. some showers around frederick down towards the warrenton area, and even inside the beltway some light sprinkles. that's really it. this is not af big area riffle, but you can see some more showers to the west.mi clouds strea in. thiss e area we're going to be watching, a little bit of a frontal boundary trying to make its way through here. this one kind of com through tomorrow. i'm watching this one way up here. that's the one that's going to change everything. we've got another nice day. overnight tonight, the clouds, the showers try to move through. 3:00 m., a couple of scattered showers. by early tomorrow morning the showers are gone. the clouds kin of remain, but watch what happens around the noon hour. we start to see more sunshin during about 1:00, 2:00. more sunshine tomorrw even

winchester threatened to arrest the women if they didn't do what they demanded. and winchester's defense attorney is having health problems. >>> this is the fourth time this trial has been rescheduled. >>> the man is in the hospital this morning after falling down a cliff at for can be forth. if unston, he was listed in serious condition. >>> there's word that the muny driver involved on the frightening crash on almost barred street has died. milton james was behind the wheel of that bus when it crossed the median and several lanes of traffic and plowed into a tree and parked van. he died september 24th two weeks half that crash. police have not yet determined the exact cause of the crash but the driver had been praised for his spotless driving record during his 31 years with muni. >>> the time is now 6:36, marriott hotel workers in seattle could join the workers who are on strike, seattle workers just authorized a walk out. employees at more than 20 marriott hotels in 8 cities are now on strike, san francisco workers first walked off the job thursday, the other

for some reason i did do it, then i did do it, now i wish i hadn't done it. 39 degrees in winchester. at least i thought it was funny if no one else. 38 at fort ade. 48 degrees at national airport. school day forecast for kids today, sun's not up until 7:27. watch out. could be kids out at the b stop before the sun is up. it will be chilly so layer up, kids. daily grade for today honestly with sunshinee,ut th b plus. today's high, 58 degrees. the only knockn the day would be an a. it's going to be a little breezy. ack to the breaking news that is making jaws drop onerywhere. so is waking up an instant millionaire. >> yeah, mega millions officials confirming that somebody in south carolina won that massive $1.6 billion mega millions jackpot. the largest in u.s. history. take a look at the numrs here. the mega millions website updated just about 40 minutes ago after it was confirmed that there is a winner. it shows you that estimated mega millions jackpot all the way back down to $ llion. you have another chance to become instantly rich tonight. >> this is the kind of play mega millio m

that's the same at dulles this hour, 55 at winchester, 60 at culpeper. we've got 59 at frederick.t onardt. and a cool 51 to the west and cumb. let's take a look at national 'v temperatures, weot g s routheae will move up across the mida tlgitive a acnds p p th to us into the upperll d 6o0' the . because we've got going a to use mperatur aes l and also be igti, bright aki tu, they're not to going to stickrody aun da re's the8 rada w a debate. on 's a holiday traditi ripachst.on ♪. back a toughout) drawn carriage a peop hle,ol ne ckacdetivity has been drawing otesters who say i i hn old-fashioned holidaycarrge, on lsselestone streets, on todayhe. >> repwhoaorter: he johnny lamber said his horse a took over the tradition seven years ago. his horses bill and bob work together to pull people thought holidays. >> i love theeo p -- we haul. the -- theids becomevery year, the families the horses's smiles on faces does ecryn the 21 century. r >>orter: frederick residents and animal activist a michaelnd stacy boyar have been part o pa grouptesting the carriages heldns in the snow andt mosee

so with me simon winchester, the professor and madman, atlantic, crack at the edge of the world, just a few, all of which were new york times best seller and appeared best and notable book lists. in 2006 mr. winchester was made officer of the order of the british empire by her majesty the queen which is very impress i have to me, i don't know, he looks very modest but he lives in western massachusetts, latest book perfectionist, how precision engineers created the modern world. steven johnson is the best-selling author of ten books, is that right? >> 11. >> 11 now. the queen doesn't know who i am. [laughter] >> you have more twitter followers, i think, you win on that score. just to name a few of them, wonderland, how we got now, where good ideas come from, the ghost map and everything bad is good for you. he's the founder of several influential websites including the online magazine feed, the community site plastic.com and the hyperlocal site outside in. he's the cohost and cocreator of pbs how we got to now, steven lives in california and brooklyn new york, two of my favorite places

winchester is accused of five separate assaults. there are three that happened in san county where he a police if they didn't do what he demanded. the defense attorney is having health problems, and this is the fourth time the trial has been rescheduled. >>> lawyers for dr. christine blasey-ford says she's still getting death threats after accusing brett kavanaugh, the supreme court justice, of sexual assault. she is not going to her home in palo alto. she's back in the bay area, and her lawyers say they don't know where, she testified more than a week ago before the senate judiciary committee. >>> this is the first week brett kavanaugh is on the job. doug, what's next for kavanaugh, the court and congress? good morning. >> reporter: well, the confirmation battle is over here outside of the court, obviously, the partisan warfare that was ignited as a result is going to be us through the midterms and well beyond. arriving to applause, 8 members of the u.s. supreme court entered the white house last night. a show of solidarity as they

look at the numbers. 74 degrees in annapolis. 64leesburg, winchester. 69 now at joint base andryos. forecast for today, clouds around this morning. there's a chance for a sprinkle or two at i-81 in the nex couple ofhours. not much of a threat around the city. afternoon, nto the return of sunshine will bring temperatures into the 80s once again. melissa llet, it's like air conditioning weather here in october. >> isn't thatind of wild? i do like it. i have to tell you. i'm trying to hold onto the heat. joint base andrews outer loop is getting by the work zone there. 270 southbound, nothing in the way there. had the earlier work zone north there just after the spur. that has cleared out of e way well. you can see a tiny bit of a delay still hanging wearound. on't have it reported any longer. 66 and 95, nos probl there through virginia this morning. through prince gorges into town and out of town. nice and green. eun? >> melissa, thayou. rockville police are searching for a man who assaulted a woman overnight. right now police are limiting what they can tell us, but they say the woman

but it is the winchester, that technology comes in after the civil war, think of it as the gun that won the west. african-americans in their armory with 120 rounds of ammo and crummy guns, a comparison to people who come across the bridge from augusta, many of them carrying winchesters and we have strong accounts that they bought the local grocery out of alcohol. so by 6 pm that evening they are well drunk and the folks in the army armory are starting to worry about what will happen. by 6 pm, they opened fire on the armory. they return fire, may be dead or maybe didn't kill one guy, he may have been killed by his own dude. we have no idea. he promised earlier he would kill everybody in the armory and go to heaven and kill jesus christ himself. anyway, meriwether falls, all bets are off and they drank the canon across the bridge from augusta, blowhole in the armory , the militiamen and otherwise escape out the back of the armory, many are captured and carried to the dead ring which is right there. and as it happens, we have surviving witnesses who was in the dead ring that day. one of th

theatest on the wind gusts and you can see they're starting to lminutish atle bit right now but winchester still having windf gusts 46 miles per hour. so noticing the winds this morning and some of you could be dealing with flooded roads in southern maryland. most of southern maryland through southern prince george's coun is under a f

the crash north 85 around winchester looks like it cleared out any problem.ntinue with that northbound push through san jose, and pushing west in through the tri valley and southbound off of 580. 680 slows a bit, still more and 880 holding steady for hayward down toward the dumbarton bridge for the nimitz, passing over the san mateo bridge as well. look at that westbound will be your push across from the east bay to the peninsula, just starting to see over there university, willow and 92 shows some more slowing off both bridges. folks, that will mean 101 gets more traffic as well but no delays into or out of san francisco there. walnut creek interchange back to the morning regular, you expect as well as concord for highway 4 coming off the bay bridge, that's fine but getting to there, southbound 680 slows a bit. so does westbound 80 approaching the carquinez bridge. nice flow just more traffic. we're about 40 minutes from highway 4 down to the backup at the bay bridge toll plaza, getting across toward that span. there is the north bay, no problem for san rafa

couple of hours and it will be rather a blustery day and cooler as well. 39 in howard county. 37 in winchester this morning. a chilly 42 in annapolis. downtown at national airpt, 50 degrees. what to wear for the kids on their school day today, certainly going to needm the w coat. maybe a little hat as well. sweat shirt. also your sunglasses. bright and sunny start to finish. no need to worry about the umbrella until fr more about that coming up in a few. your school day forecast. u sun' at 7:27 this morning so watch out. some kids are out at the bus stops before the sun is up thi time of year. 52 by lunchtime and 58 for those afte. school activiti more about the return of rain chances in time for the weekend with your ten day coming up. >> thank you, chuck. it's now 4:32. back to the b story of the morning. lottery owe fillings alls drew the megamillion numbers for a jackpot of $1.6 billion. the biggest lottery in u.s. history. now we sit back and wait for a confirmed winner. south carolinaosted on its lottery website that a winning jackpot ticket was sold in that state. that has not been conr

rit now it is 37 in winchester. 45 in leesburg. 42 gaithersburg. still 50 at national airport and 50 degrees in annapolis. planning out your day today. plenty of sunshine. northwest winds around 15 to 25 miles an hour. definitely a niceable breeze. only in the mid to upper 50s, it will feel a lot cooler than yesterday. what was major hurricane willa is unraveling itself as it goes through old mexico, new mexico and texas. this whole surge of moisture will be unfortunately coming here just in time for friday night and saturday. with any luck we can get the rain out of here by race day on sunday. you'll be joining eun and i on freedom plaza for the walk to end h.i.v. and the 5k. sometimes inviting the weather guy they think that's going to protecbe us. ready to be wet on saturday no matter what you're doing. future weatr, nothing to worry about today around here. plenty of sunshine. fo tomorrow, honestly, it will be a nice day as well tomorrow but very chilly. cod have somerost on some of the pumpkins early tomorrow morning. not a widespread event bu

. >>> also happening today, a team of paranormal investigators will enter the winchester mystery house in san jose. you can watch live as project dead zone streams their walk-through looking for spirits. this video is posted to twitter, a little taste of what you might expect. at 7:00 tonight, xfinity will broadcast the investigation on its twitter page. >> they think they will. remember when bob was out there one year? >> i was out there last year. we did the entire show "today in the bay" out there live in front of it, and it was spooky. remember, our signal was lost. >> bob's signal kept breaking up at weird times. >> don't for get to watch. right now we're watching the forecast. >> yeah, it's going to be another great day, not as hot and that's some good news and not as windy as well. tack a look at the numbers your he going to feel and temperatures as you get ready to head out the door. it is chilly in santa rosa. only 41 degrees. it's 43 in napa. ready yesterday you're walking out the door in the 60s? take a look at how much cooler it is now compared to yesterday at this time. 18

winchester is accused in five separate assaults. of them allegedly happened in san mateo in 2015. two of them happened in 2013 in sacramento county. winchester once worked at the community college police officer. prosecutors say that he threatened to arrest the women if they did not do what he demanded that the case is being delayed until march because winchester defense attorney is having health problems. >>> a man in the hospital after falling down a cliff. san francisco fire rescue teams spent half hour saving him. he was taken to the hospital and he was in serious condition. >>> word that the driver involved in a terrible crash on lombard street in some physical has died. melton james was driving this bus. it crossed the median and several lanes of traffic before plowing into the building, a tree, and a parked van. according to the examiner, esther james died september 24, two weeks after the crash. police have not determined the cause of the crash. the driver had been praised for his spotless driving record during his 31 years

winchester you're 30.insbg 31. hagerstown is going up.e so that's rolling up the 43 degrees. what's all this blue stuff on the map? wl, this is a freeze warning. it's in place until 10:00 a.m. this morning back off to the o alstf us, western suburi just so .ready freezindg there so it verifies. frost advisory in place up a down i-95 from d.c. back up to baltimore and then philly as well.southern maryland includedn this as well and temperatures in some casesre a at the frostp. high pressure in control so we're really good the go. i think a lot of blue sky today. there could be a little cloud here or a cloud there. most of ithould be high and thin stuff. about h, high pressure stays in control and it's going to give us temperatures in the upper 50's. some below 60's possible down to the southitsuh wt iw ab loutt picture. erin is over here she's making comments. not windy. she's welcomee. any tim 59 degrees f high today andtomot 10re degoes twe'll start off a r warm tomorrow and since i haveds about 27 s here, i'll go ahead and skip forward

i've got areas like frederick and winchester around 40 degrees on sunday moaning. of showers on monday and then another little batch of cooler air moving in. fall definitely arrives after michael moves out. >> okay. we better get ready. thank you, doug. >>> coming up, the stars come s in onight for the c their stanley cup final retch. their stanley cup final retch. >>poma when the nra tried to overturn maryland's assault-weapons ban, attorney general brian frosh led the fight to stop them, defending our gun safety laws to protect the people of maryland. attorney general brian frosh. >>> this is the xfinity sports desk. >> w night for the caps. ovie and kuzi, what a night. he was looking ridiculous out ther >> kind of scary right now. kind of scary right now. nd last time washington vegas shared the ice, caps were skating around the rink in vegas with the stanley cup. fast forward four months, some of the faces have changed, but for the most part, these two teams look similar to the ones that took the ice in game five. ca coming off asix-day layoff, enter the game h

going to be a little slower to fall tonight because of the clouds but we're down to 50 degrees at winchesterry cold in all of these regions last night with, again, the wideread frost and freeze. n51ow.f anpolis coming i at 12 degrees below average and th, so e ti lhe tom torrow.tthainontnis fillingds have hi generay theyutin wille get ctyeicof ther a rain i already g omof p tin an ndwrrt anoicoicaswite of mexica ha night-saturdnkllve etonight. 9 o'clock 49 degrees, by 11 o'clock 47 degr ws and ning will be nhtt our w mor but high pressure will give ground and that' o wsheoing to e coming ins the ente so, as this afternoon rain clooer lrain tapering offer to s as we head on through the weekend andmp some iving news on our seven-dayt forecast. alof just ahead for you. mari and jim, back to you. >> still ahe gh tech new shoe that could be the solution to preventing dozens ofed sports rel injuries. >> and later, this is weird, a bizarreidecret i one of populare parks. take a guess which one we'ou wt going to say there's more than fairy dust spread around disney world. >> first, more money on the

according to a report in the salisbury and winchester journal, "interest quickened when the auctioneerding for a national treasure. so, richard, do you know how far your grandfather was prepared to go? well, he went to six five. in other words, that was what was in his purse. and the successful bidder was cecil chubb because the hammer fell at £6,600. cecil had bought stonehenge the £6,600 - the equivalent of nearly £500,000 in today's money. three years later, he'd gift it to the nation. so he buys it in auction in 1915, and in october 1918, that's when he hands it over to the ministry of works, in effect, which is the government department looking after the state monuments. immediately, when the government took it over, they did a survey of the site and they set in train a really big programme of restoration and excavation to try and restore some of the stones upright. a special handing over ceremony took place, and chubb received a knighthood, gaining the local nickname ‘viscount stonehenge'. what if he hadn't done what he did? how would stonehenge be now? it's a really interesting

winchester seeing light to moderate rain. here's tropical stormicel.ately this is going to be its track. it kind of scoots out to sea just south of us. here's the cold front back to the gest. these ang to kind of come together and push out to sea early tomorrow morning. when i say early, i mean like 2:00 a.m. on your friday. before w get t friday morning, here's your thursday night. here's where that heavy rain is moving in.t' i think going to get here a little earlier, about 4:00, 5:00 p.m. you get the idea. as we move towards 7:00 p.m., take a look. we're talking about heavy along and east of 95. look at the bright colors there. 2 to 4 inches of rain i possible east of 95. areas back to the north and west, onlyh.bout an i that includes most of the metro region. so that means cooler tomorrow for your friday as that front moves through. temperatures ithe 60s. a lot of us only in the 50s on saturday. we stay in the 60s for sunday and monday. here's that ten-day forecast. again, breezy out there tomorrow. that 64 is going to feel a little cooler. umbrell

>> what we know about tonight, it's goingdo be a c night, already there. 37, gaithersburg. 32, winchester, 39 in culpepper. yeah, frost advisory for some across.he ar cold start tomorrow, and we're tracking that nor'easter. tracking that nor'easter. i'll explain wha spanberger: i'm abwhen dave brater, and i appwent to congress,. he went washington. [ camera shutter clicks ] while virginians struggle with rising drug prices, brat's taken thousands from pharmaceutical, insurance, and other health care companies, voting them billions in tax breaks while voting against lowering the cost of prescriptions and voting against protections for pre-existing conditions for the people he represents. brat serves his donors' interests. we need someone who's for us. >>> there is a new investigation into the catholic church tonight. virginia's attorney general says he will investigate possible sexual abuse by clergy in the commonwealth. he joins both d.c. and marylandr attorneys g investigating the church now. the virginia a.g. says heto wan know if priests abused children and tried to cover it up. he say

adam smith from winchester in hampshire took part in a white—collar event in southampton last year. after the fight, he complained of a headache and was given painkillers but he went on to suffer two strokes. i had, like, no movement, i couldn't speak, couldn't write or anything, to say what i was feeling. my wife katie and both parents were all told to be prepared for the worst. a quick operation saved his life, but day—to—day life is still a battle. every day it's like a different challenge. trying to read the kids their bedtime stories, obviously it's just a children's book that's quite simple. a lot of people don't realise the effects that the stroke actually has on people. it's always going to be a struggle for quite a while. adam only discovered after the fight that his opponent, although a similar age and weight, had several years‘ kick boxing and mixed martial arts experience. that's exactly the kind of mis—match that community boxing trainer marcellus baz, from nottingham, raised concerns about in our piece last year. now england boxing is looking at setting up its own regu

down through the 50s back to the west. 59 winchester and over towards martinsburg area. 65 in hagerstown 69 towards the patuxent river. nothing on the radar and we will be dry. this will be the trend that we've all been waiting for. dryer air finally moving in. yes we do haveha ce of storms coming up on tuesday, but that's it. i want to show you satellite radar. you notice not much going on ou area at all. and the clouds and the rain way up towards the north. and back to. the we this is what we need. we have been so wet. matter of fa, septemberlose to 10 inches of rain. 40 inches of rain, or cleese close to it since may. you know it's been on the west side for sure. but finally, a pattern change is coming. th has been the change right here. a nice little trough across the east that has kept us on the warm and wet side. temperatures well above average. but precipitation, rainfalle wel ab average too. we've been hot and dry back towards places like denver and phoenix. this whole thing begins to shift. the jet stream movk to the west. the big trough way back to the elwest. so hey to denver

by 7:00 a.m.,eang to church, 35, gaithersburg, 35 in winchester.rence between tomorrow and syunnd a a lot more suay. high of only 55. 57, morning frost again on monday. tuesday, coming in with a temperature of 66. ight backand down and r up. >> thank you, doug. >>> well, don't you hate when this happens? this isn't the way someone wanted to start the day. this is a wild scene after the suv lost control and smashed into restaurant. >>> a man is shot and killed while allegedly stealin from inside someone's home. was this shooting justified? a >>> and mold problem in aic publ housing facility for seniors. what one tenant who is woirth his health showed us and what the housing ahority saidut at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future whenng for prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number one newborn and giving paren upeace of. in the country.ts it's less recovering in our bed, and more jumping on yours. stronger is standing out and standing proud. because we

working in le louisville, winchester, all around the surrounding area. guys want to come home, too, and work in the area. with the ng that school and the jobs we're creating, will bring industry in and we'll all flourish, bring it on. [applause] >> thank you. i saw firsthand eric is and the work that he does and the so ruction he's given to many in that facility, really amazing. stasia, i met you in houston training is currently to be an apprentice and is valdiva isedictorian of her class, career as a rd to pipe fitter. i should mention, you are a marine corps veteran. would you share your story with us, sasha? >> my name is sasha from houston, texas, proud mother of boys and i'm a marine corps veteran. also a marine. following my career in the myself orps, i found unemployed working dead-end jobs. i was looking for something more job. just a i wanted a career. i was approached by snb for winners apprenticeship program. kind of ime, i was discouraged because the only not an industry that has a lot of respect for women and has a lot of respect for females

for us, it is only in this area down mort martinsburg and winchester. an area to the west is comingn throughe next couple hours. and you will notice a tornado watch for muchte of the s of pennsylvania. numerous tornado warnings there and we have h t anado in the erie area, back to the west,ac ng this region right here. it will continue to move our way through the next couple hours. it could be a rougho of things especially from d.c. north and westward. much more on this. we'll time it out. andomehind it forrow and the rest week coming up. >>> now to the judge brett kavanaugh controversy. nbc news has learned the h fbi no plans to interview dr. christine blasey ford who made the initial accusation of sexual misconduct. >> although white house agreed to expand the list of potenti witnesses, some areas are still believed to be off limits. >> when they consider whether to vote for confirmation, a lot may come down to corroboration versus credibility. blayne? >> reporr: so pat and leon, certainly a lot going on. republicans want to vote immediately on this b

take a look at it 39 here in d.c. 43 iannapolis, but winchester coming in at 28 degrees. it's ahilly start out there. anyway you want to cut it. the sun coming up at 7:00. sunshine out there today but i did see we have some video of some frost on cars.ou maybe leaveelf some extra time this morning. we're only warming into the mid upper 50s out there today. will it be windy today? no. especiallyth compared t weekend. do we have any warm ups this week? one. and that's tomorrow. do we have any rain for the weekend? yes. we could see some rain for this weekend and we're talking about saturday or sundee. this pretty quite after we warm up on tuesday. it becomes breezy on wednesday but take a look at this. da saturday and s we have some rain and it's going to be chilly rain headed our way a cold front moving through our area. we'll talk more about the weekend coming up,ut let's talk about traffic. >> good morning. brand new problem here 14th street at allison, all lanes blocked by a crash. i called police and they don't have much mormation than that. we'll try to get an update

it will start dry, but it is cold this morning. 36 in winchester and front ro l. 41 degrees in brandy wine maryland. 45 in washington. sun at 7:30 this morning and cloudy by lunch time and rain ances going up quickly once we get past 3:00 or 4:00 in the ternoon. you can always use your nbc washington app. use the interactive radar feature and watch the rain drops as they move into your friday afternoon. melissa, what's going on in first four traffic. >> outer loop here, you can see chopper 4 over this crash blocking a middle lane now on the right shoulder. so y can see that slow down approaching the situation. nothing in the way now so tt's good. 720, northbound, southbound, and taking a look at 66, fairfax county parkway to the belt loop. going about 60iles per hour. thank you, a new development in the investigation into those explosive packages mailed across the country. >> they forced evacuations at offices a news organizations from california to right here in washington d.c. now investigators are closing in on the location they believe the packages are coming from. >> the investig

it will start dry, but it is cold this morning. 36 in winchester and front ro l. 41 degrees in

by 9:00, 10:00, a little better chance for showers, winchester to martinsberg a that little broken linerain showers comes into the d.c. metro area. don't plan on a lot of rain. we don't need it. wo we're more than 20 incheshead of last year. a lot of clouds around with that fronthe hanging in area but it doesn't have a lot of moisture so no more than a little drizzle n your saturday and back to sunshine on sunday. >> airport security taken to the next level. the country now requiring visitors to give up phone passwords? >> aewnd in this accident on 0,i-27 cancer is smart. it pushes us. we push back. challenging conventional thinking. erfi intrg eandtmarentet smcentluerrf erica one of the leadersin prec. using tools like advanced genomic testing and immunotherapy to bring more options to our patients. cancer treatment centers of america. we're not figing catsncmaerrt ainnyg ori. visit cancercenter.com/outsmart earn more. >>> police would not release the namenf the perho died in this crash, but maholand high has. >> the principal at northwest high school inan gewn said it was 17-year-old

this is north 85 past highway 17 before winchester. a solid line of traffic with a little break in between. more traffic in the northbound direction as well. you may want to try highway 17 if you can to avoid this or take the 101 route around the problem. >>> coming up next, john cox in studio to talk to us live abo california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent. ♪ ♪ ♪ the holidays begin here at the disneyland resort. >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist frances dinlasan. willa has winds of 155 miles per hour. it will still be strong tomorrow but weaken quickly as it makes its way inland, heading towards texas wednesday

winchester, laray. they're not going to make it to the washingtonar . 63 in leesburg, 69 incoquan your forecast planner for today, after clouds this morning, we'll get back to sunshine. in the low 80s f afternoon highs later on in the day. more warm air where that cam from, melissa. you can follow the latest forecast on the nbc washington app. >>> silver spring here, chopper 4 over a brand-new problem. o minor crash the right side of the roadway. things aren't slowing too much. if weave any response, that could change here pretty soon. eastbound 66 before sudley, still seeing the delays building heavily. if you have another favorite alternate, you might want to do that for the next 40inutes til this gets completely cleared outy. of the southern avenue. inner loop and outer op, the rest of the beltway is looking good. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 6:01. modeveloping this ing, the fbi says it may wrap up the fbi's background investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh soon. >> they say the in

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toward winchester, temperatures in the 20s. a cold ttartthe day. plenty of sunshine.that allowed the temperatures to warm. we're about 10 degrees below average. 57 degrees. notice the wind direction out of the south. any time we're out of the south, it is a warmer wind. that means we'll be a lot warmer than we were. don't about a frost or freeze. back to 62.n 25 petersburg, west virginia. back to the west, it is trying to move our way. close to 60 toward president thn presthe. a cool day for sure, jacket weather with the sunshine. rain to talk about. n across have much r the entire country. very tranquil from denvero d.c. the only exception, around the dallas area. they've been getting hammered. they'll see a more a hurricane make its way intos. te that eventually moves our way for later thiseek. that's something we'll be watching very closely. 72 in st. louis. we'll be on the chilly side again tonight. 49. average low is it will be close. temperature around 47 there. so of the coldest spots, 39 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, not bad.zy breend nice. a really nice tuesda

we've seen it 20 to 30 miles an hour. 48 in winchester. we're going t cool fatherly efficiently overnight. that means a chilly start to morning. the average is up near 36 degrees. this will come a lot more often. we'll see a nice wm trend. right now, nothing out there. we did see a couple of showers earlier today. all you have to do is take a look at the map and y s can one little storm. look at the larger area. the larger movement here. that's the trough of low pressure that's around our area. ecause of that, we saw the clouds and showers. and even some lake effect shower activity. no snow there. looking at the webcams. 4,500 feet. it was snowing there during the day. if you're a snow lover, that's coming. the cooler weather has been to the east. denver, colorado. they're at 79. tomorrow, 39 and snow. any time cool weather moved to the west. we've see the nice weather coming out of the south. that what we would get. tuesday, wednesday, thursday. we're talking mid 70s during the sday.h tomorrow, a chilly one. it will be a chilly start. sun

winchester, hagerstown 68 and 77 respecti respectively. warm outside but the cuds will start to move back in from the west to east. tomorrow 86, plenty of sunshine, morning clouds but we'll see the breaks later on throughout the evening. 80s will continue until thursday. thursday the frontal boundary comes across, temperatures high in the 60s, lows in the 40 waiting for a liver transplant.. will die waiting. don't wait. find out about living-donor liver transplants at upmc today. living-donor liver transplants mean less waiting and better outcomes. upmc is the nation's leader in living-donor liver transplants. so, why wait for a liver transplant? call upmc today. upmc. life changing medicine [dave] megawatt, how do i lower my novec electric bill? [megawatt] according to the savings tips on novec.com, you could save up to 300 dollars per year by using a srt thermostat. keep it set at 68 degrees for heating when you are home and lower it several degrees when you are away. [dave]otta shave that bill. [megawatt] dave, you know i depend on elec

theatest on the wind gusts and you can see they're starting to lminutish atle bit right now but winchester still having windf gusts 46 miles per hour. so noticing the winds this morning and some of you could be dealing with flooded roads in southern maryland. most of southern maryland through southern prince george's coun is under a flood warning until about 10:00 a.m. this morning. you never want to drive-thru a flooded road. boom line, gra the jacket this morning. wh a massive temperature change. yesterday in the mid 70s. today we're around 60 degrees. >> i felt it this morning. no in northwest, it looks different now and we still have river road and branches down as we're trying to get out of the way.he looks likere making process. haso, outbound canal and it's okay and might be an issue. you can divert the southbound. >> team coverage following that windy and rainy night. >> there's an mess many of our roads. chris is live in northwest d.c. with more. what's the situation where you are. >> potentially some very good news for commuters that take river road. let me show you what's happen

these the windchills. 8: tonight, not a big deal. 48, winchester. even by around11:00 tonight, 52, d.c., not bad. the win start picking up. by 8:00 a.m. tomo,ow, gaithersburg. 35 in leesburg, 38, manassas. that's almost half of where we are now. right now it will feel like 35 tomorrrning. it will be a cold day and a cold time at the bus stop. 52 by recess andsunshine. cool all day. highs in the 50s as we make our way into the afrnoon. i think even colder on thursday. that will allow for some areas and then yes, the nor'easter. friday night into saturday. still looking like a good chance of that. early on saturday. we'll take a c muchser look at your weekend. saturday or sunday. a lot of events going on. >> all right. thank you. >> if you're parent, it goes without saying. you want your child to have a better life. >> today, news4 today. >> how would you like to live like madonna for a night? i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me. many of them worry abou

so 30s and 40s to get you going. 36 in winchester. 39 egleesburg. 50es in beverly beach maryland by theat to wear? have your warm coat, your hat, your sunglasses as well even a jacket because it will stay chilly. 40s now only getting into the mid and upper 50s for daytime highs today. certainly not going to be anywhere near as warm as yesterday. rrow morning a chance for some frost early tomorrow and then another mostly sny and cool day but that will turn into a rain chance aset we into friday and saturday. i will have a complete forecast on ourbc washington app. what was hurricane willa could bring us 1 t 3 inches of rain friday night and then into saturday. a lot of rain flight into saturday. sunday the rain tapers back to just showers. that isarine corps marathon day. melissa mollet, could be a little showery for the runners. >> i thought you were going to ask if i was going to run. you know the that. not happening. ainso wishr t i were. they have a crash at the inner loop of the beltway. take a look at the slowdown. it really starts as y're approaching the woodrow wilson bridge for

we have a frost advisory for those areas shaded in blue. 28 in winchester. d.c. at 3 degrees but you can see it's a chilly start anywhere around the area. as we go into the morning, the sun coming up around 7:00. g it's nng to warm us up too much throughout the day today. those temperatures in the mid to upper 50s today. you may want to grab the winter accessories as you head out the morning.s now might want to make sure that you know where the ice scraper is.gh now, good morning melissa. >> taking a look at the roads, chopper 4 showing southbound bw 410.ay befor you have the right side blocked hicle.t disabled that's southbound before 197 so slhe downs tre this morning. northbound west, 14th street at allison. lanes blocked by a crash there. police not giving us too much more than the closure. inbound, 11th street bridge, ef crash in the lane and as you zoom out and take a look at the beltway, oobeltwayng pretty good. >> 602 now. two major developing storiesth morning, both dealing with safety at schools. >> late last night we received word threats were made aga

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so that's not too bad. 61 currentlyn winchester and 61 in baltore. 68 annapolis. making your plans tet outside and enjoy your monday. mostly sunny. midy 70s noontime. afternoon highs up around 80 degrees. you could get the car washed today if you wanted to tak your chances as the official recommendation. dry weather for we're watching out for that chance of showers tomorrow. this is 8:00 tuesday morning. no rain for the morning commutew tomo 4:00 in the afternoon up near bout 7:00 or 8:00 in the evening. there will be a 40% chance of a shower or thunder shower coming your way. no severe weather expected. probably the only way to make sure that you're going to get ined on tomorrow is to watch today. you.huck bell thank it's 6:21. getting children to pitch in around the houseghan be t work. >> three kids. everybody has to pull their weight. but managing theirre c and allowance shouldn't be all that hard. coming up the technology now available to help you sort it out. plus the pot, manomac can be beautiful but dangerous as well. a man had to be rescued from it. what

the university of winchester.to meet students who have been in care and talk about a new programme aimed to help them succeed. so the care leavers covenant is about bringing people together, bringing firms together, universities — like today — government, local government, everybody. i'm actually a care leaver and we know that many looked—after children face obstacles. why are you only doing this now? you're quite right, ashley. i think it's an important landmark moment of talking about helping those young people getting into the world of work, bringing people together — firms, universities, local councils — everybody, to say, what more can we do? currently, 40% of young care leavers are not in education or training. that's compared to 13% for this age group overall. these care leavers have broken the mould to make it to university, and they welcome the new plans. er...it sounds great on paper. once i see it actually taking action, i think that's when i'll believe it. i think, as care leavers, we're used to being

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