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Im having a hard time getting through this. Why does this have to happen . At this point, no word on what may have sparked that fire. P pat collins will have more on the victims and investigation in our next hour. Back to you. Weapon de, thank you. First at 4 00, the video that has everybody talking. We just learned a close connection to our area a day after this video of a scary abduction went public. Coming up in about 15 minutes, well show you the investigation of an abduction in philadelphia just spread much closer to the washington area. Voters still have time to get to polls across the area with some Big Decisions at stake today. D. C. Voters will choose a new mayor. There are six candidates including d. C. Council members, Muriel Bowser and david catania. Schwartz is making her fifth run. Three Council Seats are up for grabs and for the first time ever, d. C. Voters will select an attorney general. In maryland, the race for the states next governor. Voters at the polls deciding there who they want to replace outgoing governor martin omall omalley. Lieutenant governor Anthony Brown or republican larry hogan. And there are two big races to watch in virginia in the u. S. Senate. Incumbent democrat mark warner is facing off against ed gillespie and libertarian robert sar advice and come stock is running against john faust for the seat in the house. We have Team Coverage of election day. Lets get started with Northern Virginia bureau chief julie carey in mclean. Reporter im at the polling place. You can see republicans and democrats doing a last bit of pitching. This precinct is in mclean and that is in the tenth Congressional District where we will closely be watching that race tonight between republican Barbara Comstock and Democrat John faust. The first time in more than 30 years a new member of congress will be elected out of this district. We started our day out in another part of the tenth Congressional District out in ashburn. We were at Belmont Ridge middle school. There are two precincts there, so its usually a busy polling place. I talked to a member of the assembly started at the polls just before 6 00 this morning and said there were 40 people lined up ready to go in as soon as the doors opened. I talked to registrars both in loudoun and Fairfax County and they described turnout as steady, not heavy. At midday, they saw between 10 and 20 of the registered voters come in. They hope to reach between 40 and 50 by the time the polls close tonight at 7 00 p. M. Coming up on news4 at 5 00, well talk to voters out there in Loudoun County about those two marquis race. Were focused on the u. S. Senate race and the tenth district congressional race. From mclean, im julie carey, news4. Thanks, julie. Were closely watching the race for marylands next governor. Chris gordon is live it at the polling station at Largo High School with more. Chris . Reporter good afternoon. You see more voters are showing up now that work is ending and people are coming here before dinner. We expect the rush this evening. Prince georges county is considered primarily democratic, but the maryland governors race is no sure thing. Republican candidate larry hogan campaigned here heavily, and his father served as county executive and representative to the u. S. Congress decades ago. It is also important to remember that Prince Georges County is home to the democratic candidate, Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown. Here in Prince Georges County, the majority of voters we spoke with today cast their ballots for Anthony Brown. I voted for brown. Why . Because i like the executive to continue with what they were doing for the past eight years. Reporter at Leisure World in silver spring, lifelong democrat debby shankman voted for republican larry hogan today. Well, i did something ive never done before. I voted republican, because i wasnt happy with brown. So i voted for hogan. Reporter martin omalley, who is term limited and moving on is working to make his Lieutenant Governor, Anthony Brown, his successor. Does it surprise you this governors race is as tight as the polls indicate it may be . Not really. Having been through this a couple of times, chris. I mean, in my two races for governor, the polls appeared to narrow before the final decision. Reporter you can have an impact on the final decision if you havent voted yet. Maryland polls stay open until 8 00 p. M. Thats the latest live at Largo High School, chris gordon, news4. A potentially serious voting problem was averted in the district. Election Officials Say four electronic polling books were stolen overnight from Davis Elementary school, a polling site in southeast. The devices are used to check people in. They were replaced before voting got started this morning. Election Officials Say no personal information was compromised. The news4 iteam is tracking issues. If you see problems, call 2028854444. Tweet nbc4iteam or send an email to tips news4iteam. Com. D. C. Police are searching for a driver now who hit a pedestrian and took off after 1 00 this afternoon at the intersection of new york avenue and blade ensburg road in northeast. The man hit has serious injuries but is expected to recover. Witnesses tell police they think the car that hit the man was a taxi. The car and driver still havent been found. We are learning new information about how an accused criminal escaped from a d. C. Mental facility. Kenneth clayton was being held for assault and other charges. He escaped from the Psychiatric Institute of washington yesterday morning. We just shared his picture on our Facebook Page again as the search for him continues. We just found out he got out of a back door in an area where Privacy Restrictions keep police out. Turning to ow our weather now, a beautiful past few days, but its not going to last much longer. Storm team 4 meteorologist Veronica Johnson has the rest of that story from the weather center. Hey, veronica. Hey, guys. Already the clouds got us today, but its been terrific voting weather today. Any time its dry, thats terrific, right . Yeah. But, again, the clouds have got us, and we do have areas with a south easterly wind that are much cooler than other locations. Look at this, 60 degrees, pax river, your cool spot. 70 in leesburg. 73 in frederick, maryland, and mt. Eerie, everywhere its cloud cover across the area now and we expect most clouds to be hanging tough throughout the overnight period. So maybe a little tough to see those meteor showers. Dry on the radar. Evening voting, we drop to the low 60s. And yes, were talking about rain. Ill show when it moves in and how much your neighborhood could get, coming up. Screening inside an airplane cabin. Well tell you about the bizarre incident that injured crew members just moments after takeoff. Plus, so much at stake. Well break down the potential power shift that could happen in this election that could impact our country for years. And one of the countrys most Popular Airlines now accused of shoddy maintenance work. The big new concerns now about your safety in the skies. Were coming right back. She did as a legislator, doors, hoping yoBarbara Comstocke. Pushed bills benefiting her special interest client, then failed to disclose she was paid thousands by that same client, failed to disclose 85,000 in extra compensation. The Washington Post called comstocks behavior an apparent breach of congressional ethics. We just cant trust Barbara Comstock. Patriot majority usa is responsible for the content of this advertising. Political control of the u. S. Senate is in the balance right now. And depends on the decisions of voters in three dozen states. Polling has been favoring republicans who have fewer seats to defend. News4s Aaron Gilchrist explains whats at stake. There are 36 seats in 33 states up for grabs right now. Seven in states where democrats are retiring, and president obama lost in 2012. West virginia is the one closest to us. Shelly moore kippito is the favorite to become the first republican senator in more than 50 years. South dakota and montana are also favored to go red. Heres how we expect the races to shake out today. In order for democrats to win, theyll have to hold off republicans in New Hampshire, North Carolina and a majority of the eight other battleground states that you see here in purple. Now if its close, they have a builtin advantage, too. The two independence in congress currently caucus with democrats, and that could tip the balance. And if the republicans gain just five seats, the senate is tied with Vice President joe biden, the tiebreaker in favor of democrats. Now, no matter what happens today, it could be months before we hear some final results. If no candidates win 50 of louisiana and georgia here, well then those states could go to runoff elections. Louisiana is in december and georgia is not until january of 2015. Im Aaron Gilchrist. News4. By now you know some of the big races across the country and here at home. But there are also some that impact your community. That includes a transportation referendum in Fairfax County, the first ever race for county executive in frederick, maryland. And a contentious race for mayor in leesburg. Its a mystery that has captured the nations attention. Now this National Story comes to our backyard as the investigation into a womans frightening disappearance. Her abduction inches closer to this area. Please give her back. Please give her back. Now at 4 15, new developments in the heartstopping abduction of a woman caught on surveillance video. Yeah, this happened in philadelphia sunday night and now we learned the suspect has been seen in maryland. Heres news4s Barbara Harrison in the studio. Pat, jim, the victims name in this case is car lescha Freeland Gaither, she is a nurse at the Presbyterian Hospital in philadelphia. We learned her credit card was used at a bank in aberdeen, maryland, on monday morning by a man with a similar description to the suspect. Thats about 100 miles north of where Freeland Gaither grew up, 75 miles south of the philadelphia neighborhood where she was living with relatives. She went to philadelphia to pursue a nursing career. Sunday night she was walking home from a party for her godson when she was grabbed. Police arent sure she knew the man. She kicked out both back windows of the car, trying to escape. Today her family pleaded for her return to philadelphia, calling her a fighter. Please give her back. Just please give her back. Please. Just release her. Were not asking for anything else. Again, like i said before, if anything, we want Somebody Just get me, not here. I got you, just come home. Just come home. I love you so much. I love you. Everybody loves you. Everybody loves you. Police have interviewed her boyfriend in philadelphia and exboyfriend in maryland. Neither is considered a suspect. Philly police are now working with Maryland State Police and the fbi, and there is a 45,000 reward in this case. Jim . Pat . Thanks, barbara. First at 4 00, we have learned a 7yearold man was hit and killed crossing the street in silver spring. Police say he was hit crossing New Hampshire avenue at randolph road this morning. The driver stayed at the scene. Its not clear if he was in the crosswalk when he was hit shortly before 5 00 a. M. Were learning more about violent turbulence that affected an air France Flight from paris to new york. Flight 006 was forced to turn around after severe turbulence injured three crew members in the skies over northern england. The flight landed safely. Injured crew members were treated for concussions. No one else was hurt. Did you see it . It lit up the skies and social media. Take a look at this. A ball of fire spotted last night streaking across western japan. Experts believe it was a fireball meteor, a piece of asteroid that ignites when it enters the earths atmosphere. It was captured on several cameras. Scientists say they happen quite often but it is rare to have video footage of one. You want clear skies for that, vj. Yes. We have clouds around right now, but, of course, we know there were a few reports of some meteors, fireballs in our night sky last night around here. So what are our chances tonight . Well, i think up to the north around Northern Maryland where the clouds could thin a bit and even break up, there is a chance. The south current meteors. We could see on average seven per hour, but with the cloud cover, were fighting that, along with the full moon too. Its tonight and november 5th. So a chance of fireball, epgsnally bright ors. This a live view. We are, however, going to be keeping our eyes on areas south of d. C. , because there might be a shower that tries to fire around there. 66 your temperature now. By 9 00 p. M. , we drop to 62. Yes, were calling for, again, mostly cloudy skies across the area. Even as we get into the late evening. This area up to the north could thin, hagerstown, frederick, columbia, maryland, into Montgomery County and olney and to west around frostburg, maryland. But then again tomorrow morning, were mostly cloudy again. So thats going to be very brief thinning and breaking up of those clouds. No rain expected really tomorrow. It is going to be mild, despite the cloud cover, and any shower activity should stay well off in central and southern areas of west virginia. As we get into wednesday night late and early thursday morning, better chance of rain. In fact, it could be a little heavier, that rain that falls at times during the day on thursday. And well be up along later to tell how much your neighborhood could get. Most of the rain will be pushing out around lunch time on thursday. Behind it, were breezy, and yes, there will be some more cold air that follows. Just not quite as potent as what we had with the last round. The last way, it was brutal last weekend for so early in the season. 61 to 69 degrees. Mild under mostly cloudy skies for tomorrow. The High Temperature on thursday, 67. So we drop it a degree. And then into the 50s starting on friday. Thats the colder air that i was talking about. Breezy conditions on friday. The High Temperature just 53. Yes, there will be some 30s starting out friday morning. And especially saturday morning. Look at this. 39, i think our range in temperature saturday morning will be anywhere from about 33 to 39 degrees. Into the 50s well have a detailed look at your weekend. And again, more on that rainfall amount for thursday coming up later. New concerns about the spread of ebola in west africa. Thousands of people in sierra leone are apparently ignoring quarantines in order to find food. The government and u. N. Food programs are responsible for delivering food to people who have been ordered to stay in their homes. But many aid agencies there say the deliveries arent reaching everybody. Meanwhile, a doctor in new york city is still in the hospital fighting ebola, but his condition does continue to improve. Health Officials Say dr. Craig spencer is now stable. However, hell stay in isolation for now. Spencer was admitted to Bellevue Hospital two weeks ago after testing positive for the virus. He had been treating ebola patients in guinea. Does the punishment fit the crime . Well tell you why theres a brandnew push now to increase the amount of time that Oscar Pistorius will spend behind bars. And a heads up for thousands of drivers. Well at the you if your car just made a new recall list so you can stay safe on the road. We want to hear from you. Follow us on facebook and twitter and get in on the conversation. First at 4 00, whats old is new at the top of the museum. Former usa today editor peter pritchard, will move back into his old role as ceo. The museum has struggled to pay its bills since 2008. Pritchard says hes optimistic for the future because attendance and fundraising are both on the rise. Football star Adrian Peterson wont be going to jail for abusing his son. This afternoon the vikings running back pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of reckless assault. Hes admitted to hitting his 4yearold son with a switch. A judge ordered him to pay a fine and perform community service. The plea also means he will avoid a trial. If the nfl agrees, peterson could be playing football again as early as this month. Prosecutors in south africa want to see Oscar Pistorius spend more than five years in prison. They filed court papers today, appealing his sentence. Last month, a judge sentenced the track star to five years for the shooting death of his girlfriend. Pistorius has maintained it was an accident. In legal papers, the prosecution calls the sentence shockingly light, and inappropriate. Southwest Airlines Says its looking forward to fighting a new lawsuit over plane repairs. The Justice Department is suing the airline for 12 million. It claims a contractor hired by southwest didnt follow Safety Standards when it made extensive repairs on dozens of planes. Repairs to keep the aluminum skin from cracking. Southwest disagrees. The lawsuit was filed after a settlement couldnt be reached. Tomorrow night, the Loudoun County school board of supervisors will vote on a pay raise. Technically, theyre not voting on their own salaries, because the increase would not go into effect until 2016, after the next Board Election in 2015. But nearly all of the supervisors are expected to run for reelection, according to the Washington Post. If those raises go through, the board chairmans salary will increase from 50 to 70,000. The vice chairman and district supervisors could get a 10,000 raise. Several School Board Members oppose the raises. Once i had gotten in there, i realized, hey, i have access to everybodys stuff. Hacking into a celebritys phone was childs play for this guy. Now a confessed super hacker comes clean to nbcs jeff rossen, and what he found out may shock you. And its a law thats been controversial since day one. Well tell you about some of the problems that you, our viewers, have run into so far today at the polls. And more Team Coverage of decision 2014. Stay with us. Cocoa or eggnog . Toasty or frosty . Exactly the way you want it. Until boom, its bedtime your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. Enter the sleep number bed. Right now, you can save 400 on the c4 mattress set. Hes the softy. His sleep number setting is 35. Youre the rock, at 60. Silent night not so silent . Sleep numbers even got an adjustment for that. Give the gift of amazing sleep, only at a sleep number store. Where youll find our lowest price ever on the c4 queen mattressjust 1499. 98. Know better sleep with sleep number. Youre watching news4 at 4 00. After months of planning and tens of millions of dollars spent, the day is finally here. Decision tw2014. Were tracking the Big Decisions and hiccups along the way. And in just a few hours, we should know whether marijuana will be legalized in the district. D. C. Already decriminalized the possession of marijuana last year. If todays Ballot Initiative passes, it will become legal to own or grow small amounts. In maryland, voters are deciding who they want to be the states next governor. Republican larry hogan or Lieutenant Governor Anthony Brown. Recent polls show a tossup. Democrats outnumber republicans almost two to one in maryland. Right now news4 is working to clear up some confusion over voter i. D. Issues in virginia. Now, here are some acceptable forms of i. D. All must have your name and your picture. A credit card, your work i. D. , a tribal i. D. Or military i. D. Also any federal or state of virginia or dmv issued photo i. D. Card. The Fairfax County office of elections tells us, you dont need your address on your i. D. News4 is working for you on this election day. If you have voting issues or problems, contact the news4 iteam this evening. Call 2028854444, or email tips news4iteam. Com. First at 4 00 today, a federal Appeals Court panel here in washington waded into the debate over National Security versus privacy rights. An activist lawyer is challenging the National Security agencys bulk collection of data on u. S. Phone calls. His lawsuit led a judge to rule the Surveillance Program is likely unconstitutional. The government is trying to get that ruling thrown out. He is one of the most sophisticated hackers Law Enforcement has ever seen. He taught himself how to steal your credit cards and hack into celebritys cell phones. Now this super hacker is sharing his secrets in an exclusive interview with nbcs jeff rossen. And you may be surprised to discover what he used. Reporter his resume reads like a criminal playbook. As a teenager, hacking into countless companies, stealing over a quarter million credit cards, spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of his victims money. He hacked his school records, changing grades. Broke into burger kings verified twitter account. Even hacked secure police databases. It was easy. Too easy. Reporter after years in hiding, super hacker cameron lacroix, revealing himself, and breaking his violence in an exclusive interview with nbc news. How young were you when you started playing around on the computers and accessing personal information . 11 or 12 years old. Reporter that young. Yeah. Reporter and by the time he was 16, cameron pulled off his biggest hack of all. A celebrity hacking. Unlocking paris hiltons cell phone, posting her personal contacts, emails and nude photos online. How did you do it . It all started because i wanted a free tmobile phone. Once i had got in there, i realized, hey, i have access to everybodys stuff. I looked her up, and sure enough, it was under her name. I went into it and was shocked at what i saw. Reporter why post it online . I wanted to be known. I wanted to be famous. Reporter ever apologize to her . No, but i would. Reporter you can do it right now. Paris, im sorry i put your information online. Should never have done it. I wouldnt want it done to me. Sorry. Reporter but that was just the beginning. Cameron spent nearly a decade hacking anything he could, and getting away with it. How much money do you think youve made from your victims . I would say 500,000, could be more. Reporter how complex of an operation is this . Are you sitting in a room with lots of laptops and main frames going on or just one laptop on your bed . I had a 300 toshiba laptop from best buy. Nothing else. Reporter and with that cheap laptop, he says he could access the countrys top stores, like the recent hacks at target and home depot. The big chains we use every day, say were increasing our security. You dont have to be worried about using a credit card at our store. Do you buy it . No, not at all. Reporter you think were all still vulnerable . Absolutely, yeah. You could put much put together a blueprint to do anything. If something is connected to the internet, its vulnerable. Reporter little did cameron know the fbi was hot on his trail and last year finally caught him. Probably one of the most scariest things thats ever happened. Reporter but in a twist made for the movies welcome to the fbi. Reporter the fbi asked cameron to teach them all his tricks. You got any other checks . Reporter just like Leonardo Dicaprio in catch me if you can. Why work with Law Enforcement . The same people that busted you. Why help them . Ive caused a lot of harm. I just want to help. Ive got to fix this. Cameron lacroix served time in juvenile detention for the paris hilton hack, and even though he cooped wirated with t fbi, he still has to pay a price. Days after that interview, he was sentenced to four years in prison. He says he does plan to go legit when he gets out. Ford is recalling nearly a quarter million vehicles for serious safety issues. The biggest and most serious recall involves f150 pickups and ford flex crossovers from 2014. Faulty weight sensors can stop air bags from deploying in a crash. Another recall affects crown vic mercury marquis and lincoln town cars they have been recalled once now ford says repairs were improperly done and can cause loss of steering. A circus stunt gone wrong and all caught on camera. Now someone is about to pay up, and its not as much as you might think. Plus, it could have been the next big School Tragedy and its a little too close for comfort. How it was stopped just in time. Storm team 4 tracking some changes coming our way. Vj . Yeah, that change is wet weather. Were already tracking rain. Some neighborhoods could see as little as a tenth of an inch. Other neighborhoods could see as much as a third. Well share with you the latest information coming in on news4 at 4 00. This cell phone video sent gasps around the world. Scircus performers dangling by their hair, plummeting to the ground. Now the circus is being ordered to pay a 7,000 fine. Today National Safety regulators said the apparatus was too heavy and in violation of industry standards. Ring ling brothers and barnum and bailey circus is expected to appeal the fine. Nine women were hurt in that accident in rhode island in may. Cell service provider, sprint, is losing customers and its employees are paying for it. The nations thirdlargest carrier is laying off 2,000 workers to save 400 million. Sprint plans other moves to save more than 1 billion overall. The company lost 272,000 subscribers during the third quarter. August was the worst month the company has ever seen. The vatican is now weighing in on the suicide of american Brittney Maynard. Today a vatican official called her suicide reprehensible. But he also said hes judging her act, not Brittney Maynard as an individual. She ended her life on saturday at the age of 29. She suffered from terminal brain cancer. Before her death, she became an internet celebrity after going public with her view that she wanted to die with dignity. President obama resumes his socalled pivot to asia next week. Hell be visiting china, myanmar and australia to focus on the Global Economy and the u. S. Relationship with countries in the asiapacific region. His itinerary includes a visit with the chinese president. A russian member of the taliban in virginia today. This is the first time a military detainee from afghanistan has been brought to the u. S. For trial. He is a russian veteran of the soviet war in afghanistan. He defected to the taliban. He was captured in 2009 after an attack on u. S. Forces. Hes been held in a facility at Bagram Air Field since then. Today a judge in richmond set his arraignment for friday. In just a couple of hours now, we could know who will be coming here to work in washington from incumbents to businessmen and women to singers. Its a day that could change the course of our country. If you havent had a chance to vote yet, well take a look at whether youll need the coat or umbrella this evening, as well as some changes on the way for us. [ male announcer ] follow your joy to a celebration like no other. Start your new orleans holiday at followyournola. Com. Youre watching news4 at 4 00. And welcome back to news4 at 4 00 right now. Anxiety and excitement just ahead this evening as were just hours away now from the first votes being tallied while storm team 4 gears up for a storm system heading our way, and wendy rieger joins us with new information on a tragic fire. First at 4 45, to the most dramatic races of the night, and their importance to theel ba of power on capitol hill. Steve handelsman is live with the blame president obama will get if democrats lose the senate tonight. Thanks, good evening. This is a contest nationally between the republicans and the president. But its tough and tricky to predict, because theyre both unpopular. Republican Mitch Mcconnell could become Senate Majority leader. Well, im hoping were going to have a new majority to take america in a different direction. Reporter and hes hoping to be reelected. Democrat allison will you knowder green grimes is close in kentucky polls where many voters like voters everywhere today are upset at congress. Its time for changes all around. Reporter independent greg orman could beat threeterm incumbent pat roberts. So go out and vote today. Reporter but the main theme today is democrats struggling. Michelle nun in georgia. Incumbent Mary Landrieu in louisiana. Bruce brailly in iowa, where democrats have the senate seat, but the republican could win it. Many voters say their ballots send a message about the top democrat. I think as much as anything, it was probably a vote against obama. Reporter thats a factor intense governor races today. And in the 435 elections for the house of representatives, where republicans seem sure to enlarge their majority, its been ad nause nauseam. Pretty soon you are going to want to do this to your tv. Reporter 3 to 4 billion worth. A record. I havent watched tv for about two weeks, because i cant stabbed to watch the ads. Reporter what to watch tonight, if incumbent New Hampshire democratic senator jean shaheen loses to republican scott brown. That could signal a wave of wins for the gop. But if republicans do win control of the u. S. Senate, they still will not have enough votes to override obama vetoes, and end the gridlock up here. Im steve handelsman, news4. Thank you, steve. Hes hoping to go from american ido American Idol to capitol hill. Clay aiken cast his ballot today. He will face a tough battle against renee ellmers. The district hes running in near raleigh is mostly republican. Virginias seven County District race will be one to watch as well tonight where dave brat upset House Majority leader eric cantor in the republican primary. Brat is running against democrat jack trammell. Both are professors at Randolph Macon college. The district runs from the west end of richmond, north, including culpeper. Our decision 2014 coverage is just Getting Started here on nbc 4 and nbcwashington. Com. Well be cutting in throughout the evening as the results come in, and dont miss a special onehour edition of news4 at 11 00. Saw some clouds today. Whats the night hold, veronica . Its going to be dry, but were talking about that transition already as we go from jackets this week to umbrellas toward the end of the week, and, yes, back to coats again. The roller coaster ride conditions. So a cloudy sunset for us as we look forward again, rain toward the end of the week, and another cool to cold weekend for us. First thing tomorrow morning, what to wear as the kids go back to school. A lot of them that had a couple days off here, just a light jacket in order for tomorrow. But again, talking about plenty of cloud cover still across the area. Heres a look at High Temperatures across the area for your wednesday going up to 68 degrees in d. C. 68 la plata. 66 gaithersburg to 70 degrees around stafford. Quantico and fredericksburg. So your exercise impact forecast for wednesday, gray skies, overcast. High overcast. But dry conditions. We start out in the low 50s. Well see High Temperatures easily hit the upper 50s by lunch time. There is your noon hour. 2 00, 3 00, even hanging around, upper 60s by around 4 00 or 5 00. Then its rain for wednesday night, and doug, youve taken a look at neighborhood amounts across the area and what we can see. Thats right. Were talking about this making its way in during the day on thursday and thursday morning could start off rather wet. Lets look and well show what were talking about here as we move through our next chance of rain making its way our way during the day tomorrow. But kind of fizzling out tomorrow, just dealing with cloud cover. But then the rain moves in. And it is going to be fairly heavy in some locations early on thursday. And i think it will affect your rush hour. As far as how much were going to be seeing, well, thursday rain forecast looks like this. Right now were thinking about a third of an inch north of d. C. And about a tenth of an inch to the south. So this is not going to be a big system. But it is going to impact your morning, especially thursday mornings commute. Maybe even a thursday evening commute in some areas. Well talk much more about that at 5 15. And then again, vj, return to the cold. Right. And that could be as early as friday morning. Take a look. Heres friday, that cold again. All the way down to areas like southern virginia. Down through the carolinas. Another cold wave of air. Here is your storm team fourday forecast. Tomorrow, 68, thursday, 67. There is your wet weather. By the time we get to friday morning, into the 30s and 40s. 53 for a High Temperature on friday. And the weekend right now not quite as big of a bite as what we had last weekend. But it will be cool. Talking about a few showers moving back in on sunday. And then more cold follows again as we work our way into the early part of next week. High temperature on monday just a 52 degrees. A lot more, details of this weather system for thursday providing us with rain and a nasty morning rush on thursday. Guys . Thanks, veronica. There is tragedy right now for an arlington community. Wendy rieger is at the live desk with more on a devastating fire. Well, pat, we told you earlier this hour, that fire took the life of a mother and her youngest daughter. Now were hearing about the heroic actions of the father. That house fire this morning in arlington went up quickly, and it was immediately clear to neighbors it could end very badly. Mary and emily barkes were unable to get out of that house alive. A 7yearold was also trapped inside, but now were hearing her father saved her and hurt himself in the process. News4s pat collins spoke with the grandfather. It was quite emotional, as you can imagine. He will be joining us in a few minutes at the top of the hour with more on this familys loss, the fathers heroism and why it took 70 firefighters to get that fire put out. Ill see you at 5 00. Back to you. All right, see you in a few, wendy, thank you. An important deadline is looming now for hundreds of Prince Georges County students. They could be barred from school come tomorrow, if they dont have all their shots. Darcy spencer is working on the story for news4 at 5 00 tonight. Im Darcy Spencer at a Health Clinic in Prince Georges County. More than 400 School Children could be forced to stay home tomorrow here in the county, because they dont yet have theyre required immunizations. County school Officials Say they have done everything they can to educate parents about these requirements. But still, hundreds of kids still havent gotten their vaccinations. I think there are a multitude of reasons why patients havent gotten their vaccines, one being we have a large influx of new immigrant parents. So a lot of them have not brought their vaccine records, so a lot of them are missing vaccines because theyre moving into the School System in pg county. So what if these children who have not gotten their vaccinations show up for school on wednesday . Ill tell you what the plan is coming up in my report. News4 at 5 00. In the delphi, Darcy Spencer, news4. They say hes a kind, sweet boy, and they cant believe he would try to do Something Like this. His plan for a School Tragedy in our region. Plans that have now been foiled. An oregon woman often blogged about her struggles raising her autistic son. Today she is accused of killing the 6yearold boy by throwing him off of a bridge and then caulking police to tell them. Julian mccabe was arrested shortly after the boy named london was found in a bay late last night. Since then, we have also learned that mccabe was also caring for her husband, who suffers from ms. She is being held on 750,000 bail. A developing story right now in maryland. Residents of a Baltimore Area community are shaking their heads. A boy who everybody thought was kind and sweet is now accused of plotting to blow up his school. Lisa robinson tells what led to his arrest. Sweet young man, and very kindhearted, and thats why this is difficult. Reporter regina describes 16yearold sash as kind and a gifted artist. Shes lived across the street from the family for almost 20 years, and he and her daughter grew up together. Thats why this is difficult. Its hitting everybody from just not expected. And i just hope that hes that whatever is happening, hes going to get what he needs. Reporter the 16yearold is now being charged as an adult after police say he admit he was planning to bringing a gun and explosives to school at Carver Center for arts and technology and kill people. According to police, the case unfolded late saturday afternoon when they say an investigation into car breakins at the mountain grill led them to his parents house a few blocks away. Investigators say the teen went into detail about his plans to kill people at the school. The boy showed us a gun he had in his bedroom. He showed us some homemade explosive devices. Hes are crude devices made with ordinary household materials. Once those were found, we, of course, dispatched our Hazardous Materials unit. They came and rendered those safe. Reporter the teen told police he took the handgun from his fathers job, but investigators didnt say where that is. No one came to the door at the teens home. Employees at the grill say hes a regular at the restaurant. Hes a little guy. He would come in and sit at one of the tables and sleep. We even comped him food one day. We gave him something to eat. News4 at 5 00 starts now with jim and wendy. Right now at 5 00, decision day. Were at the election polls as voters wait in line. And watching every development on social media with early reports of problems and the first lawsuit. Nbc washington and nbc news has Team Coverage and midterm elections all the way to the finish. On this election day, new k accusatio accusations. We have a lot of big developments were following at the polls. First at 5 00, new developments with a family tragedy. With their house engulfed in flames and two daughters upstairs, a mother and father made splitsecond decisions. But only one of them made it out. This is a heartbreaking story. Of it has devastating an arlington community. The mother and her 7yearold daughter lost. Tonight news4s pat collins is learning more about the heroism that occurred on South Emerson street today. Heroism that saved one of those girls who was trapped upstairs. Reporter wen kdy, we begin r story with james white. Six months ago, he lost his wife. Today, he lost his daughter and granddaughter in a vicious fire here in arlington. I dont know why im still here. They took my granddaughter. And my daughter. Its horrible. I dont know why we have to go through this. Reporter this is a picture of james white. His daughter, mary, and his granddaughter emily. This morning, mr. White lost his daughter and granddaughter in a blistering fire at a home on South Emerson street in arlington. What are you going to remember most about mary . That she was a good mother. And a hard worker. And a good wife. Reporter and what about emily . What are you going to remember about her . Everything. Reporter was she your favorite granddaughter . I hate to say favorite, but yeah. Reporter inside the house at the time of the fire, bill barkes. His wife, mary barkes, and their two daughters, 11yearold sarah, and 7yearold emily. Mr. White tells this story. He says his soninlaw, bill barkes, managed to get out of the house and then use a ladder to go up and rescue his 11yearold daughter, sarah. But halfway down, they fell off the ladder. In the meantime, he says his daughter mary was inside. She called 911 and t