Outer loop, we have an accident. You can see some of the slowdowns on 50 because of the accident. Inbound pennsylvania avenue at suitland parkway, we still have that crash. Overall no major problems. 6ea h can see a little bit of a slowdown. Were going to have travel times, back in ten minutes. Eun . Thanks, melissa. Youre going to see these Smart Parking meters. Molette green is live to show us how they work. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Out with the old, in with the new. These are the new meters. They only take coins. This week new technology will be instafled to expand your Payment Options to include a credit card or pay by cell phone or, of course, you can still use the oldfashioned coins. The smart meters coming this week are up and running and this helps out a lot because were all excited when were able to find a parking space but when you get the space and you dont have enough change in your pocket or stashed in your car, its a real bummer. Well, Montgomery Countys didnt of transportation says this changeover in Silver Spring is going to talk about two weeks and once theyre done with that, they have their sights set on making these smart meters happen in wheatin and Montgomery Hills as well. Were live in downtown Silver Spring along georgia ave where you can find plenty of parking and meters at this moment. Thats the latest. Back to you. All right, molettmolette. Thank you. This Morning Police are looking for a driver of a deadly crash. The driver ran down a man on franconia and dorsett last night. That pedestrian died. Were working to get a description of the suspects car. Today a judge will sentence a Prince Georges County father for causing a crash that killed his son. He could spend the next decade in prison. He was high on pcp when he crashed his car in cottage city with his 4yearold son inside. His son was not fastened in and ejected. John fauerby and Lynn Rosenbusch were hit and killed while on their tandem bike. He was a f. She was a cogovernment worke. Prince georges police say a man was assaulted. They found him after 7 00 last night. He may not survive. He was rushed to the hospital with critical injuries. Police have not released his name. 6 04. This morning Prince William county police are trying to figure out how a man died on a doorstep achlt neighbor walking his dog discovered the body on woodbridge yesterday morning. Police would not say how he had died but only that he had trauma to his body. Police are calling this a homicide investigation. The latest now on the trial of suspected serial killer charles severance. He is accused in the murders of ruth an logano and three others. They wont reach a verdict until midweek. Thats because court is closed tomorrow for election day. A 1yearold boy is dead after a police chase ended in a car crash. A mother was pushing him in a stroller when a car was trying to get away from the police and pushed it into another. This chase started after a driver hit a Police Cruiser and kept going. Neighbors say inadequate lighting brings crime to the neighborhood. Tonight you can bring any kind of light to art enables. The lights will turn on. Its election day tomorrow. A grude of activists will be in at 4 00. Theyll expect to cast their vote. And Terry Mcauliffe led get out the vote rallies. Expect to see a lot of ads over i66. They heap tying their democratic opponents to new tolls will help get the vote out for gop. More information, open the nbc washington app and search. The health scare that has chipotle close ought of its restaurants in two cities this morning. And right now, beltway looking pretty good. We have a brandnew problem, 395 at glebe road. Were going to talk about that coming up in just a minute. But first, searching for clues in the wreck alk. Theorys surrounding the deadly plane crash as russians begin bringing the victims home. Narrator for state senate, who shares our values . Jeremy mcpike supports school funding. Thinks women should make their own health care decisions. And favors background checks on all gun sales. Hal parrish . As mayor, he slashed education. Fought to block Womens Health clinics. Parrish gets an a from the gun lobby they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Virginia extreme or mainstream . Vote mcpike for virginia. Feinblatt everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund sponsored this ad. Good morning. Im angie goff. This just in to the live desk. A russian air official says the crash was caused by an skperj problem, not an internal problem or an error. All 224 people died when the jet crashed in egypt over the weekend. Officials say the plane broke apart in the air. Investigators have yet to release any information on what they think caused it. Today, though, is a national day of mourning in russia. And more bodies are expected to arrive later today. Aaron . All right, angie. Thank you. New this morning, the navy has found wreckage of el faro. Remoteoperated subs will dive to find more findings. 33 crew members died when the ship disappeared during hurricane joaquin. Time for weather traffic on the 1s. I like this little heat wave. We all know once youre in november you cant guarantee weather to stay this mild. Well stay some 10 to 15 degrees warmer than average. A small chance for a few showers. Well detail those in specifics. Weather slowdowns, no major slowdowns for this morning or evening. Tomorrow, though, may have thick fog to contend with. It might be a bit of a slow go. For now, rain south of fredericksburg, down toward richmond and norfolk and virginia beach. Temperatures right now, 50 in leesburg, 52 in college park. Your computer impact. Cloudy and damp. Temperatures near 50. Near 60. How about those slowdowns on the road, melissa . Kenilworth at 50, had an accident involving a bus here a short time ago. Looks like that is now out of the way, but you are still seeing a little bit of a slowdown. This is what i mentioned a couple of minutes ago at glebe road. We do have that disabled vehicle off to the left side. Slowing things just a tad. Nothing terrible. As for your travel times, germantown, 12 minutes. Average speed is just fine. Virginia, youre also on time. Im back in ten minutes with more. Thanks, melissa. How technology is changing the way our Young Children communicate. Also ahead, dash cam moments when an uber driver is attacked be his rider. Im jill mccabe, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. All the mouthwash in the world wont help dick black. Because what comes out of his mouth is just offensive. Black said gays and lesbians lead lifestyles that are harmful to the culture of this state. He dismissed rape in the military, calling it as predictable as human nature. Black opposes the use of Birth Control and voted to force women seeking abortions to have intrusive transvaginal ultrasounds. Dick black. So extreme, its dangerous. The Washington Post endorses democrat Jeremy Mcpike for state senate. Applauding mcpikes ideas about getting traffic moving. The post warns republican hal parrish holds rigid positions against Medicaid Expansion and commonsense gun safety. And parrish was the deciding vote to restrict Womens Health clinics in manassas, forcing women to go elsewhere for cancer screenings and Birth Control. Jeremy mcpike is the better choice. Im Jeremy Mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. 6 15. And today a man charged in a deadly hitandrun outside a hospital. He ran down a woman who worked at the hospital. She was hit in the crosswalk. News4 covered the stoiv. The district installed pedestrian flashing crossing sign. A traffic light should be in place by december. The house of a well known d. C. Family died just hit the market. Its still boarded up nearly six months after the fire there. Sa voss savopoulos, his wife amy, their son philip and their housekeeper were all killed inside the house. The home is listed for just over 3 million. 6 16. Police need your help to find a family of five that havent been seen in over a week. The Frederick County chaffs Office Opened a missing case. They called them after the father did not show up to work. The police went to his home on braveheart drive and found the home empty and one of the cars missing. All cell phones were turned off. Investigators say right now they do not suspect foul play. The Supreme Court has several cases to hear. They could have a big impact on how local court cases are tried in our area. First up is a case where prosecutor prosecutors used racial slurs in a trial. And today well find out what president obama will do to reform the criminal justice system. The president will be in newark, new jersey, to meet with senator cory booker and baraka. Theyll talk about the changes prisoners face when rejoining society. You may remember him as an accomplished senator or for his many roles in tv and film. At 66 and a booming voice, tennessees Fred Thompson was hard to miss. He died sunday from lymphoma at his home in nashville. A statement from his family said he was the same man on the floor in the senate t meesh studio, or in town square. Thompson was 73 years old. 6 16 right now. Something to think about when you choose chipotle. 40 chains are closed because of a e. Coli issue. Health Department Officials say more people could get sick because the infection takes up to ten days to show itself. They do not know what has caused this outbreak. You can sign up for Health Insurance under the Affordable Care act right now. In virginia you use healthcare. Gov but in maryland its state run. The people behind marylandconnection. Gov say theyre expecting their best results next year. A technical problem included a complete overhaul. Theres a lot. We have a tool to help you add up the cost of Different Health care plans there. In d. C. , youre looking at a city run workshop to help you sign up. Right here in this video, this was in northwest washington. Organizers say theyre all over the city. Today in the district. Leaf collection season gets under way. The didnt of public works will pick up your leaves once a week this year instead of every two weeks. Youre asked to rake your leaves into the tree box near your house. You can also put it in your regular trash bin for collection. Were pretty sure a lot of kansas city royal fans are partying even now. It was it was a nailbiting win. It happened after 12 innings. Theyre getting ready for a championship parade. That will happen tomorrow. This was their first world series win in 30 years. Now that the waits over, the analysts should make their new manager bud black official. That could happen as early as this week. Well also learn whether bryce harper won the national mvp award later this month. Id like to see all that happen in washington, d. C. Its coming. How long v we had to wait . Not that long. Not as long as the royals. 6 20. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell is with us. Thats how mild of start we have on this monday morning. Youll be saving money on the heath bills all week long. A lot of clouds out there this morning. A little blink of light. Thats another outbound air krachlt sit on the righthand side of the plane if you want to see the city. 57 at the national airport. Cloudy skies and a light wind. Temperatures hovering in the upper 40s in the suburbs. So what to wear today. You may need a light jacket. Just a tiny Little Pocket purse or man bag. It is november, after all. Running forecast in the 50s. Cloudy and fairly moist outside. Certainly not cold. Highs today, mostly in the low to mid60s. Thats 3 to 5 degrees warmer than average. Rain chances today, fredericksburg, st. Maryss county. South of the bay and tidewater, virginia, rain for sure. Were going to be on the Northern Edge of it today. I think most of the metro will be rainfree, but we could get a little sprinkle or drizzle from time to time. Heres your our updated computer model. This is a light day. That ends by about 1 00 or 2 00. A little better chance for sprinkles across Southern Maryland about 4 00 or 5 00. Man, oh, man, can you believe this is november . 74, wednesday, 74, thursday w a risk of a few showers. Melissa mollet, it will be 75 by friday. Thats top down weather for sure. I will take it. 75 degrees. Unbelievable here in november. Still have this problem. Eastbound 50 at Pleasant Valley road. We still have one lane blocked but Getting Better than before. Hoping this gets out of the way soon. We have a report that this is still here and another one thats cleared to the right side of the roadway. It could be something you encounter. 66 through manassas, youre going go about 30 mile an hour. The slowest spot is going to be woodbridge. Totally typical for this time of morning. Just a little slow aunld the bend atz youre headed northbound. Inner loop and outer loop, youre going to see it right here. Just a little slow at 270. Montrose road, all of those taillights just fine. See you in a couple of minutes. Eun . Thank you, melissa. Take a look at this scene. An uber driver is attacked and its caught on camera. He threw punches from the back seat. The driver refused to put on his seatbelt or give clear directions. The driver said that was likely his last uber trip. I dont feel safe driver for uber anymore. The passengers have gone down. I dont feel safe. A scary thought. You dont have to be swimming to be bitten by a shark. How about that. One woman was waiting in a shark when a shark attacked her. She was able to call for help and she should be oklahoma. Shes recovering from a seveninch gash on the back of her lead. Oe ocean Officials Say they hadnt heard anything. In michigan, a home exploded. This is in a suburb of detroit. One person was burned. But its not clear how seriously right now. A it is 6 24. Were working to learn how several people are doing after a d. C. Fire truck ran into a car. Take a look at the scene here. The accident happened as the truck was responding on ivanhoe street southwest saturday night. Four firefighters in the rig and several others inside the car were hurt. At the house fire, d. C. Fire said one person had to be rescued. Another was taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Its not clear what cause thad fire. All right. Hundreds of you did the right thing and opted for a sober ride on halloween. Sober ride provided 400 rides. Thats twice the number last year. That i work with Cab Companies to make sure people celebrating with alcohol get home safely. The Service Picks up, again, in middecember and lasts through new years eve. Thanksgiving, 24 days away and butterball has its lines open to help you do your turkey. Its been open for five years now. Call 1800butterball. Its helped more than 50 Million People fix their turkey dinner since 1981. You know those representatives have lots of stories. No disrespect to butterball. Its all about the fixings, right . I love a lot of turkey too. All right. A halloween horror story. The danger some parents made when digging through halloween candy. Changing the rules. After complaints surrounding the most recent debate. Plus, were trackinging rain. How that rain could impact your day and your weekend with your four things to know. Right now were starting up the month with some unusually warm weather. Showers will be the story this morning as well, but not for all of you. And the temperatures may have you thinking weve turned back the calendar, not just the clocks. Chuck bell has storm team 4. Welcome back. A november heat wave for sure. Four things you need to know about. It is a mild monday morning outside. 50s and 60s on your way out the door. Little light rain chances mainly south of the washington area. If you cant find your umbrella in fret rick, maryland, it will be oklahoma. Heres the rain drops. Just south of fredericksburg so as you plan out your day, temperatures are in the 40s and 50s on your way out the door. It will be a cool and cloudy morning outside. Planninging out the rest of your day. Mid 60s today. It will still be warmer than average. Love it. I love it. Dont love this so much. We have a crash in the left shoulder. No in the mane lanes, in the shoulder. Still really slowing things down. Were about to push this out on our nbc washington app this morning. Top of the belt tip hiypically slowing. Everything rolling along just fine. Inbound, pennsylvania avenue, still have that crash popping up and eastbound 50. One lane blocked. Aaron . Thank you. 6 31. We turn to decision 2016. Possible changes after complaints about last weeks president ial gop debate. Nbcs tracie potts has more on last nights exclusive meeting in alexandria. Tracie, what is this all about . Most of the Campaign Representatives were here. Theyve got a long list of demands. Theyve got attorneys working with them. Theyve shut the parties out of the meeting. Theyre hoping all of the campaigns are going to sign onto. They want the networks to answer the questions up front. Who are the moderators, whats the format, long is the debate going to be. Some are pushing for longer groups of candidates on stage at a time, equal time for candidates. Approval of the graphics. For example, some point out that jeb bush, his graphic didnt show hes been governor of florida. Theyre pushing for what they call more substantive questions. Qustions that stay on the top okay f that particular debate and not easy questions as they point out. Other demands. Theyre asking for candidates to get time to answer the questions. No yes no answers. They want the mikes shut off for sure during the break, as, and they want no shots with the candidates with notes. Thats a long list. They, too, were concerned about the last one and theyll look for changes. Now the latest on the new speaker of the house. Relative paul ryan says he will not consider a comprehensive own haul of the immigration system while president obama is in office. The president has proon himself untrustworthy on this issue because he tried to e unilaterally rewrite the law himself. It removes the clash who gave former Speaker John Boehner a hard time. He told Moderator Chuck Todd he would be open to issues like border enforcement and security. 6 33. The Episcopal Church has a new leader. Michael curry was installed at the first black leader of the church. Currys installation comes as the Episcopal Church comes with fewer membership and fewer practicing episcopalians. A teenager is in court. 17yearold Danny Centeno miranda was shot and killed while walking to a bus stop in september. The 17yearold is not being named because hes under age. They will seek to try him as an adult. Some of you have your relationship with police on the top of your mind with freddie grays death in baltimore this month. A new poll says white people and black people in maryland have deeply different views about police. The poll put out by the university of maryland and Washington Post says mostmontholders, 62 , believe there is a racial bias in the states criminal justice system. 60 of them say violent encounters with police start with people disrespecting officers. That is compared to just 19 of black people. 68 of black people say the problem starts with officers treating law abiding people like suspects instead. The majority of people in the poll approved of the decision to charge six officers in freddie grays case. 6 34, your time right now. Delays are over after a big slowdown on the green line last night. Some of you may be owondering what happened there. Metro says a man wandered onto the tracks. Its not clear whierks but metro said he made it off the tracks just fine. A quick alert now that may affect your commute this week. Starting today, the National Parks service will close 15th street northwest between constitution avenue and madison drive and madison drive between 14th and 15th street. The closures will happen overnight between 7 00 p. M. And 5 00 a. M. They last through saturday morning. Ing. A new study out this morning says selfdriving cars have a higher accident rate. Maybe we saw this coming. The test cars are involved in crashes at five times more than conventional cars here. Researchers say they also have four times the injury rate but all accident injuries reported involving selfdriving cars have been minor. New this morning, the Digital Divide between low and higher income faklys is shrinking quickly. That is according to a new study. Researchers looked at the yaus of technology among Young Children living at urban low income minority communities. 0 of them have a tv, tablet, or smartphone in their home and more thereafter half had video game consoles and internet access. By age 4, three quarters of the children have their own mobile device. Making it easier for you to park in Montgomery County. The changes youll see when you go to feed the parking meet jeer the big problem at 270 after father hurley boulevard, theres nearly a fourmile backup as youre headed southbound, details coming up. But first, the story that may have you doublechecking your childs halloween candy. The dangers found in a number of treats. Police say its a miracle no one got hurt. Someone put needles inside candy. They found candy with needles in it when they checked chocolate. You may be able to see a sewing needle sticking out there. At least a half a dozen trickortreaters got these tainted treats. Its scary to think of the children being out there. It is. I almost feel like i could cry at this point because its very upsetting to me. Police are looking for people who left samples of cough syrup. We talk about them inspecting the big baskets of candy. Youve got to check the candy. 6 41 as we take a live look outside right now. Look at the mild temperatures. 62 degrees in s in the neigh capital. Cloudy skies, southern tip of st. Marys county south of route 50 today. You may want to have the umbrella. North of route 50. Panhandle of West Virginia probably going to stay dry. Temperatures in the midto upper 50s now. Its a mild start. Out to the bus stops you go. May be a light jacket. Kids south of the metro may want to take an umbrella to be safe as well. 62 between 5 00 and 8 00. 52 between 8 00 and 11 00. Heres news you dont want to hear. Breaking news. At father hurley boulevard, we have a crash. We have a 3 1 2mile backup. We just pushed the out on the nbc washington app as well. If you tomato have it, make sure you get it. Youre warned hoping this will be out testify way for you shortly. 270 south from germantown past that down to the spur, its going to take you 15 minutes. Top of the beltway is slow. Over to 270. 66, totally normal for this time of morning and quantico to the beltway looking quite good. Remember to listen to our friends on wtop 103. 5 f. M. A new study on the rearfacing child seats that could have you concerns. What Safety Experts say is the best way to protect your kids. Plus a community remembering a couple killed in a weekend accident. The charges the driver that hit them is facing. Narrator for state senate, who shares our values . Jeremy mcpike supports school funding. Thinks women should make their own health care decisions. And favors background checks on all gun sales. Hal parrish . As mayor, he slashed education. Fought to block Womens Health clinics. Parrish gets an a from the gun lobby they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Virginia extreme or mainstream . Vote mcpike for virginia. Feinblatt everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund sponsored this ad. Changes youll notice with parking meters. First, breaking news on the road, melissa . Just after father hurley, nothing blocked. Still heavy. It is slow going 270 southbound until you hit germantown. Skies, a small chance for rain today south of the washington area. Cloudy start for sure. Sevenday forecast in five minutes. Aaron . Chuck, thank you. It is 6 45 now. You wont need to dig for change in Silver Spring. Starting this week crews are installed new smart meters that take credit cards. Molette green live in Silver Spring with when theyll be up and running. Molett molette, good morning. Reporter aaron, good morning. Just about an hour ago a worker came by to empty out the change in this changeonly meter. Folks are looking for more convenience nowadays and they dont want these change only meters anymore. This week the change is coming inside this display portion of the old meters to expand your Payment Options so you will be able to pay by credit card. You will be able to pay on your cell phone and youll be able to use your coins in the meters and Montgomery County department of transportation says its going taken two weeks to be able to make the changeover here in Silver Spring. This is already happening in bethesda. They did it already there and with Great Success to many people. Eventually theyll be expanding this to wheaton and Montgomery Hills as well. You know, its hard to find a parking space. Its exciting when you find one and its a bummer when you get in the space and you dont have enough change. Now theyre making it much more convenient. Were live this morning. Back to you. All right, molette. Back to you. This morning Fairfax County police are looking for a driver responsible for a dead lay crash. The driver ran down a man at south van dorn street last night. That pedestrian died. Were working to get a description of the suspects car. Today a judge will sentence a Prince Georges County father for causing a crash that kills a son. He was high on pcp when he crashed his car in cottage city with his 4yearold son inside. The boy was not secured in his car seat and was ejected. 5 48. John fair by and Lynn Rosenbusch were hit and killed on a tandem bicycle. Rosenbusch was a federal government worker. Her husband was a computer scientist. I want them to be remembered as the joyful and enthusiastic bicyclists they were and wonderful loving giving human beings. Calvert county deputies say this woman, Catherine Lyon hit their book with her jeep. She faces dui and vehicular homicide charges. Were getting an update on a man brutally beaten. He was assaulted along brinkley road. Officers found him just after 7 00 last night. Officers say he may not survive. Police have not released his name, have they said do they have any suspects. This morning Prince William county is ploodow county police are trying to figure out how a man died. Police wouldnt say how the man died, only that he had trauma to the mans body. Police are calling this a homicide investigation. A tragic story now out of baltimore. A 1yearold boy is dead after a police chase ended in a car crash. The childs mother was pushing him in a stroller when a car trying to get away from police crashed into another car and then pushed it into the baby and his mother. The driver involved in this case is in the hospital and could face charges. The chase started after the car hit a Police Cruiser and kept going. Im angie goff at the live desk. Three earthquakes confirmed. This is about 50 miles north of the city of phoenix. All three, were told, roughly in the same area. It happened overnight. And they say that there are earthquakes in this area, but its very rare for them to hit above 4 president. 0 on the scal. Theyre dealing with aftershocks that Officials Say are so small people are unlikely to feel them. Aaron . Thank you. Now to decision 2016 2015, a push today to get out the vote. It is election day tomorrow in virginia. Control of the state senate is at stake here. A group of activists will be atr we expect them to talk about issues and encourage them to cast their votes tomorrow. Virginias governor Terry Mcauliffe led get out the vote. If you havent seen them all over the state. Republican candidates hope tying their democratic moments to new tolls on part of the interstate will help them get the vote out on the gop. For more information you can open the nbc washington app and search dmv. Break news on the road. We still have a crash here. We have a 3 1 2mile backup. After germantown youre pretty clear. You can see that down to the spur. A big look at the beltway. Overall, no major issues. You can see here the top of the beltway, a little bit slow. There are no actual incidents there as youre coming around to colesville road. 95 northbound slow spot. Woodbridge, again, nothing happening there. Prince georges county overall looking good. You can see here indian head highway. That small patch where we see a 10mileperhour speed here because of a slowdown. Overall no major problems from 32 down to the beltway. Getting a little bit slow as youre approaching the beltway. Northbound, youre just fine. Chuck . Thank you, melissa. We have dry roads but we have a lot of clouds outside. It is a mild start to this november morning. 57 already at national airport. Our average high is only 62. So this is going to be a warmer than average day, but it will be the cool effort of the week. We have a little november heatwave coming our way tomorrow. Most will i in the 50s, though, in and around Town Planning out your day. Cool and cloudy this morning. Maybe a cool and light jacket is all youre going to need. Eventually temperatures will work their way into the low and mid60s. Theres a chance for a little light rain. A light jacket and a small umbrella to go along with your jeans and long panhandles on your way out. Rain chances. If youre flying to raleigh or charlotte, you could have delays with those major hubs. Otherwise most of the rein will stay bottled up. Fredericksburg, have the umbrellas. You have the best chance at seeing the light rain. In and around the metro area, about lunchtime today, the Northern Edge, this is going to be light sprinkles if anything. Could get as much as a tenth of aninch across Southern Maryland and the northern neck. The farther south you live or travel, nr likely youll need the umbrella. Are you kidding me . This is november. How about four 70s in a row. That starts tomorrow and carries all the way through friday, which is the warmest day of the week. I wish we could keep it into the weekend, but it will be cloudier and cooler for your saturday and sunday. Just confirmed to the live desk. The canon building will reopen. It was evacuated on friday after a concern for an asbestos leak from ongoing construction. It looks like they investigating it over the weekend and everything is okay. Cannon building reopened. Eun . It is now 6 54. New details about a tragic plane in egypt. A russian plane crashed with 244 people on board. They all die. In the last few hours the airlines said a technical problem could not have caused the crash. They also believe it was not pilot error and say the crew was incapacitated and never called for help. Investigators have not confirmed any possible causes yet. They have said the plane broke apart in the air. The latest on the trial of a suspected serial killer charles severance. Severance is accused. Jurors did have the weekend off but if they dont reach a verdict by the end of the day today, they wont reach one until at least midweek. Thats because court is closed tomorrow for election day. Good morning. Im landon dowdy at cnbc headquarter. Ford is rolling out a new promotion tomorrow. The friends and Neighbors Program runs through the end of the year. Ford is offering everyone the same price that it charges employees and suppliers to buy vehicles including on the f150 pickup truck. That will allow dealers to knock out hundreds of thousands of dollars off of the sticker price. With your cnbcs by report, im landon dowdy. Thanks. The study said children can suffer severe head injuries when you face their car seat backward. They say its still the safest way to buckle your children in. Thats because those severe injuries happen in rear end crashes. A spokesman said only 9 of children are hurt that way. The spokesman was quoted in the Washington Post. He said front end crashes account for 43 of injuries to children. Side crashes account for 33 of those injuries. Well, over the next few weeks, a lot of us are going to be traveling by plane to visit family. You might want to know whos the best and worst in terms of airlines. We have a list of which ones soar and which ones, not so much. Coming in as one of the top three, Southwest Airlines scoring points for its transparency when it comes to fees. Tonight at news4 at 5 00, Erika Gonzalez has the list. Crews in Silver Spring are installing new smart meters over the next few weeks. You pay with your credit card or cell phone or change. Theyre making demands ahead of their next debate. Representatives met without Party Leaders last night in alexandria. They want more control in questions. A baby boy from baltimore is dead after a police chase ended in a crash. The boys mother was pushing him in a stroller when a car involved crashed into them. The suspect may face charges. This morning Fairfax County police are looking for the driver responsible for the deadly crash in franconia, springfield. The driver ran down a man on franconia and south van dorn street last night. That pedestrian died. 3 1 2mile backup southbound is where the problem is. After they head south, theyre totally fine. That is the broadcast this morning. Thanks for your patience. The today show is make it a everybody. Good morning. Breaking news. External influence. An airline official looking into the crash of that russian plane now says it was not caused by technical problems or human error. So why did it suddenly break apart killing all 224 people on board . Were live in egypt. Breaking away. The republican president ial campaigns meet without Party Officials and come up new rules for future debates. Their demands ranging from requiring opening and closing statements to the temperature in the room. Now its the rncs turn to respond. Rare and revealing interview. Brad pitt and Angelina Jolie sitting down together to talk about sharing the screen, their family and her Difficult Health de