Police tell us his mothers boyfriend attacked him with a kitchen knife. That boy had just begun his freshman year at Potomac High School. News 4s Mark Segraves is there and just spoke to the boys mother. Mark, this is heartbreaking. Reporter jim, as you can imagine, a very emotional day here at Potomac High School in Prince Georges County where grief counselors have been available all day for students. As withdrew said, 14yearold Keyshaun Mason was a member of the Football Team here at Potomac High School. It was yesterday morning about 7 30 when Police Arrived at the familys apartment in oxen hill, and thats where they found the 14yearold Keyshaun Mason dead of stab wounds. According to Court Documents masons mother and her livein boyfriend, Sean Crawford, had gotten in an argument that lasted all night and thats when mason and his 18yearold brother tried to intervene and protect their mother. At that point, according to police, crawford took a kitchen knife and the woman and barricaded themselves in a bedroom. When the two boys forced their way into that room trying to urge the man to leave their mother alone and to leave their apartment, thats when Sean Crawford stabbed both of the boys, killing mason, and injuring his 18yearold brother. Now, here today at the school, his mother surrounded by family and friends of her young son were grieving publicly. And she told us exactly how this outpouring of support for her son made her feel this day after he was killed protecting her life. Within this community and school, and to me, stood out so well to everybody. I knew he was popular, but i didnt know he was this popular, and it makes me as a mom feel proud of my son. Reporter now, Sean Crawford has been charged with firstdegree murder. He has been held without bond and is facing life in prison. If hes convicted of these charges, according to states prosecutors, he does have a history of domestic violence. Coming up at 5 00, youll hear more from the mother about what happened inside their apartment yesterday morning. Pat, back to you. Mark, segraves, thank you, mark. Right now, we are still waiting to hear if Vice President joe biden will run for president. New nbc wall street journal poll shows more democrats think he should not run. About 38 say he should stay out of the race. Compared with 30 who want him to jump in. Biden shed a little light on his working relationship with president obama today. Speaking at a forum with former Vice President walter mondale. Biden said he would only disagree with the president in private. Former virginia senator jim webb went public today with his decision to drop out of the democratic race for the white house. And questioned if hell be a democrat at all anymore. Webb says hes frustrated with the system of determining political candidates. He plans to decide in just a few weeks if hell run for president as an independent. Webb served as Navy Secretary in Ronald Reagans administration. We are following a developing story right now. A deadly shooting in the middle of the day in northwest d. C. That brought police chief Cathie Lanier to the scene. A man was found shot to death in the front seat of a black suv parked on sherman avenue. It happened just after 11 00 this morning near harvard street. Not far from howard university. Police tell us the victim had been shot several times. Detectives are now trying to identify him and possible suspect. A teenager charged in a connection with an attempted Home Invasion in Southern Maryland is now missing. Family members havent seen or heard from Steven Coltman in more than a week now and investigators dont believe he has a car. Deputies took him into custody earlier this month for an alleged attempted Home Invasion in charles county. They say he and two other teens tried to break into a home in the middle of the night but wound up running off when a dog started barking. Lets get to storm team 4 chief meteorologist in the storm center now. Doug, this is more like october. Is it going to stay like october . Yeah, a little less like november, more like october. We saw a cool start to the day today. Well see a very warm afternoon. Thats exactly what were seeing out there right now. Lets take a look, show you where we started this morning. We mentioned one more cold morning. That was this morning. Temperatures down into the mid 30s. 36 in frederick. 36 in leesburg. 31 in coalpepper. Only area below freezing. 34 in the district. We have warmed up nicely around the midatlantic. Into the 07s in parts of the region. Hagerstown, 73. 69, richmond. Roanoke, 73. Well get warmer during the day tomorrow. Some very good news here as far as temperatures are concerned. Not as cold tonight. A Beautiful Day tomorrow on our wednesday. And then cooler toward the weekend. Yeah, we do have some more cool weather. Well talk much more about that coming up in a few minutes. Im julie carey at the Fairfax County courthouse where the prosecution is wrapping up its case with firearms evidence it hopes will convince jurors the three alexandria murders are linked and they were committed with a gun favored by the accused, charles severance. This is the type of mini revo e revolvrevolv revolver that severance once owned and later convinced his girlfriend to buy two of. But no weapons have ever been recovered in the murders. Bullets have. And a Virginia Forensic Lab firearms expert says the same type of bullets were found at all three murder scenes. A lowvelocity. 22 caliber hollow point lead bullet made by remington. Julia mason also testified differences in microscopic markings on the bullets revealed they were likely fired from different weapons. So how will prosecutors connect the dots between the three murders . More on that when i join you at 5 00. Back to you now in the studio. He fell nearly 30 feet down an elevator shaft. That fall landed a local man in the hospital with some serious injuries. It happened this morning on cranford drive in potomac at a house thats under renovation. Fire investigators say the man was part of a painting crew working on the top floor of the house when he fell down that elevator shaft. His name hasnt been released. Our transportation reporter adam tuss did something that no news crew has ever done before. The tsa security line. Take a look. It involves explosive materials and the dogs who have to sniff them out. There is big disagreement over how and when women should get mammograms. Today new important guidelines just in from the American Cancer Society. And were working a developing story right now. Sex Party Allegations rocking one of the most Prestigious College basketball programs. Youre watching news 4 first at 4 00. Im jeremy mcpike, candidate for state senate, and i sponsored this ad. Republican hal parrish claims he improved transportation. But the truth is he was nowhere to be found. Literally. Parrish holds a seat on the Northern Virginia transportation authority, but 34 times he failed to show up for meetings. Parrish skipped more meetings than any other member. And hal parrish refused to support the bipartisan transportation bill. Why would we want to get stuck with republican hal parrish in richmond . Anyone who bought into this brand new luxury Apartment Building in new york city will have to find another place to live. A massive fire gutted the building in chelsea overnight. Right now theres concern the building could collapse. The tenstory apartment complex was under construction. Its believed the fire probably spread quickly because the Sprinkler System hadnt been installed yet. Investigators are are working to find out what started the fire. This is whats left of the home after it was swept away in high tide into the bay. It happened earlier this month in southern new jersey. Check it out. A contractor has been working now to remove the structure from the water. Homeowners on the coast are worried chunks of the house could float ashore and do damage to their property. The u. S. Coast guard says tonight the owner of the house is responsible for the cost of getting that home out of the bay. The teenager whose homemade clock got him into hot water is getting praise on capitol hill today. California representative mike honda stood right next to ahmed this morning. He praised the teen for using his negative experience to raise awareness about racial and ethnic profiling. He was arrested last month after he took that clock to school. His teacher thought it was a bomb and called police. President obama later invited ahmed to the white house. He was there last night to attend a celebration called astronomy night and just in, a surprise revelation from the boys family, they are moving. Well tell you where in the next half hour. On the front lines of airport security. Only news 4 is with the tsa for some explosive training at Reagan National airport. Plus, new advice today from the American Cancer Society on when and how women should get mammograms. We are working several developing stories. First at 4 00, the American Cancer Society has released new screening guidelines for breast cancer. Just ahead, why some experts say the recommendations still dont provide enough clarity. Frederick county Public Schools are taking serious steps to stop intruders. Well show you how a new panic button system works and how leaders are paying for them. Security at our airports, we know, is taken very seriously. Right now the best weapon in the fight against terrorism may stand on four legs. Its the team of explosive detection dogs that the Transportation Security Administration is using to keep us safe. Transportation reporter adam tuss got an exclusive look today and was actually part of their training. Reporter well, in this day and age of incredible technology, theres one piece of Safety Equipment here at the airport thats proving priceless. Ready to go do some work . Reporter a dogs nose. Meet the dogs of the Transportation Security Administration. Well, these are just four of them. Blue. Kirby. Rufus. And riverso. Their mission, sniffing out the bad guys. Specifically anyone carrying anything resembling an explosive. The dogs are looking for anything that can go boom. And really what we do is we just associate those odors with their toy. So essentially theyre just looking for their toy. Its a fun game of hide and seek to them. And they really hope that they find something every day so they can have their bone. Reporter today for the first time ever, the tsa let a news crew serve as the carrier of an explosive substance through the airport. We were that crew. Coming up on news 4 at 5 00, what happened when the dogs switched into work mode. We didnt make it easy on them. At Reagan National airport, adam tuss, news 4. And just a few minutes, residents will voice their opinions about dog tethering in Fairfax County. A public hearing in just a few minutes. That starts at 4 30. They want to hear how people feel about the new amendments to the law. The new law would make it illegal to tether your dog for longer than an hour each day. Alexandria and arlington already have those limits in place. And now your storm team 4 forecast. Over the past two weeks, weve had the noreaster which brought us the bad weather. We had the very cold weather. Now, now we got this outside. Plenty of sunshine. Bright blue skies. Temperatures into the low 70s for the most part. However, quite a few areas still in the 60s. 67 degrees at the airport. Still a far cry from where weve been over the past couple days in the 50s. Well take 67 any day of the week. Winds out of the south right now at 7 miles per hour. Notice west of the potomac, 71 fredericksburg. 75 it petersburg, west virginia. 64 annapolis. 64 huntingtown. The warmer air trying to move its away cross our region and will do so this evening. Nice evening and nice day tomorrow. Sunset tonight, 6 23. Around 6 00, pretty cogood. Cool. 67 degrees. Tomorrow morning, the cool side but the low 50s by 8 00 tomorrow. By noon, if youre thinking about getting out there on the bike during your lunch hour, around 67 degrees once again. Nice and warm. Tomorrow will be a warm day for this time of year. Storm team 4 radar, nothing to show you. Once again, almost no chance of rain here over the next several days. One or two chances. Very, very slight. Low temperatures tonight, cool but not cool. 50, d. C. 42 coalpepper. 47 fredericksburg. Thats above average for this time of year. Bus stop forecast, cool, 48 degrees between 7 00 and 8 00. Need the jacket but not the coat tomorrow morning. Next couple days, i mentioned the 70s to you. We have two days in the 70s. 74 wednesday. 76 thursday with sunshine. Back down into the 60s on friday and saturday. Veronica will have much more on the cold front that brings in some of that cooler air coming at about 4 45. Thanks, doug. You know, theres been some confusion in recent years about when women should start having mammograms to screen for breast cancer. Some medical groups have said age 40 while others have said age 50. As nbcs Erica Edwards reports new guidelines just out today sort of split the difference. Reporter the American Cancer Society has released new screening guidelines for breast cancer. By age 45, all women should start regular screening every year. Reporter because women in their early 40s are at lower risk for the disease, but at higher risk for false positives, the acs now recommends annual mammograms starting at age 45. With the option to start them at age 40 if they want. At age 55, women can get them every other year. Just relax. Reporter the acs says its an attempt to clarify which women may benefit most from ma m mammography. Some are calling it confusing. There are some caveats in qualifications. That starts to make it little more complicated. Its not the simple recommendation we had in the past. Reporter no longer recommend doctors perform clinical breast exams. The lifesaving potential of Early Detection is found in regular mammography, can find a test before anybody can feel it, before the clinician or patient can feel it. Reporter the guidelines are only for women with an average risk of developing breast cancer, those without a Strong Family history. They also leave room for women and their doctors to make individual decisions about screening. The recommendations do not Impact Health insurance plans, most of which are mandated by federal laws to pay for mammograms. Erica edwards, nbc news. Nba star lamar odom back in l. A. On the road to recovery now. His estranged wife just issued a statement from his bedside. Her words straight ahead. Pressing the panic button. A local School District goes to Great Lengths to keep attackers out. There is promising remove about the recovery of basketball star la mor odom. The former l. A. Laker is being treated at an l. A. Hospital. He was doing well enough to be moved last night. He had been treated in las vegas since he was found unconscious at a brothel a week ago. Medical Personnel Say he had drugs in his system, suffered at least one stroke. Family and friends say hes now talking, eating and sitting up. Odoms estranged life Khloe Kardashian thanked supporters and said, you can never be prepared with an experience like this. But without the outpouring of love and endless prayers, it would is been difficult to endure. Today there is a lot of new excitement for one of the biggest franchise films of alltime. And a story that sounds like fiction, but its real life. Just in time for halloween. A 400yearold church emerges from a reservoir. Look whos here. Hot 995s cane in the house. I go to the 11, they bring in stools for you guys. Kick back and relax. A little bit. It looks good. Have you seen this church amazing. That emerged out of the water . You want to talk about creepy, it really is kind of a ghost church. The church of santiago. It flooded. Basically it was in a reservoir and flooded and its been under water for all these years. Except for 2002 when you could see just a little bit of it. But in 1966, the reservoir was built for water and, oh, i dont know, theres something about halloween and old churches and water. It creeps me out. Gets dark at night, you dont want to be there. I would really get creeped out. Youre absolutely right. Thats creepy. How cool is that . It really is. Cane, we havent heard much chatter about what happened during football last night. During halftime. Except, i tell you, this game they were all i mean, you didnt have to be a football fan. People were tuning in to see this trailer. Last nights star wars trailer. It was amazing. Lets see a bit of it now. I was raised to do one thing. Ive got nothing to fight for. Nothing will stand in our way. I will finish what you started. I got goose bumps. Wow. I got goose bumps. I think most people had goose bumps, too. One of the things thats changed now with technology is they can analyze, like, twitter reaction instantly. Right. The only thing that that trailer did not beat was the super bowl halftime show. Really . Yeah. It was blowing up it was. And everyone was talking about it and tweeting about it, and it looks like its going to be an absolutely epic movie. And if you like my daughters are 7 and 4 and they walk in like to a target and see chewbacca and go its a big dog. I go, no, its not a big dog. This is star wars. This is a big deal. Theyre going to have to see the first or second, too, and then this. Great to see you. If you want to see the entire star wars trailer weve got it posted on our nbcwashington. Com app. Good to see you as always. The periscope continues. Absolutely. Always bring in the cool toys. Thanks. Pat, back over to you. Still to come, we are going to take you inside one school that is taking a bold new step to protect kids with a push of a button. And breaking right now, police and our pat collins on the scene of a murder in maryland. This is a neighborhood thats not used to violence. Yet, police cars have raced up to this house before. And new bombshells in the escort for recruits scandal at an acc schoo narrator puerto ricos economy is in a death spiral. To make matters worse, washington has plans to cut another 3 billion from the islands healthcare budget. Puerto ricans pay the same medicare taxes, but receive less than half the funding of mainland states, leaving the system on life support. More cuts will push the economy to the edge of disaster and put every Puerto Ricans care in jeopardy. Washington needs to act now to save healthcare for the three and a half million us citizens of puerto rico. Breaking news at 4 30. A home where a man was shot by police four years ago is the scene of another crime. Amanda jones was found stabbed to death in her Upper Marlboro home this morning. Her son was shot and killed by police in 2011 near the home after he tried to take an officers gun. Pat collins is on the scene right now learning more and well have a live report at the top of the hour. Right now, the mother of a teenager stabbed to death is pouring her heart out about her son. It comes as weve learned that Keyshaun Mason was trying to protect his mother from her livein boyfriend when he was stabbed to death. Mark segraves spoke with his mother. Well hear from her in about a half hour. The uva student whose Violent Arrest got the nations attention is now suing the state department of alcoholic beverage control. Mar tees johnson is seeking 3 million in damages for the incident last march in charlottesville in which he was tackled by agents. The cut on his head required ten stitches. His lawsuit says three agents violated his civil rights. Charges against johnson were dropped. Hall of fame basketball coach rick pitino could be in hot water. A graduate assistance of his is being accused of supplying recruits with prostitutes. She detailed in a soon to be released book sex parties that went on the campus of louisville from 2010 to 2014. Rick pitino said he had no knowledge of the allegations and mcgee should come forward and tell the truth. From the live desk, news 4 sports. There is new protection for children in schools across Frederick County today. With just the push of a button, students can now send an instantaneous alert about emergencies such as intruders. Kristen wright got a firsthand look. Reporter were in the front office of t. J. Middle. Thats where the emergency but l will go in every school in Frederick County. Its very simple. If there is a threat, if theres an intruder, for example, that comes into the school, the button is pushed and the alert goes out. The emergency button is linked to a security system. The School District already had. But the big difference now is that each school with this button can alert the Districts Central Office and Security Team that there is an emergency. A threat in their building. The alert goes out in seconds. The School District says this instant communication saves critical time during an emergency. The benefit is the local announcement notifying us its just one less phone call the school has to make, that they have time to deal with that crisis. Eventually this device can be hooked up to a number of peripherals, could even be hooked up to a 911 center if necessary. Here when we go into Crisis Management mode, everybodys going to be on a different page and lets them know weve already contacted the outside, now were just managing what needs to go on inside the school. Pushing the emergency button doesnt directly alert the police but the system does have that capability if its wired that way. So that may happen down the line. Now, so far 21 out of 63 schools in Frederick County have the emergency button installed, and the goal is to have them all done in every School Across the district by the end of next week, and it is all paid for by grants. In Frederick County, kristen wright, news 4. The Prince Georges County man convicted of killing his wife and motherinlaw in their home will spend 50 years in prison. Malcolm thomas was sentenced today for the august 2014 killings in oxon hill. He was found guilty last month. One witness told police they were on the phone with thomas and overheard an argument that turned physical. Thomas was later captured in virginia. A former cable news commentator who claimed he worked for the cia has a Court Hearing this afternoon in alexandria. Authorities say Wayne Shelby Simmons lied about having a 27year career with the cia and used that claim to get Government Security clearances and to work as a defense contractor. He also offered National Security commentary during appearances on fox cable news. He was arrested last thursday. A new twist in the case of Oscar Pistorius, the former olympian convicted of killing his girlfriend. He was re leased from prison overnight after serving just a fraction of his sentence. While that is legal under South African law, the way they did it is raising some eyebrows. And his family is speaking out. Nbc report reports. Reporter in the darkness of night Oscar Pistorius was rushed out of prison, surrounded in secrecy. Prison officials sneaking him out so early cameras wouldnt be there to see it. This morning, pistorius publicist emerging to make a statement. The family is happy that oscars home but they want to make the point that oscars sentence continues. And that is the key point here. Reporter Oscar Pistorius once a hero in this country now a convicted killer after shooting his model girlfriend reeva steenkamp. Pistorius was sentenced to five years in prison. He served less than one. But this morning, new questions, did mipistorius get special treatment, released at night a day early . Sources close to reevas family telling nbc news it is insane what officials did here. This is where Oscar Pistorius will serve his house arrest. He will be allowed to go to church, work. No social functions. He wont be able to consume alcohol. No drugs. And no guns. Reporter a small price to pay, reevas mother recently told me, at least hes alive. He was a person who loved reeva, what she could have done for every woman if she had longer to live. Reporter Oscar Pistorius is not out of the woods yet legally. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. In south africa he was convicted of culpable homicide. Prosecutors are allowed to appeal a verdict. They have. Theres a hearing set two weeks from now, november 3rd, where prosecutors could try to get that murder conviction and if they get it, still a big if, Oscar Pistorius would once again be plucked out of this mansion, put in prison, and the minimum for murder is 16 years. Nbc news. Severe rains in arizona caused flooding that trapped a woman in her suv. Firefighters and sheriffs worked hard to rescue her. Officials considered a rescue by air but the water had receded enough for them to rescue her by ground. Three rescuers fought swiftlymoving water to reach the woman in her vehicle which was practically submerged. They helped get her out of that suv and took her safely back to the fire truck. New survey out today finds consumers will be shelling out more on themselves this holiday season. Shoppers plan in spend on average about 132 on purchases for themselves according to the National Retail federation. Thats 5. 22 in case youre counting more than last year. Overall shoppers will spend an average of about 800 this holiday season. Thats the highest in the surveys 14year history. But only a little more than 3 bucks more than last year. Well, we hope you will join us on saturday for the walk to end hiv in downtown d. C. Its a fundraising walk and run. A 5k walk that benefits Whitman Walker health. The Organization Provides health care to those infected with or affected by hiv. The run begins at 9 15 at freedom plaza. Nbc 4 has been a partner with this event since the very first one back in 1986. A big day. High school hacker may have snuck into the accounts of some of the most powerful Security Leaders in our country. What the fbis now saying about the alarming case. And this video has been shared all over facebook. New today, hear from the driver who swerved into a motorcyclist. I immediately went like this. I was driving with my left hand. Two people who claimed to have hacked the email of the cia director now say it was easy. In an interview with cnn money the alleged hackers say they are american and are under 22 years of age. One says he could have hacked the email of john brennan with one hand. They say their motivation is to free palestine. They plan to leak more information from the government and police and to avoid arrest, they hope to go to russia to, quote, chill with snowden. Doctors may no longer need to use powerful drugs to treat schizophren schizophrenia. A new study finds a combination of talk therapy plus smaller doses of antipsychotic drugs actually works better. The study also found the Combination Treatment greatly improved the lives of patients who began the therapy soon after their first psychotic episode. The study was funded by the National Institutes of mental health. Two Montgomery County businessmen are hoping to get a stake in marylands medical marijuana trade. The owners of the Silver Spring business, healthy choice alternative, are now applying for a license to grow and process medical marijuana at a plant up in baltimore. The company says the growing operation would result in 100 jobs over 3 years and they expect to produce between 600 and 700 pounds of pot a month. The boy who was detained over his homemade clock visits washington. Why controversy has followed him all the way to the steps of capitol hill. Accident, or intentional . New today, hear from the driver who caused this wicked crash. And, yes, a warming trend continues, but then chilly air will move in just in time for the weekend. How will that impact all the events going on . Ive got your weekend forecast already coming up on the other side big stories as we approach the top of the hour now. Anticipation mounts over whether joe biden will jump into the race for president. First up to capitol hill where the boy known as the clock kid just revealed hes moving. Nbcs ken kalthoff joins us live with that announcements. Reporter Ahmed Mohamed returned to the u. S. , washington, from overseas travel, including qatar, where the family now confirms it will be moving. Ahmed mohamed has been gaining supporters. He his critics, too. I asked his father today about some of that criticism. Cameras still chase 14yearold Ahmed Mohamed after the clock arrest that made him an international celebrity. He says hes making the most of a bad situation. Im out of my shell now because, you know, i seem so nervous, but now i feel like i could stand up for those who cant. Reporter at the white house astronomy night, he met the president who he says told him the nation needs more kids interested in science. And i told him, soon ill get one of my projects on mars and he said, i hope you will. I hope you will. Reporter ahmed still wears the nasa shirt he wore the day Irving Police put him in handcuffs for that clock labeled a hoax bomb at first. Im not shy about the clock. Im still proud of it. Something that i made. Reporter at the u. S. Capitol, he and his family attended a News Conference with a Silicon Valley congressman who is also japanese. A nationality scorned after the world war ii attack on pearl harbor. On behalf of at least folks who understand we apologize to you and were going to stand right with you and be your ally. Reporter Irving School officials have not apologized saying there is more they could release if the family signed a waiver. That is nothing. You know, its just nobody asked for it. So that is it. Reporter his father angers at suggestions the family somehow planned this to embarrass the school and gain attention. How can a scheme how can i tell them to arrest my son . Reporter to this family, it doesnt really matter anymore what Irving School officials have to say because the family confirms it will move to qatar and accept a school offer there. But they will return to irving and recover that clock still in the hands of Irving Police. In washington, ken kalthoff for news 4. And now your storm team 4 forecast. Its been a nice day. How about your evening especially if you plan on going out, maybe getting a little more running in, right . Because we have the Marine Corps Marathon coming up sunday. A lot of folks training. Heres your impact forecast. Mid 60s from 5 00, 6 00. Were not going to see the mercury drop in a hurry this evening. Meanwhile, were going to talk about a clear to mostly clear sky. Great viewing for the International Space station. Talked about this briefly yesterday. Sun sets at 6 44. For three minutes youll be able so see the streak of light going across the sky from the northwest, fading in the northern sky. Then weve got the meteor showers, too, coming up thursday morning. For today and the next two days, at least, High Pressure still controlling our weather. You see the clear sky all the way up into attention. And down to the south. So early tomorrow morning. Were talking about sunshine. Look at that. 9 00 a. M. It will be a little chilly. It will be clear. Our temperatures in the low 50s across the area. And another day tomorrow where were going to warm fast. As a matter of fact, the readings will top out a little higher than today. About 74 in d. C. 27 in frederick. Culpeper, 72 degrees. The higher location will be here to the west with the southwesterly wind allowing location all the way up into martinsburg and hagerstown to warm nicely and higher into d. C. , toward baltimore. 58, close to 60 degrees at 11 00 a. M. By afternoon tomorrow, again, 72 degrees with just a few high clouds coming through the area. Now, its the meteor showers coming up thursday morning. These peak at 5 00 a. M. Should be able to see 20 to 25 per hour. But, again, good viewing i think coming up for that. Meanwhile, im emceei ining thek to end hiv on sunday. Temperatures chilly in the mid 40s across the area. Well warm to 54 degrees by the time we get to 11 00 a. M. Or so. So your weekend a little cooler. Sunday the warmest day. Well talk about the Marine Corps Marathon, well have a detailed forecast of that coming up on news 4 at 5 00. Now to president ial politics. The clock is ticking for Vice President joe biden. If hes planning to enter the democratic president ial race. He spoke at a forum honoring another Vice President today and a lot of people thought he sounded a lot like a guy planning to run. Brian mooar is live on capitol hill now with the latest. Brian . Reporter hi, pat. It all played out today at g. W. And Vice President biden threw some not so terribly subtle jabs at hillary clinton. He suggested that hes better at working across the political aisle, says he doesnt see republicans as enemies. He also bolstered a potential weak spot on his resume, he says despite accounts to the contrary, he privately supported the bin laden raid in talks with president obama. Bottom line, he says he is in lock step with president obama. President obama and i have ideologically have had no disagreement. None. I mean, zero. The main reason this worked is to this day we have we are simpatico on all the major issues. We all have disagreements to agree. This is much easier for me. Reporter will he or wont he run has become a virtual soap opera playing out for months and it looks like the ratings are down. The latest nbc news wall street journal poll suggests the Vice President might have waited a little too long. The poll shows that nearly 7 70 of democrats say they either dont support a biden run for president or, pat, they just dont care. Brian, lets talk about a candidate who is in the race whos getting out. Jim webb made big news today announcing hes dropping his bid for the democratic nomination but not leaving the president ial race. Can you clear it up . Reporter yeah, pat. The former virginia senator was down in the polls and down in the fundraising. Hes only polling about 2 in the latest nbc poll. He says that hes just not in step with the mainstream of the Democratic Party as it stands right now. The former republican says hes going to look for possible ways to continue an independent run. Brian mooar, live on capitol hill. Thank you, brian. Hillary clinton gets 50 current and former black mayors, she says theyre supporting her. They include Michael Nutter of philadelphia and kasim reed of atlanta. One of those not on the list is d. C. Mayor muriel bowser. Clinton has strong support among africanamericans. They favor the former secretary of state over vermont senator Bernie Sanders but more than 50 points in many polls. The swerving driver who crashed into a motorcycle calls it an accident. Why the biker isnt buying it. This is a singing Haunted House in leesburg. Jamming to mclemores downtown. Decorated with 8,500 l. E. D. Lights. The music doesnt broadcast from the house. You can hear the lights by tuning your radio to 98. 1 fm. Check out our nbc washington app. We have ranked ten of the areas favorite halloween attractions from those who arent so scary from the very scariest ones around and ranked them using skulls. Skulls from one to five. Black lives matter protesters surrounded the mayor of los angeles last night following a town hall meeting at a local church. Police had to clear a path to get Eric Garcetti to his car. The tension actually started inside the church when protesters rushed the stage while garcetti was speaking. He later said he was disappointed that the meeting was cut short. A Training Exercise turned into the real thing for a group of First Responders in texas. While practicing their water rescues they saw a boy fall off his intertube and go under. One of the responders jumped right in and grabbed him. The video is from a helmet cam that captured the whole thing. It happened earlier this month near snoen jan antonio. The youngster is just fine. Did a car swerve into a motorcycle on purpose . Both drivers have their spin on what happened. As jay gray reports, only one of them is facing charges at least for now. Reporter this shocking video shows the crash unfold. Watch the white car, it swerves just as a motorcycle is trying to pass clipping the front wheel and throwing the two riders. What were you doing . You hit them. I dont care. Reporter almost as stunning the man behind the wheel. You swerved and hit them. I dont care. Reporter 68yearold william crumb was in court today charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. But now says he is sorry. And that his erratic driving was the result of an insect bite. All of a sudden i felt this tremendous sting in my left leg and i thought it was a waus. Or something. I didnt know. I immediately went like this. I was driving with my left hand. And i immediately went back the other way. Reporter eric sanders doesnt buy the story and believes he was targeted by hymn. He hit me on purpose. I do not care what he said. I dont care what his explanation is. Reporter sanders admits he crossed the double yellow line but says it was legal because traffic was moving at a dangerously slow pace. He was scraped and bruised in the crash. His girlfriend sustained critical arm and leg injuries as she flew off the bike. Shes out of icu now after surgery but still listed in serious condition. A Police Spokesman says the accident is still under investigation. Jay gray, nbc news, dallas. News 4 at 5 00 starts now with jim and wendy. Right now at 5 00, live on the scene of a murder mystery tonight. News 4s pat collins is in a neighborhood in Upper Marlboro that is known more for its manicured lawns than police tape. Pat . Reporter four years ago, her 20yearold son was killed in a violent confrontation with police here. And today, amanda jones was found dead here. Dead inside her house here. Police are calling it a case of murder. Sources have identified the victim as 56yearold amanda jones. Found murdered this morning inside her home in the perrywood section of Prince Georges County. Patricia branch is a neighbor and close friend. Shes a beautiful woman. She has a wonderful spirit about herself. Very softspoken. Would do anything for anybody like i said. Reporter police have described the cause of death here as trauma to the upper body. Investigators have been all over the house, inside and out, looking for clues and a possible motive. Sources say miss jones was discovered this morning by a relative who came to check on her welfare. This is not the first time theres been trouble at this house. Back in april 2011, Police Called here after amanda jones son, charles smith, fired off shots inside. Smith who was bipolar ran from the house. There was a confrontation with the cops nearby. Police say smith reached for an officers gun and was shot and killed by police. Now today, more trouble. More sorrow for the family and friends of amanda jones. Im truly devastated that this would happen to her. Shes just a sweet
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