Back to you. Breaking news right now in californias mohave desert. An ntsb goteam is on the way to the desert in california where a spaceship crashed, killing one pilot. Virgin galactic is a tourism spaceship, just north of l. A. , a witness said it exploded. The debris scattered over a twomile area. One of the two pilots on board has died. The other was able to parachute to the ground. The billionaire says he is on the way now to the crash site. People have paid 250,000 to secure seats on this spaceship. Right now, storm team 4 is tracking scattered showers and much colder temperatures moving into our region. Get ready, folks, lets talk to chief meteorologist Doug Kammerer in the news room. The temperatures above average in the area, take a look, right now no rain to talk about. That is really the thing here, how will rain impact us for halloween night. My answer, its not. Back to west virginia, you start to pick up rain. But the bigger story here, this is what we have been telling you the whole time is the fact that this cold air is making its way all the way down to the south and making its way our way. The deep trough of pressure, bringing the coldest air so far of the season. 56 degrees at 5 00, 7 00. 54, down to about 50 degrees at the 9 00 hour, in the city, so most of you in the suburbs will be in the mid40s, jackets, maybe long sleeved shirts, whatever the costumes may be. Bundle up for those, wait until i show you just how cold well get. Now to another axe attack on a Police Officer, a man slammed his axe through the windshield of an officers car overnight in northeast d. C. , near catholic university. Investigators say at this point they dont see any connection to a similar attack that occurred in new york city. But it does have the local Police Department and some residents on high alert. Here is news 4s pat collins. Reporter a man ambushes a d. C. Police officer. With an axe, an axe like this. It happened here, we have the picture. It will give you goose bumps. This is reallife terror. A large lumberjack axe, impaled into the drivers side of the police car. By now everybody has seen it, including the police chief, kathy lanier. O see at 3 30 a. M. I would rather see it in the car instead of the Police Officer. Reporter police say it was around 3 00 a. M. , the Police Officer and the cruiser sees the man, he is carrying something, the officer thinks it is a baseball bat. Slowly the Police Officer drives his car up the alley. As he does, ambush that man comes from out of nowhere and slams the axe into the drivers side of the police car. The officer gets out. There is a struggle, but the suspect gets away. The assault here happened about a week after a new york Police Officer shot and killed a man who attacked him with a hatchet. The policekathy lanier says the Police Officers are becoming targets. This is the second Police Officer attacked with an axe in just a few days. So it is a little concerning. Reporter the chief says she sent out warnings to the officers to be on alert. With the level of attacks weve seen in the past two months were on extremely high alert. Reporter now, the officer had an injury to his shoulder and is expected to be all right. The suspect, he is still at large. The chief says she hopes to have him in custody by halloween night. Speaking of that, the chief talks about halloween and the residents here talk about the incident coming up at 6 00. Live in bridge, pat collins, news 4. The man linked to three attacks on women in virginia could soon be moving to Fairfax County, Jesse Matthew is currently jailed in charlottesville charged in the disappearance of hannah graham, appearing by video in a fairfax courtroom today on attempted murder and rape charges in a case nearly ten years old. News 4s Mark Seagraves was also in court. We are able and ready to represent mr. Matthew. Reporter that is the Fairfax County public defender asking the judge to appoint his office as Jesse Matthews counsel. Matthew was charged in the rape and kidnapping of a woman in fairfax. Matthew doesnt want the local public defender, but wants the same lawyer representing him in the disappearance of hannah graham. Did you want to Say Something . Possible. Because i built a relationship with him in charlottesville, sir. Reporter matthews charlottesville lawyer says he doesnt want the public defenders help, because he may be charged in the murder of harrington, he should have the same lawyer in all three cases. I have developed a very Good Relationship with mr. Matthew since he was arrested in texas. I have also developed a relationship with him on the harrington case. Reporter the judge disagreed and appointed both the public defender and matthews charlottesville attorney to represent him in the fairfax case. Even the prosecutor disagreed with that decision. I anticipated that there would be a little back and forth there. Before todays hearing ended matthews lawyer asked the judge to order a psychiatric evaluation. I have sent a motion to the prosecutor requesting that several doctors in this area who are very, very good at forensic psychiatry and psychology be appointed to do a full evaluation of mr. Matthew. That request was denied. And coming up at 6, the victim of the rape no longer lives in the United States. Well tell you how that will impact the prosecutions case. In fairfax, Mark Seagraves, news 4. New at 5 00, take a look at the guy in the police photos, police say he robbed a Sun Trust Bank in Loudoun County earlier today at gunpoint, happening at the branch on pigeon hill drive. The chief operating officer of a political Mailing Company is on custody this evening facing child pornography charges. His name is michael centanni. This is a photo of him. From the companys website he is listed as coo. A judge today ordered him held until a hearing next week. If centanni is convicted he could potentially face decades in prison. And the department of justice is calling it operation porch lights out. Across the region, there are restrictions for registered sex offender s tonight. Most o a home with their lights while children are out trickortreating. In st. Marys county, they have to post no candy signs outside their house. There will be random checks. And there were shared stories today, stories about potlaced candy. Prince georges county police have seized several boxes of candy infused with marijuana. As news 4s Darcy Spencer reports now there are fears it could soon end up in the wrong hands if parents are not careful. Reporte monkey bars, blueberry bliss, they all look and sound like great halloween treats, but theyre more trick than treat. They were infused with marijuana. You pull out the candy, not paying attention, you know, you could easily or a kid could easily open one of these up and eat it. Reporter police intercepted the pot county before it made it to its intended destination in laurel. But they dont know if there could be more out there if kids head out for trickortreating. It can be very deceiving. Police want to make sure that you go through all the candy that your kids bring home tonight and make sure there is none of this stuff infused with marijuana. Reporte here is what to watch for, each package is clearly marked with a thc content, the ingredient in marijuana. If you see anything with that type of labelling, get rid of it. I think it is terrible and wouldnt even want to put my kids in a position where they have to figure out is it candy or marijuana. Reporter this is the first time pot candy has been seized in prince georges county. All of it had been shipped from colora where marijuana is legal. Police are pursuing charges against those who had it shipped here. I think people should be very careful and at this point read all ingredients for the candy. Reporter police dont believe the candy was meant for kids but they dont want to take chances. If a child were to eat it, it would likely result in a trip to the hospital. In prince georges county, Darcy Spencer, news 4. Her home state wants to keep her on house arrest but today a judge said not so fast. Coming up, a requirement for a nurse now home from west africa. Plus, a ballot issue not getting much attention could make a big difference for military families in our region. Military families in our region. And loose cash after filling out their hogan iquestionaire, aight. Hogan was awarded an a from the nra. But now he refuses to release his responses. The nra opposes comprehensive background checks. They want to weaken marylands gun safety laws. Even support letting suspects on the fbi terror watch list buy guns. On gun safety and terror, the nra is wrong. Hogan gets an a from the nra. On protecting maryland, we just cant trust him. A rally for Immigration Reform stopped traffic outside the white house today. Take a look, members of the National Group united we dream blocked the intersection in northwest this morning. They fanned out, demanding president obama provide more protection from the threat of deportation saying it is breaking families apart. This is the same group that heckled Hillary Clinton yesterday at the university of maryland. Well, new at 5 00. Some virginia voters will find a mega surprise when they cast ballots on tuesday because there is a constitutional amendment that has not gotten a lot of attention. It would provide Financial Relief to families who have made the ultimate sacrifice. Northern Virginia Bureau chief explains what it is all about. Reporter for tracy, the terrible knock on the door came in june of 2012. Her husband, major paul volke, had been killed in afghanistan. Suddenly, she was alone with two small boys. Your life changes forever, you start to think where am i going to go . Reporter e military base whe lived and settled in springfield in a home they bought earlier when her was at the pentagon. Like others, she discovered certain Tax Exemptions offered to some military families were not offered to her. They asked if your husband was active duty, military member, no, is your husband a no category for us, where do we fit . Reporter the Northern Virginia delegate made this same he was researching for a constituent. He cosponsored a bill that gives anyone who loses a spouse in action tax exemption. This is fairness and the least we can do to include a small token of appreciation to those who have given the ultimate sacrifice, the ultimate disability and died in action. Reporter there are benefits in some jurisdictions for spouses of those killed after january 1st, 2011. But it made sure that they include all spouses, no matter where the service was. If they remarry, it ends, it will bring much appreciated financial help. That brings funds to live a little bit more comfortably, and dont forget about us, we gave everything we have for the protection of this country. You can get ready for election day now, we posted a link for our website. All right, the chilly weather has arrived. The rain is about a couple of hundred miles away. That is the good news for the trickortreaters, because i k well deal with the rain at all. The kids have to have two hands for those bags. They dont need to be carrying umbrellas, they dont need to carry them right now. Take a look at what happened. The sunshine, we haven seen much in the way of sunshine, keeping temperatures down toda. 56 now, 54 towards manassas, and towards huntington, clear as i mentioned, no problems tonight as far as that is concerned. As far as the trickortreating goes. There are some showers back to the west but way back towards west virginia. This is all part of the system. Look at the deep trough digging all the way down to the south. Theyre dealing with snow towards chicago, and actually snowy in boone mountain. The cold is coming this way, saturday, 8 00 a. M. Here we are, some showers moving in. More shower activity. That is all it is going to be. This will not be heavy rain. There are big events going on during the day tomorrow. I dont think it will be a washout. But take the umbrella with you just in case. Well see showers, and then it will just be the wind and cold. Saturday at 6 00. Sunday at 7 00. The wind is here. The cold air is here. Veronica johnson is here, too. And she is telling us just how cold it will be. Yeah, the air mass, doug, as you know will be downright ugly light saturday night, early sunday morning, and air mass with a bite. Let me show you what i mean. Taking a look at the wind chill temperatures, next few hours going into saturday afternoon and sunday morning, burke, chantilly, this is noontime on saturday. Not too bad. It will feel like anywhere from 40 to 45 degrees, by 11 00 p. M. Midnight, the wind chill temperatures drop to around freezing, maybe even lower. Frederick, hagerstown, if you plan to get the paper walking the dog in your robe look at this. Into the 20s, mighty cold, windy, cold, yes, we get the sunshine back, but not much better as we get into sunday afternoon. Yeah, that is right, veronica, that is why tomorrow our impact forecast not on the low side. I think it will be on the moderate side, for sure. You will need the coat, maybe the umbrella becoming very windy throughout the afternoon. Next couple of days, high at 51, 49 on sunday, you mentioned a very cold start with that event. Lot of events going on, one happening down near the national mall. Of course, for lung cancer, very cold, dress warm, my friends, ill be down there with you. And well all dress warm, wind chill right at 30 degrees. We warm back up. 59 on monday, 64 on tuesday if you get out to vote tuesday looking like a very nice day. Wednesday as well looking good, the next chance of rain coming in on thursday. Guyings guyin allright, halloween kick off early today. They held their annual fall festival parade today. With students marching behind the school to show off their costu this is a popular event for this neighborhood. We talked to a woman who brought her grandson to take part. And the teachers are all into it. I think it is great for the community and great for the school. Reporter hundreds of kids and parents took part in this festival. The crash sent cash flying. And people actually stopped their cars and got out on the highway right in the middle of rush hour. Take a look. An armored truck collided with a dump truck here this morning, near urbana area, the door lock malfunctioned, sending the bag of money out on the roadway. Some drivers got out of their cars to run after it. Police say those who dont return the cash could face charges. A crime committed in the day, in broad daylight, two thieves breaking into a house, steal some precious family heirlooms, and they didnt know somebody was watching them. Somewh sto has more. And heaters can be a quick way to turn up the heat, before you turn on the portable eight years of School Reform showing a difference in test results, tom sherwood spoke with the chancellor today and some parents about e futur of city schools. Repor 2007, the new mayor, adrian fenty, taking a handson approach after winning control of the citys struggling schools. And appointing michelle rie as the new chancellor, she pushed reform winning praise and criticism over her personal style and policies. This is the city that i live in. Reporter in 2010, vincent gray defeated fenty, but henderson pursued still tough reforms but brought a friendlier demeanor to the table. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Rep now henderson is confi credited with improving test scores and reducing school bureaucracy. The trains run on time. Reporter in an interview with nbc 4, henderson says much more needs to be done to gain more confidence in city schools. Especially making middle school and high school to hold onto parents and kids flocking now to Elementary School programs. We still have a long way to go before we get to excellent. I think one of the most exciting things about this school year, people were happy to go back to school. Reporte goo things happening, that is what these parents want for their 8 and 6yearolds now in city schools. I think School Reform has made some notable progress. Reporter but parents like simmons worry a new plan to radically change the School Boundaries will disrupt the established School Boundaries. Reporter all three say the boundary plan needs work, it is not clear when any boundary plan will take effect. In the district, tom sherwood, news 4. Right now at 5 00, she is free to go and she sure did. How nurse kaci hickox celebrated her win over maryland officials who were trying to isolate her. Reporter nurses at Providence Hospital in northeast washington announce they are planning to strike. Coming up tonight on news 4, why they say they will walk off the job and what the hospital has to say about it. The suspect breaking into the house and stealing sentimental items. Im shomari its easy for politicians to forget that taxpayer money actually comes out of your pocket. Im Peter Franchot as comptroller i know you work hard for your money. Thats why i make sure that most of you get your state refund in three days or less. With new technology weve collected over 3 billion dollars from tax evaders. Thats more money for schools, roads and public safety. And ive led the fight in annapolis against wasteful spending. This is your money and ill never forget that. Peter franchot, marylands comptroller. 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