crews here respond to an early morning house fire that killed an elderly woman and a 6-year-old boy that were trapped inside. >> all that's left of this home is charred wood, a hollow structure and a roof partially burned down. charles county along with three other fire departments received a call of a fire after 12:30. when they arrive, the home was engulfed in flames. >> they encountered very heavy fire conditions throughout the dwelling with the report of someone trapped. they immediately went to work. >> phil smith is the spokesperson for the charles county fire department. he said four people who lived inside were able to make it out. but after the fire was extinguished, a 6-year-old boy and a 68-year-old woman were found dead inside. fire marshals spent hours investigating the cause while devastated family members stood close by hoping to understand how and why this happened. now, again, the cause of this fire sunday investigation. but fire investigators tell us there was a working smoke detector inside the home. at this point police or investigators are not telling us what the connection is between -- or the relationship between the 6-year-old and the 68-year-old woman. reporting in charles county, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. progress is slow to get things moving around that water main break in bethesda. these are live pictures from the scene at the intersection of rockville pike and cedar lane, which is still almost completely shut down. crews are hard at work. we know they got that broken 74-year-old pipe out of the ground earlier this morning. there are a few more steps they have to take care of before they can start fixing the road surface there. we checked in with melissa fomo mollet, she said you have one lane inbound and two outbound. still about 250 customers without power in that area. we'll let you know when that changes. >> one driver died in a crash early this morning on the bw parkway in anne arundel county. this happened in anne arundel county at route 32. two women riding inside the vehicle were seriously hurt. the road was closed for a while but traffic is back to normal. and police in prince george's county are trying to figure out what led to a deadly shooting. overnight police were called to the 4800 block of tangier place in suitland. investigators do not think this is a random crime. police are not releasing information on the victim. i'm storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell, beautiful october sky overhead. filling in a bit with some cumulus clouds. cooler and drier air is working its way in. be ready for a breezy day today. these cumulus clouds around the rim lines north and west of town. no chance for rain out of these clouds. for us, we'll be dry, breezy, afternoon temperatures in the upper 60s to right around 70. cooler days ahead. more about that in a few minutes. from the weather to politics, no doubt this midday about the winner in last night's democratic debate. hillary clinton was polished, on point, and confident. in the nearly three-hour cnn facebook debate held in las vegas, nbc analysts says bernie sanders was also solid. martin o'malley had the strongest performance of the remaining three. we'll go into detail with mark murray in a bit. today is the funeral for an elderly man who died after a struggle with security guards. 74-year-old james mcbride was a patient at washington hospital center earlier this month. he died two days after guards restrained him for trying to leave the hospital. his neck was broken but it's unclear why he died. the prince william county police department says a fellow officer's death is not suspicious. officer pina's body was found yesterday morning in independent hill. he cared deeply for his family, friends and fellow department members. new developments about a deadly plane crash in florida the plane crashed into a trailer park near palm beach. it hit two mobile homes. look at the damage here. the ntsb is holding a news conference about the crash right now. they confirmed two people died. kerry sanders will have more on the crash and how it happened coming up in the next half hour. and just into our newsroom, volkswagen's troubles may just be beginning. what they just revealed about the scandal that already has them in serious trouble. an just in to the news 4 live desk, the volkswagen emissions cheating scandal just got bigger. additional suspect software in its 2016 models could help exhaust systems run cleaner during testing. this is different software from what we already knew about in the 2009 to 2015 models, that started this worldwide cheating investigation. the new issue was disclosed last week to the epa and regulators in california. at this point those regulators are trying to figure out whether the new software constitutes a second effort at trying to game the emissions test. more to come on that. more than 60 lawsuits related to that deadly amtrak derailment will all be heard in philadelphia. eight people died, more than 200 were hurt when the train entered a sharp curve at more than twice the speed limit. a single judge will oversee the personal injury and wrongful death suits. amtrak said it would not oppose claims to cover costs of medical expenses, pain and suffering, but several suits seek to punish amtrak for the tragedy. former maryland governor bob mcdonell has asked the court to review his krissen sentence. maureen mcdonell wants to delay her hearing as her husband appeals his conviction. she is scheduled to go to court october 29th. earlier she was sentenced to a year and a day in prison. grab your extra layers. some chilly changes are headed our way, chuck bell's updated >> good morning. beautiful day outside. a couple of fair weather clouds in our sky. not generating rain. partly to mostly cloudy skies building in between 3:00 and 4:00. there may be a five-minute long sprinkle down into parts of southern maryland. rain chances inside the metro are well below 30%. never say never to mother nature. i don't think you'll need to worry about finding the umbrella. temperatures will reach the 60s in gaithersburg. upper 60s in manassas. 71 in washington. we'll look at the rest of the week and on into the weekend coming up. a lot of people are awaiting news about lamar odom, he was found unconscious in a brothel in nevada yesterday. he is in the hospital right now. however it's not clear what condition he's actually in. it may be very serious condition. odom won two championships with the l.a. lakers. he is 35 years old. the $10 bill is getting a new look. today students from university of maryland will help treasury secretary jacob lew pick the woman on the bill. the new portrait will replace alexander hamilton on the 10. the military makes a change that could impact a lot of i'm aaron gilchrest, a quick update on the charles severance murder trial. the prosecutor still going forward in day three of presentations here. the focus now, fbi evidence specialist and a detective talking about some of the items found in the car in which charles severance was found in west virginia earlier this year. they talked about the fact that there was a gun cleaning kit under the drivers see the in that vehicle and went through some other things, books, various other things that might be consistent, one detective said, of someone living in the car. they continue to talk about some of the evidence, some of the items found in charles severance's car. we know severance is on trial for three high-profile murders in alexandria. the prosecutor indicated he's ahead of schedule at this point and could likely wrap up his case on monday. then it will be the defense's turn to try to win this case for _- to you.erance. i don't take a back seat to anyone when it comes to progressive experience or commitment. >> are you a progressive or a moderate. >> i'm a progressive, but a progressive who likes to get something done. >> hillary clinton solidified herself last night as a democratic leader in the race for president what does that mean for other contenders and joe biden? mac murray has his analysis. i want to start off with what worked well for clinton? many are saying it was another man on the stage, bernie sanders who pretty much neutralized the e-mail scandal. >> that's right, he took it off the table by saying let's focus on other things, but hillary clinton looked the person most presidential. it helped she had done 20 debates in the 2007 and 2008 primary race. >> she was good debater. >> she was a good debater. all of those other people on the stage never had done it at this level before. she came prepared, was ready to go. this month has been important for hillary clinton, the first debate, her testimony before the bengahzi committee next week. when you look at the debate, she passed her first big test of october. >> we want to turn to joe biden. he wasn't on the stage. everybody is talking about him. you tweeted last night that if he was waiting for clinton to mess up, to get in, you didn't get it at all. this morning i read an article that said clinton made biden's decision a whole lot harder. >> this is one of the advantages of being biden, if you want in, you want control your own destiny. hillary clinton has one more big performance before the bengahzi testimony, but last night, she looked strong, looked presidential, and cut off the lanes that joe biden would need to have a rationale to run. >> biden's biggest risk in waiting was the possibility in a change of political landscape and people said that shifted last night. want to get to the gop side of things. how does this impact the republican strategy? >> we have so many more debates to go. the first votes won't take place until early february. so there will be many twists and turns. i would say that you look at the most recent fox news poll, it shows ben carson, donald trump, one and two, ted cruise getting more than 50% when you add "up with steve kornacki" their percentages. this is a republican party looking forward to the outsiders rather than the establishment. >> you have a busy day ahead of you, appreciate you stopping in. we'll send it back on over to you. >> all right. thanks. donald trump will be in virginia later today. the republican presidential front-runner will hold a campaign stop at the richmond international raceway. he expects 10,000 people to show up for the event at 7:00 tonight. trump is the second gop presidential candidate to visit virginia's capital this month. ohio governor john kasich held a town meeting at the university of richmond last week. chuck, was going on with our weather? >> felt like late september yesterday with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s with sunshine, today it's feeling more like mid-october. the winds usher in a keerl pattern which is here to stay for quite some time. here's how the next 24 hours are looking. 66 at noon, breezy. cool and 67 tonight. tomorrow morning, chilly in the 40s. 63 by tomorrow afternoon. no real weather slowdowns to worry about for today, tonight or tomorrow. as we get into friday, that's our next chance for rain. i'll detail the timing on that and talk about your weekend when i see you next. >> new fathers in the military could get more time home with newborns. the navy's top office says the service is considering extending paternity leave from 10 days to 30 days. this after admiral john richardson met with several hundred sailors at pearl harbor yesterday. this past summer the navy paid triple maternity leave for female sailors. the final round of chemotherapy was held yesterday for larry hogan. he posted on facebook saying over the past four months, i have 24-hour chemo, three surgeries. >> why many of you may be taking your children to the wrong doctor. you can watch us even when you're at work or on the go. open up the nbc washington app. just tap watch live tv now. it is at the top of your screen. news 4 midday live >> when you have a broken leg, you go to an orthopedic doctor. for a toothache you go to a dentist. some children with mental health issues are not going to see a mental health expert. dr. joshua weiner joins us this morning. we have some new statistics out. we learned that about 1 in 3 kids seeking outpatient mental health care for anxiety or adhd were actually only treated by a primary physician, fewer than 26% saw a psychiatrist or mental health expert. only 15% saw a psychologist or social worker. now, what do you think? are these kids getting the help they need. >> i think some are, by two issues here. about 10% of kids in this country each year will be receiving mental health treatment. roughly 7%. but the kids that need the mental health treatment is probably closer to 14%. one of the biggest problems with all of this is just access to care. i think people are left with no option other than seeing their pediatrician, even though i think many would realize it's not optimal. >> what should be done about that? we need more mental health professionals, but where will we get them? >> this is a big issue. what i think we need do as a country is a couple things. anyone who becomes a doctor for the most part will go into medicine because they want to do good and do well financially. one of the problem with psychiatry, psychiatrists are one of the least paid professionals in the medical world. so we need to find ways to reimburse psychiatrists and mental health professionals better, so that they're more enticed to go into the field and open up the number of slots available in training for people to become child and adolescent psychiatrists, then we'll have a greater supply to treat the need. >> i want to talk about having primary care physicians not trained for mental illness prescribe. let's talk about that in a few minutes. now we'll go back to angie. >> thank you. the animal warning in one part of our area that's taking on a life of its own on >> good looking day outside. clouds are building a bit. the air mass is fairly dry. rain chances remain low. not zero, but extremely low. 60 in hagerstown as the cool air pushes in now. temperatures only mid to upper 60s across much of the region. it will inch up another couple of degrees. a cooler pattern is moving in. temperatures peaking near 70 at 2:00, drop be back to the 50s this evening. i'm eun yang, we're following the stories you're clicking on. a pizza delivery driver in ohio received the best surprise when a church congregation tipped her more than $1,000. the driver was asked what is the biggest tip she received? she said $10. the teaching that day was about generosity, so the congregation pulled together to tip the driver. take care if you're heading out and about in bethesda. britney johnson has more on an unusual attacker. >> be aware of your surroundings if you walk, bike, run, an all is attacking people because it is seeing ponytails or bike reflectors as prey. >> who knew ponytails could be dangerous. we spotted this next story on yahoo!. mercedes-benz is unveiling what they describe as the most luxurious suv ever. if you want one head to india. it will be the replacement for the ml suv. it's all about luxury, the base car starts a a little over $60,000. that's a lot of money. back to you. >> thanks. right now on news 4 midday, what went wrong and the investigation gets underway after fire rips through a local home and claims two lives. >> and a busy road becomes a rushing river. what we're learning about repairs at this huge every window, every part of that house had fire out of it four people made it out, luckily. unfortunately we did lose two this morning. >> those two people, a woman and a 6-year-old boy, both died in this fire in charles county today. we're working to find out what their relationship was. the charles county fire department says they called in all their units to fight the fire on popular hill road. it broke out at about 12:30 this morning. one firefighter was hurt and is recovering. as soon as we learn the victims names or anything else about them we'll post an update to the nbc washington app. crews right now are running water through new pipes that replaced a broken water main in bethesda. you are looking at live pictures now. we just got off the phone with officials, and they say if there are no leaks they will begin repairing the road. crews have been working overnight to fix the problem this started around 2:30 yesterday afternoon. this morning they removed the old broken pipe that flooded the intersection. earlier crews cut off water to about 260 customers. a group of kids are finally at school after their school bus caught fire this morning. it happened on the belt wear. montgomery county fire say it happened on the outer loop near connecticut avenue. they closed the right side of the road. it's back open now. now we're working to find out what started the fire. part of a popular area trail is shut down for the u.s. park police's s.w.a.t. school today. training exercises will be happening along billy goat trail ats which peek and ohio canal. be aware, a section of the trail will reopen after 3:00 this afternoon. the closed section is from the angler's end trail to the emergency exit trail intersection. police are sepi instepping patrols near a local high school. more montgomery county police officers will be around walt whitman high school because of a post found on social media that implied some sort of violence at the school today. so far nothing has been reported. chuck? >> outside, a beautiful day, feels more like fall than it did yesterday. temperatures are running 10, 15 degrees cooler now than the same time yesterday. clouds are building a bit across parts of southern pennsylvania and the ridge lines of western maryland and west virginia. there could be one or two five-minute long rain sprinkles north and west of the metro area. rain ances about 10%. not zero. breezy today, mix of clouds and sunshine. near 71 in downtown. most of the suburbs in the 60s. 67 tomorrow after a chilly start in the 40s to 50s. light chance for a shower on friday. that brings seriously chilly air into town for the weekend. sunday and monday might have some frost and freeze concerns in the suburbs. developing in florida, two people died when a plane crashed into a trailer park in florida. this happened not far from palm beach. the ntsb is investigating. kerry sanders tells us what went wrong. >> reporter: the national transportation safety board along with local law enforcement is trying to determine what the cause was. the plane went down near a trailer park in palm beach. the fire and explosion was caught on home video and there was a security camera rolling not far away. you can see on that security camera as the plane came down. the ntsb does not know why the plane came down. there is an airport about three miles from here. a man believes his daughter was inside one of the trailers as the plane went down. he has not seen her since. kerry sanders, nbc news. two big events happening at the white house hoed. michelle obama will welcome 60 washington area middle school students to pennsylvania avenue. they'll take part in a workshop called a celebration of song. tonight, a more grown-up event to mark the 50th anniversary of the national endowment for the arts and humanities. president obama and the first lady will host a concert on pbs tonight. previous performances honored aretha franklin and jill scott. uber tries to plug a data leak. and apple is under the gun after losing a patent. the iphone maker used technology from a college without permission. toyota making a major announcement about its long-term plans today. the company says it won't be selling cars that use just gasoline 35 years from now. this announcement comes amid the big scandal involving vw cheating on its emissions tests. toyota believes all of its cars will be hybrid cars by 2050. new today, uber accidentally leaked some personal information of hundreds of its drivers, social security numbers, driver's licenses, vehicle registration numbers are some of the data exposed. the leak was first reported by motherboard. it's connected to the new uber partner app. an uber driver first noticed the mistake yesterday when he tried to upload a document of its own. it's not known if anyone illegally used the data. spirit week at a high school is reigniting a heated debate about a confederate flag. on tuesday, it was usa day at brunswick high. two students were asked to change out of their clothes with the confederate flag on them. teachers also confiscated a confederate flag. a lawsuit pits family member against family member and the on-air a cool and breezy day outside with plenty of sunshine for now, partly to mostly sunny sky. 64 in leesburg and gaithersburg. 65 in washington. future weather forecast, by 5:00, 6:00, couldn't rule out a five-minute long shower or two. primarily south of washington into maryland. a reinforcing shot of cool air rolls in we'll clear our skies out after the sun goes down. mostly clear tonight. tomorrow, expecting full sun shrine through the course of your thursday. getting into the day on friday, 8:00 in the morning, mix of clouds and sunshine, a slight chance for a shower coming up friday afternoon as the real cold air moves in for the weekend. >> getting ready for it. thanks. now to a story that shocked a lot of people. the woman suing her nephew in connecticut for $127,000. the woman said she sued her 12-year-old nephew in order to pay her medical bills. the boy jumped into her arm four years ago, she fell and broke her wrist. insurance offered her $1. she couldn't sue the insurance company so she sued her nephew. the jury ruled against the woman, and her lawyer said our client was never looking for money from her nephew or his family. >> they can shoot out spray. >> oh-oh! oh! >> kmtv hosts in omaha, nebraska are recovering after being punked by a skunk. it happened during an animal education expert. the expert had a water dropper and acted like the spray of a skunk. the two hosts flipped out. the nelson barely held it together, they were pranked for sure. were they good sports? i guess you have to make that decision. new-found benefits from a glass of wine, but it will only help you if you get a certain type. >> breaking news coming in. a precautionary lock-in of a school in alexandria. we knows there a police investigation happening near the intersection of king street and west braddock road in alexandria. the mini howard campus of t.c. high school has been put on precautionary lock-in status. police say they're investigating a robbery in the 3500 block of king street. a clerk was robbed of a cell phone, but whoever robbed her had a gun. that's why there's a large police press spence and why mini howard campus has been put in lock-in status. that's the latest from the live desk. they don't mind having big government trying to interfere with a woman's right to choose and taking down planned parenthood. >> confident hillary clinton in full control last night and taking swings at the republican party. now the focus is what's next and what tonight's debate means for democratic and republican candidates. >> nbc's tracie potts has that insight and more and what's already different this morning. >> reporter: hillary clinton had a strong performance, she came in and did what analysts said she needed to do. bernie sanders on the other hand, accordingoverni overnight polls had a strong performance and what he said about hillary clinton seems to have given them both a boost. >> the american people are sick and tired of hear being your damned e-mails. >> reporter: it was memorable moment of the first debate and one of the reasons that bernie saernd sanders got more hits online than any other candidate. he also got the highest positive rating during the debate following by martin o'malley. >> i believe a no-fly zone in syria at this time would be a mistake. >> reporter: clinton gained the most support during the debate. >> he was going give immunity to the only industry in america. everybody else has to be accountable but not the gun manufacturers. >> lincoln chafee questioned clinton's yes vote on the iraq war. >> if you're going to make poor judgment calls at a critical time in our history that is an indication of how someone will perform in the future. >> jim webb's repeated >> jim webb's repeated enough time. >> i have been waiting ten minutes. >> you have gone over your time. >> landed him at the bottom of the analysis. numbers indicate performance, not just performance numbers but money in the pocket. we are hearing from bernie sanders campaign that he raised $1.3 million in the four hours from the beginning of that debate. tracie potts, nbc news, washington. in the trial of suspect serial killer charles severance, we are hearing about some evidence found in his car. investigators say they found a gun cleaning kit and a number of books and other items that would suggest someone living in their car. severance is on trial for three high-profile murderers in alexandria. the prosecutor could wrap up the case as early as monday. >> if you're planning on being outside today, maybe not the best picnic day unless you have big rocks to hold the blanket down with. temperatures not bad, just about average for the middle of october. mid 60s throughout the course of the day. gaithersburg, 69. old-time also also, 71. already thinking about the weekend? i know you are saturday, mostly sunny, breezy, cooler than today. highs barely making 60. sunday's highs only in the mid to upper 50s. plenty of sunshine this weekend. but some chilly mornings coming our way. could have a frost-free threat west of d.c. on sunday and monday morning. a glass of white wine can be helpful to diabetics. that's according to a new study. researchers say a single glass of white wine offered benefits to people with well-managed type ii diabetes. after two years, those who drank white wine every night had better triglyceride levels than those who drank red wine or water. we are seeing alarm statistics about children not getting the proper mental health care. i asked dr. weiner to stick around. what is your concern about primary decisions treating kids who need mental care? >> if you need surgery on something, you want to see the surgeon who has done that surgery so many times they could do it with their eyes closed. same thing with mental health issues. sure, the pediatrician may be able to help out but they have not gone through the extensive training in o training required to treat kids. one thing this study showed that i found interesting, people are more likely to have their kids put on psychiatric medications if they're receiving the treatment just through the primary care physician than if they're seeking the help of a psychiatrist. it's not like psychiatrists are just seeing kids and writing prescriptions. as a psychiatrist we are sitting down with kids and families for a long time. meeting with them several times to do a thorough valuation. medication can be used in some cases, but it's not the answer always. >> does this raise the issue of whether primary care physicians really may be overprescribing medication medications for kids with adhd? >> the kids seeking the care through their primary care physician for adhd are about 10% or so more likely to end up receiving medication. whether that means that they're being overprescribed or whether it could be -- the issues could be addressed through other interventions, it's unclear. it all boils down to if i have a child that has mental health needs, i want that child, if they can, to see the person best suited to deal with the problem. that's a child and adolescent psychiatrist. >> so the primary care physician should do that. they should send the child to a person who knows what they're doing. >> if they can. it gets back to how unfortunately there's not enough of us. it's hard for people to get in to see the people they need to see, which is a much bigger issue. that's a whole bigger problem. >> it is a problem. we've been talking about it and are trying to change minds here at news 4. we will continue this conversation. >> thank you. >> a daughter's emotional tribute to her mother goes viral. plus police go back and forth with a i'm eun yang, here are some stories lighting up social media. a 4-year-old girl serenaded her mother. this was not an ordinary serenade, she belted out martina mcbride's "i'm going to love you through it" for her mother who is battling hodgkin's lymphoma. ♪ at the end of her song she hands over her mic and runs into the arms of her mother. that is love right there. forgetting you have a back-up fuel tank is not a good thing if you are a pilot. a pilot crash landed a small airplane on an idaho freeway yesterday after he ran out of gas. come on. he forgot to switch to a backup fuel tank. luckily no one was hurt. forward thinking police in new hampshire offer counseling to a pop grower using facebook. here's the picture. the officer pulled up the plant but offered the grower some therapy. they say if the pot grower gets home, goes for a walk in the wood and finds the horticulture project gone and wants to talk about it, he or she should call. back to you. fessing up for a prank a you've seen him on "the today show," wrangler the dog is coming to d.c. we've been watching him since he was a pup. a week from today you can see him roaming around the district. he's puppy with a purpose. from here he goes on to dallas and philadelphia. stay tuned for more information on where you can see wrangler in our area and what he will be doing. well, if you are feeling guilty about something you can bet a guy that we'll tell you about feels just as guilty if not more. he vandalized a park bathroom a few years back. he sent an apology. the man is from utah. he wanted to get it off his chest, 15 years after it happened. he sent an apology letter to the city of orem, utah. he said he vandalized the bathroom back in 1990 when he was with some friends. he also sent $500 in damages. city leaders say they couldn't find a record of that vandalism. they plan to use the money to build a park for children with disabilities. >> like the person who forgot to return the library book. >> chuck, what's going on with our weather? >> nice day out there for now. clouds filling in a bit more. there could ab five-minute long sprinkle or shower coming our way. primarily into southern maryland. by in large most of us will be rain-free. it will be breezy. temperatures in the upper 60s to near 70. much colder by the weekend. that will do it for news 4 midday. thank you very much for joining us. >> you can get your news and >> you can get your news and weather any here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light 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