Blasted with bullets, two separate shootings have neighbors in southwest d. C. On high alert this morning. News4s Megan Mcgrath is live along mailer road where one shooting targeted an Apartment Building filled with families. There was a lot of shooting at this apartment complex on mailer road, you can see the bullet holes and shattered and her children who were home when the gunfire began. And again, the people who live in this apartment were home, the woman were told by neighbors was sleeping on the sofa, in front part of the apartment. And it appears that thats where the bullet entered the apartment. This front window area. Very unexpected, a little after 10 00 last night. Neighbor in the anc commissioner, that it seemed like there was just plaster raining down from her ceiling and walls. So you have one, two, three anc commissioner paul transom counts bullet holes. These are just the ones that can be seen from outside the apartment. Six, seven inside, there are more. 14, police say possib were inside the apartment when the shots came in through the front window. She was telling me, she said i was sleeping, mr. Transom. She said i just woke up and when i woke up, all i saw was dust and smoke coming down if the ceiling. She said she didnt know what it was. Some of the bullets went through the apartment wall and out into the hallway where the mail boxes are. Amazingly, no one was hurt. But residents some too worried to show their faces on camera. Say it could have easily have ended in bloodshed. They didnt shoot nothing but this front window and side wall which leads to our hallway. Anybody could have been walking in that hallway. And no word from police, as to whether or not this apartment was in some way targeted or what the motive behind the shooting might have been. Now, in the other shooting that happened last night, that was chopper 4 was over the scene near route 28 and route 50 in chantilly. It happened during the morning rush about 8 30 this morning. Its not clear what led to the accident or if drivers will face charges. I have a look at the roads and the rails for this week. Safetruck surge number 9 still under way on the orange line. So trains serena to West Falls Church running every 24 minutes and West Falls Church and new minutes. Silver running every 20 minutes between wielhereston east and largo town center. Green and yellow, trains running every 20 minutes. And on the red line, no problems on the red line this weekend. Remember a couple of cool things happening around town as well on saturday the American Foundation for suicide prevention, that walk is happening saturday at 4 30 p. M. Basin area, there might be some closures, so a warning for you there. And all weekend long, starting friday night, running into monday morning, 395, the hov lanes shut down this weekend for bridge deck resurfacing. At lee road for the lanes closed from Turkey Cock Run to the line. Were going to have changeable weather for those events that melissa just talked about. Right now, a beautiful ahead of a front coming in. Were looking west, theres Friendship Heights off on the horizon is montgomery county. Searching the radar, not showing any rain. Were getting showers coming into the Shenandoah Valley out of the mountains, those are tracking to the north and east. It will take a while before they get into the metro area. Between now and then the temperatures will be climbing to the mid 70s by early afternoon. Then when the rain arrives 60s and the 50s later tonight. The 40s tomorrow morning. Ive got the new hourbyhour timing on the rain and a look at weekend in just a few minutes. Im molette green, we found out where thieves targeted your credit or debit card information in fairfax county. Lets show you which locations detectives say thieves set up skimming devices to steal your money. Most were at eight different gas stations. All around the and we noticed many of them are exxons. One was at a walmart. The stolen credit card information was then used at various atms to withdraw cash. Still unclear, if any of these cases is linked. Police believe gas stations are good targets for criminals, because they typically use oldermodel machines, which are easier to infiltrate. Thats the latest from the live desk. Barbara, back to you. A 3monthold baby boy are expected to appear in court charged in his murder. Police say 32yearold antoine petty admitted to punching his son in the torso to stop him from crying last month. The mother, 24yearold janice petty, says the father has a Mental Illness, police found the body this week near the Parkdale High School property. Todays hearing is to review the bond set for the couple. Right now, sentencing is under way for a man convicted of raping a woman in the hill east neighborhood of southeast. Antoine pitt was out on supervised probation when he cut off his gps bracelet, broke into a womans home and raped her last year. The u. S. Attorney for the district of columbia said pitt must be incarcerated until he is no longer physically capable of raping another woman or harming another person. A jury is recommending 60 years in jail and a lifetime supervised release should he be released after his sentence. In just over an hour, well learn more about the new after decades of waiting, officials finally received the certificate of need for that new medical center. It will replace Prince Georges Hospital center and will be owned and operated by the university of maryland medical systems. The hospital costs more than half a billion dollars and is expected to open in 2020. County officials will speak about next steps this afternoon at the site of the new hospital. In an area being called downtown largo. News4 will be there. Look for updates in the nbc washington app. She is now the head o district will honor its former police chief. Kathy lanier retired after 26 years of service, tonight d. C. Leaders will celebrate her with a ceremony in the northwest. Lanier now oversees security for all 32 nfl teams and the super bowl. The wait is over capital bike shares finally in fairfax county. The program launched this morning and theres a celebratory ribboncutting today. News4s Darcy Spencer joins us live from the brand new bike darcy . Good morning, barbara. Were at the spring hill station like you said in tysons corner. These are the brand new red capital bike share bikes. You can see racks and racks of them. Now available for rent. This marks the launch of capital bike share right here in fairfax county. Theyre starting off with some bikes here and some bikes in reston. But they do plan to expand the program. I asked, why would people want to rent bikes out here . What theyre telling me is they or perhaps once they get off the metro, they can then rent the bike and get to work and back, because its all of the heavy traffic out here. We spoke to some metro riders today who say they do plan to give it a try. You would do it to sort of bridge the gap to get to work . Yeah. Definitely. And because a lot of the traffic this here, it really gets crazy sometime during the primetime hours. And having a bike would really cut down the time i guess it do you consider using it out here in Northern Virginia . Oh yeah, yeah. For what reason . Get to work. Go to school. You know, go to places, i think its better because you dont like, dont have to put up with the traffic. So if you do plan to rent one of these bikes, you just go to one of these pay stations, you can rent a bike for a matter of minutes or hours, there will be the ribboncutting ceremonies as you mention, right here at bike stations throughout november and december. Back to you. And there will be plenty of folks in town for Howard Universitys homecoming this weekend. But a few signature events will be missing to return the focus to the alumni. There will be no annual homecoming parade or concerts. However todays yard fest will go on today as planned at noon. University. How a family who have a child with cancer are using the diagnosis to someday be able to help others. On issues that matter to Northern Virginia, Barbara Comstock and donald trump have a lot in common. Bill oreilly overturn roe v. Wade; urn. Comstock i think roe v. Wade should be overturned. Trump and comstock. Trump im totally for defunding. We shouldnt be giving to planned parenthood. While comstock voted five times to defund planned parenthood. Northern virginia, we need Luann Bennett. Standing up to trump and comstock. Standing up for us. Im Luann Bennett the Defense Department just identified the sergeant who died in an attack on a supply base in afghanistan. Sergeant Douglas Riney was killed. And an american civilian was also killed and three others were also hurt. Riney had earned the purple heart and the bronze star and was only 26 years old. Were waiting to hear the name in battle in iraq. Nbc news learned the soldier was operating with iraqi forces there. Its not clear if they were involved in an effort to recapture mosul from isis. In decision 2016 now it looks like donald trump is rebounding slightly among virginia voters. Hes still trailing ohio ohio by 12 points, 33 to her 45 . The wason center for Public Policy is your vafed 834 likely the rivals are back on the trail after an evening of laughs together last night. News4s Edward Lawrence explains. In a moment hidden from most in the room. Donald trump finally shack hands with Hillary Clinton at the alfred e. Smith Foundation Dinner new york. The republican candidate started off his speech being political. Hillary believes its vital to deceive the people by having [ crowd booing ] and a totally different policy in private. After a round of boos, trump finally got the message, this night was about fun and charity. This is the first time ever, ever, that hillary is sitting down and speaking to Major Corporate leaders, and not getting paid for it. Its amazing im up here transition of power. Clinton did her part for the roast, getting through these three debates with donald has to count as a miracle. On the campaign trail, clinton and president obama in florida and his wife in phoenix trying to rally support for election day. And then says today that he will accept the results if he wins . That is, that is not a joking matter. Trump held a rally if i win. Leaving the door open to challenging the results if they dont go his way. Today donald trump has three events in two battleground states, North Carolina and pennsylvania. Hillary clinton will hold a rally in cleveland, ohio. Edward lawrence, nbc news, washington. And the Clinton Campaign is getting some star support from miley cyrus, shell be visiting George Mason University tomorrow to speak with students about the high stakes of the election. Voice will be knocking on doors to encourage millennial voters to cast their ballots. Another reminder to get your air bags checked. An 11th american has died because of a ruptured takata air bag. Honda says the california woman died last month after a crash. Her civic had been recalled in 2008, but the air bag was never fixed. More than 100 million other air bags have had the same issue. You can doublecheck yours or whether your car is in this recall, this link is at our n have a new building dedicated to cybersecurity. Its breaking ground on its new center for cybersecurity studies. The facility will train midshipmen for realworld cyber threats. And today, some of the brightest young minds from across the country are presenting their science ideas at the white house. Ten students have been picked as president obamas new kid science advisers. They were chosen from 2500 about how to improve education and science technology, engineering and math. The students are meeting with the president s science adviser, two astronauts, the director of nasa and the head of the National Science foundation. Friends and family come together to celebrate the life of josh hardy. Hes the virginia boy who died after battling cancer. Joshs family successfully fought a drug maker to get an experimental drug for him. Today, there is a super hero costume celebration for josh at t conference center. Everyone is invited but you have to wear a superhero costume. It begins at 6 00 tonight. Joshs funeral will be held tomorrow at the Fredericksburg Baptist church. A remarkable story about the bond between a teenaged girl and her little brother. Is now being honored by a project with the promise of helping million of families. Heres nbcs gatti schwartz. Put blush on his sisters cheeks. At eight he was her dancing partner. We were so close. But at the age of 10, tanner was diagnosed with brain cancer. And died the next year. I didnt do anything was the words that came out of his mouth and that breaks my heart. Tanner had a mutated gene called tp53 which can lead to several forms of deadly cancer and when tested, the same father and his sister casey. What are your chances of getting cancer . Numberwise, 90 . I couldnt be more proud of someone who faces what she faces. Now casey is the sole subject in a groundbreaking dna study theyve named the tanner project in memory of her brother. I think shes a great example for the world. Shes working with doctors genome. Scientists are trying to figure out how she can live with the same genetic mutation that took her brothers life. Theyre also monitoring for the earliest signs of disease. So far everything looks good. No cancer. Which means she is free to be a normal teenager. Casey has started a honor her brothers memory and encourage others to get genetic testing. He taught me so much even before he was sick. Hes the reason why i am who i am today. A bond with her little brother, that remains unbroken. Gotti schwartz, nbc news, los angeles. Wonderful young people there. Tom, told bus the rain happening today at the top of the broadcast today. Coming up, a look at the big american Ninja Warrior youre going to love this. A huge Obstacle Course set up at fedex field how its being used wow, just look at that camera shake. A powerful 6. 6magnitude earthquake shook western japan just after 1 00 a. M. Our time. Crumbled walls and streets. No injuries have been reported. But seismologists warn that a magnitude of this size can cause several aftershocks. Three new crew members aboard the International Space station. Shane kimbro from texas and to russian cosmonauts just arrived today. The new crew will be up there until february. The three astronauts who welcomed them com next week. Were hoping for a great weather for a big event happening tomorrowed a fedex field. Its called extreme ninja challenge. We told you about game on earlier this week. The American Diabetes association and the redskins teaming up to raise awareness at the event people will be able to try out the extreme course. Steven brickhouse, the american Ninja Warrior contestant who is oh yeah, it is live. Nice job. The weather is okay right now, whats it going to be like for tomorrow . Its great to be able to do that. I thought were you planning to go out there tomorrow . Yeah. I do that every morning right before i go on the air. Yeah, well today, a great day to get out and get some exercise. Build up some of the muscles, weve got a big changes are on the way. Theres the view overlooking the potomac river. By 2 00, were in the mid 70s, much of the region breezy and warm and then showers begin to move in right in the metro area around 4 00 until 8 00 or so and after that the showers do move east of the metro area and back down to the 60s. And when theyre gone it will be getting windy by 11 00 p. M. Its in the mid 60s to low 60s, Shenandoah Valley, the rain is Chesapeake Bay. Reagan national, around 73, dont have rain yet, but showers beginning to show up in the Shenandoah Valley. All this area in the green and yellow, some moderate showers coming into the Shenandoah Valley out of west virginia. These are heading north and east coming into the metro area. Over the next several hours as we go forward in time, the area you see in the color, that is by later this morning afternoon temperatures, as they plummet fauquier county, well see the showers coming on through. Might even have a rumble of thunder between 3 00 to 5 00. Right in the metro area and move east of washington after 5 00. Around the bay, around 6 00 to 7 00 p. M. Nice autumn color in the mountains now, the red zone, peak autumn color. Shenandoah valley from skyline drive taken yesterday. Post your picks on facebook, twitter and instagram. Well have temperatures much cooler tomorrow, only near 60 with a blustery wind. On sunday, nice, into the upper 60s and 40s in the morning, lighter winds and a cool week to follow. Next chance of rain maybe on thursday, thats the way it looks. We have new information about the maryland man accused of stealing classified documents from the nsa, well tell you why his lawyer says he should be let plus many asking today how a trip to the chiropractor could end in death. We have new information about . Ill get you dancing. . . To the diggy diggy diggity do. . . This is my town. If you dont know now you know. . . Do that thing that you do. . . Check out the diggy diggy diggity do. . . Im gonna flippity flop to that clickity clock. . . Were staying out tonight. Wont leave. . . By now, i hope youve figured it out. . Prosecutors say he highly classified information over the course of 20 years. Just a few hours, Harold Martin will appear in court to face charges he stole from the nsa. Nbc chief justice correspondent tom costell