Transcripts For WRC News4 Today 20140909

Now well look at the commute with a construction delay . Good morning, everybody. Taking a look right now at chopper 4 over this, this is 95 southbound at laurel with emergency road work kind of making it a bit slow. And thats chopper panning up. You can see the delay here this morning. So its going to be a slow one if youre headed through the area any time this morning. The slowdowns stretch back for a couple miles now. That is 16 Miles Per Hour heading right there through laurel. A wider look at things, no major issues. D. C. 295 just passing 50, pretty typical this time of the day. 66 and 95 also typically slow. No major issues there. 95 at the weigh station, a little bit of volume here. Well take a live drive of 95 coming up in ten minutes. It is 6 02. New this morning, a d. C. Police officer is in the hospital right now after getting hit by a car along Eastern Avenue in northeast washington. The officer was on duty when she was hit near 61st street around 1 00. We are told the officer is in serious condition. The driver who hit her did stay on the scene. Right now everyone is talking about former ravens player ray rice and the video that shows him punching his fiancee until she passes out. This morning Vice President joe biden is weighing in here. Be aware, the video is disturbing for some. The nfl and ravens said they never saw this video before yesterday. You take a look here and you can see ray rice punch his then fiancee now wife in a new york city elevator. Hours later rice was fired. Vice President Joe Biden praised that firing. You can argue, they should have done it sooner, they didnt want it, whatever the reason is, its happening. You can see bidens full exclusive interview with tamron hall on the today show later this morning after news4 today. Angie goff is following more on the reaction to this video. A lot of you took to social media to talk about the story. Ray rice, john harbaugh, this is trending everywhere. Note that people are saying whyistayed and whyileft. Many are taking to twitter to tell their stories of dealing with domestic abuse. Its an issue striking a cord with players and celebrities alike. Holly Robinson Peete praised rices firing on twitter saying, right move, he could have killed her. Thank goodness for video. Meanwhile, wikipedia was quick to fix rices name as someone changed it to wife beat er. With this incident making headlines nationally, Domestic Violence organizations here are offering their help this morning. We talked to carmen kotma, the executive director of the d. C. Coalition against Domestic Violence, who says youre not alone. Here in the district we are at 30,000 Domestic Violence calls to the metropolitan Police Department every year, thats one every 17 minutes. If you need help, call the domestics National Hot Line at 1800799safe. And you can find out more agent the coalition on nbcwashington. Com. 6 04 is your time right now. Police in hagerstown are trying to piece together the series of events to leave a number of people shot and one person dead. Heres what we know, shots were fired in the 200 block of hagerstown last night. Two victims collapsed in the street there and a third person who walk ed to a nearby hospita. The bloody clothes were found in the pope Tire Service Center parking lot. And an air marshal was going through security at the International Airport in lagos sunday night to board a flight to houston when he was attacked by a needle. A group of men ran up and stabbed him with a needle. Sources say they believe this was an attempted robbery. The air marshal was taken to the hospital upon landing. The fbi is testing the needle. Today Carol Schwartz will kickoff her Mayoral Campaign in freedom plaza. The former republican d. C. Council member is up against democratic candidate muriel bowser. And the issue of food trucks is setting up shop in your neighborhood. If it is eating at you, you have a chance to weigh in in fair kax county. New zoning rules could make it easier for food trucks to appear outside of Office Buildings and shopping centers. Right now the cost to obtain a permit and other fees is about 16,000. A new proposal could drop this down to lower than 200. You can speak out today in the Planning Commission hearing at 4 00. It is the day apple fans have been waiting for. The new iphone features we expect to hear about in a few hours and the mysterious building that is part of the big reveal. Plus, new hope for people who know theard truth about living with autism. The new treatment that is working in eliminating symptoms. And we are watching storm team 4 radar closely right now. Take a look for yourself here at the chance for rain in your neighborhood. The hourbyhour in the weather welcome back at 6 09. In news4 your health, a study finds that you could eliminate autism by the age of 3. The infant Start Program was tested on seven babies showing signs of autism between 6 and 15 months. The treatment included coaching to help parents increase their infants attention, communication and social skills. Six of the seven children caught up in all their learning skills by the time they were 3 years old. Dr. Nancy snyderman has more on this study coming up on the today show. In news4 your health, you may want to wash your hands more often while youre at work today. The daily mail reports that germs can spread from the office door handle to half the workforce in just two hours. Researchers say you can quickly spread bacteria and viruses by pushing elevator buttons, grabbing the coffee pot in the break room, wipe everything down with antibacterial wipes and wash your hands frequently. I wash my hands a lot because we know theres a lot of shared spaces, things on the set we do have soap around to fight germs as well. We will enjoy the cool weather we are having today, tom. Now you are talking about the germs spreading. I have been here four hours, its too late. Weather and traffic on the 1s, here storm team 4 radar is showing no real rain around. Just a few scattered sprinkles. The speckles of green are south of washington, alexandria and down to mount vernon. Elsewhere, just low clouds around. As the morning progresses, a small chance of a sprinkle or little drizzle between now and noontime. A lot of clouds by noon, low 70s. Midafternoon, the mid70s with a slight chance of a shower this afternoon. A little sunshine is breaking out Late Afternoon. Well look at the next thunderstorm chance on weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 21. How is the commute right now . We have construction here on 95 southbound in maryland right there in laurel and 198. It is road work that we are not expecting to see this morning, but we are seeing slowdowns of 16 Miles Per Hour in some spots. 95 in virginia pretty slow in several spots. First of all, hopping on any near triangle opens up slow. We are talking about all the northbound lanes. Southbound is looking good. Otherwise looking pretty good, hearing about a new crash on Leesburg Pike in fairfax. More on that coming up. New this morning, investigators just released the new report on Malaysia Airlines flight 17 that was shot down. The theory the new report confirms. And a car service for ladies only. Why a new company says it will only take female customers. Karen hi, im karen. Joyce and im joyce. Karen and we are. Karen joyce the koch sisters. Karen were not biological sisters, but sisters in spirit. Joyce and were not related to the koch brothers, those rightwing billionaires. Karen were just two average women whove raised families and worked hard all our lives. Joyce we dont have billions to spend on political campaigns. Karen but we do have our convictions, and our voices. We think thats important. Joyce if you agree, then join us. We can all be a nation of koch sisters vo ours is a world of the redeyes. daughter im really tired. vo the transfers. Well, thats kid number three. vo the copilots. All sitting. Trusting. Waiting. For a safe arrival. Introducing the allnew subaru legacy. Designed to help the driver in you. Care for the passenger in them. The subaru legacy. Its not just a sedan. Its a subaru. And we have a call just coming in. Catharine and her two children are missing. Last night the kids father called saying he couldnt find them. The wifes last location was the germantown transit center. She told her husband the kids were dropped off at an unknown day care. Any information about katherine and the kids should call 911. Aaron . Thank you. 16 after the hour now. And new this morning, the dutch Team Investigating the downing of malaysian flight 17 over Eastern Ukraine says the crash was likely caused by the outside of the plane being hit by multiple objects. The report says theres no evidence of technical or human error. They accuse the prorussian separatists shooting it down with equipment from russia but russia denies this. All 298 people were killed on board. This morning a fourth american with ebola is expected to arrive in the u. S. For treatment. The patient will then be taken to Emory University in atlanta. The World Health Organization says one of its doctors tested positive for the virus. The air force says the patient will be flown from sierra leone to the reserve base outside of atlanta. Two patients have been successfully treated at emory. A third american is in a hospital in nebraska. Today is the day in a couple of hours that apple will put to bed all the rumors and unveil some new products. Nbcs Jennifer Bjorklund is live in california with what the mysterious building is there. We would like to know, anyway. Good morning. Reporter i would like to know what it is. Good morning. This mysterious big white box still under construction here is where the announcement is expected to be made in a few hours. The box that has been constructed over the last two weeks is adding to the mystery of what will launch here. And observers say if all the rumors hold true, this could be the most important product chgy has seen for 25 years. Now, the expectation is a new iphone 6. Thats probably the most likely thing. Two versions with a bigger screen, 4. 7 and 5. 5 inches according to the rumor mill. Also, apple is widely believed to be introducing a wearable of me sort. Some sort of watch. Maybe called iwatch. So the question is, do you really need something on your wrist . Well, innovators like steve jobs in the past have introduced things that we never thought we needed, didnt really want but once we had them we just couldnt live without them. So people are saying maybe this is apple ceos tim cooks turn to revolutionize something as ordinary as the wristwatch. How we could do that possibly is this other rumor. Nfc, its not new technology but its called Near Field Communication where radio waves will actually pay for things, so it can replace your credit card. That would be really handy. Well have to wait and see what is in this big white box, what apple will reveal at 10 00 a. M. Pacific time. Thats 1 00 p. M. Our time. Jennifer bjorklund, well be looking for the big announcement today. Thank you. On apples big day, we are learning amazon is slashing the price of their phone to less than a dollar. The price of the smartphone is 99 cents now with a twoyear contract. Quite a drop when they someday buyed the phone for 199 in june with a twoyear contract. They also plan to include a free oneyear prime subscription with the purchase sold exclusively through at t. If you are looking to sell your iphone before the new model is released, you better act fast. Strategies to get your most money back is on nbcwashington. Com. Just search apple. Another royal bundle of joy is expected to be a bonanza for the british economy. The duke and duchess of cambridge announced they are expecting a second child. The cash is already rolling in. One company took in several thousand dollars yesterday alone. A new member of the royal family can also be a huge tourism draw. The center for retail says since prince georges arrival, it brought in over 269 million in sales. The souvenirs, toys, books and dvds. Babies be big money, i guess. Seriously, i thought the parents were paying out the money but it works the other way, my goodness. We are off to a cool start, 70 degrees outside our studios this morning. Well go to tom kierein now to get an idea of what it feels like outside. Good morning to you, tom. Good morning. It feels cool and rather damp. This is a new High Resolution model. Short range just coming in to show only a small chance of a few sprinkles this morning into early afternoon. Right now storm team 4 radar is picking up a few scattered sprinkles. These little speckles of green here are just south of washington near waldorf and right near oxen hill in prince georges county. Otherwise just low clouds around. And farther south and east, this is steadier rain now. And it is raining out from highwater near norfolk and southeastern virginia. It is slowly tracking off to the north and east. Later today, we are getting closer to the atlantic seaboard from delaware to ocean city. Well be close enough to maybe, by then, to have a few scattered sprinkles coming through the little patches of green. These are scattered sprinkles or maybe light showers. Much of them passing east and then south of the metro area during the afternoon. A few breaks in the clouds by Late Afternoon as the showers dissipate. A little sunshine breaking out by Late Afternoon and into the evening. Going partly cloudy, temperatures right now are cool. We are just in the low to mid60s for most of the region. Near 70 by the bay and in washington. You need long sleeves so have the umbrella handy. Just a 30 chance of the afternoon sprinkle with highs reaching the mid70s. Then tomorrow, sun back with highs in the low 80s. Hot and humid. Feeling like summer on thursday. Thats our next chance of thunderstorms, thursday afternoon into thursday evening. Then friday, partly cloudy into the upper 70s. Saturday, a chance of showers. Then on sunday, first home game for the skins at fedex field to take on jacksonville. Kickoff time at 1 00. In the low 70s. Good weather for football, partly cloudy throughout the game. And im back in ten minutes with a look at the bus stop forecast. Melissa is here to look at the commute with a new accident. This is the one we were telling you about earlier. We have more information on Leesburg Pike westbound at springvale road. The westbound lanes are completely shut down. 66 headed into town looking just fine. Really just running 40, 35 Miles Per Hour. Not so terrible this time of the year. 95 at lorton road is moving along with a little bit of volume, but not terrible. Speaking of prince georges county, we are looking good on 210 near indian head highway, 20 Miles Per Hour. A little slow there. 270 near shady grove road moving along. Southbound from germantown road to the beltway, 18 minutes. A little slower that normal but nothing to worry about. A wider look at things, we are fairly decent all around town. D. C. 295 as you pass 50 is slow, but it typically is slow this time of the day. Remember to tweet us at first4traffic. We are trying to get chopper over the crash. Well have that coming up in ten minutes. Thank you. 6 23 is the time right now. Today capitol hill will try to address the hot button issue of military police. Heavily armed police faced off with protesters in ferguson, missouri, after the killing of michael brown. Since then the use of weapons like machine guns and Armored Vehicles came under scrutiny. A Senate Committee will look into federal programs for supplying the weapons. Some politicians are calling for demilitarizing local and state police forces. How well do you know what is in your closet . Our iteam television could change the way you look at anything with animal skin. Heres a story you will only see on news4. Reporter we are in the thick of new yorks fashion week and alligator, crocodile and python skin are all the rage, but we have uncovered a troubling trend you are not hearing much about. Ill tell you why some of the most wellknown and luxurious names in fashion are on a list of government seizures. You can watch the news4 iteams latest investigation couture contraband tonight at 6 00. Next week you can request a female driver in a the accident see. The service is called she taxi she ride. You request through an app only on the iphone right now. The taxis in new york have a lot of other dispatch options, even what color taxi you want to ride in. And apparently this app will come to android phones. And the woman who decided this may be a good idea for safety reasons, if youre trying to get somewhere late at night and not comfortable with a male driver, we have heard of assaults happening in a taxicab. Where do you draw the line . I only want a white driver or a young driver. Where do you i guess safety is the issue. The woman who created it is i think it is a slippery slope. The woman is married to the taxi the International Taxi driver founder. We shall see how this works out. And new this morning, keeping kids in the classroom. The success of a local program that fights to make sure kids hear vital lessons in school and how it is growing to help more families today. So far a cool, cloudy morning around here. Tom kierein has your bus stop forecast in your weather and traffic on the 1s. Right now we are seeing rain move toward us. Expect to see showers this morning. Its already gray this time of the morning, too. Take a look from the city camera. You can barely see the light poking through the clouds. Its staring fairly dark so far. Tom kierein is here now to show us what it will look like as your kids head off to school. Good morning to you. Good morning. That was a live view from the city camera. We have clouds over the metro area, but just east of washington is where it is all cloudy and the storm team 4 radar is picking up these little speckles of green. Those are just some very light sprinkles here in spotslvania county and up to Charles County and right along the bay from Calvert County up to anne arund arundel. These are cominino the lower eastern shore. That general area is tracking northeast and staying well south of the metro area. But just close enough for us to get a few sprinkles, so have the umbrella ready with temperatures in the 60s. You will need the long sleeves this morning at the bus top in the mid60s between now and 8 00. And then by 8 00 to 9 00 in the upper 60s. Have the umbrella ready with a few scattered sprinkles available then. Coming up, look at the rain chances later today hour by hour. And melissa has a new crash . Thats right. Breaking news right now, tom. This is Montgomery Village at 270 where this camera is this morning. This is the 4800 block of where this pedestrian was hit in gaithersburg. We are trying to get chopper over this in the next few minutes. This is what chopper was over earlier. Well show you video in a little bit, the westbound lanes of Leesburg Pike at springvale road are shut down from a crash but no injuries,goodness. Looking at 295, top of the beltway is slow as you basically pass colesville road and New Hampshire avenue. Thats the normal area there. Tweet us first4traffic with chopper headed to the crash scene up in gaithersburg. We hope to have that for you at 6 41. 6 32. Today you can go to the clinic to get your child a new required vaccine in Montgomery County. These are all three in germantown. You will find one at the Germantown Health Center own middlebrook road and the Silver Spring Health Center on fen fon street and one at the dennis avenue Health Center on dennis avenue in Silver Spring. These open at 8 30 this morning. Between 2,000 to 3,000 seventh graders dont have the necessary shots. These cover tetanus, whooping cough and meningitis. And there is a cops consequence if you dont get them. We have monday, september 15th, if they do not have document tak documtify seventh graders right now, they will not be able to attend school. Make an appointment online to have your child vaccinated tonight, tomorrow or thursday of this week. And new morning, a group is expanding its services to help what it is calling a truancy crisis in the district. Its now reminding you how important to get your kids to school even when they are really young, especially when they are really young. Richard jordan is live at the brown education campus in northeast with what this means for you. Richard, good morning. Reporter good morning. The objective here is to get kids through the school doors and into the classrooms. It can be a lot harder sometimes than it sounds, so thats why you have this program here. A lot of parents are struggling to get their kids to school. In fact, in the district about 20 of students have missed at least 15 days of school or more. So the program is called show up standout. Its been a Pilot Program in the district for a few years now. Its expanding now to 40 different d. C. Schools. Also some charter schools. And they really run the gamete as to the type of services they provide. Anything that will help you get your children to school on time. If your kids dont like going to school, they will help to find a program at the school or an activity to get them energized and interested in school. If youre having a hard time finding your kids a ride to school, they will find someone who also goes to school, perhaps a staff member or other family to help give your kids a ride to school. So they are looking at what the issues are. They are addressing that to come up with a game plan for you to get out the door in the morning. And organizers say the time to really focus on are the early years, elementary and middle school. A lot of parents, particularly of younger children where we started our work, with kindergarten through fifth grade, they dont really know that attendance is so important. So they are more casual than you would think about attendance. Reporter the problem is starting an ad Campaign Today and you will start to see the banners over metro trains and buses. Reporting live in northeast washington, richard jordan, news 4. Things are much calmer this morning following a Police Shooting of an armed man. Police responded to a 911 call of an armed suicidal map in his 60s at the springfield United Methodist church. Police shot the man following a series of negotiations. Hes in the hospital and the church was evacuated and the nearby Elementary School was locked down. We are waiting to hear details on the unsolved murders of three people in alexandria. Nancy dunning in 2003, ron kirby in november of 2013, and Ruthanne Lodato in february of this year. The families have learned that a suspect is finally in jail. Its the man they have been investigating since six months ago. 53yearold Charles Severance is charged in the murders. In each case the victim was shot after receiving a knock at the door. A sketch from a woman who witnessed one of the murders was the break police needed. Im grateful to the police and investigators who continued to pursue our mothers case over the nearly 11 years. While nothing can bring her back, we are hopeful todays indictment is the beginning of the process to honor our family and the other affected families and bring a small amount of closure. Police refuse to detail the information against severance but hes in jail on and unrelated gun charge. The Montgomery County Police Commission is looking to ban styrofoam in the district. This measure comes up at todays council meeting. For the first time in more than two decades, a Congressional Panel will hold a hearing in d. C. s statehood. Next sunday a Senate Committee will look into a bill to make the district a 51st state. Many civil yaps should have the same right as opponents in the country. Guilty until proven innocent. The alarming discovery inside a new report on speeding and parking tickets in d. C. And the tickets some people should not have received at all. Plus, saving for college, the big step forward families are taking and why it is still not enough to foot the bill. And rain is moving our way. Well go throughout each hour hey, jennar fuzz mike troober munny sling. Awwwwww scram im crust mike jubby roll bond chow gonna lean up an kiss bet. Peas charty get town down. [laughter] borf a liver tute face stummy wag pow pam shabeeps stella nerf berms. Saxanay nay . Badumps a head. Temexiss gurrin. Juppa left. Fluppa jown brone a brood. What . Catch up on what everyones talking about with the x1 entertainment operating system. Preloaded with the latest episodes of the top 100 shows. Only from xfinity. In Fairfax County we had to cut a lot of waste. We consolidated offices. Started sharing printers. We can walk a few feet. Replaced computers, but kept the monitors. They still work fine. We even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three Million Dollars i approve this message because congress doesnt need another right winger. They need someone who can balance a budget. Oh, and we definitely didnt need so many government studies. If you think its hard to dismiss your parking ticket in the district, youre not alone. The districts internal watchdog says drivers are too often considered, quote, guilty until proven innocent. The Inspector Generals Office found that many times tickets were issued to drivers with evidence showing a different car violating the traffic rule. The report suggests the city values its 172 million ticket revenue over accuracy. Now the Inspector Generals Office quoted an official from the city saying this, one of the beauties of parking is like the i. R. S. If you get a parking ticket, you are guilty until you have proven yourself innocent. That has worked well for us. Kathy linear says the report is sensational. A lot of people agree with that from their own personal experiences. Lets two to breaking news right now in first 4 traffic. Good morning. Breaking news in gaithersburg, chopper 4 over the scene of a pedestrian hit in the 4800 block near 270. I also want to show you a picture from a Traffic Camera near 270 at Montgomery Village, southbound 270 is shut down. Your alternate is muddy branch road. We are looking typical this time of the road. And the 2600 block of forest glen road another pedestrian is hit. And 66 and 95 are typically slow. No problems weatherwise for the morning commute. Just a few scattered sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar, call bert, charles, spotles vain ya, we are looking east from the tower camera. Temperatures are in the 60s. Well stay this way through 8 00. Low 70s by noon. Just a 30 chance of sprinkles between now and early afternoon. The sun is breaking out and we should be in the mid70s. A look at weekend rain chances for the next weather and traffic on the 1s at 6 51. A new fight against the socalled yoga tax in d. C. Why yoga teachers believe it should not apply to their classes and the history they are citing to make their argument. Plus the president is getting ready to unveil his strategy to fight isis. The lastminute work to get other countries and congress on board. It is now 6 42. Carmax is the best place to start your car search. E, great for frank, whos quite particular. Russian jazz funk . Next to swedish hip hop. When he knows what he wants. Thank you. Do you have himalayan toad lilies . Spotted, or speckled . Speckled. Yes. He has to have it. A cubist still life of rye bread. Sold. Its perfect. Which is why well ship a Canary Yellow jeep with Leather Seats from dallas to burbank if its the one frank wants. Carmax. Start here. No could have gotten me one. I did. Grab a spicy smoked sausage breakfast sandwich. Its the smoked sausage you crave, now spicy. We are following breaking news in gaithersburg where a pedestrian was hit on quint orchard road. We start with nbcs Peter Alexander following the work at the white house to reveal the isis strategy. Reporter good morning to you. We heard president obama will continue to work on his remarks to deliver to the country tomorrow to widen the military campaign against isis both in iraq and in syria. The question still outstanding is whether, in fact, that will include the u. S. Air strikes in syria. That remains to be seen, but in a hatter of hours from now, president obama will formally lay out his case to cop depressional leaders, congressional leaders. The house senate and republicans are coming here to hear from the president himself. Meanwhile, president obama is dispatching john kerry to the middle east with stops in jordan and in saudi arabia. The president indicated what is critical for the success of a Campaign Like this is a Wide International coalition to include arab allies. And even yesterday Administration Officials were hailing the formation of a unity government in iraq. They recognize theres significant work that needs to be done. That is john kerrys responsibility over the course of the next several days. If there are to be Ground Troops in syria, which remains an option, they will not be american troops. President obama insisted now he needs to get arab allies on board and hopes that it may be members of their own countrys armed forces to go into syria. Back to you. Peter, well see more of your report in a few minutes on the today show. And new this morning, a d. C. Police officer is in the hospital after being hit by a car along Eastern Avenue in northeast washington. The officer was on duty when she was hit near 61st street around 1 00. We are told the officer is in serious condition. The driver who hit her did stay on the scene. So far no charges have been filed. 13 before the hour, the Vice President and the white house are reacting to the video of former ravens player ray rice that shows him knocking his fiancee unconscious. A warning this video is difficult to watch. You can see here ray rice punched the woman hes now married to in the Atlantic City elevator in february. Tmz sports released this hours later. Vice President Joe Biden said the ravens had to act. There are so many women fans in this billiondollar industry. So all of a sudden they said, wait a minute, he got suspended for a couple games . Whoa, thats not enough. The white house responded also with a statement that said, quote, hitting a woman is not something a real man does. Angie goff is following other reaction pouring in overnight. New reaction continues to surface online. Its all everyone is talking about, harbaugh and ray rice meeting in the washington area. Lop don fletcher had words for the leagues commissioner, you got that wrong, understatement. Very disappointed in you. Deion sanders says, lets pray for him and his wife. And women and men are speaking out about their own experiences in abusive relationships. And fed up, finding creative ways to get rid of their jerseys. This maryland Facebook Page say this case will trade you fee pizza for jerseys. They will also donate money to a local womens shelter. Right now Domestic Violence groups are reaching out to help folks as well. You are not alone. We talked to Karma Cottman from the d. C. Coalition against Domestic Violence. We will let you know, if you need help, call the National Domestic hot line at 1800799safe. Once again, 1800799safe. Well follow every angle on this story including the question of whether the nfl was aware of the video before it was released. Keep up with our coverage on nbcwashington. Com. 6 49 is the time and this morning were hearing more from home depot about their customers information being put at risk. Morgan brennan is here with more. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Home depot confirmed the Payment Systems were breached by hackers in a cyber attack that stretches all the way back to april. The breach was first reported last week and they say the best that impacts customers is more than 2,000 stores. Meanwhile, twitter will test a buy button to let users purchase products instantly. This will be limited to the mobile versions of twitter and aimed to timesensitive items like tshirts and concert tickets but eventually could create a new revenue stream for twitter th relies heavily on ads for all of its income. Back to you. Thank you, morgan. New this morning, americans are saving more tha ever for college. You probably have seen the average 529 savings plan is near 20,000. But heres the bad news, its not enough to cover one year at a public fouryear university. The average cost for a fouryear Public School including room and board is 18,000 forstate students. Thats a hefty price tag. By the time your kids are old enough to be in school its hard to get my head around this. 5 51. We could easily wrap our brains around the forecast. Embrace it. It is huggable, isnt it . Fresh, Cool Temperatures the last couple of mornings. In addition, were getting a few sprinkles showing up on storm team 4 radar. Right now we have speckles of green with sprinkles now in Charles County and southern c b calbert county. This is just east of fredericksburg. A few sprinkles here in northwest washington trying to reach the ground. The biggest area of rain is in southeastern virginia with more heavy downpours around norfolk. More flooding there this morning. And they have the high water there, too. I cant believe this is tracking to the north and east. The bulk of these will stay to the east of the metro area. A low impact today for the real rain. It will be damp, breezy and cool with a few sprinkles around. This cool weather is in the 60s. You will need the long sleeves for the morning. Well stay in the 60s between now and 8 00. By noon, the low 70s. Just a 30 chance between now and the afternoon. It should be good baseball weather. Partly cloudy through the game with temperatures hovering in the low 70s. First pitch time at 7 05. Near 70 by the end of the game. Then tomorrow, partly cloudy in the low 80s. Feeling like summer on thursday. Storms likely late in the afternoon. Friday, partly cloudy. The 70s. Might get showers on saturday. Then sunday and monday we dry o out. Now looking at headlights heading southbound on 270 out of frederick, very slow. Virginia 95 northbound headed into town, you are slow all the way through triangle and through dale city. D. C. 295 is slow. Top of the beltway at colesville road, 66, fairly slow. Running about 40 Miles Per Hour this morning. Prince georges county slide of things not terrible. Indian head highway into town is a little slow as well. 66 at nutley looking typical. The beltway and the bw parkway is 295. 6 54 now. Police in hagerstown are trying to piece together the series of events. The shots were fired last night with two victim collapsing many the street with a third person shot walking to a nearby hospital. Bloody clothes were locate maryland the roped off parking lot of pope tires and service center. This morning the Yoga Community is making a new push to get it exempt from the d. C. Socalled yoga tax. The Yoga Alliance is sending letters to every studio in d. C. It stays, this should not apply because many are not protected by their club. Right now the yoga tax goes into effect january 1st. Friends and neighbors in laurel are calling for wssc to pay for damaging after opening the dam to cause several residents to evacuate. Two dozen Business Owners may sue the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission for the flawed dam that caused the flooding. And a u. S. Air marshall was going through the airport boarding a flight to houston when the group happened. A man sat there when he was attacked by a group of men with a needle. He was tested at a hospital as soon as he landed in texas. And new zoning rules could make it significantly easier for food trucks to do business in Office Buildings, construction sites and shopping centers. Right now the cost of obtaining a permit and other fees in the county are near 16,000. The new proposal could drop that cost to lower than 200. You could speak out on the plan today at the Planning Commission hearing at 4 00. Before heading out the door at 6 56, apple is getting ready for the and yule Product Launch today but the speculation center is on the debut as well as a smartwat smartwatch. And coming up on the today show, well have more on that story. And reaction is pouring in. We are following everything you have to say about the now fired player of Domestic Violence incident. Watch news4 today for the latest details on this story. Long sleeves and maybe an umbrella today. A small chance of a sprinkle. A lot of clouds with highs in the mid70s. The sun is back tomorrow. Back to you. Thats the broadcast this morning. Thank you for waking up with us. The today show is next. We are back in 25 minutes with weather, traffic and any breaking news. Until then, have a great day. See you tomorrow. Make it a great tuesday, everybody. Good morning. Too little too late . The backlash grows this morning after that shocking security footage shows nfl star ray rice knocking out his fiancee in an elevator. The ravens cut him, the nfl suspends him indefinitely. But the question this morning, did the league turn a blind eye to the video . Making his case. President obama summons congressional leaders to the white house today to outline his new strategy for defeating isis. As he gets ready to lay out his plan to the american people. Severe weather threat. Deadly flooding in the southwest with even more downpours on the way. While in the midwest, tens of millions brace for violent thunderstorms and possible tornadoes. Al is tracking it all. And the next big thing . After