robert palmer jr. retired a week after he was accused of shoplifting from the target in leesburg this summer. leesburg police charged him with the trial starting at 10:00 this morning at a court in leesburg. we want to get you caught up on the forecast now at 4:31. 55 degrees outside our studios. >> this is the kind of morning you need a jacket to start. let's go to tom kierein, hey, tom. 55 here but ten degrees cooler in the western suburbs. we are down to the mid-40s in loudoun county, parts of prince william and falkier. bowie, 49. college park is at 50. reagan national is 57. and so is annapolis. what to wear this morning? well, definitely from all the choices, a jacket and long pants for students waiting at the bus stop. if you're walking to the metro or bus this morning, you definitely need a jacket in the 40s between now and 8:00. between 8:00 and 10:00, pull over. it will be in the mid to upper 50s. driving this morning, turn the heat on between 6:00 and 8:00 where we'll be in the 40s. between 8:00 and 10:00, you need sunglasses with temperatures reaching the mid-50s. a look at the changes for the day ahead into tonight with next weather and traffic at 4:41. melissa, you had the heat on, right? i was very upset to turn the heat on but i understand. georgia avenue northbound at randolf road, two lanes are blocked due to an accident. beltway at river road, no problems there. 395 at the 14th street bridge, don't you wish it always looked like that? nice and clear. a wider look at things, inner loop and outer loop, no major problems but we do have this construction into the newsroom with wisconsin avenue southbound at dorset at bethesda, the right lane is blocked. see you in ten minutes. breaking news, a new youtube video showing several explosions reported to be u.s. air strikes on isis militant targets in syria. staff agency news posted this video. nbc news cannot verify authenticity. we do know a u.s.-led coalition launched air strikes in syria for the first time overnight. angie goff is live with the latest developments. >> reporter: we have a lot of information coming in, but i want to start with the coalition you just mentioned. for the first time, we are getting the names of the nations in on the air strikes with the u.s. they include saudi arabia, jordan and cutteqatar. these are some of the jet planes taking off, reportedly. we'll talk about where this happened. the bombing of raqqah is very significant because this is an area that is controlled by isis and considered to be the group's headquarters. we are hearing so far from the chairman of the house armed services committee releasing a statement saying, quote, this is one step in what will be a long fight against isil, end quote. we are also hearing from someone who identifies themselves as an isis fighter in syria. they are telling reuters, the news agency, the militants will respond to the air strikes. he also adds that they are zoning in and blaming saudi arabia for letting this happen. as we follow this story, we have breaking news that a syrian fighter jet has been shot down in israel. i'm going to work this and come back with an update in a few minutes. over to you. >> see you then, thank you. the air strikes come as the u.s. and world leaders are set to begin the united nations general assembly today. the foreign correspondent richard engel says the timing is clever and the u.s. can look strong with the actions underway. president obama is expected to rally more nations to join the campaign against isis militant. get breaking news about the latest in syria by downloading the latest news4 app. a pastor in prince william county is charged with sending explicit pictures of himself to a teenager. 22-year-old vincent bowes used a messaging app named kick to send the photos. he made no physical contact with the 15-year-old girl but he was arrested in north carolina last week and is waiting to be extradited back to virginia. today organizations from three maryland counties are banding together to stop cell phone tower construction at a public school site. they will hold a news conference tonight at the board of education. the group also includes people from montgomery and ann arundel counties. parents are being kept in the dark about pending cell tower projects. in prince george's alone, there are 73 towers on school grounds. nine already in the development phase. if you live in montgomery county, more than 30% of you are members of a homeowners or condo association. today the county council is introducing two bills to protect the associations. one forbids property openers from renting properties if they are more than 30 days past due on their association fees. the other bill requires directors to complete a course to learn the responsibilities of running the group. there's a rally about climate change in washington today hours before a united nations summit on the topic. president obama is scheduled to speak at this summit this afternoon. this is a huge rally that happened this weekend in new york city. organizers of today ooechbts want the d.c. council to pass a clean energy law. if you want to go, it's happening at 9:00 in front of the wilson building on pennsylvania avenue northwest. we are already dreaming of the fall classic coming to nats park this year, but today we'll get a taste of the winter classic. nhl will take over nats park for this event this morning. commissioner gary betman will be there along with members of the front office of the capitals and the blackhawks. nick baxter will be there as well. the winter classic faces off new year's day. >> a local day care teacher off the job accused of hurting a student. what she's blaming for the incident to leave marks on a young child. also ahead, cutting down on mistakes. the upgrades in place in d.c. to make sure you are not wrongly given a parking ticket. you are in for a shock stepping out the door this morning. we'll give you a little taste of winter. say it isn't so. the changes to see over the day ahead with your hour-by-hour forecast at 4:41. today virginia state police are cracking down on drivers trying to take the beltway express lanes for free. you are allowed to use the lanes for free if you have at least three people in your car. however, the people who run the road say not enough people are doing that. >> what we want to do is remind driver that is the travel toll-free, you have to have three people in your vehicle. >> you also need an e-z pass. during lunch hour, anyone can take the express lanes for free if you register beforehand. arlington is getting ready to commit a bunch of money for a streetcar line. a $26 million contract will be approved today for design work and engineering. hdr engineering is expected to get the work. hdr was also used in the district for the streetcar project. many of you complaining about the parking tickets in the d.c., the department of public works is planning a software redesign. they say the change will require tag numbers to be entered twice to cut down on the number of up correctly issued parking tickets in the district. you should see changes in the next couple of months. now time to look at the forecast. we said the word winter, which really is worrisome at this t of the season. >> let's not deal with that right now. >> just a little chill in the air, right? >> we'll get you weather and traffic on the 1s. first thing's first, we turned over to autumn last night with the arrival of the equinox and it's feeling atimmutumnal. lots of sunshine today. midday temperatures in the mid-60s by lunch hour. then late afternoon heading home from work and school, we'll be into the lower 70s. highs today just in the 60s. shenandoah valley, most locations by mid-afternoon in the mid to upper 60s to near 70 near the bay. this time tomorrow morning not quite as chilly. lows bottoming out in the upper 40s to near 50 degrees near the metro area. near 60 around the bay. the next chance for much-needed rain, when the first rain drops will fall coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s at 4:41. how is the commute so far, melissa? we have some construction here and there. first of all, the right lane at the inner loop prince george's county. landover road and central avenue, between the two exits we have the right lane taken up. that should be out of the way in a little bit. the rest of prince george's county heading south, branch avenue and pennsylvania avenue, 301, everything running just fine this morning. taking a look at 66 and 95 headed out of stafford, completely clear. no major issues that the point right now. taking a wider look at things, if you look at the beltway, you can see the inner loop and outer loop. 270 at old hundred road, no problems there. i'm back in ten minutes. melissa, thank you. putting up road blocks, why people in one community are upset about plans to upgrade a number of billboards. plus, we are tracking more breaking news out of the middle east where a fighter jet has been shot down overnight. what we're learning about the incident when we go to the live desk ahead. it is 4:43. welcome back. new security measures already in place this morning after a man managed to get inside the white house last week. news4's jackie benson says people were ordered off the sidewalk at 11:00 last night. meanwhile, we're learning more about this man, omar gonzalez. there are a lot of questions about why he was not stopped sooner. gonzalez was first arrested in july in virginia for reckless driving. he had weapons and a map of d.c. with the white house circled in his car. gonzalez was seen last month near the white house and was stopped last week after making it to the front door. gonzalez's ex-wife spoke to us saying he had no intention to hurt anybody. >> he doesn't need to be punished. he didn't go into the white house to hurt obama. >> now a review of security breach is underway now including why attack dogs were not deployed. the president says he still has complete confidence in the ability of the secret service to protect him and his family. a prince william county teacher charged with biting a student is blaming another student. police arrested teresa brown on charges of assault and battery. she worked at the goddard school? woodbridge where she bit a 13-month-old boy so hard it left a mark on his shoulder. brown told us she didn't bite anyone and thinks another child did it. the owner of the school is charged with not reporting the incident. angie goff at the live desk with breaking news that we are just getting in. a syrian fighter jet shot down in israel. the israeli military confirming that it shot down the aircraft, this after it infiltrated the air space. details surrounding the incident are not clear right now. leaders appear to be getting pretty nervous about the al qaeda fighters spilling across the border. over to you, aaron. 4:47 now. police are narrowing their search for a man accused of killing a pennsylvania state trooper and seriously hurting another. investigators are closing in on eric frein who has been on the run for ten days now and he's hiding in a wooded area where he grew up. his parents still live in the neighborhood in the pocanos mountains. some people living in the area have not been able to go home since police shut down roads. investigators say drugs and alcohol were not a factor in a deadly tour bus crash in delaware. the bus was traveling from d.c. to new york on sunday when it overturned on an off-ramp in new castle. one woman was pinned under the bus and died. another woman died at the hospital. three people are in critical condition. 4:48 now. nobody is losing their job over the ray rice scandal. that is the word from baltimore ravens owner steve bashadi. he spent an hour yesterday defending his organization's handling of the situation. he also said a recent espn report attacked the character of his organization. the report claimed the team knew about the rice case, tried to cover it up and push the nfl for a more lenient punishment for rice. bashadi says none of that was true. >> i wish that they had at least acknowledged that during their fact-finding they were getting the majority of this story from people who are paid to work to get ray's suspension overturned. >> the ravens say they did not ask for any favors or from roger goodell when it came to the punishment of ray rice. today a group of native americans want a lawsuit filed by dan snyder against him dismissed. this is about the team's trademark protection that they lost earlier this year. the u.s. patent and trademark office called the redskins name disparaging. the native americans said snyder would have to sue the agency over the decision, not them. the team lawyers say a provision in the law lets them sue them in this case. a meeting will be held at westbard avenue tonight. the new opener is considering a new center there. if you want to be there, head there at 7:00 tonight. nothing about october, that's the new slogan as the nats head into the playoff next week. banners already up outside nats park on 300 light posts. getting inside the park will be difficult in october. tickets went on sale yesterday. they sold out in 17 minutes. >> i'm surprised it took that long. >> you can still hope for standing room only tickets on the day of each game. and stubhub stadium room tickets start at $78. also an in-field box seat for game one is going for about $11,000. >> i don't know if you can tell from home, but aaron just got back from a little trip and has a little stubble here. and that's all in solidarity with the nationals. we saw tom's yesterday. >> you're growing a little goatee. this is three days here, so it is going to be a while. >> yeah, join us. show support for your nats. >> grow your nats facial hair. >> i can't help you, sorry. playoff stubble going. you will need some stubble to keep you warm this morning. we have a long way to catch jason wirtz, though. protect plants, it will be down to the mid-30s in many areas from western maryland into the highlands of west virginia between now and 9:00. look at petersburg, down to 37 degrees now. oakland out in garrett county down to 39. shenandoah valley, only near 40 degrees. front royal only at 41. mid-40s elsewhere shenandoah valley. east of the blue ridge, in the mid-40s. northern falkier and prince william in the upper 40s. 55. in the southern month comegomer county, the low er 40s. if you're walking the dog, it will be chilly near 47 degrees. between 8:00 and 10:00, in the mid-50s. we'll have clouds coming and going for the morning hours. by noontime, just some high clouds drifting over us. during the afternoon, partly cloudy. overall, a delightful afternoon coming up with temperatures reaching the low 70s by mid afternoon. so mild and comfy for the afternoon. love this photo. it was taken yesterday morning of the faint crescent moon over the baby sonia wagner. post your pictures to facebook or twitter and we'll share the photos. the first needed rain drops could arrive during the afternoon commute on wednesday and wednesday evening off and on showers. thursday a little cooler. then warmer again this weekend. a touch of sum we are highs in the 80s. now melissa is here to check on the traffic. what's going on? we are looking pretty good, but i'll be much happier with you this weekend, tom. i'm not so crazy about the 49 degrees i saw on my car this morning. that's not tom's fault. he just tells us what's happening. construction on 95 northbound with the left lane blocked near 198 in the laurel area. in and out of town, no major problems. 56 headed inbound/outbound, looking good right now. 95 as we are hopping on in stafford county, completely green the entire way up through triangle and across to woodbridge. no problems there. taking a look at branch avenue at the beltway, moving right along. 270 headed out of frederick this morning, southbound you still have a good trip this morning. no major problems right now headed out any time soon. remember, follow us on twitter @first4traffic. thank you, melissa. milk and sugar are so yesterday. the new trend for people looking to make their morning cup of coffee just a little bit cremier. hmm. first, unwelcomed upgrades. why people in one community say plans to update the billboards should not have been considered. plus, finding new life for an old structure. how to transform an old bridge into a welcoming place for pedestrians. stay with . in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. today a special honor for a virginia marine who gave his life in afghanistan. the stafford county sheriff's office will escort the body of sergeant charles strong from dover air force base back to the stafford county courthouse. strong is a native of suffolk county and died september 15th in combat. strong was married. his wife taylor is pregnant with a little girl due in september. you may experience road closures along route 3 and route 1 as the procession moves through. detectives want your help to find someone who stole a series of signs in st. mary's county. the sheriff's office says someone took eight road construction signs. the big orange diamond signs that say stay in the lane. the thief also took eight diamond stands. it's a battle over billboards in prince george's county. today the council zoning commission will review a bill to turn old signs into new digital led signs. the neighbors are planning to fight the proposal because they consider it an eyesore. there's a push to phase out billboards in the '90s which is why some are confused about the effort to update them now. >> particularly the proximity of so many residential communities, nevermind distracted driving going down the highway. it's just unacceptable. >> the company behind behind the bill said the boards help to fight crime. clear channel released a statement saying since 2007 digital boards have led to the arrests of over 50 wanted criminals. planners want your opinion on transforming the waterfront near nationals park. a public private partnership wants to build a huge public green space on the foundation of the old 11th street bridge to link the national parks area to historic an accostia by 2014. go to nbcwashington.com and search bridge to vote. you get to voice your concerns about the future of public schools in alexandria today. they are drafting a new five-year strategic plan for the school system. tonight you get the chance to weigh in on that plan. the meeting is tonight at 7:00 at the central office building in braddock place. a virginia man on the road to recovery received a big surprise. a group donated a new therapy to tucker winfrey. the 19-year-old is quadriplegic. he has been driving up to baltimore twice a week costing $100 an hour. if bike relieves muscle pain and helps him become more independent. the group is dedicated to helping those with spinal cord injuries. very nice. it's 5:00, stay with us, "news4 today" continues right now. say good-bye to summer as we take a live look outside right now at the first full day of fall giving us a little taste of winter. our storm team 4 is tracking the changes to help you plan what to wear this morning. and tracking isis. u.s. war planes strike a target inside syria. good morning, everyone. 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang for this tuesday, september 23rd, 2014. all right, leave the short sleeves in the closet this morning as you wake up to temperatures we haven't seen around here in months. >> you might want to go ahead and box them up. >> no, i'm not ready to box up the short sleeves. >> tom kierein is here to help you prepare for the day ahead with your winter-like -- do you want to call it that for some folks? >> down in the mountains we are in the 30s this morning. but don't box up

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