Lows at 6 21. 30s and 40s on your way out the door. Poolsville, virginia, near 70 for a high today. Tom is back in ten minutes. See you then. We begin with decision 2015. The polls are now open and today you have a big say in several local elections. The entire Virginia Legislature on the ballot and every vote will count to see who takes control of the senate. Molette green live for us in woodbridge with more on the candidates fighting for a seat in virginia. Reporter the polls open moments ago, the first voters walked in, right on time, ready to vote. President obama carried district 29 in Prince William county in 2012. The governor did it in 2013. Democrats still face a big challenge here in an off off Election Year where turnout could be a real big factor this time around. The democrats here in this particular race, newcomer jeremy mcpike, volunteer firefighter who commutes, transportation on the top of his list of tackling those issues. Hes had heavy hitter politicians back him and the governor needs him in this seat. Hes going up against long time manassas layer hal parish, who has name recognition, family history, owns a business in this county. This seat is vacated by a moderate democrat who did not endorse either candidate. Now both say tolls on i66 car pool lanes inside the beltway are a nonstarter, but differ on the more partisan issues. Another competitive race, district 13, which covers part of Prince William county includes dick black here. Been in the General Assembly since 1998. Faces off against dr. Jill mccabe, who is the democrat here, handpicked by the governor. Shes the medical director with Innova Health system. She calls mccabe extreme and a career politician. These two clash over abortion and gun rights. A lot at stake and so thats why they want everyone who can vote to get out and vote today. Thats the latest live from rosa parks elementary in woodbridge. Back to you. The senate could have a power switch today depending on how voting goes. The house of delegates, republicans hold control, even though all 100 seats in the house are up for election, many expect the republicans to keep control. In fairfax, there is an open seat on the board of supervisors in the sully district. Republican john guevara is facing kathie smith. In loudoun county, four people are vying to become chairman of the county board of supervisors. Current chairman scott york jumped back in the race after former board member Shawn Williams dropped out. He is facing democrat phyllis randell, republican charlie king and independent thomas balancom. Bill euille is running a writein campaign, hes been mayor since 2003. He lost the democratic primary to allison silberberg. Today, you have to spell his name correctly for the writein vote to count. In maryland, a number of cities will elect mayors and Council Members including gaithersburg, rockville and tacoma park. In Prince Georges County, the same is true for bowie, college park, green belt and laurel. If you still need to find out your polling location, we put all that information on the nbc washington app. We have breaking news in Montgomery County. We want to take you live to a massive fire in potomac, maryland, now. You see fire crews on the ground right there. A lot of smoke rising in the air. Earlier shots we saw a lot of flames shooting out of the roof of this house. You can see a few of them there. Here we go. Another vantage point. Locationwise, the 8500 block of horseshoe lane. We are told by Montgomery County fire that this is a twostory house that was under construction. We know that several units are on the scene. Fire shooting from the roof. So a lot of hot spots. This thing has not been contained. No word if anyone has been hurt, but what we do know is that this building, this story house was under construction. And it was unoccupied. We have Kristin Wright headed to the scene now and well check back in with you with updates on the fire. Back to you, aaron. Angie, thank you. 6 05. Developing this hour, the search for answers in a young couples death. D. C. Police found a man and woman inside a home on tennessee Avenue Northwest yesterday afternoon. Thats in the capitol hill neighborhood. Officers first went there for a welfare check. We asked how the man and woman died. All police would tell us is both deaths seem suspicious. No arrests, no suspects at this point. The suspect is dead after a chase and shootout with Prince Georges County police. Officers tell news 4 that the suspect carjacked someone on river bend road in ft. Washington. They chased him across the state line into southeast washington. Police say that is when the suspect started shooting at them. They returned fire and killed him. A 9yearold girl is dead and her mother is recovering from this crash in Prince Georges County. The girls mother tried to turn left from woodyard road on to Canberra Drive in clinton. The car she had flipped over and that driver broke both legs. The mother wasnt badly hurt and a neighbor told us crashes happen at that intersection about once a month. A few hours earlier, a driver hit a pedestrian at kenilworth avenue and riverdale road around 6 30 in riverdale. That pedestrian was seriously hurt. Police arent releasing any more information but say the end of Daylight Saving time could be causing more crashes. A stand in front of a national audience, the issue that had protesters from our area disrupting monday night football. Live look from wood bridge now, where voters are heading to the polls at this hour. Tom kierein will join us live with your election day forecast next. First, a developing story in south africa where prosecutors are, again, pushing for a murder conviction for Oscar Pistorius. Why they say the former olympian should be back behind bars. Narrator for state senate, who shares our values . Jeremy mcpike supports school funding. Thinks women should make their own health care decisions. And favors background checks on all gun sales. Hal parrish . As mayor, he slashed education. Fought to block Womens Health clinics. Parrish gets an a from the gun lobby they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Virginia extreme or mainstream . Vote mcpike for virginia. Feinblatt everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund sponsored this ad. If yits usually because you were driving too fast or you didnt look before you turned or you didnt stop for someone in the crosswalk. Always be alert. Pedestrians dont come with airbags. Welcome back. Developing now, all the bodies of the victims of the metro jet crash in egypt are now back in russia. The last plane arrived today. Why the plane crash still a mystery now. Russian news agency reported this morning that investigators found elements in the wreckage that were not from the plane. An American Defense official said a satellite detected a heat flash when the plane went down. A developing story this morning. Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius case want him convicted of murder. The South African paralympian Gold Medalist was found guilty of manslaughter of his girlfriend. Today, a panel of five judges will decide if the original conviction should be overturned. Now, during the trial, pistorius claimed he thought his girlfriend was a burglar. Pistorius is out of prison and on parole less than a year into his five year sentence. Hes not expected to be in court today. 6 11 now. If youre planning to vote in virginia before you head to work, we have your election day forecast. Tom kierein is in wood bridge this morning keeping an eye on election day forecast. What do you think . Layer up. It is a cold morning. It is damp and humid, but we got a clear sky here with the storm team 4 by 4. You see the first glow of the predawn sky, now showing up. There is the moon. And below that, we have got venus and jupiter, gorgeous morning to get out and vote. And quite a dramatic change, right here at the storm team 4 by 4. Temperatures only 39 degrees. But it is going to be jumping about 30 degrees for a high near 70 by later this afternoon. So a Beautiful Day for election day here in virginia. And some jurisdictions in maryland as well. Well have lots of sunshine throughout the day. Dress warmly this morning. We are off to a cold start. Melissa, what is happening on the roads now. Breaking news on the roads this morning. Big problem. 66 inbound at Fairfax County parkway, more than a fivemile backup because of this here. Right side of the roadway, disabled vehicle, a fire truck actually that is blocking things and really causing some slowdowns. Push that out on the nbc washington app as well. Northbound bw parkway, left lane blocked, you can see we are pretty jammed there because of that crash. 270, montrose road, just after montrose, a crash there as well as far as travel times go, not bad, 66 inbound, 95 north in virginia, 270 south overall looking pretty good. If you feel like you cant get your teen to put down their phone, you are not alone. The new research that shows just how much time theyre spending on their devices. Tracking a developing situation out of california after a disturbance on an airplane leaves passengers grounded in los angeles. The mistake that triggered the angry exchange from the live desk in just minutes. Breaking news. New information from the scene of a large house fire in Montgomery County. You can see some live pictures from chopper 4 here over horseshoe lane l, in potomac. Smoke pouring from the scene. Smoke and flames here in this live picture. So this is not under control at this point. Montgomery county fire reporting a partial collapse in this home as well. We dont yet know the cause. This house was under construction apparently. Not occupied. Kristin wright headed to the scene there. Well have a live report from her as soon as we can. We want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We long ago lost hope that justice would ever come. Now that the defendant is found guilty, we can finally start to mourn. The attorneys for convicted serial killer Charles Severance are expected to appeal against his guilty verdict. For now, it is closure for three families who have waited more than a decade for justice. A jury convicted severance yesterday in the murders of ruth ann lodato, ron kirby and nancy dunning. They recommended three life ent. In court, kirbys widow recalled the last time she spoke to him, saying last thing he said to me was to call me when i got lost and i am true ly lost without him. The verdict brings a sense of closure to an entire community. Said 11 years ago there is no cold case with a homicide of this nature. Unfortunately other victims got in the way of this particular person who committed these crimes. Today, hopefully that person will never harm anyone in any community again. Severance is scheduled to be sentenced in january. Surveillance video helped police catch a man accused of sexually assaulting a 13yearold boy in arlington. 31yearold ahmed katib is accused of touching the boy while he was sleeping inside the common room at an Apartment Building near the boston mall. The boy says he woke up with his pants down. He quickly ran away and told a cousin who was working in that building. Were working to learn the name of a 22yearold man found dead near a popular Shopping Center in gaithersburg. Montgomery county police say that someone discovered the body in a wooded area yesterday. Our cameras were there as investigators processed the scene along contour road near the Montgomery Village plaza. Now police are not saying how the man died. 6 18. All but one of the five students hurt in a High School Chemistry class fire are out of the hospital. The student from Woodson High School still in the hospital is undergoing surgery for serious burns. The superintendent has banned the use of open flames in the classroom until further notice. She also ordered a review of the schools system science curriculum. Baltimore prosecutors dont want jurors sequestered in the trial of one of the six officers charged in the death of freddie gray. William porters trial is set to begin later this month. His Defense Attorneys want jurors placed in hotels and no access to phones, tv or even facebook. Prosecutors say those requirements could make it hard to seat a jury. Gray died in april laugh suffering a severe spinal cord injury in police custody. Developing story out of los angeles. Seven passengers were removed from a plane. This was on spirit airlines. Police responded to complaints of an unruly passenger after one seat was double booked. A couple left on their own. Then five others verbally responded to that situation and the Flight Attendant told them to get off the flight. All seven were set up in a hotel and booked on another flight. They all left without being escorted off. New developments about a protest you may have seen live on tv. It happened during last nights monday night football game. Take a look. Two activists hung from the press box to display this banner protesting bank of america. Firefighters had to be called in to take them away. Those activists are from maryland. Theyre protesting fracking in the county. Bank of america has ties to a fracking project there. The corkland gallery of art is opening again. It closed over Financial Issues last year. It then merged with George Washington university in order to offer more exhibits. An exhibit about life in guatemala is on display now. It will be up until the end of january. Today, the Kansas City Royals are celebrating their world series win with parades this afternoon. The royals beat the new york mets in the series this past weekend. Well post pictures of the celebration on the nbc washington app. Also post an alert to the nbc washington app when we learn anything official about the nationals next manager. Cbs sports is reporting the team is offering dusty baker the managers job. Youll remember last week sources said former San Diego Padres manager bud black was the favorite. Usa today now reporting black and the nats could not agree on a contract. Baker had managed more than 3,000 games in his career. Hes also won the manager of the year award three tim. I wish i had a scarf this morning. You did . It was cold for me. It is cold. Good news. Warmup coming right up. Storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell to tell us more about that. I love telling people what they want to hear, especially in the month of november. 70s coming our way for later on this afternoon. As you mentioned, it is a cold start this morning. Areas of fog. I found a fog bank, this area of fog right there on our horizon. This is looking westbound from our station. Thats the fog over the potomac river. Any river crossings in your commute today, watch out for some fog as you cross over the river. It is a chilly start this morning. Bundle up. Take the coat. Areas of fog will give way to near 100 sunshine later on this afternoon. And into the 70s. Patchy fog over the rivers out there this morning. Half mile visibility in frederick, maryland, third mile visibility in martinsburg, west virginia. Watch for areas of fog this morning. Temperatures 35 in martinsburg. 37 manassas and bull run. 41 in gaithersburg. Cool 37 in damascus. To school then, for bus stop weather, chilly for sure. Recess and your whole day today, election day gets an a as sunshine brings us up to near 70. You will need the coat outside early this morning and sunglasses for later on today. I dont know if it is shorts weather, it is as close as we can get in november. Here is future weather for today. The fog gone early by 9 00 or 10 00, leaving us with plenty of sunshine today. A cool start tomorrow morning, not as cold as it is this as the warming trend gets going in earnest today. 72 today. 70 for tomorrow. Small chance for a shower or two on thursday. Highs back on 70. Friday looks to be the warmest day of the week. How about 78 degrees on your friday. Cooler, though, just in time for the weekend. Breaking news continues with melissa. Breaking news, 66 inbound at fairfax parkway. Slow. Six mile backup as you approach Fairfax County parkway. 95 north, a problem there, two right lanes blocked there as you head northbound 295. Southbound, the left side blocked, disabled tracker trailer this morning. Still have this problem, northbound, bw parkway, the left lane is blocked here this morning. Otherwise Everything Else is looking pretty typical on the beltway and on 270 as well. Back in ten minutes. 6 23 now. And new twist in a scandal at the vatican. Confidential documents point to mismanagement that lost the vatican millions of euros in potential revenue. The findings are part of the new book by the italian journalist. Yesterday the vatican announced the arrests of two people suspected of leaking can confidential documents, both are members of the popes financial reform commission. We know a lot of you talk about healthy choices, even when you eat out. New studies show those calorie counts on some menus dont necessarily help you make smarter choices. Researchers with New York University say the calorie totals were almost the same regardless of whether customers could see the numbers before they order the food. Another stu. You know that awkward birds and bees talk . Apparently it works. Even if it makes you and your kids cringe. Researchers at North Carolina<