blue. >> i got on purple. >> i don't know. >> there is always tomorrow to get it right. >> hopefully, there is tomorrow. >> all right. let's get to weather. it will be cool if you are heading to the game this afternoon. if you are working out in the yard, that kind of thing, cool as well. generally in the 40s. it has just fallen into the 40s here in the city. there is a live look at your satellite picture. most of the cloud cover is well to our north and to northern new england, upstate new yo. we are looking at fine conditionsen unlike yesterday, -- looking at fine conditions unlike yesterday. reagan national, right now at 49 degrees. 45 at dulles. bwi marshall, 46 degrees. here is your forecast for today. again, temperatures about 10 degrees cooler than yesterday. we'll go 62 here in town. but notice most of the area only in the upper 50s for a daytime high. bring along a jacket. dim bring a jacket if you are going to the game this afternoon. once that sun starts to go down, it will cool off in a hurry. >> great. thank you. >> julie wright is already commenting on this. >> you talking to us or somebody else. >> traffic will throw from other to 123. we had the stalled car inbound suitland parkway swat branch avenue. that was tying up part of that ramp as you come inbound off the suitland parkway. lanes are open. no trouble spots to report continuing inbound towards pennsylvania avenue. inbound new york avenue looks good leaving northeast to northwest. outer loop of the beltway, over towards 355, the ramp was partially blocked because of a crash involving a car which took out a utility pole. right now, the outer loop of the beltway starting to slow between university and colville road. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. well, it has come down to this for the nats, win and play another game or lose and go home for the winter. >> one thing for sure, the nats fans will be going wild again today for game number four against the cardinals. melanie alnwick is live at nats park with more reaction. we were hoping for a very different he reaction today but they're still alive. >> they are still alive. as we said, it just adds to the drama, make it a little more exciting here at nats park. yesterday's crowd was more than 45,000 people. they said it was 107% capacity t goes to show you that everybody wants to be here for these games. -- it goes to show you that everybody wants to be here for these games. i think we'll see some fans standing in line at the box office when it opens this morning to try to get the coveted standing room only tickets for today's game four. now, yesterday, washington maps waved their home colors and cheered like crazy as the nationals took to the field for the historic first playoff game at home but the world series champion st. louis cardinals had plans making some history of their own with a three-run homer in the second. they quickly took control of the game racking up eight runs before it was all over. nationals not able to connect when is it counted, stranding 11 men on base during those tough nine innings. the cards get the shut-out 8-0. fans are hoping the real home team shows up for game four. >> it was depressing. i feel like they had zombies play instead of our nats. i hope they will be out for tomorrow. then again, "washington post" said they would win in five. they just didn't say which five. we are lulling st. louis into a false security. >> a crazy crowd. the nat just couldn't put any runs on the board. we'll get the cardinals tomorrow, no doubt about it. >> reporter: after the game, tens of thousands of fans streamed into the metro. the pressure is supposed to be a little bit less today because the game shouldn't wrap up until after the height of rush that is the late here from nationals park. >> thank you. we apologize for the audio problems. we'll try to get that fixed for you. thank you very much. you very m a heart-breaking story this morning out of baltimore. a grandmother and four children were killed in a house fire early this morning. the youngest victim was only a year old. firefighters were called to the scene on denwood avenue just after 2:00 this morning. one person inside the home was able to escape by jumping out of a second floor window. fire crews remain on the scene as you can see from this live picture from sky fox. two firefighters were injured. one ever them when the floor collapsed. we have no word on what caused that fire. tonight, vice president joe biden and republican vice presidential nominee paul ryan face off in the first and only debate. pressure is on with president obama showing a slip in the polls following last week appear presidential debate. many are predicting more fireworks than what we saw when president obama and romney took the stage last week. a former aide to d.c. mayor vincent gray's election campaign will not face jail time. howard brooks was given two years probation and 200 hours of community service. brooks pleaded guilty to charges he lead to federal investigators after he was accused of paying mayoral candidate suleiman brown to bad mouth former mayor adrian fenty during the heated 2010 campaign. the judge took into consideration the fact that brooks is helping the fbi with its investigation into gray's campaign. today, the national zoo will release a cause of death for its newborn panda cub. in this morning's news conference, zoo officials will all let everyone know how the cub's mother, mei xiang, is doing. she has slowly been returning to her normal activities sins her cub died last month less than a week after it was born. coming up next, we're following breaking news out of the middle east where i aman as -- where a man has been killed on his way to work at a u.s. embassy. we're back in a moment. n a [ female announcer ] it's one of the hardest decisions a family can make... realizing a nursing home is the only choice. for many middle class families, medicaid is the only way 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>> it was gorgeous. >> made it to 71 degrees. today, it will be cooler than yesterday. if you haven't brought out the jackets and gotten serious about it, this is the day to do it. our highs will only be in the upper 50s to about 60 later. >> we're cool this morning. >> it will start it feel like october around here the next couple of days. >> if you are going to the game today, it should be bright and sunny and dry. we are not expecting any rain. no rain delays. >> no rain delays. >> no excuses. >> no excuses. >> it will feel like fall here for the next couple of days with highs expected to be only in the upper 50s to about 60 today and than a slow warming trend as we get into the weekend. we are off to a very cool start with a bit of a breeze this morning. 49 in washington. 43 now in gaithersburg. it was a bit of a breeze as mentioned. our wind chill temperatures are in the upper 30s and low 40s. 39 now in cull ander. here we go. we are starting to see some 30s break out. 44 in martinsburg. going to be a cool one today. still lots of sunshine expected. we had the low clouds and fog. not the case today. today, generally clear. there will be a few clouds moving through. we have high pressure that will keep things nice and dry. the weather pattern as we get into the weekend featuring lots of sunshine so not only today, but friday, saturday, sunday lots of sunshine with a bit of a warming trend towards the end of the week. those clouds are really flashing behind me, aren't they? by the end of the weekend, highs back in the low 70s. today, 62. lots of sunshine. beautiful afternoon. again, jacket weather. winds north and west here at five to 10. it will feel a little cool when you combine the wind and the cool temperatures later this afternoon. later tonight, 45 degrees. a few clouds. winds will shift out of the south and west and that will allow the temperatures to jump just a little bit over the next couple of days, friday and saturday. back into the mid- to upper 60s. we get another front tomorrow. that will bring us a few clouds. but the trend, generally sunny skies with warmer temperatures by sunday. that is a look at weather. let's get the latest from julie wright. she is letting us know who is going where. >> is that what i'm doing? >> yeah, consider by car. get to it. >> i'm trying to figure it out. eastbound 66, eastbound approaching 28 in centreville, accident activity tying up the center lane from the left. that is why it is so low coming in from manassas headed eastbound on 66. if you are traveling inbound along the suitland parkway at branch avenue, stalled car reported here. 295 in great shape coming inbound across the 11th street bridge. northbound i-95, backup through staff ford as you continue northbound from 630 courthouse road through quantico. delays continue leaving woodbridge across to the franconia springfield parkway. outer loop be as you approach 355, still dealing with that. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >> thank you. a big story that we're following this morning. the supreme court is debating a case that could have major implications for every college and university in america. it is about the role affirmative action plays in admissions process. the case was brought forward by abigail fisher. fisher was denied entrance to the university of texas at austin. she says the decision was based only on her race. arguments from both sides were heard by the court yesterday. the university president says the supreme court should not change the admissions policy. >> we would not be giving the kind of education to awful our students that would be preparing them to work in a diverse and global world. it would be i asetback for our students and our society. >> i hope the court rules that a student's race and ethnicity should not be considered when applying to the university of texas. >> a decision from the supreme court is not expected until spring. the man who played a major role in turning around the district's finances in the 1990s and died. economist andrew bremer was the first director of the d.c. control board set up to oversee the financial management of the city. his appointment was controversial and drew the ire of then mayor marion barry but d.c.'s huge deficit was turned into a $300 million surplus under bremer's leadership. he was also the first african- american to sit on the federal reserve board. andrew bremer was 86 years old. coming up next, we'll go live to fox business network in new york. we'll find out how many teens say they have an iphone. >> as we go to break, you know babies born today will have a special birthday. it is 10-11-12. studies have shown most babies are born in august or september. one harvard researcher crunched numbers and said september 16th was the most common birthday. >> my son's birthday is september 15th. >> really? 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