his face. >> even though he, like, not everything in his life was perfect he was always like really good at looking on the bright side and like laughing about, you know, everything. >> reporter: fire crews were called to the trailer on fuller heights road just before 3:30 this morning. located close to the quantico gates the security officers made the 911 call when they saw and smelled the smoke. fire crews arrived quickly but it was too late for a rescue. the trailer roof had collapsed. >> unfortunately trailers, lightweight construction, they have a tendency to burn quickly. >> reporter: this man lives in one of the two neighboring mobile holmes. >> it is sad. devastating. my two neighbors were killed in a fire. it is very devastating. people you know you see every day, it gets you. it really does. >> reporter: he late learned about the third victim. his home is off-limits until after the investigation is complete. the cause of this fire is still unknown. friends say that the 19 year old and his mother did smoke.

no word on whether there were any smoke detectors inside the mobile home. at least 20 people are out of their holmes tonight because of this fire at an apartment complex in gaithersburg. broke out about 1:00 this morning. it moved quickly. sending flames shooting through 2 windows. no one was injured. there's still no word on started it. to the latest the government shutdown. day eight. some house republicans hinting they mate be willing to pass a short-term measure, reopening the government and averting a default. in the senate growing outrage tonight that the shutdown has led to the denial of benefits to the families of fallen soldiers. president obama made another call today for the government shutdown to come to an end. during that hourlong news conference late this afternoon, the president said he talked to house speaker boehner today, telling him furloughed workers need their paychecks now. >> let's stop the excuses and take a vote in the house and

let's end the shutdown now. let's put people back to work. there are enough reasonable republicans and democrats in the house who are willing to vote yes on a budget that the senate has already passed. that vote could take place today. the shutdown would be over. then serious negotiations could proceed around every item in the budget. >> long and short of it is there's going to be a negotiation here. we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should don't spend the money we don't have and give the bill to our kids and our grandkids would be wrong. this isn't about me. >> that was house speaker john boehner 30 minutes ago. responding to the president's remarks. our team coverage begins with nbc's peter alexander live from the white house. sounds like both sides don't want the u.s. to go into default. what is the big sticking point

now? >> reporter: the big fight, obviously, jim, you just heard, exactly how these negotiations and when they would take place, the white house, the president, making very clear he's not going to have any negotiation with a threat to the american people and, frankly, to this administration right now. insisting that negotiations would only begin after agreement to extend the continuing resolution. basic lynn continuing to funding the government and reopen the government. also, he said, there must first be an increase in the debt ceiling to avoid the threat of default. john boehner, the house speaker, as you just played, he spoke within the last half hour or so and basically said the white house is demanding, in his words, unconditionable surrender and he says negotiations must happen first. so basically at this point we are not too far removed from where we were eight days ago. >> you attended the president's conference. he used words like no excuses, deadbeat, when referring to house republicans. what's your take on that?

>> reporter: i think obviously we have seen this war of words playing out both ways for a while. the white house made it cleaver the course of last several days that they are going to put their face in front of the camera in any form had can p. the president going out to buy lunch alongside joe biden. yesterday he went to fema. today he walked in the briefing room. as soon as he walked out of the briefing room we got a note speaker boehner would be coming out to make a statement of his own. both sides are not going to sort of relinquish the spotlight on this. they want to continue pressing back and claiming it is the other person that needs to blink for action to take place here. >> default date is october 17. nbc's peter alexander live at the white house. mayor gray wants to meet with the president about reducing the shutdown's impact on the district. the mayor sent a letter to the president saying district residents are, quote, innocent bystanders. gray said the archaic and unjust federal law keeps d.c. from spending local tax dollars on

services. he says that the district is the only city whose schools, police, pyre and trash could be impacted by the shutdown. some people that work up on capitol hill are furloughed right now because of the shutdown. but there's one amenity that some lawmakers are still able to enjoy. the news4 i-team looks into a private onsite gymnasium and why they still have access. the full report in our next half hour. a live look out over the national mall. feels a lot more like fall out there today. >> storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer joins us with what's coming next, doug. be careful what you ask for. we were asking for weeks for rain and look out. >> yeah. that's what is happening. yesterday, 1.13 inches of rain. i think we are see that, maybe twice that, through the next day or so. the next couple of days, that includes parts of the weekend, take a look what we are dealing with. cloud cover. we convenient clouds mostly from i-95 east all day long. some sunshine to the west today. now the clouds rolling in across

the entire area. and those clouds will be with us for quite some time. storm team 4 radar is dry. at least in our area. at least for now. in the next 24 hours, i think we will start to see this fill in all because of the storm system down to the south and part of this is the remnants of tropical storm karen which came onshore and made its way across the peninsula of florida. this will combine with an area of high pressure to the north, nor'easter that will be developing over the next couple of days and will stay here for a while. i will update you on how long i think this will stick around and how much rain we will see in your area in just a minute. developing story right now. two carjacking suspects are in custody after leading police on a chase through neighborhoods and busy streets in prince george's county. helicopters and officers on the ground jump flood this search. prince george's county bureau reporter zachary kiesch is live in landover hills where one woman skrisz hdescribes how thi

happened. >> reporter: we now know this started off as a carjacking. it all started yesterday in northwest d.c. as a woman sad eyed until her vehicle in front of her home when two suspects pulled her out and stole her bmw suv. it ended here in landover south of 450. not without a chase. >> my uncle was driving. he stopped in the middle of the street. i yelled get out of the way. they are going to hit us. >> reporter: it start order the beltway. when park police doing a routine plate check on the suv came back stolen the chase began. with more and more you don't know its their tail, helicopters above, the joy ride hit the bw parkway and eventually route 450 where are a mere a was in the car with her 2-month-old daughter he was going like -- i don't know how many miles per hour. like -- i thought he was going to flip. >> reporter: eventually it ended up here. workers and residents in the area where a foot chase unfolded were still too shook up to be on

camera. >> i heard a lot of sirens and the suv go down and go boom. when i opened up the curtains, i see a young man running. >> he was coming towards my side. and i was -- i was really scared. >> reporter: before it was done, one officer was there with a leg injury. two suspects were in custody and the community is glad they are all okay. >> i know how these things happen. they crash into you and don't cash. i got my baby and ran into the store. >> reporter: wild car chase in landover hills, maryland, weekends two suspects in custody. the police officer that was hurt in a foot pursuit was taken to med star hospital. he is there with nonlife-threatening injuries. d.c. police tonight are trying to catch an arsonist after two fires were set in the city. first fire spread last night from a construction site,

port-did-pport port-a-potty. a man was seen lighting box owes fire. several hours a fire in the basement building cut off power to 18,000 residents in the brightwood neighborhood. no word if the two cases are related. the police are trying to figure out who shot two people in the district. the shooting took place just after 3:00 this morning on summsu somerset street. police found two men on the street suffering from gunshot wounds to the legs. both victims were taken to the hospital. they are both expected to survive. for the last hour, dozens of protesters have been willingly arrested near the u.s. capitol. it is all an evident to get congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform. news4's chris gordon is at that protest which followed a massive rally down on the mall today. chris? >> reporter: good evening. it is happening right now. west front of the u.s. capitol. some of the demonstrators you see behind me are sitting in the middle of 1st street, refusing

to move when ordered to do so by police. they are getting arrested. all of this began hours ago at rally on the mall. the group was large, loud, and enthusiastic. families brought children to the rally on the national mall. many fear their families will be torn apart by the threat of deportation. >> my brother was born in pennsylvania. because he didn't have a license, driver's lines, he was deported. >> reporter: d.c. mayor gray spoke saying -- >> we are not going to stop until this is done, ladies and gentlemen. >> reporter: immigration advocates say they have the votes to pass immigration reform already approved by the u.s. senate but, they say, house speaker john boehner is blocking the legislation by not bringing it to the floor. >> speaker boehner, it is time

to pass immigration reform. open the government. he has the power to do it. passing immigration reform. >> reporter: there was a to counterdem zrags. >> the mall is supposed to be shut down because of the budget problems and yet the park service seems to have helped the illegal immigrant community set up this rally today. >> reporter: the rally was followed by a march to the capitol. 200 people engaging in civil disobedience. shutting down 1st street northwest refusing to move. facing arrest to demonstrate how much is at stake. how much they are willing to put on the line for immigration reform and a path to citizenship. just minutes ago, we got confirmation that congressman john lewis, democrat of -- you know we are live. congressman lewis from georgia got arrested. to tell thank you truth, kind of a party atmosphere developed

here at the capitol. as demonstrators cheer and applause every time someone is arrested for the cause. still ahead, check out this video. demonstrators got more than they bargained for during a fiery protest. we will show you what went wrong. a man free tending to have a gun tried to rob a d.c. police officer. but it is what happened next that led to an internal investigation. investigation. news4 february, 2013. a landmark transportation bill is up for consideration.

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in trouble with the law before. cameras capture ad very dangerous situation during an anti-government protest in brazil today. take a look. protesters tipped over a vehicle at a roadblock that was already on fire. there you have it. it suddenly exploded on them. there are reports of at least lee people being injured and other demonstrations across brazil grew increasingly violent today. stemming from months of demonstrations that have grown into a movmt against higher taxes, corruption, and spending on the world cup. a man is in critical condition this evening after getting shot by an off-duty police officer inning the district. >> she opened fire after he tried to rob her. >> news4's pat collins is live now in southeast washington with the latest this story. pat? >> reporter: i'm at police internal fires. they are investigating this thing. they investigate all police involved shootings.

now, this is the way this one went down. a man free tends to have a gun. he tries to rob a woman. that woman turns out to be a cop. investigators out working the scene of the shooting. nearby the water pumping station on minnesota avenue southeast. this is how they tell the story in the official police report. they say it happened around 6:30 this morning. finally, this apartment house in the 1600 block of 18th street southeast. the policewoman she was approached by a man. she said the man had his hand tucked under his shirt, under his waist band, like he had a gun. she says the man told her, don't make me pull this out on you. fearing for her life, fearing she was going to get robbed, the policewoman says she pulled out her gun and shot had a man. he said, damn, i was just playing. then he ran across minnesota

avenue and fell to the sidewalk in front of the pumping station over there. the suspect taken to the hospital, they say he's in critical condition. now we talked to a woman who said she is the sister of that suspect. she says she has never known him to carry a gun. but -- >> he's kind of a bully, you know, saying, but he is not a valid person. she not going to fight or anything like that. but he -- he's known to, like, you know, like -- push people around sometimes. >> reporter: the female police officer is 24 years old. she's been on the force since 2012. she had just gotten off work when this happened. she was not in uniform at the time of the incident. when he recovers, police say that suspect will be charged with robbery. live at internal fires, pat collins, news4. >> thank you, pat. we had a big drop in the mercury today. >> 91 degrees sunday. little bit of summer.

paul is here full force. october is here full force now. temperatures that have come down into the 60s and that's where we are going to stay. not just for the next few days but probably the next week. take a look at what else we will see. if you like clouds you are in luck. if you like rain, you are in luck. if you like wind, hey, you are in luck. have i got the forecast for you. take a look at the union station forecast. the flag really blowing out there right now. we have winds only 7 miles per hour, upwards of 10 to 15-mile-an-hour wind gusts. that's the kind of flow we are going to expect over the next few days. that will keep us socked in with cloud cover and will keep us in the 60s. 67 degrees at the airport now. temperatures around the region, 67 in martinsburg. 70 in culpeper. closer you are though the ocean, the cooler you will be. 61 in cambridge and 64 in easton. what are we going to be seeing here? one thing we saw today is all

the kindergartners at school that want to say hello to all the kindergartners in silver spring talking about the weather, tornadoes, hurricanes, yes, telling them the next couple of days, sorry, recess may be canceled. that's the problem. storm team 4 radar showing nothing across our area now. but we don't have to go far to the south to see the rain. rain is coming from a cull of different systems. one of which is the remnants of tropical storm karen making its way out in a the atlantic and will not be tropical when it gets here but when witness does, it will interact with another area of low pressure. actually high pressure in this case. low pressure down to the south moves up and interacts with high pressure. normally the storms go off to the north and east. this will not be able to do that. the combination of the pressure gradient brings in the east to northeasterly winds. we see rain and clouds. we see wind coming through and it will be rather breezy, rainy, really just a couple of nasty days out there. some of the computer models giving us one to two, maybe even three inches in some locations.

especially from i-95 towards the east. we are going to be watching this storm and playing out -- scenario playing out the next couple of days. i think it will be here through provide and probably now through the weekend. overnight low temperatures, 44 in leesburg. 45 in culpeper. it is going to be a little bit on the cool side. look at the high temperatures. only in the low 60s and some of us may stay in the 50s with that rain during the day thursday and friday. 64 on wednesday. rain coming in late wednesday afternoon. 63 on thursday. 66 on saturday. right now i think showers for the weekend. not a washout of the weekend but showers and drizzle, too. highs get back into the low 7b 0s on monday and tuesday. guys, get the umbrellas out. you will need them as early as about tomorrow afternoon. >> thanks, doug. new protest of the government shutdown could clog your commute. we will tell you why the beltway traffic could be even nastier than normal. thanks to a group of truckers who want to put the brakes on

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traffic ticket in d.c. it is an off day for football players. >> the players were joined by several hundred high school football players as well as our carol malone write who learned

firsthand the importance of getting an education. >> reporter: jerome has open ad door to his number one goal in life -- to play professional football. >> i want to play in the nfl. so that is my biggest dream. >> reporter: this is as close as duce can get to his field of dreams right now because he's here for a big dose of reality. >> some of you may end up having the skills of josh and alfred. you may have those skills. you may. but for those of you that don't, and your life goes in another direction, i don't want you to be stuck on stupid. >> reporter: he is one of 500 high school football players attending a seminar at fedexfield. it is a brutally honest forum with joshua morgan, josh wilson, alfred morris. all trying to prepare these young guys for all the seasons of their life.

>> you know, growing up in the area, upper marlboro, knowing just how pore it is important i you. >> reporter: he will be playing in the stadium as big as this one. he accept ad full ride scholarship to tennessee. it is the tough love he heard today that he says will help inspire him to study his way to stardom. >> biggest message is if you bs you will not step on these fields. you will not last in college. i mean -- and -- you can't do this. you can't be on this type of field if you don't work more than another man. it is always somebody working harder than you. you can't do this without no grades. that's the biggest thing. >> the team has been holding these forums for more than a decade now. inviting high school players from maryland, virginia, west virginia, and the district to listen and learn. pat? right now at 5:00, some lawmakers are still enjoying the

congressional gym during the government shutdown. scott mcfarland of the news4 i-team investigates. >> reporter: cameras captured video of a brand-new gym equipment on the hill. find out why the gym, pool and sauna are still open for lawmakers while federal workers are furloughed at home. new developments in the capitol chaos case. the mother had a lockbox in the car that she tried to ram past a white house barrier. we will tell you what was inside. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood. the d.c. dmv handles more than thou easier i

will have story coming up. it may be some time before investigators positively identify the three victims of an overnight fire in triangle, virginia. neighbors say a mother, her son and her boyfriend lived in the trailer that was burned almost beyond recognition. no cause has been determined. two carjacking suspects are in custody today after this chase and crash in prince george's county this afternoon. police spotted the suv that was taken in. a carjacking in d.c. yesterday. after a pursuit the car crashed in landover hills. the suspects ran away. the police chase themd on foot and arrested them. president obama told law makers to take a vote to immediately reopen the government and allow the country

to borrow more money. speaker john boehner responded by saying there will be negotiations in the house but the country cannot keep spending money it does not have. the government workers are furloughed. memorialss are closed. >> the congressional committee overseeing the gym announced it was closed due to the shutdown. but the news4 i-team's scott mcfarland learned otherwise after he was tipped off by staffers at the hill. >> lot of people making a lot of sacrifices amid the shutdown. some members are not sacrificing their private gym privileges. they will not allow cameras inside of these double doors in the basement of the u.s. house rayburn building. just down the escalators from where the house members have their offices but our cameras found fitness equipment outside. one former congressman tells the news4 i-team there is more than just your ordinary equipment here, though. there's also a basketball court, indoor swimming pool. one alexandria based taxpayer watchdog group says members still have access to a private pool and basketball court amid

the shutdown. it means they are, quote, still enjoying creature comforts. the news4 i-team waited outside to catch up with house members walking out of the private gym today. it is a comfort at a time so many people are not comfortable. >> it is not a comfort for me. all do i is take a shower. >> reporter: he added -- >> democrat, have an opportunity to discuss with republicans in a non-public-private way. >> reporter: other members of congress walking out of the gym declined to talk to us. all the while the u.s. house staff fitness center is closed because of the shutdown. it was congressional staffers who asked to remain anonymous who tipped off the news4 i-team. one of whom called it hypocritical saying the house members get to keep their gym but the staff is shut out because of the shutdown. is it a creature comfort

shouldn't have at this moment? >> look, i eat three meals a day. i didn't them in the cafeteria i'm going now to have lunch. i will eat it somewhere else. if i didn't work out in this gym and wanted to exercise i may go to another. >> reporter: last wednesday the committee that oversee it is capitol grounds announced the members wellness center would be closed in the shutdown. turns out the fitness center employees are furloughed and one congressman tells me the members are cleaning up a after themselves inside but it remains very much open. a spokeswoman for the speaker of the house said the decision was made by the architect of the capitol's office. that office did not return our request for comment. the gym isn't totally free for house members. they pay a monthly fee for access. a live look now at the beltway where later this week things could be even more jammed up. starting friday morning, a group of truckers says it will demonstrate in the so-called ride for the constitution. from friday to sunday, they plan

to take up three lanes of the beltway and protest of a number of issues including the shutdown. organizers told "u.s. news & world report" at least 3,000 truck verse said that they are going to attend. >> could be ugly. as the government shutdown drgs on federal workers in our region are dealing with being out of work in different way. >> we caught up on folks on furlough using their time to give back. >> federal workers say they are tired of doing chores around the house or running errands and needed something productive to do that would take their minds off of the stress of not getting a paycheck. >> it is frustrate. everybody is talking about it is time off. yes, that's great. i'm not complaining. it is nice to get things done around the house or do things you would normally do during the week or take time off of work. it is frustrating not knowing where you will go. >> reporter: she decided to do something positive with her free time. >> having been off for a week,

so when i heard about this opportunity i just really wanted to come out and be with other people and do something good with my time. >> reporter: he was not azone there are other things i can be doing, watching episode of "project runway." i could be doing something more meaningful with my time such as helping out the community. >> reporter: about 20 federal employees from various agencies showed up at carpenter's shelter today. the homeless facility in alexandria. >> i'm a federal employee. i have nothing better to do with my time. i rather be at work doing may work. if i can't be there, i might as well help people. >> reporter: most of the volunteers here didn't know each other before today. but heard the shelter needed help and just decided to show up. >> i just think it is nice to give back to the community and try to help others that are in need and it is just -- just a nice feeling to be able to contribute something to the community. >> reporter: spending a day in a homeless shelter helped put these in perspective for the furloughed employees.

>> it is a great way to put yourself in someone else's shoes even for for a moment, even for a really short second. i'm sure my situation doesn't even compare to a lot of these people's. it is great to just help out in any way i can. >> while volunteering helps take their minds off the shutdown, they are still facing the uncertainty of not knowing when their next paycheck will show up. coming up at 6:00, we will hear from one of those volunteers who is living off the money she has been saving to buy her first home. >> thanks, mark. news4 learned an attorney from ashburn, virginia, accused of driving drunk and killing a couple on sunday, has been charged with driving while intoxicated before. 52-year-old mark scarlotta is a senior partner at a firm in the tysons area and faces aggravated vol involuntary manslaughter after a weekend crash that killed an ashburn couple. news4 found online court documents shows he was arrested

for driving while intoxicated in march of 2011. had a charge was pleaded down to reckless driving but did have a restricted license for six months. we called his attorney for comment but haven't gotten one. the mother who led police on a chase from the white house up to capitol hill had more than just her child in her car. that story coming up. it has long been known the game ms-13 has been the problem in virginia. for now where are they going? whose problem is it now? >> a look outside. we have cloud cover out along the reston cameras. towards herndon, back towards sterling. clouds making their way back towards the blue ridge. still blue skies way off in the

when the rain moves in coming up. every year nearly a half a million kids end up in the emergency room for concussions. doctors are now urging school officials to create more support for the children because going back to school too soon can do more harm than good. >> i knew it was a concussion. i remembered how the first one felt but this one was magnified like times ten. >> reporter: when 16-year-old taylor knighter suffered her

second concussion within a year, she says the symptoms lingered for months. >> trying to focus. trying to read. the fluorescent lights especially. >> reporter: she says she could barely stand to be in the classroom. the effects of her injuries were so bad sheissed the end of her sophomore year in high school. >> your concern is she going to have to repeat the tenth grade? you know. and then what will that look like for her? >> reporter: doctors say new research is finding concussions damage the brain's electrical system which impacts attention, concentration, and memory. that's why so many young people have such a tough time in school after their injuries. dr. joya is a pediatric neuro psychologist at children's national medical center and specializes in mild traumatic brain injuries. >> that software system is working at lower power and is not working as effectively and so the functions that it drives,

don't work as well. >> reporter: spending time in the classroom too soon after a concussion can actually make things worse. >> the more we think, more we learn, the more energy we are using in our brain. >> reporter: that's what can cause increased symptoms like those taylor experienced. dr. joya says that's why it is so important for schools to have good support systems in place. that means allowing kids to make up missed school time and giving them extra help where they need it. she was able to finish her sophomore year over the summer. >> i always tried to shoot high for colleges that i want to go to. and i'm scared that this will impact my future. >> dr. joya told us he thinks schools are doing a better job in dealing with concussions but the focus so far has mainly been in the high schools. he would like to see elementary and middle schools pay more attention to supporting

academically supporting kids with concussions. jim, patted? >> doreen, thanks. neighbors are going round and round and in a big fight over traffic circles. why some people are finding a solution to slow busy traffic. >> i'm liz crenshaw. havi help.

my story is coming up. mitt we know what miriam carey had in the car with her

when she rammed the white house barricade with her last week. she had a lockbox, foreign currency and connecticut's driver's license inside. she was shot to death thursday with her baby in the car. federal law enforcement agents say she was being treated for mental health issues. another aspect of this government shutdown is hitting some military families especially hard. 17 service members have been killed in the line of duty since the shutdown began eight days ago. their families have not received death benefits. families usually get $100,000 within three days for things like funeral costs and travel. sergeant joseph peters was killed last sunday in afghanistan. his wife, ashley peters, made this statement lou her facebook page. yes, it is upsetting because my husband died for his country and now his family is left to worry. my husband always said if something happened to him, we would be taken care of. i'm a stay-at-home mom which is

what my husband wanted. he wanted me to take care of our son. the government shutdown nearing the end of day eight. thousands of furloughed workers are wondering how they are going to pay their bills. fortunately some businesses are stepping up to help those facing financial hardship. >> that's right. some furloughed workers strapped for cash are looking for ways to get a little extra income. liz crenshaw joins us in the studio with ways to get by during this limbo period. >> it is tough. we reached out to dozens of businesses, including banks, utilities, car companies, to see if they plan on providing any break or relief to those affected by the shutdown. the consensus is you may be able to get some help but you have to ask. when it comes to utilities, pepco says it is aware federal workers may find it difficult to pay their power bills and encourages customers to call and set up a plan so that they won't incur any late penalties. dominion says set up an online account.

there you can see whether or not you do qualify for its energy assistance program. bge and washington gas say they will work with customers on a case by case basis. you have to call them. td bank launched a new payment assistance program for those affected by the shutdown. it will issue refunds for late fees incurred by furlough -- credit card customers until the end of the shutdown or november 2, which ever comes first. wells fargo, capital one, also told us that they will work with customers on a case by case basis. if you have to make a car payment, this one to nissan, nissan is letting government workers affected by the shutdown extend their car payments for up to 90 days. if you immediate to buy a new car, hyundai says it will defer new payments for furloughed workers until january. but you have to buy this month. furloughed workers are also turning to job boards for extra

income. the website unfurlough.us was created by two local companies. the website has dozens of open job listings from data entrue to research to writing and potential freelancers can post their skills on the site. in the hopes a company will contact them directly. a big warning, though. furloughed or not, you are still an employee of the federal government. the office of government ethics reminds employees that not everyone who is furloughed can take on outside work. we have put up all of this information on our website. just head to nbcwashington.com/lizcrenshaw. bottom line on this one, folks, if you want any kind of payment assistance, do contact your credit card company, your bank, or the utility and ask and tell them you are in trouble. >> thanks, liz. we have new developments on that 9-year-old who managed to board a plight -- flight to vegas without a particular set we are learning a little bit

more about how this boimanaged to get through security at the minneapolis airport without a boarding pass. sources say that at the security checkpoint, the boy somehow worked himself between members of a family, who are also just getting very new details. a few days earlier this 9-year-old boy may have stolen a truck and led police on a chase before hitting several cars and a police car. sources also say that the boy's mother has a job at the minneapolis airport. she is a retail clerk at an airport shop there. but they say that there is absolutely no indication that she had any role in what this boy did. i'm barbara harrison. >> he is a handful. we hate getting parking and traffic tickets and it is not easy the fight those tickets if you think they are unfair. news4's tom sherwood reports the d.c. city council is considering new legislation that would give

motorists more of a chance to win that battle. >> now serving g760 at window number 5. >> reporter: nobody likes to make a trip to the dmv to argue particular bits they do bp 350,000 tickets were challenged in the city last year. this furloughed federal worker was battling the ticket for parking where she says will was no sign. how much was it? >> $55. >> reporter: if you don't pay it, it is $110. >> yes. i don't have $110 because i'm furloughed. as it is, no. >> reporter: now the d.c. council is considering legislation for later this year that would give motorists more time to appeal tickets and to submit more evidence in their favor. a major complaint from citizens is that ticket examiners take too long and too often rule against the motorist. >> i think we can actually make some changes so people feel that they had a full and fair opportunity to bring their argument to bear and, you know the end of the day, that's probably the most important thing. >> reporter: city dmv officials

say they agree the ticket system can be better streamlined and less time consuming but say if the system is too lax people will stop to avoid paying them. >> make sure there are no frivolous appeals. that will add to the am of time. >> reporter: approved time to appeal particular lets not come up for a vote until late this year. in the district, tom sherwood, news4. let's get a check on the weather. doug are we going to need to turn that heat up tonight? >> a lot of people needed to turn it up last night. i think, yes, now is about the time that the heat is going to start to come on. temperatures tonight will be held up just a little by the cloud cover. take a look at the -- clouds right now. out across the city. you can see the jefferson memorial out there. right now we are looking at lots of cloud cover. 67 degrees. we are going to stay socked in with the clouds. maybe for as long as a week. that's how long we could see the clouds. we have seen a lot of shinch over the past couple of weeks. that will not be the case as we move through the next few days.

64 by 7:00. down to 57 degrees around 11:00. it will be quite cool. temperatures around the region, 63. fall-like numbers for sure. that's where we are going to stay. nothinging on the radar. clear in our area. once again, down to the south, we are watching our storm system starting to develop now. a couple of pieces energy come together. one of which is actually tropical storm karen that came across the jacksonville area and made its way out to the ocean. it will move our way. eventually it will bring us rain. let's take you lou it. breezy side tonight. cool. tomorrow breezy and cool for sure. mostly cloudy if not completely cloudy skies. here comes the rain. look at this. this is 5:00. rain is starting to get back towards the blue rage. i think the rain will move in as early as 2:00, 3:00, in some areas. especially south and east of i-95. continue to watch the rain move in overnight and wednesday night. into the day thursday. rather breezy. cool and rainy on thursday. thursday is looking like one nasty day.

make sure have you the umbrella handy. this is thursday afternoon. we are still dealing with that rain. take a look at this. numbers are on the cool side. 63 thursday. some of you may stay in the upper 50s all day. 65 friday. showers continue even into the weekend. and i don't think it will be a washout this weekend. it is going to remain on the cool side. >> thanks, doug. $20,000 to free tend to be homeless. we will tell you about the offer some people are calling offensive. offensive. to roundabout or

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that story coming up. let's check out the stories that are trending online. pakistani teen that got shot by the taliban for promoting girls education could become the youngest ever nobel peace prize winner. she is the youngest nominee at the age of 16. some are calling this one offensive. for $2,000 a website is offering men only the chance to live as a homeless person for three days in seattle. the so-called tour comes with a guide. the site's creator hopes people lead with a new respect for the homeless. there is a fight close to home over plans to build a roundabout on where fairfax county borders loudoun county. >> it is planned for an area

where growth is explosive and the old country roads can't handle the extra traffic. >> news4's transportation reporter adam tuss explains why this issue is pitting county against county. >> reporter: follow along here. a busy four-way stop intersection didn't used to be so busy but because the crowded region continues grow, the intersection now flooded with traffic and crawling. sound familiar? >> sprawled out and, again, i remember when i was in high school, manassas was nothing. there was nothing out here. look at it now. >> reporter: the intersection here literally gets a failing grade from traffic engineers. now vdot wants to put in a roundabout to keep things moving. not everyone is happy with that. >> i'm saying at the moment do nothing option is the preferred option. >> reporter: ted is leading the fight against the proposed plan. >> this doesn't solve any problems. putting a roundabout here will push the traffic problem elsewhere roundabout some are saying that if the traffic down this way gets better and starts

moving, then the traffic from down this way, which is coming from loudoun county, is going to start flooding back down this way and into fairfax county. a traffic trouble spot that could be pitting the two counties against one another. others mentioned not too far from here knew roundabouts in gilbert county had to be fixed because accidents increased when they were built. others simply frustrated by it all and want nothing to do with this intersection roundabout or not. >> i don't travel that area on purpose. is that enough said? roundabout loud and clear. adam tuss, news4. right now at 6:00, president obama says this he's willing to talk to what he calls reasonable republicans and just 90 minutes ago john boehner said he didn't plan on shutting down the government or defaulting on the debt. why a person robbed the

wrong woman this afternoon. what happened next got him in a hospital. a wild police chase through the streets of prince george's county. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> i'm jim advance. t jim vance. it appears now that both sides are focused on the deadline for the debt ceiling. it is only nine days from now. house republicans today floated hints that they might be willing to pass some short-term legislation. meanwhile, on the senate side, there's outrage, families of fallen military personnel, are being denied death benefits. steve handelsman has more. >> reporter: both sides agree it is going to be tough to negotiate an end to these twin crises shutdown and the debt crisis. but they can't even agree how to begin as the shutdown grinds on. >> reporter: at a homeless shelter, furloughed federal workers volunteered today. i'm guessing it feels better to work than to sit at