right now at 11:00, flooding the streets and calling for change. >> don't shoot! >> hands up! >> protests that spilled into the streets, forcing police to step in and shut things down. what went wrong? take off does not go according to plan for the pilot of a small plane. after a soggy saturday, will this rain stick around for the rest of the weekend?

that is happening right on the streets of washington d.c. hundreds of protesters turn out to demand action in the michael brown case. good evening. i'm chris lawrence. today marks two weeks since a police officer shot and killed the unarmed teenager, and the support for that officer continues to explode online. a page raised more than $300,000 for officer wilson and his family. it's surpassed the amount collected for michael brown's family. white house officials will attend brown's family monday in st. louis. president obama ordered a review of the federal program that provides military equipment to local police. officers used armored vehicles as they faced off with protesters in ferguson. rallies were held across the country today, including right here. let's see what motivated protesters knew in d.c.

>> reporter: it began with a rally at st. vernon square. before long, the crowd spilled into chinatown. >> hands up! >> don't shoot! >> reporter: the goal was to get the attention of the patrons and, to some extent, it worked. the attention came from unexpected quarters. >> last job was ronald reagan at the white house, and we all stand against police violence. we all stand against militarization of the police. >> reporter: this is a family aware, as this family. >> we want them to survive. we know environmentally, socially, economically and in other ways, they're challenged right now. >> reporter: even for those engaged in a more formal education, there were lessons, too. this law student, the lessons she wouldn't get in a lecture hall. >> it encourages me to see this change in the movement, but in a

way, it also disappoints me because maybe we haven't made the move forward. it isn't as peaceful as i thought growing up in a small town. >> reporter: they made a stop on the steps of the national portrait gallery. an expression of the tone and theme of this spirited rally. derrick ward. >> big crowds out there. we have learned new details about a plane that crashed today. investigators now saying moments before the plane went down, the pilot reported a mechanical issue. the crash happened at the montgomery county air park. witnesses saw it take off, but when the plane was 75 feet in the air, it started to fall. the pilot was the only person on board. he's in the hospital tonight in serious condition. the faa and ntsb are

investigating. that's the sound of an israeli air strike today, and those bombs destroyed an entire apartment building in gaza. 22 people have been hurt and 11 are children. witnesses say the israelis fired a warning missile at the roof and warned residents to evacuation moments before the air strike. the israeli military said it targeted the apartment because hamas was running operations from inside. turn to storm te 4. saw our share of showers today, but how is the rest of the weekend shaping up? >> the good news, tomorrow a 180 from what we saw today. on storm team 4 radar, we're tracking isolated showers in fredrick and carol counties. this activity is sinking to the south for those of you in montgomery county, maybe dealing with sprinkles overnight. tomorrow, we finish with sunshine and temperatures are

comfortable. the weather not having any negative impact on your sunday. here is your hour by hour morning forecast. clouds around 6:00, 7:00. areas like fredrick counties, that threat lasting until 8:00 a.m. the clouds break up and by 9:00 a.m., we're at a temperature of 71 degrees. tomorrow, warming than today. i'll let you know how much warmer in about ten minutes. >> you saw it right here on nbc 4. a battle of the beltways that raised some serious questions about rg3. i'll be joined in the studio for what went wrong. >> chris, not exactly a smooth night for the redskins starting offense. there were miscues and no big plays out of the first group in the entire first half. they're starting offense is not

starting well. griffin's first pass in the second half is intercepted by c.j. mosley. griffin with no touchdowns, one interception. he was sacked three times in this game. kirk cousins would replace griffins after the interception. first drive ends like this, a touchdown strike to moss. 11-yard score, but it wasn't enough. the redskins, they fall to the ravens 23-17. afterwards, jay gruden talked about the first team offense struggling tonight. >> everybody is going to point to robert but it was a total team thing. we had chances for some plays and we didn't make them. nobody played good enough in the first half to, you know, really talk about at note. there's a lot of correcting to do, and we'll do it. coming later in the show, we'll go live with more post game reaction from baltimore, and we'll hear from robert griffin iii on his struggles.

>> thanks, jason. can't wait to see what he took away from the game. for the family that steals together gets arrested together. we'll tell you what led the cops to a local family. plus, he paid the ultimate price. now a navy seal is getting a huge honor in his own hometown. it's the birthday that everyone is talking about. the big bash for d.c.'s favorite one-year-old, and what the

a montgomery county dad is facing felony charges for trying to steal utility poles. police say his teenage sons were

accomplices. this dad and his sons broke into a construction site on research boulevard in rockville. he tried to load them into a u-haul, but the poles didn't fit. they were going to come back in the morning. someone saw them, called 911. these poles are worth about $25,000. apparently, they were planning to sell them for scrap metal. right now, a volcano is erupting in iceland. officials have been forced to shut down the air space over that part of europe. this volcano is under a gracier and it's erupting the ice. officials declared a no-fly zone within 100 miles of the volcano. that is what happened in 2010. a volcano erupted in iceland, spewed an ash cloud that blocked the sky for days and cancelled more than 100,000 flights. new tonight, a special honor for a navy sale.

lieutenant looney was killed in action, but his name is going to live on at his high school. >> reporter: generations of students can now learn about him after his school named its convocation center after him. lieutenant looney was one of the nine navy seals whose helicopter crashed in afghanistan. he graduated in 1999, and other students have followed in his footsteps and become navy seals. ? we want to alert you to traffic alerts sunday. we'll tell you why you could see a lot of police and fire crews and when to avoid it. plus, you needed an umbrella today, but what about the rest of the weekend? amelia is going to help

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new tonight, someone found a man lying in the middle of the street. tonight, police think he fell out of the back of a van and died. todd thomas had a serious head injury when someone found him this morning near mead village. he died at the hospital. officers asked around, but no one in the neighborhood saw it happen. investigators say it's possible the driver didn't even realize thomas had fallen out. a tropic alert for anyone driving through d.c. crews are going to shut down the street between 12th and 13th. they have to conduct a drill for the streetcar system.

it will test operators on how they respond to an accident. that area will be closed from 6:00 in the morning until 11:00 a.m., and there will be parking restrictions. probably d.c.'s most famous one-year-old. the panda is celebrating her first birthday. the cub wasn't distracted from devouring her birthday cake. staff placed three postersn front of her, painting the s symbols for fertilitfertility. >> she picked long life, but he also picked the two after that. she kind of -- we think she p k picked all three. >> couldn't get enough of her cake. it was made of apple and pear

slices. they used beet juice for the coloring and decorated the cake with carrots and sweet potatoes. in case you were wondering, those are apparently all panda favorites. if you're ever in a position to have to make a birthday cake for a panda, you know how to do it. >> i have to say, i'm not a fan of cake. i think that sounds delicious. pear, apples. >> could be digging into the same cake. >> we'll enjoy it on her second birthday. >> soggy day out there, but hope any we can salvage the weekend here. >> tomorrow morning we'll start with clouds. by the afternoon, beautiful sunshine. low humidity for sunday. better weather for tomorrow. as we look to the upcoming work week, every day on the seven day is dry and filled with sunshine. the humidity creeps back in as we get toward thursday. we could be looking at our fourth heat wave this year, and that would begin on wednesday. temperatures now for the most part are in the 60s. washington though one of the

warmer locations coming in at 72 degrees. satellite and radar still showing plenty of clouds around the area and some light rain for areas north of washington. now, tomorrow morning, there could be some drizzle well west of d.c. future weather bringing the threat back to the 91 corridor. it could be in areas like frederic. the threat of drizzling lasting until 8:00 a.m. here's noon tomorrow. plenty of sunshine at that point. spectacular afternoon. it will be nice outside. again, that humidity is low, temperatures aren't too bad. beautiful sunday night as well. 6:00, have your dinner outside. dry conditions across the area. hour by hour planner, the clouds decrease toward the late morning hours tomorrow. temperature at 11:00 a.m., mid 70s. low 80s is the high. plenty of sunshine around the

evening hours with temperatures in the mid 70 ss. the weather not impacting the nationals game tomorrow. bring the sunscreen. temperatures for the game will be around 80 degrees. as we head down to the tropics, right now, we're tracking tropical depression 4, just to the north of the dominion republic. likely to strengthen to a tropical storm tomorrow. that'd be tropical storm cristobol. it then continues to strengthen potentially to category one hurricane, but having little if any impact on the united states. stick with us. we need to keep a close eye on the track of that storm because it could still change. now, here on the seven-day, notice the sunshine. monday a high temperature of 85. upper 80s on tuesday. we jump to 90 on wednesday. unfortunately, chris, next saturday, there is a chance of some showers and thunderstorms. this is not from the tropical depression but a cold front

moving through the area. regardless, that's the labor day weekend. >> we haven't seen the 90s in a little while. >> you're right. coming up in sports, after tonight's loss, more questions than answers for the redskins first team offense. find out what rg3 says they have to do

rough game? >> yeah. very rough game for pretty much the offense for the redskins. if tonight is an example of what to expect from the redskins offense this regular season, it's safe to say at least they'll have a lot of work to do. with griffin being the quarterback and the face of the franchise, it starts with him. griffin was not sharp tonight. because of that, the entire starting offense wasn't sharp tonight. redskins and ravens entered this game undefeated in the preseason. redskins first team defense looked good, including the new guy, hatcher getting after flacco here. first game as a remember of the skins and he's already making an impact. as good as the defense was, the offense was the opposite. second quarter, griffin goes down, sacked by elvis dumervil. he was sacked three times in the game. skins give the ball back to baltimore. flacco made them pay. led the ravens down the field. with 30 seconds to go before halftime, airing it out the back

of the end zone, steve smith making a huge play. baltimore takes the 10-3 lead into halftime. first play of the second half, more problems for rg3. intercepted by the rookie c.j. mosley. this would lead to a ravens field goal. they're up 13-3. grifens numbers, 5 of 8 and a passer rates of 27.1. cousins faired better. first series of the game. cousins led 13, a pass for a touchdown to moss. cousins threw for 122 yards and two scores. it wasn't enough. the ravens fourth quarter, tyrod taylor to thompson for the touchdown. ravens win this game, final score, 23-17. with more on the game, we welcome in diana, who is live

from m&t bank stadium. i'm going to assume all the talk will be about griffin over the next few days. is that true? >> yeah. nice guess, jason. i spoke to jay gruden for a few minutes before he got on the bus. i said, jay, take away, what's on your mind? he said, it's a preseason game. we stunk and did some things, but all of this, we can improve on. the offense you're seeing is vanilla compared to what you'll see in week one. they're disguising that right now. robert griffin iii and jay gruden say things need to change between now and week one against the texans. >> we didn't play very well. the offense goes as i go, and personally i have to play better. we shot ourselves in the foot too many times and had mistakes. when we can get 11 games working in the same direction, we'll be something special. we'll get it fixed by the time houston comes around. >> people will be saying he's

not far along. i think he's further along than people give him credit for. all you have to look at is the game tape, and it wasn't very good by anybody. i've seen him practice, and i've seen him come a long way. i feel confident about where he is. >> jason, there is no question, everybody is going to be talking about robert griffin iii and will he be ready for the game against the texans. the best part of today is this defense improved from last year. have to look at it that way. >> thanks. the next preseason game this thursday against tampa bay. we'll move to baseball. the nationals got back to their winning ways. not much of a hangover after the 10-game winning streak was snapped last week. an hour rain delay. he was prepared for the bad weather. bottom of the second, we're tied at two. this is sent back up the middle. he's been awesome this season. cabrera comes in to score.

they take a 3-2 lead. the nats up. zimmermann gets his buddy going down swinging. eight strikeouts in this game, just two runs. they go on to beat the giants 6-2. elsewhere, the orioles in chicago facing the cubs. adam jones came in with 77 rbi. driving in pierce. that's an r.b.i. double for jones. they take a 1-0 lead. bottom of the second, the bases are loaded. chris delivers for chicago. this one clears the bases on the triple. the former national league rookie of the year. the cubs take a 4-2 lead. after a rain delay, chicago won 7-2 over the birds. wnba playoffs. misfits trying to force a game

three against indiana. this came down to the wire. with seconds to go to the fourth quarter, a shot is off the mark. we are headed to overtime. in ot, the mystics up by one, but catchings took over the game. huge three point ball right there. catchings becomes the wnba's all-time leading playoff scorer. went 81-76. mystics eliminated from the playoffs and end their season. d.c. united won also. >> there we go. that's our news for

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