and we're truly devastated by her disappearance. they go onto say we fear foul play however we will not rest until we find her and she comes home. at a press conference late today, we heard from the charlottesville police chief choking up, thinking about hannah graham's parents are going through. >> as a parent and as a husband, i can't imagine what they're going through these past several days. >> reporter: chief timothy longo said friday night, hannah went out to dinner with her roommates. she left alone going to two other places before ending up here outside mcgrady's irish pub, this surveillance video just given to us by police. early saturday morning you see hannah walk in the frame, appears disoriented walking by the outside patio and a few minutes later she walks towards the direction she came from, back towards the popular downtown mall, and then nine minutes later she's captured

running and not clear whether she's running from or to someone. and another day searching for fairfax county. >> the chief assured hannah's parents. >> this department's focus is to find their daughter, first and foremost find their daughter and by the grace of god, return her safely to their care. >> reporter: some students telling me today they're uneasy and worried about their own safety. >> a lot of students and i like to run and we're scared to run on the grounds. >> reporter: as students try to continue with daily routine and going to class and extra curriculars, they're still sending a loud message painting on the bridge, bring hannah home. >> everybody is concerned about hannah and she's found safely and some sort of resolution. >> reporter: given how hard this has hit the uva community, as you saw, there was a message

from uva president to parents for them to continue to go to class and maintain some sort of structure and if they need to, they can go to counseling. she also took the opportunity to remind them not to walk around alone especially at night and use those options to get home safely. live in charlottesville, news4. president obama's plan to handle the isis threat, within the last hour the house passed the request to train moderate syrian rebels to fight them on the ground the same day as a new isis propaganda warns u.s. ground troops not to return to iraq. today, president obama went to u.s. central command in tampa to meet with generals who run the air war and he had his own warning for isis. >> in iraq or syria, these terrorists will learn the same thing leaders of al qaeda already know. we mean what we say. our reach is long. if you threaten america, you

will find no safe haven, we will find you eventually. >> the president repeated again the american forces deployed to iraq will not have a combat mission. some criticism.anianranian's prt nbc sat down with him today and asked his reaction to those videotape be headings of those three western hostages. >> who can really tolerate to see an innocent person be executed or it doesn't make any difference from our viewpoint if the person isthmus lim, jewish, christian or if the follower of any other religion, it is not important to us to which nationality does he belong to, they want to kill him, humanity. >> but iran's opposition to isis

does not translate to support for the u.s. led coalition, which rouhani labelled ridiculous. president rouhani also issued a criticism of president obama's decision to fight isis with air strikes. stay tuned for that in ann curry's exclusive report on nbc "nightly news" right after this broadcast. >> the first independent look of the hotly contested race for d.c. mayor. an nbc4 marist poll came out just about an hour ago and getting a new look now what is motivating voters. it shows democrat bowser with a double digit lead. boyers had 43% of the vote among likely voters compared to 26% for independent candidate, david catania and 16% for the other independent candidate, carol schwartz. here with more on the candidates and issues driving the voters in d.c. >> first, we're six weeks from the election november 4th and

four weeks with early voting. bowser is leading and voters worry about education and jobs. for muriel bowser who won the drink primary, her lead over catania is good news for her while challenger carol schwartz is even farther back. 14% of voters are undecided. the "washington post" merit poll suggests the race is still uncertain despite bowser's lead because one-third say they're undecided or might change their mind. for catania, last spring he trailed bowser by 33% and cut that deficit in half but he still trails significantly with about six weeks until the november 4th election day. veteran campaigner carol schwartz making a fifth run for mayor appears to be drawing votes from both candidates lessening the impression her campaign was undercut iting.

two-thirds think the city is on the right track. education and the economy are issues on voters mind followed by housing, ethics and crime. voters see bowser as the candidate with the best personality and temperament to handle the mayor's office, even slightly more on education, which is catania's main focus in this race. the nbc4 "washington post" maris poll is out one day before the scheduled university forum that will bring the three candidates together for the first time in this fall campaign. bowser is benefitting being the democratic candidate in this democratic city. >> interesting graphic there. education high among voter interest. crime at the bottom. that brings up kathy lanier and henderson, the police chief and director of education. what about that? >> our poll asked about what people thought about kathy

lanier. she's been the police chief since 2007 when she was appointed by adrian fenty. 71% think she's doing a good job. 14% disapprove. 15% are unsure. these are good numbers. it used to be in the low 80s. she's been there a long while. in any indication from any other candidates whether or not they would keep both of them if they were elected? >> yes. people love kathy lanier when it comes to their candidates. david catania has not said he would but sources say he would and carol schwartz and bowser said they would. we have kaya henderson who took over for michelle reed in 2010 and much less confrontational. her approval rate, 52% doing a good job. 22% saying, no, 26% unsure. the fact is she has a very tough job and these are good numbers

for the chancellor. >> thanks. >> for more information on the nbc "washington post" maris poll we invite you to our website. the results are on our home page there. >> can i say it now? >> say it now. >> awe! the kids are calling it clenched mith. october is shaping up to be a fun month around here. team coverage and at the park and we will start with dianna russini. these guys have another game today, huh? >> they must be excited. good news starters will get rest and not play a lot and you will see a lot of backups out there. that said, historic one for nationals and orioles. there was champagne everywhere, all the party gear to celebrate winning the division. this is the second entitlement in three seasons they've taken

home the nl east crown. meanwhile, it's been 17 years since orioles won the nl east and 45 years since they clenched in baltimore. after wrapping up in camden yards they partied like it was 1969. pies for fans and champagne shower for manager, buck showalter. and battling the angels for the top spot and home advantage for the playoffs. a lot of controversy among fans. some folks already trying to buy a ticket for the world series. how's that for looking ahead. the team is so hot, they've got their own fire helmet. >> reporter: it is a good evening from national park to you. the team celebrated wearing these hats that say 2014 division champions. but not bryce harper. he had a plan of his own.

he took to twitter asking for help from firefighters. when he got it, he marched to atlanta to beat the braves, hat in hand. the pictures of bryce harper celebrating the national's division championship wearing a customized d.c. firefighters' helmet has gone viral. john landry of engine 80 gave to it harper. >> me and my fiance were watching the game and said he doesn't have it on and he pops it on and everybody was talking about it. pretty cool. >> nats fans were buying the gear when they clenched the championship while they wait to buy tickets for the game online, other tickets were going fast. >> we already had plan holders

getting tickets. in 10 minutes we sold 10,000 tickets only on sale with nlds. phones ringing off the hook. energy amazing, sales floor buzzing. >> reporter: season plan holders buy tickets straight through the world series. you already have your tickets? >> i haven't gotten them in hand but i bought them. >> reporter: you know everybody watching you was jealous? >> it was a hard decision because it was a lot of money to put down but i had faith. >> reporter: for the rest of us, we can buy tickets online starting monday at 10:00 a.m., quantity, four per customer. we will have all the information about tickets and information on the playoffs and hopefully on our website, nbcwashington.com. that's the latest live tonight from nationals park in southeast washington where the sun is shining brightly. back to you. >> yes, it is. thanks. customers and employees were forced to the ground as robbers stormed a local business.

we zero in on the men involved in this very bold heist. new clues in the disappearance of the lyons sisters 40 years ago and the key to solving the case could be 2 miles away from the crime scene. creating an american history mystery. what's being done to track down these nationals treasures. >> we're talking about another cooldown making its way. the next front, up in canada. behind it, snow and cooler air behind it, snow and cooler air moving in on my forecast

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they disappeared in 1975. since then, police have relentlessly followed every lead in the search for the lyon sisters. now montgomery county detectives say they might find the break they're looking for atop a mountain in rural thaxton, virginia. people in that area think they know what police are looking for. >> monday, they said they were looking for the two missing girls out of maryland. >> reporter: jerry has lived in in thaxton for nearly 60 years and he's surprised they're searching his neighborhood for evidence of the disappearance of the lyons sisters.

>> it's hard to believe. i've never heard of nothing like that around here befo montgomery county police and the bedford county sheriff's office tells us leads in the investigation brought them to taylor mountain. police have been out here since last week. they look at the scene from the air and on the ground. right now, i'm actually standing on the property previously owned by the welch family. on the other side of those trees right over there, police tell me there's a cemetery 100 years old and a lot of folks are wondering if the lyons sisters are buried there. the land they're searching was once owned by michael welch, a person of interest in this case. sheila lyon, 12 at the time and her sister, kathryn, 10, vanished in 1975, while walking home from weeden plaza. welch is a convicted sex offender locked up in a delaware prison since 1997. and police are looking to see if

welch's family members are involved in the disappearance. >> i hope you find them and set everything at peace with the families and everything. >> reporter: on taylor mountain, in thaxton, virginia, i'm shamarry stone, news4. >> a dangerous situation in the western part of the country. a dozen wildfires raging in california threatening hundreds of homes there. one of the fires in a place 60 miles east of sacramento has already burned nearly 29 square miles, more than 2500 firefighters are working to put that fire out. at this point, they say it's only 5% contained. meantime, the town of weed in california is cleaning up after a fire destroyed more than 150 structures there. it forced the town's largest employer to close indefinitely. in arizona, not fire but water that is the problem. an historic rainfall earlier this month and people are

braising for yet more. the remains of hurricane odile that hit mexico over the weekend now expected to bring several inches of rain through the southwest. flash flood watches are in place across much of arizona and some parts could see half a year's worth of rainfall over the next 24 hours. >> amazing. yet we're being told we might want to start watering our lawns by sunday. >> that's exactly right. over the last couple of days we have not seen a lot of rain recently and in this dry period probably through early next week. today, another gorgeous day. if you don't need the rain, nice. and we sent the team out to the great fredericks fair and we want to say hello to everybody there. we sent our own amelia segal from frederick county up there somewhere in that crowd. maybe not in that crowd but she will be with us coming up at 6:45. there she is! i knew it.

i knew she was in that crowd. temperatures at 77 degrees. dew point at 48. that dew point below 50. that tells you just how dry it is. we will continue to see the grass get drier. a good idea to water that lawn. fredericks coming in at 77. that's the same as the d.c. metro area. most temperatures well below average and will continue to be below average the next couple of days until the weekend. nothing to show and no rain. a few clouds across our area today. our travels take us up to the north. the cold front making its way from canada. behind the cold front cold enough to produce a little bit of snow back towards parts of canada. this front will make its way during the day tomorrow and could kick off an isolated sprinkle or two and we will be cooling a little heading towards the day on friday. it won't last long, cooler weather.

and clearer skies and maybe an isolated shower tomorrow. that is it. when i say shower, i mean a sprinkle. will you need the umbrella? no. i don't think we will need umbrellas. will have plenty of sunshine and friday start with plenty of sunshine. friday is a fantastic day but will start on the cool side. high temperatures 74, and martinsburg, 78. and with the exception of some clouds. the impact? still nice. no real impact with the isolated sprinkles and i do not think you will need to be ducking for cover. it puts most of you down around 43, 44 degrees in the coldest suburb and will get kind of chilly friday morning. then the weekend, back to the 80s. 81 on saturday and 85 on sunday. next week, we get even cooler, high of only 70 degrees by next tuesday. forensic science leads to an

arrest, how dna helped find a man accused of attacking a woman outside the mills mall. and new legislation that has locals divided. the future of commuting. local leaders offer insight into what our roads will look like 20 year

we have breaking news now of a water main break having a significant impact on traving in gaithersburg. >> it is happening at a fire station at montgomery village and russell avenue. this is near 270. here is a live look at the scene and chopper 4. traffic is moving slowly. just around the corner from lake forest mall. we have no word what caused the break or don't know how long it will take crews to fix it. we have no idea of the impact on the community. it happened a short time ago again near lake forest mall and near the costco. you're probably familiar with that area if you know where lake forest is. no word what caused the break or how extensive it is. we do know crews are on the way

and as soon as they get there they will update us on the impact. this water main break, a large break near lake forest mall at this hour. back to you at the studio. more changes concerning guns in the capitol. this is in response to the recent court ruling that struck down the district's ban carrying handguns in public. as mark segraves reports, there will be a lot of restrictions who can have those weapons and where. >> reporter: store owners and taxicab drivers could qualify for concealed carry permits. so could any victim of domestic violence. >> someone who has a specific reason to fear for their life and safety and can demonstrate that. >> reporter: registered gun owners will be able to apply to the d.c. department for a gun carry permit perhaps as soon as one month and then up to the

chief to decide. >> i'm not judge and jury. there is an appeal process. but for the initial review i'm very comfortable with that. >> reporter: they would have to pass a background class and attend a training class. simply living in a high crime area would not qualify for it. there are other restrictions where you can carry your gun. government buildings, no, schools, no, public transportation, no. at a public demonstration, no. anywhere alcohol is sold? no. anywhere within 1,000 feet of a public official's motorcade. as for non-d.c. residents. >> people out-of-state would qualify if it's registered and if they have ability to carry in their home states. >> reporter: while the new law will allow for concealed carry, it will not allow for open carry for guns in d.c.

>> we have more on the growing backlash from the nfl's big sponsors amid scandals involving some of its stars and coaches sidelined by controversy and now he's taking new action. we will find out why some say his outer is putting the safety of young athletes at risk. day nine, still no sign of the two missing children but there's no shortage of hope here there's no shortage of hope here in montgomery therin fairfax countyf hope here in montgowe had to cut a lot of waste. we consolidated offices. started sharing printers. we can walk a few feet. replaced computers, but kept the monitors.

they still work fine. we even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three million dollars! i approve this message because congress doesn't need another right winger. they need someone who can balance a budget. oh, and we definitely didn't need so many government studies.

in maryland, a desperate search for these children. >> they have been missing for nine days. police say they're modifying the search strategy to keep them fresh and focused. they're now concentrate iing in clarksburg and another town. and the father has set up his

own command post. >> reporter: troy turner and his friends have passed out thousands of these flyers. the police have gone over thousands of acres. it's a painstaking process but the search for these missing children continues on. day number nine, still no sign of 2-year-old jacob hoggle and still no sign of his 3-year-old sister, sarah. where could they be? the woman with the answers is inside this montgomery county detention center in boyd's, maryland. but that woman isn't talking. day number nine, troy turner, the father of the missing children, strong as ever in his crusade to get them back. >> everyday my belief grows more. they're out there, i'm going to find them. >> reporter: jacob and sarah hoggle missing now for more than a week. police believe their mother's day, kathryn hoggle, is

responsible for their disappearance. catherine hoggle has been charged with child neglect and parental abduction. she's being held at this montgomery county jail where she's undergoing a mental competency evaluation. she has 1 twas on the run and be the last several days. she suffers from schizophrenia and off her meds for weeks. can they force catherine hog toll take her meds. experts say that's not likely without a judge's order and no such order has been issued yet. when catherine hoggle ran away, she spent a lot of time in germantown. troy turner says she did that because he thinks she wanted to be close to the children. >> she kept coming back to this area. it's hard for me to believe they're not somewhere close by. >> reporter: catherine hoggle being held in jail on two separate $1 million money bonds.

live in montgomery county, pat collins, news4. >> thanks, pat. police say a man who violently attacked a woman at a prince william county mall in virginia last spring has been locked up. northern verirginia chief found hit in the database led to the arrest. >> when the police heard from the database there was a match, they recognized the name that was provided. the suspect was already a registered sex offender. detectives tracked down 33-year-old victor serrano yesterday and arrested him. he is accused of attacking a potomac mills mall employee last march as she was getting in her vehicle to head home. he grabbed her, began choking her and tried to force her into the back seat of her vehicle. the victim fought back and escaped and called police. at the scene, investigators found shoelaces the suspect used to choke the victim and that's where they got the crucial dna

sample. >> luckily, there was dna evidence on that item and that dna evidence was then compared to other dna samples that are already in the database and luckily, we were able to get a match and identify the suspect. victor serrano is now charged with abduction with intent to defile and strangulation and being held at the adult detention center. there is more fallout for the nfl's players contract. nike has suspended its contract with adrian persons charged with child abuse. and he will be barred from team activities until legal issues are resolved. nike is joining a growing list of nfl sponsors including anheuser-busch and mcdonald's all expressing concerns about the league's handling of domestic violence. at this point, no one has threatened to cut any ties. >> the average nfl sponsor gets

more than $2 in profit on every dollar they spend on the sponsorship. it's really hard for them to want to give it up. >> the nfl players association says it is appealing the indefinite suspension of former star ray rice. and another, hardy, has been pull pulled. >> a lot of people think the league commissioner, roger goodell should keep his job. a new poll found 60% believe goodell should stay. the same amount also said that ray rice should get another chance to play. when asked about the graphic video of rice attacking his then fiance, 71% of those polled believe the nfl saw the entire clip before that clip was released by the outfit called tmz. a former football coach in louden county is filing a formal

grief vans with the school system and they will cite a pattern of harassment from the school administration that date back at least a year. mcgraph is still teaching at louden high in percyville but he was replaced as the football coach before the start of the school year. he tried to implement injury sen sensors in the helmets before the school removed him. officials have not commented why mcgraph was replaced. transportation is tough here and could get worse. the transportation officials forecast our population will grow 25% by the year 2040. road capacity is expected to expand only 7% by that time. what that means of course is something close touchet os. 6.5 million people living and trying to get from one place to another in the area.

planners say local jurisdictions need to focus on getting people to live, work and play, they're talking about places like silver spring, tyson's corner and rockville. the idea is to keep people from needing their cars to go about their daily lives. robbers stormed a video game store with their guns drawn and we'll show you how it unfolds and police believe it's connected tonother case. we are in for another beautiful night tonight. in the next couple of days, also looking good. there are a few changes out there. we'll talk those in just a minute.

new reaction tonight to two robberies caught on camera. in one of them, three men ran into a video game store, pulled

a gun, told everyone to get down. shoppers, as one might understand, are nervous about this. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: when we showed gamestop customers the arm ed video, the reaction was ama amazement. >> wow! >> reporter: just how brazen these robberies were. last night's surveillance video shows three masked men entering the gamestop and tell customers and employees to hit the ground as they robbed them and take cash from registers and steal a number of game systems from the back. >> broad daylight with the customers, that's a little like a movie. >> reporter: then just yesterday another gamestop in the 6200 block of livington road was robbed. this time it happened in the morning. two masked men entered the store and took cash gained systems.

>> they took several playstations in both instances. those are high dollar items. >> reporter: in one of the videos the suspect stopped almost staring into the camera. police believe someone knows who these guys are. >> there is up to a thousand dollars reward leading up to the information of arrest of any of the suspects. >> reporter: good news is no one was harmed in either of these incidents and prince george's police department is still trying to figure out if they're connected. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. still ahead, thousands of national treasures now gone. tonight, the iteam

priceless pieces of american art history lost. tonight, i-team takes a look at a program you might have read about in school. launched in the district to put artists to work and keep them from starving during the depression the economy ended up being saved but as the i-team, scott mcfarland discovered, much of the art was not. >> reporter: d.c. is home to the largest most iconic visited art displays in the country. >> it's a legacy in the country. >> reporter: for the art treasures, art the government paid for and lost.

a needle in a haystack? >> pretty much. >> reporter: to understand why they're missing, we have to go back in time. washington d.c. 1935, the "great depression." the economy in shambles, artists with no customers. so the government launched a works project administration arts project, the new deal program, hiring artists, paying them up to $42 a week to paint pictures for government buildings. >> the arts were one of the jobs that were available. >> reporter: more than 100,000 pieces of art created. >> the paintings and the sculptures and the fine art prints cover all walks of life. >> reporter: but the record keeping was sloppy, done by hand. >> i'm not sure things were that cataloged or organized those days and people didn't put the value on them people do today. >> reporter: the active general in charge of services administration is in charge of this search and so far 20,000

pieces of art have been found. >> this was a big deal. >> reporter: it is found in surprising places and only after years of searching. that's lake view terrace discovered hanging in the home of a civil servant in ohio. she brought it home from work when the building she worked in was closed. the feds retained this artist to restore the painting and lock it up until the feds find a museum to hang it. this one shows the turmoil amid the depression recently apprised to be worth three-quarters of a million dollars. found nearly a half century when it went missing from a u.s. senator's office when a relative of one of his staffers tried to sell it. >> reporter: this agent gets tips online. >> when you go on ebay and search artwork you get a lot of

tips. >> reporter: even though selling the artwork is a crime. this is a copy of december in venice. the original is missing ripped off by a tourist visiting the museum in september 2008. some paintings are so valuable they trigger court battles. they found this hanging in an art gallery. the agents pounced but said the gallery refused to hand it over. the feds had to win it back in court years later. >> this is the history of america. in that respect it's very important and it is the property of the united states. >> reporter: some of the paintings we do know about was recently displayed here at the smi smithsonian art museum showing workers filling out welfare forms during the depression. even a lead versiinvestigator s now so many pieces of this art will never be found. scott mcfarland, news for

i-team. to see a slide show of pieces recovered and paintings still missing go to nbcwashington.com and click on vehicleses. some of that was just beautiful! wow! >> yes indeedy. >> mother nature's art. >> we worked on that together. tell you what. some great weather across our area today. a great stretch of weather that will continue the next couple of days and into the weekend. however, we are going to see a few changes. sunset tonight, 7:15, your evening planner looks like this. 77, abundant sunshine, changing to 73 by 9:00 and looking cooler, 70, around 11:00. some of you below 70. 68 in gaithersburg and if you're heading to frederick for the grade frederick's fair, that's where we sent amelia.

>> reporter: good evening, doug. exactly. you can feel that chill in the air. our storm truck reporting a temperature around 75 degrees. we got here at 3:00 this afternoon and that's pretty much where it stayed the entire afternoon. the fair so important to the community because agricultural is so big in frederick. can you believe this fair has been going on 152 years. the fair this evening, beautiful weather. you can see ton ochs people tonight. the fair runs through saturday doug and friday, because frederick county has off for fair day looking good. >> really looking good. it will be a great one there. that is amelia segal's backyard, where she grew up. nothing as far as radar is concerned. sky cast 4 and no problems, the sun begins to rise, 7:15. no problems either. even though we have a front

coming through, not going to see much in the way of clouds or rain as we have been very very dry the last couple of days. sky cast looking pretty good and forecast, 45 on friday, 81 on saturday and a lot warmer sunday, 85 and another frontal boundary will cool us down by the middle of next week. >> thanks. looking good out there and at nats park and memorial stadium. >> the party continues today as nats and orioles still have plenty of unfinished business, and more specific details on rg3's ♪ there it is... this is where i met your grandpa. right under this tree. ♪ (man) some things are worth holding onto. they're hugging the tree. (man) that's why we got a subaru. or was it that tree?

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we have some really cool baseball stuff to talk about. first, not so cool stuff again in the nfl. >> like two weeks. we're just finding out the phoenix police have arrested arizona cardinals running back jonathan guy dwyer, 25 years ol suspicion of aggravated assault. no details related to this arrest. apparently he's been arrested for aggravated assault according to the police out there in arizona. let's get to good stuff going on, nats and orioles clenching.

nats are back. a few starters. leone, shierholtz, and not the usual after the explosion inside the clubhouse. i can't get all this here because it's filled with this excitement. the cover of the papers, you have the os and nets aats and w can't get enough of it. >> a ground ball to cabrera, a national league clencher. >> and they celebrated the title in atlanta. check this out, 126 bottles of champagne. 600 cans of beer not including free beer. bryce harper sporting his fireman helmet. that is a smile on his face. you don't see that very often. >> to celebrate all year long and come in here, something we wanted to do. all year long we're fighting.

got thrgh injuries and done what we needed to do to get to this point. >> we're really excited here. but we will get back to work after this. we have unfinished business to do and will still get after it. >> they look for more and want to have more. they've experienced it before. not gotten to where they wanted to get to. i think they're hungry for that. >> i could watch that party on loop over and over. up in baltimore where os fans have been waiting a long time to celebrate. look at buck sho walter, clenched the championship since 1997 and first time since 1969. and the pies. that guy had a good time last night. the last time the os won, he was in middle school. everyone getting- >> two-face pie. >> this one is a little different for adam jones. >> i was unable to drink at that time. i didn't get to taste the

bubbly. i get to taste it now. tastes good. we have a milestone to celebrate. >> for me at my age just to watch them. get a good angle where i can see it. moments like these you know, always fleeting. >> it's an awesome experience. we worked hard all season long to get where we got to and we have that out of the way and a couple more. >> they got going tolls protect the eyes but need earplugs, what they were missing. >> robert griffin the third continues to rest his ankle. the quarterback will be in a cast for 10 days, then docs will re-look at him and he will rehab four to six weeks. and wide receiver, desean jackson at practice but didn't participate. he suffered a shoulder sprain against jaguars. both he and coach gruden are

optimistic he will play against eagles. as for kirk cousins, you may remember he's the starter. he was last season and not much was on the line but this year different. >> much earlier in the season with a lot more to play for. i think that creates a heightened sense of urgency. any time you want to play, you want to play well and with a lot of football to go. with a divisional opponent on the road we need good attention to detail and focus. >> he's been nothing but a pro in this whole protest ordeal. i think he'll be ready. time will tell. >> he got good looks and the running game effective against jacksonville. we'll see what he does in third down situations when he's tight. we'll see but we have high hopes for kirk and the team does. >> they certainly feel confidence in him. i asked him do you feel this is the biggest opportunity for the redskins?

he says i look at it as another chance to play the game. >> he will have to do it for

on our broadcast tonight, our nbc news exclusive, ann curry with the president of iran who says isis wants to kill humanity. also why he calls this u.s.-led coalition to destroy isis ridiculous. front lines, now at least 13 massive fires torching california with a deluge about to slam the southwest. manhunt for a iper on the loose who opened fire on police described as a survivalist. now schools have been shut down because authorities say he could be anywhere. and meredith's message as she adds her voice to all those now talking about domestic abuse. the story from her past that has touched a nerve today. "nightly news" begins now. from nbc news world qu