he's live in charlottesville with the developments. david? >> doreen and vance, this major development tonight is rooted in one thing. forensic evidence. and as soon as this news broke today and this started going out on social media, you could almost hear a collective sigh of relief among some. for others, they're still skeptical. it's been two weeks of uncertainty, uneasiness on the grounds of the university of virginia. students wondering who is behind second-year hannah graham's disappearance and could it be connected to morgan harrington's death. today police say the two are linked and they say jesse matthew is the common thread. >> i am shocked and a little bit scared and caught off guard but also feel closure with it. >> i'm shocked. so shocking. and i just really hope it gets resolved. >> reporte perhaps closure for some, but for jill harrington, still doesn't bring her daughter morgan back. >> i am so pleased that that has happened, but it doesn't change a lot for us. in some ways.

you know, our bedroom is still empty upstairs. we're still not going to have the grandchild, the wedding though, things. >> rep morgan's remains were found but no one charged. >> i know where morgan is. however this unfolds, i know where my girl is. she's in a box in the living room. hannah graham's family do not know where their daughter is. >> reporter: hannah vanished over two weeks ago. police say she was last seen with 32-year-old jesse matthew following a multiday manhunt, police tracked matthew down last week on a beach in galveston, texas. they flew him back and he's now in jail. after processing evidence seized from matthew's car and home, police say the forensics matched with that of harrington's case, which in turn is connected to a 2005 sexual assault in fairfax. news of the link spread quickly. is there relief, do you think? >> yes. yes. you kind of feel like well maybe another girl might not go missing if they do have the right person.

>> from what i've heard from a lot of people, i think they're glad somebody, you know, they can put a face to this. >> reporter: others warning of a rush to judgment. >> what does this sign say? he's innocent until proven guilty. >> reporte meantime, we are entering the third week in the search for hannah graham. police brought out atvs, searched much of the city today. but still no sign of hannah. live in charlottesville. i'm david culver, news4. >> david, thank you. shock and relief for people in fairfax after we learned about matthew's link to a rape that happened there almost ten years ago. the victim was leaving a grocery store on rock garden drive when she was ambushed and attacked. our team coverage continues now with mark segraves who is live in that neighborhood with reaction to today's news. mark? >> reporter: well, doreen, just about everyone we spoke with in this neighborhood in fairfax just off germantown road knew about the sexual assault here nine years ago. the news that police may have a

suspect comes as welcome news. this is the sketch the victim gave of her assailant nine years ago. and this is jesse matthew today. >> when we first moved in this area, we heard about the rape that happened dow there after we signed the lease and she was worried about that. >> reporter: it was sometime afda on the evening of september 24th, 2005. the 26-year-old victim had just left this giant grocery store, and was walking to her home about a block away. the woman walked down this sidewalk along germantown road until she reached her apartment complex. it's here, she says, someone came up from behind, grabbed letter and dragged her into the woods. the description she gave police nine years ago matches the description of jesse matthew. and now virginia state police have linked matthew to the sexual assault here. police said today matthew is linked to the 2009 disappearance of morgan harrington, found dead

months after she disappeared from a rock concert. in 2009, harrington's murder was linked to the fairfax assault by dna. the revelation that matthew is connected to harrington's murder is what links him to the fairfax attack. >> we're aware of of what has surfaced this morning with the article referencing charlottesville. we wl not comment on anything related to charlottesville or the state police investig as far as ours, it is still active. we are still investigating it. >> reporter: now back in 2009 after the link between harrington and this case were made, harrington's parents came to this neighborhood and helped to distribute flyers, hoping to catch their daughter's murderer. five years later, three families of three different victims now hope police can finally solve these crimes. reporting live in fairfax, mark segraves, news4. >> thanks, mark. so the question might be asked what those lichx me links mean r the investigation. wendy rieger at the live desk with that report.

>> reporter: matthew is described as friends by, quote, a gentle giant. he volunteered with the youth football team. he worked at a hospital with the patients. former fbi profiler clint vanzant says that fact is also helping investigators build their case. >> most of the time when you have someone who looks like a sexual offender, drives a creepy vehicle, is lurking on streets, they have come to the attention of law enforcement a long time ago. but you get people like, for example, ted bundy, the infamous serial killer rapist. he was everybody's friend. he used to hang out at cop bars and listen in to see how the investigation goes. so there is not a physical profile necessarily or even an emotional profile that you can identify every offender. they can feel they are so far above reproach, they have gotten away with things so long, they really don't worry about being

identified. >> when i asked vanzant what's next for the investigation, he said police and investigators will be looking closely at other missing persons cases in that region, and that includes the disappearance of a woman in orange, which is just outside charlottesville. that occurred in 2010. and the 2012 disappearance of a woman in charlottesville. they'll be looking for any links to this current case. at the live desk, i'm wendy rieger. back to you. >> thanks, wendy. we posted wendy's entire interview with cliff vanzant online. we invite you to nbcwashington.com and you can find it on our home page. scary moments outside an embassy here in washington today. cell phone video appears to show an embassy employee firing a gun just feet away from a group of protesters. that man was detained and questioned a investigators try to figure out what led up to that shooting. this all unfolded at the embassy of ethiopia on international drive in northwest d.c. this afternoon. news4's darcy spencer joins us from outside that embassy tonight.

darcy? >> reporter: doreen, yeah, at 4:00 and 5:00, we were reporting from way up the street because of the streets in this area were blocked from this investigation. the streets are wide open now. in fact, police have cleared the scene. we're right in front of the ethiopian embassy here where this played out this afternoon. right there in the courtyard. >> reporter: the video, nothing short of incredible. a staffer at the ethiopian embassy waves a handgun and opens fire near a group of protesters. miraculously, no one was hit by the gunfire. but it was a close call. those rounds apparently hit a tree. you can see secret service agents climbing that three, looking for evidence. and there's an evidence marker showing a possible bullet hole in the windshield of a car nearby. secret service agents who protect the embassy here on international drive in northwest d.c. got here very quickly. they detained the man for

questioning. it's unclear what if any charges will be filed against him. this man works with an ethiopian media outlet and he blames the protesters. he says the embassy staffer felt like he was under attack. >> if he violated the law, i don't -- i know he should be punished. but they provoked him. okay? just the same way they did to us. so i don't blame him. i don't blame him. >> reporter: you feel like he was defending himself? >> exactly. i mean, they were inside the embassy. just like the same -- they come to my house. what do you do? just watch? and just -- sit and do nothing? >> reporter: that man i interviewed there for the story just walked out of the embassy a couple minutes ago. he walked up to me and said he had spoken to the man who fired that gun, the man told him that he was hit on the head by at least one of these protesters, and he felt justified firing his gun here this afternoon. reporting live from northwest,

darcy spencer, news4. >> thanks, darcy. we are learning more tonight about the man who scaled a fence and ran inside the white house. nbc news has confirmed a report that that man, omar gonzalez, was able to make it farther inside the building than originally reported. an official says gonzalez ran down a hallway and into the east room before the secret service men took him down. an alarm designed to alert security about intruders reportedly had been muted. today d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton walked around the perimeter of the white house. she says the temporary fencing that went up last week cannot be a long-it term solution. >> when you come to the united states and the first thing you see at the white house are the words police line, do not cross, the message is this place is not for you. it's not for the public. >> expecting to learn more about

the security changes at a congressional hearing tomorrow. and new details are coming to light about a 2011 shooting at the white house. a man fired a semi automatic rifle at the executive mansion from a quarter mile away. according to the "washington post," the secret service supervisor on duty that night dismissed the gunshots as construction noise. it wasn't until four days later when they realized the white house had been hit seven times. the discovery was made after a house keeper found broken glass on a balcony. first daughter sasha was home with her grandmother when the shots were fired, but they were apparently unaware. the "post" report also claims the secret service didn't tell the first lady about the shooting and she found out several days later when someone else mentioned it to her. the man who fired the shots is serving jail time. to the battle against isis. tonight it is president obama on the defense. in an interview that aired on "60 minutes" last night, the president said the intelligence community was lacking in its assessment of isis.

>> our head of the intelligence community, jim clapper, has acknowledged that i think they underestimated what had been taking place in syria. >> reporter: the fact is, the president dropped the ball. he dropped it two years ago in syria and over the last 14 months with isis and now trying to blame everyone but himself. >> we did underestimate how quickly they could grow and develop and how fast they could recruit. >> some senior intelligence officials and some members of congress say they warmed president obama's administration for more than a year that isis was poised to take territory beyond syria and that iraq's military was under pressure. turning to our weather now. scattered showers for some of us at the moment. doug is here to let us know how long we need to keep the umbrellas ready. doug? >> i think for most of us, we can start to put the umbrellas away. but you're not going to have to put them too far away. i think we have a couple more chances for showers later this week. storm team 4 radar picking up a few showers. and earlier today, helped to keep temperatures down.

72 degrees the high temperature. 71 in patuxent river. but in the upper 70s back toward the west where we had more in the way of clearing. where are the showers now? baltimore right along the chesapeake bay through calvert county, st. mary's county, they say in this area the next half hour to an hour. and then a few more showers developed in the panhandle of west virginia. i'm watching those as they move our way. should be a dry night for most of us tonight, but something else could impact your morning commute. we'll talk about that in a minute. >> thank you, doug. coming up, six flags stepping up security after a big fight over the weekend. tonight, we'll report what we're learning about one of the teenage victims critically injured in the fight. i'm julie carey in alexandria, virginia. where a man accused of shooting a alexandria police officer says he's not guilty by reason of insanity. coming up, what his attorneys have to say about his mental state when he fired the gun. a doctor exposed to ebola in sierra leone arrives in our area. what researchers are trying to learn from him as the virus

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the cab driver accused of shooting an alexandria police officer in the head is asking a judge to find him not guilty by reason of insanity. julie carey has been in the courtroom with officer peter labois as that fateful day is replayed in testimony. julie? >> well, peter labois still bears the scars of that gunshot

and the many surgeries required to save his life. the prosecutor told the judge today he has suffered irreparable brain injury but also made a remarkable recover and sat in the front row listening as prosecutors began to lay out his case that bashir intended to kill the officer. while bashir's attorney said he didn't know what he was doi not guilty by reason of insanity. that was his plea this morning as the charges were read. attempted murder of an officer, aggravated malicious wounding. in an interview earlier, officer peter labois says he doesn't remember bashir allegedly hooting him once in the head on february 27th, 2013. >> i remember responding to the call. but then after that, i was, you know -- i lost -- i don't remember. >> reporter: but on the witness stand, laboy's fellow officers

remember the day in chilling detail. frank powers responded to a shopkeeper's call about a frightening suspicious man and issued a lookout for bashir in his yellow minivan taxi. the single shot was fired. powers was one of the first to reach the fallen officer. in court, he gestured with his arms as he described how laboy was clenched in pain. his face, quote, caked with running blood. bashir was arrested after a police chase ended with his cab crashing. a gun found next to him. officer cami stern said his demeanor seemed quiet and calm which was unusual given what transpired. she also smelled a strong odor of alcohol. bashir's strange behavior could bolster the defense case that he was criminally insane when he shot laboy. twice he has been found mentally unfit. before the incident, basheer was

in the grips of mental iness, believed he could communicate tele pathically and voices told him what to do. he was a paranoid schizophrenic who was actively psychotic. the prosecution continues tomorrow. this case is expected to be in the judge's hands before week's end. reporting live, julie carey, news4. >> thanks, julie. crews in baltimore are trying to figure out what caused a home near camden yards to collapse. homeowners were doing renovations in the row house when the roof suddenly caved in. it happened about noon today. firefighters were able to pull out one person trapped in the rubble there. witnesses in the area say they heard a loud noise and then they saw a cloud of dust when that house collapsed. a construction worker in laurel survived a terrifying fall. he was in a building off canadian way when he fell about ten feet. chopper 4 was there as the worker walked with the help of first responders to the ambulance. the man was in good condition

when they took him to the hospital. doug is back with more about our weather. this rain today, at least from what i can tell, didn't amount to much. >> no, it didn't. and we're still really, really dry. we need to see more rain across the region. a couple chances this week, but that's really about it. chances are very small. so we're not going to need the umbrella all that much. outside right now, a pretty nice shot. dealing with plenty of cloud cover. not much in the way of wind. and right now all we're dealing with is the cloud cover around the region. temperature, 73 degrees, right around average for this time of year. the average high temperature now down to 74. there we are sitting at that 73 degree mark. dew point at 62. humid today. 68 in gaithersburg. 69 in huntingtown. starting to cool a little bit. temperatures fall slowly this evening as we have the cloud cover around our region. but back to the west, we are still seeing a few showers back here towards the panhandle of west virginia developing now. we saw some clearing back here earlier. and the last of the rain is now moving out of the southern maryland area towards calvert

beach, leonardtown, st. mary's and the patuxent river area. we continue to watch as that moves to the eastern shore and eventually over towards ocean city. now satellite radar shows the cloud cover and those showers. but look back to the west. this is where we're starting to see some clearing skies. and that's what's in store for us during the day tomorrow. now, i still think we have a chance for a slight shower, maybe a sprinkle during the day on our tuesday. but all in all, the day is looking dry. here's tomorrow morning. 8:00 a.m., notice the cloud cover. but notice where the clouds are. they're east of the blue ridge. here is the blue ridge right here, clearly defined. plenty of sunshine. but in our area, especially northern virginia, i think we could see quite a bit in the way of fog. so heads up for that when you step out. tomorrow afternoon, partly sunny skies, isolated shower. here is one here, maybe one toward the west. this is what we're watching during the day tomorrow. most of us dry and most of us tuesday is going to be a spectacular afternoon. wednesday starts off with some clouds and a few showers. and those showers could actually remain and linger throughout part of the day wednesday. i'm not expecting a line of rain

wednesday, trust me. minimal at best. but still keep the umbrella handy. what to expect for tomorrow. early fog, partly cloudy to partly sunny skies and on the warmer side. high temperatures get close to that 80-degree mark. 79 is what we're going for in d.c. 78 in fredericksburg, 76 in frederick and annapolis at 74 degrees. next few days, everybody into the 70s. 79 on tuesday, 77 wednesday with a 40% chance of showers. 75 thursday. 77 on friday. now the nationals play during the afternoon, either at 12:00 or 3:00. 50% of rain late in the day. we hope for the earlier game. i'm not too worried about the game. should get the game in no problem. 77 on friday. look at the weekend, though. much cooler. 71 on saturday. 70 on sunday. and that puts most of you in the low to mid 60s much of the afternoon on both saturday and su? >> next, the family of two missing maryland toddlers,

pleases with more membership from the state. the grandmother shares condition about their mother. plus, american university makes a surprising save. why the school may foot the bill for extra trains during the nats' playoff games. and what students paying all that tuition think about it. and a local wounded warrior gets the gift of a lifetime. lee greenwood opens up about singing his beloved song for veterans in northern virginia. next.

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doctors in bethesda are closely watching a physician who is exposed to the ebola virus. >> he was transferred to the national institutes of health clinical center yesterday for observation. health officials aren't releasing a lot of information about him, but we do know he came into close contact with the virus while working at a hospital in sierra leone. it's unclear whether the physician is experiencing any symptoms, but doctors told us today they'll be ready to treat him if he should become infected. >> remember, exposure does not medical mean you're infected. so the main purpose of bringing the individual to the nih is to observe the person. if the person winds up requiring some form of intervention, we'll give it to the physician. but right now, it's just observational. >> the experts tell us that good supportive therapy is like replacing fluids intravenously

are key to survival. the death rate for this particular strain of ebola can be as high as 90%. but with good care, it can be reduced to as low as 20%. dr. anthony fauci, the director of the infectious disease program at nih told us that researchers are looking at all of the recent cases of americans infected or exposed to the ebola virus. the hope is that by understanding how their bodies fought off the virus, they can clean glean more information about the disease. there is a possible new complication to a respiratory virus that's affecting hundreds of children nationwide and here in our area. a group of nine children in colorado is now showing polio-like symptoms, including paralysis. all of them have a respiratory illness. at least four have tested positive for enterovirus d-68. that's a rare strain of a common virus that typically behaves like a bad cold. doctors now are trying to figure out if there is a link between

the virus and the polio-like symptoms. cell phone video captured a wild scene at six flags. but the fighting didn't end there. now hereby businesses were affected after a weekend melee sent two teens to the hospital. a man linked to three high-profile murders in alexandria. and tonight an unusual request from his defense team. plus a bedbug infestation uncovered inside a d.c. government build

you're watching news4 at 6:00. cell phone video captured a wild scene over the weekend when teenags and hundreds of movers swarmed a parking lot after a real-life scaring during fright night at six flags america. three teenagers when fights inside the amusement park got out of control. >> tonight we're learning the violence didn't stop at six flags. tracee wilkins reports. >> reporter: a melee has left this 15-year-old boy fighting for his life. he's now in a medically induced coma. >> the brain swelling was increasing. >> r earlier today, doctors were prepared to remove a portion of his skull due to the severity of his head injuries. >> to allow the brain to expand and the skull will be removed for approximately a month in order tore him to heal.

>> reporter: but they believe the boy is stable enough to avoid the surgery for now. this all stems from fights that spread out of control saturday night during the halloween fright night event. >> he was simply walking and out of nowhere, an older kid came up and hit him to the left side of his head. >> reporter: we now know that a 13-year-old girl was also hurt and transported by ambulance to the hospital for her injuries. sources close to the investigation say prince george's county police put out a signal 13 call, meaning officer in distress. as a result, hundreds of police responded, including park police, state police and some local jurisdictions. at one point, central avenue was shut down. sources say they were also issues at businesses down the street from six flags, including this mcdonald's. a manager here confirmed they called 911 to report unruly behavior by teens who they believe were coming from the park. six flags released this statement, saying, steps are being taken to increase security by working closely with all local law enforcement.

increasing the number of dedicated security personnel within the park. in the parking lot, as well as along central avenue. prince george's county police e conducting a criminal investigation into who injured this 15-year-old boy. they're asking anyone with information to give them a call. i'm tracee wilkins, news4. the man charged with three alexandria murders is on the move once again. charles severance has been transferred to the arlington county jail. he was moved out of the alexandria jail because of ties between sheriff's office employees and the murder victims. officials want to avoid any possible appearance of a conflict of interest in the case. news4 has also learned severa e asking for public funds to hire a private investigation team. the judge has not ruled on that request. police have identified the victim of a deadly crash in olney this morning. ly anna muller died when a pickup slammed into her suv

head-on. this happened along olney road near volunteer drive. police say muller who lived in heytonville was wearing a seatbelt and the truck driver, kenneth turner jr., had just worked an overnight shift paving a road. he survived the crash. police say they don't believe drugs or alcohol played a role in the accident. the father in maryland says he is not losing hope, even though his two little kids have been missing for weeks now. tonight, that man is making an appeal to the governor of maryland in hopes of generating new leads in the search for his kids. pat collins in germantown, maryland, now with more on this story. pat? >> reporter: jim, the hoggle family staying strong, not giving up. today the father of the missing children, the grandmother of the missing children, pleading to the governor for help. it's been three weeks now, and they're still missing. 2-year-old jacob hoggle, 3-year-old sarah hoggle.

there have been scores of searches and tens of thousands of flyers script distributed but no sign of the two toddlers. police believe their mother, catherine hoggle, is responsible for their disappearance. but she's not talking. you see, after her kids went missing, catherine hoggle ran away and hung out on the streets of germantown for days before arrested by police. police say catherine hoggle suffers from paranoid schizophrenia. her family says she went off her meds. lindsey hoggle is catherine's mother. the missing children's grand mother. >> she has been under treatment, has been doing what we thought was well. absolutely adores and loves these children. and so obviously there's some thinking here -- a thinking pattern that doesn't make sense. >> reporter: at a state police barracks today, troy turner, the father of the missing children, asked the governor to make the

state police issue an amber alert in this case. >> i drove down 270, and for days now, i've seen a black screen above my head whenever i drive under the electric board. how is it going to hurt to put my children's name on that board with their ages and that they're missing? >> reporter: the maryland state police say they have helped in the case, but they didn't issue an amber alert because there was no confirmed abduction. there was no immediate known threat that the mother would harm her children. that all the mother's vehicles had been located. now the governor's office appears to be noncommitteeal about the amber alert. but did offer sympathy to the family and support in resources necessary to search. until the case is solved. now listen to these numbers. the amber alert program began in maryland in 2002. since that time, there's been a 121 request for an amber alert

there were 34 amber alerts made. of the 34 amber alerts made, 33 children -- 33 children have been found. one case turned out to be a fault report. live from montgomery county, i'm pat collins, news4. >> thanks, pat. the people who work at the d.c. tax office are back at work after a longer than expected weekend. and it's because of bedbugs. hundreds of workers were sent home early friday, because the bugs had taken over some of the offices there in southwest d.c. we are told that exterminators were brought in over the weekend, and bedbug-sniffing dogs were used to search the building. we are told that everything is back to normal now. american university offers to help foot the bill. details mind a surprising call to get people home from some of the nats' playoff games.

a man in chicago virtually shut down air travel at one of the nation's busiest travel hubs. we'll report how that scare is exposing a serious flaw in the syst. and we're talking about our shower chances as they move out of our region, across our region right now. looking at a pretty nice evening, but the showers not out of the forecast completely. coming up in just a minute.

normally they use them to ship goods around the world, but some d.c. residents can call the big meeting shipping containers home. we told you about the new container apartments being built back in july. now the building is done. it's designed as shared housing. there's a large common area with a living room and kitchen on each floor, along with six bedrooms. each of those has its own study and bathroom. the building in brook line has a total of 24 bedrooms. a local school stepping up the pace for nats fans.

american university covering the bill if the weekend playoff game runs past closing hours. tom sherwood shows us what students think about their university stepping up with the expensive gift. >> reporter: at this tinnily town metro stop in northwest washington, teddy roosevelt, and the mascot claude joined together. they won't have to worry about metro shutting down if those games go late. american university announced today it's guaranteeing the extra $29,500 if enough people don't ride metro home. and it's not just the ballpark station staying open. metro spokesman, dan stesle. >> it requires keeping every station open, 91 stations across the region, and running trains on all six rail lines in both directions from end to end. >> reporter: metro already stays open until 3:00 a.m. on fridays and saturdays.

so this weekend's first playoff games won't be affected. the first scheduled game au will cover is october 9. au students are happy like other fans. >> originally i'm a yankees fan, but because i'm down here, i've also been fond of the nats. >> reporter: au and metro workers will have to be on stand by to work late if necessary. >> the whole reason it's coming together, saying collectively, go nats. >> reporter: tom sherwood, news4. >> who do you think is going to go farther in the playoffs, the nats or the orioles? that's our nbc washington survey of the day. and what a surprise, it looks like the majority of you are pulling for the washington nationals. an incredible gift for a wounded warrior. we'll report how a grammy award winning singer is help usher in a new singer after a sniper attack. one man's rage crippled air travel across the

three days after a fire brought air traffic to a standstill in the busy chicago area, thousands are still stranded there. more than 400 flights were cancelled out of o'hare again today. the faa says it will take at least two weeks to repair the control facility damaged by a fire set by a suicidal employee. in the meantime, the agency is assessing its response plan during a crisis and conducting a full security review. >> it's additional people, it's additional patrols. it's additional looks -- additional restrictions on access for core pieces of the

infrastructure. we want more eyes on the ground. >> officials tell nbc's tom costello the situation friday after the fire was the toughest an airport has faced since flights were grounded nationwide on september 11th. for the first time in decades, drivers, cyclists, pedestrians, are now sharing a d.c. road with street cars. six cars are being rerouted on 8th street in northeast d.c. you can't ride them yet. that will likely come in november. but drivers and cyclists will have to share the road and make sure they park close enough to the curb to avoid being hit. if you need an incentive to give those street cars a try, you might be interested to know that we have learned d-dot may not charge a fare for the entire first year of service. tonight a wounded army veteran now has a special place to call home. he and his family moved into a new house built just for them. equipped to make life a little easier now that he needs

round-the-clock care. news4's chris gordon traveled to manassas for the big reveal. >> reporter: for wounded jet vet jay and his family, it was a house warming like no other. it began with the honor guard from his former high school and ended with lee greenwood, the national ambassador for helping a hero.org, who sings his signature song every time the organization presents a specially built home for a wounded warrior. ♪ god bless our usa >> what i really want to do is deliver it without emotion. that's the only way i can get through it. if it i can do that, i have done my job. >> reporter: the alternative is? >> do break down and lose it. >> reporter: he was injured in iraq in 2003 when he was shot at pointblank range in the back of the head, leaving him quadplegic and semi conscience. he requires 24/7 care from his

parents, joe and eva. the new house has a therapy bedroom suite with a full lift system, an accessible bathroom with full shower. >> it's overwhelming, you know. it's -- i feel like the appreciation of the american people giving to my son and thanking my son, the service he did for our country. >> reporter: all of the landscaping was done by local boy scout troop 35. two dozen volunteers planted about 30 trees, 70 shrubs and did all the mulching. >> it makes me feel great. it makes me feel 100 times better. it was definitely worth the wait and definitely worth the work. >> reporter: for jay brazino and family, their new home will make a world of difference. chris gordon, news4. >> wonderful to see that kind of support. that young man sderchs deserves that and more. doug is back with another check on our weather. rain, no big deal, huh? >> not really. southern maryland i think saw the most around fredericksburg, places like that. but it wasn't much at all.

and most of us didn't see especially north and west of d.c. now a nice shot. we might just see a nice sunset tonight as the clouds are starting to make their way out. a very nice shot as we look towards the west across our recently. as we look off towards the northwest here at national harbor, no sunshine there. still dealing with the clouds. but what has become a fairly nice evening. look around the rest of the area. sunset tonight, 6:54. so well before that 7:00 hour now, sun going down earlier and earlier. 73 degrees the current number. temperatures dropping throughout the 60s, down 65 in the city. if you're headed out, on the cool side as it has been the last couple days. there is the rain towards the delmarva. delaware, dover, salisbury. for us, just some light rain left down towards portions of st. mary's county, southern calvert county, parts of the northern neck. that's really it. now your sky cast for monday and into the day tuesday, tonight just some cloud cover around our region. but starting to see some breaks. take a look at the moon off

there in the distance. as we move through tomorrow morning, looking to start off pretty good. but we could see some fog early tomorrow morning. so that's something we want to watch out for when you step out the door. tomorrow afternoon, plenty of sunshine. then we get towards the day on wednesday. wednesday we could see a chance for some shower it activity. but most of the day does look like it's going to be on the dry side. a beautiful shot out there this. tomorrow around our region, mostly sunny looking good. can't rule out an isolated shower. 98% on the dry side. 2%, vance, a shower over you, buddy. >> gee, thanks. >> 77 on wednesday. not my fault. 50% chance on friday. now friday, the nationals have that afternoon game. 77 degrees with a chance of showers. i think most of those should be in the evening. look at the cooldown as we head into the weekend. highs only in the 70 degree mark. >> that time of year. thanks, doug. you know what? it is so good to have something

in this town to cheer for. >> do we ever! >> i like the who's who there. unbelievable end to this regular season. and now we know the possible game time for game one of the nlds on friday. plus, we're talking basketball on the eve of wizards training camp. the new guy in town, already making demands of bradley bill. making demands of bradley bill. we've got

in cases of rape and incest, just making demands of bradley bill. we've got like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge.

this is the xfinity sports desk, brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. >> don't we love playing in october? >> cannot wait. >> get your calendars out and your phones out. just kidding. so the nats will face the winner of the giants-pirates wild card game. that game is going to be on wednesday at 8:00. here's how it goes. if the pirates win, the nats host them friday at 12:07. if the giants win that, game is at 3:00 at nats park. either way, friday is nats' day. as for the orioles, we know they play the detroit tigers, but the wild card game has an effect there. you see if kansas city wins the wild card, the o hz are at 5:37 thursday. oakland wins, the game time a

half hour later at 6:07. back to the nats. it was a playoff-like atmosphere in the regular season finale. jordan zimmermann throwing a no-hitterer. this catch by steven sousa jr. will go down in team history, preserving the -- no, he said he would break his neck to catch that ball. and now it's on to the playoffs. >> you want to pitch well at the end of the year. and i feel like we're all doing that. we're peaking at the right time. and you know, hopefully take it into friday and saturday. >> for me, something good is coming. every time i think -- i line to think positive. we have to enjoy every moment in this sport. so hopefully all the guys are aggressive in the field and we've got a lot of opportunity to win in this year. >> from a winning team to a team that needs some help. in one week, the washington redskins will play the super bowl champs. they've had four days off. they're back at practice tomorrow preparing for the 2-1

seattle seahawks. it's make or break here. and in this week's cooley report, the tight end explains kirk cousins can still turn this around. >> i always have hope. i think we're making the playoffs. but realistically, i do have hope in kirk cousins, because the person who i know who he is and the quarterback i've seen him be. he understands this offense, works well with sean bay. why lose hope because he presses in the second half of the game, the sixth start of his career. let's treat him like a rookie and say he will play better in the future. he does it again, and i'm going to start to question what's up with kirk cousins. now, not so much. >> are we at the point of the season now where the team could spread out and go this way, away from heaven ear or are they at a point -- >> get on planes and go home? >> do you think it's at that >> here's what i think about this team right now. this team will play for jay gruden. they'll play for sean mcbay, for jim haslett. because of that, i believe they'll continue to play for

each othe they might at some point in the season have to understand it's a building experience. and i've experienced that with joe gibbs. at some point as a player you say, we're building, we're getting better. and that might be robert coming back in. but no, this team isn't going to go these ways. that's incredible about the nfl. you never know what can happen. i know we're saying super bowl champs. we have seen it it happen. sometimes teams can come together and take down the giants. >> you know what, after tampa bay did what they did, after getting crushed the week before, you've got to have some hope. because that was impressive. i've got to tell you, haslett, he was getting killed on sports talk radio. >> yeah. >> everybody is saying the dude needs to go. >> yeah. i think the loss of deangelo hall is a really big problem for that team. their secondary is having a rough time, so hopefully they can fix that. all right. so at the verizon center today, the wizards, they are back there. bradley field, taking their photos for media day.

training camp starts tomorrow already in the season opener. one month away in miami. one of the new faces this year, ten-time all-star paul pierce, who signed as a free agent this summer. and they're definitely taking the advice of the 36-year-old pierce. >> he was just saying how important its for us to take the home court. and free throws. he's held me accountable for a lot of things already and i've known him for two minutes. >> paul is already honest about that. just being around a guy who knows how to win and knows certain situations, he can help. >> as we go, we're going to learn about one another. and that's the beauty of this game. and how we come out of those situations, either is going to make us or break us. and, you know, that's what we're waiting to find out. >> definitely a guy that needs to be here a long time in order to give his advice. they respect him off the bat.

>> future hall-of-famer. >> we like having him here. >> thanks, dianna. >> when do season tickets g

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