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baltimore forced to burn fuel before making an emergency landing. ans connected. >>r. >> doesn't change a lot for us. >> unanswered questions five years after one teenager's death. >> the bedroom is still empty upstairs. it is one of the most protected buildings in the world, but tonight we know that an intruder made it deep into the white house aftee fence ten. >> the head of the secret service will get grilled about the incident on capitol hill tomorrow. tonight nbc news has confirmed that omar gonzalez made white h stairway that leads to the obama residence and into the east room before getting t at the entrance to the green room. new reaction from capitol hill hill. shomari? >> good evening. tonight many people on capitol hill tell me they are surprised

by this latest development. they told me omar gonzalez, keep in mind, that's what the secret service previo said, that he jumped the fence and was tackled at the front d everybody back, into the park. >> cell phone video captured him running on the lawn after she jumped the post. he ran said in the building, overpowered a secret service agent, and made it to the east room before he was arrested. >> that really reduces our confidence in the secret service itself. >> d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton toured the perimeter of the white house earlier today. tonight we talked to her about gonzalez. >> if you look over the span of history, i do not believe that anyone has ever gotten into the front door of the white house in u.s. history. >> after he was arrested, police searched his car and they say they found a hatchet and 800

rounds of ammuni and according washington post" report, the alarm was muted at the request of white house staff. congressman elijah cummings demands to know why the alarm wamuted. >> something needs to be done drastically. it's also clear they need to have a come-to-jesus moment. because clearly the secret service has not measured up to its reputation. guards are instructed to look the white house doors when an intruder gets on the grounds. >> it's shocking that someone could get in that close to the east room. it's unbelievable. >> the fact that he was in the house, all the way to the east room, that was very shocking. >> the secret service is investigating, reviewing what went wrong. tomorrow we will learn more about security changes at a congressional hearing. shomari stone, news 4.

new at 11 tonight, a plane headed to blom made an emergency landing in texas after circling the airport for more than two hours. it was an american airlines jet that took off this evening from the dallas, f. worth area, but the pilot declared an emergency after equipment malfunctioned. the plane had to circle the airport to burn off fuel in order to land safely. the passengers are now on another plane. a bombshell revelation today from police. they say forensic evidence links the suspect in hannah graham's disappearance to the 2009 murder of another college student, morgan harrington. jim hanley is here to sort out all these new developments. >> what's unclear at this point is what that evidence is. but investigators do confirm tonight that three cases spanning nearly a decade now appear to be connected to one man -- jesse matthew, the prime

suspect in the disappearance of hannah graham. we actually learned of the link through morgan harrington's parents. police told them it was evidence from his home and car that linked him to harrington's disappearance and death in 2009. harrington's mother says the connection to her daughter's case brings but only so much. >> it doesn't change a lot for us, in some ways, our bedroom is still empty upstairs.t g to hav grandchildren, the wedding, those things. >> the connection to harrington's case, also connects matthew to a rape in fairfax county in 2005. in that case a woman was dragged from a sidewalk into the woods and assaulted. the victim says her attacker ran away after being startled by another person. now even as these new details were released, the search continues for hannah graham, a team of 15 to 20 team scoured trails in rural alb moral

county. still nothing has been found. an online campaign to raise a legal defense fund for jesse matthew has been shut down tonight. friends had started the evidence on a funding site saturday. it had raised nearly $2,000, but was shuttered over threats posted in the page. the creator said someone threatened both him and his children. and matthew also had support in charlottesville. this woman was on the downtown mall in charlottesville today saying he is minute until proven guilty. >> tomorrow morning matt lauer will speak exclusively with morgan harrington's parents on the "today" show and get the laten the investigation on news 4 today when you wake up. [ shouting ] >> shots fired outside the ethiopian embassy today, all of it caught on video. the man with the gun works at the embassy.

he apparently was trying to break up a group of protesters outside. darcy spencer has new reaction from one of those protesters tonight. darcy? >> well, it's very quiet here outside the ethiopian embassy here, much different than earlier today with that shooting and chaos. tonight i did speak to a witness who says the protesters were not a threat. >> were you frightened? >> yes, frightened. >> shamalis was among the dozen protesters at the ethiopian embassy when a security there began firing from a handgun. [ shouting ] >> we saw the gun on his hand, but he was still shooting. >> he says the protesters were there to get answers. why he says the ethiopian government is killing citizens, jailing journalists. >> but do you think that the security guy could have felt like he was in danger of being attacked? >> no.

how could he? we don't attack. >> incredibly, no one was hit. one of the shots went through a windshield. another may have hit a tree. secret service agents climbed the tree looking for evidence. the man who worked with an ethiopian media outlet said the guard told him protesters were attack and he had to defend himself. >> he was defending himself? >> exactly. they were inside the embassy. if they come to my house, what do you do? >> this was not the first time there have been protests there, and he said, despite the shooting, it won't be the last. >> it never stop, because when our family, our relatives, our citizens are killed, how could you sleep? it don't give you peace. >> the u.s. secret service issued a statement earlier today saying this gunman had been detained. it does not appear that the gunman was in fact arrested. we don't know if he'll face

charges or has any immunity since he wor embas darcy spencer, news 4. if you have flight plans, be prepared for more travel headaches. the federal aviation administration warned today that it's damaged air traffic control center in chicago won't be fully functional until october 13th at the soonest. between the city's two airports, more than 400 flights were canceled today. the faa is launching an internal review into how one of his contract workers was able to sabotage the facily and set it on fire. it could slow down your commute tomorrow, but it's not rain. it's fog. >> some areas today saw some rain. we still ha l of moisture trapped in the lower levels, i think that will produce fog overnight and early tomorrow. the radar is showing the showers out of the region for the most part, but we're still seeing

showers in southern st. mary's county and everybody on the eastern shore still seeing showers. most of us will stay on the dry side tonight. but it's the moisture in the atmosphere that will get you going early tomorrow. so if you step out the door, i think we'll see some fog around 6, 7, 8:00 in the morning before it burns off. 9:00, clearing skies here, temperatures around 64, and by 11, plenty of sunshine as the clouds continue to get out. however, in north american virginia, i think that could be the thickest fog. so make sure you give yourself extra time tomorrow morning. my complete forecast coming up in a minute. >> thank you, doug. new tonight, police are looking for a man who stabbed a woman in silver spring, it happened before 8:00 on piney branch road. investigators believe it may be related to a robbery attempt. the woman is expected to recover. fairfax county police tonight are investigating a body that was found in lem lock

overlook regional park. the train track runs right through the park clear clifton. the body has not yet been identified. investigators will not say whether there's any connection to a missing 16-year-old who was last seen sunday at the nearby middle school. next at 11, a melee at six flags. the steps the park is taking to prevent another fight after two teens were critically injured. walmart re. why the company said tracy morgan shares the blame for injuries suffered in a serious crash. and game time for the nats. the playoff schedule now set. how metro is making sure you can get home if the

walmart is responding to a lawsuit filed by comedian tracy morgan cr injuries he wasn't wearing his seat belt. morgan was critically hurt when a walmart truck slammed into a limousine he was riding in back in june. another comedian died and several others were hurt. the driver commuted from his home in georgia to work in delaware before starting his route. he has pleaded not guilty. a father in maryland is pleading with the goo an amber alert to find his missing children. it's been three weeks now since anyone has seen them. investigators say the last person with them was their

inhoggle. she's now in police custody. volunteers have logged hundreds of hours, searching for the toddlers, but so far, they have not been able to find them. >> i drove down 270 for days now, i've seen a black screen above my head whenever i drive under the electric board. how's it going to hurt to put my children's name on that board with their ages and that they're missing. >> the police say they did not issue an amber alert because there was not a confirmed abduction, and all vehicles in the case had been located. >> fright night at six flags america, turned into a real life nightmare for a local teenager. now police have launched a criminal investigation. detectives say fights in the amusement park got out of control and spilled outside. it was so bad police issued a signal 13 call, which means officers in distress. as a result, hundreds of officersscene. three people were hurt,

including a 15-year-old boy who is in a medically induced coma because of a severe inju >> he was simply walking and out of nowhere, an older kid came up and hit him to the left side of his head. >> doctors had planned removing a portion of the teen's skull today because of brain swelling, but decided to forego the surgery because his condition seemed to be improving. you cannot hop on a street car just yet. but when you do, you might not have to pay for the ride. news 4 transportation reporter has learned that the d.c. department of transpor i considerg making the street cars free for the entire first year of operation. that service is expected to begin in november. until then, you'll see the cars being tested on the 8th street northeast line. they hope the testing helps drivers, cyclists and walkers get used to the new cars. >> fedex will continue to

sponsor the redskins despite the controversy over the team's name. shareholders rejected a proposal to drop or distance it's ties with the team. the onationwidea indian nation made the request, arguing that e team's name is offensive. fedex says it values its sponsorship, but will follow the difference of opinion concerning the team's name. nationals fans headed to playoff games, might have american university to thank for the ride home. today metro announced a special partnership. if a weeknight game runs long and metro has to stay open late, the university will pick up the $29,000 tab, if enough people don't ride the train. nats mascot teddy roosevelt and the au eagle celebrated with fans outside the metro station today. good news for everybody. you want to get home if the game runs late. i bet they'll meet the minimum requirement. >> i would think so, for sure.

even the last game of the season, so many people coming out to see this team. so great to be on the bandwagon, so to speak. >> it's a lot of excitement about it. >> it really is. that game is a friday. we start our season on friday for the postseason. right now, friday looks a little iffy as far as weather is concerned. but how about what's going on in denver? pl ybut look at this.ke the hail across the area. i lived in denver for quite a few years and this was a common occurrence. they had several inches in parts of the mountains. look at the tree. some ail the size of eggs was making its way down. even a tornado warning east of the airport. so severe weather back there. for us, nothing like that. currently 69 degrees. dew point at 64. any time you're that close, only five degrees between the dew

point and the actual temperature you have potential for fog. 64 degrees in leesburg, 64 in huntington. annapolis, 68 degrees. fredericksburg, 65 degrees. not much oe radar right now, we have showers off to the east, towards the eastern shore, out towards salisbury, extreme southern st. mary's county, but the rest of us are on the dry side. we saw some rain today into northern virginia and into southern maryland. those are the places, i think have the best chance to see some rain -- or rather some fog. the clouds continue to move out, that's the higher level clouds. i think by tomorrow afternoon, this is the air we'll get into. it's drier and we'll see some sunshine during the day tomorrow. future weather wise, we start tomorrow 8:00 a.m. and notice what's going on, the cloud cover east of the blue ridge. that's not cloud. that's going to be fog. could be dense fog early

tomorrow morning, around 10, 11:00, i expect it to break up. in the afternoon, a few showers, mostly back towards the blue ridge where we did see some sunshine early, where we had fog, not too worried about the showers, but can't rule out a stray shower or two, but for the most part, trying to keep it out of the forecast. a better chance of showers during the day on wednesday. that's all going to be, shower activity, not much of a rain event at all. tomorrow, fog early, give yourself extra time. partly cloudy, warmer conditions tomorrow. high temperatures up to 79 degrees tomorrow in the city. 77 on your wednesday, 40% chance of showers. 75 on thursday, 77 on friday. and again, i do expect to see some showers, maybe thunderstorms on friday. especially late in the afternoon. and look at the weekend right now, much, much cooler. high temperatures only around 70 but that's in the city. most of you will stay in the 60s all day long and that's with plenty of sunshine, so fall weather making its way in here

just in time for the weekend. >> it's time for it. thank you, doug. what in the world is going on with those hair

this is the xfinity sports desk, your home for the most live sports. >> so we know in a couple days? >> oh, we know. what are you doing friday? taking the day off to watch this? >> probably. >> who needs fridays off anyway? >> depends on what time they it's a noon game, we could s true.hat. we'll have a big viewing party. for the second time in three

years, nats are in the postseason. clear your friday schedule. nats will face the winner of giants and pirates. if the nats win, they'll host friday at 12:07. this will be a lot different than the team's playoff appearance two years ago. >> we have a better idea what it's like to be on that stage, and you know, it's a lot of fun and something -- you know, before you're really trying to soak everye going to do that no we understand where we're at and know what we need to do. >> got the first step out of the way. it's going to be a long hard road. we're up to the task. it's just a matter of going out there and getting it done. but i feel good about it. >> for the o's fans, they played the tigers, but the wild card game between the royals and athletics. if kansas wins, they'll face off

7:30 thursd-- 5:37 p.m. so in one month, the wizards will open up their season in miam training camp starts tomorrow. and this team knows they have a target on their back this season coming off an appearance in the eastern conference finals. we have the two winning teams and now they're hoping to go further than last year. drew ge wants to set one thing straight. >> winning is contagious. we started it. then it trickled off into baseball. hopefully football can come around. but it's good for the city and the fans in the dmv area, to have some winners. it's exciting for us to be on a winning team and to see the reaction of the fans, the media, and just the spirits of the town kind of uplifted. >> hey drew, you play special

teams? so today wizards media day at the verizon center, john wall, bradley beal, a guy expected to make a big impact, that guy, paul pierce, ten-time all-star picked up by the wiz that summer. and that's martell wester. don't know what that is. he said he straightened it, or his wife did. >> so we asked bradley beal what he thought? >> i think martell is trying to be a littl i think he probably thought he hit the fountain of youth. i don't know whoa he's trying to do. >> and martin? [ laughter ] >> no comment there. he's like, i just don't want to say anything. i was thinking that when they were taking those pictu today. those photos are used throughout the whole season, up on the jumbotron. i asked him, are you going to regret that? he said, no, no, i'm going to keep it all year. i don't think it can grow

anymore. >> he'll be begging them to take it down. >> tomorrow we'll talk more about the hairstyles and what their kids think about them. they have some ideas. my little pony is what one of the daughters called that hairstyle. [ laughter ] [ laughter ] >> so [ lain fairfax county >> so we 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.

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