helping her through the ordeal. this attack happened at a woodbridge apartment complex and her attacker was sentenced to three life terms plus 70 years. bureau chief julie carey spoke with the victim after the sentence. julie? >> reporter: when the victim first met with police and prosecutors right after that attack, she says she was terrified and not sure she could ever testify and with her encouragement she has taken the witness stand at every phase of this case and today she got the outcome she hoped for. 33-year-old pins% ins headed to prison for the rest of his life. this is the team that stood by a young mother who was raped at gunpoint. her kids in the house. today she cried tears of happiness as the judge followed the jury's recommendation and imposed three life terms. we've agreed to conceal the victim's identity. >> it wasn't easy at all, but i had to do this to get him off the street. >> reporter: the investigation

showed perkins stalked the victim for months, plotting the may 2014 attack. then the day before the attack he broke in and stole her cell phone and spare key. the next night he entered at gunpoint and found the victim, her young son sleeping by her side. she got her son to safety and her daughter woke up and came into the room. >> the worst fear was not so much for myself, but him killing my kids. he pointed a gun at my daughter when she came into the room. so at that point i had to do what -- whatever it was that he told me to do for my kids. >> reporter: she protected her kids that night and then immediately called police. >> we had to convince her to trust us, and that was aren't easy when for the first couple of weeks for the investigation we had no idea who this person was. >> reporter: but this composite

sketch and a hit in the dna data bank were key. perkins was linked to the rape and arrested. >> those three weeks, i think we worked around the clock to really make sure that we took an individual that was extremely dangerous to the community off the streets. >> reporter: and the victim found the courage to testify. >> and i am so grateful, so grateful for everything that they've done, and believing in me. >> reporter: now prince perkins, the defendant, continues to say he's innocent. he says he plans to appeal. back to you now. >> thank you. jury selection continues tomorrow in the murder trial of a d.c. police officer who was allegedly killed after arguing with his stepson over yardwork. antwan james is charged with killing joseph newell two years ago. prosecutors say james shot him several times after they argued about mowing the lawn. newell was a veteran of the

police department and 46 years old. there is a massive search tonight for a college professor who has been named a person of interest in the shooting death of his colleague. ethan schmidt was gunned down inside his office at delta state university this morning. the campus where schmidt taught american history remains on lockdown as police search for geography professor shannon lamb. >> at this time we are not -- we don't think he's on campus, but we're not taking anything lightly and we're methodically going building to building to get the students out. >> police also believe lamb was involved in a murder earlier today about 300 miles south of delta state. >> new details tonight about how tough it's going to be to move around town when pope francis comes next week. drivers are being warned to add an extra hour to their commutes, but it's not just the roads that are going to be a mess. adam tuss is live with the warning for people who plan to take metro. hi, adam. >> this is about paying

attention to who is around you and what's happening around you especially on the rails. ♪ >> reporter: inside the basilica, warming up beautifully for the pope, but on metro, things might not be so pretty. >> we're comparing this really to the first presidential obama inauguration in 2009 and we're looking forward to the crowds and managing them as best we can. >> reporter: he is the chief of police. if you are riding you need to be extra careful about your personal belongings. >> when there are more crowds there's more opportunities for bad things to happen and whether it's a pick pocket or whatever the case may be. >> reporter: as far as getting around, lots to watch out for on the roads. >> the pink representing closures. you can see extensive restrictions around the white house and national mall, capitol building, basilica, st. patrick's church by the verizon center and st. matthews cathedral downtown and by the vatican embassy and vice president's residence. it's going to be a challenge. >> it doesn't make a difference if you're going to the events or

if you're going to work or going to the verizon center or the baseball game. there will be congestion on the streets and on the roads and on the system. >> people will be taking -- >> ddot's run is imlesimulatione traffic conditions and no bridges will be closed to the area and driving next week should be a last resort. if you do decide to drive, go ahead and tack on an extra hour. >> reporter: and back here now live now, if you do want all of the information about how the pope's visit is going to impact your commute, go to our nbc washington app. we have maps there and lots of other information and just search d.c. pope traffic. jim, back to you. >> adam, thanks. >> now to politics. bernie sanders is chipping into hillary clinton's lead as he prepares to make an appearance right here in northern virginia. check out the new abc news/washington post poll out. sanders has gained ten points while clinton has lost 20 since september.

thanks in large part to more support for joe biden. chris lawrence is here to break it all down for us. chris? >> jim, sanders will be at the prince william county fairgrounds tonight, but ahead of that rally, he took his progressive message to a very conservative audience. liberty university in lynchburg. this afternoon sanders admitted he and the christian college have wildly different views on a lot of social issues, but sanders came there looking to find some common ground. >> today because i believe from the bottom of my heart that it is vitally important for those of us who hold different views to be able to engage in a civil discourse. >> mrs. clinton also spoke to students today at the university of northern iowa. she talked about sexual assaults on college campuses and took shots at donald trump for some of his comments about women. the republican front-runner will

be in dallas tonight for a rally and a poll shows he is still in the lead and carson is up 14 points since july which could make thins interesting when they're sharing a stage at the next debate on wednesday. doreen? >> chris lawrence, thank you. they've walked nearly 1,000 miles carrying their message for justice and equality and tomorrow they'll reach d.c. the naacp's journey for justice started in selma, alabama, in early august. marchers have made their way through five states and they have a list of goals for congress and it includes equal pay and education rights and standards across all law enforcement agencies. leaders tell us they've gotten support along the way. >> we have seen people in small towns, big cities, sprawling suburbs who have waved at us and offered us food or brought money for refreshments. the group of hold an interfaith service when they reach d.c. tomorrow.

four teenagers are in custody at this hour as they try to help others for a bold robbery in chevy chase. >> there is a woman coming up, and he was only 16 years old ask they're still trying to identify the guy in these pictures and back in july the girls grabbed high-end items and pepper sprayed them when they didn't hide them. district leaders are close it a deal that would bring a new "multimillion arena, and there's more in the neighborhood with more on this story. >> hi, this is the congress's metro station and it is a short walk across this parking lot to right next door at st. elizabeth's campus and that's where this new facility will go. it will cost $55 million and the district government will pay for

that. it will be just like nats park in the sense that the city will own the stadium and then rent it out to the sports team. right now they're hammering out the details on a 19-year lease. >> we tried for years to get something at st. elizabeth's that's a catalyst for more development, and i believe this is it. >> the $55 million venue would be paid for by the d.c. government on land already controlled by the district. here at the st. elizabeth's east campus. the district would agree to build a 5,000-seat venue here similar to the capitols practice facility in boston. >> the wizards and the mystics and whoever, will they pay rent there? >> yes. they'll pay rent and rent it from us for the activities they use. >> i think it's around $400,000 a year. >> the new venue will be built out of the commerce heights' rescue station and, and as a new

zinni to play their home to other special, vents. they they'll spread economic throughout ward 8. >> the next thing you'll need is a hotel and they've been planning a hotel out there and never had the demand for it and now you'll have that demand. >> reporter: now team owner ted leonsis and d.c. mayor are expected to make the announcement official on wednesday. one of the final details still being hammered out. leonsis is considering paying the full 19-year lease up front and this would help the district defray some of the up-front construction costs. jim, back to you. >> mark, thank you. if you were anywhere near the television this weekend, chances are you saw one of the fantasy football commercials that seemed to play nonstop. tonight, a congressman from new jersey wants to know if the sites behind those ads are legal and he's calling for a

congressional hearing now. frank palone, jr., he's wondering how risking money on a player's performance is any different than betting on teams. the subject is no stranger to police. details be hike the crime that targeted his own family and what it took to get this repeat offender behind bars. a judge granted bond for a mother charged if the death of her 3-year-old son besides pleas from the prosecution for a mental evaluation. coming up at 6:00, we'll learn, what if any, her mental state would head to the trial in january. >> a look at the destruction in california and why the worst here. here. how long can this last and

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four months after a little boy's lifeless body was found in a playground swing his mother has been charged in his death. tonight we've learned her mental state could play a big role in the case. news 4's megan fitzgerald is outside the courthouse in plato with the developments. megan? >> the state's attorney's office for charles county here asked the judge for no bond and said

that since these are a mental evaluation and bond was set at $150,000 they had an opportunity to speak with the paternal aunt of the toddler and she even says that she believes that simms has a mental disorder. >> an absolute tragedy is how state's attorney for charles county tony covington describes the events that unfolded at willis park in may. deputies say romechia simms came to the park on may 20th and pushed her 3-year-old son in a swing for 40 hours. investigators say it was raining and the boy didn't have shoes on, and a jacket was found in the trash can. >> we just wanted to make sure that we had all of the information that we could gather and went through it very thoroughly and decided to present the evidence that we did to the grand jury. the grand jury indicted simms on three charges including manslaughter. she went before a judge for the first time on monday. covington says she told the

court, quote, i didn't even mean for this to happen. the 3-year-old's father said in an interview shortly after the toddler died that he saw warning signs that simms battled for mental illness and that's why they will enter an insanity plea and simms' mental state is questionable. >> the state's position was she should be held without bond until a mental evaluation was accomplished. a judge denied the request. >> a state's attorney says the toddler died from hypothermia and dehydration. if simms is found guilty on all three charges, he's facing up to 45 years in prison. jim? >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. firefighters were handing out smoke detectors after a devastating blaze. three apartment building on brinkley road were destroyed saturday night and everybody managed to get out safely and the red cross is helping a hundred people who lost their home and still no word on what

caused the fire. now to california where 400 homes were lost in a matter of days. that's how quickly the valley fire is wiping out entire neighborhoods. the fire has scorched more than 50,000 acres north of san francisco and has already killed one person. that's just one of the 13 wildfires burning throughout the state. nbc's jay gray has a closer look at all this damage. >> a firestorm continues to rage across northern california right now. the valley fire, 50,000 acres wide moving in multiple directions and swallowing everything in its path. >> this fire just moved like a runaway train. it ran right over everybody. >> at least bonn person is dead and four firefighters have been injured and as teams continue an intense fight along the front lines of the blaze at this point there is no solid count on the number of homes and businesses destroy destroyed. >> i feel it's going to be several hundred, if not a

thousand and there are 13 wildfires burning across more than a half million acres in california. this one just north of the napa wine country is the most severe. >> it's not worth it. >> at times, the flames so strong firefighters are forced to retreat. >> you see homes and buildings that are igniting on fire and you know you're powerless to try to save them all. >> even more difficult for those forced to leave so much behind. >> there was no choice and it came like a freight train. it was not leaping. it was bounding from place to place. >> reporter: and most understand there will be little left when they go home. >> i expect it to be gone. i expect that what we have in our little casita here to be what we're going to start out with. >> reporter: still, they plan to return and somehow rebuild. >> when we go back as a communitwe just have to pull together to, you know, pick up and start over.

getting back will take some time. >> we don't see an end in fire season for the months to come. those resources like so many of the residents, stretched to their limits right now. jay gray, nbc news, middletown, california. in baltimore, the mayor wants the interim police commission tore officially take over as the city's top cop. mayor stephanie rawlings-blake says she plans to name kevin davis as the commissioner and he's been the interim commissioner since mater fired anthony bats in july. davis had been deputy commissioner since january. before that he served as chief in anne arundel county and assistant chief in prince georges county. up next tonight, new concerns about how police respond to emergency calls for help after a woman's high-profile death while in custody. he commits a robbery. he goes to court. the judge gives him probation, a chance to turn his life around.

but he didn't make the turn. i'm pat collins. that story coming up, news 4. plus how people all across our area are being inspired by pope francis ahead of his visit

now your storm team 4 forecast. some people waking up and walking outside this morning and thinking too cool too soon this time of year. well, we are right around the corner and fall starting in just a couple of weeks here and we are in meteorological fall, just so you know, out there, beautiful sunshine and bright blue skies and all across the region and all across the east and just gorgeous. 79 and winds out of the northwest at 12 miles per hour and it is going to be a very nice night and it is going to be

quite cool and 75 in martinsburg, once the sun goes down and you know it goes down earlier and earlier. temperatures will fall fairly quickly through the overnight hours and with no clouds there is no rain to talk about and we'll be dry over the next couple of days and we do need to see rain and there is nothing out there. look at that picture, chicago to atlanta, raleigh, washington and up towards new york and not a cloud in the sky. high pressure simply dominating and your commuter forecast tomorrow on the mild side. it's not cool and some of the suburbs will be cool for sure. around 59 in the city and tomorrow afternoon, very, very nice. plenty of sun and high temperature into the low 80s and we're looking at another great day tomorrow and look at the overnight low temperatures and 50 martinsburg, and 51 in manassas and 51 in culpeper. in some of the suburbs here we could be in the upper 40s again, so you may need that jacket

early in the morning and what to wear tomorrow? i think the light jacket and the shorts if you want to go that route and maybe the jeans and short sleeves like this guy has here. that might be the way to go. it will be a little cool to start off your tuesday and sun comes out and we'll start to warm quickly and by recess, look being at the high temperatures tomorrow and into the low 80s for the most part and upper 07s and we're dealing with more and more unschein. that impact forecast and the impact for tomorrow's weather and the weather all week will be very low. the only thing to look at is the cool start during the day tomorrow, but even the cooler weather, that gives way to mild weather as far as the overnight lows go and we'll go back into the 60s and we have sunshine on wednesday, thursday and friday. i mentioned we need some rain and our next chance of rain could be in the forecast and i'll have that in just a minute. thank you, doug. a deadly crash involving a tour crash and what we know about the

moments before the impact. police meet with the public to discuss a high-profile death. >> brought it back to the only thing i knew how to do is survive. giving hope to those who have lost everything. tonight, we take you inside the local program that's giving

now at 6:30, new calls for justice after a woman died in the custody of fairfax county sheriff's deputies. a second chance for convicted criminals. >> i'm just asking for forgiveness and guideness. >> a mayor's plan to help residents get back on track. a dramatic end to a wild crime spree and it's all caught on video. the man they snatch out of the getaway car is no stranger to police. making history through prayer and service. how terns of thousands of people are walking with pope francis

ahead of his visit. first, tonight, the growing calls for justice and the potential for protests in fairfax county. >> all this comes ash head of a public hearing on police response. it's been scheduled for weeks, but it could take on a much different tone. >> in large part due to this video showing the moments that led to the death of inmate natasha mckenna. news 4's jackie bensen is outside whitman middle school where the meeting is being held. jacky? >> reporter: doreen, protesters feel this matter goes far beyond the fairfax county jail. they believe that natasha mckenna who died in february after being tasered four times during what was a cell extraction was failed by many layers of a system that they believe should have led her to ongoing mental health treatment, not jail. she suffered from schizophrenia. ray morrow found no criminal wrongdoing in the violent cell extraksz which was recorded for procedure, but those expected to

gather here tonight say that there has to be a better way and there will be public comment here when the meeting starts at 7:30. they expect to be able to comment on that and this has been a long, ongoing debate in the past few month in fairfax county about how to divert the mentally ill from the criminal justice system. jackie bensen, nbc news 4. donald trump, 20,000 people are expected to hear him speak in dallas and a smaller group is gather expecting his visit. this is a group marching from the church with a sold-out american airlines center where mr. trump will be speaking and these are a lot of latino activists and supporters. they are very upset and not only with trump's promises to mass deportations and building a wall, but also his controversial comments about mexican immigrants being rapists and criminals. one leader pointed ought that

there are 1 million latinos in the texas area and mr. trump has made securing the board one of his cornerstones and that has resonated with a lot of voters across the country and part of the reason why he has surged at the top of the polls. i'm chris lawrence, news 4. >> traffic is around the scene of a deadly accident in prince georges count pep. >> it happened near route 301 in upper marlboro. police tell us the driver of an suv crossed from the northbound i lanes of 301 and crashed head-on into a bus coming in the opposite direction. the suv driver died. officials say there were no skid marks and the driver may have had some kind of medical emergency. >> nobody was on the bus that was hit and the bus driver and the driver of a third car involved suffered minor injuries. >> officials from virginia are going to california this week to begin crash tefrts on new guardrails and they want to know

ifhanges made by trinity industries have fixed a major safety flaw. the older guardrails empailed vehicles and rather than buckled on impact and the company was ordered to pay $663 million as part of the lawsuit last fall and virginia has been working to replace the faulty guardrails since last year. >> there have been 110 homicides in d.c. this year, but tonight there say new effort to cut down on crime. mayor bouncer met with prisoners inside the d.c. jail who were a part of the workforce training program and designed to keep convicts from becoming repeat offenders. >> news 4's mark segraves has the story. >> reporter: when he was playing football for dunbar high school in southeast, stanford gatling's future was bright. today at age 28 he's an inmate at the d.c. jail. >> i got into the synthetic stuff. >> he told the mayor synthetic drugs turned him into someone he didn't recognize.

>> it made my rage occur. it made me do stuff to people i shouldn't have did. >> frederick robinson served ten years for armed robbery and when he was released he had no job skills and no support system. >> i reverted back to the only thing i knew how to do to survive. >> both men are enrolled in the new program the mayor says will help reduce the chances these men and others like them will end up committing more kricrime when they're released. >> again, here i go back to the street, but this program gives me something to hold on to. >> the program will allow inmates charged with misdemeanors to leave the jail and work while they await trial and it will give them skills to find jobs if they don't already have one. >> i have two children they want to take care of, but once i get myself together and i think this program right here will do it. >> i owe people in society an

apology. i know i can't get to them all. >> robinson says completing this program and getting a job is how he plans to apologize to society. at the d.c. jail, mark segraves, news 4. a kentucky clerk back to work tonight after refusing to sign that same-sex marriage license, but the controversy is far from over. i'm tom sherman in potomac, she's giving a horse riding lesson and it's her winning video about the pope's visit next week what she really wants to talk about. i'll have the story coming up. take a look outside. a beautiful afternoon here, but just how long can this weather last and just how low will those temperatures go tonight? i've got that forecast for you coming up in a minute.

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well, many people are hoping, hoping to get at least a glimpse of the pope when he's here in washington next week, but three lucky people who submitted videos of catholics in service won tickets to the pope's mass. our tom sherwood caught up with one of the winners. >> becky duncan of college park at a potomac horse farm on monday teaching riding horses she calls it a gift of god. >> every moment they spend with

my horses and i spend on the field with beautiful weather i see it as a gift from someone who loves me. >> this is becky duncan in her video for userve, a content sponsored by the washington arch diets ease. the goal to highlight how everyday citizens can do catholic service. >> you can clothe the naked. >> duncan, an adult convert to ath ol sichl was one of three winners in the contest that drew entries from across the country. the winner each gets a gopro camera. duncan says that's all great, but the videos have lasting value. >> i am absolutely thrilled to be able to go to the pope's mass, but it's just icing on the cake. the most valuable part is being part of that community of people who put up userve videos. >> this was one lady who, you know, out of her home was able -- she has got all these different ways that she's serving. >> chris baker handles

multimedia for the arch dices and the contest was his idea. >> serious, but inspirational, too, and hopeful and touched upon the heart and that's what we were looking for. get to know pope francis. >> and there's humor, too. he did this lego popemobile video to promote the pope's visit. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. >> pretty cool. we have rounded up more video show casing people doing more great things in their community, just go to the washington app and search the words do good. >> so many people in our community doing good things and kind of like the lego pope. >> me, too. a kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples returned to work today. kim davis did not issue any licenses, but didn't interfere with the deputy who did. the marriage licenses have been changed so they can't carry davis' name and kentucky's governor and attorney general both say they're still valid and davis disagrees and her attorneys have filed an appeal. a repeat offender back

behind bars. see the dramatic video that led to his arrest. a prison employee sharing her story for the first time since capturing national headlines, why she says she did it. i did wrong. i deserve to be punished, but you know, people need to know that i was only

he got probation for a robbery several years ago, but now he's in trouble with the law again and this time for a crime involving his own family. a repeat offender spending more than a decade behind bars. >> you're watching police dash cam video, the getaway car that ends up in a crash. that ends up putting enoch nelson back in jail. again. nelson convicted of a home

invasion of this apartment in silver spring. at gunpoint, he and a friend took some high-dollar sneakers and a high-definition tv. the victim, members of his own family. >> the accomplice and he went in and put the bags over their heads and put them down on the floor at gunpoint so they could rob the premises of cash, electronics, cell phones and a plethora of things. >> this woman lives nearby and she remembers it well. she asked not to be identify. >> we just heard screaming and, you know, rumbling. when we opened the door we saw the guys running out with the gun. >> he robbed his own family. >> i know, and i was, like, that's crazy. >> e income nelson is what you might call a two-time loser. three years ago he was convicted of stealing some motor bikes. the judge gave him five years' probation, hoping he would turn

his life around. that was not to be. so enoch nelson goes from five years' probation to 12 years in jail. so much for that second chance. in rockville, pat collins, news 4. >> she's accused of helping two violent criminals escape prison that led to that massive manhunt that ended with one of those prisoners dead and now prison guard joyce merrill lynchel is talking exclusively to matt lauer. she says she got too close to richard sweat and david matt, but helped them out because she was afraid for her family. >> at the time that everything happened i was going through a time where i didn't feel like my husband loved me anymore, and i guess it was just me. i was going through a depression, and i guess they saw my weakness, but i give them the

stuff because they had threatened, it was mr. matt. he looked at me one day and said, you know, joyce, i do love you, and i said i love my husband, and a little while after that he wanted to get rid of lyle. >> you can watch the interview with joyce mitchell on the nbc washington app and just search joyce mitchell interview. >> it's a good monday to be the weather man. >> it is. i get a lot of pats on the back and a lot of smiles to people at home. >> that's pretty good and let's take a look and show you what's happening. if you like this kind of weather, you'll love the rest of the week. plenty of sunshine, bright blue skies and not a cloud in the sky. did you see one? >> just making sure i wasn't the only one. temperatures have been on the warm side for sure and current temperatures sitting at 79 degrees out at the airport and

sunset tonight at 7:18 and we'll see the days get darker and darker a little bit quicker. look how we drop here by 11:00 and we're down to 67 degrees and it will be a cool night and not quite as cool as last night, but still pretty cool and maybe open the windows again tonight and 73 in gaith ursburg and 77 in dulles. after nearly 50 90-degree days and it's nice to give an ac a break. storm team 4 radar, we need the rain, but we're not going to get any any time soon and tomorrow's forecast just about perfect again and sunny and warm, temperature 80 to 85 degrees and earlier on the facebook page i asked what is your perfect day? i mentioned mine, 80 degrees and sunshine and that or a two-foot blizzard. either one is a perfect day for me. come on, two-foot blizzard. 60 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and 80 by 1:00 in the afternoon and

once again, a very nice day to get outside for lunch and if you're thinking of getting outside for lunch tomorrow will be a good day. this is something you don't see in the d.c. metro area aufsh. 84 on your thursday and 87 on wednesday and 88 on thursday and 87 friday. high pressure just dominating the area and that area of high pressure finally moves off this weekend and still going to be nice on saturday and a high of 88 degrees and look at sunday and monday and we have a front that will move in during the day on monday and monday, a better chance for rain and we'll watch out for that chance and 81 on sunday and notice we go back into the 70s as we make our way into monday. i also asked on my facebook page and facebook.com/camera. and doreen did it. thanks for friending me on facebook. >> you got it, doug. >> what a weekend in football.

desean jackson, just part of that story. >> that's right. how injury, suspension and dissatisfaction are affecting offense, defense

this is the xfinity sportsdesk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. it's the day after redskins and already looking at four new starters for the rams. >> they lost more than the game yesterday and one of the big stars and some of the new faces we were just getting to know, they'll be sitting out the redskins and they're not demoshlized by this opening day defeat, but the top storyline to date will affect week two and big personnel losses before the game. jason pugh has the latest from ashburn. >> it's never a dull moment when talking about the red skips and

they're also trying to get over loss of several key players and first up, receiver desean jackson and he's out three to four weeks with the left hamstring injury and jackson going after this pass by quarterback kirk cousins and this leaves a huge void for the redskins' offense and, and chris culver suspended for violating the league conduct policy. it stems from an indense last year when he hit a bicyclist with his car and fled the scene. he pled guilty to two misdemeanor charges. last and certainly not least, there's kicker kai forbath, removed him from the roster after missing a field goal with the miami dolphins and the head coach said it's not personal. >> we're not making kai a scapegoat. that's insane. we're trying to improve the kickoff cover team.

we have to flip the script. we have to change the momentum in our favor. it seems like the last couple of years, they've gone against us and we have to start doing that ourselves and we're coaching them up and we have to coach better and we obviously have to play better. >> now that kai forbath is no long or the redskins roster they went out and signed dustin hopkins. from ashburn, i'm jason pugh, news 4 sports. thanks, jason, when a guy who you already made him pay half a million for fines and suspensions for dirty play knees your star in the head like n dam keung suh. >> you would think the nfl would take notice. >> think again, suh not going to be punished for this play. >> league rules and it's just incidental conduct. the redskins not appealing the decision. >> let the outrage begin. >> meanwhile, everyone is still talking about the thriller between the giants and the cowboys last night and still

questions about this decision. giants elect to throw the ball away with a three-point lead on third and goal. and the minute to play, and the incomplete pass stopped the closs and many thought they should have run the clock and they would have run the ball and kept the clock running and they make it a six-point lead and that gave tony romo and company an extra 40 seconds to win the game and the cowboys used it to their advantage and romo drops the snap, recovers and finds jason witten in the end zone and touchdown. for all of the criticism romo gets he has the most fourth-quarter comebacks. a thrilling win to start the season for dallas. crushing defeat for the giants. one big negative for the joins dez bryant is out four to six weeks with a broken feet and kevin durant, and like durant surgery needed and he had a screw inserted into his foot today and injury news, more positive for bryce harper and harper getting the all-clear to play today and harper collided

with the marlins' second baseman and he has passed multiple concussion tests and says his knee and hip are fine. the nats are in philly to open up a three-game set tonight. after just two weeks and perry hills is out as quarterback to the terps and caleb row is in as the starter against south florida and he was pretty and unimpressive against richmond and bowling green and two touchdowns and two interceptions and the red shirt junior replaced again and and he wasn't much better before the final whistle and garmin with the backup and they don't have to figure it out pretty quickly and west virginia and the big ten. >> it gets tougher and tougher. >> thank you, carol. >> the weather was nice. >> thanks for join us, everybody. >> nbcity inially news is coming up next, and we'll all be back

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tonight, from the hungarian border. global emergency. a special live report as hungary seizes control of the borders against the unrelenting mass of refugees. witnessing the mad rush to cross over before the gates shut. entire families who see no other choice. the faces of children who make up so much of the desperate the -- journey. and the danger at home that so many are risking their lives to flee. also, state of emergency. apocalyptic scenes from the massive killer fire in california. the worst all year. at least 400 homes and businesses destroyed and many incinerated. the fast spreading fire making tens of thousands flee. as entire towns go up