i was ready to ride him hard, like ready hard. you know, don't need to. i rode just normal. just a little bit in the end. other than that, it's amazing. >> congratulations. and tom, victor is keeping it together but he's right on the brink of letting it go. >> i expect a lot are like that, donna. the people in kentucky appreciate good horses, and they are thrilled as victor waves to them and gives them a last look at american pharoah, winner of the triple crown and now the breeders' cup classic.

[ cheers and applause ] as the crowd acknowledges the great championship, let's go to kenny wright. >> all right, tom. we're still hearing the crowd echo down here. bob, congratulations. did you know it was going to be such a spectacular finish? >> we were hoping. he was doing so well coming up. you know, victor, doing great. he let him roll. i'm just proud of my team, zayat, jimmy barns. we'll never have another one. people came to see this.

it's very rare. i had more pressure -- this is for pharoah, i wanted him to go out the champion he is. what a horse. i'll never have a horse like him. >> great job, jimmy barns, ahmed zayat, excuse me, bodey, justin, what a spectacular finish today. what did you think it was going to be like coming in. >> in the hands of the master, bob. we're happy with his career. >> the roar of the crowd a little similar to belmont today. >> unbelievable. once in a lifetime. so in debt. we owe him the whole world. america, my family, everybody. what a horse. >> what a horse indeed. what an exclamation point to this career.

>> indeed. american pharoah who wears those earplugs maybe can't hear the crowd as well as we do. i think he understands he is one of the greats. payouts are up. let's look at the payoffs here in the classic. american pharoah paying $3.40 and $2.40. a lot of those wins won't be cashed. effinex second and honor code could only manage third, produced a $76 exacta. >> horse racing can be such a sport of not just triumph by heartbreak. so many times you see it set up like this and you don't get the payoff. there's not that fulfilling ending. i can't imagine what's going through -- emotionally what's going through the minds of za t

zayats, baffert, espinoza. >> even nonracing fans, i think, will remember this race for a long time, forever, by winning the triple crown and putting a exclamation point on his career by taking the classic. what a great scene here at keeneland. he did it with authority. victor espinoza riding him to the line, a decisive winner and the crowd going crazy just as they had when he won the triple crown. american pharoah is the breeders' cup classic champion. been conditioned perfectly by bob baffert and his wife jill already in tears. the zayats did such a great job of sharing their horse with america all year long. they could only breathe a sigh of relief as he goes out a big-time winner with a big smile from victor espinoza and thanks

to superstar colt american pharoah. bob baffert urging the crowd to enjoy it, because it's the final time you'll see american pharoah. a wave to everyone. it has been a wonderful year. good. very good. you see something moving off the shelves and your first thought is to investigate the company.

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one more home run, one more touchdown pass, one more birdie putt. american pharoah just gave us our one more. >> what a memory. here is our complete order of finish. a tip of the cap to keeneland in lexington for doing such a fine job hosting breeders' cup. it was one to remember as you see the complete order of finish. now for the presentation of the classic trophy. we will go down to the winners circle. >> it is mayhem in the winners circle following the breeders' cup classic winner american pharoah comes through. obviously some good company in the winners circle. the owners ahmed zayat, presentation with kate upton, actress, model, longines. >> congratulations, you guys. it was such an honor to watch

him race. i know win the grand slam and have a course record. here is the trophy. >> ahmed, what was going through your mind when american pharoah in the breeders' cup classic much like he did in the triple crown. >> we want him to go out as a winner. american pharoah is the winner! [ cheers and applause ] so thrilled and grateful and humble. this is for america, this is for the sport. what a brilliant job bob baffert. >> congratulations to the zayat family, first ever grand slam winner. tom. >> all right. thank you very much. as american pharoah heads back to his stall. coming up next except on the west coast, local news. tonight at 8:00, 7:00 central "dateline." later "saturday night live" with host amy schumer and musical

guess the weekend. thanks to equibase, database. on behalf of our whole team, so long from keeneland where american pharoah cemented his space in race history with the finale. we share the joy with this remarkable horse who showed us how thrilling and fun racing can be. what a great ride he took us on. >> to the finish, american pharoah, victor espinoza. and they are into the stretch in the slot at pimlico. american pharoah has pulled away. the 37 year wait is over, american pharoah has won the triple crown!

and they are into the stretch. american pharoah has a four length lead. american pharoah comes into his final furlong. he's got a five, a six-length lead. a triple crown winner, breeders' cup winner, the horse of a lifetime.

vikts now at 6:00, details on friday's chemistry class fire. what we have learned. hundreds dead after a russian jet liner crashes. who is taking responsibility for the tragedy and what russian investigators are saying about the wreck. >> reporter: making sure the scariest thing you encounter tonight is a costume, not the ride home. details coming up on news 4. announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now. we have new details on that chem class fire that rocked the high school in fairfax county. we have learned the name of one of the students burned. we talked to her family.

sonia is doing better. the family set up this caring bridge page. it says she will need two surgeries for burns on her arm. another student is at med star washington center. the other victims were released. it broke out during a chemistry experiment yesterday. the teacher was treated at the school. today, a community is in mourning after a 20-year-old student wz shot and killed in virginia. joseph was shot and killed in norfolk near old dominion university. he was a junior at nearby hampton university. police found him around 3:00 this morning. he had been shot. he died at the scene. police say the shooting may have been a result of an argument that ended in gunfire. no announcer: now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> temperatures across the

region coming in in the 50s. washington at 57 degrees. so, if the kids haven't been out trick or treating yet, do a light layer at least under their costume. you are not going to need the warm coat tonight with plenty of clouds in place. temperatures are going to hang out in the low to mid-50s. heading out and about for the halloween parties this evening, grab at least a light jacket. we are looking at dry conditions. tomorrow, warmer, high around 70 degrees. tracking a chance of isolated shower. coming up in ten minutes, i'm going to show you the shower chance. >> thanks, amelia. we have a developing story out of colorado. three people and a suspected gunman are dead after a shooting spree that spanned several blocks. a large area of downtown colorado springs is closed. this happened early this morning. police said the suspected fire -- the suspects gunman, i should say, fired at officers.

they shot back, hitting the suspect. no word on a motive. police aren't sure if the suspect knew the victims. we are working to find out more information. tonight, we are getting our first look at the wreckage of a russian plane that crashed this morning killing everyone on board. the plane went down in the sinai peninsula. right now, investigators are trying to figure out how it crashed. earlier today, isis took responsibility, but as nbcs ron mott reports, something that happened before the crash is raising doubts about that report. >> reporter: russian air carrier metro jet flight 9268 crashed 25 minutes after departure from egypt. the wreckage in sinai. no survivors. all 224 died. three were ukrainian. a-321, 18 years old, bringing

russian vacationers back home on a charter flight to st. petersburg when it disappeared from radar. russian and egyptian authorities will conduct an investigation. the plane was descending at a rate of 6,000 feet a minute when the radar was lost and slowed from 400 plus knots down to 62 knots in the final moments before radar contact was severed. the associated press quoting an egyptian aviation official. the pilot made a distress call and announced intentions to land at the nearest airport. there were hopes of survivors. as a result, nearly 50 ambulances were sent to the crash scene. in the end, none were needed for that purpose. >> translator: my child called me. he was on holiday with his family, my son, his wife and daughter. their daughter is 10 months old. she's my granddaughter. >> reporter: as friends and family gather at the airport, russian president vladimir putin

called for a national day of mourning on sunday. that's the latest, ron mott, nbc news, london. presidential front-runner, donald trump wants better health care for veterans. he announced a new plan in norfolk, virginia. that includes veterans getting treatment at anytime from any doctor at any facility that accepts medicare. >> to further the principle, decrease wait times, improve outcomes and facilitate a seamless transition from service into civilian life. >> trump has been critical of the health care given to the country's veterans he says firing the corrupt and incompetent people who let them down will improve the system. a driver who died in an accident was not wearing a seatbelt. that accident happened before 4:00 a.m. on the exit ramp of

i-695. county police say the driver lost control on the ramp and was ejected from his suv. right now, police say speed doesn't appear to be a factor. they stay driver may have been intoxicated. starting today, you may need to give yourself extra time if you use mass avenue and h avenue. massachusetts avenue between 2nd and 4th street will shift north. it's going to mean lane closures and big changes on h street eastbound. road work is expected to last about eight months. you can check out the nbc washington app to stay ahead of the changes. use the search term traffic. lots of you are heading out for halloween tonight. off sirs will be out in full force watching out for drunk drivers. derrick ward is live in arlington tonight with a look at the unique way that they are telling people to stay safe. >> reporter: well, you know, i

have been seeing lions and tigers and bears and pirates, then the people in costume. it's a sight to see. they want you to have fun and be safe. to that end, arlington police set up a mock sobriety check point. what happens is people line up for this. they give you goggles that impair your vision and balance. then you have to do a roadside sobriety test. after that, a mock mug shot. it's to draw a point home. the washington regional alcohol project are out here offering free rides to folks. they have been doing it since 1993. if you have been out too much, 800-200-taxi. they will get you a free cab ride home, up to $30. listen. >> this is one of the -- drunk-driving holidays. 43% of all traffic fatalities tonight will be caused by drunk drivers versus 31% the other

time of the year. >> reporter: again, 800-200-taxi. if you have been out drinking, over 21, give them a call. they have been doing it since 1993. think about how many lives they have saved. we are live. derrick ward, back to you. >> great story, thanks so much. well, you know how much you spent on halloween costumes and candy. what about the rest of the country? we crunched the numbers. coming up, a restaurant chain is closing many stores. find out why people who enjoyed a chipotle

we wooant you to take a loo at this video of a 7-year-old boy handcuffed by police. it happened in flint, michigan. the mother of the boy got a call to come to her son's school earlier. they handcuffed to boy to protect him and others. they couldn't release him because you don't have a key. >> you put him in handcuffs and you don't have a key. he said if you don't sit down, i'm going to handcuff you. >> the mother said that until we

got involved neither the police or the school were giving an explanati explanation. an investigation is under way into what happened. more than 40 chipotle restaurants are closed because of an e. coli outbreak. the restaurants are in oregon and washington state. 19 people became sick and some hospitalized. they decided to close the stores out of abundance of caution until a cause is determined. more details on the e. coli outbreak. as we take a live look outside, isn't that pretty? everybody wants to know what mother nature has in store for halloween night. emiamelia is standing by with t rain chances. i'm darcy spencer in gaithersburg. the toys for tots program almost the toys for tots program almost didn't happen this year i

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today, a helicopter air lifted that run away blimp that captivated our area earlier this week. the blimp has been sitting in the woods in rural pennsylvania since wednesday. it broke free from the moorings

in aberdeen, maryland and went to pennsylvania. it's not clear exactly thousand balloon broke free. a hugely popular toy drive in montgomery almost didn't happen this year. they didn't have a place to store all the donated items. then a santa claus of sorts, stepped in, saving christmas in late october for needy kids. darcy spencer has the story. >> reporter: these are the toys for tots left over from last year, packed into a small storage area in gaithersburg. the head of the program says he needed to find a new space. for months, he couldn't find one. >> i have been looking since july and just coming up against a brick wall. >> reporter: he made a public plea, a metropolitan moving and storage stepped in and offered this, a huge warehouse to store all the toys. >> imagining that he collects

70,000 toys a year and that could have possibly not happened and not gotten to the families depending on it. >> reporter: today is moving day, loading the boxes into the moving truck and taking them to the warehouse just in time for this holiday season's toy drive. let's look at what's in one box. a great lego's set, something for a baby and what would be christmas morning without a stuffed animal in your stocking? these teens from the group, i am college ready at gaithersburg high school are loading the boxes. >> we see some of the kids that councilman in to grab toys and see their face light up. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. nearly 7 billion tla$7 bill much americans are spending on halloween. folks here didn't have to pay a penny to enjoy the day.