now at 11:00, frustration boiling over in one local neighborhood. >> no water with no resolution. breaking right now the relief that just arrived for hundreds of seniors who have been without for two days. radar tracking showers right

now. i'll show you how long you'll need that umbrella. >> calls to boycott a children's magazine for its profile of a local family. >> i cried and said how could there be so much hate? >> the parents said those criticritic critics are not going to win. first tonight, staggering new evidence of the impact synthetic drugs are having on our city. >> the impact they could have on you even if you never touched them. tonight, the news4 i-team takes you behind the scene to see how synthetics are putting more pressure than ever on an already strained fire and ems system. >> reporter: washington d.c. is a big city with big city problems. in less than one hour, a car crash and fire and yet another stabbing all in northeast. the captain spends his days literally running from one emergency to another. he and his team say they've never seen anything like a toll

on their ems system like synthetic drugs. >> i'm a 25 year veteran of this department. it's scariee ieier than anythine seen. >> a record number of emergency calls for synthetic overdoses in september. d.c. is averaging 20 run as day with as many as 34 on particu r particularly bad days. to put that in perspective the city averages less than two heroin overdoses per day. >> we began seeing some distu disturbing clusters of mass overdoses which are fairly unusual. >> reporter: the chief says it started this summer near the federal homeless center when calls came with nearly a dozen people collapsing. >> they're sprowd out in a two block raidias and not presenting at the same time and two to three hours after the initial 911 dispatch. >> reporter: he said these cl t clusters continued through the summer and realized they were sending multiple crews to the

same location for the same problem. >> how we adapted evolved. our operational response. the crews are trained to be alert to a pattern of overdoses and send a battalion chief and ems supervisor and establish incident command and treat it as a slow motion mass casualty event. >> reporter: in other words, they are responding to synthetic overdoses the same way they react to a mass shooting. captain st. lawyerence is one o those who respond. >> how long ago you smoked? >> reporter: he's on k 2, he suspects. >> you are too old to be doing a super drug like k-2. >> reporter: they take him to the hospital where he will probably stay two days as the drug works its way out of the system. >> we have had two calls, emergency assistance call where they're being assaulted by the

patients. >> reporter: as a result they send more crew further straining an already stressed out system that had a 40% increase in ems transports in just seven years. >> this is a significant operational impact. because it's also using a lot of resources it impacts the availability of ems resources for other life-threatening and time sensitive emergencies as well. >> reporter: like this stabbing call that comes in moments after the overdose. >> 48-year-old man -- >> reporter: it will become a murder scene later. a brutal reminder what the stakes are each time they gets called way for another synthetic overdose. they made a 611 responses for synthetic overdoses in september alone. that is 10 times more runs than they made for heart attacks or strokes and even higher than the car accidents they responded to in the city. tisha thompson, news4 i-team.

>> turning to our weather now and showers through our area. we could see more of this. watch out for fog during your morning commute. how long does this stuff stick around? >> the next 24 hours, at least off and on. it's not raining everywhere. you dcan see what's happening te last two hours, making its way from the south. quantico and charles county and right up i-95, fairfax, prince william's county and through this district and prince george's's county and follow this line to the south, you can see it's a train of moisture moving in. most activity is on the light side. because of the rain coming in and fog that could form, tomorrow's morning rush could be a little bit of a problem. temperatures around 60 degrees. fog and wet roadways, give yourself extra time. another chance of showers tomorrow and then record temperatures followed by a cold weekend. >> massachusetts avenue is back

open tonight after this accident involving a greyhound bus in downtown d.c. the bus was making a turn off mass avenue off mt. vernon square where it hit a man and the driver didn't realize anything was wrong. witnesses pounded on the bus and a doctor stayed with him until the ambulance got there and he is in critical condition. a fire tore through this home in stg cou. george's count today. choppers are over the scene and crews are working to see what started this fire. new at 11:00 tonight, we could seen learn if former d.c. mayor vincent gray face charges with that shadow campaign that helped him get elected in 2010. channing phillips said he hopes

to make a decision soon as he is briefed on thecation. it is the clearest indication yet the nearly 5-year-old investigation is wrapping up. sources said phillips intends to make a decision by the end of this year. former mayor gray denied any wrongdoing in the case. developing at the live desk, u.s. officials are telling nbc richard engels, they expect russia to retaliate against isis if it's proved the terror group bombed the russian airliner. there's been a lot of speculation around the crash. we want to break down what we know. u.s. intelligence officials are telling nbc news evidence indicate as bomb brought down the jet but a mechanical failure is still on the table as a possible cause. isis continues to claim responsibility for the crash but the united kingdom has suspended all flights to and from the red sea resort of charm elshek and major airlines may also follow

suit. whatever happened on board, it will be challenging for investigators trying to pull data from the flight recorders >> egyptian aviation officials say the voice recorder is heavily damaged and will take time to retrieve the data from the device. >> now, to a story you saw first on news4. drug overdoses in virginia have hit an all time high. last year, they accounted for more deaths in the state than auto accidents. one of the biggest overdose offenders, opioids and one senator wants to change that. senator tim kaine wants to prescribe noloxone any time they are prescribed o pioids. they return on them and many become dependent and overdose

and die. >> in case of an od situation you can save that person's life. that's what the bill does. >> while it is aimed at veterans and members of the military, it could provide funding for states to obtain it and how to administer it. if you drive in virginia you know route 7 can be a headache. last week we told you crews were wrapping up and tonight you and your neighbor got to hear about the future from the same -- for the same road from alexandria to tys tysons. they shared its vision. planners are considering either a light rail or bus line to help connect the two areas. another public hearing next week. tolls on virginia express y expressways are costing people thousands of dollars. today, the judge allowed them to go forward with a class action

lawsuit against them and some racked up thousands of dollars in costs before it even began. water just got turned back on for hundreds of seniors who have been without it for two days. d.c. water blamed a broken valve near b street and ridge road in southeast washington. shomari stone there live where the street is torn up but water is running now. >> reporter: that's right. water is running for the nearly 100 seniors that live in the building behind me. d.c. fixed the valve. they plan on taking the gravel and sand and putting it in that hole and they will fix the roadway and open up ridge road southeast and antacostia road southeast. and the entire building is

filled with elderly people, many relieve ed the water is back on and they fixed the valve and many trying to figure out what happened. it broke on monday shutting water off for the seniors at the triangle view apartments and assessing why it took so long to assess. the hole was more than 5 feet deep and made it challenging at ti times. people who lived here couldn't wash the dishes or flush the toilet or take a shower. what has life been like for you over the last couple days? >> awful. i can't even describe. >> reporter: residents tell me they are concerned it could possibly break again. i talked to a supervisor and he insists the valve is fixed and fine and operating properly. shomari stone, news4. a maryland family caught up in a controversy they never expected. tonight, their response for the group calling for boycott of a popular magazine. >> we are just like any other

family. also new tonight, good news for chipotle fans, why the cdc is even more confident this e.coli outbreak is contained to washington and oregon state. washington and oregon state.

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removed a promo after posting two on youtube quote not meant for air. in one of them, trump calls opponent ben carlson a completed and total loser, end quote. nbc's the parent company of nbc4. >> tonight, a maryland family is standing up to backlash over a story that appeared in "american girl" magazine. the conservative group 1 million moms is calling for a boycott of "american girl" because it profiled an 11-year-old with two d dads. news4 jackie bensen spoke to them. >> they said the boycott doesn't make a lot of sense to them. >> the only thing they did was they showed an amazing happy family. >> the november-december issue of "american girl" magazine s w shows joyful exuberant 11-year-old who talks about the joy her family feels about

getting travel bags for kids in foster care. and and her dad were once foster kids. pride turned to shock when rob was alerted that a group of 1 million moms were calling on its members to boycott american girl because of them. one of the pictures showed her and her three siblings. the moms consider being gay to be a sin. >> i was shocked this wasn't a group of men who i would expect from. these were moms. moms who were looking at a picture of our children and making a judgment on them. >> news of the boycott resulted in an outpouring of love for the scheer family. >> on sunday, our congregation all stood to say that they loved us, they support us and that we are just like any other family.

that's the only thing we have to say. we don't ask for special rights, don't treat us any differently, realize we're just like everybody else. >> 1 million moms claims 80,000 members who are being urged to boycott most "american girl" and "parent company" mattel. in the news4 newsroom, jackie bens bensen. >> if you love chipotle but worried about that e.coli scare we've been telling you about all week, the cdc says it does not believe the outbreak will spread beyond oregon and washington state. no one who reported e.coli had the same strain as those linked to the outbreak. right now, investigators are trying to figure out what made everybody sick. a congressman is challenging the food & drug administration to revoke a birth control device the focus of news investigation.

calling for the essure device to be pulled off the market complaining about its side effects, unplanned pregnancies and abdominal pain leading to surgery. behr that sells the device says the safeness is supported by more than a decade of science. more about our weather. gorgeous out there today. rain tonight. now, what? >> we get gorgeous again on friy. tomorrow's kind of the day you go -- it's still 70 degrees tomorrow, what we're going for, still well above average. i think most of the day is pretty nice. we have rain out there. temperatures today in the 70s, mid-70s, now at 61 degrees with light shower activity at the airport. you can see what's happening in the rest of the region. radar showing rain moving south to north along the i-95 corridor and the counties that touch it are seeing rain, fairfax,

alexandria area, montgomery seeing shower activity. we will see showers in the evening. and we take a look at heavy showers coming through. these are pretty good showers along 270, gaitheri eringaither rockville, along north frederick road and you can see rain coming along the rockville area and glen mill road. we move to the south we have more rain through fairfax county right around the potomac, quantico and woodbridge and fredericksburg and the beach. not done. the wider view showing the moisture off the atlantic right on through our region. it extends all the way to norfolk. we're not done just yet. southern maryland, i think the best chance to see continuing rain through the night and maybe

tomorrow. what to expect tomorrow? maybe morning fog. humid and on the mild side. could be areas of mist and drizzle. could see a few sprinkles. temperatures on the rise, 67 by 11:00 and 72 degrees by 3:00 in the afternoon. future weather. 4:00, not much happening. cloud cover but not rain. friday, warm air moves in. friday evening we see showers. that's the next change in the weather pattern and cooler air comes in for the weekend. 72 tomorrow and 72 friday. and we'll get to 79. falling temperatures on saturday. 40% chance of showers on saturday. we will have falling temperatures during the day and you wake up to temperatures close to 60 and maybe a shower or two with falling temps. sunday is cool but with sunshine

and not a bad day with highs in the upper 50s on monday and tuesday and wednesday look okay but there will be another unsettled pattern with chance of showers coming up tuesday. just know to take the umbrella tomorrow just in case. >> we will. thank you, doug. up next, the keys to the wizard's victory in the biggest test of the season so far. >> here's jimmy fallon. >> thank you, doreen and jim and everyone in washington, d.c. tonight, we have cristie brinkley and world champs av

just seconds to go, the phones they erupted down there. >> great win. the first of the wizards. >> spurs played wizards 29 times since 2000. they've won 29 of those games. that's why tonight's meeting was so important. wizards keep proving they get better and better the longer they continue to play together. dusty baker with gm mike rizzo taking in the game tonight, they watch wizards get off to a great start. part of a 19-2 run to open up the game. the spurs found their way back. leonard has been excellent this

season. that's good. part of a 24 run to get back in it. second quarter, san antonio, leonard steals the ball from bradley beal, the easiest two points he gets. leonard finished with 23 for the game. frank, three points, spurs lead. john wall, this his first three-point shot of the game turned out to be a good one. he tied the game at 90. wizards go up by 2. tony parker ties it at 96. here we go. final few seconds, tied at 99. john wall to bradley beal and beal delivers the dagger! scored the wizards last 15 points in this game. wizards go onto win 102-99. next up for wizards, their next two on the road at boston and atlanta this weekend. moving to the nfl now, redskins playing football 83 years. if they win sunday in new england, many people believe it would be the greatest upset in

this team's history. skins not being given much of a chance against the pats and still working hard in ashburn today, trying to prove their dou doubters wrong. >> we can go again. you want some? >> that was chris setting the tone for the defense today at practice. his return could be a major boost for this unit. no word whether ryan kerrigan will play with that broken bone in his hand and hall still not 100% with the toe injury. they know no matter who is on the field sunday it is a tough test. >> i don't care who you are, it's hard to win. think about tampa, they took us down to the wire, we beat them and they went and beat hot atlanta. you've got to play. you guys get caught up on records. it's not about records, you have to play football on sundays. it's grown men out there, you have to play football, i don't care who you are, redskins 14 point underdogs, you have to

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