university. meagan? >> reporter: i can tell you tonight that students are concerned and they're not living in fear after this post was posted to an online site where people can remain anonymous. these threats started off with them talking about concerns about the university of missouri where student-led protests over racial inequality led to the resignation of the president there and then it turned to howard university threatening students on campus here. now, fbi agents say this was an anonymous posting and we spoke to a former fbi criminal profiler who says investigators can track down these people. >> everybody is studying, you know. finals are coming up. >> reporter: on thursday, students at howard university had something other than finals to think about. >> our response is definitely shock. >> shock and concern were a few ways students described an online threat, spewing racial sures and threatening to harm

anyone on campus and it said in part so i've decided any blank at howard university after 10 tomorrow will be the first to go. it would make him or her a hero. the post was anonymous, but former fbi criminal profiler says investigators can usually track down these bloggers. >> everything has a date time stamp on it, so as soon as the authorities identify the device that it came from and the date and time, then they have a few other types of investigations. >> van zandt says the best way to stop these online threats is by sending a message through law enforcement. >> in cases like this it tracks down the person who did it and holds them responsible as an example to others who might do it. >> until then, students say they feel secure with the increased security and they'll continue to stay vigilant. >> i feel confident in the university's resources to keep

us safe. >> reporter: now the university did make counselor available for any students who needed the opportunity to speak with someone. they also say anyone who did not go to class tonight will not be penalized. back to you. >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. >> there is new leadership at the university of missouri following the controversy that sparked all of the national protests and michael middleton originally retired senior administrators who has been named interim president at mizzou. middleton takes over studented-led from tests over the administration's handling of racial complaints. >> there is breaking news and george washington university, it's creating a mess on the roads right now. >> we have video of a bus on fire at 24th and i within the past hour. you can see the smoke rising high into the air there. that fire is now out, but the charred bus is still there and that's causing problems for drivers near washington circle.

no one was on that bus at the time of the fire. there's no word of any injuries. after the indictment of a d.c. firefighter on a second-degree murder charge. it stems from a crash over the summer. police say it was the result of street racing, and the firefighter just walked out of court. pat collins in northwest now where the crash occurred. pat? >> reporter: jim, one man's a firefighter. another man is a grad student, both have been charged with second-degree murder in connection with a drag racing accident. neighbors remember what happened here on 16th street. >> it was pretty horrifying i mean, because the car was just squashed. we figured whoever was in there was probably dead if not badly knowled injured. >> reporter: that's ellen miller and lives by the accident scene. she took the pictures. the metal so twisted it's hard to figure out exactly what happened here. today two men charged with

second-degree murder in connection with this violent drag racing accident on 16th street. 28-year-old rasheed murray, the driver of the acura, the striking car. 22-year-old ryan thompson, an off-duty fireman. he was in an suv. they say he was racing, too. the victim, 24-year-old matthew roth, a maryland grad and cpa. he was just trying to get home. >> today i talked to his dad. >> i hope justice gets served because we're going to be suffering for the rest of our lives and they should suffer also. >> it happened on the morning of july 19th. police say the acura and the suv were drag racing northbound. witnesses say the speeds got up to 100 miles per hour. the acura jumped the median and went airborne and crashed into matt ross.

he was headed in the other direction. >> this has tortured my family since july 19th and anded vision that keeps coming back is these weren't two young kids that didn't know better. these were two adults, one a firefighter and the other some kind of college graduate that should have known better. >> was alcohol involved and according to the police report a cop smelled booze. he asked rasheed murray to recite the alphabet. murray did a, b, c, d and he got to the letter p and then fell asleep. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. >> tonight we're hearing from one of the families hardest hit in that awful crash in hyattsville. they were in that van on their way to church sunday when a

pickup truck came back and four people were killed including an unborn baby boy. tonight both parents are hospitalized and one child seriously hurt and the other still in a coma. >> still ahead tonight, erica gonzalez joins us with the emotional interview with a member of that family and what that family member says they need from the community to help them heal. that's coming up at 6:15. temperatures today into the 60s and even the low 70s in some look, but by this time tomorrow morning we'll see things a lot differently and take a look at what we've got going on and most of it as we told you last night was out of here by around midnight and 1:00, we saw it at noon, 1 dlok and behind it, we saw some sunshine and really nice temperatures and the temperatures are still nice out ahead of the front and only 50 back to the west in pittsburgh and the winds are really starting to kick up just to our west and that's what we'll be tracking. tracking the wind and how strong

will they be? we're talking much colder temperatures and we're even talking about weekend windchills and how low will the numbers go? i've got your forecast coming up at 6:25. >> thanks, doug. retired captain florent groberg grew up in bethesda, and he said he hopes to live up to the hundredor oo oo oor honor him at the white house. he received the medal of honor. his unit was escorting senior military officers to a meeting with afghan officials when they were approached by a suicide bomber. groberg and another soldier tackled that man and the bomber's vest detonated. four americans were killed, but the soldier's action saved the lives of many others. president obama noted that groberg said it was the worst day of his life. >> that's precisely why we hoonhoon honor heroes like flo.

on his very worst day he managed to summon his very best. >> just grateful to have been given the opportunity to serve my country, but this medal belongs to the true heroes, major gray, major kennedy and dell fatah who made the ultimate sacrifice. >> reporter: the medal of honor is the nation's highest military honor which was awarded for valor above and beyond the call of duty. >> captain groberg invited his coaches to be his guests at the white house. they tell news 4's chris gordon what they were thinking when they saw their former student receive the medal of honor. >> at walter johnson high school in bethesda florent groberg led his relay team to a maryland state championship. he invited his high school coaches to join him at the white house and watch as he received the medal of honor. >> to hear what he did was a

remarkable act of bravery. >> captain groberg said he didn't think about his personal safety when he grabbed the suicide bomber in afghanistan. he was seriously wounded and four others were killed, but his heroism saved many lives. >> you just react. you trust your training and trust your instincts and you trust that you have the inner fortitude to go out there and do the job that, you know, you're asked to do. >> his extraordinary bravery and the courage that he showed, you know, we don't see that stuff and that's the stuff that comes from the heart and that's really what i guess made me the most proud. >> groberg ran track for the university of maryland. coach andrew bauman keeps a media guide from 2003 with groberg's picture on the cover. he says groberg has become an inspiration for a new generation of terrapins. >> when we think about team we think of flo. i think that many kids come to

college, they come and go and we stress to leave a legacy. >> flo groberg leaves a legacy here at the university of maryland which continues to grow. he will be the graduation speaker at the winter commencement here in december. reporting from college park, chris gordon, news 4. you can watch a longer interview with captain groberg by going to our nbc washington app, search medal of honor. now to some breaking news near the u.s. capitol. there is a suspicious vehicle that authorities areec whi chec out. adam tuss is there. what's going on? >> reporter: doreen, let me set the scene. we're at third and pennsylvania. you have the flashing lights and police are out here and they basically have this entire side and the west side of the capital building ringed off because of a suspicious vehicle and my photographer b.j. forte can push it farther down, you can see

there say statue and there was nobody inside and what a police officer is here, is telling me something was up in that vehicle that caused enough concern that these roads around the capital building were shut down. in the last couple of minutes cars have been coming out of here and that's something that wasn't happening just a few minutes ago and of course, this whole scene could be wrapping up in some time and we'll bring you any developments as they happen and for now the roads around the capitol building shut down at this point. back to you. >> thanks, adam. coming up tonight, the news helicopter almost blinded by a laser. cops got the guy that they think did it. we'll report. a firsthand account of this fiery crash involving a church van. one family talking about the loss of a child and the danger that's still ahead.

more than just passengers in a van they were all friends and family heading to church on sunday night when they were victims of a horrible, deadly crash. on news 4 tonight, erica gonzalez talks with a member of a family hit especially hard who says she still can't believe it. >> eli vasquez describes to me the moment she's dreading. [ speaking spanish ]

>> the moment when here sister-in-law martha realizes what's happened to her family. [ speaking spanish ] >> her husband freddy who was driving the van has a severely burned arm and a broken leg. her children, 9 and 6 badly injured. the little girl in a coma. martha has two broken arms. she was pregnant and due to give birth this week, but she lost the baby, a boy she planned on naming isaiahs. vasquez picked up the passengers in that van like he does every sunday to take them to church. when she heard of the accident she rushed to their sad. she knows freddy to be a strong man and says it was difficult to see him. freddy jr., the 9-year-old boy was awake and describing how the firefighters had rescued him. he has since been released from the hospital [ speaking spanish ] >> he's asking for his parents.

she simply told him they're working on getting better. >> the family is asking the community to pray for healing. they're going to need a lot of help with medical bills and the funeral costs for their unborn child. if you'd like to help with that, you can go to the nbc washington app and search hyattsville crash. we have a link to a paypal account there. i've also posted it on my facebook page. vance and doreen? >> thank you. tonight this scary mid-air incident prompted chuck shum tore renew his ban on three laser pointers. three helicopters were targeted in new york, including one owned by w nbc. the high-powere light beam nearly blinded the pilot. he reported it and the police helicopter that came to investigate was also targeted. one man was arrested and two others detained. pointing a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime. you're talking about a helicopter that weighs almost two tons. imagine that coming down on your

house because the pilot's vision is impaired. even more serious is if it was a jetliner. the problem wasn't confined to new york and were targeted by last night and senator schumer reminds the timing suspicious. >> federal aviation is a growing problem and in 2010 they were more than 2800 reports of lasers pointed at aircraft nationwide and already this year there have been more than 5,000 reports. tonight isis is claiming credit for a suicide bombing attack in beirut, lebanon. >> the death toll has just been raised to 42 since more than 200 people wounded. there were at least two bombers. there are reports tonight that a third attacker might have been killed before his belt detonated. the attack happened in a strong hold of the militant group hezbollah. in the meantime, police all over europe arrested 13 people in a

coordinated sweep designed to capture members of a group linked to isis. that group is alleged to have been recruiting fighters to go to syria. also accused of planning an attack on british and norwegian diplomats. now to presidential politics and the republican divide on issues that once united the party. tonight the issue is immigration after senator ted cruz called out senator marco rubio with the a-word, amnesty. steve handelsman is following the controversy on capitol hill. >> reporter: with republican front-runner donald trump talking tough on immigration, marco rubio hasn't been saying much until today. it could hurt his rise in republican polls, but rubio won't do on immigration enrages some republicans while others see him as an ideal candidate. >> he's charismatic, latino and third now in national republican polls. could 44-year-old marco rubio

win the nomination? >> he's youthful, so i think younger americans will identify with him. >> reporter: but rubio was in south carolina on a touchy subject. immigration. >> criminals have been deported. we will enforce our immigration laws. that being said i don't think it's reasonable to say you'll round up and deport 11 million people. i've said that. >> reporter: front-runner donald trump is saying the opposite. >> they are going back. they're going back. they're going back. >> reporter: just two years ago rubio supported president obama's plan for immigrants to stay. he called what rubio now wants amnesty. >> and if the republican party nominates a candidate who supports amnesty along with hillary clinton we will lose the general election. >> reporter: meanwhile, ben carson got hit with new questions. associated press reporting carson is a business partner with a pittsburgh dentist convicted of insurance fraud and not imprisoned after carson vouched for him.

i will continue to stand by him said carson in a statement. that is what real friends do. a front-runner in the spotlight, along with a strong challenger. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. just in from adam tuss, our transportation reporter an all-clear has been given after reports of a suspicious vehicle near the u.s. capitol. those roads will be opening soon. still ahead, a mother murdered in her home. now new evidence reveals why she was living in fear in the days before her death. trouble with transportation, but that's not all. we'll tell you about the growing complaints from the woman who was struggling to find a way to get her special needs son to school. and a powerful storm system slams the midwest. now it's headed our way. doug is fine-tuning his forecast and joins us next with a look at

tornado, torrential downpours and fierce winds from the midwest to the mid atlantic, millions of people are feeling the impact of wicked weather tonight. people in iowa spent the day assessing damage and cleaning up after at least nine tornadoes touched down in that state. there have been more than 100 reports of wind damage across the midwest, too. that storm system sparked a lightning show in chicago last night. these are photographs that

captured the scene over the city. lightning is being blamed for at least one house fire in that area. doug, you told us this is the same system that came our way and brought us the rain this morning. what's left? >> the go part is we're not going to see anywhere near the severe weather they've seen out toward the west, but we are going to see som big-time changes and we saw one change today and saw the rain earlier and the sunshine and temperatures rose quickly and now we'l see the temperatures go back down. outside right now, a very nice night and a mild night and the wids still out of the south and the souerly wind keeps us on the wild sidend thewinds only around 8 miles per hour and we are starting to see the winds pick up and places like petersburg, west virginia and 64 degrees and winds gusting over 45 mileser hour ere and that wind will contin to move in. 52 in gaithersburg and no rain to talk about now. the rain that we saw came through early this morning and between 9:00, 10:00, 11:00,

tw 12:00 and we saw clearing skies and nice southwesterly wind and now we've seen the winds shift out of the west and that's a much colder wind. here is that storm and look at the spin here in the great lakes and a lot of winds gusting upward of 50 to 60 miles per hour today and wreaking havoc down toward the buffalo area and lake chicago and lake michigan will continue to see big problems over the next day or so. for us the winds will have an impact, too. take a look at the wind gusts by tomorrow morning and 25 in d.c., and 31 toward martinsburg and as we move on through the day tomorrow and the sun will help to increase these winds and upward of 30 miles per hour in d.c. and 30 miles per hour in gaithersburg and we do see winds gusting 30 to 40 miles per hour. high temperatures, much cooler and only in the mid-50s and 57 in manassas and 55 in gaithersburg and we are talking

a little bit of a windchill tomorrow and the temperatures and the wind will have a low to moderate impact on the day tomorrow and because of that big change, you'll need the coats when you step out the front door and we'll face big-time issues with that wind and same thing on saturday. 57 degrees on your friday. 51 on saturday, but again, saturday, 51 with sunshine would be okay, but we're talking windy and cold. winds 20 to 30 miles per hour and get out the coats. windchills on saturday may not make their way out of the 30s for many areas especially areas to the north and west. in the city i expect the windchill between 40 and 45 degrees and we're talking a cold day on saturday and sunshine, a high temperature of 57 degrees and less wind and sunday looking pretty good and monday a high temperature of 62 degrees and 62 on monday and we skyrocket in toward next week. i'll have next week's forecast coming up at 6:45 and the cold air lingers for the next three days and that includes your

weekend and next week we go up in a big way. that forecast coming up at 6:45. >> thanks, doug. officials found something a bit strange after they found a man dead in his home. we'll tell you the discovery outside his property and in that prompted this scene in a quiet maryland suburb. a mother says that her autistic son is missing a lot of school because he is not getting the transportation he needs, but the prince george's county school system his attendance record is just fine. i'm tracee wilkins, coming up on news 4, why all the confusion? painful and often hidden trauma of war. how it is helping veterans

now at 6:30, disturbing new details after a mother was stabbed to death inside her arlington home. >> her estranged husband is facing charges now. tonight jackie bensen reports that new court documents are shedding light on the tension that was building in the weeks before that murder. >> reporter: newly unsealed search warrants, nearly a dozen of them indicate the brutal stabbing murder of 42-year-old bonnie black occurred horrific circumstances. the documents state that on the morning of april 17th and the aurora heights neighborhood found two children who appeared

to be between 3 and 5 years old who stated their mom is dead. the investigation revealed a bitter divorce proceeding was under way. her estranged husband david told her, quote, you are never going to see the children again. in an interview with a coworker bonnie black revealed she feared her estranged husband who feared she he would break into her home and the situation was like being in a "scream" -- on. >> it looks like we're having a technical problem and we'll get back to the story later. a death investigation leads to a surprising discovery inside a maryland home. a man called 911 last night after finding his brother dead at the house on wynona court in silver spring. no foul play is suspected, but police say they found marijuana plants in there as well as chemicals commonly used to manufacture drugs. neighbors say they wondered about the large greenhouse in the backyard and all of the activity in the house. >> he had all sort of different

containers and so on. he was building -- i don't know, he had some -- he said he was making kind of fertilizer or something to his greenhouse and he d have weird stuff coming in and out. >> police say all of the chemicals have been removed from the house and no threat to the neighborhood and the victim has been identified as 35-year-old ethan, and his family has had long-term health issues. a mother says the prince george's county schools district is not doing its job in getting her son who suffers autism to hool. bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us now with what the frustrated mother wants to see happen. tracee? >> he is supposed to be going here at james madison middle school, but has only attended three days. his mother moved here from virginia and says it has been a nightmare to get his transportation situation under control, but as we looked into the story today we discovered that she may have some additional concerns to deal with, as well.

>> every day passes is another day he's missing school. >> reporter: kisha says she's not telling her son to go to school until the prince george's county school system provides him public transportation. >> he wants to go to school, but to only go three days. >> and that was because a school employee agreed to pick her 14-year-old up and drive him personally to james madison middle school. >> he wanted my son as school as bad as i did. >> she wants her on a special needs bus with a bus aide. instead the prince george's county school system is providing a regular bus with him with dozens of students onboard. >> they told me everything he was getting in virginia they had to accommodate him here. >> did was he on a special bus in virginia? yes, he was. >> they said his attendance was fine and in fact, he was in school today, but this is her son entering the room during our interview during school hours. he was home with his mom. >> are you in school?

>> no, i'm not. >> have you been any this week? >> not this week. >> it raises another concern for this mother. why would the system mark him present if he wasn't and what does that mean for his safety? >> i feel like the system here is really failing the parents. >> the system released this statement saying the prince george's county school system has made offers to try and accommodate the student's needs. this includes offering to have an assistant ride with him on the regular bus to observe, but we've been unable to engage with his mother. >> reporter: prince george's county school spokesperson says that she is just as concerned about what happens with attendance here. they're actually going to review camera footage to see if they see her son walking into the school today because according to their records he was here, but as we said, he was there during our interview. the school system is saying that they want to work with this mother, but that communication has broken down. reporting live in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins,

upper marlboro. >> thanks, tracee. vandals have damaged another black lives matter sign. this time they hit in arlington and someone vandalized the sign outside rockville congressional church and cut out the word black. church leaders took the sign down, but they've already ordered a new one. fox springs is on little falls road. church officials say it can happen tuesday night and wednesday morning. police say they're looking into it. some republican presidential candidates are weighing in on the racial controversy at the university of missouri. here's what ben carson, donald trump and marco rubio had to say about the fallout there. >> we need to recognize that this is a very dangerous trend. when we get to a point where a majority can say i don't like what you're doing. that's offensive and therefore i have a right to be violent toward you or to deprive you of

rights because i don't like what you're doing, you know, that really goes against the grain of our constitutional rights. >> i think it's disgusting. >> i think the two people that resigned are weak, ineffective people. i think that when they resign they set something in motion that's going to be a disaster for the next long period of time. they were weak, ineffective people. how we hire people like this, trump should have been the chancellor of that university. >> freedom of speech on campus seems to be under assault and some of the supposedly finest institutions in this country and in the case of missouri i'm still trying to figure out exactly what it is that got the president fired. what exactly did he do or say that was the reason why he should have resigned? >> democratic candidates hillary clinton and bernie sanders have shown support on twitter, support for students protesting racism on college campuses. still to come tonight a new legal fight after a man in virginia tased and then later died in police custody. state lawmakers are trying

to change the way we deal with the mentally ill in the wake of a personal tragedy. how the housing program is helping people in their darkest hour. we're looking at a much cooler day throughout the region tomorrow. we get into the mid to upper 50s and then the temperatures start coming down tomorrow afternoon and we'll talk about your weekend windchill in just a minute.

another hearing has been set next tuesday and it's a civil lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died in police custody in southern virginia back in 2013. his name was linwood lambert. msnbc obtained video that shows officers using stun guns on lambert a number of times and restraining him. he later died. his family is suing the town of south boston virginia and its police department for $25 million. next week marks two years

since the family tragedy involving virginia state senator creagh deeds. >> his son attacked him in the middle of a mental health crisis and since then deeds has been working to change minds in the commonwealth. bureau chief julie carey was with him when he came to fairfax county looking for answers. state senator deeds only met today, but they share a common bond. both have experienced heart ache of mental illness gone untreated. deeds lost his son gus. for sue, a non-profit organization provided a lifeline after she struggled for years with severe depression and constant attempts to hurt herself. >> i felt like i was in a circle going from the hospital back home, back into the hospital. >> reporter: she told her story to lawmakers on a subcommittee tanked to find ways to find

mentally ill virginians. for her and others, pathways provides housing, medical services and treatment. the housing is there as long as an individual needs it. >> the more i was able to get, have the stable housing and go back to school the better i felt about myself. >> reporter: first, she earned an associate's degree. >> it was just like an unbelievably euphoric moment, you know? it was just, you know, walking across that stage. >> lawmakers learned programs like pathways can save money and it's $32 a day per person compared to a psychiatric bid. >> as people move from structured care it really can increase your confidence. >> for sue, the next big step across yet another stage comes in may when she earns her graduate degree from george mason university. in fairfax county, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> for more on nbc 4's changing minds project including

treatment centers in your area, search changing minds in our nbc washington app. coming up, the effort to help veterans deal with the trauma of war. >> i realize that i had a problem when i was walking out of my house with a pistol that when i reached my lowest point saying that it was time to find some help. >> we'll go inside the program that's helping our service that's helping our service members heal and transition back

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many military service members bravely face the challenges that come with deployment only to return home to face the stress of reintegration. >> pat lawson muse is here to tell us about a local retreat that is helping them heal. >> vance, it's an experimental rehab program for the growing number of so-called war fighters living with problems like post traumatic stress, depression and substance abuse. >> three months ago i had a -- an attack. when i have an attack i black out. >> reporter: jeremy mcbee 2020 years as a marine, as a gunner and then a sniper with tours in five countries including iraq and afghanistan. his homecoming was tough. >> my wife was just saying my name, jeremy. jeremy. jeremy, and i said i woke up and i said what? and i had her neck -- getting

ready to snap her neck. >> jeremy is one of many local vets and active duty service members to come here for help. >> who thinks they want a ride, please? put it up high so i can see. >> this is a rehab camp for vets with post traumatic stress disorder tied directly to their service. >> anyone who is struggling after a deployment with reintegration with a combat deployment or any kind of operational tour. >> the psychologist designed the program to help vets like retired air force chris lopez reintegrate. >> i realized that i had a problem when i was walking out of my house with a pistol and when i reached my lowest point saying that it was time to find some help. >> jackson? >> here! >> they spent seven days here talking and healing. >> they find camaraderie and a safe place to release. >> i mean, it's just -- it's tou tough. >> horseback riding is part of

the therapy. >> i get along good with them. >> there are also classes on coping and even nutrition. >> it's based on what veterans say helps them and not what institutions think it ought to help them. wanda who suffered nightmares and isolation after 22 years in the air force says the retreat restored her peace of body, mind and spirit. >> when i left and i went home my husband and he continues to tell me, too, it's just so awesome to be able to see me smile again. >> chris lopez came back to the retreat as a mentor. >> what it taught me is how to walk away when i need to and how to breathe. how to deal with things. >> we do have people telling us, you saved my life. sdwloo and that's a really good thing. graduates say the retreat improves their mental health and reduces their dependence on medication and gives them better self control. the program run by melwood is free.

>> it's what you need for those kind of programs, too. thank you, pat. >> you're welcome. >> doug is here now with a check on our rapidly changing weather conditions. >> it really is rapidly changing or around our area. right now d.c. with 5, ten miles an hour and 40 mile an hour winds. >> take cover now! >> don't take cover. don't say things like that and outside right now, this is going to be one of those big changes and doreen, you're right. this is not what they've seen in chicago where they're talking 50 mile an hour winds and we're not talking about a monster storm moving in and the good news is that monster storm is well to the north and west and we will still see an impact on it and take a look at the temperatures and dropping to 60 next hour and down to 55 at 11:00 and that's when we will see the wind throughout our area and 57 in rockville and down to a cool 52 in gaithersburg and i mentioned the wind. nothing, no wind gusts at all

around the d.c. metro area and 18 in fredericksburg and 80, 39 and petersburg, west virginia at 32 and they were at 46 last hour and that's where the wind is and it is starting to move in and you will hear the wind tonight and it may make it a little bit on the tough side to get to sleep overnight tonight and the wind forecast and it's been breezy this afternoon at times, but tomorrow it's downright windy and we're not talking damaging winds here and we're talking about windy conditions and it will blow the leaves around for sure and you may have to rake the leaves up better and over the next couple of days and here is the windchill. this is saturday morning. 32 degrees in d.c., 31 in frederick. we normally warm up pretty well and not on saturday. at 1:00 in the afternoon, 38 and martinsburg and are 45 down towa fredericksburg and we're talking about a big-time chill and it does improve on sunday, but here's saturday night and we're still only talking about the windchill and bundle up, the

scarf, coats and you will need them. you will not need umbrellas and we're not talking hats and gloves yet. it's not that cold and it is killy compared to what we've been. and high of only 51 on saturday and 57 on sunday and 62 on monday, but are you ready for this? >> sure. >> okay. i just want to make sure you're ready. temperatures back to near 70 degrees by next week. >> yay! >> i would not be surprised to see 80 by next weekend. >> cool. >> whichever way the wind is blowing, the leaves could be your neighbor's problem. >> i didn't think about that. >> that's a good one. thank you, doug. >> we have sports next. wide receiver desean jackson and head coach jay gruden have themselves a moment and it is going viral. here is lester holt with a look at what's ahead on nbc "nightly news". >> hi, doreen and jim. coming up on nbc "nightly news" danger in the skies across 16 cities last night from laser pointers aimed at aircraft and

you'll see how cops tracked down some of the suspects. >> and we covered a murder mystery of a pastor's wife killed in a home invasion and a birth control packaging impact. should the pillmaker have to pay up? those

all right. go ahead. >> we can share what you just -- >> it was a disagreement here, but that's okay because that's normal, right? >> you know what a purple nurple is? >> yes. >> you better tell me. inquiring minds want to know. >> we can't show you. >> no rift between jay grewuden and desean jackson. he was not the one calling the play and not in charge of how much he was being targeted and desean hasn't been out there much and it seems like there was trouble in paradise and here it is, a purple nurple. oh! it looks like he might have hurt

his kofrp a little bit and we'll look at it one more time because this thing is going viral and people are talking about this. they're getting back on track and just 15 catches and the guy throwing the ball to him and kirk cousins told us it takes time and rep to get in sync. >> i think we're getting there. last year when i was first playing, i had very little experience with him and so it's great to have all of those reps from this past year and i'm excited to have him out there and he's excited and he's working really hard and it's just a matter of making the read and enabling him to make the place. >> now down a level and the hokeys taking on georgia tech and it's the head coach fred beamer and expect to see a lot of emotion on what is his farewell tour and their helmets will have a commemorative decal featuring an image of the coach

who is looking for the 23rd straight season and he's focused despite his recent announcement. >> there have been a couple of distractions, but the players had it great and the coaches were great, as far as i'm concerned and yet, it's still -- we have to play great. >> win one for the coach. caps up on the road and they're in philly, one of the pre-game headlines up north and not a good time to face ovie. he is motivated right now and he's on pace for 50 goals and he's had eight goals in 13 games. meantime, the caps are going all out for movember this year by growing it all out and movember, a month-long campaign for men's health and a green light to grow a mustache and this is one of the many charities and they seemed to have a blast with this one and it seems the entire team is trying to participate and although some are not as easy to spot as others. >> i don't have the jason, and

the carl walter and the great, flowing lip sweater. >> i don't think i could ever grow a mustache because my wife wouldn't have it, but i think it's fun to have a mustache for a good cause. >> men's health is something that as a guy we kind of always put ourselves on the back burner and care about other people, but it's nice that we get to open up people's eyes and do it in a fun way. >> yes. good and filthy. two more weeks to get it. we'll see. we're noticing changes. bryce harper news came down moments ago that he had a silver slugger. want a surprise, but it's his first. pretty cool. >> congratulations. >> he didn't win the golden glove. mvp announced next week. >> let me ask you a question. >> yeah? >> can you imagine, i can't think of the guy's name, anybody, what's that thing called again? >> shanahan. >> shanahan to -- >> no. >> the giants guy to green bay's

guy. can you imagine anyone doing that? >> so there's that school of thought. >> that was one little tiny -- >> it's just a moment between

developing news tonight. danger in the sky. 20 aircraft struck by lasers in the past 24 hours. one of the suspects arrested on camera. tonight we'll show you how these lasers can blind pilots and cripple the cockpit. deadly bombings. isis claims responsibility for attacks that left dozens dead. less than two weeks after it took credit for taking down passenger plane. goodfella's verdict. a reputed mobster learns his fate in the trial for the biggest heist in u.s. history, immortalized in a mafia movie classic. botched birth control? more than 100 woman who use the pill say a packaging error led to pregnancy. now these moms say the company should pay. "nightly news" begins right now.