to a big speech in arizona. how he's hoping to appeal to voters as hillary clinton leads in battle ground states. calls for safety changes tonight after a mother and her baby were hit crossing this street. desperate attempts to save the child's life weren't enough. first he posed as a john then posed as a cop. he ends up stabbing and wounding a prostitute. now the real law takes over. and we begin tonight with a rather surprise move from donald trump. >> he flew to mexico and met with the president there. today the two disagreed about how serious the border problem is. but agreed to work together. all this comes just hours before trump reveals his new immigration plan. steve handlesman has more from capitol hill. >> there were no breakthroughs in mexico city. reportedly no tough talk either. a mellow meeting which might

donald trump. the trump team hopes the surprise trip south is seen as brave and bold. mexican president enrique pena nieto had compared trump to h hitler but invited him the mexico city. no decision of who would pay for the wall that trump wants to build on the border instead, talk of cooperation. >> translator: continue working on making our borders secure. being of utmost important. >> reporter: trump looked on warily demanded an end to drug and people entering the u.s. illegally. >> this is a humanitarian disaster. the dangerous treks, the abuse by gang and cartels. it must be solved quickly. >> reporter: druonald trump had called mexican an enemy, but

trump aid is presidential. >> it's a decisive presidential move. >> reporter: hillary clinton slammed trump going. >> trying to make up for a year of insults and insinuations. by dropping in on our neighbors for a few hours. and then flying home again. that is not how it works. >> reporter: clinton got an invitation, but aides say has no plans now to go. after he leaves mexico tonight from phoenix, trump lays out his immigration plan. build the wall, yes. deport 11 million immigrants, that's the unanswered question. but in his much anticipated speech tonight trump seems sure to claim he solved big problems in mexico. he'll imply no ordinary politician would dare. thank you, steve. if you vote for a write in candidate for president this year, don't expect that state elections vote counters toad

it. in virginia, they will not count the names at all. unless write ins win 5% of all the votes cast. in maryland, they're switching back to paper ballots this year. the state will not read your hand writing unless, again, write ins win large percentage of the vote. they will store what we're told will be an image of your ballot for their records. the scene is painful to look at. a crushed baby stroller strewn across a busy roadway. a suv hit a mother and baby killing the child. parents are calling for safety changes. david culver is at the scene. >> reporter: the sheriff's office is meet ing with the commonwealth attorney to determine what's next, particularly a

should be filed against the driver. we're hearing from folk whose live in the community. they have expressed concerns and they say today's tragedy could repeat itself. the intersection back open. police tape, down. looking at the early evening commute, you'd struggle to find signs of this morning's devastating crash except for the flowers. and the vivid memories. >> i'm still shivering. i couldn't take the -- see the baby lying there. just like a doll. it was so small. >> reporter: she heard the screams around 8:00 this morning and rushed out to find a scene. a mother and baby had been hit by this suv. >> mom was not able to move. she was not able to move. i didn't go next to her. i went next to the baby. and people are trying to give cpr to the baby. >> reporter: the driver stayed on scene, not clear what caused him to hit the mother as she pushed the stroller. >> the inter

it's apparently just a tragic set of circumstances this morning. >> reporter: we've covered lands down safety concerns before. in 2013, we capturehead daring video of skids struggling to cross the street. since then round abouts put in. posting on facebook many of you say riverside parkway still a problem. one person writing something needs to be done. another adding, cars fly down the hill, too. it's an overall bad intersection. a third person posting this screams for more awareness and safety protocols being set in place. others silent as they lay flowers to remember the young life lost. a baby just five months old. and that growing flower memorial that you just saw there is just on the other side of the cars, you can see it behind me. teddy bears and flowers. as far as the mom's condition, she went to the hospital, we're told she's expected tr

breaking news in montgomery county tonight. police have arrested an 18-year-old for stabbing a pregnant woman near the wheaton mall this afternoon. police say it happened behind a school there. investigators are calling it a domestic-related crime. we're trying to learn more about the woman's condition and a possible motive. we'll have an update later in our broadcast. to our weather now. people in florida are already bracing for hermine as the tropical storm inches closer to land. it's been raining all day in tampa. ahead of tonight's redskins, bucs game. jason has more on the conditions, first we go to doug. he's in gaithersburg tracking the storm's path. hi, doug. >> reporter: you mentioned the fact that tampa's been seeing the rain all day. the redskins, you know, they tried to move the game one day early because hermine was going

to be macoming ashore tomorrow. a lot of rain is towards the tampa bay area. they've seen some flooding down there a little bit earlier today. take a look at the rain, this will be one wet game. we told you that on monday night. the storm itself, that's in the white there, you see the storm well down to the south and west of florida. take a look at the track. the latest, winds of 45 miles per hour moving to the north northeast at 7 miles per hour. it will move to the north of tampa, closer to the tallahassee area. this was something we told you yesterday, we expected a track to the west. further to the west and that's what's happened and bringing it towards our area. d.c. in the cone of uncertainty. what we're seeing with this storm the fact we think this may stick around, not just for a day, but maybe most of the labor day weekend. we're going to have much more on that. amelia draper and i will join you in a couple of minutes with the latest to what this storm means to your labor day weekend.

it's going to be wet down there. jason pugh is in tampa now with what we should be looking for in tonight's contest. jason? >> reporter: this game is so important for a lot of players on the redskins team. they're final chance to make an impression on this coaching staff. here are four things you want to watch for here at raymond james stadium. first and foremost the weather. the nfl is expecting the game to be played, despite the heavy rains and the weather. number two, the newest redskins defensive lineman veteran collin jenkins, he has a lot to show to the coaches before cut down day. then there's the young guys, they'll get a lot of action today. the quarterbacks, it's his show tonight. cravens the line backer and fuller, they'll get a ton of reps. logan paulson, one of the many fighting for roster spot. tonight a big opportunity for him. don't forget, you can watch

at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. we'll have more on the weather and how that will impact this game coming up later in sports. that's going to do it for me at raymond james stadium. i'll send it back to you in studio. thank you, jason. now to a bizarre case in montgomery county. man accused of posing as a police officer and preying on prostitutes. today that man was convicted in a case where prosecutors say he actually attacked a woman with a knife. new at 6:00. pat collins talked with the victim and he joins us from outside the courthouse in rockville, pat? >> reporter: he pretended to be a john. then he pretended to be a cop. he ended up stabbing and wounding a prostitute with her own knife. a few minutes ago, by phone, the victim talked about that attack. >> i fought back with him. i wasn't letting him tie me up

i fought back and got ahold of my knife. and he shoved me into the share and the knife went into my side. >> reporter: we call her monica, she's a 22-year-old prostitute. for obvious reasons we're concealing her identity. she was stabbed and wounded in this hotel room by a man posing as a cop. that man, 38-year-old larry steele convicted today of that assault. monica was in court for that. when you saw him in court, what was that like today? >> reporter: i couldn't really look at him. you know, i tried my hardest not to look his way because it was just bringing back memories. like flash backs. i tried not to look at him. >> reporter: the scene the radisson hotel in rockville, police say steele posed as a john, then a cop and then came the assault. he said he was a cop?

>> reporter: he said he wanted to arrest you? >> correct. >> reporter: but you think he had other intentions? >> yes. i didn't see any reason why he would want to tie me up with, you know, sheets and pillowcases. >> reporter: larry steele has 11 aliases. police say he has a criminal history that includes distributing drugs on school property. distribution of heroin. receiving stolen property. forgery, robbery and frequenting a baudy house. the victim had 14 stitches in her side as a result of that attack. larry steele is scheduled to be sentenced in a few weeks, he could get up to ten years for this. jim, back to you. thanks, pat. tropical storm hermine is about to take aim at florida. coming up next we'll get a live report f

board up and head out. maryland's governor has taken executive action requiring schools to start after labor day. many school districts are against that. we'll hear both sides of the debate. coming up on news 4, a delayed response for a 911 call when man was trapped beneath a tree. i'm mark seagraves and i'll tell you how the

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i'm here in kensington maryland near wheaton mall. you can see this crime scene tape on the other side where montgomery police are investigating a stabbing. right now they are trying to determine why an 18-year-old man allegedly stabbed a 19-year-old pregnant woman. let's show you some video from chopper 4. police say this was a domestic stabbing, that happened near crossway community school around 3:20 this eervening. they tell thus couple is not affiliated with the school. police say the woman was stabbed in the upper body. medics drove her to a trauma center. we do not know her condition. investigators tell me this is a domestic stabbing. they won't say if the suspect is the father of the unborn baby. police arrested him and they say that plain clothes officers spotted him, he allegedlyto

officers tasered him. back out here, now police are continuing to figure out what exactly happened. they interviewed some people about it. and we'll bring you details as they become available on our nbc washington app. in kensington, news 4. thank you. thousands of across florida a along the east coast are bracing for what could be a rough holiday weekend thanks to tropical storm hermine. people are prepping sand bags and boarding up. land fall is expected near cedar key florida. jay gray is there live with more. >> reporter: a break in the rain right now, it has been intense at times throughout the afternoon here. there's a hurricane watch and voluntary evacuation order in effect here right now. and forecasters warn hermine could reach hurricane level. thousands acrosfl

what they can. >> i don't know what i would do without this man here. >> reporter: as the storm inches closer to the coast, governor rick scott warned time is running out. >> we have storm surge, we're going to have rain, we have the risk of tornado. and this is going to go across the state. >> reporter: conditions are infence tying and there is early flooding. near tampa a woman was pulled from the car. a state of emergency has been declared in 42 counties ahead of land fall expected friday morning. right now the strike point looks somewhere near cedar key. >> we're going to restrict access to the city. if you don't have to be down here, don't. >> reporter: the system could dump as much as 15 inches of rain in some areas as it pushes across florida, georgia, the carolinas and into the waters of the atlantic where forecast models show it could make a second hit along the new england coast by labor day. right now, more than 8,000

stand by ready to deploy across the state. that's the latest live here in cedar key, florida. i'm jay gray. thank you, we've got the storm track in our nbc washington app for you to look at right now. just open up our interactive radar and you can follow the storm no matter where you are. > a 911 operator delayed sending rescue teams to a car crash in rock creek park earlier this week. it happened because the operator could not figure out the location of the accident. mark seagraves right now is here with a story you'll only see on news 4. >> reporter: good evening. it was right behind me where the tree fell on the car, trapping the driver. right where rock creek parkway becomes beach drive, by the connecticut avenue exit. and despite the 911 caller giving the operator that exact location, the operator was unsure and delayed six minutes before she sent help. the first 11

in at 6:05 p.m. fire and medical units weren't dispatched until 6:11 because the 911 operator was unsure of the location. >> i think it took some time to figure out exactly where this incident was occurring. again, we had multiple addresses. we had multiple locations. >> reporter: district officials would not release the 911 tape but did allow news 4 to listen to it. the caller can be heard clearly describing the location as rock creek parkway just after the connecticut avenue exit. the 911 operator insists on either an intersection or a street address. >> this is a very important issue. we're going to be looking at this, obviously. >> reporter: the d.c. office of unified communications hopes to have better technology by next year. that would enable 911 operators to pinpoint the location of every 911 call. >> when next generation 911 comes, we'll be

tell where you are in a building by a cell phone call. >> reporter: now, we do have some good news to report. the man who was trapped in that mangled car that you saw, his condition has been upgraded to stable. and in a bit of an ironic twist as a profession that man who had a tree land on him, he's an arborist. that's the latest, we're live in rock creek park. mark seagraves news 4. red light cameras are being triggered at a fast pace around the district. but not by cars. turns out, cyclists have been setting off the cameras because they're rolling through red lights. it's happened well over 1,500 times recently. that's according to information obtained in our freedom of information act request by news 4. at one intersection in the blooming dale neighborhood it's happened almost 300 times. after the redskins game tonight transportation reporter adam tuss has the report on the number of violations. changes to the course d

we'll report what you need to know if you plan to attend or navigate around town during one of the biggest events of the year. i'm tracy wilkins, coming up on news 4. parents are rea ct

there's still a few days away, but it appears

that tropical storm hermine could mess up your holiday plans. >> storm team 4 is tracking the developments. let's start with doug, he's in gaithersburg this evening. >> reporter: yeah, hi doreen. we're out in gaithersburg close to damascus. they're not worried about a tropical storm this weekend. they're having their party today. i mean, the amazing thing. take a look at the house here. we've got the house. and then i'm like, lest take a look at the back yard. my goodness, you guys have made the back yard your home. you really have. tom you said this has been a thing for you for 12 years you've really done all the way. >> absolutely. love outdoor living and every year we do a little something extra. >> reporter: he did tell me he did look on the inside of the house first. >>ish. >> reporter:ish. you love the out doors. >> i would love it more with a pool, just saying. >> reporter: you guys said a lot of times you will have football practice back here. you'll bring everybody. >> absolutely.

pick up lacrosse games. >> reporter: there's a ton of kids, half left for football practice, the other half left for cheer leading. this is your son, i'm going to let him talk. >> tom a. >> reporter: thank you for giving me that flavor ice. it was getting early. flavor ice, who loves flavor we all do. amelia this is what everybody was hoping they would get for labor day weekend. but we've been tracking the tropical storm that has 45 miles per hour winds. it will bring a mess for labor day but today it will impact the redskins game. >> exactly. tom and i looking at the latest radar in tampa. it's looking extremely soggy for the game. parts of florida sieeing three o six inches of rain and they'll continue to pick up more, about five to ten. it's going to be muggy at the gate. flooding in spots and

10-20 miles per hour. gametime temperatures in the upper 70s. here's the latest on hermine in our area. this forecast will continue to evolve, continue to update. i want to show you the latest imagery on storm team 4 radar. here is the system. you can see bringing heavy rainfall. especially to the tampa area. for us, here's the latest. rain looks to move in later in the day on saturday. it moves out sunday morning. we could see some wind damage right now with gusts up to 60 miles per hour. especially on saturday night. we'll likely be tracking heavy rainfall saturday night. so for flooding concerns, all eyes right now will be on saturday night. that will change. tom and i will keep you up to date. doug is ready to come in as well. we'll be on top of the storm as it does unfortunately impact our labor day plans. whether you're here or head ain to the beaches. saturday, rain moves in, rain moves out sunday morning. it's windy at

days. winds will be a little bit stronger than here in our area. on saturday, a high temperature of 74 around 70 on sunday. labor day, though, looking like the best day, around 80 with increasing sunshine. our weather underground temperatures continuing to come in in the upper 80s and low 90s. 89 degrees in washington. it was hot today. not as hot tomorrow but still a little muggy. 73 at the bus stop. maybe a shower have the umbrella handy. you only need the small umbrella. light showers possible. overall cooler. 85 and we'll have more cloud cover as well. not feeling as summer-like tomorrow. and still, spectacular on friday. look at the high temperature, 83 degrees. plenty of cloudiness though but low humidity. over the weekend, those temperatures a big change from what we were talking about yesterday. mid 70s on saturday and sunday. here on labor day, a high of 84. next at 6:00,

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governor hogan today gives students in maryland an extra week of vacation. >> starting next year public schools won't begin until after labor day and the school year will be required to end by june 15th. >> studies have shown that starting school after labor day will have no adverse effects whatsoever. but that it will actually provide a substantial boost to maryland's economy. >> the governor says it will allow families extra time together and benefit maryland businesses as well. prince georges bureau chief tracy wilkins has some of the fallout on this. >> reporter: this is something that has been debated in maryland for years. even the o'malley administration considered this. today, governor hogan took a step. >> that is amazing. >> reporter: dawn carter student at wise high school couldn't be happier about how her school year is going to start off next year.

of us. we get a lot of time to chillax. >> reporter: the maryland governor hogan signed an executive order that will mandate the state's 180 school year begin after labor day and end by june 15th. it's a change that's expected to yield an additional $74 million in economic activity for the state. >> this isn't just a family issue. it's an economic and public safety issue. >> reporter: the governor's announcement was well-received on facebook live. everyone wasn't cheering. >> i'm surprised by it. quite honestly. >> reporter: prince georges county executive baker who may be planning a run against governor hogan in 2018 believes this was a decision better left to each local jurisdiction. >> this sounds like what's best for ocean city and else where not what's good for the education of our children. >> reporter: the prince georges county

statement. many districts like ours would have to severely shorten our calendars to reduce spring and winter breaks, cut staff development days or eliminate non-state mandated holidays. parents we spoke with thought it was a great idea. >> i wanted to start after labor day. when i was in school it was always after labor day. >> reporter: now, if the school system wants to start earlier, they can apply for special exemption but they're going to have a really good reason. reporting live in upper marlboro. a jury is expected to get the case tomorrow in a trial of a man from maryland who has been charged in the death of his girlfriend's baby. closing arguments are set to begin in the morning. he's accused of killing his girlfriend's 23 month old son while the boy was in his care. it happened in river dale earlier this month. an autopsy revealed the boy died from blunt force trauma to t

he also suffered a lacerated liver. he says he found the baby unconscious after the child wandered off. russia is taking cred for killing the spokesman and chief strategist for isis. isis says its second in command abu mohammad al adnani was killed yesterday. officials are dismissing russia's claim. they have not confirmed he was killed. his death would be a major setback for the terror group. al adnani was known for his call for lone attacks in the west. for the first time in 55 years a commercial flight has travelled from the u.s. to cuba. it was a jetblue flight that left ft. lauderdale, florida, and then landed in santa clara in central cuba. it took approximately 72 minutes and that trip opens a new era of u.s. cuba trave

the peak of the cold war in 1961. soon as many as 110 flights a day from ten airlines will be operating between the two countries. from travel to cuba to expanding trade in virginia. governor terry mcauliffe was in washington to talk about a series of important issues. >> tom, mcauliffe is very close to the clintons and i'm curious to know if he had anything to say at all about the republican candidates, what appear to be a shifting stance on immigration? >> mcauliffe always has something to say. >> about anything. >> he's as close to clinton as you can get. he says on the immigration issues, trump has been all over the map. here's what he said. >> he's been very clear he originally wanted to round up the 11 million and send them all back to mexico. everybody knows that's not going to happen. beyond being impractical it's not going to happen in this country. he talks about buil a

it's not going to happen. >> he was very clear about that. he thinks virginia is not really a battle ground state. neither campaign is advertising because hillary clinton is so far ahead. he said democrats should not get complace complacent. >> we know every time governor mcauliffe comes into our hood he likes to talk about his interest in getting a new redskins stadium in virginia. >> he told us he's been meeting with team owners trying to get the team in loudon county. we asked him about that today. he was at the redskins charity event. so was jack evans, the council member from ward 2. they had a -- put up boxing gloves, they both want the team in their jurisdictions. if it stays in prince georges or goes anywhere, no jurisdiction is going to pay the billion dollars or so it cost to build that stadium. that will have to come from the

team. >> all right. >> thank you. >> they will have to decide, there is only like ten years left on the lease in prince georges county. in order to build the stadium the governor said you have to make a decision next year. >> it takes a lot of time. >> and a lot of money. a lot of political capital being spent. >> indeed. we know you'll keep us posts. ahead, the fight over funding as top health officials try to stop the spread of the zika virus. >> metro's safe track program has been an inconvenience for a lot of people. this year it's taking aim at some big events. the marine corp marathon concerts, what about playoff games? i'll tell you about all that coming up. and i'm just chilling in front of the kait pond. but i'm checking out the nbc washington app. we're looking at a couple of storms, one down towards the culpepper

t tampa about to get walloped with harder rain. going to be interesting to see if they play this game tonight. we're tracking the latest with tropical storm hermine d what itan m

montgomery county is doubling down on the mosquito spraying efforts because of concerns about the zika virus and west nile virus. if you live new gaithersburg you're being told to stay indoors tomorrow night. you may see inspectors going door to door throughout the weekend to inspect properties. as the zika virus continues to swirl in small pockets of florida. health experts gathered in washington. nih calls the lack of emergency funding for the virus an inexplicable situation. the institute

for research and vaccine development. >> people tend to not get upset about it because it's like it's somebody else's problem. when you get a situation where people start to think it's somebody else's problem, then you get apathy. >> the centers for disease control and prevention says it is nearly out of money to fight zika. congress returns to session next tuesday. florida's governor will be in d.c. to press lawmakers for funding. the outbreak of hepatitis a that stems from strawberries from a smoothie cafe chain is growing. there are more than 50 cases across four states. >> 40 in virginia. the rest in maryland, west virginia, and north carolina. it's all linked to frozen strawberries used at tropical smoothie cafes. the contaminated strawberries have been pulled from the stores. health officials say more cases could still come to light

because symptoms can take up to 50 days to appear. changes to the marine corp marathon in light of metro's safe track repair. tropical storm hermine moving closer to florida. teoser look at the pontial

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be impacted. our transportation reporter adam tuss is outside the rosalyn station with a closer look. >> reporter: hey, yeah, concerts, sporting events, you name it. metro is saying absolutely no to any early openings or late closing for special events. yes, the marine corp marathon will be impacted this year by safe track. there are other events to keep in mind as well. bruce springsteen tomorrow night. no late closing for metro. you'll have to be inside the navy yard station at 11:20 to catch the last train that connects with the red line. that's playoff games that could go late this year. metro will not stay open past midnight. back to the marathon. more details emerging about how the huge race will need to adjust. metro which usually opens early at 5:00 a.m. on race day will not be opening early. >> under the safe track program, metro will not begin service until

morning. >> the marathon officially starts at 7:55 a.m. that doesn't leave much time to get to the starting line on a train. officials say they're not going to switch the start time to a later time. but they'll have things like runners only shuttle buss to the starting line and they'll add more parking. they'll keep the starting line open longer. this is the race director for the marathon. >> this is our 41st marathon and i've done 23 as a race director. i think i can say probably 22 of those marathons have been with chan chan change. >> reporter: the marathon will go through more sections of arlington. the 10 k will be exclusively in virginia. regardless, the show will go on. just with some adjusting. just for a little bit more perspective when metro opens early for the marine corp marathon at 5:00 a.m. they

about 24,000 riders to get down to the starting line early. back to you. >> all right. thanks. we have a question should metro make exceptions for an open early or close late for special events during the safe track effort? we posted that question on the nbc washington facebook page. the results are right there. 53% say yes. metro should make exceptions. 47% say no. the repairs are worth it. back to our weather forecast now. all eyes are on tropical storm hermine, doug is in gaithersburg with the latest, sounds like this is a shifting situation, doug. >> reporter: yeah, it really is. you know, plans are going to be shifting as well. you know, over the next couple of days, obviously, everybody has plans for labor day weekend. it doesn't matter it it's the beach or mountains or no matter what you're doing. this man was going to tear a

roof off the house, you're not doing that now? >> negative. >> reporter: i'm glad i was here to help you. make sure that everything went okay. thank you for bringing us over here today. i really appreciate that. thank you for having us at your house. you guys have a good time? >> thank you for coming it's been so much fun. it's been a great day. thank you. >> reporter: tom, thank you for providing us with everything. what did you have planned for labor day weekend? football? >> parties. >> reporter: everybody asked me about an 8:15 game on saturday morning. i think you'll get ingathe game but the storm comes later. we'll send it back to amelia. we're tracking hermine, but tracking some storms out there right now. >> exactly. one lone storm on storm team 4 radar in culpepper moving towards the east. and it's moving towards stafford and faulkner county.

it's dry. tomorrow have the umbrella handy. you could be deal ing with a shower during the day. most of you day completely dry. h it's not going to be hot or humid outside and we're continuing to keep a close eye on tropical storm hermine. and how it's going to impact our area. the forecast likely changing. but we get to the latest forecast in just a second. tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., we hit 73. here is the latest track as it moves at about 7 mooiiles per h. it continues up the coast into our area. it looks like the time period of greatest concern here is going to being saturday night. ing and of course that could change. as new information continues to come in, the latest model runs still supporting all eyes on saturday night. here's your labor day weekend outlook. saturday right moves in during the late

saturday night we're tracking heavy rain falls, gusty winds. we could be dealing with flooding, wind gusts could produce wind damage. we haven't dealt with a tropical system since irene back in 2011. on sunday, rain moves out around the midday hours. sunday night not looking bad and most importantly labor day is salvageable looking really nice. we'll have sunshine and comfortab comfortable temperatures. you can see our 10 day forecast. friday low 80s. that's windows open ac off kind of weather. nice start saturday morning but plenty of clouds in place. the rain moves in later on the day in saturday. weather alert saturday and sunday. mid 70s saturday and sunday. 84 for labor day. >> that final preseason game tonight going to be wet but not necessarily a wash we're told. also, we're hearing that kirk cousins is stepping up even

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back here on news 4. jason pugh standing by. two different locations, i'm in climate control and he's at raymond james stadium. jason, it's been nasty there all day. set the scene for us. are they going to get this game on? >> reporter: they're going to get this game in. i was on the field just a little while ago. the fiel i

guys sliding all over the place tonight. they're going to get this game in. it's a playable field condition. the biggest thing, that will stop this game from being played has to be the lightning. i want to show you video we shot just a little while ago. you see the field crew here taking the tarp off the field. here at raymond james stadium. again, it's been raining all day here in tampa. it's been a short practice week for both of these teams. the game being moved up, redskins players actually flew in this morning. this game could make or break a few guys' career, a few key veterans did make the trip. defensive lineman ricky gene francois. he has some advice for the young guys tonight. >> you want the job you'll see how bad you want it. don't like to the sidelines. just go out there and have fun. have fun. so it don't be so tiring, you be breathing and looking to coach to show some mercy to you. you know he ain't gong

it to you. i believe a lot of these guys is going to come out, do what they got to do and have ball. i'll be on the sideline with water and a oxygen tank, which one you want first, i'm going to give it to you. >> reporter: don't expect him to play at all tonight. he is a veteran a key veteran on this redskins team. kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. here on nbc 4. i'll send it back to you in that cozy comfortable studio. >> thanks. 50 players in tampa right now, the starters most of them stayed behind for good reason. the annual welcome home luncheon. deshawn jackson and company happy to lunch for a good cause. former nbc 4 sports anchor lindsay was the emcee of the event. she took the day off special from espn. kirk cousins bought the entire team the tommy bahama shirts they're wearing. i'm sure you noticed them. he had hoped they would wear them to the trip to tampa. cousins organized a team outi

game. players are looking forward to getting together and watch it. >> it will be good, a good team bonding, just, you know, watching the guys trying to see who does well. >> it will be weird because we're watching from a tv screen instead of out on the sideline. but it will be fun. >> we rooting our guys on. it's hard to pull us off the field when they're scoring and we're not in. it will be difficult to keep us quiet when they score. we'll be rooting the guys on and hopefully they go out there and take care of business. >> trying the tcb tonight. roster spots up for grabs. the game moved up, that means several of your wednesday nbc programs have moved around. we'll show the show listing information on the nbc washington app. ♪ through the night were so -- ahh.

♪ was that star-spangled banner yet waved ♪ >> what a moving moment, the young man singing the anthem at today's welcome home luncheon his name is malik. he forgot some of the lines, the crowd picks it up and they sing it together. it was a special national anthem today. for the redskins and for everybody there. got goose bumps. amazing voice. the nerves it takes to get up in front of those people. 24 alumni sitting there watching him. the coolest part of watching all of that is seeing the old guys, greg owens, darryl green is there. doug williams giving out the trophy. that was the coolest part. >> could you stand up and sing in front of them? >> are you kidding me. >> no way. you could know otthe words, standing up there all by yourself. >> you know, he had the words on his cell phone.

>> thanks carol. >> we've killed enough time, thanks for joining us. >> we think we have the game at 8:00 p.m. >> nbc nightly news is coming up next. >> we'll see luann bennett. after losing her husband to cancer, she raised three boys here in northern virginia and grew the family business. a single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. i'm luann bennett. in business, you bring everyone to the table

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