effect for the state of florida as well. the track itself moving to the north. winds are 75 miles an hour moving to the east-northeast at 14 miles per hour. the latest track, once again, shift it is farther to the south and east. that gives us a lot more confidence today that d.c. westward we'll be okay. off the beaches here, on saturday evening in to sunday, much more on that amelia has the latest. >> maryland, delaware, parts of virginia, we're going to look at this weekend and we'll keep an eye on it. saturday night in

we'll be talking some heavy rainfall and some gusty, damaging wind. right now, they will get the latest information and adding that in to our coverage. tropical storm continues are possible this weekend. again, damaging winds. we could see gusts anywhere from 60 to 70 miles an hour. again, saturday night in to sunday right now is that key time period. winds that strong produce damage. flooding threat as well with rain in the forecast. stay alert to the forecast. it is and will be changing. here's the latest, windy all three days. temperatures in the 70s. flooding and damaging winds. >> much more on the impact in the d.c. and metro area.

a minute. >> hermine is expected to make landfall in florida tonight. governor rick scott put more than 50 counties under a state of emergency and closed state offices to give people more time to prepare. some homeowners are deciding to ride out the path. there could be possible tornadoes and storm surge. the radar in the nbc washington app goes all the way down the coast. >> you can add the latest track of hermine by clicking on the layers button in the top right. back to breaking news right now in the district where police are investigating a double shooting along 16th street in southeast. news4's shomari stone just got there. what are you learning? >> reporter: there are two separate shootings. on the other s

crime spree tape, a juvenile was shot. that teen is in critical condition. transported to a hospital. you can see the shell casings. move a little to the left and that's another crime scene. i just found out that a pizza delivery man working on the job, he was shot. he's also with serious injuries at a hospital. detectives are out here trying to see if they are connected. and now we will hear from the police. >> we located an adult male who is a pizza

his injuries are in the lower body but it's extremely serious at this time. >> it's always unfortunate regardless of if it's someone elder in the neighborhood or a child. it's always unfortunate when it happens. >> reporter: you have two separate scenes. people are asking if it's delated. we don't know. homicide detectives are trying to figure it out right now. one is critical. one has serious injuries. we're waiting for the latest on that. you can see these dogs. these folk tell me they walk in this neighborhood, walk their dogs on the usual path. they can't go that way because there is crime scene tape covering the street so now they will have to go this way and figure out the best way to get home. they are obviously upset about all of this. we'll continue to bring you updates as they become available on our nbc washington app. i'm shomari

a father. this evening, a young man is in custody accused of stabbing the mother of his unborn child. >> tonight, the baby is clinging to life. news4's darcy spencer is where the suspect made an appearance. darcy? >> that's right. he said very little in court. according to charging documents, he confessed to the crime. he said he didn't want to be a dad and wasn't ready to be a dad. the judge set his bond at $5 million. his defense attorney said he wanted it set at $100,000. he said he's never been accused of a crime and this is a shock to the family. >> dakota brothers has never been in trouble with the law before but now could spend the rest of his life in prison. according to charging documents, brothers stabbed the 19-year-old

and neck because he was not ready to be a father. >> he doesn't have a prior record. he doesn't have a juvenile record or a criminal record. he's only an adult for five days. >> reporter: on wednesday afternoon, the 19-year-old victim agreed to meet brothers here along the path in kensington. documents show that they had consensual sex but then he strangled her unconscious. he told detectives he wanted the victim and the baby to die. >> the child is alive. the child is in a dire situation and in a local hospital. >> reporter: the victim was about six months pregnant. she was rushed to the hospital in serious condition. the baby, a little girl, delivered by caesarean section, had to be revived. she's still clinging to life. the baby's father just turned 18 days before the crime and started back at einstein high school in wheaton where he's a sophomore on monday. the victim is a senior there. prosecutors could bring more chargese

injuries hinging on her health when she was born. >> we need to talk to the doctors about the condition of the child and once that information is obtained from us medically, we'll know whether or not we have additional potential charges that could be brought. >> reporter: coming up at 6:00, what happened during this attack that made him stop and run away. >> darcy spencer, thank you. the president of georgetown university apologizing for the slave trade. the school sold nearly 300 slaves to pay off its debt. go to the nbc washington app to learn more about this part of the school's history. today's apology is part of a plan to try to make amends to the descendents of those slaves. news4's mark segraves has reaction. mark? >> reporter: that apology is still going on behind me.

nearly 200 years ago, georgetown university probably would not be here today. and today, the president is apologizing and setting forth a plan to move forward and that plan and apology wasn't lost on the students. it was 1838, georgetown university was on the verge of bankruptcy. the school's leaders at the time decided to sell 272 slaves the jesuits owned in maryland. maxine lives outside of baton rouge. she never knew her great-great-great grandfather was a slave until "the new york times" reporter told her. now she feels a connection to the school. >> they did the work. they did it. and became something and brought us to where we are. so we are all a part of that. >> reporter: earlier this summer, the president of the university met with dozens of

bring them into the georgetown community. >> that sale saved georgetown. >> reporter: today, he made a public apology before hundreds of students. >> a very encouraging development. i like to see that the school is openly acknowledging its history. >> i think it's great that it is happening. >> reporter: in addition, the university is undertaking several other steps to atone for the way it treated the slaves. including renaming two buildings that were named for the priests who oversaw the selling of the slaves. they will now be named in honor of african-americans. while the university is offering preference for admissions, many people think the university should go a step further and offer scholarships to the descendents. >> a lot of things were built on other people's backs. where we can support them in more meaningful ways, we should. >> reporter: now, the university would not allow reporters to attend the president's speech and wouldn't make the president available to answer questions about the specifics of the plan. one thing we do know that they g

archives so the descendents can trace their roots and find out more about their family members who were owned and sold by the university. that's the very latest, live on the campus of georgetown, mark segraves, news4. >> mark, thank you. new developments in the deadly pedestrian accident in loudoun county. leaders are pushing for safety changes. a 5-month-old baby was hit as the mother walked across the street in lansdowne. there are some changes that neighbors want to make. david culver is joining me. david? >> reporter: you can see this steep decline that cars take to this intersection, riverside and kip hart drive. those who live hearsay proposed safety changes may not have prevented yesterday's tragedy but they do hope and believe it could prevent another. >> it's

misses there have been. i've had other people that i know in the neighborhood that have had. >> reporter: bev vererly beverl lansdowne her home for 12 years. >> something else needs to be done. >> reporter: she says wednesday's tragedy, a devastating reminder of needed change. deputies say the driver of this suv hit a mom and her son as they crossed riverside parkway. she had just dropped her older child off at school. the impact took the baby boy's life. >> and i've crossed several times myself and you can see the issues. >> reporter: we took the safety concerns to ralph, loudoun county supervisor. he says that future tragedies could be avoided. >> you have a lot of hills and curves. as you go to the west, you have three more unsignalized crosswalks, all of

limited visibility. >> reporter: the hilly landscape makes it hard to see the crosswalks and cars creep well above the 40-mile-per-hour speed limit. any changes are up to v-d.o.t. to make. >> we talked to them yesterday and talked to them today and this afternoon. >> reporter: in the meantime, they are focused on public awareness. >> we've got to do something to get the drivers' attention and part of it is a driver education issue. >> reporter: the sheriff's office has not filed any charges against the driver in this case but they have ruled out drugs and ruled out alcohol. they are looking in to the possibility of distracted driving but that has not been concluded quite yet. coming up all new at 6:00, i heard back from v-d.o.t. they concluded a test of this intersection and i'll tell you what their findings show in

next hour. david culver, news4. >> thank you, david. well, only on news4, postal workers busted for mishandling the mail. what happened when they were caught tossing your letters into the trash. and donald trump's long awaited speech on illegal immigration last night. we sepatera

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new developments involving the head start program in prince georges county. three of the employees have been fired and three more have been disciplined and it's been recommended that they be fired. this all stems from several incidents that led to the county losing a $6.5 million federal grant. the program was under a federal investigation for months. it allegedly revealed poor instructor training and alleged abuse of students. two children were forced to hold objects over their heads for long period of time for punishment for their behavior. kevin maxwell released a statement saying today i have taken disciplinary action against six individuals including certified classroom aides and an administrator

supervisor. >> in the race for the white house, fear may be causing 80% of donald trump's supporters and 62% of hillary clinton's supporters would be scared if the other side wins. that survey shows clinton with a 7% lead over trump. 76% of people think that the third-party candidates should be allowed in the debates. >> we are taking a closer look at donald trump's speech on immigration, one that the clinton campaign is calling his darkest yet. the crowd loved it. trump twisted facts leading up to his speech. >> reporter: trump promised to remove

in the united states if easy elected and they are here illegally. >> honestly, we've been hearing that number for years. it's always 11 million. our government has no idea. it could be 3 million, could be 30 million. >> reporter: not true, says factcheck.org. >> the 11 million figure is verified by organizations that have agreed on this number of 11 million. >> president obama and hillary clinton have engaged in gross, dereliction of duty by surrendering the safety of the american people to open borders. >> reporter: trump took aim with hillary clinton's immigration plan and in the days leading up to this powerful speech, he said that clinton plans to close

southern border, an exaggeration, says factcheck.org. >> you need detention centers. what she's talking about is the practice of having these centers run by private contractors. she said that this is a critical government function and it should be run by the government. >> reporter: before outlining his own plan, trump turned from mexico to syria. >> watch what happens, folks. it's not going to be pretty. this includes her plan to bring in 120,000 new refugees from syria and that reason. >> reporter: factcheck.org said it's not clear how many she would allow but during a democratic debate in 2013, she said she would allow as many as 65,000. president obama is proposing 10,000 for

which begins october 1st. the number of syrian refugees allowed in the united states will be set before a new office takes office in january. i'm tracy davidson, news4. >> tracking a lot here in the hurricane center, hurricane hermine and the latest information and you'll talk about the impact this will have because it depends on where you live. >> the beaches will be hardest hit. we've been seeing that hold true all day today. >> what we're dealing with currently, this does not have to do with hermine. now we are seeing storms over perhaps annapolis and leesburg, right over hyattsville coming down 270 and down towards the leesburg area. first off, a couple of storms around the annapolis and crownsville area and then take a loo

here. a couple of storms are dropping heavy rain. heads up, we still have rain as we move through the night tonight. now, where it's really raining, this is hurricane hermine and, again, it's down to the south just to the west of the tampa area. very heavy rainfall. a feeder band is going to have incredible amounts of rain. the eye itself has formed today and it's still a strengthening hurricane in the latest advisory as of 5:00 has it making its way on shore tonight as an 80-mile-an-hour hurricane. that will make its way up the

coast. this becomes a subtropical storm. the winds will remain on the high side. 50 miles per hour after 2:00, coming up here on saturday. and then where does it go? it stalls and the national hurricane center, all the models, and a huge impact on the weekend, you're going to get affected somehow. >> if you're heading to the beach, i couldn't cancel your plans just yet but i'd come up with a plan b. maybe stay here if you can or head to the mountains where it's virtually dry. those areas in pink, all of the beaches up through new jersey under a tropical storm watch this weekend. what does a tropical storm watch mean? sustained winds of 40 to 70 miles are possible. winds that strong producend

damage. with 3 to 6 inches of rain, flooding is likely. the impacts here, minor impacts. gusts up to 30. you will have some major impact at the beaches, especially saturday night into sunday. before saturday does, gorgeous tomorrow. >> fantastic friday. that's right, amelia. temperatures only around 83 degrees. look at that friday. beautiful weather, plenty of sunshine. most of us on saturday have a nice afternoon. 57 degrees and a chance of shower. best chance is down to the south and east. and this could be a record-breaking heatwave. a lot going on. >> doug, thank you. breaking news right now out of prince georges county. a man was found guilty for the death of his girlfriend's toddler but why the prosecution says it is

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we broke this story on the nbc washington app. >> three postal workers are being charged with messing with the mail. a series of unrelated cases in quick succession in maryland. the mail was either stolen or trashed. scott macfarlane explains from our newsroom. >> in gaithersburg, a man is charged with illegally opening somebody else's mail. the workers stole gift cards from inside and cashed one in at the macy's in hagerstown. she'll be in court on a misdemeanor charge later this month. and then two other cases of letter carriers are accused of dumping their mail in the trash. an employee in bethesda charged with dumping 100 pieces of mail. the letter carrier said he was afraid he'd be getting in trouble for bringing unreturned mail back to the office.

tossed mail in a trash can at a gas station near her home. agency records reviewed today by news4 show more than 1600 investigations in to mail theft by employees last year alone. a third of them led to arrests. scott macfarlane, news4. >> i'm adam tuss at the bay bridge. a new crossing here across the chesapeake. the governor says he wants that but there have been studies done in the past on that.

there is new reaction in a prince george's county case. >> a woman got a phone call from work telling her that her son had died. tracee wilkins is live outside of the courthouse in upper marlboro with that reaction. tracee? >> reporter: this has been a very difficult to sit through, especially for the mother in this case. while he was not found guilty of all charges, he was found guilty of enough to possibly land him from prison for 65 years. the state argued that osman sesay killed his girlfriend's

the child. the two lived together in riverdale at the time. a few hours after jalloh left the home, the child became unresponsive. he suffered injuries due to blunt-force trauma, including a lacerated or torn liver, bruises to his torso and a severe brain injury. sesay, the only other person in the house, the prosecutors say, beat the child to death. here is the prince george's county state's attorney. >> when you have an adult and 2-year-old child, you don't know what happened. to prove exactly what happened, you know, you have to figure out a way to prove that. i would fund it difficult and i think the attorney did the best that she could with what evidence she had. >>

resulting in death, a 40-year sentence attached to it. we're satisfied that the jury did the best it could to reach a clear verdict and we received that verdict and we'll be asking for every day of it. >> sesay will be sentenced in november. reporting live, upper marlboro, back to you in the studio. the official word from miami tonight, mosquitos are still testing positive for the virus there. >> state officials say they are not surprised, just disappointed. 37 cases of nontravel-related zika have been reported in florida. today, the development doesn't mean every mosquito is infected. of the 25 tested, three have tested positive for the

>> millions of honey bees may have been wiped out due to the mosquito spraying. their entire bee colony started dying. scientists are taking soil and honey samples to confirm if it is to blame. >> if you live in the strawberry knoll area, you are asked to stay inside starting at 7:30 for the mosquito spraying. >> earlier this week, we told you about maryland's plan to study a new bay bridge crossing. is it realistic or just wishful thinking. adam tuss is live with a look at what makes this study different. >> reporter: you know, since the governor announced this whole plan, people have been saying why is this

the exact location for future cropping. >> reporter: at the heart of the matter, a better ride. >> i think anything that would expedite traffic over the bridge would be good. >> reporter: but where, oh where, would be the best place for a new crossing. >> i don't know where it should go but it would be useful. >> reporter: a previous study in 2006 examined individual zones up and down the bay. that study never picked an exact location. that is going to change. >> governor hogan's administration says you have to start somewhere and this is a starting point. >> reporter: we will have a very active public involvement process, listen for us, we'll be out, we'll be asking for input. >> reporter: but still, as bad as bay bridge traffic can be, there are critics of this entire $5 million study. stewart schwartz is with the coalition for smarter growth.

governor or secretary are setting priorities for transportation in maryland. that should have been task number one on the roadway network. >> reporter: bridge traffic can be addressed by other techniques like tolls that will push drivers to cross the bridge at different times of the day regardless, this study is now in motion. as you look at the bay bridge and the traffic going across now, some people say it's a much easier, simpler way to do a crossing here and it wouldn't cost as much money. >> if you live in northern virginia and feel like traffic is getting worse, fewer people are taking trains and buses and that's gotten more cars on the road. in june, metro ridership was down 15% at the virginia station. tonight, the transportation commission is going to

to those. ins to ease into the congestion. if you're headed for the springsteen concert, if you're taking metro, you'll have to leave the concert around 11:00 tonight. the last green line train from the navy yard with a guarantee connection leaves about 11:17 tonight. we have a list of other departure times and a work-around. some advice there from our nbc washington app. just search springsteen. he's been playing long concerts. >> for like 30 years. we're keeping an eye on hermine, tracking its possible impact on our region. and we're days away from the canonization of mother teresa. ook atl

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d.c.'s top cop is counting down her days for retirement. >> in a couple weeks, she'll start a new job with the nfl. >> doreen gentzler has more on what she had to

retiring to become the new security chief for the nfl. she spent her whole career at the d.c. police department, graduating from the police academy and starting out as a patrol officer. she's faced the fears that all police officers do. >> running in towards danger when the rest are running away. were there ever times when you were afraid? >> oh, yeah. i mean, being a police officer, there's never been moments of fear in the greer, that's just not being honest. it's a matter of managing your fear. you have to be able to manage your fear. >> never been involved in a police shooting before but she says she came very close a few tim

remarkable ride. the average tenure for a police chief is more like three years. her last day is september 17th. she'll report to work at the nfl two days later. we talked about all kinds of things. cathy lanier's story is pretty amazing. she was a 14-year-old dropout. hear what she says about that and one of the biggest challenges with this career change. it's something that every working woman will relate to. >> she's terrific. >> the days leading up to a wedding and you hope nothing goes wrong but for one couple, the wedding band they ordered never came through. that's when they called nbc 4 responds. and we're tracking hermine, the tropical storm that has

where and when it's expected to make landfall and how it could impact our holiday weekend here. and i'm tracking showers and thunderstorms in our area right now. a couple of storms in montgomery county, loudoun, fairfax, making its way across the region. an update on when it could affect your area. there it is right there spinning stf the coa

scott macfarlane here, red line trains are bypassing rh

debris. concrete and metal fell from the ceiling then. they reopened the station after the ceiling was structural sound but trains are bypassing rhode island station for metro on the red line. metro says to expect delays and said shuttle bypass service is now being requested back to you. >> hermine is taking aim at the florida gulf coast. >> folks there are dealing with rough surf, gray skies, empty beaches. the storm is bearing down on the state and homeowners are doing whatever they can to make sure that they are ready. >> we've done everything that we can to prepare. >> the governor has declared a state of emergency in more than 50 counties and has closed state f

mandatory and officials are warning people who defy that mandatory evacuation order that if you get in trouble when this storm hits and you call 911, they will not come to help you. that is how dire this is. >> plenty of warnings, too. doug is joining us now. how far away are we talking about before we start to feel these effects in our region? >> it's going to be a while. we have storms in our area but it's not because of tropical storm hermine or hurricane hermine. they are coming in as a cold front. it's bringing in a couple of showers and thunderstorms. here they are right now through montgomery county, loudoun, fairfax, prince william and annapolis. here are the storms now. the biggest one around gaithersburg and another one to the south of the airport through chantilly and centreville and

region. this one and this whole line making its way down 270. doristown, you're about to get it. i'm not expecting this to be strong but gaithersburg and then down 270 and rockville, that's where we will see this. down to the south, we're looking at the radar and you'll notice where this hurricane is. you've got hurricane hermine here and this storm is really wrapping up now. it's a very well-defined eye. we're seeing the eye wall becoming better this organized. a tornado watch is in effect. there is a tendency to spawn tornadoes and we have warnings in portions of florida. where will this go from here? the latest advisory at 5:00, 70 to 75 miles an hour. on that trak,

close to tallahassee. it's expected to come on the shore as an 85-mile-an-hour hurricane. on saturday, it's to the south and east of norfolk. right off our coastline by saturday evening, this track came back to the west yesterday and is now going back to the east. the storm is now expected to be farther off the coast. that means much less of an impact in the d.c. metro area. the beaches, a completely different story. tropical storm watch down towards virginia, maryland and delaware up towards the jersey shore and virginia beach and even parts of the northern neck here along the bay, a tropical storm watch is in effect. what does that mean? winds upwards of 40 to 60 miles per hour. wind damage and beach erosion and flooding is possible. this is going to be like a nor'easter because it's going to sit in this area for the next 20 to 40 hours.

low humidity across our region on your friday. saturday, chance of storms. down to the south and east of d.c. most of us on saturday will be dry with temperatures in the 70s. 74 on sunday. best chance of rain. once again, d.c. to the east, if you're going back to the mountains, no problem there. look what happens. we get hot on wednesday, thursday, friday, saturday. a potential for record-breaking heat making its way our way. wendy? >> thanks, doug. we are getting a look at the exact moment when that spacex rocket exploded on the launch pad at cape canaveral. spacex was conducting a test of an unmanned rocket when something went wrong this morning. after that first explosion sent flames and black smoke into the area, a second explosion occurred two 20 minutes later. the test was in advance of the planned launch on saturday to carry a private satellite in to orbit. no onewa

morning's explosion. time now for nbc 4 responds. the last thing any couple needs right before their wedding is a glitch. >> susan hogan is here to help sole have the mystery. >> that's right. the store where this couple ordered the bride's custom-made wedding band was not giving them any information on the whereabouts. after the jeweller went silent, nbc 4 responds vowed to help them get some answers. these newlyweds are all happy now. they had their wedding of their dream. but weeks before tieing the $2700 wedding band were unravel velg. >> july came around, we were expecting a call or a notification that her ring was ready and we did not hear anything. >> reporter: the clock was ticking. their

they ordered the ring back in may. >> we always had a promise that we'd get a call back and the call never came. >> reporter: when they finally heard from the jewelry store, they could not believe what they were told. >> when the order was put in initially back in may, the store had used a wrong skew number. so from then on, no work was performed. >> reporter: with no faith in the jewelry store to deliver the ring on time -- >> so we had to go and get a backup. >> reporter: the couple went and bought this wedding band somewhere else and paid an additional $3400. totally frustrated with how they were treated by the store, they called nbc 4 responds. >> after all those tries with the store, after all of the tries with corporate side, we weren't getting results and we had to do something different. we had to get something different. so i reached out to nbc and it was an

>> reporter: we contacted the jeweller and we were assured that the newlyweds would be made whole. >> they did come through at the end. they owed up to everything and agreed they dropped the ball and that was originally all we wanted was just a response. >> reporter: but we got them more than just a response. >> what they agreed to do was they gave a full refund for their ring as well as reimburse whatever expense was for the second ring. >> pretty cool, right? well, in total, the couple got more than $6,000 and now they have quite a story to tell. and if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, let us know about it. open up our nbc washington app and search responds. >> that's a beautiful ring, too. >> i know. it worked out. >> i'll say. good work. good for them, good for you. >> good for them. a developing story tonight about overweight americans. new figures from the centers for disease control reveal that a h

20% of residents in every state are overweight. colorado comes in next, louisiana the worst. virginia and maryland are in the 25, 30% range. d.c. is in better shape. 20, 25%. and west virginia is among the four worst states where more than 35% of it is residents are obese. there's a nationwide recall for macadamia nuts for a possible salmonella contamination. they were sold in 4 ounce and 2.25 ounce bags. there have been no reports of anyone getting sick but you can search macadamia nuts on our nbc washington app to learn more about the specific dates on the packages and how to contact the company for a refund. and we have a quick primetime programming note for you. we will

talent" and "running wild with bear" at 2:07 a.m. saturday morning. okay, ahead at 6:00, a warning about an irs scam making the rounds again. the four things to know befo

oh, it was quite a scene. >> we went to the spacex rocket that exploded and the cameras captured that whole fiery accident. the explosion is a big blow to the private space company. >> reporter: spacex confirms that it was testing the unmanned falcon rocket with the satellite on top when the explosion occurred thursday morning. the test was in advance of what was supposed to be a launch this saturday from the cape canaveral air force station. >> wow. >> reporter: no one, not even spacex founder can say what caused it, elom musk saying, "loss of falcon vehicle today during propel lant fill operation originated around upper stage oxygen tak,

more soon." buildings several miles away shook from the blast and the explosion continued for several minutes. this was supposed to be the companies ninth launch of 2016 after last december's historic launch of the 11 satellites atop of falcon rocket followed by a safe return to earth. but that success was preceded by several failures for private rocket companies to include the june 2015 spacex explosion shortly after liftoff. no one was hurt in thursday's blast but nearly $100 million in equipment was destroyed. hurricane hermine is hours away from making landfall and it will be the first hurricane to

years bringing high winds and a dangerous storm surge. it has the owe pension to impact labor day plans for people up and down the coast. >> as the hurricane gains strength, thousands of people are bracing for impact. we have team coverage. sarah rosario is on the ground but first we begin with doug and amelia. >> we've been tracking this storm and today it's become a hurricane. >> and it looked like yesterday was going to have a bigger impact on our area. thankfully, that's not the case. >> the storm itself coming together ofr the last few hours forming an eye. you can see that right in here to the north and west of tampa. that's where it will make