rigged election. >> our team coverage begins with steve handelsman at the debate hall at the university of nevada las vegas. hi, steve. >> reporter: hi, doreen, thanks, good evening. here at unlv tonight, this could get crazy at times but these two candidates have different goals. hillary clinton now ahead in all the critical polls wants to hold what she's got, not make mistakes, not get wounded. donald trump's the one who needs a big turnaround at this debate. donald trump's advisers are urging him to make the case that hillary clinton is corrupt. >> she went from dead broke in the white house to being a quarter of a billionaire. people at least have a right to know how they made that money. >> trump, trump, trump! >> reporter: ignoring advice and with no evidence, trump is also claiming the november vote will be manipulated. >> they even want to try to rig the election at the polling booths. >> reporter: clinton advisers hope trump goes there.

scorched-earth approach to the debate stage tonight, it will be his loss. >> reporter: clinton backers hope she's fiery. >> that's it, needs to go in for the kill, shut him down. >> reporter: to throw clinton off, trump says he will bring to the debate the mother of one of the americans killed in benghazi. that won't shake clinton, says her running mate. >> she will be steady and calm, whatever donald trump tries to throw at her. >> reporter: trump will face questions about more women charging he groped and kissed them which he denies.

clinton, while at the same time not hurting, talking about trump, his already damaged candidacy. live from las vegas, i'm steve handelsman, news 4. chris? >> all right, thanks, steve. if donald trump continues to raise the issue of voter fraud without providing the proof to back it up, how is that going to play with voters? northern virginia bureau chief julie carey has been speaking with folks in the all-important loudoun county. she joins us live near leesburg. what are you >> reporter: well, democratic voters and party leaders very alarmed by donald trump's words. they view the election process as reliable. but i find what donald trump is saying is resonating with the folks who are coming here today to cast their in-person absentee ballot for him. this recent donald trump tweet alleging voter fraud and his claims of a rigged election brought sharp criticism from some fellow republicans but this

trump's words ring true to him. >> it worried me, actually when i went in there i was curious who's running it. they allowed me to put it in a box that seemed to be safe and locked up. >> reporter: other trump supporters interpret his warning digitally. >> i think what he's referencing is the rigging of the political system of people's ideas through the left wing media. >> reporter: whatever trump's meaning, this political analyst says like so many other things in this election year, it's unprecedented. >> calling into question the legitimacy of the outcome of a the major party nominees which i have never seen. >> reporter: virginia's democratic party chair calls trump's talk of voter fraud dangerous. >> to stir that up and think that would happen in this country is just utter nonsense. >> reporter: this woman who cast her absentee ballot today for hillary clinton agrees, her confidence in the election process strong. >> i think it's reliable. he's just making excuses now because he's behind in the polls. >> reporter: loudoun county's gop chairman says while he, too, has confidence in the elections

spotlight on potential fraud. >> i think the most important thing is all of us need to understand that we have free and fair elections, but we need to be on our guard for anything that could weaken that because that cuts both ways. that hurts our country if we ever were to have that. >> reporter: here's another question. could donald trump's talk of a rigged election actually backfire and depress gop voter turnout? loudoun county's gop leader says he doesn't think that's a consequence. late word this rally in virginia beach saturday afternoon. back to you in the studio. >> julie carey reporting. thank you, julie. the final presidential debate starts at 9:00 tonight. watch it on nbc 4 with nbc news analysis afterwards. we'll also have live fact checking during the debate on our nbc washington app. the 10th congressional district has become one of the tightest races in virginia. today the candidates faced off in tyson's corner.

luann bennett. right now some political analysts are calling the race a tossup. right after the debate, bureau chief julie carey asked both candidates about that. >> it says that our message is resonating. it says the voters are listings and pays attention. >> i won close races and i have won by a big margin, like last time. this has been an area where you have people who are independent voters, and who they look at accomplishment. i'm the only one on the record who actually has real results and a vision for the future. >> comstock is one of the first republican representatives to call on donald trump to drop out of the race after that "access hollywood" tape came out. today she was asked if her position has changed and she said she's already made her views known. now to the search for a killer after an 18-year-old college student was murdered. police say she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.

the beltway's outer loop in upper marlboro. as friends and family mourn, police are trying to answer the question, why? news 4's meagan fitzgerald joins us now live from the scene with that story. meagan? >> reporter: yeah, doreen, this all happened in the early morning hours in the middle of a residential neighborhood, if you look over here, there's a lot of apartment buildings and here and complex in the area. yards away, this is where police responded ju i shot, one of them was 18-year-old allyssa banks. >> she was a bubbly, bubbly young lady and she loved to sing. >> reporter: 18 years old, a recent college graduate, largo high school, who just enrolled at prince george's community college. >> had big dreams of being a psychologist. >> reporter: she was a second daughter to gloria poole.

she was a nice person. >> reporter: friends say she was a nice person to everyone she'd meet. >> she was just the sweetest thing you could ever meet. she didn't get angry. straight-a student. >> reporter: just before 2:00 this morning -- >> i was actually in my bed and i heard four shots. the next second, i heard, like, lots of screaming. >> reporter: one of those budgets killed allyssa who was lying outside of this vehicle. the other wounded her close friend. friends say they were spending e fired. >> that's her mom's only child so she's shaken up and she loved allyssa more than she loved herself. >> reporter: someone took a life of a young woman who meant so much to so many. now police search to find who pulled the trigger and why. now police are still working to identify a suspect. they're asking anyone with information about this case to contact the prince george's

doreen? >> meagan fitzgerald, thank you. charges will be filed against an 81-year-old woman who hit and killed a motorcyclist in vienna. yesterday. chopper 4 was over the scene yesterday on leesburg pike. the driver ran a red light and hit the motorcyclist and two other cars. prince george's county has been dealing with repeated allegations of abuse in its schools. top leaders bring change. so some parents were listening today as the district ceo gave the state of the schools address. bureau chief tracee wilkins is in upper marlboro with reaction to what he had to say. tracee? >> reporter: it has been a tough school year. there have been some members of the board of education and some parents who have called for the ceo to step down. today, he addressed the business community. assuring them that he has it all under control. >> prince george's county will not be defined by crisis. we will not quit.

ceo kevin maxwell presented his case to the county's business community. >> no matter how you measure it, we are making great progress. >> reporter: the ceo's state of the schools address to the greater prince george's county business roundtable comes during what has been a difficult school year fraught with scandal, an allegation of physical and sexual student abuse landing a number of staff, teachers and administrators out of work and three in jail. >> there are no words to adequately descr of discovering cases of abuse in our schools. of learning that a culture of underreporting such suspicions existed at virtually all levels of our organization. >> prince george's county cannot attract businesses and retain them without having a first-rate school system. >> reporter: maxwell addressed how the county's schools is fixing problem with security in and out of the classroom and boasted student achievement and higher graduation rates.

>> i think he took all the issues straight on. i think he addressed them appropriately. took responsibility. didn't deny anything. >> i think it's important the perception of the school system's important and we're making progress. >> reporter: the president of the business roundtable made it very clear he believes the county executives should stick with maxwell as the school ceo and by no means call for his resignation. the county executive said he believes that if the school system was performing as highly as i already have the fbi here. prince george's county has been trying to get the fbi to relocate here and is bidding for that process to happen. reporting live in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> thank you. still ahead, motive for murder. how a cell phone led to the stabbing death of a high school student in the district. fake adowns have been uncovered at one of the country's largest energy companies. why personal information may be at risk. as the company launches a potential criminal

reagan national airport. big changes for travelers on commuter airlines. and also a new security system coming which is supposed to make your air travel easier and more fun. 87 degrees today. that's the average high temperature for august. not october. but this summer warmth will not last. i'll show you when the cooler weather moves on in here coming

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only from fios. some big changes are coming to reagan national airport. it's going to impact the security process there and the shops and restaurants around it, too. news 4's chris gordon has a closer look at the plans and how it could affect you. >> reporter: here's what the drive to the main terminal at reagan national looks like now. here's what it will look like in this animated security checkpoint that will be built here. >> from the top of the checkpoint, going to be beautiful skylights that let natural light into the security checkpoint, even though a good portion of it is located beneath the roadway. >> reporter: the new security checkpoints cost $237 million to build and will be completed in 2020. family and friends can see you off here before you enter the security lines. once you're screened, you have

all of its stores and restaurants. >> so over the next four to five years, there's going be a transformation of the passenger experience at reagan national to decrease congestion near the gates, and to improve passenger flow through the terminal in general. >> reporter: passengers seem to like the new concept. >> definitely, i find it very, you know, anything that makes it a lot easier to move, you see right now it's pretty crowded out here. i mean, if they can make it a lot easier to get through security, it'd be great. >> we've been to russia and their airport in makes sense. especially today. you know, this day and age. i support that idea. >> reporter: another change involves commuter flights. now passengers are crowded into buses and board outside, but a new wing of the terminal will provide gates for the flights as well as shops in the area. the extension of the terminal serving commuter flights is expected to be in operation in about five years. reporting from reagan national

some new rules are about to go into effect for all u.s. airlines. today the department of transportation announced changes designed to protect passengers so by january of 2018, airlines will have to provide on-time numbers for their regional carriers and reveal how many bags they lost or mishandled. officials also want carriers to refund passengers' checked bags fees if the luggage is substantially delayed. the government already requires airlinesre they lose a bag, but this proposal goes one step further. an nbc 4 responds investigation uncovered fake accounts at one of the country's large st energy companies. >> yeah, it all started with a woman in fairfax who started getting e-mails that were intended for other customers in texas. >> that's when she turned to consumer reporter susan hogan to get some answers. susan is here to tell us what she found out. >> that's right. well, we found out that someone was actually using this woman's

now the company didn't even know this was happening until nbc 4 responds went looking for answers. since february, cindy reed has been getting e-mails from reliant energy, which is a texas-based company. she's not a customer but she was getting e-mails addressed to other customers located in texas. in those e-mails, account numbers, addresses and disconnection notices. she wanted the e-mails to stop, obviously, but the company couldn't stop them. that's when she >> so e-mails from when they start up the service, welcome, your service is complete, or a few of them were, like, you need more of a down payment or service is about to be disconnected if you don't pay this or -- i mean, so it was really in detail. >> reporter: now, we contacted the parent company of reliant, which is nrg. the company immediately launched its own investigation and discovered someone was actually illegally setting up fake

online and with cindy's e-mail address as the point of contact. i know. but here's the problem. nrg is telling me it has no idea how this scammer obtained the social security and financial information of the customers, which they tell me is needed to actually set up these accounts online. the company says it is working right now with the fbi and the computer crimes unit of the houston police department. >> do they have any idea who's responsible for this? and how to stop them? >> well, they that they think is related to this particular fake account. so the police have this information and they're going to go and try to -- they actually have an address and going to try to figure it out. >> internet crime. >> those folks in texas might not have any idea. >> that's right. they're cross referencing trying to find out who the customers are. they need to let them know their information has been compromise . >> scarry stuff.

closing in on mosul trying to surround the isis stronghold from three sides. this multifaceted approach -- the progress came to a halt. not only are they facing improviszed explosives, booby trap s and fire, but internal forces as well. the force fighting isis is a complicated coalition made of up peshmerga fighters, iraqi military and shiite militia groups. the army's first special forces command airborne paid tribute to the late president john f. kennedy. placed a wreath in the shape of a green beret at his grave site at arlington national cemetery. it was 55 years ago kennedy envisioned a force of unconvention the warriors to combat evolving threats to the nation and it was his support that built the green berets into an elite counterinsurgency force. >> we're going to continue to be

to go away. >> in the last decade, green berets have deployed into 135 countries in the world including afghanistan, iraq and the philippines. more technology now being tested in d.c. how this trash can and this streetlight could keep you from sitting in traffic and save taxpayer dollars. taking a ride on metro today, we found this customer here who's got an what do you think? >> well, we think we want to work with metro to make sure it's going to be open to serve

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i heard we broke a record today. >> we had to right, doug? i can't imagine we've had hotter days than this late october. >> we broke a lot of records today. we broke a record at dulles, broke a record at bwi, out at national. almost broke a record there. high temperature today 87 degrees. that is the average high for the middle of august. that is the middle of summertime and i'll tell you, it felt a lot like summer today. even the heat index close to 90,

winds out of the north at 3 miles per hour. sunshine today. a few clouds coming in. 81 leesburg. 79 warrenton and manassas hit 90 today. we're not seeing any rainfall. again, most of us are going to stay dry overnight tonight. we are tracking at least some chances for some shower activity and it's all because of a frontal boundary. here are the showers back to the west. notice they're kind of falling apart. the front, itself, has kind of fallen apart. look, you can see it pretty clearly defined. then it reinvigorates itself back to the west with an area of low pressure. big-time storms into portions of illinois and indiana. that's moving our way but it's going to move to our north. that will allow us to stay in the warm sector for tomorrow and then get into the cold air on saturday. where's the cold air now? well, it's nowhere near the region. high temperature today nashville,90. columbus, ohio, at 76. buffalo near 70 degrees today.

it's going to take its time getting here. another nice day tomorrow. another hot day tomorrow at least relatively. average high 67, we'll be close to 8 o tomorrow. the front sweeps through on friday. we not only get chilly, we get very windy. winds on saturday, upwards 30 to 40 miles per hour. in the mountains, maybe upwards of 50 miles an hour. so this is going to be a pretty big storm that's going to be making its way toward the northeast. we're not going to see the worst of the storm. we're just going to get the cold and the wind from the backside of the storm on couple of showers. can't rule them out. also notice cloud cover here tomorrow morning. and then the clouds start to lift to the north and the sun remains. that's why we still think we're going to get into the upper 70s to around 80 degrees tomorrow. as we move on through the rest of the afternoon in toward friday, dry friday morning and probably dry through about 1:00, 2:00, 3:00 here. notice, i-95 dry through 3:00. most of friday okay. here comes the rain. that rain moves through during the late afternoon into the

changes coming in on friday. but not tomorrow. 80 degrees tomorrow. sun and clouds. warm. with an isolated shower or two. so? you want to get outside, still want to eat outdoors, great tonight. no problem. even tomorrow on the great side. again, saturday, no. you're not going to want to eat outside on saturday. the reason, it's going to be too cold and too windy out there a high of only 59. f 64 on sunday. much cooler next week. much more fall like as we head toward next week and weekend, which right now looks pretty good. >> okay. we like hearing that. thank you, doug. the final presidential debate just a few hours away now. nbc's pete williams joins us next as we take a closer look at one of the issues that could get a lot of attention when donald trump and hillary clinton face off. an ongoing feud ends with a murder of a teenage girl. why a fight over a cell phone may have been the last straw. plus, new questions about how to fund metro tonight mayor

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you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> right now at 6:30, a cell phone apparently triggered a fight between two teenagers. a fight that left one young woman dead and another in police custody.

>> yeah, investigators say this was an ongoing dispute that came to a head near a bus stop along kansas avenue. news 4's pat collins is at d.c. superior court sorting out the details. pat? >> reporter: chris, two young women, they lived in the same neighborhood, blocks apart. they'd been fighting back and forth for some time. now, one's dead and the other, the other one's in jail. forever you will be loved. just two of the messages of mourning in this large memorial at coolidge high school. 17-year-old kaelia minor, a senior, captain of the dance team, murdered monday night as she was on her way home from school. and at that murder scene tonight, friends and family gathered to mourn her loss. this happened here on kansas avenue in petworth. police say kaelia got into a

that murder suspect, 18-year-old kyla jones, officially charged in court today. according to court documents on file here, the two women have known each other for about two years. they have fought before. monday night, they fought again. and kaelia ended up dead. they say kyla jones stabbed kaelia because she took her cell known and that after the stabbing, they say kyla jones took an uber to southwest, bought some pot and then threw the murder weapon down the sewer. kyla jones held without bond tonight. pending further court action in the case. doreen, back to you. >> pat collins. an alleged drunk driver in charged with killing a virginia bride just days before her wedding.

registry. it says these two were planning to get married this past sunday in wilmington, north carolina. they were driving there last tuesday when they were hit head-on near the small town of mt. olive. the driver who hit them has been charged with dui and felony death by vehicle. robert survived the crash. he's a marine based at quantico. no late night rail service, opening at noon on weekends? it's all on the table as metro outlines plans to cut huge public hearing tomorrow. the d.c. mayor muriel bowser is already speaking out against it. transportation reporter adam tuss rode the rails with the mayor. what'd she tell you, adam? >> reporter: how about this, chris, she says that we can't be taken seriously as a city if we don't have the metro system that gets us around when we need it. mayor bowser is issuing a challenge to metro. tell me why, again, you need

can do it in that amount of time and if metro can't do it, why? >> reporter: ahead of this major public hearing, the mayor talks about a transit agency in danger of grinding to a halt. >> if nobody believes in the system and the hours don't serve them, then we would be basically putting our system out of business slowly but surely. >> reporter: take a look at the four proposals on the table to slash metro hours. weekend service headed for the biggest change with some proposal that would only have metro run from noon to 11:00 p.m. on sunday. but isn't metro already doing a huge amount of maintenance with safe track? well, the answer there is yes, and this would essentially be a continuation, but bowser says she doesn't have the assurances right now that safe track is even making an impact. >> do you think safe track is working? >> i think that we don't know enough about it. and -- >> reporter: shouldn't we know

should -- the metrics should be easy to understand and digest for decision-makers and that's what we're pushing hard on. >> reporter: metro leaders have talked at length about how much extra work is being accomplished with safe track, but now the district and metro in a staredown over proposals that could potentially undercut some of the city's credibility as a major player. guys, during our ride today the mayor also touched on a new way to fund the metro system. she said that she's in favor of fund the system, but, of course, our local governors haven't gone that far yet. we'll see where that debate goes. back to you. >> okay. adam tuss, thank you. just about 2 1/2 hours now until the final debate of the 2016 presidential campaign. we're told one of the main topics covered tonight is likely to be the supreme court. >> yeah, the court has been short a justice since scalia died earlier this year. senate republicans have refused to consider president obama's nominee and want to leave it up

correspondent pete williams joins us now with a closer look. merrick garland has gone nowhere for months, what happened to his nomination after the election. >> well, that's a big question. i don't know how much the candidates will have to say about merrick garland. hillary clinton has not said explicitly that whether she's elected she would call on the senate to go ahead and approve that nomination. and the question is, would the senate republicans, if hillary clinton is elected president, decide that merrick garland is more moderate tha a she's likely to get? on the other hand, the clinton people would push her strongly to go for someone who's younger, perhaps a woman, perhaps a minority. merrick garland is 64 years old and the tendency in recent years has been to nominate supreme court justices who are younger. now, it seems very likely that hillary clinton is going to have more nominees to make on the court. ruth bader ginsburg is 83. anthony kennedy 80.

even if the garland nomination is confirmed by the senate before she takes office it does seem likely hillary clinton would have nominees. >> you know, just this week senator john mccain said republicans would block any nominee that clinton puts forward. he did walk that back, but do you chalk that up to mccain being in a tough re-election fight or is that a more ominous sign? >> yes and yes. i think, you know, he was speaking on behalf of pat to would look at the qualifications of any nominee, but the question -- another question here is what's going to happen if the democrats take control of the senate? then, of course, hillary clinton would likely get whatever nominee she wants. and if the democrats take control of the senate in the next congress, would that put even more pressure on republicans now to go ahead and confirm merrick garland before they leave office? >> is there any chance that president obama might withdraw the garland nomination?

>> okay. >> garland may have a window in december? >> you know, that's always been -- that's always been the thinking that the republicans were quite clear that they were not going to move this nomination until the election. if hillary clinton gets elected, then that is perhaps the only chance for him during the lame duck and they've given, frankly, mixed signals on whether they would do that. >> all right. always interesting to hear from you. pete williams. >> glad to be here. >> nbc news. we invite you to stay with us for more election coverage on holt" reporting tonight from the debate site in las vegas. you've heard of smartphones but what about smartlights? even smart trash cans? how this new technology is being used right here in d.c. and how it could help cut down on traffic. ahead of spirit day which is tomorrow, west here is going to walk us through a simulation that's aimed to educate our teachers and staff in our area's largest school system on how to stop bullying. and we're looking at those numbers today.

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tomorrow, you'll see a lot of us here at news 4 wearing purple. part of spirit day. a campaign to stop bullying. specifically against young people in the lgbtq community. >> lgbtq students are twice as likely to be bullied or harassed and when somebody is bullied or harassed, they're less likely to do well in school. >> well, tonight a new technology is training teachers in our area's largest school district how to end bullying altogether. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver brings us that story from fairfax county all new at 6:00. >> reporter: if there's a front line in the battle to stop

it. >> this is just one of the posters that we have hanging up around the school, of course, and it has that positive focus again of teaching kids what to do. be a bruin buddy, not a bruin bully. >> reporter: the posters can be seen along compassion way, one of the many halls of lake secondary school. >> my big push is compassion. if you have compassion, you can't possibly be bullying somebody. >> reporter: ian knows not all teachers and staff know how to intervene in a bullying situation. specifically when targeting lgbtq students. >> our school better. >> reporter: that's where this simulation comes in. it's available to all fairfax county faculty and staff. west of cognito walked us through it. you play the role of a teacher who witnesses a student bullied while asking a question. >> so it can continue to beat even when separated from the body? >> you are so gay. >> so now the educators can have an opportunity to intervene or not with that language that you

>> i mean, that can be very difficult because here now they are in a moment where they have to respond or hopefully ignore it, right? >> absolutely. >> reporter: it can get confusing. the simulation will point out potential impacts of what you say. >> what surprised me is how important every word is that you say to a student and how those words are used even. >> and i think, you know, i hope what the simulation does is show people that there are a lot of ways to respond. the aim of this program i to change anyone's feelings about lgbtq students. it's to give them tools so that those students can be safe and attentive in class. >> it's a sentiment echoed on the halls of compassion lane. >> we're committed to reporting bulies when we see it, integrity to stomp out bullying no matter who needs it. >> reporter: david culver, news 4. next 4 is working for you in the community doing what we can to try to prevent suicide.

on saturday. it starts at the washington monument at 4:00 in the afternoon. you can come early to check out activities for the entire family. the event already raised more than $200,000 for the american foundation for suicide prevention. still ahead, a legal fight is brewing over our famous cherry blossoms and how one company is depicting the festival. it may look like a typical trash can, but it's not. coming up on news 4, i'll tell u howyo woman: barbara comstock is too right-wing to represent me. woman: or me. woman: barbara comstock would overturn roe vs. wade. barbara comstock: i think roe vs. wade should be overturned. woman: barbara comstock. man: too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac

woman: bra is against marriage equality. man: she even voted to allow federal contractors to discriminate against gay employees. woman: barbara comstock. too right-wing for northern virginia. narrator: house majority pac is responsible for the content of this ad. you know about smartphones, well now new smart trash cans are being rolled out in the district.

news 4's mark segraves explains how this is going to work. >> reporter: when is a trash can more than just a trash can? when that trash can is able to tell department of public works it's full and needs to be emptied. >> here, this is a sensor. >> reporter: the ability of a trash can to report when it's full or empty is helpful, but that information can make a big difference in the quality of life for the entire city. >> to give you a perspective, i can put a sensor in a trash can, that's right, if you think of it you if it's full or empty and needs to be picked up. now if i have that information, if i can see what the typical levels are on a daily basis, and i can now switch my trash pickups from standard thursday pickup that shows up at your house, a better way so i can alleviate some of the traffic congestion that the transportation department sees. we're going to achieve, like, multiple successes throughout one effort. >> reporter: the smart trash cans will communicate back to headquarters using new wi-fi

a pilot program of about 80 of the new lights are up and running near the white house. the new l.e.d. lights can be remotely controlled and will also self-report when they need to be repaired. in addition to the wi-fi hot spots on the poles, there will also be cameras used by police and the department of transportation. but they'll also be used by drivers one day with an app to help find parking spaces. >> how strategic can we be about the assets we own and helps not one, two, but multiple agencies deliver better, quicker, faster service to the residents? >> reporter: mayor bowser will announce the new smart light pole technology tomorrow. bowser is hoping to attract a partner in the private sector who will install the new technology. adding to the cost savings for taxpayers. in the district, mark segraves, news 4. the national cherry blossom festival is not just a right of spring, it's a big moneymaker for the area. well tonight the organization

for trademark infringement. the lawsuit stems from this design which features the jefferson memorial and the phrase "national cherry blossom festival." the rifle paper company is based in florida and it's selling merchandise with that design on its website. the lawsuit claims the items are also being sold at the paper source store at union market. the national cherry blossom festival says it trademarked that name seven years ago and according to court filings, the rifle paper company's argument boilsdo festival name. it was warmer around here today than it ever is during the cherry blossom festival. >> 87. >> we were 90 degrees in some parts of northern virginia. really hard to imagine. any time you get this warm, you know something's coming. >> yeah. >> change. >> change is coming. and that change coming during the weekend. yeah, it's always payback when you get this nice, you get payback and unfortunately, for us, it comes this weekend. out there right now, though, a beautiful sky.

out at 11:30 -- >> yes. >> that's doreen, she got a new dog. anyway, radar right now, not showing anything as far as rain is concerned. you're going to be fine. we could see a stray shower overnight tonight. not tomorrow. tomorrow, another warm day. 75. more clouds early. chance of a shower early. we'll see sunshine in the afternoon. high temperature around 8 o degrees tomorrow. friday is the day we see the cooler weather move in. saturday, look at the weekend here. for the pumpkin patch, go

winds of 30 to 40 miles per hour. howard football, warm jacket. boo at the zoo, take the gloves and the coats. that's the kind of chilly air we got especially saturday night and sunday night. if you're thinking about getting out there toward zoo. now, next couple of days, 72, showers likely on friday. that storm system rolls on through. that's a cold front that will bring in that cold front saturday. saturday, 59. going to feel more like 48, 49. 64 sunday. f 65 monday. we get cool again toward the middle of the week. we got a little bit r off the highest part of it as we make our way through the next couple of days. >> guys? >> that's what fall's about. >> thank you, doug. >> thought your husband was the one taking the -- >> not at midnight, he's not. he's got the early morning shirt. >> all right. coming up in sports, an important piece to the redskins offense comes back to the practice field. we'll explain why jordan reed is preceding with caution. first here's lester holt with a look at "nbc nightly news." >> ahead for us from las vegas,

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so well, you almost forget they -- >> no, they haven't. how's it going, carol? >> reporter: everyone is excited, that's what happens, this is the biggest game since last week, of course. they're hoping to keep the four-game win streak alive. they're in detroit. the redskins are this weekend. they're facing the lions team that struggled early, but they have a modest two-game win streak of their own. but, again, today at practice, there was a welcome sight on the field. an field working out. reed suffered a concussion during the ravens game. missed last week against the eagles. the tight end will see an independent doctor on friday before any decision will be made about his status this sunday. linebacker, cravens, also working his way to return to form from a concussion. cravens seeing an increased workload at today's practice. as for reed, though, this is his sixth concussion and dealing

i've been dealing with it so often. but, you know, i just try not to think about it too much and, you know, just take it as it comes and just take it day by day. >> what's the conversation like with jay and the coaching staff is. >> they're like my family. they're concerned about my health. they don't want me to go out there if i'm not ready. that's what they keep telling me. they know i want to get out there. they're just telling me, take my time. >> reporter: it's wait and see for reed. meantime, kirk cousins definitely hoping to have reed back out there as the redskins go for win number five one of the differences in that win streak, the play of the quarterback. cousins threw one touchdown, three interceptions in the first two losses. since then, eight touchdowns to three picks. confidence also on the rise for kirk and the offense. this sunday, number 8 heads back home. the holland, michigan, native, will play his first professional game at ford field. something he's wanted to do since he was a kid. >> the big thing for me was the high school state championship was played at ford field so we always talked as high school

dreaming of playing at ford field in high school, never even considered being able to do it as a professional player, so didn't even come close to playing there in high school. we lost in the first round, but to get to go back and play there now as a professional is a pretty cool experience. >> reporter: well, holland, michigan, hometown, and ford field, 181 miles apart. a little bit of trivia for you. love or hate the cowboys, that quarterback situation over there is sc be starting under center when they come back from the bye next week. it is not tony romo. they're going to go with the rookie, dak prescott. so dak getting a chance to extend the 5-1 record that the cowboys have come up. meantime, december bryant already out with a knee injury. not an odd -- definitely an odd twist. dez spotted today with his fingers taped after apparently cutting his middle and ring fingers while chopping carrots. yes, carrots.

minor. not the only weird injury this week. indians starting pitcher trevor bower taken out of game three because his finger was dripping blood. he cut his finger while repairing a homemade drone. you heard that right. speaking of those indians, though, they are celebrating right now. game five. they had a win and they're in the world series. haven't been in since 1997. game five, time 3-0 and going to the world series. if case you missed it, the capitals game, some calling it the hit of the year. already in game three. dmitry orlof, on matt duchene last night. he was okay. the crazy part, he almost sticks the landing. t.j. oshie calling it one of the coolest hits he's ever seen. capitals back in action tomorrow night visiting the florida

doreen, i want to give you a little for your cleveland folks back there. game one is on the first night as they celebrate the caps winning the nba championship. so it's good to be from cleveland. >> good year in cleveland. man: hey baby, how are you? woman: i have a surprise for you. man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families.

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