happened. >> the baby just cried, cried. i came outside, hear the baby crying. >> reporter: relatives and friends came to console the family which declined requests to speak or provide a photo of the baby. police say tuesday afternoon, the nanny, 66-year-old oluremi oyindasola was sleeping on the couch when the baby woke her. charging documents say the nanny proceeded to pour a large amount of wet liquid directly into the victim's mof and aggressively resist. the defendant then proceeded to force the contents of a second bottle inside the victim's mouth. >> she forcefully poured the two bottles of what looks to be milk down the baby's mouth. causing her not to be able to breathe. suffocating her and eventually she died at the hospital. >> reporter: one neighbor says he's heartbroken by the babiby's death. >> it was just a cute little

>> reporter: ahead at 6:00, how prince george's county police seem to know exactly moment by moment how this alleged murder occurred. despite the fact that the nanny was the only adult home at the time with the baby and two other children. that's coming up at 6:00. that's the latest live in prince george's county, jim? >> chris gordon, thank you. he said he helping the poor, but investigators say a pastor in congregation out of more than $1 million. mainly for his own personal use. he just left court this afternoon to face fraud charges and news 4's derrick ward was there and joins us live with more on this. derrick? >> reporter: well now after this hearing today, all three people who have been charged in that church-based investment fraud scam are out of jail but not out of jail. pastor terry millender of the

grenetta wells, chief operating officer of micro enterprise management group, memg. family and supporters were in court today for the hearing. they were arrested this weekend along with the pastor's wife, brenda millender. the government says they got members of the church congregation to invest in a venture supposed to help setup businesses. they promised investors guaranteed returns which the government says never materialized. prosecutors alleged the into high-risk foreign trade funds as well as the pockets of the pastor and his wife for his personal expenses. >> he's denying guilt, we're going to plead not guilty on friday at the arraignment. >> reporter: the government had sought to hold the pastor in jail maintaining he's still involved in other fraudulent investment schemes while under investigation for memg's practices. brenda millender was released from jail monday. all defendants have been ordered to stay away from investors and

allegations. they could each face fines and up to 20 years in jail if convicted. now, we also learned today from testimony in this hearing about another scheme, what the government is calling a scheme, involving trading in nigerian oil. that came up in the testimony here. we'll have more about that coming up later on news 4. we're live in alexandria, derrick ward, news 4. and i'm chris lawrence live from the decision desk. only 13 days to go before e clinton continuing on the focus on trying to get out the vote in some of those battleground states down south. just moments ago, former president bill clinton was campaigning on behalf of his wife in north carolina. now, he's taking part in a bus tour designed to encourage early voting. mr. clinton is also talking about hillary clinton's plans for the economy. that bus tour wraps up later tonight in fayetteville.

the campaign trail in florida today. celebrating her 69th birthday. she celebrated with some early voting rallies in miami and palm beach county. clinton is focused on florida and specifically its 29 electoral votes telling her supporters they can't take anything for granted. >> we can't take our foot off the gas even for a short time. every vote counts. just ask my friend, former vice president al gore. >> yeah, he right now polls in florida, they're divided on exactly which candidate has the lead. meantime, donald trump is holding a policy speech in charlotte, north carolina, right now. this event is invitation only. audience about 500 people. it's about to wrap up now. the republican candidate has been touching on the issue of health care. specifically that new premium increase under the affordable

the district to open his family's newest hotel. that used to be the headquarters of the new york post office. trump was with his daughter, ivanka, and sons, eric and don jr. he says renovation is an example of how he would revitalize the nation's infrastructure. tom sherwood is going to have more on that opening and the protests that surrounded it. that's coming up just a little bit later. now, whatever side of the political spectrum you land on, if you live in maryland, you will be able to vote starting tomorr early voting centers will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 at night through november 3rd. early voting also started today in west virginia. voters there will have until november 5th to cast their early ballots. we have a list of locations over on the nbc washington app, just search "early voting." wendy? >> all right, thank you, chris. well, people are quite divided in politics and despite the controversy recently with

high according to a gallup poll released this week. the poll finds that 76% of responders say they have great respect for local police officers. that's up 12% from last year. there was a racial skew in this poll, however, with whites more likely to say they respected police than people of color. now to the royal road trip. for our washington redskins. this weekend, the team is across the pond toe it's part of the nfl's international series to help find new fans outside the u.s. >> and look who's there. pat collins has landed in london. he's been chatting up some of the locals, getting their take on american football. he's at london's version of times square. how's it going? >> reporter: cheerio, wendy. cheerio, jim. we're at piccadilly circus.

times square. people, buses, cars, going every which way. this is where the action is in london at night. and what london is, it oozes elegance. there are big marbling stone structures next to modern glass and steel buildings. it is almost a tug-of-war between the old and the new, and

talk about a defensive stand. but it's not all about the ancient here. check this out. it's called the shard. it's twice as tall as the washington monument. it's modern and edgy. so there's a lot going on in this big city. old london. new london. old football. new football who's going to w i got your american football here. come get your american football right here. do you think this will ever replace that? >> no. >> reporter: why not? >> no. it's a national sport. >> reporter: and this is? >> your national sport. >> reporter: american football, we -- >> wear too much padding. >> reporter: does that ruin it for you? >> ruins it for me. should be body against body. >> reporter: you don't like this because too slow? >> too slow. too many slow starts. >> reporter: you looking forward

between the redskins and the bengals? >> is that a big game? >> reporter: yeah, it is a big game. so what do the brits really know about american football? coming up at 6:00, we have something that we call double decker double jeopardy. see if you're better than the brits when it comes to american football. >> man, that is a tough -- >po looks like the redskins' pr department hasn't even landed there yet. >> we got some work to do. >> reporter: i think we have some work to do, don't we? >> yeah. >> great stuff, pat. >> you're leadsing the charge. baseball season is over for the nats but big changes are coming to the team's ballpark. today the d.c. council formally introducing a bill that allows new digital signs outside nats park. those signs would have to be less than 1,200 square feet and

audio. a nats spokeswoman tells news 4 the city always envisioned we would be part of a vibrant entertainment zone. this is part of a quote. and these signs will help support that vision. this sunday morning, tens of thousands of runners will descend on d.c. for the 41st marine corps marathon. also known as the people's marathon. the marathon draws in 30,000 people from all 50 states and dozens of countries. one big thing for participants to kn early this year, but the start line will be kept open for 60 minutes, longer than previous years. for everyone else, expect road closures in parts of downtown d.c. and arlington. i'll be there at the start and finish lines and we'll have live coverage in our nbc washington app. and on nbcwashington.com. i get to that finish line by golf cart. >> of course you do. just one more day of practice in ashburn for the

we'll find out what they're doing differently this time around for this road game. for more than 100 years, this building was fenced off to the general public. coming up on news 4, why now this historic building is going to be turned into a hotel and conference center. ah, this morning it was the ice scraper, it was the coat. tomorrow, it's the umbrella. we've got some rain tracking our

they're making history today in northwest d.c. >> sure are. after more than 120 years as a military medical facility, the old walter reed hospital is now controlled by the district government. the 66-acre campus will be transformed into a new development affordable housing. news 4's mark segraves live for us in northwest d.c. with a look at the major economic impact this development could have. mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening, jim. you know, this sprawling campus really holds a place in d.c. history. during the civil war, there was a skirmish between the north and south. behind me, see the original walter reed hospital which opened in 1909. for the past ten years, district officials have been associating with the federal government to take over this campus and today,

the sprawling campus on georgia avenue in upper northwest has been home to the military hospital since 1909. many of the buildings here are historic and will be preserved. some like the main hospital will be torn down to make room for new development. >> it will become a destination for people in the upper part of the district of columbia, where you will have shopping and dining and housing of all varieties right here. >> reporter: today mayor muriel sealed the deal in front of 100 neighborhood residents and businessowners. >> when the land was purchased in 1905, this area was woodlands and farmland and summer estates. it certainly is not the case today. >> reporter: when the project is completed, the parks at walter reed will be home to new retail and housing as well as an art center. >> know that we will have over 3 million square feet of

units of housing. we're going to have over 400 units of affordable housing created right here at walter reed. >> reporter: take a look at just how beautiful this campus is. for the past 100-plus years, it's been fenced off to the general public. soon it will be re-open and everybody will be able to enjoy this area. as for this historic building behind me, it's one of the structures that will be preserved. for you history john purging who authorized the expansion of walter reed actually died in this building and has a suite named after him inside. this building will become a conference sent and hotel. wendy, back to you. a proposal in montgomery county will allow small cell towers in neighborhoods a lot of people don't like it. the county council holding an information l hearing at ridgeview middle school in gaithersburg. starts at 7:00, from 7:00 to 9:00.

cell tower applications. the county council says the demand for wireless service in these neighborhoods is growing. so these towers are necessary. as we mentioned earlier, before the redskins head across the pond for their royal road trip, the team is practicing in ashburn today. news 4's jason pugh live in redskins park. some in danger of that making that trip. >> reporter: that's absolutely right. the redskins, let's not forget, this is a very and the skins are back to being an average football team with a 4-4 record going into their bye week. it's encouraging, though, some of those banged up players were back on the practice field today as they seem to be getting back healthy. the captain, trent williams, also defensive back josh norman and tight end jordan reed. now norman, he's currently on the nfl concussion protocol. he'll see an independent doctor tomorrow before the team heads

he was injured against the lions. he banged up his knee. had trouble just walking after that game. but he's still expecting to play this sunday against the bengals. as for the rest of the squad, tomorrow after they practice, they head out to london and the players are truly excited about this opportunity. >> that's the cool part, my family is going there. in-laws, kids, wife. it will be cool for us to go out there. i think we're going to take some holiday pictures. >> it's exciting. a great place. great tradition. it's going to be a long trip, players. going to be something they'll always remember. >> my first time so, you know, obviously, you know, looking at some of the sites, you know, we got some time, you know, really it's a business trip. >> you don't want to go on a bye week and especially don't want to get on the 6 1/2-hour-flight back here with it on your chest. that ain't going to feel right. >> reporter: now because the team leaves for london tomorrow, reed and josh norman, they'll have to pass or be cleared by an

make that trip overseas. so we'll see wha happens with that. coming up later in the show, we'll hear from carol maloney in london. she has plenty to report on in just a bit. from ashburn, jason pugh, news 4 sports. >> all right, thanks, jason. a fredericksburg thinking about changing the name of jefferson davis highway or route 1. during a council meeting last night, members heard testimony from neighbors for and against that name change. the ongoing debate is because of davis' ties to the alexandria voted to change the name earlier this year. those opposed to the name change say changing the name would change a piece of their history. town of vienna getting full swing into the spirit of halloween. this is the 70th anniversary of the annual parade that begins at 7:00. karin's florist celebrating 60 years in northern virginia with its float.

to be cinderella. there are more than 1,000 flowers adorning it. one woman slept in her car, others not sure what to do or where to go. hundreds of family forced out of their condo complex in prince george's county. the community is trying to step up to help. warnings from police to cyclists, blowing through the stop signs along popular bike trails in bethesda, it's the same place where a man riding a recumbent killed by a car earlier this month. governor sounding off to

live look outside to our west. the sun's starting to set, or is it my imagination, doug kammerer, or is the sun setting a little earlier every night? >> y 6:15 tonight. >> unfortunately. >> as predicted, doug, you were telling us to bundle up. boy did we have to this morning. a little frost. some people had freezing temps. tomorrow we're going to need the umbrellas. >> today it was the ice scrapers. if you didn't have that. tomorrow the umbrellas. thanks for joining me in the weather sent, by the way. >> always a pleasure. >> i put out there i'm sick and then you come into the weather center. i love it, if you're sick tomorrow, you know why. out there today, we saw the sunshine early. and then we saw the cloud cover

very cool. many areas down below 30 degrees. well below freezing. a frost across much of the region as well. that's not going to be the case tonight because of the clouds. 57 right now. winds out of the south 5 miles an hour. temperatures below average. well below gaithersburg. 55 manassas. one thing we're watching is the rain for tomorrow. it's not going be at 7:00 a.m. not nearly going to be as cold. noon stilling dry in the d.c. tough. temperature around 60 degrees. no rain to talk about for the most part. we are seeing a couple of light sprinkles come through. don't be surprised if you're driving around the next hour or two and got the windshield wipers on especially along 270. a warm front coming in across our region, why we have the cloud cover. the cold front back toward chicago. see the colder air with it. look at the snow in toward parts of michigan?

going to move our way and give us a chance for rain during the day tomorrow. also the same storm that's going to bring the world series, a little bit of rain tonight. could be a nasty world series game. let's hope not there. now, thursday, tomorrow afternoon, look at noon. frederick, around leesburg, winchester, la ray. d.c. dry. the rain still back to the west. notice around 2:00, here comes the shower activity. that's really all it is. this is just showers. this is not going to be an all day steady rain. just a period of rain throughout the day. by 4:00, most of it's already through here. 7:00, 8:00 tomorrow night before it all moves through by around 10:00 or 11:00. so it is going to be off and on periods of rain during your thursday. friday morning, however, waking up to cooler skies and clearer conditions as well. temperatures tomorrow, going to be on the cool side. so we're calling tomorrow a moderate impact day. the reason, well, dry to start, but rain moving in. the jacket and the umbrella will be needed as you make your way out during your thursday

upper 50s to around 60. rather breezy conditions here. then look at the weekend. temperatures in the 70s. both saturday and sunday. a little bit cooler for halloween. tom kierein back at 5:45, the marine corps marathon and halloween forecast coming up. coming up on news 4 at5:00, after the tragic story of the people in lynnhill having to leave their homes in three day, people of prince george's county rise up to try to help. a warning to metro board chair jack evans, after threatening to cut rail service to parts of maryland and virginia. >> we wants to stay as chairman, he should not be threatening anybody. it was just last week an 81-year-old man on his bike was hit and killed on the capital crescent trail in bethesda in

here's your top stories at 4:30 -- 5:30 now. a nanny's been charged in the death of an 8-month-old girl in glen arden. according to the charging document, that nanny poured two bottles of liquid directly into the victim's mouth yesterday afternoon. the child choked to death. a pastor and his wife were charged tonight with fraud and face prison time after collecting money from their congregation for the poor,

home and other items. these stories are on our nbcwashington.com. but now at 5:30, metro facing a potentially big budget gap. this evening, we're hearing from officials across the dmv as the transit agency proposes service cutbacks for stations outside of the district. what they're saying about a regional funding fight. first at 5:30, a tough day for a number of families in prince from their homes because their condo association didn't pay their utility bills. >> but in this time of distress for all of these people, we're seeing something good happening. our bureau chief tracee wilkins is live in temple hills this evening with more on how the community has come together to help these people out. >> reporter: this community's also having a visitor right now, prince george's county executive rushern baker is standing over there and that crowd of people there. he came down here to see what's

been here since early this morning to try and help these people in their time of need. >> sleeping in cars yesterday. the shelters ran out of spaces. >> reporter: for dana, learning she had 72 hours to move her family, left her with no option but to something taken from you that you worked so hard for. >> reporter: 77 families at lynnhill condos in temple hill, maryland, have to pack up, after power and gas was disconnected here yesterday. the condo's association failed to pay more than $1 million in utility bills. >> this is what it's like inside lynnhill condos without power. these people have until friday to be out of here.

a difference. >> reporter: the good news is the community is helping out. this moving company owner is donating his services. >> people have broken down crying when they found out that they were at least going to have someone providing moving services. >> we're waiving for residents here, we're waiving the application fee. >> reporter: jennifer paige with gates hudson is helping to get people placed into their available apartment properties in the county. >> crying, absolute strangers, because it's a tough situation. >> reporter: in fact, she was able to help dana and her family. >> going to get you taken care of. >> yes, ma'am. thank you. they said they were going to waive the application fee and the moving fee and going to see if we qualify. so we're going to go see if we can do that now. >> reporter: this light here in the parking lot is new. the prince george's county emergency management services brought that down here so that at least there will be light in

buildings without a proper escort, so folks are trying to get their stuff out now. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, ministers are stepping in here to assist in prince george's county. more on what they plan to do. reporting live in temple hills, tracee wilkins, back to you in the studio. >> tracee, thanks so much. people in the area say a bethesda crossing is dangerous. tonight police are cracking down. we're talking about the crescent trail there at little falls new dashcam video shows cyclists ignoring stop signs. news 4's kristin wright is there live tonight. this is the same spot, kristin, where the elderly man was recently killed. >> reporter: right, hey, jim, i want to show you first three things. the stop sign here at capital crescent parkway at capital crescent trail at little falls parkway. also, maryland national capital park police.

since 81-year-old was killed riding his bike in this crosswalk. >> sir. come on over here for a second. >> reporter: roger hitchner admits he blew right through the stop sign on the capital crescent trail at little falls parkway in bethesda today. >> first thing obviously is abide by the stop sign. >> reporter: he gets just a warning from police this time. >> many bicyclists, right or wrong, roll through them, as i did. >> reporter: dashcam video given to us by maryland national capital park police shows bicyclists and pederi violating that same crosswalk this past sunday. almost a week after ned galen was hit and killed in the crosswalk on his three-wheeled bike. police say they don't know what happened yet. captain rick says this is the bottom line of their educational campaign. >> bicyclists, state of maryland, are required to follow traffic regulations as if they were driving their car. >> reporter: judith lives near the crosswalk. she says cars are at fault, too.

in too much of a hurry i think. >> reporter: chuck bass did stop at the stop sign. he says he always does. >> it's always tempting, but now after this accident, it -- even if there's no traffic coming, it's, i think, important just to stop to make sure. >> reporter: now, today, police are giving written warnings, not just verbal warnings, but written wain warned. live in bethesda, kristin wright, news 4. people from virginia work in the district every day. many of them, a majority of them, come in on metro. what are you going to do if metro isn't there to provide that service? that's the big question i have for everybody. >> d.c. council member and metro board chairman jack evans last week talking about proposed

virginia. those proposed cuts potentially mean no rail service to 20 stations in the system. evans says both maryland and virginia need to contribute more money to help fund this troubled rail system. but virginia governor terry mcauliffe says he knows metro needs more funding but says he doesn't appreciate the perceived threat. >> we're a big contributor to the metro. we love the metro. we will not be threatened. i remind jack that goor hogan and i together have a majority of the board. and if he wants to stay as chairman, he should not be threatening anybody. he ought to work in a collegial way. we can get there. >> result of a potential $275 million budget gap for next year. community leaders in prince george's county responding to another proposal by metro to permanently end late night weekend service. a letter signed by more than 50

county says in part, "a transit system that supports live/work/play hours, not just white collar work hours is an essential foundation and social justice issue." the letter also says "billions of dollars already invested to redevelop parts of the county will be jeopardized if metro moves forward with this time closing proposal." metro's newest shutdown will cut off the red line for 25 days and riders are not happy about place to bridge the gap. london is high on the nfl this week, but do the folks on the ground think the city can support their own team? i'm carol maloney enjoying the view from the shard. we'll have that story coming up. tomorrow morning on "news 4 today" need a coupon for groceries, clothes? there's an app for that. >> we're working for you with the best free apps to help you save money while you shop online or in store. plus the latest track on

?? they're playing our song. the number of nfl games across the pond has increased over the last few years and sunday's redskins/bengals contest will be the third this season in the uk. >> there's even been talk, even been talk of having a team there full time. >> even. >> news 4's carol maloney, look

live. that's big ben over your shoulder, right? >> reporter: that's right. big ben. we love it. >> this way. we love the -- we're having so much fun here our first day. the team's playing on sunday, of course, fans are starting to trickle in. the number one question back home we were asked, why are the redskins playing a regular-season game in london? here overseas, though, in the uk, the number one question is, is london ready for an nfl franchise of their own? it's what the natives are talking about. their own nfl team? locals weigh in. >> why not? i think it would work perfectly well. it sold very well, didn't it? >> yep. >> i see no reason why it couldn't get bigger an bigger. plenty of space. go for it. >> like i was saying, us brits get behind anything, you know, if we believe i it. yeah, i think it can happen. >> i definitely think it is. interest absolutely grows.

and it's not just america. it's the uk as well. i think why not? football's huge. why not bring american football over here as well? >> reporter: some reason the game is too slow. too violent. or it's too late. some nfl fans here already married to another team. >> you've got to convince them -- i'm redskins, you could base the team here and i would still be redskins and you can have a lot of fans like that. >> i think if it moved a bit more, i'd try nd open minded and let's see what happens. not really for me. >> people always that -- stopping for a minute, it does flow. >> they bully each other? >> there's no action. once maybe in 15 minutes when you see someone run with the ball and they stop them, yeah. >> reporter: a lot of fans that will have to wait even longer. yeah, a lot of hurdles remain for the nfl to relocate a

game this season played over here as jim and wendy were saying, but all three sold out months ago. and in hours, i'm told. >> wow. >> reporter: just saying, there's a chance. wendy, coming up on news 4 at 6:00 -- >> go ahead. >> reporter: yeah? coming up at news 4 at 6:00, we're going to search for the hottest redskins party. >> a delay. >> i go redskins party, we hunt for it, that's coming up. >> great. this is called the satellite delay, you know, dilemma. i was going to say, just saying, if they think football is slow, why don't we talk about cricket for a second, you know? >> bring that up to them next time. >> hello. >> reporter: that would have been a good comeback. >> go get them. go tell them that. >> cheerio, carol. see you at 6:00.

those she leaves behind later. when the funeral home closed, thousands of her dollars were hanging in the balance. what happened when she called nbc responds. i'm tom sherwood in downtown washington. donald trump came today to have a grand opening for his new hotel in town. and was met with quite a few

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donald trump was in washington today to formally open his brand new hotel. trump calls hi hotel one of the greatest in the world and a metaphor for the country saying there is nothing we cannot accomplish. >> while that was happening, inside, there were a lot of protesters outside. news 4's tom sherwood is in the newsroom with that side of the story. tom? >> wendy, there were lots of signs outside, too. some we can't show you. it was quite a scene. the demonstrators banged makeshift drums. a noisy demonstration against donald j. trump's hotel ribbon cutting and his campaign for president. >> donald trump was going to have a ribbon cutting outside on pennsylvania avenue. he listed it as a campaign event, even though it was purely

included individuals, organized labor groups and anti-war advocates among others who gathered on pennsylvania avenue. including a giant american flag with vulgar quotes attributed to trump. at the old post office building hotel, organized letter carriers showed up. >> donald trump is refusing to meet with workers in vegas and workers around the country where he owns hotels and businesses, trying to support them. >> reporter: among the many anti-trump protesters present, there were tbe you see their sign. and he says he wants to make america great again. where are you? >> i'm with him. i want to make america great again. >> i don't understand. i don't understand why they will not give donald trump a chance because he does really love all people and wants to make america great again. i really truly believe it. >> reporter: u.s. park police cleared a driveway but let protesters stay close to the hotel, although it was a violation of their permit. >> we're here and we're not going away.

>> reporter: one person did stay away. d.c. mayor muriel bowser. coming up at 6:00, her tough words for trump. i'm tom sherwood in the newsroom. tom kierein joins us now. more changes in store for the rest of this week, huh? >> i was reading some robert frost this morning. "the road less taken." >> sure. >> i looked out my window, this is what i saw. heading out early this morning, maybe you saw a scene like this. suburbs and rural areas as we were predicting this morning. >> wow. >> yes, it was white with frost. absolutely gorgeous. that was in northern montgomery county this morning. post your pics on facebook, twitter, and instagram. right now clouds passing over the region. storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles coming from those clouds. right along interstate 70 between frederick and hagerstown. most of them, though, are not quite reaching the ground. maybe a few sprinkles right around annapolis right now. and as we look hour by hour,

steady in the upper 40s to mid 40s by midnight tonight. and into tomorrow morning. so not as cold tomorrow morning, but you will need a warm coat and gloves. and then an afternoon jacket and an umbrella for thursday afternoon as we'll likely have some rain coming through. so for the commute tomorrow morning, it will be dry. we'll be in the 40s. noontime, going to be out there running errands, wet roads north and west of the metro area. wet forhe for raking leaves, do that in the morning through midday because they'll be all wet during the afternoon. we'll have a light wind. and the storm team four ten-day outlook, we'll have temperatures cooler tomorrow. we'll be in the low 60s to upper 50s with the showers coming on through. then on friday, right around 60 degrees and partly cloudy. we'll be drying out. any of the rain around is ending late on thursday night. then on saturday and sunday, a little reprieve. we'll be back into the mid 70s.

looks like great weather for the marine corps marathon. that's going to be on sunday morning as the marathon gets started around 7:40. be in the upper 50s. then up around 70 degrees by the time the marathon's going to be ending. by noon time, that's going to be on sunday. then on monday, for halloween, it's looking cooler with temperatures in the upper 50s during the afternoon. then for trick-or-treaters, on monday evening, back down to the low 50s. chilly and dry. so good weather for trick-or-treating. then after that, ll have an up and down pattern into next week but remaining dry all the way toward the end of the week into the following weekend. that's the way it looks. >> all right. >> thank you, tom. paying for a funeral is expensive and a lot of people choose to arrange their own funeral while they're still alive. >> yeah, nbc 4 responds to one local woman who did just that, only to learn the funeral home she selected and paid unexpectedly shut down. >> well, that's right. no one wants to think about dying, but the woman we met knows exactly what she wants

all of the details of her funeral and now she's starting the process all over again. ronnie francis' only child died 16 years ago. she planned every detail of her daughter's funeral. at that moment, ronnie realized no one would be around to plan her funeral since she's now all alone. >> and i decided i had to do something for myself. >> reporter: ronnie decided to rearrange her own funeral at the same place where she held daughter's. >> they were fantastic with her. that's where i wanted to go. i picked a coffin, the room, everything. >> reporter: the funeral home in laurel, maryland, owned by dignity memorial. she selected every detail right down to the color of her casket. she signed her paperwork, agreed to pay more than $6,300. and insurance funded pre-arranged funeral agreement, and through a payment plan, she eventually paid it off in full. >> it took me a couple years and then i finally got the bill that

>> reporter: wonderful feeling? >> it was. >> reporter: something unexpected happened. >> a few years later i got a letter stating the funeral parlor shut down. who know. >> reporter: a private funeral home took over the building and had no affiliation to the company she made her arrangementes with. >> i thought there's no way the funeral home would shut down, but it did. >> reporter: the life insurance company american memorial agreed to honor her prearranged funeral but had to be at a different funeral home. locations too far away. >> they're quite away from here. >> reporter: she asked for a full refund, according to her policy, if she canceled she'd only get back the net cash value, $2,400, and remember, she paid more than $6,000. >> i tried calling, talking to everyone. i tried even sending letters, e-mails, the whole nine yards. >> reporter: ronnie called nbc 4 responds. we discovered her agreement did not address a consumer's right

we brought that to the attention of both dignity and the life insurance company. while dignity said it wouldn't talk to us about ronnie's case due to privacy reasons, the insurance company did agree to review her policy. days later the company came back with an answer. it would now offer ronnie a choice, a full refund, or help finding another funeral home that satisfies her wishes. ronnie chose the refund. >> took me a long time to pay it off, so i feelh let me decide where i want to go, what i want to do. >> and she is. prepaid funerals as you know can be a huge relief for families, but also as you saw, a big burden if things don't go as planned. the federal trade commission says make sure you ask the right questions before signing any contract and we have a list of what you need to know and also what kind of questions you should ask. right now on our nbc washington

county where there are renewed concerns about protecting this slave cemetery. there was an agreement to protect it from that construction that's under way, but now its custodians say there is some encroachment that has

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track surge. this one's going to impact tens of thousands of you. >> yeah, it's a doozy, folks. and it's going to be on and extended period of time for nearly a month. rail service will be shut down between the ft. totten and noma gallaudet stations on the red line. >> transportation reporter adam tuss is taking a closer look at what this is going to mean for you. >> reporter: well no doubt about it, this is is not going to be a pretty safe track surge. for almost a month, the red line is going to be shut down it could impact over 100,000 riders per day. this is going to be a big one, and metro knows it's going to be painful. >> the shutdown result in severe service reductions that impact the entire red line from one end to the other. whenever possible, we need red line customers with other options to consider telecommuting, traveling off peak, and also using bus alternatives. >> reporter: here you see a red line train rolling out of the rhode island avenue station, but

is not going to be something that happens far long time. again, this next surge on the red line starts on saturday. going to last 25 days. a complete shutdown from ft. totten to noma so that major work can be done on this section of the system. back to you. >> don't say we didn't warn you. for those who are expected to be impacted, we posted some of the alternate transportation options for you. >> you can read them, find them in our nbc good luck. news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> political strategists will tell you a candidate's time is pressure in the final days before an election. which is why donald trump is now fending off criticism for a campaign detour that brought him today to the district. >> still he found a way to mix business with politics at the grand opening of his brand new hotel. our team coverage begins tonight with steve handelsman on

steve? >> reporter: pat, jim, thanks. good evening. didn't look like a diversion to a lot of political pros, for something that's not political. the first level in this old post office building, now the trump international hotel, is gorgeous. it's full of staffers wearing smiles, full of people right now most of whom are not talking politics. but donald trump did bring politics here today to pennsylvania avenue to dedicate his hotel not in a break from his campaign, but as part off the campaign trail, but on tv, donald trump opened his new hotel in washington. >> one, two, three. >> reporter: five stars, claim the trumps, with a five-word message. >> under budget and ahead of schedule. >> reporter: the hotel is a symbol, trump claims. >> a major revenue producer and job creator. this is what i want to do for our country.