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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.
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clinton. >> he relied on undocumented workers to make his project cheaper and most of the products in the rooms were made overseas. >> reporter: vote today, she urged floridians. >> please, you can go early, vote through sunday november 6th. >> reporter: so far with 1.6 million physicale nationally. >> republican turnout in each of these key battleground states is way up from where it was in 2012. >> reporter: clinton is weighed down by daily wikileaks unverified by nbc news. a late batch revealing her campaign scrambling last year when president obama said he learned of a private server on the news. "we need to clean this up" said a top staffer" "the president has e-mails from her. back at his hotel, donald trump lingered before heading to north
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many more democrats are early voting than republicans. trump staffers say they figure and he figures that coming here to washington today, doing what he did at this hotel, will have a stronger effect at winning over still undecided voters in this race than doing some rally someplace. live from pennsylvania avenue, i'm steve handelsman, news 4. >> all right, steve. early voting begins tomorrow in maryland. early voting has increased in every election cycle since it started in 2010. we posted a list of polling locations and information about how to register on the nbc washington app. you can check it out during the break. security concerns have some communities, that is, all over the country, moving their polling places out of schools or canceling classes where voting is taking place. tonight, the governor of virginia is addressing those
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decision desk with that part of the story. chris? >> well, with people already out doing early voting across the country and right here in our area, federal and state officials say they have growing concerns about violence in the days leading up to election day. a lot of those fears are being fueled by talk of fraud, vigilante observers, and angry voters. officials are worried there could be confrontations, even violence at some of the polling places and today on carey asked governor terry mcauliffe about his security plans. >> i think it's going to be very secure, it's the first i've actually heard people worried about violence. you know, think some people actually want us to have this discussion to scare people and i think some of this is actually done judicial watch and others, this is actually done so we'll have the conversation and people say, well, i don't know if i should go vote if i'm going to get beaten up. put all that aside, let me say
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it's going to be a great experience in the commonwealth of virginia to vote on election day. >> governor mcauliffe says there is one thing he's worried about. the lines. he says there are about 370,000 new voters in the commonwealth and he right now he is predicting record turnout. pat? >> all right, chris. thank you. a nanny is charged with murder and child abuse. she's accused of killing an 8-month-old baby in her care. tonight, neighbors are stunned. news 4's chris gordon joins us from glen ardeni chris? >> reporter: well, pat, it happened here monday in this house. now police seem to have a moment-by-moment account of how it happened despite the fact that the nanny was the only adult here at the time. that's because this family has a surveillance camera inside. police say monday afternoon, the
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inside the house. a video surveillance camera shows the 8-month-old was crying and woke the nanny up. the nanny tried to feed the infant who was in a toddlers walker unsuccessfully. police say the nanny removed the victim from her walker, took the nipple from the victim's baby bottle, forcing her to swallow the entire contents. >> forcefully meaning pouring the two bottles into the baby's mouth to the point where she >> reporter: the nanny called the child's father who dialed 911 as he raced home. >> i heard the ambulance come down the street and being nosey, i always look to the house with the babe by. >> reporter: the child was unresponsive and pronounced dead at the hospital. more than one neighbor tells us they've been concerned about the baby for some time now. >> i always heard the baby crying all the time. all the time. i take care of my neighbor's yard. >> you know what caused the crime? >> no, i don't.
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no prior criminal record. she's from nigeria and has only worked for the family a couple of months. police say they know how this homicide happened but they're trying to figure out why. that's the latest live from prince george's county, jim? >> thanks, chris. a pastor in alexandria could be spending sundays in jail instead of church. he's been accused of bilking his congregation out of more than $1 million. as our derrick ward reports, the pastor left court judge. >> reporter: pastor terry millender's victorious life church met sundays in space here at west potomac high school. last sunday after service the pastor and his wife, brenda, were arrested here. the attorney says that's one of the number of unusual moves by the government in this case. >> there was such a, excuse me, lull in the investigation. we were looking at it a couple years ago, seemed to die on the vine.
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is interesting. >> reporter: the government alleges millender and two co-defendants bilked members of the coalition out of more than $1 million to fund small businesses in poor and emerging countries. the investors' money went into high risk foreign currency exchange funds and personal expenses of the pastor and his wife. >> he's denying guilt, we're going to plead not guilty on friday at the arraignment. >> reporter: brenda mille monday. a hearing today for the pastor and co-defendant, grenetta well, irs testified while this investigation was going on, pastor millender was doing business transaction with another company, kingdom commodities unlimited, nigerian oil trading company in which he said he was, quote, a middle man. those charges come as a shock to personal friends of the pastor. >> what i know about pastor terry, been just a gentleman, a
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prosecutors sought to keep millender in jail based on the alleged activity, a federal magistrate said those felonies didn't warrant holding millender any longer. it came up because the irs investigator that testified said the pastor's own sister pulled her money out of that investment venture because she said the ventures didn't seem realistic. the returns promised didn't seem realistic. however, they're not part of this indictment. the to 20 years and fines if convicted on these charges. again, back in court for arraignle on friday. live in alexandria, derrick ward, news 4. new reaction to a metro controversy that we reported first on news 4 this morning. metro officials say they're taking action against a train operator who refused to move his train because he said his shift was over. witnesses say the operator walked off the train sunday night at the ft. totten station. he was supposed to take that
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that's been waiting for an economic bruce. council member brandon todd represents that neighborhood. >> 5 million square feet of development. 5,000 new d.c. jobs. and 21 units of housing and over 400 to be affordable housing. that's a lot of hard work from a lot of fantastic people. >> construction on a new charter school and a firehouse will be among the first projects to break ground. mark segraves talked to one couple who's been waiting a long time for this day.
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that. mark? >> reporter: yeah, good evening, jim. you know, the economic boost of this neighborhood is a big deal as part of this agreement, but there's another cool part of this. take a look at all of this open space. it is absolutely beautiful. for more than 100 of years, this has all been fenced off to the public and these neighbors including kelly and jim shy who years ago invested in the future of this neighborhood hoping that this day would come. >> i've been waiting a long time and kelly shy bought this restaurant on georgia avenue just blocks from the main entrance to walter reed. when they first opened, the hospital was still open. so many of their customers were military. >> knew it would be a little bit tough. it was. we had a lot of the military business. >> reporter: then when the hospital closed taking thousands of military personnel away, their business took a hit. >> we've done well in between and we're really looking forward to it opening up.
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>> reporter: for kelly shy, it was an emotional moment watching mayor bowser sign the deal with the u.s. army to take over 66 acres of the walter reed campus. >> it is really is emotional and happy. couldn't believe when we told them we were coming over here, because we just learned about it on friday, that this was actually happening. >> reporter: it was only fitting after the signing ceremony, bowser stopped by lita's on georgia avenue for lunch with the shies. now, while the dtr northwest, the other half of the campus stays with the federal government, the state department. they're going to put in a new campus for international embassies. pat, back to you in the studio. >> mark segraves, thank you, mark. new action taken amid outrage over plans to collect bonuses from national guard members who served. we'll report how the community is coming together to help residents evicted from their home even though they paid their rent and did everything
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jeopardy on the double decker bus. the redskins' royal red trip continues on. coming up. news 4. >> i got this, pat. i got those answers, buddy. out there this morning, take a look where the numbers were, how low we went, down to 30 in many locations including gaithersburg, dulles, manassas. tomorrow you won't need the
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after bipartisan outrage, a new order today from the pentagon. stop trying to recover bonuses paid to national guard members. the guard members got that money for reenlisting and fighting in iraq and afghanistan. a decade ago. nbc's chris clackum reports. >> reporter: just days after a published report that thousands of california national guard mebe pentagon to pay back suspect bonuses they received for reenlisting a decade ago, defense secretary ashton carter has halted the payback process. >> i ordered the suspension of all efforts to collect reimbursement from affected california guard members. >> reporter: carter's decision follows the "los angeles times" story over the weekend that nearly 10,000 california guard members had been ordered by the
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>> we step forward, volunteer, signed on the line, we did our duty and now they're slapping us in the face for it. >> reporter: former guard member, robert, was among those in 2006 or 2007 who received a bonus of $15,000 or more to reenlist for more combat in iraq or afghanistan. an investigation in 2011, though, determined those bonuses were in error or several california guard recruiters pled guilty to fraud, but at the same time, the pentagon pursued payback from the soldiers which elected officials on both sides of the aisle now call outrageous. chris clackum, nbc news. u.s. troops have been working with iraqi forces to take down isis in the city of mosul in iraq. secretary of defense ash carter
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city of raqqah is next. raqqah is in syria. it is the capital of the islamic state's self-declared caliphate there. carter says the offensive there is set to begin in a few weeks. that assault would be led by arab and kurdish fighters. carter says there are enough resources for both battles. roughly now 5,000 american service members supporting the battle against isis in iraq. it was a war of words kelly and newt gingrich. a donald trump supporter. started last night during an interview when kelly mentioned polls that suggest voters are concerned about the sexual misconduct allegations against trump. >> if trump is a sexual predator, that is -- >> he's not a sexual predator. you can't say that. >> i'm not taking a position. >> you cannot defend that statement. i'm sick and tired of people like you using language that's inflammatory that's not true. you want to go back to the tapes of your show recently?
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this election is over." he's not clarified that remark. football now. countdown to a big game coming up. this sunday, our guys playing in the stadium more than 3,000 miles away. not to the west, but to the east. we're taking on the bengals over in london. we sent our own pat collins across the pond. he's been chatting up the locals there, testing their knowledge of our football, american
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busy piccadilly circus with more on that. pat, how's it going? >> reporter: jim, we're having a great time over here, talking real football. this has been a whirlwind trip so far. sometimes i don't even know what time of day it is, but i figured it all out now. you see, this is home, and that is away. we're at the piccadilly circus. this is london's times square. if that bus will move, you'll be able to see all the activity back there,eo you know, the big game sunday's a sellout but it makes you wonder how much do the brits really know about our game of football? it is time to play double decker double jeopardy. what is the secret to crossing the streets in london? >> run -- >> reporter: run? >> or watch the -- >> reporter: what do you do, run? welcome to london, but watch
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you see, things we do this way back home, they do that way here. crossing the street can have dire consequences. you get too close to one of those big double deckers, and they'll start calling you lefty. >> right then left then right again. >> reporter: so look right, then left, then right again? then cross? >> yes. >> reporter: in the traffic rush, and for our own protection, we decided to board the brits' knowledge of our game called football. what's a nickel package? >> um, is it the thing that they wear to protect their things? i'm guessing. >> reporter: what's the nickel package? >> something to keep your pennies in? >> reporter: how many players are on a football team? >> eight or ten.
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>> yeah. >> i think around 15. >> i'm going to go with 15. >> reporter:. >> i'm guessing you start off with about 20 then when you get the ball you change it for another 20, things like that? no, i don't know. >> reporter: what is a hail mary? >> i believe that's an explanation we use in britain, hail mary, i don't know what it is in terms of american football, no. >> it's a prayer. >> it's a prayer. >> a catholic prayer. >> reporter: how many points do you get for a two-point er >> reporter: you sure? >> i think. >> reporter: my god, i think she's got it. now, stick around. tomorrow, more stories from london. at 4:00, i'm going to give you an english lesson i guarantee you didn't learn in school. jim and pat, cheerio. >> pat, i got -- you got to play back the rest of your piece because i was laughing so hard,
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package is that thing they wear to protect their -- >> he lost his composure. >> how did you go on after that? >> reporter: that's one way to put it. i guess that's one way to put it. thanks, pat. we'll hear more from you later. looking forward to it. >> be careful out there, pat. thanks. donald trump, he took time off campaign trail to push his brand. there's a city leader who's noticeably absent, g a warning for cyclists after a deadly crash. the mistake many are making as police take new steps to enforce the law on a popular trail. i'm julie carey in loudoun county where there are new concerns about protecting this slave cemetery. there was an agreement to protect it from back construction that's under way, but now its custodians say there is some encroachment that has
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we saw some sunshine a little bit earlier today after we woke up to temperatures below freezing in many locations. first frost. many others, you may have had to wipe off the car or scrape off that car early this morning. out there this afternoon,
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with the cloud cover that has now moved in. winds out of the south at about 7 miles an hour. temperatures, they're not going to fall too fast tonight. not like last night. temperatures right now, though, already cool. 52 ft. royal. winchester. 52 gaithersburg. 52 down toward clinton and laurten. we won't be as cool tomorrow morning. temperatures in mid to upper 40s. 56 by noon. 6 0 degrees by 4:00. you won't need the coat. tomorrow it will be the jacket and the the 3:00, 4:00, 5:00 hour in and around the city. now, most of the area dry right now. we are tracking just a few showers up to our north in toward portions of frederick county, howard county, along 270 and 70. just some sprinkles. that with a warm front that's now moving on in. the warm front moves through then tomorrow, we get in on this action. this is the cold front, the area of low pressure here. there is some colder air with it. notice some snow that's going on right now in toward central
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air there. it's going to have an impact on the game tonight. the world series going on in cleveland. they are expecting rain and temperatures right now of only 44 degrees. that's going to be a nasty night when it does start to rain. for us, we're going to see the rain come through tomorrow afternoon. tomorrow early, starting off dry. even through noon, i think most of this -- most of us are on the dry side. starting to see the showers moving in. back to the west, leesburg, frederick, winchester around your lunchtime. around 2:00, that's when it moves in across much of the corridor, 2:00, 3:00, 4:00. continuing right on through 4:00. so a wet rush hour tomorrow evening. as the rain moves through. then we'll see another little wave come through with the actual front. so heads up for that tomorrow night as well. that could be when we see some of the heavier rain. although all of it, most of it is not going to be on the heavy side. most of this will be light. by friday morning, we're clearing out. behind it with more sunshine. now, the impact tomorrow, going to be on the moderate side. as we will see the dry day, dry
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day. high temperatures tomorrow, about where they were today. maybe just little warmer. 62 degrees with the afternoon rain. it will be cool and rather breezy tomorrow. friday, dry again with more sunshine but rather breezy. highs in the upper 50s to around 60. look at the weekend. 74 saturday. 76 on sunday. and another 70 next wednesday. i'm going to highlight sunday and monday. we got a lot of evens going on the next couple of days. i'll highlight those for you at 6:45. i'm tracee wis. exit for families who were living in lynnhill condos in temple hill. this is what it's like without power here. they have until friday to vacate. >> sleeping in cars yesterday. the shelters ran out of spaces. also tonight -- protests outside donald trump's new luxury hotel here in d.c. the presidential candidate was there but the city's mayor wasn't. we'll tell you why.
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dozens of families have been evicted from their homes because their condo association didn't pay the bills. >> this was move out day at the lynnhill condo complex in prince george's county. residents there are frustrated about their situation, but they're also finding out they're not alone. tracee wilkins is in temple hills now with more on how the county is stepping in to help. tracee? >> reporter: pat, we have seen a lot of visitors here today, folks who are interested in helping these families out. there areom light here lighting up what was a dark parking lot last night. it appears that these people are starting to get some help. >> 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
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something taken from you that you work so hard for. >> reporter: 77 families at lynnhill condos in temple hills, 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 o a large group of prince george's county ministers are banning together to help. >> that includes a first month's deposit and rent because the county just doesn't have the type of resources that are needed for this type of situation. >> reporter: and today county executive rushern baker came to visit. >> now whatever the court system is going to do, that's going to play itself out. may concern right now is your safety. >> we're waiving for residents here, we're waiving the
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gates hudson is helping to get people placed into their available apartment properties in the county. 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're going to waive the application fee and the move-in fee, they're going to see if we qualify. so we're going to go see if we can do that now. >> reporter: these families have been uprooted. the most heartbreaking part of all of this is watching those families who did get shelter come back to off of the bus when it dropped them off here. we have a lot of children living in these complexes. families who are displaced or uprooted now, trying to figure out what's next. there are -- there is help for these families. if you'd like to find out about that, go to nbcwashington.com, take a look at the link that's been provided by prince george's county government. reporting live in temple hills, tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> all right. thank you so much, tracee.
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there are new consumer protections in a case like this. specifically when a building owner fails to pay the utility bills. consumer reporter susan hogan joins us now with what she's learned. susan? >> reporter: well, we reached out to the apartment and office building association of metropolitan washington. they are actively working with the prince george's county government right now to provide assistance to those displaced residents. in this case, as you heard, it was the condo association that failed to pay the utility however, for those people who live in multifamily communities, there are important consumer protections for tenants whose landlords neglect to pay utility bills. let's hear what we know so far now. for example, in maryland, if the landlord fails to pay utility bills required under the lease, the tenant can pay the utility directly and then can deduct money from rent due to a landlord. and also a gas or electric
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service to any master meter apartment building on the basis of nonpayment unless that utility provides an opportunity for tenants to pay. of course, that's when it's practical. now, we have asked the association to break all of this information down for you and for us state by state including d.c. you can check it out right now on our nbc washington app. just search "renters rights." >> thanks, susan. in about a half an hour, the george's county. 18-year-old allyssa banks was shot a week ago in upper marlboro. she recently graduated from high school where she was president of the student government, member of the choir and junior rotc. friends and family will hold a vigil beginning at 7:00 tonight. they're also asking for donations to help allyssa's family with the cost of funeral. donald trump formally opened
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of protesters outside. the hotel is located on pennsylvania avenue just blocks from the white house. mayor bowser boycotted the event. news 4's tom sherwood is here now to explain why. tom? >> well, pat, the hotel is new business here, but for mayor bowser today, it was too much politics. hundreds of protesters briefly blocking the new side entrance to the trump international hotel on pennsylvania avenue. >> i don't like what he represents said. >> reporter: yes, hundreds of protesters but far different from just two years ago when smiling city officials incluing then-council member muri lerks bowser joined trump for the 2014 groundbreaking. today mayor bowser was on the far side of town, a democrat supporting hillary clinton not wanting to be seen with trump. >> i say that i don't want to be involved in donald trump politics.
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the city will make sure trump pays his taxes here. >> and we also want to make sure that they're paying their fair share of taxes but i always root for d.c. businesses. >> and again, d.c. leaders want the trump hotel to succeed, but his campaign, not so much. this is a heavily democratic city. the democratic candidate gets about 90% of the vote. >> thank you, tom. >> thanks, tom. coming up, a next round of repairs on metro. it was just last week an 81-year-old man on his bike was hit and killed in this crosswalk in bethesda. police are here trying to get people to stop. how they're trying to make sure people get the message. this morning it was the coats. tomorrow morning don't forget the umbrellas. we got rain coming in. i'll show you when. i'm back in seven minutes .
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new warnings from police today in the wake of a deadly accident. an 81-year-old bicyclist was killed last week as he crossed the capital crescent tail in bethesda. >> police continue to investigate this case, authorities are cracking down on cyclists and drivers who ignore rules of the road. news 4's kristin wright is live now with new steps being taken. kristin? >> reporter: well, hey, pat. police have been out here this crosswalk every day since ned galen was killed and honestly, you don't have to stand here long to see that there are a lot of cars that don't seem like they want to stop. a lot of bicyclists who seem like they don't want to stop. and a lot of pedestrians who seem like they don't want to stop, either. police are here to try to get
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slow down. >> reporter: police right there yelling at a driver who could have hit a man on his bike in the crosswalk. it's no secret drivers don't always follow the rules of the road, but maryland national capital park police say bicyclists break the rules sometimes, too. >> here's another one. didn't stop. >> reporter: dashcam video given to us by maryland national capital park police shows bicyclists and pedestrians violating that same crosswalk this past sunday. captain rick says this is the bottom line of their educational cam >> bicyclists in the state of maryland are required to follow traffic regulations as if they were driving their car. >> sir, come on over here for a second. >> reporter: police are writing up warnings for now, but hope leadership in the bicycling community steps up to be partners with law enforcement in getting everybody to stop. >> raising awareness and giving out warnings is always a good idea. >> i think it's very important, especially since a person lost
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>> reporter: so right now, police tell me they are just giving warnings and they have no plans to give tickets. they want to simply educate everyone. the rules of the crosswalk. so another piece of advice, jim, from police today is that during the day, it's a little more difficult at night, during the day, if you're on a bike or walking, try to make the eye contact with drivers so they know you're there. back to you. >> thanks, kristin. about new construction. locals are working to preserve the history of a cemetery. the game is not until sunday. why the party has already started here in london. i'm carol maloney.
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some neighbors in loudoun county are concerned that a road construction project is threatening their efforts to protect a slave cemetery. it's located just off the corner of route 7 and belmont ridge road. all new at 6:00, northern virginia bureau chief, julie carey, went to see why folks who care about the historic site are >> this is what you call a field marker, stone. >> reporter: pastor michelle thomas showing us one of the 44 graves that have been identified so far in what was once the belmont plantation. she founded a non-profit, the loudoun freedom center, that now holds the deed to three acres here. >> so you can see, there's a family. >> reporter: but pastor michelle and others who work to protect this cemetery are worried the county's promises to protect it
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are faltering. this is what the former county board chairman said a year ago at the road project ground breaking. >> let us make sure that we honor the sacredness of that property. >> reporter: but the cemetery's custodians got a surprise recently when they discovered the fence line had moved. some digging had taken place. >> the fence there used to go straight across. and this penetration, this little bubble, the penetration there into an area that could be part of the cemetery. >> reporter: another rr down for the construction, leaving the site much more exposed to the elements. when i contacted county officials about the group's concerns, a spokesman told me they visited the site last week to check things out. they spoke to construction workers to make sure they knew no one should trespass. new signs are being put up. the county also ordered the fence be fixed. said a spokesman "the county is committed to preserving the cemetery while carefully managing the nearby construction project in a manner that preserves the historic and
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they will be watching as they continue to work to preserve this hallowed ground. >> we're going to recognize you. we're going to bestow on you the honor that you deserve and we're going to do it in our lifetime. we're the generation that will complete your story. >> reporter: in loudoun county, julie carey, news 4. metro's longest safe track surge wraps up tonight, but the next round of work is expected to bhe impact on commuters. surge number ten will begin saturday. they expect it to run for 25 days. the red line will be closed between ft. totten and noma gallaudet stations. metro says about 100,000 riders each day will be affected. turning now to the weather. doug, what are you seeing on the radar right now? >> some shower activity. >> okay. >> then some rain for tomorrow. >> all righty.
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>> seeing a lot. >> i'm seeing a lot. you can take a lot from a radar picture. you can download one on storm team 4 radar -- nbc washington app. >> i want to -- >> i got it. >> -- know about the weekend. >> the weekend, 74 saturday. >> that's what i'm talking about. >> 76 on saturday. don't turn it off just yet. let's show you what's happening now. the weekend is looking really, really nice. temperatures out there on the cool side. highs only in the 50s today. 56 degrees right now. winds out of the south 7 miles r look at weather underground numbers, 51 toward avon, jefferson county, west virginia. 51 up in maryland. 52 beverly beach, anne arundel county. showers making their way through portions of howard county, to the south. these are going to be down toward columbia, maryland, over toward laurel a little earlier. they're moving out. they were very, very light. you may have seen a sprinkle on your way home. back to the west, we got an area of low pressure spinning up here around chicago. this is the warm front.
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some snow in parts of michigan, this is the cold front and going to bring us the rain during the day tomorrow. not tonight, it will be tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow, again, tomorrow is thursday. thursday, we do not want to repeat wednesday. nope. 56 degrees at noon. f 60 degrees. showers through 7:00. that's when i expect to see the rain. remember that when you step out the door, you need the umbrellas. highs tomorrow upper 6 os. high of 62 in d.c. if we can get again, we will be dry to start off the day. next couple of days, 60 on friday. here's saturday. 74. beautiful day. sunday, 76 degrees. of course, that's the marine corps marathon day. 7:40 the time the run starts. rather warm by noon. comfortable. temperature of 69. halloween, 58 degrees. then we go right back up. so couple 70s in the forecast. halloween night, by the way,
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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> game coming up sunday, this time over in london.
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loving life, we hope she'll come back. she likes it that much. we want to go to her in a moment. start with jason pugh, he's out in ashburn. what's the story from there, jason? >> reporter: vance, the redskins dealing with injuries at the moment, this obviously a very critical game as they get ready to go to london to play the cincinnati bengals. they need the victory before they head into the bye week. don't want to go into the bye week with an average 4-4 record. onehi getting back star players, most notably jordan reed. today he practiced here in ashburn with the redskins which is a good sign for redskins fans. cost him two games. he suffered a concussion. sixth concussion in six years. josh norman is coming off a concussion he got against the lions. both will meet with an independent neurologist tomorrow. trent williams has a sprained knee but expects definitely to play sunday. as for their quarterback, kirk
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going to bed by 7:00 p.m. and waking up to 5:00 a.m. to adjust to the five-hour time distance in london. the time change to the field conditions, everyone doing their best to get ready for this important trip. >> when i went over there this offseason, i had a hard time adjusting. i was there for about three days. it was tough. i was sleeping in until noon or 1:00 just because of how tired i was. i want to make sure that doesn't happen. >> it's known the wembley stadium has a mixture of turf and grass. you being one of the faster redskins, what are you doing to prepare yourself for sunday's game. >> just trying out new cleats. every day this week when we get a chance to go out on the field on saturday, take a few pairs out there to get a good feel for the field. once i get a feel for the field, i'll be fine. >> reporter: so morgan moses, our special guest reporter today, did an excellent job. definitely has a career in broadcasting after football. now getting back to josh norman
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neurologist, they will hop on the plane with their teammates and go to london for that game on sunday. my teammate, carol maloney, is standing by right now in london awaiting for the guys to get there tomorrow. carol, what's going on in london right now? >> reporter: actually there's a lot of excitement here tonight. surprising that it's wednesday and the party's already started. you heard the expression, "paint the town," well, painting it burgundy and gold is actually happening at a local pub. in the shadow of the shard, a pub flying the burgundy and gold. barrel boy and banker, the place to be more redskins fans of any motivation. >> my boss is a bengals fan so i'm really hoping i can go back to the office on november 2nd and hand him, like, a redskins pendant or something because we win. >> reporter: is it worth losing your job for a redskins --
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that's a close one. >> if he's not watching, yes, it's worth it. >> reporter: business booming and the game still four days away. >> it's payday wednesday and there's a football match on in town, so we have people here. definitely brought business and over the weekend, i mean, you won't be able to move in here over the weekend. it will be crazy. it has been amazing from uk fans, so many fans, there's loads of people, so they said it will be a really busy pub over the weekend. fans with that national holiday payday wednesday. is there a payday thursday? jim and doreen, i vow to find out tomorrow. wha happens on payday thursday? we need to know. >> payday thursday, i don't know what that is, but i'm sure with your intrinsic journalistic skills you'll find out and tell us. you're having a good time, aren't you, carol? >> reporter: yeah, i am.
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it's a big thing. >> that takes a lot of skills. thanks, carol. come on back. we get paid more often here. >> have lots more fun. >> probably a lot more, too. "nightly news" coming up next. >> see you later. ?? stand by me ?? vo: for dominion, part of delivering affordable energy includes supporting those in our community who need help. our energyshare program does just that, assisting with bill pay and providing free,
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