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families. >> jim, amy savopoulos' parents were in court, and they were listening when the judge decided to wait another 90 days before setting a trial date. this isn't the first time a judge has postponed the decision to set a trial date. because of the abundance of evidence the prosecution has collected, the defense argued they need more time. it was a crime scene that horrified so many. 10-year-old son, and their housekeeper were tortures for hours and then killed. their house caught on fire. >> they got dna off the pizza. this is krielsh. this could make or break the case. >> fast forward nearly a we're and a half later to today. daron wint appeared in court and we learned more dna evidence was found. the expectation of the day was for a trial date to be set, but
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from inside the mansion, and dna on five items match wint. >> it takes time to process all of those swabs. >> time is what wint's defense team said they needed, saying a trial date shouldn't be set because they need more time to retest the evidence. >> dwayne stanton is a former homicide detective for the metropolitan police department. he says it's true retesting the evidence will take time, but says it's likely the defense team is using a stall have their own set of eyes to look at the evidence. but they could have asked for it already too. >> nevertheless, the judge decided that a trial date won't be set until next year. and wint is not due back in court until february 3rd. it's possible at that point a trial date could be set. at 6:00, we'll tell you why experts say it could be years before we see a verdict in this case. back to you. >> thank you.
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all of the candidates on the campaign train. donald trump getting ready to speak in maine right now. hillary clinton is in iowa. but the big story today, an october surprise for the clinton campaign. courtesy of the fbi. let's go right to scott mcfarland at the decision desk. >> good evening. the fbi is announcing this afternoon it's looking into a new batcho of e-mails connected to the hillary clinton server investigation. james comey sent a letter today. he said these e-mails were discovered in an unrelated fbi case. the e-mails were found on a device connected to the investigation into former congressman anthony weiner. we don't know if any classified information was in the e-mails or who sent them. it's also not clear if it would change comey's decision not to recommend criminal charges against mrs. clinton. still, donald trump and other republicans are pouncing tonight.
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fact that the fbi and the department of justice are now willing to have the courage to right the horrible mistakes that they made. >> within the past hour, clinton's campaign manager john podesta released a scathing response to comey's letter. it reads in part, it is extraordinary that we would see something like this just 11 days out from a presidential election. the director owes it to the he is now examining. we are confident this will not produce any conclusions different from the ones the fbi reached in july. >> hillary clinton herself has not commented. wendy. >> scott mcfarland. >> and covering the district this afternoon, former d.c. mayor vincent gray calling for more security in northeast d.c. at the dorothy height library. that's also an early voting
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nominee for ward 7 d.c. council. this comes after a man was shot in the parking lot this afternoon. and a gun stolen from an armed security guard there last night. police say they're looking for one or two male suspects who were driving a green dodge charger with tinted windows. gray said it's important that residents feel safe when they go to vote. >> tonight, a new high-tech hitch in a child porn case. a college student in virginia is accused of distributing sexual involving the popular app she allegedly used to share it. news 4's chris gordon is live frus outside the u.s. courthouse to explain. chris. >> well, jim, in court this afternoon, the defendant was described as a student at northern virginia community college. and a former child day care worker. this all happened through social media and texting.
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virginia is charged with distributing child pornography. the prosecution's chief witness is d.c. detective timothy pal check. who is with the metropolitan police department's child exploitation task force, working as a special agent with the fbi. he testified about the facts in his affidavit, which has been obtained by news 4. the affidavit identifies pamela wilson's facebook account, saying they checked with the department of motor vehicles, driver's license matched the individual displayed on the facebook profile and the image sent to the undercover agent during the course of their messaging conversations. the affidavit says pamela wilson messaged that she was interested in sex acts with his 9-year-old daughter. the affidavit says that september and october, wilson told the undercover dad that she was uncomfortable sending him
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unloaded files to her drop box and sent him the link and her password. he says he found more than 100 videos with young children being abused by adults. prosecutor andrea argues that constitutes probable cause, to charge wilson with distribution of child pornography, but wilson's attorney argued there was no distribution because that requires a transfer of possession, and there has to be an intent to possession. federal magistrate judge m.g. harvey says he's concerned if the pornography was distributed from virginia to d.c. he says he's never had a case like this before. so, what will happen next in this case? i'll have that for you ahead on news 4 at 6:00. along with my conversations late this afternoon with lawyers who have handled child pornography cases, both prosecutors and
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dropbox could constitute a defense to the crime of distributing child pornography. back to you. >> chris gordon, thank you. new at 5:00 tonight, an uber driver facing kidnapping and assault charges, accused of preying on one of his passengers. police tell us the man picked up a woman in the district who had been drinking. they say instead of driving her to her home in fairfax, he drove her to park and carried her into a room. after spending some time in that room, we're told he left and used the victim's credit card at a nearby 7-eleven. >> bond is denied for a nanny accused of killing an 8-month-old in prince george's county. the woman was the first -- made her first appearance in court this afternoon. her original hearing got postponed so prosecutors could
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kentucky, around 71. 73 in roanoke. the wider view showing one system moving out. more back to the west. this is something we're watching. what i'm tracking right now is across the pond, as they say. over towards london, england, where the redskins are taking on the bengals. look at this forecast. partly sunny, cool, but nice temperatures there, around 61 degrees. and i did that just so i could show off my brand-new suit
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piccadilly circus right there. you have your scarf on, but you have to check out this coat. >> yes. i hear it is stunning. i wish i could see it. i'll look at it when i get back. you know, out here -- out here, it has been mild, doug. but the sun is sort of mia. it's one of those things, you walk around. it's cloudy, and all of a sudden, you look up, you see this, like hey, as soon as you say that, it's cloudy again. but we have had no rain, and that's good. so let's just keep it the way it is. you know, all eyes in washington have been on london for the big bengals and redskins football game on sunday, but in london, they have a very special eye of their own. and it sees almost everything.
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but this is the big wheel. it's the london eye. 443 feet tall. eat your heart out, national harbor. the eye is more than twice as tall as the harbor ride. at the eye, mike louden, from sterling, virginia. >> it's awesome. when you get on the eye, you're going to pretend you're james bond. >> absolutely. why not? you're in london. the best thing to do. >> gi look. >> shaken, not stirred. >> it moves slowly. sometimes, it looks like it's standing still. but it's a chance to see buildings not on the gray line tour. like the walkie-talkie. the cheese shredder. and the slicer. if you're a little scared of heights, they say the eye is
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you often can't even feel you're moving. and because of the way the capsules are built, you actually look outwards rather than down. >> but don't tell that to virginia state senator jack peterson. >> i was happy when it started coming down. once it got to the top, i was about done with it. >> on the eye, they have had 6,000 wedding proposals, and 500 weddings. >> the wheel. that's when the i dos happen. >> a few days ago, prince william, kate, and prince harry took a charity ride right here on the eye. another memory from our royal redskins road trip. but then, you get the picture. now, redskins fans are starting to represent here. coming up at 6:00, we're going
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jim, wendy, where did doug get that coat? >> from a game show host. seriously. >> oh, boy. you have to try it on when you get back, buddy. you could rock it, too. >> you don't need sunshine in that coat. >> you tell -- you tell him the '50s called. they want that coat back. >> yeah, they do. all right, pat, thanks. we'll see you at 6:00. i'm liking that scarf. >> for the third tim with a multimillion dollar jury verdict over whether the talc in its baby powder can cause cancer. >> and while millions say they would rather p ay welcome hi today we're gonna be comparing these two truck beds. let's start over here with this aluminum bed.
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now he looks me square in the eye, and, i swear he says, "welcome to navy federal credit union." whoa friendly alert! i got a great auto rate outta that guy. now i have a wonderful hybrid. slate blue. cr?me interior. he was so nice! open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union. breaking news we're following for you in chicago. american airlines says seven passengers and a flight attendant were hurt when this plane caught fire on the runway of chicago's o'hare airport. the faa originally said no one was hurt when the pilot aborted the takeoff. everyone was evacuated but this video poised on social media shows the intensity of that fire. the flight was heading from ohire to miami when the plane
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we're going to continue to follow the story and bring you any new information. >> you saw this breaking news alert. a northern virginia man who was supposed to be signing up new voters is locked up tonight, charged with voter registration fraud. our bureau chief, julie carey, broke this story on twitter this morning and she joins us live from alexandria with details on how those fake forms were caught. julie. >> well, you know, we heard a lot of talk in the presidential rigged system. but what happened in this case recently in the alexandria voter office seems to underscore the checks ipplace to preserve the integrity of the voter roll. in a presidential election year, voter registration surges. about 5,000 forms have been delivered to alexandria's voter registration office by third party groups. one of them, new virginia majority, hired this man, vafalay massaquoi.
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even door to door to register voters. when he turned in a stack of forms in june, the staff at the voter registration office immediately saw a problem. >> we review all of the applications carefully before we process them. this particular group because they all came in together, there was information on them that seemed like we needed to refer it to the commonwealth attorney for investigation. >> the investigation revealed massaquoi allegedly made up names on some forms. an arrest warrant was issued, pennsylvania. >> he was located in early october outside of philadelphia. was arrested and the extradition process takes a couple weeks. >> the executive director of new virginia majority spoke to me by phone. he said massaquoi was fired in june as soon as they learned of the irregularity. >> we're glad that there's a lot of safeguards to be sure that we have a high quality, high integrity election. >> the prosculator tells me he
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conversation about voter fraud. >> normally, this might be something that wasn't even really released publicly, but given the fact that it is a matter of public import, it was important to make sure the public was aware that we're aware of this, we take it seriously, we charge people and prosecute these cases. >> now, the republican party of virginia also weighed in, they say they're glad this alleged fraud was caught and they say it illustrates the importance of voter photo i.d.s at the polls. a lot of foengs here today ballots. we'll hear from them at 6:00 about what they think about what was discovered here. >> thanks, julie. >> here in the district, there has been some major backlash against one of the country's oldest brewers because of their support for donald trump and his running mate, mike pence. following a campaign visit this week, the owner of ying ling told trump's son eric that they support his father and want him
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they will stop serving the beer. that's according to the washington blade that reports that some of the bars have returned their shipments. >> under the affordable care act, if you don't have health insurance, you have to pay a penalty on your taxes. the goal of the fine is to give healthy people an incentive to buy insurance. according to the "new york times," most healthy people say they'll stipay the fine. that's because the $695 penalty is still much cheaper than any of the health plans. experts to call to an increase to the tax penalty. it's estimated nearly 6 mm people will pay a fine for not having health insurance next year. >> important changes start on monday at the herndon monroe park and ride along the toll road. the service lot is closed for construction which means the kitson line and slug line pickup have to be temporarily
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the slug line is going to relocate to the first level of the parking garage. fairfax county is urging commuters to consider using the reston south park -- reston south park and ride while construction is taking place. >> we have been following this story all week long. >> families at the linhill contoes are allowed to state in their homes, at least for now. but new safety problems are emerging with the power and gas still turned off. describes how she finally found
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well, it was chillier out there today than it first looked when you looked out the window. i had to run back in and change. >> doug decided to put on with the chillier temperatures. you still donning it? oh, my gosh. >> you love it, right? >> you can't get enough of it. >> it just fits me so well. you know, i mean -- >> i think they can see that from the space station. >> it's you. >> and then you do, this is how it goes. >> there you go. you remind me of the mystery date, my game i played when i was 6.
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>> shomari stone. >> that has shomari written all over it. >> love that guy. shomarree stone, my man, giving me the cool jacket. let's show you what's happening outside today. look at this, by the way. this is a really cool story here. if you're trick-or-treating in the ashton heightsarlington, th you. a two-headed dragon. this is from a felled tree in and arouh months ago, that tree fell down and a local chain saw artist andrew mallon turned it into one cool dragon with two heads and a saddle. he's going to be weatherized and eventually moved to a permanent location. that's pretty darn cool. nicely done. out there right now, temperature wise, looking good. 63 degrees earlier. now down to 62. winds out of the northwest at 15 miles per hour, with all that sunshine, just beautiful. you can put the jackets away for now. you're not going to need them until maybe about the next two
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fairly quickly. 52 in fairmont, 53 in leesburg. if you're heading out, it will be cool, but not bad for friday night. no rain this weekend. we're under a nice cool dome of high pressure right now. that high pressure area moves out as a warm front comes across the region. then, high pressure to the south kicks in, and really gives us some warm air. the heat will be on and you'll be going from turning on the heat to turning on the ac again weekend. kind of topsy turvy weather. temperatures tomorrow back in the 70s. remember, we were at freezing just a couple days ago. now we're forecasting back into the 70s. 72, gaithersburg tomorrow. 75, manassas. a very warm saturday. it gets warmer. great weekend to see fall foliage. near peak in the poconos. then back to the west, we are at peak, just off to the west, and
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starting to see really good color here, creeping closer and closer to our region. if you're headed to the marine corps marathon on sunday, kids run tomorrow, jim will be down here all day on sunday, looking great. 63 at 9:00 a.m. 73 by noon, by the time we're done, 80 degrees in the afternoon. just in time for you to grab a nice cool drink in the afternoon. 50s for your trick-or-treating forecast. chilly but dry. a really nice there for trick-or-treating. i think halloween is looking fantastic. temperatures the next couple days. sunday at 80 degrees. redskins game at 9:30. halloween forecast looking great. all of next week looking great, too. look at the wednesday and thursday forecast, temperatures up to 76 degrees. i know what i'm doing for halloween. >> yeah, you got the costume. good to go. >> you're going as charles
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no power, no gas, no heat. today, many residents of the lynnhill condos in temple hills are adding turning point. >> yesterday, a judge said they could stay in the building while lawmakers try to get the light back on, but some have had enough. bureau chief tracee wilkins talked to some of those residents today. >> yeah, there are some people who have decided to stay. but as you can see here behind me, there are even more people who have decided they want to
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>> today was supposed to be the day lynnhill condo residents were no longer allowed in their building. but a court order gave them another week, late yesterday. this after more than $1 million in utility bills went unpaid by the condo association there. on tuesday, power and gas were shut off. >> i don't think we should have to leave because it's not their fault. >> steven is volunteering to move people out families came from his church. >> when you actually get here and see exactly what tests come out of this situation, it's very disheartening. >> she didn't want to stay. >> nicole is helping her grandmother move. she's lived here 40 years, her condo paid for. now she's starting all over at 82. >> the housing market is way different than it used to be. we had to explain to her that what you could get a long time
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>> so with this court order, the county cannot force these resident out even though they don't have utility. what they can do is smak sure they're staying safe. that's what we saw the fire debarment doing today. there are concerns of people using illegal cooking and heating sources inside of the condos. coming up at 6:00, why the department say that's something they cannot tolerate. i'm tracee wilkins. news 4. >> thank you. less than two weeks the election, and an american university professor who says he has successfully predicted the outcome of the race since 1984 is doubling down on his belief that donald trump will be the next president. allan lichtman looks at what he calls the 13 keys to the presidency. if six are false, than the challenging party wins the election. it's a system lictman says is based on history and has a rect roactively predicted the results
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since 1860 when lincoln was arrested. he tells the washington post there are two qualphics this time around. one key that could flip from false to true if third party candidate gary johnson surges to earn more than 5% of the vote. the other outlier, he says, we have simply never had a candidate quite like trump. >> city of chicago is buzzing tonight. wrigley field getting set to host its first world series game the cubs and cleveland indians are tied at a game apiece in the best of seven series. first pitch, 8:00 tonight. a colorado man not only remembers the last time the cubs were in the world series. he was there. paul killburn was 16 years old back in 1945. his dad gave him a ticket to one of the games at wrigley field. and the cubs lost. killburn says it's time for the
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it to the world series. now, if they win the world series, that will be both miraculous and wonderful. they deserve it more than cleveland or anybody else. >> he says he's not sure if the cubs can pull it off, but she is sure of one thing. he will be watching. >> we have breaking news now. part of downtown d.c. gridlocked as police investigate a suspicious package. now as police block off part of fifth street northwest outside of superior court. several roads are closed in that area. d.c. police bomb squad and hazmat teams are on the sdeen. we'll let you know what happens so keep it here, and we'll let you know on twitter and the nbc washington app. never good on any rush hour. >> new questions tonight about the safety of talcum powder.
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million. she claimed johnson & johnson's baby powder caused her cancer. stephanie gosk is here now with a deeper look at this story and what the company is saying about this latest verdict. it is huge, stephanie. >> yeah, it is. it's $70 million, as you say, but it's the third verdict of its kind this year. right now, johnson & johnson is facing nearly $200 million in damages from these cases. three cases specifically. and when you look at this case in particular, against johnson & johnson was that it failed to notify its consumers, its customers that there was a possible link between its baby powder and ovarian cancer. now, when you look at the signs out there, it isn't definitive. we turned to the american cancer society to see what they say about it. they say that the results, scientific results are mixed but if there is a connection between
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that its effect would be small. having said that, in a courtroom, you had the plaintiff and the attorney arguing that it was more significant than that, and you have & johnson & johnson saying they still believe their product is safe and they're going to appeal the decision. >> we'll look forward to your report tonight. stephanie gosk, thank you. trent williams is a big boy who needs his looked? i'm carol maloney in london. that story coming up. >> a decade ago after a tragic car accident, this man was told he would never walk again. now he's determined to keep moving forward as he's going to prove he can do it this weekend
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john delaney: this was my dad's pickup - he was a union electrician. i grew up working on his jobsites where he taught me the value of hard work and teamwork. that's how i built two businesses from scratch right here in maryland and created thousands of jobs. om rebuilding roads to creating jobs and to strengthening social security. roll up your sleeves and work with others. that's what my dad did, and it's what i'll keep doing in congress.
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well, it's almos night in london. and we hope the redskins are getting some shut eye. >> straight to practice after that overnight flight, leaving one particular player especially grumpy. carol maloney may also be a bit sleep deprived, but she's always cheerful and properly caffeinated. she's live in london. how are you feeling? >> hey, guys. feeling good. the players did go straight to practice and straight to bed.
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but as we discovered, looks can be deceiving. he's actually happy to be here. a trudging trent williams. the face of a tired team. coming off the plane, coming off the bus, and while trying to come on to the field. i was watching you today. you look like you're a little sleepy. >> yeah. yeah. pretty tired. we probably got maybe hours of sleep in the past 48 hours. wednesday night, i was up packing and making sure i had everything i needed. figured that, you know, that would have helped me go to sleep on the plane if i was tired, but it didn't. didn't work, so now i'm reaping the benefits. >> benefits his coach couldn't help but capture. we can't help but wonder if all of this will be worth it. >> it's worth it, a nice
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but you know, we come out here for one thing only, to get a win. >> how do you recover from all this sleep deprivation? >> get a good nap in. i'll be all right. >> you're a lot more positive than i was expecting from watching you today. >> it took me a little bit to get up and rolling but i'm all right. >> the redskins certainly hope that he'll be all right. he's listed as questionable. he told me today, though, he is playing. a ful on news 4 at 6:00. live from london, i'm carol maloney. back toyou. >> we must say london looks great on you. looking sharp behind you. >> thank you. my accent -- it's getting better. >> we hear you speaking english, it's amazing. >> i'll just go into my british accent. >> there you go. >> by later tonight, they're
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to feel chilly around here again coming up in my full forecast. northern virginia, on the issues, barbara comstock and donald trump are the same. comstock and trump promote deportation and reject any comprehensive immigration reform. both oppose background checks that keep guns from suspected terrorists. and comstock-trump were prepared to shut down the government just for politics. time for luann bennett:
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many. >> this year, one man hopes to inspire wounded troops just by competing in the race. kristen wright joins us live with his very special story. kristen. >> hey, we're at the marine corps marathon expo. i want to show you before i tell you the story, people are picking up their shirts here. the green ones are for the marathons. and the tan ones are for the 10k. i just told them i like the green ones story right now of a man who was told he was in a bad car accident some time ago who thought he would not walk again, but he is with the use of what's called a robotic exoskeleton. think iron man. it powered his hips and knees to allow him to sit up, to stand up, and to walk a marathon. adam was told he would never
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that's an amazing feeling. >> adam is up and walking. >> i want others to experience that feeling as well. >> so adam is walking the last 6.2 miles of the marine corps marathon, wearing exoskeleton robotic legs to encourage wounded veterans to try the new technology and hopefully walk again too. >> please go down to your local v.a. and said i heard about this. what's up with this? >> adam is thankful for our brave servicemb to walk alongside them this weekend. >> walking should be a right, not a privilege. we're fighting for the right to walk. >> lots of our great marines here helping out at the expo. now, coming up tonight at 6:00, we're going to talk to a couple of marines who are on an elite team of marines who are running the marathon this weekend. it's a small group, just ten of them, who qualified to make the
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tonight on news 4 at 6:00. live at the marine corps marathon expo, kristen wright, news 4. i'm melissa with your first 4 traffic and a look at the marine corps marathon health and fitness expo. it's at the gaylord national convention center. they'll have limited parnging, so runners and guests can arrive using the free shuttle from nearby metro stations. when we're talking about theitati w eisenhower avenue. blue line at van duran street. those spitals run friday, 8:30 in the morning to 10:00 at night. saturday, 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. you can also take the water taxi from old town and it runs all weekend from 10:25 to 11:15 p.m. you can download the mcm app for weekend transportation information. good luck to the runners. >> water taxi would be fun.
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see you there at the start and in record time at the finish. the rest of the team celebrating the runners on mile 4. come down and join us or watch for us on twitter, instagram, and snapchat, too. >> yeah. >> and the weather still looking good there, amelia? >> looking so mild. i think the runners that have been training thinking it's going to be cool probably changing up their plans a little right now, bringing the water bottle along. i know chuck's going to be running the first four miles live, i think, on you can tune in and see him. maybe it's on the water taxi. getting to the weather headlines. it's going to be mild this weekend. a little kept secret around here. really mild on sunday. highs around 80. next week, keeping it dry every day. and as far as temperatures go, next week, we have summer in the forecast and some fall as well. but really no winter like weather. all in all, pretty mild as we head on into november.
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still a little breezy by 7:00 p.m., but after that, not an issue. clear skies tonight. a chilly one by 11:00 p.m. already around 50 degrees. if you're heading out this evening for friday dinner or a football game, make sure you have a warm jacket, might even want to bring a blanket if you're heading to a football game. i think you could eat outdoors if a restaurant has heaters. if you don't have plans this weekend, tomorrow or sunday, two nice and mild, winds really nonexistent. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., it's cold. 47 here in washington. some spots in the suburbs in the 30s. areas like walkersville, purserville, ashburn, sterling, and centreville, some of the cooler spot outside of the beltway. by lunch time, though, everybody has plenty of sunshine and really comfortable temperatures in the mid 60s. mid 70s for highs tomorrow. a good ten degrees warmer than we were today.
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gorgeous. 70 degrees, perfect weather for heading out or walking door. the weekend outlook, tomorrow morning, the als walk, it's going to be comfortably cool there. the coolest time this weekend is tomorrow morning. marine corps marathon, again, warm for october. great weekend to have brunch outdoors or head to some of the haupted houses in the area. take a look at your ten-day forecast. again, tomorrow, 75. sunday, five degrees warmer. a high around 0. marathon planner hour by hour. when the race gets under way, it's cool, around 60 degrees. that's really nice running weather. 67 starts to feel a little warm, and if you're wrapping up around 1:00, it's almost hot. 75 degrees at that point with a mix of clouds and sun. halloween day, looking cooler, looking nice and crisp. 62 for a high. trick-or-treaters will have temperatures in the 50s.
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return to the mid-70s. guys, a heads-up, next weekend as we start november, day light savings time ends, we get an extra hour of sleep. >> that's right. our nbc 4 responds team is working for you. we're covering thousands of dollars and getting big results. consumer reporter susan hogan has this week's responds recap. >> this week, we helped viewers with all kinds of consumer problems from a fence that was paid for buter a prepaid funeral, fully paid for as well, but the funeral home shut down. nbc 4 responds is getting results. >> all right. >> nbc 4 responds gets a homeowner her fence installed after she waited for months for a permit from the city. after contacting us, we put the missing links together and she finally got what she paid for. >> i thought about two weeks. voila. >> we helped an upper marlboro
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he never used. the reason, the dealership he bought it from closed up shop. and a district man gets back his down payment of $3,000 after contacting nbc 4 responds. a dealership took his deposit and never put it toward the car. we called, he got his money. and this woman prepaid for her funeral years ago, more than $6,000, but now, the funeral home is no longer in business. she wanted her money back. nbc 4 responds pointed out the contract didn't have any clauses about what happens if the funeral home shuts down. they agreed to refund her in full. if you have a consumer problem you need help solving, go to our nbc washington app and search responds. >> our nbc 4 responds team is keeping track of the money they recovered for viewers. a total of more than $677,000.
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and you may be surprised to learn the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception is technically unfinished. today, the project began to complete the main dome. cardinal donald world blessed the construction workers who will be laying thousands of mosaic tiles on the so-called trinity dome. work should be finished by 2020. that's when the shrine celebrates its 100 >> a sign of the season in arlington. this realtor wanted to reassure potential buyers about a property for sale here on north lincoln street. if you decide to make a deal, rest assured that no ghosts convey with the property, she says. >> that can be a problem in alexandria. >> a local woman shared her story of surviving years of domestic violence at the hands of a family member. >> all of it ended when the
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domestic violence victims, but as mark segraves reports, you might be surprised to learn the identity of her abuser. >> i was so afraid to come forward because people -- i felt like people wouldn't believe me. >> at my sister's place, the longest serving domestic violence hotline in the district, they gets lots of calls from victims. >> we probably have been averaging closer to 3,000 a year. you can see my shirt. 1 in 4 women, according to the centers for disease control, will experience domestic violence in their lifetime. what's not also so well known is it's about 1 in 6 or 7 men who will as well. so that kind of tells you that this is a pervasive problem, an epidemic in the country. >> one was jennifer, a 28-year-old with a 3-year-old daughter. >> i'm so glad i asked for help. >> like many survivors of domestic violence, it's hard for jennifer to talk about it.
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started with verbal abuse. >> trying not to cry. >> and jennifer blamed herself. >> i just didn't understand, you know. what i was doing. >> then the abuse got physical. but again, like many, jennifer didn't ask for help and she didn't leave. >> we have worked with women who have taken, i'm sorry to say, unbelievable amounts of abuse and violence because they did not want to put their children at risk of being homeless or didn't want to be on the holding my daughter. >> unlike many victims, jennifer's abuser wasn't her spouse or lover or even her parent. >> it's crazy because people wouldn't believe me because she's so old and frail. you know, that they would just automatically side with her. >> months after reaching out to my sister's place, jennifer and her daughter are on their own and looking forward to
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over 90% of the residential clients we work with have moved on to a safe, stable housing, which is awesome. >> as for her relationship with her grandmother. >> i had to move to forgive my grandmother because i understand that -- i'm sorry. i understand that she was doing the best that she knew how to do at the time. >> in the district, mark segraves, news 4. >> one political observer it the biggest october surprise in 50 years. and tonight, both major presidential campaigns are demanding that the fbi provide some answers after sending out a cryptic note to congress about hillary clinton's e-mails. >> details of the story are still breaking as we come on the air tonight. we have team coverage. we begin with edward lawrence. he's on capitol hill. >> well, dorine, this is the letter that james comey sent to members of congress saying he
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fbi discovered newly discovered e-mails that could be pertinent to this investigation. this letter to members of congress from fbi director james comey puts hillary clinton's e-mail controversy back in the spotlight. comey writes he agrees that the fbi should take appropriate investigative steps because the fbi learned of the existence of e-mails that may contain classified information. nbc news has learned the e-mails were discovered in a separate investigation into anthony weiner and his estranged wife, huma abedin, who is clinton's closest aide. republicans were outraged that clinton wasn't charged by the fbi in their first review of her private e-mail server. today in new hampshire, donald trump says a miscarriage of justice is about to be corrected. >> hillary clinton's corruption is on a scale we have never seen before. >> clinton campaign chairman released a statement calling for
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