right now at 6:00, the parents. prince georges county man police say killed three young girls are going after their son. their message for the accused killer, and the disturbing new information 2349 investigation. developing tonight, clashes in boston after tens of thousands of counter-protesters outnumber alt right groups who were trying to hold a free speech rally. what did the terrorists take from you? >> i mean, the love of my life. >> in an nbc news exclusive, the wife of the one american killed in the terror attack in barcelona shares her pain. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00

starts now. the parents of the man accused of killing his 6-year-old sister and two cousins are lashing out at the suspect. good evening i'm egg meagan fitzgerald. prince georges county police say antonio williams confessed to the horrific crime, the girls all under the age of 10 were found dead inside a clinton home. a man who says he's the suspect's father posted a message on facebook saying he hopes the accused killer quote rots in hell. a woman who says she's suspect's mother slams her son for showing no remorse. derrick ward is in clinton with what we are learn being the suspect and if investigation. >> reporter: a curbside memorial. it's clear something bad has happened at the house at 6406 brook jane drive. the signs are there. but to know what's behind the crime scene tape, that's what has this community, indeed the county at a loss upon hearing the news. >> it's just children. i just

i couldn't sleep. >> reporter: 25-year-old antonio williams jr. confessed to killing his youngest senior 6-year-old nadira and two cousins in a basement bedroom. the cousins were visiting from new jersey. >> this is one of the most horrific things i've heard of, ever. >> reporter: the mother of one of the little girls scuffed the children's bodies after returning from work early friday morning. >> she arrived home shortly after 7:30 a.m. after working an overnight shift. came home and found her daughter and two other children who are related to her in a downstairs basement bedroom. >> reporter: police say the children had cuts and stab wounds. >> all three of the girls were found lying in a single bed. >> reporter: williams was supposed to be watching the children, including a younger sister. >> reporter: there was a 2-year-old child that was at the house that was unharmed. >> reporte

some of the seasoned investigators personally, but it also drove them to break it. >> you are the hurts us as well. our initial thought is to want to hug our children. but we know that we have to put those feelings aside. >> reporter: in prince georges county, derrick ward, news4. skirmishes on the streets of boston today as counter-protesters in and out numbered alt right groups at a free speech rally. police arrested nearly 30 people. many of the count counter-protesters came out of solidarity for the victims of charlottesville. it's been a week since hetd irheyer died and 20 others were hurt after a car plowed into a crowd during a rally. we have more from boston. >> reporter: in boston, thousands on the march, spreading a message of unity and equality. >> boston is built on love not hatr

week's white national demonstrations in charlottesville, virginia, planned to drown out a rally not far away on boston common. organizers called that a free speech rally but city leaders feared it would attract hate groups. >> i was thinking that we should show up to let the protesters of the so-called free speech rally know they are in the minority. >> reporter: the free speech rally atransacted less than 100 people and broke up within an hour. >> the media spread a rumor that we are neonazis. we are strictly first amendment, we are non-partisan. >> reporter: nbc boston's jonathan chow was in the middle of it. >> two trump supporters are being escorted oust boston common. i spoke to them a moment ago and they thought everything would be fine. suddenly. hey, are you okay? what's your name? >> reporter: with free speech group gone some

confederate battle flag on the steps of the state house. president trump tweeted. police clashed with counter-protesters. >> 99.9% of the people here were for the right reason, that's to fight bigotry and hate for the most part here today. >> reporter: evans says some were members of anti-fascist groups who threw rocks and bottles at them chris palone nbc news. the national debate over confederate rat monuments reached a prestigious university. today duke took action. the do you rememberham north carolina removed its robert e. lee statue before down. the president of the university says he took it down to ensure the safety of the students who worship at that chappell. a developing story out of florida. we have learned that a second police officer died today in a shooting just outside of

town of kissimmee last night. detectives say two officers had been checking people in an area known for drug activity. a scuffle between the officer and the suspect broke out and ended with both officers shot. the suspect ran off, was arrested several hours later. it was a very dangerous light for law enforcement across the country. two officers were injured late friday in jacksonville, florida, after police responded to reports of an attempted suicide at a home. one of the officers was shot in both hands. the other was shot in the stomach. they are both in stable condition in the hospital. the suspect was killed in pennsylvania two state troopers were shot and a suspect killed outside a small town store just south of pittsburgh last night. in a suburb of birmingham, alabama, a suspect was shot and killed, and an officer injured after they got into a struggle. now, in an exclusive interview the california woman whose husband was killed and hit -- hit and killed

barcelona, spain, is speaking out about the devastating loss. heidi nunes tucker and her husband jared traveled to europe to celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary when the driver plowed through dozens of people. >> what did the terrorists take from you? >> i mean, the love of my life. what am i going to do? you know? jared and i always said we only were married for a year. so i'm 40. we're kind of old. and we've both been pretty independent, you know, for all this time. so it's not a matter of not being able to be independent. but i don't -- i don't want to do that without him. >> terrible. you will hear more from this scuff interview coming up at the bottom of the hour on "nbc nightly news." virginia is making it easier for critical medicine to get to the people who need it most. and a

is rolling out one of the newest tools in the fight against the opioid crisis. heading out this evening? things are looking pretty good. i am monitoring the radar. may be a few passing sprinkles. i'll have that and your full forecast ahead. we're life here at fedex field as the redskins prepare to take on the green bay packers.

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the bw parkway is back open after a deadly accident involving a pedestrian amount of car hit and killed someone near route 450 in landover hills. it happened around 10:00 on friday. the road was closed for about three hours. the driver of the car remained on scene. a new law in virginia is helping to battle the opioid crisis. it expands access to narcan, the life saving drug that reverses overdoses. people gathered at the oakton library today to get trained on how the use narcan. this is one of the first grassroots events since the law took effect. the chris atwood foundation organized the session. in addition to learning how to use it people got free doses of narcan to take home. we caught up with one lawmaker who sponsored the new legislation. >> previously, those who taught how to do the revive

administer narcan but they couldn't actually distribute it to anybody. now they are able to do that at the trainings to get more narcan into the hands of those who need it most. >> the opioid crisis was recently declared a national emergency. nbc 4 is clearing the shelters. it's up with of our biggest events of the year. we'll show

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>> announcer: you are watching news4 at 6:00. many local animal shelt remembers empty today. it's all thank to you. we would like to thank everyone who participated in our clear the shelters event. more than 1300 animals now have a forever home. weapony rieger spoke to some families who rescued an animal. >> reporter: we are out in the mountains, beautiful louden county. look who i have with me. this is red. for us in louden county it started with red, this australian cattle dog surrendered last week when his owner was too sick to care for him. maria events showed up early to get red for her daughter. >> she had red's picture and said we have to get this dog. >> reporter: dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, ferrets, even turtles. >> we are here to meet shadow and hopefully bring

daughter came hours early to get this little guy. it was perfect match. >> we are taking her home. >> there was so much publicity with the clear the shelters campaign that we were clearing the shelters even before the day began. >> adoptions have been going wild this week. in an average day we will have one to three adoptions. yesterday we had 14 adoptions for people who were so kyte excited about clear the shelters but didn't want to wait until today. whatever it takes to get the animals at home, we are happy to make it happen. >> reporter: it didn't happen for maria and red. it did happen with maria and margot. and red ended up with this family. what made you love red. >> he's a big lovable shepard. >> you are going home with us. >> reporter: a beautiful thing happened on this beautiful day at shelters across our region. >> thank you nbc 4 and clear the shelters. >>

rieger reporting. are you ready for the numbers. 1366 pets were adopted. round of applause. thanks to you. that's awesome. i love it. some maryland families doing their back to school shopping today got a special treat. this is video from a magic show this afternoon. it was put on by the mall at prince georges. they did it to celebrate the start of the school year. today is also the last day to shop tax free in maryland. ♪ they called him the godfather of go go. hundreds gathered in northeast to remember d.c. music legend chuck brown. this was the third annual chuck brown day in honor of his birthday. he is known for his hits like "busting loose" and "back it on up". the singer died in 2012. now your storm team 4

brown there, or the concert today. if you are headed out this evening we are going to continue to see the good trend with weather. there is a small chance for some showers as we head through the evening. it's very, very light. if we see any it will be a few sprinkles at around 7:00 or 8:00 tonight. otherwise it will be pleasant. 9 pmz. temperatures in the 70s and falling throughout the evening. very comfortable overnight hours. temperatures high up there, nearing 90 degrees in the district. manassas at 88. frederick, maryland, 88 as well. it was a warm day. very pleasant. nice to see all that sunshine. you can see we are dry here in the district but we have severe thunderstorm watches and warnings going off towards southern pennsylvania right now. for us i'm not worried about severe weather at all n. fact most of us staying dry. just a small chance for scattered showers moving through, isolated rather. here it is o

9:00 p.m. it has a shower pushing through light to moderate at times. but the majority of us staying dry tonight. really a great evening to head out, grab dinner, sit on the pooh. tomorrow, if you were digging a day, wait until sunday. barely a cloud in the sigh. blue ridge i-81 corridor, light sprinkles, most of us dry. monday is the big day, solar eclipse taking place. cloud cover early in the, mo. model pushing in showers. over allthe gist of monday is going to be dry and partly sunny. we will see a small window of opportunity for showers. here's a look at the weekend outlook. if you are going out tonight don't let the sprinkles stop you. redskins game, very comfortable. sunday brunch looking like perfection. tomorrow temperatures around 89 like i said, nothing but sunshine. storm team 4 ten-day outlook actually keeps the sunshine in place more days than t.

and storms, look out for them, it will be wednesday. until then, we are going to be sitting closer to the low 90s. overall not a bad ten-day forecast. i think monday is looking good for that solar eclipse. >> sounds good. we are looking forward to it. you have got to get glass, that's the key. don't look at the sun because it will burn your retina. >> it will cause damage there. still ahead, getting closer to the

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> second preseason game for the burgundy and gold in little over an hour. sherry burris is at the field before the game. are we getting a win tonight? what's it looking like? >> reporter: as tamara said it is beautiful out here, megan. it's been long awaited for football to return to fedex field here. the ld last time the redskins played here it was about eight months ago. the second preseason game killing off in about an hour against the green bay packers here tonight. it wasn't too long ago that kirk cousins and the redskins arrived here at fedex field. second preseason game for the burgundy and gold and first home game for jay

they played the ravens in the first game. the offense manage of the just three points of the they could be getting help to remedy that tonight. we are still waiting to hear if wide receiver josh dockson will suit up. jay gruden calling him a gametime decision. he has a hamstring injury. jae crowder expecting to see his first game of the season. he is also coming off a hamstring injury. who is on the field tonight, the coach is looking for improvement from their preseason opener where they opened just 138 yards. gruden expects his guys to be ready. >> i think everybody has to come out and understand the other team has has an agenda laalso. they have to understand that playing in these games is not a punishment. it is a platform for them to do well. we are excited to take ata

the fans and the pressure, all that stuff, it's important. >> we didn't put our best stuff out there last week for a lot of different reasons. we left a whole lot of things on the field that we need to clean up and play a little better. i think we will. >> we have a long way to go before the regular season gets going. i think we are coming out with that attitude in practice and really trying to improve on the mistakes that were made and we need to translate it into a game and be sharp and have everybody on the same page. >> reporter: happy birthday kirk cousins, the birthday boy out on the field just a few minutes ago. quarterback kirk turning 29 years old today. what do you get the quarterback making $24 million this season? more playing time. cousins on the field against the ravens for just six plays, completing only one pass and sacked once. let's hope kirk can find the end zone for his birthday here tonight. meanwhile, early nfl action in

newton sitting out against the titans and mariota. walker here for the touchdown. six of eight for 61 yards and the td. it was a game for the running backs. later in the quarter, derek henry takes it outside, stiff arm. goes through defenders and into the end zone. 17 yard td run here for henry titans up 17-0. don't forget about christian mccaffery, the rookie out of stanford. panthers first round pick showing off today. he takes this from 17 yards out. this game wrapping up, titans beat carolina 34-27. switching gears here back to the lineup. back in his hometown that nationals pitcher streechb strasbourg missed 23 games with a right elbow nerve impingement w. strasbourg coming off the dl, scherzer is going on it. placing scherzer on the ten-day dl with neck inflammation. he scratchedro

night. he pitched in two games since leaving with neck stiffness. michael a. taylor robbing that catch, reaching over the wall to make it. nats take the first game 7-1. back at it tonight at 8:'0340. up the road, baltimore o's fight forth a wild card spot. machado came out swinging. two home runs and three rbis in the first five innings. machado is encore. bottom of the ninth. base loaded. that my friends a walkoff grand slam. birds and angels back at it tonight. but back here live at fedex field we are minutes away from our redskins pregame show. stay with us here. we are going to get you prepared for the second es

redskins, packers what they need to improve. carol malone will be joining me here and we will get you set up for the dame. sharery burris news4 sports. >> thank you sharery. now one last look at the weather? what is it looking like? >> this evening overall it's going to be pleasant. we have a small chance for a rain shower but i wouldn't let it cancel my plans for this evening. it will be passing quickly. >> sound good. that's it for us. thank you for joining us. nightly news is up next. we'll see you after the redskins game.

test. test. on this saturday night, day of protests. tens of thousands take to the streets and parks in boston and other cities. most of them denouncing racism and hate. the debate over removing confederate symbols rages one week after the deadly violence in charlottesville. nbc news exclusive. two days after the barcelona terror attack, the widow of the american victim speaks out as the hunt for suspects intensifies. under fire, a violent and deadly night for the police, two officers dead and four wounded in several attacks. doctors wanted. the crisis in rural america as hospitals cut back some women having babies travel for hours to the nearest maternity ward. and thinking big. it's how one small town was able to secure its