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s ♪ news for 11:00 starts now. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm maeg an fitzgerald. we're getting reaction tonight to the arrest of a man accused of the death of three young girls in st. georges county. antonio williams police say confessed to killing the girls at a clinton, maryland home. news 4 darcy spencer is working the story right now. you will see her report later in the newscast. and now your stormm

right now to the radar. aim tracking a severe thunderstorm popped up to the south of us in prince georges county. we are watching that continue to track towards the east. let's head to the radar right now. there it is there. you can see lots of lightning with the storm, very heavy rain, and a very strong wind at about 60 miles an hour. again, continuing to move towards the east. zooming in and tracking that, you can see areas like darnell, we will see it arrive around 11:03, so in a couple of minutes there, soon after that owings also picking up on this. the severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for calvert county, southern prince georges county as well as charles county until 11:30 tonight as the storm continues to push towards the east. bigger picture shows most of us dry. a little back scatter there, but for the most part you head further south and we're watching heavy showers south of warrenton continuing to cross 15 and south of manassas as well. we are not expecting temperatures in the 50s, rather the 70

we continue to dry and clear out as we head through the overnight hours. to you, meagan. >> hundreds of people came out to remember the life of virginia state trooper lieutenant jay cohen, one of two pilots killed near charlottesville last weekend. he was the pilot helping to monitor the clashes, before breaking away to cover a motor cade for the governor. he was the governor's pilot for two years. >> when i get in the helicopter i will think of jay and i will think what a silent giant he was. he was the best of the best of the virginia state police. >> he leaves behind a wife and two sons. a separate funeral was held yesterday for trooper burke bae bates who was killed on the shopper. it is unclear what caused it to crash a woman is breathing tonight af h

people killed during thursday's terror attack in barcelona. highlandy tucker and her husband jared were in europe to celebrate their one-year anniversary. she spoke exclusively with nbc news. >> jared and i always said -- we were only married for a year, and so it is not a matter of not being able to be independent, but i don't -- i don't want to do that without him. >> jared tucker's sister says he leaves behind three daughters. now to the passing of a civil rights activist and icon, dig gregory died tonight. he had been hospitalized earlier this morngt winth with an unkno illness. his family confirming his passing on social immediatean. he broke barriers as first black comedienne to spread messages of social justice. for the last several years he lived here in d.c.

jim's chili bowl for the mural unveiling for our own jim vance. he was 84 years old. a new law in virginia is helping to battle the opioid crisis. it expands access to narcan. people gathered at the oakland library to train on how to use it. it 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 to take home. tonight, tempers flaring in dallas, texas, the scene of protests over confederate statues. you're about to see new video of the gathering outside city hall. police are estimating a crowd of more than 2,300. hours after it wrapped up things got tense at pioneer park, a civil war cemetery that houses a memorial to confederate statues. a scuffle

supporters of the confederate monument and counter demonstrators. there were no major injuries in boston today, tens of thousands of counts protesters flooded the speech drowning out the small right wing free speech rally. a few altercations but no serious injuries. police made a handful of arrests, mostly for disorderly conduct or assaulting police officers. the mayor said today boston stood for peace and love, not bigotry and hate in other news tonight, it was the final result, red skins fans were hoping for. it wasn't the final result -- we weren't looking forward to this, carol. what happened? >> well, it was something all right. they wanted to see something and they got it. jay gruden just told us that he kept the first teamers in there because he wanted to have something to build off of. a 21-17 loss though tonight so it was not what they wanted. it comes after a few lows and a few highs. let's take the tape.

birthday. what better gift than more playing time. cousins made it count. he connects with crowder. four yard strike, first tuesday of the preseason for the red skins. the red skins fall 21-17. we are efforting some post game reaction for you later in sports. not going to sleep easy tonight, the red skins, but jay gruden saying a work in progress and he can work with this. we'll have more coming up in sports, megan

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the shooting happened at 8:00 tonight on 41st street. medics took the hospital to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. the shooter has not been arrested. summer is almost over and parents are making last-minute trips to get the students what they need for the school year. some military families in our area got a headstart. they packed the springfield hilton for the annual back-to-school brigade. operation home front came out more than 750 backpacks filled with everything the kids will need to get off to a great start. our nbc 4 clearing the shelves campaign was a huge success. we will tell you about it and how many pets have homes now. we're counting down the days until the solar eclipse.

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we want to revisit our top story. a man arrested after police say he confessed to killing his six-year-old situation tster an young cousins. darcy spencer spoke to neighbors. >> it rocked me as a mom living in this community. >> reporter: this woman lives near the home where three little girls were stabbed to death. fresh bouquets of flowers sat near the driveway by those disturbed by what happened, those who want to show they care. >> we as a community would like to support the family in any way we can. >> reporter: police released this video of the man accused in the triple murder. he is antonio

the children he allegedly killed. police say the victims were his six-year-old sister and his six and nine-year-old cousins. >> emotions are high. you go from one minute when you're angry to the next minute of pure sadness. >> reporter: victor cruz lives nearby. he says he heard the mom screaming after making the unthinkable discovery. you couldn't imagine her anguish. >> i'm a father of three boys, all under ten and it was pretty tough to know that three kids -- i mean just lose their lives. >> reporter: we found this note posted on a relative's door saying in part, our hearts are extremely heavy, asking for understanding as the family copies with this loss. darcy spencer, news 4 the big eclipse is monday and we have a warning for drivers. there's a sign on 495 in prince georges county urging folks not to pull over to catch a glimpse of the

as jay gray reports, people around the country are planning how they'll get the perfect view. >> reporter: this weekend millions are making the trek to totality, packing highways, airports and train stations from oregon through south carolina to get a spot along the 70-mile wide path where the sun will be completely blocked by the moon. casper, wyoming is one of the cities along the path. >> we're on the center line. we are having people come in from all over the world. >> reporter: tens of thousands to get a glimpse of history, many spilling into the streets this weekend with downtown shut down for the casper eclipse festival, the celestial celebration. ♪ >> reporter: music to the ears of business owners here. >> business wise we are up. we've been up like 800% over this time last year. >> reporter: casper is also hosting astro

gathering of scientists and astronomers. this year's theme, "feel the shadow." >> suddenly immersed in the shadow of the moon that's traveling at 1,500 or 2,000 miles an hour. >> reporter: nasa scientist fred aspinack who many call mr. eclipse has traveled to more than two dozen total eclipses and says each one is unique and awe-inspiring. >> it is an incredibly moving experience and it is something you will remember the rest of your life, and it is something -- the stories of seeing that eclipse are things that you will be passing down to your grandchildren. >> reporter: a story written by the sun, the moon and millions who will be watching. jay gray , nbc news, casper, wyoming. >> and be sure to catch chief meteorologist doug kammererer and chuck bell's live report monday from clemson, south carolina. we have all of the answer to your eclipse questions by the way in our

search "eclipse." >> now your storm team 4 forecast. >> i have our local forecast for the eclipse coming up, but right now i want to focus in on southern prince georges county as well as parts of calvert county, southern an arundel. you're under a severe thunderstorm warning until 11:30 people. getting ready to expire, but the storm packing a punch still. heavy rain as you can see with the deep red color. lots of lightning, strong winds gusting 60 miles an hour. it will push east ward and within the next 20 to 30 minutes you should be in the clear. it is the last of the severe weather. we are dry in the district heading further south towards wood bridge. a light shower there. just south of warenton a little more heavy and that will continue to pull to the east. last of the rain moving through, model showing by 2:00 a.m. you can see we're pretty dry, also clearing out overnight. moving into your sunday, really spectacular weather for sunday, staying drys, mostly

i-80 corridor. for us we will stay quiet from your sunday into parts of monday. monday starts to get a little iffy as we head into the afternoon. still most of us dry. this is around the time we will see the eclipse peaking. you can see here most is still pretty quiet. a chance for showers a little farther north and east ward. we will keep an eye on that. then we see the shower chance rev up towards the evening. by that time we would have seen the eclipse push through. current temperatures 75 degrees, no sun, but we're seeing dry conditions as we head through the overnight hours. tomorrow here is a look at your fitness forecast. we will see these temperatures in the 70s, rising into the mid 80s by midday if you are hitting the pavement late afternoon, highs in the upper 80s so warmer heading throughout the day, but the lower humidity should make it feel comfortable. a good amount of sunshine for the fitness forecast as well. able absolutely beautiful. here is a look at the eclipse forecast i told you. about

monday. the humidity also creeps up on monday. clouds in the area, partly sunny. looking pretty good around the peak time at 2:42 p.m. you want to keep on the safety glasses. you have to use the proper eyewear, of course. look up to the sky between those times. the most exciting time between 2:20 p.m. and 3:00. we're looking at 82% totality here. should be a really spectacular sight. here is a look at your storm team 4 ten-day outlook. more sun than rain. we will see our next major chance for showers and widespread thunderstorms on wednesday. that's a look at your forecast. >> all right. thank you. so many people throughout our area are home right now enjoying the newest addition to their family. we would like to thank everyone for making our clear the shelters event a huge success. here is the grand total. well, not the grand total, but we know more than 1,300 animals have been adopted. of course, today the fees were waived, but folks have been starting to clear the shelters even before the event began. >> adoptio

wild this week. in an average day we will have maybe one to three adoption goes. yelled we had 14 adoptions from people who were so excited about clear the shelters they didn't want to wait for today. whatever it takes to get the animals home, we're happy to make it happen. >> we've been loving the pictures you've been sending us. tweet us at nbcwashington.com. remember you can still adopt from the local shelters, go to our nbc washington app and search clear the shelters. still ahead, the red skins can't get the win, but the game was definitely something to build on. we're live at fedex fielnext. d

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this is the xfinity sports desk. the red skins lose their second preseason game in a row. carol joins us live at fedex field with reaction. >> how you doing, meagan. we were thinking about last week, and some of the top weapons didn't play at all. it is surprising to see cousins played the entire first half. coach told us it was the plan all along. he wanted something to build on and he wanted his starters to get into a rhythm. jay gruden wanted to see more from kirk cousins and company. of course he is going against one of the best, aaron rodgers. aaron rodgers, he's going to lay it up there for his tight end. martellus bennett, who brings it down. bennett making a great touch. rogers, 68 for 37 yards, and the tuesday, also 15 rushing yards. red skins starting off and playin

against moseley, backup defenders, kirk cousins gets it moving. he find vernon davis. red skins in business. final seconds of the half, red skins going for it, fourth and goal, cousins to crowder. crowder didn't play last week, first preseason this season. finds the end zone. kirk went 14 and 23, 144 yards and the tuesday. in the third, backup colt mccoy takes over and keeps it going on third. mccoy to niles hall. the tight end makes the catch, a touchdown hook up. they fall to the packers 21-17. >> it took a while, we stuttered and sputtered and i had a couple of runs rejected but they stuck with it. i think it was good for them to stay out there for the half, at least get a touchdown in there. >> it was a two-minute drill so we hit a couple of big plays there. guys win individual matchups, we throw the ball with accuracy,

but it takes all 11 and when we were moving the ball, it was because all 11 guys were executing. no sacks in the first half, no turnovers. still a lot of positives, and, you know, we can go back and fix everything that wasn't good enough. >> so the red skins, they get ready for the cincinnati bengals next sunday. meantime, the cowboys tonight, cowboys against the colts. unfortunately, they were looking good. first quarter scoreless. dak prescott hasn't skipped a beat. prescott going for it all, finds bryant. 32 yard touchdown. prescott seven of eight for 106 yards, tld td. cowboys win. at nats park you have stras berg who has been on the disabled list. he was activated today and gets to start in san diego against the padres. good to see him back. he was looking like

making his first start since july. bottom one, man on for strassberg. he gets this one. the young jarvis solte. follow this one, a two run shot to the right center. padres 2-0 lead. gets austin hedges swinging to end the game. and then facing in the fourth, that's wil myers. he sits him down. six innings for strassberg. two on, two out for adrian sanchez. kruses this to the left. it is staying in the park. rbi double for sanchez. right now the nats are down 3-1 in the eighth inning. meantime, we have nascar tonight. it was bristol under the lights. bristol under the lights, and it is kyle busch's night. his entire weekend. he takes the checkers here, he had the truck winners here, all three event

now to the pitch. dc united on the road. united on the right side of luck tonight. 27 bennett, colorado's jared water playing back to goalkeeper tim howard. check it out. goes right past howard and in the net. own goal for the rapids. dc yu nighted will take it and take a win. a lot of exciting stuff going on in sports. we have the red skins halfway through the preseason. meagan. >> thank you. that it for us. 's

>> oh, pence. pence, it's hard to believe i've been president for almost 100 days, and i've already done so much. it's hard to keep track of it all. read to me again from the list of my accomplishments. >> of course, sir.

>> god, i love that list. what a beautiful, long list. but, mike, you forgot the bombings that i've been doing. i just dropped the mother of all bombs on isis. it's the biggest, fattest bomb they've ever seen. it's so big and fat, it almost looks like me in my golf clothes. >> i'll add that to the list, sir. >> look around, mike. we've had such great memories in this room. >> yeah, if these walls could talk. >> oh, my god. can they? it wasn't me. >> ooh. oh. no, sir. that's just a saying. it's just... >> anyway, like i was saying, so many memories in this room. this is where i met with the chinese president. >> that was at mar-a-lago, sir. >> well, this is where i ordered the syrian strike. >> that was also at mar-a-lago, sir. >> well, this is where i showed classified information to the japanese prime minister. >> that was in front of a bunch of waiters at mar-a-lago, sir. >> well, i know one thing that was here for sure. i remember when i refused to shake the hand of that little german boy. >> hmm. you mean angela merkel. >>