you're pledging the vital ingredient, hope. >> the world loses two comedic giants in as many days. the life and legacy of jerry lewis and dick gregory. president trump set to give a major foreign policy speech right here in our area. tomorrow's announcement is so big he's making it in prime time, and we're learning about the final hours for a 6-year-old prince georges county girl stabbed to death in her home. >> news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> two comedic legends dead hours apart. good evening. i'm kristin wright in for erica gonzalez. more

newscast, but first as dan schenamen shows us jerry lewis' philanthropy was just as famous as his showmanship. >> lady. >> lady. >> in his heyday there was no bigger hit than jerry lewis. the rubber-faced funnyman was a true entertainer and the slapstick star of stage, cinema and television. >> confused, unbalanced young man with only one thought in mind. self-destruction. >> lewis first found fame at 20 when he teamed up with singer dean martin in 1946. >> and now the dean and martin and jerry lewis show. >> martin and lewis enjoyeded a smashing ten-year run, making hit movies in between engagements at nightclub, on television and radio. but it was after the act broke up that jerry lewis became a hollywood force. >> i get paid for doing what children get punished for. >> in 1959 he signed the largest contract in film history with paramount studios, it

films in seven years, including his masterpiece, "the nutty professor." while many americans considered lewis' humor low brow the french inducted him into the legion of honor. his greatest achieve am was the annual telethon that bore his name. he served as host in 1966 and by the time he stepped down in 2010 the event raised hundreds of millions to benefit the muscular dystrophy association. despite failing health, jerry lewis maintained a busy work schedule including fulfilling a lifelong dream of appearing on broadway. >> dan schenamen, nbc news. >> actress and comedian bette midler tweeting about jerry lewis tonight. a complicated soul who made the whole world laugh has died. >> william shatner as well saying connc

of jerry lewis. the world is a lot less funnier today. so true. penn gillette here, tweeting good-bye to the real, no irony, king of comedy. nice photo there and whoopi goldberg tweeting jerry lewis passed today. millions around the world loved him and millions of kids were helped with his telethons. rip. funnyman, that fool was no dumb pep jerry lewis was an undeniable genius and an unfathomable blessing. i am because he was. >> lastly, octavia spencer tweeting to lose dick gregory and jerry lewis days apart, my thoughts and prayers to his families, talent like yours can never be equaled. r.i.p. very nice. >> moving on tonight, also we have more on both of these legends in our nbc washington app. moving on tonight the murders of there little girls shook a community in prince georg

county. the girls just 6 and 9 years old. their mother tragically finding them stabbed to death in their home in clinton. tonight, we are hearing from the family of one of those girls. news 4's darcy spencer has our story. >> reporter: this is the happy face of 6-year-old nadiara withers, here sitting in the salon with a fresh new look and here with her dad. her stepmom tells me she had dinner and went shopping with her dad thursday. he had no idea that that would be the last time he'd see his beautiful daughter alive. on friday morning she was found stabbed to death inside her home in clinton in prince george's county along with her two cousins, 6 and 9-year-olds visiting from new jersey. nadiara's own 25-year-old brother. police say he'd been watching the girls while nadiara's mom was working. she found the bodies when she

antonio williams confessed to killing the three little girls, but they still don't know why. nadiara's stepmom had also sent a video to her dad the day before showing herself in the sky and she told him she loved him, words he's holding on to now as he deals with this unspeakable loss. >> friends, neighbors and even complete strangers have been showing up giving flowers, balloons and cards in remembrance of these little girls. police are telling us that williams is being held without bond. he apparently had no prior criminal record and there were no calls for service before these murders. in clinton, darcy spencer, news 4. >> developing right now. president trump getting ready for a prime time address to the nation. the president will discuss his plan for afghanistan, in his speech tomorrow night. trump will speak at fort meyer military base in arlington at 9:00 tomorrow night. the

considering sending more troops to afghanistan and you'll see the president's address right here on nbc 4. investigators say a fire killed a mother and her two small children in baltimore county early this morning. firefighters found the woman and her 4 and 3-year-old in a bedroom in hillandale and they died at the hospital. the fire started on the third floor and it just spread. authorities say the fire was an accident and they think it started in the kitchen. one person is dead and another fighting for his life after a double stabbing in southeast d.c. police tell us anthony graham was killeded on xenia street last night. another man rushed to the hospital. we are now trying to find out about a possible suspect and what led to the violence. eight people are in the hospital after a metro bus crashed in chinatown this afternoon. this happened on h street. the bus appears to have jumped the curb and knocked over a motorcycle. nobody on the curb was hurt. the dri a

are expected to be okay. not yet clear at this point what caused the crash. a different kind of moving day in montgomery county. we'll show you why an entire building is relocating. >> people in one local community are so happy a road project

moving to a new building can be a pain, but try moving the building itself? the whole thing. that's what happened right here last night on wisconsin avenue in bethesda. so what you're looking at, moving trucks taking the entire store down the street. it was so big it had to be cut in two for the move. so this building used to be a paint and hardware store. developers wanted to move it to free up space. it has now been put back together and it's sitting at its new home on middleton lane. so, success. >> it's not every day that you have a party because road construction is done, but this neighborhood in northwest d.c. is celebrating the brand-new beach drive. the work from tilden street to rock creek parkway is now finished. there is a new staircase and crosswalk that goes to the national zoo and the flashing signal to help out pedestrians. the national park service threw today's block party. >> we want to

and we just wanted to create an opportunity for everyone to see the roadway. >> so this is just phase one of the project that's done and there's still more construction to do. everything is expected to be finished by fall of 2019. they call it the stinky plant for a reason, and if you visit the u.s. botanical garden, the stench is potent right now. the first of three corpse flower started to bloom last night. once they are fully open, they'll collapse within two days and they'll extend hours in peak bloom until 10:00 p.m. >> nbc 4 is working for you in the community as students prepare to head back to school. you'll hear from a couple of kids who can't wait. >> he fought for civil rights and broke racial barriers and made us laugh all at the same time. a closer look at dick gregory's impact on risingomics. c

you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> he helped introduce humor to the civil rights movement and reached the masses. comedian dick gregory died yesterday at a d.c. hospital at the age of 84. as news 4's derrick ward explains, for one local woman, gregory gave her the big break she needed. >> the late icon of comedy would probably be inspired himself at

those who have met him over the years, stories they've come to tell at the mural bearing his likeness and the faces here were voted on by the public. >> i am delighted that we have him on the wall. of course, everybody wanted him here. >> reporter: whether they met in passing or whether they counted themselves among those he took under his wing, dick gregory's influence was enduring. >> he gave me one of the biggest break of my life. >> she hosted a roast of muhammad ali and it was a turning point that would not have happened had it not been for gregory. >> he allowed me to replace richard pryor for the muhammad ali roast. that was a big deal. >> when he would meet a new comic and take interest in him, he would remember you and ask, what are you up to? what are you doing? >> something else comedians tell us is gregory not only offered them advice on being a comedian. he offered them advice on being real and he showed them how the two can intersect. >> i

2000 inaugural protest. ien countered him at many peace demonstrations, and he taught me to live my life as a principal comedian. >> reporter: tim worked at the d.c. improv and his brief encounters with gregory were inspiring, as well. >> stick to what you want to the do. don't let anybody throw you off your path. be honest. tell the truth. >> derrick ward, news 4. people from all walks of life are on social media talking about how dick graegry transformed their lives and made us all laugh in the process. gregory leaves behind a wife and ten children. in other news tonight, nbc 4 is working for you in the community and getting kids ready for skoo school. many of those brand-new backpacks went out today to some very excited kids. the event went to kids in d.c. by hope house. they help children who hav

>> it's good. i really love my backpack because you get school supplies and you get ready for school. >> too cute. the backpacks were also filled with brand-new school supplies. >> millions of people will be trying to catch a glimpse, just a glimpse of the first coast to coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. we stopped by the air and space museum where the excitement is definitely building. >> they're holding a viewing party and handing out free eclipse glasses and this is expected to be the most watched, northwe most studied and most photographed ellipse ever. >> our chuck bell is in south carolina for the big, vent and watch tonight for doug's preview and stay with news 4 live on air and online, of course, all day monday as we cover this celestial event. and now, your storm team 4 forecast. ye

palpable out there. i am so geeked up about this. in fact, i've skipped tonight's forecast and gone to the eclipse forecast. we'll stay quite as we head into the remainder of the night tomorrow. temperatures will be 90 degrees and it will be hot out there. we will see a good amount of sunshine coming through. we do have this chance and it's an isolated thunderstorm activity with showers as we head throughout the evening, but for now that peak time for us which will be around 2:42. ch p.m. and we'll experience 82% of blockage and it's looking pretty good. partly sunny conditions and it's not until we move toward the end or the afternoon when that eclipse starts to round off at 4:02 p.m. that we see the chance of showers. don't forget, and the first of those is to use the proper eyewear. can't stress enough. don't look at the sun with the naked eye and make sure you have those eclipse

out of the north helping you to feel very comfortable. lower humidity than we saw at the end of last week. sunny condition, if you're headed out this evening we'll continue to ride this wave. temperatures into the 70s as we head into the overnight hours and very comfortable and not expecting disturbances this evening and clouds will build and humidity does rise for your monday. 9:00 p.m., still quiet and just after 2:00. notice how we do have clouds in the area and out to the west out toward the i-81 corridor and we'll be watching the chance for showers and thunderstorm development. moving into the evening around 5:00 p.m., that's the greatest chance to see it. if you're an evening commuter you might be running into isolated showers anda i few rumbles tomorrow evening and we dry things out in time for tuesday. >> here's a look at your fitness

the day and we will see the chance for storms as we head throughout the evening hours. here's a look at your storm team 4 ten-day outlook. again, tomorrow we hit 90 and tuesday it's going to feel 100 degrees because of that humidity. there is a chance that we will see stray showers and wednesday, that will be the day we're watching for widely scattered showers and thunderstorms. temperatures in the mid-80s and we quickly rebound. look at that. sunshine towards the end of the week all of the way into the weekend. so you know, that's not bad of a forecast, and we'll talk soon. over to you, kristin. >> still ahead, some good and some bad for the redskins offense and what this team needs to do before week

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this is the xfinity sportsdesk. >> talking redskins now. i guess the upside is that there's time. there is time, yeah. that is definitely an upside, but work still needs to be done. i mean, the redskins starters showed improvements in their second pre-season game and the offense is getting back one of their biggest weapons inor

lingering toe injury and the tight end activated off the physically unable to perform and last night a first, long look at kirk cousins and the redskins' starting offense preseason after playing the entire first half. a good thing for cousins who has a lot of new targets to get accustom to and terrell pryor senior with the 11-yard reception and josh dotson with the redskins hurt almost all of last year coming off a hamstring injury at camp, and then jamieson crouder coming back from a hamstring injury had a touchdown this season. and getting on the same page as his receiver and something cousins is making a priority this preseason. >> it's an example that we're not where we need to be and we have time and we have to get out in the practice field and get out in the preseason games and get out and start to build some rapport, because we'll need

all season long. >> you know, we still, you know, are waiting, and we have some new guys in there. we are trying to get good rapport. >> still working, and so i think sometimes it takes time and i keep going. we finished strong and that's all i can do is keep pushing and get better. >> a highlight of the redskins second preseason game, defensive lineman phil taylor senior came up with the sack and the best dance all night. check it out, taylor turning heads and could be starting at no, sir tackle and an interesting journey for the prince georges county native who missed the last two seasons and was actually thinking of retiring before coming to play for his hometown team. >> i like to play video games, so i just got my ways of playing video games and basically, she told me to get your butt off the couch and put the controller down. so whatever wifey says goes. >> what

tunnel here your hometown stadium? >> it was great. this was the first time i came out of this tunnel as a red skin, and i thought opposing team. it hit home. i'm just thinking about my dad, my mom, my wife, more my family and the redskins fans just watching me come out of there. >> and we'll have more from taylor coming up on sports final. nationals pitcher gio gonzalez is bringing consistency, something the staff needs right now. last time out the left-hander taking a no-hitter into the sixth. gonzalez back on the hill as the team wraps up their four-game set against the padres. gonzalez 3-0 in his last four starts, but early today, not getting help from the defense. routine play for wilmer defo, but his throw pulls it off the bag and a run comes in. padres strike first and they're up 1-0. into third, now tied at one after a sac fly and anthony

rendone and he strikes out to end the innings and the nats lead 3-1 in the fifth. out to baltimore, orioles finishing against the angels. >> bases loaded for jonathan scope and johnny baseball comes through on this one. speaking that one to send him? he's a two--run single. it is now within a run. two on and two out for trum bobounces in, and adam jones follows scope in to score, and man on for trade mancini, but simmons actually makes that catch. beautiful grab. mancini not pleased at all with that play or with the results. orioles fall to the angels 5-4. >> and in the junior league world series, one of the best

taipei taking on arizona. he leaps over the fence to get that and the centerfielder making the incredible grab and pennsylvania loses to the japanese taipei 12-1. he's only 14 years old. that is an incredible catch. >> kudos, he had has to be the coolest kid in school. i love that, great job. >> that's it for the news rid now. "nightly news" is next. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. (vo) there's a freedom about asheville. an unspoken invitation to discover who you really are.

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night, a legend gone. entertainer jerry lewis has died. he spent more than 60 years in show business, but his greatest legacy may be the billions he raised for charity. nuclear tensions, a region on edge as the u.s. and south korea plan joint military drills. could it provoke a responserom kim jong-un? historic find. the wreckage of an american warship is discovered deep in the american pacific, more than 72 years after the japanese torpedoed her in the final days of world war ii. and dance dreams. how one summer camp is making a difference for hundreds of kids with lessones that go far beyond the stage. "nightly news" begins now.