been issued for several counties, florida governors is urging residents and tourists everywhere to watch irma's path. >> a string of tiny caribbean islands have been left stunned and devastated by the wind and rain from hurricane irma, nine people are dead. one official said the hurricane left behind destruction of epic proportions. we have team coverage as potentially catastrophic storm moves towards the u.s. >> let's begin with doug and amelia. the guys get floured on sunday and both of you guys are going to be here. >> amelia will be late sunday night tracking the storm. they'll start to feel it saturday night as it moves in. >> and see the conditions deteriorate throughout the day. >> so hopefully everybody is out of there. you said both, i've got family in both miami and fort myers. my brother in miami was trying to fly out. they may cancel the flights. t

have someplace to go. this storm is so big, it will effect both coasts. right now, effecting the area of turks and cacaos island. it doesn't get more textbook than this. you look for the buzz saw of the storm you've got that. you look for the eye and you have that. a very large eye, about 25-mile eye, that's how wide the eye is, bigger than some of the islands it went over. the islands right in the eye. the same thing is going to happen here in the bah ham amast now. right on grand turk island, as a matter of fact. the wind, currently, 175 miles an hour, moving west northwest at 16. moving towards cuba and making that turn in really a b line. this is worse case scenario for south florida. the wind will be there around that region, too. where does the eye, go. the eye wall is where all the winds are, category 4 storm at 130 mile an hour winds is the eye over miami is it just to the west and

have a huge impact on what south florida seas and we're going to show you what the impacts of the different categories are coming up in just a little bit. >> all right, doug. news 4 is working for you with every angle of this monster storm. >> hey, leon, good evening to you, some people are still seeking shelter, others are trying to clean up tonight. >> cuba expects more than 38,000 people to crowd into shelters on friday. and in haiti, the government is moving people to high ground before their homes flood. i want to show you a bird's eye view now on what every feeling

two-year-old die as a family escaped after touring a destruction there. the prime minister called this the worst day of his life. 70% of the island is without power. they don't have electricity right now. the streets of san juan are littered with trees and powerlines, puerto rico's governor will not estimate how long the storm is going to take. the prime minister believes this can take years to rebuild that island. back over to you guys. >> erica, thank you. our team coverage continues now with david culver he is in florida. he'll be weathering the storm in the fort lauderdale area. while you're headed into the storm. there's a dr people to get out of there. it's been a frustrating experience for a lot of people. what are you seeing. >> a lot of frustrations for here. you look at up the

means goddess of war. this is what folks are preparing for, they're preparing for battle. they've got all these things coming up right now. this is one of many preparing for what might come. >> flying into sunshine state, can't help but wonder what this coastline might look like after irma. on the ground, those planning to honker down, filling up and frustrated sitting in long lines, only to learn the pumps have run dry. >> i'm out of gas. i'm out of everything, nothing. >> sorry doesn't go over well with desperate drivers. >> they're all looking at me like it's my fault. >> hoping to keep tempers from flairing, police are directing traffic outside, even doing some lifting, helping out residents.

inside the storm, dozens line up waiting for plywood, loading it up on their cars folks without four wheels, two will have to do, whatever it takes. for some, this hurricane is a first and it is terrifying. >> walk me through what this is like having relocated from the dc area, from maryland and now trying to prepare for a hurricane? >> it is unlike anything that i've dealt with. >> just moved from mitchellville maryland, the former high school teacher hasn't had a moment to check in with loved ones back home. >> many friends are calling in. i have not had a chance to speak with them, because i'm in line trying to get things to survive. >> reporter: we can let you know, you are okay and you're trying to figure out how to prepare. >> yes. >> reporter: back out here live on a beautul

glass windows are nice to have down here. when the hurricane is coming, not so much. you can see them covering them up right here. i talked to one of the gentleman who is working on this home. i said, how many of these have you done? he said in preparation for irma, altogether, 31. i said, that's a busy week, he said no, that's today. >> so much work to be done. >> tip of the iceberg, as well. all right, david. we'll get back to you soon. >> news 4 is working for you. how could you plan around irma, now. even if you are flying to florida, the hurricane will complicate travel into next week if you are flying anywhere. miami airport american airlines. if your flight normally connects, you can expect a delay or cancellation. most airlines are waving their change fees from passengers switching the flights because of the storm. but there's a small window to

about that. if you're flying anywhere in the next week, make sure you connect with your airline by signing up for the text and e-mail alerts. we'll have much more coverage from our area coming up here in 15 minutes. >> now to major to a case that's rattled our region for decades. it's expected to plead guilty to his role in their deaths. that news comes just days before lloyd lee welch was set to go on trial. mark segraves is in the newsroom with what this means for the family and for other suspects in this case. mark, this is pretty big development. >> yeah, it is. it's been a long time coming. you'll remember that this is a case that shocked the entire region at the time. it since then has gone generations of people in this area to remember the high profile case. lloyd lee welch has been in prison since 1998 on an unrelated charge. he's expected to plead guilty not only in his role in the murders of lions

prince williams county. >> it was march of 1975, katherine and sheila lion went to the mall. the two girls, who were ages 10 and 12, at the time, were never seen again. the case grabbed national headlines back in the 1970s and appeared to have gone cold, until new detectives took a fresh look at the case in the 2013. then they began to focus on lloyd lee welch as a person of interest, two years ago, prosecutors from maryland and virginia joined together to announce they had charged welch with the murders of the two girls. investigators believe welch lured the girls away from the mall, sexually assaulted them and then murdered them. police searched a remote area in bedford virginia where welch's family once owned property. investigators believe welch took the girls' body to that site and burned them in a huge bond

investigators that he was with the girls the day he disappeared and he implicated his uncle richard welch. richard welch has not been charged and his family insist that his family had nothing to do with the lion sisters disappearance. it's unclear whether it's part of the plea deal, welch will implicate or exonerate anyone else or if you can lead investigators to the girls' remains. >> what is certain, if there is a plea deal on tuesday, this will bring some closure, what is unclear, whether welch will be guilty and admit he was involved in his murder or whether he'll enter what is known, and that is a plea where he accepts responsibility because he says the evidence against him is too much and he doesn't want to go to trial. wtop is reporting he's reaching agreement that will serve life in prison and avoid death penalty. that's the very latest on this case. >> mark segraves reporting, thank you. now to president trump's new message for north korea. he said today that

he warned the regime that it will be a very sad day for them if the u.s. should use military force. blayne alexander tracking this story on capitol hill. blayne, more to come. >> reporter: certainly more to come, doreen, and certainly, today, a change from the fire and fury comments. we heard from the president just a few weeks ago. today when it comes to north korea, president trump said that military option -- military action, rather, is certainly an option, just not his preferred option. president trump today with a more diplomatic tone towards north korea, despite the country's latest demonstration of newauclear strength. >> i would prefer not to go the route of the military but it's certainly something that will happen. >> president trump said military action is not inevitable. >> hopefully we're not going to have to use it on north korea. if we do use it on north korea,

north korea. >> president trump addressing a conflict by forging an unlikely alliance at home with democrats. >> we have a great respect for the sanctity of the debt ceiling, and chuck does, and we all do. >> today the senate easily passing a measure to raise the debt ceiling and help victims of hurricane harvey. tied together, two issues over the direct objections of republicans. >> he was interested in making sure that this is a bipartisan moment when we respond to these hurricanes. he made those clear and i think that's what his motivation was. >> he tweeted this assurance, you have nothing to worry about, no action. the house's top democrat, nancy pelosi, heavily taking credit. >> this is what i asked the president to do, boom, he tweeted immediately. >> now both parties are wondering

way of doing business for president trump. blayne alexander, nbc news washington. >> hurricane irma still on track to slam miami this weekend, but that could change in the next 24 to 48 hours. wherever it goes next, storm team 4 is going to be tracking. >> asleep at the wheel while your car could be to blame. news 4 is working for you to expose the potential danger of putting drivers and their families at risk. >> football season kicks off. the super bowl champs and new england patriots is going to open the season. forget the pros, we've g he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam.

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working to get a close watch on hurricane irma and fall out for the huge storm. right now millions of people are trying to get out of south florida obeying orders to evacuate. you can see the traffic is backed up for miles. just in today, all totals along the florida highway, to help speed progress as people try to evacuate. >> a lot of folks still managed to get out of town today. many of them lande

>> while many folks are escaping irma by landing here at nationals. few floridians like peter are hanging back. >> you know, i've got to protect it. then i've got to move. >> it's a risk that a lot of people aren't willing to take. irma has devastated parts of the caribbean, destroyed homes leaving thousands homeless and killing at least nine people. >> they evacuated. they're evacuating to jacksonville. >> so evacuations from florida to washington, d.c. and other locations continue as irma gets closer. >> it's too dangerous to stay. >> 86-year-old ann butler left her belongings behind, hopin

out to see where it belongs. >> it's not easy to evacuate millions of people. >> this is the largest evacuation, miami-dade county, about three quarters of a million people trying to evacuate, all of them trying to get on the roads right now. >> yeah. >> we're not going to get highway speeds at all. >> this was a couple of days ago where the governor was like time to get out. they shut the airport down 7:00 tomorrow night. it hurts so many stories. so many of you have asked me the same question. i want to show you what's going on as it continues to move up across our region. we're looking at the storm moving towards turks and cacaos moving over grand turk island, they are really under the gun, 15 to 20-foot storm surge, that is a wall of

20 feet high coming across the island. that's going to be the case for many of the bahamas island as we move on to the next couple of days. the track itself take it between cuba and the bahamas. when andrew came across, bahamas stopped a lot of the storm surge. this is the area where you have the most water and 155-mile an hour wind. this is going to be such a devastating storm for parts of the southeast if the eye goes to the east of miami and stays out to sea. we'll see much less damage and goes a little bit farther to the west. that's the scenario that's playing out across the region. i want to show you this, here is the wind field

you see where that is, right over miami. this is where the worst of the storm is going to be. that's where we'll see the strongest wind. i want to show you what it's like to be category 3. i was at the university of maryland wind tunnel. i was thinking to myself, i want to see how strong these winds are. we can take you to category 3, i asked why, way too much. i had to shove off the wind, amelia draper, she was there, too, we were not harnessed, we would have been blown away. human body cannot withstand winds over 80 miles per hour, cannot walk up right. you see amelia almost flying. with more on the different categories of a hurricane, let's go right to amelia right now. >> i think that experience for both of us really put it into perspective what it's like to be in sustained winds that strong. category 1, okay, i can handle this. two it gets intense, three is absolutely unbearable. when you think that irma imin

category 4, it is just catastrophic. as we talk about the saffir-simpson scale, this is how we rank hurricanes. and with the category 1 storm, this is just minimal damage, maybe a few branches down, a few leaves down, nothing too serious. i'm skipping to category 2. we're going right to category 3. this is when we start to see a major hurricane. you start to see trees, you start to see some storm surge flooding and maybe few shingles on the roof. with category 4. remember, this is what irma is set to be, somewhere around south florida likely impacting miami the most, winds anywhere from 130 to 156 miles an hour and it will cause some parts of roots to come up, a few windows breaking. by category 5, that's the category, it's the highest category where it's described as houses potentially no longer or uninhabitable for weeks if not months, doug. >> that's exactly where we are in the island where

said, the island may be uninhabitable for a very long time. now, i do have some good news, south florida is nothing but bad news. up towards carolinas and georgia, around the charleston area, this will be much of the less of the storm it's going to traverse much of the peninsula and weaken before it moves towards the carolinas. if you have family down in there area, they may start to evacuate there tomorrow, saturday they may not do that. not going to be nearly as bad as what they're going to see in parts of southern florida. what does it mean for us, first off, the next few days, beautiful weather here, saturday and sunday looking great. the redskins game looking great. look attitudes and wednesday will bring, that is the rain from irma. look, it's a chance of showers a little bit on the breezy side, nothing like what they're going to see here. if anybody is worried in this area, big sigh of relief. we're not going to see it. >> still, as you said, worried about it. >> exactly. >> absolutely. >> thank you, guys. >> thank

doug. >> well, you're looking at gillette stadium, looking live at gillette stadium, tonight's nfl opener between the kansas city chiefs, this game kicking off on nbc tonight. coverage begins at 7:30 here on the network. come in to the set early. it's pretty big. >> that's right. i wanted to stop him from talking any more about the weather. >> keep it a distraction zbh . >> we do. >> despite the patriots being considered a dynasty and the favorite pick, nobody here on the nbc 4 panel think they're going to win the super bowl. >> that's a ridiculous question. that's a clown question. >> [ laughter ] >> you're not picking cleveland, who he is, what's the problem. >> i'd love t

to live that. i'm pulling for the raiders and if they make it through that, i want to see exercise the ghost that's been chasing him ever since that debalked of this year. >> doug, who do you got. >> i've got to go with the seahawks here. the seahawks, i think, it's all about defense, baby. they've got one of the best defensive back fields in the game i think that's going to help. hey, he can do it again. we've got to put some.

well. 28 to 3. that was the score leading in the third quarter and super bowl. you cannot coach that kind of fire. and that's what they've had all season. i'm with you on matt ryan having that kind of season. redskins just quick, who thinks they're going to make the

i'm at the live desk. we're hearing from the chairman and ceo of equifax about a security incident that has the potential to impact more than 140 million consumers. >> i deeply regret this incident. i apologize to every consumer and all of our partners. we all know that the threats to data security, while we make significant investments, we have more to do, and we will. >> daunting news from exkwi fqu. names, social security numbers, driver's license numbers and quite possibly a couple hundred thousand credit card numbers to add to that. equifax sd

evidence of unauthorized activity. as you just heard, this is not a good day for equifax. back over to you, guys. >> erica, thank you. we're continuing to track hurricane irma in our storm sent to sent -- center to give you an idea how big this storm is. >> just imagine the chaos right now, as thousands of people are trying to get out of the area, trying to get out of southern florida to escape irma's unpreceden

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doug is calling this pretty much a worst-case scenario for families. highways clogged, gas supply is running short. airlines cancelling flights. >> sarah, are people listening to those calls to evacuate. what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, doreen and leon, i think we're getting a mix. some people are listening that's why we see the congested roadways, especially those leading out of miami. others are saying, we're going

we're from florida, we've been through this before. we went through andrew, we can handle this. but because of the size of the storm and the destruction we've seen so far, local leaders are warning people, especially those in evacuation zones, to heed the warnings and to get out now while they can. >> it's images like these fuelling the urgency for millions in the strike zone. hurricane irma's first victims. >> as it stands now, that barbuda is barely habitable. >> destruction in puerto rico, too, and a million people left without power, after a blow from the storm that's setting its sites on the bahamas. >> you could see a little bit of weakening as it moves farther north into wind sheer. irma is going to remain a dangerous hurricane for the next several days. >> that sense setting in as resident eastbouns get out. >> we're evacuating, five is a little too

>> mandatory evacuation, more than 30,000 have fled. the entire florida coastline under hurricane wage. >> potentially tidal surge 8, 9, 10, 12 feet. you saw what happened in houston. >> leaving stations without gas. >> we know fuel is very important. while we're making progress, you will see lines or outages, unfortunately. >> and shelves bare into the carolinas. >> it is too soon to know how north carolina will, exactly, be impacted. but it is not too soon to get ready for it. >> as hurricane irma continues its march towards the mainland. >> reporter: doreen and leon, what we're seeing is more than a third of south florida gas stations are completely dry. the good news is, more fuel is on the way, thanks to governor rick scott here, asking for the federal government to lift those restrictions forei

size -- weight and time limits that they can drive, asking those truck drivers to be allowed to come down here to florida to provide much-needed fuel to people here in this area, allowing these people to fuel up and hopefully get out before the storm comes. reporting live in miami, doreen and leon, back to you. >> thank you, sarah. hoping for the best for you and everybody else down there. doug has been keeping a close watch on all the data that's coming in. the latest update is one that people in florida was one that hoped would not happen. >> i was looking at this data, it was trending to the east, when i say trending to the east of miami, however, the latest model is coming back to the west and especially the european, which has been nailing this storm all along the way, which has been bringing it towards turks and cacaos, that's where it is right now. once again, just to the west of miami, worst case of miami, worse-case scenario. here it is right here, west palm beach down towards the f

keys including miami and fort lauderdale and close to fort myers. we're going to be watching this very close the next few days. we have david culver, he's down in miami, we have told david and we'll continue to watch this, he may need to evacuate, too. we do not want him in the worst part of this storm. >> all right, doug. now, we get images like these that you see here because of the government's fleet of high-tech hurricane hunter aircraft. there are new concerns about what happens when one of them breaks down. right now the national oceanianic and atmospheric has nine planes to get important information for us. the news 4 i-team has learned that just tonight, florida members of congress formerly asked the agency to add more of these planes. they say a plane suffered a malfunction during hur, reducing the government's ability to monitor the storm. noah says it's working to get some backups. >> only on news 4 tonight, a story you need to hear to keep your family

turning now, as our nation grapples to what to do about coffin fed rat statutes, one symbol of painful past, six in our own backyard. >> it's a slave auction block in the middle of downtown fredericksburg, virginia. julie carey reports now, city leaders are getting ready to ask the entire community to weigh this about it. >> reporter: this trolley tour takes in dozens of sites. hearing about this one, a slave auction block can be troubling. >> they get the slaves in the basement, brought them out here, put them up on the block and they were sold to the highest bidder. >> he usually avoids the auction block. >> because i've had painful reflections of it in times of past. >> he meets us h

talk about a new push to have the artifact removed, placed in a museum. >> that is my desire to have it gone. i don't need a reminder. and i wouldn't think that those that enslave our people would want a constant reminder of what they did to us. >> emotions stirred by the violence in charlottesville, has others also questioning the future of the block. about 100 faith leaders gathered to pray about their concerns. >> i thought it was a tragic reminder of our history here in virginia. and i believe that it's right and good that we would have this discussion right now in this moment. >> but in this city, steeped in history and historic preservation, others argue the auction block inspires important conversation. >> if it goes to a museum, you have preserved it, but only the people that go to the museum will talk about it. >> it was a point this visitor from boston tried to make to reverend turner. >> i'm sorry that this happened to your people.

>> that doesn't need to be a constant reminder to me. >> what i'm saying, though, other people who it didn't effect, need to know the horrible things like that happened. >> okay. >> in this spot. right here in this spot. >> the city council is getting ready to roll out a plan to solicit public opinion and that may result in a proposal to consider by the end of september. in fredericksburg, i'm julie carey, news 4. hurricane irma still swirling with category 5 winds set to make a direct hit on florida within days. >> right now, residents are aeparing for

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interviews with ford explorer owners who say their suvs are making them sick. >> the stop-and-go traffic on the beltway was the scariest time of my life. i really thought i was going to die. >> on news 4 consumer investigation exposes potential danger on the road. why some drivers claim ford is turning its back on its customers. >> susan hogan working for you of what you need to know to protect your family. susan. >> a few months ago va len tee know thought they were going crazy. then they saw our reports from montgomery county maryland where the entire fleet were taken off the road after police complained that carbon monoxide leaks were making them sick. at that moment, they realized it wasn't their health failing them, it may actually be the

migraines. >> after i had been driving for a length of time, i just started feeling like i'm getting a lot of headaches. >> two complete stranger with one thing in common, they both drive ford explorers. susan bought her 2015 explorer, brand new and almost immediately she started smelling something gross. >> i was starting to smell an odor. there was some exhaust smell, there was like -- it was like, uh, egg sulfer type of smile. >> reporter: almost every time she would get behind the wheel, she would start feeling sleepy. >> like going out of the lane, my head is bopping up and down. >> reporter: then came this a few months later. >> i didn't realize my head fell asleep. my head just went down i woke up to a tree in my path and it scared me and i jumped. i could have hit the

of god that my son and i did not die. >> reporter: that was the last straw for susan. she went to the doctors thinking she was seriously sick. >> my doctors, after i got back from christmas, they were running all sorts of scans of my brain. tests after tests with the blood. >> reporter: the results of all of those medical tests. >> all negative. >> reporter: in laurel, maryland, mark and his wife tell news 4 not long after they bought their 2016 ford explorer, they often smelled something nasty, sulfur, something nasty. then came the migraines, nausea. >> i have no health issues at all. as in, like i say, to get in this vehicle and have been driving it and feeling really dizzy and light-headed. i'm always complaining to my husband about this all the time. >> reporter: both ladies say the fumes will come and go, but their headaches stayed constant

deteriorating health had anything to do with their suvs. until news reports surfaced about numerous police officers nationwide, including right here in montgomery county saying they're getting sick from fumes they say were seeping into their police vehicles, all ford explorers. both ladies took their suvs for service, immediately. >> i took my vehicle in to ford and had it tested, and sure enough, it was my truck. >> in susan's case, she had her car repaired twice for exhaust leaks by a ford dealership. and to this day, she said she's still suffering from severe migraines. and valentina and mark waiting for a park. >> they said we can still drive the vehicle as long as we don't turn on the recirculate system and just use fresh air. >> the national highway traffic safety administration has

an investigation into all 2011-2017 ford explorers. in a statement to news 4. they tell us have been working with police department customers nationwide to address concerns and ford is also now inspecting both susan's and mark's vehicles. on ford's web site, the company stresses, while it's taking action to address concerns of first responder vehicles, ford under scores, there's no issue with carbon no mmonoxide in reg explores. >> they agree to allow toxicologist test her vehicle. >> here we go. >> using a professional co detector, not one you would find in your home, she set up two detecters one in the back and one in front. we drove along back roads and saw no change i

highway and over 40 miles an hour did this happen. >> 9 in the front and 30 in the back. this is the twice the epa limit and obviously too much. >> the co level in her car leveled out at 15 parts per million. according to the epa, the acceptable level is 9 over an 8-hour period. >> and it takes time for all this co to leave -- her body, it doesn't go in and out quickly. >> reporter: back home and parked, she tells us, she will no longer drive her explorer. what did you think when you were driving and the numbers started going up and up. >> i was totally just, you know, like i could have drove here. what in the world am i driving. >> news 4 learned there are now 2,700 complaints from people who say they've been exposed to exhaust leaks or c

what ford calls regular explorers. >> they're still saying it's only effecting the freezers. it's not, i'm the consumer and here i am. i bought your vehicle. i bought it because i thought it was safe for my son and my family and for me to drive. >> now new this evening, we heard from valentinea who tells us engineers are inspecting her explorer. we'll keep you updated. our consumer investigation, asleep at the wheel, continues. tonight on news 4 at 11:00, we're exposing more details on the government's proand our investigation is also uncovering new details about when ford became aware of all of these complaints. >> shocking. thank you. >> fascinating, frustrating and frightening all at once. >> let's go back to doug in our storm center to get an update on hurricane and our weather here

the turks and cacaos, this is where the storm is heading, first. i want to show you, this maybe a little bit of good news. look at this, the last couple of frames here and this normally happens when we get a little bit of strengthening, it wobbles in that last wobble right here directly to the west, may take it just south of the island, that's turks and cacaos, that's maybe wishful thinking on my part. i'm hoping that island will survive. i want to show you this, too, this is a tropical satellite, here is katia, this is a hurricane in gulf of mexico. we've got irma and then we've got jose. hurricane jose is now a major hurricane with winds of 120 miles an hour and its current track does follow irma very close to the islands, again, and does have it going possibly over barbuda, again, that will be devastating impacts for them. for us, we'll watch jose.

this storm still moving west northwest moving in towards the miami area. i want to show you this, because this is what we're looking at as far as winds are concerned as it moves on shore. here we are at 12:00 in the morning. and this yellow is tropical storm forced winds, 39 miles per hour or higher. here is hurricane forced winds here at midnight, 65 miles an hour. look at that by the time you wake up on sunday morning, 101 in fort lauderdale. 101 in miami and then during the afternoon, 127 miles per hour, the storm moves up and then the backside starts to come in and watch fort meyer, this is a huge change up to over 100 miles an hour in fort myers because the storm track is a little bit further inland. that's something we'll be watching. storm surge watch in effect, the storm surge 5 to 10 feet of water could be coming in from the at lantd tick. for our weather here, well -- atlantic. for our weather here, 75 degrees on your friday. the weekend looking

irma bringing breezy conditions. tuesday and wednesda not anyy,

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redskins getting ready to do it for real, are they ready. >> they have one more practice and a walk through. we get to see what we have. the redskins' preseason left a lot to prove. today another question mark, jameis is

injury, the wide receiver most likely won't play. something has to give for jay, looking for his first win -- as first opening win as a head coach, or does his team snap a five-game winning streak over the eagles? spencer long back practicing fully. now, the offense should have other weapons if he doesn't suffer a set back. he hazardsed the historically troubling slow starts this team, something that doesn't seem to be concerning when you hear just how fired up these guys are. >> it's real now, you know. and we don't have any excuses and -- you know, right now we're taking it very serious, you know, to come out here and fire and give people a show, you know. we know it's going to be a kol pet tif game and competitive players, i look forward to being very very physical with these guys and we'll see if they can match it, i'm sure they will. >> that thing is going to be running, raging. i know a couple got hit in the locker room, they're feeling the same way. you know, we're

>> one of the news guys stands out and already dj influence is apparent before the guy whose nickname swag. takes the first snap with the redskins. he's awarded with a c. sherree has more. >> reporter: four guys are hand picked by teammates to be named captain. the defense selects their captain, the same goes for offense and special teams, all preseason, safety dj in his first year with the redskins led by example vocal with his new squad and because that honored to be named a captain. >> any time you can be the leader on any time, yet, alone, the nfl team, the highest level is definitely respect factor, you know, got respect here and i respect them. can't wait to leave them on sunday. >> good play maker, and notice right there on the football field. you want someone that's going to do the right thing as much as you do the right thing. i think tt

>> he's a good person and captain off the field. that's what makes him more of a captain because he's involved with everybody. >> me being me, being the natural leader and a natural motivator that i am, just going out and giving it all i've got, holding myself accountable so that everybody can be held accountable. a lot of times we play into that, just ready to win on sunday. >> also, looking to lead this team to a win on sunday, captain's kirk cousins, paul and trent williams from redskins' park, sherree, news 4 storm. >> orioles and yankees rained out. the statute shining bright. they're wishing they were on the mount. orioles get judged. erin judge a man, 39th of the season, yankees to beat them. they're going to face the indians who won 14 straight. magic number,

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