visiting, but today we've got some new images in of the destruction in the florida keys. fema says that 90% of the homes there have been damaged or destroyed. as one person put it, it looks like a nuclear bomb went off. >> this despite the damage in the keys, the death toll in florida remains in the single digits. the storm blamed for 40 deaths overall, most of them in cuba and the caribbean. more than 5 million people still don't have power in florida. one utility is optimistic most of the east coast of the state will see lights back on this weekend but it could be another ten days for people in the keys and those on the west coast. some airports also reopened today, but service is still extremely limited. irma is affecting our weather here in the washington area. let's go to storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer in the storm center. >> doug, what's the word? how long before we see the remnants around here? >> it's going to stick around for a while, guys. a few cloud r.

it's having an effect on our weather, but today actually was pretty nice. the clouds are coming from irma and you can see what i'm talking about here. a very broad area now. before it was a nice compact storm and now it's just kind of unwinding itself down and towards parts of the south. before it was nice and compact, now it's just a huge storm. cincinnati down towards memphis, follow this. you still have the outer rain bands all the way towards the raleigh area, moving up and just follow the trail here, all the way back into the center of irma which is right now back into parts of mississippi. now, we're going to be tracking this very closely because, yes, we will see some shower activity. you may need the umbrella from time to time. but that's going to be about it. not a huge impact here. jose, hurricane jose, everybody is asking where is jose going. right now moving away from the coast, but it is expected to loop back towards the east coast. i'm going to have much more on this and the latest track on jose. ielt be back in just a minute. >> go away, jose. >> yeah. >> as bad as things are on the east coast of florida,he

gas, so desperate for food, they're willing to wait in long lines for hours. and in some cases, things turned violent. >> news 4 david culver took a drive to nape tolz see for himself. >> reporter: we wanted to give you a feel for what it's like driving on the road down here. legality let me show you some of the conditions. you're dodging fallen debris to this. power lines just dangling over the street. this is why it wouldn't be safe to drive at night down here. this is becoming a sight that is all too common down here, long lines for gas. i was just talking to one woman who has been in the car 45 minutes. she's only halfway there, another 45 to go. look at this line. it wraps about 50 cars all the way around here through the shopping center, outside of the shopping center, back onto the street. why the desperation? well, this is just one of a few gas stations that's actually working. from gas stations

look like this, destroyed. this is along 41 from marco island up towards naples. we're just outside the city of naples. this place, my goodness, it took quite a hit from irma. now, when we were at that other gas station with the long lines, we noticed folks crying, we noticed folks angry, frustrated. the desperation, it was evident. coming up on news 4 at 5:00, i'm going to introduce you to some of those folks. some of them have been waiting hours just to get some gas, hours just to get some food, only to learn that there's neither. outside of naples, i'm david culver, news 4. >> and david will continue his coverage of irma's aftermath throughout the afternoon, both on air and online. he actually can't get out of florida until later this week because of problems at the airports. so, he's going to be there covering the recovery until he can get back here to washington.

in from the capital food bank, just an outpouring of generosity coming from our area. you see that there? many people donating food and water for the people who have been impacted by hurricanes irma and harvey. they'll take the donations to those struck by the storms. we're working for you with a look at more ways that you can help. just head to the nbc washington app and search irma for a list of donation opportunities there. >> these school pictures have flashed on your tv screen for more than 40 years. two innocent little girls missing after a trip to the mall. the lions sisters disappeared in 1975. >> and decades later, the man long suspected in their death pleads guilty to the crime. news 4 darcy spencer watched it unfold today in a bedford county courthouse. >> reporter: it was a very brief court appearance here at the bedford county courthouse. lloyd welsh appeared in an orange jail uniform. his head was shaved and he was wearing glasses. he was very quiet throut

proceeding, looking down. we were able to have a camera in the courtroom and we heard him plead guilty in his own words. >> what do you plead to the indictment? >> guilty of -- >> reporter: welsh was sentenced to 48 years in prison. he won't be eligible for parole until he's in his 80s. he pled guilty to two counts of felony murder and the deaths of sisters kathryn and sheila lion. the girls disappeared back in 1975 after walking to whee ton mall. welsh claims he didn't kill or sexually abuse the girls. the girls' father john lion spoke with reporters. he thanked cold case investigators for bringing lloyd to justice. >> they treated sheila and kate as if they were their own sisters or daughters. it's a tremendous display of performance, professional performance. but even more beautiful, emotional investment in the case. >> reporter: welsh is

serving time in delaware on a separate child sex abuse case. he's scheduled to finish that sentence in 2026, then he'll be brought here to bedford county to begin serving time for killing the lions sisters. in bedford county, virginia, darcy spencer, news 4. >> a 4-year-old girl is lucky to be alive after another 2-year-old child shot her with a gun inside of a car. police say the 2-year-old got hold of a gun while the adults inside the car went inside, left the car, rather, went into a truck stop last week in openal, virginia. police say the adults came back to the car and drove away without seeking medical treatment for the child. eventually, though, officers were alerted and they caught up with them in west more land county later that night. 26-year-old isaiah davis is charged now with child abuse ask mishandling a firearm. the little girl was treated and released from the hospital. >> right now, a mother is pleading with the public to help bring her 12-year-old daughter home. jay la smith was last seen

yesterday around lunch time. prince george's county bureau chief tracy wilkins spoke with her mom and joins us with the interview you'll see only on news 4. tracy. >> reporter: well, you walk around greenbelt, there are fliers all over for missing jay la smith. she was last seen yesterday around 11:30 a.m. here at the community center in greenbelt. she was here with her mom when for reasons unknown she ran that way and got on a metro bus. now, jayla is about 83 pounds. she's 5'2", 12 years old. and the last time that she was seen, she was at the minnesota avenue station in northeast d.c. now, that is very unusual according to her parents. they say that she does not have any connections to northeast washington so they want know where their little girl is now. >> we just love her. we're real blessed to be her parents. we're just so blessed to have

>> reporter: her mother and father desperately pleading for anyone's help to find her. they also had a message that went straight to her, saying that there are ape gengels protg her, go to fire or police for help. i'm tracy wilkins. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, tracy. now to some breaking news, a judge has dismissed criminal charges against the engineer involved in this deadly amtrak crash two years ago in philadelphia. the decision came late this afternoon during a preliminary hearing for brandon bostian. based on the evidence offered by prosecutors, the crash was more likely an accident than criminal negligence. the washington to new york train tumbled off the tracks in may of 2015. eight people were killed, 200 were injured. the train hit a curve going twice the speed limit. federal safety investigators concluded he was distracted

an incident with another nearby train. >> it's a story you've probably seen online today. ted cruz explains why a lewd video was liked by his twitter account. sort of. >> we are keeping a close eye on hurricane jose. it is swirling over the atlantic right now. doug will be back with where we can expect it to go and whether it could impact our forecast. >> and we are celebrating the life of jim vance. if you missed today's service, don't worry, we put together some of the favorite tributes of ours first at 4. ♪ ♪

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long-time colleague jim vance. as many of you know, vance died in july after a short battle with cancer. he was remembered today at a memorial service at the washington national cathedral. family, friends, fraternity brothers, news 4 colleagues and viewers were all on hand. we were all together sharing the memories. >> it was a phenomenal, phenomenal hour and a half. two hours or so. here's barbara harrison. she's joining us now with some of the lighter moments from this morning. >> it was an amazing, amazing event. >> it was. >> we think jim vance would have liked it. some people said no, he wouldn't have liked all that attention. but it was beautifully done and there was good news i can, even better stories as all of us gathered to remember vance today. there were tears and there was a lot of laughter, too. those who spoke talked about the influence vance had on them. radio dee jay donny simpson was one of them. also on hand, one of vance's fraternity brothers kenneth q.p. hamilton who

everyone loved vance and news 4 alum craig melvin had us laughing with this story. listen to this. >> i asked if i could pick his brain about his station, about his city. he said, sure. jotted down an address on a post-it note. he told me to meet him between the 6:00 and 11:00 newscast for what he promised was the best steak in the district. i was new to the city so i punched the address into my gps and couldn't find this steak house on m street. i did see a guy that i didn't recognize. he was expecting me. the bouncer led me in, and very quickly i realized that my tenure at channel 4 might be short. [ laughter ] there was jim vance with

camelot. [ laughter ] for those of you not laughing, it is reportedly d.c.'s most famous strip club. [ laughter ] reverend, i've never been back since, by the way. [ laughter ] >> just that one time and only because it was vance. >> jim and dee jay my son became friends. they would ride harleys together on road trips and stuff. now, that says a lot about how cool this man was. he was my boy and he was my boy's boy. [ laughter ] >> with all my wives, they were in love with vance. [ laughter ] they were always asking me about him. [ laughter ] if he were coming over, if we were going to see

[ laughter ] my mother loved vance. [ laughter ] she was always asking about him. when they would see each other, she would kiss him in the mouth. [ laughter ] she didn't kiss me in the mouth. [ laughter ] she didn't kiss my father in the [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> there were a lot of funny moments, a lot of very moving moments as well and we'll have more to share with you coming up on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00. it was, it was a very, very fitting tribute for a guy who really had a lot of friends all over the world, and a lot of them came here. a lot of them came back to channel 4 just to be there today, and we saw a lot of folks from across the aisle. those people we call our competition were there, too, who said, he was no competition. vance just was a

good journalism. >> yeah, i've got to tell you, for someone who halzant been here very long, i have to tell anyone, if you get a chance to watch this again, if you don't really know what vance was all about, you'll get a sense of him. that demonstration today, every single speaker came up there and every single one of them had something special and something unique that told us why he was so special to them. >> they captured his essence. >> the entire service captured his essence. and his love for music. >> i know. and different kinds of music, from anthems, which we heard in the church, to brass new orleans style band. going to show you a little of that at 6:00. the duop. he loved to sing, and he loved to sing duop himself. >> he had a beautiful tenor voice. >> i learned a lot of things in six years. >> did you ever see him in one of those red jackets? >> no, i don't think we ever saw the red jacket. [ laughter ] >> we saw him in some

he would come here dressed so beautifully, but with a do-rag, purple do-rag. >> to keep his hair in place. >> he was a gorgeous guy. both inside and out. >> and he did it his way. he did it his way. >> absolutely. all right. thanks. >> going to miss him. >> irma is not going to miss us. >> that's right. doug, we're getting a little of it. how much more are we going to get, and what's the deal with jose? >> i just need to say i had an amazing time at that service today, guys. so, i'm glad we just showed that because showing everybody how much vance was loved, everybody knows, but great to be part of that today. irma, today, the sun was out there. i was thinking today with the service going on we might have some rain showers coming down. but no, there we were at the cathedral for the service. the weather was really quite nice as the bikes, many of those harleys driving off as we ended that service today. right now sunshine, high temperatures into the 70s. 78 degrees right now, a little bit warmer than i expected as we are dealing with a little bit more

this just goes to show you irma is so far away from the area it's not having any real direct impacts on us. 74 martinsburg right now, 72 winchester, 77 down towards fredericksburg. a very nice afternoon, a couple of showers, but notice where they are. all to our north, up around the annapolis area, baltimore, back towards hagerstown. most of the area not just dry, we're seeing sunshine. there are showers to the south. you see the flow off the atlantic. coming back into the moun tansz. that's why you're seeing rain in roanoke. ringing the moisture in the roanoke area. that's why you have this dry spot here and more rain back to the west. but for us, we have to wait until this whole area moves up. and it will try to eventually. all rotating, just follow it around. look at this. look how big this storm is. now encompassing the entire eastern third of the nation. maybe even up to half the nation right now across the area. now, what are we going to see tonight? a couple showers. chance of

hagerstown seeing shower activity. here we are around 2:00 a.m., once again just some shower activity coming on through parts of the area. and by 5, 6, 7:00 in the morning it could be on our doorstep. that's when we think we have the best chance in the metro area right during the early morning rush. it's not going to be a lot, some showers, it could produce a little bit in the way of wet roadways. give yourself extra time leaving tomorrow morning. by 10:00 a.m., it's just about all out of here. notice what happens by 3:00 in the afternoon. we start to get back into that sunshine and we're looking at a very nice evening tomorrow night before the remnants of irma actually come over us on thursday and friday, give us another chance of showers. so, tomorrow 82 degrees, chance of a.m. showers, increasing sunshine and a little bit on the humid side, but still not all that bad. it's been quite comfortable over the last couple of days. school forecast tomorrow for the kids, 68 degrees at 7:00, 75 nice and mild at noon and 82 degrees by 3:00 in the afternoon. kids are getting back off the bus stop looking good by that time. now, best chance of

could be an isolated thunderstorm coming through, but not a lot. the umbrella handy, most of us won't need it. 82 on friday. look at the weekend. wow, somebody asked me this week, hey, i'm closing my pool saturday and sunday. how is it looking? you got it. looking perfect for that pool closing. you might want to keep it open. >> i was going to say. want to keep it open a couple more days. >> maybe another week. >> yeah. >> thank you, doug. >> all right, doug. >> first at 4:00, reassuring update for women struggling to manage the symptoms of menopause. >> and k-mart's new name for its plus-size clothing department, we're going to talk about what's hind this switch andbe been trying to prepare for this day... and i'm still not ready. the reason i'm telling you this is that there will be moments in your life that... you'll never be ready for. your little girl getting married being one of them.

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senator ted cruz has been trending all day today, but it's not for anything that he's done on capitol hill or anything he said or maybe anything he's proud of. instead it's for something that he liked on twitter. here with me on the tuesday trend is vick jagger from 102.3. first a new word out of k-mart renaming their plus-size clothing line to what now? >> and you know what, they're changing is to fabulously size. and i think that

because now they're like it's a solid trend of just promoting body positivity and they're extending their women's apparel sizes. so, it's giving a variety for all types, all shapes, all types of women. i love it. >> so what was behind this and why now? >> well, a lot of the members, they were saying on social media and things like that, they were saying, listen, we need a bigger variety for women. and it's just a more positive way of instead of saying plus size. >> variety, variety of styles? sizes? >> yes, especially the sizes, especially. >> they're making sizes for real humans, in other words. that's what it's all about. >> you know what -- >> real people. >> yes. i love it. fabulously sized. >> fabulously. this not so fabulous. at least not in this man's opinion. ted cruz here, his fallout after his official twitter account liked a pornographic post. what happened here? >> well, you know what? we were just

media and all of a sudden we see ted cruz liked a account that had a porn video. let's keep it real. and he's saying that it was a staffer that accidentally did it, but, you know, sometimes we are trying to scroll, you accidentally like. so, don't pull a ted cruz. we're going to tacall it a ted cruz. >> maybe this is a smart move on his part. he saw what happened when donald trump's video off the bus with billy bush will work for him. >> he tried to delete it. we deleted it and reported it. how are you going to report it? now you're going to snitch on everybody? [ laughter ] >> let everybody else enjoy it, then. >> snitches get stitches. vic jagger from 102.3. pat, over to you. >> all right, delete the tweet. thank you both. a young mother now fighting to stay with her family, changes to daca mean her te

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we're following some breaking news here at the live desk. a gay rights pioneer died today, but not before her case paved the way for the legalization of same-sex marriage. edith windsor was the lead plaintiff in a supreme court case in 2013. windsor challenged the defense of marriage act which prevented gay and lesbian couples from receiving the federal benefits heterosexual couples were entitled to. in 2007 windsor married thea spire in canada. she passed away a couple years ago. she remarried and released a statement saying the world lost a tiny but tough as nails fighter for freedom. edith windsor, 88 years old. leon. >> all right, thank you, chris. now let's get to the forecast. doug is tracking hurricane jose now. but let's start first with amelia. she's in the weather center. what are you seeing? >> right now

richmond and roanoke area as well, these will move in overnight tonight. a heads up tomorrow morning for the kids at the bus stop. a few scattered light showers out there if you are seeing rain. might be one of the mornings you let them wait in the car until the bus comes. lunch outside we're looking mainly dry, warm, and even feeling a little humid tomorrow. that means by after school it's feeling more like summer out there. finally tomorrow we'll finally warm into the low 80s and it's been about a week since we've been there. talking about the rain outlook, tomorrow and thursday we will have scattered showers around. friday, a small chance or a shower, but looking mainly dry. and then, doug, the all-important weekend like you said, it's looking fabulous and i would def hitly be leaving my pool open this weekend. >> yeah, that's right, exactly. everybody is talking about jose. i asked on my facebook page last night, what do you want me to talk about today. everybody said, is jose coming towards the states? the good news is i don't think so. it's very close. you have florida right here, just to the north and east of the bahas.

as a matter of fact, it's just barely a hurricane. 75 mile an hour winds making its way actually away from the coast now, but here's what has been scaring people, i think at least a little bit here. the track actually bringing it back towards the u.s., and with that track, yeah, it does look like we are going to see it come very close to the bahamas, maybe off the coast the carolinas here. winds of 75 miles an hour moving to the east at 5. look at the track, making its way around and back towards the u.s. before finally making its way back to the north. and by back to the north, i mean way north, and out to sea. 75 mile an hour winds on saturday. it will be off the coast and it will create some waves down there towards parts of north carolina. if you like the outer banks, if you like ocean city, if you're going to the beach this weekend, you have yourself a surfboard, that's about the only impacts we're going to see from jose. yes, we are still going to be watching this one, but right now it looks like everybody should be okay. as you said a minute ago, leon,

no way jose, or as you said, go away jose. it looks like jose is going to do that for us. and we don't need it. we have harvey in houston. we had irma in florida. we do not need to see another storm. somebody asked me today, well, are we done with them? we are right now at the peak of hurricane season. so, if we've had nine or ten storms already, we could get that on the backside, too. so, that's something we're going to be watching as we move on through. >> got a ways to go. >> a long way, all the way till november. >> thank you, doug. >> with that in mind, now, let's get the latest on irma. jay gray is live in naples, florida tonight where residents and power companies have started the long and tedious recovery efforts. >> so, jay, what's the latest on power outages? >> reporter: yarks eah, pat, le good to talk to you. it's slow going here. the affected areas, florida power and light saying there are some places that may be ten days away from getting their power restored. more than 5 million in the state without power here in naples,

this city that is still in the dark as well. we're at the collie r county staging area. they've been moving in and out all day helping in the recovery efforter, helping to clear away from the debris so power teams can get in, restore the lines, and get the power up and going. as you guys are well aware, without that power, it's tough to really come back all the way. so, they want to get that done as quickly as possible. not only here, but across the state to give the residents here a chance to get their feet back on the ground in their own homes, assess the damage and start to move forward. a tough go, but again, power continues to slowly come back online for people here. those that are getting it obviously very thankful that they can begin the clean-up and recovery. pat, leon? >> thank you, jay. they have a long way to go, we know. thanks so much. >> yeah. >> okay, meanwhile irma continues to have major impacts in the southeast. in georgia, irma's winds brought this tree down right on top of

big bang and then started screaming. her daughter, grandson and family friend became trapped under all the insulation there when the tree fell into their bedroom. the storm is responsible now for at least one death in georgia and there is widespread damage all across that state. >> in south carolina, irma helped form a water spout in the atlantic ocean just off the isle palms. and back on land, the storm turned roads in charleston into rivers and powerful winds damaged several roofs. storm surge also poured over the seawall all along the water front. the state has confirmed at least one storm related death in south carolina. >> across the border in florida, jacksonville getting its first look at irma's damage that was left behind. debris there strewn all over jacksonville beach. crews had to make hundreds of water rescues and some areas are still under water today. schools remain closed and they may be closed for the rest of this week. jacksonville received more than

they saw a record storm surge from irma, as that storm moved through yesterday. >> and in miami, the airport reopened today with limited service. many parts of the city and miami beach still don't have power. the main utility in florida says most of the eastern part of the state should see the power back on by the weekend, but it could take longer in other areas. a little good news. the miami zoo says it sustained serious damage, but none of the animals were seriously injured. that is good news. hand in hand, people are uniting to help the victims of hurricanes irma and harvey rebuild their lives. tonight stars like oprah winfrey, beyonce, justin timberlake, blake shelton are teaming up for hurricane relief. the benefit concert airs at 8:00 p.m. on news 4. if you're worried about where to donate because of where the money is going, you can do it during the hand in hand

>> irma not big or mean enough to wash out a birthday party for this young cancer fighter. we'll show you who came to the rescue. >> first at 4:00, the new findings that may provide relief for the millions of women struggling with the symptoms of menopause. >> and new at 5:00, results for families in virginia at the news 4 eye team working to keep children safe in school. >> and we are bringing you the latest headlines and weather even during the commercials. keep an eye on your screen uil nt

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in news 4 your health, reassuring news for millions of women coping with menopause, there's been an ongoing confusing debate about the benefits and risks of taking estrogen to manage menopausal symptoms like flashes and fatigue. a major long-term study looked at the impact. results, taking hormones does not increase your overall risk of death.

worrisome risks like blood clot, stroke and breast cancer. experts say the science of hrt has improved over the years. so has the outcomes. >> there might be nuances in risk in any individual item, but globally the risk of death is no different whether you are on the hormones or not. >> tonight at 7:00, nbc nightly news takes a closer look at the new findings plus the relationship between hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer. when hurricane irma threatened to ruin a cancer patient's third birthday party, hospital staff came to the rescue. >> willow stein was diagnosed with cancer just two days before irma hit florida so her mother didn't have time to prepare anything. ♪ happy birthday dear willow ♪ happy birthday to you ♪ >> so, hospital staff in st. petersburg raided a stash of brand-new toys. willow is scheduled to begin chemo tomorrow and is set to be

another week after that. and now she's got plenty of toys to play with. >> that's great. she'll keep that barbie for the rest of her life. >> you betcha. >> looking live now outside of our studios in northwest washington, the cloud you see there is part of the recommend naents of irma. the storm is going to be with us awhile. doug is back with your weekend forecast and a look at whether irma is going to be a part of it. >> and we're working for you sorting through the confusion from the changes to daca. first at 4, we're making sure you know y z2e46z z5yz

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some high schoolers here in the district walked out of school in the middle of the day and protested president trump's decision to end daca. we saw dozens of kids leaving wilson high in northwest heading for the metro. they told us they plan to protest outside of trump international hotel downtown. the president's decision to repeal that program and force congress to take action has hundreds of tan

>> today about 100 residents crowdsed into a d.c. classroom for a know your rights seminar. focused on immigration issues like daca. >> news 4's mark sea graves tells us about what young dreamer worried about being separated from her kids if daca ends. >> reporter: at age 14 with her older sister by her side, she left her country of el salvador to come to america. they were determined to get her anyway they could. >> well, everything. walking, train, water, basically everything. >> reporter: it took her nearly three months to reach the united states where her mother was living. along the way she was kidnapped, held for ransom and raped. she said she knew the risks when she left, but wanted to get to america. >> because i missed my mom. >> reporter: 12 years later, she has learned to speak english, gotten a high school diploma, and now is working as a medical

young children, both born in the united states. and she has applied to renew her daca status which would allow her to stay in the u.s. for at least two more years while she worked toward becoming a citizen. but now, like hundreds of thousands of others, her american dream could be fading. >> i grew up here and basically everything i know is from here. >> reporter: she works at briya public charter school where the know your rights session was held today. 95% of the families are immigrants. >> i can't emphasize how much the fear and uncertainty really takes a toll on the people that it affects and their children. >> you have to apply for asylum. >> reporter: the bowser administration has provided $1 million to fund sessions like this as well as legal support for d.c. residents facing deportation. for her, the thought of being separated from her children and her mother leaves her almost speech.

>> i don't know. >> reporter: advocates urge anyone facing deportation or trying to renew their daca application to get legal help. we have a link at the nbc washington app. search dreamers. in the district, mark sea graves, news 4. >> it's been eight days now since anyone's heard from a missing pregnant teacher. >> today a plea for answers and safe return from her students. jim and wendy standing by in the newsroom with more. hi, guys. >> you know, this case is really frustrating the investigators because they cannot figure out why a young popular teacher pregnant would just disappear. >> ahead at 5:00 for you, her students get creative today for a tribute they hope will lead to her safe return. you'll hear from those students who made it coming up at 5:00. >> also knew at 5:00, our area knows this debate too well. you know, you want to replace the old, bring in something new. >> but for one development idea it's personal. we have an update on the plans that could put an old

african-american cemetery in jeopardy. and, pat and lee i don't knoon, outrageous story only on news 4 at 5:00 tonight. a 4-year-old girl hit by a bullet. the person who pulled the trigger is a toddler. >> but it doesn't stop there. what the parents allegedly did next and why they did not call 911. we're going to see you soon with those stories coming up at 5:00. >> all right, looking forward to it. we'll see you two in just a few. >> all right. >> all right. >> doug, we have some weather to look forward to even though he we've got irma. >> we've got irma and of course it's been really giving the south a wallop for the most part. we're not going to see that much. there will be shower activity, a little unsettled, but we can take that now. we have sunshine. we saw a few showers out there earlier this morning. that gave way to some sunshine during the day and that's what we have outside right now. looking really, roo he will i nice. a nice shot across our beautiful city. 78 degrees, temperatures dropping, but not all that much. 74 by 7:00, 72 by 9:00, down about 69 dre

nice and nice. so, a very nice tuesday evening if you're thinking about getting out, maybe doing some cooking out on the back grill while we still can. that cooler weather is coming up fairly soon here. not too soon, not too soon. weather underground network, 75, potomac 75, beverley beach riverdale 77, prince georges county and leesburg 78. a nice afternoon. and closer to afternoon than we've been. the average high is now 81 degrees. we have been well below that the last week. today we are getting fairly close. tomorrow i think we're right about average or a little bit above. here's the shower activity going on just to our north. we saw a little bit of a boundary move to the north. that is going to continue to move that way. a few showers around hagerstown. area of rain down to the south, still coming off the atlantic right into the roanoke area and back towards cincinnati, st. louis, you can see it wrapping around the center of irma and what's left of irma just now to the south of memphis. but as i said, we've got a lot of inflow of

they're seeing the rain, not just the rain. we have some beautiful temperatures, but down there, a little bit-badal different. look at this, 78. roanoke, 63. see the difference there? what a difference that makes with that on shore flow coming up, hitting the mountains as i said earlier, wringing out the moisture. if you're traveling down i-81, that's the only place we have rain. here's miami, florida took a big wallop from irma. jose is an impending feature off the coast. it continues to move off towards the east and will actually loop around and go back out to sea. . however we will continue to keep our eyes on it. irma will come back our way and we will get a chance of showers overnight into thursday. irma moves across the region, high temperatures of 82 degrees, chance of thour and thunderstorm. thursday a high of 82. weekend looking fabulous.

85 on sunday. in the entire month of september, a lot of 80s until we go below average, next thursday only 78, guys, only 78, it's terrible. >> only 78, what are we going to do? >> and sunshine. i'm really not sure. >> all right, thanks, doug. >> we'll have to muddle on somehow, some way. [ laughter ] >> all right. happening tonight, the college park city council will be voting on a controversial proposal that we reported on last month. the question is whether non-u.s. citizens should be allowed to vote in city elections. emotions are running high on both sides on this one. prince georges county police are looking into reports of threats being made against some councilmembers. tonight's vote is set to take place at the council meeting that starts at 7:30 at city hall. >> the clash in the commonwealth, just one week from tonight, virginia governor's debate takes place next tuesday. democrat ralph north ham and republican rival ed gillespie face-off for your vote in a high stakes contest that could affect your

your career. nbc news political director and meet the press host chuck todd will moderate. news 4's julie kerry and erin gilchrist will be asking questions. we invite you to join us live for the debate next tuesday night at 7:00 here on nbc 4, or you can watch it on your phone with our nbc washington app. >> first at 4:00, it's finally out, apple unveiling its newest iphone. are you going to get it? >> yeah, it's a thousand dollars. next at 4 -- yes. a thousand dollars, our first look at the new features that apple says may make it worth the cost. >> okay. this we have to see. this is news 4 first at 4:.00 fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network.

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it's a big milestone for tokyo's newest giant panda. >> oh, look. >>ee mths old now. the zoo released this video to commemorate the big

weighs 12 pounds and her eyesight is still developing. she seems to be taking an interest in things in front of her. next week the can you be'sllee s 100 days old. >> she isig and so are her teeth. >> she can still rip your lungs out. >> that's the the other side there. iphone users, rejoice. today apple unveiled its latest and newest version of the device. >> and at almost a thousand dollars each, it's its most expensive model. nbc's mark barger takes a look at all the bells and whistles. >> reporter: referencing co-founder steve jobs in a brand-new theater named for him, current ceo tim cook introduced the company's redesigned iphone x. >> it is the biggest leap forward since the original iphone. >> reporter: the new offering has an x to its stream that gets rid of the button in favor of a biometric sensor.

kicks in for other features such as an mated emojis as well as new dual cameras that allow augmented reality. iphone x also comes with a hefty price tag starting at $999. >> with the increased cost of the technology that they're putting into these devices, that's just the reality that we're faced with right now. >> reporter: apple also introduced an iphone 8 and 8 plus today. their starting prices, 300 and $200 less than the x. it revamped apple watch also debut. >> now you have the freedom to go anywhere with just your apple watch. >> reporter: the device has cellular service letting it work independent of an iphone, but it was that cornerstone of the apple empire taking center stage today. >> the future of the smartphone. >> reporter: the company hoping x lives up to its number. mark barger, nbc news. >> now

>> gas and patience running low. fear replaced by frustration. >> hurricane irma's path of destruction leaves people desperate for basic supplies. david culver was there for the showdown. >> now we're on the ground to show you one of the hardest hit cities in florida as the remnants of the storm move into hour region. two days since the storm itself came and went and emotions are running high. i'm jim handily. >> and i'm windy. let's get you up to 1350speed w what's happening now. flying in enough food to feed over 17,000 people in three days. >> commercial air travel still a struggle this evening. delays and cancellations and problems in miami, orlando and atlanta. >> evacuees trickling back into the florida keys, but key west still off limits because the roads and the bridges are blocked. >> and what about power? florida power and light s

20,000 workers are on the job 14 r 24/7 all over the sunshine state trying to restore power. >> just a day late operation, we will be restoring power day and night. we're in the same position as everybody else. we want to get the lights back on as quickly as possible. >> the utility company says fewer poles are down than they anticipated. most were brought down by falling trees and not wind. one of the other major concerns in florida, of course, is gasoline. >> and where it is available, the lines are quite long. we have team coverage tonight starting with david culver who traveled from fort lauderdale to naples. quickly found things are getting kind of tense there. david. >> reporter: this is becoming a sight that's all too common down here. long lines for gas. i was just talking to one woman who has been in the car 45 minutes. she's only halfway there. another 45 to go. look at this line. it wraps about 50 cars all the y