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hurricane maria coming ashore. >> the battle over confederate statues still going in charlottesville. same name, same birthday, but different paths how far a case of mistaken identity has one man going to prove he is not a criminal. >> and we have got breaking news news tonight at hurricane maria already a major hurricane. now a monster category 5 storm. barrelling down on some of the same islands already devastated by irma. >> this thing is massive. they are suffering from a frightening case of deja vu. >> we will tell you how you can help those communities in a moment. first

doug. >> we have seen tremendous rapid intensefication from the storm just as it is making landful. and this is the island of dominica. there are already reports of stream damage and then guadalupe extremely worried about storm surge. this is an area that is low as far as elevation is concerned. we saw it in irma, and we are going to see it again from maria. maria will make its way towards puerto rico. but also we have got to talk about jose which is just off our shorelines. at 11:00, it is still a hurricane. winds of 75 miles per hour. we are starting to see the influence moving back towards our region. it will have an impact on parts of the north east as well and also an

may go. a lot to talk about. back in ten minutes. >> doug, thank you. a team of first responders is still in the u.s. virgin islands tonights. they will have to stay there to ride out maria. >> reporter: well before i tell but virginia task force one, the church is collecting toiletries and nonperishable items. they were going to go down to the st. thomas area but put on hold because of maria. the pastor attentions takes it because it hits close to home. >> reporter: a heavy heart in silver sp.

destruction and disarray and being away, afrom my father. >> reporter: his dad and stepmother live in st. thomas. hurricane irma destroyed hundreds of cars, homes, businesses. >> buildings where the only thing standing is a frame. >> reporter: electricity is scarce and storm debris covers many roads. hurricane maria is taking aim at the island. we called fair fax county battalion chief in the u.s. virgin islands. >> we were on st. thomas, and no question the power of a hurricane came across that island. >> reporter: the fair fax team is helping people devastated by irma and now waiting for maria. >> teams out helping board out some of the

>> reporter: while they wait -- >> individuals are lacking basic resources needed for survival. >> reporter: the bridge is collecting items to send to st. thomas. >> our desire is to meet that need and to come along and serve. >> reporter: you can help out some of the victims by dropping out hurricane supplies. at 8281 georgia avenue. you click on disaster relief. live here in silver springs. breaking news out of charlottesville, virginia. once again, people remove those tarps. police looked on but did not make arrests. the same thing happened over the weekend. and tonight we are told the groups removing

include jason kessler who helped organize last month's unite the right rally. the ruling came down last friday and protests have erupted every day since. those protests have mostly been peaceful but made, at least, 120 arrests. hearing from the mother of a 15-year-old boy shot and killed by a police officer. his mother told us he was a sophomore at pace west high school. police responding to a report that he had a bomb strapped to his chest. and he turned out not to have a bomb, but shot him when he came after them with a crowbar and refused to drop it. >> they could have used

he is not a criminal. i want justice. >> reporter: today the common wealth's attorney says the shooting appears to have been justified. new video from chopper 4 tonight showing the aftermath of a bizarre crime spree including a hijacking of a v dot bus. this is where the suspect crashed a v dot signal truck and took off on foot. they tell us he car jacked the truck after disabling his own car in two hit and run crashes on 495. leon hammers here on the live desk. hillary clinton says she wasn't quick enough. >> because o

outside forces because of the reality tv candidate, i was running against, i think i was not as adept or as quick to try to figure out okay, what is a better way for me to try to communicate this. >> clinton speaking at the warner theater tonight. she says she is still confident in her talking positions. but that slow reaction time or failure to recognize the path of the election was her biggest take away. biggest challenge ahead is to get people out in the polls. back to you. >> thank you. many of you will cast your vote in the virginia governor race in seven weeks and tomorrow get a chance to watch the top candidate debate on nbc 4.

two polls out today show this race basically tied. lieutenant governor -- catering to local issues. a consensus that neither candidate will gain any ground from spending a lot of time talking about the president. those local issues is what will win over anyone still undecided. and a programming note i will be down in fair fax county. news running a half hour. and then the debate airs tomorrow at 7:00 here on nbc 4. another push to make you safer on a notoriously dangerous stretch of radioway. route 210 or indian head highway is a long

speeds. >> reporter: aaa says this is arguably one of the worst stretches of road in the entire d.c. area. >> able to stop 49 vehicles in the daylight hours. one vehicle was doing 100 miles per hour. the average speed as you mentioned was 78. >> reporter: jim col letti described one day of enhanced enforcement. that stretch of life claimed six lives. that is despite police writing 3300 traffic citations most of them for speeding. >> we have mothers against drunk driving or intoxicating driver. nothing for speeding. >> reporter: surrounding communities

for safety improvement. called upon more than once to comfort the families of victims. >> not an easy thing to deal with. the devastation and the sense of law and then the suddenness of it is unbearable to the families. >> reporter: this is a state highway. but thanks to a nearly decade old agreement with state police, they don't patrol here. and organizers want that to change. a case of mistaken identity forces one local man to carry around copies of his own fingerprints to prove he is not a criminal. >> it is devastating for me and my fiance, i am trying to make a better life for us. >>

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imagine you are stopped for a minor traffic violation. you have got no criminal record but suddenly you are told there is a warrant out for your arrest. >> susan hogan found out it happen happens more than you think. and one man has dealt with over and over again. >> nbc 4 responds about a chilling story about a maryland man whose life was turd

and date of birth. what if that someone is a felon? >> it is devastating for me. >> reporter: this is christopher jenkins and so is this. they share the same name and the same date of birth. this christopher jenkins lives in florida and has a criminal record. this christopher jenkins doesn't. the history of this christopher gen sk jenkins showed up instead. >> reporter: identity theft experts tell us

to set up a better system so when there is a problem, there is an easier way to challenge it. has this impacted you, your relationship, your relationship with other people? is it taking over your life? >> yes. taking over my life. i get depressed, stressed. knowing that if i apply for jobs, i may not get it. >> reporter: nbc 4 responds learns that mistaken of identity happens more often than you might think. of those requests, 2300 challenged the information with more than half of those being corrected. if you fail a background check according to the ftc, you have every right to ask why. >> they have the right to correct inaccurate information. >> reporter: tiffany george is an attorney for the federal trade commissio

company that ran the report and ask to see your report. >> their identity should be confused with someone else. >> reporter: as for chris, he has to carry around this folder of documents wherever he goes. a letter from the florida department of law enforcement confirming he is not the other christopher jenkins with the criminal record. a notarized affidavit. >> it is devastating for me and my fiance. i am trying to make a better life for us and if i can't get the right job to provide for the household, it is a struggle. >> reporter: you can check with the fbi if you have this unknown criminal history. wee

washington app. search mistaken id. >> hard to believe. >> that is tough. there could be another gym handily out there. >> what are the odds. >> so jose is who we are worried about. >> we have jose, and maria out there. jose just off the coast now only about 100 couple miles off the coast. it is still spinning. as a matter of fact it looks like a nor'easter and that is exactly what it is going to be along the coast. towards long island and towards the boston area as well. for us, we are going to start to get on the fringes of it as it moves to the north. just like we saw today, clouds and shower activity. jose winds of

take a look at the track here. this is the weirdest track. we have seen this before with jose as a matter of fact. it did a loop down around the bahamas. it may do another loop and come close to boston as a tropical storm and move back to the south. and that can have big implications on the east coast when it intersects with maria. this is saturday. and we are going to be dealing with this storm for a long time. this making its way back to the shore and some of these will move onshore. timing it out 8:00 a.m., notice the cloud coverage. we are on the dry soide, here i the rain. we will see a mix of sun and clouds during the day tomorrow. better chance of showers along the bay and east of i-95. most of us remaining on the dry side all day tomorrow. not too worried about this. not muc

cooler closer to the ocean. 82 in the city. 82 in menacis. and warmer, not a bad day. this is hurricane maria another category 5. the third category 5 hurricane that we have seen so far this year. or the second category 5 but the third major hurricane we have seen. you can see the island of dominica. i have been listening to dominica radio. numerous homes without roofs. and the hospital by destroyed there too. moving just to theest

guadalu guadalupe st. croix is going to get hit from this extremely hard. it dodged irma and going to get hit hard. some of the latest data tracking north of san juan. winds of 155 miles per hour as a category 4. moving into the turks and caicos. war does it go from there? too early from now. we are going to be watching for not just days but for a week. next tuesday, tracking jose and maria. that is when they come into contact and actually start to move back to the coast. maria will spare the southeast now but jose may come in late next week. until then, guys, we do have a great forecast here. temperatures in the 80s here. we are going to be on

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today, the team placing him on the reserved left squad list meaning he can't be at team facilities or play for the redskin for the 2017 regular season and the post season. not responsible for paying cravens his remaining salary. we will bring you updates and reactions. the final stretch of the regular season starts tomorrow for the national. today was the final off day before the playoffs. starting a 9-day road trip. as for as orioles -- moment of silence. 7-6 league. alvarez doing work, launching this ball to the right.

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