right now. and new concerns this afternoon about where this storm could go after that. we've got live team coverage in the storm center. >> but we start this afternoon with breaking news. a powerful earthquake just hit mexico. >> new video just coming into our newsroom shows a frantic scene. chris lawrence at the live desk. lawrence? >> it did damage to a number of buildings, it sent people running and screaming into the streets. take a look at this. raphael elliott just tweeted this out. we have seen buildings swaying, people running out of the office buildings and restaurants in the heart of mexico city. we have seen pictures of paramedics carrying people away on stretchers. at this point it's hard to tell just how bad it is. we are watching for after shocks and getting some new video of the damage. the earthquake was centered in a town about 75 miles outside mexico city. the capital

bed so the soil itself can amplify an earthquake even if it's hundreds of miles away. in fact, people have been holding safety drills to mark the anniversary of another huge quake which hit mexico city on this day in 1985. that one killed at least 5,000 people. so, we just have to hope this one isn't nearly as deadly. pat? >> all right. >> thank you, chris. now, let's get to that developing situation in the caribbean tonight and pending disaster for millions on the island of puerto rico. >> hurricane maria is a category 5 storm packing catastrophic winds of 165 miles per hour. it's a worst case scenario for islands already ravaged by irma. last night the island of dominica took a direct hit. the prime minister there paints a bleak picture. he says most of the island has been destroyed. it's say similar situation on the island of guadalupe. parts of these islands could be uninhabitable for mo.

churning and churning off of our coast. believe it or not, it is still a category 1 hurricane. some flooding was reported to the in hampton rhodes, virginia during high tide. waves could be between 6 and 12 feet. beach erosion is possible as well. let's head to the meteorologist center with doug kammerer and lauren ricketts. >> jose and maria going to meet up off our coast line. >> we continue to watch the track for maria. it gets fuzzy once you get four or five days out. all eyes are focus on puerto rico at this point. >> let's show you what's going now. let's track jose off our coast line. a well defined storm. category 1 hurricane, but a broad storm. you can see the clouds back in parlgts of our area, rain in the chesapeake bay. therul

ocean beech. this is the storm we'll be talking about for days. just came through dominica, around guadalupe. next on the track will be the st. croix region. st. croix and the u.s. virgin islands. of course we head right over to puerto rico. right now the center of this storm, a category 5 hurricane, 165 mile an hour winds is expected to make land fall in the southeast portion of puerto rico just south and east of san juan. san juan could be on the worst side of this storm. they saw devastation from irma. it looks like they will get almost complete devastation in parts of the area from maria. this is a situation we're going to be track closely. we're going to have the latest track for you coming up in just a couple minutes and let you know how maria and jose could play into our weather next week. >> all right, thank you, doug. first at 4:00, a father's heart break after prosecutors rule the police shooting of his teenage son in prince william county was justified. the father says his son was murdered and he doesn't believe the police version of what happened. yeod

segraves he's forgiven the officer who fired the fatal shots. >> i woke up at 5:00 in the morning and i wrote a letter of forgiveness for that person that i don't even know that took my kid. i forgive him. >> reporter: while oscar has forgiven the officer who killed his son he still wants answers and believes police went too far by using deadly force. standing just steps from where that prince william county police officer killed his son, oscar urbena told reporters his family is still trying to come to grips with what happened. >> all i ask god is for -- i ask god for justice and i need all of your help. that's all i can say. >> reporter: prince william county tommy bert said they were justified in using deadly force. >> he approached with the crow bar over his head. they gave numerous kbhands, at least five commands to drop the crow bar. >> reporter: he says it was t

friday and during that call he told police he had a bomb and wanted to die. according to investigators when police arrived at the house, the 15-year-old was hitting a woman with the crow bar just outside his home. he said police ordered him to drop the crow bar several times and he refused. at one point the 15-year-old came toward the officers giving them no choice but to open fire. >> this is a murder. my kid was taken from us for no reason at all. >> reporter: the family is now hiring a lawyer to help him get the answers they want from police. in prince william county, mark segraves, news 4. >> well, it's happened again. vandalism to the lincoln memorial. this time police say they caught the suspect committing the crime. news 4's derrick ward is outside the lincoln memorial now with what the u.s. park police just said in a press conference. derrick, what's the word? >> reporter: well, leon, first off, you cannot ignore the irony in this. lincol

face the lincoln memorial. just speaking to the park police about the future of this latest act of vandalism. this is one of the most iconic monuments here in the nation's capital. whether you're looking at it from a par or you're there looking out, you know exactly where you are and you understand the significance of it. well, today somebody else came and messed with it. now, we have a picturere of the person who was in court today. it is 21-year-old bakarov. he is out of jail on felony destruction of property charges. he's going to be back in court next month to face these charges. now, what he did is he took to the 5th column of the memorial and wrote some letters that are barely discernible, but we are told they could be actually his name spelled from his native kyrgyzstan. this is the first time something has been etched in the stone.

repaired. it may be the weather will wear it down some. but they're going to have to be deliberate and thoughtful about how they do this as we hear from a person who is the conservator for monuments for the national park service. take a listen. >> so, this does represent permanent damage to the historic fabric of the memorial, so, that is troubling and presents its own challenges in its own ways when it comes time to trying to devise a repair for that. >> reporter: now, bakarov is a student from kerj stan. he's due back in court in november to face a felony for destruction of property. he could get ten years and $20,000 in fines we have more coming up on news 5. derrick ward at the lincoln memorial, back to you, news 4. >> we hate to see that. it is a race with national implications. tonight the governors for virginia square off for an important debate. >> this is a race you may want to pay attention

you can watch it all live tonight on nbc 4. news 4's jim hadley is in mclean to set the scene for us. jim. >> hi, jim. >> hi, guys. we are just about three hours away less than from a debate and race you mentioned the nation will be watching. is it a bellwether for mid terms next year? is it a referendum on donald trump? this is the first and only live televised debate around the commonwealth on all nbc stations tonight. so, this is a first. the stakes could not be higher for both candidates. welcome to the capital one world headquarters. folks, this is a taj mahal right here in the heart of tyson's corner in mclean, virginia. when all is said and done they are building this ginormous tower. these pictures from chopper 4, when all is said and done it will be 32 stories, only the washington monument will be taller in our region. there will be almost 5,000 employees here. jobs will be a big focus of this debate tonight. inside the arena, if you will,

350 invited guests. we're going to be hearing from some of those guests later on. david culver will join us, too. he's talk to millennials outside now. let's tell you a little bit, if we can, about the two candidates. we're going to be getting much deeper into their backgrounds, but first up the democrat, lieutenant governor ralph northam, he is a doctor and army veteran. he has more money on hand. you probably have seen all of their kmrgs s from both sides. he hails from the eastern shore of virginia. the republican, ed gillespie, and you'll recognize his face from that tight 123459 race whe -- senate race where mark warner edged him out. he was a former advisor with george w. bush. he worked with the romney campaign. he is a lobbyist, that has come up in some of the commercials. commercials started out soft and they've taken a tougher edge. it's going to be interesting to see how tough things get from

chuck todd from meet the press will be the moderator, julie carey who covers northern virginia for us will be on the panel be asking questions as will news 4 anchor aaron gilchrist. we'll be talking to both of them throughout the evening. a programming note, we'll be back at 5:00 and 6:00. news 4 at 6:00 is 4567 an hour followed by nbc nightly news. this debate begins at 7:00, at 8:00 we're going to be doing some facebook live. facebook, this debate has the attention of facebook. they have set up a lounge here. they are watching this for the rest of the country, too. a lot of attention because as we've mentioned this week, this is one of only two statewide contests. the other is in new jersey. so, everybody wants to know what is on the minds of voters after almost a year of this president and a lot of changes, too. got to tell you, one of the best things, leon and pat, about this place is they have their own ginormous starbucks. if you look over my right shoulder, i cannot pull tom

there. they are apparently doing research, they tell me. hi, guys. it's going to be a long night so we are going to be needing a lot of caffeine, calf nated is the word tonight. >> you're going to need lots of that. >> oh, man. before we let you go, jim, we know this is ava race, but why should people in d.c. and maryland be watching tonight? >> good question, leon. there are so many issues, topics that resonate around our region. transportation is sure to come up. metro, the beltway, too. also immigration and health care reform. those two issues, too. and you can bet there may be a question about the controversy over confederate statues, too. that has been in the news in charlottesville. that may come up tonight. both candidates have kind of steered clear of that. certainly in campaign rallies and ads, if you will. >> all right. >> all right, jim handily. >> we'll let you get back to your pumpkin spice latte. >> you and tom and david. thank you, ji

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unimaginable. run over by a dump truck and drakd down a d. c street. >> this afternoon only on news 4, the victim is sharing her story. bianca butler survived the crash back in july, but her life changed forever in that horrible moment. she fought to recover and now she's ready to leave the hospital. bianca is speaking only to news 4's pat collins. so, pat, how is she doing? >> reporter: well, she's doing remarkably well. you know, pat, it's been 70 days, 70 days since it happened. 70 days since a gigantic dump truck ran over bianca butler here on south dakota avenue. and now finally she's getting ready to leave the hospital, and talking about what happened here 70 days ago.

>> i was screaming for my life. i thought i was going to die that day, but i didn't. but i thank god, you know what i'm saying, to let me see another day. >> reporter: bianca butler is 5'3". she weighs 105 pounds. when you see her, and then you see the size of that dump truck, you realize how lucky she is to be alive. >> i did it. >> reporter: but don't take my word for it. listen to her doctor. >> she had massive soft tissue injuries. and if she could not have gotten to a health care facility quickly, it could have been a different out come. >> reporter: it was back on july 11th. bianca butler was crossing 33rd street at south dakota avenue when she was struck by a dump truck. she was dragged some 67 feet before the driver heard her screamnd

>> stuff was coming out of my leg like i lost half of my knee because of him on this right leg. and my left leg, my foot was dangling, coming apart from my leg. >> reporter: and you saw all this because you were conscious. >> yes. >> reporter: and he came up to you and said what? >> he said sorry. that was it. >> reporter: bianca's undergone eight operations. there are more surgeries ahead. she's in a wheelchair now. she's determined to get back on her feet, the will to walk coming up at 5:00. now back to you. >> all right, long way back for her, but looks like she's going to try to pull through this. thank you so much, pat. president trump's fiery first address to the u.n. general assembly may be remembered most for his use of a nickname for the leader of the north korean

the united nations. >> billions and billions of dollars. >> reporter: speaking before the united nations general assembly, president trump issued his toughest most direct threat to north korea yet. >> the united states has great strength and patience. but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime. >> reporter: the president trying to light a fire under other world leaders to step up and issued a controversial threat to end the iran nuclear deal. >> it is an embarrassment to the united states, and i don't think you've heard the last of it. believe me. >> reporter: his tone at times scolding. president trump calling for major change to the u.n. and repeated his promise to put america first. >> we can no longer be taken advantage of or enter into

critics quick to respond. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling it bold and courageous. others saying looking out for him self is a dangerous move. >> he's talking about going back to the 19th century. >> reporter: later president trump offered a new take on the institution he once slammed as ineffective. >> let's give this as a toast to the potential, the great, great potential of the united nations. thank you all for being here. thank you very much. >> that was blayne kpands reporting from the united nations. >> want to pick a hurricane to talk about now? you got your pick now. >> start with the good news first. >> good news obviously our weather is fantastic. even though we have a hurricane off the coast of ocean city. >> you can hardly tell. >> not bad all in all. take a look at the satellite picture. this does paint the picture, 'r

takes three hours to get to ocean city. drive three hours further east, you're in the center of hurricane jose. that storm about 75 mile an hour winds currently, you see where it is. it's really not moving all that much at all. there is some high surf toward the beaches. you'll see beach erosion in places like ocean city and dewey. winds along the coast only about 30 miles an hour. they'll increase a little bit here. but the wind not going to be a big factor. notice where the rain is from the chesapeake bay over to the east is what we were talking about yesterday to the west. we're looking at sunshine and a beautiful afternoon. but jose is geneva convention to be making its way to the north. right now only at 7 miles per hour up towards boston and then back down and around. and look at this, today is tuesday. this is next sunday, almost a week away, it just stays in this general area. and wherever this goes, it's going to have a big impact on where maria goes. the latest computer models once again bringing maria up towards our area

close to our coast line next week. so, we'll be watching that. right now, though, all eyes are on maria. hurricane maria an extremely strong category 5 has already made its way through some of the islands here, and now on a b-line, direct path toward st. croix and the virgin islands. this is an island that was spared from irma just a couple weeks ago and making its way in towards portions of puerto rico where also they did get spared a little bit, at least the brunt of the storm. this one i do not think they will get spared from this and it is going to be devastating to the virgin islands, devastating to puerto rico. you can see what's happening now. already seeing some rain, the eye just down off toward the south and east here. it's going to be coming into clearer focus over the next couple of hours as we move on through the next few hours, too. let's take a look at that track. winds of up to 165 miles per hour now. this is the strongest it has been so far. look at this track. right into puerto rico as a category 4, 155 mile an hour storm, that's just shy of a category 5. moving right through puerto rico up

republic here. they'll get some impacts, but not a lot. flooding is the main issue for the dominican. saturday 8:00 just off the coast of the bahamas, and watch where it goes, up to the north where it could intersect with jose as we mentioned. so, that's something we'll be watching. how about our weather? how about near 90 over the next couple of days. 88 on your wednesday and your thursday. very warm a little bit humid. friday is the first day of fall and right now the weekend looking great and hot and there we are next tuesday and wednesday tracking both jose and maria. >> all right. >> i think we both like that. >> summer's last gasp. it was the wine of the summer. now you can get the rose named the world's best for less than ten bucks. >> okay. what the navy says is to blame for the increase in crashes at sea like the one thatecently r

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rescuers frantically digging through rubble. a magnitude 7.1, it comes two weeks after an earthquake killed a hundred people across the country. president trump tweeted god bless the people of mexico city, we are with you and we will be there for you. >> we are tracking two hurricanes, jose is the storm that won't go away. it's hovering now off the east coast causing minor flooding where beach erosion is a possibility. meanwhile in puerto rico wind is picking up and water is getting rougher with hurricane maria heading that way. the island is still recovering from irma. some places still have no power. they have no water. doug kammerer is in the weather center. so, doug, when is this scheduled to hit? >> it's going to be overnight tonight into the day tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a terrible day for the island of puerto rico for the, what we're going to see around the st. croix area. looking at the storm now, it is an incredibly strong category 5, winds of 165 miles an hour. but we continue to

strengthening. this is devastating news for areas in the u.s. virgin islands over towards the puerto rico area. this is an area that -- these are the islands, you just can't evacuate from them. you can't just drive to the next island over. you have to get on flights to do so. and of course they're going to be shutting down the airport around puerto rico as well. so, some devastation over the next couple of days. we're going to see a lot of pictures like we're seeing out of the dominica area, out of guadalupe today, that will be tomorrow in st. croix, the virgin islands and yes, into puerto rico as well. much more on this. i have the latest forecast for you coming up in a minute. >> all right. thank you, doug. the polls are tight and the stakes couldn't be higher. less than three hours from now, ralph northam and ed gillespie will be squaring off in news 4's virginia's governor's debate, it is getting national attention and you should be paying attention as well. news 4 jim handily is taking a look at the candidates and what t

>> we just got our hands on brand-new polls out. one of them showing significant movement. let's show you those numbers from the quinnipiac poll that just came out this afternoon. here they are. northam with a 51% lead to 41% for gillespie. undecideds about 5%. now, here's a key thing to look at. the independent likely voters in this poll are swinging heavily toward northam. 50 to 37%. on the trump question among voters in the commonwealth, take a look at this poll from the university of mary washington. 55% disapprove of president trump, only 37% approve. joining me now here at the capital one headquarters is our nbc senior political editor mark murry. we keep hearing a lot about the national attention on this race. both parties flooding this market and all of virginia with money and attention and a lot of it has to do with president trump. >> he is

controlling the political environment here. i think one of the big questions is what kind of role does president trump end up making in the final six weeks of this race. one of the things that's really struck me is how president trump really hasn't come up in a lot of the rhetoric so far, but we still have a little ways to go. and i keep hearing from strategists on both sides who say, president trump is going to be an issue. it might not be happening now, but it is coming. >> will he endorse, will he campaign? would they want that? >> all of them are really legitimate questions to have. so, you know, we have seen the ability of president trump being able to fire up his base, but as we know, you know, virginia was still a state that hillary clinton ended up winning by more than five points in 2016 and particularly in northern virginia, president trump's numbers are pretty, pretty low. >> so, northam in northern virginia has to run the table. >> the tried and true way for democrats to be able to win virginia statewide and we've seen them do it now over the past decade is run

margins in northern virginia. that's where the airwaves are flooded. ed gillespie, his challenge is to keep that margin down. the better ed gillespie ends up doing in northern virginia, the better his chance of winning this whole race. >> all right. stay tuned. thanks so much, mark murry. good to be with you. we'll be hearing from chuck todd later in our next hour, julie carey, aaron gilchrist. our whole team is here. it is a big night. leon and pat, back to you from tysons. >> all right, you got it, jim. thanks, jim, mark. folks, you can watch the debate tonight at 7:00 right here on nbc 4 or you can stream it on the nbc washington app. and be sure to head to the nbc washington facebook page after the debate. chuck todd, julie carey will be there for full analysis. >> a big night. you probably heard about the new iphone x that will cost you a thousand bucks. but today apple introduced a new operating system that won't cost you a dime. and will give you some pretty cool new tools. chris lawre

features. chris? >> yeah, pat. this morning apple introduced the new ios 11, but your iphone as has to be a 5 s or later in order to get it. so, here for the new features to sort of, you know, look forward to, the new control center is a lot more customizable. this is what normally appears when you swipe up from the bottom of your current phone. right now you can't control what appears, but that's going to be changing with the new operating system. and if you like apple pay, well, it's going to get better. now you'll be able to pay regular people with the service, not just vendors. if you're familiar with ven mo, it's pretty much the same thing. this feature really caught my eye. there's finally a setting for do not disturb while driving. it allows your phone to sense when you're driving and send a generic text reply so you don't have to pickup the phone. you're also going to notice an update with siri. not only is she a little bit smar b

natural. now, with so many people downloading ios 11, it has been slow going. i gave up actually a couple hours ago so i would say you may want to wait a couple days when it's likely to be faster. pat? >> all right. when they get the kinks out. >> that's right. >> best idea ever. driving, do not disturb. make sure every teenage driver gets that. >> i can't wait. i know. moms and dad's. >> thank you, chris. >> all right, chris. >> could amazon be coming to prince george's county? >> why local lead erdos are trying to tract the company

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amazon. i don't know whether it will work, but they're trying. >> want to bring them here to put their second headquarters here. local leaders offering three different locations. college park, greenbelt and new carrollton. all of them near metro stops. promising 52,000 jobs to the municipality. easier for me to say, right? whoever wins the bid. areas across the country are competing for this and county executive says prince george's county is prepared to fight. >> this is a moment in time where prince george's county is ready. just think about it. we didn't have to get ready. we're ready. >> maryland's governor larry hogan is in favor of a site in baltimore but he will support any maryland jurisdiction that submits a location for consideration. >> lots of jobs coming wherever amazon locates. >> that's what's important. >> this powerful hurricane season continues. right now maria is tng

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torney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. in the storm center, something we're going to be doing for days here, and we have been doing not just for days but for weeks, we had harvey, we had irma, now jose off the coast line and maria that will be devastating to areas like puerto rico. >> we're going to continue to watch that move into puerto rico, the u.s. virgin islands already got hit. some of the outer bands, rain already reaching that area and winds also. >> and we have some of the outer bands reaching parts of our region here. this is from jose. you see jose still spinning off the coast, not moving much at all, only 7 miles an hour to the north. you see the bands trying to move back toward the beaches. and we are seeing some rain, some gusts upwards of

an hour toward delaware, portions of ocean city along the jersey shore. we are going to see some beach flooding, some beach erosion here. tidal flooding. the back baze may see flooding. did d.c. to the west we're looking at sunshine, a nice day for us. that will be the case the next couple days. look terrain, you see the rain coming in. this is a result of jose. jose now 219 miles east of ocean city. that's it, 219 miles east. you can see one of the stronger rain bands. this is where you have some good tropical storm force winds out just to the east of ocean city, too, but those will not move inland. we're going to stay in that 30 mile an hour range. down toward the south you notice st. croix, down toward the virgin islands, this is the satellite picture, extremely well defined category 5 hurricane. making its way towards this region. i want to show you the radar picture. here's san juan and you notice the eye. look at that eye wall, extreme, you see the orange, the reds encircling that eye, that tells you you have an

already seeing some of the very strong outer bands into st. croix, parts of the virgin islands. for more on what this storm means to this area, we go back to lauryn. hey, lauryn. >> hey there, this is a monster of a storm. it will continue to be like that all the way through as we track it over the next several days. right now just barrelling in on st. croix, getting ready to move into some of those outer bands of puerto rico. already have some wind gusts there of 50 miles an hour on some of the municipalities of puerto rico. but this is a huge eye right now that will continue to move up to the west, northwest. so, again, we are continuing to watch this. and, again, pretty strong. now, puerto rico is a really densely populated area. 3.5 million people within about a 35,000 square mile. so, we will watch this as it just heads to the southeast right here. and there's about 58,000 people in this area right here. so, again, that's where it's pegged to hit. we w

again, a little bit of time line. let me stand on this side. winds 45 over. now tonight for puerto rico and also the virgin islands, and once we get into the thick of things overnight tonight into tomorrow, winds are going to be over 125 miles an hour. they are going to have mudslides with rain up to isolated areas, 25 inches of rain. that will be tonight all the way through tomorrow night. and again, they are going to be dealing with this for quite sometime as they took in a lot of people from irma, and now those people in puerto rico are not only dealing with that, but are also dealing with what is to come from maria. all right, doug, let's go back to your ten-day forecast. >> the ten-day forecast has both jose and maria in it. let's show you that. first off notice tomorrow and wednesday, highs around 88. the warm est temperatures we've seen not only this month, but in the last month. 88 a very warm day tomorrow, and on thursday. first day of fall on friday but it's not going to feel like it as it will heat into the day on saturday and sunday, too. but then you notice

when we're going to be tracking jose and maria. where do those storms go, how do they interact? does maria help jose move in and maria move out and jose move in? we'll be pretty busy right here in the storm sen consider. >> we mentioned the delicate dance and that's what we're going to be looking a at. thank you, doug. 17 families are now linked by tragedies at sea. their sailors were killed in navy ship collisions. today lawmakers pressed navy leaders about what went wrong. it couldn't have been easy for the maryland mother who attended the hearing today. news 4's megan fitzgerald has our report. >> reporter: it was certainly an emotional day inside the hearing. several parents who lost a son on either the uss mccain or uss fitzgerald were on capitol hill. i spoke with one woman who says she is desperate for answers. she wants to know why her son died and what is being done to prevent these crashes from happening. it wasn't easy for these

hearing, but many says it is absolutely necessary. >> i talked to you yesterday about the seriousness of this investigation. >> reporter: and senators didn't mince words when questioning navy admiral john richardson and secretary richard spencer. >> it's our obligation to operate that ship safely and effectively. >> reporter: in june the uss fitzgerald collided over the coast of japan. 7 sailors lost their lives. then two months later in august, the uss mccain collides with a merchant vessel killing ten sailors, including rachel he can olz' son timothy. she and many other parents listened closely at times, wiping away tears while navy leaders were grilled for answers. >> any intrusion or tammer palominoing. >> reporter: two investigations and studies are going on to determine why the ships crashed. but the admiral admitted that many of these men and women are working 100 hours a week, which could have contributed to mistakesn

delayed maintenance on ships, budget concerns, and training gaps continue to deteriorate readiness. >> thank you very much. good to see you. >> reporter: when the hearing was over, senator mccain and navy leaders thanked the parents for the sacrifice of their children. senator mccain urged navy leaders to immediately stop sailors from having to work 100 hours a week. but it is still unclear if and when that will happen. reporting on capitol hill, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> a new study paints a troubling picture about youth and football. >> wendy rigger standing by in the newsroom and let me guess. moms are not going to like this. >> no, this is kind of scary. dad's aren't going to like it either. this study finds a link between children who have played tackle football before they turned 12 and mood or behavioral problems later in their lives. doreen gentzler has what parents need to look out for. also we are following breaking news from mexico.

earthquake rocking mexico city. more than 40 people dead. buildings have collapsed. many may be trapped in the rubble. again, this comes on the 32nd anniversary to the day of that massive earthquake in 1985 that killed so many people in mexico city. we will see you soon with those stories and more. of course, jim handily is at the dee bates. see you in a bit. >> you got it, wendy. imagine you're stopped for a minor traffic violation. you've never been in trouble before, you have no criminal record, but suddenly you're told there is a warrant out for your arrest. >> consumer reporter susan hogan found out it happens more off be than you think. she talked to a man who has dealt with it over and over and over again. >> this could happen to you, to me, to anyone. nbc 4 responds to a chilling story about a maryland man whose life literally was turned upside down because he shares a name and date of birth with someone wh

there's millions of people, millions of combinations of names, dates of birth. chances are someone out there shares yours. but what if that someone is a felon? >> it's devastating for me and my fiance. >> this is christopher jenkins, and so is in. aside from sharing the same name they also share the same date of birth. but there are a couple of differences. this christopher jenkins has a criminal record and lives in florida. a long list of offenses including possession of marijuana. this christopher jenkins doesn't have a criminal record and lives in maryland. unfortunately, when a potential employer ran a background check on chris, the criminal history of this christopher jenkins showed up instead. >> you've never smoked pot? >> never smoked pot. >> never been to florida? >> never been to florida ? >> but you have a criminal record? >> i have a criminal record. >> identity theft experts tell us governments that maintain criminal record

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>> announcer: now at 5:00, hurricane maria heading for puerto rico after devastating other islands in the caribbean. >> i'm doug kammerer. tracking a hit on the island by maria. plus the latest on jose. >> new details about the fatal shooting of the 15-year-old by police in virginia. why prosecutors say it was justified and what the teen's father has to say about that. >> our lives have been destroyed. >> and a bad penny? how police say this man used the simple copper coin to de-face the iconic lincoln mem

>> and good afternoon. i'm wendy reeger in the news 4 studio, the mother ship. >> and i'm jim handly across the river at capital one world headquarters in mclean. both candidates arrived in the house. i just saw lieutenant governor ed northam and ed gillespie getting ready in a couple hours, they will face-off in their first statewide televised debate. chuck todd is going to join me in just minutes. first we are keeping our eye on those major hurricanes swirling around the atlantic and where they are headed next, wendy. >> that's right. we are going to have more on those hurricanes in just a moment. first we're going to follow the breaking news out of mexico city where a magnitude 7.1 earthquake has rattled buildings and nerves and caused some deaths. chris lawrence is at our live desk. >> yeah, wendy. we have just learned that at least 42 people have now been killed. people in mexico city say the shaking was strong and it seemed to go on