>> 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

that's just coming into our newsroom. first responders and everyday people have been shouting into piles of rubble trying to see if anyone is trapped inside. we've seen people working, digging through rubble with their bare hands trying to find survivors. the earthquake shattered entire buildings and rubble spilling out in some areas. and now we've seen its pile 20 feet high in some areas. you hear the sirens. we're seeing reports of people who survived the quake with one woman describing how she rolled down a flight of stairs as it collapsed underneath her. she broke her foot trying to run out of there. the earthquake was centered about 75 miles from mexico city and hit in the middle of the workday. now, mexico's capital is built on an old lake bed so the soil itself can actually amplify an earthquake even if it's hundreds of miles away. right now people there are still bracing for after shocks. again, at least

died, although once first responders are able to get into some of these piles of rubble, that number is likely to rise. wendy? >> it's never pretty. thank you, chris. our second big story, of course, is hurricane maria. it is the second category 5 hurricane to slam the caribbean in less than two weeks. catastrophic winds, driving rain, drowning tiny islands that are already shredded by hurricane irma. maria plowed into the island of dominica overnight. all communications are down. so, we have not seen any of that devastation just yet. the prime minister was live blogging his experience on facebook until the storm killed his connection. this is how maria blew ashore overnight on the island of guadalupe. france has crews in place cleaning up from irma. tonight they are focusing on pumping water from the critical buildings there. puerto rico, now people boarding up and bracing for impact.

virginia task force one will be riding out maria on that island and go right back to recovery work. chief meteorologist doug kammerer working for you tracking maria's march toward puerto rico. >> a new update on that storm. right now it's only 80 miles south of st. croix in the u.s. virgin islands. let's go right to the satellite. you can see the very well defined eye here. this is a very large hurricane making its way towards st. croix right now. as i mentioned, 80 miles to the south of st. croix. and then over towards portions of puerto rico where it's about 175 miles south and east of san juan. san juan on the north side of the island, it's expected to make its way on land very close to st. croix, very close to viegas and very close to the southeast portion of puerto rico here. if it does, in fact, hit puerto rico, it could hit it as a extreme category 4 or category 5 hurricane. they have not seen a storm like this in close to 100 years.

islands. we're tracking hurricane jose as well. still a hurricane, 75 mile an hour hurricane. making its way to the north giving us cloud cover and rain to the eastern shore. as this moves out our weather gets really nice. and jose and maria will actually meet up next week in about this same location. much more on that. we'll be back in just a few minutes. >> all right, thank you, doug. up in new york, you could say president trump's debut speech -- >> and we are here at the capital one world headquarters in tyson's corner, mclean, virginia. both candidates are in the house. i just saw lieutenant governor northam walk past me. he looks confident. gillespie is also in the room over am i left shoulders. they are with their handlers going over key talking basis points, questions they want to get in, going over mock questions as well as you can imagine. four things you need to know tonight. the debate is at 7:00 on nbc 4. it is the first statewide televised debate on all nbc stations

commonwealth. it will be for one hour. our julie carey, aaron gilchrist will be on the panel asking questions. chuck todd from meet the press will be the moderator. also the polls are very close. we've got some movement today, though. two new polls came out. we're going to share those in just a bit with you there. candidates, as you can imagine, are spending some big money. 49 days left, will it get aggressive tonight? will they get in each other's faces tonight? these are two very cautious candidates as we know. and will president trump's name come up? we're going to ask in just about ten minutes. chuck todd, his thoughts on that. back to you for now, wendy. >> all right, thank you, jim. we are going to head up to new york where you could say president trump's debut speech at the united nations today was filled with fire and fury. >> the scourge of our planet today is a small group of rogue regimes that violate every principle on which the united nations is based. if the

confront the wicked few, then evil will triumph. 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. >> the president is set to meet tomorrow with leaders of japan and south korea to talk about the north korea situation. here at home, a prosecutor says the deadly shooting of that 15-year-old was justified, but the teen's father is calling it murder. and as news 4's mark segraves reports, he doesn't believe police accounts of what led up to his son's death on friday outside their home in prince william county. >> i woke up at 5:00 in the morning and iro

forgiveness for the person that i don't even know that took my kid. i forgive him. >> reporter: oscar says while he forgives the officer that shot and killed his son, he still believes the officer went too far by using deadly force. he thinks they could have subdued his 15-year-old son despite the fact he was waving a crow bar and had just hit a woman with it. >> this is murder. >> reporter: the prosecutors and police disagree. paul ebert ruled the fatal shooting as justifiable. ebert says it was the 15-year-old boy who called 911 friday morning and during that call he told police he had a bomb and wanted to die. ebert said he ordered the boy to drop the crow bar several times and he refused and at one point came toward the officers in an aggressive manner. the officer who fired the fatal shots has now been identified as 35-year-old robert choice, a 7-year veteran of the prince william county police department.

suffered from mental health issues and had tried to hang himself the night before, but his family never called 911 after the suicide attempt. the boy's father says police are lying about what happened. >> that's not what they're telling you, i promise you in the name of my son. >> reporter: police say they have several independent witnesses who saw the shooting who support the police version of what happened. but they acknowledge there is no police body cam video or any surveillance video of the shooting. >> our lives are -- have been destroyed. and we just don't know how we're going to survive this. >> reporter: an emotional time for the urbena family. he tells us he is in the process of hiring an attorney. he hopes that will help him get the answers that he so desperately wants. in prince william county, mark segraves, news 4. >> just weeks ago, getting up this ramp would have been impossible. bianca butler was bound to a hospital bed after a dump truck

she fought to recover and now she's ready to go home. she wants to walk, but the damage from that crash, it is extensive. >> like, i lost half of my knee because of him on this right leg. and my left leg, my foot was dangling, dangling apart. >> bianca sat down today with pat collins. he is live at the intersection where that life-changing crash occurred. a story you're only going to see on news 4. pat? >> reporter: wendy, bianca butler says she wants to walk again. bianca butler says she's going to walk again. and bianca butler is a very determined young woman. >> i will be able to walk again. i am going to walk again. and when i walk again, i will prove all these people in the hospital and here that, yes, i'm back. >> reporter: bianca butler at the med star

hospital, she gets around in a wheelchair now. you see, she's been through eight operations and she has more surgeries to come. but when you hear her story, you'll realize -- >> i did it. >> reporter: -- how lucky she is to be alive. >> i was screaming for my life. i thought i was going to die that day. >> reporter: it happened back on july 11th. bianca was crossing 33rd street at south dakota avenue. a huge dump truck rolled over her legs and dragged her some 67 feet before it came to a stop. bianca was conscious through it all. she saw the wounds to her leg and she saw the driver of the truck. >> 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, dangling apart. coming apart from my leg. >> reporter: and you saw all this because you were conscious? >> yes. >> reporter: and he came up to you, and what did

>> reporter: the truck involved in the accident belongs to fort myer construction. the driver is alvarez. he was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian. at the time of the south dakota avenue accident, alvarez was awaiting trial on a hit and run charge from a dump truck personal injury accident back in 2015. that case still unresolved. now, truck driver alvarez no longer works for the fort myer construction. wendy? >> pat collins. pat, i'm wondering because the woman, she's just 23, i know she was about to start a job then. she's had eight surgeries. she's got other surgeries to come. what kind of insurance, what kind of financial means does she have to cover all of this recovery? and when she doeswa

does she have something to walk to? >> reporter: well, she's 23 years old. she's on government supported health insurance right now. as a matter of fact, on the day of this accident, she was right down the street here on south dakota avenue applying for a job at the good will store here and she was on her way home when she was struck by the truck at this intersection right behind me. >> pat collins, i know you'll be following up and keeping tabs on her. thanks so much. the signs on the gate say do not enter, but a woman has ignored that on five different occasions. still ahead, why the woman who's repeatedly breached the white house isn't serving any serious jail time. >> it's happened yet again. one of the nation's most iconic memorials has been targeted by a vaal. what hndap

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it is one of the most visited monuments in the district, but it has become one of the more popular for vandals in recent months. the latest just occurred yesterday. news 4's derrick ward is reporting from the lincoln memorial where this damage now appears to be permanent. >> reporter: 21-year-old bakarov seen here leaving d.c. superior court is the latest person to de-face the lincoln memorial. parkic

yesterday. >> a park police officer saw an individual inscribing letters into the lincoln memorial. >> reporter: he's charged with felony destruction of property. the letters are hard to see, but they believe they are letters spelling out his name. he is a student from the kyrgyzstan republic. the damage he brought is serious. he used a lincoln penny. >> it was incised into the surface of the stone so that's a departure from the previous graffiti we experienced which is more on the surface. so, this does represent permanent damage to the historic fabric of the memorial so that is troubling. >> reporter: thousands of tourists come here each day, most who make this trip appreciate what this memorial stands for. they find it hard to fathom that someone else would come here with damage in mind. >> bit of a symbol of the lack of respect for history and what this building and this memorial means for history. so, it's a bit symbolic for how the world is working today. >> he shouldn't have done this. you vandal public proper t

they should be behind bars for this. >> reporter: back with you live now, bakarov is back due in court november 1st. he is facing felony of destruction of property charge. he could get ten years in jail and $5,000 in fines. we're live at the lincoln memorial, derrick ward, news 4. >> and i'm jim handly back at debate central, capital one headquarters. this has to do with the president's popularity in the commonwealth. folks, take a look at these numbers. disapproval of president trump and his job, 55% in virginia, only 37% approve of the job the president is doing here. joining me now is the moderator of meet the press, the moderator of tonight 57's first and only televised debate. so, chuck, how much is president trump going to be an issue, perhaps in this

especially in virginia good to been -- gubernatorial races, th president hasn't had an out sized impact on northern virginia. it's just the way it is. historically up to the last gubernatorial race, literally the party that won the white house the year before the gubernatorial race, the opposite party won in virginia. that was the swing state mind in virginia, almost doing that ping-pong. but what we're seeing lately is a slight shift to the left in virginia. look, in the 2016 race, hillary clinton carried the state by 7 points. >> right. >> that was not -- when you think about it -- and she lost. that's astounding that virginia was on the losing side on that, by that big of a margin. it tells you that maybe it's not a swing state any more. and i won't be surprised if the democrats do try to make the president more of an issue, at least to get the vote out. >> so, does gillespie, who is pretty much a

republican, does he have to distance himself from president trump, particularly in northern virginia? >> look, i think he's got to walk that line because he can't go too far in distancing himself. this is still a state where the republican base is very conservative. it's not as if the republican base is moderate. now, there was a bit of a yellow light during this primaries, a lot of republicans in northern virginia voted in the democratic primary. i talked to some of them. some of them even said they did it because just assuming the democrats are going to win now. it was nothing personal at gillespie. can he win those voters back? that's the tricky nature. how does he win those voters back who don't like president trump without alienating those in southwest virginia that say -- that love the give him heck attitude? that's a bit of -- it's more of a challenge right now, it looks like, for the republicans than the democrats. >> facebook is such a big part of this evening and this debate. i know your meet the pre

has been soliciting questions. you were telling me one of the biggest questions out there has to do with the controversy over the confederacy and statues in virginia and around our region. >> and we set this facebook discussion to be only open to virginiians. this is not like the national folks coming in here. this conversation has been very heavy on the memorial front and there's certainly -- there is a lot of passion on both sides of this debate. and you can tell -- i tell you, both candidates seem to be uncomfortable with this issue for different reasons. and you see it in how they answer the question. they're trying to -- they each have different stances on it, but they're trying to appease the other side a tad. saying we respect the history, or we respect the fact that we need to acknowledge the bad deeds. they're both trying to walk a line there. i don't know if an issue like that allows for middle ground. >> the passions run so deep. >> so deep, and it's hard -- it does feel as if

area here. >> all right. well, good luck tonight. >> thank you. >> i've lost count of how many debates, but this should be the most interesting, given the climate that we're in, don't you think? >> i look at it, i'm actually looking forward to it for a different reason. this feels like ail normal debate and it feels like a normal campaign. they're having, they're having left, right disagreements that we have been used to the first 15 years of this century. so, it's been a while since we heard that. kudos to the state of virginia, the commonwealth. they have produced two well qualified candidates who have done a pretty good job of having a civil campaign so far. >> both with a lot of experience. you're right. chuck todd, good luck to you. we'll be watching 7:00 and then 8:00 you're going to be doing some facebook live. >> there you go. >> good luck to you. >> it's facebook. >> exactly. it's tuesday night. julie carey is also going to join us, so is aaron gilchrist and david culver in just a few. back to you, wendy, in the studio. >> let's hear it for a lively but normal debate. thanks, guys.

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for the next couple of days here. they've had rough surges. today we're seeing beach erosion. today may be the worst of it. tidal flooding on back bay areas. dewey city. this is bethany beeach. high tide does not come until 9:00 tonight. four hours away. that beach will be completely covered. that means beach erosion. waves of 6 to 9 feet in that area this afternoon. they're going to see beach erosion from this. besaw it from a storm a couple weeks ago. we may see it again next week as the remnants or actually as maria moves up to and i expect maria and jose to meet in this area and that actually may force jose back into our region. but that's in a week. again, the track of this storm takes it up towards boston. i'll show you the new track in a second. it's only 200 miles eac o

they are dealing with rain. if you live along the chesapeake you are seeing cloud activity there and cloud cover. western d.c. we're seeing sunshine today and a really beautiful day. hard to imagine we have a hurricane just a couple miles off the coast, just a couple hundred miles off the coast. let's look at the latest track. 100 mile an hour as of the 5:00 advisory. making its way north at 7 miles per hour. now moving north, northeast at 8 miles an hour, this is good news. this is now looking like it's going to stay farther away from the cape here. they're still going to see tropical storm force winds around boston and the cape. all in all they're going to get out of this one with just some beach erosion and tidal flooding. look where this is. this says sunday. this is next sunday. this is how long this system kind of waits for maria. it will have to wait for maria to really start to move. speaking of maria, there it is, an extremely strong category 5, and the national hurricane center just put out a statement saying that we now expect maria to stay and remain a

through the u.s. virgin islands and in towards puerto rico. this would mean a category 5 land fall in puerto rico if it does, in fact, hit puerto rico and it looks like it's going to be doing that. take a look at the latest radar. you can see it right there. there's the eye moving closer and we're going to be watching this by this time tomorrow. it will be on the coast of puerto rico. so, here's the latest advisory. winds of 165 miles an hour moving west northwest at ten miles per hour. right through the island here. winds of 150 as it comes on the backside here. it will weaken just a bit, but not all that much. and then by friday it's off the coast of the bahamas and then it moves up towards the u.s. coast, stays off the coast, but then may interact with jose in one or two of those may be coming on shore. that's why i have watching jose, tracking jose and maria next tuesday and wednesday. something else you notice, guys, fall begins on friday, but, boy, we've got summer-like temperatures all the way through the beginning of next week. >> yes, we do. thank you, doug. she's

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ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. >> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 5:00.

hour, today a prince william county prosecutor said the police shooting of a 15-year-old boy on friday was justified, and they identified the officer as 35-year-old robert choice. the teenager's father is heartbroken but he says he does forgive that officer. >> yeah, 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. >> also at this hour, permanent damage done to the lincoln memorial, u.s. park police say they caught a student from kerrs i can stan carving letters into one of the pillars with a penny. the suspect was arrested and is facing 20 years if convicted. and an alert ahead for this sunday's primetime redskins game, metro says at this point it does not plan on staying open late. it's going to shut down at 11:00. the redskins/raiders game kicks off at 8:30. so, if you don't feel like the hassle o

home and watch the game right here on nbc 4. how about that? >> chris lawrence back here at the live desk with breaking news out of prince george's county. police there think they may have a serial intruder on their hands. yesterday we told you about a man who used an open window to get into a woman's home in college park and touched her inappropriately. detectives say the same person broke into the homes of two other women in the past week. police are warning all women in the area to keep their windows and doors locked. >> i'm jim handly here in mclean, virginia. capital one debate headquarters here in fairfax county and we are about an hour and a half away from the debate, the first televised statewide debate for these two contenders. just talked to hugh tenant governor ralph northam asked how he was doing. just another day. coming from a physician with a gentle bedside manner there.

with his people, too. his handlers have not seen him come out yet. david culver is also in the building. he is in the green room. you've gotten a tour inside at this magnificent venue, and you've been talking to millennials today of which one of us is, is that right? >> you just make the mark of that, jim. yes, you're within that 18 to 34 you qualify as well. i spent a lot of the time today during the lunch break hour going around parts of tysons wanting to get a feel for what some millennial voters make of this election. i have to tell you the handful we spoke with, a couple said what election? they had no idea it was going on. of those who were more informed and knew what were going on, they were following it really closely. some told me the reason they were following it closely is because of the events in charlottesville earlier this summer. so, we wanted to know what were the biggest issues for them. here's what they had to say. >> i'm big on gun rights. >> big issue with me and my colleagues anden

women. >> probably the number one issue for me would be the affordable care act. >> actions speak louder than words. so, actions, personality. i just want them to be honest and good people. >> here we go. >> i've got to tell you, david culver with younger voters today it will be interesting to see how many turnout in this gubernatorial election. this a tremendous um atrium is . you had a tour earlier. this place is something else. >> it is. we should point out you're upstairs. we're in the green room of sorts. you can see the set up they have in here. they have some refreshments. we have chuck todd over here. he just made his way -- look, we're giving a tour. we have makeup over there. >> are we allowed to promote fresh coffee? >> i think that's nonbranded so you're perfectly fine to promote that, chuck. it's no longer hot. we'll get that heated u

you mentioned this is the door over here to get you inside. we can show you some video. we were able to get in there a short time ago. they're doing sound checks in there right now. the candidates themselves will be at the two podiums you see there. chuck todd will be at the third one. julie carey, mark will be at the panelist tables. faces you'll be familiar with, congressman jerry connolly will be among them, don buyer and barbara come stock. folks will be focused on what is going to to be happening tonight. millennials i spoke with say they're going to be watching this. speaking of the millennials i was given access to our nbc washington instagram account. i'll be putting a story on that so you can follow along there, too. jim? >> look out, you're all over that. maybe a snapchat or two out of you, david, maybe? >> don't push it, don't push it. maybe. [ laughter ] >> all right, that's it from here for now. we're going to be back at 6:00 talking with julie carey. we're going to talk with aaron gilchrist, too. we heard from chuck todd a little bit earlier. but we're going

this race means to people who live in virginia, d.c. and maryland as well. we know the eyes of the country are watching this. wendy, back to you from fairfax county. >> can someone get chuck todd a slice of hot pizza? the guy has a long night ahead of him. >> wait, there's pizza? nobody told me. >> there goes the pizza. handily is going to vacuum it up. see you guys in a bit. a woman who admitted breaching security at the white house at least five times including during the annual easter egg roll is out of jail once again tonight. scott macfarlane joins us with a story you're only going to see here on news 4. >> yeah, wendy, good evening. prosecutors said alicia kep letter put her own life at risk, but the lives of secret service agents and the tourists nearby. she admitted breaching the security at the white house several times, including each of the two last 4th of july holidays. she's been kept locked up awaiting sentencing. the judge ruled she could go free

the judge also ordered her to stay out of d.c. and remain available for interviews at the u.s. secret service for the next year. after her initial arrest, the former secret service agent told us the feds struggled to stop repeat offend irfrom jumpiers f the fence because the charge is a misdemeanor. >> it's trespassing on federal property. so, just like if somebody was trespassing on a commercial entity, the punishment of the crime is minuscule. >> her attorney said she suffered from drug addiction during the months she breached white house security. she's been ordered home to south carolina where she has a young daughter. back to you. >> scott macfarlane, thank you, scott. it's a busy day and we'll be right back with more news.

another difficult day for the parents of those 17 sailors killed in the navy collisions that occurred this summer. many of them were on the hill as congress grilled navy leaders about the errors that led to these tragedies. news 4's megan fitzgerald with the navy's response. >> reporter: the end of a more than two-hour hearing with navy leaders ended with an embrace. and a thank you from senator john mccain and admiral john richardson to the parents who lost sailors at

rachel echols son was on the uss mccain in august when it collided with a merchant vessel killing ten sailors. timothy echols was one of them. ten months earlier in june, the uss fitzgerald collided with a car cargo ship off the coast of japan. seven sailors lost their lives. >> admiral richardson, i talked to you yesterday about the seriousness of this investigation. >> reporter: senators didn't mince words when questioning admiral richardson and secretary richard spencer. >> it's our obligation to operate that ship safely and effectively. >> 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 mistakes on the job. senator mccain urged navy leaders to immediately stop sailors from having to work 100 hours a week. but it's unclear if and when that will happen. in addition, navy leaders say delayed maintenance on ships, budget concerns and training gapsti

readiness. echol and many other parents listened closely, at times wiping away tears while navy leaders were grilled for answers. >> no evidence of any kind of intrusion or tampering yet. we are continuing to investigate. >> reporter: reporting on capitol hill, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> it is a new study that could be alarming to some parents. doctors are making a link between youth football and behavioral problems later in that child's life. >> could new carrollton be one of the new locations for amazon headquarters? if not the county check

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shows hurricane maria from the international space station. consider this. a study shows that sexism may be the reason more people die during storms that have female names. researchers found that people are more likely to fear a storm with a male name. they also are more likely to evacuate when storms are given masculine names, but chief meteorologist doug kammerer will tell you, a monster storm is a monster storm no matter what you call it. >> i'm just thinking about the last five. if i have this correct, i have to look it up to make sure. the last five category 5 hurricanes, you've got wilma, rita, katrina, irma, and now maria. so all female names. it doesn't matter what they call them. sometimes you go all the way through the alphabet, then you get to alpha and beta, we had that happen a couple years ago. >> it's kind of cool. i like it when they're storms without putting names. >> i love that we have names because currently right now we have two of them in there. you can't just say the hurricane in the atlantic. we have two. that's why we name the

talking about. right now we're going to start talking with hurricane jose which is just off our coast line. again, if you live over towards the annapolis area, maybe you have a place along the water there, you're looking at some shower activity, you're looking at some wind as well. let's say breezy condilgss and a lot more cloud cover than you are in places like the mountains and back towards parts of virginia and d.c. really back to the west. you can see that cloud shield going all the way out hundreds of miles into the atlantic. the center of this storm actually about 200 miles just to the east of ocean city right now, i showed you what's happening around bethany. high tide is going to be tonight. they're going to go through big-time problems there all up and down the east coast. five to 15-foot waves around parts of long island right on down towards parts of new jersey and then down towards our area 6 to 9 foot waves down around that region. you can see where the rain is moving into parts of southern maryland right now. that is from hurricane jose. the storm system will continue to move up and move out of the region, but it's not going anywhere quickly. again, it's going to stayus

then we look at maria. here's the latest on maria making its way through here. the strongest winds are very close to the center. that's why the center is so devastating. yeah, they're getting some big-time winds around saint kits right now around st. croix already 60 mile an hour winds. but the center, thaks' where you have that 165 mile an hour winds and it is moving right towards st. croix, right towards puerto rico with more on the track of where the storm is going to go and more on where it may hit over the next day or so. we go back over to lauryn in the storm center. >> yeah, st. croix, u.s. virgin islands, we're going to continue to see winds. right now estimates from our area from our data right now, let me step out. 74 miles away from st. croix and let's see if we can do the same thing coming into puerto rico right now because it's still about 100 miles, just a little -- 144 miles away from puerto rico. it is headed right to the area. as doug was saying, the ro

right there. they're going out 16 to about 28 miles, and again, they're headed right towards st. croix and then right towards puerto rico. in fact, it is headed to the southeastern portion of puerto rico. about 56,000 people live in this side, but the strongest part of the hurricane is at northeast quadrant. again, san juan is really going to get hit and they're going to get hit hard with a category 5 downgraded once it goes across land to category 4 hurricane. densely populated area, 3 1/2 million people live in puerto rico and it's only about 35,000 square miles. so, again, a lot of strong winds will be moving across that area and we'll time it out for you. again, it should be at st. croix by tonight and they are going to see winds in excess of over 160 miles an hour, especially once right around that eye wall. but then from puerto rico, right now they're seeing winds up to 50 miles an hour and we get into wednesday, we'll have wind gusts up to 125 to 160 as itov

rain, doug, of course as we know, we're going to see a lot of rain out of this. over 20 inches in some spots. and hurricane season doesn't end until november 30th. 2 1/2 months of hurricane season in the atlantic. >> puerto rico mountainous country as well. flash floods expected the next couple days. we have jose and maria both on our map. i don't think maria is going to hit us but maria could help steer jose into our region in the middle of next week. but until then, enjoy the great weather. 88 degrees. the warm est temperature we've seen all month, both wednesday and thursday. the first day of fall on friday. it's not going to feel like that. we stay in the mid to upper 80s. with above average through the weekend. >> all right, thank you, doug. we are back here at debate central in fairfax county, capital one's world headquarters. both candidates in the house. the place is filling up, folks. we're a little more than an hour away now. over the next 49 days, get ready, you are about to shall bombarded

commercials from both campaigns. so we want to put up some figures, some money because as we know to get commercial time in this market and all over the commonwealth, you've got to have money. here's where things stand right now. democrat lieutenant governor ralph northam, almost a double edge or a little more than, $5.6 million on hand. as of the last day of august, ed gillespie, republican, $2.6 million cash on hand. i started seeing some new ads today with a subtle mention of president trump. one of our panelists this evening, we heard from chuck todd earlier, we're going to hear from julie carey. mark gilchrist joins us. eight the battery is always dead in my watch. i never check the clock. >> that's how you have so much energy. let's start off if we can. aaron, as you may knows, has covered politics since your days in richmond and you've been part of a number of debates. are you expecting anything

and somewhat cautious candidates tonight? >> i think you will see some of that. there is a certain sort of virginia civility that comes across in a lot of these debates as they have been at different points during the year. at the same time, this is a pivotal moment for these two gentlemen to have a statewide audience and separate themselves from each other. when we're looking at the polling showing most of the polling showing a small margin between them, now is the time to differentiate themselves. you may see i'll call it civil aggression, if that makes sense. >> i like that. >> make their points forcefully, but keep a civil tone. >> c.a., let's talk topics. we've been talking about president trump and his impact on the race. the eyes of the country are on this because it's only one of two statewide races. let's focus in particularly on northern virginia and what people here and in d.c. and maryland can get out of this debate tonight. what kinds of issues will resonate with our whole region really? >> i think obviously transportation is always a big issue that everybody in this region cares about.

about funding metro, metro improvements that sort of thing. so, even if there is not a question on that, i think you may see these candidates want to touch on that. economic issues, obviously the chamber of commerce a big part of this event and so this audience here in the building is going to want to hear about that. and these two gentlemen know that bringing jobs to northern virginia, expanding out all the different companies that are putti putting headquarters here people want to talk about and they can't avoid talking about how to bring more money and jobs into the commonwealth. >> one of the issues that's been at the forefront is charlottesville, the confederacy and statues in virginia and some in our region, too. will that likely come up, is that an issue in the campaign in general, candidates are trying to steer clear of? >> when the incidents happened in charlottesville last month, the question was put to both of these candidates, what do they think about the statue issue and they both had clear positions on that, but it was president something they wanted to dig into andav

i think we'll still see a little bit of timidness, if you will, on that issue. but if it comes up, i think it's something that they're going to have to face head on still and we'll see just how far they might go with those issues. >> as we know, passions run deep here in the commonwealth. >> across the commonwealth, sure. >> we'll look forward to it. good luck tonight. we'll be watching. 7:00. aaron gilchrist. get some sleep. well deserved afternoon that. >> be back in the morning. >> wendy, back to you for now. >> thank you, gentlemen. earlier this year some stunning results came from a study of the brains of football players and there was a connection to a d degenerative brain disease. doreen gentzler joins us to share more about that. a the long term effects football field with have on children later on. a study just out from boston ut university has found a link between youth tackle football played before the age of 12 and impaired mood and behavior later on i

this study looked at more than 200 former american football players and compared the results of tests. those who had played football before the age of 12 and those who started playing at age 12 or later on. for players who started before 12, they found an increased risk of problems with behavioral regulation, problems with executive functioning, apathy, and a higher risk of depression, too. researchers gave former players tests over the phone to reach their conclusions. the lead author of the study said it just adds to the growing research that's out there now on repeated head impacts at a young age. researchers are saying when it comes to concussion tz, it can't just be boiled down to the individual big hits. rather, it's the more about the small impacts over and over again. a lot of the study now is focusing on those kinds of hits. the kinds of hits that a lot of players might just shake off during the game. >> exactly, right. >> what's the takey

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amazon seems to have magic touch. everybody wants a piece of it. now prince george's county is making an all-out push to attract amazon's new headquarters. even though maryland's governor has something else in mind. bureau chief tracy wilkins takes a look. >> they don't give us what we think we deserve. >> reporter: many prince george's county residents are well educated and make a lot of money, but earn their liveings outside of the county >> we've got all of these folks that live here in the county would love to work in the county. >> reporter: that's why baker makes job growth a top priority. >> we've gone to leading the state in job creation. >> reporter: now he's hoping to add 50,000 new jobs by attracting amazon h q2. the new proep posed headquarters for the online retail giant. >> this is a moment in time where prince george's county is ready. >> reporter: baker's team is proposing three sites. college park, home of the university of maryland, also greenbelt metro, with its vast potential for development. andew

transportation hub with marc, metro, amtrak and soon the purple line. amazon's nationwide search is expected to be competitive. baker says the county's diversity, transportation and proximity to d.c. should make it a player. >> ask me it should come here. >> reporter: residents hope he's right. >> i think the main thing is to give people a chance, you know. i think that's the main thing, giving them a chance to see what they can do. see what they can produce. see what they can bring. >> reporter: county executive baker says it's all of the transportation options and new development in new carrollton that help to make this an ideal site for amazon. the governor is supporting a site in baltimore but says he will stand by any area of maryland that submits a proposal. in new carrollton i'm tracy wilson, news 4. >> heartbroken and frustrated. >> we don't know how we're going to survive this. >> his teenage shot and killed by police. why he told the cameras not to

>> trouble in the tropics. >> a category 5 storm races toward u.s. land and another storm too close to home on a very interesting path. >> plus face to face, the high stakes race for virginia governor about to heat up. and nbc 4 is the only place to watch the action. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> breaking news as we come on the air tonight. chaos as a powerful earthquake strikes in mexico. buildings there are crumbling and at least 42 people are dead. >> the 7.1 magnitude quake hit about 80 miles southeast of the capital mexico city. it struck around 2:15 while many people were at work. today's earthquake comes a week after an even more powerful quake that killed more than 100 people. >> and that's not the only natural disaster we are watching closely tonight. >> two powerful hurricanes are threatening people from the caribbean to new england.