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you see her there. sheena parveen and molette green live this morning at cox farm in centerville. we'll have more from them in a couple of minutes. molette is already eating. i hope she brings some back. >> bring back doughnuts, molette. >> don't you worry. keeping a close eye on hurricane maria. here's a look at the tropical satellite picture. you can see that maria, a very large eye with this storm. the storm took a bit of an organizational hit as it went across the island of puerto rico about 24 hours ago. it made landfall in the southeast part of puerto rico. the interaction with the land mass disorganized the storm a little bit. now it's back over the open waters. as it gets farther from the coast of the dominican republic shall it's likely to regain strength. currently, maximum sustained winds at 115 miles per hour. so that's still a category 3 storm. it is expected to strengthen again as it goes over the very warm waters of the caribbean here. staying a major hurne

the way through the forecast track. here is tuesday, somewhere between the outer banks and bermuda. the latest forecast cone has a little bit harder of a right-hand turn away from the east coast of the u.s. that would certainly be good news. we will have to watch it between now and then. turks and caicos will get a hard hit between today and tomorrow. for more on today's weather and the fun and readiness for fall, let's go to sheena parveen at cox farm. good morning, sheena. >> hey, good morning, chuck. we're at the fun tunnel. this is really cool. i think any kid would love this. it's basically a maze made out of hay. you can hide inside. tomorrow is technically the first day of fall. tomorrow even though it's the first day of fall, it's going to feel like summer. the fall festival starts tomorrow through the weekend through the month. temperatures are going to be unseasonably warm. we will talk more about what you can expect when

let's check the roads this morning with rob stall bort at wtop. hey, rob. >> good morning, sheena. hope you're having a great time in centerville. outer loop of the beltway. jammed up through new hampshire avenue around georgia avenue where we have the earlier crash blocking the left lane that's cleared. otherwise, northbound i-95 in virginia. after route 606 thornburg still with a crash blocking the left lane. i'm sorry. left lane gets by the crash as a tractor-trailer and a fuel spill. no problems being reported on 395. you're looking pretty good as you make your way across the 14th street bridge. live from the traffic center, i'm rob stallworth. back to you. >> rob, thank you. as chuck showed us, maria regained major hurricane strength overnight. that deadly storm is now closing in on the dominican republic. >> it is packing incredible strength. take a look at some of the damage it left behind in puerto rico. the entire island is

across the caribbean. we've been talking about the high winds and the flooding in parts of that island as well as it's still being battered by maria. >> you think about the entirety of puerto rico. it's a large island. 3 million plus people there. none of them have electricity. incredible amounts of water much rushing through primary streets. >> nbc's tammy leitner has the latest from san juan. >> reporter: the best way to describe what we have seen so far is utter devastation. it really is. i think a lot of the people that live in puerto rico have not been able to venture out because the roads are washed away. when they do, this is a good example of what they'll see. this building is completely destroyed. the sheet metal came toppling out, there's sheet metal from the building wrapped around trees not far away.

this is just one example of when we were driving around earlier, the freeways are completely flooded. there are trees down everywhere making a lot of roads impassable. power lines down. we saw people driving over the power lines, through the flooded streets trying to get to where they're going. in coming days, weeks, months, there's going to be a lot of work that needs to be done. back to you. >> tammy leitner reporting from puerto rico showing us the damage. she said it's utter devastation. >> unbelievable. the full extent of damage from hurricane maria is still unknown. >> one thing is for sure right now. local rescue crews from our area are ready to help you. virginia task force one tweeted out photos as they rode out the hurricane in puerto rico. the group of elite first responders and their dogs from fairfax county originally sent to that island to help hurricane irma victims. >> alexander is the pooch's

about recovery efforts from puerto rico and sharing images of the damage. we need those for p.r. and united for p.r. and pray for puerto rico are some of the hash tags trending this morning. some of the tweets this morning are in both english and spanish. one man said he was going to bed not knowing how his family and friends are doing. he hopes they can communicate when they can. power to 100% of the island is out this morning. can you just imagine. staggering. we understand that it might be several months before some of the people on the island can get power back. >> we are also following another devastating story. this one developing in mexico city where rescuers are frantically searching for survivors. >> the images are unreal. right now, crews are trying to free a girl who is trapped beneath the debris of her school. her parents are

feeling helpless as the girl is trapped there. this magnitude 7.1 quake has claimed the lives of at least 245 people. breaking news out of the district right now. let's go to chris lawrence at the live desk. stabbing, chris? >> double stabbing. right now we're making calls, trying to get the late he is on a stabbing that two men injured. take a look. this is some of the video at the intersection of 13th and downing street in northeast d.c. we're told it happened last night around 9:00. at last check, police don't have any information on potential suspects. but we have learned homicide detectives were on the scene. we'll bring you any latest as soon as we get it. back to you, eun. >> chris, thanks so much. it's now 6:07. later this morning, the massage envy employee accused of violating customers will be in court. >> habtamu jeb

charged. >> reporter: aaron, the latest accuser was watching news 4 and realized she wasn't alone. that someone else came to this wisconsin avenue massage envy and she was -- she came to this business and habtamu j gebreselassie assaulted her. she came back here to the store and spoke with a manager. it's unclear what happened next. more than a week later, september 17th came that a first accuser saying he sexually assaulted her too. she spoke out right away. running from the store and calling 911. gebreselassie who was background checked, says he's done nothing wrong here.

national chain. this is one of the many franchises here. they say they require their workers to pass background checks, have reference ns and abide by a strict code of conduct. you can imagine, they want to know what happened in this case. gebreselassie is due in court later today. he's being in held in custody until that time. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. >> justin being thank you. 6:09 is the time now. it looks like con strugs will soon begin on the georgetown branch trail. >> despite protests and court hearings, contractors can now prepare to begin work on the purple line light rail project. fences are up but no construction started yet. a judge ruled the work could now get under way. the trail will be closed up to five years for construction. 6:09 right now. the votes are in.

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vein tril kwichl with terry fay tore who was a pretty -- >> a pretty good sport. >> she's going to have a big career. >> she congratulated darci lynne on instagram. sharing a photo with her father after the finale. even though she was crying, she said they were tears of joy. you got to be happy for somebody like darci lynne who worked so hard and wins. second place isn't too shabby in a contest like that. >> two talented young ladies with huge careers ahead of them. it may still feel like summer but tomorrow fall is officially here. the autumnal eweek knocks. >> molette green is out in centreville, virginia. >> hey, molette. >> we're at cox farms. this one machine and jeremy is cranking out the doughnuts. the apple cider doughnuts. you know i can't eat these by myself. i have friends from george

university and little cutis here who will one day be college bound. you know i can't eat these all. jump in. >> we're going to have the a.m. will cider doughnuts. we're going to get them sugared up. >> should we do the pigs first or the cows? hmm. >> i like them both. >> we'll figure it all out. >> i'm not surprised you have a lot of company in the doughnut shop. >> nice and warm and sugary. we'll be back. >> she's going to grab a box for us. >> you're teasing us so much. equifax just can't get it right. how they even messed up getting help to the victims of the recent hack attack. plus, leave the pooch at home. your dog may not be welcome to

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we're following breaking news here at the live desk. we just got word that they have found another swastika on georgetown's campus. the university president put out a statement warning everyone on campus as the university was celebrating the start of rosh hashanah, they fount a swastika painted in the stall of a woman's bathroom in one of the dorms. it also came with harsh d derogatory language advocating violence against women. this is the third incident in the past few weeks. there was one painted on an elevator, another one carved into an elevator. we're getting word at georgetown that the police will work with the d.c. police to figure out who did this. back to you. chris, thank you. it is

we have an update on a story of a woman killed in a car crash on sunday in southeast d.c. >> we knew that williams was using a ride sharing service at the time of the incident. now her family is confirming that she was inside a lyft car. the ride sharing company says that their employee driver was also hurt, in addition to williams. lyft says the company is in contact with the family of the driver and are in the process of reefg reaching out to williams' family. the incident is currently under investigation. the king of beers is teaming up with ride sharing service to provide safe rides for folks in d.c. who want to enjoy a night on the town. budweiser and lyft announced free round trip rides to fight drunk driving. starting tonight, d.c. residents can go to the facebook and instagram pages to get a $20 right credit to use on the app. you have to use it between 5:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., thursday, friday,

coffeehouse or restaurant and seen someone else there with a pet. >> that's right. right now in d.c. it is illegal, but that could soon change. this week, d.c.'s health inspector general ordered all dogs off the patio at the midlands bjerregaard ens in the neighborhood. it's partly own by tom sherwood. the d.c. department of health warned them to keep the pets out or face a $500 fine. this is an issue that has a lot of dog lovers, against people who say listen you shouldn't have animals in your food. but if they're a safe distance away, is that okay? >> good question. d.c. health department is reviewing the regulation now. one councilmember is considering emergency legislation to allow dogs at some restaurants. >> because rules are different in maryland and virginia and arlington and montgomery county bars and restaurants can apply for the special permits. >> it's a slippery slope. you don't

restaurant. >> i certainly don't. >> sitting on the back of a chair or a bird making all sorts of noise. >> 6:19. fall is almost here. the autumnal equinox is tomorrow. what better way to get ready for the season than a trip to the farm. >> absolutely. we're working for you in the community. molette green is out in centreville, virginia at cox farm. molette, this is the time of year when people think about family fun and being outdoors and they do it big at cox farm, right? >> they do it big. the festival kicks off tomorrow. it is going to be a blast. we have moved over to the animals. we promised you farm animals. we've got the pig, chiara the mama pig and her piglets just born days ago. we woke them up a little bit earlier. they look like they're taking a little bi

that's chiara and those are her babies. irene, our photojournalist here, wants the brown piglet. they're all so cute. don't you think they're the best looking things here at the farm. >> we have all the kids around. george mason university college students, angie goff, brought her little ones in. all to see all of this. we're going to bring in lucas cox to talk about the fun. what do we have here? >> little baby ducks. >> can i hold one? >> yeah. >> okay. that is the best thing in the whole wide world. i mean, you guys attract so many people this time of year. they just want to come out and experience all of this. what do you make of how it's grown? >> the weather is so nice. everybody wants to get outside. we're excited to give them a venue they can come and have fun. >> i can't believe i'm holding

this. okay. >> let me get myself composed here. so much for the little kids, for the bigger kids, for the older kids. everybody can just enjoy fun here. >> we try to have something for everybody. i mean the hey wide, you'll have inside jokes for adults and for kids and in between. >> some of the newest things you have are the foam heng. >> foam heng, like stonehenge, made out of foam. we have the tractor museum and timeless and ageless. >> baby chicks to start things off with the cute little piglets. it doesn't get any better than that at cox farms kicking off the fall festival tomorrow. we have information on the hours an you guys run through november, right? >> first tuesday in november is the last day. >> we're going to come back in a little bit more. we're going to get a on a hayride and hop on with

parveen. >> molette, these kids want to get -- it looks like you're in the way, molette. the kids want to get to the ducks. >> you want so see them? >> they're so cute. >> and the baby piglets. adorable. >> molette, thanks so much. cox farm getting ready for the fall season. the pumpkins. the an mams. the apple cider doughnuts. everything. >> little sign out there. animals made by -- do you see that? baby ducks. >> molette, she's like -- >> why are you dragging my pandas into this. >> wild bear. that's y dangerous wild bear. that's what a panda is. >> 68 degrees in washington. a lot of coolness out in the shenandoah valley. mid to upper 350s in the shenandoah this morning. 59 in frederick, maryland. visibility not too much of an issue this morning. there are pockets of fog in the rural areas. just keep that in mind as you

your four-part planner for today. sun is up just before 7:00 a.m. mid-60s as the sun comes up. low 80s at lunchtime. mid to upper 80s for highs today. back down to 78 degrees by 8:00 tonight. five-day forecast is also toasty warm. 88 today. 86 tomorrow and saturday. 88 again on sunday and monday. our average high only 78 degrees. it's way warper than average weather and zero percent chance for rain for really the next five to seven days in a row. so the weather won't have any problems. what about the thursday morning commute. let see if there's snags on the roads at wtop. good morning. a few snags on the road southbound on the baltimore washingt washington. you can see from the chopper shot, still heavy delays traveling southbound on the baltimore washington parkway heading toward

the district. live from the wtop traffic center, i'm rob stallworth. back to you. >> rob, thank you. trouble on the turf. the place where your kids play could get an f in safety. also, the "today" show is counting down to the premiere of megan kelly.

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thanks for waking up with us on "news4 today." >> you're waking up to a beautiful thursday morning. take a live look outside. isn't that lovely. you are going to be going into your weekend with a lot of smiles on your faces. >> we have our team of meteorologists look ahead to the weekend. sheena is live at cox farm in centreville this morning. let's start with meteorologist chuck bell and a look at what we can expect today. hey, chuck. >> good morning.

hurricane maria. still a powerful category 3 storm. just north of the dominican republic now. it's going to continue to be a problem across the caribbean for a couple of days. keep that in mind if you have travel plans down there. it could seriously impact especially the southern bahamas towards the turks and caicos. there's maria now. you can tell by looking at it, this is a powerful storm. it's still a category 3 storm with 115 mile per hour sustained winds near the core of the storm. the track over time is to take it near the turks and caicos islands and heading towards tuesday next week, there's bermuda right there. somewhere between the outer banks and bermuda making that all-important recur va'a tur back into the open waters of the atlantic. we'll keep a close eye on that. temperatures in the 60s and 70s. today's high up near 88 degrees.

sheena. feels like a continuation of summertime. >> yeah, chuck. it really does feel a continuation of summertime. while you were talkings, i was trying to take a selfie with this cow. not as easy as you would think. this is the area where your kids can come and milk a cow. if you're looking for something to do for fall, the festival starts tomorrow. it will feel like summer tomorrow and through the weekend. a lot of activities here for the kids. they have the fun tunnel. it's the hay maze where they can hide in and everything and they have a ton of pumpkins. like i mentioned, though, your kids can milk a cow. show them what farm work is like and i guarantee they won't complain when they go home. molette showed you the famous apple cider doughnuts. there's so much to do, we can't

thing that the kids, i guarantee you, will want to do. it's one of the most popular things you can do at a farm in fall. of course, everyone wants to do it to take pictures on it as well. we'll show you that in a bit. let's check the roads with rob stallworth at wtop. hey, rob. >> i hope it's not cow tipping. eastbound on braddock road near pleasant valley drive. police activity. getting reports that there may ab n accident with a pole and wires down. use caution if that's your normal way of traffic. live at this point from the chopper, 295 southbound into the district, watch for volume delays passing kenilworth on to d.c. 295. capitol beltway through maryland and virginia right now. watch out for delays topside as you make your way

all lanes are open, just heavy delays as you continue there. >> live from the traffic center, i'm rob stallworth. back to you. rob, thank you. it's 6:34. we start with hurricane maria. it's a category 3 storm now lash being the northeastern coast of the dominican republic. it's expected to pass near the turks and caicos islands later today. meanwhile, puerto ricans are waking up pout power. maria -- lloyd lee welch is expected to confess to an assault in woodbridge. the victim was 7 years old. earlier this month, he was sentenced to 48 years for killing the lions sisters in 1975. as part of a plea deal in that case, welch was required to plead guilty in the woodbridge case. equifax may have exposed customers to identit

again. yesterday on twitter, the company posted a link to a fake equifax security site. a software engineer created it to point out the weak -- the creator said no personal information was saved. hackers stole 143 million people's personal information from equifax servers earlier this month. if you had any contact with pigs at the charles county fair and you feel sick, you may want to call your doctor. that's because the maryland department of health says seven people tested positive for a strain of the flu. this happened after coming in contact with pigs at this hour. none of them has been taken to the hospital or developed a serious sickness. fever, sore thoet and cough. if you've been to the fair, call your doctor if you feel sick. whether during recess or sports practice,

turf fields for soccer. you probably heard about these concerns too. that the crumb rubber may be linked to cancer and other health problems. >> there are new concerns now after more than a dozen d.c. schools failed safety testst. megan mcgrath is in the newsroom. parents with want to know. >> 16 turf fields in the district failed recent safety tests. their surfaces are too hard and may cause children to get hurt. the fields failed to test in july. but parents weren't notified until august. one woman wants to know why she want told and she's worried about her first grader who plays on that field every day. >> we give over our kids to the school every day and have to put a lot of trust in the educators. obviously, safety and security are high on the list of priorities. >> d.c. general ic

within the next few weeks. it's also been an issue outside the district. sections at waller johnson high school were called into question. because they appeared to be damaged and degraded. the principal insist the field is safe to play on. pleg an, play m. -- start thinking about how you're going to get home. metro closes at 11:00 p.m. on wednesdays. the transit system has no reason to stay open late. they need to put down $100,000 per hour to keep trains running plate. so far the 'skins have not paid and that means come 11:00, if you want to stay for the whole game, you have to find another way to get home. >> most people

enjoy the last days of summer. tomorrow the official start of fall begins. >> molette green working for you in the community this morning. she's hanging out at cox pardon me with the scoop on the big fall festival getting ready to happen out there. >> hey, molette. >> hey. we're lining up and getting on for the hayride. look, i'm handing out kettle corn was we do st. get on board. get on board. sheena parveen. >> right there. >> grab that. >> let's go. coming up next, we're going to get on this hayride and tour the farm. >> looking forward to that, molette. >> see you back there in a couple of minutes. >> also at 6:38. the governors are coming off after a battle over shopping and groceries that erupts in prince george's county. the one decision that has neighbors waking up in a bad mood. plus, mexico

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6:42 on a tuesday morning. temperatures in the 50s in the rural areas. low and mid-60s around town. a-plus weather today. 88 degrees for a high. sunny and warm. all you need to wear today, short sleeves and sunglasses. now let's check on traffic. good morning to you. eastbound braddock road just after pleasant valley drive. we do have an incident blocking all eastbound lanes. it involves a car versus a pole. use caution, especially if this is your normal area of travel. as you travel into, toward the beltway. live from the

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the entire island is without power. at least ten people were killed across the caribbean. >> nbc's gabe gutierrez is live in san juan right now with the latest there. gabe, good morning to you. >> reporter: air on and eun, good morning. it's difficult to get around san juan this morning. this is part of the reason. power lines are down throughout the island. virtually, the entire island is without power. we're starting to see some of the debris for the first time as the sun comes up. this was a siding of a building that collapsed, crushing this car. the governor has imposed a curfew overnight. the full extent of the damage is still being assessed. that's the big question. exactly how much damage did maria cause. it slammed into the island as a category 4 storm. san juan's mayor says this is going to be something that could

without power for four to six months. today we expect residents to clean up the damage and rescues are under way. thankfully here in san juan, the water is receding in areas. again, it's very hard to get around here. many roads impassable. guys, back to you. >> looks like a war zone there. gabe gutierrez live in san juan. more from gabe on the "today" show in a minute here. we continue to follow as well the developing news out of mexico city where rescuers are frantically searching for survivors now. >> we're getting new i am ajts of the intense rescue efforts. the images are just devastating. crews are trying to free a little girl who was trapped beneath the dree bree debris of school. it's claimed the lives of at least 245 people. here at the live desk. we're following breaking news. just got our hands-on this

georgetown president warning students they found another swastika on campus. this time on the bathroom stall, women's bathroom stall in one of the dorms. it also came with harsh, threatening language, threatening violence against women. it's the thirst time they found a swastika on campus. there was one painted and carved into an elevator a few weeks ago. i just tweeted a section of this warning out on my twitter. on nbcwashington.com, we're pushing out the entire warning to students on the app. please check it out. we'll stay on top of this story following any developments. eun? >> we'll look out for that. chris lawrence, thank you. it is 6:48. later this morning, the massage envy worker accused of violating customers will be in court. >> habtamu gebreselassie is accused of

justin finch has more on this story. good morning. >> reporter: aaron, good morning. for weeks she kept the story to herself and then she saw that report monday on news 4. it was a story that sounded a lot like hers. also taking place at this wisconsin avenue massage envy here where her session, she says, turned into the scene of a sexual assault. now here's what she's telling police. that habtamu gebreselassie sexually assaulted her during her session. she even screamed for him to stop. said she told the massage envy manager days later. but then more than a week and change after that september 17th, that first accuser spoke out saying that gebreselassie also sexually assaulted her. she said she ran from the building calling 911. now gebreselassie who massage envy says was background chengd. he says the accusations are not true.

he's being held in custody. meantime, he's no longer an employee here at this massage envy. >> justin finch live for us in continually town. thank you. plans for a retail space fell through. >> everything from not enough traffic, therefore, not enough money coming through. that the market is still suffering. we were told we had data from 2014 or '15. >> this retail space was supposed to go up in the beach tree section of upper marlboro. space potentially anchored by wegmans grocery store is not happening. instead town homes will likely be built in the space. now they're pushing for retailers instead of more homes being built in that area. before you head out the door this morning, we want to check in with rob stallworth at wtop and first 4 traffic. hello, rob. >> good morning to you guys. eastbound bradd

pleasant valley drive, that earlier pole and wires down is cleared and all travel lanes are indeed open to traveling inbound on the key bridge, we do have a broken down dump truck in the center of the roadway near the gw parkway. watch out for that. otherwise, northbound i-95 after thornburg route 606, that earlier crash is clear and all travel lanes are open. let's take a look at the chopper and see what they have if you're traveling at this point. this is in the area of branch avenue. little bit of volume there. so please use caution as you travel. >> live from the wtop traffic center, i'm rob stallworth. back to you. >> thank you, rob. a pleasant enough way to get your thursday started. skies mostly clear. a few fair weather clouds. these are rainmaking clouds. we have 0% chance for rain through today, tomorrow and on in through the weekend.

show up for five to seven days from now. get your why car washed and keep a clean car. as you look over washington, mostly in the 50s and 60s around town. planning out your day hour for hour. how about 80 degrees by lunchtime. mid-80s for most. about 87 or 88 on the national mall. as far as the tropics go, what was hurricane jose is now still well southeast of cape cod and spinning its wheels in the western atlantic. meanwhile, hurricane maria remains a strong category 3 storm at this point. the forecast track is going to bring it close to the turks and caicos here islands over the next 24 hours or so. category 3 now. is pulling away from puerto rico. they'll finally be able to get the sun out and start the massive cleanup and rebuilding efforts down in puerto rico. the long-range forecast track for maria, by tuesday of next week, somewhere between the outer banks and bermuda, making that all i

waters of the atlantic. let's hope it stays away from us. meanwhile, our weekend is looking fantastic. mid to upper 80s both days. if you plan to go to the beach, it's going to be perfect weather friday and saturday and sunday. all three include nothing but sunshine. ocean water about 72 degrees. the ten-day forecast is all sunny and warm all the time into the middle parts of next week. chuck, thank you. we're counting down to the beginning of fall tomorrow. we have some folks out at cox farm in centreville, virginia. ahead of the fall festival >> molette green and sheena parveen are on the hey wide. they've had dou -- hayride. >> i haven't had a doughnut yet. >> you missed the doughnuts. >> i'm sorry. you missed the doughnuts. they're made like -- there's still plenty. >> let me tell you, this is

we get the tour. can we show the foamhenge. look how cute and awesome it is. like stonehenge. get it. made out of foam. the kids can play around it. by the way, angie goff is here. >> angie, baf. >> -- wave. >> there's bob. >> the festival kicks off tomorrow. the hours are 10:00 to 6:00 search days a week. runs through the first week of november. you know what, sheena, this morning it feels fall like. >> it does. >> it's so perfect. >> don't get used to it. by the afternoon it will feel like summer. here's the thing, if you like summer like eun and i, but you want fall, you can come here and enjoy the fall stuff. it will feel like fall too. look at all these animals. >> look at that. >> petting zoos, they have dino world. look at that. this is amazing. >> there really is so much for the kids to do. >> it's family

but there's lots of stuff for everybody. for the big kids, they have the -- >> they have like the scary tour. but the big slide, i think we've had -- >> there's a huge slide. >> i mean, there's so much, you can't each get to it all. you have to look at the map and go on to the website, cox farms in centreville, virginia. >> admission is varied. they have specials on certain days. all kinds of fun. thank you guys for coming out. we have the little kids, the george mason university. angie's kids are here. kettle corn for breakfast. >> apple cider doughnuts. 250,000 doughnuts before the festival is over. >> you had fun with the goats. >> i held a baby chick. >> please bring doughnuts and bray them back to the station. i'll take care of it for you. i got you. >> please bring some dough

leave the goats there. we doont that. >> all right. ladies. the piglets were cute. it's now 6:56. here are four things to know before you head out the door. president trump's overall approval rating is going up. that's according to the latest nbc news "wall street journal" poll. the "today" show will have a complete look at the results including a recent move getting the president high marks. rescue workers trying to reach a 12-year-old girl trapped in a collapsed school in mexico city. at least 230 people have died since that major earthquake hit on tuesday. the "today" show will have more on the rescue effort coming up. d.c. police just confirmed that one person died after a double stabbing late last night. this is video from the scene at the intersection of 13th and downing streets northeast. at last check, police don't have any suspect information. we're following disturbing breaking news from georgetown university. the president of the school says that campus police responded to a report of a

hashan hashanah. look to our app for updates on the story. no chance for rain. most important thing, tomorrow, 4:02 p.m., the autumnal equinox. the sun says see you later. going to the south side of the equator until next march. temperatures still close to 90 degrees. >> those shorter days will be here in no time. thank you, chuck. thanks for waking up with us. the "today" show is next. we just moved in about four months ago, but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come in and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we love it!

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good morning. breaking overnight. hurricane maria gaining strength after cutting a path of destruction in puerto rico. destroying homes, flooding neighborhoods, knocking out power across the entire island. >> the puerto rico and san juan we knew yesterday is no longer there. >> thismorning, a live look at the devastation and the potential threat to the u.s. mainland. glimmers of hope. more earthquake survivors pulled from the rubble in mexico. as crews race against time to reach young students buried alive beneath a collapsed school. we'll be live in mexico city. no joke.