we begin with breaking news first at 4:00 this afternoon. workers in mexico city are in over drive right now. dozens of risky rescue operations underway there. >> and the world is watching as people come together amid the heart break to salvage a city in ruins after that 7.1 earthquake on tuesday shook it to its core. >> we begin with scott macfarlane at the live desk. scott is following one desperate search for survivors at an elementary school, scott. >> reporter: anybody in mexico city is working to find survivors from this. dozens of rescuers this these pictures are seen out skied the elementary school where the death toll is now at 19. six adults, 13 kids, at least 11 people found alive. there are clinging signs of life beneath the rubble. initial reports say some of the children were alive, but the newer reports now make it less clear. one little girl was reportedl

told, letting crews know she's still alive there, encouraging them to keep digging. but the rubble is unstable and the conditions are so dangerous each move has to be carefully calculated. nbc's mariana was on the scene and she describes how every minute, every hour that goes by the situation becomes more tense. >> reporter: we do know there is a tent inside with family members being helped by a psychologist who tells me these people are holding their breath waiting to see if, in fact, it is their children who are in there and giving signs of life. >> reporter: across the capital buildings that are still standing are teetering on the edge of collapse. and thousands of mexicans are now believed to be homeless because of all this. their families are certainly torn apart. the death toll overall somewhere near 230, and that number is expected to rise. we are going 0 keep our eyes on this developing situation here at the live desk. for now back to you. >> scott, thank you. also breaking now, hurricane ma s

through the caribbean, still causing major destruction along the way. >> it destroyed an already ravaged hurricane ravaged puerto rico, i should say, and it went on to crush the dominican republic. and now it is headed to turks and caicos in the bahamas. across the caribbean, more than a dozen people have been killed and thousands are homeless. puerto rico may have taken the biggest hit. no home, no neighborhood has been spared. one person said the san juan they knew yesterday is not there today. >> the human spirit is going to have to rise up real high, and i'm sure we have the strength to do it, but we have to find it within ourselves. >> puerto rico is completely in the dark. 100% of the island is without power, and the only people that have power are those that have generators. and it can take half a year to restore power to the nearly 3 1/2 million people who live there. president trump said today that he will visit puerto rico, but he just didn't say when. >>

obliterated. puerto rico got hit with winds, they say they've never seen winds like this anywhere. it got hit as a 5, category 5 storm which literally never happens. >> the rushing flood waters and rain from the storm could continue there throughout the weekend, in fact. >> storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer is tracking maria. doug, is this hurricane going to make land fall in the continental u.s.? >> we have information on that, good information. i'm feeling a lot more confident this will stay out to sea. this is something we'll continue to watch the next couple days. it is moving away from puerto rico. now, it is still seeing some shower activity there. some areas of heavy rain still ongoing for the next day or two as this storm meanders and just barely moving to the northwest at about 9 miles an hour, now is the dominican republic caps turn. rain force winds on the island -- this part of the island in the dominican extremelro

that is the problem they are going to have. look at thank you, aturks and c from irma. it is going to get hit by maria. the eye itself not all that defined. winds at 120 miles an hour, moving northwest, east of the bahamas. here's the good news. turning back out to sea, very good news for us, away from our region. now, yes, we are still going to have to watch it but it is moving away. jose also good news here, i think now jose may continue its track and move out to the east as well. much more on these storms, how they're going to interact and what i think will be happening this time next week. i'll be back in about 10 minutes. >> all right, doug. we'll check back in with you then. meanwhile a trip to the convenience store turning deadly for a teen and athlete star. >> he was walking back to his home in northeast. police say he died trying to defend himself. after another teen tried to robb him. news 4 kristin wright is live i

afternoon. kristin? >> reporter: right here, pat and erica, in this small park is where he lost his life. if you look down there by the far bench there, we are told that is where he was. he was walking home from the store which is up this way, and he was almost home, so close to home, when he came face to face with another teenager in this tragic confrontation. he was only 16 years old. people say he was bright, he was smart, he was liked by everybody. he was a senior at thursday good marshal academy. he was in ap classes and track star. whole life ahead until last night. police say a 19-year-old with a gun tried to robb him. the chief, we talked to him today. he says he had a pocket knife and defended himself against gilles. both teenagers ended up dead. we talked to one of his mentors. he is sick with grief.

>> the first word that comes to my mind is just senseless and it's just inexcusable for any of these actions to happen, for young kids in this city to be taking each other's lives and just not living out their futures, what their parents want, what their community wants. it's unfortunate. it's heart breaking. >> reporter: now, sadly he was a twin. he also had other siblings. we spoke with his uncle for just a few minutes today, and he told us that the family is just so overcome with grief, they can't even speak about it. pat and erica, just a sad story. >> very sad story. >> kristin wright, thank you. >> new details now about a story you saw first on news 4. more women are accusing a massage therapist of sex assault. one woman is 66. the latest victims are cin

mark segraves reporting about this. mark is live now outside the massage envy in tenleytown. that's where two of the alleged assaults took place. mark, prosecutors added more charges today. explain this and tell us why. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. the massage therapist is now facing four various sexual assault charges, two for each of the victims police have interviewed. but this morning a third woman called nbc 4 directly alleging that she, too, was inappropriately touched by the same massage therapist at a maryland location. and she says it happened back in june and that she told massage envy management about it. the first victim to come forward told police she was sexually assaulted sunday afternoon inside this massage envy location on wisconsin avenue in tenleytown. she told police she was assaulted by her massage therapist. according to the police

24-year-old had inappropriate oral sexual contact with his client during her massage. today a police detective testified in court that a second victim, a 66-year-old woman saw this news 4 tweet about the arrest and called police to say she recognized the picture and the suspect had done almost the exact same thing to her several weeks earlier. she reported it to management of massage envy. the detective testified that a massage envy manager wrote an internal report about the august incident, but allowed the employee to continue to see clients. today a third woman contacted news 4 directly, alleging the suspect had touched her inappropriately and had made her feel uncomfortable during a massage session in june at the bowie, maryland location. she says she also told massage envy management about her concerns. now, i spoke by phone today with one of the

two franchises, the bowie location and this tenleytown location. she didn't want to answer any questions. i asked her repeatedly why they allowed him to keep working, knowing that he had complaints against him. that's when she hung up on me. now, a spokesperson for the corporate office of massage envy says they are now looking into this matter. pat, back to you. >> so, mark, do you know what happens now for this therapist? and what about his accuser, this third accuser? >> reporter: yes, so, he was in court today. his defense attorney asked that he be released at least to a halfway house, but a judge said because he believes it's a very strong possibility of more victims out there, he ordered him held. he's facing 60 years in prison for just the two victims that have come forward so far. as for this third woman i spoke with this morning, she asked me to give her name and number to the u.s. attorney, prosecutor, which i did this morning. they tell me they are continuing to investigate this. pat? >> all right, mark segraves, thank you,

will never be the same after sexual assault today. they came face to face with their abuser. lloyd lee welsh, he pleaded guilty to the crimes and today welsh learned his sentence. only news 4's megan fitzgerald spoke to one of those victims who happens to be a distant relative. >> reporter: yeah, it was an emotional day inside the courtroom. two victims from two separate cases saying they waited more than 20 years to face lloyd lee welsh, jr., to tell him how much he destroyed their lives. today lloyd lee welsh admitted to two separate crimes from back in 1996. one of his victims was his cousin ashley welsh. she wanted to share her story with news 4 because she is afraid there might be other victims. she would spend the night when she was a young girl. when she was just 6 years old, her life of innocence was taken away from her. >> for some strange reason when i woke up, he was in m

family member is just even more horrific. it's just, it's pitiful, it's sad. he's, like i said, he's the dirty walk on. >> reporter: welsh was sentenced to 12 years in prison. that will run concurrently for abusing the lions sisters in the 70s. megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> a disgusting and unhealthy problem. a man says sewage is seeping into his apartment and he says the landlords won't help. what's going on there? and what to do if it happens to you? >> going public, ivanka trump shares her personal struggle and it is something many women can relate to. >> as we head to the break, here are live pictures from mexico city, the massive rescue operation at a collapsed school thereafter reports that children may be trapped. we are going to watch this for you. in the meantime, see which stories are trending on our

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we have been watching these pictures all day. pictures of dramatic rescue operations underway right now in mexico city after the 7.1 magnitude earthquake. >> so, this is a building. it's an elementary school, and in just the last 15 minutes we learned 19 people were killed when this school

some are still missing. if you are watching this and you are a parent, you can imagine the heartache and the anticipation. they are just crying and pleading that their children are the ones that are rescued alive. >> yeah, this is just one of the many scenes being played out across mexico right now. the death toll stands at 230, but unfortunately that number is expected to rise. now to a disgusting problem making one man's week miserable. >> he claims that sewage seeped into his basement apartment, and what is pap worse, he says building management won't help him with a place to stay. >> so, what are your rights if something like this happens to you? prince george's county bureau chief tracy wilkins is working for you. first at 4. >> reporter: when you rent or try to figure out what your rights are it westbound confusing especially if you have an apartment complex not helng

mount rainier. let me show you what he came home to yesterday. sewage, raw feces in his apartment. he says that it was backed up from the toilet, from the tub, everywhere. he absolutely could not stay there last night, but what is most disappointing about all of this is the apartment complex didn't offer any help for where he could go to stay. when we tried to talk with people who manage this apartment complex, the management actually kay apartment communities, they manage a lot of buildings in montgomery county and prince george's. they told us no comment. the renter said he is not getting any help and is paying for his own hotel room. >> they won't provide a hotel tonight. it's not in the lease. they don't cover apartment sewage back up. >> reporter: news 4 is working for you with solutions. this is a situation where the renter may have to find himself in landlord tenant court if the landlord doesn't decide to cooperate. because of our questions the county has contact the the mount rainier code enforcement folks. they're going to come out here and take a look at this

is uninhabitable and that will put more pressure on this apartment complex to take care of this renter. in mount rainier, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> facebook is agreeing to turnover to congress thousands of online political ads bought through russian accounts in the 2016 election. that decision announced a short time ago. a shift from the previous strategy that frustrated investigators on capitol hill they are looking into russia's meddling. facebook showed ads to investigators, but taken back copies before they could be carefully studied. virginia democratic senator mark warner was one of the lawmakers criticizing the company in a statement. facebook says it believes the public deserves a full accounting of what happened in the 2016 election. the facebook ads were bought through fake accounts by a shadowy firm based in russia that was trying to influence the 2016 elections. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane.

now, it looks like we are finally, doug, getting some good news, some better news about hurricane maria. >> better news for us, better news for the u.s. i really don't they this will have more of an impact on the u.s. major impact in places like puerto rico which continue to see rain. dominican republic seeing a lot of rainfall and potential for flash flooding there and turks and caicos. but there is some better news that we'll talk about in just a second. first off i want to show you the storm. you can see the eye is back over open waters after coming through puerto rico yesterday. very large eye now. before it hit puerto rico it was a very small pinhole eye, but now it is a very large eye. you can see that center of circulation there. the heaviest rain now down along portions of the dominican republic, very mountainous area that does not have a lot of trees. so flash flooding always a concern with tropical systems in and around the dominican: back towards turks and caicos hit by irma so hard, this is expected

outer 60-mile range or so stays east of turks and caicos, they'll get into tropical storm force winds, maybe hurricane gusts. a little damage there but nothing like what they saw during irma. they do not need to see that. winds at 120 miles an hour, moving northwest at 9 miles per hour. still def nifty a problem down to the south. here's where things start to get a little better. 110 miles an hour saturday morning. watch what happens here. look at the curve, back out to sea. this is great news for us. this is tuesday, 9:00 a.m. only 85 mile an hour hurricane moving into some cooler water. so, this storm no longer looks like a threat to the u.s. main land. now, we are still going to have to watch it very closely because we still have jose, too. and jose has now been moving back towards the west a little bit, back towards the coast still bringing in boston. they've been dealing with this storm days. trees down, power outages, a lot of wave action going on here. that storm system itself is now expected to move out. yesterday we talked about it possibly movinac

well, watch what happens now. this is where the best news is. jose starts to move out and maria starts to follow jose back out to sea, very good news for us as it moves on in. look how far away this storm is. almost no impacts in our region at all. better chance offshore. minor coastal impacts. that's going to be it. high surf maybe beach erosion will continue. but no impacts locally. that means i've taken out that par part 10 day forecast. 86 degrees, mostly sunny, fantastic friday tomorrow. really looking quite nice. not only that, as we head into the weekend, full weekend of fall will be the hottest day of the month. 89 degrees coming up on sunday after a high of 87 on your saturday. weekend looking great. still have wednesday tracking jose and maria, but as i mentioned confident it will have little if any impact on our area. we'll continue to keep you posted. >> good news indeed, doug. thank you. this is what a lot of parents fear.

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we're going to go back to the live desk now. scott macfarlane has breaking news in the death of an nfl player. scott? >> yeah, pat, his attorneys say aaron hernandez suffered cte before his death. hernandez is a tragic figure, former nfl star with the new england patriots who was in prison for life for a murder and arrested for a second murder case. hernandez committed suicide earlier this year and now his attorneys say he suffered cte a condition linked to many former nfl players, a brain trauma associated with some by playing football itself. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >> i thought of my kids, you know. i have two kids under three years old and just hope she's all right. >> yankees third base man todd frazier visibly shaken after he hit this foul ball that

into the stands and hit a little girl at yankee stadium. that girl is in the hospital today, but thankfully her father says she's doing okay. it is video, though, that will make any parent cover their eyes and it has sparked a new debate across baseball about protecting fans from foul balls. that debate is about how much netting surrounds the playing field. right now most parks only have screens that are directly behind home plate and in 2015 major league baseball told teams to consider extending that screening to the dougout, but they weren't going to require it. some teams like the nationals have extended that screening well beyond the dugout into the outfield. you see the red illustration on the sides. the yankees were considering doing that next season, but critics say more netting object instructs the view. and many complain that people just need to be more alert. but consider this. let me try to show you something here, see if we can draw something for

that ball that went from here all the way over into like the third base area was going at 105 miles an hour. 105. most players cannot catch anything that is coming at them at 105 miles per hour. more than 1700 fans were injured by foul balls every year, and that has many players saying it's time to extend the netting. >> well, this could be a game changer for thousands of you getting from point a to point b faster, but it comes at a price. transportation reporter adam tess will show us the plan. >> and we are closely watching breaking news in mexico city, an update to the story that we have been following all day. the desperate search for life in the rubble of a school that collapsed two days agin ano

we have some new information just into the newsroom about the school that collapsed in mexico city after that massive earthquake on tuesday. >> these are scenes there again we have been following all afternoon. the new numbers we now have confirm for you that we can report, 11 children have been rescued alive. the bodies of

six adults were found beneath the rubble, bringing the death toll in that particular building, just that one building alone, to 25. however, there is hope that some people are still alive under there. crews are using -- you see them with their hands up right there with fists up. they are using motion sensors that is showing some signs of life and they are asking for people to be quiet when they're putting their hands up like that to try to listen in on anything that they can. >> yeah, it's such a delicate operation and the elementary school we have been telling you about has quickly become a symbol of both hope and loss there. however, across mexico city it's a race against time. altogether at this point some 250 people are reportedly dead. >> those are live images there from that scene. okay, meantime millions of families feeling helpless after hurricane maria ravages puerto rico. >> the entire island without power and entire neighborhoods have just been devastated. ryan mendoza reports. >> reporter: we are in a coastal

where one of the major concerns here was flooding because of the proximity of the ocean. now, we were talking to some residents who decided to stay here during the passage of hurricane maria and they were telling us that their homes were shaking throughout the night because of the strong winds that were passing by. some of them experienced flooding in their homes because of their windows were just torn apart. now, others who decided to seek shelter at the city hall here in old san juan, when they came back today, they lost everything. they had nothing left in their homes, nothing but debris all around the neighborhoods. now, the community has gathered together to start the cleaning process. we have been talking to several people who lost their homes, who lost everything, who just decided to leave that alone and help everybody else who did still have a home and clean up around the community. we are in old san juan. brian mendoza, nbc news. >> very long days ahead.

track. >> doug, you said earlier we may dodge a hit from maria. she's still strong, cat 3. >> category 3, winds 120 miles per hour right now. any time you see the eye, and you do see some clearing in the eye, you know you've got a strong storm right there. you still see that buzz saw-like appearance here. yes, still a strong storm. it may increase in intensity a little bit more as it approaches the thank yourks and caicos. still seeing storm activity. heavy rain continuing there. extremely heavy rain and flooding expected in parts of the dominican republic and turks and caicos, too. a better track for us. in the next 15, 20 minutes i'll have a brand-new track. i'll bring that to you as soon as we get it. >> all right, thank you, doug. we are tracking developments in the north korea crisis. president trump announced a new crackdown today. this one aimed at entities that do business with the regime. and he's getting help from a source that previously had been unwilling to take strong steps to manage this

house now to break this down for us. blayne. >> reporter: yes, pat, it is absolutely china. china's participation is making a big difference between this and previous sanctions that we've seen. pat, keep in mind of course china is north korea's largest trading partner so now the fact that they are on board with this new set of sanctions shows they are applying pressure on the regime to get in line. today president trump hitting north korea with severe new sanctions and issuing an ultimatum to the world. if you do business with kim jong-un, the u.s. will not do business with you. >> it is unacceptable that others financially support this criminal rogue regime. >> reporter: sitting with the leaders of south korea and japan, the president announcing an executive order that cuts off any country that gets its goods or labor from north korea. >> tolerance for this disgraceful practice must end

china signed on. after president trump spent months calling for the country to help pressure its close ally. >> that was a somewhat unexpected move and we appreciate it. >> reporter: another stab at diplomacy from a president who in the past said sanctions with north korea would not work. and on the heels of this direct military threat. >> but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. >> reporter: now, instead of a military strike, dealing a blow to north korea's already wave erring ee conme. >> i think this is geared mainly toward getting the north koreans to the table. >> reporter: forcing north korea to choose between saving its nuclear program or saving its economy. and just last week the u.s. said that it has no problem turning things over to the pentagon if diplomacy does not work to come up with its own plan. erica? >> blayne alexander on the

for us, thank you. maryland govern is planning a massive highway that says will ease the maryland roads. >> the maryland part of the beltway, 270 corridor, bw parkway and the governor is talking tolls. >> transportation reporter adam tess is live on 207 to explain how this will work. how does this all work? >> reporter: monumental is right, erica. i mean, this is really unbelievable what we're talking about. take a look at 270 tonight as traffic continues to move here. and really, you're talking about a corridor so congested so many times that it becomes so detrimental to be out here. and we're talking about 270, the beltway, and the bw parkway. huge projects that the governor is talking about here. take a look at this press conference of where all of this was unveiled today and we're talking about a $9 billion project at this point is what the governor is expecting this to be. now,

public/private partnership much like the express lanes in virginia were done. that means a private company would come in and most likely foot the money to build, operate and maintain these lanes. but really, the governor here is pushing all his chips on the table when it comes to this transportation package. take a listen. >> we have constantly challenged our administration to think outside the box. and to develop new forward-thinking creative solutions, and that is exactly what our team has done. >> reporter: now, not everybody is sold on this idea. there are a lot of smart growth advocates who say more lanes are just going to encourage more driving. and this really wouldn't take off until about a year or year and a half down the line, guys. and construction wouldn't necessarily start until about 2019. >>et

does this in any way, tie into the express lane project in virginia? is that at all correlated? >> reporter: so, i asked that question to the maryland transportation secretary, erica, and he said he would absolutely like to see that. so, think about that. the beltway is 64 miles all the way around. you can have express toll lanes then going all the way around the beltway and this extensive network now, 66, 270, bw parkway, it's a huge change, guys. >> all right, adam. some people will pay anything to get out of traffic. we know that's a controversial -- >> that's the truth. >> alrighty, thank you. >> adam, thank you. >> the first daughter goes public about a private struggle. the message she wants other mothers to hear. >> plus a flu outbreak at a local fair. new at

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affecting many, many parents. >> many women suffer from that. a monster storm and where the storm is going next is anybody's guess. team coverage from storm team 4 as we track hurricane maria. >> we are staying on top of live breaking news in mexico city. rescuers have been outside the school all day in hopes of finding children alive. 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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we just cannot take our eyes off of this scene in mexico city, a school reduced to rubble after that massive earthquake two days later, rescue crews and families still desperate to find survivors. >> and what we've learned just this hour is that 11 children have been found alive. sadly, 19 other children and six adults have not been. but crewsre

motion sensors we told you about. they are apparently getting some indication that there may still be people beneath the rubble waiting to be rescued. we certainly hope they are. they are continuing their work and we'll continue to follow that story. also breaking right now, more than a dozen people killed across the caribbean and thousands are homeless in the wake of hurricane maria. >> puerto rico may have taken the most severe hit. right now the entire island, more than 3 million people, without power. families of people stranded on one of the affected islands absolutely desperate for any scrap of information about their loved ones. >> and the devastation will continue. this storm is still gathering strength as we speak, and apparently could strike again. so, where could it strike again? that's one of the questions storm team 4 will be bringing you team coverage. doug kammerer and sylmar are in the storm center. >> guys? >> we are watching as maria continue

miles an hour. we are getting good news. this may not impact the u.s. looking morgue confident in that fact. >> which means we are in for a good start to our fall next week. but for now we have the latest track coming in at 5:00, not quite sure what is going on with it. >> first off i want to show you jose. this is where jose is. the reason i'm starting with jose, jose plays a big role in the path that maria will take. this storm has moved out away from boston and now moving back towards that area, moving to the west now. again, this is going to make its way in. earlier it looked like this path would continue in towards parts of the east coast. however, now it is going to be out to sea and that will allow maria to also move out to sea, we think. so, let's take a look at this. 120 mile an hour storm. i am waiting for the new advisory which will be coming out any minute now. the storm system itself moving away from puerto rico bringing very heavy rain to the dominican republic. look at the last couple of frames here. a little bit of northern jog. this is supposed to happen and this is supposed to go to the east of the turks and caicos. if it doe

they need that desperately as they went through parts of irma as well. they were also one of the islands incredibly hit from irma just a couple weeks ago. the latest track, here it is here, winds of 120 miles per hour, moving northwest at 9 miles per hour. this is not the update -- i think this is going to be the update. let me see as we move here. i believe this is now the update. and it does take it out to sea and then look at this last turn here. this is brand-new, it does bring it a little closer to the coast so it goes out, comes a little closer to the coast, and all models at this point move it along the coast and then back out to sea. almost all models. i can't say all, but almost all models, especially the ones we rely on taking it out to sea. that is good news for us. what does that mean here? let's take a look. first off, beautiful weather and we are going to continue to see some beautiful weather the next couple of days. 86 degrees out there right now. winds out northwest at 8 miles an hour. how about the temperatures the next ten days? looking great and we're talking about the first day

and the weekend which is well above average, speaking of that weekend, we've got a lot going on this weekend. a little more on that. good news we may not have to be worrying about the storms now. >> exactly. we are in for a great start to fall. it feels more like summer to be honest with you. it's like we're going to continue that trend. take a look, last day of summer, first day of fall coming up. not much difference there. temperatures today topped off to the mid to upper 80s, tomorrow similar set up. sunshine on friday. we have a lot of activities this weekend. one you could head out to is going to be the community shred taking place at fedex field in landover, maryland. important to note you're going to want to head over to parking lot a for that. temperatures will continue to rise into the mid to upper 80s on saturday. really perfect conditions for any outdoor activities, doug. >> parking lot a, i know jim hanley will be out there. i think doreen will be there. a lot of us will be there during the day on your saturday, on early saturday morning. 87 degrees on saturday. speaking of sunday, what do we have sunday?

that also on nbc 4 as we take on the raiders. 89 degrees on your sunday. and this nice weather lasts all next week. look at tuesday, 90 degrees. we have not seen 90 in quite a while. we could hit it on tuesday and then yes, i still have tracking jose and maria because, yes, we still have to watch it as we are about seven days away, but right now much more confident that this storm will be almost no impact for us whatsoever. but we'll still watch it for you. >> this is why i love the ten-day forecast because i am eyeing that 69 and 74 way down on the other end. >> i like the 90s. >> i have to tell you, i put 69 here. many areas may be in the 50s when storms develop. cooler weather moving in. >> doug, i'm going to be out there at fedex field, too. we'll all be sort of sweating a little. >> you'll be great. it's going to be in the morning, pat. you'll be great. >> i'll take your word for it. >> you listen, by the way. >> switch gears now, 7 people falling ill after encountering sick animal at a local state fair. >> jim and wendy are in the newsroom with m

guys? >> hi there. health officials say these people appeared to get the swine flu from the pigs. doreen gentzler is working on the story for us. >> still to come at 5:00, she's going to explain how often this happens and what you need to be aware of. >> also a massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting at least two clients goes before a judge in court today. >> so, at 5:00 this evening we're going to have the latest on that case. plus we've got an expert who shares the questions you should ask and what to look out for to make sure you're safe when you go for a massage. >> also some confusion at the site of that collapsed school in mexico city as rescuers continue to search for survivors. >> another dramatic day there. we'll see those stories plus a good deal more coming up in about nine minutes, folks. >> see you then. >> we'll see you guys then. speaking of that community shred, we are working for you this weekend. the next nbc 4 all state community shred is in fact on saturday. saturday morning from 8:00 to 11:00 at fedex field in landover. you have to be there, you have to

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marking this milestone. >> you should watch for the report tomorrow morning on news 4 today. we are on the air from 4:00 to 7:00 a.m. when a hurricane is moving in, the last place you want to be is on a boat as the winds pickup. >> but that's just where one couple found themselves as hurricane irma moved in, and it sparked a day's long ordeal that had them scared for their lives. >> you just pray that you're going to make it back. you've got -- we have kids. and we just wanted to get back.

when a florida couple says they survived hurricane irma, they mean that. the couple was in their boat and -- they were in their boat and tried to get away from the storm, but the currents actually pulled them right in. they survived 115 miles per hour winds, rather, and heavy rains. but it

storm that may have been the toughest for them. jayme explains. >> reporter: this video of rough water crashing waves and a violent sea was taken before things really got bad for tom schmidt and mary ray. >> in a hurricane you have three choices. you can either stay where you are, you can put your boat up, which means land, or you can run for it. >> reporter: and when tom and mary ran for it, they took off west to the tortugas. their anchor slipped and they blew right into the path for cuba. >> you go into emergency mode, survival mode. you don't get scared, you cope with the situation and do what you have to do. >> it was an experience i've never had before. >> we had water coming in the boat, waves coming in the boat, taking on water and rogue waves hitting the side of the boat that is like an earthquake that you're thinking oh, it's going to crack. >> reporter: everything inside the boat tossed around. president last pick they were able to snap

91 knots. they stared down 30 foot waves then the weather subsided. >> there were two days we were sitting there with no wind, you're frying practically with no water and sipping cooler water. >> reporter: with no power for electronics, guiding systems or steering, they sailed for three days stranded until they finally found land. >> and you just pray that you're going to make it back, and you've got -- we have kids and we just wanted to get back and we made it. we made it. we did it. >> reporter: you really survived. >> we did. >> an ordeal. we're so glad they did. our news continues now with jim and wendy. >> now at 5:00, miracle in the rubble, and confusion at this frantic scene. wiggling fingers lead ress

alive in the collapsed mexican school. we're live with the rescues. also a trip to the store, a robbery attempt and deadly struggle. >> it is inexcusable for any of these actions to happen. >> what we are learning about the promising high school senior and star athlete. gunned down in a park on the way home. but first this evening a race to see what's beneath the rubble. rescues underway right now in mexico two days after that massive awful earthquake. >> more than 200 people have died when that 7.1 magnitude quake hit two days ago now. and today much of that country's focus has been in mexico city. >> let's get right to erika gonzalez at the live desk. erika. >> there has been so much attention on a primary school in mexico city where rescue crews have been on the scene all day long. our eyes have been glued to the screen. they are trying to stabilize the ct

may be trapped under the rubble. there has been confusion going on at the site as you mentioned touch-tone taupe of the broadcast. government officials say the bodies of 19 children and six adults have been recovered. and 11 children have been rescued. but based on motion sensor equipment, they believe there may be other people still alive. there had been reports from people on the scene of a child who had been texting with rescue teams and that as many as five children were trapped, but the government has not confirmed how many people may be alive or even their ages. crews have been bringing in equipment all day long to start the painstaking process of trying to remove the debris. now, the big issue here is they don't want anything to shift because it could cause a collapse there. but again, this is something that we will be keeping our eye on, these rescue efforts at this school and we're going to bring you any updates as soon as we see anything happening there from the scene in mexico city. wendy, jim? >> such a risky operation there. but there is hope