she was very clear when describing to me the sexual assault she says she suffered here earlier this week. she is 83 years old, a resident of this nursing home since suffering a stroke. she tells us that a male staff member sexually assaulted her in her room early monday morning. >> what you doing? stop! and i'm wiping you. >> reporter: but he put his hand someplace that was inappropriate? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: he touched you in a private place? >> yeah. >> reporter: i walked into forestville health care center seeking their side of the story and was told to call their general counsel who says, we reported the allegations to police and to the state of maryland. we are conducting our own investigation working closely with police and the family. the employee has been

pending the outcome of the investigation. the victim's nephew says the family is concerned that there may be more elderly victims of sexual assault here at the nursing home. >> the staff started giving me information about another incident that happened on the same night when they thought that they were talking to the family of that victim, and that's how we realized there were multiple victims, that my aunt was not the only victim. >> reporter: prince george's county police say they are in the very early stages of this investigation and have yet to determine if there will be any criminal charges. that's the latest live from prince george's county. jim, back to you. >> chris gordon. chris, thank you. police tell us there could be more victims after linking a local massage therapist to a fourth victim now. d.c. police confirmed to news 4 that habtaeb

suspect in an attack back in july at the deluca massage and body work in dupont circle. the company tells us he worked for them between june and early july when he resigned. three other women have accused him of inappropriate contact at massage envy spas in tenleytown and bowie. he's due back in court next month. >> a loudoun county mother's purse is gone. she is one of several victims thieves have targeted outside local day cares and schools in recent weeks. david culver explains why parents are particularly vulnerable. >> reporter: you are about to watch a smash-and-grab. targeting a mom of a preschooler. out of the back door of that audi suv, the suspect, look at him crouching, covering his face. he slithers between both suvs peeking inside. he spots something he

he tosses the purse into the back like a rugby player. and takes off. when you watched it what was your reaction? >> i couldn't believe it. i was right inside the building and i probably walked out right after that. >> reporter: the thieves targeted blanca. she was picking up her son. >> i was angry. they took my purse, my i.d., my credit cards and i really don't know what else i had in my purse. >> reporter: she immediately posted the high-quality video on facebook. the sheriff is hopeful. >> fortunately during the process of doing that he had taken the towel away from his face or whatever he used to cover his face. so, we have a description and so we're going to work with that, what we have right now. >> reporter: where that one mom was pashlgd, you can see there are sheriff's deputy's

they are continuing their investigation, trying to figure out who the suspect is. most frustrating, it didn't stop here. deputies investigating another break in at goddard and one at farm well station middle school all in the past two weeks. >> it's not right. everyone works hard and they should work just as hard. >> reporter: blanca hoping this video and maybe even you can help deputies track down the suspects. in ashburn, virginia. david culver, news 4. >> wow, red-handed there. breaking news involving the latest effort to repeal and replace obamacare. arizona senator john mccain says he will vote no on the graham/cassidy bill. mccain joins kentucky's rand paul who previously said he would not support what he calls obamacare lite with two likely no votes republicans cannot afford to lose any further support. in the next week expect a lot of attention on susan collins and lisa murkowski, both of whom voted against the last attempt to repeal the affordable care

u.s./mexico relations but those tensions are absent this week as dozens of rescuers help sift through parts of mexico city levelled by tuesday's deadly 7.1 magnitude earthquake. pat lawson muse is in the newsroom with yet another day of intense rescue efforts. pat? >> erika, one of the most experienced search and rescue teams in the world from los angeles county arrived in mexico to help with the rescue effort today. the elite team of first responders got the call yesterday, but they were already ready to go. having packed up several tons of supplies designed to reach people who are trapped. the team has practiced for the exact scene that's playing out right now in mexico city. there have been a handful of rescues the past 24 hours. this is renewing hope and energizing those who have been working for three straight days with no sleep. the assumption is that surrs

the rubble before being rescued. so, these crews are trying to move quickly and very carefully to get to those survivors before day four hits. the official death toll now has climbed to nearly 300 and that number is sperexpected to grow. there are still 200 people unaccounted for. and looking for them are over 6,000 people from the military, to the marines, to everyday people, desperate to try to help. they're all doing what mexican -- mexico's president is calling priority number one, and that is saving lives. experts are saying it's just a matter of time before something like this happens on the west coast of the u.s. seismologists say california is due for a major quake like this or one that's bigger within the next few decades. jim? >> all right, pat, thank you. some 2000 miles away, hurricane maria is still on the move eyeing the bahamas after lashing turks andai

beating two days ago now. six people there died, but there is little to no communication on that island still. so, the death toll may actually be higher. tonight people there are still dealing with flooding up to their waist and no electricity. they are being told they may have to wait for weeks, even months. storm team 4 getting new information about the latest track of hurricane maria. >> that's right. chief meteorologist doug kammerer is out in the field. we'll get to him in just a second. first somara theodore is in the storm center with the latest on maria. somara? >> maria is still a category 3 hurricane. turks and caicos and southern portions of the bahamas are still under a hurricane warning. the latest track just dropped not too long ago, a few minutes ago. not much change in the track. notice how it continues to veer towards the north, northwest, and it has that eastward turn a little bit to it. so it's still staying offshore. this is great news fors

if anything changes we'll be sure to update you. but as for now, based on that track, these are the local impacts from maria. we'll see them tuesday and wednesday. more cloud coverage will billow in. we'll be watching for the stronger swell along the coast line. today we also saw clouds from jose, so a lot going on in the tropics. of course, we'll keep you updated. but right here at home things are pretty pleasant and what says fall more than a pumpkin patch? our own chief meteorologist doug is there. doug, what is fall? >> it's just beautiful out here. it's been fall now for an hour, somara. it's actually quite nice. we're at queen ann farm. they sell all kinds of things. a great place to bring the kids during the day. a lot of fun to have. a lot of people mentioned fall. what exactly does that mean? what is the equinox? cool graphic. today it happened at 4:02 in the afternoon. what does

where the sun and the earth are taking place. you have the earth coming around the sun and today we actually get 12 hours, about 12 hours on the equator, 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of nighttime equinox meaning equal night. that's what it means across the area. equal daylight and equal nighttime. after tonight we start to get more night than day. unfortunately. looking at your weekend that is coming up. latest on maria's track. we have that as well. where is the fall weather? it feels more like summer, but it's going to feel like fall coming up soon. i had to get these two ladies on because they said they wanted to be on tv real fast, too. do you want to say hi? say hi. say good-bye. [ laughter ] >> good stuff. thanks for being on with me. i appreciate that. thank you. 4, 3, that guy is 8. >> yeah, gave a shout out to grandma and grandpa. he's looking at you, i can do that guy's job.

>> a good high 5. >> all right. thank you, doug. we'll check back with you in a couple minutes. meanwhile a big change ordered in the way universities handle sex assault allegations. ahead, the new rules now in place. and the outrage on some local college campuses in response to them. >> plus former director james comey heads to howard university to make a speech but stands sigh lebt for more than 15 minutes as protesters get their say. >> and barbara harrison introduces the kennedy center's newest conductor. what he thought he'd grow up to be when he was little. >> and we are working for you in the community this weekend. the next nbc 4 all-state community shred is saturday morning from 8:00 to 11:00 at fedex field in landover. i'll be down there with pat muse along with mark segraves, too, and the whole team at nbc 4. so bring your old bank statements, other private documents and we'll shred them for you for free. or

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news 4's mark segraves talks to a sexual assault survivor who thinks the move is a big step backward for victims. >> reporter: earlier this month secretary of education betsy devos was on the campus of george mason university explaining why she was considering rolling back the obama administration guidelines which required colleges to use a lower standard of proof when disciplining students accused of sexual assault. some groups, mostly male oriented organizations, had argued the guidelines went too far and were unfair to those who had been wrongly accused. >> one mother told me her son has attempted to take his life multiple times. each time she opens the door to his bedroom, she doesn't know whether she will find him alive or dead. no mother, no parent, no student should be living that reality. >> reporter: zoe is a senior at american university. she's also a campus sex

survivor. she fears this new ruling by the trump administration will result in fewer victims reporting sexual assaults. >> even with the guidance from the obama administration, they did everything they could to make this easier and it's still a terrifying process so this is just going to make it harder for survivors to come forward. >> reporter: it didn't take long after the announcement for the backlash to hit social media, including this tweet from virginia's attorney general vowing to do what he can to uphold the obama guidelines. many students we spoke with feel this is a major step backward for ending campus assaults. >> the system is already difficult enough. >> reporter: the new rules are not mandatory yet. the department of education will seek public comment before putting rules into place. until then it will be up to the individual universities which standard of proof to use. on the campus of american university, mark segraves, news 4. >> former fbi director james comey gave a speech at howard university. it didn't go so well. >> in

[ protesters interrupted ] >> protesters interrupted him saying no justice, no peace. so comey was quiet for 15 minutes then he started speaking over the protesters who never left the back of that auditorium. comey made the interruption a part of his speech. >> i am here in howard to try to get order, to try to be useful and try and have healthy conversations. >> he got a lot of applause at the end of the speech. protesters were upset because they said comey once argued that racism is not a serious issue within policing. and under him the fbi conducted surveillance of black lives matter. >> scott macfarlane at the live desk. breaking news, the russians tried to hack maryland and virginia's voting systems during

the reports coming from the associated press. reading it now it says homeland security officials tell the associated press in september 2016, hackers believed to be russian agents targeted voting registration systems in at least 20 states, including maryland and including virginia. no breach was found, news reports, but an attempt to do so in maryland and virginia and 18 other states. all this in the context of a federal investigation into russia's interference in the 2016 elections. at the live desk, i'm scott macfarlane. >> scott, thank you. switching gears now, there is a lot of excitement brewing at the kennedy center for this weekend's announcement of the new symphony season. the highly anticipate the appearance of the orchestra's celebrated new music director, and news 4's barbara harrison joins us to tell why he is generating so much excitement, barbara. >> there is a lot of excitement over there. and folks at the kennedy center are actually over the moon because of the sold out opening nighthi

it's already raised nearly $2 million for the national symphony orchestra and all of its many special projects. they are giving a lot of credit to their having nabbed this hugely popular director as the brand-new music director and conductor. i had a chance to chat with him and learn just why so many call him a fire brand in the classical music world. ♪ ♪ he showed a very early interest in music. but even after taking piano lessons as a young boy, he still thought he'd grow up to be a soccer player some day. well, it's not soccer, but it is grown up job that still takes the right moves. for this job, rhythm counts. some fans say he has the energy on stage of a rock star. >> and music gives you a huge amount of energy. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: he will take the stage this weekend as the

the kennedy center. he actually had become a pianist, decided on a whim to take courses in conducting near his home in milan and surprised himself when he won two major international conducting competitions. >> that was the moment when i started to consider concretely the possibility to spend more time in conducting. >> reporter: an opportunity to take the baton to fill in at rehearsals for an ailing conductor. the renowned mario in 1993, pushed him into the limelight. whether you already like classical music or you think you don't, the kennedy center is counting on you loving the energy and rock star-style of the maestro. >> why not use the same energy they put on stage, just screaming singing loud, dancing? >> reporter: he says it's the

gives performers and the audience energy. >> the audience is not a passive part of the performance, but is an active part of the performance. >> reporter: he is promising a happening whenever he picks up the baton for the national symphony orchestra. >> come and see. it's not boring because energy will come out. you can like it or dislike it, but you will never say, oh, nothing happened. >> reporter: and as he hopes to have the audience in the concert hall at the kennedy center dancing in the aisles? >> we don't have room enough to dance. if you want to move in your chair, why not? >> reporter: and i think we all will be moving in our chairs when we see him. the new regular concert season begins next thursday. sunday is the opening night. maestro will be back on stage for three weeks in november. so, i guess you better get your tickets early and dance in the aisles. >> dancing shoes on. >> you like it or maybe

>> he said something will happen, and you're not supposed to be passive. you're not supposed to just sit there and watch. you really need to get into it. >> fabulous to watch. thank you, barbara. >> you're welcome. >> thank you, barbara. if the symphony isn't in your plans, there is plenty to do outside. doug is back in a flash with what you can expect in your weekend forecast. >> plus, a little girl's mistake pays off in a big way. pepco's unlikely response after she wrote them a letter asng for a kiha

all right. doug kammerer could not have ordered up better backyard weather. this isn't backyard. this is a farm. you're down on the farm. >> yeah, i'll tell you guys, this is just great. down here in mitchellville, we're at queen ann farm and really just a great day. i have to think post tropical storm jose, which is still spinning just to the east because it's giving us all these beautiful clouds. without the clouds, that sunshine sure does feel hot out there, temperatures in the 80s. i want to show you what's geneva convention on here. this is page. we have patrick. now, they are employees here at the farm and they are really getting ready. they've worked here for a couple of years. you guys are really gearing up for the busy part of the season coming in a couple weeks. >> yes, definitely. in two weeks it's going to be pack filled, pumpkin seaso

>> patrick, you were telling me you not only grow your own pumpkins, but you bring in others. when you say you grow your own pumpkins, how many do you grow? you have to come closer to me. >> we grow 2000 pumpkins and they all sell out before the end of the season is over. >> so you have to bring in more? >> we have to bring in more because there's not enough for everybody to get some. >> you told me a minute ago, you said everybody wants to come down and they're calling. they're saying we have to tell them the address. tell them the address. >> 18102 central avenue, mitchellville, maryland, 21206. >> we will be here another hour and a half. say you saw us on television. say you saw patrick and page and they will give you a free look around. they will give you a free look around. all right. let's take a look at the weather, guys, and show you what's happening out there. beautiful conditions across our region. temperatures into the 80s, but today 84 degrees. look at the average high, 77. by the end of the month we're down into the 60s for averages. first day of fall definitely on the warm side. it's going to stay that

with the clouds coming in from jose, 82 degrees, winds out of the west right now at 10 miles per hour. as we move on through the rest of the afternoon, look at the numbers. 77 gaithersburg, 80 in honey town, 82 in fredericksburg. so, everybody luooking at nice weather. look at cumberland to the west. 90. the reason? sunshine. we have to turn our attention down to hurricane maria which is battering the turks and caicos today. still a category 3 hurricane. let's take a look at the latest track on this storm. it's moving away from the turks and caicos, still bringing them a lot of heavy rain. but finally moving away from land and i think it will stay offshore now for the rest of its life. let's hope so. still a category 3 with 125 miles per hour. notice the track here. by the end of the storm, by wednesday next week, we're talking about a 75 mile an hour category 1 hurricane just off the coast. now, most of the computer models if not all of them now are keeping this offshore as a frontal boundary comes in next thursday. now, that cold front will usher in more

out there. here's jose and you notice the cloud cover from jose moving right around the area. what we are looking at here is an infrared satellite picture. that's why it looks like you have yellows and greens above us. that is actually some higher cloud tops out there now. you can see the clouds and you can see jose spinning just down to the south and east of boston. all right, what about some events? how about more events here in prince george's county? tomorrow we have the community shred, a lot of us will be out there. pat lawson muse, i think jim handly is going to be there. a beautiful day, 77, 8:00 a.m., 80 degrees by 10:00. bring anything you want to shred to fedex field, you can do that tomorrow. 86 for high tomorrow, 89 on sunday, 89 on monday. tracking maria tuesday and wednesday. we could get on shore flow as maria is off the coast. look what happens next weekend, guys. we're only in the 70s. back to some fall-like weather and a lot of people are excited about that. so we're excited about that, too. >> handily, you're there tomorrow morning? >> i'm bright -- i'm going to get a free look

you're doing now. except i'm going to be in fedex field at the parking lot. >> a free look around, free walk around, you can do it. >> it's tough. >> doesn't cost you a thing. only here. >> good stuff, thank you, doug. >> fire fighters here in company 15 are calling little 6-year-old wisdom pender grass a mir >> dell consolidate. >> he was laying on the floor lifeless. >> two classmates are accused. >> now a federal agency may be getting involved in the

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, a follow-up on the arrest of two frederick high school students charged with kidnapping and raping a classmate. police are now looking for one more suspect. the person who videotaped that assault. and as news 4 kristin wright reports, someone close to the victim may have also been involved. >> reporter: the rape of a frederick high school student sick ens this community. >> i was in awe, shocked myself. i just shook my head. it's like, when is this ever going to stop? >> reporter: two students are charged with rape and kidnapping. police say the victim knows edgar hernandez and victor gonzalez gutierrez. immigration officials say gonzalez gutierr

country illegally and faces immigration hearings. and today police are looking for a third suspect. the victim told detectives he covered his face and recorded the rape. police are also looking for that video. >> if we're able to view that video, we can validate or it may give us more clues, more leads, maybe more people were involved. we don't know. >> reporter: charging documents detail a horrific attack. the girl says she was walking into an apartment near crest hill drive when she was grabbed by the hair. they put a knife blade on her chest and cut her. threw her into a car and drove her to another apartment. they said if she told, then the next time it will be worse. the neighborhood is disgusted. >> knowing that somebody could do something like that to somebody this close to home, especially to like a young girl, it's horrifying. >> reporter: police say that third suspect, the other person they are looking for, could be driving a silver vehicle, but they have no other description. adding to the awfulness of the situation, another perso

victim very well could be involved. in frederick, kristin wright, news 4. >> things are back to normal this evening along i-95. a truck fire on the southbound side brought things to a stand still for several hours today. the truck caught fire just before route 100 in elk ridge maryland. crews worked to clear the roadway. no word yet on what may have sparked the fire in the first place. >> we had a feeling this may be coming and now she made it official. mayor muriel bowser will seek a second term as d.c. mayor. >> washington, d.c. has never before experienced better days. and i know that together we will see that our best days are yet to come. >> bowser announced her reelection efforts on social media. she says despite progress, challenges still face the city as they work on keeping up with growth, transportation, infrastructure, and investing in

>> it is a parent's worst nightmare, your child suffering. it is an emergency and you have to make a split decision. tonight a young boy is alive thanks to his father's quick actions and the first responders who showed up to help. news 4's meagan fitzgerald is there tonight when they all reunited. >> reporter: it's every kid's dream to play at the firehouse. >> this is where they got. do you want to get in there? >> reporter: it is no different for 6-year-old wisdom pendergrass. a few months ago life for wisdom almost ended. >> you're the first everything. >> reporter: on july 8, wisdom's dad jumped into the role of a first responder. >> i ran in the bathroom and instead of it being a toy, he was like hanging halfway out of the bathtub with top half hanging out the tub, his feet was in the tub, his arms were slung over. >> reporter: he says wisdom didn't have a pulse so he immediately did

responders arrived. >> they were inside and they found young wisdom on the floor, lifeless. the crew from engine 15 quickly placed their a.d. to wisdom and began cpr. >> i was at the doctor first and then i turned sick. >> reporter: wisdom was with doctors and at the hospital for a few weeks, but he was alive to see his 6th birthday. >> i feel happy. >> reporter: why? >> because i like my birthday. >> reporter: wisdom is a happy 6-year-old again, thanks to his father and the first responders who saved him. >> like they picked him up while he was hooked up as they was moving, they did their thing. like i said, they went above and beyond. they really did. they did exemplary job. >> reporter: reporting in southeast, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> that's quite a gun show there from

a big potato on that arm. a simple mix up turns into a sweet surprise pour a little girl. a handwritten note complete with one of a kind artwork showed up at pepco headquarters. in the letter -- i used to, not any more. i've aged out of that. 8-year-old serenity promised to work hard at school if she could have a pet. but why she was asking the electric company for a pet? well, the letter was supposed to go to petco, p-e-t, not p-e-p. the people at pepco were so touched they made the wish come true. serenity met her new pet today and named him rick. what am i seeing there? >> what else would you name a hamster? brick hamster. >> first name brick. well, she's happy. good for her. >> sweet girl. an honest mistake for an 8-year-old. very alike, petco, pepco. >> it's easy. she played a key role in

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here's something you don't see often, a cop doing karaoke in uniform. she was working at old dominion and somebody asked her to join in on some fun. she picked the song booty lish us by destiny's child. >> what else do you pick? >> then she got down. we talked to her today. she tells us she's been with hyattsville p.d. for a year. bosses tell us they love her personal. this is why they shared this video on their facebook page. >> i like it, i like it. >> good stuff. she's got some moves. >> doesn't take herself seriously. >> exactly. it might be friday but we are already pumped for sunday, folks. the redskins back in town. it is sunday night football on nbc and getting a -- after getting the win on the road and they're playing, as we

>> and on top of that, one lucky fan will be headed to fedex in style this sunday evening with a pretty fun date. >> that's right. our pat collins is the man. he just had the big reveal. he joins us live. okay, who is the lucky guest? >> look at that smirk. >> reporter: i will get to that in a minute. but first you should know 2850 people entered the contest to go with me to the raiders/redskins game at fedex field on sunday. i'm talking club feet. i'm talking field passes. i'm talking getting there in a stretch limo, going home in a stretch limo. i'm talking about my boss, my boss who gave me a credit card to buy football food and beverages. and now finally, we have a winner. and i couldn't have hand picked a better winner

she's the mother of five. she's a widow. and she entered the contest for her son. i think we have everything. we have the ticket, the balloons, the cow bell [ ringing [. our winner lives down there in the corner. let's knock on the door and make that special delivery. you are a winner to the date with me to the redskins game on sunday! >> thank you. >> reporter: our billing winner, lanitry irby of district heights, she's the mother of five. her husband a banker died last year of a brain aneurysm. he always promised to take his son alex to a skins game, but he never got the chance. so, she entered our contest. >> i entered for my son because he's a big redskins fan. he always -- his dad, he passed away, he wanted to take him to the game. >> reporter: lanitra gets club seats, field

and from the game in a stretch limo. and i've got the boss's credit card. what's your favorite tv station? >> news 4. >> reporter: who is your favorite reporter? >> pat collins. >> reporter: i'll see you sunday. >> see you sunday. >> reporter: okay, bye-bye. >> yea! >> reporter: sunday night football, football night in america. watch it, lanitra and i will be there waving back at you. >> i love that. >> what a treat. you could not have picked anybody better. good for her. good for you. you guys are going to have fun, maybe too much fun. we'll be watching. >> reporter: it's going to be a great time. i'll see you there. >> all right. have a great time-out there, pat.

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he shows up for whoever pays him. >> 3, 2, 1. [ applause ] >> hey, if you saw the movie "hidden figures," you know the story of kathryn johnson. today nasa opened a brand-new research building in hampton, virginia, and named it after her. johnson was there, as you see, and even took part in that ribbon cutting. the mathematician worked at nasa's langley research center from 1953 until she retired back in 1986. she was known as the human computer who calculated by hand the trajectories for the first u.s.-manned space flights. >> that's incredible. >> good for her. she is still going. >> all right. we want to head back outside where our chief meteorologist is having a little fun on this friday at a pumpkin patch. hey, doug. >> are you carving, doug? what are you doing? >> oh, oh, we are carving.

we are definitely carving right you met page, you met patrick a little earlier. they work here so i'm expecting some great things from them. this is the arnold family who just saw us on television and said they had to come on down. they don't live too far from. where are you from? >> right in bowie. >> close. somebody here wants to be a meteorologist when they grow up. >> yes. >> yeah! you're 8 years old. what did i tell you? >> you said you wanted to be a weather man when you were 8 years old. >> and it happened, right? so that means you can take over from me. [ laughter ] >> in about 20 -- let's see, when do i want to retire? yeah, about 20 years. i want to retire in 20. are you going to be ready? >> yes. >> this is your job when you're 28. okay, good. what is your name? >> my name is taylor. >> and you are? >> hunter. >> so this is hunter arnold. remember him, news 4 meteorologist, chief meteorologist 20 years from now, right? got it? all right, good. now, when you guys carve a pumpkin, what are you carving?

what are you you do scary or fun? >> fun. >> all right, i do fun, too. we're going to figure out what they do in a second. i want to show you guys weather wise what we're doing. it's a beautiful day. we have cloud cover because of tropical storm jose, now a post tropical storm. but we have that cloud cover and it is helping temperatures. those temperatures in the 80s all day long. it has really been a fantastic day today and it looks like it's going to continue to be right on through the next couple of days. but here we are first day of fall and it's going to be a lot more like summer over the next few days. but i want to take you a look and show you what's happening. there's jose right now. let's talk about maria. somara theodore in the station. we know this is going to be offshore but it is something we'll have to watch. >> absolutely, it is going to have an impact locally here. but as doug just stated, staying offshore. here's a look at where maria is now. eye of the storm still to the north of turks and caicos. they are still under a hurricane warning in southern portions of the bahamas and turks and caicos. so, maria category 3, still a

major winds at 125 miles an hour. it does have this north, northwest movement towards about 9 miles per hour. the latest est track came in at about 5:00, not much change there. the good news is it keeps maria offshore. you can see as we track it through monday it starts to downgrade, it goes over some cooler water, probably gets a little bit of wind sheer there, and that is going to weaken it to a cat 3 by wednesday, keeping it off the shore of the carolinas. here at home, though, we are going to be watching it closely because those far reaching rain bands and cloud bands can be impacting us. i think at this point it is looking like cloudy weather tuesday and wednesday. it will be breezy at time. and of course not only in the mid-atlantic region but all the way down to the southeast we're going to be dealing with stronger swells along the coast. that is something to really keep in mind here. but here at home, things have been very settled the past few days. our weekend looking spectacular. we are headed into the 80s. let's take it back to doug who will have the ten-day. i want to know when it's going to start feeling like fall, though, doug.

>> well, i tell you, by this time i have to introduce you to family here. i neglected the people out there in the d.c. area. i feel really bad about this. i neglected to ask who you root for because i was going to give the redskins forecast. and then reggie here says -- who are you rooting for? >> dallas. >> oh, my gosh! i mean, it's a good thing these are not sharp tools. [ laughter ] >> you know what i'm saying? oh, you're still a redskins fan, right, hunter? come on. >> yes. >> okay, thank you. thank you. he wants my job, he has to be -- we have to look at the ten-day forecast, guys. there it is, temperatures in the 80s, close to 90 sunday and monday. we are still tracking maria but should stay off the coast, but we will have some cloud cover. but look at next weekend. that's where we have some fall weather. all right. >> you've got to work on reggie. >> back to you guys. reggie!

maybe he should go with pat collins. not a cowboys fan. thanks, buddy. >> we'll check with you in a few minutes. you are always hunting for something fun, something educational to do with the family. this weekend the national museum of african-american hichtestory culture has what you're looking for. the museum ask celebrating its one year anniversary a big weekend of free events. can't believe it's been a year already. there will be music, dance, storytelling, theater, and hands-on activities. here are four things that you need to know before you go, though. community day activities are happening saturday and sunday. the museum will be open both days from 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. all outdoor events are free and open to everybody. and you're still -- you still need those time passes to be able to go inside the museum. keep that in mind. >> news 4 is working for you in the community frin an effort to supply students in florida.

>> miami area students went back la many of them from lower income homes that were flooded. a fairfax county school bus driver saw florida's need and her small idea just took off. >> it was something that we started as a small project within transportation. when it started to take off, it just kind of ballooned. a lot of these families that are having problems with water damage and what have you to their houses, can they really honestly afford school supplies? >> bus driver plans on taking the supplies to florida early next month. students who want to donate supplies should ask their drivers if there is space on the bus to accommodate them. >> often d.c. public schools are overlooked when it comes to football talent. but two recent wilson high school grads are doing the district proud.

carol maloney has the story. >> reporter: how does it feel to score your first touchdown? >> it was like christmas. i was so happy. i knew it was pay touchdown when i put the head -- i mean, get up and look and just take it all in. that was it. >> reporter: are you 17? >> yeah, 17. >> reporter: only 17 years old, and now a division 1 starting quarterback. d.c.'s own steven williams, a wilson high school product, will lead old dominion against virginia tech saturday. he may be young, but those closest to him know he's ready for the big stage. >> he's just humble. he's humble to be in this position. and i think he's going to do well. i think he'll be a pro one day because his work ethic and just his passion for the game. >> reporter: in williams' first game as the starting quarterback, he's facing a friend turned foe. sean savoy now catches

touchdowns for the he used to haul them in for williams high school 11 times last season. now the district dynamo facing off on the next level. >> i'm not sure in my career if i had too many of these opportunities or coincidence where two guys that had just played together are now playing integral roles on each other's teams and so quickly, too. >> the bar is set, and it's not just for wilson. it's for the whole dciaa. you know, a lot of people think that it's not a lot of talent in the dciaa. but it is. >> who do you root for? >> root for both of them. half is odu, half is virginia tech. you know, it's not about who wins and who loses. i just hope both of those kids have great games and have success during their college career. >> good for them. what a future. as he said, the bar iset.

>> uh- shu the northern virginia teams spent part of their day in the beer aisle of the grocery store. they weren't trying to score any b ooze. they are warning others about the consequences of buying alcohol for minors. the virginia department of beverage control teamed up with high schoolers for project sticker shock.

news 4's >> reporter: asking students why they do it? they make a solid case for their cause. >> the importance of not drinking under age, it affects your mind, it affects your performance in school, it affects everything. it is an important issue. it's illegal. >> it's so common. like at my school, it is so easy to buy alcohol or drugs from anyone in school. it's super terrifying all the horrors you hear. >> reporter: but taking action. >> we did get them all over there. >> reporter: is what keeps them in high spirits. >> the thought of seeing people healthy and avoiding alcohol and drugs makes me like really happy. >> hopefully it scares people so they avoid doing it at all cost. >> reporter: students place these stickers several times every school year. they try to do it around holidays and school breaks. that's when they say drinking is more likely to be a problem. >> it's better to feel awkward about it and to be aware rather than to not know about the dangers at all. >> the brain isn't fully developed till they're like midway through their 20s and i

just think kids negatively impacting their brain. >> reporter: it's why they hope to change the minds about drinking alcohol. >> thank you. >> reporter: one sticker at a time. in annandale, amee cho, news 4. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 breaking news. >> breaking right now, russia's interference in the 2016 presidential election went even deeper than previously known. and maryland and virginia were in that country's cross hairs. >> less than an hour ago we learned those states were among the 21 states hackers targeted last year. homeland security says tonight the hackers were believed to be russian agents and went after voter registration systems. dhs is telling election officials that in most cases the systems were not breached, but it's not clear which systems were compromised. just this morning president trump called the russian story a hoax. >> we are staying on top of this for you. we'll bring you more as it comes

in on air and on the nbc anyone with a loved one in a nursing home will feel the family's pain. the grandmother said the person she trusted to take care of her sexually assaulted her. >> now that woman's family wants answers from the nursing home in forestville where that woman lived. and they tell news 4's chris gordon they fear the 83-year-old woman isn't the only victim. chris? >> reporter: well, jim, the woman's family says she's humiliated and embarrassed. they asked us not to use her name or show her face. this 83-year-old woman says she was sexually assaulted by a male staff member here at the forestville health care center early monday morning. she says she was alarmed. >> what you doing? stop! and he -- i'm wiping you.