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. >> reporter: but he put his

inappropriate? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: he touched you in a private place? >> yeah. >> reporter: her family is concerned there may be more elderly victims 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 was multiple victims, that my aunt was not the only victim. >> reporter: the prince george's county police tell me they are currently investigating one allegation of sexual misconduct against an employee. i walked into the forestville health care center seeking their side of the story. i 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 suspended pending the outcome of the investigation. the victim's nephew say

incident. >> she doesn't feel like eating. she's crying. she's not her happy self. she's concerned. she's worrying. she's in shock that something like this happened. >> reporter: the nephew of the woman is the one who contacted us, asking news 4 to do this story. he says he is seeking justice for his aunt and wants to protect the other residents here at this forestville nursing home. that's the latest. live from prince george's county, doreen and jim, back to you. >> all right, chris gordon, thank you. busy parents with hectic schedules being targeted by thieves. video shows one of the victims who ended up losing her pocketbook during the moment she was at a day care. deputies say thieves hit three cars in two weeks. bureau reporter david culver explains what you can do to protect your belongings while you're on the go. >> reporter: when you watched this for the first time, what was your

because, i mean, i was right inside the building and they probably walked out right after that. >> reporter: blanca tells me she has felt uneasy this whole week. >> honestly i was in shock. >> reporter: her shocking moment happened as she was picking up her son at the goddard school on wednesday. the school's high quality cameras rolling. you see it happen in 30 seconds. out of the black door of that audi suv, crouching, covering his face. slithering, peeking inside, it seems he spotted something he liked in the silver infiniti. he smashes the window, grabs the purse tosses it like a rugby player into the back seat of the car, and just like that they drive off. >> i was really angry. i mean, they took my purse. they took my i.d., my credit cards and i really don't know what else i had in my purse. >> reporter: as sheriff's deputies continue their on-site investigation, tryingo

out who exactly that suspect and his driver are, they are reminding parents to be vigilant. obviously you've got things going on. you're busy, but here's the advice from the sheriff. >> even if you lock the doors, it's important that you don't leave anything there on the seat that would entice a criminal to break into your car. >> reporter: blanca sharing her story to remind you even in the seemingly safest of neighborhoods, thieves can pull right up and out in less than 60 seconds. in ashburn, david culver, news 4. >> and made it look frighteningly easy. developing right now at 6:00, new video shows rescue crews trying to find survivors in the crumbled office building here in mexico city. erika gonzalez has been following this from the live desk and she joins us now with an update. erika? >> right, jim. we have been closely watching to see if those crews see or if they hear any signs of life. right now the mexican navy is saying that it has rescued 115 people from the rubble of

toppled buildings in mexico city. the navy has also recovered 88 bodies. today authorities raise the death toll to 293. nbc's mariana is at the textile factory that fell after tuesday's earthquake. last night there were also two rescues. >> reporter: day four of this national tragedy in mexico after a devastating magnitude 7.1 earthquake shattered this country on tuesday, i'm standing in front of the textile factory. it was a three-story factory that is completely pancaked right now after that earthquake. and the search for life still continues. >> that was nbc's mariana reporting. right now the mexican government says around 200 people are still unaccounted for in mexico. at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. now to late developments in the republican's final push to repeal obamacare before the fiscal year ends next week,

the second time since july, senator john mccain has pulled the plug. blayne alexander is at the white house. blayne, is this bill dead now? >> reporter: well, doreen, it is certainly potentially a fatal blow. this is their latest effort, their latest repeal and replace effort from the republicans. but they had a very tight margin to begin with, doreen. republicans could only lose two votes to begin with if they wanted this to pass. now that john mccain is out, that means every other republican in the senate needs to be on board and that does not seem likely. now, for his part, john mccain wasn't necessarily against the substance of the bill but rather the process by which it was going through. in fact, he said he would have no problem supporting something similar if it were to go through an extensive debate and go through a number of hearings and that was not the case here. so, he said in the statement that he takes no joy in killing this bill, but he said that he simply could not do so with his conscience. now, we are hearing from republicans on this.

lindsey graham. he is one of the coauthors of this bill and a close friend, close personal friend of senator john mccain. but he said he respectfully disagrees with his friend to vote no on this bill, but says their friendship is not based on the way he thoevotes, but rathew he lived his life. we are hearing from vice-president mike pence. he is still working to rally republicans saying a vote against this measure is essentially a vote to save obamacare. doreen? >> okay, blayne alexander on capitol hill. thank you, blayne. >> uh-huh. >> a women's rights group calls it a slap in the face today. president trump's administration scrapped the rules for handling campus sex assaults. education secretary betsy devos has said the current rules were unfairly skewed against students accused of sex assault. under guidance from former president obama's administration, colleges were told to use preponderance of evidence standards. president trump's administration will allow colleges to choose between that standard and

evidence standard, which is tougher to meet. the temporary guidance will be in place while the education department gathers comments and comes up with new rules. local college campuses show the shift secretary devos is siding with abusers. >> you come to college and you expect people to look out for you and take care of you. they are elevating men who said they were falsely accused as same status with women who experience sexual assault, that's terrifying. >> a statement from the american association of university of women blast the administration calling the move, quote, a roll back of critical civil rights protections. >> fired fbi director james comey made a rare public appearance today. he was asked to speak at a ceremony marking howard university's 150th convocation. student protesters chanted throughout his

>> we shall not, we shall not be moved. >> we shall not, we shall not be moved. >> comey ignored most of the disruptions and spoke over the noise. he has been appointed to a public policy position at the university and is expected to conduct a series of lectures there in the coming year. >> i am here in howard to try to get some order, to try to be useful and try and have healthy conversations. >> the protesters' anger seemed largely centered on remarks james comey made as fbi director about tensions between law enforcement and the public. his remarks were greeted with applause by the majority of that audience. now to the latest on hurricane maria and its path of destruction. >> right now the turks and caicos are feeling the brunt of the storm. the death toll across the caribbean has climbed to at least 27 now. 15 of those were i

six on the island of puerto rico. >> yeah, people in puerto rico will spend another night without power and many are worried it will be weeks, maybe months before electricity is restored there. some of the island's 3.4 million residents are planning to come to the u.s. temporarily to escape the troubles there. puerto rican congresswoman jennifer gonzalez tweeted these photos today showing the view from her home before and after the storm. >> local volunteers from the american red cross are on their way to the caribbean to help with the recovery effort. the four volunteers left northern virginia today and will head to either the virgin islands or puerto rico. they will be deployed for 21 days. want to know how you can help? go to you are nbc washington app and search puerto rico. >> now it's time to turn to our weather. the weekend is here finally. so, the official start of autumn. >> and we are loving the feel of that out there. we have some clouds there. what better way to welcome the new season in than to send

on. he's at queen ann farm in prince george's county with plenty of pumpkins. hey, doug. >> hey, guys, a great afternoon here. you mentioned those clouds. those clouds coming courtesy of post tropical storm jose. you can see the clouds right now. we still zbot into the 80s across the region. we have the arnold family working on their pumpkins right here. guys, i'll tell you, equinox, why is it called that? it has to do with the way the earth revolves around the sun and how the daylight goes. because of this happening today, fall began at 4:02 in the afternoon. it all goes to where the sun hits the earth. normally during the summer months we get about 15 hours of sunlight during the longest days, but right now the sun is directly over the equator meaning we get equal parts of day and night. that is why it's called the equinox latin for equinox for the sun directly over the equator. now the

days continue to get longer and days longer. looking at the weekend we'll talk about that. tracking the latest on maria's track and where is all the fall weather? we'll talk about that coming up in just a little bit, too. fall is starting up. it's kind of scary, isn't it? >> okay, thank you, doug. maybe we'll get to meet your friend later on. still ahead, a parent's nightmare. a teenage girl dragged away kicking and screaming. the urgent search for answers and we'll tell you why police think this attack was personal. >> flying high on your dime, members of the trump administration in hot water for expensive travel. meet the press moderator chuck todd joins us here in the studio with more. >> i'm scott macfarlane in richmond. coming up the new law virginia is considering to better protect students throughout our area. a direct

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

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joins us now. let's start with senator mccain coming out against this bill. is it dead or -- >> people can be forgive en if they've seen this story line before. i think it's det is dead. susan collins hasn't come out as a no. john mccain and rand paul, they can only afford to lose one vote. susan collins did an interview with our affiliate in portland, maine. she sounds closer to being a hard nose. >> where do we go? >> there are two paths. the political path will be, how do congressional republicans handle this in primary challenges? i think that's the thing that they're concerned about. then there is the policy path, what happens next. there are fixes that need to be done. we have a crisis in the rule but markets when it comes to the insurance markets. alexander republican tennessee, patty murry, democrat, washington. they had been working on some bipartisan

progress. then this bill came along, got momentum, and literally lamarr alexander had to walk away from talks. it stalled. he had to walk away while they made this one last effort. what that means is that will come out. here's the unknown. how does president trump handle this? does he -- i mean, he's got the, i think, political sort of permission slip from supporters if you look at our poll to blame this all on republicans in congress, to distance himself. but how does he frame it? he's going to have a rally in alabama. it will be curious if he brings it up or avoids it. how it gets framed will tell us what the politics of capitol hill is going to look like the next couple months. does he embrace the bipartisan ship of the fix, for instance? that will be interesting. >> also not like he proposed a plan of his own. >> no, he is a guy that just wants to put some points on the board. and if these guys can't do it, he may very well embrace this bipartisan deal. >> all right. let's move on to north korea, chuck, and two world leaders tradinub

threats, too. where do we go from here? >> look, the united states might be in a rhetorical box here where it seems like this is screaming from some emergency diplomacy. i don't see rex tillerson jumping on a plane yet showing up in seoul or trying to do something. so, there seems to be an urgency to do it, but the question is if we're not the ones to do it -- normally in a situation like this, the united states is playing the role of trying to sort of keep everybody qualcomm. s -- calm. if we can't do it, who does? china is the most likely potential mediator in here. think of the consequence of that if we have to turn to china to resolve the dispute between the united states and north korea. and the fact that it's become a united states -- this should be north korea versus the world, and now it is turned more into north korea versus the united states. that's not where the united states wanted to be and i don't think they wanted to be here. we're sort of there now.

look, i talked to some foreign policy types around town and that's the big concern here, is that has the u.s. sort of -- are we boxed in? if china has to solve this problem and we don't, the consequences down the road that the leader of the free world can't solve this problem, somebody else does, does our sort of stature get lowered around the world? >> it's getting pretty unsettling. chuck, we led our newscast tonight with this breaking story about russian hackers breaching voter records in maryland and virginia and other states. we don't know a whole lot about it yet, do we? >> we don't. they did say 21 states for sure, there were attempts. what's really alarming is that we didn't -- those states, many of them, weren't informed until today that there were attempts to this breach. they say most of the states weren't breached. that's not very comforting. one breach is a bad

and, by the way, what if most of the states weren't breached? the breaches were wisconsin, michigan, pennsylvania. that's suddenly a troubling aspect here. what this needs to do, though, is while we have this focus on the russia investigation, you know what there is not? there is no commission on how are we going to protect the integrity of our election systems period for 2018. >> right. >> i have to say we are woefully behind. it's not just on the election front. it's on campaigns now. don't know how to protect themselves. we're a bit flying blind here and i think the government looks like they've been slow to respond. >> and seemingly little interest in looking more closely at this from the white house. >> well, and that's the problem. call it again a hoax today. look, he needs to set aside his own personal vendetta with the special counsel and realize the integrity of our democracy is under siege. >> real quick, who do you have on? >> we've got -- we're going to talk health care, rand paul, one of the no votes, as well as the president's chief l

how her new found relationship with the president, is this something that will continue or not. yeah, i am, too. why does she trust him now? >> quite a lineup. we'll look for you sunday morning at 10:30 on nbc for meet the press with chuck todd. thank you, chuck. >> you got it. >> a museum milestone and you're invited to the party. the free celebration and what the master mind behind the museum says he'd do differently if he could do it all over again. >> as we track hurricane maria's path, we are also keeping an eye on your weekend. doug will join us to let uknow how tos p

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all right. back to doug out at the pumpkin patch with his very thin friend. who have you got now, doug? >> pumpkin head. >> who wore it better? >> that's right. all you have to do is ask, and then we're good to go. we were making pumpkins. this is my pumpkin. i carved this guy. we have taylor right here. we have hunter right there. and we have patrick. we all carved our pumpkins. and it's a contest. we're taking a poll and we want all million people to tell us who won. i'll wait. hunter, nice job, buddy, you won. taylor, you came in second place. i'm last. that puts you at fourth place. way too.

pumpkin. all right, good, good. i'm not take ug it home. i want so sew yto show you happening weather wise. we're in mitchellville. can't wait to see what this is like when people are here. they grow 2000 pumpkins here every single year. right now though, temperature today hit 83 degrees, well above average. so, yeah, not really feeling like fall, but here's what is. sunset tonight 7:05 and by next week, the sun will set before 7:00. that's never a good this can. out there now we have the cloud cover. those clouds coming courtesy of our good friend jose, which is out there towards the east. post tropical storm jose helping keep temperatures down a little bit. 81 in d.c., northwest wind 10 miles an hour. 70s to 80s in the region. cumberland, maryland and hagerstown. they saw plenty of sunshine today. without the clouds we would have been well into the upper 80s and that's where we're going to be the next couple of

day sunday and monday which could touch 90 degrees. here is hurricane maria still a major hurricane. category 3, and a strong one at that. still lashing the turks and caicos islands. fortunately it is moving to the north away from the islands and away from land. on this track most likely will stay out to sea and will not affect anyone else directly. this is some very good news here. you can see the track. most likely staying well offshore, and by wednesday off the north carolina coast line as a 75 mile an hour category 1 hurricane and making its way even farther out to sea as we get cooler weather. the clouds today courtesy of jose. you see jose spinning just to the south of boston, but 123 spinning some of those clouds across our region today. tomorrow it should move out far enough to the east that those clouds should not affect us all that much. if you're thinking about maybe you've got some documents you need to have shredded, come to the nbc 4 community shred. a lot of us are going to be out there tomorrow out at fedex field down the street in landover. 7:00 a.m., 72 degrees, 7

degrees by 8:00, and by around 11:00 you're talking 83, a warming day for sure. nice warm day to get out in the community shred. 89 degrees on sunday. beautiful for the redskins game on sunday night. that game looking good as we take on the raiders. 89 degrees on your monday. tuesday, yes, we'll be tracking maria, both tuesday and wednesday. when i say tracking maria, we may get a little bit of on shore flow. maybe a shower, maybe cloud cover, that's it. a better chance of showers thursday. that coming with a cold front. and next week it would really -- it's really going to feel like fall around here as temperatures get into the upper 60s to low 70s. looking out right now, such a great afternoon. i'm going speak to the owner. his name is carl, fascinating gentleman. i can't wait to talk to carl. he's been farming 30 years. in prince george's county 50 years. wait till you hear what he has to say. i really think, i really think might have done better than last place. pretty good stuff. >> not bad. >> i'de

another big hole in the bottom of it and put it -- wear it on your head in the next cut. >> see if that will work. >> don't dare me, doreen. don't dare me. >> because i know you're always up for a challenge. hey, queen ann's farm looks beautiful and we'll hear more about it coming up. thank you, doug. >> for sure. >> still ahead, teachers slipping through the cracks, accused of the unthinkable. then finding jobs somewhere else. >> but maybe not for long. we'll highlight the major changes that could be coming thanks to the news 4 i-team. >> police in frederick are searching for a person who not only watched a rape happen, but he also recorded it. on news 4 tonight, how two frederick high school students are crged withha

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> a quick look at our top stories at 6:30, the republican health care plan to replace obamacare is on thin ice. arizona senator john mccain says he will not support it, complaining about the lack of debate about the plan. >> hurricane maria

turks and caicos tonight as puerto rico struggles with flooding and an island-wide black out in the wake of the hurricane. a failing dam has prompted emergency evacuation orders in two towns. hurricane maria has claimed at least 27 lives in the caribbean. >> time is running out and anxiety is rising in mexico. crews are still searching crumbled buildings after the earthquake, but they know the chance of finding survivors drops after 72 hours. satellite images show mexico city before and after tuesday's powerful quake. nearly 300 people killed, 200 others still missing tonight. >> we have disturbing new details about two frederick high school students accused of kidnapping and raping a classmate. >> police are now looking for at least one more suspect who allegedly videotaped the assault that happened in a neighborhood near hill street in orchard terrace. and as news 4's kristin wright reports, someone close to the victim may have alson

involved. >> reporter: edgar chick as hernandez and victor gonzalez gutierrez are charged with kidnapping and rape. they were students at frederick high school and went to school with the victim. police tell me they are sending the young woman's exam or rape kit to the lab today to test for the suspect's dna. >> i was in awe, shocked and i shook my head. when is this ever going to stop? >> reporter: immigration officials say gonzalez gutierrez is in the 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 are 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 hillcrest drive when she was grabbed by the hair. they put a knife blade on 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 person could be charged. police say someone who knows the victim very well could be involved. in frederick, kristin wright, news 4. >> former kansas senator bob dole is in the hospital tonight. aid to the former senate majority leader presidential candidate say he was admitted to walter reid last week. a routine checkup showed he had low blood pressure. we are told it is being corrected now with medication and he's expected to be released in a matter of days. >> calls for change throughout virginia because of a news

i-team investigation including stiffer laws to protect children from sexual predators in their own schools, scott macfarlane has the latest on this from the capital in richmond. >> reporter: virginia state leaders now considering new law to more easily remove teachers accused of sexually abusing their students. a formal legislative hearing here in richmond because of what the news 4 i-team found last month. when we revealed a former arlington county elementary school teacher was found to have engaged in sex abuse of a girl, he always denied the accusation, wasn't arrested and criminally charged and appealed his case for years. he lost the appeal. but we found during those years he managed to find a new teaching job in prince george's county because virginia allows teachers found to have engaged in seconds abuse by child protective services to keep their teaching licenses and keep teaching kids while they appeal. >> right now apparently the alleged perpetrator can

continue to ask for a delay, and nothing ever comes to closure. >> reporter: at a state legislative hearing here, legislators said loopholes like that are dangerous and should be changed. >> we are giving you a license to practice in our state and we should have certain standards. and the first standard should be the health and safety of the children you're going to be with. >> reporter: the proposed new laws will be introduced in january when the legislature returns here to richmond. scott macfarlane, news 4 i-team. >> one year, millions of visitors and countless stories that shaped our nation. we'll take you inside the national museum of african-american history as it marks a milestone and see what people think. >> plus, what are your plans for the weekend? wait till you see what happened when we surprised a redskins fan with news that she's going to the game in a limo with pat collins. >> and our doug kammerer is live at the farm as we celebrate the first day of fall. there he is.

>> i think about coming out to the pumpkin patch across the area. a beautiful day today and i'll tell you a great weekend, too, but it's not going to feel much like fall. we'll be back in a couple minutes with when the cooler weather finally moves in and we're going to talk to the owner this place.of rtham: i'mno ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

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all the lanes are once again open along interstate 95, chopper 4 was over a truck fire that brought things to a halt on the southbound side for several hours today. that truck caught fire this morning just before route 100 in elk ridge maryland. even after the flames were out, crews had to bring in dumpsters to clear away the debris. no word on what sparked these flames in the first place. -- >> are you ready? the sunday night football bus is in town this weekend and it is chock full of cool items from the nfl. we caught up with it earlier today in glendale, maryland, but tonight it will be at walt whit

harbor in prince george's county. then at fedex field for sunday's big game in primetime. news 4's derrick ward takes us on a tour of the bus in our nbc washington app, just search nfl bus. hop aboard it sunday afternoon. >> you have a busy weekend, my friend. >> i do, can't wait. >> more than 2800 people entered to win a date with our own pat collins to the redskins game on sunday. tonight we have a winner. she's from district heights. >> reporter: you are the winner of a date with me to the redskins game on sunday. >> thank you sclch >> oh, my god >> lanitra is a widow. her husband passed away from a brain aneurysm. he always wanted to take their son to a game. when she heard about our contest, she entered. >> i entered for my son. he's a big redskins fan. he always -- his dad, he passed away, he wanted to take him to

the game in style. club seats, field passes, and a ride to and from the game in a stretch limo. and pat says the boss has given him her credit card to buy food and drinks for everyone. so, we're sure they're going to have a great time. congratulations. you can watch the redskins versus the raiders this sunday right here on nbc 4. no limo involved, though. our coverage starts at 7:00 with football night in america before the kickoff at 8:30, and stay tuned after the game for a late edition of news 4. >> we should say lani it, ra doesn't know what she's in for. pat knows how to charge. when you mu when you put him in the club seat, he owns the world. they'll have a ball. >> it will be extensively covered. >> exactly. we'll see it at 11:00. hey, from vision to reality, that keeps bringing visitors back for more. a major milestone for washington 's

celebrations have already started for the first anniversary of the national museum of african-american history and culture. >> millions of people have visited the museum since it opened last september. news 4's barbara harrison spoke with some of them and the museum's director about the historic first year. wow, it has been huge. >> it has definitely been a busy first year for the museum. tickets have not been easy to get as you probably know if you've tried. people have been willing to stand in line. they've even traveled great distances to visit what's become one of the most popular washington destinations. there are also school groups there all the time, but i stopped by the other day to see who else is there.

>> it's exciting. >> reporter: they came on a bus from new york. on a trip sponsored by the aarp. >> a lot of historical things, it's amazing. >> reporter: joyce and richard wilson came from nashville for their 54th wedding anniversary. >> it is something that is out of this world. >> reporter: is this your first time here at the museum? >> it is. >> reporter: what do you think so far? >> i'm very impressed. >> we're seeing an amazingly diverse array of people, diverse age, ethnically, international visitors. but what i've really been moved by maybe more than anything else have been the senior citizens that come. >> so proud. >> reporter: lonnie bunch can't walk through without people recognizing him as the dreamer who made places like this a reality. >> for me, this is all of our stories, and that's why i'm very clear when i say this is american history through an african-american lens. >> thank you for being here. i hope you're

yourselves. >> we are. >> i came from delaware. >> wonderful, very glad you're here. are you enjoying yourself? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: he has seen this museum become reality over now nearly 12 years from the first fund-raisers to the opening just one year ago. he's watched floor after all eight floors filled with his vision and now with its visitors. on the lowest floor, the story begins with slave ships and shackles. >> that's wood from the hull of the ship and the marks on it are from the slave shackles. people can come in and they'll hear voices talking about what the experience was. >> reporter: as you travel forward on this trek through history, scenes and artifacts that tell the tales of times past, throughout the museum you can't miss the voice of lonnie bunch.

leo la phillips remembered things from her childhood visit with her grandmother down south. >> if i hadn't been born in the south, i really could have been late to some of the things i've seen here. i've seen a wash board in new york. >> reporter: what do you think? the things people connect to, does that surprise you? >> you know what was really important to me was to create a museum that reduced history to human scale. so, seeing a wash board means we did what we wanted to do. >> reporter: memories come back to many who visit here. it's a place for everyone to come and learn and perhaps have their own experiences to share. >> i came to washington in 1945 with my parents. and there were black bathrooms and things like that we had never experienced. it was a different country. >> reporter: beautiful. and looking back, what would lonnie bunch want to change here? >> if i could do anything

bigger building so more people could come in. >> reporter: if i could use that, i need more space, close to 8,000 visitors come there a day. yeah, 8,000 a day. that's incredible. they are just about to reach the 3 million mark in just one year since the opening. pretty incredible. >> 8 240u8,000 a day and more a waiting to get tickets to get in. >> they stay a long time. >> you can't stay long enough. the one time i went i was like i could spend a week or two here. >> everybody says that. and you really need it to see everything. >> you do indeed. a beautiful piece. thank you, barbara. >> thank you. >> now we go back to doug with a check on our weekend weather. he's in queen ann farm in prince george's county. what trouble are you getting into now, doug? >> oh, no trouble. i can't get in trouble because i'm talking to the owners right now. i have to make sure that i'm a good boy. trust me, trust me. you know, i'll tell you guys, just a great day out here, a great time with a lot of people that came out, saw us on tv and

as well. this is an actual working farm. they make about 2000 or grow about 2000 pumpkins every single season. this is carl, this is carol brady. carl, umenyiora beyou've been f listen to this. his family came over from ireland. his mother's family came in 1650s. >> father came in 1475. >> 300 years. >> 300 years. not heerp, bre, but in maryland. >> love it? >> love it, no plans of quitting. >> carol came down. she's from new england. you kind of -- you had to become a farmer pretty quick. >> yes, i did. i did. my profession was nursing when i came down here and i started helping carl. >> and now they're doing it together. everybody can come down soon. this place is going to be packed in the next cup p weeks. i want to show you what's happening outside weather wise. perfect to be out here on a night like tonight. carol is mad. if the

we do have the clouds, you can see it there. 81 degrees, winds 10 miles an hour. temperatures around the rest of the area low upper 70s, low 80s. that cloud coming courtesy of post tropical storm jose. you can see swirling just to the south of boston, just to the south of new england. look, carol, i can see your old house there. yeah, yeah, see it right there? it's still swirling just to the south of boston. watch what happens, guys. maria makes its way to the north, jose finally gets out of here and really just kind of dissipates in the atlantic. and then maria begins to follow it out to sea. well out to sea. so, we continue to see a better chance of this happening offshore, very minor coastal impacts, high seas, rough seas, but that's about it. but no impacts locally. and that is some great news. there is your ten-day forecast. 86 on saturday, 89 on sunday. sunday going to be a great night for the redskins game. if you're thinking about heading over to landover, going to be perfect for it as we take on the

hopefully we can pull out a win. i know that's a tough team. 87, 8:00. cooler weather coming back next weekend. next week as temperatures back into the 70s. so, we want to thank them so much for having us out. really appreciate you guys having us. we had a blast, and -- >> thank you for having us. >> my kids get pumpkins for life. [ laughter ] >> that's a deal! yes! it's a handshake deal. a handshake deal. >> handshake deal. >> can't take that back now. >> happy to see you. >> on camera at that. good stuff out there. i didn't think we'd get him back. he wants to stay out there. he's having fun. >> we'll see. we're expecting you back for the 11:00, doug. >> coming up in sports, some local kids got the surprise of a lifetime today thanks to

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i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> it was a busy afternoon for two of the biggest stars in d.c. sports. >> yes, it was. chris miles joins us now in the csn studios. this friday was the perfect day to meet an mvp or an all-star. >> indeed it was. if you wanted to sthak hands with john wall you had to be in kentucky tonight. if you wanted to skate with alex ovechkin, though, you could have gotten that done in the district this afternoon. tonight the caps will take on the blues in the preseason game

that game, but he did take time this afternoon to skate in front of the capital one center with some young special needs hockey players. after playing for a few minutes, ovechkin also presented a $5,000 check to the american special hockey association. we put a microphone on the caps star and here's what you got. >> what's up, fellas? what's happening? let's go. >> ovechkin. >> yes, let's play hockey. if you have a chance to help someone, especially kids, you have to obviously. we have an opportunity, we get lucky and they're not, so we try to give them a smile on the face, moment in their life. they'll remember what they did a couple years ago so that's a good idea. go around, i'm going to the net. i'm going goalie, i'm goalie. what's up? you have an opportunity to help the kids, you know. how often do you get to do that? again, they're smiling. they have some fun and me as well.

>> woo! woo! >> they know me and i know them. it's been four years, so i hope it's four more or ten more years. [cheering and applauding] >> wizards media day is on monday, but this afternoon the team announced starting forward markieff morris will be out 6 to 8 weeks. had he surgery to repair a sports hernia. that timetable makes it most likely he'll miss the two to four weeks of the season. the wizards open up wednesday october 18 against the philadelph philadelphia 76ers. john wall was back in his old college stomping grounds. the wizards points guard will be inducted into the hall of fame tonight. wall said today he'll do his best not to cry during the ceremony. we'll know soon enough if he's able to control his emotions. the ceremony just underway. all right. looks like a local p

following in wall's footsteps. manuel quickly, class of 2018 made his college decision moments ago. he's headed to kentucky. quickly is a senior at john carol in bel air, maryland. the redskins final injury report is out for sunday night's game against oakland. five players are listed as questionable, including jordan reid, josh norman and robb kelly. on a lighter note, jimmy fallon is all in on the game between the skins and raiders and dished out some superlatives. >> washington matt was voted most likely to get indict the with his last name. finally for washington it is morgan moses. he was voted upside down. there you go, everybody. we have a great show tonight. give it up! >> jim, doreen, i don't know if a beard, afro is the thing, but morgan moses definitely has that going on. >> those ser

funny on the tonight show. chris lyles, thank you, we'll see you at 11:00. >> and we thank you for watching. nightly news isoming up c

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