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also been cooperative. this happened about, 4:45 this afternoon. unclear what the boy was doing at the time of the incident. and how exactly he ended up in the street. as you said, he was just 3 years old. and neighbors are telling me that he did live here. in the neighborhood of the crash scene. so far police have not identified the little boy. it's unclear whether the driver will face any charges in this case. reporting live from alexandria, darcy spencer, news 4. >> darcy, thank you. >> i'm taking a knee for america. >> that's stevie wonder. who took a knee he says on stage for america. at the global citizen festival in new york city tonight. thousands cheered as the

both knees in support of athletes, right to kneel during the national anthem. oakland a's catcher became the first major league baseball player to kneel for the national anthem. rookie bruce maxwell. the product of a military family, plaguesed his hand on his heart. and faced the flag. while kneeling. then his teammates embraced him after that. >> i've don't know, why he feels the need to target certain individuals rather than others. i have an idea why. >> basketball superstar, steph curry suggests racism may be behind president trump's criticism of professional athletes. the react iion from players and local politicians. the d.c. mayor released a statement saying, in part, while you're here, warriors, we are happy to identify ways for you to celebrate equality, diversity and

values. nbc's chris cologne with reaction from steph curry. >> reporter: in alabama friday night, president trump throwing red meat to some of his staunchest supporters. >> wouldn't you love to see one of the nfl owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get the son of [ bleep ] off the field right now. he's fired. fired. >> the silent protests started last season, former san francisco quarterback, colin kaepernick, kneeling during the national anthem. a protest he said of racism and police brutality against blacks. other players continue to protest this season. and trump's rebuke is throwing sharp reaction. on twitter, basketball, lebron james called the president a bum. >> i think they understand the players are tired of this. we are tired of, feeling look we are being bullied by the president of the united states. >> nfl commissioner roger goodell called out the president without mentioning him by name. divisive comments l t

of respect for the nfl, our great game, and all of our players, goodell wrote all. off this one i think he had no choice but to, but to take a harder stand. and this for roger goodell's statement is fairly biting. >> trump disinvited the nba champion, golden state warriors from visit itting the white house after steph curry said he would vote to skip the visit. >> of i don't know, you know why he feels the need to target, certain individuals other than, you know, rather than others. i have an idea why. but -- it's kind of -- it's just kind of beneath i think the leader of of a country to, to go that route. it's not what leaders do. >> trump urged the crowd in alabama to leave games if players kneel during the national anthem. since sunday, if his words to lead to larger protests or a backlash against him. so, with that in mind,

#takeaknee is trending. everybody will be watching closely to see how nfl players respond before tomorrow's games. redskins play the oakland raiders sunday night football. star running back for the raiders, sits during the national anthem. to read the nfl players and owners' angry reactions to the president's words, you can open our nbc washington app and search trump nfl. we are watching a developing story in puerto rico where this dam in the northwest of the island could fail at any moment. hurricane maria dumping 15 inches of rain in the area, causing the reservoir behind the dam to rise. tens of thousands of people who live downstream, are being bused out of there. many residents didn't get the frantic evacuation warnings sent out on twitter. because -- power is out on most of the island. people could be in the dark for months. a developing story overseas. and a show of force. by the united states, american bombers, fighter jets flew off the east coast of north kor

today to show its military strength. pentagon leaders say the planes stayed in international airspace. white house leaders say today's acts shows the communist north that america will defend itself. or its allies against -- the north korean attack. members of the tea party blasted republicans during a rally on capitol hill today. the group says, they're tired of ex-ku excuses by republican whose control the congress and the white house. most of the criticism today focusing on the failure to repeal obamacare. >> i don't know about you. i am just so tired of working so hard to help get republicans elected, get them a majority in the house and the senate, and then watching them fail time after time after time to keep their promises. >> the group was also very critical of arizona senator john mccain. who said yesterday, that he will vote against the republican bill to repeal and replace obamacare.

republicans, not working with democrats to, overhaul health care. a promising local teen, gunned down in an armed robbery. how some of the people closest to him are honoring his memory. descendants of freed slaves, fought plans to run power lines through their northern virginia community. what happened today, has a lot of you talking on our nbc washington facebook page. >> temperatures near 90 degrees today. tomorrow, i think we could hit

some local mentors and students took time to remember a 16-year-old college bound

gunned down in an attempted robbery earlier this week. the attack happened wednesday night in southwest d.c. zaire kelly lived in northeast d.c. coming back from a college-bound program when a gunman shot him. kelly died but not before stabbing his attacker to death in self-defense. kelly was a part of college bound. today, students folded 1,000 oragami swans, a symbol of hope and new beginnings in kelly's honor. >> it said he is gone. but you know we are all doing this, for him. we are going to push for him. >> there will be a scholarship fund in zaire kelly's name. >> residents in the historic carver road community put up signs protesting a plan to bring high tension power lines in their community. they got their wish. dominion energy is scrapping the plan. dominion is asking the state corporation commission to allow it to build along i- i

market instead. this story is getting a lot of shares on our facebook page. some of the carver road residents are descendants of freed slaves who acquired the land in prince william county. >> mall mayhem. hundreds of people faced off

developing story in mexico. two more earthquakes hit today. following tuesday's 7.1 magnitude quake that left 300 dead. a 4.5

earlier this evening. and then a 6.2 magnitude aftershock hit this morning. first responders had a temporarily stop efforts from tuesday's earthquake. no significant damage reported from either of today's quakes. los angeles county's elite fire and rescue team is now on scene. to help find survivors there. this wild scene inside a mall just outside of st. louis, missouri today when police arrested 20 protesters. they were protesting last week's acquittal of white police officer, jason stockily who shot and killed an unarmed african-american man in st. louis in 2011. police arrested one person in the parking lot. one officer suffered a back injury. and two protesters suffered some minor injuries. it has been one year since the opening of a monumental museum. the national museum of african

look at those big smiles today. the museum held a celebration. marking the one-year anniversary. hundreds came out for music, for dancing, and a chance to keep exploring the museum. >> it is really an honor to be able to -- to develop this museum. build this museum. and present this gift to the world. and we wouldn't have been able to do it without the community. >> if you missed it today. you can still take part in the celebrations tomorrow. the festivities continue from 11:30 to 7:00 p.m. all of the outdoor events are free. enjoy. and over in prince george's county today. college was on the minds of some middle and high school students. they packed oxon hill high school. students met with representatives of 50 colleges and universities. >> we are working for you in the community. we want to say thank you to everybody who came out to our nbc 4 all-state community shred.

4,000 cars came to fedex field. biggest event. members of the news 4 family were also saying hello to drivers. and people got their personal documents safely shredded absolutely free. thanks for heading out there. all right, get ready for a big night of redskins football tomorrow. here on nbc 4. as we are working for you in the community before the big game. this sunday night football bus at national harbor is in town. and tomorrow, fans will have a chance to, take selfies with the real vince lombardi super bowl trophy and life sized photos of your favorite redskins players. take advantage of the bus from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in the red zone of fedex field. >> now, your storm team 4 forecast. >>ed g ewe have great weather tomorrow. talk a little bit about today. 89 the high. the norm. 76.

mark. as we head through the next couple dates. we are going to see the temperatures go even hyper. right now, 74 in washington, d.c. see cooler back towards the blue ridge. upper 50s. likely tonight. the farther you go out from the district. some of the suburbs. looking at low to mid 60s overnight. so, cool, and clear tonight. temperatures expected to hit about 65 degrees. on average for most of us. very scum for tcomfortable. planning on heading to the game. take a look at the forecast. spectacular weather. offer 80s. not until, after that sunset, until we fall to the upper 70s. little built more scum for tcom. sunshine. tick in the humidity. means it might feel a little bit warmer than 90 degrees tomorrow. that's the high i'm going with. here is a look, let's shift our gears towards the tropics. right now, maria still a monster of a storm. to the north, north of the turks and caicos. good news. latest track.

takes a little while. there we go. you can see, expecting it to weaken, heads through the next couple days, tracking to the north. the difference between now and 6:00 when i showed you that track, last track, making a sharper bend toward the east. so that's very good news for us. staying offshore. getting close enough though that it could have an if pact mpact weather. impacts at this point. based on this track. cloudy conditions, wednesday, tuesday. and a bit breezy at times. we'll be seeing stronger swells along the eastern seaboard. that could call for rip currents. keep that in mind. all right. so the forecast for tomorrow. 90 degrees. yeah, taking it there. sunny skies. rising humidity. just a bit. as the i said earlier. that will make it a feel a tad bit normal. and spend time with the ten-day outlook. point out. 90 degrees sunday. monday. 90 degrees. high of 89 right now. we are going to be tracking maria tuesday. going to get a good amount of cloud coverage from her on tuesday.

and where has fall been hiding. it seems like the end of the week. see temperatures starting to drop into the 70s by friday. then we will start to see the cooler temperatures, next weekend. overnight lows going to be dropping into the upper 50s. so we'll keep a close eye on this for now. erika to you. >> thank you. baseball season winding down. see which players are hitting reerca

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l -- nonregular season games. could be back for the playoffs. and bats. live pitching. second time. nats determine exact timetable for the return on sunday. against the mets. made team history at the plate again. reaches a big career milestone. home run. 200 for him. nats trail 3-2. move to the top of the fifth inning. and, connects with his tenth home run of the season. he would become the ninth nats player to reach the milestone in 2017. the most players with double digit home runs in the single season in franchise history. significant homer as well. tied the game at 3. score remained the way in extra innings. daniel murphy. played for the mets. loves playing against

against the former team. and, 13 doubles. 35 rbi. big one is your game winning home run tonight. nats on top. 4-3. >> orioles honoring austin hayes, minor league player of the year before the game against the rays. this more like a little league play. to start the game. adam jones, chopper back at first. and bad toss. scores a run. potential infield single turns into a three bagger. 1-0. baltimore. top of the third. runners on the corners. taking flight. off to right. his 30th of the year. rays, they get the win, by final score of 9-6. maryland suffering their first loss of season. 38-10. central, florida. they also lost their starting quarterback. and, in the first quarter. red shirt freshman got the job. tyrone pilgrim, injured in the season. opener. so, timetable for him's return

unlike the sea so opener. a win over 23 ranked texas. hill want down. terps managed to score just a single touchdown. according to d.j. dirken a bigger letdown than the final score indicated. >> when someone goes down. next guy comes in. also one of the guys around. step up. elevate their level of play. and, we do not do that today. and thats, that's why you see the score you saw. max. and, can't do that. and there is a lot, lot of guys, they have their fingerprints on how, that today. not just max. starts with the, the line. and receivers and running backs. and across the board. >> caps/hurricanes. first two preseason match ups. carolina on the power play. first period. the caps know this guy well. justin williams. doing damage against his former team. the rebounder in front of the net. and it is 1-0, hurricanes. and 3:00 to go in the first. caps on their own

that is your equalizer. midway in the second. the long shift. hurricanes taking advantage. and left open. gets by phillip brewbauer. caps fall, 4-1. ♪ >> d.c. united hosting san jose. patrick mullens versus the earthquakes. 57th minute. mullens goes with the left foot for the games. first goal. would not be his last, the team's last. three minutes later. mullens again. this time with the header. four goals on the night for mullens. d.c. united wins, 4-0. >> all right, raiders have won both of their games, this season. scored 71 points, already. redskins, raiders, tomorrow night. primetime on nbc 4. erika? >> all right. we are all looking forward to it. chris miles, great to see you. you get a couple more days of springlike weather before we start feeling like fall around here. >> summerlike wer

ready for the fall. >> i am. ready for the boots. flannel, fpuffy >> pumpkin spice latte. >> around 90 tomorrow. 90 monday. wouldn't rule it out. 70s, erika making the comeback end of the weekend. after that really coasting into fall. >> all right. thank you, ma'am. >> thank you for joining us tonight. for news 4 at 11:00. "saturday night live" is next. have of a great night, everybody see. you here tomorrow af

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