news 4 today starts now. >> taking the knee. protests erupt after president trump's comments on the anthem and steph curry. now the entire nation is waking up to see what's going to happen on football fields across america on sunday. >> a new crisis in puerto rico. just when a desperate situation can't get worse there's a new concern for flooding of hurricane maria. >> if you're planning on heading to the redskins game today we're getting you started on a day you're going to want to spend outside but don't forget the sunscreen. >> absolutely. >> we were at the farm yesterday. everybody was spraying bug spray and lathe

>> and close to 90. >> oh my goodness. >> not right. >> storm team 4 lauren rickets is here to tell us more about this sunday forecast. it's going to be hot. >> it is. another hot day. temperatures yesterday 89 for a daytime high so yesterday was warm and that's what we'll see out there today. let's show you the view outside. the sun coming up a little before 7:00 a.m. 6:58 to be exact but it is a beautiful morning right now. whatever way you want to cut it. clear skies, 67 degrees now. we'll continue to take the temperatures up by 11 all the way into the low 80s. we're topping out right around 90 so another hot day. that humidity is going to build throughout the day so you may not until later on this afternoon and you'll feel it as we get through the day tomorrow. we continue to track maria and we'll be watg

that just came out at 5:00 a.m. that's coming up. >> thank you. today could be a big day in sports and politics. last year collin kaepernick started the trend of kneeling during the national anthem. >> with president trump targeting people in the nba and nfl players could respond that way today. we're already hearing from some of them, golden state warriors staff steph curry spoke yesterday. >> for the leader of our country to go that route. that's not what leaders do. >> this is after the president uninvited curry from visiting the white house. the warriors say none of them will go. >> the biggest name in basketball, super star lebron james also weighed in. take a listen. >> that's just something i can't stand for, man. we have hill and kaepernick and

and it's for the greater cause. it's for us to all come together. it's not about a division, it's not about dividing. we as american people need to just come together even more strongly. >> players in major league baseball are also starting to show how they feel about the country. this is the oakland athletes rookie bruce maxwell. he grew up in a military family and he placed his hand on his heart and then kneeled yesterday. >> we told you the warriors won't be visiting the white house. the d.c. mayor stepped in to invite them to down. she released a statement saying while you're here we're happy to identify ways for you to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. what we call d.c. values. >> we'll be watching to see if any players kneel during the national anthem on football. marshawn lynch might do it. he sat o

season and preseason games this year. you can watch the raiders versus the redskins here on nbc 4:00. kick off is at 8:30 and be sure to stay tune affidavit the game for a late edition of news 4. >> keeping an eye on breaking news out of puerto rico this morning. the dam is posing a threat to residents that live downstream. engineers spotting a crack in the dam on friday. still trying to evacuate residents that live downstream but the communications there krimed on the island following the wrath of hurricane maria. the storm is responsible for killing ten people on this island along and more than a dozen others along the path. >> we turn to another disaster zone in mexico. the country felt a huge shake and is searching for answers after the country felt that shake again early saturday peeling back broad fears following two powerful earthquakes this month.

among thousands of after shocks following a massive 8.1 quake on september 7th. the most powerful quake in mexico in more than three decades and tuesday's quake in mexico city was by far the most current. the death toll from the quake is more than 400. >> no chance of finding survivors on day four. >> the family is searching for answers after their 3-year-old little boy was hit and killed by a car. >> this morning, a crushing story. it happened late saturday afternoon on executive avenue and alexandria. the scene was near the xm gas nation. darcy spencer this morning has more on the tragedy. we can't ima

they drove him to the hospital in a desperate attempt to save his life. he was struck and killed by the driver of an suv. the driver did stop and has been cooperating with authorities in this investigation. it happened around 4:45 in the afternoon on executive avenue here in alexandria. we don't know what lead up to this incident. we don't know why the boy ended up in the street. that's all part of the investigation. so far police have not released the little boys name and there's no word yet whether any charges will be filed. >> it's 6:06. we brought you part one of the story that will make you smile. and they just had their homecoming. >> didn't always live

other. how they realized how much they knew each other. >> grace actually came from montgomery county to rock ridge high school in loudon so she could attend and both of them look amazing. talk about a bond like no other. >> absolutely. >> if you want more information about oregon, eye or tissue donation all you have to do is search donation in our app. >> you can also see the first part of their story. time right now is 6:07-on-this sunday morning. another day of summer-like weather for today. we thought the 90s might be done but what about the start of your work week as well? we'll check back with lauren already looking ahead for you. >> first historic year. the national museum of african american history and culture, we got you

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these dance students from prince george's county are going to get to be something awesome today. they get to perform with dnce during the closing ceremony of the youth soccer competition in harris is on new jersey and if that's not cool enough they'll perform a flash mob by being mirrored by dancers in paris that will perform at the same time. >> that will be a cool sight to see. >> do you know who loves the hip hop? >> hey gir

>> i like old school hip hop. >> i like old school, late 80s early 90s. >> love it. >> we'll get into it later on. some hot temperatures. >> the humidity is rising throughout the day. yesterday it wasn't that bad in terms of humidity. finally this afternoon we'll have that humidity around unfortunately. let's show you the beautiful view outside. yesterday we had patchy fog. i'm not seeing that out there today. so enjoying this beautiful morning. that sun coming up. 6:58 in the morning. not too far off. right before the 7:00 a.m. hour. another hot day today. it's going to continue to be dry of course we are watching maria. it bares

now. that's going to break by friday and it will eventually push out to sea. temperatures in the 60s here in the d.c. area and you step out into the mid 50s as you wake up this morning we'll take those temperatures into the mid 70s by 9:00 a.m. it's going to be a beautiful morning. nothing showing up on the radar. dry out there today thanks to high pressure. today we'll make it to 90 degrees. if you're heading out tonight as we take on the rards, temperatures dropping to the 70s as we get through the afternoon and into the evening. so again it's going to be a beautiful night for football. temperatures are going to be in the upper 80s

we have maria, still a monster of a storm. here's cuba right here just off the miami coast at this point. the track weakens it and of course it also runs into some cooler water that's left over from jose and again that is going to track just parallel to the east coast. it is category 2 hurricane with winds at 110 miles per hour. by tuesday just south and east of north carolina and then it curves out to sea but this cone of uncertain city still, we're still going to have to watch that as we get into wednesday, thursday of next week and then a cold front will push it out. look at the temperatures drop wednesday, thursday, friday into the 70s and then by next week d weekend. >> it won't give up. >> no, it's still there. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of the morning's top stories. >> good morning.

of the campaign behind them virginia's top candidates are heading into the final phase of the race and as the new tv ads just released a few days ago are any indication the tone maybe about to change by the end. julie and tracy are with us this morning. most people agree they sort of came off as very much like southern gentlemen. who do you think had the strongest performance. >> a agree. they were on their best behavior and i do hate to call a winner or a loser but let me talk about what i think both accomplished. i think he did a good job of meeting the goal i think he had for himself. his challenge is to reach out to two different camps. the trump fans and the never trumpers and on the side of the trump fans we heard him talk about things that would appeal to him like

on confederate memorials he wants them to stay in the public space with more historical context. now the more moderate republicans a lot of whom are in our audience, he really tried to portray himself as a guy who wants to drive virginia's economy. somebody that knows the numbers so we even heard him drop the name of senator john warner. one of the best known moderate republicans. i think he was saying i'm a john warner kind of republican. on the other side, i don't think he capitalized on the evening as well as he could have. there's still a lot of undecided voters out there and the polls we got this week show they identify more as democrats and he needs to reach them and get them motivated to go to the polls.

>> during the campaign we heard rhetoric we didn't hear repeated during the debate. name labeling i'll say. do you think it matters to voters what the tone is? and do they judge the debates differently than the rest of the campaign? >> that's a good question. the candidates and their campaigns have gauged there's some desire out there for a more civil debate. but on the flip side they both dropped very negative campaign ads. the most negative of this cycle so that's an open question to me. will the voters fault them now for the negative ads. will they see them as separate things. can they remain untarnished. >> so they needo

undecided to the polls. >> we wondered whether folks would be in that camp but polls showed 90% of them say they'll vote for him. on the democratic side those that identify with democrats, it's people in the middle that they really have to get fired up. >> one of the issues that came up during the debate was amazon, amazon's new headquaters, the quest for new headquaters. prince george's is making a full-court press. tell us about it. >> yeah, amazon, hq2. everybody is hoping to be incl.

salary of 100,000 per employee. so prince george's county is looking for economic development and opportunities to have more jobs. inside of the county and they were on the final list and it didn't happen but they were finalists. that's a huge deal for the county. they have mgm in there and they're about to have a new medical center as well so they feel they are poised to compete for these. they were saying i want to see amazon come and have all kind of conversations and the county executive wanted to get on officially say prince george's county could be a goodloe kags and we're interested. >> is the county offering or talking about financial incentives or are incentives an issue when you're talking about amazon. >>nc

lot of other people are already discussing or municipalities are saying what they would offer and what tax breaks they get whaean when i asked the question they said we're not there yet. we're looking at the fact that we have population here and we have the transportation centers it's ideal and we want them to take a look at us. >> they're looking at d.c. and northern virginia, well virginia period but virginia's approach is different. prince george's is very public it's in your face with bells and whistles. virginia's strategy is different. >> virginia is a little bit more behind the scenes although they're putting together their package and best proposed. fairfax county made noise about being interested and amazon already has a campus in fairfax county and then the virginia beach area they think they would be a good place for this location. obviously a lot of retired military and civilianeo

that sort of thing but i think governor mcauliffe, economic development, big deal for him. >> we'

>> police investigate and have uncovered two incidents in the same area. you tell the story, what do we know about these cases and their possible connection? >> well, this is all happening

unbelievable that we have these cases happening in one block different apartment houses. all student housing. and three women were involved in three of the break ins and attempted break ins and then we have a group of male students that had their apartment broken into and quite a few items taken out as well. police are still looking to see if this is all connected. one incident happened last weekend that resulted in the sexual assault of a woman. she woke up and screamed and the guy runs out. shortly before that someone's apartment is broken into into the apartment house next door. they took out computers and some other expensive things and before that there was a girl that we talked to that says she was in her apartment and sees a hand come through the window and she screams what are you doing? i'm going to call the police and the person snatches her handbag and runs so whoever was involved in this

area. prince george's county police want people to lock their windows, lock their doors, be vigilant and look out for what's going on in that area. >> why it didn't happen in that area how are they handling this with students. >> this is a part of what happens when you stidecide to l off campus. you're no longer under the university's watch. i saw a lot of parents coming to the apartments and talking to their kids of course they're concerned for safety. these are violent cases and in one of the cases where the break in happened there was a student asleep inside of that apartment. had he of gotten up what would have happened? one of the kids told us we have a baseball bat. they're on edge. prince george's county police want to get to the bottom of this. >> thank you. the deadly police shootingf

15-year-old boy has raised a lot of questions over the past week. the county prosecutor says it appeared to have been a justified shooting. his family says it was murder. some observers question the police response in this case. they were responding to a possible hostage situation. what are your thoughts on this case and how it might have been handled. how was it handled by the police here. >> well, first of all, tragedy all the way around. the loss of life of a 15-year-old. this young man tried to take his life the night before. his father was out of the country and he's the one that makes the 911 call to say that there a

himself. so police -- this is a morning. this is a friday morning and they pull up to this complex and by that time they heard he had also hit his brother's girlfriend with a crowbar but this young man police say threatening manner. they commanded him several times to drop the crowbar and he didn't and he was shot and killed. even though the public attorney says this appears to be justified it does still raise a lot of questions. they had information it sounds like going into this that this young man was the one who called himself so that suggests there was a mental health component to this so i don't think we heard answers to the question yet were there cit trained officers there that can deal with people in crisis? was there an opportunity to use less than lethal force and that's the question this young man's father keeps is

other departments have the option of rubber bullets sometimes so would there not have been a way to try to use less than lethal force? and we have seen in fairfax county that emerged from a very bad police involved shooting that resulted in charges against one of the officers they have retooled and revamped their whole approach to these crisis situations and they had been working very hard to train all of their officers. in addition we have been able to spotlight that they have been able to use less than lethal force. they were still able to deescalate that and use less than lethal force. >> changes and procedures. another very disturbing case involving a pregnant

was forced to deliver her baby prematurely. the defendant's attorney and the family deny the charges but tell wha us what you learned about the young man that was under a protective order for the past year? >> she had taken out a protech tiff order against phillips. in it she said he wanted her to have an abortion and he was threatening her life and then she goes, there was another date where she didn't go to make sure this order stayed in place so she didn't show up for the court date so because of that that protective order was not in place when this incident happened but the attorney is saying he doesn't believe his client was there. >> here's an interesting background. about to join the d.c. fire department.

was about to become a d.c. firefighter and it's also ironically and sad. this woman and her baby are struggling for their lives. they believe phillips did set her on fire. the defense attorney is saying they'll fight this and they believe their client deserves a defense. >> domestic violence cases involving women whether they're pregnant or not. >> another troubling one in alexandria and it's another case in which a woman was trying to break off a relationship and this guy returned to the apartment one evening and began stabbing her. and he jumped out a second story window to save his life. female friend tried to help this woman but says every time she tried to pull her away from this man she was stabbed again and by the time help arrived this woman

terrible example of domestic vie license taking the life of another young woman in the community. >> thank you both. >> news 4 today continues. >> college bound and a victim of crime. honoring the life of a local teen that took the life of his attacker before losing his own. >> historic year. the national museum of african american history and culture. the event you can attend today and skip the lines. >> and get ready to be jealous. it's date night with patrick collins. how about

>> you're going to be rolling down the window. >> good morning, everyone. >> we have a beautiful sunrise coming up over the nations capital but it's also going to be hot. >> not only hot but sticky. >> yeah. especially by this afternoon. to those people making it out to the football game you're going to notice a little bit more humidity because that will gradually increase today. but you're right. look at that sunrise. officially coming up at 6:58 in the morning but it's already look beautiful out there with the clear skies and as we continue through the morning, upper 60s and about 9 miles per hour. we will continue to see

looking good. so the humidity increasing around the day today. plenty of sunshine. temperatures are going to make it to 90 degrees today. our average temperature in the upper 70s. we'll be talking about maria and her latest track and what we can expect from her. that's all coming up. >> thank you. 6:32 and there's a full slate of football games on the schedule today. we could see players respond to the president at any one of them. president trump slammed proathletes who he said disrespect the american flag. many of those athletes are back each other up now and say they're taking a knee against racism and social injustice tnch. >> the parents of a 3-year-old boy are dealing with the death of their child this morning. no other details are been released on this absolutely

>> the dam in purierto rico is posing a threat to those that live downstream. they spotted a crack on friday and are trying to evacuate residents that live downstream. the storm is responsible for killing at least ten people in the u.s. territory. and on the national stage as well, or the international stage the military threats between the united states and north korea, they continue. >> it's not clear where all of this is going to end. the pentagon said that it flew bombers and fighter jets to a point north of the border between north and south korea. it will send a message that president trump has many military options to defeat any threat and that mr. trump takes north korea's behavior serious ri. >> local students are spending their weekend remembering a 16-year-old

he was gunned down in an attempted robbery in southwest d.c. police say the student and track star stabbed his attacker to death in self-defense. we're told kelly was on his way home from a college-bound program when his life ended. on saturday, students folded oragami swans in kelly's honor. >> we're all doing this for him. so we're going to go on and push for him since he couldn't. >> meanwhile we are learning more about the moments before that deadly encounter. according to the washington post his twin brother was approached by the same would be robber that night. he texted his brother to be careful on his way home. he replied he had a knife and he would be okay. he was just 16 years old. >> they fought for their neighborhood and got their wish. it's scrapping a plan to build high tension power lines

harbor road community in prince williams county. some of the people are descendents of slaves that acquired that land in the county. they say it would destroy a historic black neighborhood. >> we are working for you by narrowing down what you need to know. starts at 11:30 this morning. and just one year alone

just love the shape that fits into that. >> it's gorgeous. >> what we can expect next. plus as lauren returns he's she's going to have a look at the storm that just won't go away. we're talk about maria. >> absolutely. thousands of you tried to win a chance to go on a date with pat collins to the redskins game tonight and in the end it all came down to one person. what the

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together. >> donations are still flowing into the state but a school bus driver realized they weren't getting everything they needed. now she stepped in to help. >> positive news this weekend out of florida. nearly everyone has power back on. donations are pouring in and schools are back in session. fairfax county school bus driver says they're collecting things like food, water, clothing, even cleaning supplies. given many of the homes for low income family she wondered would they be able to buy new pens, rulers, notebooks? >> i thought who is helping the kids because a lot of these families that are having problems with water damage and what you to their houses, c

they really afford school supplies? it was something we started as a small project within transportation and it just ballooned and it's grown. it's grown so big. >> they will be driven there early next month. >> the pencils, the pens, the rulers, the single subject wide ruled notebooks that the younger kids use. >> you and your family can still donate. have your kids ask their school bus driver ifs there's space on the bus to accommodate their suppli supplies. >> some of your favorite musicians are performing in virginia.

violent white nationalist rally last month. justin testimoimberlake and pha and ariana grande are all performing. >> tonight i'm taking a knee for america. >> well, everyone is still talking about this from last night. stevie wonder took a knee for america at the global citizen festival in new york city. thousands cheered as he went down on both knees in support of the athletes right to kneel during the national anthem. >> president donald trump sparking a backlash from some of the biggest names in professional sports on saturday after thhe attacked football players that take the knee during the national anthem. chuck todd is here to talk about all of this. with everythin

invitations to the white house. is it just the president just can't help himself? he made a lot of these comments at a rally. >> made them at a rally friday night. this is not the first time that we saw it when he cut that deal with the daca or pelosi and schumer. that's when he went after the reporter hill so that was suddenly in the water and seen as a bit of a distraction so i can't help but having that eating away at one part of my brain here but i can tell you this, the white house wan

fight. they think it's good politics and more than ready to continue to engage it. which is why the president doubled down yesterday. this is going to be interesting. >> you saw it yesterday. but speaking about the health care bill and their effort to repeal and replace it we saw john mccain come out with a no vote and now on the show you're going to have one of the possible no votes but the president also tweeting about that yesterday saying i know rand paul and he may find a way to get there for the good of the party. how much confidence do you have that this is still a possibility. >> it's funny. depending on your point of view, it's like the action hero movie where bruce willis never ties or it's a zombie. it's always lurking out there. look,

he's been no on this one. some believe that rand paul is only for bills that can't pass because somehow secretly he doesn't want to see it repealed because it's working in kentucky but a dhe can't look like he's supporting it. we'll see. i'll have him on the show. it will be interesting to watch him. >> overnight we also saw more back and forth between the u.s. and north korea. now north korea saying that the president's rhetoric leads to almost an inevitable conflict. this is getting to a point. >> it's like two kids

>> this is screaming for emergency diplomacy and it's not going to happen on our end. a third party has to play mediator. the most likely suspect is china but the unintended consequence of that is that if it's china that ends up playing the role of deescalator, that's a big statue hit to the united states that suddenly a role that normally the united states plays that we're the ones that always bring the tension down, suddenly we need another country to do that, that's a big hit. >> a lot to discuss today and i know that you also have her on the show. >> locker rooms are very

>> you can see meet the press every sunday right after news 4 today. well we didn't mention the r redski redskins. they're on sunday night football and our own pat collins is going to the game as a very special date. >> go in style. take a look at the surprise. >> you are the winner of the date with me to the redskins game on sunday. >> overwhelmed there. she is so cute. she is from district heights and she is pat's date for the evening. we invited you to enter to win this month and more than 2,800 people sent their stories in. she is a mother of 5 and a widow. her husband passed away from a brain aneurysm last year and she said this is going to be for him. >> he was a big redskins fan. he always, his dad, he passed away, he wanted to take him to

>> so she is going to fulfill that wish. they get club seats. they get field passes. they get to ride in the stretch limo. pat says he has the bosses credit card already in his pocket. the concession stand is going to be lit. we haare so kpietd. >> can we drop in on that? that's amazing. the game is at 8:30 but you can get ready beforehand by visiting the sunday night football bus in the red zone of fed ex field from 3:00 to 8:00 tonight. would be of the things on the bus the actual vince lombardi trophy. >> okay. >> so go take a selfie before the game with the vince lombardi trophy. >> and cut outs of the redskins game. they should have had a cut out of pat too. >> sure. >> of course we can watch the game as we mentioned right here, nbc 4. coverage at 7:00 with football

night in america and kick off at 8:30 and watch the late edition of news 4 to get you all set and ready for the week ahead. >> going for the next win. we'll see. >> we'll get it. >> no threat of rain. nice night at the football field. >> i was looking ahead. trying to be prepared. so you're telling me that tomorrow is hotter than what we saw this weekend. >> no. >> no it's not? >> no. >> be prepared. >> no. >> no tomorrow in the upper 80s. today at 90 degrees. it's hot out there today. 89 degrees. and then this warm spell will break so another hot day out there today but it's going to be dry. of course we continue to track

and also some of the spaghetti models. every model on there shows you exactly what they're thinking. temperatures right now, 67 degrees. temperatures are in the mid 50s. a little on the mild side. grab the t-shirts and shorts today. you definitely need the sunglasses and also the sunscreen. temperature today 90 degrees with sunshine out there. so humidity will build throughout the day and tomorrow may feel hotter. clear skies as we continue into the evening and the redskins take on the raiders. and if you're headed out we have renaissance festival. maybe bring some

some can get rather vicious up there. clear in arlington. look good in downtown d.c. hot and sunny and hot as the kids maybe have recess tomorrow. temperatures in the low to mid 80s. hurricane maria continues to be a monster of a storm just north of turks and kcacios at this point. this gives us an idea of where this is going to go. watch that turn. it's all due to a frontal system that will move toward the end of the week. we're talking about thursday and into friday. so we'll see that turn. i'm just not too confident that it will stay away from the east coast. it could be right around north korea, right around the outer banks so i do believe cloud cover on tuesday. cloud cover east of i-95 on wednesday and thursday.

heres what happened. temperatures up friday, saturday, back into the low to mid 70s. >> how about it? all right. thank you very much. from the hospital to a homecoming dance. this weekend was extra special for a northern virginia couple. we shared their story of struggle and triumph. next how they

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>> only on news 4, they met when they were toddlers. >> jj jason and grace both received liver transplants when they were young and their procedures were some of the first in the world. >> they always stayed in touch and last night they went to homecoming together. grace went from montgomery county to rock ridge high school to be jj's date. >> they realized they were more than friends at transplant camp and they looked great together last night. very cool. good for them. >> hope they had a great time. >> you can see the full story on the nbc washington app. >> also we posted information for those of you interested in organi organ donation. we do have a lot more coming up in the next hour of news 4

look at your forecast with lauren rickets. the sun is coming up as we get closer to the 7:00 hour. stick around.

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taking the knee. president trump's comments. now the entire nation is waking up to see what's going to happen on football field across america this sunday. >> a new crisis in puerto rico. when a desperate situation can't get any worse. there's a new concern for massive flooding after hurricane maria. >> if you're planning on heading to the redskins game today we're getting you started on a day where you're going to want to spend some of it outside. >> gorgeous looking sunrise as we hit the 7:00 hour. good morning to you on this sunday. >> get a head start on your fall. not a bad day for it. >> no, this maybe the coolest it gets all day. let's check in. it's going to get hot today. >> hot out there today. you're absolutely right adam. te temperatures are in the upper 60s. me

now but by this afternoon we're going to heat things up. we could reach that 90 degree mark today believe it or not. it's beautiful out there. the sun just officially came up about three minutes ago. temperatures at 67. by 8:00 a.m. we're already in the low 70s and by noon the low 80s so continue to take it up from there. so it's still feeling like july out there today and then we have this warm weather, the summer-like weather because by the time we get into the end of the work week fall returns and that frontal system is going to be responsible for taking it out to sea. the timing has to workout perfectly but she could still have impacts on that. so we'll talk about the latest track. >> thank you very much. thousands of us will be in front of a tv or bar to watch football today. em

kaepernick kneeled during the national anthem. president trump is taking issues with that practice and parents are take exception. >> it's beneath the leader of our country to go that route. that's not what leaders do. >> that was steph curry from the warriors. he didn't know if he would visit the white house and then the president uninvited him and the whole warriors team said it would not show up. >> lebron james the biggest name in the nba says he stands by his colleagues. take a listen. >> something i can't stand for man and we have hill and collin kaepernick and all of these people are speak up and it's for us to all come together. it's not about division. we as american people need to actually just come together even more strongly. >> players in

baseball are showing how they feel about the country. this is bruce maxwell. he grew up in a military family. he placed his hand on his heart and nealed during the national anthem yesterday. >> we told you the warriors will not be visiting the white house. well the d.c. mayor stepped in to invite them to town. he released a statement saying while you're here warriors we're happy to identify ways for you to celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion. >> we'll be watching to see if any players kneel on sunday night football. one good bet marshawn lynch might. he sat or knelt during multiple games this year. you can watch traders versus the redskins tonight on nbc 4. our coverage starts at 7:00 with football night in america. kick off is at 8:30 and stay tuned for a late edition of news 4 fnchts y

this season. metro closing at 11:00 tonight which means it will probably stop running before the end of the game. the redskins have not reached out so we would like to make sure that you do have another way. >> that's right. meanwhile the parents of a 3-year-old boy are having to deal with the death of their son this morning. he was hit and killed by a car along executive avenue outside of an apartment building yesterday. for those of you familiar with this area the scene was on the exxon gas station near mt. vernon avenue. we're told that the drivers stayed on scene after the accident. no other details have been released but we're working to find out more. >> 7:04 we're keeping an eye on the break news out of puerto rico. it's posing a serious threat right now to residents that live

engineers spotted it but communications have been crippled following hurricane maria. the storm is responsible for killing at least ten people on the island and more than a dozen others along the path. >> now another disaster zone in mexico. the country felt the earth shake again yesterday followling two powerful earthquakes. yesterday's 6.1 trembler was among thousands following a massive magnitude 8.1 quake on september 7th. it was the most powerful to hit in more than three decades the current death toll is now more than

>> a face-off with police. why a shopping trip turned to chaos. >> this is a story that you'll want to share on facebook we'll tell you what this is about when we come back. it's 7:06.

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>> make sure you have the sunscreen if you're out and about for a certain period of time. it's going to top out around 93 as the humidity builds throughout the day today. it's going to be on the warm side through the day today however we do have a break in this warm spell an that's going to happen this week so we'll be talking about that and show you the latest track of maria. a little too close to comfort for the outer banks. that's all coming up. >> 2 dozen people

charges following this wild scene inside a popular st. louis piz his mall. the chaos broke out after protestors that clashed with police. it was in response to last week's ruling that acquitted the former officer in the 2011 shooting death of a black man. one officer and two protestors were injured during this incident here. some republicans meanwhile are chast ti chastising members of their own party. >> there was a tea party rally on capitol hill. they're tired of excuse and they want lawmakers to get something done. >> i don't know about you but i'm so tired of working so hard to help get republicans elected and give them a majority in the house and the senate and then watching them fail time after time after time to keep their promises. >> well, a lot has been focused on the failure to appeal the affordable care act and senator john mccain. he said he

obamacare and wants more bipartisan effort in congress. >> nearly half a million bucks is how much health and human services secretary tom price spent on private jets since may but now he's saying no more full a full review of travel practices is done. he was once critical of nancy pelosi's travel practices saying she was flying quote over our country in your luxury jet. >> getting workout for a good cause. that's just what all of these people did yesterday. hundreds showed up. each weighed more than 80 tons. >> this is one of the most amazing.

>> teams of 25 people raised money to participate and then pull the planes. all the money goes toward special olympics virginia. >> very cool. waking up back at home after spending two weeks helping victims of hurricane irma. they were helping restore power in melbourne, ft. myers and lake city. one of the biggest challenges was the hot temperatures there. >> we wanted to make sure that we focused on it and make sure that they were adequately hydrated. >> pepco was among dozens that helped restore power to the states. >> members of the task force in puerto rico helping out and we have maria still busy through

models have that but it still gets really close to north korea. >> really? >> it jetted out to sea. so it's different so each one is differ. it's hanging out well east and it's circling. so that's something we're going to have to talk about as it will hopefully start to weaken quite a bit. we'll show you that coming up in just a second. >> now if you're wondering where fall is, its

then some of the leads changing color as we head into this next week. temperatures out there right now 67. here in d.c., 54 in winchester. a little chilly. as you wake up this morning, by 9:00 a.m. already into the mid 70s so fairly mild out there. temperatures at 90 degrees as the humidity builds throughout the day. if you're heading out tonight, you take on the oakland raiders, clear skies looking good. that sun going down a little after 7:00 p.m.. for tomorrow as you head off to work and school, mild in the morning and then we really warm up as we get into the afternoon and evening. the temperatures are going to be in the mid to upper 80, it's going to be muggy tomorrow. the humidity stays with us. monday, tuesday,

on thursday and even friday. here's maria right now. you can see the eye right now. my computer slows down a little bit. category 2 right now. winds at 102 miles per hour. so it's going to continue to track close to the east coast. tuesday-wednesday we'll have to watch it come through and there's the cone of uncertainty. temperatures drop friday into next weekend. >> thank you, lauren. 7:19. breaking news just in. president trump is up on this sunday morning and just tweeted. this came out in the last minute or so. if nfl fans refuse to go to

disrespecting our flag and country, you will see change take place fast. fire or suspend. we'll have more on the anthem controversy that continues straight ahead. >> this is turning into a bigger and bigger story here. time is 7:20 on this sunday morning. in the 9:00 hour we'll look a lot different starting tomorrow. >> that's right, megyn kelly today starts tomorrow. here's what is planned. >> hope everybody is well. i'm here live on the set of my new show. megyn kelly today and finally we're going to give birth to this baby. pond at 9:00 a.m. it happens that and day we'll have the entire cast of will and grace which is coming back to nbc and the show creators as well. we'll talk to them about what we can expect as they relaunch in addition to some surprises. we have surprises up our sleeves and actually

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instead of asking for presents she asked her friends to donate instead. they gave her money and supplies for her favorite animal shelter. she is helping hundreds of animals find a home. >> gave them food and things to play with. >> she lives in chattanooga tennessee. good for her. >> summer-like weather in the washington area. but what about the start of your work week? we'll check back in. >> and if you missed out on something fun yesterday at the national museum of african american history and culture we have you covered. find out

college bound and victim of a crime. honoring the life of a teen that took the life of his attacker. >> the events you can attend today and get this, skip the line. >> football fans at fed ex field get ready to be jealous. it's date night with our very own patrick collins. >>

i'm angie goff it's game day. >> it is. we have a long day ahead of us. football night in america tonight redskins raiders but first check out this forecast on this sunday because it's hot. >> you could wear the tank top today. >> 1,000%. you might want to go ahead and break that out because yesterday was hot and today maybe a degree or two warmer than that and yesterday we made it to 89 degrees here. plenty of sunshine out there. let's take a look outside. beautiful. thank you so much. that's a gorgeous view. wonderful conditions 67 degrees. northwest winds. plenty of sunshine out there now and plenty continuing throughout the

then we have a cool down. >> expect to see this if you're watching football today. a day of kneeling and protest after president trump took aim at them online. the president tweeted players should not be allowed to disrespect their great american flag and he is tweeting again this morning. >> meanwhile the parents of a 3-year-old boy are having to deal with the death of their son this morning. he was hit and killed outside of an apartment building. the driver did stay on the scene. no other details have been released on this accident. >> the dam in puerto rico is posing a threat to residents that live downstream. engineers spotted the crack on friday and

evacuate residents that live downstream. it's responsible for killing at least ten people in the u.s. territory. >> an autopsy is being performed on a body discovered along the interstate. a driver made the disturbing discovery after he pulled off to the side of the road. he found the body along the ramp to i-695. police are investigating this as a homicide. >> students are spending their weekend remembering the 16-year-old college bound teen that was gunned down in an attempted robbery in southwest d.c. police say that the thurgood marsha marshall academy student was a good student and track star and he stabbed his attacker in self-defense. he was on his way from a college bound program when his life

ended. >> it's sad that he's gone but we're going to do this for him because he couldn't. >> we're learning more about the moments that lead us to that deadly encounter. according to the washington post his twin brother was also approached by the same would be brother that night and texted his brother to be careful on his way home. he replied to that text saying he had a knife and that he would be okay. he was just 16 years old. >> time right now is 7:32. they fought for their neighborhood and got their wish. dominion energy is scrapping a plan to build high tension power lines in the carver road community. >> they're now asking to build along i-66 instead. some d

slaves that acquired land there. >> it's been one year since the national museum of african american history and culture. it kicked off it's two day celebration full of music and dancing and we know that the festivities are not stopping. they continue today. >> we're working for you by narrowing down what you need to know. it starts at 11:30. all of the outdoor events are free. >> well, it's a bird, it's a plane, no. >> what is it? >> what was everyone tweeting about in the sky overnight that they saw? >> interesting. plus check this out from the hospital to a homecoming dance, this weekend was extra special for a northern virginia couple that shared their story of struggle and

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>> a lot of people scratching their heads last night. the air force base launched a spy satellite around 2:00 a.m. our time. the satellite will deliver it's central central for the nation. >> shouldn't it be undercover. >> that was on the way out. we'll never hear from it again. >> the hot air balloon that they were in made a crash landing. >> no. >> no

they'll be okay. take a look at this. here it comes. the two were enjoying the ride saturday evening. just after the proposal when the winds shifted them off course. they landed in a nearby neighborhood and both agreed the dishappen could not take away from what they considered to be a very very special night. very memorable once in a lifetime experience. >> they'll never forget that. you can tweet us if something like this happened to you during your engagement. everybody has a story. just the other week we saw the guy on the bridge and the ring fell through the krax into the water. 7:37. first

feels like we're in the summer months but what can we expect and also maria is still spinning. what's ahead with her. >> and we'll tell you about thousands that tried to win a chance to go on a date with our very own pat collins to go to the redskins game tonight. in the end it all came down to one lucky winner. what that person can look forward to tonight. it's a good st

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not many people make it to 99. even fewer along side their identical twin. but -- >> i think when something happens to me and i feel it. >> they're seemingly inseparable. >> boyd has always been a good companion. >> even if they now live far apart at a combined birthday party dozens of family members pay tribute to the two decorated soldiers. their military service started shortly after marriage. both leaving behind their young wi

drafted. >> ralph didn't have a choice and boyd went out of love. at first they trained together they were soon separated. >> worried to death until i finally found him. >> boyd was the commander of an m-10 tank. >> what he didn't know is ralph was not far away in a nearby camp. >> i lost nine men and i'll never get over it. they were such good men and such good officers. >> but they were victorious. >> pulled the flag down and it was the flag of germany. >> they held that flag together seen in newspapers around the country. it's also where boyd earned the purple heart. >> i'm honored to be american. >> but now

these twin patriots. >> ralph's alive and i'm alive. >> gets to see their legacy live on. >> we don't have long to live but we'll do the best they can. >> the years ahead may not be many. they credit the way they lived -- >> love your life, love your family, love everybody and the lord will bless you. >> for making their days so plentiful. >> love your family, love your life, love everybody. >> and boyd's son said he never looked up to another hero. he never looked past him for good reason. >> time is 7:43. the redskins a

patrick collins is going to the game as someone's very special date. >> take a look at the surprise. >> you are the winner of the date with me to the redskins game on sunday. >> thank you. >> the whole family is so excited. we invited you to enter to win earlier this month and 2,800 people sent in their stories. she is a mother of 5 and a widow. we showed you a photo of her husband that passed away from a brain aneurysm last year. she said this is going to be him. >> he was a big redskins fan. his dad, he passed away, he wanted to take him to the game. >> she is fulfilling that wish finally. they get club seats, they get field passes. they're going to ride to and from the game in a nice stretch limo and pat has the bosses

credit card. could be extremely dangerous and extremely fun all at the same time. kick off is at 8:30 tonight. >> if you see pat make sure you ask him to run up the tab for you. >> you could get ready beforehand by visiting the sunday night football box in the red zone from 3:00 to 8:00 tonight. one of the things on the bus the vince lombardi trophy. take a selfie with it before the game. >> we want to remind you catch the game right here. watch it here on nbc 4. coverage begins at 7:00 with football night in america. kick off at 8:30. after the game you can watch the late edition of news 4. >> we brought you part one of the story that will make you smile on this sunday. it's the story only on news 4. jj jason and grace haddad met

years ago as toddlers when they underwent liver transplants that were some of the first in the world. >> jj and grace didn't always live near each other as they grew up but they stayed in touch and also went to transplant camp together and realized that their true feelings for each other there. last night was jj's homecoming dance. >> they're so cute. grace came from montgomery county to rock ridge high school so that she could attend and mark the milestone. i hope they had a wonderful time. >> love it. >> it's all good. if you want more information about organ, eye or tissue donation you just have to search organ donation in the nbc washington app. >> you can see the first part of their stories there on the nbc washington app. time is 7:46, the sun is up. it's getting warmer. >> it is. >> it's going to be like not fall today at all. >> summer

it was hot out there. it was brutally hot. >> a cold one probably felt good. >> oh, yeah. 67 right now in washington. it is mild out there right now. especially if you're in the period valley. temperatures are in the 50s right there. beautiful conditions. it will be hot once we get into the noon hours. temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. high pressure all the way up and down the east coast. look at this. here's maria right there. there's a high right there but this is a frontal system. that isn't actually going to be

out and that's also going to be responsible for bringing the warm temperatures down toward the end of the work week. today we're at 90 degrees. humidity builds throughout the day today. if you're headed out to the renaissance festival make sure that you have that bug repellant. it's going to be hot. make sure that you stay hydrated. tomorrow more of the same. temperatures in the upper 80s tomorrow we'll have the humidity around for the day. there's maria right now. still a category 3 hurricane at this point. that eye is so well defined there. here's the plot. these are all the models into one forecast. that's the front that's going to come through the area. very close to the outer banks so this is worth watching. still we do know it's going to track up here about

wednesday and then shoot off on thursday. that's when our temperatures drop. look at that. >> thank you. 10 minutes away from the 8:00 hour. people whose lives were turned upside down because of hurricane irma they're starting to put things together. >> it's been two weeks and donations are still flowing into the statd but a school bus driver realized they weren't getting everything they needed. our virginia bureau reporter shows us how. >> a lot more positive news out of florida. nearly everyone has power back on. donations are pouring in from across the country and schools are back in session. fairfax county school bus driver says a lot of things like food, water, clothing, even cleaning

supplies. >> but no one is collecting school supplies. given many of the flooded homes for low income family she wonnered would they be able to buy more pens, rulers, notebooks. >> who is helping the kids? a lot of the families having problems with water damage and what have you to their houses can they afford school supplies? i was something we started within transportation and when it started to take off it ballooned and it's grown. i mean it's grown so big. any and all support is appreciated. >> the collective supplies will be driven to florida earlier next month. >> the blunt scissors, the penci pencils, the pens, the rulers, the one inch notebooks,

ruled notebooks that the younger kids use. >> well you and your family are still donate. ask your kids to ask their school bus driver ifs there's sfies accommodate their supplies. don't forget texas. >> texas. >> the aftermath of that. >> we do want to remind you a quick programming note to pass alongs in case you haven't heard. megyn kelly today prepiers tomorr premieres tomorrow. it includes will and grace and cast of this is us and aew f

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>> here are the four things you need to know. the dam in puerto rico is posing serious threat to residents that live downstream. engineers spotted a crack in the dam friday and are trying to he rack you ways. >> families till trying to contact hair loved ones following the latest earthquake. yesterday's 6.1 after shock was among thousands of an 8.1 quake and tuesday's deadly quake in mexico city. >> the president of a 3 yeefrld son are mourning the loss today. the driver did stay on the scene. no other details released. >> we could see nfl players protesting the field today. president trump was tweeting about the chance they may take a knee. they said it could drive fans away. he betwe

take place fast. at 7:55 whether your going to fed ex field or bar or watching from your couch you need to root for the redskins today. >> they're playing the raiders. watch it here on nbc 4 our coverage starts at 7:00 with football night americaened after the game stick around and watch a late edition of news 4. a lot of people going to the game and want to know what the weather is going to be like. >> let's go ahead to our graphics. look at that. i didn't even have to move. that's why i'm here. all right. and then 80s by 4:00. tailgating early. it is going to be hot out there at fed ex field on that pavement. sunscreen, bug repellent and more. clear skies already overnight kemps if the 70s.

booming humidity. temperatures in the upper 80s. a frontal system will come through. >> all right. we're entering october right? >> yeah. >> i thought we were done with the 90s but they're still sticking around. >> thank you for joining us for news 4 today. we're going to be back at 9:00. >> that's right. we're not going anywhere. you're back in 25 minutes and we'll update. >> tt's ha

it's bad. >> we didn't have a chance to rebuild from the first one. rocket man is on a suicide mission. he doesn't understand his own bill or he lied to me. good morning. welcome to "sunday today" on september 24th. i'm willie geist. we are live this morning from los angeles. this will be an nfl sunday unlike any we've seen as president trump continues his campaign this morning on twitter to have players who protest the national anthem suspended or as he says, fired. this as tensions on high