. >> announcer: news4 at 6:00 starts now. the countdown is on. we're less than three hours away from the redskins battling the oakland raiders on sunday night football. protests exploding across the nfl from coast to coast ♪ whose broad stripes and bright stars ♪ ♪ >> players remained in the locker room during the national anthem, the one holdout the army ranger who served in afghanistan. good evening i'm erika gonzalez. president trump called on fans to boycott football games over the protest. jim handly

today's demonstration but we want to start with derrick ward he's at fedex field with reactions from fans today. derek? >> reporter: good afternoon. of course before the first kickoff today there was already some back and forth. of course this all stemmed from those protests started pretty much by colin kaepernick but they spread across the nfl and the president weighed in today calling for -- he called for team owners to either fire or suspend or both players who kneel or otherwise protest during the national anthem. that led to some slapback from the nfl. roger goodell spoke out, pretty much against the president's involvement, some of the language he used to identify those players but then we also heard from some of the fans about how they feel about all this as well. we've been talking to folks here in the parking lot and we don't know anything officially from the red skin organization, how

they plan to react. we did get some of the fans to weigh in. >> the president has no business butting in that way. it's ridiculous. all of us in the stands should kneel down and protest and show him how ridiculous we think it is. >> we're protesting for everybody else, the unjustice that they see across the nation. this is a good nation that we live in, but then -- not in all stances. >> the players have their decision they make, their decisions, but i disagree with the political stance and the comments that were made, but at the end of the day everyone has their own decisions to make. >> reporter: now we do understand that some of colin kaepernick's frat brothers, alpha's are going to come out here dressed in red and doing a protest in solidarity with kaepernick's protest. this is far from over even before the kickoff of today's game. live at fed

ward, news4. >> thank you. jim handly is anchoring our coverage from fedex field and joins us live with the afternoon games and what we can expect tonight before the redskins play, jim. >> what an afternoon across the league, the demonstrations did not let up today. the titans took on the seahawks down in nashville today and it was quite a strange sight for fans. take a look at this video that was shot by greg bell of the news tribune this afternoon. neither team took to the field for the national anthem. they both decided to stay in the locker room. players across the league very upset with president trump, philadelphia eagles star running back said, the president was devote, acting like a jerk. we are also getting late word that the oakland raiders offensive line will either sit or kneel during the national anthem before the redskins game inside. to find out what the redskins may do and get a preview of what's going on

let's go to carol maloney. she's in the stadium. hi, carol. >> reporter: no official announcements from the teams but some of the players are trickling out right now. and they're certainly riled up about the latest developments. whether or not they organize a team demonstration remains to be seen. now nbc sports mike treeko was on meet the press earlier today and he joined me just a few minutes ago here to talk about how he understands why players feel the need to not just stick to sports right now. >> it's very hard to find an issue that would have galvanized the league, the players' association, the owners, the rank and file players but this seems to have done that. there certainly were to be balanced fans in some cities who were yelling at some of the players that were kneeling. it was their right to yell and the players' right to do as they see fit. hopefully it'll lead to a dialogue that will help

will make the country a better place to live. whatever side of the political fence you're on, that general term, make our country better is important. >> reporter: we'll have more coming up just later in sports. some of the players walking in with their sunday night football places. late player arrivals and super serious game faces. the raiders and the redskins don't meet too often. so it's a super important matchup and we will talk about it coming up later in sports. jim? >> reporter: carol, the nights don't get any bigger, club level seats don't get any bigger. we've got this ginormous ticket out of 3,000 entries. we do have a winner with our date with pat collins. pat collins has to be some where close by. let's find out if he's in here. whoa, whoa. look what we

stretch limo. you don't think i was kidding, did you? can you believe this baby is a jeep? it's like they welded four wranglers together, back-to-back to back-to-back. when snoop dogg is in town this is his ride. tonight, this is my ride. me and my guest, they won the contest to go to the redskins game with me. lanitra's a widow. her husband promised to take alex here to a redskins game but he passed before he could do it. tonight she's making good on that promise. how's it going so far? >> good. excellent. >> reporter: what do you think? >> it's a great experience. >> reporter: how do you like that limo? >> wonderful. >> reporter: what do you think, jim? >> reporter: i have the boss's credit card.

appetite. what are we ordering? >> reporter: we have field passes and club seats and we have the boss's credit card so we can get all that football food, beverages and maybe even a little souvenir and, by the way, guess how we're getting home? take a look over there, oh, man. >> reporter: that's a wild ride, pat collins. and it's a jeep. >> reporter: it's the best jeep i've ever been in my whole life. are we going to have a good time tonight? >> yes. >> reporter: what kind of day does pat collins so far? >> amazing. >> reporter: i'm going to stay with you. i've got one ticket. not as big as y'alls. i'll be in the first quarter to chaperone to make sure pat is a great host and a great date. >> we'll have a great night tonight and the redskins hopefully will win tonight and everybody will go home happy. take care, everyone. >> reporter: erica, back to you. we'll t

night football bus next. >> we can't wait to see it. we send you our best and pat we're so glad that you ditched that old stinky van and you got yourself a better ride, my man. we'll see you guys later. switching z-beerz. want to go back to this topic that we've been talking about. moments ago president trump said his objection to the protests is about respect for the country and has nothing to do with race. for a photo gallery of nfl players

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states. every democrat is staunchly opposed to it. and former white house chief strategist steve bannon is in st. louis for a rally. he received an award by the conservative think tank called the phyllis eagles. bannon left the white house in august after a actuary bu lent seven months. a northern virginia woman decided t

you're watching news4 at 6:00. a spots sylvania county says it'll take her months after a copper head snake bit her on the foot inside the foyer of a longhorn steakhouse. her boyfriend and son stomped on the snake, stomped it to death. she told the freelance star that she is now out of the hospital. a spokesperson for long horn says that they are trying to help and will look for ways to prevent this from happening again. more than 200 people have shared this story on the nbc washington facebook page. log on and leave your comments. those pictures really hard to look at. switching gears in prince george's county. the search is on for the person who shot and killed a man and critically wounded a second person in college park. crewspe

for fingerprints. that shooting happened about 5:30 in the morning and police have not released any information about the shooter. still working to learn the names of the victims in this case. all right. look at these stacks of boxes. this is all some much needed supplies that is headed towards hurricane victims in puerto rico. local volunteers united for puerto rico have been packing everything up, it's a group that is sponsored by puerto rico's first lady and many of those volunteers have family in puerto rico. >> fearing the puerto rican community getting together for such a good cause especially after what our little island has gone through is just -- i can't describe it. i can't put it into words. you still have time to help united for puerto rico. the group is collecting donations for the next few days and we've got

washington app. and now your storm team 4 forecast. >> it was an unseasonably warm day. right now 87 degrees. do you know our high came in at 92 degrees for washington, d.c. tons of sunshine, even up until this point. now as we head throughout the rest of the afternoon, we're going to see he -- we'll start to see these temperatures go down. take a look at the current temperatures. frederick, maryland, 90 degrees right now. still holding steady in the 90s. 88 in leesburg. so overall, very warm sunday as we head into tomorrow. i think we could do it again. we're in code orange air quality alert for the washington, d.c. metro area. that's something to keep in mind. fall is going to be making a comeback later this week and maria, i'll let you know its impact and its latest track. mostly clear conditions, very comfortable. temperatures are going to begin to falloff. we're heading to the low 70s. the diffee

maybe a cloud or two more, also it'll feel a bit more sticky out there as we head throughout the evening. for tomorrow, planning your monday out very mild, again these temperatures are going to soar into the upper 80s. a few of us do have a fair shot at hitting that 90 degree marks. right now you can see maria far to the north of turks and caicos. it started to begin its progression to the north and by thursday we're looking at an eastward spin. wins 105 miles an hour, cat 2 storm. here's a look at the latest track. notice how it continues to move north and then it makes that split and veers towards the east. not before, of course, bringing us a few impacts. here's what we're expecting. a lot of cloud coverage on tuesday and wednesday. rain chances are significantly low, about 20% chance but if they do occur, i think the most likely area is going to be east of i-95 on wednesday. keep that in mind and we've got that stronger swell along the

coastline, along with the stronger chance for rip current. what i want you to takeaway, even though it's warm tomorrow as well. just like we saw today we'll start to see that cooldown take place tuesday and by thursday and friday we're back into the upper 70s. our biggest rain chance over the next couple days is going to be on wednesday but again that's only about a 20% chance so we could coast through the next couple of days here with some fair weather. that's a look at your forecast. we'll talk soon, erica. >> coming up in sports. have you heard? redskins on sunday night football. we head back live to fedex field

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> reporter: i'm jim handly. welcome back. we're in the red zone with our redskins cheerleaders. behind them we've got our four-by-four which tells me it's 92 degrees earlier today that's why i shed the jacket. we've got storm ranger on hand too. people are lining up. this is the sunday night football bus which makes its way across the country. it's made the rounds in prince

days. yesterday it was out at national harbor. we had a chance just a few minutes ago to hop board. it is free you should know and very interactive. take a look. you will actually see the vince lombardi, trophy, the trophy that will make its way to minneapolis for the super bowl at season's end. you also got a chance to do some hands on studio work, a lot of opportunities for selfies in there. kurt cousins jersey, you name it. it's free and open till 8:00 tonight. so all the action shortly speaking of 8:00 we'll be happening inside the stadium. carol maloney you have a very special interview coming up. >> i sure do, jim. it's funny because the redskins and raiders, they've been under dogs against this team all week and they have been trickling out. you can feel the difference atmosphere here. i've said it before, it's the toughest matchup for the redskins all season. the raiders right now, they're favorite by three points but the redskins have a h

playing as under dogs and look what's happening on their home field right now. the raiders have been taking over the field in warmups. the redskins just trickling out but the raiders you can see them moving down the field right now but as long as i've watched, i've never seen a team tail the entire field from start to finish and so they're finally getting pushed in their zone. let's talk about that special interview and it's with nbc news mike ter reeko who says don't count out them out just yet. >> it's been the best week of on the field of nfl. so i think maybe the quality will come up from washington today and it's needed. raiders are a really good team. offense is outstanding. defense is the one i'm worried about for washington. >> so many keys to the win for the redskins. what do you think is the most important? >> take care of the ball. you cannot afford giving derek car and michael crabtree, you

washington establishing a run game using the multiple backs, play action passes, prior to being inspired to show the raiders what they gave up on in some way, shape or form will be really big for them tonight. we don't know about jordan reed's health at this point. those are the things establish long drives, take care of the ball, smart football will be important. that raiders offense is right up there with the most explosive offenses in the league. >> reporter: mike tirico who host football night on this networks kicking off at 7:00 and the game, 8:30 they do battles. highlighting the day in the nfl, though, we have our own sherree burruss whose standing by. it's been a wild day in the nfc east. i can't wait to see these highlights. >> it was crazy. it might get crazy there too later tonight. all the attention on what teams have been doing before the game during the national anthem. first, we'll take y

giants and eagles gathering around the american flag, eagles owner jeffrey luri standing with his players. he locked arms with his giants. as for the game, it came down to the wire. tied at 24, under ten seconds to go. carson wentz with big 19 yard completion to alshon jeffery with just one second left. so that sets up this. jake elliott, field goal he already missed from 52 earlier but this time the kick is true. 61 yard field goal wins the game. eagles win 27-24 as the giants drop to 0-3. jacksonville and baltimore across the ponds. jaguars owner sha heed oh, kahn locking arms with his players. players expressing themselves in different ways around the stadium. and once this game

blake bartle in jacksonville had a big day. mercedes lewis, those two hooked up for three touchdown today. jaguars are up 10-0. in the second quarter it's the guy being called mr. london by his teammate. halls in the t.d. from bartles. third touchdown. tied for most all time with brandon lloyd. bortles four touchdown passes in the game as jacksonville beats up baltimore 4i-7. over to baseball. great day. early on he's getting some help. jose rayess blasts one to the wall. to make the incredible grab. you have to see this. he expending and strikeouts over six innings and i like the way that looks. run support from tray turner, top of the

two run homer. his 11th of the season but the nats go on to win 3-2. as the nats clinch home field in the nlds which does start october 6th. but first nationals one final road trip to philly this weekend so it's only 111 miles, not a long trib. >> thank you so much. thank you for joining us this evening. "nbc nightly news" is coming up next and we'll see you tonight for team coverage after the redskins take on the raiders at fedex field. see you then.

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on this sunday night, political football. a day of solidarity around the nfl. players and coaches kneeling and joining arms during the national anthem. in protest against president trump. while the president says the league should fire or suspend players who refuse to stand. deadly church shooting. a gunman opens fire at a church in tennessee. killing a woman and wounding seven other people before he was confronted by a church usher being called a hero. critical condition. the newest republican health care bill may be doomed. after two more republicans say they have big problems with it. lifeline, the dramatic scenes in puerto rico as rescuers finally reach hurricane survivors cut off for days. and ancient world. we