some players stood and locked arms while others decided to kneel on the other side of the field the entire offensive line of the oakland raiders sat down during the national anthem. this is the only o of line in the entire nfl made up entirely of african-american players. >> in response to president trump's remarks on friday, we saw an increased number of protests allover football yesterday. more than 100 players took a knee during the anthem on sunday. three teams decided to sit the anthem out altogether. >> president trump was watching football yesterday and tweeted about it. he said sports fans should never condone players that don't stand for the national anthem and stated that the nfl should change its policy. strong words saying they should be fired or suspended. >> the response from the players, nfl, a lot of fans was get out of here. >> this is our first amendment. they were saying it's protected by the constitution and their right to peacefully protest. there are two sides to this

so front and center before before the first whistle. >> a conversation has been a hot topic since colin kaepernick started protesting police br brutality last season. the president seemed to throw fuel on the fire with his remarks for firing players for protesting. as fans tail gatd, we asked how they felt about this controversy surrounding the national anthem. most people say they stood by the players. >> the president has no business butting in that way. it's ridiculous. i think all of us in the stands should kneel down and protest. >> i disagree with the political stance and the the comments that were made. at the end of the day, everyone has their own decisions to make. >> there were a few fans who agreed with the president and are against the protests during the national anthem. >> blitz again, wide open. thompson will get

zone for a redskins touchdown. >> after national anthem, the players played ball. they didn't wait long to get the scoring started. that was the first of three touchdowns for the skins. skins went on to win, 27-10. carol maloney will show us what player hs to say in the 5:00 hour. next up for the skins, they play the chiefs on "monday night football" one week from today. go skins. one lucky fan had the chance to see it all with the great company. she won a date with pat collins. look at them down there. >> we'll tell you more about her and her special guest what that she brought with her and what going on a date with pat collins is like. that's ahead at 5:00 a.m. stick around for that. >> his wife will tell you some stories. president trump is making changes to his controversial travel ban. the current ban has expi

the u.s. from six nations. a new ban will take effect in october. it will keep five of the same countries on the list. chad, venezuela and north korea will be added to the new list. sudan is no longer part of the travel ban. another hot button issue will take spotlight this week. health care, we'll check in with a look at efforts to push through the bill. we have breaking news at 4:33. we just found out about a stabbing in northern virginia. >> ann agie goff is at the live desk. >> this is brand new information from leesburg police. the man was in his 40s. he was stabbed last night and we have confirmed that he has died. police gave us the details a few minutes ago. the stabbing happened just off edwards ferry road. there's no ongoing threat to the

community. but we don't know much else about the homicide yet. we're working to gather more details. we'll bring them as we get it. now. back to you. >> thank you. new video this morning. police say this man opened fire at what should be one of the safest places in a community. this happened in nashville yesterday morning. one person was killed and six others were injured. police say the 25-year-old's first victim was a woman walking to her car r from the chapel church of christ. he then allegedly walked through the main sanctuary door at the rear of the church he once attended and began indiscriminately shooting. an usher was able to stop samp san after he accidently shot himself. today there are going to be a lot of unhappy people when work begins on construction for the purple line. that's because the popular trail has been shut down and work to clear it will begin today.

hearings, the judge ruled work can begin. the trail will be closed for up to five years for construction. it's now 4:35. another check on your weather and traffic. >> a mile start to another hot day today. >> 90s yesterday. what happened? we were so chilly two weeks ago. >> now we're going to slide right into winter. no, just kidding. no snow in the forecast. it's beautiful. that sun coming up just before 7:00 a.m. so we have a little while to go. it's gorgeous out there. we'll continue to e see some sunshine through the day. 72 right now. we will take it to 80 degrees before 10:00 a.m. we'll be in the mid-80s by noon. watch

side. but otherwise we're looking good into work. we'll check in with traffic. >> we'll head to washington outbound, key bridge, the overnight work blocking the right lane easily getting by. heading out from m street, the freeway. and taking a look at rest of the region. we have belt way in pretty good shape. a couple leftover work zones. back to you. so maybe you or one of your coworkers will seem calmer this morning. look at all this. hundreds of yoga lovers practiced their downward dogs yesterday. take a look at how packed the national mall was

yoga on the mall event. the teacher yesterday is from san francisco and known as mc owy. the whole thing is new. it's supposed to be this calming influence. >> he's known for a yoga expert and hip hop musician. >> got to find that chee, homey. i put the two together. 4:37 your time right now. a health scare at another county fair. more illnesses reported and it all centers around a popular attraction. we have the warning about which one you may want to avoid. helping the victims of hurricane maria. the major donation one celebrity is sending and

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today volunteers in arlington will be accepting supplies for those impacted by hurricane maria. this is video of them boxing up donations yesterday. you can find out more information about how to donate in the nbc washington app. united for puerto rico is collecting the donations until friday. the group is sponsored by puerto rico's first lady. jennifer lopez pledged a million dollars to help hurricane victims. she announced her pledge alongside andrew cuomo. new york is initiating a statewide effort to help the island. more puerto ricans live in new york than on the island itself. lopez, who is a new yorker and puerto rican, said that she still has not been able to reach all of her relatives on the island to this point, which is what we have heard from a lot of people. a lot of people also said they have had trouble reaching loved ones because there's very little cell service. >> that's the toughest part is waiting to hear word that your

hurricane maria hit the island last week and ten people have died. 4:42. let's turn to chuck bell. >> hurricane maria continues to be an issue for the open waters. we're watching it later on into the week because we may feel the effects tomorrow and wednesday. detailed check of that coming right up. from the hospital to homecoming, a couple who battled for their lives together spent the weekend just being teens. an update to the heartwarming story, still ahead. a new e-mail scandal inside the white house. why the

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frederick county through i-81 to be mindful of that. it's going to be warm out there today. the heat will break. sgll 4:45. we have been talking about it for months. republicans have less than seven days to pass a bill to repeal and replace the affordable care act without democrat support. >> they are feeling pressure from the president to get it done. edward lawrence is joining us from capitol hill. a vote could happen on this on wednesday. >> the earliest vote would be wednesday on this bill. the public pitch starts today regarding this bill. now some critics say it won't cover preexisting conditions because it allows states to get a waiver for that option in there. that waiver could allow insurance companies to drop some people in that high risk category or charge them significantly more. the administration is firing back. the white house and others who

does support or cover preexisting conditions. there are some senate holdouts. a few of them like john mccain, susan collins and lisa mer cow ski. "the washington post" is reporting there will be some revision to the bill in order to get more money to alaska and maine, specifically, to try to sway those votes. we'll have to see what happens this week. >> let's say the vote doesn't happen. will we be hearing about it next year? >> they lose the simple majority to pass this vote in seven days. that's the dead line. they would have to go to a super majority in the senate, which means democrats would have to come on board with this health care reform and that's probably not likely to happen. >> edward lawrence live from capitol hill, thank you. some other big news from pennsylvania avenue. we have learned that jared ju kushner was using his personal e-mail to communicate with people in the white house. the e-mail server

kushner is president trump's son-in-law and top advisers. his lawyer down played the story saying most of the e-mails contained forwarded news articles or political commentary. > . >> this is video of police in riot gear breaking up protesters who gathered on berkeley's campus. a rally had been cab selled but the speaker showed up any way. he spoke for 30 minutes before leaving surrounded by protesters. that brief appearance cost the university a lot of money. uc berkeley spent $800,000 for security on that event. . developing now, police are asking whether you know anything about a murder in college park. today they will be going over evidence from cherry hill road where a man was shot and killed. prince george's county police say two men were shot.

one of those men died. we don't know the names of the victims or whether police have any leads. we'll let you know. this morning a toddler's parents are planning his funeral. a 3-year-old boy was hit by a car this past weekend. he died. police say the child was hit and killed on executive avenue outside an apartment building. there's a gas station nearby on the road. they didn't release the names of anyone involved yet. a major road project could improve your commute in stafford county and you can tell those in charge what you think. the plan is to extend the 95 express lanes about ten miles. the goal is to reduce congestion on that route. tonight there will be a hearing at the stafford high school to tube the plans and it's happening from 6:00 to 8:00. it's 4:48. a huge turnout is expected tonight as the city of alexandria tries to pick

name for a controversial highway. part of u.s. route 1 is named for confederate president jefferson davis. the city decided to change the road's name, but it needs help. tonight's hearing is happening at 7:30 at the art center in alexandria. >> a lo the of the music playing, eating going on, that's what d.c. residents did yesterday at the state fair. the event was held at the water front station. people brought pets and indulged in some food and contests, games a lot more going on there too and the weather this weekend. >> as mitch a z i love hot water. it's not right to have a 90 degree weather. >> yesterday, 92 degrees, our

a month. >> chilly and rainy. so this warm weather is going to stick around for the next couple days or really also waiting to see what hurricane maria decides to do. spinning her wheels off the atlantic coastline. this storm is going to have some impact on our weather. the main impact tomorrow will be the increase in some cloud cover. not expecting much of a rain chance tomorrow because we're too far away from the center of the storm for that. but it's going to be close enough to the east coast of the u.s. where we'll have to keep an eye on it. that's where the storm is now. 300 miles southeast of north carolina. and with time it comes up along the east coast and then some time late wednesday and early thursday makes a hard right turn and goes out to sea. that's an important curve nonetheless. we'll have to wait and see. the storm is going slowly.

day. up close to 90 degrees today. and 12 hours of daylight today. sun sup at 6:59. not only because of the movement of the sun, but also because of some clouds. there's future weather tomorrow. mostly cloudy. you'll notice through the course of the day, not much of a rain chance getting rung out during the forecast there, but a stray sprinkle or twoen couldn't be ruled out. clouds keep us cooler. highs in the low 80s tomorrow. and again our average high is 76 degrees. so way above today. above tomorrow, way above wednesday. we'll see where maria is. by the time we get to the weekend, temperatures back down to cooler than average. now let's go over to the monday commute. >> heads up towards annapolis near the south river bridge. this involves one overturned. fire and rescue on

blocking the left side. a brief delay. more demand on the inbound lanes. that work has wrapped up. the work on the bridge goes on. but again, light volumes head ing outbound. inbound are looking good. on the outer loop near georgia avenue, wrapping up the work zone was blocking the left side. the crews are backing up the truck and picking up the cones. that's the latest from the traffic center. back to you. thank you, dave. their special bond started in the hop and now it's taken them to the homecoming dance. we're checking back in with this couple that warmed the hearts of so many of you at home. and ahead at 5:00, one lucky viewer won a date with pat collins. we'll tell y about her and ou

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happening today, former new york congressman anthony weiner will be sentenced for sexting a 15-year-old. prosecutors are asking for two years in prison. he pled guilty in may to one count of transferring obscene material s s to a minor. weiner pled guilty back in may to one count of communicating to a minor. the amount of jail time he receives is still up in the air, but he will be known as a congressman who allowed his online

derail his political career. court cases sitting for years, a massive backlog and families waiting for answers. the news 4 i team found the immigration case load here in the dmv have skyrocketed. >> new case can take more than four years to be heard. we have more on what is causing the crisis in the courts. >> reporter: the news 4 i-team found people who shouldn't be here get to stay for years and build a life while they wait. and people who do deserve to stay have family back home in danger while cases face delay after delay. >> people's lives are at risk. and the quality of their lives are 2k50e7 dooeply affected by whether or not they are allowed to stay. >> reporter: the president of the national association of immigration judges told us the system needs a major overhaul with more judges and a better way to prioritize which cases should be heard and when. the cases in our area have more than trimmedn

>> it's a disaster. i think it's moving toward implosion. >> reporter: we spent months working with investigative teams and found more people in our local courts get to stay than have to leave and it matters which country you come from and which part of the u.s. you la landed. >> people tell us they fear for their very life if they are sent back to their home country. >> reporter: the judges tell us how hard it is to make those decisions and you'll meet one immigrant who explains what it's like. tonight at 6:00 and 11:00. news 4 i-team. last week we shared a special story about two transplant recipients headed to homecoming. >> we have some fphotos to shar with you. take a look. the couple, these are pictures from loudoun county. they met when they were toddlers because they both received liver

genetic disorder. >> and then obviously their relationship grew over the years. saturday night grace came to join jj at the homecoming dance. >> i think over the years their friendship they could feel there was something maybe a little extra. then he went out on a limb and asked her out. now look. we'll keep an eye out. >> we could have a wedding here on news 4 today. that would be so exciting. we tried to get lauryn ricketts to do that. she said no way. >> we couldn't b put that on tv. >> you can see the full story in the nbc washington app. >> you can also find out how you can become an organ donor and make a difference in someone's life. >> stay with us. news 4 at 5:00 begins right

some breaking news now at 5:00 a.m. a car full of weapons found near the white house. new reports about the man now in custody and who he says he was there to see. plus take a knee. a day of protest blasting into "sunday night football." we'll show you all of them and the protests some fans are launching of their own. and date night with pat collins at the redskins game. from traveling in style to sitting on the sidelines, we'll show you what it's like to hang out with pat. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> it's fun hanging out with pat collins. and talking about reds east side and the stories he has, don't they look like they had a good time. >> and a great game. >> i just meant your wedding is going to be a lot of fun. >> i thought that one.

>> you do. temperature wise, 72 here in washington. 73 by the bay. most of the near neighborhoods are in the 60s. the daily grade, we're going to give it very good. i couldn't go outstanding because i think 90 degrees at e the end of september is outrageous. a touch of humidity and poor air air quality. short sleeves and sunglasses otherwise. a little deodorant as well. what about traffic? let's go over to dave. >> 50 eastbound, we're looking at an accident broking the left side. traffic is getting by to the right despite the fact