>> tonight, the victim's son is locked up as police try to zero in on a motive for this murder. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >> two stories, in fact, breaking as we come on the air right now. first big delays as people head home from work all because of this crash on 395. >> and here's what we know right now. a metro bus crashed into that concrete barrier between duke and seminary road in alexandria. we are working to find out what caused that. first responders are telling us three people are hurt. none of their injuries are serious. >> now let's get to breaking news in maryland. chris lawrence standing by at the live desk with that story, chris? >> coming out of montgomery county, specifically an area not far from rockville pike, someone found a dead body in a car parked at white flint plaza. we first showed you this scene from chopper 4's breaking news at 5:00. you can see officers blocking off that white car in one of the parking lots near the mall. this is only about 50 yards from shoppe,

smart stores. montgomery county detectives are looking at the eflds, but tell us it's too soon to know how this person died. we'll stay on top of it for you. leon, wendy, back to you. >> you got it, chris. thanks for that. now to the white house, sidelined by scandal. >> the president is not backing down to fire athletes who take a knee during the anthem. >> some nfl stars are crying foul, some speak in support of president trump. all of this coming ahead of monday night football. tonight as the world watches to see what happens next. >> we have team coverage on a story that has been dominating the headlines for days. let's start with jay gray in arizona ahead of tonight's game. jay. >> reporter: hey there, wendy, leon. and to i have go you an idea of how quickly all of this has escalated, last weekend six players were involved in protests during the national anthem. yesterday more than 200 and that number is expected to grow here tonight. it happened on the fi

across the nfl, players, coaches and owners taking a stand by kneeling. or locking arms. sitting. raising a clinched fist. >> it's only a few times in a man lapse life where you have a chance to stand up for something you believe in and make a statement. >> reporter: it was a statement that sparked this controversy. >> wornt you louldn't you love of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag to say get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he's fired? >> reporter: president trump taking a swipe at the league and the handful of players who have been kneeling during the national anthem to bring attention to racial inequality and police brutality. now it is the players versus the president. much of the battle online with a volley of posts calling out not only the nfl but nba star steph curry in announcing his team would not be invited to the white house to celebrate their world championship. arrival, lebron james responding by calling the presi

online. and today calling mr. trump -- >> that guy -- >> reporter: as he again voiced his frustration and concern. >> the people run this country, not one individual. and damn sure not him. >> reporter: several team owners and some who supported his campaign released statements denouncing his comments. still, the president refuses to back down. >> i think that it's important for a president to show patriotism, to be a leader on this issue and he has. >> reporter: the players aren't giving any ground either. the next protest now likely just hours away. so, there's been no public statement from the teams but we do know the cowboys and cardinals players have met privately inside their locker rooms to discuss what they plan to do before kickoff tonight. leon? >> all right, can't wait to see what happens there. thanks, jay. there were dueling conversations on social media today from those in favor and against the nfl protest. it is a debate that's grown from

news 4's meagan fitzgerald continues our coverage outside of roosevelt high school in d.c. meagan, this is an issue that has transcended sports and has everybody talking. >> reporter: yeah, and leon, it's an issue that is reaching students, especially student athletes like the ones here at roosevelt high school in northwest d.c. many of them are watching closely what these nfl players are doing. so, we reached out to a lot of different school districts in our area, asking them what would you do if these students took a knee. they said, it's the students' right to do so. of course we talked to other folks who say they don't agree with what these protesters are doing. ♪ gave proof through the night >> reporter: in 2016 colin kaepernick took a knee to speak out against police brutality towards african americans. p

contributing to even more protests. >> i think it's very disrespectful to our country. i think it's very, very disrespectful to our flag. >> i don't think it's wrong. i think they're just expressing themselves, using their first amendment rights. >> reporter: we went down to the world war ii memorial and found veterans like doug rich. >> i think it's a shame and disgrace to our country and i am fed up with the nfl. >> reporter: so, folks like rich say they won't be attending nfl games any more. >> these young people are protesting state violence. that's what they're doing. and if we are to take the first amendment of the constitution seriously, they are well within their rights. >> reporter: dr. greg carr from howard university says not only do these players have the right to protest, but it's not uncommon. >> athletes have platforms. entertainers have platforms. and this is well within the tradition of entertainers, public figures, athletes, using their platforms to speak to public issues. >> reporter: regardless of which side you're on, the simple act of taking a knee has certainly

>> i understand why they're doing it. this country has unfinished business where, you know, we're still striving towards equality and justice and fairness for everyone. >> i'll be frustrated but i wouldn't turn and protest the nfl in general. >> reporter: as for students and student athletes, we reached out to d.c. public schools, prince george's county, montgomery county as well as fairfax county. all the public school districts say, look, students have a right to protest. if they do so, they will not be penalized. back to you. >> all right, thanks, meagan. >> all right, folks, how do you feel about these nfl protests? take a look at the results of our flash survey this afternoon. so far about half of you weighing in say you support it. >> and 20% don't care. we now have a story of a family torn apart between a father and son ends in murder. tonight the young man is in custody. he told police he stabbed his father to death. news 4's pat collins talked with the victim's sister and joins us from leesburg.

>> reporter: wendy, when it was over, the murder suspect ran from the scene, but not to escape, to go to the police and turn himself in. when it was over, the victim, he ran from the scene to a next door neighbor trying to get help, tried to save his life. but that was not to be. >> he's looking for help. >> reporter: he came to your house for help at the door -- >> he's my neighbor, he is a good neighbor. >> reporter: and what happened after he came to your door? with a stab wound to his chest, he staggered to his neighbor's house for help, but it was too late. he fell back into a post, and then dead to the ground below. >> when i opened the door, i see him on the ground. >> reporter: the victim, 47-year-old hector anthony flores, sr., stabbed to death at his

charged in the murder, his 28-year-old son hector anthony flores, jr. friends and family gathered at the scene today to comfort one another and try to figure out what happened here. >> my understanding is that they were drinking and probably got into an argument or something like that. i'm not sure. >> reporter: now, shortly after it happened, flores, jr., went to the nearby police headquarters and turned himself in. >> shortly after 9:00 p.m., a man walked into our police headquarters and notified our dispatchers that he had just stabbed his father. >> reporter: the family says flores, jr., is in the military. they say he lives with his father from time to time. they say this case of murder is a cause of great sorrow. >> we never experienced any, any death in our family, not ts

and we are devastated. we're in pain. we are in pain. >> reporter: hector flores, jr., held without bond tonight on these murder charges. leon, back to you. >> heart breaking situation. thank you, pat. a former police officer from tennessee is in a d.c. jail tonight after a scare near the white house. secret service officers arrested timothy bates sunday morning outside the renwick gallery. when they searched his car, they found a machine gun, eight other guns, a silencer and ammunition. according to court documents, he w was on his way to the white house to talk with officials to talk about missing paychex and have a chip removed from his head. he was a police officer 13 years. he left in 2013 with a medical discharge. >> arrest near the white house, they make headlines. but those cases quickly fade away. as

i-team discovered, very few people actually end up in prison. scott? >> wendy, today's arrest is one of at least 20 made since 2014 for white house security scares or breaches. we found every one of them has already been freed or is undergoing mental health or competency screenings while awaiting trial. just today a judge sentenced jonathan tran to probation. tran admitted jumping the white house fence in march and prosecutors wanted prison saying tran was obsessed with president trump and had inspired a copy cat. the i-team found recently arrested are not only free from custody, they're fugitives. he rammed his vehicle into a u.s. capital barricade. he never showed for court and has not been found. another three-time white house fence jump era peers in court later this week. leon. >> thank you, scott. now to the inside of the white house gates. >> two big stories, including the north korea

unpredictable leaders, doubling down on their threats. also, senate republicans working to hand the president a win on health care, but they are coming up against a determined opposition. >> protesters flooded the capital ahead of a senate hearing on the graham/cassidy health care bill. many of them were arrested and removed from the room in their wheelchairs. here's blayne alexander. >> reporter: as the fight over health care reaches a boiling point on capitol hill, tension with north korea now hitting a new high. that country's foreign minister accusing president trump of declaring war in this weekend tweet, threatening they won't be around much longer. days after american jets flew provocatively close to the north korean coast, they threatened to shoot down u.s. jets in self-defense. >> not at all. we have not declared war on north korea and frankly the suggestion of that is absurd. >> reporter: the war

heating up. while on capitol hill, it's a battle for votes. the latest gop obamacare repeal bill now one no vote away from failure. with raubl cann senators rand paul and john mccain already against it. a frustrated president trump responding on the alabama radio show. >> you can call it what you want. but that was a -- that's the only reason we don't have it, because of john mccain. >> reporter: republicans holding just one hearing on the graham/cassidy bill enough to draw hundreds of people from around the country, hoping to have their voices heard. >> it's a death sentence. >> reporter: a chaotic scene in the hearing room, some protesters literally carried out, hoping to pressure senators to vote no on what could be their last chance to repeal obamacare. and just within the past five minutes or so we've got some breaking news on the health care front. maine senator susan collins has released a statement saying that she will vote no on this latest

now, this now makes her the third senator, the third republican senator to say they will oppose that bill. joining, of course, rand paul and john mccain. and that would effectively kill this health care repeal bill. now, in her statement, she cited the new cbo score saying that while it would reduce the deficit, it would also mean that millions more people would go without health insurance. so, wendy, this is certainly a major development when it comes to the health care battle on capitol hill. back to you. >> that's a punctuation. all right. thank you, blayne. well, this is at the center of our current national debate and we are going to retrace the history of the national anthem as people question what is at the heart of these nfl protests. >> a double shooting and murder inside of a university of maryland student's home. tm

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imagine this desperation. some families in puerto rico still do not knowf i their loved ones there survived hurricane maria. cell phone service still impossible to find in most parts. >> rescue teams can't even communicate with communities cut off by the flooding. people are now spending hours in lines to get just a few gallons of gas at a time. others desperate to escape the island have been standing in line at the airport for days now. >> right now that hurricane is spinning, what's left of it, spinning towards your favorite vacationts

to track the storm. >> right now maria category 1 hurricane, maximum sustained winds with the storm at 80 miles an hour. as wendy said, a lot of our favorite vacation spots are going to be impacted. but thank flil the eye will not make land fall. take a look at the latest track. it is going to continue to move northward throughout the day tomorrow. as we start to look toward wednesday afternoon, it is downgraded to a tropical storm. and what's the best part about wednesday's track is it starts to head out towards the east, out towards shore. it will have an impact on the outer banks. mainly tomorrow afternoon through wednesday afternoon with gusts potentially up to 50 miles an hour. and these areas in red here under tropical storm warnings. tropical storm warnings starting tomorrow and going through thursday. so, we've got some 50 miles an hour, we'll definitely see some beach erosion. there is also the concern for storm surge flooding and obviously high surf. here at our beaches, guys, we're talking about breezy conditions with some rip currents potentiallro

some cloudiness tomorrow. i'll have more on tomorrow's forecast coming up at about 6:25. >> thank you, amelia. a double shooting inside the apartment of a university of maryland student. the man opened fire during a weekend party, killed one person. this complex is popular with college students. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us live to tell us how the students are reactsing to this news. tracee? >> reporter: wendy, they can't believe it. we're outside of the seven springs apartments. this apartment is so popular with university of maryland students. shuttle stops at stations inside the complex. now they are trying to figure out how something like this could happen here. >> usually it's like pretty happy place over here. >> reporter: there is still crime scene tape outside the building where the murder happened. davie serpas is in custody. the 21-year-old is charged with shooting two people, killing one. multiple sources close to the

college students including one who attends the university of maryland. police say early sunday morning a party ended with an argument and shots fired. none of the victims were students. but 24-year-old rogelio of silver spring was shot and killed. a second victim who has not been named is expected to survive. the apartment complex is home to a large number of umd students. the university's shuttle makes multiple sto multiple stops here. many students tell us they are shocked something like this could happen where they live. >> i had no idea that had happened that day. that's crazy. that is just so sad. >> it is certainly very frightening, especially my baby, he goes to the school here. >> reporter: while the university of maryland will send out alerts on campus for things that happen off campus, they did not in this instance because i'm told thatcher i hill road is just outside of the zone for their alerts. reporting live in college park, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. anthony

that was his reaction today when a judge sentenced him to 21 months behind bars for sexting with a 15 year old girl. he has to report to prison by november 6. the former democratic congressman from new york is going through a divorce from his wife huma abedin. she was hillary clinton's closest aide, you may recall. her e-mails were found on weiner's laptop as the fbi investiga investigated the case. that led former fbi director james comey to reopen the e-mail investigation before the election 11 days last year. there are reports president trump's closest advisors have use the their personal e-mail accounts on the job. ivanka trump used her personal account to contact the business association, a watch dog group american oversight. her husband jared kushner is also under scrutiny. yesterday his lawyer confirmed a politico report that he has used his private account for work. he said fewer than 100 e-mails were sent from the

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maria. i'm surprised it's a category 1. >> it will be around awhile. >> it is a category 1. it will have an impact on the outer banks tomorrow into wednesday afternoon. and then starts to pull out after that. but we do see tropical storm warnings in effect for parts of the north carolina coast through thursday. back here at home, it's feeling like summer and it's going to continue to feel like summer into wednesday. thursday will be our transition day to more fall-like weather and this weekend feels like fall in every imaginable sense. i think we're going to start to kind of smell that fall air with cool mornings out there. we'll also start to see the leaves really change color this weekend especially sunday with kind of a crisp start out there. the a.c.s will be off this weekend. the heat likely on in your homes. currently our temperatures are in the 80s. 86 in washington, 88 in frederick, 83 degrees down in fredericksburg. out the door tomorrow getting the kids ready, it's t-shirt weather once again. you probably don't need the sun glagses as you're driving in on tuesday with plenty of clouds in place due to

the clouds will thicken throughout the day. you don't need the small umbrella tomorrow unless you live in southern maryland where i can't rule out an isolated shower during the afternoon hours. that would again be from maria. for the most part tomorrow it is a cloudy kind of humid day out there. 72 degrees at 6:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m. we're still in the low 70s. and it's dry for everybody thankfully during the morning hours. afternoon temperature of 83. plenty of clouds, again mostly cloudy overall tomorrow. still muggy out there. it won't be as hot as today, but still sticky. it will have a low impact on your day. morning commute again, increase in clouds, dry. outdoor exercise tomorrow, it's humid but nice. after school activities for the kids, most of us, 95% of us will be completely dry tomorrow afternoon. so, good news there. humidity levels through wednesday, though, kind of in between that oppressive and muggy range as we look to our thursday, a cold front moves through, and the humidity levels do start to fall. by friday as we close out the

comfortable. and that sets us up for a nice weekend if you want the fall weather. take a look here at the next ten days. saturday, 72 degrees to start out or for a high, we start out in the 50s. and on sunday the first day of october, very fitting, 53 degrees in the morning in washington, 40s in the suburbs, yes, 40s sunday morning in the suburbs and an afternoon high of 73. but overall looking nice for the work wikiped workweek as we transition from summer like to fall like weather. wendy? >> and when you look out the trees will be gone. summer is gone. you know it, it's coming. >> thanks, amelia. developing now, the lines are growing as tempers flare over the future of health care. but could this latest effort be over? >> a fight over free speech has the nation divided. tonight president trump is raising the stakes as he singles out nfl players who refuse to stand for the national anthem. >> also

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we're going to find out if members of the cowboys and the cardinals are going to kneel in opposition to comments made by president trump. >> last week the president said any player who kneels should be fired. jerry jones, one of the only owners not to weigh in on the comments. in the past he has criticized the player protests. also tensions with north korea reaching new heights. this morning the foreign minister accused president trump of declaring war on north korea in a weekend tweet. the white house press secretary dismisses north korea's contention, calling it absurd. >> and after a day of emotional protests at the capital, a breaking development in the health care battle. maine senator susan collins has just announced that she will vote no on the bill, and that makes her now the third republican senator to say that she opposes this bill and that essentially will kill the plan assuming senators don't change their minds overnight. >> court cases sitting for years, a massive backlog, families waiting for answers. >> people's lives are at

are deeply affected by whether or not they're allowed to stay. >> the news 4 i-team found the immigration caseload here in the dmv has skyrocketed. a new case can take more than four years to be heard. >> investigative reporter jody fleischer spent months working with nbc investigative teams across our country. she's here now with how that backlog is going to affect us all. >> well, whether you support immigration or oppose it, the backlog in our courts will disturb you. people who shouldn't be here get to stay for years and build a life while they wait. and those who do deserve to stay could have family back at home in danger while cases face delay after delay. >> down, down with deportation. up, up with education. >> reporter: it's an issue that divides the nation. who should be allowed to stay, who should have to go. >> a lot of people tell us that they fear for their very life if they're sent back to their home country. >> reporter: judge dana lee is president

association of immigration judges. she says the decisions are incredibly tough whether to send someone back to a life they left behind because of violent assaults, religious persecution, even government oppression and torture. >> the cases that we hear, they are death penalty cases. >> reporter: and by the time many of them make it into a courtroom, their definition of home has likely changed. jonathan claros was born in el salvador, but his home is now montgomery county, maryland. >> i consider myself american. i know some people are are against that. >> reporter: at 29 he's been here almost half his life. he taught himself english, graduated from high school in gaithersburg and works in construction. >> this country is made of immigrants. it doesn't matter what color they are. >> reporter: what does matter is whether you come here legally. just last month, i.c.e. deported jonathan's brothers, the youngest a 19-year-old soccer star who was set to start college on a scholarship. >> they came here when they were little. they know better this country than where they

>> reporter: their parents and sister are all back here in maryland and equally worried about the current state of u.s. immigration. >> what they're doing right now for me is, you know, devastating. >> reporter: three years ago jonathan married a u.s. citizen and filed paperwork to get legal status. >> being almost a year waiting for an answer. >> reporter: the nationwide backlog of immigration cases topped 617,000 this summer. the courts in arlington and baltimore handle all of the cases for d.c., maryland and virginia. more than 58,000 of them. the news 4 i-team found a new immigrant walking in the door today in arlington could have to wait until december of 2021 for a hearing. the second longest delay in the nation. >> it's a disaster. i think it's moving toward implosion. >> reporter: judge paul schmidt retired from arlington's immigration court after 13 years on the bench. >> we probably had nine to 10,000 each on our dockets. i think sometimes we minimize the difficulty of

>> reporter: he says the system is painfully slow for several reasons. and the first is really basic. the entire system is on paper. >> they don't let you see the inside of an immigration court. if they did, they'd clean it up. but there are files piled all over. they're in the corridors. they're all over the desks. they're under desks. >> reporter: judges have to be in their office to review files which is especially difficult with a new administration policy that reassigned some judges to hear cases at the border. that leaves court rooms empty back here and a full docket of cases that get pushed to the back of the line. during the delay, witnesses who could help their case might disappear. attorneys or judges could move or retire causing more delay. >> the cases that are actually ready to go are being put to the end. i think it is a misuse of resources. >> reporter: he says there aren't enough attorneys to keep the system moving and having representation significantly impacts your chance of staying. the new administration has also eliminated

discretion to dismiss or delay thousands of low priority cases. people who haven't committed a crime or have family members who are citizens. >> this is only so much judge time. if you use it for people that are low priorities, then there's some other person who isn't getting a hearing. >> reporter: he says with political priorities constantly shifting, judges should have control over which cases to call first. >> unfortunately, despite our best efforts, there are people being hurt by these delays. and they can be avoided if we would get sufficient resources. >> reporter: she says the court needs twice as many judges to tackle that backlog, but right now the court's budget and its management are within the department of justice. another issue for the judges. >> we should be taken out of the department of justice and made a neutral court system. >> reporter: she says congress needs to look at the whole system and take action. the political climate surrounding immigration should not impact whether people get their day in court. >> it is

republican issue. if you want to have increased focus on the border courts, fine. but build courts, hire judges, and put them there before you start that program. >> reporter: now, the justice department told the news 4 i-team it is committed to increasing the number of judges, another 65 are already budgeted for next year, but that still doesn't solve the problem of dozens of vacant positions and sitting judges retiring. there is also an agency wide review to find ways to increase efficiency in court procedures and technology. >> and for the immigrant who is trying to stay here permanently, when they do get a hearing here in our area, what are the outcomes? is there a percentage of them that actually do get to stay or are they deported? >> actually more than half in our area, and believe it or not, we found it really matters what country the immigrant comes from and which part of the u.s. they land in. we'll take an even closer look at some of those details when our investigation continues tonight at 11:00. >> that's interesting. >> fascinating. >> where they landed, intein

thank you, jodie. >> coming up next, a potential new perk for those of you who ride metro or walk to work. >> reporter: i'm julie carey in spotsylvania where a woman is recovering after being bit from a copper head snake. it happened just inside the doors of that restaurant. >> as i put my foot back down on the ground that's when the pain changed completely. it was absolutely excruciating. a feeling i have never felt before. >> coming up, you'll hear from her about how her life changed in an instant just because of an 8-inch long snake. >> still a balmy 86 degrees right now. sunset tonight at 7:00 on the dot. taking your dog out later tonight around 11:00, 76 here in washington and low 70s in the

it's the president versus the players. the fight over the national anthem spreads to more nfl stadiums. >> that's right, hundreds of players took a knee

the locker room or linking arms during the national anthem on sunday including some of the redskins. now, all of this came after the president told fans to boycott games and said that players who kneel should be fired. chris lawrence is digging into the song that's become such a symbol of this protest. chris? >> yeah, leon. some say the star-spangled banner represents the ideal of america. what we aspire it to be. but when the president calls those protesters sons of blank, you can tell it certainly strikes a nerve. >> the most controversial song in american history by far as we can see by all these protests. >> he literally wrote the story on star-spangled banner. the song feels like part of the american fabric. it's only been our national anthem for less than 90 years. francis scott key actually opposed the war of 1812, and the words rockets red glare and bombs bursting in air were

as the british navy shelled fort mchenry. ironically, a man from ohio who opposed slavery wrote the southern anthem dixie while francis scott key owned slaves. >> his whole family, in fact, joined the confederacy when the war broke out. >> he had a complicated relationship to race. >> he owned about 20 slaves, and he did free seven and he requested his wife that when he died that she free the rest. but he could have done that at any time. >> and when it comes to what to do when the anthem plays, when you're in the military you stand at attention period. when i was in the navy, i knew exactly what was required. uniformed police officers have sort of the same parameters. but while the nfl encourages its players to stand for the anthem, it doesn't require them to do so. leon. >> interesting, interesting. thank you, chris. >

would offer a subsidy for people who bike, walk or take mass transit to work. under this measure private businesses that provide free parking forlg the parking for their employees would be required to provide an equal benefit for those who don't drive. some say it could cause them to drop free parking. the bill could be voted on later this year. >> chain saws and chippers line the streets in silver spring as crews take down trees ahead of construction on the purple line. some homeowners on flower avenue say they're sad to see the trees go. they understand the new rail line, however, will eventually benefit their neighborhood. tree removal will continue all week along that purple line route. the rail line will run from bethesda in montgomery county to new carrollton in prince george's county. >> it is the last place you'd expect to go and be bitten by a snak

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an alarming incident that was kind of creepy in our area. it has people thinking about what are you going to do if you're bitten by a venomous snake? >> for a spotsylvania county woman that happened in a most unlikely place. >> as bureau chief julie carey reports, she was stepping into a restaurant when a copper head latched onto her foot. >> reporter: points to the snake bike marks left in rachel's foot. >> it was five seconds that turns your life upside down. >> reporter: it happened just inside the entrance to this restaurant. myrick, her son and boyfriend were headed into dinner. she felt what she thought was a bee sting on her foot. a second later excruciating

a squirming baby copper head snake still attached to her foot. she screamed. >> you know, yelling out in pain, yelling, i got bit, i got bit. kicking my foot, it finally falls off, let's go. hits the floor, mike and my son both step on it. >> reporter: at the hospital they began to draw lines and times on her leg to mark the progression of the swelling. it was bad. antivenom was needed. the pain, itching and nausea intense. now almost two weeks later myrick still can't put weight on her leg. recovery could take months. but she's grateful for this. it wasn't her son or another child bitten. >> it could have been anyone else's child wandering in or out. so the fact it wasn't a child a million times over is a blessing. >> reporter: snake experts say while dozens of virginiians are bitten by snakes, it is extremely rare. >> 99 times out of 100, the snake

or garter snake. >> reporter: they say what rachel's boyfriend did calling 911, getting medical help, that is the right thing to do after a venomous snake bite. here's what you should never do. do not apply a tourniquet or ice. don't cut into the wound or use any type of suction. and avoid drugs and alcohol, even advil. in spotsylvania, i'm julie carey. news 4. >> that's why it explains cowboys died. >> that's what they did, cut an x into each of the bite marks and you have somebody else that you used to like suck it out. >> alrighty. >> it's what you did. >> all right. right now members of virginia's task force one are heading back home after spending several weeks in the disaster zone. that team is going to arrive here around 8:00 tonight. they've been working under the most challenging circumstances, helping in texas after hurricane harvey, helping in florida in the aftermath of irma, and then they

ravaged puerto rico after hurricane maria. so, they must be very tuckered and tired. but well done, well done. >> they earned some rest. they can come on home and put your feet up and get a cold one. >> and the hurricane is still category 1 and still -- is this still heading out to sea, hugs the coast a little bit? >> it is going to hug the coast, the outer banks with storm surge flooding, currents, we'll show you what maria did to puerto rico. this picture is so telling. the top photograph is a picture taken via satellite in the nighttime of all the electricity, all the lights on in puerto rico. and then the bottom photograph is after maria. look at how dark it looks there. millions remain without electricity. you can find this image on my facebook and twitter pages thanks to noaa satellite for sharing that with me today. look at storm

showing clouds, thanks to maria right now, we'll have more clouds around tomorrow and wednesday from the storm system. it is starting to bring some rain to parts of the carolinas right now or especially north carolina, especially around the kill devil hills area and down around cape hatteras. tomorrow we're dry here except in southern maryland. we are seeing plenty of clouds from the storm. 7:00 a.m. it's nice, though, 72 degrees. by lunch time we are at 76. so, not as hot as it was out there today. our high to the 91. high tomorrow of 83. so, almost ten degrees cooler thanks to plenty of clouds. still humid, though. 7:00 tomorrow evening, 79 degrees at that point. here's a look at your ten-day planner. on wednesday, maybe an isolated shower. that would be from maria if it does develop. it is hot and humid on wednesday with a high temperature of 88. thursday breezy out there, a high temperature of

transition day to fall-like weather. on friday we close out the workweek with temperatures in the 70s, really, really nice out there on friday. and then let's take a closer look at the weekend. that is the right thing to do on a monday evening, right? saturday high temperature 72. sunday a high of 73. can't rule out an isolated shower early saturday. so, if you're trying to make a tennis match, get maybe a birthday party or barbecue set up outdoors, you do want to keep that in mind. sunday, guys, the suburbs start out in the 40s. it is going to be chilly out there. yes. mid 70s after that. >> the seasons will be arriving. >> yes, along with october on sunday. >> there we go, thanks, amelia. makes sense. >> coming up in sports, after rollinghe raiders t h

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> can you explain to me who those guys were in burgundy and gold last night? every single time i've watched them play or on a national scheduled game when they played in primetime, they go out there and find a way to embarrass themselves. not last night. >> every time. sunday night against the packers how do you like me now game? that's two straight sunday nights. >> they get one. one a season. >> cousins did a how do you like me now again but he did it with his eyes as he walked off the field. he said it with his play. the total score of last night's game doesn't tell the total story. redskins win like

a statement, not entirely true when you go back to the 70s and 80s, you can find ape comparable game with such total domination. but the icing on the cake for me, i hope you were watching, you said you were up. if you missed it, you missed d.j. swearingers post game stag. he wore this into the stadium. he joipd me after the game. you have to be confident to rock the sombrero. he wanted to honor him with his outfit and play. one of the jaw dropping moments, swearinger turning beast most into least mode. not a good night for marshawn lynch or any of the raiders. could not have been better for the redskins defense. a group that's feeling the love on this episode of the good, the bad and the junkies. >> a dominant defensive performance, eb. nobody expected that. >> we knew the defense would be better with the additions that they made in the off season, via free

they got better, though, at every layer of the defense. it's the tom sula effect. >> must be. >> he's a monster in the middle of that defense. i if i were the redskins i would be working on an extension for him right now. they got him on the cheap, a one year deal. i would get that guy the next two to three years. >> total difference maker. >> they did extend before the season, who is the mvp of the team. chris thompson is unbelievable. >> he's turning into a superstar. if he continues to play like this, he's going to the pro bowl. the most dangerous threat they have in the back field. >> he's so quick. when he gets in the open space, you can't catch him. it's hard to tackle. he dropped that one ball in the ram game but he's got pretty good hands. >> right. >> and he's proven to be curt cousins' number one threat right now. >> charlie cassidy our friend said he thinks this is curt's best game as a redskins. he's best at the timing patterns. if

this, all things are possible. we talked about it, jason. this is a season defining win. you have hope for some of these games. very nice home win for the redskins. in a spot they usually don't come up big, primetime under the lights, they did it this past sunday. >> two wins in a row for the redskins. can they make it three in a row on monday night football? >> as the guys mentioned, up next the redskins, undefeated chiefs a week from today on monday night football in kansas city. keep that primetime going. over to the nba where the season is just around the corner, john wall, fresh off that $170 million contract extension at capital one arena today. not the katie perry concert. the wizards media day, they start training camp in richmond tomorrow. they have their core back wall beale otto porter. while a lot of super stars are switching teams, this group so happy together in d.c. >> i love being here. i love the bond that we have. i love being

the team six plus years, that's amazing to me. that's a bond you build, the camaraderie you build. that's a lifetime of memories. that's a lifetime of, you know, of building a bond with somebody. you start off, >> you know how you want to play. you know what they're great at, it makes the job a lot easier for us. like brad said, i don't like new change. i don't like dealing with new people, new stuff. i've all about loyalty. for the organization to do what they did, the cornerstone here, that means a lot. >> so excited for the season. also looking forward to seeing this guy back in the field. final week of the regular season for the nationals. and for those eager like me to see bryce harper in the lineup, you'll have to wait a little longer. he's scheduled to return to the lineup tonight after spending six weeks from the bone bruise and hyperextended knee. he showed up with the flu according to dusty baker. he needed fluids. he just needs a day or two, he'll be back at full strength and we'll see h

first pitch at 7:05. >> getting the flu out of the way. we'll see you back at 11:

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ed doesn't stand for education. several developing stories tonight. here in puerto rico apocalyptic scenes. our first look at ground zero where hurricane maria made landfall, and we're with the military amid a massive humanitarian crisis like few we've ever seen before. north korea calls president trump's threatening rhetoric a declaration of war and warns it has theight to shoot down american bombers in international air space. a dangerous new escalation with a nuclear-armed nation. critical condition. protesters in wheelchairs are dragged from a hearing at the capitol. a dramatic cliff-hanger with the clock ticking down. republicans battle last gasp push to repeal obamacare. the white house today playing defense over president trump's nfl tirade. "nightly news" starts right now.