>> let's start with what we have from the fbi. we can confirm to you they have indeed found human remains in charlotte, north carolina. that coming from the fbi. what i want to share with you is what was reported by wavy, this is the station in portsmouth there, that a source close to the family tells them that that family was notified that a body was found in charlotte, north carolina and for them to be prepared to head to charlotte if needed. this is the family that they are talking about. this is ashanti billie's family as we have been reporting now for some ten days since she has been missing. ashanti billie originally from prince george's county, she was working in norfolk, virginia. she was attending culinary school there. the nina may hfamily had been i yesterday searching where the area her car and cell phone were found. they found pieces of clothing they turned over to police, but police could not

fact belong ti believe we've go that is coming into the newsroom so bear with me on this. the video that i think we have for you now is from wcnc in charlotte, north carolina. we don't have that yet. we're working to get that for you. investigators on the scene there of what the fbi confirms were human remains that were found in charlotte, north carolina. another piece of information just coming into the newsroom is that family members or a spokesperson or representative for the billie family had just spoken in norfolk. we are trying to get that sound to you. we're working on if right now. as soon as we have it we'll bring it to you. back to you guys in the studio. >> erika gonzalez, thank you. clearly the story is just developing so we will keep you posted. now to a series of attacks on women on trails in fairfax county, the most recent happened yesterday in fair oaks before the sun went down. police say a guy grabbed a woman from behind and they say there have been a handful of other assaults in

woman was just attacked recently. chris, what do they know about this? >> reporter: well, doreen, one of the attacks occurred on the trail right next to the fairfax county office building, women being grabbed and groped and it's happening in broad daylight at about this hour over the past couple of weeks. and police believe the same suspect is responsible for all of these attacks. six sexual assaults in the past two weeks, people who use these paths are concerned. >> it's awful. absolutely, yeah. that's the kind of area you would think things would occur. >> one never thinks things are happening in their own neighborhood, but these things do. it's intrusive, it feels terrible. >> reporter: the most recent attack happened yesterday just after 5:00 p.m. a man grabbed a come woman in a hug and groped her. a car passed ae

the helicopter a searched for him but didn't find him. police are trying to determine if this attack is connected to five other sexual assaults that have been taking place recently around fairfax county. >> our detectives are currently working on establishing if there is a link to that and some other assaults that have happened on the trail. >> reporter: this woman who walks this trail daily says she takes precautions to be safe. >> i am just going to be more vigilant. that's all i can do. and be more aware of my surroundings. >> reporter: well, that's good advice and police also warn women to walk with a friend, stick to familiar routes, and do not wear headphones or ear buds so that you can hear the sounds and people approaching around you. reporting from fairfax county, chris gordon, news 4. >> i'm

at the fm that video, we want to show you live images from new york, west 33rd street and seventh avenue, a scary scene that happened about 5:30 this afternoon. there is that live picture now, chopper over the scene in new york city. these pictures courtesy of our station there in new york city. where a van jumped a curb and hit three pedestrians near penn station. we are told by authorities that this appears to be an accident. the driver of that van stayed on the scene, but we are hearing that three people, nonetheless, were injured. at this hour, it doesn't appear that there have been any -- that the driver faces any charges right now. we are not hearing about any charges, but a scary scene in new york city, west 33rd street and seventh avenue, 5:30 this afternoon when a van jumped a curb and hit three pedestrians. these live pictures coming in this afternoon from new york city. back to you guys in the studio.

the resignation of health and human services secretary tom price, he's out of there. almost as soon as president trump left washington late this afternoon, the white house disclosed that he had accepted price's resignation today. price has been under intense scrutiny in recent weeks for using private jets and military planes for his government travel. a series of reports from politico suggested that price's use of those chartered flights and military jets cost tax payers a million dollar. >> president trump said repeatedly this weekend he was not happy with price about this and the optics of the cabinet secretary's travel. blayne alexander capturing the angles. the optics, not the substance of what happened here? >> reporter: leon, you know it is a healthy combination of both. all in all president trump was not happy about this. this is now our third or fourth day reporting on this. if you kind of follow what the president has said all week long, it was rather clear

fact earlier this afternoon president trump said clearly he's not happy. remember, this is a president who promised to drain the swamp, who is always saying that they can save millions of dollars, bring money back to america by negotiating better deals. so, again, the optics and yes the substance of his health and human services secretary spending $400,000 worth of taxpayer money on private flights, that is just not something president trump wanted in his administration. now, there is also another part to this. remember, as hhs secretary, tom price bore a large responsibility in getting health care reform passed. and after it failed not once, but twice in rather dramatic and somewhat embarrassing fashion for republicans, that's also another reason for president trump to not be happy with him. in fact, you guys may remember back in july he jokingly, maybe not jokingly, said that he was going to fire him if he couldn't get health care done. so, doreen and leon, one this n

question of the other three cabinet heads who are also facing intense scrutiny for their use of taxpayer dollars for private travel. guys? >> it sure does. blayne, maybe some other cabinet level jobs on the line. hey, we're also following developments from the state department. the u.s. pulling half of our diplomats out of cuba. have you been able to learn anything more about that, blayne? >> reporter: well, this is a major development. and also is tied to a major warning today from the state department, warning all u.s. citizens to avoid travel to cuba. doreen and leon, you may remember back uh identia few we this stemmed from a mysterious attack on 20 or so diplomats who they think it was a sonic weapon that is making them dizzy, headaches, hearing loss. so far the u.s. has not been able to pin down what caused those attacks, but they are saying until they can get that under wraps, they are pulling out a good number of their employees there and warning americans not to travel there as well. >> all right. blayne alexander reporting

capitol hill. an another ho-hum friday. >> right. >> you think people would know by now. it's nearly impossible to steal an atm machine. >> never works. >> never works, we've never seen it happen. still, a group of guys tried to steal one outside of nats park and they ended up running away empty-handed and have the fbi on their tail. derrick ward is there. these guys just didn't get the memo, huh? >> reporter: the lure of quick cash is strong. certainly wasn't easy and not quick. if you're familiar with the stadium there on the other side of the crowds, there is usually an atm machine. that is completely gone because of what happened this morning. but what else happened this morning, police got a pretty good picture of the people that tried to steal that atm because of that security camera you see up there. this is all what happened. take a look. federal agents spent most of the morning collecting evidence. it was meticulous effort.

crime. police say at least three people drove a stolen u-haul right up to an atm and rammed it. of course they wanted the cash inside but they didn't get it. >> they fled when confronted by nationals staff on scene here. >> reporter: it is strikingly similar to other atm thefts or attempted thefts. in prince george's county someone used a stolen backhoe to get at an atm. police are looking at a possible connection. a nats fan who also leaves lives in the area doesn't rely on this atm. >> but i'm sure a lot of people do. it's going to inconvenience a few people. >> reporter: but thinks it's a great place to live and catch a game. >> the neighborhood is great, people lived here awhile, new to the area, people enjoy what the stadium brings and what everybody else brings. hopefully it's a little bit of a blip versus trend. >> reporter: police want to know if the stolen u-haul the

this facility. ce from. now, based on video surveillance and witness accounts, police believe either three or four people, these suspects, got away in a light colored pickup truck. they have the video in hand. they are preparing and they're going to release it to the public any minute now. we are told we would have it by the end of the day. and they're hoping that will help jog somebody's memory or at least identify some of these suspects. the fbi is involved because this is federally insured money. it is just like robbing a bank. we are live at nats park, derrick ward news 4. >> seems like these guys don't watch the news. we'll be covering another one in a few weeks. derrick ward at nats park. new at 6:00, a woman who set up a bogus business and injected silicone into bodies of people is sentenced to prison. kendra west more land invited

people to her home in she said was medical grade silicon into their butts and other body parts. she didn't have a license, and the silicone, it was not safe, for 15 years she charged up to 500 bucks a person until she was busted in october of 2015. >> new information tonight about that deadly food truck crash earlier this month in loudoun county, erin caplan of ashburn died. three family members were injured. the food truck driver said the brakes failed and he barely missed the students on watson road. the driver said he was unable to stop at the intersection with evergreen mills road. running the stop sign and crashing into caplan's vehicle. no charges have been filed to this accident. >> here we are, another friday another trump administration official out. tom price, an advocate for cutting wasteful government spend, resigns after admitting to miss using tax money. >> meet the moderator

net on set to talk about that more. plus whole foods has been hacked. what we know to tonight about how many credit card customers' details have been come premiezed. >> and the emmy goes to washington, d.c. the special gift from comedian dave chappelle to the school in the city where he got his start. >> very cool, very cool. >> and comfortably cool right now on the storm team 4 weather. as we are thinking about the kids heading out to sports tomorrow morning or even just going out for the tee time or tennis, probably want to grab the extra layer. we'll start off the day with temperatures in the 50s by 9:00 a.m., we are only in the low 60s with the breeze as well. so, when can we see 40s over the weekend? is there any rain in the

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well, we continue to follow breaking news. a family spokesperson for ashanti billie tells news 4 that they were notified of a body found today in charlotte, north carolina. the family has been told to be prepared to head to charlotte. at this point the fbi has not confirmed that the remains are the missing woman ashanti billie. the 19-year-old from prince george's county disappeared more than a week ago from her -- where she was going to school in norfolk. we continue to work our sources and we will share updates just as soon as we get them. time now for a deeper look at some of the week's top political stories.

>> you got that right.ain. and we will. president trump said we've never seen a situation like this, amid the growing backlash of the crisis in puerto rico. >> meanwhile his advisors are selling the new tax plan, but are they promising way too much? >> a and breaking news over the fire storm of the secretary's billing and private travel. >> so many issues. >> you didn't bring up the nfl. >> didn't have time for that yet. >> nbc news political director chuck todd. have to introduce you. first the tom price resignation, that is not a big surprise. but what is interesting is who is next? >> well, it is first of all it's friday, shocker, right? we've had these -- cliche, right, friday firings here. there was, look, i think tom price became expendable for a couple of reasons. number one, in this whole sort of which is becoming a growing controversy how cabinet secretaries are using

exponentially a bad rule b a min flights. that was one. two, politically expendable for the president because he was hired to lead the charge on the new health care plan, repeal and replace. it was his bill, he wrote that bill for the house way back when and it failed to get through. so, it's not as if politically he had delivered for the president. and now if you see this from the president's point of view, what good is this guy to him? he's nothing but a political problem, he's a liability. but as you know, in these things as they say in washington sometimes, blood is in the water. and where there's one, i'm sure every cabinet secretary better be dotting every i and crossing every t. we already have the treasury secretary under an inspector general investigation involving the use of government planes to hop a ride to see the eclipse in kentucky. >> with his wife. >> right. >> how about puerto rico, let's get to that one. it is a really dire situation down there. but it seems like we are hearing from the administration that it's going

themselves good grades. we heard t acting dhs secretary now saying it's a good news story, but the mayor of san juan, puerto rico, seems to be an emerging star. no, it's not a good news story. what do you make of what is happening? >> let me add a fourth person. the governor said everything he's asked of president trump he's gotten. nobody is -- there seems to be a lot of mixed messages here. the facts on the ground appear to be we have a distribution problem, that there are supplies. things are there. they just didn't have the right amount of people and equipment to get -- to rebuild the distribution chain, getting these supplies over there. that seems to be the actual problem. but i think tonally what seems to be off here on irma and harvey in florida and texas, you want to look at optics, the president was mindful of them. he seemed almost go too quickly. but he wanted to send the

monitoring this. by the way, we're in a relatively quiet period with -- he wasn't getting in any twitter fights or anything like that. now here's puerto rico, it took -- we know the president is moved by images. it took awhile to see some of these images coming out of puerto rico. but he spent the week tweeting more about the nfl than he has puerto rico. and then to keep bringing up the debt crisis, is this the time -- first of all, whatever puerto rico's governance issue, that is on the leaders of puerto rico, not the american citizens that are looking for potable water and -- >> he made comments -- >> it's that time. it's lacking -- it's lacking the appearance of empathy. >> he also made it sound like he was saying, he doesn't know if we should rebuild puerto rico or rebuild all of it. >> well, i tell you, the debate that i'm wondering this is going to spark is would the response have been different, would the reaction of the country and the federal government be different if puerto rico why a state? you can't help but ask yourself that because it does seem as

advocates are one-off advocates, marco rubio, senator from florida. andrew cuomo, governor of new york. there are certainly advocates for puerto rico in the main land here. but you got to ask yourself, are they missing -- they don't have any juice in congress. this idea you don't have a voting number. watching all this, what happened in the virgin islands, who is truly championing their problems here? and you can't help but wonder would it be different if they had stronger representation. >> or if they didn't speak spanish. >> and here's the thing. the fight that the president has picked in the nfl, which is along racial lines, is allowing a lot of people to believe that there is another motive here and that again goes to the optics and this is where you're just like why even allow a story line to bubble up? you know, you would think this white house would be mindful that there is going to be some extra sensitivity here because we're dealing with people of color on this island. >> all right. you can talk about it -- you'll be talking about those subjects and probably the

plan. >> tax plan, treasury it, and coates has a new book about sort of power, essentially now what, for african americans? >> all right. more to come on sunday morning. chuck todd, thank you, meet the press, here at 10:30, nbc 4. you've heard the heart breaking headlines about puerto rico and many of you want to help. how some locals are channeling their desperation to help. >> it was the parole hearing of the century. a live tv spectacle where 70-year-old former football star o.j. simpson won h ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs.

to take money out of virgprate schools.hools as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

it's feeling even more like fall as we head into a nice weekend, amelia. >> that's for sure. >> hey, guys. >> hey there. trying to sneak outside, is that what you're doing? >> yeah, see you later. >> it's nice enough, we all want to sneak outside with you. >> i know. doug enjoying hopefully the day off. filling in for him. it was a beautiful day. we talked about this all week. how yesterday was going to be our transition day to more fall-like weather today, and well, that's arrived. so enjoy this weekend. we're talking about crisp mornings, cool afternoons, exactly what we want as october begins on sunday. however, during the workweek we are warming back

forecastgrou . currently temperatures in the 70s for the most part, but gaithersburg already down to 69 degrees. college park at 73 degrees and washington heading out tonight you definitely want to grab the light jacket or sweatshirt. tomorrow a high temperature around 70 degrees. beautiful sunshine. but it is going to be breezy tomorrow, especially around the midday and afternoon hour. that is going to add the additional chill in the air. you do want to keep that in mind. tomorrow is vest or sweater weather for sure. and, yes, ladies, you can bring the boots out tomorrow. events going on tomorrow, we have the hispanic heritage family day around 10:00 a.m., we're at 63 degrees, by 11:00 a.m., 65, 2:00 in the afternoon, a temperature of 68. the weather overall having a lower impact on your weekend. yard work this time of year is good for getting grass seed down if you do plant this weekend. know you have to water once a day based orc

running in weather that's this cool. do you want to keep this in mind. allow yourself extra time to warm up before the race. if you're running a half marathon, i suspect you know that. fall festival, it will be cool because of the breeze. a little annoying, it will be the thing where some members of the family love it, a little others are on the cool side. for the takoma park street festival sunday, the weather is looking fabulous. not fabulous right now, the mold and the allergy report today coming in for our high in our area. the sunny dry weather helping the mold that is out there right now to kind of flourish. and the breeze tomorrow will really help to blow it around. so, we'll likely be dealing with a high mold spores through the entire weekend. here's your ten-day forecast. again, october starts on sunday. 71 degrees on monday. we do start to warm up with temperatures in the mid

esday and thursday., that's thee by thursday we're at 82 degrees, doreen. >> all right, amelia, thank you. sounds like we better enjoy the weekend as much as possible. >> yes. >> all right. still ahead, breaking news in the search for a missing maryland woman who vanished from a naval base in norfolk. family members of ashanti billie tell us a woman's bod ways found near a church in north carolina. we are working the phones to bring you an update after the break. >> and he's a hometown hero. dave chappelle heads back to the d.c. high school where he got his start and our tracee wilkins was there when he picked up the key to the city and he actually gave a gift back to his alma mater. >> reporter: as the effort to help puerto rico continues right here in northern virginia, just ahead on news 4 we are going to introduce you to some in our communit who are stilly

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missing for ten days, ashanti billie's family was out in norfolk, virginia, searching for their daughter themselves when today they apparently got the call that they had hoped they would not. a call that said that a body had been found in charlotte, north carolina. just minutes ago, we learned that a spokesperson for the family came out and issued a statement. i'mng

quotes. wee located in charlotte, north carolina, and as the family awaits further updates, we ask that you continue to keep us in prayer and pray that this is not ashanti billie. end quote. what we have heard from the fbi is that a body was, in fact, found in charlotte, north carolina. our jackie ben son has been working the phones and spoke to a representative for the family that said, ashanti billie's mom got a call today from the fbi and that they would coordinate an effort to get her down or get her up to charlotte, north carolina. you can imagine the surprise and the horror for this family that have been out in norfolk, virginia, searching for their girl and they get a call that some 300 some miles away, there is this developing situation. the fbi has not confirmed an i.d. on the remains that were found, but the video tha

have was from wcnc in charlotte, north carolina of investigators out in what appears to be the area of a.m. e. zion church in north carolina where the investigation appears to be headed. ashanti billie originally from prince george's county was in norfolk, virginia, studying, going to culinary school, working as well when she went missing and still no sign of her. developing story here from the live desk. back to you guys in the studio. >> all right, erika gonzalez. of course if you hear something new make sure you get back in touch with us immediately. all right, in other news now, breaking tonight, people heard screams just steps away from the nation's busiest railway station. a van struck three people in a crosswalk near penn station in new york city this evening. witnesses say the van barreled into them and dragged the people a short distance. they all went to the hospital with just minor injuries. the driver remained oth

been filed in t officers have blocked off the roadways in the area and they are treating it now as an accident. now, to the increasingly dire situation we are watching in puerto rico, millions of hurricane victims are just desperate for food, water, fuel, you name it. >> yeah, it's been ten days now since the hurricane hit. it is the uncertainty that is eating up a lot of local families with ties to the island. northern virginia bureau reporter david culver is in chantilly where they are channeling their frustration ands fears into doing something good. david, so many people still waiting to hear from loved ones down in puerto rico. >> reporter: it's that painful waiting game, yeah. in the meantime there's volunteers putting all of this together, filling this warehouse and some of the volunteers, this is remarkable to me, they have actually themselves not been able to reach their own family members down on the island. instead, when they call, i want you to listen. this is the sound they are hearing.

[ busyly destroyed the whole island. >> reporter: charmain can't stop thinking about her mom and dad. it's been more nthan a week sine hurricane maria hit. >> i still don't know what's going on with them. we don't know anything. >> reporter: she spends her down time at work at this mclean's doctor's office. tuning into puerto rican radio stations. >> i'll listen to any bit of news that i can get. every day, all day, all night, because you can't sleep. >> reporter: she can't sleep, can hardly eat. >> because i don't know if they're eating. i feel guilty eating. >> reporter: guilt, a feeling susan baez shares. >> i feel comfortable here, but i feel guilty that i have water. >> reporter: this week susan's employers nob alis scrambled to get her, her

two kids out of puerto rico on private plane. susan's extended family still there, still struggling. >> the big problem in the island is gas and diesel. without that, nobody can help each other. i have family in the west side of the island in the mountains that i cannot check in. my heart was broken because i could not go there because there's no gas. >> reporter: meantime charmain praying her phone rings to hear her parents on the other end. >> my faith is a big part. it's very hard. >> reporter: she also has family, her father who needs some medical attention. he has supplies he's hoping to get. he has not, of course, been able to get those supplies. hopefully, doreen, i know the usms comfort is heading that way. you're going to share stories as the ship makes its way down. >> it's true, david. thank you for your report. yes, it's true that we

the navy, as david said, is sending help to puerto rico. the usns comfort left norfolk today headed to puerto rico. it is essentially a mobile hospital ship with a thousand beds, more than 500 medical personnel staff it. the ship has 12 operating rooms. this is a video from 2003 when i was reporting aboard the comfort. that was in the persian gulf at the time. the ship is massive, about three football fields long. equivalent in size to a ten-story building. the comfort has helped in several disaster relief efforts and i have seen firsthand the amazing work those military medical teams are able to do on that ship. i will travel to puerto rico to get a first-hand look at the devastation there and at the response and to share with all of you how the military medical teams are helping those people in so much need.

reports on news next week from puerto rico, and i hope you'll check out our coverage online and on social media as well. >> reporter: dave chappelle visits his alma mater. i'm

remember a couple weeks ago when dave chappelle gave a shout out to d.c. public schools? >> it was kind of controversial at the time. >> the relationship is not broken. he's getting a lot of love now from his hometown and he did it today. he was here. >> he's been pretty vocal about the city that has helped to shape his career. he took the stage at his alma mater, the duke ellington school of the arts in d.c., and the place went wild when he placed his emmy on a stool and left it there for the students. >> is that cool or what? >> pretty cool. >> our tracee wilkins is outside the school in northwest. she was actually there to see the whole thing play out. tracee, that had to be really something el

and you know,e he has, he talks about the duke ellington school of the arts, and he did it when he made that oprah appearance after he left his show. he talked about his high school. he talked about it when he got his emmy. today we got a better understanding for why this place is so special to him. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: an impromptu jamb session is a nor pal part of the day. this is after all the school of the arts. >> i've been working on my stand up. trying to write some jokes. it's not that good yet. >> reporter: this budding comedian is on his way there with help of alum us in, actor and comedian dave chappelle. >> he told me, don't worry about like if your jokes are funny, don't worry if people will like them or not. just stay true to yourself. try to stay on stage as much as possible. >> that's my own personal metric for ef

it's like a pilot's metric.air? how many hours do you spend on stage? >> reporter: dave started working area d.c. comedy clubs when he was a student 14 years old. >> he used to come in with his mom and his mom used to watch him say the filth, the foul and the filth. >> reporter: today dave returned to his alma mater. he accepted the key to the city from mayor muriel bowser. and he gave his first and only emmy award he won for his performance on snl. in a serious moment he gave the students here another gift, wisdom. >> you have an opportunity to make yourself into a very unique individual because you're a trained artist. >> reporter: understanding chappelle's passion and his drive is not lost on these up and coming artists. do you think you'd go to a comedy club and try it out like he did at this age? >> of course. >> reporter: real any >> definitely. >> reporter: it's working out fine, can i get in for free? >> probably not because i need

money. i'15. >> reporter: and this was a moment where he really took his time with these students. this was not a media opportunity. he was hanging out long after the cameras left. reporting live in northwest, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you in the studio he e. >> thank you, tracee. we are staying on top of the news as a family is making their way to north carolina. this after a body was found near a church in charlotte. >> new developments as the victim has reportedlyeen b

ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education.

a developing story here at the live desk. we have heard from the fbi that

north carolina, and this evenin you from wavy, the station in portsmouth, virginia, reporting, i'm going to quote here, a law enforcement source close to the investigation tells 10 on your side that the body of ashanti billie was found friday morning. this again according to wavy, the nbc station in portsmouth, virginia. jackie ben son has been on the phone this afternoon with the fbi, with family members of ashanti billie that for ten days had been holding out hope, they had been praying. we heard from her grandmother that their girl would be returned to them. a very sad and grim update for you this afternoon that we're going to stay on top of. back to you guys. >> thanks, erika. sad outcome there. >> very much so. so, it's the time of year for planning fall get aways, but turns out you may want to ask a few more questions about what yo

be. >> that's right, because you fees any time you book something with an airline, right? get this, now more and more hotels are adding on extra costs and now there is a nationwide investigation into this practice. nbc's tom costello has been working this story. what are we talking about here? >> so, you know how you check out of a hotel and, guess what, there are those resort fees, right? suddenly you're having to pay. or service fee, an urban destination fee. i love that one. they are now tacking these on to hotel bills and so the bill that you think, the price you think you are going to pay when you actually log in or you sign up online and you go ahead and commit with the credit card, that often is not the final bill. so, now 47 state attorneys general including d.c. are now launching investigations about why aren't these hotels being more transparents and providing that information up front. what will your real bill be up front? >> what exactly is a resort fee? where do these fees go? >> it's one thing in orlando,

in akron , ohio or if fargo, north dakota. >> it's cold. >> no diss on that. >> it's for the turn down service, and the mint on your pillow and the wi-fi and the ne newspaper. 30 bucks is what they're adding customarily to these bills. >> and the fees come on top of the taxes that are already tacked on to your bill. >> it ain't cheap. >> no, it's not. tom, we look forward to more of your report coming up on nbc nightly news with lester holt. >> don't be hating on akron. >> we've been covering mental illness issues for three years with the project we call changing minds. our courts and prisons have plenty of people with mental illness. if they don't get the help they need, it can be impossible for them to escape the system and reach their potential. today a local court program that helps people with mental illness celebrated a decade of success in helping to break that

the mental healthomd.c. court system, identifies defendants who need mental health help. 4,000 people have graduated from the program, including susan carol who is living successfully with schizophrenia. >> mental health community court, how has it made a difference for you? >> it showed me that even in the court there's human beings and they don't judge you in the mental health court. >> and it's really rewarding to be human as a judge and to have the opportunity be to make that connection. >> this program connects people with programs and treatment plans and makes sure that they follow through with their goals and return. people can get reduced prison sentences or avoid jail time altogether. i was proud to be part of that celebration today. >> it's great. it's not just that one person they help. it's a ripple effect. the family, the community, and helps us all. >> sure does. >> all right. and she's been

about the weather. got to give you credit. >> good news on a friday evening. >> meteorologists sometimes love the weeks where it's sunny and 80s and 70s, that's the kind of weak we're going to have not just into the weekend but beyond. we do need the rain, but the weather is going to be quite nice. the good news is we're not in a drought. dry this evening, taking calling out later tonight you're going to need the long sleeves or maybe even a sweatshirt, light jacket. 73 degrees now. the sun quickly going down, sunset tonight right around 6:53. we do keep it dry during the evening hours. by 11:00 p.m., though, it is chilly out there. 63 degrees, if you open the windows tonight before you go to bed, you might be waking up later in the night and closing them. that's how cool it's going to get. again, just a gorgeous sunset, clear skies out there right now. as we look at your saturday planner, we start off the day clear skies, blue skies, 57 degrees, by lunch time we're in the mid 60s. high tomorrow around 70. a few degrees cooler. not only that, but it will be breezy tomorrow around the

so, it will make it even feel a little cooler out there tomorrow evening. 7:00, we're right around 65 degrees. now, october begins on sunday so i wanted to show you the average first frost dates. because you can see background peters burg the average first frost is between october 1st and october 10th. for most of us the average first frost is toward the end of the month between october 21st and 31st. but what this map also tells us as we start october, well, we should also start anticipating some mornings with frost out there. kind of unbelievable, right? definitely changing of the seasons. there's your sunday where you see, again, october 1 and a high of 71. as we look to monday and tuesday we start to warm things back up. temperatures in the mid 70s on monday and tuesday. that's normal for this time of year. by wednesday a temperature around 78 degrees and then thursday we're not done with the 80s just yet. we may be done with the 90s, but not the 80s. thursday a high temperature of 82. a weak cold f

late thursday night, touching s again looking dry on friday. tem turds in the mid 70s and next weekend the first full weekend in october if you're planning ahead, maybe have a birthday party or wedding to think about, temperatures in the upper 70s. we're going to send it to break d we'll be back in jusant

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chiefs coming up. >> butir to find out about the baby watch. >> baby watch. >> what's the deal? >> still no baby for curt cousins. >> waiting for smoke like the pope? >> that or a tweet or picture or something. that, too, that would be good. the curt cousins not at practice today after leaving the facility. jay gruden said he thinks it's close, waiting on the baby. redskins getting ready for an undefeated team at a place they never won, kansas city. the chiefs have the top rushing team and top rusher in the league in kareem hunt. redskins second practice, without curt cousins. jordan reid, jason foster, robert kelly limited in practice but hope to be ready to go monday night. one person who was not there, of course, was cousins. you got that text yesterday from his wife julie who is nine months pregnant. he may not have been there physically today, guys, but through the magic of technology, he did partake in part of the day.

>> curt has played however many, 30 some straight games. to miss a day like this won't affect him honestly. i did have him on face time in the meeting. he went through the meeting with us. he was taking notes and i was talking to him about what kevin and jay were telling me. we probably -- my battery was dead so we were on there awhile. >> it's about trying to get your team meptly to go. coming off a win in primetime is important former president confidence. going to arrow head stadium is going to be a different challenge with the noise. we have to approach that differently a bit try to get our team prepared for the noise is hard. for the most part we're going to challenge our guys to prepare and every plan is going to be a little bit different. but there's no added pressure for us. >> the chiefs come into this match up as the near unanimous top team in the league. winners, all three games so far, including decisive victory in the opener. remember that against the patriots. their head coach knows the redskins organization well as andy reid d

>> i think jay has done a good job. they have done a good job. they're playing their tail off right now on defense. and it's a great challenge for us. so, we look forward to it. that's what this league is all about. you love the challenge and how much better does it get on monday night football? get to play against a good football team. >> to the hardwood wizards, wrapping up training camp down in richmond this weekend before heading back to d.c., other eastern conference teams made big splashes this off season. we know that. the wizards roster looks almost identical to last year led by bradley beale and john wall who spoke about the relationship between himself and his backcourt mate. >> we're two talented players who want to be great. two young guys trying to establish ourselves. i was going into my fourth year i think, no, third year. third year. i was still trying

myself because i was dealing with he was coming trying to play well, establish himself. he wanted to play, we might have missed each other. we have to get used to that. i couldn't be paired without him, he couldn't be paired without me. two tandem stars, we can have an argument in locker room, argument in practice, the next day we step out on the court, we play, we put that aside and compete and try to win a basketball game. that's something we hold high and we are capable of doing. that's what makes us so calm and so cool and work make things work. >> definitely a chance for the wizards, bradley beale, john wall. pretty good this year. >> he sounds more and more mature. he sounds like a real leader. >> absolutely. >> this team has potential. they have all their guys back. >> all right. let us know if you see smoke. [ laughter ] >> will do. >> all right. thanks for joining us, folks. nightly news coming up next. >> we'll see you at 11:00. have a good evening. ♪ ♪

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