right now at 6:00, a death investigation at mason university. the substance that killed the student and why the police are warning others could be at risk. in the dead of night, a nevada prison released o.j. simpson. find out what is next. and ravens fans booed the team, but the players were not protesting the anthem. we're going to show you how the nfl and people here in our area are responding to this ongoing controversy. a george mason university student is dead. police tell us

hallucinogenic drug. darcy spencer is on the campus with an urgent warning from the chief. >> university police are telling us it happened here on the george mason campus saturday afternoon. here at the potomac heights residence hall. they say they got the call about 4:45 in the afternoon for an incident. they say they found a 19-year-old student, a sophomore, on the ground. cpr was performed and the student was taken to the hospital, but later died. they say the student may have ingested a hallucinogenic substance. they believe others may have this in their possession and may be at risk. the university has a medical amnesty program, if a student has ingested this and is concerned p if r their safety, they can call university police counseling services are being made

have experienced this loss and taking it very personally. and they're waiting if for a tox kole ji test to come back to determine what exactly that s substance was. darcy spencer, news 4. new details tonight as the family of a virginia woman found murdered in charlotte says they will keep their daughter's memory alive. police found her dead outside a church in charlotte, north carolina on friday. she was last seen at a naval base in norfolk, virginia last month. her mother took to facebook to announce they are forming a scholarship in her name and tonight at 7:30, there will be a vigil to remember the 19-year-old at wise high school in prince georges county where she graduated. no arrests have been made in her murder. and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> well, conditions were ideal today for doing yard work or going out to lunch. absolutely beautiful, but what's tonigh

take a look. if you are planning on heading out this evening, maybe for late dinner, temperatures are dropping. very similar to crede. we're going to stay most lly clr throughout the evening. temperatures are going to drop into the low 50s early form morning. some suburbs will be into the 0 40s. i'll get you prepped for monday and the rain chances. erica. panthers star quarterback cam newton raises a fist at the touchdown. some said it was a black power salute. others say it as a show of solidarity. earlier in the week, newton said he wanted to spread a message of unity. boos rained down on ravens players who

prayer. before the anthem. but stood for the song. players from several teams refused to stand for the anthem at today's games. pastors and community act vises are taking a knee here in d.c. they gathered outside the superior court at noon. knelt and raised their fits in the air while whitney houston's famous version of the nabl anthem played. >> now, a lot of people have responded to what the president has done. you saw jay-z last night on "saturday night live." students across the country are taking knees. many people are joining in this movement that we're starting in washington, d.c. today. >> you heard that man mention jay-z because he wore colin kaepernick's jersey number on "saturday night live"

plan to protest every sunday. and over in arlington, a sports bar is taking a stand against kneeling during "the national anthem." the crystal city pub is allowing staff to take time out to stand together while the anthem plays during an nfl game. this happened today at this bar. the pub owners see kneeling as disrespectful. >> there's millions of people, black, white, hispanic. all cultures that died fighting to keep us safe and free. and it is completely disrespectful to kneel down during "the national anthem." there's a time and place to protest. >> some of the staff there have family members who have served in our military. he served nine years in prison for a las vegas kidnapping and armed robbery, but he walked out of a nevada prison late last night as a parolee. he must follow several

returning to a prison cell. >> come on out. >> without fanfare or media skutny, o.j. simpson walked out of prison shortly after midnight. sfwl he left at 12:08. very unremarkable. nothing unique abt. >> he spent nine years behind bars after convicted of armed robbery in 2008. in july of this year, nevada's parole board granted his freedom. >> i've done my time. as well and respectfully as anybody can. >> his release comes 22 years to the week after he was acquitted in the murders of his ex-wife, nicole simpson and her friend, ronald goldman. he was found liable for the killings and ordered to pay millions to survivors. go goldman's father was appalled. >> not too thrilled. certainly he's included in that. gets out of jail. >> simpson is expected to settle in florida. h

his attorney, will be family. >> he's going to be able to hug those family members on the outside. >> simpson's attorney predicts his client will be a model parolee and be off parole in two years. a woman struck and killed just steps from the university of maryland campus, her death raising more concerns about pedestrian safety in that area. and a top trump administration official is paint iing a very gm picture. of the relief efforts in puerto rico. plus, why recovery efforts on se island are

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fema administrator calling the kris nis puerto rico the most lodgistically challenging events the u.s. has ever seen. 95% of residents do not have power or running water. president trump faciing backlas. take a look at this heartwarming tweet from d.c. police. that is the sergeant hugging his father in their hometown. this was the first time they had seen each other since hurricane maria hit. and then this picture right here. pd officers bringing much

oxygen and medicine supplies to two elderly people who had run out. we've been telling you about the first responders and aid workers who have been traveling to puerto rico to help. dorean is heading there. her reports will start airing tomorrow here on news 4. zblncht after the deadly violence in charlottesville, george mason university commission ed a new study on rae relations in the commonwealth. it showed virginians agree that race relations need to be dealt with once and for all, but virginians are sharply divided on what actions need to be taken. they're split across racial lines when asked if a truth and reconciliation commission would help. and a similar split between blacks and whites on the question of reparations for african-americans. the study came out this weekend. a semiautomatic gun loaded with seven bullets one in the dame chaim ber. we're going to show you the weapon police say a

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police in college park want to know if the woman hit and killed by a driver this morning was in a crosswalk. this this happened near the intersection of route 1 and campus drive and

reports, the site of the crash has been a problem for university of maryland students trying to get to campus. >> the woman was struck at about 6:20 in the morning. before sunrise and it happened near the intersection of campus road and route 1. >> we got here, found a woman in critical condition. she was taken to the hospital and was unfortunately pronounced dead at the hospital. >> early on, it wasn't clear if she was a victim or a student otherwise associate td with the university. the accident happened yjust yar frs the main gate. the road that runs by if main gate is always busy and safety has long been an issue. especially after a spate of incidents where students were hit by cars cross iing route 1 further north. on this end, a myriad of changes. you have the clearly marked crosswalk. the overhead signage and lights. barricades and a fence to keep people from jaywalking. not so much on the other end. this crosswalks an lights and signs, but not like

made. >> i think they've been making constant improvements, but i think there's a lot to be done. >> indeed, even all the measures in place don't stop some from making their own path. back at the scene, the driver involved stayed and cooperated with police. it's unclear whether the victim was in the crosswalk when struck. derrick ward, news 4. police charged a man with bringing a gun in his carry on bag at the check point at reagan national airport today. officers say the .380 caliber handgun was loaded with seven bullets including one in the chamber. the man faces a tate weapons charge, tsa officials say you can travel with a gun. but it's got to be in a checked bag, properly pack percentaged and you've got to declare it. some of the new laws going into effect today in maryland will save you some cash and help protect children. maryland is the first state in the country to take action against drug manufacturers that price gaunlg. a new law prohi

for off patent or generic drugs. they're also enforcing a law to make sure all school employees feel safety reporting unlawful activities. for a bert understanding of the new rules, you can open our nbc washington app and search new laws. > ♪ talk about a gorgeous day for food and fun at the annual taco ma parks free festival. 200 booths, 20 food vendors, 18 ban bands, a lot of people dancing, drinking, eating, having a good old time. washington city paper named it one of the best festivals in the area as a matter of fact. and now, your storm team 4 forecast. >> perfect day to be outside. take a look live look, blue sky, we've got the trees changing colors now. really throughout our whole area. the onlyhi

another chilly night ahead, so it was beautiful, mild, not too hot today. but again, that chill is going to be reenforced. i'll tell you this, the 80s, trying to make it a comeback. a glance at rain chances later on. let's get a look at temperatures. 68 degrees in washington, d.c. 63 in winchester. you can see always on a race to the level at oakland at 55 degrees now as we head through the overnight hours in the district, temperatures are expected to fall into the low 50s. of course, in some of our suburbs, we're headed down into the mid to upper 40s. again, i always say, this is a model projection, but i think it's doing pretty good. it's expected, we're expected to see temperatures in the low 40s towards the i-91 corridor. in the district, we could hit upper 40s, low hows tonight. out towards montgomery county, so a very chilly evening ahead of us. the n

for your monday. planning it out, waking up tomorrow morning. everyone at the bus stop need to have on their sweaters, jackets, because it will be cool. temperatures in the low 50s. warming quickly. 70 by noon. 75 is what we're going for into the afternoon. plenty of sunshine. so similar, conditions very similar to what you saw today. take a look at this radar. hardly rain drop in sight. you go, have to go really far west for that. the mid-atlantic towards the northeast. we are dry and those rain chances are staying low as we head through our week. saturday, our sunday, monday, tuesday, wednesday, we're going to stay on the dry side of things. a front moves through on thursday, but as i said yesterday, t not showing much promise as far as rain chances. i nudged it up because thursday night into friday morning, we could see a sprinkle. there's a slight chance for light shower activity. otherwise, we stay dry. let's talk numbers. 74 degrees tomorrow. we are going to see these numbers rise by

notice how we've got nothing but sunshine flut middle of the week. the front moves through thursday into friday and we're expecting cloud cover. if we don't get rain, we'll get a lot of coverage. next weekend, not looking too bad either. erica, over to you. >> thank you. still ahead, the nationals closing out the regular-season, plus, an all

the nates trying to close out the regular-season, trying to stay healthy.

>> hamstring injury, had a precautionary mri. it's taking forever. the nats game, no one is in a hurry to get to the regular-season. nats and pirates first pitch today at 3:00 p.m. it's 6:25 and they have so much baseball still to be played. what's it all mean you u ask? to find the cutest fan ever. this little one up for the title. this game, it is not cute for -- top one in a bases loaded jam. max moore smabs this down the line. coming in easy, jayson werth having trouble with this one. a bases clearing three-run double off morof. not a good start for the nationals. no need to fear, anthony is here. now, put that on a t-shirt. two lined down deep to center and gone. a three-run home run. really cool, too, because

are his 98, 99 and 100 rbi of the season. the first time he's hit that mark in his career. they trail 5-3. in the fifth, geo on the hill. mat on the corners for friese and he gets this one to drop right in front of bryce harper. run comes in to score. bad finish for geo. six runs allowed in four and a third innings and right now, the nats trail 8-6 in the seventh inning. orioles finish the season against the rays. last time gaim for the head trainer. announced today he's retiring after 41 years. best of luck to him. kevin looking to finish strong. struck out 9-7 innings, one problem, kurt, crushing this one in the fifth. one run allowed by him. first homer of the season. rays up 1-0. orioles offense, limping to the finish line. top nine last chance for the birds and tray down swinging. a season-high 18 strikeouts for baltimore. their

loss. redskins in kansas city take on the chiefs tomorrow. another prime town showdown in kansas city. this is a city they've never won before and it's not going to be easy this time around. chiefs one of the best teams in the league. skins star corner josh norman knows this team's going to have their hands full. >> they have a track team over there. whole bunch of skiy guys that'sg to be blazing. we're going to have fun with it. we know those guys present against us. and we just got to play to our strengths and our technique and abilities and be able to stop what they like to do best. >> more with josh norman exclusive sit-down interview tonight on redskins final. norman considered by in to be the number one cornerback in the league now, but did you know what he did in the offseason that's helping him today? no, you did not. he has never shared before

tonight. something that's helping him big time now. you're only going to see it on redskins final here on nbc 4 after sunday night football and the late news. sean mcveigh, he knows a thing or two about playing against the cowboys. today, the first time as a head coach. his rams visiting big d p. once down 11, here they come in the third quarter. goff back to pass. finds his running back. todd taking it h53 yards to the house. rams take a 26-24 lead. happy to have gurly and this guy. the kicker they call legatron. if you have him on your fantasy team, you're smiling. 7 for 7 on field goals today. gives l.a. a five-point lead with two minutes to go. so it's up to wade phillips defense trying to stop a hero moment from the quarterback, prescott. fourth and ten. to elliot, it's close. they had to

it and the cowboys are short. oh, poor thing. that will do it. mcveigh and the rams win 35-30. they're going to improve to 3-1. dallas drops to 2-2. rivalry game in baltimore. joe flacco and the ravens coasting antonio browns steelers. and brown's antics after not getting the ball, throwing a tantrum. tosses the gatorade bucket then still on the bench, doesn't like todd hailey putting his hands on him. but ben roethlisberger found success elsewhere. second quarter, steelers up 13-0. big ben to smith shuster. 11-yard td gives pittsburgh a 19-0 lead. roethlisberger only touchdown pass of the day. didn't need to do a lot because bell, he had it going on the ground. now, we're going to go fourth quarter. puts things out of reach with his second touchdown of the day. bell, 35

144 with regayards and two tds. steelers win 26-9. their first win in baltimore since 2012. but just want to say more about josh norman. he also pledged to have $100,000 sent to puerto rico to help with the relief efforts. hooe going to wear puerto rico cleats tomorrow night and don't forget to watch redskins final because we are going to show the interview where he talks about the procedure he had in the season. >> thank you, that does it for us. nightly news is coming up next and we'll seeou tonight y

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on this sunday night, o.j. speaks. released from prison in the middle of the night. o.j. simpson makes his first comments after serving nine years for robbery and kidnapping. the big question, where will he go? under attack. deadly knife assault in france at a car attack in canada. tonight, both are being investigated as terror. violent vote. a chaotic day in spain. hundreds injured in the catalonia region as police try to stop a referendum on independence. one nation overdosed. our special series begins on this country's opioid epidemic and the smallest victims, the children of those addicted. and pinball wizards. forget the latest video games. these competitors just can't get