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>> people in our community coming together to remember the lives lost in las vegas. the message they're sharing with the country. >> and only on news four tonight. a big win for guns rights advocates, here in the district. what the city's attorney general decided not to do and how that will impact concealed gun carry permits in d.c. 6'4", 247 pounds, charleston heartfield was called a gentle giant. we have video of the officer killed in the massacre, being transferred to the cemetery where he was laid to rest. >> we have team coverage tonight on the las vegas massacre. leon harris tracking -- jackie benson has a

sport. good evening, i'm jim hanley. >> doreen is on assignment. investigators believe steven paddock spent decades acquiring weapons and ammo, and lived a secret life. leon harris is at the desk with new details. >> stephen paddock fired hundreds of rounds for a full ten minutes from his hotel roof sunday night. as thousands of people ran for their lives below. he rented a room at the ogden hotel in downtown las vegas about a week earlier through air bnb and that was around the same time as another music festival. investigators recovered

from the hotel to see how paddock behaved. they're also trying to figure out if he had any help. >> it's troublesome that this individual was able to move this amount of gear into a hotel room unassisted. it's troublesome for the amount of stuff he had at both residents. unassisted. so there's people that know this individual, that can help us understand this individual. >> paddock's girlfriend is back in the states tonight. she was worried paddock was going to break up with her when he bought her a ticket to the philippines a few months ago. danly's attorney said today she had no idea what he was planning. >> he never said anything to me or took any action that i was aware of, that i understood in anyway

something horrible was going to happen. >>. >> paddock was anything but kind. police don't have anything in custody tonight. motive, that still remains a mystery. jim? >> we love being able to share the moments of heroism. today he met a young man who heard the gunfire, jumped out of his car and rushed to help. >> a lady that had a couple bullet wounds in her stomach. she was in a wheel dhar, i got her up on to the truck and they actually drove her to an ambulance. i helped whatever people i could to get them to keep loaded. i'm trying to direct people to stay calm.

>> some incredibly quick thinking there, new at 11:00 tonight, erin tells us about a new effort to help heal the hurt. there are some pretty big names making this happen. >> we really stumbled across a beautiful effort that's under way in las vegas right now, behind me you see what they're calling a healing garden. this has been an entirely volunteer and donation based effort that started monday night with an idea. and then tuesday morning there were crews on the ground here hard at work as you're seeing right now. the effort to plant some trees there as well, there are paves that will go into a ground. there is a wall behind me that will be a remembrance wall. this has been a volunteer and donation based effort. i want you to hear

person that came up with this idea and pulled together all the elements that were needed to make this happen. >> the process of bringing people together healing, doing something positive, in the wake of a horrific thing. all of a sudden people started donating the paves for the walkways, the trees, that will be planted with a walkway that will wander through it. siegfried and roy generously donated this beautiful tree we're calling the tree of life. >> the idea is to create something beautiful out of something horrific. this will all be completed by friday night, there will be a ribbon cutting and the community will be able to use this healing garden. >> a candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the massacre. this was about more than honoring the victims. the group that

annapolis tonight has a message they want heard loud and clear. >> carrie galvin. >> dana gardiner. >> volunteers lit candles in their memory. >> it's frustrating to see we haven't solved this problem yet. it's an american problem quite frankly. it's in our dna, and we have to resolve that conflict. >> tina frost remains hospitalized in las vegas after being struck in the face by the gunfire that killed 58 people sunday night. >> we learned that one of the victims who was shot and is recovering now, was actually a graduate of arundel high school right here in anne arundel county. >> baltimore county executive who's also running for governor. >> the real tragedy is that we have to stand here once again.

we must not be numb to the senseless acts of violence. >> organizers say that this vigil was planned in a hurry, they plan many more. in annapolis, jackie benson, news 4. we got an update to a story that mark sea graves and tom sherwood broke on twitter tonight over d.c.'s strict concealed carry law. >> shemarry stone is live with what the district's top lawyer has decided not to do, shemari. >> this is a major set back in our nation's capitol. multiple sources tell news 4 that the government's attorney general will not appeal a u.s. court of appeals ruling last month, that the concealed carry permit is unconstitutional. the district had required anyone trying to get a concealed carry permit to show a g

they needed one. a three judge panel ruled the condition was unconstitutional. the district had appealed to the full court to hear the case, that was denied. the district attorney general will announce tomorrow that he's decided not to take the issue to the supreme court. basically, it would be easier to have a concealed carry permit here in the district of columb a columbia. live in d.c., shemari stone, news 4. we have seen beautiful weather the last couple days, all eyes focused on the caribbean, as we are watching tropical depression number 16 continue to get organized, very close to becoming a tropical storm, you see it right here, here's the coast of nick rag rah, you see the swirl in the atmosphere. this storm off the coast, in toward the caribbean, expected to make its way very close to if not on land. but expected to become a tropical storm very qu

making its way over toward the yucatan peninsula. into the atlantic with 81 mile an hour winds, and into the gulf coast between new orleans and tallahassee. i'm going to talk more about this track in a minute. where does this go? yeah, it comes to our area. the impacts, i got those for you. >> you got our attention. tragic developments tonight, we just learned three american special forces troops were killed in an attack in the country of niger. two other u.s. troops were hurt, a senior military official tells nbc news, the group was attacked during a partner training mission with local troop notice southwestern part of the country. we're learning more about the americans attacked and just how the ambush unfolded. we'll have more tomorrow on the "today" show. we have an update tonight on the president's cabinet. the president is now saying

secretary of state rex tillerson." the clarification came tonight after president trump met with first responders and victims of the las vegas massacre. trump is accusing nbc news of making up reports that tillerson called him a moron earlier this week. a spokesperson for tillerson said he never made the comments. a popular local chef using his celebrity to help tens of thousands of people in puerto rico. >> people were praying, people were hugging us. >> doreen gentzler is there, and shows us what else he has up his sleeve and how you can help too. one of the nfl's biggest stars is getting slammed tonight. >> it's funny to hear females talk about routes. >>

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we're back with the story of kindness, general rossity and a whole lot of gumption. >> he got down to puerto rico wi within days of maria. >> a firsthand look at what's happening. >> people were praying, hugging us. they only want to be helped. >> we have people coming from different ports to pick up food. >> he's passionate about helping people in need. he's doing that on a big scale here in puerto rico.

he came down a few days after hurricane maria hit. met with a local chef, and together they fed about 200 people. right away he could see that many thousands more needed help. now this setup is providing 20 to 30,000 meals every day. there are hundreds of volunteers helping. many of whom can't work right now, because the power is still out or their workplace is damaged or closed. if people can't get to this location for food, they're delivering hot meals and more to some of the poorest communities in san juan. these are homeland security staffers getting ready for a delivery, lots of people are pitching in. now he's trying to open more kitchens lying this across puerto rico. there's already a second one on the south side of the island. because it's the right thing to do. >> puerto rico is not a strange

and we have to make sure we don't forget this island. if not, we are forgetting who we are. >> doreen is working hard to bring you memorable stories out of puerto rico. if you'd like to help out, search world central kitchen. one of the nfl's most popular players is catching heat tonight over sexist comments to a female reporter. during his weekly media session today. when newton was asked about one of his receiver's running routes. >> devin seemed to embrace the physicality of his routes. does that give you a little bit of enjoyment -- >> it's funny to hear female talk about routes like --

funny. >> no reporters asked newton to collar if i. his comments, i don't think it's funny to be a female and talk about routes. it's my job. she asked him about the comment afterwards, but his answer only made things worse. as of now, she's not sharing what he said. changes could be coming to your commute. one is on the beltway, repaving and resurfacing between silver spring and the 270 split. the other the widening near dulles airport. adam flew over the roads. he warns drivers to watch out for uneven surfaces and backups due to those repairs, but ultimately, once all is said and done, your commute will be dramatically improved. >> heard you talking about how we are getting close to the end

going out without a fight. >> the peak is in the middle of september, we're coming on the down slide now. now we have another storm making its way our way. it does look like this one's forming in an area that we expect it to form in. that's in the caribbean, that's where we're going to be seeing this storm for the next few days. you see that storm right there, just off the coast of nicaragua. starting to get a little better organized. the national hurricane center, right now is a depression, it's expected to become a tropical storm before it makes landfall. bringing them some heavy rainfall. that's something we're going to be watching. >> right now, tropical depression 16. this is the key here just how much land interaction is it going to have. the less land it hits, the more it could strength. s a strong tropical storm, 65

into the central gulf of mexico, very warm water here and very low sheer. this storm could actually increase in intensity fairly quickly. they bring it up to 80 miles an hour, we'll see how strong this gets. bringing it on shore, close to apalachico apalachicola, right around the pensacola area. now, as i mentioned at 6:00, i expected this to shift west a little bit, and they've done that, you notice new orleans is now in the cone of uncertainty. it may shift west a little more, with the next advisory at 5:00 a.m., by that time, we may have tropical storm nate. what happens after this? it moves our way. this will be very good news for us, for the most part, especially if it is a depression. we need the rain from this storm, it looks like it will be the biggest factor. let's talk about the impacts here. tracking the tropics, the impacts in our region would be monday into tuesday. we have a couple days to watch this, hopefully it will be bringing us a lot of rain. we could use a couple

it could bring us strong winds if it's strong enough of a storm. i'm going to be tracking this very closely for you. currently, beautiful 65, winds out of the west. if you like it warmer, i have that for you too. 85 degrees tomorrow. mostly sunny, many areas were in the 80s today. some deal on friday, that means great weather for the nationals game. 85 on friday, 86 on saturday, that game looking good too. sunday maybe an isolated chance of a shower, watching the tropics on monday and tuesday, behind that storm. and this is the storm that brings nate our way. we get much cooler. highs only in the low to mid-60s, and some of the computer models have highs in the upper 50s. >> all right.

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waiting. their series with the cubs don't start until friday. it's more time to make decisions like game one starters, for the cubs it will be kyle hendrix. for the nationals, the wait continues. the kblub is not announced it yet. stev steven strasburg stayed on the flat ground and played a good game of catch. his club is confident either way. >> he just got player of the month, right? pitcher of the month? he's throwing the ball so well right now he's healthy, he's really strong. really excited. i don't know do we know when he's going? whenever he goes, i'm sure we'll be

>> he's looked forward to this moment for a long time, i hope that he can continue to pitch down the stretch there. after the first pitch or two, it's the same game. >> could be friday. >> time flies. alex ovechkin about to begin his 13th season in a washington capitals sweater. caps open the season at ottawa tomorrow night, before coming home to play montreal saturday. it's the start of a journey the caps hope will end in an elusive stanley cup. the pittsburgh penguins. you may want to close your eyes, caps fans, you can't watch this, they're raising their second straight stanley cup banner. third period, blues up 4-2. penguins a 5 on 3. evgeni malkin. penguins within one, pittsburgh ties this game. we go to overtime.

closes the game. the nats having an off day, the two decided to elope. got married in a small sayre moan me on the mall. doolittle summed up the day in a poem. so happy i can now call you a wife. carol maloney caught up with the happy crew. >> it was a little stressful, so many moving parts. getting ready for the playoffs. we talked about it for the last couple months, why can't we be married, we're ready to be married. we had some free time, so we made it official. >> now the honeymoon's in chicago, right? >> maybe, that's more of i business trip. >>

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new tonight, a follow-up on a story we told you about at 11:00 last night, after an 85-year-old woman decided to help hurricane victims. she had 75 cases of bottled water delivered to alfred street baptist church in alex andrea. the church will take the

houston. >> take away the thirst for water, because they don't have any. i'm hoping and praying that this gets there safely to the people. >> delores, may i say that is a fine hat, thank you, ma'am. >> we love miss boyd.

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