school child that says she was assaulted on the way home from school. now there's been a dramatic change in that story. thes race for the cup. this could be the year. caps fans, it's almost time to rock the red. listen, we say this every season. the caps are so good. we have some of the best players in the league and we keep falling short. i'm so disappointed. >> i'm not going to get worked up about the capitals yet. >> we have to get worked up about the nats. >> world series first. hockey season, i don't know, 158 games long or however long it is. they don't play the stanley cup until the july 4th weekend. >> i like the red. >> i agree. >> springtime disappointment. >> you got to deal with your current worries right now. >> have to get through the fall collapse first. >> but every season is a new season. the caps could go all the way this time. i'mt

>> i like how eun has faith. >> hope springs eternal. they all support a version of red. one of the -- red is my flafrt color, though. garnet and gold. >> the sooner schooners, skrim son and -- the redskins are burgundy and gold. >> maryland, the terp i terps. >> mostly clear sky outside. four things you need to know about the weather. much warmer air is moving back in. 80s today. mid-80s tomorrow. dry weather through at least saturday. there is a little chance for rain on your sunday. right now, though, temperatures mostly 50s to around 60 degrees. it will be a toasty warm day to be outside today. high temperatures near 83 degrees. sun is up at 7:08. down at 6:44 this evening. again, highs in your hometown today. 83 in washington. 78 in beautiful gaithersburg. let's go to jack taylor. he's had bumpy spots on the

chopper 4 is on scene. it's southbound inside the beltway headed toward the good luck road overpass. the tow truck, the vehicle lit up, a vehicle left the roadway. the vehicle was overturned has been cleared. from the right lane. hopefully, as they retrieve this vehicle from the grassy area. both travel lanes will be open. back near 197. virginia 95 northbound into springfield. the crash before the beltway. it's along the right side of the roadway. this is in the main lanes. they've got a little less of the roadway blocked. it's, again, the right lane blocked. 95 north heading into springfield. back to you. >> thank you, jack. >> now to the latest on that massacre in las vegas. >> they're expected to have a better understanding. the role the fire department and firefighters play in responding to the mass shooting. emergency response crews are expected to share their experience for the first time today. meanwhile, new video is surfacing of the chaos outside of the music

>> down! >> get down, get down! >> this video shows the scene from just outside the concert venue. you can hear the gunshots and the stampede of people and people shouting get down. the video shows first responders helping the injured also. here's a look at some of the up to the minute details in the case. you remember the shooter's girlfriend. her attorney says she had no knowledge of any plans by stephen paddock to commit a massacre. >> we learned that the shooter had 1600 rounds of ammunition and several containers of explosives in his car. >> investigators also gave us a better idea of the timeline in the shooting. the first shots were fired around 10:05 p.m. sunday night. they didn't end until a full ten minutes later. president trump is back at e

after visiting victims of the las vegas massacre. today the white house is likely to face new questions in the gun control fight. it comes after democrats introduced a bill banning bump stock devices. that was the device used in the shooting. yesterday the president didn't want to talk about while democrats were pushing forward. >> we're not going to talk about that. we won't talk about that. >> we were elected to lead. how many more dead bodies will it take to wake up this congress? >> it's not just bump stocks. democrats are also calling for stronger background checks and a committee to study the problem. >> a major development in the battle over gun laws in d.c. it looks like it could get easier to get a concealed carry permit. >> yes. this is a story our mark segraves and tom sherwood broke on twitter. justin finch is here to break down what we've learned. >> reporter: hey there, chris.

d.c.'s attorney general karl racine will not go to the supreme court for an appeal. d.c.'s current conceal carry law. a three-judge found in a 2-1 decision that that policy is unconstitutional. if you try to get a concealed carry permit here in d.c., you know it's not very easy. it does require what's known as a good reason such as a fear of injury or some other good reason to move forward. that, of course, shuts out a lot of people. racine has argued that it does align. this policy with other concealed carry permit policies in other cities and states, but we're told from our sources this morning that he will not be exercising that supreme court appeal option in this case. so that does mean sometime very soon, we could see more concealed carry permits issued here in the district. we're live in northwest, i'm justin finch. back to yo

>> justin, thank you. it's 6:06 now. molette green is at the live desk with new polls about the virginia's governor's race. this is a tight race, molette. >> but we're seeing the democrat, hall of northam pulling ahead. widening his lead against ed gillespie. northam is ahead of gillespie 53 to 40. libertarian cliff -- 4% here. northam's support is solidly coming from democrats. just over half of likely voters not a factor in this case. another study out of niger where three special forces soldiers were killed, two injured. multiple sources tell nbc news the ambush was conducted by suspected islamic militants operating from

confirmed the deaths but acknowledged that a hostile incident did occur. in puerto rico people are waking up in the dark two weeks after hurricane maria hit. 93% of the island is still without power. it comes as the death toll climbed to 34. some of the victims died as a direct result of the storm. others from medical issues or suicide. puerto rico's governor thinks maria cost $90 billion in damage. remember, you can watch doreen gentzler's reports from san juan right now on the nbc washington app. just search puerto rico. it's been a very busy hurricane season. a lot of people say they can't remember having that many severe storms back-to-back. >> especially ones so powerful. now there's a new storm we're keeping an eye on. >> sheena paragraveen is here wa look at t t

hard to believe, another one? >> we have another one we're watching. hurricane season isn't over until november 30th guys. we have another one we're watching. this is nicaragua and honduras. you can't tell where it is. so i circled it for you. it's this cluster of cloud cover. this is a tropical depression right now. max winds only 35 miles an hour. but it does look pretty favorable for further developments. could be a tropical storm very soon moving across the gulf of mexico. warm waters could become a category one hurricane. so very early sunday morning, we could see it making landfall from louisiana to the florida panhandle. then the remnants would head here. we would be looking at rain locally. here's a look at the computer models. they're really in agreement that it's going to hold together and head into the gulf anywhere from louisiana to the florida panhandle. then they'll get caught up in the next weather system headed our way and pushed into our area with the form of some heavy rain potentially. coming up in a bit, we'll tal

many days. yesterday we told you about the man arrested for allegedly threatening to murder african-americans at howard university. john edgar rust is appearing in court this afternoon after communicating threats to injure another person. rust used an alexandria restaurant's wi-fi to post a threatening statement online. rust faces a maximum of five years in prison if he's convicted. we got our update on a story we told you about earlier this week. the girl claims she was sexually assaulted after getting off her school bus. turns out, she made it up. the girl told police she was pulled between two parked cars and assaulted. police had to close the case yesterday after they say she told a family member she made up the story after she saw something similar on tv. today the caps are taking the ice. it is the first game of the season. nothing but pmi

potential at the beginning. they're up in ottawa, canada. the puck drops at 7:30. alex ovechkin, the 13th year with the caps. we need a stanley cup for oaf i, don't we. he has yet to win lord stanley's cup. >> only takes one chance though. >> let's goment. a mother's fight. how the choice for the care of her own child ended up landing her in jail. it's funny to hear a female talk about routes. >> no laughing matter. some football fans are fuming. this nfl star a trending on your facebook page for all the wrong reasons. i'm chuck bell. skies are mostly clear now. temperatures in the comfy zone. mostly in the 50s to around 60 degrees now. it's another a-plus weather day today. up near 83 degrees. maybe that light jacket here first thing this

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ralpand as a doctor, nobody ever asked if i'm a democrat or republican. they just want my help. so if donald trump is helping virginia i'll work with him. but donald trump proposed cutting virginia's school funding, rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all.

ziefrjtsd thursday morning as the kids head to the bus stop. might want a light jacket. by 7:00 a.m., 63 degrees. more sunshine today again. temperatures will be back in the 830s. it's actually going to continue into the weekend. a little bit of rain in the weekend forecast. chuck is up in a bit with your forecast. lithe check the roads with jack taylor. >> troubles woodbridge northbound on 95 into springfield. our crash before 495 was moved into the gore area. sizable slowdowns. in arlington, the water main repairs, right side of the

southbound baltimore washington parkway, the crash inside the beltway was put on to the shoulder. delays back to powder mill road. jack, thank you. more and more mochb bus drivers are worrying about their safety. >> apparently, there's a growing trend of assaults on metrobus drivers. one line in particular is being targeted again and again. the popular x 2 line. police are trying to find two suspects. one threw a can at a driver and another pulled a knife. >> they understand the problem all too well. >> they're trying to get you from point a to point b. they're getting all the harassment. >> it's terrible. they need more security on the buses. what a moment to recover -- when a woman threw a cup of urine on a driver. that alsoap

buses. >> new dangers all the time. 850 new jobs are cop coming to prince george's county. they broke ground yesterday afternoon at the future site of kaiser permanente administration building near the carrollton metro. this is part of a push to transform that area. that station is the busiest in the county. this morning, a mom is headed to jail for not getting her son vaccinated. follow with me here. the michigan mom must serve seven days after violating a court order. the woman's ex-husband wanted their 9-year-old son vaccinated but she said it violated her beliefs. while she is the primary care-giver, the judge told her the boy father, quote, gets a say. now she will serve the seven-day sentence for contempt of court and it's not clear whether the child will be vaccinated. this is a story you've seen on facebook. eun and

and debating it. a congressman from pennsylvania outspoken against abortion allegedly asked his mistress to get one when he thought she was pregnant. congressman tim murphy says he's not going to seek another term. text messages allege that the congressman made the request of the woman to get an abortion. murphy says he will "take some personal time to seek help as my family and i continue to work through our personal difficulties." questions about that one, chris. one of the nfl's most popular players is under fire for making what many are calling a sexist comment to a female reporter. we're talking about cam newton at his weekly news conference. the panther quarterback was taking a question from a writer at the charlotte observer, jordan rodrigue. >> devin funchess ismb

and getting the extra yards. does that give you -- >> it's funny to hear a female talk about routes. it's funny. >> okay. now no reporter has asked newton to clarify his comments or maybe pause and find out what he meant, but rodrigue tweeted after saying, quote, i don't think it's funny to be a female and talk about routes. i think it's my job. other reactions on twitter are mixed this morning. there are a lot of sportscasters and writers, journalists, both men and women saying that this is sexist. that, of course, obviously women know about football. and routes. >> the question -- she's asking a pretty good question about physical route running, running between lines. >> he was trying to compliment her. no apology from cam newton or the panthers. we're working for you in the

family to do something kind for a stranger. i've been talking to eun about this. my first grade daughter working through this mean girl thing. >> and only in first grade. >> 6 years old. >> that says a lot about what's going on in the country. news 4 is joining a national effort asking children in particular to be kind. it's all about preventing bullying. yesterday, molette green spoke at hammond middle school in alexandria. hundreds of kids promised her that they would indeed be kind. >> you see the kids cheering and smiling there much at one point it got pretty emotional when they heard the story of rachel scott. she was the first person to die in the columbine school shooting. she wanted the world to be a much kinder place. i know that the emphasis on children being kind. but i think adults set the standard. when adults are acting like jerks and unkind to each other, kids are watching. they are doing what they've seen. >> absolutely. my taught fif

years. sit down dinner day was something she always had. all the kids wear their best things, put tablecloths out and have the silverware, teaching the kids proper etiquette. >> cool idea. >> kids learn by example. >> she raised you right, chuck bell. >> set a bad example at our house, ka pow, ruler on the knuckles. old school discipline. clear skies on a thursday morning. yes indeed. little friday as we like to call it in the social media world. the harvest moon is full at 2:42 this afternoon. you get another view of it tonight. great flowers continue to be found all over washington. i found these dahlias yesterday in the cleveland park neighborhood. these are about five feet tall, both the pink ones and the -- the blues are about this big around. job well done by the late summer warmth around here on the flowers. otherwise, it's a mild start. 60 degrees now. south

southerly winds from a big-time warmup today. we'll be back in the 830s this afternoon. forecasting 83 for a high temperature. there's the hourly temperature. 77 at lunchtime. 83 when school lets out at 3:00. 78 degrees. you can cook outside the backyard tonight. we are keeping a close eye. it's been bone dry around here for weeks. the next chance for rain arrives on sunday. but the next chance of significant rain arrives on monday and tuesday. what is likely to become hurricane nate, which should make landfall in the northern gulf coast here sometime later on in the weekend. it will bring us a significant chance for rain monday and tuesday. every drop ends with a flood is an old weather saying. no rain today, tomorrow or saturday. if you're running the army ten-miler, it will be cloudy and humid with temperatures near 80 degrees on sunday afternoon. let's go over to jack taylor, the man with the biggest coffee mug in north america. >> bingo. thank you so much. if you're riding northbound on 395 across the 14th street bridge,

a motorcyclist was involved in a crash unfortunately. only the left and right lanes getting by. as you see, more equipment is headed to the scene. virginia springfield, 95 northbound before the beltway. that crash was shouldered. also branch avenue going northbound before allentown road. police activity on the shoulder. that's caused a delay. clearly, rubber necking. no lanes blocked. back to you. thank you, jack. the trump hotel targeted. federal government workers on edge. the reason some people may be dreading going to work today. keeping your eyes on the road. the reason your car may be to blame for a common danger on the roads. if you need a few laughs, keep an eye on this celebrity guest on thellen e

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our area's newest hotel gaining a lot of attention. >> not all of it good. some federal workers near the tourist attraction are worried their safety may be at risk. scott macfarlane explains. the new trump international hotel is drawing guests and drawing tourists. it's also drawing protests. some large. some small across a small driveway from the hotel sits the headquarters for the internal revenue service. some reached out to the iteam sayihe

commotion have them concerned. especially after police arrested a pennsylvania man who had been acting suspiciously at the hotel earlier this year. he's accused of having weapons and 90 rounds of ammo in his parked vehicle there. he's pleaded not guilty. what did you think when a man was arrested with a cache of weapons and 90 rounds of a.m. owes across the street from your workers at the irs. >> it was alarming. it under scores the very negative political rhetoric that is out around the country. >> the irs tells news 4 it works well with trump hotel security and constantly monitors security. but tonight on news 4 at 11:00, details from an internal irs e-mail sent last year that acknowledges security concerns. scott macfarlane, news 4 isteam. the girlfriend factor. she was the closest person to the las vegas shooter. how much did she know and the red flag that came just before the shoot

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he house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. ♪ thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, for all of the victims out there. mark: i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad.

good morning everyone. thanks for joining us. i'm eun yang. your "news4 today" team has been up with you since 4:00 a.m. our empty coffee cups attest to that fact snie. >> i'm low. storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen is out on the storm team weather deck with a look at your forecast. you still have that jacket on, sheena. >> i do. it's chilly out here. i bet you jack's giant i guess a cooler cup is still full. i bet you it is. he probably refilled it. it's chilly out here this morning. it's more damp than yesterday morning. even though we're not as cool on the temperature map, it still feels cool enough to have your arms covered. it's 60 degrees in washington. 47 in that mass as. 54 leesburg. when you step outside, a lot of the kids

jacket. you will not need it this afternoon. look at the temperatures this afternoon. we'll be around 83 for a high. the normal high is 72 degrees. we're actually going to stay in the 80s as we go into the weekend. we're also watching heavy rain in parts of the area coming up. we'll take a look at that straight ahead and show you the timing on it. >> let's check the roads with jack taylor and his giant coffee cup. >> thank you so much. 395 northbound on the 14th street bridge, our crash has only one right lane getting by. a motorcycle was involved. so a lot of equipment is on scene. single right lane and the main lanes getting by causing pretty significant slowdowns. we've had major delays into springfield. there's a crash shouldered in springfield. the express lanes are doing fine. the slowdown is backing dale city headed to springfield. new accident activity in annapolis involving a tractor-trailer at route 2. the richie highwa

to the left. back to you. >> chujack, thank you. the woman who knew him best said she had no idea what he was planning. >> investigators calling him disturbed and dangerous. marilou danley says that's not the man she knew. it doesn't appear we're closer to learning the motive for the deadliest shooting in u.s. history. molette green has more from the live desk. >> we're hearing from her through her attorney. marilou danley was paddock's girlfriend. she was in the philippines when he shot more than 500 people at that music festival sunday. danley says paddock bought her that plane ticket so that she could visit her family. he also wired her $100,000 in the days before the shooting. she says he wanted her to buy her family a house in the philippines. danley said the man she knew was kind, caring and quiet. not a killer. >> i

quiet future together with him. he never said anything to me. >> danley's sisters believe paddock sent her away so that he could carry out his plans uninterrupted. eun, back to you. >> molette, thank you. the man arrested for allegedly threatening to murder african-americans at historically black howard university will be in court today. john edgar rust posted online threats back in 2015. he used an alexandria's restaurants wi-fi and that's how they tracked him down. don't touch me. >> let's walk. >> the woman dragged off a plane at bwi marshall airport says there's a lot more to the story that's already pretty complicated. in a new statement, the woman says she's pregnant and she does not have

pets. the original reason that she left the plane. southwest airlines apologized after that incident and said, it was the local police who pulled her off that flight. it looks like the technology designed to keep you safe while driving may be having the opposite effect. a new study says all the new dashboard features are keeping more eyes off the road than on them. researchers found drivers using technology in their cars were visually and mentally distracted more than 40 seconds. among them, navigation system or sending text messages while driving. you can't do that. can't even manage the phone and steering wheel and looking at the road. it's too much. >> it's suppose today alleviate that problem and make it easier and safer. i got to tell you, a lot of families are waking up worried and concerned about the future. >> today is the final day for deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca

file their renewal requests. news 4's megan mcgrath is here with more on extending the program. megan, a lot of families worried about deportation. >> reporter: right. ultimately, that is potentially what we're talking about here. thousands of families are living and working in this country because of their status with daca. later today, the organization, casa, is going to file a lawsuit trying to make sure that the daca program continues. this comes after protesters marched on the white house and called for congress to intervene. now, in the meantime, a very important deadline is looming. time, frankly, is running out. some 48,000 people have not yet renewed their immigration status under the daca program. now, here are four things you need to know. first of all, that deadline for those who are eligible is today. so october 5th. you've got to get that paperwork in. the

the cost not cheap. $465. people who don't renew could face the possibility of deportation. now, organizations like casa are trying to make sure that doesn't happen. they're trying to get the word out and also taking legal action. we'll be following this very closely. back to you guys in the studio. >> a lot of folks will have an eye on that later this morning. thank you, megan. we want to update you on the autistic man swindled out of $600 from his bank account. his credit union will give his money back. two men convinced potts to give him his bank account ngs and then stole his atm card. surveillance video captures them inside the credit union. police are still looking for the man who took potts' money. he only makes about a hundred bucks a week working for the safeway grocery store. the credit union said every single one of our 7 million members is important to

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so this time tomorrow morning, i'm going to be on the field at nationals park. love this tiechlt year. the nats about to start another playoff run. we say this could be the year. i say it every year. but i believe it. >> you and a lot of other people. >> but to win the world series, they have to make it through the first round. they're not taking any chances. >> careful. they're everywhere. >> the team hosted a haunted house at nats park last night to exorcise the demons of their

playoff past. that's sherri burruss. braving through walking the haunted house. the nats won the division in 2012, 2014 and 2016. but guess what? lost in the first round every time. breaking our hearts. but tomorrow night they take on the world series champ chicago cubs. i'm telling you -- i am telling you, we need -- it's going to be back. >> one pitcher can make a difference. >> cubs fans are looking at nats fans like, what? >> i know. >> you know misery. let me tell you about misery. >> that's true. but i have hope. >> we all got hope. chuck's got hope. >> i am optimistic. we can take game one -- the cubs and the nationals tomorrow night. friday night in the nation's capital, temperatures in the mid-730s. really warm weather for the baseball game and the porch fest going on this weekend as well. people

their front porches as well. great weather for that. we have the forecast coming up in ten minutes. springfield north on 395, the main lanes, we've got delays trying to roll towards this crash on the inbound 14th street bridge. trying to get by the right side. a motorcycle was involved in the crash. chopper 4 is showing you the crash. a little bit of a landmark. on the brakes hard near the pentagon headed towards the crash. right side is getting by. back to you. >> thank you, jack. so if you googled the term bump stock, you are not the only one. the accessory that some lawmakers want to take off the store shelves. we're following a developing story overnight. american troops ambushed overseas. we're going to tell you more about that deadly attack. >> reporter: d.c.'s strict conceal carry law. we're liv with what sources are telling us cou be ald m

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>> reporter: we stumbled across a beautiful effort in las vegas. >> a time to heal. an idea flourishes into a movement and then a national tragedy. battleground virginia. emerging leader. new this morning, a front-runner is revealed in the final month of the virginia governor's race. trouble in the tropics again. we're watching another storm. when it could bring rain to your neighborhood. so much new information coming out. we want to get you the latest on the massacre in las vegas. >> we know that 58 people in the deadliest mass shooting in modern u.s. history. an attorney for the las vegas shooter's girlfriend said she had no knowledge by him to commit a massacre. the shooter had 1600 rounds of ammunition and several containers of an explosive in his car. investigators also revealed a timeline for the shooting.

p.m. sunday and ended ten minutes later. when you look at the investigation, the motive is still a mystery, but we now know stephen paddock meticulously planned this deadly attack. >> he didn't leave anything to chance. he wired the room with cameras, blocked off the stairs and had a get away plan. nbc's jay gray is live in las vegas now with more information. so tell us, jay, did he have any help planning this massacre? it seemed like there were so many steps. >> reporter: good morning, eun, chris. that's what police are suggesting for the first time now. perhaps he did have some help at some point in this. now, they don't believe there was another gunman. they want to make that clear. but also, they do say that somehow he had to have help procuring some of these weapons, that he had to have help moving all of the weapons into the hotel suite. all of the ammunition. thousands of rounds there

well. so they're trying to find that answer. they also say that in the days leading up to the attack that he was seen with another woman, not his girlfriend. they're not sure who she is. they'd like to talk to her. one other note. we now know that he gambled for hours before finally locking that hotel room door and turning his weapons on the crowd below. chris, eun? >> all right. thank you very much, jay. you know, you heard jay mention thousands. a lot of folks have been wondering exactly how he was able to get off so many rounds. his semiautomatic gun was turned virtually automatic with a device called a bump stock. perfectly legal. widely available online. the modification uses the gun's recoil to allow rapid fire. now, all those families have to start the heartbreaking task of planning funerals and saying goodbye. in fact, a woman from our area was killed in the shooting and tonight there

candlelight vigil for her. denise burditus lived in virginia. she was vacationing with her husband tony and attended the music festival. they were high school sweethearts, married more than 30 years, two kids, four grandchildren. the vigil will start at 6:30 at hedgeville high school's football stadium in west virginia. take a look at these pictures aaron gilchrist took of a healing garden people set up since the shooting. he's on his way back home. but he says he's happy this uplifting story could be his last in vegas. everything provided for this healing garden you see, the trees, soil, brick pavers, all came from donations. siegfried & roy donated a tree. the idea came together monday night after the shooting. tuesday morning crews were already hard at work planting trees in the city-owned lot in that same area bullets rained down on many victims. theyav

the healing garden will be done by friday night. even in the meantime, i think people continue to visit there at all times of the day. >> the garden is going up quickly. the actual healing is going to take a lot longer. new developments in the battle over gun laws in the district. it could get easier to get a concealed carry permit. >> mark segraves and tom sherwood broke the story on twitter for us and now news 4's justin finch is live for us this morning. can you break down what we've learned? >> reporter: yeah, that's right, chris. for those trying to get a concealed carry permit here in d.c., things could be getting easier for you. that's because our sources are telling us that d.c.'s attorney general, carl racine will not go tore a supreme court appeal to keep the current strict law in place and that he will be announcing that sometime today. now, this comes after a decision back in july by

found the current permit law is unconstitutional. restricting that second amendment right to bear arms here. if you have applied for that permit, you know it hinges on a so-called good reason, like a fear of injury and that is where a lot of applications can get tied up. however, racine has said for years, our policy here in d.c. is identical to other cities and states. however, the big change today is that he is not going to go for that last-ditch effort, that supreme court appeal to preserve the law and he will be announcing that as soon as today. back to you. >> all right. thank you, justin. 6:51 now. tragic developments overnight. we've 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 officials tells nbc news, the group was attacked during a partner training mission with local troops in the southwestern part of the country. we're working to

about the americans who were attacked and how the ambush unfolded. >> today is just about a -- we're getting a look at a new poll showing the democratic nominee for governor is padding his lead. >> schar school and the "washington post," ralph northam is ahead of ed gillespie, 53 to 40% among likely voters. northam was up 47 to 41% in another survey. >> interesting take away, about half of the likely voters say president trump is not going to be a factor for them when it comes time to vote. >> that's interesting. a lot of people looking to be re-elected take that into consideration. as you head out the door this morning, there are traffic hotspots to keep an eye on. >> traffic reporter jack taylor and the coffee mug. 395 northbound on the 14th street bridge. an accident involving a motorcycle.

unfortunately, the left half the bridge is blocked. delays back into springfield. not good. inner loop of the beltway before braddock road, thankfully this was moved to the right shoulder. on 95, maryland coming southbound, major delays from 198 headed to the beltway. we had big problems on the bw parkway. now we've got slow traffic on 95 south. also, a funeral procession rolling south off the 270 spur o slowly in the left lane. give that a wide berth if hur headed out right now. sheena, our weather, please? i know the traffic has been bad. >> bad traffic but good weather. not dealing with the rain right now. back in the 80s this afternoon. 80s into the weekend. believe it or not. it's not going to feel like fall in the afternoon hours around here. we're watching tropical rain. chuck will be up in a minute to talk more about that and where it's coming from. 53 dulles, 56 clinton. 47 manassas. maybe

if you're walking the dog, we have groovy here available for adoption. a nice day to walk the dog by the afternoon. 83 for a high. the nats forecast friday, big game here. temperatures will be in the mid to low 70s. dry through the game. starting off your weekend, we have strut your mutt. a walk to save homeless avenues. this is saturday at wheaton regional park. . a warm day for the dog on saturday. let check the tropics. we have one system we're watching very closely. >> yes indeed. good morning, sheena. familiarize yourself with nate. the national hurricane center is keeping a close eye. not much going on right now around here. any rain chances will stay well to our north. one tropical wave across south florida. that's not nate. nate is farther south from there off the coast of nicaragua and honduras. this is way down

still just a depression now. likely to become a tropical storm sometime in the next 24 hours. could very well make landfall as a hurricane, not too far from new orleans and mobile, pensacola. all eyes on the northern gulf coast. that would be late saturday night or early sunday morning. the moisture from that gets here by monday night into tuesday morning. that would be our next significant chance for rain. could easily get several inches of rain about that tropical moisture coming our way. how about that ten-day forecast. let's go back to sheena. >> chuck, it is looking warm. there's the chance of rain chuck was just mentioning. monday and especially tuesday morning, that would be the tropical rain getting here. we start to feel like fall again. in the 630s for daytime highs into the end of next week. >> thank you, sheena. it's now 6:55. four things to know before you head out the door. investigators are far from finding out why

shot hundreds of people at a las vegas concert. they're looking for a woman would spent some time with paddock in the days before he killed 58 people at a concert. live reports from las vegas coming up next on the "today" show. today is the deadline for eligible daca recipients to file the request to renew their status. if they don't or congress doesn't extend it, you can follow megan mcgrath on twitter to get more. d.c.'s strict conceal carry laws may get more lenient. sources tell news 4 the district's attorney general will announce today that he will not take this case to the supreme court court. keep an eye on the apps. caps fans are hoping this is their year. caps open up the season tonight against the ottawa senators. last year ended in that crushing game 7. >> don't remind me. >> i hate even watching that thing. you can watch

7:30. come on, caps. >> it's a little friday as we like to call thursday. >> it's thursday. >> really? >> it's good for you. >> my social media manager tells me that's what we call it now. brittany, they were boo'ing at you. 83 today. 85 tomorrow. next chance for rain is sunday. next chance for significant rain is monday. >> when you say it, it's okay. doesn't sound good coming from me. >> now we're all confused.

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good morning. troubling questions. >> you've got to make the assumption he had to have some help at some point. >> investigators now suspect stephen paddock may have had assistance and possibly an elaborate plan to escape after the shooting. the gunman's girlfriend speaking out for the first time through her attorney. >> it never occurred to me in any way whatsoever that he was planning violence against anyone. >> we're live with the latest on the deepening mystery. breaking overnight. u.s. special forces soldiers ambushed by suspected islamic militants in niger. three killed. two others wounded. we'll have the latest. pushing back. secretary of state rex tillerson takes on an nbc news report that he referred to the president as a moron.