this. >> they are a long suffering, freezing cold city. >> yes. >> so we are a warm weather town. and the weather forecast for game one and game two could not be any more favorable for the home team. >> yeah. here we go. >> here's your game one forecast. game two in a second. there's the look down here at nats ballpark. what a great day for baseball. how about this? 77 degrees at first pitch time. which is just after 7:30 this evening. by the time the game is over, game one will be in the bag, temperatures into the low 70s. what about game two tomorrow. 5:30 first pitch in the afternoon. 84 degrees. are you kidding me? there's no way a cold weather team is going to win a game at 84 degrees. no way. >> i like your predictions and thanks for serving up great weather. >> my pleasure. >> for the first game of the playoffs. game one tonight. game two here tomorrow night as we

aaron and molette, backright. thanks. we'll go to jack taylor right on the morning commute. hey, jack. >> good morning, good morning. unfortunately, we've got a new crash in maryland on 95 southbound after 212. but before the beltway. sounds like a tractor-trailer and car were involved. the left lane is closed. chopper 4 is headed to the scene as we speak. inbound on the 11th street bridge after the 295 merge together as you head on to the bridge itself, couple cars involved in a crash. left lane is closed. update on fox hall near reservoir northwest with our structure fire. megan mcgrath has been on scene. outbound lanes reopened. inbound still blocked but not for long. back to you. jack, thank you. all right. we're staying on top of that breaking news jack just mentioned for a couple of hours. we're been following fire crews out there on the scene of a house fire. >> take a look. we'll show you where it is. fox hall road near reservoir

direnso reopen the area. megan mcgrath on the scene working for you, megan. >> hey guys. well, what a difference 30 seconds could make. that last truck, the last fire truck just literally pulled off the scene here. we have fox hall road open in both directions. in fact, you'll see cars going by in the northbound. the outbound direction here. so everything has reopened. good news for commuters. this is a big route for people getting from upper northwest to downtown to the georgetown area within the last minutes. everything has reopened. we had a fire in a home in the 1600 block of fox hall. we've also learned what they believe is the cause of that fire. they say it was accidental and electrical in nature. apparently it broke out in the basement area of the home. we've got video to show you. there is a dental office in the basement of this house. it was somewhere in that area. everyone was able to get out okay. the family

out. tremendous damage and we had the roads closed for a while. if you take fox hall, should be okay in terms of getting to work this morning. all is back to normal. back to you. >> all right, megan mcgrath live for us. megan, thank you. we turn to the las vegas massacre and new this morning, a complete list of the 58 people who died who were killed in that worst mass shooting in u.s. his fri. the youngest 20 years old, the oldest 67. they were at the route 91 harvest festival sunday night to have a good time. one of the victims in sunday's shooting had ties to our area. denise burditus from west virginia died in her husband's arms. >> amazing grace ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ >> last night we saw denise burditus' hedgesville community, they came together to honor her life and memory gathering at the high school football s

this candlelight vigil you see. that's where denise met and fell in love with her high school sweetheart, her husband over three decades. her mother-in-law remembers her as a strong military wife who put her family first. >> i loved her dearly. she spent so much time by herself, he was deployed so much. she never complained. >> friends from high school say denise kept in touch no matter how much time had passed. 6:04 right now. investigators are looking into the possibility that the shooter, stephen paddock had mental health issues. his girlfriend, marilou danley said he would lie in bed moaning and screaming, oh, my god. investigators don't believe his mental health made him carry out the attack. we're also learning about possible targets. before the attack, he researched boston's fenway park and went so far as to book rooms in chicago

in. after a judge sentenced the woman to one year in prison for abusing an elderly woman, that abuse was caught on camera. we want to warn you, this is tough video to watch. you can only see roxann bucchan-straker's hand in the video. she moments later hits the 95-year-old over the head. prosecutors say that object was a cell phone. all of this happening last december in silver spring. bucchan-straker pleaded guilty to abuse of a vulnerable adult. add another name to the race in decision 2018. former maryland congresswoman announcing her run for executive. >> we need to create jobs and innovation to take on the challenges of the 21st century. >> edwards will compete in the democratic primary next year. the field is getting more crowded. anthony

paul mont ear owe, they are already in the race. muse is married to news 4 anchor pat lawson muse. president trump is weighing in on the virginia governor's race with a tweet. the president made the false claim that the democratic candidate ralph northam is fighting for the gang ms-13 and sanctuary cities. he encouraged voters to choose ed gillespie. he's also been running political ads accusing northam of supporting sanctuary cities. northam pointed out that there are no sanctuary cities in west virginia. responded to the tweet saying looks like ed gillespie's ads reached his target audience, donald trump. we are following breaking news now. tropical storm nate is leaving a deadly trail through central america as it barrels toward the u.s. seven people have died in

rica. heavy rain from the storm has w. the national weather service says nate is forecast to reach the gulf coast this weekend. it has been a busy hurricane season and we're on the tropics watch yet again. >> there's a new storm that we're keeping an eye on right now. >> sheena parveen is here with a look at the track and the possible impact around here. what are you seeing, sheena? >> the track takes it to the -- it's unorganized looking right now. i had to circle it for you. around central america but a lot of the models taking it around the gulf coast states. 45 mile an hour winds could become a hurricane at the last minute potentially before it makes landfall near new orleans. but still, we have the coastline and mississippi and alabama still in the column. then it will head towards our area. that would be the remnants at that point. it would just be rain. computer models very much in agreement. you see how close together they are. that means they all basically

agree. none of them are strg moving into mostly louisiana at this point and thenarly ne there are the remnants heading in our direction. by monday and tuesday, that's when we expect tropical rain here. our chances locally do start as early as sunday. we'll look at that local forecast coming up. all right. we'll see you in a few minutes. some folks have tickets, others watching on tv. >> uh-huh. our own eun yang is on the field at nationals park, nats park this morning. the nats about to get the playoffs started. eun, being out there this early in the morning, even hours ahead of the game, you still get pumped up. >> absolutely right, molette. that's how you feel when you're ready for the playoffs. it doesn't matter that the game is hours away. there's so much preparation under way. the grass is pristine, green, it smells good. the grounds crew members were out here power washing all the seats and the stands to mak

of course, the npaationa and th. everyone is bustling about to make sure everything is just right because we want a win. chris gordon -- chris lawrence joins us now to tell us all about -- he's here to tell us what to expect and what people need to know before heading down. >> we're working for you. basically, we want you to have the best possible experience when you get down here. the first thing to do, you got to wear red. you know these cubs fans. they will travel thousands of miles. you know they're going to be rocking their blue. you got to show up and wear your red. you got multiple tickets. britt right one. game one, obviously. get there early. you don't want to be stuck out in the security line while the nats are coming up to bat in the third inning. what not to bring. come on. you know the drill by now. don't bring big bags. no metal, glass containers. no

it. also, some ofte a ways away and walk here to the ballpark. look, you can't bring pepper spray or mace or self-defense sprays. it will be easy to get home. metro will be running on extended hours. they're going to run until 1:00 in the morning. the circulator running extended hours. they'll give you a free ride back to northwest d.c. you can hop on the baseball boat. they will stay until 20 minutes after the last pitch. no matter what time this thing ends, that boat will get you back to old town alexandria. >> what do you do from there? you have to find a way home. >> i can't walk you all the way home. i can only get you halfway. i'm bringing the horse to water. i can't make him drink. >> but the boat, no matter what time it happens. >> 20 minutes after the last pitch is when the boat will leave. the boat will be here even it goesee

that will get you to old timeub yr bike. plenty of ways to get here. >> chris, thank you. now you know what you need to know before you head out here. we'll be live at the ballpark all morning long. watch news 4 at 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 when wendy rieger -- we're midday at 11:00 too. don't you worry, aaron. we've got you covered. >> 6:11 your time right now. cam newton says he is sorry. but the nfl star is not the only one apologizing. why a sports reporter he offended is also on defense. you know what, it's not the wharf that i grew up visiting. it's change a lot. a major new development on the southwest waterfront. now is the time to pay attention to what's goinon down there.g

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world series playoff baseball. just hanging out at the airport today like i usually do. it's time to bring the world series to washington, d.c. i'm trying to help you with a little bit of scruff. some of my co-workers don't seem too excited about growing the scruff out this year. why not doug? why not chuck? you don't want to do it. let's see if we can bring the world series here to washington. >> one pursuit, adam. i've got the towel, you've got the ugly beard. in all fairness, i haven't shaved in a few days. you'll find out eventually when you get to be my age, it's all white and gray hair. it doesn't look all that good. i'm just saying. nothing but perfect weather for baseball for

for tomorrow's game as py rain the army ten-miler on sunday morning. there will be a chance for showers on that. sheena has your extended forecast coming up in a few more minutes. for now, it's traffic time. good friday morning, jack taylor. good morning, chuck. unfortunately, an issue in maryland on 95 southbound. chopper 4 is over the scene. a tractor-trailer and a car were involved. the left lane is closed. pretty major delays back near the icc already. may be something to look at for the drivers. but lanes almost look open there. that's an actual good shot from george. left shoulder, everything is open. there's rubber necking delays. but it was in the left lane. back to you. >> jack, thank you. you are going to see this all over your timelines this morning. cam newton is apologizing for his comments about a female reporter. the carolina panthers quarterback

s his words, "extremely degrading and disrespectful." to be honest, that was not my intention. if you are a person who took offense to what i said, i sincerely apologize to you. >> there was cam newton's apology for those remarks. the female reporter also apologizing for a few racist tweets she made a few years ago about native and african-americans. newton lost at least one endorsement over his comments. the nats are here in the playoffs. but the caps are just getting their season started. what a start. alex ovechkin showing he's still one of the best players in the game. >> ovechkin to fire. he scores! backside. score! and he scores! >> look at that. ovi scoring three goals, a hat trick in the caps first game of th s

then theshootout. so exciting. what a game. so awesome. next up, capitals' home opener against montreal is this saturday. one of the best things about rooting for the caps and the nats, they both wear red. we can rock the red for both teams. the caps off to a great start and the nats today in their first playoff game of the post-season. so exciting. very thrilled to be here. >> wouldn't it be nice to have the caps win, the nats win, the caps win, the nats win. keep it going. >> don't forget, the redskins are still playing too. let's do the trifecta. >> and the wizards. >> you get a trophy, you get a trophy. you get a championship. everybody. >> sounds so good. eun, are you sticking around with your family later? i know last time you did. >> today is such a late game, i don't think we'll make it tonight. it's 7:30. i'm going to keep my eyes open to watch it from home. >> we understand. we know

>> we'll check back in. it's been a long road but finally next thursday the d.c. wharf is opening in the southwest waterfront. >> oh, my goodness. so exciting to see the transformation. news 4's meagan fitzgerald got a behind the scenes sneak peek. >> reporter: the new wharf is is impressive. i'm going to step out of way. it's been ten years or more in the making. what you're looking at now are brand new apartment buildings. there's condos out here. if you look down below, you'll notice a shake shack. but there's also a lot of other restaurants going in down here. many of them we don't know about because a developer says they're one of a kind. >> this is hank's oyster right here. this will be open on thursday. >> reporter: this is one of the 26 restaurants that will be coming to the wharf, along with three hotels and 15 retail shops. monty hoffman is one of the developers who gave us an exclusive tr

pearl street will be packed with entertainment and live music. outside bars and restaurants will line the waterfront. but one of the biggest attractions will be the anthem theater. a brand new state of the art venue which will seat up to 6,000 guests inside. >> it's like a village. that's what we're creating here. >> reporter: reporting at the wharf, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> they're going to have restaurants down there that we have not seen around these parts. >> i was down there on sunday. the fish market is still there. the seafood market is still there. >> where i used to get my crab, live, since i was a little girl. >> you had them cooked? i can't see you cooking a crab. >> i threw a bag of live ones over my shoulder. no, we got them cooked. >> we bought ours live, aaron and you boiled them. >> you took them home and cooked them. it's the whole process. with the beer and the seasoning. >> too much work. >> i like the

>> you like the shake shack. >> we have one -- i don't know if there are any around here. steak and shake, do you know that? >> that is a southern thing. but shake shack is the closest i can get to it here. for today, what to wear. nats gear. that's what you need to wear today. make sure it is short sleeves because we're looking at baseball weather today. sunglasses as we go through your day. mix of sun and clouds. so you do not need your umbrella until sunday. then our rain chances increase. it's 66 right now washington. pretty comfortable outside. 61 leesburg and clinton. 67 manassas. if you are exercising this morning, comfortable by 7:00 a.m. 66 degrees. by lunchtime, the afternoon hours, we're looking at the mid-80s for temperatures. feeling more like summer today. locally, we have the clouds around. maybe a few sprinkles west of winchester. really about it. through theer

saturday, looking good as well. still a warm day saturday. then the rain chances increase as we go into sunday. there's 11:00 a.m. sunday. expect scattered showers around. the rain chances continue also monday, tuesday, part of wednesday. that would be the remnants at that time of nate. that's currently a tropical storm around central america. but eventually the rain will be getting in here. >> homeless animals starting at 9:00 a.m. for registration. 70 degrees by then. ending at 1:00 p.m. but temperatures by then in the low 80s. by the afternoon saturday we're looking at 86 degrees. another warm day for the nats' second game. sunday the rain chance gets here. upper 730s and it continues monday and tuesday. we'll look at your full ten-day forecast coming up. let's check the roads on this finally friday commute. good morning, jack. >> good morning, sheena. chopper 4 found our crash on 95 southbound after 212. before the beltway. everybody is on the left

the delays crept back befe aig . also a crash inbound on the 11th street bridge where the 295 merges together. that's been in the left lane. slowest traffic is north on i-295 towards the bridge itself. 270 southbound the crash after 109, if anything is left, it was on the right shoulder. we're in good shape there. that is our delay. back to you. jack, thank you. three little kids left in a hot car. a mother arrested the reason she said she had to leave them behind. federal workers threatened. it happens all the time. the one agency seeing a spike in threat

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is tonight at 6:00 scott macfar 4 i-team. 6:27 now. she died in her husband's arms. the las vegas attack victim honored. the outpouring of emotion to celebrate the life of a woman from our region. an after-schoolworker fired. a 10-year-old girl said to be a woman: so, greg, it's a lot to take in. woman 2: and i know that's hard to hear, but the doctors caught it early. hi, blake! my dad has cancer. woman: and i know how hard that is to hear. but you're in the right place. man: and dr. pascal and her team, they know what to do. they know what to do. the doctors know what to do. so here's the plan. first off, we're going to give you all... (voice fading away)

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6:30 on this friday morning. thanks for waking up with us. >> playoff baseball is here even though it didn't feel like october. sheena is here monitoring the forecast this weekend. so much good stuff going on. >> we'll talk about that soon. first out to the ballpark with eun yang and chuck bell. a look ahead at what we can expect. >> chuck, we need you to loosen that tie too. >> it's the k section thing. the k card night. >> efrp gets a k card tonight and tomorrow the towels. apparently, it's like the pittsburgh. you're suppose

around. r rally towel. perfect weather for baseball. it's comfortably cool this morning. afternoon highs up in the low to mid-8 mid-830s. nobody cares what the temperature will be at 4:00 in the afternoon. people only care what it's like during game one. first pitch temperature 77 degrees. feels like a warm weather team kind of a win. temperatures staying above 70. unless the game goes past 15 or 16 innings, then it will drop. >> do you remember the giants game during playoffs? i remember how late that was. >> that was a long one. as long as it ends with a w. >> that's right. >> that's all that matters to us. let's go to jack taylor. find out how the friday morning commute is coming along. >> work for that curly w. like it. chopper 4 dealing with our crash in maryland. 95 southbound before the beltway after 212. everybodis

the delays are backit did cause. expect it if you're headed south out of baltimore. inbound on the 11th street bridge. district authorities trying to clear the crash in the left lane after you merge with the 11th street merge off of 295. we had activity northbound on leonard town road. back to you. >> all right, jack. thank you. it's 6:32 right now. no parent wants to hear that something bad happened at their child's school. >> especially when it has to do with allegations of abuse involving a young girl. news 4's justin finch is in bethesda with a look at what the school is doing to reassure parents and students. >> reporter: the man accused here hired to help kids and now police believe he's hurt at least one. disturbing to say the least. that's why today a psychologist as well as counselors will be on hand here at carter rock elementary to help those in need. the man at the

41-year-old roy iii. he's known to many here as andy. he's now accused of inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl. now facing a charge of sexual offense as well as sexual assault. he was a para-educator here and worked with the company kids add veins turs which runs after-school programs here. on thursday afternoon, just yesterday police say he surrendered. turned himself in and confessed to inappropriately touching that 10-year-old girl. the investigation itself has been going on since may of this year. the actual incident believed to have taken place back in november of last year when that girl and simmons were away from the other students here. now, a letter did go home to parents saying that simmons had been fired. detectives believe there could be more victims out there. if you feel your child was

you're urged to call the police. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. now we'll have a look at your top stories this morning. this mom facing felony charges after police say she left her three young kids in a hot car tuesday. fairfax county police say alexa faulkison of falls church left them for at least 45 minutes while she went to work. the kids are now with their step dad. now to an update on the breaking news we've been following. fox hall road at reservoir road in northwest d.c. is back open now. an overnight house fire had that area blocked off. you are looking at the large response to that scene on fox hall road across from the jetty's. fire is out. everyone got out okay. tonight's playoff game between the notice and the cubs is sold out and stephen strasburg is getting it all started in front of the crowd. the nats are playing the defending world series champion chicago cubs. there are some special giveaways. new food options. dj's.

going to be facepainting. caricature ar cysts. and interesting guests at the game. the one thing always here for us, for our entertainment, the racing presidents. we asked mike from the nat pack who he thought would win. >> i am related to abraham lincoln -- >> you are? >> i got to go with my guy abe. don't ask me how. >> we're all related somehow. >> some way, shape or form. of course, the nationals are going to win. stephen strasburg is on the mound. >> all right. from his lips to god's ears. mike thinks the nats will win tonight. make sure you get to the game early. if you have a ticket. the gates open at 5:30 for 7:30. i know a lot of people will be heading out here for restaurants, there will be a lot of excitement all day long. of course, news 4 will have your complete coverage. stay with us all day. back to you guys. eun, we'll checkk

still ahead,e storm. >> president trump's side comments are raising some eyebrows. we'll try to put it into context, next. plus, breaking news overnight. more devastation after a new storm stirs up trouble ithe tropn ic

good morning. take a look at nats park this morning. just a beautiful day and a beautiful field as the team gets to playoffs started tonight. last year's world series champions the cubs will be here tonight at 7:30. a lot of you want to know what's going to happen. here are the odds. the people in vegas who put money on this sort of thing, not that we'd do this. they have the nats at a 15-2 odds of actually winning the whole thing, the whole world series. the cubs odds a little worse. 8 to 1. the two teams with the best odds

they have the besans won a play already. that means nothing in the end. things get tight here at nats park. right, sheena? >> that is right, eun. good weather for you right now sitting out there. fantastic weather going through the afternoon and evening for the nats and the fans in the stands. here's a live look outside right now. we do have some clouds around. temperatures are very comfortable. 66 degrees. we'll keep a south wind today. that's going to help to warm us up to baseball weather criteria this afternoon. it's going to be feeling more like summer. i'll show you that forecast into the weekend. we do have rain chances returning. much-needed rainfall. we'll take a look at that as well. let's look at the roads as well, jack taylor on this friday. good morning, jack. we'll check in with jack in a second. first, inside the mind of a killer. the girlfriend of a las vegas gunman shares new personal details. plus, evidence that he may have been planning other attacks.

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road in northwest d.c. fire crews left the scene of a house fire. this was megan mcgrath working for you with good news for commuters here, megan. >> reporter: yeah, good news for commuters. we also have a little more information on the fire itself. behind me, we've been able to get a bit closer. the damage that was caused to this home. it essentially was gutted. there's a dental office down in the basement. we're told by firefighters that they believe this was accidental and electrical in nature. but everyone was able to get out of the house okay. the family pets as well. so that's the good news there. however, caused real problems this morning in terms of the road closure on fox hall. a major route as people make their way in to work. you can now see that everything has reopened. reopened in the last 45 minutes or so. if you take fox hall from upper northwest down to georgetown, you should be okay. everything ick

here. we're starting to see the rush hour pick up. all good news. back to you guys. >> megan mcgrath live for us. megan, thank you. 6:45 your time now as we turn to the las vegas massacre. now this morning, a complete list of the 58 people who were killed in the worst mass shoot not guilty this country's history. the youngest was 20 years old, the oldest 67. they were at the route 91 harvest festival on sunday night celebrating birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and just a love of music. one of the victims of sunday's shooting had ties to our area. >> amazing grace ♪ how sweet the sound ♪ denise burditus from west virginia died in her husband's arms sunday night. last night we saw her hedgesville community come together to honor her life and memory. they gathered at the high school football stadium for a candlelight vigil. burditus' mother-in-law remembers her as a strong

complained and herept in touch, no matter how much time had passed. >> this morning, investigators are looking into the possibility that the shooter, stephen paddock had mental health issues. his girl friend, marilou danley said he would lie in bed screaming, oh, my god. >> we're also learning about the other possible targets he may have considered before the attack. he researched other venues, including boston's fenway park and he went as far as booking rooms in chicago overlooking grant park during lollapalooza. he never checked in, though. we're staying on top of breaking news. tropical storm nate leaving a deadly trail through central america as it barrels threw towards the u.s. seven people have died in costa rica. heavy rain from the storm caused flooding and mudslides. the national weather service says nate is forecast to reach the gulfst

now to the com the presiden lot of people talking this morning. >> take a listen to what donald trump said before a dinner with u.s. military officials last night. >> you know what this represents? army could be -- calm before the storm. >> after being asked again what he meant by that statement, trump simply said, "you'll find out." the white house hasn't replied to a request for comment. breaking this morning, the nobel peace prize has been awarded to the international campaign to abolish nuclear weapons. the announcement came a short time ago in oslo, norway. the committee sorted through more than 300 nominations for this year's award. they decided to honor the geneva-based group for the work trying to get a treaty passed to ban nuclear weapons. this morning, we're counting down to the nationals firstam

in the playoffs. >> in a little over 12 hours, there at nats park. right now the crews are putting the finishing touches on the field as eun has been talking about throughout the morning. >> wouldn't you know it, if there's playoff baseball to be had, eun yang is in the middle of the field. right by first base, right, eun? >> you bet. if there's a nationals playoff game, i'm going to be here. you can feel the excitement even though the game is hours away. the field is pristine. the stands are clean. just to stand here and look at this gorgeous ballpark and the surrounding neighborhood and everything this organization has done for baseball and this area, it's a great sight to behold. i get excited every time we're down here for the playoffs and the home opener or opening day. the nationals have been to the playoffs several times and they say they're more prepared than ever this year. they're going to get it started with stephen strasburg. he's one of their two races.

strasburg won the national league pitcher of the month in september. we talked to the team and they're ready for a clean slate. >> this is a start of the new season. some guys handle it well and some guys don't handle it well. you don't know until you get there. >> we learn in the playoffs. nobody can predict what will happen. everyone tries to and thinks they know. you show up and play good baseball and try to take advantage of every opportunity you get. there's not many of them in the playoffs. you got to catch a couple breaks. >> you heard ryan zimmerman there, you have to catch a couple breaks. you don't know what's going to happen until it happens. we have a special guest. valerie camillo is the chief revenue and marketing officer for the nationals. you join us every time on field to talk about the excitement and what the fans get to enjoy. >> i love these. the k cards. tell us about these. >> this is the giveaway for

gate. we're asking them to hold it high to root stephen strasburg on for strikeouts. >> we're encouraging fans to download the mlb ballpark app. there's instructions on the back of the card to unlock an augmented video. there's going to be a lot of other fun things with the app and activitying around the ballpark. >> that's right. a couple of other things on the app. we have a ton of new post-season menu items at the concession stand. in the app you can see what they are, pictures and where you can find them in the park. there's an ability to make a bobblehead of yourself. we're asking fan to get down here early. we have a lot of fun things for them to do in the app. >> tell us what you want the fans to know before they head down today. >> first pitch, 7:30. gates open two hours before. get here early. we do have everyone -- they're

great food. get ready for baseball. >> you watched baseball growing up, too. you followed baseball and huf been with the organization a long time. tell us what it's like for to you come on to the field. i know it's going to be a long day and you're working hard. >> is there anything quite like being on the field under these lights. it's incrkrecrediblincredible. excitement for the series game. we're ready to go. let's go stephen. >> we're excited. valerie camillo, thanks so much as always. we're excited for the k cards. it's going to look so good when everyone is holding up the red. live at the ballpark all morning long. stay with us. follow our coverage all day. you can watch news 4 at 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, doug kammerer, wendy rieger and carol maloney will be here. we'll be live here at midday also. the game, as you heard valerie say, starts

it's going to be awesome. >> it is going to be awesome especially when we get the curly w after this. >> we got to do it. >> who came up with that term? it's a weird thing to say. curly w. >> i like it as a waffle fry. i'm thinking food. it's a food thing. >> we need to make that happen. 6:52 right now. let's turn to wtop. jack taylor who has been ably filling in for he melissa while she's on maternity leave. >> we have trouble on the bridge. crash blocking the left lane. hopefully it's cleared by now. you will find a delay. sounds like we may have a broken down vehicle. moving down towards -- there's nothing to look at there. it's volume at this point. chopper 4 has been flying over 95 southbound. trying to roll through calverton, a crash after 212 on the left shoulder. look

heading southbound trying to get towards the beltway. at least the sun is coming up. sheena, do we have a nice day, weatherwise? >> i think so, especially if you like the 80-degree temperatures. we have good weather for baseball for the nats game. feeling like baseball weather. 80s last into the weekends and then we have much-needed rain in the forecast starting on sunday and early next week. it's 66 right now in washington. 63 leesburg, 61 clinton. manassas at 67 degrees. i would call it comfortable this morning. not as cool as many mornings so far. 3:00 p.m., look at that. from the bus stop forecast, the kids will not need a jacket this afternoon. short sleeves is the way to go. 84 for a high later on tonight. mid-80s for most of the area. few very light showers trying to approach winchester. that's about it. rest of the area as the sun comes up, you'll notice clouds around. we do stay dry today. one thing that w

rain chances is tropical storm nate. it's still in central america. the update continues. really in the same direction making landfall around the louisiana coastline. possibly closer no new orleans. then the remnants here and higher chances monday and tuesday. nice dry conditions for the nats game later on tonight. your saturday looks pretty good, too. staying dry. until late saturday night into sunday. that's going to be the next chance for scattered showers around for the second half of your weekend. we'll have rain in it. then early next week, there are the remnants for nate. so monday and tuesday, maybe even webs for that. for your weekend, normal high 72 degrees. for saturday, a high of 86. over 10 degrees above that. sunday morning, our low should be where our high should be. the foliage forecast. fall foliage at its peak in new england. here we expect mid to late october to see

vibrant leaves changing r your swing from saturday to sunday. that's because of the rain and then next week we start off warm with the weekend. then we cool down once we dry out, guys. sheena thank you. it's 6:55 right now. here are four things to know. the coroner released the names of the people killed in las vegas on sunday. the youngest was 20 years old, the oldest 67. we have that list in the nbc washington app. more on the investigation next on the "today" show. good news for commuters. fox hall road at reservoir road in northwest back open after that overnight fire. house fire on fox hall that had the area blocked off. all got out okay. follow news 4's megan mcgrath on twitter for more. carter rock springs elementary school in bethesda. a day after police charged roy simmons iii with inappropriately touching a 10-year-old girl. follow

to find out w fo so are we. the nats are heading into the playoffs for the fourth time in the last six years. they played the world series champ cubs tonight at 7:30. we'll be here at 11:00 and watch our on-air coverage throughout the day with wendy rieger, doug kammerer and carol maloney. we have chuck bell to tell us about the nats forecast. >> perfect weather baseball tonight and again tomorrow. warm weather and chicago is a cold weather team. i think the warm weather favors hometown winning around here. and the rain moves in sunday afternoon. could have a lot of rain. maybe 1 to 3 inches of rain with whatever it left from nate on monday and tuesday. gone almost a month without a drop. >> everyone come in here. >> the whole team. >> look at that. eun yang and the crew there. >> lieu an layer more is here, but she won't get in the shot. >> she's not d

great work at the ballpark today, guys. appreciate it. >> we're going to continue our coverage at midday. stick around there. the "today" show coming up next, right? >> we're back with more local news, weather and traffic. >> look at that shot. >> shot of the whole team. >> i see lu ann hiding over there. >> weather and traffic in 25 minutes. make it a great friday everybody.

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and i sponsored this ad. good morning. breaking overnight, nate turns deadly. the tropical storm battering central america, already killing more than 20 people. and hurricane watches are now posted for the entire gulf coast, as the storm slowly makes its way to the u.s. ominous warning? >> could be a phenomenal storm. >> what storm, mr. president? >> you'll find out. >> president trump raising eyebrows with that cryptic comment during a photo op with senior military leaders. what is he talking about? more targets. officials say the las vegas gunman researched other locations to attack. fennway park in