breaking tonight at 6:00 a plane goes down in virginia killing at least one person. chopper 4 is live over the scene. after pummelling central america, hurricane nate is bearing down on the gulf coast. live team coverage is straight ahead. a minivan hits and kills a woman crossing h street. what we know so far. off the top now at 6:00. chopper 4 over the scene in warren county, virginia. a plane you see there crashed near an airport, killing one person. we'll have more live coverage from chopper 4 from the scene in

good evening, i'm kristin wright in for erika gonzalez tonight. as hurricane nate approaches the gulf coast, the waves are picking up in southeast louisiana. the barrier islands are under a mandatory evacuation order. tourists have threat island but some say they will ride out the storm. jay gray is standing by in alabama with a live report. we want to start with storm team 4 meteorologist with the latest on nate's track. how does it took? >> well not looking good as it's getting ready to make landfall. i want to go straight to the satellite. we're starting to see nate right now getting ready to make landfall. you see the eye. not very well define. it doesn't have much time to strengthen. once it hits land it will immediately weaken. the chance to make it to a cat 2 storm still there but growing close. still a category 1

we're seeing wind speeds at 90 miles per hour. this is a very quick moving system at about 23 miles per hour. notice what happens, expected to make landfall tonight. still keeping its intensity and then diminishing to a tropical storm as it heads into northern alabama and then we are up next. monday and tuesday we're expecting it to reach the mid-atlantic and northeast region. the biggest change to track that came out at 5:00 it shifted farther north and west but that doesn't mean our area won't be impacted. i'll have a look at those local impacts coming up. in d.c. a woman walking was hit and killed in northeast. she was simply crossing h street at the corner of 10th when a minivan hit her. witnesses tell us she lives in that area. they also saw two people run from the van. the driver stayed. they are still looking into what happened. take a look at this here. fire shooting out of the roof of a town home in north potomac. pretty intense flames.

fire. here's the video. we're told a laptop charging cord in a second floor bedroom. two families had to find somewhere else to stay last night. the fire caused at least a quarter million dollars of damage. panic and fear have subsided in london after a car hit pedestrians injuring 11 people. police say it is not terror related. we have a report from london. >> reporter: british emergency services raced to london's natural history museum after a car struck pedestrians outside the building. london's emergency services say that 11 people were injured. nine of them were taken to the hospital with leg and head injuries while the driver of the car was detained at the scene. footage shows him pinned to the ground by a group of people outside a silver car with a dent in it. now the crash happened at about 2:20 p.m. local time on a day when the area is packed with tourists and locals that have come to v

museums and shops in the area. it sparked initial fears this was a terrorist attack because it bore all the hall marks of previous attacks in london where vehicles were used as a weapon. armed police and helicopters descend on the scene, cordoning off the area and shutting down shops. police were keeping an open mind on this investigation. about four hours after the incident took place the metropolitan police released a statement saying that the incident was a rogue traffic investigation and not terror related so thankfully this was not another terror attack in london. want to take you become to that breaking news we told you about at the top of the show. a plane crash near front royal, virginia. we have live pictures to show you from chopper 4 now. we can tell you one person we know was killed in this crash. this is warren county,

again near front royal. we have this chopper picture to show you. that's the plane there. looks like a pretty bad wreck. again, one person killed in the crash there in front royal, virginia. the plane went down sometime this afternoon. we're working now to get more information about what happened. hurricane nate is racing towards the gulf coast. nbc's jay gray is live in mobile, alabama. one of the areas that could take a direct hit. jay? >> reporter: we just had a burst of rain and wind here. we're in the center of what is the potential strike zone now with landfall just a few hours away. nate now rushing across the warm waters of the gulf, building momentum, intensifying as it barrels towards the coast. 28 million or more from florida through louisiana expected

>> obviously no one should take this storm lyingly. it has proven to be very deadly. >> it will hit you hard, hit you fast and if you're in the way you're not going to be able to get out of it. >> reporter: the system is already blamed for more than 20 deaths as it ripped through central america as a tropical storm. by the time it makes landfall along the gulf coast, forecasters say it could be a category 1 hurricane with winds of 90 miles per hour. those in the strike zone have been preparing for the last day or so, stocking up on supplies, filling their cars and generators with gas. >> i good my food, my supplies. >> reporter: some have notified shelters or higher ground but the time to leave is over now as nate begins to move in. yeah. look, if there's any good news at all with this storm, it's moving very quickly. in fact conditions expected to ease before sunrise tomorrow morn

mobile, alabama. now back to you. >> thank you, jay. that's good news.

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more relief is on the way to the hurricane ravaged islands in the caribbean and victims of the earthquake in mexico. it's thanks to the generosity of people in our area. news4 derrick ward has more on the different ways people are helping. >> reporter: today is

birthday. a celebration a sleep over with friends. >> we got up at 6:40 to clean and bake and get ready. >> reporter: not for a party, for a bake sale to benefit disaster victims in a season of natural disasters. >> my babysitter is from mexico. when she heard about the earthquake she was scared and sad and devastated. >> reporter: with parents matching every dollar she raises from the sweet sales it's clear this birthday was about giving gifts not receiving them. >> i thought this would be cool to support them. >> reporter: the organization of american states reminds that hands were on goods bound for them. >> dominica has been obliterated. there's nothing. >> reporter: all morning people showed up with car loads and truck loads with things we take for granted. they are getting it done with some help from friends. >>e

few of the shipping companies in the area who will be coming to pick up and then shipping to dominica. >> we know that they need them. >> we want to be able to do this as much as we can to be able to help the less fortunate in puerto rico. >> we're in this for the long haul. >> reporter: derrick ward, news4. virginia senator tim kaine is in puerto rico with a bipartisan group of senators. they surveyed the hurricane damage and were briefed on the relief efforts. 90% of the island still does not have power. and clean drinking water is needed over more than half of puerto rico. kids love fire trucks and today got a chance to ride in a real one. they had a blast outside the bethesda/chevy chase fire rescue. this little girl was awe struck by the fire truck. got to sit in it and everything. this is the annual rescue day. a part of taste of

test out water hostages. folks had a chance to meet the men and women who serve their communities. ♪ a big party for a big milestone. the anacostia museum celebrated 50 years today. people of all ages came out for the festivities. the museum is a hidden gem of d.c. it's been least visited of all the smithsonian museums. it still has so much history and culture for you to see. all right, folks. it seems like we've been really quiet around here. it's been three weeks since we've seen rain. there are changes under way. 81 degrees right now outside. good amount of sunshine. beautiful day. little bit breezy. going to get gustier as we head to the overnight hours. if you're stepping out the majority of the night will be on the dry side. temperatures expected to fal

this could be a record breaker as we haven't seen warm temperatures like this overnight since 2007. we are going to be seeing temps falling into the low 70s again. pretty humid. gusty. that rain chance starts to pick up as we head into the overnight hours. i would say after midnight into tomorrow morning. as far as your forecast for sunday goes, well here comes the rain, folks. temperatures are going to be rising into the upper 70s but like i said the real weather headline is that rain chance. we'll start off with lighter showers early in the morning. as we head towards the noon hour we may get a brief break. very on and off tomorrow. then as we head into monday that's when we'll get the heavier rain. first we got this front moving through. as it starts to approach us we'll see nate, yes, hurricane nate or what will be the remnants of nate get sucked in that moisture ahead of the front and together combine to bring us rain chances on sunday and moan. timing this out.

how we start off with a light shower. as we head into the afternoon brief breaks where we're pretty dry. then sunday night maybe a second opportunity at some rain here. areas that are missing most of the rain tomorrow will be west of the blue ridge, west of i-81 corridor. monday that's when we're going to see our heaviest rain throughout the d.c. metro area. that will be impacting us and that's due to nate. here's a look at the impacts that nate will have on us locally. in our region we're expecting heavy rainfall on monday. lingering showers into tuesday morning as well. we could get winds gusting up to 30 miles per hour here for your moan as well. keep that in mind. much needed rain is on the way. here's a look at the latest track. this came in at 5:00 p.m. today. notice very close to making landfall at this point. that means the chance to strengthen is running out. once we see that interaction

as we head to the top of the week, monday our chance at getting in on some of this rainfall. what i want you to notice the latest track has shifted nate a little farther north and west but does not mean we won't see any of the rainfall. here's a look at your ten day outlook. we're getting rain tomorrow and moan but rain during the middle of the week. now, over to you. right now we continue to follow the deadly plane crash in warren county, virginia. news4 darcy spencer is there. >> reporter: we are here in the 1700 block of ridgeway road in warren county not far from front royal. virginia state police confirm that this plane crash did involve one fatality. let's show you what's happening here behind us. this is ridgeway road. a sheriff's office deputy has the roadway here blocked off. this is a country lane basically leading back into a wooded area. we're told the small plane did crash deep in the

virginia state police are saying they got the call about 1:39 this afternoon. the small private plane went down not too far from the front royal/warren county airport. the faa as well as the ntsb are both investigating. the ntsb tweeted out this was a crash involving a hyper pa 25. it is described as an agriculture type aircraft. this is a very rural area here. we do not see any houses. appears to be mostly farmland. virginia state police not providing a lot of information at this point. we don't know exactly who died in the crash but we're told there was a fire and they are continuing to investigate. i'm darcy spencer in warren county, virginia, news4. >> all right. so yet another big saturday in the college football world. we'll go around the region to check in on

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air force versus navy. remember the team with the best record between army, navy and air force, gets a trip to the white house. last time that happened for navy back in 2015. they are well on their way after this afternoon's performance. didn't take long for the big plays today, first quarter, sophomore, malcolm perry blast off against air force. he had just 73 yards last year as a freshman. he eclipses that on this one play. second quarter midshipman spread the wealth. senior had one carry. made it count. he's the hurdler. check it out one more time, 10-yard touchdown. navy up 14-7. malcolm perry made the big play. he shows off those receiving skills. 40 yards for the touch. takes a 28-7 for navy. midshipman ahead. virginia has gotten off to a good start.

3-1. they hosted duke, defensive plays like this will help you stay in that win column. daniel jones, intercepted by landing. he stays inbounds. uva with game's first score. get to the fourth quarter. kirk continues his great season. connecting with donnie, three touchdown passes for big kirk today. two of them. big kirk has 13 touchdown passes, just one interception this season. uva wins. barkley, penn state versus northwestern. he was bottled up. a six-yard loss. he had one-yard in the first half. you can't contain him forever. made it 17-0. barkley shows the patience and he's gone. 53 yards on this play at 75 yards and a game two touchdowns. penn state cruises to 31-7 win. bit of history will happen

the cavs take the ice. walker expected to make his debut. walker will become the first australian national to play in the nhl. he grew up in sidney. played professionally in the czech republic before moving to the united states four years ago. he caught up with nbc sports washington before the game. >> i'm excited, of course. it's going to be a lot of emotions playing out there. try to stay cool, calm, collected. get the win. at the end of the day another hockey game. we got a job to do and a game to win. >> wizards beat the knicks 104-100 last night in their pre-season home opener. 19 points, six assists for wall. new additions seem to be fitting right in. the new duo will add some depth. bradley bill seems to be pretty

high. >> i call him mr. efficient because he's a bucket. i played him in college before too. so he's, he's just automatic. i love his drive and his focus on the game. he's all about his teammates and being locked into the game, and he can score. he can score in a variety ways. shoot threes. give it to you in the post. put it on the floor. great pick-and-roll player. he's everything we need him to be. >> a lot happening as we speak. nats, cubs playing game two and ohio state putting it on maryland right now. >> i'm watching michigan game tonight. >> okay, go blue. >> so, let's talk about weather. it's a beautiful day, really. >> absolutely gorgeous. would you believe chaenges are under way. bringing us rain. so tonight temps are dropping into the low 70s. i don't know if i

very well earlier but we haven't seen trenches this warm overnight on this sunday in particular since 2007. could be one for the record books. rain showers expected for your sunday. they will be light. monday on and off rain. that's when we'll see the heaviest rain and that's because of nate. remnant of nate is booking it up into the mid-atlantic and northeast region. >> we'll feel that too. >> all right. thanks. that's it for the news for now. thanks so much for joining us. "nightly news" is up next. we'll see you tonight at did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back? say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet that's up to 16 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. say hello to faster downloads with internet speeds up to 250 megabits per second. get fast internet and add phone and tv now for only $24.90 more per month. our lowest price ever on this offer. but only for a limited time.

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