the door this morning, you may need the wipers on high. good morning everyone. i'm molette green. starting things off in the weather center with sheena parveen. i mean, muggy is the word of the morning right now. >> we've been complaining about our hair because it's so humid outside. this is the most humid it's been in a while. >> i gave up on my hair. >> it is because of tropical air. don't be surprised when you walk outside this morning. it is muggier than normal or lately. it's all because of tropical depression nate. that's the rain you see to the west. that tropical depression is going to bring us rain for the morning drive. right now, it's entering fauquier county, la ray and the green is showing us the lighter rain. to the west, the yellow coloring to the edge of your screen, that's where we get into the heavier rain. it's breezy outside, too. look at this south wind coming in sustained around 15 miles an hour for part of the

that humidity as well before that rain arrives. temperatures mid-70s. we'll not be cooling down today. coming up closer, look at the timing of the rain for your morning. molette? >> sheena, thanks so much. let's get right to the stories we're following this morning. a lot of you probably waking up to an alert from our nbc washington app about the trump administration's demands for a new daca deal. also a lot of attention especially on twitter, vice president pence walks out of an nfl game after players protest the national anthem. moving over. harvey weinstein is out. what we're learning about his firing after a slew of sexual harassment claims. as sheena mentioned, what was hurricane nate is headed our way. another look at what to expect, as well as the cleanup under way in the south after

this weekend. first this morning, to that list of demands that could derail any hope of a deal shielding thousands of young immigrants. they released a set of priorities that must be included in any agreement to extend the deferred action for childhood arrivals or the daca program. the trump administration announced it was rescinding the program last month. the list includes overhauling the green card system. a crackdown on unaccompanied minors entering the country and building that border wall. democrats are blasting the priorities saying the border wall is a nonstarter. now we want to go to a story that has a lot of you talking this morning. vice president mike pence walking out of yesterday's indianapolis colts game when some players took a knee

it wasn't long after the anthem that the vice president left the game. a senior official for mr. pence says the decision to walk out was planned ahead of time. the vice president defended his decision, tweeting that he left because he and president trump will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, our flag and our national anthem. he went on to say he didn't think it was too much to ask nfl players to respect the flag and our national anthem. president trump weighing in, saying he asked mr. pence to leave if any players kneeled. one player is calling pence's move a pr stunt. >> with the information that i have, the last time he's been to a colts game is three years ago. this looks like a pr stunt to me. he knew -- i've seen this happen. he knew

going do it again. >> the official for the vice president says mr. pence was hopeful of all -- that all of the players would stand during the anthem. mr. pence served as the governor of indiana before becoming vice president. it is the news rocking hollywood this morning. big-time movie producer harvey weinstein has been fired by his own company. the cover of the new york daily news says it all. harrv heaved. several women, including ashley judd accused him of sexual harassment. after the times article came out, several high-profile powered women threatened to stop working with that company if weinstein stayed. in a statement to the times, weinstein apologized for his behavior. nate is

heads towards our area. the storm is now a tropical depression. this morning, people along the gulf coast are cleaning up after all of that damage it left behind. those are the sights and sounds of the storm. flooding and storm surge were big problems. dan scheneman reports that while nate brought a lot of wind and water, things could have been a lot worse. >> reporter: hurricane nate slammed into the gulf coast as a category 1 storm. the storm surge washed over roads in biloxi. the golden nugget hotel and casino was filled with water. dauphin island was hit with the storm's worst. >> we had a

our yard. about two feet of water in the bottom of our house. just a lot of mud and debris. >> reporter: roadways were impassable and reports of widespread outages on the island. meanwhile, it washed some things ashore. many residents are breathing a sigh of relief. >> we got very lucky. really impressive that we haven't had so much damage as expected. >> reporter: while crews worked to remove debris and repair power lines, for many residents, life is back to normal. >> we're walking on the beach looking for shells. it's much better than i thought yesterday. >> reporter: the threat from nate is over. but the atlantic hurricane season is not. it runs until the end of november. dan scheneman, nbc news. all right. what's left of nate coming this way. sheena parveen watching closely. lots of mugginess this morning to talk about. it's thick. >> this is the

comes in when we get a tropical system. we're talking about it feeling more like the gulf coast states around here this morning. it is humid and warm and we have rain on the way. before you leave, make sure you grab the umbrella. look at the rain on the radar. it's moving mainly from west to east. we have heavy rain throughout the area. i'll show you the timing and what to expect locally coming up. >> sheena, thanks so much. you're about to see a change at the gas pump and for once you might like it. how much prices are expected to drop the next time you fill up. a popular beauty brand under fire. the ad that has a lot of pple eosk

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♪ >> that entire crowd at the florida gators game burst into song to honor the late tom petty. it happened between the third and fourth quarter saturday. florida's athletic director says they wanted to celebrate petty, who was from gainesville. they chose one of the biggest hits, i won't back down. petty died last week after going into cardiac arrest. if you're a star wars fan, you will want to get ready for monday night football. that's because the trailer for the highly anticipated new star wars film, the last jedi, premieres tonight. that trailer will debut during halftime. tickets for the film that opens in december, will go on sale sometime after that. i feel like we need palm trees outside right here and we could be basking in some sort of tr

paradise. >> a tropical oasis? i'll take that. if we're on the beach way down south. that's not the case this morning, molette. not at all. it might feel likes the tropics. but we're not. we have tropical depression nate moving into the area right now. that is why you see the rain on the radar. before you leave this morning, keep in mind, heavy rain for part of your morning kmuchlt take your time out there. maybe leave early this morning and don't forget the umbrella. i'll show you the timing of the rain coming up. >> thanks so much. we don't mean to scare you. but did you know that if a fire broke out in your house right now, you'd have as much time as our next commercial break to escape. angie goff working for you this morning with what the experts want you to have planned

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we are in weather alert mode. take a look at storm team 4 radar as well as the live picture from the district this morning. a lot of commuters are going to see some rain and wind this morning. sheena will have a closer look at the timing of it all in a few minutes. prevention week. a news 4 is working for you to show you how every second counts when it comes to surviving a fire. angie goff live in southwest

life-saving tools and information to protect your family. hey there, angie, how are you? >> reporter: good morning molette. i'm great. we have great information to pass along to you all morning long. coming to you live from the d.c. fire department training academy. take a look behind me. we have been out here very, very early. we have members from different associations setting the scene of this burn trailer. you're essentially looking at what two rooms in an everyday household would look like. what we're going to demo for you coming up later on "news4 today," we're going to show you the difference what one sprinkler can make in one of those rooms. something you'll see similar to this as we take a look at this video. now, for those of

with us, let this sink in. more than 80% of fire deaths happen from where you're probably watching us right now. inside of your home. a place like this. we know that working sprinklers, we're told, they can decrease the risk of dying in a house fire by 80%. that is huge. now, coming up in the next half hour, we're going to speak with d.c. fire and ems battalion chief tony falwell. he's here to talk about the leading cause of house fires and those greatest at risk and take a close look on why it's important that you have that fire escape plan and a new way of looking at it, molette. >> wow. that's a lot going on out there. a lot of people home because of the federal holiday. so this is good information to give them. thanks so much. moving on now, 4:17 is your time. let's get a look at some of the top stories making news this morning. two people pulled from this fiery crash in southeast d.c. remain in critical condition

police want to know why the car they were in was speeding downhill crest drive causing it to go off the road and slam into trees last night. a third person had minor injuries. you're enjoying lower gas prices this morning as things continue to get back to normal following hurricanes harvey and irma. right now in d.c., you're paying $2.49. that's $.17 cheaper than a month ago. in maryland gas runs $2.43 on average. gas is about $2.33 a gallon in virginia and west virginia. gas is running about $2.56 a gallon. the nats are hoping to take the lead in the national league division series with a win over the cowboyser cubs. t series is tied up 1-1. matt scherzer will get the start. carol maloney is in chicago covering the game.

at carol maloney 4 for updates. all right. a lot of people feeling it this morning. my ac unit went out in my home. not good timing with this humidity. >> it would be good timing if it was the fall weather like it should be. then it would be a great time to open the windows. >> the fans are blowing right now inside my house. >> they're probably making your hair all crazy, too, when you go home. it's humid out there. >> it's really thick. >> even inside the station it's thick just because the doors are opening. humid drafts coming in. tropical depression nate is approaching. that is why we have all the humidity this morning. that's why we have the rain moving into the area. we have rain mostly west of the district right now. the heaviest shown by the yellows and oranges off to the west approaching charlotteville. la ray will start to see that soon as well as winchester. right now, light

areas. light rain towards frederick, too. we have a weather alert this morning because of heavy rain for the morning commute. it's because of the timing of this. we don't have any flooding concerns right now. as we go through the day, breezy and humid and more rain chances through this week compared to last week. it's going to be very different this week. make sure you have your umbrella with you most days. 76 in the district. 73 leesburg and we have a humid south wind coming in. close to 10 to 15 miles an hour. gusting closer to 30 later today. here's future weather. we go through the morning drive, 7:00, 7:30, areas of heavy rain tapering off but still a chance for a few showers this afternoon. there you see 4:00, 5:00, we have stray showers. drier into tomorrow. tomorrow, we could have morning fog. after that, the rain chances return. wednesday, thursday, even friday, at least the temperatures start to drop down a bit. we'll take a close look at the ten-day forecast in the next half hour. sounds good. thankou

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the famous sign welcoming sin city weptd dark to honor the folks. the timing marked one week since a gunman opened fire on a country music concert killing

today haven't pence will travel to meet with the victims and their families. >> in some way our hearts were impacted as well and may your spirit bring strength and comfort. >> hundreds of people filled churches around vegas sunday morning looking for solace and some comfort. they sang, prayed and cried over what happened. the minister asked the victims' families and first responders to stand so they could feel the congregation's support there. following the shooting, the debate over gun control is heating back up. democrats are vowing to get some legislation passed. but representative steve scalise who almost died on an alexandria baseball field said he's still opposed to gun reform. nbc's jennifer johnson has more from capitol hill now. >> reporter: one week after the deadliest shooting in modern u.s. history, congress

republican steve scalise shot in june at a congressional baseball practice still stands for an unlimited right to bear arms >> minority leader nancy pelosi wants it to be a slippery slope. she doesn't want to stop at bump stocks. they want to limit the rights of gun owners. >> reporter: long time gun control advocates will press on. >> how many events have to happen before we do something about it? >> i don't want to do anything that violates the constitution. but there are common sense things we can do if democrats and republicans come together to reduce this violence in our communities. >> reporter: the nra is calling for more reviews, not necessarily a ban of so-called bump stocks. which the vegas gunman used to make a semiautomatic weapon fire faster. >> we don't believe bans worked on anything. if something transfers a semiautomatic to function like automatic, it ought to be

stocks, not congress. jennifer johnson, nbc news, washington. just in to the newsroom at 4:26, pictures of a woman and her mother who went to a family gathering this weekend and never returned. they're the seven letters that have everyone buzzing. vp, nfl and pr. what vice president mike pence is accused of doing after leaving a football game. and an irate man clings to a moving maryland school bus. the incident that apparently set him off and why the driver refused to stop.

things off this morning with a look at storm team 4 radar, as well as what it looks like outside this morning because we are in a weather alert mode. things aren't too bad right now. but by the time you leave the house this morning and head to work or school, you may need the wipers on high. good morning everyone. welcome to your monday. i'm eun yang. >> i'm molette green in for aaron gilchrist. along with sheena parveen and lauryn ricketts. welcome back. >> hi. >> thanks for having me here. >> you were out at the nats game living your life. >> i know. >> still working. >> let's make that clear. >> we're talking about rain moving into our area. could make a messy morning commute. which could be a problem, right? >> which is why we have the weather alert. it's all because of the timing of this. the timing isn't good. today is columbus day and so far the kids who have school today, we are looking at a

stop. but for those of you still commuting, still driving, your commute, sunny and breezy. some of the rain could be heavy by noon. 81 degrees. a couple showers around. we could have a few stragglers in the afternoon. look at these temperatures. we'll be back in the 80s today. we're talking about a lot of humidity. wind speeds right now across the area, they're coming from the south. they're sustained from 10 to 15 miles an hour. so this south wind is really pulling in that humidity for us. take a look at the radar. we have light rain from frederick to leesburg, warrenton. quantico may be seeing a few light showers soon. if you look off to the west, this is where we have the heavier rain. this is tropical depression nate. it has finally made its way inland and the rain is going to be heading here in time for the morning rush. we'll take a closer look at the timing and what you can expect later on coming up. let's check the roads. jack taylor at

>> sheena, good morning. the roadways are going to get wetter. for now, an early morning crash in the hov lanes toward the pentagon. on the left side of the reed way. a vehicle spun out. be careful. the roadways are a little slick. without having rain for a while, the minerals are brought to the surface and the roadways are extra slick. take it easy. we had activity going on downtown. there were issues in southeast closing minnesota avenue at randle circle. crash with poles down. woodbridge, southbound 123, the ramp to southbound 95 temporarily closed. we had a vehicle spin out on the ramp. back to you. >> all right. am thank you, jack. it is now 4:30. we want to get to the four big stories we're following this morning. a lot of you are watching an alert from the nbc washington app about the trump administration's demands for a new daca deal. also a lot of attention on twitter, vice president pence walked out of an nfl game after players protest the national anthem.

is out and what we're learning about his firing after a slew of sexual harassment claims. as sheena mentioned, what was hurricane nate is headed our way. another look at what to expect as well as the cleanup under way in the south after that storm hit this weekend. but first, a list of demands that could derail any hope of a deal shielding thousands of young undocumented immigrants from deportation. >> overnight, the white house released a set of priorities it says must be included in any agreement to extend the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program. the trump administration announced it was rescinding that program last month. the priorities include overhauling the green card system. a crackdown on unaccompanied minors entering the country and building the border wall. democrats are blasting the priorities and say a border wall is a nonstarter. now to a story that has a lot of people talking and wondering whether