opened fire on him as he sat in his parked car. it's one of two early morning murders involving young men shot inside their cars in southeast washington. news 4's pat collins talked with one of the victim's families. he's live for us on mlk avenue. pat? >> reporter: jim, it was an up-close cold blooded murder in an anacostia alley. witnesses counted eight shots. now, we are going to begin our story with some words from the victim's brother, sean savoy. he's a football star at virginia tech. what's this done to your family? >> cursed it, it cursed a lot, not just my family. a lot of people in the district area. he was a well known young man out here for what he was doing, as far as singing and just supporting me. >> reporter: on the stage he was known as big o. omar

they describe him as a young man who stayed in his own lane, just trying to provide for his two small sons. omar rogers, brother and number one fan of sean savoy, two-time all met at wilson high school, rising star receiver at virginia tech. >> i just wish i could have my brother back. >> reporter: omar rogers gunned down sunday morning in the parking lot behind the uniontown bar and grill in anacostia. this is how sources tell the story. it was 3:45 sunday morning. omar had just finished performing at the uniontown bar and grill. he was in his car, in the parking lot, back behind the bar. a red car pulls into the alley, a man gets out of the red car, he walks over to omar, words are exchanged, then they say that man pulls a gun. he fires eight shots. five of the shots, they

red car and they make their get away down a one-way street the wrong way. john savoy is the victim's father. >> he just was an all around good kid, you know? no rough, mean spirit in his body. >> reporter: now, there are security cameras all around here. over there, over here, across the street, and up the street. police are hoping that surveillance video will lead them to the killer in this case, but so far no suspect, no arrest in this case of murder. wendy, back to you. >> pat collins, thank you, pat. a virginia woman fights off an attacker on her way home from work and the news is spreading this evening. people in the northern virginia community are pushing for security changes there as bureau chief julie carey reports, the attack happened near a town home complex not far from the dulles town center.

>> reporter: it's a convenient cut through path from the colonnade town homes leading to this little lake and the water view plaza offices and restaurants. but early sunday morning a man followed a woman through it, then attacked. many residents who live near the scene just learning about it today. >> that's terrible. actually, that's scary. that's very scary. it worries me a lot to hear something like that happened. >> reporter: the sheriff's office say the woman left the plaza area and was walking home from work around 1:30 sunday morning when the suspect started talking to her, following her. as she emerged from the path into the town home area, he shoved her to the ground. but in the struggle she punched him and escaped, calling authorities when she reached home. the suspect ran off. >> i had not heard it and it's alarming actually. >> we do have a lot of elderly people in the neighborhood. it's very quiet. it's just very shocking, very shocking. >> reporter: several town home residents tell me the attack only reinforces the concerns

wooded dirt paths that lead into their complex. these cut through paths only one safety concern for residents here. they say the attack underscores another worry they have, and that's the lighting in this community. as you can see, there's not very much and at night it's not very bright. in sterling virginia, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> we have a warning tonight for parents in prince george's county. staff at henry wise junior high school in upper marlboro have confirmed two cases of tuberculosis. school officials are meeting with parents now, but they say the risk of exposure is low. it normally takes at least eight hours of close contact with an infected person to contract tb. now, tuberculosis is a bacterial infection that is spread through the air. it usually affects the lungs, but it can also affect the brain and the spine. tb is treatable with antibiotics, but get this, it takes a long time to recover, up to nine months. symptoms include a cough f

more than three weeks, chest pain, fever, and chills. and as we said earlier, tb is not easy to catch. the germs grow slowly, which is why it is most common to catch the infection from someone you are in contact with for, again, that long period of time. we want to turn now to our weather. what a muggy monday this has been. >> like a wet blanket out there, doug. >> no kidding, guys. take a look at the shot behind you, by the way. pretty spectacular. >> it looks good. >> it looks good, but this is what we would expect in the middle of july. the humidity is so high today. some of the highest numbers we've seen in october in years. take a look right now. no rain to talk about. we did have nate. nate moved through early this morning providing about half an inch of rain in the d.c. area, some locations back to the west close to half an inch to an inch of rain. the storm itself now way up toward the north. here's where it was this morning coming through our region and racing to the north right up i-95 to the boston area right now. and really exiting the bosto

behind this, boy, has it been hot today. high temperatures this time of year average around 70 degrees. we are near 86 today. that was the high, 86 you see 86 hagerstown, 84 richmond and felt a lot warmer than that. humidity sticks around a little bit the next couple of days. so do our rain chances. i'll show you how many days you'll need the umbrella. see you back here in just a minute. >> all right. taking a look at other top stories this evening, fire fighters out west struggling to get a handle on more than a dozen wild fires in northern california and in wine country. look at that. it is dry. it is windy out there and that is all fueling these flames. we are told at least 1500 homes and buildings have been destroyed in the state's wine country, and evacuations are underway. doreen gentzler is vacationing in napa valley. she tweeted this morning letting everyone know she is okay, but she says there are evacuations and smoke all around. she also posted this photo of the sun as it rose today showing

conditions there. >> it's been one week since a gunman opened fire on concert goers in las vegas, but investigators do not appear any closer to figuring out why. the shooter's brother has been talking with investigators and the media. the investigators say he's cooperating. authorities are also delving into the gunman's finances. newly released documents show he earned $5 million in gambling back in 2015. >> and there are funeral services today in our area for one of the people killed. denise burditus. she was attending the country music festival with her husband of 32 years. they were high school sweethearts. we are told she died in his arms. burditus lived in martinsburg, west virginia. she is left behind two children and four grandchildren. >> tonight, infighting among president trump's own party. while the white house tries to stay on message. >> the tough talk on twitter leading to rising tensions with

media between the president and a member of his own party. bringing about talk of world war iii. now immigration reform, hanging in the balance, as the white house threatens to torpedo a deal made with the democrats. >> busy start to you are 0 week. blayne alexander is breaking it down for us. she's live at the white house. hi, blayne. >> jim, wendy, good afternoon to you both. busy start to the week indeed. an ongoing feud between senator bob corker and president trump. to give you a sense of how much the relationship between the two has changed, senator corker was once under consideration to become then candidate trump's running mate. now the retiring lawmaker says he's very concerned about the president's leadership and he says that other republicans feel the same way. new shots in the war of words between president trump and prominent gop senator bob corker. corker telling "the new york times" the president treats his office like a reality show and

to world war iii. here's what corker said about the president last week. >> i think secretary tillerson, secretary mattis and chief of staff kelly are those people that help separate our country from chaos. >> reporter: president trump lashing out over the weekend on twitter saying corker was afraid to run again after the president refused to endorse him. not true, said corker who called the white house an adult day care center where someone missed a shift. the white house in turn blaming corker for the iran nuclear deal which president trump had suggested he will end. >> conservatives have not really forgiven bob corker. >> reporter: the president may need corker's vote to move his agenda forward. from new sanctions on iran to tax reform and immigration. the white house releasing a list of immigration demands in in exchange for protection from immigrants who came to america as chi

topping that list, funding for the president's border wall. democrats say no way. last month his plans to end the daca program, he promised to work with congress to come up with a replacement. well, now democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi say this latest list of demands show no hint of a compromise. wendy? >> blayne alexander, thank you, blayne. a familiar face on capitol hill killed as she was crossing the street. >> as police search for answers, we are hearing from relatives who want to remember the woman for how she lived, not how she died. >> have you seen this video? pop up on your feeds, yeah, you have. the story behind this, we learn why the bus driver refused to stop for that man who was hanging onto the hood of the moving school bus. this all happened in maryland. >> and don't do that on the beltway. holiday trips hang in balance as a local school district considers calendar changes. a

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we now know the car involved in this fiery crash in d.c. over the weekend was stolen and two people are still in critical condition. police tell us the driver was speeding here down hillcrest drive in d.c. when he lost control and sla i

to rescue the people trapped inside. investigators say they suspected the car was stolen because it did not have any plates. >> a d.c. woman killed while crossing the street in an accident that has left her family and her community heartbroken. she was known as miss jewel, and she was hit by an suv at the intersection of h and tenth streets over the weekend. that's where news 4's derrick ward is tonight with a look at how she is being remembered. derrick? >> reporter: you know, almost immediately after that accident happened about 11:00 a.m. saturday morning, word started to spread to this community that ms. jewel had indeed been hit. that's how her husband found out. now the shock in all of that has turned to sadness and the sense of loss. you know, she was known for being a fixture here, being a nice person to everybody, but that wasn't the only reason that she was known. 62-year-old jewel lewis hall died saturday. she was crossing theee

she was hit by a mini van as it made a right turn onto h. >> the person that struck her had no clue what they've done. no clue what they've done to us, to the rest of our family, to her grandchildren. >> reporter: hall worked for the office of the architect of the capital for three decades, but she's also known for something she did in her off time. it involved her love for the king of pop and her sadness at his passing. >> when he passed, my mother was crying. i was like, i didn't know you liked him. it started out with like one picture, then it grew. >> reporter: this house came to be known as the michael jackson house around the neighborhood. there was more than just music that would flow out of this yard. >> the sidewalk, food sales, the michael jackson celebrations, my mom does easter baskets, mother's day baskets, valentine's baskets. >> reporter: als

those moments they had with her just days ago, not knowing that they would be her last. her daughter saw her friday. >> i keep thinking, like, why couldn't i just grab her and tell her i love you, mom. >> reporter: the family and the neighbors are dealing with the loss that was sudden and painful. they say they will did not doing what miss jewel used to do. cooking for the needy and being a bright spot in the community. >> we're sad now, but we're going to up lift her memory. she's gone but she's never going to be forgotten. >> reporter: a sentiment you can feel among the long-time residents of the h street corridor. back with you live here, you're looking at the memorial that has been put up on this spot. there is actually going to be a vigil out here on wednesday. family and friends and folks who remember her will gather in her memory. we had people come here and talk about the problems at this intersection. one they say is that walk sign. it's turned askew. you can't really see it from the other side. and with this heavira

middle people say that's one of the things that needs to change. meanwhile, police are still investigating this incident. they were back here earlier today looking at surveillance video to see if any of the cameras and any of the businesses here might have caught what happened and help them solve this case. we are live in northeast on the h street corridor. derrick ward, news 4. jim, back to you. >> derrick, she was quite a lovely lady and such a loving family, too there. thanks for sharing that. >> 0 yeah. >> to you new carrollton is the last stop in prince george's county. it's the east end of the orange line and among metro's busiest stations. once you get off the train, the only place to go is your car. developers are finally starting to transform acres of unused space around the new carrollton station. phase one is underway now. the new kaiser permanente office building will be just steps away from the metro stop. over the next 20 years, more offices, homes and shops will be added. >> columbus day is sparking

columbus in connecticut yesterday. one wrote, kill the colonizer. back in august, the columbus statue in baltimore vandalized when someone took a sledge hammer to it. the annual columbus day ceremony went on as planned, however, here in washington. a crowd gathering at the 105-year-old statue at union station. tom sherwood reports the event was colorful despite the rain, but the statue itself has seen better days. >> one nation under god -- >> reporter: a solemn and patriotic salute to christopher columbus, his role establishing america. the statue sits outside union station on columbus circle. erected in 1912 by an act of congress with support from the fraternal knights of columbus. but the columbus era treatment of indigenous peoples has sullied his reputation and the statue itself is not faring well. painted plywood, it covers both levels of the

a fountain that has not worked for years because of plumbing problems. some of the marble and granite is cracking. there's no national park service money to fix it yet. >> it is a symbolic place. it ought to be in premiere shape. >> reporter: joseph, member of the national christopher columbus association, he acknowledges clums bus's thoughts as a man of his times. >> it is a historic event we cannot completely erase. i know there are a lot of issues connected with it. i sympathize with some of the concerns that goes with it. ♪ ♪ god bless america ♪ >> reporter: other participants say columbus can be honored for his explorations and his life as a whole. >> he was a catholic. he was a man who served god and his country and that's what we need to represent today. >> reporter: d.c. at large councilmember anita barnes has proposed a bill to change columbus day to indigenous peoples day to represent she says all people involved in the making of america. in the district, tom

our facebook page. should the u.s., the states in the u.s., united states end columbus day and replace it with indigenous people's day? more than 40% of you who voted say yes, it should. so, you want your sons to find role models and mentors to nurture and inspire them. >> that's right. today in prince george's county the schools there honored our jim vance for filling just that very role. the lesson was part of men make a difference day. students at capital heights elementary shared the life stories of men who made a lasting impression all over the dmv. there they go, the boys learned about our late colleague vance, also basketball star and prince george's county native kevin durant. >> mother, actress, activist, angelina jolie has many titles. there is one role she wanted to take on that would help capture a notorious criminal in real life. >> clear skies now after all that rain from

the humidity, that's not done with us yet. doug lets us know just howling it's going to stick around. that's a nice shot. >> a week after the remains of a missing prince george's county teen were found, her parents are opening up about their new life's mission. >> the legacy that she started, we're going to continue it and we're not going to let it end. >> coming up, the parents of ashantiillie explain b h

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there is new video from the gulf coast of alabama after nate passed through. the storm made land fall there this weekend as a category 1 hurricane, flooding, storm surges, the big concerns there. no reports of any major damage. >> this is the fourth hurricane, as you know, in just five weeks to make land fall in the u.s. nate also dumped rain across our area this morning. boy, did we need it. it's dry now, but one thing that didn't go away, all that sticky stuff, the humidity. >> when is that going to move out? >> it feels like the tropics out there, guys. i think that's going to continue right on through the day tomorrow. not quite as humid tomorrow as it was today. i mean, really incredible humidity across our region. the dewpoint into the mid 70s that makes it feel very oppressive across our region. take a look outside. we're ending on a nice note. look at that shot, gorgeous out there. plen plenty of sunshine later this afternoon after all the clouds and rain we saw. 84 now, winds out of the south at 12 miles an hour. southerly windri

85 in annapolis, 84 in fredericksburg. we say it all the time in the summer, it's not the heat, it's the humidity. we don't say it often in the fall, but that's exactly right. it's the humidity. look at the heat index at 6:00 at night. 91 in quantico, 92 in d.c. we're not going to see much in the way of relief. a warm and humid night. we're not going to see the rain, you can put the umbrellas away. you needed it this morning, you won't need it tonight and won't need it tomorrow. look at the wider picture here, we have a lot of moisture. nate making its way to the boston area and parts of maine as well. clouds remaining behind the system but we're not going to see all that much during the day tomorrow as far as rain or anything like that goes. but we will see, however, is more cloud cover. take a look. tomorrow here we are around 3:00 a.m., and notice what happens around the afternoon time. see the clouds here around 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8:00 hour. there's the cloud cover and it looks like we're going to see the rain move back in on wednesday into the day on

into the day wednesday. here comes 10:00 a.m., most of us on the dry side, but notice the rain coming on through and we will see some showers during the day on wednesday. you will need to keep the umbrellas handy as you make your way out and about on your wednesday. so, rain tomorrow, i don't think so. but it comes back in on wednesday. tomorrow mostly cloudy, warm and humid. high temperature around 83. it will feel more like 85, 86 degrees. it won't feel nearly as hot as it did today. still a very hot afternoon outside. really the next couple of days, we continue to see a chance for some shower activity. notice here we've got that 83 very sticky tomorrow. 75 on wednesday, 70% chance of shower activity and maybe even some moderate rain at times. especially during the noon hour. about the lunch time hour. 69 on thursday, thursday is the day i expect not just showers but maybe areas of drizzle. a little bit of a northeasterly flow. 70 degrees on friday and breaking out into what i think could be a very nice weekend. humidity on the increase but saturday and sunday looking great. if you're going to have two great days, might as well make them on the weekend. and then we're going to watch monday

moves through. that's a cold front that will bump temperatures to 84 a ed of it and behind it much cooler air for next weekend. good chance for storms, maybe stronger storms monday afternoon. guys, a forecast that has a little bit of everything, hot and humid, showers and storms, cooler weather. i think we call this october. >> yeah, keeping us on our toes, doug. thank you. >> we laughed, we cried. yeah. [ laughter ] >> thank you, doug. turning their pain into purpose, the heart felt message from the parents of a teenage murder victim who vanished from a military base in virginia. >> well, this is one of the most popular stories on many webb sites. the maryland man clinging to the hood of a moving school bus. angrily. what he was demanding from that driver. >> plus a local school district may make some big changes to their calendar what it m.ea

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>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 6:00. >> ashanti billie's parents believe their daughter is at home with god and at peace now. but they have no idea who took her away from them. >> it was just someone who was basically evil, evil and callous. >> after losing a child, you'd expect despair. instead they are determined. >> to their heart break they have foundew

to ashanti's parents about how they are choosing to celebrate and honor their daughter's short live life. >> a loving personality, if you met her instantly you'd fall in love with her. >> she's outgoing, quirky, always wanting to help everyone else. >> reporter: ashanti billie's parents say their daughter had a heart of gold, a warm personality, and a strong desire to succeed. >> she wanted to open a bakery. that's been her dream, her goal and desire for years. >> reporter: her mother bran difficult says she described herself as a foodie who was passionate about the culinary arts. >> if you were to get a family shot, once again going to something that was part of her passion, to help move forward in her future. >> reporter: on the morning of september 18th, ashanti was heading to work on a naval base in norfolk: she passed through the gate but never arrived at the shop. 30 minutes later, investigators say her car was seen on this security camera video leaving the base, but ashanti was never en

for days her parents passed out fliers and scoured the area, hoping to find her. until they received the heart breaking news nearly two weeks after she disappeared. >> our hope was to bring ashanti home the entire time. she was found on the grounds of an ame church in charlotte. >> she served god, she served god well. we've come to an acceptance that this had to happen for us to bring the light to missing people. >> reporter: ashanti's parents say in their grief they've found a new purpose in life. they want to assist other parents searching for loved ones by trying to ease the financial burden. they've also found another way to make sure ashanti's legacy lives on. >> we truly feel that, you know, this is god's purpose and plan for her life. and through 19 years, we know she touched so many hearts. >> that was meagan fitzgerald reporting. ashanti's parents are setting up

that will offer a scholarship to a student who graduates from dr. henry wise high school and attends the art institute. >> i'm pat lawson muse at the live desk with new developments out of las vegas. the sheriff revealing new information about the time line of last sunday's deadly mass shooting. he says the guard inside the mandalay bay was shot six minutes before stephen paddock opened fire on the thousands of concert goers. the sheriff also says they still don't know why the gunman stopped firing when he did, but he says paddock tried to shoot at fuel tanks at the airport. at this point they are still trying to determine a motive and they have been talking to paddock's brother. there is still no evidence to connect stephen paddock to any error group or any ideology, and investigators say they don't believe there is a singular event that led him to carry out such a heinous act. back to you, wendy. >> well, this is a video that has gone quite viral, that angry

school bus, hanging on as the driver starts to move down the street. this was full of children from the middle school at baltimore county. thursday afternoon, one of the kids captured the scene on his cell phone. the man tried to board the bus after claiming that a student had thrown a bottle at his car. the driver refused to open the doors to him so the man jumped on the front bumper, held onto the mirror and away they go. an off-duty deputy saw what was happening and arrested the man. none of the students were hurt. >> one local school district is considering some major changes to its school calendar. >> and family vacations, holiday trips, hang in the balance. scott macfarlane joins us with a story you're going to see only on news 4. >> wendy, the school board in montgomery county meets tomorrow to talk about next school career. 2018, 2019, and some major changes are on the table there. the proposals include one that shrinks spring break to a four day weekend. another chops the september days that coincide with

observations. and another shifts those mid year professional days for teachers. the school district, like two dozen others in maryland, are trying to squeeze in a 180-day school year between labor day and june 15 which can be tricky they say. an executive order from governor larry hogan requires all public schools in the state now begin their school years after labor day. most used to start school in august. the school district says these are strictly proposals for now and that it is still gathering feedback from the community. there is discussion tomorrow and possible votes by next month, jim and wendy. >> all right. you have to plan early. scott, thanks so much. >> well, the town hall in -- there will be a town hall in fauquier county tonight to talk about disturbing and threatening messages that involve some high school students. they all attend liberty high in beale ton. we are told that six kids used an app called discord and they use it had to privately talk about another classmate. in that chat which they called operation will to kill, they made references to killing, to bodily harm, they made a school

they talked about found out when one of the students showed him the screen shots. police say the law does not allow them to charge those students. >> just awful. turning now to politics, just one month away before people in virginia will pick a new governor, and tonight the new major candidates will square off in their final debate. this is the third debate for democrat ralph northam and republican ed gillespie. a new poll from christopher newport university today shows northam with a 7-point lead over gillespie. that lead has increased slightly in recent weeks . 6% of virginia says they are undecide ed. gillespie hopes to get a boost from vice-president pence who will campaign this week. get more on our washington app. was it a publicity stunt or something else? that's the question a lot of you have today after vice-president mike pence lt

football game before it even started. he walked out of the 49ers/colts game in indianapolis yesterday after about a dozen san francisco players took a knee during the national anthem. later, mr. pence tweeted he felt because he and the president will not dignify any event that disrespects our soldiers, flag, and anthem. his decision to walk out was apparently planned ahead of time. the president also reacting on twitter today saying he's proud of pence. >> and a warning from police about a potentially deadly drug that is making the rounds in our region. >> plus we've got the inspirational story of a teenager with special needs. how her talent for art led to a new business venture. >> ever seen nate move out, but what about that humidity? it kind of sticks around for a while. i'll show you how long and we'll

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fredericksburg says an artist is someone who is bold and unafraid of expression. >> i like that. our david culver recently met one of her students born into a peruvian american family. she is now the name sake and creative director of her own brand. >> but it is also her life journey that has really inspired people. >> a portfolio of vivid and bold art you don't quite see all of the gills, but you can envision the fish swimming. >> there is a fire spitting dragon, a delicate humming bird and, well, fruit. >> a bunch of bananas with some dark vivid black lines delineating the bananas and a very large apple and some strawberries. >> reporter: inside this liberty town art studio in fredericksburg. >> we do a head here, right? and then you make a dot here. >> reporter: this is where instructor yates helps students sophia

vision. >> nice. >> there is an enormous amount of vibrancy in her art and color, movement. she seems to capture the spirit of whatever that thing is. >> reporter: okay. like most parents, carol and her husband andre are clearly proud of their daughter's work. but what makes sophia's art all the more pure is that she's an artist who happens to have down syndrome. >> a little bit more color. >> thanks. >> you're welcome. >> reporter: sophia grew up in a well rounded household taking part in several activities. last summer she became passionate about art. suddenly her work gained a digital fan base. >> we would post it. her sketching is getting better. look at this. when people started to say, can i buy that? could she paint one for me? could you make that into a note card? we thought maybe other people share the same. >> that was the biggest. when people started saying this is really incredible work. >> reporter: t s

business idea. sophia ola.com. >> puts it into the computer. >> your mom put it in the computer? >> she's good at it. let's give her a boost and give her independence. >> reporter: they plan to make note cards to hand bagds and beyond. >> he's a big dreamer. >> you dream as big as you can. i've really learned that. >> reporter: they've encountered others who look at sophia and only see limitations. andre believes it exists among some within his own culture. >> i think the latino community, there is still very much a stigma of having a child with a disability. you know, for many folks you're trying to assimilate as it is. i think my father is deceased. i think he would have had a very hard time at first accepting her. but getting to know her i think he would have been fine. >> as we found out, every color she chooses has meaning. >> reporter: what made you

black? it's like a night shot? >> no. it's strawberry. >> strawberry? >> blackberry. >> blackberry? >> yes. >> for halloween? >> yes. >> she smiles and she just goes for it. >> reporter: unafraid and bold, like her art, that's sophia. >> you know, who knows. future is very bright. >> sophiola.com. >> amazing work. and the parents, how much do we love mom and dad, too. >> for letting her bloom and setting her off there. that's wonderful. well, unscripted drama is a powerful movie mogul gets fired from his own company. tonight there are new questions about a possible cover up in hollywood as yet another woman comes forward. >> we've also got some new clues in the hunt for a notorious war lord rather and the role angelina jolie wand to take to te

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.

meryl streep once called harvey weinstein a god during an acceptance speech. but today streep called him disgraceful after recent harassment allegations came to light in "the new york times." he was fired from his own company this weekend because of those allegations which span decades. the times says weinstein settled lawsuits with several women including some actresses. and today one of his accusers spoke exclusively to nbc's megyn kelly saying that he offered to give her a tour of one of his new york restaurants, but she wasn't prepared for what happened when the two wound up alone near the kitchen. >> it happened very quickly

you know, began pleasuring himself. and i just stood there dumfounded. >> weinstein's actions have been the subject of rumors for years and there are questions about whether he pressured news outlets to keep those rumors quiet in the past. he has issued an apology, but his lawyers are threatening to sue the times saying the article was false and defamatory. >> a bizarre plot straight from a hollywood movie, angelina jolie and brad pitt attempting to help arrest an african war lord. joseph coney, you may recall the name is the leader of a ugandan gorilla group. he's wanted for war crimes including murder, kidnap and rape. a british newspaper said a u.n. official said he may be captured if jolie lured him to dinner. the plot never worked out. >> a warning tonight in northern virginia, after a

increase in opioid overdoses, the alexandria police responded to six overdoses including one death just last week. police are concerned that a concentrated batch of opioids and that includes heroin, is making its way around our area. tonight on nbc nightly news, kate snow continues the series, one nation overdosed. kate shares a very frank and touching conversation with a 13-year-old girl about growing up with an addicted mother. >> never got any health care growing up, none, until i was ten. i never got any health care. never went to the dentist. i had never been to the dentist before. >> you never went to the dentist until you were ten? >> yep. >> what about pediatrician, doctor? >> nope. no, nothing. >> hear more from this young girl on nbc nightly news with lester holt right after this broadcast. bless her heart. my goodness. >> now to the weather and the

picture from our area, pretty spectacular where it feels more like july than october as doug mentioned earlier, with high heat and humidity. on the right, snow. yep, thats' snow falling, but it's denver, colorado. still october, though. early. >> we were asking last hour, which team are we on. i'm team 3 inches of snow in denver. i'd rather take that than humidity. >> she says that now. ask her in february. i'm somewhere in between. >> let me ask you, is this humidity going to affect the leaves changing at all or is the weather going to have an impact on the colors? >> good question. i don't think so. we've been so dry we are predicting it to be a very dull kind of october, kind of fall-like with the leaf color. i don't think it's going to do much. for your purposes i asked on my facebook page and i got over 120 comments. guess who won? >> who? >> take a look. team snow big time. >> hands down. >> this is what it was. we had eight others, humidity at 21, 93 of you said yeah, bring

with you. put it at 94, 95, for wendy and i. yeah, i would definitely take the snow over this humidity. it is just nasty out there today. you mention the snow. let's go ahead and show some more of that snow video from colorado. if we're going to talk about it, let's show it. big-time deal, too. knocked out power, yeah, to thousands of people in colorado because many of the trees still have their leaves on them. so, that does take down those trees a little bit easier. this was a very heavy wet snow and think about this. colorado, denver, was 78 degrees two days ago. yesterday in the 60s. today only around 30 degrees. just amazing to see what they're dealing without there right now. for us a little bit of a different scenario. it is hot and humid. temperature 84 degrees. way tlup stay on the humid side the rest of the night tonight. temperature 83, riverdale 84 degrees in the leesburg area, 83 in washington. waking up tomorrow stepping out the door from the bus stop, warm and humid. 74 degrees for the

required. 83 sticky tomorrow. the umbrellas come back wednesday, thursday and friday. pretty good chance of at least some shower activity each day. not a wash out. right now the weekend looking pretty nice.

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too, for the redskins. >> yes, banged up i think is the best way to say that. they are coming off this week from crucial rest time. the redskins had a struggle coming off the biweek. not one win beating the vikings at home last year. this sunday they are going against an o-5 san francisco team. the redskins a little banged up. jiggered and bunch back from the biway. the team will know more about josh norman's rib injury tomorrow or wednesday. hoping it's just two to four weeks. trent williams with a knee injury also good in practice, battling an ankle sprain. you see him doing some conditioning drills. and josh daks under who hurt his shoulder late against the chiefs is in practice today. gruden thinks he should be all right. he needs a lot of football games without another break for the rest of the season. and the head coach is trying to get his team ready for this tough stretch. >> now we just have to understand we have 12 weeks of

this is just 12 straight weeks these guys have to commit themselves to a long haul. and you'd like to break it up halfway point like we had last year. now that we know when it is, we have to just adjust our schedules and really all commit ourselves to the grind of the nfl season, 12 weeks in a row, hopefully 13, 14, 15 weeks in a row. >> up next, though, for gruden and the redskins, the winless 49ers, an easy victory, right? huh-uh, not so fast as the sports junkies from 106.7 the fan. >> the redskins take on a niners team that doesn't have a win. they hang in there, what are your expectations? >> the problem is now my expectations are muted because after our version of the body bag game last week, guys like josh norman are going to be out probably a month, it's a different defense. it's not that defense i think that we saw in the first four weeks if you don't have josh norman. so, i'm very sort of bearish. i don't feel good about this

played, they've all been decided by 3 points or less. this is the team that may be winless, but they go in there and fight. >> they battle, they push the card nal cardinals to overtime two weeks ago, the colts on the road. they're going to be supremely motivated. kyle shanahan, pierre felt disrespected by the redskins by not offering him a contract letting him walk to the niners in the off season so he's going to want to come in, put on a show for his former team here this weekend. >> you're really good. that's a good observation. >> thank you, sir. i appreciate that. >> here's the deal with the niners. they've been in four consecutive games with the three points or less. but they just don't have any explosion offensively. especially through the air. brian only has four touchdown passes. if you shut their run down, don't let carlos hide, get crazy on you, they just don't have any real threats to score points. >> can he make it three straight hat tricks to start ts

alex ovechkin in tampa tonight, third game of the year. o.v. off to a ridiculous start 7 goals in the first two games. back to back hat tricks to start the season. first player to do that since 1917. not surprisingly, announced today ovechkin gets the first star of the week from the nhl. puck drop at 7:30 p.m. on nbc sports washington. and right now at wrigley field the nationals and cubs are tied at 1 in the bottom of the eighth. max took a no hitter into the 6th. but ben sew broke that up and scored the tying run. in chicago we'll have you covered at news 4 at 11:00. and from one historic ballpark to another. fenway park, red sox trying to avoid getting eliminated. astros with other ideas. top nine 4-3, carlos bell tran puts this off the green monster. that brings in a run. astros are heading to the alcs boston is staying home at this point. >> thank you,

thanks for joining us. nightly news is coming up right nor. >> back here at 11:00, hope to see you then. have a good night, everybody.

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breaking news tonight, raging infernos turn deadly, exploding in california, torching thousands of homes. tens of thousands evacuated. a massive state of emergency. not backing down. as a powerful republican senator says president trump's recklessness threatens to put us on a path to world war iii. family feud. a war of words erupts betweefirst lady melania trump and ivana trump. the president's wife battling his ex. one nation overdosed. the opioid epidemic's devastating impact on children and one courageous young woman now thriving against the odds. speaking out. meryl streep leads big name stars breaking their silence as movie mogul harvey weinstein is fired in a storm of sexual misconduct allegations.