knew at midday, a heartbreaking case may finally be coming to a close. the man who hit a baby makes a plea in court. these new images coming in all morning from california wine country, 11 people dead, 1,500 structures destroyed. we'll take a look at what is making it so hard. >> and not a lot of rain in that area and for us. but we do have rain in the forecast for tomorrow. so we'll time that out coming up. hope you are having a

tuesd tuesday. i'm adam tuss. >> a man accused this morning appeared in court. >> police say he a doused with gasoline and lit her on fire last month. news 4 justin finch. both the families were there, right? >> reporter: that's right. good morning. want to set the scene. this was thought to be very contentious court hearing. you have two families hose loved ones are at the center of the case. both familying feeling strongly about their loved ones. you have accused of them. the goal of this hearing though was to see if there was enough evidence to move forward in this case against philips. and we now know that there is. this case will be moving ahead. now, take a look here, representing philips was jay windel gordon, that's his

questions in court today. top of his list was to find out from the police detective who was there if he actually said that philips is the one who set her on fire. the prosecution says there was sufficient evidence linking him to the case and act that happened there in that apartment. now, on september 8th, 2017, in capital heights, that's where you might recall that andrea was seen running from that apartment on fire. and she said that she was set on fire by someone in that case. now, philips attorney said there is no proof that she identified him as the one who burned her. >> why not bring in some information? this case is built on something they are trying to build an airplane in the air and they can't do it. >> reporter: and as you heard mr. gordon say, there does not appear to be strong evidence in his opinion in this case

forward. nevertheless, it will be moving ahead. november 9th is the next hearing. at that point it will be a mission to dismiss. so he says if they don't put up, the prosecution, that his client may actually not have to face these charges here. as for her, she remains in critical condition still unable to fully communicate we are told. and as to fill imgs facing charges azar son as well as attempted murder. >> back to you in the studio. >> such an unfortunate story. thank you. well, hell on earth, that's how they describe the fire there. >> the weather is expected to further complicate things today. nbc joe fryer talks to people who barely escaped. >> this is my neighborhood. in flames. >> reporter: for many there was little time to flee as fast moving flames tore through northern california. fueled by dry conditions and wind gusts

50-mile-per-hour. >> it's horrible. i couldn't stay because -- i couldn't breathe. >> reporter: across northern california, thousands were under evacuation orders, including two hospitals, one of them moved 130 patients. the most critical still hooked toup vital machines as they were rushed through dense smoke. dozens of other ee evacuate ease were rescued by california highway patrol helicopters. >> it has been a horrific and terrifying night for many people. >> reporter: cross the region many fires are burning and leveling entire neighborhoods taking down houses big and small. >> i was very worried. but like my neighbor's house burned down but saved mine. >> reporter: at least 1,500 businesses have been destroyed including the house belonged to them. this was supposed to ber

>> yeah, we've lived here about 20 years, so we'll have to retire again, i guess. >> reporter: in southern california another wind fueled fire ripped through anaheim hills with smoke and flames visible from disneyland. at least 24 structures burned to the ground. >> literally this just went up in seconds. >> reporter: many more were threatened. >> really nervous and scary. everything that we work so hard for is in this home and the thought of losing it was terrifying. >> reporter: a time of year when the fire risk is especially high with parts gusty winds driving destructive wildfires across the state. >> it's pretty awful. but we are all healthy and safe and we have to just try to be grateful for that. but it's pretty awful. >> unbelievable situation there. back here at home to our weather, still unbelievably warm and sticky for october. >> yeah, feels like middle of the sr.

changes. right? >> yeah, we have changes heading our way. one thing i went to mention about the northern california fires, good piece of news, i know they said they may for today could get a little worse, but really think the humidity is coming up there. and that is a good thing for them. and winds coming down. so hopefully by today they'll be able to get some of the fires under control. but they do not have a lot of rain in the forecast. >> no rain for us out there today. temperatures right around 80 degrees. and we'll continue to take those temperatures into the mid-80s for daytime highs today. so another sticky day. but we have rain in our area. we'll time it out because that's coming tomorrow and also take a look at the fall lake temperatures everyone has been expecting. that's coming up. >> thank you, lauryn. just in a driver who struck and killed a baby is found guilty. today john miller the iv was con visited of two lesser charges. maximum sentence is a year in jail. miller struck mindy

her son while turning. the baby was five months old and died. they saw they kobt couldn't prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> new information this morning, we now noah 52-year-old woman, laura cornelius was killed. said she was hit and killed by a car en route 1 at the intersection of gun stun road last night. chopper 4 was over the scene. it's to the clear if she was along the road or crossing the road at the time. a father is in mourning after his daughter was shot by police. they say she ran over an officer, that's when the multiple officers fired several shots. video you are about to see, i want to warn you, may be tough to watch. >> get down. police ordered

out of the car but stepped on the gas instead. a short time earlier, police say she ran a red light then hit several cars. died at the hospital. her father still trying to put the pieces together. >> it's hard to expression the amount of pain and distress you feel. her father says she doesn't understand why she would not listen to police. and police are waiting to see if she had any drugs or alcohol in her system. friends and family of a be loved seller are sailors. one of some killed over the summer. you are looking at him in the navy. funeral services in alexander. a military burr sell then going to take place at ar hinge ton national cemetery. back in august he was killed after the u.s. mccain collid.

will share his story tonight on news 4. time right now is 11:08. right now they are meeting to consider turning your students spring break into a weekend. that's right. the board is considering making spring break a four-day weekend instead of a week. this wouldn't take effect until the 2018, 2019 school year. another idea on the table is eliminating days given for planning much purposes. still gathering feedback and won't vote until next month. hey, the nationals, whew whew on the brink of elimination. we've been here before with this team. this is a story that sounds familiar. >> well, if they lose to the cubs this afternoon, it's over. they are out of the playoffs. this would be the fourth time in five years that they made the playoffs and then lost in first round. yesterday, it was matt scherzer

then the cubs won anyway. >> yeah, now they have to climb a pretty big hill. >> we've run two games in a row. it's on the record. not an ideal situation. obviously up 2-1. but had is baseball. >> reporter: how do you approach tomorrow? >> win the game. what else do you want us to do? we'll win the game. >> all right. but if the mets win they'll play a winner take all game. 5 on thursday in washington. >> and if that were happen, they would win the dodgers. but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. they need to win today. >> first things first. that's right. 11:10 new information on the white house everything from health care to the secretary of state. >> president is scheduled to meet with rex tillerson in about 90 minutes. we'll tell you about a new interview that may make that meeting very

>> in case of a fire what number should you kill? >> 911. that's the rig>>ht

well, the fight over health care may not be over. >> president trump is hinting as an executive order on the issue, new this morning. ea

tweeted, since congress can't get its act together on health care, i'll be using the power of the pen to give health care to people. the president didn't specify what changes but according to politico he has suggested an executive order allowing people to purchase health care across state lines that could be coming. president trump is scheduled to have lunch with rex tillerson. about an hour. second face-to-face meeting since nbc news reported last night that tillerson called the president a moron over the summer. remark confirmed by at least three senior officials and four officials told nbc news the president only learned of the insult from the nbc report. in an interview with "forbes" the president said in his words, quote, i think it's fake news, but if he did that i think we'll have to compare i.q. tests and i can tell you who is going to win. turning now to decision 2017. candidates for virginia governor face off in final

>> yeah, gun laws were a big part of the conversation between democrat and republican. ed says he supports gun checks on purchases which is already in place. and restrictions on bump stocks. you'll recall those were the guns used in the shooter in the las vegas massacre. >> a ban on automatic weapons should be regulated and should be banned if it's designed to turn a nonautomatic weapon into an automatic weapon. >> gillespie then turned the conversation to sainnctuary cities. >> we do not have sanctuary city ns the commonwealth of virginia so it's a collusion looking for a problem. >> we are just weeks away of virginia heading to polls new governor. shores nor thumb heading by 7 points. >> >> a construction project in lou den

it's going to improve your drive home. crews built an interchange on route 7 over ashburn village boulevard. it should improve safety and reduce delays. ribbon setting is about 15 minutes from now. it's fire prevention week, and nbc washington app for what you can do to hold a fire drill in your home. a new survey from nationwide insurance found only a little more than half of the families know their children know what to do in the case of fire. only one in five families regularly practice escape plans at home. and when it comes to fire safety, every member of your family does need to know what to do. firefighters are taking that message to your children in the classroom. they show you how you can get involved at home. >> the slam of a fire truck door. and the roar of a fire engine down the road carrying crews to

>> smoke comes up. it rises to the top. >> reporter: teaching fire safety at the greenbelt children's center. >> my name is firefighter zee. >> these were quick studies. >> stop, drop, and roll. >> reporter: resources firefighters want you to know kids are never too young to practice fire safety. >> they actually show them what they are supposed to do, to crawl on your hands and knees, to find a door. >> reporter: kids favorite part hands down the fire truck tour. but the hope is for each child to retain what they learned . so we have a pop quiz. if you see a fire in the house, what is the number you should call? >> 911. >> reporter: calling 911 is great and even better when they have key information. >> if a kid calls 911 someone will come. >> repor s

soon sooner your child is safe. >> so cool. you can now call an area of southeast d.c. one of the coolest neighborhoods in america. capital river park in the park has made one of the coolest neighborhoods in country. list focuses on up and coming urban destinations. it says it has helped transform the neighborhood into a full fledged tourist destination. yeah, that's a lot of change down there. i remember it was a bunch of empty warehouses. >> yeah. it's like a cool new part of the city. >> sure is. in case you missed this, we have a snippet of the movie trailer lots of folks are talking about this morning, the new star wars movie. and pout most of people without power. the big name cpanies that areom

welcome back. right now local nasa astronaut is on space walk to repair the space station. it may be hard to tell but the station 'commander is greasing annully installed part on robot arm. he's from false church. installed the arm last week. used to grab arriving u.s. cargo ships. pretty cool. 85% of puerto rico still in the dark. and officials say the most critical needht

restoring power to the island. >> yeah, tough situation still. now some big time tech giepants are offering to help. nbc gabe is there on the relief effort. >> reporter: tonight, most of puerto rico is power rless. >> we still need water. that's almost 3 million americans without electricity. spearheading relief efforts says he'll take whatever he can get. >> the relief is not the federal government, it's local government to help people together. >> reporter: that help could be coming from big tech. tesla founder elon musk saying he wants to help rebuild the island's power grid using solar technology. >> how long before this project gets off the ground? >> you know, we are getting our teams together already. >> reporter: potential

rossello started last week with twitter. >> we can't be thinking putting back the old system. we need to take this opportunity to row make the system to be innovative. >> reporter: other tech giants want in. google is sending balloons. but for so many here, recovery seems so far off. she says she waited in the gas line for 17 hours the other day. now she waits for food and water at a grocery store chugging along on a generator. >> we have to wake up early to get to the markets. >> reporter: she waits until she can tell her 7-year-old son they have power once more. gabe gutierrez, nbc news isabell la, puerto rico. >> so many people still need so much help. talking about u.s. virgin islands as well. and steel dealing with aftermath. hurricane harvey

with that. >> and the season ends november 30th. >> can't come soon enough. >> something that can't come soon enough. rain on west coast definitely need some rain in northern portion of california. you will get rain here. if you thought you were done yesterday, think again, because we are more rain. we had patchy fog this morning. but we'll see rain returning later on tonight. temperatures in 80 degrees right now. yes, we will have already warmed up to 80 degree mark. and continue to take the temperatures on up from there. so 82. so nothing happening on the radar in our area. just a little bit of cloud cover but mostly sunshine. let's head over and show you what's going on in chicago. we have nationals out in chicago. there is a good chance that game could get

i posted this on my facebook page. then we take a look out to the west. no rain for california where they need rain for the wildfires. here in the area we have mostly spotty but stay dry today. tonight is when the rain moves in then tomorrow. then we head into thursday and friday, we will chances of rain. looks like mainly drizzle for our area. but good news by the time we get into the weekend i think we'll be able to save that and have sunshine for the weekend. so 85 daytime highs. sticky humidity starting to drop little by little. maybe a spotty sprinkle out there but that's about it for tomorrow. temperatures in the mid-70s now. humidity falls overnight. so not looking at a muggy day. but a cooler day. but still above normal. average temperature about 70 degrees. continue to see rain showers throughout the day. over cast skies, and that is

going to continue for thursday and friday. so tomorrow make sure you grab the umbrella tomorrow morning. as far as humidity levels starting to fall today but may increase by sunday just slightly. we'll talk about that ten-day forecast and let you know fall is going to make a return with temperatures coming up. >> all right. we are enjoying this, some of us are. some are sweating it out. if you are watching monday night football last night you got a first look onstar wars trailer. >> so many interested in that. if you missed it here's the peak at the last jedi. >> oh, the trailer debuted in dramatic fashion during last night halftime featured new characters from star verse universe and picks up where the last film left off. brand new poster. check it out here. the

november 15th. tickets already on sale. new information on how police cracked a high profile rain case in northern virginia. >> and threats of violence from local high school students. why police say they can't do an

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midday. right now police are investigating a deadly crash in fairfax county. two vehicles collided on albin road near the springfield country club. one died in the crash. other is expected to be okay. albin road will remain closed for several hours while police continue their investigation. a man is now facing life in prison for a brutal rape in stafford contine stafford county. >> we are getting an idea how he was caught. he was accused of a running a woman's road last halloween then abducting here and raping her over the course of two hours. this morning he entered an alfred guilty plea. >> on the night he did it he gave the woman a shirt p and turned out to be key evidence when he left it behind. the woman worked on a sketch which somebody recognized. >> wheel developing this

in texas taking a 19 year old student in custody after a massive manhunt. is he accused of capital murder. police say daniel's was initially taken into custody to be questioned in a drug related case. while he was at the police station, 'ledge he hadly shot a campus police officer then took off. not clear he had the gun on him or took the gun from ta officer. there is anger and disappointment among parents at liberty high school after a series of online threats. tells us what's being done about the threats. >> reporter: parents are scared. worried about the safety of their children. and feel like nothing is being done about it. frustrated parents walked out of a town hall meeting. they are upset that students who made threats online against other students won't be charged with any crime. the students involved called it operation will to kill. th

discard to post messages like we have gone from premeditated murder to social espionage, lynching him is the end game. the sheriff told us why students aren't being charged. but first listen to why this mom who says there is no good reason. >> what is to keep this from happening dpin? what will keep this from keeping another child to doing this and wopt be punished? >> after working with the office of the commonwealth attorney, they determined that it department rise to the level of criminal violation of law. >> parents want these students expelled. kristin wright. news 4. >> a warning for henry wise high school confirmed cases of tb saying the risk of exposure is low, usually

to contract tuberculosis. >> a news 4 consumer investigation a possible scheme that may be coming to your neighborhood involves tree cutters. after hearing from several viewers paid for a service never completed. susan is working for you to tell you what she uncovered. >> reporter: we heard from all three people hotel us the same story. knock on the door from a tree cutting service offering to give them a good deal to cut down their dead trees. while the customers don't dispute the trees were dead, they said the crews never returned to remove the stumps which they paid for. and something more. what happened at this woman's home is a fraud investigation, after connecting the company, news 4 went under cover. >> all right. michael, my name is actually susan, hogan, i'm with nbc 4. we've been tryto

>> reporter: now tonight at 11:00 we confront the owner. back to you. thank you very much. you'll want to keep the umbrella close today. a look at when we'll have to dodge the rain dprops. >> how about this for an idea, go fund me for a new house how getting down p

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>> reporter: today's americans are more social and willing to share. but will they help each other buy homes? that is the bet one mortgage lender is hoping onto crowd fund the down payments. >> this allows you to tell your story. allows for folks to be able to buyin to the story of what it is you have. your story. your home story. and one of the things our tag line is, fund your way home. >> reporter: cmg financial a lender is launching home fund me. it's an online plt form that gives homeowners a way to market their needs and receive multiple cash gifts from anyone to finance the down payment on a home. previously lenders limited down paymen payments assistance to close family members. all with significant documentation. this pilot program has blessing of fannie mae

>> what we are trying to do is test solutions because preference is for today's home buyers have changed significantly. and no silver bullet to solve a problem as to how to find a down payment. >> reporter: millenials are not only saddled with high school debt, pays high rent. but also starting to get married and have children. >> of course, we see the wedding registries. are you going to spend $250 on copy making machine. if that $250 goes to a down payment of your home, at the very least, at the very least i improve your quality of life. would you rather have somebody have a lot of money in the bank after they buy the home and no down payment? or the opposite? so we still have a lot of questions and a lot to learn when it comes to the role of down payments. >> reporter: that's why this is just a test program to see not only if the crowd is willing to fund home buying, but also if homeowners see that gift for all

its worth? this is kind of amazing to look at here. we are following the developments of the wildfires burning out of control in california. and take a look, this was the site at disneyland yesterday. >> wow. >> fire burning left an orange county ee reglow over that yesterday. and some visitors said that ash was raining down. but the park remained open all day long. so we are not even talking about the northern part of the state. that's all the way down in anaheim. talking about the southern part as well. >> that was in anaheim. because we have a couple of fires of course in northern california. then that one was directly from anaheim. spa smoke is carrying all through, even up to oregon. the winds were blowing so hard. that's really what sparked pa lot of this fire. and obviously spread it. >> i do want to say you

something coming up. >> yeah, taking a trip to wine country. it's a shame for what they are dealing with right now. generally they get brush fires every year but this one is massive and already coining this the columbus day fire. so this is going to be one to remember and one for the books. one thing i do want to remember the humidity winds are settling down so hopefully give the firefighters a chance to do their job. live camera beautiful out there right now. we have sunshine here. no rain. quite a different picture than what we were seeing yesterday morning. yesterday afternoon we were all right. temperatures 80 degrees. a lot of places upper 70s. so humidity. and that humidity is going to be with us today. and proud to say it's going to drop tonight. start to decrease a little bit. daytime highs 80s. maybe a spotty sprinkle but for the most part we'll be dry. looking at the radar r

so just a chance of some spotty sprinkles out there today. chances overnight. and scattered showers throughout most of the day. we'll continue with showers, chances of drizzle on thursday into friday. by the time we get into saturday a little more dry. temperatures 85 degrees. our average tem if you're at 70 degrees. so we are heading into warm territory. as i said humidity falls later tonight. so for tomorrow you want to have the umbrella. wet commute tomorrow morning, maybe a little fog, then we'll continue to be wet through the evening commute. and even through tomorrow night. so let's time it out for you. this is 8:30 tonight. we have a little bit of spotty activity around the region. then we head into wednesday morning, again a little bit of a wet commute. even by 9:30 still seeing some rain showers out there. try to clear up a little bit get into the afternoon but expecting some more rain wednesday night. and then drizzle as we get into thursday and friday. so here's a look at your five y.

showers. not only on wednesday but thursday and friday. again thursday and friday more drizzle. temperatures lower. going to shoot the temperatures right next to 80 degrees by friday, but friday we'll have sunshine. >> that sounds good, lauryn. marine corp. marathon less than two weeks from now. what they should be eating. >> and celebrating fall with food and wine. dinner being held this weekend and beautiful setting. we are getting a taste of one of the dishes in our studio.

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welcome back. a special opportunity to celebrate fall this weekend with food and wine. who doesn't love that? wine kitchen is throwing the dinner. here to explain what it's all about, chef zac. good morning to you sir. what do you have going on the festival this weekend? >> today i'm going some butternut squash and local cheese from the barn dinner. it's in georgia a mill in love et cete its farm. so for this recipe i'll be using this. >> slicing up the apples here. >> yeah, getting the apples peeled. the skin can be chewy. then i'll slice it up. i already have a couple of

were doing other stuff. >> so this is the prep work. >> yeah, this is the prep work process. pretty important when you are doing any kind of cooking at home, work, to make sure that you stay organized and stay ahead of yourself so you don't get caught unaware. >> yeah, sure, of course. that's one of the big things everybody has to be concerned about. and during a lot of this stuff chopping helps you get there. you guys actually have three locations. >> we do. we have a location in person which is where i'm from, downtown, and frederick maryland. >> and you do this every year around the fall, the barn. >> yeah, this is our third one. and like i said this year it's been hosted in georgia's mill. and we try to work with local companies every time we do this so that our guests can see what we are about as a restaurant. >> right this

ten. >> yeah, these anticipates got delivered to my restaurant this morning. >> they are all from northern virginia? >> they are from the northern virginia, maryland corridor. >> very cool. >> we work with co-op farm that sources all down the atlantic coast but sticks to this region. layering them up. and as we go season, it's important to make sure your food is seasoned well. i have a lot of friends who aren't good cooks and always asking me. >> join the club. there is a lot of us. i have no clue what we are doing. >> they are always asking what are do you do to make your food taste better? salt and pepper. >> simplest thing and people don't think to take that step. >> absolutely. >> that smells good. what is that, some onion? >> that was baby leek. we got that delivered earlier. >> this already smells

just from what you added to it, spices and whatnot. so this is what goes into it. and we'll take a look at the finished product. and tell me about, because there is a menu, set menu. >> yeah, so we have a set menu. and what we are doing is each chef is in control of providing one side dish, one main course, and one dessert. so we'll have this dish here, three desserts, three little appetizers, and three entrays. >> very cool. >> highly be in charge of the salad and we'll have two other main courses. >> you try to out do each other? friendly competition. >> we do. >> it has to be fun. >> we try to give each other one run for their money. >> excellent. let's show everyone the finished product because we are about to run out of time here. >> absolutely. this is the finished

>> let's get a good shot of that. it has multiple layers to it. >> yeah, several layers to t lots of butter in this, because we love our flafvor and butter. >> who doesn't love that. absolutely. >> and layer of cheese and vegetables and salt and pepper. on the whole, this is a pretty good recipe, easy to make at home. it's just got to make sure you stay an ahead of yourself. >> one last time tell us about the celebration when and where it's going to happen. >> it's love it's ville, goir farm, this saturday october 15th and still buy some tickets. >> food and wine. thank you so much for coming. appreciate it. take care. and we'll be back after this. go ahead pat. >> looks yummy. many of you may be getting ready for this month's marine corps marathon. we know it takes a lot of time to get preparation for long run. registered dieticians say you don't want to skip

doesn't moon you only have to eat pasta. >> whole grains, fruits and vegetables, some healthy fat. don't necessarily need to start drinking gatorade unless you are doing long three plus hours of exercise. >> dieticians stay you should stay hydrated and limit calf teen and alcohol before race day. it gets under way october 22. first lady is in west virginia today. the program she's bringing attention to nationwide and why she's having to defend her

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

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well, you might think this next story was straight out of a reality show. mel lana trump and ivan a trump is fighting over first lady. that's when she said that she has a direct line to the white house. and she called herself the first lady. well, that didn't sit well with melanin releasing a statement, there is clearly no substance to it this statement from a ex-. milan a trump is making her way to west virginia today set to visit lillys place. first lady says in order to make the babies s

help the parents. lillys place is also giving services to families with addiction issues. the first lady will see firsthand how babies are born addicted to drugs. but next she was born to a mother with heroin. >> and she wants to bring aware flis to this ever growing ep dem particular. >> tory brinkman has always been a survive or born 15 weeks early. a tiny pound and a half. and that was just the beginning of her struggle. for the first ten years of her life she lived with a mother addicted to her win. their history together shows how savaged the grip of addiction can be. today, tory is a remarkably composed 14 year old telling her story, her way. what do you remember about those early years and your mom? >> she never ate. she had maybe a coke a day. no water. then go right back to bed.

of me and feed me. i had to feed myself. i considered myself as par tenth and my mom the kid. >> reporter: do you think your mom sold drugs? >> i know she did. >> reporter: she got in trouble for that? >> yeah. one time i think i was around seven or eight, she actually made me do a drug deal for her. >> reporter: a drug deal? what did she ask you to do? >> she put either heroin or cocaine in a napkin and said run up to the husband and give it to them. >> reporter: tory said she never got health care. >> never until i was ten. never bent to the dentist before. >> reporter: what about pediatrician or doctor? >> nothing. >> reporter: her mom told tory not to tell anyone about the things she saw. but tory would call her grandparents when they ran out of food. three years ago lilian and richard were awarded custody. >> when she first came to live with me she was blaming

tory's mom abusing heroin in their home, it was her uncle, closest person she had to a father figure. >> what happened to your uncle? >> he passed away november, 2015 from drug overdose. >> reporter: heroin? >> uh-huh. >> reporter: that must have been super hard for you? >> yeah, because he basically took care of me instead of my mom. like in my mom was asleep, he would take care of me. so it was just -- it was sad. >> reporter: you want a kleenex? i have one. >> i have one over here. >> reporter: okay. come here. this is hard to talk about. at 14 years old tory has seen enough pain for a lifetime. making her spirit and attitude today all the more impressive. here's a big question. >> okay. >> reporter: why are you talking to us? >> because i want to spread

only affected my life, but probably affected a lot of other kids lives, and i want to help people. >> reporter: wow. what a story. kate snow reporting there. that is powerful stuff and want to see the rest of that interview. >> what a marvel less little girl. >> yeah, glad she has a good head on her shoulders. 11:57 let's get check on weather. >> i have nice weather out there. sunshine temperatures in the low 80s. we'll continue to warm up with muggy conditions, but the humidity will fall. later on tonight temperatures in the mid-80s today. maybe a spotty sprinkle. better chances of rain overnight. and through the day tomorrow less humidity in mid-70s. but drizzle and thursday and friday. but look at the weebd, a lot berth on saturday and sunday. >> thank you, lauryn. that's midday. back at 4:00. >> get the latest news updat

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