>> reporter: cariann was a temple university student who was in miami beach with a friend celebrating her 22nd birthday. her father says she dreamed of becoming a lawyer fighting against social injustice. >> the best thing her father can do is tell people about her. so, they won't have the memory of what's on social media of the incident. >> reporter: he says a year ago he started noticing something strange in his daughter's behavior. he asked for help, seeking a mental evaluation for her. >> i tried to do it on three separate occasions with the court in prince george's county and they said they couldn't do anything because my daughter was never diagnosed with a mental illness. and my simple answer is, well, when do we start? there is something tragic have to happen before we realize something needs to change? and by golly, it's now happened to me. >> reporter: he says he was told that because his daughter was over 1he

there is nothing a parent can do to force her to have a mental evaluation. wendy and jim? >> and a lot of parents out there and families understand that dilemma and how heart breaking that is. >> chris, thank you. >> thanks, chris. >> well, as you heard, cariann's father says he tried to get his daughter help. news 4 has tried to shine a light on mental health and our changing minds campaign. our coverage continues online for a list of local resources and services, just head to our nbc washington app. >> now to those raging wildfires that have turned deadly out west, dozens of people are missing. neighborhoods wiped out. that inferno also threatening california's famous wine country. tonight a look at the devastation and the danger that is still ahead. we're going to start with leon harris. he's at our live desk. >> wendy, the witnesses accounts that we're seeing and hearing are just absolutely horrific. the numbers so difficult to process. at least 15 people killed

couldn't get out of their home in time. more than two dozen out of control wildfires burning right now, most of them in northern california. 2000 homes and businesses destroyed, including several wineries in napa and sonoma counties. the flames are so hot they melted the glass off of cars and liquefied their aluminum wheels. >> this is my neighborhood in flames. >> like arm a ged ageddon out h. >> it's horrible. >> i couldn't stay because -- i couldn't breathe. >> and it just so happens that news 4 is getting an up close look at the devastation the our own doreen gentzler just happened to be out there on vacation in wine country when these fires hit. >> i'm out in california wine country on a trip with some college girlfriends that we planned months ago. everything was great until monday, early morning, we woke up early to the smell of

everywhere. and soon realized that there was a new wildfire was burning on a ridge just a few miles away from our hotel. i think we are safe where we are, but a lot of people have been evacuated from the area, and a lot of them are staying in our hotel. it is an evacuation center. there are pets and little children and a lot of nervous people running around. we still have power where we're staying, but so many businesses in this area do not and a lot of businesses are closed. and the wineries are closed. and even if they have power, their employees are taking care of their own business at home. we are getting ready to head home tomorrow morning, and i'm looking forward to returning. back to you. >> california hasn't been spared either. take a look at these eerie images. this is often called t

over disney land it looks like there is an orange filter placed over the camera lens, but that's the sky there. this is the time of year where the fire risk is especially high in california. they have park lands, hot gusty winds driving these deadly destructive wildfires across the state. doug is here. he has more on that part of the story. doug? >> guys, leon, just a sad record, again, we are setting records all across the region this year. tropical records, irma, maria, we saw if from harvey. those are all billion dollar disasters. this will likely become a billion dollar disaster as well. if it is, this will be the 16th billion dollar disaster in the u.s. this year. that ties the record for billion dollar disasters in the month or in the year of 2011 where we had $16 billion disasters. this one could be billions upon billions of dollars lost with all of the fires continuing. and the fires may get worse again. today much better conditions as far as the winds were concerned, however those winds are ete

system moves in. those winds coming out of the north, north eels into santa rosa, areas around the napa region, creating and helping those fires to expand. red flag warnings are already in effect for tomorrow into the day on thursday as fires are expected to expand rapidly because of the extremely dry conditions. the winds increasing 15 to 30 miles an hour. gusts upwards of 45 miles an hour. another disaster, we've seen them time after time again, hopefully they can get this one under control quickly. >> yeah, here's hoping. doug, thanks so much. >> new surveillance video captures a group of men robbing a gas station at gunpoint. their faces covered, but tonight we've learned a mistake by these thieves could help police track them down. our pat collins is in wheaton live tonight to explain. pat? >> reporter: jim, gun men, careful to conceal their identity during a big robbery back there, dropped their guard around the corner. well, you might say

this is not your aunt betty's exxon. this is lou's place on veers mill road. they have an express check cashing station, and chinese food, not just carry out, but eat-in as well. and all sorts of sodas and chips and cookies and candies. why, they even have some redskins paraphernalia. why, this is a gas station on steroids. last month, lou's became a rich target for a group of armed robbers. with masks covering their face and guns in their hands, under the midday sun they marched right into the place and quickly helped themselves to the cash. all the cash. money stuffed in a back pack, out the door they

plan. they were well organized. they knew what they wanted. they knew what they were going to do. and they knew how they were going to execute it. like i say, when they get in, they're in and out in under a minute. >> reporter: for investigative reasons the cops won't say how much money was robbed from that exxon. but i'm led to believe it was a lot of money. a whole lot of money. is that a lot of money? >> yeah. oh, yeah. >> reporter: what could you buy if you had this kind of money? >> i could buy a house. >> buy some car. >> just fix the house up completely. >> reporter: total remodel? >> total remodel. >> reporter: you get the idea. though they were careful to conceal their faces at the gas station job, the robbers dropped their guard around the corner. they held up this food truck mask on, then came back later to get something to eat. mask off. police now have two composite sketches to work with.

find a hungry food truck robbers, solve the big heist at lou's place. in wheaton, pat collins, news 4. >> thank you, pat. we continue to follow breaking news right now out of northwest washington. two men in custody now after police chased them and it ends right there on connecticut avenue. >> and that's where mark segraves is. not only do you have a rush hour mass, one of the suspects, the driver in that car, taken away in an ambulance, mark? >> reporter: that's right. with a neck brace on, as a matter of fact. wendy, that happened just moments ago. let me give you a closer look at the suspect vehicle. you can see the right front tire blown out thereafter one of the car accidents. we can tell you this began in arlington in virginia, came into the district through rock creek parkway and ended here on connecticut avenue with two suspects in custody. what we are told from park police is they got a call before 5:00 p.m. this afternoon from arlington county police to be on the look out for this vehicle. they say, according to arlington county police,

arlington county police say they did not pursue the vehicle. but the vehicle was then spotted in washington, d.c. by park police officers. they pursued this vehicle. we are told that it hit at least one if not several vehicles during that pursuit and finally came to rest here on connecticut avenue just between till den and van ness. we are just south of the van ness metro station. now, again, two men were taken into custody. park police and arlington county police are not telling us what the charges are yet or why they were stopping the car in arlington in the first place. i did speak to one woman off camera whose car was hit by the suspect and she told me that she was fine, the passengers in her car were fine, but she did say that she saw the suspect again driving was injured. so, again, two men in custody and you can take a look at traffic on connecticut avenue still backed up. that's the very latest. we're live in northwest, mark segraves, news 4. >> and we have the latest on the war of words in the presidential politics. president trump's tense relationship with

state rex tillerson now includes a taunt about an i-q test. while the president and senator bob corker continue to exchange public insults, making it hard to believe they're on the same side. here's blayne alexander. >> have you ever been in the oval office -- >> reporter: president trump today praising former secretary of state henry kissinger. >> he's a man i have great, great respect for. >> reporter: even as he plays down reports of a feud with his current secretary of state, rex tillerson. >> no, i didn't undercut anybody. i don't believe in undercutting people. >> reporter: tillerson at the white house today for lunch hours after forbes magazine reported president trump dismissing an nbc news report that tillerson called him a moron, told the magazine that if he did, quote, i guess we'll have to compare i-q tests and i can tell you who is going to win. >> he wasn't questioning the secretary of state apartments intelligence. he made -- he made a joke, maybe you guys should get a sense of humor and try it some time. >> reporter: but experts say the

could hurt america's standing with other countries. >> they are therefore concerned if they get in agreement or understanding with the secretary, it simply won't hold up. >> reporter: the president insisting he does have confidence in his secretary of state. meanwhile, president trump firing another shot at fellow republican senator bob corker, calling him little bob corker and saying "the new york times" set him up to sound like a fool. the war of words inside the party putting republicans in an awkward position. >> we all have differences, but at the end of the day this back and forth is not helpful. >> reporter: and possibly detrimental for a president who cannot afford to lose votes on capitol hill. and in his tweets this morning, the president implied that the "the new york times" tricked corker by recording the conversation without the senator's knowledge. well today "the new york times" reporter who actually wrote that piece said that's simply not true, saying rather that corker and his team actually requested that that i

jim and wendy? >> so tough to keep up with the back and forth. blayne, thanks so much. >> so, a hollywood secret now out in the open. up next, the famous faces coming out with claims against a powerful hollywood movie producer. >> a major development is about to open along our southwest waterfront. what you need to know to navigate around the area since driving your car isn't your best option. ♪ ♪ >> maryland sailor timothy echols was killed on the uss mccain and today he was laid to rest in arlington national cemetery. >> tim was the most compassionate individual anybody could have ever met. >> coming up, his mother remembers his life in a story you'll only see on news 4.

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a heart break scene today as a mother and father bury their young son at arlington national cemetery. in an interview you'll see only on news 4, timothy echols mother talks about picking up the phone and learning of the nightmare coming true. >> basically told us that he was one of the ten sailors missing. and i really felt like my heart had stopped

>> but there are also many happy memories. news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke with timothy's mother before she said her good-byes. ♪ ♪ >> tim was the most compassionate individual anybody could have ever met. he loved helping people. he enjoyed cooking. >> reporter: at 24 years old, timothy echols had an entire life ahead of him. but today his parents, friends and fellow sailors were forced to say good-bye. on august 20th, a merchant vessel collided into the uss mccain, killing ten sailors including echols. his mother will never forget the moment she receives the excruciating call. >> i don't want to hear that. i don't want to hear that my son is missing, that

i didn't want to hear that. ♪ ♪ >> no matter how much we all hurt, none hurt like a father and a mother who lay their child to rest. ♪ ♪ >> i describe my feelings as those of overwhelming sadness, but also overwhelming pride. so, it became evident very early on in this process that timmy left a lasting impression and positively influenced his family members, friends and peers. >> my dear est temy, you are the essence of what mankind should be. your unconditional love, strength and compassion towards others was like no other. >> reporter: few parents struggling to say good-bye to their only son who is now their angel, and to the rest of the nation, he's a hero. reporting in arlington national cemetery, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >>

tonight now that police are changing the time line of the las vegas shooting. investigators now say the gunman, stephen paddock, shot a security guard six minutes before opening fire on all of those concert goers. detectives originally said paddock shot the guard after firing into the crowd. paddock shot hundreds of rounds at the guard and a maintenance man. now there are questions about whether better communication inside the hotel could have changed the outcome of that night. >> just two more days before restaurants, hotels, concert venues open at the huge wharf development in southwest d.c. today city officials showed off some of the options for getting to and from the wharf. both on land and by water. news 4's tom sherwood joins us. he's live. he has a closer look at the plan. hey, tom. >> reporter: hey, wendy. opening day is two days away. but look across over there.

construction still going on and will be for sometime. and the traffic, there's going to be traffic. there's lots of traffic on the land and as we say, on the water. lots of boats. make lots of wakes. but this wake was special. >> transit works best when you have lots of options, and you do. >> reporter: city leaders promoting a new water taxi, one they hope will ease traffic to and from the $2 billion wharf that opens thursday. >> we are here to call everybody's attention to how to get here. >> reporter: maine avenue won't handle much more vehicle traffic. >> and if our only solution was to get down here by a car, it wouldn't work very well. >> reporter: the district has spent several years mapping out access urging people to explore, for example, a new water bus shuttle, anything but driving personal cars. >> we're not just opening one building or one wen yu. we are opening what is the equivalent of a small city on the waterfront. >> reporter: lead developer montie hoffman says he's

to make the mile long wharf friendly saying police will ticket illegal parking in residential neighborhoods. >> the entities all over that, they want to protect the communities from that. and so people should heed that warning. >> reporter: and the mayor riding the shuttle also warns against driving. >> and just try to remember that there are many ways to get here. you can drive. there is parking available. you're going to pay for it. >> reporter: yes, you will pay for it. let me show you something else. many people in this region have gone down to the seafood market down here on maine avenue. it's getting a total make over, too. and it's not ready yet but at some point there will be fresh flowers and seafood and you'll be able to eat out there. that's not ready yet. and there are three parking garages over here at the wharf. but they're expected to fill up very fast every day. in southwest, tom sherwood, news 4. >> and news 4 is going to have live coverage of the wharf's grand opening on thursday

and somara theodore in the early morning hours, and then to -- >> i'm there with doug kammerer. we're going to continue our team coverage in the afternoon, 4:00, 5:00 and 6:00. there's going to be live music, entertainment, fireworks, too. come on down and see us. there are multiple ways to get down there as tom mentioned. you can watch it here, too, on your nbc washington app or right here on news 4. getting down there, it's going to be a bit of a zoo, i must say, on thursday. so, if you want to -- >> get a kayak. >> that will happen. it's going to be crazy on the water, too. >> well, we have some breaking news as we track those fast-moving wildfires out west. california's famous wine country threatened as crews are racing to keep those flames from spreading. >> plus we've got a warning from police tonight about a deadly drug that's led to a series of health scares in our area. >> and just into the newsroom, game 4 as the nats play the cubs, has been postponed until

afternoon. so, no game tonight, folks. keep those beards growing.

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today was the day to get some containment and there has president been a lot of it. the winds today only about 5 to maybe 10 miles an hour, but tomorrow a much different story. once again, a red-flag warning is issued. and you can see that all in red here. when the fires are expected to grow rapidly and if they do -- if they are in fact started, they can grow rapidly, extremely dry conditions, winds increasing again tomorrow. 15 to 30 miles per hour, upwards of 45 miles an hour, especially above 1500 feet where a lot of these fires are currently located. we're going to talk much more about this over the next couple of days, but this is just like those hurricanes that we've seen. this is some devastation going on right now in california. we'll be seeing the pictures. we'll be talking about this for months and maybe years to come. with a little more on this, let's go to amelia who is in the studio. amelia? >> doug, we have just been in awe of this, looking at social media getting ready for the shows. so often you hear this is out in wine country, but then you see people's homes and places like a regular mcdonald's just burnt do

situation out there. here's another photograph. this is a pretty telling story. this is northern california and you can see the blue imagery here and the orange there. this is going to be the fires and the smoke plumes. you can find this on my facebook page and twitter page as well. this was taken from a european satellite earlier today. so, what we're dealing with with these fires right now, largely uncontained. as you heard in the forecast from doug, it's not looking good there as the winds pickup. fire fighters don't really have a good handle on the fires right now. the exact cause, how they started, that's still under investigation. and at this .2000 structures have been completely destroyed and the damage to the vineyards at this point unknown. we do have some video right now coming out of northern california, talking with a friend today, he was a fire fighter in loudoun county. he's now in the vineyard business. he's saying that the damage to the grapes, it's going to be unknown if the grape vines are

but it's not just about the grapes out there. like i was talking about, take a look. i actually believe that's a vineyard because i've seen the devastating before and after pictures of it online. just completely burnt. but, guys, you have to keep in mind, and doug, we were talking about this. a lot of the grapes have been harvested so there is some good news in that kind of aspect. but when you talk about 14 wildfires and the conditions deteriorating tomorrow, just a very sad scene out there in northern california right now. >> we're dealing with the opposite of what they're dealing with. relative humidity, down less than 20% there. for us, humidity is in a surplus. we have a humidity level upwards of 70%. 83 degrees currently right now. feels more like 85 to 90 across our region. 82 temperature in leesburg, 83 in fredericksburg. so, a very warm and humid atmosphere. going to continue to be that way right on through the night tonight. no rain now, but i do expect to see rain throughout the rest of the evening hours. you can actually see the rain starting to move up in towards our region. and that rain will come here ovgh

notice by 11:00 as i put this into motion, 11:00, notice the rain. down towards southern maryland, down towards the northern neck and early tomorrow morning, waking up to some shower activity during the morning. so take the umbrella, give yourself a little bit of extra time if you're thinking about leaving early. look at this, the heaviest rain right around the lunch hour during the day. heads up for that rain tomorrow and that pattern, that rainy pattern, sticks around. a little bit unsettled and wet thursday and friday. thursday high of 69 breezy damp and dreary on your thursday. friday more of the same. saturday and sunday breaking out of that, looking pretty good. much cooler weather as we head into the middle of next week. >> doug, that's our wharf day on thursday. >> i'll be there, hey, buddy, um cull doing unthere. i have umbrellas forz everyone. >> all right, awesome. >> i'm trying to figure out if i can sleep in till noon tomorrow. >> do you have any plans? >> actually i don't. nothing like a rainy morning. okay, onward now, the battle lines have been drawn. >> next at 6:00 tonight, the threat made at an historic battleie

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that's how people described living through the wildfires, ravaging california. flames moving so fast, some people escape burning homes with just seconds to spare. >> now the death toll continuing to climb. at least 15 dead, at least [ inaudible ] 1500 homes and businesses destroyed. >> nbc's jinah kim joins us live from anaheim. jinah? >> reporter: hi there, jim and wendy. just take a look at the devastation behind me and how random it is. these two homes were completely destroyed, and then you have the rest of the neighborhood that were left mostly intact, although there are a couple of homes right there beside the fire truck that were also completely destroyed. the good news is the fire here in southern california is 25% contained and no lives have been lost. but the same cannot be said of our neighbors up north. this drivehr

neighborhood today says it all. homes, lives, years of memories gone in an instant. >> this is a very active fire. multiple agencies in this county are still doing evacuation ands trying to get people out of burning areas. >> reporter: as the death toll continues to rise, fire officials say about 150 more are still missing in northern california where the majority of the state's 17 fires continues to rage. most began early monday morning as powerful winds roared into the state, whipping up 70 mile an hour gusts. >> this was at night. people were asleep. so they were awakened and they went and ran for their lives. >> reporter: some 2000 homes and buildings were destroyed across california's famous wine country. at the other end of the state, the same winds stoked what fire officials are calling canyon fire 2, about 20 miles east of disneyland. >> literally, this just went up in seconds. >> reporter: it's being called orange county's largest blaze in

more than 30 structures, including homes have burned along with 7500 acres. some 5,000 families were evacuated. california is now understate and federal emergency declarations. >> the federal government will stand with the people of california and we will be there for you in this time of terrible tragedy and need. >> reporter: many fire fighters are on their third straight shift without a break today with full containment nowhere in sight. in all, about 180 skbar miles have burned throughout the state mostly in the last 36 hours, and historically we do have to tell you that october tends to be the most dangerous month for fires here in california. live in anaheim hills, jinah kim, back to you. >> unbelievable pictures. jinah, thank you. breaking right now, a karate studio instructor was just arrested in montgomery county on a sex abuse charge.

pugarita touched a 15-year-old girl inappropriately between january and june of this year. now, the suspect owns a karate studio on north west land drive in gaithersburg. investigators believe there may be additional victims. we have a crew working this story now. look for reports tonight on news 4 at 11:00 and on our nbc washington app. >> just tell me how i can help. that's what first lady melania trump said as she visited the tiny est victims of opioid abuse. she went to lilly's place in huntington, west virginia, ava filth that treats infants who were exposed to drugs in the womb. the staffers at lilly's place say their approach is different than others because they treat the baby and the mother at the same time. >> i just hope we give a voice to more cases like this and open them more around the country. >> the

say they work very hard to create a comfortable nonjudgmental environment for the parents. as one social worker put it, in her words, quote, we just have to love them through it. well, an alexandria first responders on alert after an unusual spike in opioid overdose there. >> our bureau chief julie carey reports it is the first time this kind of warning has been shared with the entire community. >> anything obvious on the scene as i'm walking in -- >> reporter: it's a simulated opioid overdose at the alexandria fire department training center. in a control room information is relayed about the patient's condition. >> really shallow breathing. >> reporter: it is training that takes on added importance as the number of opioid overdose continues to climb. and last week there was such a spike, a special alert went out to warn the community that an especially potent opioid was out there. it caused six overdoses, one fa

neck. are we dealing with something we haven't dealt with before? is this a new batch? is this a new medication or drug that's out there or something like that. >> have the narcan on board. let's continue to reassess. >> reporter: training is always included how to administer the overdose reversal drug narcan or neloxone. now it is being used by first responders at least once or twice a week. >> we have given him narcan with positive response. snoo >> reporter: incondaleeza rirea responders keep their eyes open for evidence. >> we look for paraphernalia, history of medication, history of abuse, those types of things. we're paying more attention to. >> reporter: the overdoses taking a toll across the city. in neighborhoods like this one, and not all patients can be saved. >> when we start seeing the doas and the deaths from it, the toll that it takes on the bystanders that are there and the loved ones that are right there, and those types of things,

strings. >> reporter: i spoke to the sister of the man who died last week from an overdose. she didn't want to be interviewed on camera, but she made it clear the family is devastated with the news. so much so, in fact, her mother suffered a heart attack when she found out. in alexandria, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> frightening. still ahead o news 4 at 6:00 tonight, a family's fight for justice, why they feel the charges against the driver who killed their baby are not stiff enough. >> and a growing scandal as some of the biggest names in hollywood go public making new claims against a powerful movie producer, and why these srs didn'tta c

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community. >> reporter: a deep breath before stepping into loudoun county's courthouse, john miller entering with his defense team. inside he spoke only a few words, pleading no contest to reckless driving and guilty to failure to yield. >> just hearing miller say the words guilty was in some ways a small satisfaction, but it's just not what we hoped. >> reporter: not what supporters of the schultz family had hoped because many wanted him to face more serious charges. >> miller's actions won't be forgotten. no matter what happens in the legal and justice system, that there is a digital reminder that nobody is forgetting about tristan. >> reporter: august of last year he hit mindy schultz as she was pushing 5 month old tristan in a stroller in a crosswalk. the baby died. >> an apology would have been nice. >> reporter: dozens of parents believe miller is getting off

have the evidence to try him for involuntary manslaughter so they dropped the charge. >> the schultzes deserve to have tristan. tristan should be here. and because he's not, they deserve justice. >> reporter: for the first time today, mindy and rod schultz in court, sitting in the first row, backed by rows of supporters. >> and they were incredibly strong in that courtroom. stronger than i think i could have been, but that's the love of a parent for their child and they really have no option but to keep being strong and keep showing up. >> reporter: the legal process will continue on friday when attorneys on both sides are going to be back here. they're going to talk about some dates for sentencing. miller faces up to 12 months in jail and that's all up to the judge's discretion. reporting in loudoun county, i'm david culver, news 4. >> some stunning accusations against a hollywood heavy weight. a recording that was part of a policenv

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a threatening letter has caused some concerns ahead of this weekend's reenactment at the civil war battle of cedar creek in virginia. >> yes, thousands are expected to attend the event in middletown and as news 4's darcy spencer reports, the threat may actually draw more peoplement >> reporter: neil beaver is the general manager at schaeffer's barbecue market at middletown, virginia. it sits right next to the cedar creek battle field where confederate and union reenacters will relive the civil war battle this weekend. >> there will be a couple thousand campers in our backyard.

p partake in the activity this weekend. >> reporter: the foundation that runs the battle field event said it received a letter threatening bodily harm to attendants of this event. the frederick county sheriff's office will provide more security for the reenactment. do you think this threat is going to keep people away? >> i certainly hope not. i don't think it will discourage too many people. if you're into reliving history you're going to want to see it and come out. it may encourage other people to come out and stand up for their rights and voice their opinion on the matter as well. >> treason posters. >> reporter: he is setting up his artwork and at the point getting ready for reenactment weekend. >> not concerned at all. first of all, the nature of the threat was so immature and unsfi unsophisticated that it didn't get a lot of credible. >> narrator:er thousands of reenacters are expected to carry out the reenactment on the field from 1864 and it can draw a large crowd of spectators. they consider what they do to be a hobby, a

history. that's how chuck johnson describes the threat, the former reenacter is setting up his tent to sell wares this weekend. he's been doing this for more than a decade. >> i'm not worried about it. none of us are. >> reporter: in middletown, virginia, darcy spencer, news 4. >> more high profile actresses say they were harassed by movie producer harvey weinstein. gweneth paltrow and angelina jolie said they rejected advances by weinstein early in their careers. this comes out as the new yorker releases an audio recording as part of an n.y.p.d. sting operation. in that recording a model appears to be rejecting weinstein's advances inside a hotel. >> yesterday was kind of aggressive for me. >> i won't do a thing, please. i swear i won't. just sit with me. don't embarrass me in the hotel. i'm here all the time.

>> weinstein says he never had sex that was not consentual and he added that he never retaliated against women who refused his advances. a spokesperson says he is currently getting treatment. it is difficult to imagine the ferocity of a fire in a neighborhood that leaves little behind. that is the scene confronting many this evening. the businesses they built, the homes in which they raised their children, a life's work, and family heirlooms gone in an instant. >> and those are the for the nat ones. they survived the fires that have already killed more than a dozen people. >> nbc's joe fryer is in northern california to tell us what it's like there. joe? >> reporter: wendy and jim, the destruction where i am right now in santa rosa, california, is really unbelievable. around me you can see burned out cars left everywhere including this one which somehow ended up

i am standing there is not a single house left here. now the number of homes and businesses destroyed has jumped to 2000 across the region here in northern california. the death toll is now at 15. the sheriff fears it might go up. there are a number of missing persons reports so the sheriff is hopeful many of those people just aren't able to communicate right now. the winds have died down. that has slowed the spread of the fire, but just moments ago we heard about more mandatory evacuations in a community not that far from here which means the danger is still very present. 17 large fires are now burning across california. scorching more than 100,000 acres. jim and wendy, back to you. >> thank you, joe. and joe is going to have more new reporting from california on california's wildfires ahead on nbc nightly news with lester holt right after news 4 at 6:00 at 7:00. >> you're talking about actually -- joe mentioned the winds have died down today. tomorrow they are going to kickback up. >> they are going to kick

hour. that is going to set those flying flames continuing to fly. this is happening because we had that drought that lasted so long. a five year drought. and then this past year, we had record rainfall. what that did is allow everything to grow, but underneath was still extremely dry from the drought so you have all this fuel for these furz. and once you get those winds going like they did yesterday, it simply turns into an inferno. this will most likely be more costly than hurricane irma which hi hit portions of florida. you had a lot of devastation, but people didn't lose entire homes. entire homes are lost, entire communities are lost. this is something that is going to break the back of california for weeks and months. for us a much different story. we are dealing with humid conditions, relative humidity out there, 15 to 20%. here it was upwards of 70 to 80% over the last 24 hours. tomorrow we'll still have a little bit in the way of humid conditions. not as bad as that.

we'll be dropping to 74 at 11:00. right now in the weather underground network, 81 in leesburg, 75, mt. vernon 79. no rain currently. we're not going to see rain in the next couple of hours. if you're thinking about taking the dog for a walk, a jog you didn't get in earlier today, you can do that. the rain we're watching way down to our south here, you can see it starting to form. down around the roanoke region, starting to see that. it won't move in here really until overnight into tomorrow morning. that is when i expect a good chance for showers. not an all day rain tomorrow, but take the umbrella for the kids. 67 at bus stop, 72 at the grizzli -- degrees at recess. have the umbrella for sure. 69 on thursday. a little breezy, not the best day. 70 on friday. the weekend looking really, really nice, but warm again and then monday tracking a strong storm system that's going to develop, move through very quickly. temperature around 75. could see an isolated storm. the biggest fact is we're going to get much cooler. if you want fall weather, we've got it coming f

we alex: when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. thankfully, in my case, the police caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. ♪ thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, for all of the victims out there. mark: i'm mark herring,

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> sheree burruss is here in the studio. we begin with carol maloney at a soggy down poor at wrigley field. >> oh, my gosh, what a mess you have there, carol. >> sure is. we did see it coming. in fact, last night in post game called it.

is going to be rained out. and i just walked by him as we were making our way out here because they did postpone the game until tomorrow. and bryce is in with family and friends with that knit cap on and he's looking chill and all relaxed. big smile on his face. he knows a rain delay, game 4 being tomorrow now at 4:08 eastern time, he knows that it can only help one team, and that is the washington nationals. they are one loss away from being eliminated. there is such a thing as momentum. there was a delay, everybody thinking about whether or not they were going to get this one in. they just called it about ten minutes ago and postponed it until tomorrow. also it helps the nats not in the form of steven strassburg because dusty baker says he's going with today's guy, tanner, and here's why. >> number one, you know, he was slated. didn't work out for -- stras was bull pen day.

plus you've got full confidence in tanner and stras, it would have been better because he's feeling under the weather, like a lot of my team is. >> so, dusty excited about the little extra rest, but they have some work to do right now because he said their hotel lift, they had checked out of their hotels and they br were expecting to fly home tonight getting ready for a game 5 which they would force on thursday, but instead the work right now will be where are they going to stay tonight. they're searchliing for a hotels we speerk. the radar as you see, chicago area tells us they definitely made the right decision. my fancy radar app that doug told me about, doug kammerer told me to get this, he says it's going to rain here until about 1:00 in the morning. so, the field is a mess now and it might be still a little bit of a soggy mess tomorrow. but we will be here for game 4

guys? >> all right, carol, thank you so much. hopefully you guys can find an extra room, get dry, get warm. we'll see you tomorrow, wrapping that up, game 4 postponed tonight making up at 4:08 tomorrow. cubs leading the series two games to one. switching over to 23509 ball quickly, players continuing to kneel on nfl sidelines, but maybe not for long. commissioner roger goodell released a statement to all 32 teams making it clear he wants the taking a knee during the anthem to end. gadell said, quote, like many of our fans we believe everyone should stand for the national anthem. the controversy over the anthem is a barrier to having honest conversations, making real progress on the underlying issues. we want to do that together with our players. and tonight big soccer game, three big matches tonight determining the final world cup qualifying squads. we have some questions about on where to find those. you can see them right here on universe owe, telemundo and telemundo visio.

postponed, but we'll have more on that. >> thank you, sherry. >> thanks, sherry. >> nightly news is heading your way next. >> we'll see you back here tonight at 11:00. till then, have a good one.

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