wake up any time. i don't know. i want to be there. >> and it's do or die. >> fans are optimistic as the team gets ready for a must win game five. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> news 4 at 6:00 starts now. and a celebration on the water. d.c.'s newist neighborhood goes online. fireworks at 5:30 and a concert coming up after that. >> so exciting. the excitement doesn't end there. tonight the nats face the cubs in a decisive game five. we have team coverage, i'm so nervous. >> you're not alone. we'll take you through the hype and history surrounding both big events under way tonight. first a look at the day's top stories. now an indictment in the high profile disappearance and murder of a maryland teacher who was four minuonths' pregnant. a grand jury indicted tyler pesher on murder for the death of his girlfriend, missingin

last month. the montgomery county woman was a beloved teacher in howard county. new messages of hate found at the university of maryland. there's a reward for information that leads to an arrest. there have been at least three incidents between this month and last at the college park campus including a swastika drawn inside a bathroom. a new timeline of the las vegas massacre from the owner of the mandalay bay hotel. mgm says the gunman shot a security guard in the hallway outside his room at roughly the same time that he started spraying bullets at a concert crowd below. on monday a police timeline suggested the guard was shot six minutes earlier raising questions about whether police were called in a timely manner. that attack killed 58 and injured 500 others. as the investigation continues there is an encouraging update on the young woman from our area who was shot and critically wubd edwounded i attack. tina frost is in a las vegas hospital. her father said

coming back to maryland soon. we spoke to news 4's chris gordon during a fund-raiser today in her honor. >> rich frost, father of las vegas shooting victim tina frost pays a surprise visit to the maryland restaurant that's donating today's profits as a fund raiser for teen thina. >> everybody is pulling for her so much. >> i know, i had to stop by. >> reporter: rick wears his team tina t-shirt. on his quick 20-hour trip back to maryland. we speak before he rushes to the airport to return to investigation and his daughter's side. >> hopefully be there when she wakes up. she might wake up tonight, might wake up any time. we don't know. i want to be there. >> reporter: tina was hit in the head with a bullet. doctors removed her right eye. her dad tells me their family is considering bringing tina back to maryland. >> it's a chance she'll be able to be blown next week to someplace for rehab and to start her many operations and our first choice is hopkins or maryland so she can be back here

be by her side and all take care of her and have all her friends and family around here to support her. >> reporter: tina frost graduated from high school in 2008. this is a tight-knit community, eager to help her. >> she was one of my best friends in high school, and in our group, she was the nicest person out of all of us. >> reporter: besides fund-raisers like this one, there's a tina frost gofund me page. it's already raised more than $500,000. money her family needs to meet her mounting medical, travel, and living expenses. reporting from maryland, chris gordon, news 4. >> gofund me page has been set up to help pay for tina's medical bills. more than half a million dollars has already been raised. if you want to help, we posted a link on our nbc washington app. now to the crisis in california. at least 29 people now dead as wildfires out there continue to grow. they got a break from the wind

fire, but it's expected to pick up this weekend. that could make the situation out there even worse. fires already one for the record books. at least 22 are burning right now. more than 3,500 homes and businesses destroyed and that includes devastation to the industry that is the region's lifeline. fires destroyed five wineries. nearly a dozen more damaged and countless others standing in the path of danger. now to the big dream that has become a reality in southwest d.c. the wharf is soapopen for busin. the home of d.c.'s historic fish market has been transformed into a neighborhood full of shops, restaurants and a whole lot more. team coverage begins with jim hanley who has a look at today's festivities and just how much this neighborhood has changed. jim, what's this i hear about you riding on a yacht? >> reporter: i tell you, you know, you're a nate washingtonian, have we ever seen a transformation like this? the

village, though. a few of the things you'll find, behind me, one mile long promenade or boardwalk, if you will and the restaurants are starting to fill up fast. the weather is not deterring anybody. you'll also find plenty of apartments to the tune of almost 900 residential units. we got hotels down here, too, retail along the banks of this washington channel. the anthem which is that 6,000-person arena, if you will, that will be allowing the foo fighters to perform here tonight and a lot of big name concerts coming up in the next two months. also this is just phase one. $2.5 billion later there will be a phase two and phase three. construction on phase two, by the way, begins next year. and will open in '2'20. this place has a lot of history as many of you know. the wharf then and now, hunting and fishing grounds, it was, for native americans. the fish market is the oldest continually operating open-air fish market in the entire country.

about to undergo a massive renovation. during the civil war, the wharf became a staging area for troops and in the late 1800s the potomac river, commercial cargo business. in '68, they began construction. all right. we're in one of those periods right now, the clouds are heavy. we don't see a nimist right now. we have doug to thank for that. it's holding off for the the fireworks. >> i actually see blue skies up there, a little smidgen of blue skies. we're dealing with a lot of clouds out here. so far, so good. we've seen a little bit of drizzle. >> yeah. >> that's really about it. temperature wise, it's not bad, either. we are in between, guys, i want to show you, the line for the foo fighters concert here and goes across here. are you guys ready -- you guys over there, you two right here, go ahead. you guys right there, you guys get in that line. karen over

linda. that's right. we've been working together for a long time. me and linda. you start right here. now you -- sorry. i mean, this is hard work out here. i got to tell you. let's tell you what's going on outside right now, guys. really a nice night, but if you're heading to the nationals, you want to make sure you're ready for some rain. we just had a nice little band move through of drizzle. make sure you're ready for that, have layers on as well. it's going to be a chilly game as well. heads up there. all in all, not too bad. i think they'll get the game in no matter. it's just going to be kind of nasty like it was last night in chicago and you know what happened last night in chicago, yes, bad weather, no problem. 5-0. let's do it again, nats. we need to bring it back in here. back to hanley. somebody just told me back to hanley. >> i go the to give you your pink phone back. >> thank you, buddy. thank you. i've been looking for this. >> keeping us dry out here. speaking of wet, on the other side of the channel we're going to kristin wright

gathering reaction and excitement all day today. what do you have for us? >> reporter: well, yeah, jim, you know what, this day in washington is decades in the making. as jim mentioned we're across the channel, you can really see everything over here behind us including the water taxis, long lines for the foo fighters that doug mentioned. what a day. tod today's the day the wharf came alive. giving new life to southwest. new life to stephanie smith's neighborhood. smith never gives up on her hometown. so to see the wharf on opening day -- >> i was here when they had the riots. i lived through that period. i lived through the blight that the city took on. i lived through the fact that many people were afraid to come into washington. even developers. i took pictures all along the wayth

has been a thrill. because i remember it as a child. >> reporter: we took a water taxi ride around the channel. the boats also go and from georgetown and alexandria. a meaningful ride for those on board today. >> we've seen a lot of digging, lot of roadwork, lot of buildings going up. now we get to enjoy it, so it's perfect. >> well, i've seen this city when it was broke, now i'm seeing the city thrive. >> reporter: from the waterfront to all the new condos, to this new chapter for washington, stephanie smith says the wharf is, quote, a personal triumph. >> once you get across independence avenue and come over the southwest, you just have to look over the hill from banneker circle and you get to see this glorious, beautiful development that they took so much time in putting together. i think in such a sensible way. . >> reporter: we talked to a guy who also lives here

waterfront in southwest. he's lived here since the '80s. he told us there is no place he would rather live, especially, especially today. back to you. >> seen it all become a reality. kristin, thanks so much and all your stories this evening too, they've been so appreciated. i see another big boat going by. if you don't have a boat, all you need is good walking shoes. so much to take in down here. the bacon brothers stl playing. fireworks coming in about 20. when i join you in half an hour, i'll tell you what's in story for saturday and sunday, too. this place is rocking day one. >> i can tell. i think we may have lowballed the number of people who are going to be out there today and tomorrow. >> right. looks very exciting. can't wait. >> reporter: i think so. >> all right. >> going to check in with you soon. thanks. >> all right, my man. now to the other big story in washington, it is go big or go home for the nationals. we saw doug's playoff

>> he's right. might have had a good point about the weather in chicago. last night it worked for the nats in chicago. winner take all in washington, d.c. sherry is live at the park, excitement they're building and getting a sense of how folks are feeling. are they confident with everybody -- they're taking their seats now, sthherry? >> reporter: the guys are actually just walking in right now, last nine minutes or so. you can of a mix of nats fans and cubs fans. i asked the fans how will you feeling, more nervous last night, compared to today? they said last night was way worse. i asked a 9-year-old. he said this whole kearse of not advancing to the second round of the post season ends here tonight. he wasn't even born yet when that started. here's a couple things you need to know about tonight's game. the nats trying to win their first ever playoff series. they were in the spot last year, decisive game five at home. lost to the dodgers. and on th

gonzalez. he started game two. which the nats eventually won. scherzer out of the bullpen tonight. if he comes oust that bullpen, man, this place is going to erupt. coming into the ballpark, one fan, don't want to get this wrong, said chi-town, you're going down. the music is blasting, fans are exciting. kind of spritzing a little but it is game five out here, baby. live in nats park, news 4 sports. >> that's nats weather you're talk bing about. >> can't wait. a last-minute money move is going to keep metro open late for baseball fans. >> that's good news. what happens if the nats make history tonight? we're working for you getting some answers. and held hostage for five years. an american family finally free from militants linked to the taliban but there's one thing standing in the way of their freedom. plus you take your kids to school and expect them to be safe. but the teachers who crossed the

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congress could not. >> this order takes first steps to make it easier for businesses to help their workers afford high quality and more flexible health care through reimbursement accounts. >> reporter: but critics say it will actually increase costs for those with serious health issues, and drive some insurers away from obamacare. >> good afternoon. great to be here. >> reporter: meanwhile, chief of staff john kelly making a rare appearance in the white house briefing room. knocking down rumors that he's fed up with his job. >> unless things change, i'm not quitting, i'm not getting fired and i don't think they'll fire anyone tomorrow. >> reporter: and putting a positive spin on the president's eyebrow raising tweets on puerto rico, the president saying fema cannot stay there forever to deal with the ongoing hurricane. >> they're not going to be there for ever. and the whole point is to start to work yourself out of a job and transition the rebuilding process

trying to force a change from iran. his decision on the nuclear deal expected tomorrow. today president trump nominated tristan kneel son, general kelly's chief of staff to fill his old post as the head of department of homeland security. the acting dhs secretary today is visiting puerto rico. blayne alexander, wa nbc news, washington. >> stunning twist of an american family held hostage by taliban. they are still in pakistan because the husband refused to board a military plane to the us. joshua boi is from canada, his wife is from pennsylvania. they were hiking in afghanistan in 2012 when they were kidnapped. she was pregnant at the time and she has given birth to three children in catch tichlt. pakistan military authorities say u.s. intelligence gave them the family's location as they were being driven from afghanistan sbho pakistan. the pakistan i army stepped in and rescued the family from the trunk of their cap or's car. it is not clear why boyle and

opportunity to leave the region. >> a top official says she supports the public release of russian ads that may have influenced voters during a presidential election. five weeks ago it was confirmed bank accounts which likely operated out of russia purchased thousands of ads during the presidential campaign. in an interview with axios, chief operating officer said facebook is cooperating with congress and with special counsel robert mueller. >> less than two hours a quay from first pitch of the nats pitch must win, thousands of fans who were worried about getting home after the game got some good news today. transportation reporter adam tuss broke the story that created a lot of buzz around town. metro is going to be staying open later tonight to accommodate what we hope will be very happy fans hitting the turn styles. adam joins us live from the navy yard. ballpark station. when is the train going to be leaving? >> reporter: the last train

leaving out of here at 12 dk 30 on the green line. that's good news. everything should be wrapped up by then. we have exalon to thank for this, the parent company of pepco who has stepped up. want to show you what is going on down here. we have a ball game to think about. and now everybody can just focus on winning the game today and not necessarily getting home. this is definitely some good news, though. that exalon has stepped up. the whole back story to the thing has been really interesting, guys. you know, about 20,000 fans a game come down here to nats park using metro and exalon was asked by d.c. mayor muriel bowser personally to step up and pay this $100,000 deposit so that the system could stay open an extra hour. that's what metro charges now. good news, trains will be leaving here about 12:30 barring any extra innings or any rain delays. that is going to cover everything and everybody should be able to get out of here. but the nats guys, i have

they would pay for this extra service and they flat out told them no, they would not be paying for this extra service. they're basically should not be counted on to think that they're going to do this in the future. oh, and let's just say if the nats win tonight and we go into the next series, then we're probably going to have to look for another sponsor to pay for more late night service because those games will be running late as well. so, first of all to win the game tonight, see how it goes from there. but thankfully everyone will be able to get home on metro tonight if everything is a nice tight nine innings. >> first things first, first things first. win it and win it in nine. there you go. adam, thanks. we'll talk to you down the road. >> from baseball to the big crowd at the wharf, all these people filing in on live team coverage continues with the attractions inside d.c.'s newest neighborhood and the big changes in store for your weekend. >> plus more trouble for eqfax, another possibluie

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you can really feel how special this night is in the town, can't you? >> what a transformation. >> we have so much going on, there's going to be so many people outside for really good reasons. we have the wharf open right now. and there's lots of folks heading to nats scene at the waterfront. look at the fire works there. also we have the nats facing off against the cubs in a really super big game. >> go big or go home. it's all happening under some

the chances of the win tonight. we are working for you tracking the conditions. let's start with amelia. hi. >> it's a chilly damp night out there tracking some light drizzle in spots. temperatures in the low 60s. it's a perfect night to stay indoors, watch news 4. and watch the nats game and of course i'll be updating the forecast tonight on news 4 at 11:00. as doug enjoys the foo fighters concert. right now we're at 62 degrees as we continue on into the later evening hours, we're still going to see some light showers and areas of drizzle. temperatures not cooling off too much with all these clouds in place. we're going to kind of continue to hang out in the low 60s. through about 11:00 p.m., i think the nationals game will be played tonight no problem. weather very similar to yesterday. cool with drizzle. if you're heading out there, definitely want the waterproof layer. sports are trying to get the after work jog in, it is damp and cloudy and feeling very much like fall outdoors. so walking the dog later tonight

jacket as you head out. out the door tomorrow morning closing out the workweek getting the kids off to school, waterproof jacket once again, small umbrella and long sleeves. with temperatures starting off in the 50s, and as we look to friday night football, two big games across the area tomorrow night. oxon hill at wise and woodbridge at freedom. look at what we can expect, 7:00 p.m., 66 degrees. you want the raincoat. you'll probably want a hoodie underneath because it is going to be cool and it is going to be damp. and, doug, that's exactly what we're dealing with right now. but we have not had weather like this in a really long time. in fact, we haven't even been in the 60s for october. we've only been in the 70s and 80s. >> it has been a warm october. but now definitely cooling things off here as you make your way out tonight. it will be on the cool side. it's cool right now. it's also starting to rain again so i brought my man out here to help me out. thanks, hanley. >> always got your back, doug. >> you're getting good at this. >> i've had a lot of

>> appreciate it, guy. you have makeup on, you can't get wet. we have some more fans. they're going to the game. >> geo is going to bring it. >> you're right, geo is going to bring it. are you ready to go to the game? >> monkey is off our back. we're going to l.a. >> they have their tickets. yes. >> what do you mean their tickets? thank you, lady. >> i have my ticket to foo fighters. take a look. >> oh, man. >> that's my taylor gourmet. you got a free sandwich. i think somebody switched -- i'm not going to worry about it. let's check the temp weather wise tonight. hanley, come on. >> all right, all right. >> temperatures tonight stay in the low 60s and yes we are dealing with those showers as we move on through the rest of the evening. you'll need the umbrella if you're going to the nationals game. you'll need a poncho if you're going to be out there. redskins, how about that? what a different

going to be. in a couple days back to a summer like forecast. in the 80s. tailgating, 1:00 start as we take on the 49ers looking great. and then for the next ten days, guys, after sunday when we're in the 80s, we're right back into the 60s on monday, tuesday and wednesday and most of next week, much more fall like as we have those cool temperatures out there. kind of interesting, too, jim. we're starting -- you have your hood on now. and you can see your breath now. that's the kind of cool damp air that we have across the area so -- >> fireworks coming up in five minutes. >> they're coming up, too. we better get some good seats. >> we'll send it back to you guys. >> jim hanley holding the umbrella for doug, very nice. thanks, guys. >> full service news anchor. what can we say? >> up next the i-team is, woulding for you to help keep your kids safe at school. why some say the d.c. government is not doing enough to keep predators out of classrooms here and across the country.

>> there is an investigation into possible grade tampering within the prince george's county school system and the investigators who were doing the work have set up a hot line and e-mail to make it easy for teachers to contact them. but many of them don't know that hot line exists. because the prince george's county school system didn't release it. i' tracee m when i was 3, children's national helped me beat the odds so i can play with my grandkids. so i can celebrate 50. when i was 14, they saved my heart so i could bring family together. so i can help cardiac patients just like me. so i can serve my country. so i can do what i love. so i can give back. so i can play in the junior olympics.

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♪ ♪ i'm jim hanley live at the wharf working for you. bacon brothers still playing on the central stage here. and behind that, right over my shoulders, they are set to set off the fireworks in just minutes. we will bring that to you live. >> all right, thank you, jim. parents trust teachers with their children, but a dangerous few of those teachers abuse that trust. tonight a news 4 i-team investigation raises the question, is the d.c. government doing enough to prevent predators from slipping through cracks and back into classrooms? tonight the i-team is working for you to get some answers. >> they found the d.c. government isn't raising red flags to warn schools across the nation when a teacher admits to abusing a child. investigative reporter scott macfarlane joins us now with the latest in his continuing series. very disturbing, scott. >> for two years the i-team has investigated sex abusers in virginia and maryland

and landed new teaching jobs. we've also been looking into d.c. schools to determine if there were problems there, too and what we discovered surprised us. it is alarmed safety experts. d.c. doesn't have a sis tome ys revoking teaching licenses for even those who admit to crime. he was teacher of the year at oyster adams school, the most popular with kids, parents say. now he's a felon. just released from prison. >> they've been talking about it just makes me sad. >> reporter: he taught dion bell's son in 4th grade before sexually abusing a different stuntd. >> the first this is about, did this happen to you? that talk is a very scary talk. >> reporter: he pleaded guilty two years ago this month. >> the whole community just -- i mean everybody was in mourning basically. >> reporter: in most cases like this a teacher like pina would be formally listed on a national database called nasdtec. it raises flags78

many of whom engaged in misconduct, flagging them to education officials in every state in the nation to ensure they can't cross state lines to get new teaching licenses and access to kids again. but the news 4 i-team found pena isn't on the list and we found other names missing, too. john solano who plead the guilty and was in prison in 2013 for sex misconduct at mckinley tech and charles young who last year pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting students at dunbar high. pena solano and young all share one thing in common. they taught in d.c. >> if they lost their certificate they are to be in our system. >> reporter: fill rogers runs the date abbas of teacher license revocations. >> it would be very strange there were no teachers in d.c. who had misconduct that resulted in them losing their certificate. >> reporter: seems almost impossible. >> yes. >> reporter: but our investigation reveals since 2008 the d.c. office of state superintendent of education which over sees teacher licenses in the district has revoked zero he

and added zero of their names to the national database. >> since the teacher did go to jail, the teacher was publicly humiliated. but that's not enough. the teacher should not be allowed to teach ever again. >> other states including virginia and maryland approved regulations allowing them to revoke teacher licenses years or decades ago. in d.c., the regulations to do so are not yet final. the d.c. office of state superintendent of education allowed pena, solano and young's licenses to simply expire. no red flag raised out of states and other schools. >> we want highly qualified students in front of students every day and there may be cases where that's not happening. >> reporter: joe weed en said that leaves kids vulnerable in and out of d.c. >> other children are being put at risk. >> reporter: somebody over the line in the district

maryland. >> exactly. >> reporter: unlike every other state in the nation and d.c., charter school teachers are not required to have a license which means there's no license to revoke. no formal way to warn the nation if a teacher is accused of abuse in d.c.'s growing charter school system. including the case of alan coleman, arrested last year when a former student came forward and a us coo of him of sexually abusing her at the kip d.c. academy back in 2004. colan has pleaded not guilty. >> we've got to have ways to make sure that there are red flags when they need to be there. >> reporter: child abuse therapist says allowing chart schools to hire teachers without licensure puts kids at risk. >> everybody has to take part. it takes a village. we really do as a community have to all be participating in whatever small or large way we can to make sure that kids are safe. >> reporter: the school board overseeing

says it does not require licenses to give schools more flexibility in how they hire. it requires background checks on candidates. the i-team found background checks sometimes fail. according to a police report, the administrator of kip academy suspected coleman had an inappropriate relationship with a student in 2004. asked him to stand down and didn't renew his contract. we contacted kip academy about that report and they toemd us at the time there was evidence the misconduct mr. coleman was later charged with, we would have immediately alerted the appropriate authorities. and that the inappropriate relationship referenced in the report was professional in nature. months later coleman was able to get a new job with nearby capital city charter school. in this letter to parents, capital city says it ran a background check on coleman and that it came back clean. they sent that letter last year after police arrested coleman for the alleged 2004 misconduct. >> without the constraints of the licensure requirements that they're able to do things a little bit differently. whetherr

the risk is a question that i certainly have, but the law is the law. >> reporter: we checked and found alan coleman was able to get another teaching job in florida. the school spokesperson there tells the i-team he was terminated last summer. we tried reaching out to all the teachers in this report. we did not hear back. we did hear from d.c.'s office of state superintendent which says it hopes to have these revocation policies finalized in the district by 2018 or 2019. >> i can't get over how useful the background check is. what good is it if it doesn't have information about why the teachers are being moved around or fired? >> that is true outside maryland, d.c., virginia. background checks fail. it doesn't have a whole lot of definitive meaning. >> and the impact is far reaching. scott macfarlane, thank you so much. >> thank you, scott. >> you can watch the entire slipping through the cracks series, the half hour special the team produced including

keep their kids safe. visit our nbc washington app and click investigation. >> stunning. so is this. allegations that teachers were forced to fix grades to help local students graduate. why some say the critical information was not getting to investigators and what's being done to help them tell what's going on. >> and here's a live look outside at the national cathedral and you can see the fireworks going off at the wharf in the background. it's cloudy, it's cool and it's damp and there's another look at the fireworks. so, when do we get sunny fall crisp wea

it's probably best to steer clear of any equifax webb pages today. one of them had to be taken off line after yet another possible breach. the company is looking now into whether hackers were trying to trick people into installing fake updates that could infect computers. more than 145 million people had their information compromised in

>> a new twist in the grade tampering investigation in prince george's county schools. a tool designed to help investigators find facts wasn't getting to teachers and parents. >> that's right. but that changed today as bureau chief tracie i wilkins began looking into the problem. >> reporter: an investigation into whether teachers were forced to change grades in order to boost the graduation rate in prince george's county schools is ongoing. at borrows, one of the school board members who called for the state to investigate is worried key witnesses are being left out. >> we bumped into teachers that say, hey, we have information and a lot of them have not put those concerns in writing to the investigators yet because they didn't know they could. >> reporter: an independent firm hired by the state began its review in august and developed an e-mail, an anonymous hot line for whistle-blowers. >> you have reached the confidential hot line regarding the special review of prince george's county public schools graduation rates. >> reporter: but many school employees don't know about

information has not been e-mailed out to our employees. >> reporter: a former staff member of flowers high school did find a way to investigators and sent that e-mail to news 4 as well. it alleges that flowers high school's administration was secretly changing grades, intimidating teachers who expressed concerns, and threatened teacher evaluations for those refusing to cooperate. burrows says these are the statements investigators need. >> at some point that window is going to close. >> reporter: after we began looking into all of this today. the prince george's county school system decided to go ahead and release an e-mail with the anonymous hot line and also the e-mail address. now, when i asked officials why they decided to do it now, they said it was because investigators asked them to. to find out that hot line number and e-mail address, go onto nbc washington and search school investigation. in prince george's county, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> food, fireworks, fanfare, you name it. we've got it. there is something for everybody at the wharf.

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i'm pat lawson muse at the news 4 live desk. we are following some break egg news right now in north carolina. several employees of a prison have been injured in a violent attempted inmate escape. officials say inmates set fires and tried to overpower guards. nearby schools have been placed on lockdown. we are still gathering details. we'll post any updates on the nbc washington app. and have the latest for you tonight on news 4 at 11:00. >> all right, thanks, pat. well, right now we have some fireworks happening right now on

the rain out there still not damp -- >> not dampening anyone's spirits. big weather day. we have the nats playing at 8:00. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper with what we can expect. >> it is going to be chilly and there is going to be some drizzle at the game. the good news i'm not tracking any rain that will be moving into the area that would cause them to delay or cancel the game. if you know somebody heading down there, hopefully they're dressed for the weather. this is hoodie, sweatshirt kind of weather with a poncho over top. look at the temperatures. we are in the low 60s for most of us, but you look back along the i-81 corridor, 51 in winchester. district currently coming in at 62 degrees. storm team 4 radar, drizzle is hard to see on the radar because it's so light. and also it's so close to the ground. so, a lot of times the radar overshoots it and that's why it's hard to track. it is picking up some light drizzle, especially over in parts of anne arundel and calvert

this is what we can expect on friday as we close out the workweek. a nice week, a little bit of every season in the forecast except winter, and i think we can all hold off on that for just a little bit. but take a look. tomorrow morning 7:00 a.m., some areas of drizzle as you head out and about. 58 degrees at that point. by lunch time, still some drizzle in spots. temperature around 64. we just kind of hang out in the 60s for the afternoon and evening hours. some scattered light showers are possible. otherwise damp, cloudy and cool. perfect friday night to pick out a movie you've been wanting to see either at home or in the theaters and check it out. of course, after you tune in to news 4 at 6:00. the school outlook for tomorrow, the weather is going to have a moderate impact at the bus stop. the chance for some showers there recess is looking cool and damp but i do think that it will be outdoors tomorrow. after school activities, more drizzle likely. that goes for friday night football as well. so you definitely want to bundle up. and take a look at your ten-day forecast. saturday we'll have plenty of clouds, high of 72. on

83, looking warm for the redskins game. showers early monday, set the stage for a beautiful workweek next week. >> listen, in spite of all those clouds and rain out there, folks are having a beautiful time on the wharf. get to the excitement down there. years of construction, hundreds of millions of dollars later, the wharf finally opens for business. >> and looks so cool. i can't wait to head out there and check it all out. you're looking at video of the fireworks. jim hanley has been there all day capturing all the sights and sounds and this new community is so excited to have all this new retail and shopping, jim. it's so exciting. >> you mentioned sights and sounds. i think i'm deaf in this ear. i was right by the barge behind me. what a show did they put on. almost 15 minutes of pure fireworks and the clouds didn't hamper it at all. no rain either. we've been talking about it as a development, but this is really a village, folks. this is

part of the nation's capital. and you will be amazed at how it blends in to the waterfront here. we are joined now by ruben, the executive director of the wharf neighborhood association. first of all, congratulations. >> thanks, jim. >> you have been a resident down here since last august. so, about a year and a couple months. does it have that neighborhood feel yet? >> it does. i think it's so much fun to now be able to walk my dogs along the neighborhood, especially along the new waterfront here. and especially fun today to see all the people who are not only in southwest, but throughout the district who come down to become one with the water. >> the bacon brothers wrapped up with foot loose. we have the foo fighters. we've been tucking about the fire works and ribbon cutting. a heck of a lot going on saturday and sunday. what else can people look forward to when it turns sunny out here? >> jim, i think it will be fun for people of all ages because we have some terrific children's activities. we have even something that we're calling reptiles alive

touch show with some rep tiles at our 7 tree park. we're going to have concerts throughout the entire rest of the weekend. and we're going to conclude on sunday with the howard university gospel choir and more at sunset. >> it doesn't get any bigger than that. if you've never heard the gospel university gospel choir, it is awesome. nice finish. congrats to you and your neighbors down here at the wharf. we want to bring in doug who kind of timed this weather for the fireworks, doug. i'm telling you, the rain has held off. >> the rain has held off. >> have we ever had more fun working for you? >> you know what, i had a great time at the nationals game last week. that was amazing. this is awesome right now. did you guys say we got to wrap? >> no. >> we don't have -- >> the fireworks. >> oh, the fireworks. the fireworks were great. we had a really good time with those. really it was a better show than i was e

>> we have to wrap in-n-out. >> i don't have to wrap. we're throwing back to you in the studio. he's taking a dive. he has a boat waiting for him. >> oh, no! >> is he jumping into the water? >> he's -- no, he's just doing a gun show for you. [ laughter ] >> thanks, doug. all right. >> he has no shame. >> they're having too much fun. >> i'm jealous. >> we're going to find time to get down there for sure. >> all right, folks, coming up we'll take ape look at sports once again. win or go home. >> we're going back live to nats park for more

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y2i1vy y16fy >> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> times for sports now. big game, maybe a history making night tonight. nats chasing it. >> i know. my stomach is all in knots thinking about this. carol maloney and sheree burruss are covering the game for us. this is such a big deal, carol. we're starting with you. >> guys, you aren't the only one if you feel that pit in your stomach. i'm looking around at the anxious faces and white knuckles. it's a familiar feeling. this is the third time in six years the nats have hosted a game 5, and we know the history. but they're just one win away from baseball's final four and dusty believes this is the year. >> i know what's at stake. i mean, my team knows what's at

stake. everybody knows what's at stake. the cubs know what's at stake. big games, big decisions, big at bats, big plays, all these things are things that you dream about when you're a kid. >> i mean, just trying to go out there and play game five and have some fun. it's what it's all about. going out there in front of our fans and trying to win a ball game. they've been behind us obviously all along. >> it will be nice to go home and have a huge game in front of them. they've been with us all year and we appreciate it. >> could we see matt sherzer coming out of the bull pen tonight? he pitched 19 innings in relief. 3.27 era. struck out 18, giving up 11 hits. dusty baker hoeng he doesn't have to use him. we know why he needs him for a possible game in roind two. dusty admits it's been fun watching sherzer prep for the role. >> you know, max had the back pack on like the bull pen rookie guys do.

you know, filled with candy and bubblegum. i don't know what they have in there. kind of weird matt's getting ready to go to school again. >> so, matt sherzer could have a busy night. you know who he's going to, geo gonzalez is getting the start out there. no hands out, all hands on deck. meantime i see sheree burruss is available to talk about the mood of the minds and the fans as they're coming in. sheree? >> carol, the nationals fans i've spoken to are optimistic this year will be the year they advance to the nlcs. you see all these fans coming into nationals park? they are putting their playoff hopes in the hands of manager dusty baker. and today i met one fan who is rooting for dusty maybe a little more than the rest. on their way into the ballpark, i met a fan matt, and he told me a story of giving dusty baker a letter when he was 13. a year after giving him that note, dusty remembered him and invited him to hang out in the

dugout before the game. they stayed in touch ever since over the last 14 years and matt is now 27. he's a special guest of dusty baker tonight. thrilled to support a man who has meant so much to him. >> i'd be there for him no matter what. i've given two kidneys if he needed them. being here today, there's no place -- there is nothing that could have stopped me from being here. i love him and i'm rooting for him. and we're going to take home that w today and move on to the nlcs. >> and, carol, he told me it has been such a special experience getting to know dusty baker off the field. as you and i maybe some fans know, he says it, too, dusty baker is one of the cool est guys he knows. back to you, carol. >> he's showing that cool right now. everybody is being looing normal out here. normal activities. meanwhile the fans are exercising a rubber chicken's head over here. you have this guy over here, blessing the bat. that's wh g

park for now. >> so cool. >> just a little over an hour away. got to root for them. thanks, carol. folks, thank you for joining us. sta

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