detectives and crime scene investigators. d.c. police tweeted out earlier that there is a lookout for two men, both of whom were dressed in black as well as a gray honda sedan with virginia license plates. they also believe that the young man -- rather, a young man was taken into custody here, but at this time we're not sure how he or if even he is connected to this. we are told that the 16-year-old was conscious and breathing when he was taken away from this area. again, as we were told by police, he was shot in the lower part of his back. right now an investigation is underway here. they're talking to people in nearby homes. investigators are talking to people who were standing out on the street at that time. they are also taking a police dog. i don't know if you can come out here and take a look at this live. a police dog around the area helping them search for evidence connected to the shooting of a 16-year-old young man who was

school this afternoon when he was shot here in the 1900 block of third street, northeast. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news 4. back to you. >> all right, thank you, jackie. keep us posted there. >> now to the four american soldiers killed in niger, militants who claim to be linked to isis are blamed. now 16 days later we are just beginning to learn how it all went down. >> all of this is coming as an influential senator warns that the war on terror is changing and americans should get ready for more aggressive rules of engagement. >> he blayne alexander with more at the white house. blayne? >> reporter: we're seeing the white house, congress and the pentagon wanting to know what led up to this deadly ambush in the first place. but at the same time we are still seeing this back and forth over president trump's phone call to the widow of one of those fallen service members. it's now stretching into its 5th day. >> i will tell you i also happen to think --

niger? >> mr. president, do you authorize the mission in niger? >> thank you all very much. >> reporter: today president trump not answering a question about the raid that killed four u.s. service members. but on capitol hill, defense secretary james mattis answering questions behind closed doors. >> i can't give you the details. they died in the defense of america. this war is getting hot in places where it's been cool. >> reporter: this as nbc news reports a massive intelligence failure may have led up to the attack. the pentagon has a team on the ground. now the fbi and other agencies joining the search for answers. >> before we start jumping to any conclusions, we want to make sure that that is completed fully. >> reporter: also under scrutiny today, chief of staff john kelly who blasted a florida congresswoman who claimed president trump made insensitive remarks during a now infamous condolence call. kelly accused congresswoman frederica wilson of

the construction of an fbi memorial building in 2015. >> i was not in even in congress in 2009 when the money for the building was secured. so, that's a lie. how dare he. >> as general kelly pointed out, if you're able to make a sacred act like honoring american heroes about yourself, you're an empty barrel. >> reporter: as the political back and forth plays on in washington, today a final honor for sergeant la david t. johnson laid to rest in florida. and also today, president trump's daughter-in-law claims that she read a transcript of that phone call from president trump, but the white house says no such transcript even exists. doreen, leon? >> thank you, blayne. >> you saw it first on news 4. thousands of gallons of gas leaking just steps from the front door of local homes. the spill was at a gas station on king street of alexandria. our chris gordon has been work being for you in that neighborhood. chris, people there are afraid all that fuel is putting their

>> reporter: absolutely, doreen. some of the people who live hearsay they fear for their safety. others say their lives have been disrupted by a neighbor. the neighbor, this service station which more than a month ago leaked 5,000 gallons of gas. crews are burying pipes using water to remove gasoline from beneath two apartment buildings and an office building with a health club. a resident sending us these pictures of an underground parking level which was off limits while crews worked to remove gas vapors. >> i don't know what exactly is in the air. i don't know what i'm inhaling or what anyone else would be inhaling or anyone that i live with. >> reporter: some residents worry the gas leak could endanger their lives. theresa ankra spoke to us from work using face time. >> is it possible that this gasoline could ignite and blow us? >> reporter: most of the gasoline that leaked here at the liberty gas station on king street still must be located a

today i got a briefing on the scene from alexandria deputy fire chief cory smedley. how long is this whole process going to take to clean up? >> quite frankly it could take months. >> reporter: why, why so long? >> well, the biggest thing we're dealing with now is the unknown. the unknown as it relates to where that gas is -- that fuel has pooled. >> reporter: at the end of this month crews will begin digging holes in the pavement here at liberty gas and start the long process of removing what could be thousands of gallons of gas below. reporting from alexandria, chris gordon, news 4. >> chilling new details about that shooting rampage at a granite company in edgewood, maryland tonight. a witness says that prince rounded up coworkers telling them they had something to tell everyone. then he opened up fire, killing

injuring two others. after that he drove off to delaware where he is accused of shooting an acquaintance there. several colleagues complained to their supervisors about prince's aggressive behavior before wednesday's shooting. police body cameras have been controversial after some high profile shoot ings in this country. they're supposed to make officers accountable and transparent, but many wonder if the impact is really substantial. in news 4's derrick ward's report, he has a look at how the technology affected d.c.'s department. >> reporter: they looked at 1200 officers spread across districts in each of the city's ward. half were issued body cameras, half were not. >> we looked at use of force. we looked at whether there's more productivity, for example, tickets issued. >> reporter: the difference, according to the study's findings, was minuscule. >> the findings were that the body cameras were not -- hav

policing in the sense of looking at uses of force, looking at complaint levels. >> reporter: ahead of the city's office of complaint say these cameras are an important tool for his agency's work. it's not just he said she said any more. >> having the cameras there and having an outside third-party witness at every interaction improves community trust. >> reporter: the d.c. office of police complaint says they're going to be coming out with their own study in just a few days. it looks at the number of times that these cameras weren't turned on or turned on late during some encounter between police and citizens. the office says that's happened in at least a third of the cases they've looked at. it's a matter of training they say. getting used to the new technology. the representative for the f.o.p. says it's not clear just how many times that's happened but they always welcome more training especially with new technology. city councilmember charles allen chairs the committee on public safety and justice. >> so, i think our compliance rate is good. there is discipline that takes place when an officer does not engage the camera when they're

>> reporter: derrick ward, news 4. >> a guilty plea for the killer of a loudoun county mother of three. she was killed after getting a protective order guinness her boyfriend. julie carey was in court as the killer took responsibility. >> reporter: the call for help from christina fisher's home came from one of her children. >> advising his mother's ex, they are yelling and causing trouble. >> reporter: just ten days earlier fisher had gotten a protective order guinness lewis, father of her two young sons. documents reveal april 22nd 2016, lewis got angry when fisher didn't show up for a party. he took a rifle to her town house and opened fire. then he went back to his family's cookout and told us, i shot her. today lewis pleaded guilty to first degree murder. some of fisher's friends and family have turned their grief into action. derrick summers grew up with fisher. >> i don't know if it's just the children's pain, if

every facet i know about this is like it angers me. >> reporter: at a vigil right after the murder, summers was warned the anger could lead to trouble. so he and some of fisher's other friends decided to spread the word about resources for domestic violence victims. >> it quickly became not so much how we feel, but how do we make sure no one feels like this again. >> reporter: they created it takes our village and connected their group with the loudoun abused women's shelter nicknamed laws. they organized expo to get information to abused women. derrick lewis will be back in court innian when they will recommend a 43 year sentence, much of the rest of his life. and they say the victim's teenage daughter has signed off on that agreement. in leesburg, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> safe at home is an ongoing project at news 4. for more information about help and resources available on domestic violence, search safe at home in our nbc washington app. >> all right. let's talk about the na

they have launched a new search for a new manager after saying good-bye today to dusty baker. baker had a lot of regular season success, emphasis on the words regular season. his two years managing the ball club included two division titles, two 90-win seasons, the things most teams would kill for. but playoffs, that's a whole different story there. the team got bounced in the first round earlier this month as you probably know by now marking another bitter end to what looked like a promising season. nbc sports washington will breakdown possible replacements coming up later in this newscast. >> now to one of the biggest events of the year in d.c., as runners prepare for this weekend's marine corps marathon, security is top of mind both on the ground and from up above. that deadly shooting rampage from a hotel room in las vegas is adding a new layer of concern because this is such a high profile event. nearly 30,000 people from around the world are taking part in the race. thousands more will line the streets to cheer them on. the course passeshr

so, you can expect a lot of road closures, too. head to our app for a closer look at the impact. first here's mark segraves with the incredible story of one man who is lacing up on sunday to raise awareness about organ donation. >> reporter: running through his vienna neighborhood is not something steve nugent takes for granted. for the past 14 years, steve has been fighting for his life. undergoing two liver transplants. last year while on a waiting list for a new liver, he was sure the phone wouldn't ring in time. >> really they were giving me a couple weeks to live. me and my wife had actually said good-bye to each other. we kind of figured just i'd fall asleep one night and not wake up. >> reporter: but the phone did ring, and steve got a second chance on life. >> any time the phone rings, you think that's it. and it's kind of a double-edged sword. you know when the call comes that that's going to

life and you've got a chance to go on. but you're also knowing that at that moment something horrible has happened to another family. >> reporter: steve hasn't run a marathon in 30 years, but the challenge of running 26.2 miles motivated him during his recovery. sunday, with the help of his family and friends, steve will run the marathon as a way to inspire those who are still waiting for that phone call and to encourage others to become organ donors. >> when you're sick like that, you lose all your dreams. you can't think forward. you have to think, how do i get to the next test? how do i stay health i "a little bit longer"? >> reporter: now, steve is not only running to raise awareness. he's also trying to raise money for families on the wait list. if you want to help them out, go to the team steve,.com. at the marine corps expo, marks segraves, news 4. >> coming up a scare in the air

laptops. >> experts say it has the potential to bling down a plane. >> and the crime of opportunity and why a local sheriff says he is so concerned about what appears to be a nonviolent crime in several northern virginia neighborhoods. >> it was a fantastic friday. i've ghot a super saturday for you. and a splendid sunday as well. take a look at the highs today. in the 70s. but look at that. that sun going down on a beautiful afternoon. have a great

all right. presidential politics, lately monday's controversy usually long forgotten by friday. >> not this week. no, this has been a week of deep personal pain for the whole nation. on monday president trump was asked why he had not spoken publicly about the loss of four american soldiers in niger. he deflected and dragged his predecessors into the conversation. >> that's right. and tuesday his condolence call to a grieving widow was publicly criticized by a democratic congresswoman who heard the call. >> wednesday, president trump went public with the personal experience of white house chief of staff john kelly. general kelly widely known to be

his son in battle. >> and then thursday kelly delivered a deeply personal defense of the president's condolence call and he also criticized the congresswoman who heard that call. and he may have gotten his facts a little wrong in that case. >> overnight, the president tweeted an attack on that congresswoman. chuck todd is nbc news political director and moderator of meet the press. none of this week long drama does anything to alleviate the pain and sacrifice of those gold star families. and the president himself initiated this whole week of pain. >> and nobody wants to find the high ground. i mean, i sit here and think in another era, we would have already heard -- first of all, we wouldn't have heard about this. one of two things would have happened or both things. president trump would have already called her -- called the widow back a second time and said, this is the last thing i wanted. i'm sorry to hear that. congressn

congresswoman might have quietly called the chief of staff john kelly before going public and saying, hey, i want to give you a heads up. the president's call didn't go over well. you may want to get him to call again. in an era where we civilly speak to each other, where we don't assume the worst, but this is a situation where i think sadly everybody believes -- and i believe they all believe what they believe that that took place on this call. and the assumption of the worst on each other. and that's -- we are breaking -- we thought we have now polarized condolences. we're beyond broken politics. by the way, it is not a coincidence this week that this may have been the motivation that got two ex-presidents to break the code. the code of basically back seat driving a sitting president. >> former president bush said something that really resonated with me when he talked about casual cruelty. what a perfect term for what we have now. >> i think si

he used to talk about the cruelness of the discourse. that's what it is. it's this -- the assumption that everybody -- they take away a grievance and the assumption that our political adversary is our enemy. it has now gotten -- we get to the point is nothing sacred. we've heard that phrase. well apparently nothing is. is anybody -- everybody should only -- involved in this incident should have to sit there and stare at the pregnant widow hugging that casket. is anybody thinking of her here? >> that video was powerful. i saw it a number of times. >> i'm this whole thing -- i'm sorry, nobody looks good here. >> it's the president. >> president trump created this environment. he has created this environment of grievance, whatever you want to call, and he can't ever admit something doesn't go well. whatever it is, he disparages -- he has to put it on himself and

and people react to it so you get angry opponents now who now act the same way. and it's like a bad cycle. we're going to get to. >> if he learns how to empathize, none of this happens. none of this happens. >> there is no doubt in my mind he struggles with this empathy thing. i also don't believe he meant any harm in what he said, and i also believe what somebody heard was uncomfortable with what they heard. it's all likely true. we should all hope to think about -- >> it should be private. >> the pregnant widow, that's who we should be concerned about. how -- she's got to now live publicly with this. >> of. >> and it's also taken us away from the conversation about what exactly happened in niger, which apparently -- >> nobody wants to tell us. and this should be of concern, it's of concern to me. it does seem as if secretary mattis, general kelly, they are trying their best not to tell us why we're there, other with vague terrorism or isis terms. part of it may be a leg

meaning, you know, are they there under the guise of the same 2001 war authorization? well, senator lindsey graham hinted that is why they're there. boy, is that far afield than what those folks voted for when we thought it was about going to war in afghanistan. >> right. >> which bring up the whole debate about reauthorizing -- >> right, i think this could -- this incident could actually trigger that now debate to actually turn into legislation. >> all right. chuck todd, thank you. more to come on "meet the press" sunday morning 10:30 here on nbc 4. thanks as always for jointing us. >> you'll see the marine corps marathon winner at 10:25, and watch meet the press 10:30. >> find out who is going to replace dusty baker. we'll get back to that. >> hopefully it's a guy named rusty raker, it rhymes. bring him back. >> all right. see you, man. all right. d.c. to new york in under 30 minutes. that's a promising idea they've just gott

a beautiful day today. we'll call it a fantastic friday. that's exactly what we've seen. and i've got a great shot here of the sunset, but i've got a much better shot from chopper 4. take a look at this, guys. this is just stunning as we look out towards the west over towards the mountains. the blue ridge right there, the sun just went down about two minutes ago. chopper 4 on its way to leesburg right now to

school where they've got the great pink outgoi going right n. that is a phenomenal shot thanks to the guys in the chopper. that is so cool. out there currently temperature wise, we're sitting at 73 degrees, winds out of the northwest at 8 miles an hour. it has been a splendid afternoon on our friday. temperatures cooling a little bit. 69 culpepper, 72 in fredericksburg. once again it will be a cool night but not nearly as chilly as it's been the last couple of nights. nothing on the radar. storm team 4 radar is dry. and as i've been saying the last couple of days, it's going to stay that way until tuesday. we really do need to see the rain, but there's no rain utah ther -- out there. no rain from d.c. to chicago. central portion of the country, that system is not going to affect us. here's the one that is coming on shore to the northwest, mountain snow fall background, boise, idaho, parts of montana, that storm system comes across the country and eventually moves into our region during the day on tuesday. thawh

chances. but right now it's just cool nights like we have tonight. and warm afternoons. 48 overnight tonight, 58 in la plata, 58 gaithersburg, 50 towards annapolis. waking up on your saturday morning you may need the jacket when you step out the front door say 7:00, 8:00, 9:00 a.m., but 10:00, 11:00, that's when things start to heat up. 77 tomorrow. more sunshine, another beauty. we're going to be about ten degrees above average tomorrow. we continue to be well above average for the month of october. october a very dry and a very warm month. if you're heading out to the kids games, again, sunny conditions and warm. don't forget the water tomorrow. it will be a little bit on the hot side. underneath that sun, good idea if you're maybe a parent on the side lines. bring an umbrella to give yourself some shade. 75 degrees by the afternoon. let's skip that, we have fall color but only towards the mountains. 78 on saturday. 78 on monday. 74 degrees coming up on tuesday. that is our chance for rain. then next week we get a little

bit cooler towards wednesday, thursday and friday. much more from weather in just a minute. >> okay, got to love that weekend forecast. thank you, doug. california on edge, the conditions that could spark more wildfires making things worse just days after they started to improve. >> plus, security a top priority as howard university celebrates a historic milestone. >> reporter: thieves in northern virginia are getting into unlocked cars and as a result making their way into people's homes. on news 4 at 6:00, how they're doing it and why the sheriff is sooncerned c

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you could call it a crime of opportunity. >> that's right. thieves targeting unlocked cars and they're using something that almost all of us have to use to get access into our homes. >> yeah, 12 homes so far. news 4's kristin wright is in sterling with the warning for all of us. >> my wife wakes me up, startled, saying that she had heard the garage door open. >> reporter: bill calvo says it took only seconds to become a victim of a fast and easy crime. >> the next thing i hear is my wife yelling that somebody just left the garage on a bike, on one of our kids' bikes. >> reporter: the calvo's home in sterling an unfortunate dot on this map. the thief or thieves hit 12 houses this week, every time

from an unlocked car. the sheriff is concerned about what is an a nonviolent crime. >> they're breaking into your house certainly that time of the day or that time of the morning, in the 3:00 a.m. time frame there, very frightening. >> reporter: bill tried to catch the guy who stole his daughter's bike. but he was off to the next garage. >> i turned right to see if he went down that way, came back down and tried a couple different routes. but couldn't, couldn't catch him. he was gone. >> reporter: the sheriff also wants to remind people of what he calls the 9:00 p.m. rule. before you settle into the house at night, make sure to check all of your locks, including the car doors. and bring the garage door remote in the house with you. in loudoun county, kristin wright, news 4. >> calls about a possible active shooter at howard university caused a campus-wide lockdown earlier this week. no gunman was ever found. and despite that scare, home coming events are going on as planned this weekend. that includes today's big outdoor celebration known as yardfest to kick things

there. >> reporter: howard's home coming is a unique experience. >> i came back because i couldn't stay away. >> be around friends and family. this is a part of my family. >> reporter: for alumni, it's a chance to reconnect with friends and old classmates. >> there is just this magical connection that we can't really put into words. >> reporter: she says it's an atmosphere she wants her kids to experience, too. so they fly in from florida every year. for the freshmen and current students, it's one big party. >> i really love the experience. i never really encountered anything like this in my life. >> reporter: the grills are hot and vendors are serving up food. >> we got ribs. we got jerk chicken. >> reporter: but most would say the live entertainment is one of the best parts of yardfest. >> i heard that rick ross was comin

are among the headlineers this year. but with the crowd of 22,000 expected, university president dr. wayne frederick says security is a top priority. >> we just beef up all social security plans. we had security plan as we always do. all that has done is to make sure we had a chance to revise that again. >> reporter: but most of the folks we spoke with weren't too worried about safety. their focus is on having a good time. right now you're looking at some of the police officers that dr. frederick was talking about. we've also seen officers on segues and walking around campus. as for tomorrow the big football game, it kicks off at 1:00. the howard buy son will be taking on the morgan state bears. reporting from the campus of howard university, morgan fitzgerald, news 4. >> maryland's governor calls the order to remove a war memorial in prince george's county outrageous. now, earlier this week a court of appeals ruled the peace cross in bladensburg is an unconstitutional violation of church and state and should be

removed. this 40-foot-tall world war i memorial was dedicated back in 1925 to honor 49 prince george's county soldiers who died in that war. an online petition is gathering signatures tonight to try and prevent that from happening. >> now there are new fears of more wildfires in california. conditions there are ripe for trouble in the southern part of the state. if com it comes after a deadly and historic outbreak in california. here's doug to breakdown the new threat. >> we have pictures from the anaheim area back on the tenths. dozens of fires, thousands and thousands of acres continuing to burn in towards portions of central and northern california. now the focus is on southern california because the pattern is going to change again. the weather pattern changing again. let me show you what this means for areas down there towards southern california. what are they going to be seeing? well, what they have, once again, is those northerly winds off of the deserts, off of the mountains. notice the area in red. san diego tow

excessive heat warnings, winds expected or temperatures expected to top 100 degrees. they could see record high temperatures. and with very dry and gusty winds, we could see a repeat of what we saw in the northern part of the state in the southern part of the state right now. critical fire weather most likely the worst days most likely coming up on monday and into tuesday. this, another scenario, we're going to be watching into california. >> all the fire fighters there have got to be exhausted. this is just what they don't need. >> absolutely. >> thank you, doug. an urgent warning tonight about laptops on airplanes. >> that's right. tonight the growing calls to ban the electronics from checked bags because of a potential danger. >> maryland is giving a top inventor the green light to bring his vision to reality. the plan t get you fromo

we are one step closer tonight to the futuristic high speed transit system between d.c. and new york. today the state of maryland gave

permission to start building a tunnel for the underground hyperloop. right now it takes about three hours to get to new york by train. the hyperloop would cut that trip down to 30 minutes. with stops in baltimore and philadelphia, maryland's approval is the first of many needed to complete the project. >> a lot of testing, too. >> the hyperloop could be a big game changer in commuting and it could affect your health, too. here's what's so important about that 30-minute mark. studies found that commuting farther than 31 miles each way could shave years off your life. and if you are a commuter on a bus or train that takes more than half an hour, the impact on your well-being could be detrimental. >> who knew. well, turning now to the skies and some new concerns about laptops on airplanes, the u.s. government wants them banned from checked baggage. >> they are worried about fire dangers from ligt i don't know ion batteries in

tom ska tell owe is working on it from nightly news. >> reporter: good afternoon to you. the faa is looking for a worldwide ban on lithium ion battery type devices, electronic devices like laptops in checked bags. the concern is that a fire from a lithium ion battery, a run away fire could quickly spread inside the cargo hold of a plane and if it comes into contact with certain toy le tris, it could literally explode and the explosion could take apart the fire suppression system inside the cargo hold. the faa has run several tests and the results are very dramatic. it's on video showing a fire in contact with an aerosol can. the aerosol can explodes. the concern, of course, is if that happens in the luggage compartment of a plane, it could be catastrophic. so, we're going to show you that video from the faa and what it might mean the next time you travel. leon and doreen, back to you. >> thank you, tom. you can watch tom's entire report including that dramatic

nightly news with lester holt that comes your way right here tonight at 7:00. >> first lady melania trump turned another page in the history books today. she donated her inaugural ball gown to the smithsonian's national museum of american history today. the dress will be part of the first lady's collection. americans have a deep interest in the inaugural fashions worn by their first ladies. smithsonian officials say the gowns go beyond fashion. they represent the peaceful transition of power. the first lady's collection is one of the most popular at the smithsonian. >> no tuxes in there. >> they're the same. they all look alike. >> a bunch of penguins. coming up next, doctors gave him little hope for survival. >> his family kept hope alive. one of his teachers used music as medicine to help him heal from a serious snow boarding accident. >> plus a live look from chopper 4. why are these students holding up photos of doug kammerer? >> that's a good question. >>

i'm erika gonzalez here at the live desk with an update to a story d.c. police have arrested a maryland man for murder. 21-year-old michael jones is from bladensburg and he is now charged with first degree murder. this is something that happened earlier this month. 25-year-old omar rogers, the brother of virginia tech wide receiver sean savoy was shot and killed in his car early one morning in anacostia. again, this was earlier this month and d.c. police now confirming to us that they have made an arrest in this case. 21-year-old michael jones from bladensburg now charged with

at the live desk, i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you, erika. the film festival in middle burg, virginia boasts a history of screening and academy award contenders around the world. >> one of the films this year was shot in middle burg. how about that? this one is a documentary entitled music got me here. >> and barbara harrison tells us the remarkable story the story that gave the film its name. >> our son forest had a terrible snow boarding accident in january 2011. he had a catastrophic brain injury. they had to remove the front third of his skull to save his life. >> reporter: forest who was 18 at the time had not been wearing a helmet. doctors held out little hope for his survival. >> the procedure that saved his life also created a lot of complications. >> reporter: he couldn't move, he couldn't speak, but his parents would not give up. trying to find ways

son, his mom thought of one teacher he had been close to. >> i was actually his music teacher since kindergarten. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: what she didn't know is that tom was back in graduate school earning a degree in music therapy. >> i was only in my first year, and i was still learning the craft. >> reporter: the first time tom came to visit him in the hospital, forest was just beginning to emerge from a coma. he had no perceptible movement in his body. until tom began to play the guitar. >> i was watching this broken young man in a bed, but he was keeping rhythm to let it be. >> reporter: that little wiggle of his finger was just the beginning. >> music therapy to me at that point was very new, and you know it's a clinical and a science evidence based intervention we can offer to people for healing. >> reporter: but would it work? his mom began recording every little step toward his healing. and a year

his first words. >> december 12, 2012. >> reporter: you know the date. >> i remember the moment. he said, good morning. >> reporter: here at a place to be in middle burg, virginia, tom schweitzer now practices his music therapy on many others and among those who still greet him with good morning. >> how are you doing today? >> reporter: it's been six years now and while he's still evolving, forest got his voice back. first learning to breathe. to hum, to speak, and then to sing. >> threw music therapy getting him to respond, using his voice we would do things like i would sing to him and leave out a word like this. you got to call on me -- >> brother. >> when you need a >> friend. >> we all need somebody to >> lien on. i had so many things i wanted to say, but i didn't have theabilities to do it. >> reporter: and forest wrote a song about those early days. >> open my

comes outs. no matter how i try. >> reporter: he found his voice and the best medicine for that was music. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: forest is still healing, but he is an amazing young man. already doing amazing things. he's part of a traveling theatrical production written by the music therapist who you saw there helping him get his voice back. incidentally two local film makers, susan koch and wendy marcus are behind music got me here. it is just an amazing story. >> and the therapists who do that with their patients and their empathy, they are incredible. >> and they make quite a team and they are moving around with this -- the show that's going to be at the kennedy center on november 19. >> forest looks great. >> and let me tell you, he took his kir chif off. he is very handsome, very handsome guy. with that voice i think he's going to have a lot of people

following him. >> all right. that's exciting. thank you for sharing that with us, barbara. >> love that. love that. but we just saw before you walked in here, we saw some kids out there who seemed to love this guy. >> yeah, they think he's the guy or something. >> he's their guy. we have to figure this one out. >> it's hard for us to understand, doug. [ laughter ] >> you're in the commercial, too. >> i know. >> there they are right there. i want to say hello to riverside high school. they have been asking me. i've gotten hundreds of tweets, asking me to come out to riverside high school because they want to do -- they have their pink out tonight. you can see that's why i am wearing pink. that's why they are wearing pink. a huge football game out from in loudoun county at riverside high school tonight. look at everybody in the pink there. they have the huge signs and they have been making signs all week long, reelingally quite am. lot of fun. >> you haven't committed to the pink quite as fully as they have, doug. >> i tried to order my pink suit. it did not come in in time. so, hey,

for chopper 4 getting out there for us today. look at that. we love nbc. that's a lot of school spirit. it's great to see the entire school wraparound this. everybody there, you can see them wearing pink. go riverside high school tonight. good luck to you guys. hopefully you're raising a lot of money. here are pictures they've been sending me the last couple of days. very nice photos and some great pictures, too. there's one of them. this is all this week asking me to come out there to their game. we sent chopper 4 out there. i like this one right here. this one right here. sunny and a chance of doug kammerer. that's good stuff. get it? okay, never mind. all right. out there now, a very nice night. temperature wise we're in the 70s, 73 degrees in the city, but dropping through the upper 60s by 9:00, 10:00 and 11:00. great night for high school football. we have a lot going on across our region tonight. 71 rockville, 72 belvoir, camp springs. nothing on the radar, once again we are going to stay not just dry, but we're going to continue to stay dry through the weekend. waking up tomorrow

sunrise 7:24. sunrise later and later. 57 degrees 8:00 a.m., 61 by 9:00. early games at 9:00, if you have to get out there early, it's going to be very nice early. you might want to bring the umbrella, not for rain, but maybe for plenty of sunshine because you're going to need some shade. it's going to be a little hot tomorrow on some of the ball fields. 77 saturday, 78 on sunday. monday high temperature of 78 degrees as well, a good chance for rain, big storm coming in on tuesday. just how much rain will besee? right now i'm hoping for an inch, but it could be more like a half inch to an inch. we need the rain, hopefully get it on tuesday, and we cool heading into wednesday, thursday and friday. once again, thanks to everybody out there at riverside high school. breast cancer awareness month. so, good stuff for them. >> all right. we appreciate that. cool that the chopper could get over there. >> definitely. >> do you believe in ghosts? a stroll through historic leesburg might help you makeup your mind. >> the annual walking tour out there of han

first time it's going to run on two weekends. the guided tour includes several homes and businesses now with a story teller at each location. among the stops is the glenn fiddich house. >> and then you hear about some of these really great ghosts. and some years we have to update the scripts because new things keep happening because we do have some very active ghosts. >> he doesn't seem that scary. [ laughter ] >> knock, knock. >> a single malt scotch. >> the tours run every 15

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> so, how does this work? so, dusty baker doesn't hit a home run and therefore the nats get bounced and that's why he doesn't have a job now. what in the world is going on? >> it's all about timing. two years have passed. the nationals are on for a search for a new manager. that's all it is. dusty baker won 192 games in two years in the district, but that clearly was not enough. baker finished with the same amount of postseason series victories as every other nats manager. zero. but it certainly sounds like the current players wish they could have gotten one more chance to change that. >> i enjoyed playing for

you know. as far as contracts go, hopefully they'll be able to work something out. but i can only speak how much i enjoyed playing for him the last two seasons. >> i would love to have him back. we won 95 last year, 97 this year. fun to be around. but that is not my job. >> well, clearly baker's position won't be easy to fill. the nationals are winning team with world series talent and aspirations. now they'll have to replace their manager and the entire coaching staff. baker has been in limbo since the nats lost to the cubs in the nlds. here's what he told usa today this afternoon. quote, i'm surprised and disappointed. they told me they would get back to me and i told them i was leaving town yesterday. and they waited ten days to tell me. it's hard to understand. well, general manager mike rizzo also chimed in about why the decision to move on from baker was made. said, quote, our expectations have grown to the fact that

games and winning divisions are not enough. our goal is to win a world championship. there you have it. whoever is the manager at the start of next season will have to deal with one of their best players recovering from knee surgery. second base man daniel murphy repaired cartilage in hisk rhte. nats did not announce a timetable for his return, only rehab throughout the off season. in his first two years with the nats, murphy has hit 48 home runs, batted .322 this season after batting .327 in '16. wizards put up 120 points in their opener on wednesday guinness philly. tip off for tonight's game is set for 7:00. jason smith not playing tonight. in his case kelly will get to start. head coach scott brooks didn't want any excuses, though. >> no excuse. we just have to figure out how to keep playing with the next man up. i feel confident our bench is i

some points. scorers on the bench. we have a couple days off between games so the minutes should not be a problem if i want to extend a couple of guys, extra couple minutes. >> the 42nd annual marine corps marathon is taking over northern virginia and the district this weekend. over 30,000 runners will take place in sunday's race. runners that are ready in town have already started to head down to the health and fitness expo at the convention center today, picking up race numbers along with merchandise celebrating their participation. marathon is set to start at 7 tu tu7:55 a.m. caps are on the roa in detroit. any news on the matsuyama, managers search, we'll have you covered on that as well. >> going to be awhile. >> it's going to be a hard person to fill in baker ams cleats. >> i'm sorry to see him go. >> would you look at what he did with the injuries they had? they made it as far as they did.

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