right now at 6:00, a fire at a high-rise forcing 1,500 people out of their homes. why crews were having so much trouble knocking down the flames. we're live on the scene and talking to a relative of a victim in a chase and crash in charles county that killed three people. >> and a former king of cable news reportedly paid more than $30 million to settle a sexual harassment case, and the timing of bill o'reilly's deal is putting fox news on the defense. breaking news off the top at 6:00, a kpherl bus burst into flames shutting down part of 95

from our news 4 traffic camera. i-95 south, before route 100, has been closed here. you can see the huge pileup of cars there. everybody on the bus made it out okay. and there were no injuries. but some people are being evaluated for smoke inhalation. good evening. thanks for joining us tonight. i'm erika gonzalez. hundreds of residents in montgomery county are not sure where they will be sleeping tonight. they have been displaced by a fire in their high-rise. the building has no water and elevators aren't working. it has been especially difficult for the many seniors who live there.

>> reporter: though there are no without ward signs of it. they thought it would be another drill. >> when the electricity start to go off i thought something is not good here. >> reporter: she joined the exodus of tenants. like jean. even her water is shut off. she saw the smoke, heard the alarms and knew it was time to leave her 18th floor apartment. and she helped her neighbor who is deaf and needs to get around with a walker. she didn't understand what i was saying so her arms started to flail. i took her shoulders as though i was taking care of one of my children. i said, we're safe. we're going to be fine. >> reporter: residents were evaluated. six hospitalized because of the smoke. and a firefighter was treated for heat exhaustion. >> the fire itself was contained to an electrical room. >> reporter: the challenge here is this fire a

putting water on it doesn't necessarily do the job. two hours in, we're told that fire is still burning. under control but still burning. derrick ward, news 4. a man was hit by a car 7:30. his name has not yet been released. park police say the driver stayed on the scene. they're asking any witnesses to the accident to contact them. we want to show you a look now at national harbor. it is a pretty jam-packed weekend in our area. it is a beautiful day out there. we have howard homecoming, d.c. united's last game and of course the marine corps. marathon. samarra

if mother nature could affect any one of those plans. hopefully that's a no. people want to get stuff down this weekend. >> absolutely beautiful out there today. we will score a 10 tomorrow as well. i will say for the marine corps. marathon, temperatures are above average this time of year. stay hydrated out there. should be a comfortable start. the race starts at 7:55 a.m. temperatures will have climbed to 57 degrees. for those of you headed out early, warming up, temps in the low to mid-50s. very cool and clear tomorrow. again, we're in for sunshine for your sunday. however, rain is on the way. we will talk about when when we come back to you. let's keep talking about marine corps. marathon. right now you are probably carb loading with a big bowl of pasta. the 42nd marine corps. marathon kicks off 8:00 in the morning. even if you're notak

waoeu wind up impacting you. we have 40 street closures from georgetown, arlington and all around the national mall. khroebers start as early as 3:30 sunday morning. a lot of them are going to stay until 5:30 in the afternoon. you're going to find a list of the road closures on the nbc washington app. just search marathon. all right. if you are going to the race but not going to be running, we invite you to join is us at mile 4 where news 4 will be set up to cheer on the runners. we will cover the race live tomorrow morning here on nbc 4. good luck to all the runners. homicide detectives look for clues to a deadly shoots last night in hyattsville. this was on sheridan street before 2:30. that victim died on the scene. they say the shooter, who has not been arrested.

know what led up to that gunfire. >> right now an explosive new report by the "new york times" that fox news gave former host bill o'reilly a $25 million contract after he agreed on a sexual misconduct settlement with a former colleague. the $32 million settlement alleges o'reilly force saided her into a nonconsensual sexual relationship and sent her sexually explicit material. nbc news has not independently verified the story. o'reilly lost his job at fox in april after the "times" reported other women had accused him of sexual harassment or verbal abuse. a spokesperson for o'reilly said in part today, the $32 million leak is obviously designed to kill his chances of getting a new tv job.

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an early morning chase and crash in charles county, maryland has left three people dead. that chase ended on maryland route 925 near billingsley road. we have live reaction from one of the victim's uncles. darcy? >> reporter: erika, a short time ago i was able to speak to the uncle of one of the passengers who died in the crash. let's show you where we are. this is 301 behind us in wa waldorf. this is a tree where the car came to a rest. people have already begun to place flowers here in memory of the victims. he had just graduated from an adult education program on thursday. he was a passenger in the honda civic that crashed here. his unc s

two friends when they crashed. they were from north carolina. it was 2:00 in the morning when a trooper tried to pull them over. the driver fled at one point. he was traveling at speeds over 100 miles per hour on route 925. let's hear a little bit about what his uncle had to say. >> he was on the road because a friend of his made the wrong decision. they were all friends for many years. they were together at the end. so, you know, that's the way things happen, even though it is tragic. >> as soon as the trooper activated her emergency equipment, the vehicle accelerated, be even pulled over onto the shoulder for a minute as if to stop for the trooper, and then accelerated hard, exceeding speeds of 100 miles per ho

tells me they understand why police were chasing the vehicle. he said they had to do what they had to do to keep everyone safe. it was just a tragic outcome here. erika, back to you. >> darcy, thank you. doctors and nurses taking care of a man who falls 40 feet onto rocks. it is unclear if he was hiking or rock climb anything great falls, virginia when this happened. the victim has not been identified. a messy week at the white house spilled into the weekend. president trump takes to twitter to continue his war of words with a florida congresswoman. the lawmaker has criticized the president's handling of a condolence call to the family of a fallen soldier. as sarah dallof reports, the soldier at the center of the controversy was laid to rest today. >> reporter: a solemn good-bye in florida saturday

along three comrades during an ambush in africa. his death sparking an ongoing feud between president trump and florida congresswoman frederica wilson, who accused the president of telling the widow her husband knew what he was getting into during a condolence call and not appearing to know johnson's name. >> i was very surprised to see this to be honest with you. >> reporter: in an interview set to air sunday he defended himself and general john kelly. >> he was so offended because he was in the room when i made the call. >> reporter: kelly also publicly entered the fray, accusing the congresswoman of self promotion in an fbi building dedication in 2015. but video from that day said she spoke of getting rushed approval to name the building after fallen fbi agents. the fight continue to go spill into the weekend with the president on twitter. at the funeral for sergeant johnson, there was no mention of th

generated in the aftermath of his death. just remembrances of a young soldier. what a spectacular day it has been. take a look right now. current temperature 71 degrees. this is a live shot. we are seeing sunny conditions outside. i hope you're able to get out there and enjoy. let's take a look at other temperatures. i saw numbers like 77 degrees earlier. but we are starting to cool off as we head through the overnight hours. of course we're headed to the upper 50s in the district. we could see the upper 40s in surrounding suburbs. 70 in dulles. leesburg, 73 degrees for you. 66 up towards gaithersburg in the low is 70s in the district. so there's a lot going on this weekend. and i think the weather has just really been working on our side. here's a look at the forecast if you're headed to howard homecoming. maybe you went to the football game earlier. still a lot o

go. soiree at 7:00 p.m. i would grab a sweater out the door. chapel, tons of sunshine. temperatures on the climb in the low 70s at that point. and then we do have the brunch and fashion show beginning at 12:00. tons of sunshine. a few clouds making their way in. but nothing to worry about. and we have the marine corps. marathon. we just did that forecast earlier. sit all go. it is a little warmer than the norm this time of year. runne runners, stay hydrated. or if you're staying home doing some yard work. going to fast forward and head to the afternoon. higher clouds for your sunday afternoon. you might even notice an uptick in the humidity. overall, a great day. this is monday at 5:00 a.m. w

clouds expected for monday. in fact, i have lowered the highs just a bit because we will see so much cloud coverage in the afternoon. as we head towards tuesday, there's the rain i was talking about. the rain outlook as we go through saturday and sunday, we're definitely going to see showers wednesday. that definitely drops all the way off. and we're going to probably see the rain moving out early wednesday morning, more than likely setting up for a nice wednesday. overall planning your sunday out. highs in the mid-70s. can't beat this. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. not much weather to talk about until tuesday of course. here's the thing along with that cold front that brings the rain, we will see reinforcement of cooler and dryer air, which means temperatures will peak in the low 60s by the end of the week. by wednesday, we are looking at crisp, cool, refreshing with l. we're going to monitor the top of the following week for another system that could bring some rain. as of now, though, that's still

erika, over to you. >> we need it. somaa, thank you. maryland had a tall task traveling to wisconsin to take

all right. we are right in the thick of things as it pertains to college football. >> it is. >> great weather for it. >> right. >> a lot of games going on. >> outside, it's feeling great. you have to say happy home coming to howard. back-to-back games in the win over morgan state. they won a total of two games last season. looking to get back in the win column is maryland. big ten action today. terps visiting wisconsin for their homecoming game. maryland losing three of its last four. no break in the schedule today. taking on camp randall stadium. opening drive of the game. max hit on the throw. tipped right to t.j. edwards. breaks the tackle, returning it 50 yards for the pick six. badgers take a 7-0 lead. now, the second quarter, wisconsin on top. 7-3. jonathan taylor had 126 yards on the day. that put wisconsin up 14-3. 38 seconds left in the lf

alex off the play action finds a wide open neville for anally yard score. third quarter, horny brook to a.j. taylor. wisconsin up by 24. they hand maryland their third straight loss. 38-13 the final. homecoming in charlottesville, virginia playing boston college for the first time in seven years. first quarter, eagles by three. thad smith in motion, takes it to the outside. reaches the end and he's out of here. blows by the cavalier defense. 76 yards for a touchdown. b.c. up by 10. just two minutes later, anthony brown sets up a quick screen. white picks up a couple nice blocks. no virginia defenders even remotely close. back-to-back 76-yard touchdowns by the eagles. 17-0. they spoil homecoming for uva, 41-10. virginia falls to

against boston college. there was a tough test for ken and navy at home against 20th ranked university of central florida. pick it up in the third. perry takes it 75 yards to the house. a.b. with only two completions on the day. but good for 115 yards. trying to respond. killen jr. finds the edge. it is an all out were track race. 79 yards down the field. puts the knights up by seven. late in the third, a.b. trying to rush for the first down, gets absolutely rocked here. hits his head pretty hard. has to come out. navy currently down 24-14 in the fourth. >> and then virginia tech against unc in some trouble. we will have a score update a little bit later. let's switch up to the next level. the redskins.

with the eagles. they're just a game and a half back in the nfc east. just in time for this primetime matchup. the list of injured players is not as long. redskins still will be without josh norman monday even though he has been at practice this week. they have played on big stages before. the running back knows how important this game is. >> for us as a team it's just focusing on that next game. i mean, you know, now we've got philly at hand. we have to win every single game. and we all know that philly is at the top right now and probably at the top in this league. so we know it's going to be a test. for us they're in our division. every game is critical from this point on. >> capitals playing their second game in as many days. a quick turnaround. the overtime win against the red wins. alex o

beautiful one timer from his office giving washington the 4-3 win, his 20th career winner. caps face the panthers at home tonight at 7:30 p.m. and tonight we will have highlights from that caps game. and all of that maryland madness. capitals, man, they have only won one at home. don't going for number two. >> it's got to get better. a final check of the weather because tomorrow is an important day for about, i wouldn't know, 25,000 people. >> yeah. >> so it will be good race weather out there. >> definitely. like i was saying, the temperatures this time of year, definitely a little bit above the norm. but it is still going to be very comfortable. temperatures starting off that morning at 7:55 a.m. temps in the mid-50s, climbing into the upper 50s by the 9:00 hour. tons of sunshine for everyone sunday. and the big story in the weather right now is where's the rain? when is it

showers. >> rain boots and rain jackets next week. that is the news for now. "nightly news" is coming up next. we'll see you again for news 4 at 11:00. until then, good night, even. everybody.

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