>> first at 6:00, a broadcaster for the washington nationals hospitalized, then handcuffed. he's been charged with assault tonight. good evening. i'm doreen gentzler. >> and i'm leon harris here. ray knight was arrested over the weekend after a fight in his northern virginia home and hauled off to jail. >> i just know that anything i say is not going to matter until the process works itself out. >> however, he did shed some light on what happened. news 4's meagan fitzgerald spoke to him and joins us from alexandria. megan, did he tell you any more than that? >> reporter: so, doreen, he tells us that he was watching the yankees take on the astros early sunday morning. he says hours later, four guys came over to his apartment, which is just behind us here. he says he didn't even know one of the guys that he got into a fight with and everything went down hill from there. clarification as t

with a bandaged up hand charles ray knight, a former major league all-star baseball player. >> i'm just saying 100% he threw at him on purpose. >> reporter: and nationals sports announcer talked to me about the events early sunday morning which landed him in a jail cell for a few hours. >> they came here. i was here alone, and they -- these four people came here. so that's all. >> reporter: friends of yours, do you know them? >> two of them are friends, two people i've never seen before. >> reporter: police say knight and a 33-year-old victim started arguing. >> it was actually inside my apartment. >> reporter: moments later the two men started fighting, then someone called 911. >> i can tell you when the officers arrived and did their investigation, there was enough probable cause to make an arrest on one party, and that would be mr. knight. >> reporter: knight was taken to the hospital and treated for his injuries before being booked inside a fairfax county jail. now, knight posted

$2,000 bond. he will be due back in court in january. as for that 33-year-old victim, we are told he was taken to the hospital, but is expected to be okay. back to you. >> and nobody else charged, meagan? >> reporter: at this point, doreen, nobody else is charged. but police do tell us this is still a very active and ongoing investigation. >> all right. meagan fitzgerald report forgive alexandria. thank you. >> all right, folks, get ready. we're in for some changes coming in here weather wise. stormy weather sweeping across the country and it's heading our way now. >> yeah, doug is tracking when it's going to happen and how much rain we might get. doug, what do you think? >> well, right now we're going to be okay for the evening rush. no problem at all out there. i-95 high and dry. out 66 good. 270 all good. if you're waiting for loved ones, weather is not going to be the thing that holds them back. there are rain showers back to the west, but the wider view showing the rain and the storms just down to our southwest. right now around roanoke, big time thunderstorm. south of

the north carolina area. a tornado watch has been issued for parts of virginia, well down to our south and west. does not include anywhere in our region. but we're going to watch these storms very closely. we do have a potential for some strong to potentially strong storms tonight. we're going to time it out for you as we move through the next couple hours. storms moving through overnight tonight, breezy sunshine tomorrow, and then the cooler weather moves in. guys, if you've been liking this warm weather, say bye-bye, it is gone. the cooler stuff moving in not only the next couple days, the next ten. i'll have it for you in about ten minutes. >> all right, you got it, doug. we are learning more at 6:00 about the three teenagers in the triple murder suicide. it happened in a park in alexandria. pat collins is live in all veterans park to explain the relationships among the victims. pat, what have you learned here? >> reporter: leon, friends of the victims say police are looking into the possibility that a

motive for all of this blood shed. now, this is what it sounded like on the police radio as it all went down. >> veterans park. a hundred yards. >> reporter: three teenagers shot in all veterans park. two dead, one wounded. police describe it as a murder suicide. helen samson lives nearby. she heard the shots. she took these pictures. >> i heard the shots and i went out onto the balcony and i heard a man screaming. and then i heard two more shots, and i ran into the house like a jack rabbit. >> reporter: it happened last night around 8:45 near this picnic table. shot and killed, a 17-year-old teenage girl from alexandria. shot and wounded, a 15-year-old teenage boy from alex

that teenage girl. dead, 19-year-old yerson nunez lopez. police say he's the gunman. they say he's from maryland. they say he died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. friends of the victim say lopez is the ex-boyfriend of the teenage girl. police say this is not gang-related. they wouldn't comment on the motive, but captain len fouch did say this. >> it's a tragedy for the families involved, the kids -- you have kids that are that young that feel they have to resort so that type of violence to work something out. it's a tragedy all around. >> reporter: this statement tonight from t.c. williams high school, they say the school community was impacted by the shooting. they say counselors are at the school to help the students during this time of need. leon, back to you. >>

pat collins reporting live. doreen? >> new york's top prosecutor is launching an investigation into harvey weinstein's company. officials want to know if any employees in the company's new york office were subjected to sexual harassment. weinstein was fired by the company earlier this month after accusations of sex abuse and harassment. nearly 40 women have come forward. weinstein denies any wrongdoing and has not been charged. and now to explosive new sexual harassment allegations against former fox news host bill bill o'reilly, the news reports of yet another settlement case of a harassment case against him. we knew of five such settlements. nearly $13 million in pay outs thanks to a times report on april 1st. this newly reported settlement with former fox news legal analyst lease wheel dawarves th others.

o'reilly to wheel right before fox news renewed his contract. wheel alleged that o'reilly repeat lid harassed her, sent her pornographic material and subjected her to nonconsensual sex. fox's parent company 21st century fox told nbc news it was aware of the confidential settlement but not of its terms. in february, one month after that settlement, fox extended o'reilly's contract with an annual salary of $25 million a year reportedly to serve as the network's flagship anchor. o'reilly spokesman calls the allegations, quote, out of context, false, defamatory, and obviously designed to embarrass bill o'reilly. times reports he has now paid out $42 million to six women to settle sex harassment claims. o'reilly says the claims have no merit. he says he paid the settlement to spare his children the public controversies. fox forced him out back in april. nbc news has not been able to

>> you know, news of both o'reilly and weinstein's cases have cast a spotlight on sexual harassment in the workplace. here in washington the federal government passes laws that are supposed to prevent sexual harassment on the job. >> but a new investigation finds the government is not doing enough to protect its own workers, including the tens of thousands of federal employees here in our area. as scott macfarlane reports now, a new report from congress says civil servants are far more vulnerable than they should be. scott? >> doreen, that's right. here it is, a new year long investigation completed by the u.s. house oversight committee. it says several federal agencies have no specified penalties for sexual harassment which raises the risk some workers can escape without punishment. that includes the office fs personnel management which is actually overseeing government employees. the congressional committees report also highlighted a february investigation by the news 4 i-team. it found more than 100 cases of federal workers watching egregious amounts of pornography wh

that's just a handful of federal agencies. the congressional report says the i-team's findings are proof current policies governing sexually inappropriate behavior are ineffective. the u.s. house oversight committee says the u.s. government and its dozens of agencies should have but do not have one single definition of what constitutes sexually inappropriate behavior. some agencies include that sexual jokes or teasing are misconduct. others don't specify that. legislation is soon expected in the u.s. house is already considering new law because of our i-team investigation. it would create a zero tolerance ban of on the job viewing of pornography. leon. >> all right, thank you, scott. now we turn to politics and the military at the center of major developments. within the past hour the pentagon shed some more light on what happened during the attack that killed four soldiers in niger. today president trump prolonged the controversy over condolence calls by direct lip contradicting a gold star widow who lost her husband in that

battle. blayne alexander standing by at the white house to blaek it down for us. >> reporter: leon, it seems piece by piece we're learning more about what happened during that ambush in niger that killed four americans service members. today the chairman of the joint chiefs said that within about an hour of coming under fire, there were the first calls for help, and it took another hour for french jets to fly over nearby. now, not exactly clear what exactly caused this delay. it is one of the many aspects still under investigation. [ applause ] >> reporter: president trump today awarding the nation's highest military honor to a vietnam war hero. captain gary rose, a combat medic repeatedly risked his life running back into fire to save others. today's medal of honor ceremony coming as the president reignites a back and forth debate over his condolence call to the family of sergeant la david t. johnson. his widow, myeshia, speaking out

>> that's what hurt me the most. if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country, why can't you remember his name? >> reporter: on twitter, president trump insisting he spoke johnson's name from the beginning without hesitation. but not speaking to shouted questions asking whether he regrets that johnson was upset. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> reporter: and from the administration, few answers about what led up to that deadly ambush in niger. >> i think we do owe the families and the american people transparency in incidents like this and we intend to deliver just that. >> reporter: on capitol hill that search for answers now joining other priorities, including a gop tax reform plan. the "wall street journal" reporting one proposal could slash three contributions for 401k plans. but today, president trump tweeting he will not touch the 401k, promising it stays. and

to talk with his party about tax reform and other agenda items, and also on capitol hill we've learned that the senate armed services committee will have a briefing this thursday on exactly what happened in niger. doreen, leon, that briefing is expected to be classified. back to you. >> all right. >> still so many questions about what happened in niger. >> absolutely. thank you, blayne. >> thank you, blayne. >> a murder mystery grabbing the nation's attention of three mysterious deaths, the work of one person? the cases that have some worried about a serial killer. >> additional police presence at roosevelt high school in greenbelt and it turns out it was all for nothing. i'm tracee wilkins. coming up on news 4, how something that started on social media blew up into a big mess. >> and this popular couple split their time between d.c. and their place at the beach. now their friends are rembering the coumepl

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students are home from school now, but probably still talking about a snapchat picture. it had parents and students and police, too, on alert in greenbelt. >> that's right. some students actually stayed home because of this. the fear was real, but the news 4's tracee wilkins tells us the threat actually was not. tracee, what's the story here? >> reporter: well, prince george's county police and the principal here at roosevelt high school have both put out statemen

they're putting on social media. >> you have to take threats seriously because you don't know how truthful it may be. >> reporter: this picture of a gun and the text that went along with it spread quickly on snapchat. soon parents, the prince george's county police and the school system were all concerned about what it meant. students at eleanore roosevelt high school at greenbelt had reason to believe it was a threat for them because of who posted it and how it spread. >> he said there was only maybe a few kids in each class to the because kids don't go to school if something like that happens. >> reporter: there was additional security throughout the day at roosevelt. >> i think it was a good thing they took all precautions to make sure that the students were safe and the faculty and everyone there was safe so because you never know what might happen. >> reporter: then by late morning prince george's county police declared the threat not credible. turns out this was a picture of a be-be gun. >>eb

didn't want to go to school. >> reporter: they consider it not a threat because it started between two students. there will be no charges for the student who created the post. >> they should be careful whatever they post on social media. whatever you put out there, you have to be careful. >> reporter: prince george's county police are again saying that parents need to be very careful of what their kids are posting. i talked to police. this kid narrowly escaped charges today. the principal here at roosevelt is saying that the kids who do not come to school today will be excused if they have a letter from their parents. reporting live in greenbelt, i'm tracee wilkins. back to you all in the studio. >> thank you, tracee. tracee wilkins reporting live. doreen? >> developing now the search for a possible serial killer. neighbors are being told to stay indoors at night after three murders. the killings happened whip ten days of each other all within a mile, and a normally very quiet part of tampa, florida. officers say the murders are connected. they are looking for the man in thisur

they say he was in the area of the first murder scene. >> tragedy in dewey beach after a driver blacked out behind the wheel and hit a couple bicyclists. they had been married for a year. friends say they left a huge mark on those they met. news 4's darcy spencer has reaction from adams morgan. >> i was in complete shock. i couldn't believe it. and the fact that both of them were taken like this, i still can't get my mind around it, to tell you the truth. >> reporter: kenny allen has known ken and jimmy for years. the couple killed over the weekend on a leisurely bike ride in dewey beach. >> very friendly. [ inaudible ]. we'd all get together and laugh and just have fun. >> reporter: they lived in this condo complex in northwest d.c. and spent time at their beach house

they were avid bike riders. that's what they were doing in dewey beach saturday afternoon when a man driving an suv had a medical emergency and blacked out. he slammed into greg and jimmy as they were straddling their bikes near the famous starboard bar and restaurants. >> i can't fathom it that they're gone. >> reporter: the couple had just celebrated their one-year wedding anniversary. neighbors tell me that they had planned to take their honeymoon to hawaii sometime in the spring. friends describe chidik as friendly and outgoing. he worked as a government contractor. his husband jimmy was quiet, a hard working graphic designer and consultant. chidik had served on the condo board here for years. >> unfortunately i learned about it from our security guard that was on-site. i can tell you the board, all the community members are devastated and very upset, not only for greg, but his partner jimmy who was a terrific person as well. >> reporter: the driverho

we don't know if he'll face charges. in adams morgan, darcy spencer, news 4. >> it's a move that some fear will cause a carefully planned community to burst at the seams. the issue is whether to allow reston to raise the cap on density. critics say the move would triple reston's population to 100,000 people. nearly every major group in reston has come out against the idea. they are expected to pack the house at a community meeting tonight that starts in just under an hour at south lakes high school. we hope you'll stay with news 4 at 11:00 for updates on this controversial proposal. >> most local churches rely on donations. i-team is learning they are getting stuck with huge fees on their water bill you're likely paying for, too. what is going on there? >> the weather has been dry and pretty warm lately. doug says that is changing fast. stormy weather is coming in, and

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rolling back our clean air and water protections, and taking away health care from thousands of virginians. as a candidate for governor, i sponsored this ad because i've stood up to donald trump on all of it. ed gillespie refuses to stand up to him at all. we had all kinds of weather changes just in this one day. doug says there's moerp coming. >> we need some rain. that's for sure, right, doug? >> we need rain. we have been extremely dry the last month and a half. we have had rain, we have more on the way. it won't be a lot of it, for most of us. we are watchin t

to our south and west. right now great conditions. today was probably the last day you may squeeze out one more where you can walk around in short sleeves. the wind definitely blowing today. we saw 20 to 30 miles an hour. we'll see winds shift out of the west. warm wind, then much cooler weather moving in. short sleeves not much longer. most of the area dry. you can see, though, some shower activity around aur area. we had seen some back towards winchester. here's what's happening. here's the line of thunderstorms. this has been some severe weather in towards parts of north carolina, anywhere in yellow here, that is actually tornado watch including southern poergss of virginia, most of the state of north carolina down to south carolina. in this area right here, still under a tornado warning. just to the south of roanoke and this storm right here has had a tornado associated with it for the better part of three hours now and is now

it will continue to go in towards west virginia, but i think our region will be okay from that storm and for most of them. 7:00 showers to the west, but not much going on. by 11:00 we're still on the dry side. the storms well back to the west around peters burg, west virginia, coming in towards our western zones around 2:00 a.m. a couple of isolated storms ahead of this. then around 3:00 in the morning in and around the 95 corridor. these may wake you up overnight tonight. for the most part they're kind of scattered. this is not going to be a widespread event at all and that's why i don't think we're going to see all that much in the way of rain. by 7:00 it's out of here. your morning rush looking a-okay. cloud cover to start, more sunshine during the afternoon. by 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 in the afternoon no problem at all. plenty of sunshine, really a nice afternoon. one more nice afternoon before things start to cool. what to expect tonight. storms between 11:00 to the west and 4:00 a.m. to the east, strong winds likely with any storms that develop, and they could be damaging winds. upwards of 40 to 50 mile

be watching very closely. once again, though, most of us will not see these winds. these will be extremely isolated with some of the stronger storms moving on through here. temperatures right now in the 70s for the most part. they'll be in the 70s tomorrow, but then we're not going to see the 70s the rest of the week. temperatures tomorrow 74, clearing skies, breezy early. rather mild. but much cooler weather moves in during the day wednesday, thursday. thursday's high only 61 after lows in the 40s thursday and friday. that's in the city. most of the suburbs waking up to the 30s. notice the weekend, a 50/50 weekend. great on saturday with sunday, good chance for rain and much cooler, chilly weather as we head towards halloween. >> yeah, 59 for a high on monday. all right, thank you, doug. >> there we go. >> when you give your hard earned money to a church, you don't expect it to go to thousands of dollars in water fees, do you? >> of all things, huh? the news 4 i-team covered some cash strapped

with enormous water bills and you could be the ones paying for it. >> some churches in our least affluent communities are paying the most. >> now, the i-team is

water bills skyrocketing across the district by hundreds of dla

and it's not about a leak. it's a multi-billion dollar project and d.c. water is making you pay for it. >> we understand their dilemma. >> right. >> but it's hard. it's really hard on us. >> so, customers reached out to the news 4 i-team and our team started digging into whether some of these people are being charged unfairly. >> yeah, investigative reporter jody fleischer is here with what she uncovered. jody? >> reporter: well, we first heard about this from a local pastor who said his church can't afford its growing water bills. they're using the same amount of water but their bills have jumped from $150 a month to $900 a month. we found the faith community which survives largely on your donations has shelled out millions just for these fees. ♪ ♪ on sunday mornings at the first baptist church on minnesota avenue, the members celebrate a higher power.

but it's the church's higher water bills that have them on edge. >> it's dire. it's dire. we're looking at our budget now for 2018 and we can't balance it. >> reporter: the members pass the plate, but now many of their donations can't go to the ministry or the long list of needed projects for the 144-year-old congregation. >> our people are very generous and they will do that. but at a certain point they don't have the money. >> reporter: down the road at bethesda new life gospel, pastor jesse richardson is also getting hit. >> we started to notice this great big old water bill all of a sudden. >> reporter: he says at first when he called d.c. water they said he must have had a leak. >> they came by and they checked all the plumbing and one of the deacons happened to look at the itemized bill and said, hey, wait, what is this? >> reporter: it's called the clean rivers impervious bill or iac and it's listed on every d.c. water bill to pay for the building of large underground tunnels to keep sewage and stormwater from fin

rivers. but when the news 4 i-team was flooded with complaints from across the district, we took a look at the numbers. >> they gave absolutely no thought to how the process or how much they would charge. and i just think it's totally unfair. >> reporter: d.c. water does have a formula. the news 4 i-team found it's based on pictures taken from the air of every washington, d.c. property. those photos are used to calculate the square footage of the buildings and any areas of concrete like sidewalks or parking lots. the thinking is the properties with the most concrete would contribute the most stormwater runoff and should pay more. >> some churches in our least affluent communities are paying the most, like close to $50,000 in a ward 8 church. how does that even make sense? >> reporter: the arch diocese of washington says its member churches are at a breaking point. the same is true for synagogues and mosques where the main source of income is donations and congregants who live in the district are also paying the fee on their own water bills at home. >> so it's not fair. some peopl

or three times if they own a business. >> reporter: for months the news 4 i-team filed records requests and crunched the numbers. we found the district's faith based community has already paid more than $11 million just in clean rivers fees. when the charge first started in 2009, it was so small no one really noticed. now some churches pay 6,000, 9,000, even $12,000 a month just for that fee. >> it makes me feel that we're being almost robbed or extorted for money. you have to remember, we cannot charge people to come into the church. >> reporter: so, we took their concerns to the head of d.c. water, george hawkins. >> it pains me to explain this to our rate payers, but it is the hard reality. we have a giant project. it's the biggest public works project in washington, d.c. since metro was built. >> reporter: he says one benefit of the current system is it allows d.c. water to collect from properties that are only parking lots with plenty of stormwater runoff and no need for regular water service. but he knows the faith community and other nonprofits are

>> it is definitely something of great concern. >> reporter: what do you say to those rate payers who are small and have no way to raise that money? >> one of the challenges we have in the district perhaps one of the most cities is an enormous numbers of our customers are nonprofit. government is nonprofit. >> reporter: some have no trouble paying the higher bills. the board would have to consider helping the ones who can't pay while ensuring the ones who can don't get an unnecessary break. >> the discount we give to one customer is one we have to raise from everybody else. >> reporter: which means homeowners, local businessers, even the government buildings which are paid with your tax dollars will all makeup the difference. >> we look at every option. and there aren't that many unfortunately. someone has to pay the bill. >> say amen. >> reporter: at velma's church, members have tried everything they can think of. >> if we get a heavy rain, it looks like a little river coming through. >> reporter: in 2013 d.c.'s department of environment and the anacostia watershed society helped build the church two rain gardens aun

they replaced a large section of concrete with porous pavers. the whopping credit on the church's bill, $2.45 on that $420 feet. >> you feel good because it's costly. >> reporter: the i-team found d.c. water actually increased the church's fee instead of lowering it. she said churches could be forced to cut feeding programs, book bag programs and help for the needy. >> it's hard on us. >> reporter: the federal government mandated that d.c. water fix this environmental problem, but critics wonder whether the agency had to build a $3 billion project to do that. now, the head of d.c. water told me the board will thoroughly evaluate whether it can afford to to create a hardship exemption for nonprofits like churches but that won't get considered until next year. >> if they spend that money and put in water management systems and their bill goes dow

>> it's interesting because d.c. water said those credits are not designed to encourage you to fix those kinds of problems. it's, you know, that's what you do to help the environment. but that's not going to save you that much money on your bill. >> the bottom line is the objective is to rake in more money. >> they need the money because they have to pay for the project somehow. >> that seems outrageous. somebody needs to -- >> we will be on it. we have several more parts of this we are investigating and we'll have those for you in the coming days. >> all right. jody fleischer, thank you. >> all right. thank you, jody. stay on that. boy. >> our i-team is working for you tonight's story started with a tip. you can send them any ideas for future stories by visiting our nbc washington app and clicking on investigations. >> that's infuriating. isn't it? oh. all right. it's the gridlock game changer so many of you have been waiting for. where and when you'll be able to skip some of the traffic on a very busy highway. but only if you're willing to pay for it. >> also ahead, the struggle in a local community over big power lines and where to put them.

>> plus this just in, we've got a wind advisory now. overnight for most of the area, i-95 back to the west, winds could gust upwards of 50 miles an hour. we've been telling you about that chance for severe weather and the chance for some strong winds. national weather service seeing that chance as well. now a wind advisory i effect n

how would you like to be a kid sitting in the school cafeteria having lunch when the first lady walks in? it happened today and you know what followed. the cell phones came out, people started snapping selfies. first lady melania trump and education secretary betsy devos toured orchard middle school to kickoff the antibullying campaign. it was designed to bring awareness to the nobody eats alone program. it teaches kids to make friends at lunch to end social isolation. >> people in a growing community

hanging overhead in their homes. so now there is a new strategy to have dominion energy bury high voltage transmission lines. the latest path for this proposed line would run along i-66 from gainsville to haymarket. it would come close to hundreds of homes. now some state and local leaders are asking the state to consider the impact of above ground power lines on residents and home values as well. they hope that that would lead to a recommendation to put the line underground. dough minute yoon energy issued uh statement citing the proposal is currently being reviewed by state regulators. >> speeding things up on i-95, news 4 has learned two more miles of the express lanes will open in virginia next week. this will extend the lanes south to garrison ville road in stafford county. they are expected to open to traffic next tuesday afternoon. drivers have to pay the varying toll to use the lanes unless there are three or more people in the car. the lanes are expected to extend to fredericksburg in the years

>> now, you have seen a lot about it on social media over the last few days. so, exactly what is the president's tax plan? and how will it impact you and your money? we'll break it all down with nbc's peter alexander. >> plus the first of its kind in a city that's jampacked with museums. we have your

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under an order from congress back in 1992, the national archives has until this thursday to release these documents as long as the president does not object. many experts say they doubt anything in these secret files will actually change the way we think about jfk's murder, but they say there is a chance that some of the details will look different 54 years after the fact. >> as president trump and the white house try to navigate controversy surrounding condolence calls, he and his top aids are trying to get back on message. part of that includes tax reform, but tonight there are questions about just what's in and what's out. joining us now, peter alexander from nbc news. he's at the white house. peter, one thing we all want to know about is our 401(k)s. we are hearing about potential changes there. what are you hearing? >> yeah, never fear, president trump today publicly knocking down this idea that he would make any changes to what really is one of americans' favorite ways to save money, that is the

401k retirement plan, doreen. this comes after reports that republicans were weighing whether to slash the amount that workers can set aside for their 401k each year. the numbers floated is that it would knock it down from roughly 18,000 to as low as $2,400 a year. that idea as you can imagine sparked a backlash. the president waking up this morning getting on twitter promising no change to the 401k saying it is a middle class tax break that works. he says it stays. they are scrambling for other ways without ballooning the deficit. they insist their plan would unleash economic growth which in effect would pay for itself. the president's daughter ivanka trump hit the road to try to make the pitch on behalf of her father today. president trump has already sort of given house republicans a blunt warning. he was on a conference call with republicans within the last 24 hours. basically telling them, pass tax cuts, or lose at the ballot box next year. he's going to meet with senate

afternoon. one of his frequent critics bob corker, the republican senator from tennessee saying in effect that this is just a photo op. the republican still trying to figure out the best way forward on tax cuts. back to you, doreen. >> and, peter, time is running out to get something done this year. what is the likelihood that is even possible? >> good question. the president is pushing saying lawmakers shouldn't go home for the thanksgiving holiday. they should stay through the holiday until they can get this all settled. americans would like to see some resolution on a lot of these issues, there is obviously wide deba debate over what the best path forward is on tax reform. >> peter alexandre at the white house. thank you. we'll be watching for your full report. nbc nightly news comes up at 7:00 right after this newscast. >> a new museum is set to open in washington. the museum of the bible tells biblical stories and looks at the bible's impact on the world. this museum is huge.

and artifacts inside. a nonprofit is opening this museum, the family behind it owns the hobby lobby chain of craft stores. you may recall they won a supreme court battle over denying employees health insurance coverage for emergency contra exception. we asked the executive director if the museum will be in any way controversial. >> some people will try to make it controversial because it's about a controversial book. but the truth is we want to reach all people and engage all people. >> the grand opening is set for november 17th. museum tickets are free. open up the nbc washington app and find out how to get them. >> we just learned some new information after swastikas were found on some banners at prince william academy. community leaders say vandals targeted the years academy site on springs road in manassas on saturday night. the building has 200 children who range from infants through kindergarten. school leaders said in a press conference about 30 minutes ago

for recess because of what happened. no arrests have been made so far. >> we had a nice long string of sunny days, warm weather. >> yeah. >> coming to an end now, huh? >> coming to an end and changing things up the next couple days. one more day in the 70s, then 70, maybe hard to come by the next ten days. get ready for some cooler air tonight. though, it's not cool where we are watching. a chance for thunderstorm activity. if you're thinking about heading to dinner tonight, no problem. 73 now, that's where we'll be the next hour. 709:00 79 degrees. it has been on the breezy side. that's about it. nothing going on in our immediate area. we have some showers well to the west and down to the south. notice this yellow right here down around stanton. that is actually a tornado watch that is in effect. and notice what just came out. a wind advisory in effect for i-95 and points to the west. including all of northern

well right on back towards parts of west virginia. winds could gust tonight upwards of 40 to 50 miles per hour, something we have been talking about all afternoon and now we have that wind advisory in effect till 6:00 a.m. this will come as these -- this line of storms makes its way up here as well. you can see that line of storms right here. now, notice this area, this is all under a tornado watch and new one now issued for the raleigh area and a little bit earlier i've been tracking this storm now for the better part of four hours. it's right there around roanoke. it came up through greenville, south carolina, all the way through parts of north carolina. tornadoes reported along with it, just now west of roanoke, but look what it did around the greenville or south carolina area a little earlier today. this is the have i hvideo that got. this video shows a strong tornado moved through. threw around trucks as well as it moved through the region. numerous tornado reports from this one storm. waiting to see how long this tornado

towards south carolina, north carolina, even into southern virginia. now that storm system and that storm should stay to our west, but we'll see moreover night tonight. best chance of storms 11:00 tonight, strong winds likely as we've been mentioning all afternoon. isolated damaging winds. once again, that is why we have the wind advisory. here's a tip. i have to do this myself. i have halloween decorations out. you may want to bring those in. my witch, i have a big old witch. she fell over a little earlier today. >> the one that ran into the tree, that witch? >> that witch with the broom. >> yeah, we know that one. >> they aren't supposed to fly anyway. >> watch out, guys. you may have some of those going down a little later on. temperatures tonight, next couple days much cooler, 65 on wednesday, 61 on thursday. 67 friday. even cooler as we head towards halloween. yes, that witch. >> i don't feel so bad, i have no halloween decorations. there you have it. >> it's a good thing now. >> i felt this coming on. thank you, doug.

coming up in sports, the redskins taking on the best team in the nfl stinks to say they're wearing green and white. we'll tell you why qb curt cousins isn't feeling the pressure of getting a signature win here. >> first lester holt with a look ahead what is on nbc news. >> ahead tonight, commentator bill o'reilly after word he paid $32 million to settle a sexual harassment claim. anticipation builds over secret jfk assassination papers about to be made public. and a growing cance

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> all right. big monday night game for the redskins. usually they don't show up well on monday nights. >> let's not emphasize that. carol maloney is here with us in the studio. we start with sheree burruss in philadelphia. they have to shake this monday night football curse thing. >> you got it. >> reporter: yeah, guys, monday nights are not kind to the redskins. they're going to have to take down the best team in the league tonight. if they're going to want to do that here in philadelphia. but this team is certainly banged up. as we said it, curt cousins, 0-5 on mondays. this team looking for revenge. their season opener against the same eagles, the burgundy and gold coming out, losing the end of the game. in big part to philadelphia's quarterback who threw over 300 yards and a couple touchdowns. a win over

league, certainly a signature victory if the redskins can get it. curt cousins isn't thinking of it like that. >> i'm sure that a win on the road against the eagles would get our fans very excited and people would be riding the roller coaster and they'd be on the height of the roller coaster at that point. we try not to ride it. we try to stay steady right through it. i think that serves us well. >> 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 and, you know, for us, they're in our division so every game is critical from this point on. >> reporter: some of those injured players we've been keeping an eye on, corner back rashad bree land saw him warming up. rod kelly coming out dressed. we have yet to see offensive lineman trent williams. carol, send it back to you. >> sheree, we'll get the active list. it's a brave woman that wears red. >> reporter: it's

irwin. all right. the search is on to replace dusty baker as the nats new manager. team has a short list of candidates and we're told they are beginning to reach out for interviews starting with bench coast dave marr tines. he has long been considered a future big league skipper. he played in the majors for 16 seasons and has served as joe madden's right hand man for tampa bay and then chicago cubs where, yeah, he's been to three straight national league championships. yada yada yada, world series last season. martinez speaks fluent spanish and has reportedly developed strong relationships with his players. according to the post, mets hitting coach kevin long is on the list per mlb suggestions. no hiring announcements would be expected until after the world series. the wizards are on the west coast and before game one of this four-game road trip, things are getting wild. the father of an nba rookie issuing a warning to the washington wizards. >> the who? >> and a wizardspl

thank you, social media. >> washington coming in here wednesday, they better be winning because we're not losing again, not in the same week. >> marcin responding to the attention seeking father, man, please. torture for 48 minutes. alonzo ball nine assists in three games while averaging 27 points, nine assists and two. wizards in denver tonight. now, if you have a soft spot for the sad puppy face you're in luck. one of our favorite days of the year, the capitals canine calendar photo shoot. alex ovechkin and his dog blake. john carlson posing with his pooches and his son luca. 100% of the proceeds from the calendar sales benefit home ward trails animal rescue. they shelter dogs. backstrom a limited number of calendars go on sale at the

tampa bay. they raised 182,000 for home ward trails. >> and those well-behaved dogs. >> good

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