>> shock waves still reverberating across washington after the first charges are filed in special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian election meddling. president trump tried to silence the scandal on twitter as his former campaign chairman attempted to duck reporters outside his home. but this investigation is far from over. today's developments are significant because we learned there are not one, but two criminal cases underway in federal court. >> and although president trump distanced himself from paul manafort in recent months, manafort did help him secure the republican nomination. here's a look back. >> we are really now in the final stretch. 3 1/2 months, and paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where is paul? [ applause ] >> paul manafort. i know mr. manafort, haven't spoken to him for a long time. he was with the campaign a short time, relatively short period of time. i've kno h

>> that second set of comments came as the news broke the fbi raided manafort's condominium in alexandria over the summer. >> the white house insisting this has nothing to do with the president. manafort and his long-time associate rick gates pleading not guilty as we learned of a third indictment in this investigation. >> tonight we've got team coverage. chris lawrence is following the money, but let's begin with blayne alexander at the federal court house. >> reporter: former trump campaign manager paul manafort and his deputy rick gates pleading not guilty to charges in special counsel robert mueller's investigation into russian election interference. we are also learning former campaign advisor george papadopoulos secretly pleaded guilty earlier this month to lying to the fbi. the plea agreement says he was communicating with a kremlin connected russian who promised dirt on hillary clinton, then lied about it all to the fbi. >> he's not been indicted. he's actually pleading guilty which may be the

witness in this entire case. >> reporter: the white house distancing the administration from papadopoulos. >> he was a volunteer member of an advisory council that literally met one time. >> reporter: manafort and gates are accused of lobbying for a pro-russian ukrainians and not paying taxes on tens of millions of dollars. they are facing 12 charges, including conspiracy against the united states, conspiracy to launder money, and making false and misleading statements. the indictment makes no mention of president trump or russian meddling in the election. >> i think you all saw it today that president donald trump was correct. there is no evidence that mr. manafort or the trump campaign colluded with the russian government. >> there's been no evidence of trump/russia collusion and nothing in the indictment today changes that at all. >> reporter: on twitter the president emphatically repeating there was no collusion, saying about his former campaign manager it was years ago before manafort was part of t

campaign. but his same twitter account showing a march 2016 picture of then candidate trump sitting with papadopoulos during a campaign season briefing. >> chris lawrence with a closer look with what these indictments reveal about paul manafort's past foreign dealings. we want to layout what happened and when, starting with his time on the trump campaign. you know he was hired in march of last year to court delegates and basically devise a path to winning. but just a few months later donald trump's team was struggling, and mr. trump promoted manafort to run the campaign. before long, people started asking questions about his foreign dealings and before summer was even over, manafort left the campaign. here's a closer look at just some of those deals. take a look. nine years ago manafort's firm was involved in an $850 million real estate deal with the ukrainian oligarch. and around the same time a russian billionaire paid him and his partners

management fees. now, that billionaire is considered part of vladimir putin's inner circle. and later manafort would work for a pro-russian political party in ukraine. now, he made millions of dollars representing foreign dictators, lobbying for strong men on capitol hill. today's indictment focuses on the fact he didn't report these deals to the u.s. government and laundered that money through offshore accounts. now, there is an open question whether manafort's connections helped russia meddle in the question, but that is not addressed in these documents. doreen? >> all right, thank you, chris lawrence. here's a deeper look at the man who pleaded guilty in the russia investigation. george papadopoulos was a foreign policy advisor to the trump campaign beginning in march of 2016. according to the plea agreement, he corresponded with an overseas professor with kremlin ties. that professor promised him dirt on hillary clinton in the form of thousands of e-mails, according to the

the fbi interviewed papadopoulos just days after the inauguration. according to the plea agreement, he lied during the interview. papadopoulos was arrested july 27th. he pleaded guilty on october 5th. but the documents have been kept secret until today. our nbc washington app has been keeping you up to date with every twist and turn in this story. much more news as it develops both on air and online throughout the hour. >> now to the tragic death of a hard working college student in virginia. police tell us a boy jumped off an overpass this weekend and hit that student's car. people who knew marissa harris say the young boy who jumped was the type of person she wanted to help. harris was studying to be a counselor at mary mount university in arlington. news4's darcy spencer has reaction tonight from those who knew her best. darcy? >> reporter: well, jim, those who knew her say that she really just warrante

deal with mental health challenges. she took her counseling courses right here at this mary mount university building in boston. what people were talking about today, all those she never got the chance to help. police say a 12-year-old boy jumped from this cedar lane overpass on i-66 saturday afternoon just about the same time 22-year-old marissa harris was driving toward the bridge. he landed on her suv. she died, he survived. police are calling it an attempted suicide. mental health professionals say suicide is the third leading cause of death among children 10 to 14 years old in virginia. >> frankly, that is shocking, and it is a disturbing statistic. but we do know that suicide is, in fact, preventable. >> right now i think the loss is raw. >> reporter: lisa jackson cherry heads the counseling program at mary mount university in arlington. marissa harris was one much her first-year graduate students who showed tremendous promise. >> a lot of the

probably say the same thing, that she's a caring and compassionate friend and student. she's genuine. >> reporter: classmates talked about her death today. harris was studying counseling. she had a passion for helping adolescents and young adults. this photo was from a trip she took with professor cherry and her classmates at budapest. she attended a conference and gave a presentation. >> really someone that everyone wanted to be around. >> reporter: mental health experts say it is important for parents to have open communication and trust your gut when something doesn't seem right. >> what we really recommend is to have conversations with your kids, you know. be involved in their life on a daily basis. know what is going on with them at school or on their sports teams. just everyday things. >> reporter: harris' family issued a statement earlier today asking for privacy while they are grieving. of course we are going to honor that. virginia state police also saying that

remains in the hospital. we were told he was able to speak to a family member. we don't know what he said. we don't know the family's side of this story. virginia state police calling it a tragedy and that they are not releasing any additional information. jim, back to you. >> darcy, thank you. that bridge was not required to have protective fencing when it was built, but things have changed since 1963. coming up in our next half hour, a transportation reporter adam tuss is working for you tonight to figure out what vdot has planned to prevent another tragedy. that's ahead at 6:30. >> now to our weather. the rain, we're done with it for now, but the cooler air is here to stay. take a look at video from last night along canal road. strong wind and heavy rain took down power lines and trees leaving some of us in the dark. no more rain, but fall is definitely in the air. >> yeah, those temps are staying chilly, too, for your halloween. doug is tracking it all from the storm center. doug? >> that's the big story the next couple days the chilly weather.

we're not talking about abnormally cold weather. this is what we should get this time of year. temperatures in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees. we did hit a high of 60 degrees today. we are tracking two storms, one, the big monster storm that brought all those power outages especially towards parts of new england, even power outages in our area. watching the storm system bringing the cold front in. that cold front will reinforce the cool air we have across our region. take a look at these numbers. 57 right now, d.c., 43 back to the west in columbus, ohio, 44, pittsburgh, that cooler air moving in overnight tonight. cool start to the day tomorrow. chilly overnight. tracking your halloween, i'll show you just how cool it is when you step out the door with the kids. who wants the 70s back? they moved back into the forecast. i'll show you for how long and when. see you back here in ten minutes. >> thank you, doug. fear in the streets after a daytime shooting in the district. a bullet shattered the window of a popular carry-out spot as people were walking right nearby. a second bullet landed on the pavement. hours later another shooting left tw

derrick ward reports now, one local leader says this part of the city is in a state of emergency. >> reporter: midday routine interrupted by gun fire. >> we should not be dealing with a dam shooting in the middle of the day. >> reporter: two men were shot and wounded here in the 2400 block of martin luther king. both are expected to survive. police released these images of the suspect's vehicles of surveillance cameras. >> four-door vehicle, possibly a honda genesis. >> reporter: look closely.otshog a gun from inside the vehicle. it all happened at 11:00 a.m. in the block of martin luther king avenue that used to be a source of hope. whether one finds it in a church or higher learning. you couldn't get to any of those places earlier this afternoon. >> well, my church is at 12:00, we have noon day prayer. and we come and we pray. >> reporter: those prayers were relocated, but t w

more significant. >> we pray for those on these streets. >> reporter: a bullet pierced a window at a carry out next door. there was a break in their midday business. no one was in the doorway when the bullet came flying. she attends classes and among shaken by those who came clos to getting shot. she frequents the store. >> we were just talking about that. they went this morning. that fast something happened, it could have been any one of us. >> reporter: farther up the block a bullet landed in the street. a again apparently missing people in cars that are always coming this way. a couple of hours after this double shooting there was another double shooting 2 1/2 miles away on 6th street. two men were shot there and they also expected to survive. >> we're in a state of emergency with this crime. we had over 13 people shot in the last eight, nine days. and it's out of control, man. out of control. >> reporter: now, of course tomorrow being halloween, there are going to be a lot of people out on these streets. he says he's going to be out here as well with people from

and show a sense of strength of community. one of the things they can do to combat all of this. we are live in southeast, derrick ward news 4. doreen, back to you. >> derrick, thank you. allegations of fixing grades to help more local students graduate. >> next and only on news 4, the new claim tonight from a whistle blower and why they say the results are tainted even before the investigation is released. >> questions about the care inside a d.c. hospital that a lot of patients rely on. the alarming series of problems and what some say needs to be done to keep people safe. >> a controversial halloween display pitting neighbor against neighbor. tonight we'll hear from both sides on this story. and find out what happened when our reporter we nt

alarming details about possible grade tampering within the prince george's county school system. a school employee has shared details of what happened at one high school during a state audit. our bureau chief tracee wilkins has the story you'll only see on news4. >> reporter: in an e-mail obtained by news4, a whistle blower who works for a prince george's county high school claims the investigation was tainted. several of the schools, high school graduations did not meet core requirement s so the assistant principal, registrar and guidance chair and three guidance counselors changed studre

another high school called over to our school and told us that you were looking for the last two years' worth of tallies for the seniors. most of the schools had not done them so schools were calling around to other schools to get them done before you all came. by tallies they're referring to the record of earned credits for graduation. the whistle blower goes on to write, there were numerous tallies that were not completed and are still not completed. some of the tallies that were worked on were properly dated and some were not dated at all. the entire guidance office was shut down the entire day because we needed to get our files in order before you came to the school. >> when allegations are made through the media or through other means without providing the information to the system, we can't correct it. >> reporter: prince george's county school spokesperson john white said the system has not been made aware of any of these allegations. he would have liked for the whistle blower to have reported it to the school system's anonymous pot line. >> the more voices we

more certainty there is that it will be an honest and transparent process. >> reporter: the maryland state board of education is expecting a complete copy of this report by end of business tomorrow. in upper marlboro, i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> more questions raised about a troubled hospital, the washington post reports a patient at united medical care in the district died after falling out of his bed and pleading for help. this comes as mayor muriel bowser wants to renew a multi-million dollar contract with the private company paid to manage that medical center. news 4's mark segraves reports on what's being done. >> reporter: according to the washington post, the man died after lying on the floor for 20 minutes while a nurse argued with another patient. in an audiotape recording obtained by the post, you can hear the man pleading for help in the minutes before he died.

[ screaming ] >> veritas has a base contract of $3.6 million. >> reporter: today the interim ceo for united medical center told the d.c. council an investigation was conducted into that incident and employees were disciplined. but he declined to give any specifics. this is just the latest in a string of problems at the hospital. in august the department of health suspended the hospital's license to deliver and care for babies. questions have also been raised about the private company hired by mayor bowser to oversee the troubled hospital. the owners of that company donated thousands of dollars to bowser's campaign. >> and we have patients with severe medical issues at umc and we keep doing business with people who are more interested in politics than health care. >> reporter: today wayne turner who over sees the contract for the city defended the private company. >> this operator that has been hired hired a very efficient price in my judgment, has made major progress in making some of the changes at umc that are needed to ensure quality of

care. >> reporter: it will be up to the d.c. council whether or not to renew that contract. in the district, mark segraves, news4. >> selena gomez is opening up about her lifesaving surgery. the singer and actress recently revealed she underwent a kidney transplant. the donor, her roommate and best friend francia raisa, they shared their emotional story exclusively with nbc's savannah guthrie. >> i thought of asking somebody to do that was really difficult for me. she cared and did it, let alone somebody wanting to volunteer is incredibly difficult to find a match. the fact that she was a match, i mean, that's unbelievable. >> gomez was diagnosed with lupus five years ago and the autoimmune disease attacked her kidneys. she says since having the transplant, most of her other health issues have cleared up and she's got a lot more energy now. >> good for her. netflix is pulling the plug on a hit series "the real life

show and what sources say really prompted this move. >> it's a question parents worry about. is my child addicted to their phone? consumer reporter susan hogan puts her own family to the technology test andreveals what

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today along interstate 68 in garrett county, maryland. that's up near the pennsylvania state line. not too many cars on the road, but a sign that the seasons have changed in a big way. doug has a closer look at the chill in the air for our area. how cold is it going to get around here, doug? >> going to get pretty chilly, doreen. you mentioned that snow in western maryland. parts of the canaan valley in west virginia, 8 inches of snow. also snow shoe area. i was looking at snow shoe, west virginia trying to make some snow. they're trying to open in about three weeks. it's amazing. we are kmag this pattern quickly. you can take a look outside now. we're looking at clear skies. some pretty good fall color now. we are now officially in high fall color in our region and the peak for us normally is in about a week or so. so we're getting there. 57 degrees right now winds out of the southwest at 8. we've seen winds gusting upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour during the day today, but they have quickly come down now. 55 degrees, current number in

fredericksburg area. the radar not going to show. we are going to stay dry. you notice shower activity in wa washington county not hitting the ground. we have a cold front, another one. here's the big storm that produced 70, 80 mile per hour winds in new england. over a million people without power still up there. this is the next cold front coming through. a much weaker system. what it will do for us kind of reinforced the cooler air. so, tomorrow a day very much like today. a little bit on the cold side to start. 44 degrees when you're stepping out the front door inside the beltway. 45 by 8:00, 48 by 9:00 a.m. temperatures in the upper 30s once again. temperatures tomorrow right where they are today. high of 60 degrees. a little nicer tomorrow. less wind. breezy in the afternoon, but less wind tomorrow. so a chilly start, sunny and cool, not bad for your halloween forecast. now, how about for trick or treating? what does that look like? 59 degrees at 5:00, 55 degrees by 7:00. 52

you see the numbers going down. it will be even cooler in the suburbs. many of you by 7:00 will be in the upper 40s. maybe an extra layer, maybe a thermal -- some thermals on as well. may help you because it is going to be quite cool. overnight tomorrow night 45 in the suburbs, 45 d.c., upper 30s n. suburbs. chance of showers late. looking good the next four days. how about the 70s if you want the 70s to come back you have thursday and friday. before the 50s return on saturday. saturday not a very nice day at all. could be rather breezy with 59 and some shower activity. 63 on sunday. this is a system we're going to watch for the weekend. not a wash out of a weekend, but something we'll watch. back in your 70, 66 degrees coming up on monday next week. now, tomorrow halloween, i will be live for halloween. we've mentioned this. i'm going to be wearing different kinds of costumes i'll be out live in the bethesda chevy chase area. if you see me, put your scary costume or cute costume. my daughter has to wear a cute

costume. this year it's kind of a cute scary costume. does that make sense? >> kind of. >> one can be scary, one can be cute. >> it's a lot of buildup, doug. with these costumes of yours. they better be good. >> don't let us down. >> they're not that great. >> bringing some hollywood type. >> thank you, doug. still ahead, a political bombshell as those indictments come in the trump-russia probe. >> we are staying on top of the developments tonight and we've got a look ahead at what happens next and how the white house is distancing themselves from this scandal. >> i'm adam tuss. how was that 12-year-old boy able to go over the side of the bri bridge onto 66 below? should there have been a fence here? we'll explore that and tell you what vdot says coming up. >> it was a halloween display some found offensive, an effagy with a black face.

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first at 6:30, the fast-moving developments on the russia investigation. >> two men with connections to the trump administration indicted today on federal charges. we've been following this story since it broke this morning.

paul manafort and his long-time associate rick gates enter not guilty pleas. >> but there was a guilty plea from a third connected with the campaign and it happened months ago. leon harris keeping an eye on things from the live desk. leon, what's next? >> there are so many moving parts here, doreen and jim. the big question now is just how prosecutors plan to used to's indictment. they could be using it as leverage to urge manafort and gates to cooperate as witnesses against other targets here that they're looking at. now, earlier today president trump's former campaign chairman pleaded not guilty to a dozen charges including conspiracy against the united states. paul manafort and his long-time protege richard gates are accused of making 70 to $80 million from illegal work as unregistered foreign agents of ukraine. and then laundering that money through offshore accounts and using the cash to live a lavish life-style back home in the united states. now, none of these charges have anything to do with their work on the trump camp

saying that it has nothing to do with campaign activities. today we also learned a former advisor to the trump campaign is cooperating with the investigation. george papadopoulos, he pleaded guilty to making false statements to the fbi, specifically his talks with the russian professor who claimed that moscow had dirt on hillary clinton. now, the white house today called papadopoulos a volunteer who served on the campaign advisory committee that met just once. now, back to manafort and gates. sources tell nbc news that today's indictment does not mean that there won't be more charges against those men coming in the future. be sure and keep it tuned here, folks. there is so much to follow here and we're on it. nbc nightly news is working every angle of the story and they'll have more on what this means for the russia probe coming your way here at 7:00 p.m. right after news 4 at 6:00. back to you, doreen. >> all right, leon, thank you. classmates at mary mount university are remembering a graduate student who was killed in a freak accident over the weekend. police say a 12-year-old boy jumped off the

onto i-66. the boy hit a car that was driven by marissa harris. the impact killed her. harris was getting her graduate degree in clinical counseling. professors say her goal was to help children and young adults suffering from mental illness. news4 is working for you to explain why that boy was able to get onto that bridge and then drop down onto the highway below. as transportation reporter adam tuss shows us, highway crews started installing anticlimbing fences on some overpasses but not on this one. >> reporter: walk across the overpass here and you can see there was nothing stopping the boy from going over. in fact, the only protective fencing is right there over the metro tracks. as tragic as this accident is -- >> i'm not sure that the young woman had any warning whatsoever before this happened. >> reporter: there's technically nothing wrong with the protective fencing along the

overpass. cedar lane overpass was built in 1963, and back then fences weren't required all the way across a span like this. >> so, it met the standards when it was built back in the '60s. >> reporter: susan shaw with vdot says if the bridge were to be built now, it absolutely would have to have a fence all the way across. >> in today's world we look at if there's pedestrian facilities across a new bridge. we would provide pedestrian fencing. >> reporter: and that's the standard that maryland hi way crews say they also adhere to. new bridge with a pedestrian crossing would get a fence all the way across. and a new tactic is to even put an anti-climbing shield at the far end of the bridge to keep anyone from attempting to jump. now, the good news is that the cedar lane overpass here is actually going to be completely replaced as part of the i-66 outside the beltway project. this bridge and a number of others like it will be replaced. that work starts in a couple of months.

a man once hired to protect students in montgomery county is headed to prison for skeksually abusing one of them. it is a case the news4 i-team has been tracking for months now. mark is the director, former director of security at richard montgomery high school in rockville. today he was sentenced to 18 months in prison and five years of probation for sex abuse of a student. according to charging documents, he gave the teen gifts and had a sexual relationship with her. >> a prominent church in alexandria will take down twin plaques that have hung there since 1870. the plaque founder george washington, a church founder and confederal general robert e. lee who worshipped there. the plaques are on a prominent altar wall of the historic christchurch, but church leaders say that general lee has become a distraction after the violence in charlottesville. >> we are not removing george washington from ourmu

some people are going to be angry with us. i know that there are many people outside of our community that don't understand why we've come to this decision and they will be angry with us. >> a large plaque of george washington will remain at the entrance to the church as will smaller historical markings to designate the place where lee kneeled at the altar. >> addicted to your smartphone? our consumer reporter susan hogan putting her own son to the test and the results might surprise you. what parents can do to give their kids a wake up call. >> and we told you about the problem, run away cars causing chaos near a local shopping center. now residents turn to twitter to try and find a fix. >> and tomorrow, of course, halloween. how is it going to be? not bad. a little on the cool side. temperatures in the 50s for most of us. especially those inside the beltway. sunset, by the way, 6:09, total darkness just after about 6:30 or so. like it is out t

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there is a new push to corral shopping carts in one community. we first told you about the problem in pentagon city over the summer. well, now, there is a new twitter account documenting the cart chaos. residents tell us their neighbors are ditching the shopping carts on sidewalks even in apartment hallways. the neighbor who started the twitter campaign is hoping it will get the attention of costco and other stores in the area and they'll do something about the clutter. >> digital addiction, what is it about our smartphones that makes them so addictive? >> this week we are challenging you and your kids to log their time on social media and other apps. our reporter susan hogan asked her 13-year-old son to do ti was checking my son when you were doing it. her boy was surprised at what he found.

>> two hours 22 minutes, 2 hours 30 minutes. 4 hours 12 minutes. >> each day the hours and minutes add up. >> 3 hours 35 minutes. >> and up. >> and 3 hours 43 minutes. >> whether it's on the weekends or weekdays, jack's phone use is pretty high. and before i asked him to track his usage, he didn't think he was on it all that much. now that you were forced to log like every time you were on the phone, are you like, oh, my gosh, mom, like what, this is a lot? >> yeah. didn't really think it was this bad. >> jack, don't worry. you're in good company. a recent poll of more than 1200 parents and teens found more than 50% of the kids admitted they're addicted to their smartphones. 80% said they check their phones hourly. >> what are you watching on your phone that you could watch for hours at a time, what are you

>> well, not hours at a time. i think on the weekend that day i was watching some youtube series i like, went back to finish. and also sometimes i like watching netflix and i'll have like a series that i'm stuck on. >> so, this little logging exercise was a wake up call for both jack and me. and it passes the time. >> uh-huh, until you can figure out something you want to do instead of just looking at your phone. got to be better. >> that's it, that was it. thank you. if you're up for the challenge, log your time just like jack did and let us know how you're doing. leave your comments on the pin to post at the top of the nbc 4 responds facebook page. by the way, we posted a poll on facebook today and found most of you admit to being addicted to your devices and don't plan to make any changes. you're going to log yours? >> i think i will. >> you logged some this

>> i'm on multiple phones. go, jack. good for him. this is just the start of our week long look at digital addiction. coming up tomorrow, we'll tell you why you may want to hold off on pulling the plug on your kids' video games. and the news 4 i-team has a look at how our digital addiction is making us vulnerable to crime. >> one woman calls it a symbol of hate. but the homeowner doesn't see if that way. up next, the controversial halloween display in one local neighborhood and why it was ultimately taken down. >> plus new allegations tonight of sexual harassment in hollywood and the impact it's having on a hit netfx series. liwe

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when she saw this one, what she viewed as a lynched black man hanging in a neighbor's yard. our northern virginia bureau chief julie carey caught up with the man who put up the display and the new neighbor who called him out. she has the story in oakton. >> reporter: this is a photo of the display that's now getting attention well beyond this oakton neighborhood. jamie noticed it on saturday. she's new here, moving in last march. >> what appeared to be hanging in the trees was essentially an ephogy of a black person being lynched and i was horrified. >> reporter: she talked to several neighbors and learned it had been part of an elaborate display for years. she fired off e-mails to the homeowners asking they take it down. >> as your neighbor and a person of color, i find this racist. i find this deeply offensive. >> reporter: the homeowner responded writing, in

is not my intent to offend anyone. i put out much gore at halloween. the kids seem to love it. i never realized the monster in the tree had darker skin. if you see it up close, it is indeed a monster with a blood clawed head and face. today we found the effigy gone. he owners did not want to be interviewed on camera but they took it down yesterday. they tell me their decorations draw many visitors, but they also acknowledge a few have complained in years past. a couple invited us into the garage to show its face up close to underscore their contention it's simply a monster or ghoul. they are upset their new neighbor is accusing them of a racist display. >> when someone tells you something is racist, the best thing to do is acknowledge it, apologize, change your behavior. >> reporter: we spoke to other neighbors about the halloween display who say they have enjoyed it for years and didn't see a problem with it. but they declined to be interviewed on camera because they say the whole

been blown out of proportion. in oakton, i'm julie carey, news 4. >> back to breaking news in the russia probe now. >> if you have our app, you are among the first to know about the indictments filed today against three men linked to the trump campaign. nbc's pete williams joins us now in the studio with these developments today. pete, what did we learn about collusion, if really, anything today from this? >> which is of course robert mueller's assignment see if anybody was helping the russians interfere in the election. the first indictment against paul manafort and rick gates doesn't say anything about their roles in the trump campaign. a point that their lawyer made today. but it doesn't appear that this is the end of the road legally for paul manafort. from what we understand about robert mueller's work, there will be more charges filed against him later. and it's possible the prosecutors could use these charges as leverage to try to get them to cooperate in his inquiries. the second charge that was revealed today against george papadopoulos, who was actually arrested in late july at dulles airport and then in a

on october 5th, is closer to the campaign. it says that he was in touch with russians during the campaign who offered dirt and e-mails about hillary clinton and that he wanted to try to set up a meeting between the candidate donald trump and vladimir putin, which never happened. now, what's illegal is that he lied to the fbi about those contacts. and said they happened when he was not involved with the campaign, which wasn't true. he'll be sentenced later. it seems quite clear that he is cooperating now with mueller's investigators. >> and then where does this go next? putting these -- hearing these charges, clearly they are trying to get somebody to cooperate. >> clearly have someone to cooperate, george papadopoulos. by the way, the lawyers will be back in court on thursday because the judge today said the conditions of their confinement is they can't -- manafort and gates can't leave their houses except to go to the court, see their lawyers, go to their doctors, o

and their lawyers will try to revisit the confinement conditions on thursday. >> interesting. all right. a lot coming up today. thanks so much for stopping by. we appreciate it. and of course much more tonight on nbc nightly news. pete williams will have a full wrap up of the events. it all starts at 7:00 right here after news4 at 6:00. >> production is underway in baltimore for the 6th season of the popular political drama house of cards. and netflix says it will be the last. netflix and the producer of the show say they are deeply troubled by an allegation of sexual abuse against series star kevin spacey. today they announced they are pulling the plug on the show, even though there had been talk months ago that the series is going away after next season. spacey is facing accusations he made an advance on a young male actor three decades ago. in a tweet he blames it on drunken behavior but said it encouraged him to come out and live his life as a gay man. doug is here now with more about our weather and, boy, the

>> yeah. >> was warm yesterday and sure is not today. >> getting cool. why are you guys both wearing red? >> that's a very good question. yeah. handily is looking especially good in the red, isn't he? >> i think so. >> saturday, the dogs clobbered the gators. you coach those. so things are working out. >> better luck next time. doesn't he look good in georgia red bull dog red and black? you have red and black, too. >> i always. [ laughter ] >> take a look right now, show you what's happening. our boss also a florida gator. >> that's right. >> he was wearing -- >> i told him to wear red and black. >> you know it. out there now we have some cooler temperatures, but not bad. 57 degrees, temperatures dropping. 52 by 9:00. down to 49 by 11:00. so, yeah, we are going to be quite cool tonight. but all in all not bad. this is what we expect this time of year. cool nights and

although this afternoon we were only in the 50s across the area. right now no rain, but notice this. looks like some rain falling. that's actually our next frontal boundary trying to move down across our region. we are not going to see any rain with this, i don't think. a sprinkle possibly, yeah, i don't think we'll see anything. this front was going to wash out. it is a reinforcing shot of some cooler air. cooler air at the bus stop. 41 degrees at the bus stop. get out the coats. 54 degrees at recess. 58 degrees as you're picking up the kids as they get so ready for halloween if they're going to be out there. how about that fall foliage? well, take a look, guys. now we're in the straight orange here. that is high color. all around the d.c. area i expect us to hit peak sometime in the next week or so. if you're thinking of getting out there looking at the fall color, this weekend may be the best possible chance. however, we're looking at a very nice weekend as it stands now. 64 tomorrow for halloween. cool trick or treating. 58 on wednesday, 70s though thursday and friday. right now tracking another cool down as we head

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>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> here we go again. sheree was commenting the injury list is what? longer than the healthy list. >> we might have to get out there. can you run around? >> let's do it. >> oh, man, it's possible. >> we'd make lousy linemen.

has gotten even longer as they try to shake off back to back losses. up next, seattle on the road who won their last four straight, the hard hitting defense. head coach jay gruden and some of the players say they've never seen a team go through this many injuries like they have all at once. this is the face you make when you look at the redskins injury report. shawn added to that list to fellow lineman spencer long, bran dan sheriff, and trent williams. defensive lineman matt fractured his hand. he'll have surgery, but could play with a cast in a couple weeks. the injuries definitely starting to take their toll on these redskins. >> hurts not only on your offense/defense but on your special teams also. you can see that effect trickle down a little bit with our special teams play yesterday unfortunately. it's our job as staff to get these guys up to speetd and get them ready to play. that is a.m. the only thing we can do. we have it on our shirt by any means, so we have to get it done. have great effort, attitude and pr

>> so, some of those key injuries just from yesterday's game, matt fractured his hand. tight end jordan read not expected to play after straining his hamstring. jameson injured his hamstring, could miss some time with the stinger. back up tackle tj clemens has an ankle sprain. whew, tons of injuries in a tough schedule ahead covered in this week's the good, the bad, the junkies. ♪ ♪ >> the redskins were missing 11 guys they pencilled in as starters in training camp. at some point it boimtz too many injuries to overcome. >> you can only manage 49 yards rushing on your own on the flipsid3 zeke elliott comes in. the road offensive line in front of him big giant for holes for him to run through throughout the game. it is a recipe for disaster. all that being said. the redskins had a chance late at the end. it's a problem when you need to go 90 yards down field and you can't connectth

>> pry yor, what was he targeted once and cousins threw it too high so he was out of bounds. targeted three times, he had the touchdown just one catch. >> you said it, elliott was a road grader. yesterday in those conditions, fellows, that was a game that you needed to. a healthy offensive line or some sort of a semblance of one and a running back or running game that could churn out some yards and move the chains that way because it was going to be very difficult to pass and it was obvious dallas had that and washington didn't. >> they can salvage the season just in terms of not being a disaster by their homestretch. not saying they're going to win all of those, but all of those games are very winnable and they can salvage it, but let's be honest. this is not at this point a playoff team. too much to overcome. >> the next one in seattle kicking off at 4:05. the expectations for the nationals greater winning the most in the regular season and making the playoff. they have never won a postseason series and naming cubs

new manager. they are hoping he'll be the first ones to get them there. the nationals announcing they have agreed to a three-year deal with martinez with an option for a fourth year. the 53-year-old becomes the seventh manager in nationals history. hasn't been a manager before but he's been joe madden's bench coach since 2008, winning the world series last year. martinez is scheduled for thursday introduction. the world series just keeps getting better. if you managed to stay up late last night, you saw the second world series game ever. five hours 17 minutes. it was houston winning in a walk-off. alex bragg man coming through with his first career walk-off hit. astros win it 13-12. the most runs two teams have scored in the world series since 1993. game 6. tomorrow night in l.a. don't call it a come back again. tiger woods tweeting that he will make his first appearance back the end of the month. >> all right. >> don't call it

>> don't do that. thank you. >> thank you, sheree. >> thanks for joining us. nightly news is coming up next. >> we'll see you at 11:00. have a good evening.

breaking news tonight, the first indictments in the mueller investigation. former trump campaign chairman paul manafort and his one-time top aide facing federal charges. also, a former trump campaign adviser pleads guilty to lying to the fbi about his contacts with russians. where does the investigation go now? kevin spacey scandal. the actor accused of sexual misconduct with a broadway star then just 14 years old. spacey's response triggering a major backlash and late word about "the house of cards." two navy s.e.a.l.s under investigation in the mysterious death of a green beret. knocked out. over a million people without power as an intense storm slams the northeast. heart health claim. so many swear by the benefits of soy. why health officials