the other storm system, the one farther south. this one is spinning down here along the carolina coastline. that's the one that's going to move into o area. here's the one back to the west. that's actually going to help to lift this into area, and that's why we're talking about rain for your saturday and really this system, combined with an area of high pressure off the coast, tries to give us rain just about all next week. take a look at the rain totals. this is just through tomorrow. upwards of 2.6 inches of rain in d. this is one computer model. notice, not much at all back e towards the b ridge. we'll be talking much more about by hour take you hour to show you what to expect for the weekend coming up in 15 minutes. ew thank you. tragic details on the doug boat that capsized in missouri ptoday. >> 1ple died. the victim, one victim as young as 1 and another a old at 70. >> that boat was caught in the middle of a raging thundereorm with mhan 30 people on board. nbc's jay gray is in branson, a missou investigators try to

figure out what went wrong. >> the search is over here. the struggle though is not. >> we'reok , our hearts are broken. >> reporter: 17 now confirmed dead after a duck boat went down ring a storm at table rock lake near branson, missouri. ge >> the age ran for the 17 w rom 1-year-old up to a 80-year-old. >> cell phone video shows two of the amphibious vehicles packed with tourists. >> oh, those poor people. >> reporter: fighting winds and waves gusting over 60 miles per hour. the first boat reaches the shore line and t >> oh, my gosh. >> oh, it's going under. >> reporter: the national transportation safety coast guard, state and local teams are on site now. >> we need to find out what happened o w there,t the communications were. you know, we know the weather conditions there. >> reporter: the area was under a severe thunderstorm warning 30 minutes before the tragic accident, but weather is just

one of the factors investigators are looking at here. >> everybody else will try tofi re out the life vest issue, and we'll try to figure out was it operatorror, you know, when was in the water? shou they have been in the witness. >> and waters that turned deadly and violent in just minutes. jay gray, nbc news, branson, missouri. >> that tragedy in missouri isn't the first accident volving these types of vehicles. at least 26 people have been killed in accidents involving duck boats over the last 20 years. the team's scott macfarlane continues our coverage from the newsroom with auick look at the dangers. >> popular tourist attractions around theorld including here in d.krfrmg. the awkward shape makes it difficult to drive on land hand matter. amphibious vehicles were first used in world war ii "the new york pt" likely during the d-day invasion. >> they have called for outright

bans andyesterday's deadly ban in missouri is not the first. in 1939 13 people drowned when a duck boat sank in hot springs, arc c and that accident was blamed on inadequate maintenance. >> 37 people were sent scrambling into the water when a barge sank and all of the victims on a bus when it crashed on a draw bridge. the national highway traffic safety administration and coast guard and cities and states with varying safety requirements. in the newsroom,co i'm macfarlane, now back to you. > after weathering a storm of criticism over his summit with

president putin, there's nowpo rerts that the prident's former attorney michael cohen alledgedly taped the conversation betweenim and a "playboy" model. >> reporter: michael cohen was f everythingder from texts to e-mails and rscordings and reportedly recorded this conion with the president where they talked hush money for a "playboy" hedel. >> atnd of a roque foreign policy week, a domestic firestorm erupts around president trump. >> this is michaelco n. >> the "new york times" reports the president's former attorney michael cohen secretly taped a conversation with then candidate trump. the two discussed o paying former "playboy" model karen mcduel dugal who claims she had a ten-month affair with president trump in 20 s. >> itws that the president knew about the payments, and when the cam ign says in the beginning of november that they didn't know anything about this, that's not ttrue,t they were lying. >> the fbi is also looking at

hush money paid to adult film star stormy daniels and the attorney claims this tape isn't the only one. >> any and all audio tapes that he has in his possession regarding president should be released immediately smooth tape was seized earlier this year fbi agents investigating whether the payoff amounted to illegal campaign contributions. >> he's the guy who hit record toioapture the convers so my expectization that you'll see michael cohen at some point cut a deal with the government. >> reporter: nbc asked ihe presiden june if he was worried cohen might flip. >> no, i'm not, because i did nothing wrong. >> reporter: the president's attorney r y giuliani tel "the times" the mcdougalayment was ever made and the tape shows no evidence of wrongdoing. mcdougal sold her story toe "national enquirer" which never ran t.doreen in. >> all right. susan mcginnis reporting. thanks, susan. the man accused of killing five people athe "capital

gazette" newspaper in annapolis has officially been indicted. jarrod ramos is facing nearly two dozen charges including first-degree murder,ttempted murder and assault. ramos is accused of opening fire inside hatnewsroom last month and killing five staffers of the investigators say he held a grudge against the paper after a report about harassment charge. now to prunty where a police captain already under suspension has now been chargedith assault. investigators say thomas hart tried to use his car to hit hicks ex-wife's boyfrie. before the arrest hart was on suspensionut wit pain before putting name on a check to withdraw money from a joint account. >> news 4 broke a payroll discpancy story last year and the problem is now bigger than

thought and it affects hundreds of employees dating bk 30 years. mark segraves with that story here only on news 4. >> reporr: a line item on everyone's pay stub, withholding tax for social secity and medicare. last yearistrict officials acknowledged that a routine audit uncovered hundreds of employees who did not have the tax el and what the found was a bigger problem. >> the would be pros been going on for 30 years. >> the department offus 4 says her staff hash gone thro the records by hand to i'm who else may and out of the thousands several hundreds will receive notices. >> reporter: this notice was sent to hundreds of government and dcu employees this afternoon and in addition toif nng the ploys and correcting the problem

e bower administration has offered many other steps, payroll will now be centr railed to the research president which has created aultime tax retirement team and they have established a dedicated phone line. as for how this happened. gibson says it wa the perfe storm of problems over three decades. >> it's really human error as well as technology error and migration to different types of technology. so that isro what the mistake. >> employees will not be responsible for repaying the taxes and thato ill falle d.c. government. >> i hope a year from now i can call you and say this is solved and this is where we are. and whether we find more people or not -- the audit continues. >> the district government hasha established hotline for employees to call 202-2727-1578.

as for employ whose have already retired in collect security, the government is working with the irs to make sure that they will n collecting the benefits that they are actually due and as for w much this is going to cost the d.c. government to fix, they still have not figured that out. >> they will be able to make this good a for the employees. >> they have been very transpoint. he the administration and bowser administration have been up front about this and alerted ployees every step of the year and now the bigger problem, the audit conditions, they were candid that there may be other people out there that they will find as the ait condition and will inform them and these why they have the hotline so you can call any d.c. employees, currently, retired and you can call and they will tell you how to self-audit and determine if you're at risk for being at rist fors problem. >> any evidence that any employees raised questions about why there wereo deductions? >> they don't blame the employees. again, the federal gernment is

that the employer is responsible for this at the end of the day, and it's the employer who haso make good on the payments to the government in that way. you look at the pay stub and there's l so manye items on it. >> and name one employee who says i want to take home less money. >> up next, a woman looking for love ends u getting shot. >> and metro riders may soon be seeing red. another shutdown along t line starts tomorrow. what you need to know to navigate the closures. >> fine day on amazon turned out to be a prime opportunity for thieves. riminals struck and riminals struck and what y can do to protect youour

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storm team 4 is tracking big rain and rain is moving in for our weekend and this will stay here for a while. doug and amelia will join us for a close look and a look at how much rain we could get. first, it was a relationship that started on social media and ended in gunfire. police say a man shot a woman during an argument in tacoma park last night. news 1's c gordon has reaction from neighbors who heard what was happening. chris? >> reporter: well, doreen, this is a story about the danger of

meeting strangers from social media. last night the womanho lives in that apartment building invited over a man who she t want meet in person. witnesses tell me things turned violent quickly. >> i heard some crashing upstairs. the furniture throwing around upstairs, throwing. > a fight? >> likefight. >> trying to get them out. >> tammy margolin was visiting her boyfriend wch lives right underneath the apartment just after the shootkg too place at 8:00 last night. she says she saw the armed gunman run off. >> he ran out and jumped over the february back over here >> tacoma park police say the victim met the man on aocl media app and investigators won't reveal which app they used. >> while they were in her residence an altercation occurred between the two which led to him shootinger. a neighbor w doesn't want her face shown says she heard

the victim cry for help and she found the woman with a bullet room in her left shoulder. >> police were on tha phone and asking questions about her. they wanted to know if she new the man and she told me and i aske her and sheold me that she had met him online and he didn't know who he was. >> she didn't have his name and said all that information was on her phone. >> she says thee thinks the suspect stole the victim's cell phone and neighbors can't understand why anyone would invite a straniar from s media into their home. >> where this happened i'm always shocked that peopleo mewhere private to meet someone they just met online rather than going to a large public place and feels very scary to me. >> the woman who was shot is expected to be okay. police are still searching for the gunman. the latest live from tacoma park. back for you.

>> chris gordon reporting live. maryland's entire delegation is f asked federal health to insurance that it's secure. >> company larry hogan and other state leaders asked for help this week. the height end concerns invested in a company that maryland's elections. the fbi says there's no evidence of a breach or any wrongdoing. the focus on a u.s. senate race in virginia. democratic senator tim kaine is seeking re-election and his prior resume includes serving for governor a his nominee is corey stewart. both candidates will face offotn r debate to be hosted by nbc 4. that will be hel on september 26th at the capital one building

in mcclain. political director and moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd will moderate that debate. >> sunshine a clouds moved in and tomorrow we'll be in weather alert mode doug and amelia are tracking the conditions from storm center 4. yo guys wharngs changed? his didn't sound quite that dramatic. >> well, we've been saying all week long. expected rain from i-95 off to the east and we think it's going to be a little bit mor on heavy rain east of i-95 and that include the d.c. metro area right now. >> right. we do have the potentialor flood right now in the metro area because of how much rain fell earl der in the week. almost 3 inches. don't need a lot tomorrow thate will to flooding issues. >> got some cloud cover across the area now after se sunshine earlier. temperatures now at 82 degrees and winds out of southeast at 12 miles per hour. a very nice afternoon. it's going to be a great evening, too. no rain on the radar, but you notice green here indicates a flash flood watch for parts of

the eastern shore out around delaware and the philadelphia area would not b surprised to see that flash flood warning across the chesapeake area. satellite and radar coming together to show you these two storms. this one is spinnin here, and notice all the severe weather coming towards the east here, but it's not this area tomorrow that we're worried about. it's actually this area to the south that will making its way up. you can see this coming up with this computer model into our area. mostly i-95 eastward, especially in towards parts of the eastern shore and the beaches,h, the beaches, a lot of y are sdg askg me on facebook and twitter how are the beaches looking next week. i'll let amelia do it because i do want to do. >> not looking great at the beach, windy conditions and on sunday windsot as bad. still breezy, but we've had some

folks here heading down to the outer banks and i want to get to the beach for the upcoming week l.d looking like a wet pattern in there as w here's the beach forecast for our maryland and delaware beaches. the water temperature at 77 degrees. that's going to be the air temperature at the beach tomorrow with the onshore flow. rain at the beaches and domorrow is t and you build the puzzle at the beach and focus on the pieces and maybe sunday afternoon when we have scattered showers tndnderstorms. sunday not a terrible day at the beach and as the week wears on we'll continue to see rain at the beaches as well. weekend weather questions back here at home. ould you cancel the outdoor plans, off to the east, southern maryland down through the northern neck, i would say yes because we're looking at move in during the morning hours and then it's looking like a of the for the remainder day. if you're off to the west, areas like frederick, fauquier county, scattered showers and on sunday i wouldn't cance those plans

unless they are later in the afternoon. morng and midday hours, things are looking main lip dry. flooding is possible and then we have plenty more rain next week and when it's all said and done we could see 2 to 6 inches of rain, maybe a little bit more. again, w think that the flash flood watches that are well off to our east are going to be expanded into our are probably later tonight. >> yeah. that's right. a lot of people are asking about the nationals game. baseball starting again in d.c. tomorrow night into sunday. both those games could have problems as far as the rain is concern. high temperature tomorrow only 76. yes, a weather alert of that rain, some heavy at times. 81 degrees on sunday a rainn sunday most likely in the afternoost with some thundm activity. monday 83 and 58 on tuesday and look at next week. just about rain all week long off and on. it won't rain every day all day but we're expecting a very hot and humidattern as we expect next week. we told you today would besthe

reat day and enjoy tonight. >> oh, my gosh. you two will have to get the disguises to next week i think. >> sometimes we hate it when you' right. >>yeah, right. let's hope they e wrong. >> all right, doug, thank you. >> up next, new images of the damage after tornadoes touched down in whwa. the threat for them isn't over yet. >> a former substit teacher and basketball coach is sentenced to more than 30 years for child sexual assault and pornography. why are prosecuto says there's why are prosecuto says there's stl work left inil

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a convicted child predator is behind bars but prosecutors say they are c working thise and it's far from over. christopher spates will spend decades in prison. hisentencing comes a investigators are still trying to investigate his victims. our countyea bur chief tracee wilkins has the story. >> we're still identifying victims. there's still a host of images and faces that a the police still reviewing. >> 35-year-old former basketball coach and substitute teacher christopher spates is sentenced to more than 30 for child abuse and child porn

charges. >> he offered his home to those children and should have come over to his house and used his house to film em, to abuse them. >> psecutorsay many of spates' victims played for the south county sports academy where he coached. >> others attenchdl at bradley heights elementary and capital heights where he a substitute teacher. >> he was so sinister that he also conducted ache that allowed him tocc gainess to children who are growing up in single parent homes. >> reporter: spates admitted to the crime after the media company drop box reported seeing an abundance of child pornography in his account. as also sentenced to 30 years in federal court. >> the 150 some odd files that were on his cell phone, his computer, have, unfortunately, found their way across the world.

>> spates has been sentenced and still work leftn this case. prosecutors say there's hundreds of victims who they have seen on video and haven not b able to identify them. they are asking parents whose chdren have interacted with spates and he talked and coached them to please contact investigators. he could find a number to do that and going to nbc washington and searching hotline. upper marl broke i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> news 4 has confirm the loudoun county's sheriff's office hasai comd a new abuse charge filed against card. fallccarrick which dates back nearly 50 yearsago. a man who lived in loudoun county says he was 11 years old when he was abused for theirst time and says that abuse lasted for years. the "new york times" first repoed this into case and mccarrick was removed from the ministry after an earlier abuse allegation was found to be incredible. >> tragedy onhe water. 17 people killed after a tourist

capsized during a storm in missouri. s> now, that system is making its way acr the country and moving our way tomorrow. oo a closer l at the impact coming up next. animal cruelty. it's something getting renewed attention f law enforcement across our area. not only because of what it means for pets and people in the house hold as well. coming

taking a look at our top stories thi friday. investigators on the ground in branson, missouri to look into yesterday's deadly duck boat accident. 17 people died after the boat sank when iot caught in a thunderstorm. it's still not clear why the boat was out with bad weather moving in. >> a change of scenery and a change of president trump has left d.c. foris private golf club in new jersey after a week filled with pointed new questions about his relationship with russia. as he left town, the "new york times" reported that his lawyer michael cohentl secre taped mr. trump in talks about a pre-election payoff to a former "playboy" model. >> only on news 4. paycheck problems for d.c. government employees are much worse than the thought.t first last year we told you how d.c. had failed s to withholdial security and medicare taxes for hundreds of employe 4. today new learned that that problem dates back 0 years. we're working to find out how many people are impacted. >> this is just the latest

aexample ofmal cruelty in our area. >> yeah. this is a story you saw first on ws 4. a man from alexandria charged after twof his cats turned up ,ead, and as bureau chief julie carey reports nome officers are getting some special training to investigate a mal cruelty claims. >> a most unusual search warrant for a dead cat named gato. ryan mckoski was gato's owner d the man now charged of misdemeanor animal krilt accused of harming his pets. in late april he asked about disposing of a dead cat, three days later he brought an injured cat into this springfld vet clinic and in mid-may he showed up at this animal hospital with gato. mccusky reportedly said the cat had been choking, but the vet found electrical tape wrapped tightly around his neck and contacted an animal

investigator's office. scout, the victim of an unrelated and very different kind of animal cruelty case, alive and well after loudoun animal services officers found his family had intentionally dumped him nine miles from home. the director explains why cruelty cases are taken so seriously. >> if law enforcement and social servicesore able identify early that there's an anima issue, it's often a red flag th there's human issues as well. >> reporter: next week animal control and law enforcement officers will gatherere for a special institute to bolster their skills. >> we want to me sure that our officers have the skill set to fully investigate this to the extent of the law. crueltyter: but animal law complicated with a high bar to reaching a felony conviction. and there's another key investigative challenge. >> you have a victim that can't tell you what happened. the animal can't sayis to us th what happened so you pretty gomuch have to on circumstantial evidence a lot of times. >> reporter: but those that survive cruelty like scout see

to have a way of telling you they are grateful. >> hi, pal, hi. >> reporter: in northern j irginia,ulie carey, news 4. peoplen iowa are cleaning up from a flurry of unexpected tornadoes last night, and the threat isn't over yet. the twisters moved through the central part of the state.st at l 17 people were injured and buildings were flattened in severalie c the small town of marshalltown north of des moines appeared to be the hardest hit. 47 people had to be evacuated from a hospital there. by storms took moleses surprise with forecasters predicting only a slight chance of dangerous weather. >> starting tomorrow a big portion of metro's red line will be shut down for major threpair. e brookland and rhode island over stions will be closed down for platform replayers and other improvements. shuttle bus will be provided and you can take the green line between ft. totten andallery place that. shutdown is going to last until

tune day so be sure to into news 4 on monday morning starting at 4:00. we'll be on top of the impact and help you get around for the morning commute. meantime tonight, signs for the red "x" lane on i-66 will be turned o for good. daylight drivers know an extra layer of traffic is open or closed bween 123nd the beltway, but they are being replaced by toll lanes now between the tollway and gainesville, virginia. the red "x" lanes cost $42 million to install andenave only used for the past three years. you can expect major construction work on i-66 over the next few years, especially on the weekends. >> still ahead, why amazon's prime day turned out to be a or primetime thieves in one northern virginia neighborhood. >> two generions making good on a promise together. we'll take you to this unforgettable graduation coming up next. >> and i'm still tracking the rain for you. we'll talk mboe it. what to expect for your satury

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the video game fortnight is tree to play, but it's still earning a fortune. players used real money to buy certain rewards and upgrades for their characters to give them an advantage in the game. the research firm super data estimates it made close to $300 million in april. that puts the game on pace to break $3 president 5 billion. that's billion with a "b." >> wow. >> in revenue this year alen. >> that's because it's so addictive. >> i don't think i've talked to a parent who has a kid who has to play that and have to -- they can't drag their kid away from that thing quickly enough. >> video games can be a big issue for some of us. >> ne-hmm. >> ima having your grandma in your same graduating class in high school. that's what happened for one

d.c. family. >> grandmother sandra brooks bu wanted to finally finish high school and then her grandson delonteho has a learning disability decided to join her so today they both goodwill from the excel charter school and said having each other helped em get through the long hours of homework and studying. >> it was a little hardime but i got used to it. if the young man like him can come in and society sayshat he's not teachable but he's proven them to be wrong, it's amazing. >> both are headed to udc in the fall to continue their education. sandra plans to study hospitality and delonte expects to study technology. congratulations to both of them. >> the tassel was worth the hassle. >> nice going, folks. >> porch pirates on the prowl and here's david kill ver with a

look at what's ahead. >> this tells yougeour pac have arrived. u look, and you're gone. >> after amazon prime day we'll tell you about the porch pirates that are out there and how you can secure your goods. >> and some big changes for our rain is moving in, and staying for a while. doug is back

porch pirates targeting your prime packages. >> easy for you to say. >> our reporter david culver hai a w from police and amazon on how to keep thieves from snagging your purc ises. >> and got the harry potter box set. >> reporter: a few weeks from the start of school, and these

teachers are waste nothing time preparing. they are shopping for the first day starting on prime day. >> everything they need for school, everything on amazon. >> reporte you guys stocking up now for the start of>>school? oh, yes. >> reporter: they, like many of c, logged on, added to the digital shoppint and once ordered amazon keeps you update nding you push notify kagsz and even snapping photos of the items left. >> but for some it's a vanishing act. >> don't leave your packages unattended. >> reporter: arlington county reat primeing you to day safety like you would the holidays. they suggest that you track your package, require a signature or hold that package at a mail facili for ckup. you can also have someone you trust accept the package or pick it up in a store. >> some customers are using amazon alternatives so as to

secure theirgood, things like these low, and this one's name is mayor date. local teaer. abby tolver who knows meredith quite well. >> started using the locker so i wouldn't have to worry about my package coming up missing because it stays and it's placed in a locker which is hcured and you can only access it if youe a code or barcode. that's e-mailed directly to me. >> reporter: e-mailed monitoring systems also becoming quimm . >> if someone walks up to my phone i can click on them and watch them. i know when mys packare clifford and i can watch them. >> police are asking that you deliver nhat only to the delivery company and the seller and you canrack down those responsible and stop the cycle. inli arngton, i'm david culmer, news 4. >> s that'e good advice. there's a lot of ways to stop those por rates. >> yeah. they wish we had ordered some raincoats from them. >> yeah. >> we're going puzzle shopping, yeah, tonight, because it's going to be a longweekend.

>> i don't do anything over .500. i done have the time. 1,500-piece puzzle, no thank you. >> i don't have the talent. >> the time or the t talent figure that out. >> absolutely. >> out there right now we'it dealing sunshine in a very nice night. it's been aantastic friday and that's going to continue right on through the next couple of hours and tonight. 82 right now tnd down 74 by 11:00. a very nice night. inowds on the increase and temperature wishe low 80s and 79 in gaithersburg and 80 degrees inhuingtown. no problems here and no rain at all. notice a flash flood watch infe for the eastern shore of maryland. would i not be surprised if this was expanded i towards eastern portions of southern maryland eastward. that may be the case at 11:00 and that's where we're going weather alert. really for the chance of heavy rain and d.c. eastward. satellite andad. just some clouds and you notice

severe weather moving in from the west, and as they move our way they die out fairly quickly and will continue to do so tonight. the one that produced all the severe storms back yesterdayto d that is moving our way and it's also bringing up this storm. this one'sot a ton of moisture associated with it and it's going to move up along the coast. watch this storm and watch the moisture from this move right into the indoor area especialliage lot delmarva. heading to the beach, not a nice day at all, and tied in locally d what i'm expecting. o so manyyou are asking on my facebook page. sw meets. think you get those in. i'm not anticipating thunder or orrow morning. get that the in tomorrow morning and get that in towards warrington and fairfax county. around noon, swers are around and the heaviest rain i-95 eastward and can you still see

during thereas eastward. winds will pick up in the cheseake bay, parts of ocean city and heavy rains come in overnight, especially north and east, and this is tracking all day tomorrow and there's a chance for flooding in our eastern zone. a high of 76 with rain likely. best chance of that rain will stay to the east. weather alert tomorrow and then just rain and a chance of thunderstorms each day and not washout every day. therebe some dry period, but, yeah, make sure you have the umbrellas, galoshes, raincoats, whatever you need. get them ready. thank, doug. >> still ahead, a tribute to our >> still ahead, a tribute to our friend and

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>> it's hard to believe, b it's been almost a year since we learned that jim vance was gone. all of us here at nbc 4 think of him often.

he was ain big presenc our lives. we miss his style and his wisdom and his great story-telling, a the way he made all of us feel like his close friends. today we gathered outside the to station t remember our friend and colleague. we know that you miss vance, too. from the e-mails you send us and the messages you point online it's very clear that vance left a large legacy with lots of people from all walks ofife. we're feeling grateful tonight for all the time we got to spend with him. vance's last interview was with lonnie bunch, the founding director of the museumf african-american history and culture. it an award-winning interview and we're going to share it again tonight. >> oh, my god. yo know what? this -- this -- excuse me, folks, foreing excited. here we are with, as you said

before, not just black people's story but america's story, and i step outside, and there is the washington monument. that was not by accident, was ? >> no, no. i mean, for me it was so important, because, look, washgton, lincoln, jefferson, you know, ifhis is america, then why isn't this story right here, and so now everybody is going to get n it, matter what they do. even if theyeon't come in th building. they will walk by it, the african museum is ther y >> give mr elevator speech in terms of somebody you get there and ask who is lonnie bunch? how do you answer that question? >> a guy who had great parents and fell in love with history at an early age and the only thi h i kno to do is tell stories and i've been fortunate enough allow me to that tell the stories. >> reporter: were you a good student or were you a

knucklehead? >> i was a knucklehead until ninth grade and my father said to me you better take it riously from now o or else you won't go to college. rom that moment on i wasn't the most giftestudent, but i vowed never to let people outwork . >> howard university, why howard? >> part of itas it's1970 so there's this desire to really un,rstand who i who america is and howard has always been the capstone to black education. >> reporter: you went on and god involved in the museum world. you're in l.a. for a perio of time. you went to chicago. you were quite happy in chicago as i understand it. what brought you back to washington again and why in the world did you tak that job? >> i never in my career ever talked about ancestors and

somehow when this job came open that's something that's really guided me thughout this whole process. >> there were many artifacts and other thingst t had to be directed. was there anything about that that surprised you? tell me about the collection of things that are in this museum now. >> well, let mow say in the middle of this trying to collect artifacts, i'm thinking to myself that this may be the dumbest job i've ever taken onu be i'm just not good enough to do this because it's so hard and to suddenly realize if you had to worry about building a building, that's enough. if you had to worry aboutg gettstaff, that's enough. if you had to worry about raising all this money, that's enough, and then tuild the collections on top of it, so i was more concerned about the collections more than anything else. h>> reporter: what anor and also a responsibility, but you didn't just goround the united states of america. you went all over the world. can you tell me is there a

single most memorable and/or important artifact tha you were able to gather? >> well, it's like talk about whichid do you like the best. i love them all, but for me it's finding a material of the slave ship was really important. >> reporter: this was the ship that went down in 1794, and if you look carefully you'll see wo and then you'll see iron bouz and ther bows and this tells you it's a slave ship because the bodies are so light that you need an iron ballist and i'm this ship left france in 1775 m on 13th, with 550 people on board, enslaved souls and only g 257

off, and that goes on and on and on. people who realize this was the first international business and when i marvel at is that's some strong folks. >> that's what imposed me, too, how powerful are these souls and how resilient it is to survive that and then the part that saddens me, we know nothing of what happened to any of in a. >> and we'll never kw their names. >> reporter: lone, an entire railway car. how in the world did you get this in>>year? first of all, a director's vision and took 100 people years to figure out how to make it work. what i d is -- >> reporter: my early days, i

was sent as a a child to group of people who were sharecroppers, and my mother would take te-- i was 8 years old. take me to the train stationd omand one of the brothers. she would and collect me and i never forget her watching me give hi. i ink, as i recall, may be on a $10 bill, ander thing was take care of my child, and i never was treated more special or as a more special person a any time by anybody other than my family in my life. >> absolutely. >> reporter: this is in the late '40s. t> this is so crucial. we for how important they are. >> drew: i will shas. >> reporter: i will share with you, lonnie, one of the most

important decisions i ever made is my effort to make my grandfather proud of me. is there a similar force or anything in your life that has informed your decisions and driven you forward through especially difficult times like you have in the museum? >> i wanted to make the family prount and more impor i wanted to build on what the family did in terms of creating opportunities for me. >> like it or not, you're now famous. >> not, not, not, not. >> okay. >> let's not argue. elwhy don't you me instead how do you react to now this -- to the way the people feel but and the work that you have done? >> it is unbeliably humbling. iry all the time because people come up to me and say thank you. people, as you say, applaud for the museum. >> reporter: you're still a young man, but whether you feel

it or not. you're still a young man. how in the world do you top this? >> you don't. you realize that in many ways you'll nev do anything like this again. i'll never do anything that will be as meaningful or as important as this, but this will always be a reservoir that i can d into to say that no matter --o matter wha that we've accomplished this. >> thank you so much. i appreciate it. >> it's been my pleasurenc >> jim thank you so much. >> we believe you now with my mood. t was vance's idea many years ago close out eachenriday eving newscast and we still think it's a good ideaek have a good end.

tonight, the death toll rises to 17. the victims including children as young as 1 in that duck boat disaster in missouri. the governor now says nine of the dead afr the same family. >> those poor people. >> no kidding, oh my god. he >> are growing questions tonight about why that boat went out in suc violent weather. new tornados on on the ground after severe ripped through neighborhoods, homes blown away and dangerous weekend. >> the trump tape surprise, president trump's lawyer michael cohen secretly moecording him talking abouy and a former playboy model that claims they had a year-long affair. more people