tonight, therciocese of ashington reacts to the resignation of its former archbishop. good morning. thedi archdiocese s out a lengthy statement praising the vobravery of abused sur who have come forward and promising help to anybody who may nd it news 4's darcy spencer is live outside st. matthews with more on this story. darcy? >> erica this is the first statement we received since that resignation. it shows how seriously they're taking the allegations in the catholic church. theodore mckerik is the

archbishop of washington from 2001 to 2006 and rose to the level of cardinal. now he is being stripped of that title and removed from an elite group of church leaders tt advises the pope. it's because of a widening scandal involving allegations of abuse. in the newly released statement, the archdiocese of washington said, for me than 30 years, the archdiocese of washington has encouraged survivors of sexu abuse toome forward, and has sought to not only address claims of abu sftly but to also offer assistance to survivors of abuse in the hope i of bringing h to those who have been harmed." the statement also says that the confidential settlement while he was a priest in new jersey was not known p tviously to karld nall or the archdiocese of washington. the statement comes aay after one of mckerik's alleged victims told news 4 that mckerik abused him for more than two decades. the victim lives in loudoun county and asked that we not show hisace anddentify him only as james. >> and i'm going to sue the

catholic church. i'm going to take him. get. penny i can possibl and then i'm going to ask for more. because there were lot of people out there i want to help. >> the archdiocese is encouraging victims te forward to share their experiences with their own diocese so leaders can view claims and offer help. the statement says these exriences shared by survivors are profoundly troubling and represent a breach of trust i wounding that no person should bear alone. cardinal r wuerlently affirmed that those coming forward were w. new allegations show a confidence in the church to takh seriousl charge ez as and act quick f quickly in responding. >> he issued statement claiming had his innocence. we have not heard from him since then. he's been told not to make any public appearances. erica, back to you. >> dar spencer live in northwest for us. thank you. you can read the archdiocese of

washington's entire statement on our nbc washington app. we're going to continue following this story on air and online and bring you any new developments as they surface. let' switch gears and turn to the weather. want to take a live look at the tidal basin. e got a break from the rain this weekend. it's not for long. we have your forecasttonight. hello. >> hey, erica, it was a beautiful weekend for late july. humidity was low. sun was rishining. t now on storm team 4 radar, i'm tracking isolated showers showg up in the panhandle of west virginia and this is the thing, they're going to stay west of i-81. most of us completely dry tonight. make sure to enjoy the next few hours because we're tracking heother rainy pattern that is setting up for work week. take a look. this is monday through friday. tomorrow we'll be tracking scattered showers moving in starting around midday hours. and then continuing at times on

into the evening hours wit more rain at times tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and fray. coming up, erica, i'll have more on the timing of tomorrow's rain with future weather. plus the impacts that all of this additional rain is going to have on the area. >> thank you. tonight we have new details on a deadly crash on i-95. police now say a driver was underhe influence when he rear ended the driver of an suv in fairfax county killing her. it happened early yesterday morning on the southbound lane just before the fairfax county parkway. show you a picture of the vtim tonight. kaitlyn taylor, police say dav toble of springfield is charged with dui manslaughter. taor lived in jess up, maryland. car flipped and caught fire. she died at the scene. we're working t uncover new information tonight after a body was found on a school parking lot in gapohersburg. ce found that body at south lake elementary school on

contour road friday afternoon. s investigator it is a male between the age of 15 to20. police do not suspect foul play but haven't been able to identify him yet. he'd been seen earlier in the day and had been scene playing basketball at that school a woman woke this morning, woke up this morning to find a stranger b in herroom touching her. it happened early this morning inside a home in northwest d.c. eacording to the police report, the woman sd and the man took off running. the description of the man isre ly vague but call police if you know anything about this. georgia civil rights icon john lewis remains hospitalized for observation. his representative said today that lewis is resting comfortably and did not elaborate on the condition or why he was taken to in atlanta last night. lewis is 78 years old. he ctinues to fight for equal rights as did he in the '60 aers during the civil rights movement. lewis suffered a fractured skull

at the hands of alabama state troopers during a historic 1965 mob. >> going on the defensive with the russian election scandal. it is happening asr. trump tries to get passage passed. the president says he's willing tohut down the government if he doesn't get his way. >> the president said that the e son's mng with a russian lawyer at trump you toer in 2016. but mr. trump's former attorney and fixer michael cohen is apparently now willing to tell special counsel robert mueller that candidate trump did have advance knowledge. >> i would believe don jr. aenlt president in light of worrying that michael was taping conversations. >> reporter: federal regulators have more than 100 recordings cohen made of his meetings with clients. trump team says none talk about at meeting. >> now i listened fortunately for my client's point of vie to many, many hours of tapes.

and the man is a pathological manipulator, liar. >> cohen's lawyer did release a tape last week where the president allegedly discued king a payme to a former "playboy" model who claims she had an affair with mr. trump. today t president blasted mule oern twitter and writing he t read play hard ball on immigration tweeting "i would be willing to shuov downnment if the democrats do not give us votes for border security, which includes the wall." . mocrats say it's the republicans stopping reform. >> democrats want to work on a comprehensrme immigration re package to address all of our issues across the country. >> the president raisi the akes on the immigration battle as the september 30th deadline toerund the gent draws closer. reformrcing immigration battle could lead to a political showdown before the midterm elections. some republicans had hoped to avoid. general iffjennifer johnson, nb ngton.was next on news 4 at 6:00, a

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resignation in the virginia general assembly could put the gop slim house advantage in great jeopardy. the delegate said he is down tend of august. he sent an e-ml to supporters and colleagues friday saying he wants to focus on his family and career as a lawyer in roanoke. a special election in the heavily republican district would give democrats a chance to wi the seat and force a 50/50 split. in that scenario, the parties

would have to agree to share power. bo saving so's life doesn't have to come with a lot of training. sometimes it just takes a little me and some willingness. in fairfax county today, people rolled up s theireves to give blood. as news 4 explains, today just part of a mission this week po helpple survive. >> reporter: thi is a life saving vehicle. it is no strobe light or siren. its what goes on inside that makes the differee. >> iust want to help people out. i'm 0 negative. >> we need 200 units of blood every day to fulfill our hospital needs. >> reporter: and that's not just the inova health care swhtem e she managed blood donor recruitment. they're responsible for supplying blood to os24tals keeping the supply up and ready just ask those on the front line. they see the need firsthand. r>> we're out therening the 911 emergencies. especially during the summer time. we see a lot of accidents.

>> reporter: starting monday, n ere is a blood blitz, effort to get people to give. it will be set up at they're facility across from the dulles town vicenter. is as easy as it is important. >> a lot of question and they pick youut real quick, check your blood and make sure it's good. >> reporter: typically, they ask for a .un that is about a pint of blood. the average adult has nine or ten units in their bodies. 72 hours after giving, you body gives it back and you likely help saved a live. >> from traumas to regularly scheduled surgeries to folks waiting for a live oan transplant, they're sustained by blood donors. >> reporter: derck ward, news 4. all right. so you heard of comicon. few people heard of blerdcon. it is black nerd peculture. le from all over the country are ghering at the hyatt reej ency in crystal city. those who take part say the message has deep roots in social

causes like inclusiveness with the lgbt community and people living with disabilities. zblfr since we've been here, we've been em graced by everybody. it l feelsike home. it feels like a reunion. it feels good being here. meeting people for theti first but it's like their distant colins. you fee so comfortable. but, yeah, everyones really awesome. >> and it wasn't just people dressed up in costumes. music and daned as well as, of course, gaming tournaments. all right. we really hope you had an opportunity to get outside and enjoy the weather. because things are going to go down hill fast. we're here to talk about more of a rainy pattern that is coming back. so we had a little bit of a reprieve. but next week is just saturated. i have chance for rain in the forecast monday through saturday. now the good news is sunday, nexteekend on sunday is looking mainly dry.

>> t >> i know, i'm trying to find the silver lining on a sunday evening. we're not looking at a washout of a week. we're going to have rain and storms at times. there is similar to last week. waves of t rain andnderstorms moving through the area. we have had heavy rain. unlike last week, we're n looking at as much rain. this week i'm seeing about one to three inches. some isolated higher amounts for some heavy downpours. but last week we saw about 10 inches,ve more rain fall across the area. however, based on how saturated the ground is and wean a little bi of rain, som flooding is going to be a concern at times. something we'll be keeping a close eye on. again, the weekend though at least has improving weather in the cafo. right now temperatures are in the 80s. 84 in washington. 80 degre in gaithersburg. two isolated showers back in the panhandle of west virginia. but for most of us, it's a dry evening. tomorrow will be a dry start. mostly cloudy skies greet you at 7:00 a.m.

a temperature around 71 degrees. by lunch time, temperatures are in the upper 70s. we'l start to see scattered showers and thunderstorms especially around washington and areaso the south as w continue into the afternoon and evening hours. scattered showers thunderstorms continue. otherwise, cloudy skies with a high temperature of 83. you see here at 8:00 a.m., future weather and showers in fredericksburg. that is a small possibility. it is really as we move toward the midday and afternoon hou when we see waves of rain that start to move into the area. maybe a few rumbles of thunder. we'll continue to have rain and thunderstorms at times for ther afn hours. but it's no the a complete washout. n tuesday, we have rain a thunderstorms at times throughout the day, not just favoring the afternoon and hours. let's talk about humidity. tomorrow, it's a little bit humid. but then the rest week, it's feeling oppressive. we track this moisture coming up from the tropics.e' that's where w going to be getting our rain and thunderstorm chances from. so here's a look at your ten d forecast. wednesday and thursday, notice the rain chances.

still above temperatures in the 80s. remember, it's muggy. feeling a little bitwa er. more rain is possible at times on friday and saturday.ur however, sy isn't looking as bad. we start to see the pattern break down. we'll call next sunday night high temperares near 90 degrees. >> there you go. you get one day out of the ten day forecast. all right. thank you. >> coming up in sports, first full dayn pads at camp and trash balkween coach and player. we got the redskins covered xtming up ne

dave johnson to talk a little redskins. guys in the pads already. >> in the pads. just like the newsroom, anchors and reporters doing trash talk too. >> what? >> it happens all the time. >> you know, that's how lies gep ad. >> that's right. that's what happens in our newsroom. this is the time of year where weook for point of contention or controversy at redskins training camp. this year is different. alex smith is the quarterback. kirk cousins is gone. there is no debate about his future. that leaves us to deal with the that's going well, thank you. even mother nature, there was some trash talking to day between coach and player.

sherry is in richmond. >> reporter: finally, a little relief on the horizon for the redskins. this morning's practice, t coolest it's been here in richmond. the afternoon walk through was canceled s four straight days of training ca. full steam ahead for the redskins. sunday the first practice with full pads on. >> offense and defense. we don't have to like each other in camp. we should like each other in camp. you know? should be competitive. should be trying to get the best of each other. that's only going to make uset bigger and br in the longer run. >> reporter: even head coach jay ruden pitching in to do his part. >> receivers aren't that worried about me. i don't think. you know, it's j fun to get a littleha exercise and cllenge them and talk a little trash. that's my specialty.

i like to go back to jr all the time. ,you he always kind of starts. >>alk about talking trashnow. this is one of the best i'veev seen. throwing his helmetll and yeing. ticking off the offense. >> the one-on-ones, you know, it started in one-on-ones throughout the day. but you know, jay is a good trash talker. but he's not better than me. >> swearinger and coach gruden and the team will have an off day on monday to practice their trash talk and rest. from richmond, sherry burris, news 4 sports. >> twopsteps forward, two s back. i'm note quoting from the paulas abdul song "oes attract." it's the question of the nationals season so far. that's the way this season has gone. reonmber the nats they the first two games there against marlins. two steps forward and got back to above .500. after that loss on saturday, w go to today. you don't need a paula abdul song to know where i'm going with this.

no need to rush in the par linz park. straight up, it wasn't pretty. th prams ofomise of a new day. that's what happens to jeremy in the second. jose orena, just the second hit in 31 batshis season. marlins up 1-0. a cold harded snake choreographed a beauty on t mound. he set a 2-10re rd. nats only two hits in the game. blanked by the marlins thanks to my forever girl producer for helping with the paula abdul stuff. hey, tf you came camden yards ou saw aen gnome day, good one. if you came dressed like the give away, check what's in your bottle. rough season for chris davis and the orioles. to ta today, a bright spot. vis blast this is one to center. alex smith has a beat on it. wait look, he goes over the wall for a two run homer.

you see smith's reaction. rtake a close look. it is in his glove but pops over the fence. smith can't believe itst the firf two home runs on the day. davis puts the orioles up 3-0. lots of talk vaundisurroundins joneith the team rebuilding. he can be dealt at trade deadline. if this is the last game with the orioles, he's going out with a bang, literally. rbi single in the second. nine gameea hitting str for jones. they go on to win 11-5. they take the series from the tampa bay raise ys. a couple player inducted into the baseball hall of fame today vlad guerriera. his time with the expos. career average of .318. that's getting it done. so is jim thome. he gets induct ld as a cleveland indian. remember on t phillies. did end his playing day with the orioles. 612 home runs. eighth all time.

larry wayne wnnes, also ks chipper, spent his entire career with atlanta famously known for the damage hest did aga the division rival mets. rounding out the 2018 class. and again, we should tell you kyle busch wins the nascar race today. >> all right. congratulations to him. i didn't know you were so good at karaoke. we'll take the show on the road, man. >> two ste back.ard, two steps >> all right. that's the news for now. thank you for joining us. nightly news" is coming u next. we'll see you tonight at 11:00. good night, everybody.

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