get $300 back when you buy a new smartphone. xfinity mobile. it's simple. easy. awesome. click, call or visit a store today. now at 11:00, a you d.c. couple killed during a year-long trip overseas. victims of a possible terrorist attack. friend family, and coworkers reacting. while the state department

investigates. a memorial ride for a local cyclist killed on the streetcar tracks. >> i'm going to mourn him to the day i join him. >> new tonight, safety changes already being tested to keep it from happening again. >> and day one in the trial of paul rt. what we already know about his defense strategy. >> news4 at 11:00 starts now. and first ttonight,y were a young couple traveling the world, killed in a possible terrorist attack. good evening, i'm ln harris. >> i'meg wendy er. lauren geoghan worked at georgetown university, her alma mater. today the state department s confirmed and her partner jay austin, were the two the americans killed in an attack over the weekend. in tajikistan. shomari stone is live wit more on these two victims. show? ma >> reporter: wendy and leon, tonight georgetown's dean of admissions says that the university is heart broken over

the passing of lauren kagan. she was a valued member of this community and he sends his condolences her family. warren geoghan and her boyfriend jayere killed in tajikistan july 30th. i wasib claimed respoity but the u.s. officials have not confirmed the group's involvement. the d.c. couple was on a year long bicycle trip when they were murdered along with two otheris to in a car and knife attack. in a statement, lauren's family says "the year long bicycle adventure lauren and her partner were enjoying was typical of their enthusiastic embrace of life's opportunities. her openness to n people a places, her quest for a better understanding of the world." lauren geoghan was a graduate here at georgetown university and morned in government, minored in spanish and worked in e school's office of tidergraduate admissions. jaw a previously worked in a tiny house company in d.c.

called boneyard studios.ny the com posted "jay austin studiosormer boneyard left this world doing what he loved, connecting with people anosikaling the world with a person he loved, lauren geoghan." >> reporter: now, tonight, nbc news is also t reportingt in the netherlands and switzerland, there were two tourists fr t thos countries also killed in this attack. live here, i'm shomari stone, news4. and although isis is claiming responsibility for this attack,en tajikistan's gover is blaming a political group banned three years ago because the country was trying to attract cyclists and other adventure tourists. o urred about 100 miles south of the capital. today it the state department offered advice for people o travelin of this country.

>> currently, all u.s. citizens to enroll in our step program that enables the state department and galernment offito reach you if we need to in case of an emergencience. >> officials at the u. embassies in tajikistan say they see no evidenc s ofcific threats against americans. safety changes are on the way for cyclists on the busy street corridor. tonight a memorial drive. news4's jackie bensen has more on what could be changing. jackie? >> reporter: leon, the head of conversation c.'s department of transportation told news4 tonight that efforts are actively under way to address the issue oficycle tires getting caught in the streetcar tracks. that played a role in a fatal collision in june, a-y 19ear-old man was killed. he was remembered here tonight.

>> we've got to do our j in e community as i say coming together. >> r worter:ith those words, cyrus habib led family, friends and people who cared deeply about bicycle safety in the districtn a shortride. third and h streets northeast. where his younger brother was fatally injured june 23rd. t thee ofb' malik ha buy psych is got caught in the streetcar tracks and he fell into the path of a tour bus drivg besideshim. >> we want rubber flaps on the streetcar, on the street rails. it is unsafe to ride our bike on h street and unsafe for peds to cross. >> reporter: a ghost bike pained white in memoryf his life. >> strollers can also trip in the tracks snis. >> reporter: his mother says it is incomprehensible to er that

the track issue has not been addressed as it has been in other u.s. and european cities. >> if he didn't get caught in there, he wouldn't have flipped in the air. if he didn't flip in the air, he wouldn't have got thrown in the bus's way. all of those events started with the streetcar track and i think they can prevent that. >> reporter: the director of the d.c. department of transportation tells news4 the agency is listening to bicyclists concerns about the streetcar tracks. >> mayorowr has asked ddot to evaluate and test that particular technology and so we filler among g at other technologies that are commercially available. >> reporter: another theby cycle transit advocates tell us they would like to see addressed is the problem of speeding on h street. live in northeast washington, jackie bensen, news4. >> thank you. let's turn to the weather with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper and a stormy

pattern we can't seem to shake. >> hit and miss all week. right? >> yeah, that's exactly right, wendy, with the best chance of dealing with rai later in the day and in fact, right now on storm team 4 radar, i'm tracking portion of a good our area. we're going to have pretty rainy night for some of us.we e not talking about flooding issues but light to moderate rain willcr continues the area till about 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. light rain in parts of fairfax, montgomery, frederick and carroll, howard counties. then heavier rain falling on prince william counties. here's a look at the bigger picture. more rain moving throughni ovt tonight. as i said, it's over by about 4:00, 5:00 a.m. at 7:00 a.m., we're mild dealing with wet roads.ra the temre around 74. plenty of sunshine during the morning and midrsy hnd humid tomorrow with a hamperature of 82. however, wendy, sun will fuel late day thunderstorms.

i'll have more coming up at 11:18. >> we are staying on top of breaking news out of northern mexico tonight where everyone survived a commercial plane crash there. you can see the smoke on the horizon and themergency vehicles responding. still pictures show firefighters putting out the flamess paramedics helped passengers. authorities way the plane trying to take off during a storm when it hit the ground. 37 people on board the aero mexico flight suffere minor injuries but a mexican tv station says that the pilot suffered the worst of it. but all 101 people on board already alive. >> wow. a stafford county scherff's deputy pulledver to help a driver having car trouble when the deputy asked for the driver's hei.d., t driver declined. what happened next was caught on the officer's dashcam. >> i committed a crime? >> no, i didn'tou say did. you are still required to identify yourself. >> am i free to go.

>> no. >> am i being detained? >> dependent fullford went on t arrest george wingate for butsing to identify himself a judge three tle out the charges. now he is suing the deputy. he believes race plays a part in their encounter. >> with officers and civilians of our color, and you know, it's time we stand up for our rights an do this the right way. >> that gentleman technically could walk away and he asked to and the police officer says no, you can't. >> w reached out to the stafford county scherff's department who says they can't comment because of the pending litigation. we attempted to interview deputy fullford but he has not responded to our requests. >> the first of two trials for president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort started today. the jury of six men and six women has been seated and already heard opening manafort's on trial in alexandria for financial crimes. this trial will not focus on any

election meddling. tprosecutorsed to paint manafort today as greedy hiding millions of dollars that he earned as a consultant with the ukrainian government. defense blamed manafort's business associate rick gates for mislding him. gates will be a key witness for the prosecutors.fo ma is the first person to face a jy as part of the special counsel robert mueller's investigation. >> facebook says that it has uncovered what appears b to new covert efforts to influence electionu.s. midterm . the company removed 32 fake accounts from facebook and instagram saying they were involved in couldnated behavior. the pages create between march of this year and this may had some 290,000 followers.'t facebook doesnnow who is behind the efforts but sources tell nbc news the fake accounts have qualities similar to those used by russian hackers through the 2016 election.

blueprints for creating untraceable and unwe do tectable 3-d plastic guns will not be made available online term. settlement between a texas company and the government would the have allowed the plans downloaded august 1st. late today a feral dge? seattle stopped the release of the blueprints with a restaining order. democrats in congress want president trump to reverse the settlement. the press says making these guns available to the public doesn't make much nse. >> next, it the nationals trea turner makes anal emoti apology two days after offensive tweets he senn as a teenager rf reaced. he's not the only majoreaguer ught in the controversy. >> the fire fight still raging tonight in california. e growing danger as

careful what you tweet. you don't know when it will come back to haunt you. >> that's a lesson three major league baseball players and a hollywood director haveearned e hard way in the last month. this started the night of the all star game right here in d.c. after the milwauk breweosh hader, a maryland native took the mound, oldweets of his rom 2011 and 2012 began to resurface. they included raiselrs slu one of them saying i heat gay people. >> two weeks ago james gunn director of the hugely successful f "guardianse galaxy" was fired from the latest sequel because of old tweets in which he joked about the holocaust and aids. this past sunday weaw old tweets from sean newcomb of the braves with a racial and

homophobic slurs. also on sunday tweets are from trea turner posted in 2011 and 2012, some appeared to be jokes. but they hit on those same themes, race, sexual orientation and people wit disabilities. >> last night, turner's teammatd selittle called on major league baseball players to be more thoughtful and take responsibility for theirst atements. here's what both nats players had to say today about the controversy. >> i'm truly sorry for what he said and i want to take full responsibility for that. it's not when i said the things i said, it's that i said them at all no matter how you use it or what conxt you think you're using it in, words hurt. i know as an athlete, i want to use the platform for good and make a difference in a positive way. i think i can do that and i want to do that. moving forward. >> i know trey, i know the man he is.

i love him as a friend, as a teammate. i really don't think thahose reflect who he is, but now he has the oortunity to demonstrate that growth. we've seen three guys now in our league that have had some owed tweets surface like this. think about what you're saying because you know, there are people tha are hurt by it. >> digital deeds last forever. major league baseball is requiring one of the three, hader to attend sensitivity training. no word yet on any discipline for turn. a bizarre story just northwest of dallas. a suburban parking gage collapsed today crushing cars inside it, but two separate sectagns of that g caved in five hours apart. the damage was extensive, 21 cars damaged. and dogs were brought in to certainly for anyone who might beut trapped tonight they were not keying on anything and there were no reported juries.

>> today a u.s. appeals court upheld a lower court decision to allow metro's ban on religious olitical or advocacy advertisements. the catholic church sued metro arguing its policy violated the first amendment. the church wanted to use ads containing images showing the three wise men. metro banned them over vandalism concerns experience in brett cab anyhow heard the case here in d.c. but he recused himself. the decision was 2-0. there is no relief in sight for the firefs battling those massive fires sweeping through communities in li cafornia. there are currently 15 large wildfires burning across that state. more than 12,000 firefighters are on the frontlines. tonight, two large fires are threatening to converge into one monster blaze closing in on 12,000 structureses.,0 people have been

evacuated. the wildfires have killed at least eight, torched thousands of acres and destroyed more than a tusand homes. and it is dry out there and they have no relief in sight. >> it'sib just te out there. meanwhile here, we continue to deal with rain. the national weath service just issuing a flash flood watch. this is in effect for parts of rappahannock will, culpeper and orange counties till 8:00 a.m. we'll have rain till 4:00 a.m. or 5:00 a.m. after that, most of your day tomorrow is dry tery similar today. by the late afternoon and especially the evening hours, we'll have some scattered showers and thuerstorms moving through. and tomorrow's one of those days where they any storms that bubble up during account late afternoon and evening hours could be on the strong to severe side. more in a moment. your rain outlook, there's aan for rain tomorrow at about 40% on thursday an friday, som scattered showers and thunderstorms mainly during the afternoon and evening hours.

a chance on ndturday. looking mainly dry. here's your planner for tomorrow. 7:00 a.m., most of us dry that the point. still wet roads and sidewalks to -- you'll notice as you step out. 74 degrees by lunchtime. partly to mostly sunny skies. temperatures in the mid 80s. maybe a few isolated showers around during the afternoon hours. it's wes of washington around 3:00 p.m. where we'll be tracking some showers and thunderstorms. otherwise, it's hot and humid tomorrow with temperature of 87 by 7:00 p.m. the ening thundershowers the thst chance for scatters thunderstorms i d.c. metro area. 84 theat tempe. severe weather potential, heavy threat thatbigge could lead to isolated flooding issues followed by gusty winds that could lead to very minor wind damage. it's not a widespread severe weather day tomorrow. it's one of tsse d where a couple of storms could be on the stnger, even severe side.

outdoor exercise for the restwe wo is better during the morning hours the mornings looking mainly dry. heading to the pool, i would still go. you want b to have akup plan. the longer you wait, the better channg of dea with thunderstorms. that goes for any outdoor activities. something you need to do outside that needs 24 hours of dry time, old off till next week. take a look. here's the rain on storm team 4 radar. just about all of northern virginia, parts of maryland seng showers right now. we'll continue tee s rain overnight tonight. by 7:00 a.m., we're looking dry. here's your storm team 4 ten day forecast. 40% chance for mainly late day and especially ening showers and thunderstorms tomorrow. similar situation on thursday. temperatures in the upper 80s on thursday. 80s on friday. saturd thunderstorm.wer or

sunday right now not looking that bad. near 90, but it's tr at this point, that's nice. ar i was going to have a stain my deck this weekend. now. h >> you'lle to do it another week. sorry. timing is everything. >> tonight we had a flalood of runs at nats park. incredible showing on a hick night. ryan zimmerman set a franchise record. >> but that wasn't even the most exciting thing that happenee in first inning. full highlights just ahead. >> sports is next. first here'simmy fallon. >> kenny chesney is here. perform.nd plus, odonkirk,

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>> this is the xfinity "sportsdesk." >> man, what a night at nats park. >> where do you start. >> get past the trade deadline, we predicted we uld have 26 runs in 25 days. that's what we said the other day. anyway, what a day in this season ofed inconsistency m with heavy doses of up certainty, today's trade deadline brought clarity to the nationals. bryce harper wasn't traded. by not doing anything, they extent brian kinsler to e cubs, by doing nothing they seemed to be reminded they had are sotothing. ght against the mets they were something es. hey, he's still here. bryce harpe not goingnaire for now. the future can wait. present was too good. harper doubles home firstni inng. tray turner. that makes it 1-0. trust me my friends, this is only the ginning.

then ryan zimmerman it, rbi single passes tim wallach of expos fame for mostin hits franchise history. that makes it 2-0. there's the confirmation of what you just said. still in thefirst, tanner rourke the pitcher comes up. how about a bases clearin double from the pitcher? wow. 6-0. part of a seven-run first inning. our g scorecards wereetting messed up. and this continues. are you still with me? thirdinning, dal murphy loves playing against his old teab. how t two men on base, if you do the math, that's a three-run homer. it's now -0 nationals. in the third inning. they did hold on for a 25-4 win over the mets, the largest marg of victory in franchise history. dierent end of the spectrum, orioles in new york. adam jones still withhem after they traded schoop to the

brewers. d miguel and har a three-run homer. that makes it 6-0. you might say it ois jeffrey ramirez' night, a 6-3 loss to the ya ees. decisions, that's what redskins training camp is all abt, derrius giese can form a one-two punch with thompson. rob kelley was once a skin starter. those are decisions for another day. for now, we're getting to g kno th that will provide the happenedoffs. jerry burriss is in. richmo >> one of the newest additions to the roster is someone players ok up to most. quarterback mallex h has been on the team for just four months and already impressing one of the longest tened redskins players. trent williams said something that grabbed my attentionhen talking about yourp leadershi skills. >> he's always been a leader. he's comfortable in tha role. and you know, he's what we

needed. >> flattering, you know, he's kobviously been a h of a player for a long, long time. looking forward to him being on my side. so yeah, but i think the big thing is let'sot get ahead of oursllves. we're s -- i think we've had a great mentality focusing on each and every practice, certainly as the season gets here, the intensityill ramp up. >> reporter: it's still talking season for the next few weeks. something tellinging about smitk running b chris thompson says in each meetg smithf i sits te a different seat to know his team team

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click, call or visit a store today. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- bob odenkirk, alicia silverstone,