>> tonight, new concerns about safety at thiss weeken white nationalist protests in the ciray. demonrs and counterprotesters descend on the white house. >> and sunday's event is expected to draw hundreds of people from around the country and comes one year after that supremacist rally that erupted in deadly vall in charlottesville. >> news 4's mark segraves has a look the plan to keep our city safe. mark. >> e mayor signed that executive order this afternoon. what's going to happen on sunday ternoon? there's going to be counterprotesters who will gather down at freedom plaza to the east and march here to lafayette square. at the same time the white w supremacisll be gathering at foggy bottom and to the west matching here toth laughe square right behind me at the white house where the two sides will come face to face. his is what d.c. officials are unite the avoid, the

right rally in charlottesville ate year ago thurned deadly. day d.c. mayor muiruriel bowser sent a messagede to both sis. >> on sunday we have peop ming to our city for the sole purpose of spewing hail. we, the people of washington, d.c., say unequivocally that we denounce hate. >> reporter: d.c.'s police chief had a more direct message to the >> the rules are pretty simple. don't hurt anyone and don't break anything, and if you do police will have to take action. >> reporter: he says how things actually unfold on sunday is still uncertain and majorad closures around the white house limb pact traffic. as for the protesters and pr countesters, they will start off in separate locations and end up in the same place. at least three groups of counterprotesters will rally in separate locations arnd the city sunday afternoon and men march to lafayette square.

at the same time, the white supremacist protesters will meet at the vienna me s flowtion and then take metro to foggy bottom where they will march tou the white for their rally also in lafayette square. r >> our numbeone goal is going to keep them separated. >> as for guns, the chief says nobody should even think about that. ou i want that to be absolutely clear, even if have a permit to carry a firearm in the columbia.f on sunday you won't be able to carry that firearm in any of the areas that -- that have been identified. >> reporter: now the order that mayor bowser signed tod activates the emergency operations command sunday all day sunday and also frees u overtime funds for both police and first responders as well asc trafftrol officers to keep things moving smoothly throughout the city all this weekend. that's the very latest. doreen, back to you. >> mark, thank you. there are preparations der way

elsewhere. the governor of virginia and the city of charlottesville have both declared states of emergency, one of the commonwealth's top safety ficials, says in addition to better coordinating resources the move also sets a standard for anyone who will be out on the streets this weekend. >> it sends the messaat if you come to charlottesville, if you behave peacefully, you'll have no issues, but we're not going to tolerate any violence. >> one of the locations in our area that will see extra security is the vienna metro center where markmentioned the white supremacists plan to meet before heading downtown. coming up in pour next half hour, see how local businesses are preparing fo thisweekend's rallies and why they say they have no plans to close despite the crowds and road closures. in maland a woman is ghting for her life. police say her boyfriend shot her in front of her child and then killed himself. this is at anle apartment co said in waldorf. neighbors tell news 4 a woman came to thei door afte being

shot and was rushed to the hospital in critical condition. instigators say this was a domestic situation, and there is no threat to the public. tonight witnesses to a deadly ad rage confrontation are sharing what they saw. th tragedy happened a the start of the afternoon rush yesterday on the princ william county parkway. bureau chief julie carein us with reaction with people who witness this disturbing scene. julie? >> hi, doreen, very sad story. prince williamcounty police identify the victim as 53-year-oldarry walker and was left-hand in t turn lanes after he got out of his vehicle to confront another driver. matthew goldschein is a flower d delivever and sees his share of road rage incidents and sadlye's seen one death. >> i got into work about ten minutes after it happened, saw a the commotion, yo know, saw

what was going on. it's heartbreaking. >> reporter: here's how itne hap police say a pickup truck and sedan were traveling northbound when the drivers got into some sort of dispute. t the red light the pickup driver got ou his vehicle to confront the man in the sedan. police say the sedan driver then pulled into the left lanes, ut he struck the pickup driver now out in the roadway and a hon minivan. in the process the pickup driver was caught between the vehicles. and kil >> personally myself i've learned to control road rage and that's what ie done in the northern virginia area. ou know, you just have to be parish. you really do. it's not worth losing your life erer. >> maybe they't thinking clearly or thinking what was around them or what could happen to them, but, yeah, it is heartbreaking. >> reporter: the 34-year-old sedan driver briefly buft the scenthen pulled into a nearby parking lot. you can see the damage on his driver side door. no decision has been made yet about whether he'll fac

charges. now this is the third seriousd roge incident i've covered in prince william county. jck ine a young man drove over a young woman's leg. she survived and later that month another incident in which a guy pointed a gun at a woman in hnd car then followed her all the way home. she wisely though stayed in the car, and the takeaway from this, that's the best plan. don't get out of your v icle and call police if you're conceued. back to n the studio. >> julie carey, thank you, carey. today the judge in the paul manafort trial told the ju to isregard some of his courtroom criticism. yesterday hely criticized the prosecutors for allowing the irs official to testify but the judge bacd down showed that the judge granted permission for the witness to remain in theom court the jury is also getting a look at the scope of manafort's dalleged tax fr during his political consulting work in

ukraine.it ses testified he earned more than $30 million. he allegedly reported income of just 13 million. prosecutors say he failed to report more than $16 million that he spent on luxuries. space force, the very name conjures up futuristic images of intergalactic battles with alien versaries. in truth, it's more about protecting satellites than space stations. still, president trump's plan for a new branch of the military is one step closer to reality tonight. here's blayne alexander with more. hi, blayne. >> reporter: and, you know, none of this will come to pass unless congress signs off on it, so that's certainly important to note. the administration says they are notutalking aboutding something completely new from scratch. they are talking about reshuffling people, scuffling programs, but critics of the whole idea say that it's all j expensive.fusing and for fans of the classic tv

series "star trek" it's known as the final frontier. >> these are the voyages of the star ship enterprise. >> reporter: now space may be the new frontier in u.s. defense. the trump administration working to create a sixth military branch, the space force. >> it is not enough to merely have an american presence in space. we must have american dominance in space, and so we will. >> reporter: president trump pubically andeunced his seven weeks ago. >> i'm hereby directing the department of defense and pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary toes ablish a face force. >> reporter: at the time defense second james mattis reportedly baselinesided a baseli baseline sided pointing but now fully onoard saying that

satellites could be knocked out endangering our military forces. >> there are threats out there. it doesn't make sense to build whole other level of bureaucracy. >> rorter: space force echo the reagan era missile system nicknamed star wars and now decades later the trump administration is looking to turn what many see as sciencei fi into reality. blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. >> it's the kickoff for the redskins preseason. birding and gold on the read tonight faci the new england patriots. >> news 4's sherree burruss oins us with what to keep an eye on this evening. >> reporter: yes, we're here for the pheeseason game, first one of the year against the new england patriots, and here are four things to wtch for tonight. new quarterback alex smith. what will his chemistry be with some of his guys? can he lead the redskins to some points in limited action, and then the rookie draftic p the first round pick yne not

playing. he's out here warng up, but he's still recovering from an ry ankle . lots of eyes will be onunning back darrius guice already a far fave. and the running back battle, lot oftalent in that position group, so who steps up. nally the redskins getting to hit someone else. all that training camp prep, c they stack up against new england? the redskins and patriots uaring off here on nbc 4 at 7:30. we have live action after the game on the redskins post-game leport followed by "news 4 at 11:00." e from foxborough, sherree burruss, news 4 sports. >> start of a new football season always an exciting, hopeful tith around here. ks, sherree. up next, a former basketball player from maryland indicted allowing him to leave the country before his day in court? >> and a terror training

compound for kids. we're going to see how it was uncovered in the middle of the new mexico desert. >> heartbreaking reality nearly a here after hurricane maria tore through puerto rico. why the recovery is far from over. and we're seeing a pretty nice day out there, yeah, on the sigh side for sure but not nearly human as yesterday. 91 today and how does that playy as we p into the weekend? a

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people died because of hurricane maria. the that means the death toll that actually is 20 times higher than we were first told. there was no fmal announcement about the new death toll but it appears in a report submitt to ngress this week as part of the island's reconstruction plan. the new death toll cludes the four months after the storm when widespread flooding cut off rural neighborhoods and power was out for almost all the island. we traveled toic puerto soon after hurricane maria hit our news 4 and saw the humanitarian effort led by military medical teams and we saw non-profits delivering clean drinking water and feeding crowds of people. recovery there has been happening y.ry slowl after a year the puerto rican government claims power has now been restored to all but 25 people. a sinister plot uncovered inside this isolated compound in the new mexico desert. some of the 11 children rescued

now telling a story about what they endured as investigators revealed the children were being trained to kill. nbc's jay gray has the latest. >> watch your footing. there's a lot of holes in there. >> reportr: the building cobbled out of scrapwood and now.record are empty remnants of a makeshift home and terrorist training ground. >> lots of bullet casings. >> reporter: police initially came here looki for abdul-ghani wahhaj, a 3-year-old with medical problems aegedly abducted by his father siraj wahhaj. but what they found was 11 malnourished children and a cache of high-powered weapon.g children 1 to 15 were being trained to carry out school dshootings. was not with the group but officers led officers to the remains of a buried child on the property. >> it's awful we live here and

don't know what's going on. >> reporter: wahhaj is the son of imam linked to radical islam with a 1993 connection to the world trade center bombing but the father of one of the other adults arrested insists will was no terror plot. >> all they wanted to do is to get out of society, get away an homestead ave a peaceful life by themselves. >> reporter: right now the children are in foster care and the adults are in jail. the next hearing in the cases scheduled for friday. jay gray, nbc news. >> a former university of maryland basketball player indicted on rape charges has left the country. spmonty dodd was told to surrender his part and stay in maryland, but this woke a eudge changed that decision allowing him toe for europe to play professional basketball. bureau chief tracee wilkins with a new twist in c thisiminal case. >> reporter: former university of maryland basketball player demonty dodd is seen here

leaving cyrt on jul 12th and indicted on rape charges. he was released on hiswn recognizance promising to stay away from the alleged victim and supoendering his pat, but earlier this week that changed. >> there wasen an eme hearing held in which his attorney requested that he be allowed to get his passport back so he could leave the united states and go too poland t play basketball. >> reporter: according to new information revealed in court dodd is playing for a basknball team poland and requested that he be t allowed washing overseas. >> he's expected to travel within the area to play games, and the judge, you ow, did say that that was okay as lg as once a week he was checking in with his e attorneys. >> reporter: he's accused of meeting a girl at a college park bar, getting her drunk and raping her inside the terrapin apartments last october. in a previous intview dodd said the sex was consensual. >> my client looks forward to a

resolution in this case and we think there's several facts that will come out in the future and he'll b exonerated. >> reporter:ok speople say while they respect the judge's decision they do disagree with it. >> that's something that we've certainly argu f against. el like he should be treated like anyone else, and we feel like he should he had to stay in the state of maryland pending his trial until it's resolved. > reporter: dodd is expected to be back in upper marlboro court in october. he was sposed to be here for a september appearance, but the judge waived towat to a him to stay in poland a bit longer. in upper marlboro, tracee wilkins, news 4. >> it has been nine months since two u.s. park police officers shat bijan ghaisar. the police chief has not spoken ubically about what happened that night, and that did not change tonight. >> did you say why yo have not said anything? >> i don't think th's the appropriate time. >> when can we talk to you that, chief? >> reporters tried to talk to

himat the unite to right rally and he walked away. another officer pushed reporters out of the way. d.c. delegate eleanor holmes norton said she's frustrated with the lack of information. >> so w do need answers that have not been forthcoming, and if -- if -- if they continue not to be forthcoming, i think thean only ers we can get is from this court suit. >> norton is referring to a $25 million wrongfuleath lawsuit followed by ghaisar's family. they filed the suit in h es of learning more about what happened to their son, and the two police officers are still on administrative leave.ni a w from parents about what happened after they let their kids fly unaccompanied on a major how a diverted flight turned into a nightmare for one family. >> and the heatin wave cos with rain returning for your weekend. doug is back to el it u

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high temperatures so far in the 90s. 92 degrees and winds out of the west at 8 miles per hour. seen him up there before, but he normally thanks a look and finds what he wants to eat and then he's gone. >> sorry, buddy. got to let you82 go. egrees winchester and 85 gaithersburg and a really nice day. on the hot side today. but not too humid. so that's good news. not as humid as it was yeserday. still heat index is close to 95 degrees and yesterday was around 100. sho had a couple of showers down around warrenton and fauquier and culpepper counties. that's about it. most of us seei sunshine and gorgeous weather. emen some clouds moving in with that syoming on through right now and it's going to continue on two and most of us will see the cl skies overnight tonight. as we move on through the day tomorrow, what are we going to be seeing? well, more sunshine during then aft. a really nice day and planning for tomorrow. 74 degrees at 7:00 a.m. and 85 by noon and 90 by 3:00 with isolated showers, so, sah, ll on the warm side and high

of 91 tomorrow and 860, at 7 so a very nice friday night. no problem if you're going to be eating dinner outdoors. 85 on saturday and 86 on sunday. a good chance ofain both days. now, saturday is all day chance. not all day rain and all day chance of rain. ncsunday the best c will be during the afternoon, so heads up there. better chance of thunder on sunday. could be a flood threat, especially sunday, monday into tuesday. we could see some flooding and maybe even on saturday if we ge morms going over the same area. temperatures into the mid-80s as we move on through all the way through next week. guys, looking pretty good out there, but temperatures tomorrow 91. that's about it. the rest of the time temperatures move back into the 80s.f let's see he's -- if our ll friend is stihere. not going to get there. guys, back to you. >> next, a desperate escape after a woman runs down two flights of stairs to get help. what l we'reng about the man who opened fire. plus, how businesses are bracing

for this week's white nationalist rally and the counterprotest in d.c. a discou airline under fire after a flight gote ded. how two young kids traveling unaccompanied ended up in a hotel roo without their parent's consent. >> you're not with your kids at this point oou're really kind out of control. >> and the urgent warning for stu de

a baby was in the a man opened fire on his girlfriend. >> the child is okay, but the woman made a desperate escape running down two flights of stairs t a neighborho called 91 is. >> meagan fitzgerald is outsidef the waldo apartment complex and spoke to neighbors who heard what was happening. just after 12:30 this afternoon this quiet waldorf apartment building turned into e crime s >> so she came in the room and i guess gasping for air, whatever, holding her chest and saying kenny had shot her. this woman didn't want to go on camera but says er friend ran to her unit desperate for help after her boyfriend was trying to kill her. moments later charles county deputies arrived on scene spending hours investigating while the woman was airlifted to the hospital. >> the officers were canvassing found thing when th man deceased. he was in the stirwell of the apartment building and had a

self-inflictedd. gunshot woun >> the woman's child was found unharmed inside the apartment and neighbors are shocked that this nppened to a wo they have known for years. >> she was just so quiet. she didn't mess with anybody. li >> reporter: say the victim was talking when she was taken to the hospital. they tell us she's in serious expected but she is to survive. reporting in waldorf, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> new details fromde insi an apartment in mcclean where police say a mother shot bothof her daughters, kill her youngest. according to new search warrants two spent cartridges were found in t master bedroom of that apartment and one in the guest room suggesting that at least three shots were fired.ro ca youngblood faces a second-degree murder charge in connection with sunday's shooting. news 4 has also learned that the weapon youngblood aledgedly u to kill her 5-year-old was bought a few weeks before the murder at g show in northern have a gentleman. >> this sunday huge crowds of demonstrators and

counterdemonstrators expected up for the whitemacist rally at the white house. the unite the right event will have a major impact on roads dinntown and possibly bses as well. erika gonzalez joins us with that part of the story. erik >> none administrators are expected to board trains in vina around 2:00 and get out around foggy bottom where they will march to the white house c rosures will be in effect even before that time. here's a look at the s that will be blocked off starting at 9:00 sunday morning nd running until 8:00 that evening. that includes just about everything around oue white hse as well as most of the streets in foggy bottom south of pennsylvania avenue. outside the tro there. there's a grocery chain, numerous restaurants like district common. assistant general manager says business hours will not continue that day andin has n talking to staff about the rally all week and encourages them to speak up if they don't want to ork that day.

>> anyone who doesn't want to feel like working has the right to say so and take t day off. >> reporter:nd doreen, back to you. >> erika, thank you. the parents of first lady melania president trump a now naturalized american citizens. the first lady's famil is from slovenia and they took the oath of citizenship in new york today. a lawyer for mrs. trump's parents said they did not receive special treatment, but "the washington post" reports that they likely relied on legal process that president trump is trying to end. he calls it chain migration and has called for new laws to limit the family members that americans can sponsor for immigration. >> and russia is thing to retaliate for the new u.s. sanctions punishing mosc for poisoning a former russian spy

in great britain. the russian t currency ruble fell sharply after those sanctions were announced the u.s. officials imposed those sanctions under a from 1991 punishing entities that useic chem weapons. the kremlin continues to deny any role in that attack and one that nearly killed theme for spy, his daughter and police officer in england. this was in march. a britis woman did die last month aft she w exposed to the same type of nerve agent, but it's not clear yet if those cases are linked. >> major equipment failures inside a local facility that's designed to treat our veterans. w next the i-team tells us what went wrong andt's being done to protect patients at the v.a. >> get ready for more headaches on the rails. major track work that could cause delays on metro. >> another warm one today, but not quite as hot as it's been the last couple of days of thee nd, however, a lot different. temperatures fall belo average. we show you the rain chances

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tonight a 4 i-team investigation reveals a series of major equipment failures inside the flagship medical center of the u.s. department of veterans affairs. scott macfarlane is here to explain the safety risks and he also talked to some frustrated patients. >> reporter: air conditioning and other refrigeration issues ruining vaccines and also causing a flood. the ridge federation failure forced the medical center to throw away more than20 000 flu vaccines that spoiled lastl. fal months later the fda found issues in the blood bank linked to warm room temperature. that was in march. in may a cooling pipe triggered a flood on multiple floors and foeved theuation of a

care. in intensive >> and amid this summer heat air conditioning has failed on the third floor, we've learn. patient edgar gleason is barely able to walk when he was admitted for complications from ms and nevertheless walked out when he said his patient room becameessively hot in july. >> i can't stay another night. i couldn't sleep. i was in my roo without a top on it was that hot in there. >> reporter: the v.a. declined multiple requests for an interview with ne 4 saying air conditioning repairs are underway and tenses of millinns more improvements are expected between now and 2022. wendy and doreen, we will keep watching. >> for so many years, we hear our leader talking about how important it is to take care of our veterans, but there's alot of talk and not enough action. >> a lot of leader. they have had five leaders at that facility in 14 months. >> we've been hearing about the problems for years and years. thanks, scott >> thank you scott. >> ifou do have a tip about

the v.a. that the i-team should be looking into, visit our nbc news washington app and click on investigations. all police officers in fairfax county will carry new tools in the fight against opioid overdoses. they will carry a protection kit to limit their exposure to deadly substancesike fet nil and will carrywi narcan kits the nasal spray that counteract opioid overdoses. last year 1,300 people died from overdoses in fairfax county. still ahead, what one local school district is doi after high levels of lead were found in the drinking water. >> plus, a cha ce forin this weekend, but it won't be a washout. doug has a closer look at the

if you're jst joining us the d.c. mayor and police chief say the city is ready for the unite the right hundred of protesters and counterprotesters planning to converge downtown with some planning to converge on lafayette park.ef the police cays officers will focus on keeping the group peaceful. and >> a road rage confrontation turns deadly and one man wasun r investigation after an incident just before rush hour started yesterday on the g.w. parkway. a driver got out of his vehicle at a signal t confront another driver and then was hit by another vehicle and killed. president trump's plan to create ace space f moving forward. today at the pentagon vice president mike pence outlined the first stages of a plan to have the force operational by

2020. cs would have to sign off on the creation of another branch of the military and critics say the esting space command within the air force is already doing the work of the space force. surprise advice from metro. the transit agency warns you might want to find another way to get around. for ten days starting this saturday, construction will be disrupting service. b te, silver and orange lines are the ones most affected. some stations will be closed. trains will be sinle tracking which ans significant crowding and delays. rush ho trains will run every to minutes. there's no blue line service in the distric or maryland. metro warns it may not have room for all the riders. the future of bethesda began to take shape with the ground breaking at wisconsin avenue and elm streets. this is the site of the wilson and the elm. a23-story office building, two residential towers and a parking

garage are going up here. ventually retail stores and outdoor spaces will round out the project. construction is expected to continue through 2021. a plane carrying two unaccompanied children never arrives at its gate and the kids'oparents say they had idea what was going on. it was a frontier airlines flight that was supposed to travel from des moines, iowa to orlando, florida, but because of a storm the pla landed in atlanta. nbc's tammy leitner explains the confusion and why this could happen to any family. > reporter: it's a parent's worst nightmare. 9-year-old carter gray and his 7-year-old sister eta were flying for the very first time as accompanied minors. they had just visited their grandparents and were flying home to orlando when severe weather hit. that's when the plane got diverted and had to land in atlanta. coming up at nightly news hear from their parents who were furious after the pla landed in atlanta yet no one from the

airline called them. theyidn't hear from their kids for hours, and they didn't hear from anyone at the airline. that can happen to any parent with hundreds of thousands of kids flying every single year and no federal guidelines on unaccompanied minors. ghck to you guys. >> all r tammy leitner reporting. >> concern tonight after ev elevateds of lead were found in the drinking water at more than 80 montgomery county public schools. the school system says the problem will be fixed before classes start. news 4's chris gordon reports. >> reporter: how safe is the water in your child'sschool? maryland requires every public school system to review water quality. montgomery counsc public hools tested watern its 206 schools in all of its offices between m january andy. it found eeavated levels at 86 schools. >> of more than 13,000 water fixture that were tested we had

a little bitover 200 fixtures that had elevated levels of lead. those were immediately removed from use and remediation was put into place. >> there are reports that153 of those water outlets with heightened led -- leadlevels were found. >> high levels of lead in a bloodstream can lead to behavior problems, low iq and hyperactivity. >> the county public school system says all repairs to water stations are expected to be completed by the time students returned for the new school year. in rockville townhcenter, t woman watching her two grandchildren is confident that the public school system will drinking that their water is safe. >> i trust that they would do the right thing and make sure that it's done completely. >> cold spring elementary school has open classrooms with sinks that are not used very often.

they had nine water faucetswith violations of water quality here. i am told they have all been fixed. that's the latest from potomac, maryland. chris gordon. news 4. all right. back to our visitor, our -- our red-tailed hawk that's -- that came swooping in a few minutes ago while we were eating ice cream. >> we're taking -- there he is. >> there he is. >> we weresking you for suggestions on names. so far our favorite isig red >> i've got hawkeye and hawky mchawk face. o>> that's pretty too. >> i like that one. >> that's on my facebook page re right t really cool though. >> isn't he pretty. >> seen him up there before a couple of times. >> he's very cool. he likes that spot.'s great view up there. no wonder he likes it. >> and it's nice and breezy up there. looks like it's more comfortable than down here on the ground. ti a bel day. >> his feathers are blowing. >> the higher you go.

>> you're talking aboue -- to elevation. >> the higher you go the less friction. >> you want to talk about science. i was sayiic it's a day today than yesterday. >> a nicer day because of the nice breeze that we' got. blowing out of the northwest and still a little bit on the warm and humid side and not nearly as hot and humid as yesterday. yesterday we hit 94 with a heat index of 100 and today he hit 92 with a heat index topping out at 95. a little bit cooler and still on the hot side. now. 91 right 87 degrees at 7:00 and dropping down to about 78 by 11:00. a nice night tonight. i really thinkft about 73 once the sun starts to get low in the sky the sun sets before 8 sack now. you can probably notice that the day is getting shorter. oreally goinge quite nice for this weekend and sit outside and preferably in the shade and if it's in the shade really gorgeous. will 6 gaithersburg and 88 manassas and 9 annapolis and huntingtown temperature there

around 89 degrees. what are we dealing with a ouple of light showers and not much. can you see what's happening down in our southern zones. a couple earlie towards baltimore. one little shower in marshall, one earlier in fauquier and this one is going right towards friendsowtowards laplata. over towards fairfax we've got friends there, too. >> we continue to see satellite cloud cover around the area andi all all just great weather looking back to the west. you notice ccago, another little frontal boundary and showers coming up this way and i do think by tomorrow evening there's a better chance for cloud cover and all in a your friday is looking just as nice as thursday and high temperature r ound 91 degrees and anot hot day and a really nice evening. if you've got plans for friday eveninit's really looking quite perfect and then we look into the weekend. a diffetent scenario sp for the weekend. 91 tomorrow with an isolated shower possible. can't rule it out. ust like for today and most

us remain dry. >> this shower chance is pretty much all day on saturday. much better chance in the afternoon on sunday so most of early sunday should be fun and on the dry side a temperature of 86. look at monday. a 80% chance. not showers with rain. this could be heavier rain. we have chance for flooding each day, a that goes right into the day on tuesday, too. this is going to be a fair had pier. now, if it wasn't for the last month being w extremely i wouldn't be talking about flooding, but with the potential for one to three to three inches of rain between saturday and esday, yeah, flooding is still a concern. that and racking watching out for that very closely. wednesday the one day we're not talking out a chance of showers in the middle of next week and more chances next thursday, friday and saturday. temperature-wise, average high is7. we're close to that number just about the entire next ten days. e warmest at 91 degrees. great in foxborough, by the way. the weather phenomenal this time of year.

>> okay. we should all be up there enjoying it. >> and a reminderbc about the clear the shelters animal adoption drive that's coming up a week furm this sy. if you're thinking about taking home a new pet, consider heading to ani locall shelter on august 18th. for more information check our nbc washington app and search clear the shelters. it's a wonderful event and i'm proud to be a part o it. coming up, why the redskins eterans say tonight's game is much more important than people think. we're live inxb ough next. first, here's lester holt with a look at what's ahead on "nightly news." >> the government now suggesting the were far more deaths in the puerto rico hurricane aftermath that we'veen b told. how young is too young to tase a suspect? why a mom of

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big night in these parts. the redskins kick off preseason erd it's right o on nbc 4. >> let's go to sherree burruss in foxborough. d these guys psyched? >> certnly seems like it. the team just taking the team here at foxborough in gillette stadium so there's certainly a buzz in the air, and even just for us i have to tell you it feels so good to be in a football stadium instead of a practice field and i can only imagine the players feel the same way. taking two weeks of practice down here in richmond right rre ht now on this field which is really where this season starts for the redskins. really auilding block for what they want to do this year. >> you know, just set the tone, set the tone for the season. you know, a lot of these guys are gng to be putting on redskin uniforms for the first time. you know, that in itself is a

sight to see. you get to see people fulfill their childhood dreams and othan that just to see them attack it. >> just an aintensi we've got to play with each and every game and everybody has to bring it. >> this is where gu separate themselves this. practice field is all fine and dandy and being in between those ls, underneath them lights, that's a whole otoherry. it brings out a whole other monster in some guys, a whole other level. >> so nfl preseason game one might not mean a lot for a veteran quarterback alrm smith wap on the field earlier, but f rookies like running us back darr guice tisight a realization of a childhood dream. many rookies will have plenty more gam to come in the careers and the first time coming off an nfl jersey is no doubt a special need. >> it means a lot tothese guys. puts a lot of work in an importance or livelihood. tryingo make a football game.

>> prettti ex for these guys. >> i look forward to it. t>> this is your fiime in the nfl. for me i was super nervous. just excited to play out there. i mean, it's big for the guys who haven't done it before. >> it means a lot. taking it like it's a national championship game, it's the first game, so a lot of adrenaline and emotionst andff like that going. >> you can watch all the acti right here on nbc 4. kkoff is at 7:30. action after the game with our post-game report followed by "news 4 at 11:00." grab a comfy seat and make some in new, but since you're england if you choose to have clam chowder instead, not going to knock it. trent williams and rookie deron payne are e only two not i pads and uniforms today so maybe wereof the guys we thought going to go might take the field. we'll have to see when the first snap is off here at foxborough.

>> great stuff,sherree. i think wendy has ordered lobster rolls for all of us hich will be good. >> i have. >> and we are. >> forget the popcorn, going for the good stuff. >> going to ha lobster rolls. heck with doug's wings. don't need that. next on the time line the nationals in need of a win agaitst the braves, and a pitcher well overdue for a victory. the last time gio gonzal was able to post a "w" it was when chasing als were still a stanley cup. a loss on july 11th on facebk d they had the lucky handshake and make sure it happens. michael a. taylor is letting loose in the fourth in ng and blasts a solo shot to left and his six homer of the season gives the nats a 3-1 lead. taylor doing his best to support gonzaleat the field and in the fie -- at the plate an in the

field. seven innings of one-run ball. the nats take the series finale 6-3. and "the cleveland plains deal" doing some dealing. lonzo ball and the lake remembers coming to town andn smaller print mentioned former cavsas. former cavs james expected to play. in case you didn't know hisr name, lebron. the paper just online they just referred to him as former cavs. >> they have a sense of humor. >>ea when you town you're former cavs. >> you're nothing to us anymore. >> that's hilarious. >> one more look at our n best friend. >> yeah, red hawk, big red. red baron. >> we do like hawky mchawk face. -- looking for redskins game.

>> he di he's on the right tower, yes. thanks for joining us. "nig60ly news" starts i seconds.

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