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cu culv culver. >> and i'm angie goss. every newspaper is talking about the charlottesville rally, this is the front page of thest "washington and also noting that we see a full page ad and this is with that heart that we have seen so often, it says charlottes ville stands for the people of washington, d.c. >> you would see that everywhere down there, as shop owners have put that in their store front. a lot of folks are hoping this is nothing but a peaceful weekend. but there's a lot of concern for many and d.c. police taking this very seriously. but we do want toit begin wh se yesterday bec we had that heat and humidity. showers popping up today. another august day, it seems? >> yes, we're going t have some showers and thunderstorms developing during the afternoon. with a fewin ses out there in the morning. we got a little haze or d.c.
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with some cloud cover. temperatures right now, 78 t degrees, t northeast wind not doing anything to suppress the humidity, theumidity is still out there and you caneel it right now you're not feeling any ssprinkles, we're dry acr the region, however if you head off to the east, we haverm some s that are trying to form. but these eventually will move right into our area, right into the shenandoah valley, as we get into the aer hunchhour, and we'll see more showers and thunderstorms throughout the day today, another warm day out there, temperatures mid to upper 80e we'll t out the storms in your neighborhood and we'll talk about some dry hot days in that forecast coming up in 15 minutes. it's 9:01 right now. and breaking news, d.c. mayor muriel bowser is going to delay her trip to el salvador until
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after the rally. the mayor a h office are concerned that something might happen at that rally. she's not canceling her whole trip, she will retur to el salvador tomorrow. right now sever road closures are just getting under way. 're talking more than a dozen squarearound lafayette park are being shut down, it happened about twoinutes ago. those roads that are in red are expected to be closed all day today for the unite the right rally and the counter protests. and you see there police and paramedics, they're going to be using that area as a stafng ground sorts. at least five groups have applied for permits for their
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protests. metro trains will runvery 20 minutes on the red, silver and blue lines. if you do have to ride the rails, expect some big delays trains.ded search metro shutdown. >> and w have got a lot of angles covered here, we'll give you a liveook at pennsylvania avenue where the unite the right participantsill ultimately march in a matter of hours. government and d.c. officials say they are confident they can keep the peace as protesters and counter protesters swarm the district. it id all expec come to an end as we have mentioned at lafayette square park. >> and that's where we find ge -- derick ward. >> when we came to you earlier
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this morning, there was pretty much nothing going on except the barricades. and the unite the right hroup will be sometime after 4:30, they gather at bottom and march here at 4:30 and hold tir rally until 9:00. this is the group, the answer coalition, they have been around for 20 years or so. and they are permitted as a counter to the unite the right group that will be here this rn afn. they are expecting thousands to come and they want to outnumber the others. we talked to one member of that group about what they expect y, here to and both side have proclaimed that they will be peaceful and we talked to a person from the answer about themhe staking claim to this park and this is what she had to say. >> is hard to know what to expect, we're well prepared we obviously know what this group is capable of, but we have a permanent space, it's never our
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intent to have any type of physical confrontation, and to be honest, especially here in d.c., we'rearoing to outweigh that group. seen somer: we have police vehicles moving around and we imagine that's going to be some road blocks that will affect traffic. there's not lot of traffic even for a sunday, a lot of people have opted to stay away.v we run stories about some of the churches that say they will be open for their normal morning serveyes. ave been coordinating with police to make sure that theirs paners can get here in a safe and effective manner. and those forho aren't taking part in these events here today, a lot of peo want to stay at home and watch it on tv. here's an image of the marcs
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fromt year's unite the right rally. white supremacists carrying tiki torches through charlottesville. when the unite the right marchers take the first steps off of the foggy bottom metro ation, they will be met with messages of love. yesterday folks from western presbyterian churcheft these handwritten messages of hope, peace and inclusivity for those white supremacists. and they're saying they hope to enhe protesters without invoking violence. >> it's just such a tremendous way to enguage with the people who are coming without screaming at them and with something positive instead of you hates so we hate you back. >> security as we have been telling you is going to be tight
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around here mishav police from several agencies are going to be present to make sure that the protest stays peaceful. lafayette park will be ground zero for controversy once that rally begins. st. john's church across the street from the white house here, where predents and regular parishioners go to pray, they say will be open. t because they're well within the securend area inround lafayette park, it could be a challenge to getre t >> they're going to be confronted by hate speech, they're going to be confronted by street closings and searches for weapons et cetera. >> not only will churches near the foga bottom are be open, but many are reaching out likeyt western preian church, that church held its own march and vigil for peace wednesday night. g severalups demonstrated
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last night in charlottesville.er the were some tense moments with demonstrators shouting at oofficers but there were reports of physical confrontations. one man was charged with trespassing, one with being drunk in public, and the third man had razors him, which are on the prohibitedtems list. and protesters carried signs silently marching through the ftreets. university maryland football coach d.j. dirken is now on paid administrative leave. this after explosive reports by espn espn -- athletic director damon
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>> i can't pay our bills, i can't work, i can't drive for too long. i need help taking care of my 9-year-old child. >> reporter: she was diagnosed wi complex pain syndrome. w washington in her car runnin errands when she was rer ended by the man who is accused of driving into a crowd of counter protesters killing one and injuring dozens more. >> a kate is relying on medicaid and community support to help relieve the enormous medical one thing that's not help -- most auto insuranceov plans accidents, but not so-called intentional acts. >> he used his car as a weapon, but the auto insurance policy isn't meant for using your car
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as a weap >> when i was hit, i felt like i was standing inside a tornado. >> beyond her physical, injuri she's also terrified ne-yo nazis with track her down. >> reporter: can you tell me why you don't want me to show your face? >> because there's been threats online. >> reporter: she's been relying on state compensation agencies for support. the community has largely embraced and help the victims pay for rent and food. she's worried because even they are stretched thin. it. >> i don't think people are aware how very seriously injured the victims were. they continue to have medical, financial and emotional needs.
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>> one community activist said it's about f dialogum here on out. >> it's not just moving on, it'f t just to keep moving. and there's still a long way to go. 9:14 right now, taking a live look outside, the weather, we're taking a live look to the sky,ome of you will have winds, some of you will have rain, a some will have sunshine. sunshine.
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vdot promises to prove delores d her neighbors to other comparable homes. the problem is, they want delores out by the end of the year and she doesn't have anywhere to go. her daughter came to spend the summer thinking she was going to hihelp her move summer. >> she's putting off knee surgery because she thought she was going to be i her new home. >> they'll try to move us during ther sume, so the school doesn't get affected so much. but it hasn't been that way. >> reporter: most pressing for g them, b close to metro rail, we followed quan as he made the four-minute walk to the metro station. that commute is a must in their
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new home. >> we only have a matter of a few weeks to a few months before these fiveav families h to disrupt their lives, literally pack the things up and move to a new place. >> reporter: they and their private partner are working individually with each of these property owners, adding that the properties go through a fair market appraisal and they work c findparable homes for the residents.s deloays no matter what a move is going to set her back. >> i'll probablyave to go back to a mortgage which i haven't had for at least 10, 15 years. >> this is something that they knew was a possibility. >> t opposition to it failed some time ago, they were just hoping for a more smooth transition to their lives and their homes. i-66 is so jammed, we need that
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land. and we have been suffering for a week with temperatures into the 90s. >> we had rain t andn the humidity would just sink in, it was just so muggy out there yesterday, same deal today, in fact the humidity is not going anywhere this week, guys, it is staying with us. it's warm out there, a temperatures aeady in the 70s, we're topping out in the mid and upper 80s, if you're headed out for brunch, grab that umbrella, because we expect some thunderstorms by this afteoon. maybe a few sprinkles out there right now unl about the noon hour. this is what i'm tracking, it's just developed over the last four hours or so, it's moving pretty slowly, already dropped some flash flood warnings in east central virginia.
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we do expect it to be in the shenandoah valley just after 12:30. frederick, maryland just after 1:30, and it will continue to travel east towards the district by by 4:00.m. here we go, 9:00 a.m., we're seeing that we're dry, peeks of sunshine, we're starting to see a few pop-up storms in the shenandoah valley around 11:30. some heavy rain sig fnified by e yellows and reynolds. this is 3:00, still the metroar dry, until it reaches our area around 5:00. most of gee str storms remain south of d.c., we're flooding,eavy rain, and also lots of loounnightnd some strong winds. heavy rains and some really
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gusty winds are going to be the main threat with any storms t w ses afternoon. then we have showers throughout the day tomorrow. temperatures low to mid 80s, by tuesday, similar to this weekend, with showers and thunderstorms in the around, wednesday and thursday, hot and humid, temperatures low 90s. good day, i'm carrie dann of nbc news. if thenlyeadline you saw this past week is oy won the ohio governor's race, first turnout in theur s was very high and very democratic. we have been seeing signs that anti-trump sentimentn suburban areas is driving up democratic enthusiasm in advance of the midterms and the data both is --
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second, republican turnout was down in the rurapart of that ohio district. and that was president donald trump held a rally there to try to republicans to the polls. and third, republican outside groups outspend democrats by more than i3-1 the special elections, in a district where donald trump w by points, the
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a special surprise this wees fore alexandria school ad nistrators. they built bikes by hand for what they thought was a bike building exeise. >> reporter: these school administrators switching gears for a day and helping build bicycl for kids in need. each gusup has j 28 minutes to get the jobdone. >> team work makes the dream work. >> reporter: and not only will the kids be getting free bicycles, they'll also get a helmet to make sure they stay safe. but what these principals don't know, those kids about to come e pick up their at this very moment.
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>> whooo! >> for some of the kids, it's the first timeav they he ever had a brand-new bike to call their own. >> reporter: what do yhink of your bike? >> it's good. >> janiah hasad a bike before, but now she no longer has to worry. >> i can ride to the store, or just ride around the neighborhood. >> every day i come to work, it's just incredible. it's so exciting to see thepr e oduct. >> i would like to just say thank you because i really like it. >> reporter: these kids now ready to take on the school year at full speed. >> and for those waiting to head out for a bike ride,ht they mig want to do it
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lauren ricketts tracking everything from the weather center. zp >> we're expecting another wara humid day out there today, some isolated showers until nn and then some more showers and thunderstorms developing thisn. aftern 78 degrees is our temperature right now. we have got a northeast wind, that's not doing anything to help the humidity. that humidity is running rampant out there. l hot as we head through the afternoon. we're seeing a lot of cloud cover, but pops of sunere and there. we'll be at the 80-degree mark as we head through the noon hour. a few isolated sprinkles out there right now. we'll track this, let you know who's going to have the best siance of seeing some heavy downpours and py localized
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flooding. coming up on 9:32, and all morning we have been telling you and preparingou for the rally in the downtown d.c. area this morning. know tthis, could affect how you get around tired. more than a dozen streets around ndthe white house lafayette square shut down about 30 minutes ago. the roadsn marked red on your screen, those are the ones we're talking about, ty're expected to be closed all day for the unite the right rally. and the road right in o front the white house is going to shutdown in just a few minutes, at least fiv group have been granted permits for counter protests. they will all begin in different parts of the city but they wiwill end up in lafayette park.
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>> construction on the red, silver and blue lines will continue, and knowhat there's going to be big delays and crowded trains. for more information just search metro shoutdout down in the nbc washington app as they mucarch, they're expected to meet counter protesters on their route. >> derick ward is live at lafayette square park with more on what's expected. derek, good morning. >> reporter: as we said, theun e the right folks will be arriving at foggy bottom around 2:00 this afternoon and they're going to assemble there, and at0 they're going to march here to lafayette square park. there will also be atoroup here
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meet them. this is the answer coalition, they have been aroundut for a 20 years, they typically form a counter protest for far right wing groups here in the nation's capital. in fact some of the signs tually marked it as a first amendment event. that is why it' allowed on federal property. what we're told is they're going to be kept apart from the uni the rightgroup. the park is almost partitioned off. we have seen a gradual stepping up police presence here, what's int testing ist the folks that we have spootn to say it's that unusual or they find it amazing that they are protesting a march like this, at a time liken this i this country at a place liketh is. this is what one of the ganizers from the answer had
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to say. >> i think we're wellf aware the history of the country, i think we would all hope we wouldn't be doing it in 2018, especially where that group getting a lot of attention. but it's not unsurprising knowing what we have had to face in this cotry. it. >> reporter: now their event here in the park is going to start about 1:00 and as we said, at 4:30, the folks from the unite the right will start to march up from foggy bottom. p there will beice escorts and the streets around there will be closed so that march will more or less go unimpeded. that is the plan at least at th hour. we're live in lafayette square park. >> a lot of planning and a lot of pparation under way for today's rally. meantime we're also reflecting on the woman killed one year agn during that vi rally in
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charlottesville. heather haier was a counter protester in charlottesville that night. the school's president addressed the crowd. >> i sta as an ally with those those e attacked, with who still suffer and with all of you who long for a better amo justice future. >> later that evening, students and activists held a rally for justice on the grounds of uva. from mro delays to business impacts to the rally timeline, we do have eurything need to know in the nbc washington app. we know the rally starts at 4:3v this ing. our team of reporters will blanket the area paying closing attention to the demonstrations and the counter protests. in foggy bottom to lafayette square, we'll be there covering
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today's rally and counter protests. two children among the 10 injured in a shooting in evening land. manchesteraiolice s that a man shot into the crowd on the first day of the caribbean festival right no back here closer to home, a man behind bars accused of beating a woman to death. prce williams county police arrested dale wolf on rugby road on friday. a man woke up to wolfe hitting a object.th some sort of he called police. and when police arrived, they found the woman dead. we have a sadupdate of those two girls whoeg aly were shot by their mom have died.ca veroni youngblood isus acc of shooting her two daughters. fairfax county police say sharon
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castro died early saturday morning.t courecords show lengthy divorce proceedings with youngblood's ex-husband, at one point he had gotten a protective order against youngblood. heavy rain likely contributed to a deadly accident overnight. a motorcyclist who was driving along pennsylvania avenue in upperlb maroro hit the front of the car.no one in that other car got hurt. we have been felli you metro's shutdowns this morning, but there'another looming problem on the tracks. a new repor that metro will have to work on more than 500 of its newest rail cars. its newest rail cars. find out
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they all have to be rewired. >> the findings were reported by our news partner wto radio this week, now mark seagraves digs in to the latest problem facing tro. >> reporter: since they first hit the tkcks bac in 2015, the 000-series rail car have been touted as improving metro's safety and reliability. but every one of the new cars has a wiring problem that has to be fixed. he reportrites undetected wire crimping that happened during manufaluring. it w take one year to fix them all. and 200 of the new 7000-series cars have anbl additional p that needs to be corrected.
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that is so timeonsuming that the entire staff at this rail yard will work on it full-time. >> that's tough, i mean, it's a shame, it's bette do fix it and spend the money. >> this woman was bolstered by the customer service she got today. >> eryone was so nice today, i have to the ell you, every sing person was helpful. >> reporter: metro says that they're working with thefa maurer to repair the damage. metro's statement, metro's 7000-series rail cars will be fixed and have no impact on service. metro plans to resume delivery of the new 7000-series
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rs nextmonth. meantime, construction on the purple line is moving forward. one area you may want to avoid is the eastbound side of east-west highwa specifically the right hand lane. long-term construction is under way betwe mustang avenue and riverdale. it's expected to take about four years to be completed. right now, good morning, it's 9:43, if you take a live look over at lafayette park, and people are already starting to assemblegather at the unite the right rally. also the scene where some a touris heading out as well as some counter protesters. we are going to have it all covered for you and we're all keeping an eye on the we you atknow when you're at ross shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school.
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>> lauren remembers the day when big football stars like allen pinkett used to play here at park view. d but thos are over, at least for now. >> park view has had some trouble on the football for a number of years now. administratorhe for the program says there isn't enough interest in the sport, 18 players came out, b nine never played before. >> what it came downs to not what caused it, but what the situation is now. andt's just not safe. >> cindy kelly was upset because her son pyed varsity last year, but she and her son retbize that fool is just not as popular as it used to be and they also want their kids t
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be safe when they compete schools.other he school says they'll sti have friday night lights withe jv team, but students and fans will have to wait a few view'sars before park football is back to where it once was. >> because they'rerying to built a winning program, they're trying to give kids experice. >>hopefully they can get it back up off the ground. >> who knows if this is goi to set a precedent. other schools are going to look athistoo. i'm sure they're not the only ones. >> growing up i winchester, we played park view, and my mike is not on. >> i can hear you. >> i can hear myself in here. you're k goodness naturally loud. >> thank goodness and even when i went to winchester, park view goonot have a very
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football team. the park view girls in 2000, we beat them, they were state champions. so for the women of 2001 -- all right, guys, let'sou ta rain chances today, even though ian really to talk about it. rain chances, we have them, especially a we head into t afternoon, we do have some stronger storms headed in this afternoon as well. they're going to be developing after about 2:00.l should you can your plans? no, but keep an e to the sky as some of these storms can pack a punch. we are not try tomorrow, we are dry as we get into the day on tuday, we will have shower around for your monday. temperatures now are in the 70s, a few sprkles possible betwe now and about noon, but this is what i'm watching. o
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it's kin died down a little bit over the last hour or so, still a lot of lightning, but this is going to travel to the east. already some flash flood warnings up through central portions of west rginia. this is moving slow and it's going to lose a lot of it lug luster after it crosses the blue ridge mountains. since it's moving slow, it's likely going to be in the shenandoah valley until after the lunchhour. if you're out and about headed to church services, you're likely to encounter showers. get the yard work done this shrning. car i would just wait until wednesday, that's the day that we're going to be y, not today, though, because again, we will have those storms throughout the afternoon. let's go ahead and time them out for you, you can see a few owers and thunderstorms developing. we're some strong stuff starting to move into the shenandoah valley around noon, and you can
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see it around 3:00, 3:30, and right around 5:00 to 7:00, it will sweep out of here. tuesday very similar to what we experience today and what we experienced yesterday with some sur innshine morning, and showers and thunderstormhe around. and wednesday just hot and humid, but dry, more showers return as we go int fday and as w year, i am sorry about that. [music playing] o) progress is in the pursuit. audi will cover your first month's lease payment on select models during summer of audi sales event.
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jabs, upper cuts and hooks. we're talking about a boxing coach out in richmond. he has taught it all for nearly three decades. >> but his lessons outside of the ring that have helped his students fight their own battles. you got to make him pay for that, there you go. shere you go. >> reporter: ther a difference between fighting and boxing. >> a l of people think boxing is just throwing punches, it's learning to catch punches and doing the slip. this man took me into the gym when i was 8 years old, took me into the gym and that's where it started.
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bend your knees, bend at the waist. >> reporter: and t continued here athi t boxing academy. the 59-year-old former amateur box boxer known as coach, teaches these yngsters to box. greatness is more than just winning in the ring. with hundrs of his students have done a lot of in his 39 years as coach. >> there'is e >>. >> reporter: he gets a little emotional when he thinks about some of the punches he's endure >> got shot in 1996, aar accident, and the kids that i have been working with, get et
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shot, and killed and i don't want that to happen to them. >> that's why this father of 12 dedicates so much time to keeping these youngsters busy, while at the same time, pushing them to do more than just master a peek aoo boxing style. >> like i say, their discipline, parents caring about people, respect. >> over the years, h has had chances to throw in the towel on this program. >> i've been offered to go places to help really good fighters, but i can't leave my baby babies. >> reporter: because he wants hs babies to see as an example that you can get up after being knocked down. but he also want toss show them that in the ring, and in life, not to be knocked out in the first place. >> one, two, three, kobe are.
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d.c. police are preparing to shut down roads in a matter of hours. >> fox in charlottesville marching this wcikend voi their opposition to last year's deadly violence. >> and after a bombshell report on the university of maryland's football program, the head has been put on leave. but a new group close to the working to lready put him back on the job. on this sunday morning, we welcome you into what is a very busy weekend around here. >> we are expecting thousands of people to make their voices heard in the district today. >> that is happening in the counter protest. we also arein s in "the washington post," weave this one page ad he was put out. to the people of washington,e' d.c., and
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