it's. it's about 80 to 100,000 pounds ofequipment. >> maryland first responders packed up, and now on the road to help with hurricane florence which is now being called the storm of a lifetime. and here is the latest s iellitegery of hurricane florence, still a major category 4 hurricane. nee national hurrienter just released a new track. i'll have that information, what it means for th carolinas and also for us here coming up in my updated forecast. and this morning newev opments in the catholic church scandal, cardinal wuerl will ask pope francis torean gu about his future. >> "ne 4 midday" starts now.

>> good morning and welcome to "news 4 midday." i'm melissa mollet. hurricane florence will likely behe storm of a lifetime for portions of the carolina coast. you see the hurricane behind me here. it is massive. here is the latest information for you. the storm is expected to bring life threatening storm surge and rainfallto portions of the carolinas and mid atlantic states. mass evacuations for a second day now causing gridlock in some areas and shelters are starting to open. the storm is more than day away, let's get the latest on the timing from meteorologist amelia draper. >> the latest on florence, it's a category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds at 130 miles per hour with the new track not much changing. it's continuing with the trend that we were seeing yesterday later in the day. it moves in to parts of north carolina and south carolina right around wilmington as a 3 categourricane. it kind of stalls just off the

coast as it weak tons a category 2 hurricane bringing massive infall, sustained not only tropical force winds and rricane-force winds to parts of the coast of the north carolina and south carolina border there. as we movehe on into weekend, by saturday, at 8:00 a.m., it's starting to move inland, to parts of south carolina as it continues to weaken. as we talk about rainfall amounts, take a look here with this one computer model through saturday alone,iington, north carolina, has picked up a foot of rain by the time we add on into the early pt of the week. we're talking about 20 inches of rain in wilmington a two in our area, but we'll continue to see more impact from thisstorm. i'll have more on that coming up in about 20 minutes. melissa? >> all right. thank you. right now, there are sunny blue skies. take a look here. calm water. looks beautiful now off the coast of north carolina, but emergency officials say time is lally running out. today is thst full day for people to get out safely. north carolina is reallyinind of

he bull's eye of the storm. wendy is in wghtsville beach, income nsh nor north carolina where they're bracingor impact. >> reporter:loecision day the atlantic coast. >> it's hard be not concerned. >> reporter: or face florence. >> yeah. everything is hunkered down. y this area has a long hist with storms of all sizes, residents here are taking this one seriously. >> disasters at the doorstep and it's coming in. >> this is the last day to outrun the powerful category 4 storm. with millions from virginia to the carolinas heading away from the coast. >> i'm just stressed out to the max thinking am i going to have a home to come back to. >> reporter: 3,000 national guard activated. > it's enough to make me a native of new orleans. >> reporter: despite mand

attorney general evacuation orders in some areas, others choosing to stay. >> we're ready. we're ready every year. >> reporter: either time is quickly running out here. with forecasters the storm of a lifetime, every minute now counts. nbc news, wrightsville beach, north carolina. some first responders to our region are on the way t carolinas to help with rescues once the hurricane does hit. ineantime we're also ge a closer look at how health officials in our area are getting ready. news 4's justin finch athe prince george's county emergency operations thnter. >>emergency team has been working for hours trying to get out the word to everyone they can reaevh that it's too late to start preparing for a storm. >> reporter: though the d.c. area is not forecast for a direct hit, rain and potential

floods are emergencies ficials warn we are not clear of just yet. prepping now will not only get you ready for any coming storms, but also for others that are sure to follow.pr ce george's office of emergency management suggests your families start with bags like these with nonperishable foods,irst aid kits, prescriptions and toiletries. >> you need chargers, batteriesg flass. you're assuming that is going to be power and depending on how far you're driving you ju plan for those things you have to have and need. >> reporter: just before sunrise, maryland's task force one rolled out ofle its rockv home base for the carolina region. >> a lot of training and a lot o of yea readiness go in to being able to help a community in . >> reporter: fema called in the is member crew of montgomery firefighters to a in its response to hurricane florence, which is forecast to be a powerful storm on the ground they'll bring expertise

including search and rescue crews, k9 details and medics. >> 14 days th base capability these team are leaving town with that y. capabil we have specialized resources and inventory in the tractors and trailers to support us as well as self-suffiency for the first three or four days. >> reporter: the task force is e experi having served hurricane harvey in texas last n ar and hurricane maria puerto rico. this mission set to last as long as 14 days. >> all right. we lost his gnal there. apologies. he said the mission could last up to 14 days. this weekend's planned clure of the arlington memorial bridge is delayed until next weekend because of the hurricane. officials want to keep it open to help drivers t away from the coast if they have to. the temporary closure of bothal sid and all six lanes will move to september 21 through t. park service will begin to

repair the bridge's road decka another full weekend closure is scheduled for november. now that roadwork is just one of a lo list of things canceled ahead of the storm. you can find moren informat on the nbc washington app along with lates forecasts from storm team 4. we have news 4's jim hanley photographer joe kasano in north carolina covering the look for updates from them all week. new developmes this morning in the crisis in the catholic church. pope francis is now summoning bishops for a summit to discuss the si sex abuse scandal. the summit is expected to happen in february and on the heels a letter frdi cnal wuerl mentioning plans to visit the pope and ask for guidance. chris lawrence is live in northwest washington with more on this. hi, chris. >> hey, melissa. yeah, in that letter, cardinale talked about failures in

episcopal oversight, failures ich have caused a lot of catholics to question whether he can connue to lead. the church's sexual abuse plscandal is ing all over again. in another archbishop of washington may not survive it. cardinal wuerl says he's going to rome to speak with pope francis after hearing from local priests under his command the cardinal wrote him. it was clear some decision sooner rather later on my part is an essential aspect so that this church we all love can move forward. wuerl has been under fire since a grand jury report came out last month. it says when he was in the dioceses in pittsburgh, at times he went out of his way to ly remove so-called predator priests, but in other ases, wuerlowed some to stay in the ministry including one priest who allegedly molested teenage boys. >> he is the object of

considerable animosity. >> reporter: a parishioner called out cardinal wuerlng duri mass. protesters have demonstrated outside local churches and some priests and decons have publicly urged him to refine. >> genuine healing involveses ac> untability. porter: a decon from arlington, james garcia, announced he can no longer assist wuerl in good conscience. >> i ft the time had come to take some manner of action. >> reporter: i rememr going to rome back in 2002 when pope john paul ii called all the american cardinals to the vatican to talk about the sex abuse scandal. a here we 16 years later, a new pope, having to do the same live in northwest d.c., chris lawrence, news 4. >> thank you, chris. police meantime investigating a deadly rush hour accident in prince george's county. h that crashppened at marlboro and woodyard roads this morning. a man driving southbound went

over the median into oncoming traffic on route 4 and struck erother man driving northbound. the other dras not badly hurt. poli driver go over traffic in t aherea is now back to normal. today the prosecution will call itsfirst witness in the trial for the man charged in the high-profile d.c. mansion murders. in opening statements yesterday the prosecution eid dna dence found at the scene will without a doubt link daron wint to the crime. wint is accused of murderg a businessman, his wife, their son and housekeeper in 2015. the defense argued wint's brother and half brother tricked him into coming in the house. ceey say he didn't know he was s ifate a cri in prison if convicted. > the death penalty trial that army staff sergeant chashlgds ith killing his wife and a police officer is now under way. investigators say ronald hamilton shot and killed his wife crystal in february 2016 and then opened fire o

responding officers. prince william officer ashley was killed. two other officers were wounded. the shootings on the 11thbi hday of crystal's son, home during the killing. president tru is promisi the government is ready for hurricane florence, but his praise of le response toast year's hurricane in puer rico has some questioning things. and a mystic player says a local barber refused to show the mystics game. we'll hear from herfaad ohe

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well, this weather alert comes as hurricane orence gets closer to the east coast. a few hours ago president trump tweeted fema, firstesponders and law enforcement are supplied and ready to help when this storm a government report has some questioning thepresident's track record about his response. tracie pts on capitol hill with the latest. >> get out of its way. don't play games with it. it's a big one. >> reporter: in aew video this morning, president trump says washington is ready to help with what's expected to be massive damage and power outages from hurricane florence. >> we'll hand it. we're ready and we're able and we have the fine think anywhere in the world.

>> reporter: he's declared states emergency fro south carolina to washington. with more than 1 million people already evadeated, the fal emergency management agency is staging critical supplies now. >> we're fully prepared. food, medical, everything you cannima we are ready. >> reporter: mindful of what happened last year, hurricane maria, a new estimate shows nearly 3,000 people died inue o rico. this morning president trump tweets, fema did an unappreciated grob there. >> if he thinks that the deaths of 3,000 pele is a success, he really doesn't know what this was all about.re >rter: a report from the government accountability office shows w fem short staffed for maria and they didn't have enough people. that delayed the response. plus, the report foundo than half weren't qualified for their job. a lot of lessons we learned from 2017 ande are at the

ready. >> reporter: ready for a life-threatening storm barreling toward the eastern shore. so that's the recovery effort. then there are the politics of recovery with some republicans here on capitol hill expected to insist that there be budget cuts to compensate for the cost of the cleanup. tracie potts, nbc news washington. even though washington is under a state of emergency, it's still busiss as usual in congress. house majority leader kevin mccarthy says there a a number of votes expected on the floor and in the committee so there are no changes in the house schedule at ts time. lawmakers are monitoring theca hurri closely and will adjust the schedule as needed. the parents of university of maryland football player who heatin june of an apparent stroke could sue the university. jordan mcnair's family says he died after collapsg in a teams workout at the end of may. espn reports the family filed a formal letter notifying the state of their intent to sue that does not guarantee a su

will be filed, but espn reports they could seek up to $30 million. investigations into his death and the program are under way. a jumpbo floopblooper on a basketball court that had nothing to do with any game. take a look at this. george washington university's jumbotron fell on the court in northwest d.c. thank goodness nobody was t there. a spokesperson says the big screen was already nearly it red to the ground when then fell the rest of the way. workers were trying to do some maintenance on it when it happened. no one was hurt, but it's not clear how much damage it really caused. gw uses the court for several sports not just basketball. and alexandria sports bar trying to make things right with the washington mystics and their family. natasha cloud called out the glory day grills to refuse to put game on tv.th

y're planning a watch party for game three tonight. we have more. >> reporter: their blood, sweat and tears have earned them a spot in the wnba finals. the washington mystics, down two games, but fighting their way back, but guard natasha cloud finds herself fighting for ls something respect for her team. >> we can be the frgotten team in the city. >> reporter: it was sunday, game two of the finals, her family friends intended to watch the game here at glory days grill in alexandria. >> the bartender originall wanted the tvs turned to the >mystics game. reporter: asked the manager whose response says was unexpected. >> yeah, no, we're not switching any of the tvs because it's sunday and the nfl games are on. >> reporter: no play for the women's hometown team on the televisions, not even one in the corner. >> laughed in he face andas like yeah, no we're not switching that. >> reporter:at using her rm, number 9 took to social media

posting an instaam story of her disappointment tagging the restaurant and retweets, posts and traction, glory days grill apologizing and cloud accepting for now. >> i don't want it to be a temporary fix. >> reporter: news 4 received a bastatement from the sport reading in part, we obviously dropped the ball here and we aren't excusing it. a making every effort to ensure that this doesn't happen again a that all local teams, regardless of gender, age, or spt, are adequately represented in our restaurant. >> we're talking about the wizards, this wouldnbe a thing. >> reporter: it's back to the court, facing the championshipm ahead, hoping the fo outside of the arena turns into support and another win for d.c. >> because they're female their sport is lesser to a mn's sport. we do the same thing. >> reporter: nicole jacobs, news 4. coming up moreain. amelia will be back after the break with a closer look at how much rainhrwe can expectgh

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ntrack flo coming in in the next day or so. you can see the path right there. it really is such a massive f even so many people. amelia? >> absolutely. i reallyhink the biggest concern will be the carolinas. that really hasn't changed since we've been monitoring the stormh wh changed is where it's going to make landfall and going tothe impact it' have on our area. i have to say, yesterday afternoon and on intohe today, news is good for us here in washington. northern virginia, maryland, through parts of west virginia, florence looks to have very little impact overall on our area, but here's the ing, part of the weather pattern right now overall is keeping winds out of the northeast to east and no just this afternoon, but on into the weekend. waterwaysmeans is our are extremely high right now. the potomac, the chesapeake bay, you can see the water there is very high, especially if you liv a by thoseeas. on into the weekend, we're looking at coastal flooding ton nue in some locations, many

of us along the water underst c flood advisories through this evening and those will be extended into the weekend if not longer. as fa tas flooding goe threat for that is low, but we are saturated.kn you how wet it's been out there this summer. even a little rain here and there couldead solated flooding issues. there is a low threat for heavy point i'm t this seeing the chance for heavy rain holding off until next tuesday or wednesday. that keeps getting pushed back. and it is going to be a bit breezy out there. especially starting on friday into the weekend. because of how saturated the ground is, that could lead to some isolated flooding concerns. but flooding along the water continues. trarts of the dt, areas like the tidal basin and georgetown waterfrontre under a coastal flood warning right now and all of the counties here in reen are un coastal flood advisories through at least this evening. geat includes st. mary's charles and king gend stafford will be under those as well.

talking to somebody lingn the shady side area, they're saying the water is right upre thight down there by the water. take a look at what i'm talking about here. if you don't live by the wate this is the georgetown waterfront. see the floodgateses are up there. this picture was taken yesterday by mark story. shared to me on twitter. another vantage point where you can see the water levels very high along the potomac. that's going to be the case. righttow onm team 4 radar, meager showers north of leesburg. cloud skiesd scattered showers out there. have the umbrella handy. we'lking about gray, muggy weather continuing. a high today of 79. i'll have more on the weeken forecast coming up in about 15 minutes. >> all right. thanks. e have new information on the condition of a maryland woman and her son both attacked by a giraffe. plus, a break in the case of fire hydrants being opened illegally across the district. stay with us.

top of hurricane florence. thea massivegory 4 storm is turning northwest going about 17 miles per hour. people living near the coast from virginiae carolinas are ordered to find a safe place to ride out the storm. fema wrapped up ang press brie and stress today is the final day to get out of florence's path. >> you know, it's a disaster and it's named aisaster for a

reason. it's going to disrupt services, it's ing to destroy homes, it's going to destroy infrastructure and power will be out. the time act is now. we can rebuild that. the power will come backad on. will be repaired. we cannot repair loss of life and we ask right now that the time to evacuate is now. >> here is a view frome international space station and ng hurricane florenc even though we're not expecting a direct hit, d.c., maryland and virginia have alldeclared a state of emergency. you can find full coverage of hurricane florence on our nbc washington app and website. a baltimore mother and her son are fighting for their lives after a vicious giraffe attack at a wildlifeve pres the mother's family says she's finally talking again for the first time in a week. kelly has details on how the nightmare nfded. >> reporter: this morning, hopeful signs from katy williams, the wildlife biologist and her son kicked by a giraffe

protecting her young.r mily says katy has regained consciousness and is using sign langua to talk. her british husband sam saying it was amazing to see katy wake up and to be able to talk to her and to reassure her that we are there fo her. adding that their son finn is stable and i hope that time he will also wake up so that we can all be reuniteds a family. sam a conservationist, and katy, lived with son finn on a wildlife preserve in south africa. 2-ms home to free-ranging ldgi craafflfes, andlu close t south africa famous krueger national park. katy and finn were waiting for sam to return from a run when the mother giraf attacked. sam, arriving just in time to scare it away. the enormous animal is known as africa's gentle giants are adored around the world. apl the giraffe gained worldwide fame after a live video of her in the late stages of pregnancy and givingirth

went viral. but in the wild, giraffes can be dangerous. fiercely protective of their young with a kick that can kill. katy's family says she knew the vgz. i can assure you katy would never have deliberately put herself or finn in danger, her father said. we hold no judgment against the giraffe. this is the way nature is and we accept that. >> that was kelly cobiella reporting. the family says finn has undergone emergency brain surgery and is stable. the giraff and t calf were moved to a different reserve and katy's husband says that is what she would have wanted. we have an update now on a story abo a suspect going around the district illegally hydrants. fire police have arrested ne nema corasand after police received a tip. police say the suspect had a 14-inch wrench on him when he

was arrested. he's only charged with one incident. it's unclear if the suspect is responsible for other hydrant openings in the area as well. people are joining forces to call for an end to the use of the phrase "commit suicide" in an attempt to try to help save lives. news 4's unis here. >> here is a statistic, 45,000 americans each year diefrom suicide and that is more than hose killed annually in car accidents. it's the leading cause of death in the u.s. and around the world. this week ison na suicide prevention week and psychiatrist winer joins us to talk about thivery sensitive topic and timely. thanks for being here. these stastics are very troubling. is suicide on the rise? >> it is. the cdc found that over the last 20 years, suicide rates have gone up almost 30%. >> huge.

>> it's really hu i mean this is a massive problem. we talk about the opioid epidemic, and all the people who are dying from that, that is way crushed by the number of people who are dyiach day from suicide. it's like 50% more are dying from suici than from opioids. >> what's causing this increase? >> you know, we don't really know. my guess and this is just a guess, i don't have data to back this up, i think the oneing we have to look at for younger people because suicide rates are up for all ages and all demographics, for younger people in particular, i think social media is playing a role. u're a vulnerable kid, you already are sensitive about how e doing socially, comparing yourself to others, don't feel good about that and then go nd on-linelook at people who are seemingly having a better y life than can push the vulnerable person over the edge. >> and you say if you talk about suicide, you have to talk about death.e lain that. >> two-thirds of all gun deaths in this country are suicide. people who are gun their

house are five times more likely to die from suicide. suicide for many can be an impuiveact. when you use guns, your chances of dieing are 95%. when you compare that to a more common type of suicide attempt hich is overdosing on pills, only about 2% or 3% will die when they do that. guns are used in 5% of suicide attempts but account for over 50% of actual suicide deaths. you really want to find out if somebody ngu care about is go through a mental health crisis and they happen to haveheuns in house, you want to say look, i'm really worried about you, do weyou find if give the guns to somebody else, just get them out of the house for a little while until things are going better for you. it's not permanent, but we're worried and because suicide can be something you're not thinking about for a long time, like a vulnerable moment, ion't want to have a gun in the house where you can utilize it in those

vulnerable states. >> so a couple things.ke you tabout somebody having a mental health cris, are those people more likely to plan it out and think it through and if you know somebody what should you do? >> you know, a lot of people ve will thoughts and plan it out in advance. there are denitely a large number of people who do that. they'll talk about it and make statements topeople, give things away, et cetera. my experience in 20 years of doing this, is all my patients for the mo part who have made suicide attempts it's an impsive act. an example, i just had a patient this weekend who jumped off the 11y st of his building. thank god he hit something on the way down, shatter his body, but lifkds lived. i talked to him. what was going on. i hadn't been thinking about suicide but i was thinking about my ex who broke up with me and had a couple drinks and in lesse than f minutes he's jumping. it is scary which brings me to

one other point i wnt to make, if somebody calls you and they're drunk or high and they're tsuking aboutide, you know, you might be on the receiving end of that and think, you know what, they're drunkr high, just talking nonsense, sleep it off. no. that is when that person is much more vulnerable and likely because their inhibitions are down. that is the time you want to say i'm worried about you, i'm coming o ser. juething to think about. >> good point. thanks so much as always, dr. winer for that insight. >>ll right. good information. thanks, guys. we have told you about the efrt to geople to evacuate the carolina coast because of hurricane florence. we're also hearing aut the effort to get animals to saf ground. we're going to explain coming up. apple showing off new products today. the announcement could include a money saver. we'll explai n.

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getting out of the storm's path. the humane rescue alliance in d.c. tweeted this video showing imals they received from a el norfolk shr yesterday. they were move to make room for pets expected to be displaced by the hurricane. later today arlington will welcome 30 cats and dogs from rth carolina and south carolina. getting them out of the way while you can. >> right. >> okay. so here, what are we going to b e seeing here? it looks so scary. what is the best thought at this aoint? we'reout. >> we're far out but what the storm is looking to do is to approach the carolinas the wher nd of the workweek and then kind of actually start to head south dwn towards south carolina and then move inland, actually poteially towards the atlanta area and kind of loop back out to sea. so what th means for us is pretty low impact here. we could see some rain fm the remnants of the storm for the middle part of next week, tuesday more likely even on wednesday. so fantastic news for our area.

unfortunately, the carolinas not so much. i vacation down there, go to bald head island every year, i think the dage there is going to be unimaginable, unfortunately. the latest track, the updated 11:00 idm., really't change since the update earlier this morning. the confidence is coming in, high confidence now that this l track wikely remain for the most part pretty similar as we continue to get new in in throughout the afternoon hours. you still want to stay tuned because the track can still change. a lot of variables out there in the atmosphere. ck at home on into the weekend, even next week, we're talking about plenty of clouds, very little sunshine, some showers at times but plenty of dry time as well. 're going to kind of stuck in the same weather pattern what we had yesterday is what we have today, tomorrow, a on into the weekend we don't see this weather pattern break down here. in our area util wednesday into thursday. i'll point that out on the ten-day forecast.nt we cue to watch florence. it's a major category 4 hurricane right now. the carolinas are going to be the hardest hit by far from th

storm. also had to put this on the ten day, fall next week,friday, it arriving right on time. wait until you see the temperatures towards the end of forecast.ay the rainfall amounts, this is one computer model but i like what it's putting out. by saturdaafternoon, already over a foot of rain, potentially higher a punts ints of the wilmington, north carolina, area as we head into wednesday, midday, we're talking about 20, maybe 30 inches of rainfall in parts oflmington, north carolina, down along the coast into south carolina, close to a foot of rain in parts of charlestonat back here home, just some scattered showers out there for the afternoon hours today on into tomorrow and the weekend. the weekend outlook at the local beaches, some erosion, but it is going to bebreezy, the redskins home opener, a chance for showers and the outdoor barbecues i wouldn't cancel them just yet. you have a wedding this weekend on saturday, in leesburg, i think it should be okay. take a look, we're really around 80 degrees and then look at xt thursday and friday. highs only in the low 70s and

the sun comesk. >> crossing our fingers, it's going to be good. all right. >> thank you. ri on stageght now, a no hold's bar drama on the life of a man many called a comic genius. we'll hear from the star of the show

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its d.c. premier at arena stage that tells the story of a life, the first black comedian to expose a audiencout racial injustice. the drama he's joini u now on more on what audiences can expect. for morning and thank y being here by way of a million places, in paris last doing t somethiere and now nice to have you here in washington. >> it's good to come back to the stateses to th states to this. >> yes. tell me a little bit about gregory and when you found out or decided you wanted to do this. did you look back in his life or did you know and have the base knowlee about him? >> well, i've been a fan of his since i was 10 years old, so i've alwys tried to emulate in him a lot of ways as an artist and man. i didn't know about the show actually. i was living in paris for abouta a yea came back to the states and i happened to get a

phone call asking me if i would be interested because of the great joe morton, you know -- >> yeah. s doing the role in l.a. and then in new york. he hed to go back on show. i got a phone call asking if i would be interested. i was doing a show in chicago and i said i'm interested. they said come. i gave my notice at the other show, something i've never continue dunn in my career and cameehere. >> welad to have you. >> he means so much to me. >> so you've done some stand-up comedy di in your life. any influendce from him that part of things? >> yeah. trying to be as topical as possible. my stand-up comedy career lasted maybe seven years. >> okay. >> but i've been an actor for 38 years. i went back to just doing what i did. that was actually my moonlighting job. >> oh. >> my day job was as a theater actor, my night job was me as a comi

>> i like that. that takes guts. i don't think iould do any comedy. what part of gregory's life is covered in the show? are we talking aut his activism or comedy or sort of a combination of both is this. >> yeah. i think you would see a lot of it. you would see his trajectory, you see him as a comic. bue young man, you see him as a comic. you also see the turning point when he made the decision to go from just being humorous, which is what i call it more than a comic, to saying okay, i'm going to really work towards this cause and i can't be part o civil rightsment and split my time with the comics.e i have to all-in. the idea that he went all-in, was one of the mostng fascina things, and things people don't do. millions of dollars on theta e, which is something a lot of people in that time wouldn't do. >> even now wouldn't do. >> yeah. >> he spent the later part of

his life in washington and died here and i know you wen to the d.c. improv where he last performed to see the mural there. what was that like for you? >> it was c very, veol to be in that space at the d.c. improv and know that h had been there and just the love that everyone for him around that area on u street i think it is. >> sure. >> and to be on the side of the building where that mural is, it should not be lost he and dave chappell are next to eac iother. know that. good placement. >> because somavne like also made a similar, you know, decision to leave millions of dollars on the table and leave because there was a biggerhe thg as thinking about. >> wow. evan lee gibson, turn me loose, . rough october 14th >> yes. >> congratulations. thank you for being here. >> i hope you get to see the show. >> i hope i do too. >> all right. >> i have a lot of kids at h>e.

we hope you can get away. >> if you can send me a babysitter perhap >> i'll come baby sit and you see the show. >> perfect. that will do it. >> i think he would do a better job than me. apple just a few hours ay of revealing its newest products.ve rumors haeen flying. raphael talkedto some experts on what we should expect. >> that is an iphone x. >> reporter: when apple introduced the iphone x it was packed withfeatures like face i.d. new to the company. >> the most advanced iphone we've ever made. >> reporter: the technology of today's announcement may not be different, but the pricing could be. >> it's hard to get people excited every year andh get to shell out for a $1,000 phone. >> reporter: the iphone maker my try to connect with a larger audience releasgue than one device. >> it is expected we'll see at least two new hoips, potentially three that will be differentiated by price and

size. >> reporter: two big screen models are expected h ter around the 1,000 price tag but there could be -- >> one more ththg. >> secret winner might be a lower cost version of the phone keeping a lot of the iphone x design, but maybe a little smaller. >> reporter: some apple watchers think the lower cost handset may come in multiple colors but the presentation likely will not get hung up just on phones. >> there are a lt of apple products that have not been updated in a while. >> it's expected wll see apple watch. >> mac book tl re the air that's a million years old at g is point. >> expect see a smarter siri. siri has had a checkered ry his >> reporter: many are hoping for the release of air power, a wireless charging mat introduced at last year's presentation yet to hit the market. which ever of these rumors turns outbe to true, apple's presentation will likely ring in the holiday shopping seasly. >> definit a nice premium stocking stuffer. >> reporter: nbc news. after the break, a d.c.

musician wowing a national tv audience and a ssing tooth mystery. we'll tell you what happened at yesterday's nationals game thatn had people bug on social media.

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brian king wed the judges again on stage. he is one of 11 acts that performed last night. only five advanced but after the rock star perfmance things are looking bright for king. he reived a hu compliment from judge simon cowell. take a> listen. ou are incredible. it was -- this is witnessing star power for me it was so good. so dramatic.so powerful. brian, after that, i think you could actually win this show. >> oh, my god! >> wow. tonight we'll find out who wibe in the final five. you can watch "america's got talent" here on nbc 4. l> soto, loud sound, high drive, deepeft center. see you later! e> the nationals may not be on but to make playoffs, they are making things tough on other teams trying to earn a slot. the nats took both games of yesterday's doubleheader in

silly. it wa that home run that sealed the victory in gamein two c from soto, it was his second homer of the night. this morning, ough, many are still talking about rookie catcher spencer kabun. social media went crazy afterhe appeared to spit out a tooth befoin hitt his first career home run. the cameras caught him smiling goin the t. you can see a missing tooth. turns out he lost his tooth eating breakfast and he did not spit it poout, tem b ut lot of people talking about it and celebrating his first home run in a unique way. all right. amelia draper, tell me how we d arng outside now. of course with the hurricane. >> well, outside right now, we have plenty of clouds out there and it's kind of humid with misty drizzle.r today, tomorrow, and, in fact, just take a look at the ten y, really we're groundhog's day in the weatherr cen clouds around high temperatures around 80 degrees and some scattered showers at times. i can't stress enough we're going to have plenty of dry time

as well. looking at the latest information, florence in our area could be impacting us by wednesday and tt's next wednesday. a week from now and it would be remnants of something. we're going to keep a close eye on. th track is still changing so stay tuned for updates. here for the weekend at our local beaches, some beach erosion with winds persistently coming out of theea east/nor at times and breezy conditions there. but notice all of the circles here only having a morate impact on your weekend. no high impact. the carolinas, the southeast, really under the with this hurricane. we will have the latest throughout the afternoon here >> all right. thanks, amelia. that's it for "news 4." midd we are back on air this afternoon first at 4:00. get news and u weatherdates with the nbc washingn app. with the nbc washingn app. hatovnn

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