easthe >> parents were not sleeping at night. >> a suspicious gunman loitering in the neighborhood. >> police say man approached two young girls seemingly looking for a.conversation three days la or, theyers aay a man exposed himself to them. ew days later, a man approached a young i uld. >> just small talk. as the individual was speaking with the child, he exposed himself to thechild. >> this is very concerning. this neighborhood has been a very, very safe neighborhood. >> police say neighbors turned concern into action. folks like andrea doing a private group messaging system to communicate with others on the street that could alert people when t man was back

ouide. moms and dads took their posts. >> no matter where you looked, there were people up and dounld the street. it was amazing. eventually it led police to him. >> they teamed up, a total team effort to make thisarrest. >> tonight they say that williams is charged with taking liberties witminor. there is a few feet up. they're making sure they gothe intoars safely. parents were coming out, wanti to know what we were doing. >> on top of then. situat thanks so much. to the crisis in north carolina today. flooding from floree is about to cover this railroad bridge on the ce fear river in

fateville. this river will crest at 62 feet tomorrow morning. thousands living in this area. we saw people waiting for isoand water at a distribution center. florence has killed at lea2 people. it may take up to two weeks for all the run-offe storm to drain slowly dow fro streamto the mountains to thecoastline. >> we learned just how strong it was. here's rae minder of the twter. >> theational weather service preliminarily estimated an ef-2 tornado with winds at 120 miles an hour. i th new drone video. the destruction at old dominion florg in chesterfield.

one person died. another was injured. it snapped trees in two and tore whole walls off the homes there. a shopping center damaged by the winds. well things are back to normal after a slow start after thrms triggered b y remnants. itk too most of the morning. after tha tree came down there. students here started the day with partial power. change tracking a big coming our way. >> a change that we're going to like around here. we've seen so much rain coming over the lt few months.

this is looking to the north and west. we're looking at some sunshine and some cloud cover. here's the radar picture sewing storms. the showers and storms along the coast. still none in our ar. 're seeing the sunshine. down to the south and east, we have the rain. o partsthe northern neck. across the bay, we're going to continue to see that move out to sea. that means say goodbye to florence and hello to the sunshine. and fall temperature moving in. >> all right. thanyou. now to the controversy over the nominati of judge brett

kavanaugh. most on the judiciary committee say they're open to the hearing next week. however some key republican lawmakers say they're willing to hear ford's testimo before they decide whether to vot for him. hopefully the woman will come forward, state her case. he will state his case. before representatives of the u.s. senate. >> i think it is importa that we hear from both in a public hearing under oath >> right now we're waiting to hear if there will be a public hearing.

there is a lot of jockeying for position by both parties heing into the hearing and potential peril for both parties. >> and here to talk about that, mark murray. could this back fire on cr des? >> yeah, for both parties. all men, republicans on coe judiciary ittee, not only bad optics but how people handle it. on the democratic side, it is morehe unpredictability. this is a political environment hinefiting democrats and something big, momentous, everybody will be watching if this doesen ha it could have some repercussions that we don't know about. the other danger, the battles over culture wars. those tend to benefit repuicans. >> the senator susan collins has

asked about this. >> all we have is the date. all the other details need t ironed out including dr. ford's participation. there are questions like will there be other witness besides dr. ford and kavanaugh? so there are a lot of questions. >> let's talk about this. any chance kavanaugh would pull out? does the white hou have a planb? i think there is also having everyone watch this.pl some p including someone like thomas haiman, others who are seen as easier confirmations

than brett kavanaugh. if the white house wants to go to plan b, the question is can you get it done? >> and there's a question of whether the candidate is more important or the seat on the court. >> who controls the united states senate afterovember 6, too. so there is so much and to see, one, if the hearing takes place. thanks. >> andhere will be much more this. bob woodward's book about the trump administration hit a major milestone. "fear: trump in the whitehouse" has sold more than a million copies it is one of the fastest selling books in reason history and the

fastest opening in the history of the publher, simon and shuster. they also publish stephen king and mary higgins clark. ? andrew mce publisher call it a account of mccabe's .care he also offers accounts of what he calls troubling a often bizarre conversations with the president. the book is set to come o on december 4th. would bei able toete you? five states allow sports betting. thre are within driving distance of the washington area. now there is a possibility.

>> imagine watching your favorite srts team play while making a bet on the game. there bill iroduced today by councilmember jack evans with five others proposes legalizing sports wagering in may. >> close to us, delaware virginia, others have moved forward and are reaching out to people in the metropolitan region including the district. >> the licensing sports wagering district, you he can bet on a phone app. half theoney would fund a

health the drive. >> what do you think ofakg sports wagering legal in the district? >> i think it is okay. people a betting anyway. why not? >> i'm not against i've just worked too hard for my money to throw it away. >> reporter: they will hold the first hearing on whether or not to legal i legalize it. that's the latest. news4. we're justetting started here on news4 at 5:00. an hour before the fire that revealed a deadly scene. at least one man wasth i garageav at the sopoulos home. ahead at 5:00, what he saw that afternoon. new details about a storyt e

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jordan wallace was back on the witness stand. yesterday the defense tried to poke holes in his story. wallace delivered $40,000 to the savopoulos hou on the day of the mansion murders while the family was being held hostage. today prosecutors made the caset wallace had nng to do with the murders. >> jordan wallace leaving the courthouse this morning, wrapping up his second day of testifying. today prosecutors tried to prove that he has no connection to ron wint two brothers, the manedrosecutors say car out the murder. them he originally lied to police about howt he le $40,000 ransom money because he was confused and made a mistaker prosecs made a point before the murders, wallace was trying to race cars professionally and wanted an endorsement.

jurors heard from witnesses. the home was across the street from the savopoulos family. around noon on may 14, these men testifiedhat they saw an african-american man with dreadlocks walking toward the garage of the savopoulos home. both witnesses say as the man t approach garage, the door open halfway. he wentinside. the garage closed and they never saw him again. about an hour later, the mansion went up in flames. thene gar said days later he saw this picture of daronin wt in the news. the oy suspect that wint is the man they saw before the fire. >>eporter: three firefighters took stand. one of them talked about how he was one of the first firefighters in the home. all these guys described in detail the moment ty

discovered that there were victims inside this home., coming i'll have more on thete stimony in court. >> all right. we'll see you tn. thank you. some new information breaking in the murder of a decorated young golfer. her body was discovered monday iowa.golf course in now to hear what we learned today. >>e iowa st university says the students are the main focus right now. that's because the golfe who was found dead yesterday was a former star on their women's team. the fellow golfers called police monday morning when they found a golf bag abandonedrs on the c in ames, iowa. nearby, they found the body of the standout golfer, celia ar e arozame arozamena. she was not eligible to play on the team nil. the school's athletic department now focusing on helping students

understand their loss. >> at the same time our team was just finishing up playing in ann arbor michigan. as we we f trying toure out what the next steps and course was, trying to figure i out, do we bring the team home? how t do you brinm home? when do you tell them? what do you tell them? >> a man was found living in a ten on the golf course is being charged with murder. he h scratches on his face and it looked like he had been in a fight. richards had three convictio on his record. >> such a tragic loss for that team. now here's doug with a check on the weather.

someu're trying to wri brightness in here with your pink >>irt. right now, many of you, especially north and west, we'll be seeing a lot of that. >> 81 right now. winds out of the north at ten miles an hour. north wind means our humidity levels will comedown. you can see the the line, the front is moving through parts of

southern maryland. new jersey as well. behind it, nothing. we want nothing around here. down to the south and east. we're still seeing s thewer activity. across the bay, saint mary's county, leonardtown, still seeing some showe activity. we'll be dry the rest of the night. notice the cloud cover giving way to that sunshine. clear skies. the remnants of florence giving them a flash flood warning. we won't have to worry about that around the chicago land area. that won't be impacting us. what wil is the little thing called the sunshine. nice and warm, too. but with warmer humidity, it will be a very nice afternoon.nd thursday friday. some schools out tomorrow

because of the jewish holiday. 78 deees, recess, 81 by the time we're picking up thekids. maybe even a little warmer. a really nice day. nice on thursday. thursday and friday could be some clouds early. then more sun late in the afternoon. a little more humid. 82 saturday. and as we look toward the rest of the weekend, the redskins are home taking on the packers. we'll have to see how that turns out. the temperatures in the 70s with a chance for some showers. not a washout here. at least we got a couple days of sunshine and boy, do we need it. >> we've got a situation where we've been watching a water rescue in the middle of elkri e elkridge, maryland.

thiss a road, the furthest road in elkridge. if you know the area nea the elkridge furce inn. it was stuck in the middle of the road. we're telling people, don't drive through standing water. the howard don't fire rescue made their way outnd there did manage to get them off to saty. fe

a virginia church is giving newth meaning t term organ tran. they just got a new organ. >> what it takes to move an entire organ. he reporter: it is often said that music has t power to bring people together. so when this church learned their old organ was on its last legs, theynew the situation didn't sound good. >> we can't be without an organ but we're a little church. we don't have big bucks for big fancy organs. >> reporter: as luck would have it a big fancy organ found them.

the presbyterian church in arlington was d shuttingn and they didn't need theirs anymore. one church gave to another a gift thatn keeps giving each time it's played. >> we're fortunate. so blessed. it was an absolute perfect fit. >> every one of these to be cleaned and broad in by hand.ov 800 pipes. it took over two years. >> it has been a long process. plenty of setbacks. we have come as a family. >> there are no words. >> in this case, no wordsed . just music to everyone's ears. in alexander re. amy cho, news4. >> stwow! l belts out a great sound.

800 pipes. it should. >> and the whole army ofar itects and engineers. >> and all those pipes to set them up again. >> the church is having the dedication ceremony this weekend. record rain and the rivers are still rising. coming up on neve4, we'll you a new front row seat at the new sports arena that opens up this weekend. >> a man shot dead. now prince george's police are now prince george's police are searching for a suspect and a i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, ithen, as state senator,ms collect child support. i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers.

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take a look at the rain toward the saint mary's county, town around the northern neck. the rest us as far as rainfall goes, not exactly the flooding. live pictures over rngo's bridge road. you see the road under water there. this is over toward the bowie area. it floods frly easily. with all the rain we've gotten, this area is being floode

turn around, don't drown. so often over theas couple days. the flooding to the south continues in many areas of the carolinas. levels.record >> so the rain in the carolinas, the rivers their ten to rise. the bridge over the cape fear river. i guess we don't have that photo. let's justalk about the amounts from the storm system this is drone video. the record bat 16 feet.

so areas across the region have seen impressive amounts of rainfall. the rain has stopped there. elizabeth town, the heavy hitter.he so most rain at about 36 inches. myrtle beach about, 15 inches be. fewer l hking top people affected by hurricane florence, head to the nbc washington app and search hurricane help. looking for clothing and food. u can also helpy donating to help animals lost in the flooding. >> tonight police that close to hope are searching for the gunman who killed a began in green belt. the victim was found shot in an

apartmenir well. w trackins has more. >> reporter: detectives back on the scene investigating a homicide that occurred i an unlikely location. >> i am sad to hear that. r >>orter: people who live here sayt is the last place they would expect to hear this. prince george's police say they were called after 2:0 a.m. for reported gun show. >> whenhe officers found the person shot in the apartment in e hallway, in the stair well. >> the investigators were searching for clues today. they believe the victim was targeted. >> what i can tell you is that detectives do not believe this was a random crime.

>> reporter: police are looking for a motive and suspects in this case. they're asking f anyone with information to give them a call. now a reward upo $25,000 is being offered for information leading an arrest and indictment in this case. ing a behind the scenes, the property that once housed a property. they're still putting on the finish touches. >> reporter: when youet here, you'll know you're at the old ho ital. all these buildings will remain. many will be cverted to affordable housing surrounding the new entertainments and spo arena. inside what they hope will be

comfortable for the fans. bleachers can open up for basketball games. the away mist olympics call thi their home court next season. concerts, video game events as well as mixed martial arts, and -- >> this is really going ole eno entire campus to explode. so we're expecting three times that amount from the entire project. >> repter: while work is still underway, the first event is scheduled for october 6 when mary j. blige performs. for now it is simply called the entertainment and sports arena. >> it may change in the future but right now we think it is ag name.

>> reporter: tickets for that concert october 6th. >> the reason will be the new training facility for the washington wizards. >> so exciting down there. >> yeah. so we know sports and beer go well together. theraft brew industry growing throughout our area and this is a place to go to the breweries. i was going the showou on camera. visit any of them and get a stamp. if you have four or more stamps by saturday, go to the brew fest and you'll get special admission to a beer tastingar . >> in the brew fest, we'll have the vip area.

>> we really recognize howery popular craft breweries have become and we really wanted to highlight the seven we have here in fairfax county. >> saturday's brew fest will take place at mustang sally's in chantilly. details on the event and the field guide are in the nbc washington app. just searchfe br. >> here's a sobering problem. a big complaint when you fly. the arrival and departure gate is packed with too many people. ahead, what one airline is doing to ease the crunch. take a look at that it is enormous. and it is ugly with cops and

welcome back. take a look at this just gorgeous rignow. the rainbow from chopper 4. this is around u ter marlboro area. the clouds are clearing that's a good sign. the rain is moving out and the human lev are dropping. i wonder where that pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow. we take a look at tomorrow morning. 7:00 a.m. thebe temperatures wil in the 60s and 70s. that means for some of yus, can open up the windows and give that ac a break. comingup, even more comfortable

are areas. >> all right. thanks. more than 100 people are looking f t a place live right now afterhis massive fire tore through their prince george's apartment building. the fire broke out yesterday on 85th avenue on lanham just as hildren were getting home from school. we spoke with children on are grappling with the loss. >> a look at her part unit from the outside. it.just looking at it's crazy. >> not knowing if anything is salveable on the inside, it is heart-wrenching. >> i want to get his things. >> she is the one who spotted the smoke monday afternoon 's door rom her neighb and balcony. the new mother banged on the door and called forhelp. >> i called 91 i stayed on the phone until they came.

>> witn minutes a shortage of water made it difficult. spread quickly leaving more than 100 people without a home. >> it was bad. flames were everywhere. >> i could clearly think that it was just material. this young new family have their lives. >> itng will be somet to tell a story. >> we also learned a thertment complexesan tagir own hydrant and wasn't enough to manage t fire so firefighters had to hook up additional lines

>> we've learned the name of the office here shot and killed a man in temple hill. residents reported siegal virginia res stealing license ates from cars. police found him hiding in a laundry rule. there was a struggle with officers. police say he sho one officer in the hand. ag teenagers to the dangers of vaping. and problems with the construction of the silver waiting for a liver transplant..

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swirling around metro's silver line extension. news was first to tell with you extensive issues with faulty concrete there. today, project leaders are telling us that the issues can be fixed. but transportation reporter adam tuss has learned the company that supplied the concrete is still on the job. >> today, revelations about the subcontractor in question. the products based in still pennsylvaniaven after all the controversy surrounding their concrete, they're still working on a project. >> the universal concrete projects is completing their work. they still have a few panels to supply. >> remember the federal government says this company knowingly splied fault concrete to the second phase of the silver line which picks u where it ends. their concrete most notably had water to cement ratio that was

off and it didn't m durability specification. >> one of the main issues with all the concrete in these stations under construction is a lot of it is being built right next on busy roads. d the salt and the water spray and everything else that kicks up can get inside the could that aeate. >> theorney representing a whistleer bl it was being used in the second phase of the silver line. >>e want to make sure that the concrete works, the metro doesn't collapse in the future. >> one piece of good news, there was abo question the strength of the stone that was used in the silver line. the project leade say testing has shown that the rock is strong enough. thon next sec is set to open in 2020 but well ove 1,000 sections of concrete will still need significant water proofing and that will have to happen every ten years. along the silver line.

news4. >> proje leaders tell us the next phase is set to open in 2020. pat? >> thank you. we all know flying can be a hassle these days. you have all the security and you have to get this well ahead of your night. then there's overcrowding at the gate. today united airlines started a new way to do it. there are n two lines instead of five lines. they still want to you wait until your group is called. apparently a lot of folks have complaining about all thees coon. >> and it does get confusing. where do istand? or> spacex has its first paying passenger a trip around the moon. the japanese billionaire. the art checker isn't going alone. he isht inviting e artivities to go along with them. the only i thing he's asking

when they come back to earth, they'll make art inspired by it. they're hoping nothing goes wron o aheadthe 2020 mission. let's hope they're working hard on atth. this video is the latest effort to warn your gharn the dangers of vaping. graphic ads from the fda are hitting teenagers where it hurts them most, their appearance. they show the chemicals invading like parasites. the images are plastered on school bathroom >> i have been deeply impress that had f the used what they had to talk to young people and dm cringe when it t passed normal comfort zone. >> more than 2 million middle and high school students admit they use them.

n comes on the heel of a new cdc study that enveals how many kids are using vapeto smoke pot. nearly one-third of high school student admit to doing and it nearly a quarter of middle school kids say they've smoked through an ecarette. putting marijuana in a vape pen helps hide the telltale smell. we have the telltale signs of better weather. >> i go to the store, i goyw re. the rain and the hurricane! now it will be about the sunshine. >> a big eak. we love that. we deserve a break and som sunshine. and take a look at this picture. this says it all right now. >> look at that. beautiful blue skies. this air isow coming on a north wind and that means we'll see some nice blue skies.

crystal blue skies. the deep blue that we like so much. especially in the month of fall. hey, it's coming up next week. we're still dealing with it. down to about 7 by 11:00. i have cool. not only in the city but the suburbs. that will be a little cooler than it has been the last couple weeks. the average low is 62. 83 degrees right now at dulles. 82 in manassas now, most of the areas still dry. we're stillt looking it to the south. the best chance of rain would bn toward our southern zones. saint mary'sth copy, nn neck, we continue to see the shower activity there. is whole system making its way to the south. we put away the umbrellas for a him dawhile.

yest we were getting poured on by rain. i normally keep two umbrellas in my car and the kids took both of them out. i was walking in the station as theeather guy without an umbrella. >> you have to have three n at this point. i want to go backo that spacex thing. >> we can do the weather on the moon. >> ah. i'll make a painting, do some research if you do it. >> yeah. i'll do a painting too. >> such a cool story. we look to the forecast like doug was saying. >> inside, it's probably not super comfortable b inside definitely tomorrow, people will be in the 60s. and then in the rural locations in the 50s out there. now is also a great time get car washed.

sole people asking about plans on saturday it will be dry. even sunday, not all that bad. i can't say it will be completely dry but by no means will it be a washout. so tomorrow, thursday, friday, saturday, zero umbrellas needed. as we look tosunday. we'll ten to refine the forecast. the other great news, the humidityin c down. not a concern out there. then fray, a little bit humid. more importantly, no rain at all on friday. >> oh, good. i lied. there was one more umbrella, my daughter's hello kitty umbrella. i didn' t putt one up. o 82 thursday, 85 on friday.th there's a 82 on saturday.

a nice four days. i think the redskins game will okay. you may need the hello kitty umbrla but notice 70s as we make our way intot n week. thank you. an uber driveracing $850 in fines tonight. they were issued in a ticket at least a foo long. pat

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uber driver confronted at gunpoint by police in the district and he said he doesn't know why it had to happen. the driver said it startca e of some minor infractions. pat collins reports, it ended with some major confusion and a great big traffic ticket. >> reporter: take a look at this ticket. it is over a foot long.or $850 w of fines. fines for this man, arrested at gunpoint this afternoon on florida avenue northwest. were you scared? >>ye . he was pointing a gun. it is my first time to have someone point a gun at me. >> reporter: before i get tfa into the story, i want to introduce to you the deparent of for hire vehicle inspectors.

they drive around in these spif blue cars with flashing lights. earlier this afternoon, the uber driver was picking up a father at the capitol. ey were trying to pull him over in one of those spiffy blue cars. >> i not a drug dealer. i am a worker. sprain i to me. >> there was ase c with a number of those specifiy blue cars. ths with the gun and the cuffs and the gigantic $850 ticket. anthony nod is the assistant ief of the hired driver inspectors. wrong?id he do >> he broke some traffic laws which was not in the bestin rests of public safety. my officer attempted on conduct a traffic stop which is within r regulations according to

title 31.or >> rr: the uber driver ended up walking away. his car ended up towed away'l he have to pay for that,o. to in northwest, pat collins. nflt new the a 6:00, a supreme showdown. president trump's supreme court nominee and the professor who accuse him of sexually assaulting hero. years and the president is sticking up for his man. >> i feel so badly for him. this is n a man who deserves this. >> we have the new fallout. >> the rivers keep rising. >> why floodingncrom flo could last for days or even weeks. >> we go inside the state-of-the-art venue in

washington, d.c. for sports in the district. good evening. we begin with a new twist in the supreme court showdown. >>ti it is not clear if the woman who accused judge kavaugh of sexual assaul years ago will come to washington to tell her story. dr. ct in bla ford accused him. there is a public hearing scheduled next week both parties set to testify but dr. ford has gone silent. blayne alexander has the latest. it is confusing. >> reporter: on top of all that, consider the time line. the supreme court is in session in less than two weeks. the crucial elections two weeks away. the republican party is struggling to keep