breaking n at 11:00, a woman found stabbed outside a c. restaurant. police flood the scene, but tonight, no sign of the attacker. demanding an evestigation. oman accusing judge brett kavanaugh of sexual assault wants the fbi involved.

will that delay a vote? and a high school football player's dream could be on ld. supporters say he can't get on the field because he's homeless. new 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. >> first, to the breaking news. a woman in grave condition after a stabbing in d.c.'s logan circighborhood. >> police don't have her attacker in custody right now. news 4's shomari stone just got an up from police chief peter newsome. an he's live what have you heard?>> >>. eporter: good evening. the police chief tells me they are searching for this man. police have their helicopter up in the air, shining bright lights down her on logan circle. yellow crime scene tape surrounding this area from rhode island avenue all the way to q street. d out are trying to f what exactly happened here. there are a lot of unanswered questions as they continue toch se for evidence here. but here's what we know.

let's roll some video. yellow evidence markers sit out the asian american chinese restaurant on p street. police tell me the man stabbed a woman on the sidewalk. she stumbled into the restaurant, collapsing, unconscious, not breathing. people inside called for help. the man tookff running down 11th street. tonight, the woman is at a hospital. the plus chief tells me she's in grave condition. >> shomari, we don't have a lot ght now. a little bit before 8:00, we had an adult female w h was oute in the area. apparently she was stabbed very, very seriously. >> reporter: now, police have not released the woman's name or age. they are questioning people outside here. and they say there were witnesses, there were people outside here on this nice tuesday evening when they heard this woman screaming, stumbling into the restaurant. police chief newsham urges anyone with information, if you saw what happened, call d.c. police. meanwhile, again, they are lking to people at the bar

across the street from the asian restaurant, 1100 p, talking to people who were inside, perhaps they saw mething. also homicide e deckives are out here and they willo cown tdown street, look for apartments and homes for surveillance video at may have caught the suspect running away. i'm shomari stone, news 4. i'm leon harris at the live desk in the newsroom withng breaews in the dramatic showdown over the future of the u.s. supreme court. don't, dr. christine blasey fors sa will not testify about her allegation of sexual assault by judge brett kavanaugh, that is, not without an fbi investigation being conducted first. but that investigation would have to be ordered by president trump, and whi senate democrats argue it's reason to delay nday's hearing, senate republicans hearing say they want to go forward and question kavanaugh with or without ford. ford's attorney spoke on cnn

tonight and she says testifying monday would be premature. >> well, hearing is not a substitute for an investigation, so -- >> it is under oath, tthough. >> is, but the investigation should occur before the hearing. theri h should be as a result of the investigation. nothing of substance and nothinp legitimate cann by monday.ud >> jge kavanaugh, meanwhile, spent another long day at the white house. he says he is eager to testify and deny the allegation that he groped ford and punned h epinne at a high school phety in early '80s. we'll keep up posted.re , jim, back to you. >> all right, leon. we know it very likely that no criminal charges will ever come of this allegation. federally or locally. >> as news 4's jackie bensen reports tonight,he story blasey ford told "the washington post" is familiar to many o victims wen have no legal recourse.

>> reporter: well, jim, this is a national story, b it has deep roots here in montgomery county. another letter of support tonight for dr. ford from men and women who grew up re, telling her, your story is our story. the draft document circulating online for signatures bears the itle "an open letter to dr. christine blasey ford." it reads in part, "we are the men andre women who up in the same word as both you and brett kavanaug we attended the same elite private schools, country clubs and churches. and we believeyou." the letter goes on to say, "we know the terrible impactf sexual assault, coercive behavior and hassment that presaided the culture of our youth and continues toy,y." >> toda there's nothing ret retroactively that can be done legally.

>> reporter: a former criminal defense attorney says she has d encountere cases involving an olderllegation involving people who were both juveniles similar to the one being made against judge brett kavanaugh. >> even if it was a chargeable offense, he was still a minor and would have received the benefit of a review under the juvenile system, and preseem suming there's no prior juvenile contact, he wouldn't have been charged. >> reporter: she does help where she can. >> it hear from victimsll the time, and it breaks my heart, to get the phone calls, to hear how they've suffered throughout their adulthood with childhood trauma. and i try to point them in the right direction for resources to get them the help they need. >> reporter: now, i that investigation, that fbi investigation that leon mentioned, goe forward, investigators would very likely talk to people who knew both at that time, decades ago. timany of whom live here.

in chech i havy chase, jackie b news 4. >> jackie, thank you. tuing to the weathernow, something we haven't seen in a few weeks, sunshine. >> weapon got a taste of i this afternoon, doug, and we're ready for more what do you >> we are ready for more. we've been tracking florence for the last two and a half weeks and we've been weather alert for the las five,ix days. finally get to see some bluend backgrhere, meaning all is calm. you see what happened today. the rlonants ofnce making their way across the northeast and the mid-atlantic,ut to sea. finally, out of our area. not before showers and thunderstorms across the region earlier. rit now, though, t closeup view, nothing out there. no rain, no thunder, noclouds. as a matter of fact, we're looking clear right now, very nice night. and that g means we'reng to see sunshine tomorrow. plenty of sunshine, finally seeing the sun. we're tracking your weekend, though, kind of an iffy weekend. going to talk about that in a

minute. fall tinperatures move fall officially begins on saturday. wait until you see the numbers i've g in theten-day forecast, in about eight minutes. >> all right, thanks, doug. the national weather service is confirming six tornadoes touched down around richmond on monday. as the remnants of hurricane florence moved nortn one per died when a building collapsed in chesterfield, county. the weather service says that was an ef-2 tornado. president trump repairing for tomorrow's tour of hurricane devastation in north carolina. but rescuesontinue tonight as rain-swollen rivers floodor neighbods. the danger will last for several moree days because som waterways won't crest until thursday. a engineer checking dams to make sure they'll hold up under the strain. more than 10,000 people remain iner shelt and some places, supplies of gas and clean water are running low. a high school football player's dream of playing in collegend earning a scholarship may be in jeopardy

tonight. jamal speaks goes to blue high school in the district. there are questions if he's eligible to play, because of his address. he doesn't have one. news 4 shomari stone has his story. >> reporter: under thesunset, practice goes on without 18-year-old running back jamal speaks. >> a heartbreak. i can't even practice right now, participate. >> reporter: d.c. public school officials say he's ineligible because he doesn't have a permanent addre t in district. jamal says he's homeless, sleeps on friends coaches. the 18-year-old senior, who has an offer to play football at temple university, was held out of a game on saturday because of his reresidency. jamal, what's your family situation, your father, your mother? >> m father deceased. me and my mom, we don't really talk like that. klike, i don't tal to my mom. >> reporter: jamalo was als ruled ineligible t years ago for residency problems but eaought everything was okay now.

>> we a proved that i was a homeless resident. >> reporter: d.c. public school officials tell us that the state athletic association deemed that jamal speaks is eligible to play. but they say the d.c. i-aa, the athletic association for d.c.pu ic schools, ruled that he is ineligibleecause they can't verify his address. >> it was demeaning to the young man. reporter: monet anderson rertsn football f. >> it bothers me. >> reporter: it also bothers treyon white. >> it's incumnt upon meo get this boy to play football and be successful in life and go to college. >> reporter: while dcps officials investigate, jamal hopes to practice with his teammates, graduate and atten temple university. in southeast id.c., shomari stone, news 4. the arguments stacked up

exactly as you'd expect at a candidates forumman c change in vienna tonight. a tim kaineracted the trump administration's regulation ba ros. kaine's republican opponent said the regulations cost too much for too little return. they will have a debate in mcclain. chuck todd will moderate. news will be panelists. and you can watch it on nbc 4 and in our nbc washington app. next at 11:00, sticker shock at the hospital. $34,000 not covered by insurance. >> you know, it's been a year and a half, it's been stressful. coming up, our consumer reporter tells us wha to look out for so you're not the next time you go to the e.r. and did you see it? a showstopping performance tonight, right out of the gate on the "agt" finale.

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moment. >> this isverything this show should be, which isomne who started off good, ends up amazing, and i think you've got a real shot here. i think this show, i hope, will change your life. >> if you want brit to win all, you've got to vote, folks. and you can keep voting until 7:00 a.m. watch and see if he wins right here on nbc 4 tomorrow night at 8:00. so, work those phones. >> yeah. fingers crossed for him. >> ye. >> night, a news 4 consumer alert about a surprise medical expens that could cost you thousands. >> yeah, this is a real eye opener fus. we're working for you tonight, shining a spotlight on a nationwit practice tould blindside you the next time you go to the emergency room. our consumer reporter susan hogan has what youeed to know. >> reporter: we're talking about surprise balance billing. it's when an out of network provider bills you for whatever your insurance company won't

pay. if it hasn't effected you yet, consider yourself lucky. but as onehu fallsh family discovered, your luck can run out with just one trip to the emergency room. >> reporter: it happened so fast. >> it came off my bat and hit here. >> reporter: a baseballo the face, sending 17-year-old zac hamilton to the emergency room with a broken nose. his dad took him t a local hospital he knew accepted their health insuranc the hospital said to them, lucky for you, there is apl tic surgeon on call. >> reporter: but the hamilton's luck ended there. a few weer, la they received a bill for $34,000. >> first, i was like, wow, you know, i was confused, because we had already gone through t process of settling the bill with the hospital and i was like, what could this possibly be for? >> reporter: it was from the on call plastic surgeon who, to the hamilton's surprise, was out of

network. he billed the hamiltons for the portion their insurance didn't cover. a practice called balance billing.di you assume that whomever zach was going to be seen by was also withinnetwork? >> for sure. >> reporter: she assumed that since the hospital t insurance that any doctor working there did, too. she was wrong. >> you know, it's bee a yea and a half, it's been incredibly stressful. >> reporter: after the bill was sent tocollections, elizabeth contacted nbc 4. though the doctor never returne our calls, elizabeth told us they did reach a settlement on a much lower bill. >> thereeeds to be national change on this. that would be ideal. >> reporter: elizabethly ultima wants transparency from the hospitals to the physicians to the health insurance providers. so, another family dsn't get caught up in this surprise balance billing that nearly drned the hamiltons' bank

account. >> can we ask theospitals to make us more aware when we're seeing a doctor who is notn our network and wha the, you know, outcome of that may b >> reporter: and she's right.it hos are under no obligation to tell you what insurance an e.r. doctor however, right now, there are efforts under way to tackle the very o issue surprise balance billing. we're digging deeper into what that means for you. we'll veal the details tomorrow night on news 4 at 5:00. back to you. >> you're in a tough spot when you're in themergency room. >> what do you do? >> you have to go with who's there. >> right. you're not going to pick up and go -- i'll go to the other emergency room. that's tough. >> nua y. hey, but on the other hand, you bring good new for a change. >> i bring a very good tiding. we've got the sunshine coming out, we've got themoon, mething that, you know, you've seen a little bit of. by the way, doreen, it's a 70%

waxing gious. you wanted to see it. take a look out there right now. >> oh, yeah, that is. >> full moon coming up next week, everybody. but hey, we actually got a chance to see it without cloud cover across the area. beautiful -- >> nice picture. >> gorg absolutely gorgeous. as we look toward the next couple of nights, we're looking at nice weatherhere. cooler wetter. still a little humid today, tonight, rather. temperatures sitting in the 70s at the airport. 77 degrees. winds o of the northwest at 12 miles an hour. we're going to start to feel less humidity. you're going to feel it to the north and west for sure 73 right now, hagerstown. 67 in gaithersburg. tomorrow night, these temperatures will be ten degrees coer than this. really going to feel quite nice. we still have some time to get the cooler air the radar picture, there's nothing. storm team 4 radar, it's how about that? i know, right, thank you, thank you, everybody. you know,'t we d need anymore rain. we've seen so much of it, it looks like we're going to stay

dry right through the next couple of days, all becau the remnants of florence finally moving out to sea. that means for us, some sunshine, something we haven't seen a lot of. and you can take a look at the wider picture. the remnants moved up through the northeast today we saw the trailing cold front moving to the south and east awayou fr region. that means for us tomorrow, abundant sunshine. gr s, finally some sunshine. and nice and warm, too. and not just one day. w i thive got a nice little stretch here of sun coming in on thursday and friday. but tomo at the school bus, you know, a lot of kids still have school tomorrow, some don't. nice for pickup, tem rature arou. a very nice wednesday, if your kids are in school tomorrow. ift,hey are good luck with that, you know, depending on, hopefully you got something for them to do. 82 on thursday, 85 on friday. really nice weather. clouds early a more sun. saturday, a high temperature of 82. then it gets kind of. tric got a front coming down on saturday. that, i think, moves far enough south that we do see some sun,

but back to the north on sunday. and we're only in the 70s sunday and monday. anasterly flow here. that keeps things cooler with shower chances sunday and monday. and another shower chance tuesday and wednesday. nothing too heavy. again, this is not something that we're going to see ood-wise, but again, we do have to mention showers. you may need the brellas. theays i'm looking forward, the next few, and then next atek, we see a bigrn change here thursday, friday into next weekend where temperatures in the low 70s for highs, 50s for lows, so -- >> whoa. >> really nice fall weather. >> that sounds like fall. >> let's hope. thank yo coming up, the champs come e back hom and they're up to some of their old tricks. >> sports next.

thi is the xfinity sports desk. >> tonight didn't count, june counted. >> counted for the caps. so good to lookack on . so crazy to think that's time for a whole new season. >> here we go. >> thes capit shaking off a couple cobwebs, maybe a few uys in for the young their first home preseason game. the final score, not wha the caps hopr, but there are tonight.takeaways from wn, yes, one being the boys are back in to right? caps t hosting bruins. the same team that will watch them raise the banner on october 3rd. first period, caps dow a goal. riley barber with the goal, witt a gre deflection out in front. the caps first goal of the preseason. they even it up at one. braden holt by getting the star. picking up where he left off. robbing danielwinnik. can we call it the preseason save? holtby saved 6 of 8 shots he saw

tonight. and in the thursday period, caps down 4-1. but on the power play, there was no alexto ovechkinght, so, the office still open. matt niskanen taking advantage. ook at this. a bruins dehender with t perfect feed to nisky. the bruins win it, 5-2. afterwards, we asked t.j. oshie, how did it >> little rusty.? no, i think, y know, tough y feel the dn't rea puck there until the third, and some thingsac started to comek all, youo -- all in want to start really good, b but -- b i feel like myself and the team got better as the game went on. >> no more cup stands. all right, we head to baseball, nationals finishing up their two-gameeries against the marlins. stephen strasburg accomplishings another intng feat. in the second, facing brian

anderson, strasburg hits him, but watch, hits the batter, the catcher and the ump. the trifecta. and remember, he did the same thing last week. soou not something see every day,ust when strasburg starts. and what a start it was for him, sixin innings, strik out 11. and his offense giving him a little support. in the sixth, two on and two out for anthony rendon. bryce harper heads to third. rendon with an rbi single. he h two rbi on the night. nats lead 4-2. shawn doolittle in to close it out, strikes galloway out to end it. save 25 for doolittle. nationals win it4-2. and the orioles hosting the blue jays, becoming the first pro sports team to wear braille on their jerseys. really cool move here. top of the seventh, tied at four, at the plate with two on, takes it right up the middle. two runs come in to score. orioles lose, 6-4.

their franchiseecord 108th loss, though. hug those oriole fans inou life and september 30th is the last day of the regular season, so, it's kind of crazy -- >> coming up fa. >> for nats fans. >> thank you.

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