good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. both police officers are expected to survive. >> justin finch is live with the latest details. it still busy out there. >> reporter: hey there, ron, eun. you're absolutely right, still busy out here. but a sense of relief those injuries to the officers appear toe non-li threatening. here on the ground, officers are still at work, proof this investigation is continuing at this time. here's a look at what w know so far. we have two officers wounded, the second houlder, officer suffering a wound to his arm and hand areaar they were of a special operations team serving a warrant to a top-level apartment here about 10:30 last night at this apartment complex. we're told they knocked on the door, annnced emselves, but could not get inside, so they used a device to open thatdoor. here's what happened next. >> there is an individual inside the apartment armed with a

shotgun. that individual fired that shotgun at our nine-man team of officers. two of our officers are t. >> reporter: so a close call there, as you heard. that shooting suspect has nurrendered, we are told. a second person that apartment is also now in police custody. it is unclear, though, if either was the target of ttht warrant were trying to issue yesterday. both officers were taken by helicopter to a shock trauma hospital in baltimore, where they're now beingreated. we're live here in prince george's county, justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. we're also following two other big stories this morning. >> a senior apartment complex in southeast turned into an inferno, giving elderly residents just minutes to escape. the roof caved in as firefighters, first responders, and marines ran to help. news 4's megan mcgrath is live on the scene this morning. plus, on the run. we're following the search for a man who killed a local jogger

this week. what we've learned about wendy martinez and the events that led up to her death. we'll have full reports on both of those storieshroughout the morning. >> first, we want to check on your comte and your forecast. another nice day ahead, chuck. >> sheena is going to be sad she was on vacation this these last couple days have been nice. she'll be back with us tomorrow morning. four tngs you need to know about. the weather for today, patchy fog around first thing this morning. most important, today is the seco dry day in aow. another winner coming our way for tomorrow. but the spweekend,ially your sunday, looks problematic. temperatures are in the 60s and 70s. visibility reduced withth local k fog across parts of central virginia.no righ it's 63 in front royal. 66 at dulles airpores 70 deg at national airport this morning. your planner for your thursday, a nice morning. moreohan enough sunshine get temperatures into the upper 70s to right around 80 degrees for afternoon highs.

a perfect night for baseball. let's just hope the nats wan pull off. i'll show you the whole weekend forecast, including a forecast if you're headed into theta mos to enjoy fall weather. that's coming up in a few. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, mr. bell. brand new problem on the beltway. lanham, inner loop between bw and the beltway. we'll see how that develops. take a look here, white's ferry shut downgain today because of high water on the potomac. noey're hoping levels get low enough this aft they can reopen later today or tomorrow. and eastbound69 ramp to 6th street southeast is closed because of yesterday's fire investigation. >> melissa, thank you. we turn it our other major story we're following this morning. through thatippe senior apartment building in southeast washington, sending resints running for their lives. that fire burned for hours and was big enough to be seen from miles .aw >> right now more than 100

residents are displaced. news 4's megan mcgrath is live near the building on 5th street southeast. n, what are you learning about the residents this morning? >> reporter: well, those who didn't go home with family members, they're being housed temporarily at a nearby rec center until aer more pnent housing situation can be worked out. if you look behind me, you can see the fire isot out. we're seeing smoke any longer. you can see all of the crews still on the sce keeping a watch over things. this was a huge fire. take a look at the video. the flames ran along the roof and the attic area and just spread from there. at one tpoint, roof just collapsed. it just gave way, and the flames then got even more intense. now, 161 occupied units, many of the residents there have mobility issues. they use walks, wheelchairs. firefighters made a number ofsc s, but it was also aef group rt with 100 marines from the

navy yardng run over to help. residents haveold news 4 that the sprinklers did not work, that the alarms did n go off. we spoke to one man whose mother lives in the building. he wants to know if all of those safety systems were working and inspected. >> this building has deteriorated over the last couple years, right. nso now the quest remains is, when they do the investigation, did the fire pump run? there's no reason why this fire should b the way it is, this big of a fire, if the fire suppression was working. >> reporter: now, the fire chief says the building was inspected a year ago and that he was not aware of any violations. everyone in the building, and this is very good news here, has been accounted for. there were four people taken to the hospital, but we've been told their injies are not life threatening, that they're going to be okay. certainly a lot of investigation work ahead of them as they tur to f out what started this fire and whether the sprinkler,

systhether those smoke alarms were working or not. back to you. >> megan mcgrath live for us. megan, thank you. >> and aaron, you just happened to be home when this fire broke out. you saw it develop and stopped and went over thereo help with the coverage. >> yeah, i live about five blocks away from there and was headed home. you see a little smoke coming in from the highway. suddenly, the black cloud got bigger. you saw more fire engines cominn it was really shocking to see this happen. then to be there reporting and to watch tgrt fire , the flames jumping from one roof to the other,lehe smoke that f the navy yard neighborhood. i talked to one woman who was working on the navy yard property who said she smelled the smoke and thought her building was on fire four, fivey blocks a lot of people were shocked. it was right around rush hour, people were leaving work. but the highlight here, the good part is to know nobody w seriously hurt as a result. >> a great effort to get everyone accounted for. much mor t coverage ofs fire ahead on news 4 today. we'll see more remarkable utotage and hear a some

incredible rescues. it's now 5:06. now to a developing story in northwest washingtoa oung woman out for an evening jog was stabbed to death on e street. >> news 4 is live in d.c.'s logan circle neighborhood now. this is wheret happened. more on the search for the suspect. >> reporter: good morning. we're at the corner of 11t y an p, whe can see behind me flowers mark the spot where this woman who had everything to live for died here. wendy martinez was out for a jog tuesday night, doing what sheal no would do. she was newly engaged. she had a promising career until she was attacked tuesday nightol yesterdaye released surveillance video of a man they suspect in her stabbing death. and there's also some footage where c y see that man holding a knife in his hand. neigors in this community are quite shaken up by what has

happened here. >> this is as bad as it gets. obviously just extremely tragic. and very surprising.s we >> reporter: back live with you, showing the flowers once again. there was a vigil last night. wendy martinez's parents were out here. they asked n that we show their faces during theirri grief-en moment. we honored their request. her family is asking if anyone in thisommunity knows anything about what happened to please coact police. at is the latest livehwrom nortest d.c. back to you. >> all right, molette. thank you. 5:08 now. now details about the supreme court confirmation heari f. the lawye the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault wants awiitional esses to testify. right now only two people are set for mond's hearing, judge calf gnaw a a kavanaug his accuser, dr. christine blasey ford.

but dr. ford's lawyer says witnesses who have been named publicly should be included in the hearing. ford has also asked for an fbi investigation into the alleged assault before she will testify. missouri democratic senator clare mccaskill says shela to vote no on judge kavanaugh. president trump promises federal help as the carolinas struggle to bounce back from hurricane florence. in north carolina, the president thanked volunteers a helped pass out meals at a food distribution center. he then toured one of the hardest hit neighborhoods in new bern. >> we're going to be with you, you know that. f're with you already. >> the death tolm the storm is now at 37. that includes two women who drowned wn a sheriff's van taking them to a mental health facility was swept off the road on tuesday. just about 5: now. we had our fingers crossed for our local guy on "america's g talent." despite really an incredible run, the violinist brianin

joseph finished third in last night's finale. >> forweeks, t judges said he was the type of performer who had the potential to win it all. when the final votes were tallied, he came up just short.f that's how s the competition was. fear not, we haven't heard the last from bria >> i feel like i've opened up a path not just formyself, for a bunch of people, a whole lot of people out there, andci'm just so d. i feel like my career is starting today. i couldn't be more grateful. >> also, congratulations in order this morni for 26-year-old shin lim, the self-taught magician named season 13 champ here. he'll take home that $1 million prize. >> great acts. really great. still ahead, two shootingag ra hours apart in two different states. >> we are taking you to wisconsin and pennsylvania, showing you how that violence played out. plus, under water. the rain may have left, us but new york citya took beating and turned the subways into streams. chuck?

>> all right. we don't have to worry about any streams in the subways around here for the next couple days as rain chances are close to zero, until we get into the weekend, unfortunately. if you're headed into the mountains, friday looks great. cool and showery in the mountains on sunday. more about forecast for the weekend coming uin just a few. weekend coming uin just a few. p

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your time right now is 5:14. police are working t find out more about two major shootings. >> the first happened inside a municipal building in pennsylvania about 50 miles south ofts prgh. a man who was scheduled for a hearing on domestic violence assault charges blasted through the front door. witnesses say he appeared to be chasing woman. three people were injured before the shooter was killed by police. one officer was shot but is expected to be okay. ehree others wer hurt when a man opened fire on his

co-workers in wisconsin. it happened at a software company outside of. madis like the shooting in pennsylvania, this man was also killed by police. the three people injured are expected to survilo. nce has totally moved out of the area but is still causing flatting th causing flooding to our north. >> heavy rain in new york citye flooded s subway stations. it looks like it's raining inside. some passengers said they arrived to some stations in ankle-deep water. another commuter captured this video of a rat clinging to a pillar. this is why these rats survive. they can survive water in e subway. >>patient, just waiting until it goes down. >> i can't even look. terrible. >> let's take you to north carolina. pescues are still under way there. le aren't the only ones needing help. you take a look here, this cre saved a bunch of puppies from the flood water here. you can hear the dogs crying a little bit there. they were clearly happy that >> look at them.hem. >> puppies were taken to a

shelter and given something to eat and drink. >> hopefully they'll be adopted. >> they'll have incredible stories to tell. >> exactly. they look as aappy i do when it's supper time. craziness. >> the weather is spectacular, chucin this is the of weather we live for. warm, lower humidity, sunshine. >> absolutely right. we love it. we'll take it. no doubt, we've earned it the hard w around here. we'll enjoy our second dry day in a row. rain chancesremain delightfully low all the way into at least the second half of the weekend. right now it is mostly clear skies over washington. the temperature is at 70s. degr a couple fair weather clouds but a generally clear sky. temperatures are into the low 60s in parts of the shenandoah valley. mid-70s on the western shore of the csapeake bay. low 60s as you get up towards

germantown. 64 in new market, maryland. your planner for today's commute could little bit of sun glare on the roads for you eastbound commuters morning. some fog across parts of central tirginia. a really pleasay coming your way. watch out, that fog could be a little thick here this morning. visibility down under a mile for parts o sthenandoah valley and central virginia. one of my weather watchers on twitter near front royal just said the fog was real thick there. so b on the lookout. otherwise, look at how nice and quiet the weather is up and down the eastern seaboard today. that n unsettled weatherthe upper midwest, that is what's going toer in interfere with ou plans particularl on sunday. a nice dry monday tay. maybe a spot on the eastern shore. also an isolated drop in the mountains. not really much of a rain chance around the city. partly cloudy overnight tonight. during the day morrow, a little more cloud cover than today, but rain chances stay very low for tomorrow as well.

not zero, but rain chances down below 20%. rothing that's going to interfere with y plans. there's your friday planner. a nice day. temperatures into the upper 70s to around 80 degrees tomorrow. you can always use your nbc washington app to stay ahead of the weather. you can also find me on twitter @chuckbell4. tweet me a weather report if you've got one. there's your five-day forecast. beautiful weathere for today and tomorrow. saturday doesn't look too bad either. ae chance for showers saturday evening. sunday for the redskins game could be a little cool and showery. >> i'll take theseext few days. looking quite good to me. inner loop crash now on the shoulder and not causing any real delays. northbound bw parkway with a little bit of road work still. in the district, eastboun southeast freeway the ramp to 6th street southeast becaused of the fire investigation at that senior

apartment complex from last night. white's ferry shut down today because of high water objen the potomac. a brand new problem here in waldorf, 5 southbound, lanes arp , but we hear there's a serious crash right now. trying to get more information on tha one. >> all right, melissa. thank you. 5:19 right now. when it comes to lunch, it's the busiest eatery in arlington. we're talking about the school district. news 4 isoing into theitchen to find out what's being served hi your cren. plus, back on the team. a local homeless high schooler gets much-needed helpfter his story aired on news 4. and later e onen this afternoon -- >> what do you say when you need so swear but the kids are around? oh, shoot. >> i don't believe you. >> i'm lying. >> what do you say? >> ding-dang. >> goldie hawn and kate hudson stop by elle o today. chec the show to see the

real answer. >> b sounds a littl to me. >> sometimes you got to say what needs to be said. catch ellen here on nbc 4 at 3:00 p.m. we'll be right back.

welcome back at 5:22. this weekend you will not be able to drive or walk across the arlington memorial bridge. constructionrews are closing

all six lanes on the bridge and bothth sidewalks. closures are part of long-term repair work on that bridge. you're going to need to usee alternoutes to cross the potomac river until monday morning when that bridge is expected to reopen. so you probably haven't been to theusiest restaurant in arlington. >> that's because the busies place toat in arlington is at school. our chuck bell, we sent him back to school tohe check outld lunches. they're so much better than when we were kids. >> way better. and i was just as popular this time in high schos i was all those years ago. >> oh, please. you're so popular. everyone asks about you. i >> wheas in school, lunch was a sandwich and an apple and beverage choice was between plain or chocolate milk. most of it promptlyent into the trash. that's not how it is today, as i found out when i visited yorktown high school in arliton county. vi reporter: when you're s 15,000 meals a day and your business depends on repeat customers, you better serve good >> it is a challenge. it's a challenge to keep our customers coming in every day.

>> reporter: in this case, the customers are the high school students in arlington's free sc public higols, not an easy group to please. what your kids will eat keeps her thinking all the time. the countyeamed up with cuisine solutions, and together the two have come up with an answer to the question, what's for lunch? >> i have been thinking for a long time about how to do a create your own system with local produce. we were purchasing tons of local produce. a lot of it was ending up in the trash. i wanted to combine fruits and vegetables with the entree, rather than the old-faioned pick up an apple, throw it in the garbage. >> you see the kids go in and enjoy these things like chipotle. we figured why notring that to school. >> reporter: the two launched a pilot program that mimics the chipotle model. it allows students to pick and choose their fruits and veggies. >> the student will pick a base grain thendd protein, which is either abf chicken, cheese, or

ground beef. then they pick their own vegetables. >> reporter: they say the results have been positive, and it's a win/win for the students. area growers and the sool system. the school is using locally grown fruits and veggies.s >> and togram has been implemented in arlington's three high schoo. it'll be moving into alexandria city schools and eventually into loudoun county. one of the cool things i found out about is the s.t.e.m. project, they actually grow some of t greenhouses where they grow the vegetables they eat. smart kids come from smart teachers. >> and the healthy eating helps that too. >> absolutely right. >> it's all connected. all right. well, if you're wondering what you need to know about the weather for today, another winner. winner, winner, chicken dinner. yes, indeed. that's today'>> forecast. ou get a chicken dinner. you get a chicken dinner. >> does tt mean aar is

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that breaking news in prince george's county. two officers were shot while going into an apartment last night. >> this happened around 10:30 off of lorring drive i district heights. justin finch is at the scene this morning. what's the latest? >> reporter: aaron, eun, police have been clear. this could have been so much worse. those two officers, we understand, have suffered non-life threateesng inju here on the scene where that happened, the crime tape is still up. investigatorse are still on scene and so are olice in uniform and in plain clothes. this is still a very active investigation going on here. it all began about 10:30 last

night. those two officers part of a ninsp nine-membeial operations team, serving a warrant here. they announced themselves and got no answer but had a sense someone was inside. they used a device topen that door. inside of that unit was a man arme with a shotgun. we're told he fired, striking two of those officers one in the shoulder, the other in his arm and hand area. another officer did fire back but did not strike that suspect. a medic on sight began work on both of thoses offic before a state police helicopter was brought in to fly those officers to a shock c traumaenter in the baltimore area. now, back out ve, as i said, as you can see here, the investigation is still ongoing at this time. it's unclear, though, if that suspect was the target of that warrant or a econd person also in that unit, who is now in custody, was the target either. we don't have names of the

suspects yet or the two officers. we're told one of those officers is able to speaknd alert. another may require surgery. t'll bring you more updates as we getm here on the scene. i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. 5:31 our time rightwe now. e also working on a look a the foreca commute. >> melissa has a chuck on the roads. first, we check in with chuck bell as we hea closer to the weekend. so far, just beautiful weather. >> absolutely. we h a long stretch of cloudy, rainy weather around here. the combination was either blazing hot and humid or it was rain.g down we've at least brought that all to an end. live picture over washington thisorning. visibility not much of an issue around town. but there are some areas of very ick fog from front royal to culpepper. be on the lookout this morning if you're driving across parts of central virginia. temperaturewise, it's an ope window kind of morning.

60s in montgomeryt county. 68 quantico. 59 this morning in winchester. so the daily grade for today, a-plus weather is back. partly to mostly sunny skies today. a light southeasterly breeze. temperatures today reaching 82 degrees for a high temperature.e the next cou days, another winner today. we are watching increasing rain chances as we get into the t weekenugh. more about that in a few more minutes. for now, let's go to gmelissa. >>d morning. brands new problem here. this is that one in waldorf this morning. southbound 5 after renner traffic stopped because of a serious crash. just got off the phone with maryland state police. they're saythis involves a pedest 4an. choppe is going to be headed that way pretty soon to show o what's goi laurel, northbound bw parkway near nasa has a left lane getting by the work zone. some delays this morning. taking a look to the east, landover, eastbound 50 at landover road, vehicle fire

reported. and a look at bw parkway. that crash is on the shoulder. an the rest of the beltway looking good rig now. aaron? >> all right, melissa. thank you. we turn to that developing story in southeastwashington. re than 100 senior citizens lost their home in a massive fire in southeast washington. >> this video shows you how hetense those flames were yesterday near navy yard. the roof couldn't handle the heat and fire and partially collapsed. this happened just after 3:00 p.m. >> megan mcgrath is live outside that building. i was out tre for about 1/2 hours yesterday, constant flames there. how long did it takete firefi to really get this under control? >> reporter: it took them a long urtime. this fned for hours. they were still pouring water on thelames at 11:30 last night. as you said, it started a little after 3:00. behind me, you c o see some the crews pulling out here, some of the fire crews.

they're ratcheting back their presence here on the scene. this was an enormouskire. take a lt the video. it started in th roof area. the flames spread from there,g hoppo different parts of the building. these apartments are home to many elderly people with mobility issues. people that use walkers and wheelchairs and tngs like that. firefighters scrambled to evacuate thosets resid then at one point, 100 marines stationed nearby at the navy yard, they ran over to help. in some ca they literally carried residents out of the burning several residents told news 4 yesterday that the sprinklers and smoke alarms did not go off. lewis west's father lives in the building, and he was inside when the fire broke out. >> get out, get out, fast, fast, fast. get out now. but no sprinkle lers went off. my father was laying in th bed. >> rheorter: did t smoke

alarms and sprinklers work or not? that a big part of this investigation.d we sholso mention everyone inside the building has been accounted for. four people were taken to the hospital but they're going to be okay. also something to note he, van ness elementary school, which is in the area, will be closed today because of poor air quality. obviously some activity still here on the scene. we're expecting to see more of it later on this morning as fire marshals try to get in there anh determine w those smoke alarms were working and what caused this fire. back toou y. >> all right, megan mcgrath. thank you. >> evacuating that building yesterday was challenging because so many of the residents couldn't move quickly. this is some video of one firefiter taking woman down the ladder here to safety. you can see how much care he'sn really putnto helping her come down on the ladder there. we've learned thatin is k mccray jr. his father, kevin senior, was also a. d.c. firefight he died on the job while responding to a high-rise fire back in 2015.

> our other top stohis morning, we're learning more about the jogger who was stabbed to death in a logan circle neighborhood. her name is wendy martinez. she was an georgetrad who was recently engaged. trveillance footage shows the moments before attack happened near 11th and p street northwest tuesday coming up in a few minutes, news 4's molette green will join us live with more details on this investigation. the lawyer for the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh oftexual assa wants more witnesses to testify. right now only judge kavanaugh and his accuser, christine blasey ford, are s to receive monday. but dr. ford's lawyers say multiple witnesses should be included. news 4' tracie potts will he more on the controversy coming up. brian king joseph's run on "america's got lent" didn't end quite the way we wanted. the local violinist finthhed ird during last night's finale. he said during an interview last night this is just the beginning of his career. the 26-year-ol self-taught

magician shin m was named the season 13 champ. but i think sky's the limit for brian. >> we'll see more of him. it's 5:36 now. coming up, he was sidelined because he was homeless. now a local football player has another shot at becoming a star. you'll want to stick around to hear this inspiringbo update a local teen. plus, she's a great grandma you don't want to mess with. meet the small town mayor taking big action agait allitors ns ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪

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welcome back. a texas great grandmother is making headlines thisfoorning how she took action against a predator she says was h threatenin city. >> this was not any old predator. this was a 12-foot alligator. >> dinosaur. c jodyhran is the mayor of livingston, texas. she says her town has beeng lookor this gator that killed a mini horse a few years ago. look at the size of this thing. she hired a trapper to catch the

580-pound gator, and she was the one who made sure the gator wouldn't harm anyone else. >> still wearing her >> that's a monster. >> i became mayor in may and great grandmother on friday. i killed the gatorn monday. >> she had work to do. she's busy. cochran made sure to follow the rules, though. she's the mayor, after all. she says gator trapping is only legal in hernt cfor 20 days of the year, and she applied for the spermt speit she needed to e gator in tme period. and she's keeping the head just for ourself. >> putting it in her office. she's earned that. . >> i cannot believe it. 5:41 right now. >> now her constituents, mayor, i have a complaint. tell it to the gator! if y g're planning ong to the beach this weekend, good idea, but leave early. best weather will be on friday and saturday. a little bit of a shower chance at the coastline on sunday. unfortunately, we may be facing rain chances here at homek this end too. more about that with the ten day

coming up. and right now we have a closure inwa orf, southbound 5 after renner road. this is a pedestrian crash. chopper 4 on the way.

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it's now 5:45. we are tracking some breaking news out of prince george's coe ty. two polficers weree shot thovernight. this happened while they were serving a warrant at an apartment in district heights. both were air lifted to baltimore shock trama. we're also tracking a developing story in th district. more than 100 people are displaced after a fire tore through their southeast apartment building. it's still not clear what caused thelames at the apartments. everyone is accounted for. crews are still watching hot spots this morning. we'll take you there for a live look at the damage coming up at 6:00 a.m. now back to our teamth coverage o shooting of those two officers. >> in prince george's county, we turn to jennifer from our baltimore affiliate. she's live outde the university of maryland medical center. >> reporter: we're here at shock trauma in baltimore, whereohe fficers were taken after

being shot. they're being treated for ni non-life threang injuries. they were part of a pecial operations unit serving a waant at an apartment on loting drive in the distr heights area. police say once those officers made entry, they aencountered suspect who was armed with a shotgun. he opened fire, hitting two of the officers, one in the hand, the other in the shoulder. that erninen emergency service team also includes a tactical medic. he was ableed to itely render aid to the injured officers. th were flown here to shock trauma for treatment. again, their injuries non-life threatening. as for the suspects, the susnect who o fire was taken into custody. a second suspect was also found inside the apartment. that person alsoaken into custody. no word what charges are going to be file, but we do know they did recover a weapon at the scene. now back to you. >> all right. jennifer from our baltimore affiliate, thank you. she left home for an evening jog only to be stabbed to death in the street. this morning family and friends are remembering the woman killed

in northwest d.c. wendy martinez was a georgetown graduate and had also recently been engaged. right now the search is on her killer. news 4's molette green is live in the l nan circleghborhood where that stabbing happened. she has more on the suspect search. >> reporter: good morning, everybody. we're at the cner of 11th and p, right in front of this makeshift memorial of flowers wendy martinez's parents came here last night. they wanted to see the spot where their fatally injured daughter took her last breath inside this restaurant behind me. this morning police want you to take a close look at this surveillance video.s i know iard to see, but this is the man police believe is behind the fatal stabbing on tues night. there is other footage that shows this same guy with a knife in his hand. now, this is a vibrant community. this low beggan circle neighbor

jogged,rtinez lived, where she looked forward to getting married, and the brutal attack has shaken up this community. >> this is a place where you walk every day. yeah, it worriese, especially in this area that you think is safe. >> reporter: now, martinez's parents and the community here and police want anyone with information about this case to gi them a call. back to you. >> all right, molette green for us live in northwest. thank 48u. ight now. the woman accusing supreme court kavanaugh of sexual assault is making more demands. more witnesses must testify, and she still wants the fbi to investigate before she'll to befo senate. >> but senators in charge say testify next mondays or we'llit move onut you. tracie potts has the latest from capitol hill.

>> reporte president trump says he's anxious to hear what dr. christine blasey ford has to say, although he is standing by his nominee, judge cav naurks ank --naugh, and says it's hard for him to believe something like sexual ass6 lt happenedars ago. the president has not said he would contact the fbi to open an informati investigation, which is what dr. ford and her attorneys are asking for. he says the fbi is not a interest they've already done a background check on judge ka,naugh. meantiere on capitol hill, the senate judiciary committee is trying to work out details of a possible hearing or interview on monday. they insist on monday but say that dr. ford can do it publicly, privately, they'll even sende peo to california to talk with her. no word on that so far. she now has a 10:00 a.m. deadline tomorrow to submit documents if she plans to testify on monday. >> and that was tracie potts reporting from capitol hill. mark cuban, the ownerasf the

da mavericks, will donate $10 mlion to organizations supporting women's rights and domestic violence victims. that donation comes after a r scathieport exposed sexual harassment by several employees with the team t for more than decades. while cuban was not the subject of the allegations himself, the report concluded his disciplinary decisions showed errors in judgment. today marks one year since hurricane mar slammed into puerto rico. a year after that devastating storm, the island is sti struggling to recover. some tourists have returned, but many residen have not. hundreds of homes are still vacant. full power wasn't orrestored 11 months, in part because of the island's crumbling infrastructure. the initial death toll was recently updated from 64 to more than 2,000. the figure includes deaths caused bys mari impact on fundamental needs like cler wa and electricity. the white house disagrees with the number but has offert' no proof wrong. a massive $3 milliononzi

scheme is no more this morning. federal agents busted a man from maryland and two ot the suspects asked their victims to invest in consumer debt portfolios and then pocketed the money to fund their lavish lifestyles. the victims include bankero, lawyers, athletes, business owners, and retirees. investigators say the scheme was so widespread that there are likely more victims all over the country, some of whom may not even know they've been schemed. we have an update on a story a lot of you were talki a homeless high school football player desperate to return to the field. the story got a lot of attention w the nbcashington app, on our social media pages too. d.c. public schools tells us now that jamal speaks isack on the team at ballou high school. he wasitarred from playih the knights because he didn't have a permanent address. he was homeless and sleeping on friends' couches. speaks was worried that not playing would jeopardize his offer to join temple university's team next yver.

nt house of greater washington saw the story here yesterday morning. jey setal up with a place to stay, and he's now eligible to play football and toth reali future that he's been, whoi working so hard for. >> this story struck a nerve with so many people. they felt it was so unfair that this young man withuch a bright future wasn't going to be able to fulfill his f aure because technicality. >> and credit to covenant house. they've worked with other athletes, stu situations before. they were quick to step in and get on it.he really by end of the morning yesterday they had this taken care of. >> excellentyb news. he'll catch the game winning touchdown. >> never know. >> things are turning up. that's a good sign there. and the weather, it's looking up, up, up. high school football thursday and friday pnight, noblems at all. hope your home team wins. it is a mainly clear sky. just a couple fair weather clouds over washington early on a thursday morning. coming up on the 6:00 a.m. hour,

there are areas with some fairly thick fog this morning, through the shenandoa valley and parts of central virginia. just keep that in mind if you're traveling towards culpepper or down i-81 between 8:00 or 9:00 this morning. it's a comfortable way to get the day going a big range of temperatures though. from mid-70s on the western shore of the bay to the 50s in places like winchester, virginia. 66 now in fairfax county. 70 in arlington. 68 degrees in beautiful upper marlboro, maryland. r could be somd glare early this morning, but it will be a pleasant day to be d outside. ton weather for convertible owners. windows open otherwise. a nic day. if you're going to the nats game, the mets are in town. it's a 05 start. good night for baseball. game time temperatures in the 70s. our dry weather up and down the eastern seaboard will be with us for mostl today, tomorrow, and a good chunkou of saturday as

well. rain chances remain rather low until lateaturday night. here's future weather. could be a few spotty showers on the eastern shore. that east to southeasterly wind will put a few clouds in our sky today, but there's no real lifting mechanism in the atmosphere. any shower chances a tod short lived, low impmat. everyone ily dry overnight tonight. during the day tomorrow, a mix of clouds and sunshine. a stray shower possible buta n g impact until late saturday evening. we'll enjoy the dry weather while we have it. unfortunately, your sunday plans may needo be rearranged a little bit. i'll give you the packers/redskins forecast coming up in the next half hour. good morning,ss me >> good morning, chuck. still have this problem in waldorf. southbound 5 after renner road. traffic stopped southbound because of a serious crash. a pedestrian that was struck. we were sending chopper 4, but it sounds like the clouds are too low.

fort washington, northbound indian head highway after old fo road, the right side of the highway blocked by a crash. just a tiny bit of a slowdown kicking in now. northbound 95 before the beltway, this crash here causing a little bit o a delay. looks like that ems might be leaving the scene there now. we'll keep aye on that. in cheverly, a car fire reported there. no major issues on the beltway. eastbound 695, ramp to 6 street southeast closed for the fire investigation at that senior apartment complex from travel times in maryland, looking quite good. 270,op of the beltway, nice and green here this morning. 66 inbound, no problem. 95 northbound quantico to the be beltway going 35 miles per hour. good morning. i'm lest llie picker. it's gettihe costlier to bags on u.s. flights.

delta following in the steps of jetblu by hiking fees $5 to $30 for the first checked bag. the change comes as congress considers asking the transportation department to probe whether baggage and ticket fees are, quote, reasonable and proportional. airlines are citg rising fuel costs, operating expenses, and employee salaries as the reason for the increases. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm leslie picker. >> leslie, thank you. he had one jobo do. just spell it right. when you're painting a jumbo jet, you don't want to make a spelling mistake, but this i what happens. this hong kong based airline, cathay pacific airlines, whoeven painted te on the side of that boeing 777 forgot the "f." so it read kathay paciic. they poked fun at themselves by tweeting it out a phato of mistake then fixed it. coming up, we're looking inside the kitchen of our area's

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a local police turns violent overnight. nine officers swarmed a home in district oheights. twere later taken to the hospital after gunfire erupt u. comi on 6:00 a.m. now. good morning, everyone. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. this morning, both officers are

in the hospital and expected to survive. >> news 4's justin finch is live at the scene with the latest details. >> reporter: well, aaron, eun, avlice have been very clear. this story could had a much different ending. luckily these officers are expected to survive behind us n where that shooting took place, police are still on the scene., cruiserime scene investigators, detectives here still gathered outside that u as this police investigation continues here on the scene. two officers who were part of that nine-member special operations team were here about 10:30 last night serving a warrant here at the lorring park apartments a a top-level unit. othey knockedthe door, we are told, announced themselves, but not no answer back. they had a sense there was someone inside, so they used a device to open that door. once inside, here is what happened next. >> opens the zoor. there is an