look who is back? >> good morning. >> i almost forgot you work here. >> we're not going to forget. >> they're rough, aren't they? >> i had atwo-day week before. how about the weather sheena. >> you have no day weeks coming up too, don'tyou? let's talk about the weather before we go on too far here.te eratures around 70 degrees this morning. 72 in washington. radar nice and dry but if you look farther to the south and west we have showers here. we're watching these because some computer models are holdina them togethe bringing them through. now about 8:00, 9:00, temperatures around 70 degrees. a little muggy outside. by 9:00 a.m. a couple of showers

moving through thest ct. what you can expect this afternoon coming up with chuck. let's go over to melissa to see what's happening on the road. >> two things on the beltway. inneer loop a the toll road. and left lane get by that work zone this norning. hbound 395, that has cleared. the actual work zone hasar c but we're seeing a little bit of a delay here this morning.rt ound had that right lane. right lane is the only thingg gettback. aaron. >> thank you. it's 4:01 n and new details on a story that captured national attention. >> family and friends attended a vigil for the 35-year-old last night held in log circle. not far from where she was

killed. ♪ >> people cried and held candles as they listened to her heart broken family speak. her mother said it wasne o of the happiest t hes of daughter's life. she was engaged last she was comforted knowing wendy died doing what she loved. >> my heart has been broken in d thou pieces. my daughter was a beautiful person. >>he wendy's m says they plan to bury her in one of the dresses she would have worn at her we>ing. his morning, we're also learning more about the man that's charged wh wendy martinez's murder. anthony crawford made his court appearance yesterday. a judge ordered him held without bond.

d.c. police say crawford stabbed martinez at the corner of 11th and street tuesday night. they quickly identified him as thesuspect. he was at a park in northwest d.c. but police still don't have a motive for the tack. >> weave been taking a look at not only his criminal past but ife had any mental health issues or substance abuse issues. >> crawford is an id user of the synthetic drug k-2. >> we're learning more about the moments before a woman opened fire on her co-workers in aberde aberdeen, maryland. she had an aument justefore that shooting. she killed three people and injured three others at the distributioncenter. she killed herselfic before p arrived. co-workers describe running for

their lives. onemployee told his wife the shooter had an argument after a town hall meeting and then, quot went off randomly shooting people. authorities have not confirmed that account. this was the nation'shird work place shooting in a 24 hour span. four people were shot at a software company in wisconsin. later four others were shot in a municipal building 50 miles south ofgh pittsb police killed the shooter in both of those >incidents. he man that shot two prince george's county police officers will not face charges because thefficers entered the wrong apartment. one officer was shot in the hand and the other in the shoulder while serving a drug warrant but the teen was acting on bad information. authorities say the man inside fired at the officershiing they were intruders. the officers that werehot are expected to recover. they now know why the

alarms didn't go off at aenior living complex tuesday afternoon. >> more than 100 were destroyed when fire swept through the arthur capper senior center in southeast. it started above the sprinkler system so it didn't activate. that was just one problem firefighters had when they arrived at the building. >> some of the fire trucks had to pl through soggy grass and security fence just to get through the north sid of that building. it was part of a construction site. he wants to hold a hearing to learn how the emergency can be improved. meanwhile, the foundation set up a fund t helpdisplaced residents. fairfax county police say a man secretly took inappropate pictures of women while they were grocery shopping. how the suspect allegedly used captureping basket to

the photos. >> according to the searc warrant, once the suspect had the camera in the basket pointing upward he would then after certain women. according to police, he had been doing this for t moren a year. police arrested the suspect that they identified as william rshall. the warrant said he confessed to the act, addoug he store the videos on his phone for personal use. >> we found over 1,000 images and videos pertaining to potential other victims. >> i'm just glad they caught the person because that's really strange because a lot of women do come in this store and with their kids. you don't want to have to be worried aut thatstuff. >> for cassandra washington and other shoppers, a reminder. to be alert even in the midst of a routine shopping trip. developing this morning in a new e-mail to the senate, supremeourt nominee brett kavanaugh once againie dend

allegations that he sexually assaulted a student when they were teenagers. kavanaugh says he is ready to testify before the senate judiciary committee on monday but his accuser says she can't. she's willing to appear next thursday at the earliest. dr. ford ss she is also willing to appear at a public hearing butoesn't want judge kavanaugh in the room at the ame time because of safety concerns. >> you're giving her an option. show up monday or don't show up at all. >> now despite the criticism,t presidenrump is standing by his duman. ng a rally last night in las vegas the president spoke highly of judge kavanaugh calli him a high quality person. >> i want to tell you that brett kavanaugh is one of the finestn hu beings you will ever have the privilege of knowing or meeting. >> president trump was in vegas to rally support for republicanh d of november's midterm election. he went on to say the democratic

party is being held hostage by left wing haters, socialist re r fanatics and their left wing allies. also former president barrack obama will be in philadelphia today campaigning an in that area alone, more than a dozen state legislative seats in the midterm >>election. many of you turn to ticket master to buy tickets for all kind of events. you hope you're paying a fair price but that mht not be the case. a new investigation claimshe entertainment company has been riworking with dve up the cost of the tickets. ticket masterelps scalpers create fake accounts t buy tickets in bulk and are then

selling them at a higher price. it's not illegal but they're making money off of those tickets. >> they're priced out the market. >> ticket master controls 80% of the eventt ticke market. they found them using that monopoly position to drive up prices. now the investigating. new details on the plans to redevelop a well travelled area of bethesda. they hope to build a high-rise near the bakery you see there. a 200 unit apartment buildin would replace the bakery and would also include 3,000 square feet of retail space. >> that's going to be high rent over there in bethesda. >> for sure. a rare gem stone hidden away for decades is on display at the

smithsonian. >> it's nearly 49 carats.it a rare gift for the nationalge collection at the museum of national history. itro comes fm brazil. only about 2% of topazs are of gem quality. if you haven't visited that, it's jus jewels you would never imagine. > do they still have the hope diamond? >> they did for a long time. i think it goes on tour. imagine than a ring or a necklace. >> what color is topaz? i >>s different colors. they're like an ambery color i not t i know my gem stones. tlieve. i only know what a diamond looks like. >> a major warning before you have tonight's dinner. >> we also learned one concern of a flea and tick medication.

>> and free at last. a wrongfully cvicted man walks out of prison after help from georgetown students. >> we'reing a couple of rain drops near charlottesville drifting northeast bound here. anc tiny c for a sprinkle or two in the first part of your friday. a couple ofrops around today and very little sunshine but that doesn't mean your whole weekend

>> the study projects that by this time, 14 million people will suffer fro alzheimer's

disease. hispanic americans will have the greatest increase due to population growth but white st ricans will have the lar total number of cases. le >> certain f and tick medication can cause neurological problems. th problematic medications are nexgard and others. the medications contain a dangerous pesticide. owneir reported the pets having muscle tremors and seizures because of the medications. >> one person is dead after eating ground beef that may be contaminated with e.coli. that prompted a nationwide recall of more than 130,000 pounds of beef. cargill meatad solutions it from possibly contaminated carcasses. nsumers should check their freezers and throw out the effect ed beef. you can find the entire list on

nbc washington app. >> we're also working for your health with the latest on two new studies. cutting out carbs't i the quick health fix you may be hoping for. if you replace those calories with calories from meat or cheese, that's worseou for bodies than eating the carbs in the first place. researchers from harvard say your bests bet to have vegetables. women 40 and older reaped maj benefits from a mediterranean-style diet. 's one that's full of fish,nu ts, olive oil, vegetables. and not asuch r meat and dairy products. >> i'll die young and very happy. because i'm going toave a steak. >> it's 4:16. meghan markle launched a new

cook book for charity titled together. >> it includes recipes for people impacted by aou ds london fire last year. she references the book as the power of cooking to strengthen communities and bring people together. >>his is more tha a cook book, and what i t mean byt is the power of food is more th just a meal itself. it is the story behind it. >> she calls working on the cookbook a labor of love and she's grateful to live in a city aser d as london. >> she brought her mother too. prince what's his face. she's j become what's his trry. face. >> once you're married you just stanthe background. >> it's part of our culture. it brings people together.

>> exactly. i love food. >> me too. i can talk about food all day. >> you love posting picture of food. >> i love food. >> okay. let's redirect the train. it's friday. >> i haven't seen her all week. we won't do it on the ai dylan. >> that's our producer. >> how about the weather. >> okay. just a graphic coming . heret is. so this morning, it's friday, you step outside, you don't have to worry about the rain rightre now but w watching a couple of showers. they can move into part t of area around 8:00 or 9:00. lly.gs are dry lo 72 in washington. 69 in clinton. a little muggy out ere. we have clouds around. expect cloudy skies today and those showers down to the south and wet, that's w we're watching as we go through the next few hours. modeng sho these holding together. take a look at what future weather is showing. expect the clouds for your friday. if they hold together the

should be moving in between by about 9:30 and down through the district. now 95. be aware of that, they're not goin to last too long but we could have a couple of more by 5:00 or 6:00 p.m.. if the kids are headed to school today, the bus stop, cloudy skies but drier this morning before about 9:00 a.m. by recess, pretty e.comforta just about mostly cloudyskies. now friday 7:00 p.m. it's looking decent outside. tomorrow mostly cloudy skies your saturday. could see an isolated shower at best. by sunday the weather pattern starts to change. quite a bit more rain trying to move in so the rain chances will be higher. in the morning temperatures will be around 70 degrees. by the afternoon, mostly cloudy andostly 70s and by sunday we're looking attempts cooling. do look at the high there. that's going to come along with

some rain. so whatever your activities are this weekend. maybe some soccer games going on, take thembrella and poncho and jacket if you're going to be cooler and then go into n at we temperatures near 70 on monday and rain chances do srt ne week as well. let's check with melissa and get a check on the roads. >> with highs in the 60s. > good morning, highs in the 60s apparently today. you can hear chuck there. inbound on the right side of the roadway we still have some of th a road work you're heading in this morning.oo inner here after the toll road. one right lane getting by that work zone. lanham. two left lanes getting by there this morning.et northbounden nasa and 197. one right lane gets bythere. >> all right. thank you. it is 4:20 right now and still ahead after 27 years in prison, a wrongfullyvi ced man is

set free. >> the role a golf magazine and some georgetown university students played. >> this afternoon on ellen. >> okay. let's go to hbo's party. he starts the a car he goes absolutely not, sister. >> i'm like, what? >> it's 1:30. i got to get >> one of my favorite comedians talking about emmy night right there. you can

a man wrongly convicted of murder is finally free this morning. >> he was a man from buflo and spent the past 27 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit. news 4's jim handly shows us the

role georgetown university students played in his asrele >> it's homecoming week at georgetown university but one class is celebrating another homecoming, in new york. he's a freeman after spending 27 years in prison wrongfully convicted of murder. >> it's unbelievable. >> the real killer confessed. i thought that seems so crazy that that has gone unnoticed ani that man was still in jail for something he clearly didn't do. >> elle and two other students worked on his case as part of a prison reform project this pastg sp during the students research they interviewed witnesses, valentino's daughter and mom and valentino himself. andhe lead prosecutor and discovered a valuable clue. >> the gunshot residue came back negative and that was something we hadn't had before. it was a break through for us in

the case. >> his lawyer used the students research to file a motion in case. elle got word valentino would be released two weeksago. >> it was everything we ever wanted. it felt so my rac-- miraculous. in prison, he drew iges even though he never played golf. he will talk about his experience. >> incredible, 27 years in prison. such a loss of time. of life. >> yeah. >> it's 4:25 right now. coming loup. a arrested accused of causing an airport scare. how the student tried to steal a jet. >> and good morning, everybody. we're watchingitor ae chance for some sprinkles here lais morning but if your friday night include going down to the nats game, it should be

relatively dry for baseball with temperatures in the 70s. that'sda look at and theenthe weekend coming up. >> plus caught on camera, a crime involving

>> right now, tributes to a woman killed while jogging near her home. what her family wants you to know about h life and their message to the killer. >> plus officers s injured,t while serving a warrant at the wrong home. what the team of pole is saying about this major mistake. >> it's finally friday. but will we see more storms? we're tracking the weather as you wake up. what's ahead for the weekend? >> now, a l livek outside as you wake up on this friday. a clear start to the day for us. that's always a nice thing. cool outside. good. it's just about 4:30. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcrest. >> melissa is keeping an eye on

your commute for you but first chuck and sheena have the forecast. >> it's friday first of all so my weather makes friday just fine and as we head int the weekend, we have some big danges. >> w and don't listen to aaron, if the skies are cloudy. >> if it's not raining and we can see the ght. >> i'm going to throw the producer under the bus. >> oh. >> it's friday.lk away. >> boy did i step in i there. >> temperatures still on the humid side. upperow 60s and 70s under a mostly cloudy sky. we'll give today a b-plus -- well, but i have it written right here. mostly cloudy and there will be a chance for a couple ofs sprinketween now and about 10:0n