>> we are hearing from the family of dr. christine blasey fordin her sisteaw talked about why she came forward with the accusations of judge kavanaugh assaulting her. >> she is focusing on raising the boys g to bed men and i just -- i'm proud of her for having the courage to face this situation. >> judge kavanaughy s deanies the allegatiole blaynender has the latest. >> reporter: president trump going after the credibility ofd kavanaugh's accuser dr. christine blasey ford. if the att wk on dr. ford was as bad as she says charges would have been immediately filed and an idea he teased last night. >> why didn't somebody call the fbi6 years ago? >> reporter: today, from ford's sister-in-w -- >> there's no why she wou

fabricate this. >> reporter: susan collins said she is appalled by the as comp >> we are not attacking her. a lot of people are attacking him and his family and it's ful. >> reporter: negotiations around the hearing still ongoing. republicans moving the date to wednesday but with ford testifying first. shrequested the opposite. as women speak out to defend ford -- >> i think survivors need to be heard and believed. >> reporter: and kavanaugh -- >> brett treated me and everyone i know witect. >> reporter: republican senate leader mcconnell suggesting regardless of the hearing's outcome -- pr judge kavanaugh will be on the united states e court. >> reporter: reassuring conservatives they will have their man on the bench. blayne exander, nbc news, washington. the kavanaugh controversy

was not a topic at today's first and perhaps only face-off today between the two womunng in virginia's 10th district for congress, one of the most watched congressional races in the nation. democrats tnk they can w here and perhaps take control of the house. barbara comstock is hoping to win a third term but in the increangly blue district state senator jennifer wexton is seen as a strong challenger. julie carey asked both whether th senate needs to hear from the accuser before moving forward on the supreme court nomination. >> i do support both of them being able to be hear >> we nee to have a process, needs to be fair here and i trust that theenate will do. >> i believe in the investigations and following the facts where they lea there's no reason to have to hysh through this. i don't see the senate doesn't conduct a full investigation. f today's debate only one scheduled so in this race. virginia voters are already going to the poll and castings

ballot starting today. all-out scramble to save a man's life ends with heartbreak. firefighters seen here did all they could to rescue a man who was pinned benea suv. he was riding an electric scoote when he was struck in dupont circle. minutes ago d.c.'solice chief said they're combing over video for clues i to exactly what happened here. news 4's aimee cho joins us live with more detail in the investigation. if you drive around there, it's a congested area, complicated area to get through. >> reporter: absolutely. for anybody who's been downtown you have lely seen an electric scooter you use a phone to unlock them. today marks the first time somebody's killed a riding scooter here in d.c. a frantic rush as firefighters try to save a man.

a man nearby didn't want to show his face and says he saw the h. cr >> when you know something that bad it's a big blur. and thenhe scooter in the middle of the road with headphones and a single shoe. d.c. law says you have to be 16 to use one and don't need aet her a license and allowed on some sidewalks in the city and ridden in bike lanes. people saying they'll now think twice before using one. >> yeah. my kids. they're very insistent saying don't do it, momcu it is ridius. >> reporter: other people say they'll use them like lance who rides them every day. do you wear a helmet? >> no. >> do you worry about your safety? >> no. not at all. i mean, you go with the flow of

traffic and all good do go. >> repter: the company saying they're saddened by what happened and said the thoughts and sympathies with the family and loved ones. we he offered our full support to local authorities in investigation.h the police have not yet released the leme of the man killed and also not whether he was wearing a helmet. as far as the driver of the suv that drir did stay onhe scene and is cooperateling witi authorities. >> we're working for you with information about the scooter related consumer product safety commission tells us it lumps electric scooters with hover boards collecting data from emergency rooms. it says between january 2013 and last month more than 95,000 people went to the e.r. for these kinds of injuries. 34% of the injuries were fractures. when riding an electric you should always wear a helmet. follow cross-walk signals andd don't spease. police are looking for this

man right now. they say he's a violent predator when's attacked and raped a woman in her own apartment. tonight david cverxplains how the suspect targeted the alleged victim. >> reporter: tonight, arlington police wanting you to take a close look at the tos to. they describe the man pictured here as a violent predator. >> somebody out there is going to recognize this individual and that's going to help us to identify who he is quicker and get him off the street. m reporter: police say t arrived at the apartment complex around 4:00 in the afternoon monday. investigators believe he had connected with a resident here online. they say the woman had posted a legitimate non sexual advertisement and set up a m meeting with t. after the suspect walked in, police say it turned violent. >> physically and sexually attacked her. >> we showedolks in the area the high quality security camera footage. >> we don't expect anything like >> reporter: it's seemingly secure and so you shoulded by

multiple cameras and signs. yet that did not seem to stop a brutal attack. while police stress it's a targeted crime they emphasize how violent it was and they watt to this guy. david culver, news 4. arlington police say there's o recent cases similar to this one adding that they do not believe there's a greater public threat. now to the forecast. it's been cloudy for most of us. amele draper in storm center with a look at what is coming next for theeekend. hi. >> hey. fall officially starts tomorrow and this weekend feeling like sunday.pecially on your might want to grab the sweater heading out on sunday. i will have more on that at 6:25. currently, 78 degrees. we had sunshine bren oute district and helped to bump the temperatures up and for the most part, tracking the clouds right now. that is the case for the evening. most of us completely dry tonight. no worries of rain.

76 degrees by 9:00 p.m. 75 at 11:00. tomorrow mainly dry and rain is in the forecast on sunday and will have more on the timing coming up with future weather at 6:25. >> all right. thank you. fire investigators say it's stillooo dangerous get inside the senior housing complex in southeast d.c. they still don't know what sparked the flames. the dramatic scene unfolded on live tvs past wednesday. investigators also want to know why residents say they hear a fire alarm. about an hour ago the fire chief spoke to whether or not enough reurces were sent in t battle the blaze. >> so i have not listened to the tape. all i know is that at the time that the alarm came in theop le on duty made a decision as to what resources they thought were appropriate base odd didn't information thehad. >> more than 100 seniorsce f out of the homes because of that

fire. as people show their supporj for theger murdered in logan circle, we are hearing hr from the victim's mother. listening to wendy martinez's i was as -- i mean, without words. how could somebody who has lost so much exhibit such strength and grace? one thing is for sure, when you hear her talk about cora martinez is determined to drive out fearith love. >> up to the last moment i saw that warrior. in her life. >> cora martinez describin her daughter's final moments. wendy martinez frantically ran into a d.c. restaurant for help tuesday night after she was stabbed by a stranger and died in what police tell us was a attack.nd unprovoked wendy's mom said that she forgives wendy's suspected killer andhe doesn't want to

see his face. mrs. mtinez's famil is relying on their faith to help them cope withme the tous loss. >> as a mother, i want everybody to be safe. and for theparents, just tell your kids to be. caref but also, to tell them that there is hope of that. and there is hope in one. that is christ. an wendy knew that very well. >> mrs. martinez said wendy called d.c. home for more than a decade a t so proud be a latina livingut her dream in district of columbiament to you would like to help with funeral costs you can srch wendy martinez in the nbc washington app. there's so much of this that resonates on so many levels. put yourself in her fiancee's shoes, her mother's shoes. you think i would hate to be in a situation and just it's a

storye cannot stop talking about here in this newsroom, for sure. >> hard to imagine how her mother is showing that kind of strength. >> exactly right. >> so soon after losing her daughter. we are staying on top of breaking news on capitol hill. >> that " explosie new york times" report saying the deputy attorney general proposed to secretly record president trump? chuck todd's take on it coming up next. news 4 i-team working frg yourafety. the local trains falling behind on mandatory safety systems. a big change in the forecast. we are coming back with when you we are coming back with when you want to pullut a jacket. o

i'm neal simon. i'm the son of an immigrant and a family man. daughter: hey, dad. neal: and now i'm running for the u.s. senate, unaffiliated with any party, because they're playing partisan games and getting nothing done, and it's crippling america. i've created high-paying jobs right here in maryland by listening, bringing peoe together, ro i've created high-paying jobs and finding common gd,yland and i'll do the same thing as your senator. they say an outsider can't do it, but... all: together... neal: ...we'll prove them wrong.

i'm neal simon, and i approve this message. let's finally put people over polics. and i approve this message. 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, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom,

what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. time now for a deeper look at the top political stories. >> a battle over the supreme court confirmation of judge kavanaugh takes center stage after the woman accuses him of sexual assault agrees to testify. president trump sheds his restraint, goes after her by name and questions her credibility. >> a bomb she of "the new york times." did deputy attorney general rod rosenstein suggest a secret recordin p ofsident trump and why would he do that? chuck todd is the nbc news politicand director moderator of "meet the press."it start the ongoing o confirmati brett kavanaugh. will we hear from his accuser christine blasey ford next week?

what do you think? >> look. it is my understanding there's a newin dea senate republicans given dr. ford's attorneys to agree tois th which is 10:00 p.m. tonight. the latest offer from senate republicans she asked for thursday. they have come back with a wednesdayhearing. she asked for subpoenaing other potentia witnesses including somebody that she says was at -- was involved with this incident. that is something that senate republicans have said no to. she wanted to have judge kavanaugh speak first. they said no to that. it does seem as if they're close. okay? and the questio now is, is somehow wednesday to thursday a dealbreaker? i could tell you this, thoug i know why senate republicans are nervous. they feel like every day it slips is another day that o opposition judge kavanaugh hardens. we have seen it in our poll. every d he doesn't get a chance to tell his side of the story. >> can he survive allf this? >> i don't know.

in a normal political environment i think he would be gone. theeason he's here is the calendar. midterm elections. you have mcconnell worried the democrats get control. obviously, changes everything if democrats have control of the process and then a different type of nominee. so this is why they're all rallying aroaud judge kav here hoping that they can salvage this, t hopingt somehow that they get to a point where there's enough comfort, that maybe there's questions hi about whether incident happened or not or whatever hey get hoping that from this hearing that gives them the cover to do this butli cally the president made their life a little tougher today after spending all wee sort of keeping his powder dry he went after her, you know and got susan collins a senator publican closero supporting judge kavanaugh to say she was appalled. set them back. >> for the first time hearing from one of dr. ford's family

meers, a ersistn-law, on the heels of calling out dr. ford by name. >> when a citizen comes forward and says, this is difficult but i think you t need know, that the leader of this country should say, thank you. we'll loo into it. and she should be thanked for coming forward and it should be investigated fully. >> she said she believes her 100% that she doesn't feel like she ho a need lie about this. what do you think after hearing that? >> look.e asve -- it is -- i've always said here it's hard to ld imagine why womebody want to put themselves through this? >> right. >> if they're making up a story like this. right? that is always how i asked myself. why would somebody want to invite death threats, want to invite this type of scru they wouldn't. it's hard to imagine you put yourself through this and make up a story. there's no doubt that there's real pain here, real pain in the

family. over this incident. and i -- look. i don't know how we get to a situation where you -- you know, the process for judicial nominations is so destroyed. okay? politically insideathat united senate. i don't know if we get to a situation where either political party doesn't feel like they were railroaded in either direction. i don't know h we get out of this. it feels like a stalemate and if he's confirmed it's a big cloud over his head and one senat democrat said they could try to impeach him. not getting there some on the judge ike use it a w bork used over the years and feels like we are at such a bad place and no statesman or woman left to s can we realize we've proek broken the process. if we had the filibuster this would be a different situation. >> can we talk about the rosenstein bombshell. >> speaking of other bombshells.

>> what is the back story? feels leomeone deliberately leaked this. >> well look. i'm careful here because you en don't know. who benefits? what's swrinteresting is, look. you have andrew mccabe potentially facing a criminal prosecution of violation of different justice department protocol and did he violate law? you know, these are his memos and he's essentially confirmed the content saying i don't know how they got in the hands of the media. rod rosenstein isusng back on this idea saying, sarcastic when it came to the idea of taping him. 25tht amendment wasn't t serious. the president has cover to fire rosenstein. they didn't have the political cover. it was going to create problems. this is an insubordination.

the president has to cover. the president is he had cover to fire com if he stuck to the reason that he was given and that's not the president'sli disc. but this -- i do think it puts the mueller investigation certainly not in peril but senstein in peril and could put the mueller investigation in peril. >> all right. >> more to come. >> just friday. >> right. >> just friday. just a regular friday. >>e'll seeou next friday. >> sure. >> with more dra many. >> ian survive. >> thank you, chuck todd. when's coming up this weekend? >> secretary of state mike pompeo and then also speaking with democratic senator patty murray, as well. >> all right. see you sunday morning 10:30 right here on nbc 4. thank you, chuck. >> thank you. now to the u.s. senate race inni vir news 4 is hosting a debate with

democraticen incumbentor tim kaine and republican candidate corey stewart and face off next wednesda 7:00 p.m. our man chuck will moderate that debate. that's next wednesday evening. oc a man disappears on his honeymoon in hawaii. his res of the search and wife's plea for help. new safety recommendations for maryland athletics. what could change in light of a tragic death. > amelia is back next with a look at the weeke weather. which one of th dayse

♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪

kind of a gray, cloudy, weekend.rt to our is there a better news ahead? >> yeah, well, i think if people are wanting the feel of fall -- >> bright side. >> but no. it is not goi to be a fantastic weekend. but it is not a terrible weekend either. l,rst of it is the weekend. always good news and tomorrow is looking mainly dry and then sunday it is kind of time to sweaters.he if the heater is not on yet, it might kick on and you might get

the burning smell, the dust burning off. at's sunday. mainly dry tomorrow.ol ed shower maybe in the morning and most of the saturday is looking dry.le much c on sundayment only in the 60s and that's low to mid-60s with som showers at times throughout the day. dry time, al. w plan for rain on sunday and then keep the umbrellhandy. we have rain in the forecast almost every day next week. currently we are in the 70s. 77 in wasngton. and a high tomorrow of 76 degrees and very similareeling humid out there again tomorrow like today. a bit breezy early with plenty of clouds. more sunshe her in the metro area and areas to the south. here's future weather. 5:00 a.m. notice the isolated showers north of washington. a cold front through the area early tomorrow morning.ic you will n that it does

develop some showers around lunchtime aght in d.c. parts of northern virginia. the chanc only about 20% but i can't rule it out. you will see heading on into t e afternoon anning hours that sunshine breaking out around thd masoon line and the white is clouds. 5:00 p.m. on the saturday and then as we lock to sunday we'll be trackg showers at times. take a look. this is sunday morning at 6:00 a.m. this is sunday around lunchtime. a good indooray sunday. more rain on monday and tuesday and more on the ten-day forecast at 6:50. >> thank you. new revelatio in a deadly warehouse shooting inyl mard. where the suspected killer went minutes before police say she opened fire. only the i-team learns a local train system could have to pay up. reunion two rming decades in the making. >> i went on my way.

i came a long way. >>arbara harrison with a young f man's storyl of he and dreaopms

tonight investigators say the woman behind that deadly workplace shooting in maryland yesterday had a history of mental illness. officials say sheen w to work yesterday, left to get her gun at home and then came back to

work and opened fire. moseley killed thr co-workers inside a rite-aid distribution center in aberdeen before turning the gun on herself. police say she had ant argumen at work the day before. police in the district rushed to safe a man who was hit and trapped beneath a suvn dupont circle today but the victim later died at the hospital. this is the first electric scooter death in the district. scooter riders are allowed on the city sidewalks, bike lanes and the road. new recommendations at the maryla t university after death of football player your dan mcnair. >> today a doctor in charge of an independent revi admits the university made mistakes in how they handled his heat stroke symptoms. as a result of the report, the iversity is planning to change practice procedures and provide staff within tg to prevent heat illnesses. ey'll addore on-site schooling students and.

monitori chris gordon has more on the response from the board regents today and a look at what comes next. or reporter: thet will help determine whether the university of maryland football staff followed proper medical procedures. may 29th, jordan mcnair suffere a heat stroke at a workout. the19-year-old athlete died two weeks later. the university system of maryland board of regents assumed control of the vestigation. hiring dr. rod walters, a nationally recognized sports medicine consultant. >> the time of symptoms to departcee of the ambul enroute to washington venice 1:39. heat illness shouldncde recognition and advanced care within 30inutes of the on-set of symptoms. >> reporter: it is one of two separate investigations. reporting to the board of regents. a separate eight-member

commission is lking into the culture of the university of maryland football program. >> we're very ains to learn from this experience and be able to ovide the best care and protection for our student athletes going forward. >> reporter:nly after both investigations are completed received and evaluated will the university of maryland make any decions abo its football program. including thetatus of coach d.j. did yurkin who is on administrative leave. chris gordon, news 4. >> to see the past report head to the nbc washington app and enter jordan mcnair. the news 4 i-team learned that the federal govnment is fining the train system $30 million for n ,000. >> i would assure to hit the

deadline. >>or the first time, the head of maryland's transit administration is answering the i-team's questions about the critical safety deadline that's just three months away now. investigative reporter jody fleischer has more details. jody? >> reporter: this new fine is maximum amount the federal railroad administration cr give delay on top of three warning letters it sent this year saying it's in danger of missing the deadline of new safety technology but maryland's transit administrator said it's on track to be done before the deadline. when you're running a commuter rail, you can't underestimate the importance of staying on schedule. >> we expect every day to get back f andorth to work. >> reporter: riders depend on marc trains to avoid the hassle of traffic and parking and get them to d. safely. >> this is a ride.

i'm riding it for so long. >> reporter: for a decade, sailroads across the country convinced congr to delay a mandatory safety program of 2008 with a deadline of 2015. now it the end of 2018. >> they need to hurry up and do it. you know? we need that. i think 's important. >> reporter: the system is called positive train control or ptc. hardware and software on the trains and the track to communicate wirelessly and prevent collisions. the technology can slow or stop a trainic automatly going too fast. >> safety is top priority. >> reporter: kevinuinn is the administrator as of last year nd said marc is working to implement ptc and minimizing the passenger impact of having trains out of service. >> this is isn't just installing a single program on your computer. it has to work together with infrastructure and s it can be challenging. >> reporter: the federal

railroad administration is requiring a equipment to be installed, staff to be trained and testing twob completed by the end of this year and then if need railroads can get an extension to make sure their systems can talk to the ptc systems of the track owners. in t'marc's case, tamtrak and csx. >> i feel very, very confident in the ability toneeet the dead >> reporter: the fra l isess fnfident finding marc at risk ofling to meet t deadline and the i-team learned the feds just fined maryland nearly $30,000 forng faio complete requirements along the way. >> i think it has to do with the way they calculate completion and the way the schedule is set up from the very beginning we're set to hitertain milestones on certain >>dates. eporter: he said it's happening as we speak with about 85% of equipme now installed and employees beginning training this week. hec says mar is in constant contact with the fra about its ptc progress. >> i mean, it is a good thing.

i mean, you know, everyone wants to make it home every day. >> reporter: the fra says it expects most raitooads will have request that extension which means they won have ptc up and running until 2020. we did reach back out to maryland transit administratio today. a spokesperson said the agency disagrees with that new fine and is appealing it. news 4 i-team. >> all right. thank you. we also checked on how eyrginia's railway express is doing. e finished the positive train control installation and employee training. it's already in the testing phase of the process. loudon county's newest sheriff station opens the public tomorrow and completes the strategy of all stations in all four corners of the county. and it includes a community room and other benefits for people in the area. morrow's event from so10:00 a.m.

until 1:00 p.m. a newly wed of marylandn missing hawaii. >> the circumstances surrounding his dis'appearance as we talk with his new wife. ak here's a l at the pollen report for today. grasses and weeds coming in moderate. mold spores continuing to run high. coming up, i'm breing downhe coming up, i'm breing downhe latest on rain over the weekend.

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, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom,

what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. taylor gourmet was a hit withoge gi lovers but sunday they close all d7.c. stores for good. a spokesperson said all locations everywhere will close the same day. no official reason yet for the closures. >> a shame. >> yeah. i actuallye really l their sandwiches. a man from potomac on a hawaii honeymoon with his new

bride missing. >> they planned a scenic mountain hike in hawaii. now the search is in a critical phase. >> jeffanie vows not to the island without her husband. >> reporter: they were in virginia last week. ghey jetted to the hawaiian islands plann to hike there. she said her husband more the ienced hiker took to trail alone on monday to find a path they could both handle. >> he's experienced. >> gotten a text from steven that aernoon saying he was on the way back and that was the last she heard from him. >> 9:30 called him a few times. and it rang p so thene was on and tn around 9:45, 10:00 after like the seventh or e thth attempt calling him it went

dead. it went straight to voice mail. >> reporter: helicopters, canine and volunteers enlisted in the search and so far no trace of the missing hiker. a famy member says that the search is in a critical period d search teams could be called off. jeffanie said she is trying to get the word out to reach people anywho may know the mountain on molokai to volunteer the help. they planned to fly back t the area today but she says she won't leave the island until her husband is found. derrick ward, news 4. former vice president joe biden is carryingn with his cancer moonshot mission. he and his wife dr. jill biden are challenging all of us to work together to find a cure. today the biden's are in d.c. hosting the first-ever biden cancer summit. the couple lost their son beau biden this cancer.

still ahead, a heart-warming reunion. barbara harrison helped this man find a safe andom loving decades ago. now he's opening up to her and gives u a peek at his growing family. amelia's back withhen it feels like fall. isn't that a beay shot there?ut

for all of you and for all of us, it's been a long and difficult and even depressing week of news. so tonig we're happy to share an uplifting story that we hope might give you a smile or two.

dis young man nee a loving, permanent home. tonight, a re-introduction to the young man two decades later. >> reporter: we wouldn't have recognized this d.c. police officer onhe street but we know that he is someone to meet. again. his name -- officer earnest >> earnest? hi, earnest. >> hi. >> huh ro you? >> reporter: just 5 years old when we introduced him as a wednesday's child in 199 >> hi. >> he oi goodness. >> is this earnest? yes, it is. >> oh wow. >> how you you? >> a long time. >> reporter: it's t been moren 22 years since we met when he was a little boy in need of a permanent home. >> you made my day. e >> reporter: haid he remembers when we metnd thinks that was his lucky day. it led to the adoption by his two wonderful dads. >> great to give you ahug. thank you for calling us and

telling us about this. >> ernie and anthony both knew they wanted to raise a family. had talked about adoption after watching wednesday's child on nbc 4 for>> years. e both agreed to work through the foster car system because there were children not infants who needed families too. >> got into the foster care approval system. the classes and it was a long process but we knew what we wanted to do. >> reporter: nearlywo decades of photographs trace the journey as a family from the day earnest first moved into their home. >> so i'm walking up the steps d here goes a burmese mountain dog. what is this? >> reporter:t it didn' take long to feel at home with the big dog. there were other fears earnest would need to after having moved from one foster home to another for much of his young life. >> i remember asking, the same

thing i asked everybodyelse, are you guys going do keep ? he was like, you are our son. >> reporter: it took time to convince him he was there to stay, that he s family. i'm family so, i started to get real comfortable with it. >> reporter: especially after meeting grandparents and aunts and cousins who embraced him as family. t they put so much confidence in me the point where i have gone to -- i was in college. and now that i'm a police officer, and i'm just -- i just keep continuing to strive to so the best pi could ever be. >> reporter: he credits his parents for this. >> they lov me unconditionally. they always tell me right from wrong. and g they're alwaysng to be here at the end of the day. and i feel like that's what parents are all about. >> reporter: he is now a dad himself. >> this is m daughter. >> reporter: he showed off the pictures of his son and

daughter. t is it like being grandparents? >> greatest thing ever. >> no way to know that fors until you have a grandchild. >> reporter: they'll no doubt take pride in the grandcldren's accomplishments just as they have in earnest. >> we have saved everything. every trophy from every basketball competition. every medal. >> reporter: we brought one more memorabilia to the something they didn't have. this video of 5-year-old earnest. that he had never s hnself until now. what do you think? >> i came a longay. i came a long way. >> well -- >> barbara, catching up with more of the hundreds of foster children whose stories she's shared with us.

if you were one of the children or we know how to reach them, please let barbara know. tips@nbc was tngton.com. bot is just what we needed. >> yes. >> at the end of this week. >> beautiful story as only barbara can tell it. >> her work with wednesday's child is -- beyond. it is so fabulous. you know, so many times i'm out and about, what people bring up. what barbara's done for so many children in the community. just amazing. >> she is at it for more than three decades. so -- so much a freciation barbara for sharing that follow-up story for us. great. now about what our weekendhe we amelia? >> the sun is breaking out now. right? we have a nice sunset out there. the sunset times around 7:0 a. and tomorrow, tomorrow's the gay out, get in the yard. get the outdoor erran done a then sunday is the indoor day.

ate chance for an iso shower there and morning and midday and most of the saturday is dry. on sunday tracking showers at times throughout the day. there will be dry time, as well and an 80% chance to deal with some rain on suny and really possible any point throughout the day. the best chance for rain right orw isng and midday hours and i will be here all weekend long,veaturdayng and sunday evening updating the forecast so tune in for updates. monday, tuesday and wednesday we keep the scattered showers around in th forecast. rain looks to impact monday mainly later in the currently our temperatures are in the 70s. 73 in gaithersbur 77 in manassas and washington. 76 right now in annapolis. tomorrow morning, temperatures in the 60s. maybe an isolated shower out ere. but i think for most of us a dry morning ahe get out for the morning run or bicycle ride it is pretty comfortable. just a little bit humid. by lunchtime, we'll see peeks of sunshine with the temperature

around 73. 76 for a high tomorrow. very similar to today. and it's dry durinthe evening hours but showers move in overnight saturday onnt sunday morning. 71 degrees on your saturday evening at 7:00 p.m. so yard work tomorrow's the day to do it. tomorrow i think the outdoor parties are fine and then backup plan. plan for it to be indoors right now. save yourself thee. heada hold off on the car wash. somebody on facebook saying do we have to get the cars washedum thisr with the rain we have had? if you're one of the people getting thed car was regularly, no sense doing it this weekend. looking to tomorw night, we have high school football, dematha versus friendshi college. 76 degrees. by the time the game is wpping up, low 70s. dry and nice football weather tomorrow evening. s sunday,e occasional showers, cloudy and cool, 66 tdegrees. redskins game on sunday

pack the poncho. about a 60% chanceou're dealing with some rain down there and definitely dealing with plentynd of clouds cool temperatures for the game temperatures in the low to mid-60s. as we take a look at the storm team 4 ten-day forecast, tuesdar nd 78 degrees. 82 on wednesday and then the chance for rain through thursday, ladies. >> all right. thank you. nbc nightly news anchor lester holt with a keynote address at howard university's opening convocation tay and marks the beginning of the academic year at howard and challenged them to step outside of ideological comfortnd zones support a free and independent press.il lesterbe right back to work on nightly news coming up here on nbcbo 4 inut ten minutes. a lot of sad faces for the redskins after their loss to ths colts week. >> see how they're putting that one behind them with the packers

stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier ... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger.

all right. after week one the team was going to the playoffs. after week twollhe sky was g and all was lost for the season. sound familiar? two weeks and we have seen the highest of high and lowestf low. losing at home to the colts. jay gruden t trying make sure the team is not flat likee in th home opener. andrew luck and the colts took it to redskins last week. they had no answer w they played like they did. w thisk isn't easier. the packers cing off of a tie inde sunday with a bye next week and the redskins w don'tt to fall in a hole. can they reverse course quickly and get back on track against

the packers? >> we'll see on sunday. you know? wi think understand we're playing aaron rodgers-led football game. hopefully we handle it better sunday than against the colts. i think the guys have practnded hard learned from their mistakes and rdy to move on. for us, we just got to kind of put that game behind us quickly and just have the samen -set we had, you know, from the beginning. just tryingo dominate week in igd week out. thursday nht football last night and the browns d something they haven't done in 635 days. win! this year's number one pick of baker mayfield off the bench to lead cleveland and caught a pass on a two-point conversion. hours before the birth of carlos hide'sbirtd, h, a great victory

for cleveland. 1-1-1 on the year. capitals preseason hockey last night. taking on the canadiens. alex ovechkin. from the face-off circle. connor also scoring and le, 5-2. capitals back in action tonight against theri hnes. but they're all still there in cleveland and will be for quite sometime. >> never a better marketing plan than bud light. >> how great was that? >> epic. >> wi-fi code and the thing goes off. >> it wasfantastic. >> everybody's having a good toim. >> still drinking i'm sure. >> i'm sure. >> some of them haven't slept, i bet. >> thank y for joining us. "nightly news" starts in 60 seconds. >> have a good eveni

breaking news tonight, a blockbuster from "the new york times." explosive reporting that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein suggested wearing a wire to ly cuecord president trump and dss using the 25th amendment to remove h. rosenstein says "the times" got it wrong and tonight sources tell nbc news, rosenstein was being sarcastic. how will the president respond to the man overseeing the mueller investigation. also tonight, president trump attacks brett kavanaugh's accuser doubting her claims asking why she didn't report years ago. woman hen across the country reporting the why i didn't report stories taking off on social media. a potential toxic disast after the hurricane.