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history. >> a lot of people for a long time to come. thank yo so much for being here with us at 6:00 on the dot on this sunday morning. i'm adam us e. >> i'm megan fitzgerald in for an give goff. i wa lock issed. i walked outside, didn't have an umbrella. if you're going outside, get the umbrella, it's wet and chilly. >> laury told y the rain was coming. >> wine country -- well, not wine country but the in virginia. are you going? >> i went. that's why i didn't hear your forecast. >> you were off, sorry. i was like wait, did we just make plans? let's do it. it may not be the best day to get out there anything you do outside, make sure off backup plan. we were talking about that yesterdayt it's going to be raining. look at this fog.

sun coming up in just about hour. look at this rain. it's just across our regi j. there rait continues to push in and we're going to see the rain toughout the day. it will be moderate in again expect periods of rain throughout your seasoned. it will be a wet day out there today. we're in the 60nds we are staying in the 60s as we go through the day. we'll talkbout when we see sunshine. it may be a little while.we l show you that on the ten-dayfo cast. it appears the woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual assault will testify before the senate judiciary committee this week but many key tails still needo be ironed out. >> attorneys for dr. christine blasey ford say she's accepted an invitation to testify before when and where is needs to be worked out. a decision was made late last night and negotiations are expected to contie today.

dr. ford alleges judge brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when she were teenagers in the '80s. kavanaugh says he denies theset alles. >> last night, the white house responded say, quote, one week cago dr.istine ford claimed she was assaulted at a house party attended by four others. since then, all tour ofse individuals have provided statements to the senate judiciary committee denying any towledge of incident or even having attended such a party. >> many are wondering if judge kavanaugh can survive this. this morning on "meet the m press,"erator chuck todd will take a deep dive into that question. of course you can wat it right here after news 4 today when it begins at 10:30. time is 6:03. as thear gop senate judi committee investigates claims made by dr. ford, they're trying to clean up yet another issue. nbc news broke the story. a pressed a visorhe helping gop senate judiciary committee

resigned amid allegations of his own sexual misconduct. garrett ventry had been serving as communications aid to the e. committe he was brought on to help with the dr. ford allegation. he denied any past allegation of this conduct. a group of catholic are demanding reform within the cathyic church and the say that starts withetting rid of cardinal donald whorl. >> clean god's house. >> yesterday they chanted clean god's house. the group consisted of mother's whose children attend catholic school schools. >> we want clean leaderip. want good people.

you are supposed to be the moral authority. act like it. >> wuerl is expected to travel to rome soon to ask pope francis to accept his resignation as archbishop ofwashington. because of the child sex abuse investigation in pennsylvania, maryland attorney general brian frosh wants to know if that's happening in places of worships or school t heeted out a form where victims of abuse or knowledge of abuse can report to his office. it's been one year since arrricane maria. demonstrators md the somber anniversary bro ptesting outside president trump's mar-a-lago resort. yesterday people honked their horns as puerto rican flags hung from their vehicles. s demonstrators they are angry at the president's response to help those on the u.s. territory isla. reports show nearly 3,000 people died.

the president says that number is too high. >> this morning ay fam is together again, a mother from hondmas seeking a in our area reunited with her son after sending a year apart. our cameras were there for the emotional reunion at dulles international airport yesterday. karen gutierrez came legally to the united states to petition for asylum. her 11-year-old son was detained at the southern border as he tried to join her. she sued and a federal judge in the districto llowed them reunited. the trump administration has increased the legal hurdles for immigrant families whose relatives cross the border on their own. he search in for a driver who hit and killed a teenager in gainesville, maryland. police say the 17-year-old and a relative were sitting in a work

truck outside sudley road. the driver paused and then kept on going. they also say the work truck was parked facing the wrong way. police sayhe headlights were on but there were no o con signs to warn on coming cars. we kno the identity of the man killed in an accident while riding an electric scooter in dupont. circ d.c. police say his name was carles sanchez martin. the 20-year-old lived in silver spring. police say he was riding the scooter when he became pinned beneath an suv. it happened friday morning. he died at the hospital. the driver did stay at the scene until help arrived. a deck collapse in howard ecounty sends several peo to the hospital. this happened yesterday afternoon just after 4:30 in ellicott city. we're told 20 people were on road eck on bonnie branch when it fell sending them he bling 12 feet down to ground. eight people were hospitalized,

everyone here.ed to be okay more than 40 firefighters and paramedics responded? >> scary moments. comcast now owns british broadcaster sky news. >> that's right. the price tag $39 billion. the company outfit 21st century fox for the rights there. comcast executives say they want europe.operations in 23 million europeans subscribe to sky, that's the biggest ve takeover seen in europe's media industry. comcast, of course, is the parent company o us here at nbc news. did you see the game? >> the game. f course.early, but it looks like we may have theup biggest set in the college far. ll season so >> we are talking about old dominion beating number 13 virginia tech making it the biggest upset of an acc opponent in 30 the quarterback came off the bench to throw for 495 yards,

four touchdowns. final score a49-35nd odu has only had a football team since 2009. >> we came out in the second half a just felt like we could wear them down, we could keep reing them what we we doing efensively. we up over 90 plays, we kept going a l of tempo, our kids believed it and we made history. this isne of the biggest moments in hampton roads sports history. arguably the bigge moment in old dominion history. >> why you play the game. old dominion takes on east carolina nextaturday and tech hopes to bounce back from their this l in their next game against duke which will be next week big upset there. >> i want to take a live look outside. it's wet and chilly if you're waking up this morning. be forewarned, you want to bri thatumbrella. but lauryn ricketts will be back with whate can expect today and the rest of our work week.

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welcome back. >> good morning. >> a bit rai a out there cool. >> it's a perfect day to stay in bed and watch news4. >> and football and everything else you want to watch. absolutely. lauryn, if there is one bad type of rain it's cold rain. that's going on right now. >> that'shat's happening. temperatures are in the 50s and 60s across the boardouoe absolutely right. it's a chilly start to this sunday morning. u're making your way out to church, making your way to the market. it w going to be a one out there today. now we are staying cool, unfortunately, throughout the day today. we are going to have rain with temperatures in the 60 so keep that umbrella around. you'll need it today. you'll need it tomorrow. you'll need it on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. good news all around. but we have some drying condo ions as we gete end

of this week. we are looking at rain and it will be light in spots, moderate in spots but this is going to the picture throughout the day today and we are going to continue to ve rain push into the region. current temperatures out there right now i the 50s and 60s. with 61 here in washington ande wenly going to take those temperatures into the mid-60s for daytime highs today. moderate rain at times. we are looking at heavy rain throughout the day. we'll stop it at 1:00. that's when we have the redskins game. they are playing the packers and we also have some baseball -- i almost said basketball. so you areooking at some rain if you're headed out to those games today. we are looking a showers around for tomorrow as well and even into tuesday. then wednesday and thursday we'll also have a chance. wednesday and ty we'll have a chance for storms in the area. i kept friday w dry, may have to add a chance for rain but high pressure building in for the weekd, we'll final get sunshine. >> living for this that sunshine.

thank you, coming up next is reporters' notebook. >> and we are back in with more of the morning's top stories. i'm pat lawson muse. urricane florence is still lingering and for many the impact will be long-lasting. some people have lost everything, others have just gun the tough task of putting de pieces of their homes lives back together. several local agencies traveled cto norolina to lend a hand from maryland and virginia. we sent teams to nk fw s ts to . chris, you and jim hanley tag teamed. he covered the hurricane, you were there for the afevrmath. though you were there when the storm was over, the worst was not. ov >> no, in fact, a lot of the ters are just cresting this weekend, you're talking about a hurricane that left about at least 36 people dead, dumped three feet of rain in some areas

which is just a staggering amount of rain. and the thing was, after you had this crisis on the coast, it inundated rivers and that's how you endedp with these communities like wilmington that were completel w cut off. the surrounded by the floodwaters. the airport was closed; even the port was closed and so you just had n way in or out, we saw that in our reporting. made a couple stabs trying to get down to fayetteville and just kept running into roads that were completely flooded out. you keep trying to find a work around and two o threeours have gone by and you say okay, we can't make. >> it you were with homeowner when they got their first look at the damage done to their properties when they were trying to get in and do an assessment. clearly it was tough for them but they seemed to be pretty o. tough, >> yeah. everybody we talked to, we

talked to people who looked at it and said it's kind of a completeyloss, proba going to have to rebuild a lot of the house. overs immiately got to work, start i will siphoning the water, skrubinghe floors thinking i might have to tear up the wood floors but i can make thiswork but w didn't talk to anybody who planned on moving. >> did you sense confusion among people who were told on one place shelter in place because itas so dangero outside and those who were told get out because there's more watermi ? >> i think there was a good awareness that -- ahead of time that the hurricane itself was going to be probably the most storm is part of the was going to be what came after. typically most hurricanes it's not the wind that kills most people, it's the water, the flooding and interesng it pointed out an interesting part

that millions of people were affected by these floodwaters, only about 300,000 had flood surance. this is a problem across the country that the government doesn't enforce the flood insurance rules. d lot of people don't realize they're suppo get it so people who are affectedfl by th ds will have to pay out of ocket because your normal homeowners insurance won't get a fl gd. >> they a flood of help. virginia task force one was activated. maryland task force one sent an 80-member team and a lot of search-and-rescue equipment. we even saw the university of maryland pitching . >> university of maryland housed folks who were displaced and made their way t up to here take care of them and the red cross set up a shelter for folks on campus and also with the help -- this is an important point becau chris was talking about how a lot of work that t

needbe done was centered around planning. not do muchling with the storm itself and rescues were a part of it but for our folks whd wen was helping with planning. at least the people from maryland. they were focused on making sure things were set up and in place for people as they returned to their homes. th they were able toake care of what was going to happen when the rivers started to overflow into these communities so most folks are back but tre are ople who are helping out with the helicopter. aquatic rescue team still there. incidentt managemupport team helping out with what you do after the hurricane hits and this is the beginning of what's gog to be a long process of just trying to get everybody back to normal down there. >> we have two huge destructive fires here in the washington area this past week. one a four-alarm blaze at a senior apartment complex in washingto the other an apartment complex in new carrollton.

they displaced more than 260 sidents and we've learned that hydrants at the building in new carrollton didn't have enough pressure to handle this a fire. this is an interesting point. this is something folks are going to want to pay n attentio only where you live but also where you work and some warehouse e districtcetera, they have what are considered privately maintained hydrants and you can tell them in maryland because at least in our area, wsse's hydrants have the green top and gray body but if you are looking at a hydrant that isne solid color like a yellow or red or green, that's a privately maintained hydrant and in ts apartment completion these main for the hydrant is about four inches, clogged and on this day when they needed those hydrants to weren't, they were clogged. they didn't have enough water pressure to putut a kitchen fire so they had to carry the own to the main road to get to a wssc hydrant that had a

ten-inch main to give the water pressure they needed. so one thing prince georges county fire department said to me is that it would be a good idea for folks who live in complexes th privately maintained hydrants to check with management and ask questions about when was the last time the hydrants were tested. these are mandates testings but they have to make sure the water pressure is good and safe. >> it's amazing no one was riously injured. >> in both fires and the senior center fire, and what happened there in d.c. and the smoke one, when you hear a fire in the senior center you think the word because you have to get these people out and even those are feex who are independent living, you imagine how hard it is. we heard stories ofeoe who are wheelchair bound. >> weaw the marines. >> running with wheelchairs to

get in there. >> that was frightening. >> and we've seen these senior communities, independent living communities going you have ftmetimes very quickly and they're beautiful they're done. this was putting to the test how well are they done. we are hearing a lot of complaints about i didn't hear any fire alarms, we didn't know that the building was on fire. the district will have to do serious i iestigating. all righty. we have to take a break. when we come back, new poll when we come back, new poll in the maryland governor's race. 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. >> p a newl gives governor larry hogan a commanding 22-pointr lead oemocrat ben jealous in the race for maryland governor. the poll indicates likely favor hogan over jealous by a 54%in to 32% ma the poll suggests hogan is doing

some serious consolidating of support among groups thaty traditionaon't support republicans in maryland because it's a deeplue state. >> and as bad as those numbers are, look at the n otherbers where you look at 38% of democrats are supporting governor hogan and mosts vot are making their choice based on economic development and creating jobs and that has hogan over jealous 66% to 23%. the are sca numbers if you're only weeks away from the election. i don't know how you -- if youe belihose numbers are accurate. that is a hefty lift to swing thosenu ers. >> the poll also indicates that the number of undecids is down to about 9%. o would need get a majority of those.

>> what jealous i saying is that the poll has been offer before. reported in a press release to 2014 and how they predicted it would be an uphill battle for governor hogan -- then he was running for governor. so his point is you have toenead in bethe lines, that there s opportunities for his campaign. >> he believes when people hear his message that the undecided voters will decide toe v for him. the path he's taken has been an extreme one and his idea was i am going to dig into an extreme left position because that got me the primary and that i believe will help me this general election but what folks have been saying from the beginning is that marylande tens to centralist democratic state and they don't like extremes on either end so the question is what is going to work for him. is it going to work t this is who i am and either you like me or don't or will he

chan his message somehow? the other problem is money. hogan has a lot. $9.4 million and ben jealous 386,000. we saw he has the ability to get additional funding. he got frien with deep pockets but as it stands that's ta lot of money fight against. we're talking about adds a tv commercials, things hogan has pay for.ty to >> chris, how much of a factor are president trump and the brett kavanaugh issue do you think for maryland voters? >> well i mean we know in the midterm elections that the turnout is less than in the presidential election but if you look b at thise wave that democrats are counting on across the h country, the to be some in the jealous campaign who are thinking that blue wave shall help to lift our boats and

narrow those numbers. i just don't know. these numbers are -- just don't see numbers even if they'reoff. they've got to be way off to close that kind of gap and it's interesting, you mentioned the issues. voters seem to align with ben jealous on the issues, the $15 minimum wage, medicare for all, they're aligned wit issues, they just seem to trust hogan more to deliver wch is interesting. >> and they did say, at least in this poll, that the national issues and trump is not really on the mind of marylands as much as educatind and work pay are on their minds and economic development. like this is what matters to them and hogan has done a good job that selling this this is the kind of governor that he is so ift, that's importhere are people looking at it even if they're not republican like i'm

not sure i want to rock this vote because the things i care about are being addressed? >> former candidate for lieutenant governor valerie irvin has a new job in prince georges. she's hired as a special assistant in the school systems office of employee and labor relations. it's a six figure salary job. sentially the liaison between the school system and its labor unions. the announcement took some by surprise and the reaction has en mixed? >> the reaction mixed because, you know, in princ georges county this have been some who have said for years thate there olitical friends who will get jobs in the county's government and also in its school system to help them along while ty're working on whatever political aspirations they have. and in this in some who are feeling like this is another instance of .th that the county executive put valerie in this positionerecause of support for him during e campaign and -- >> she indiced during the campaign she would be a part of

his administration. >> if he won governor that he would hire her to work for him and to be a part of his administration so i think it shocked some people she ended ui movingo prince georges county education. that beinglaid everyone w tell you she has anst oding resume and education scott her started in politics. she's worked with lab unions. her last job she lost. she took on the position of lieutenant governor and there was controversy with what happened with that organ aation buo dealt with union work and labor unions so k shews both of these areas well. she has an outstanding resume. but there are sot critics who say this wasn't done on the up and up. even though there was a process where she had to go through an interview process. a number of candidates applied but a lot of questions and this as the school system is trying to get a new start with a new

leader. >> david murray said she's definitely qualified but the circumstances of herirg he says are questionableg considerhat's going on in the county in the past. >> thank you both. great job in north carolina chris. good to have you back home. thank you for being with us. i'm pat lawson muse. news 4 today continues. 6:30 on sunday morning, here's what we're following for you. late-night developments in the ongoing fight to put judge brett n the supreme court. now lawmakers are set to hear from the woman accusing him of sexual assault. a violent weekend continues in the district. more than a dozen shootings so far and police are looking for more gunmen. >> and the new home for the washington mystics is open. but d.c. leaders are hoping the

new arena will brings more t just fans to a struggling part of the city. good sunday morning. rise and shine everybody. thank you so much for being here with us, i'm adam us the. >> i'm megan fitzgerald in for angie goff. it's starting to feel like fall so if you like the change of seasons, you're in store for a good day. >> rain, cold temperatures, what you got, lauryn? >> you summed it up. we have chilly temperatures out there right now. 50s and low 60s and we won't budge from the temperatures. what's sticking around is the rain and fog. it won't be the prettiest of sundays. the sun is coming up in 26 minutes ore so ande again looking at areas of rain. we're not going to see moderat rain all day but we are going to

see drizzle, pockets of moderate rain but this is what the g rad ng to look like out there the day. i know we have a nats game, a redskins goue so ifre headed out to those, be prepared to be on the wet side if you're hanging out outside watching the games because we have a frontal south, high pressure to the north and we are seeing this rain in our area. outside the belt way we have 50s but not budging. daytime high will be 66 in d.c.l talk about when we can see sunshine. we have sunshine o the t day forecast but it might be a while. >> lauryn, hank you verymuch. it appears dr. christine ford is going to testify before the senate judiciary commit. e this we >> she's the california professor accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. but as nbc's chris pollone reports, my key details still need to be worked out.

>> reporter: attorneys for ale california c professor say she has accepted an invitation to testify before the senate judiciary committee but tense negotiations continue over the hearings detail likes when andn wherehat the for two mat will be. attorneys say christine blaseyi ford wl provide what they call k firsthanwledge of brett kavanaugh's sexual misconduct. ford claims when they were teens in the 1980s kavan groped her and tried to remove her clothes at a party,he categorically denies the allegations and says he will go back before the committee to sbefd h defend his integrity. a senior white house official says this seems like a delay tactic but speaking in missouri the pre sdent didn'tm concerned. >> he was born for the u.s. supreme court. he was born for it. and it's going to haen. >> it sets up an extraordinary public hearing on capitol hill with a lifetime appointment to the supreme court onlihe .

chris pollone, nbc news. >> let's take you to a developing story right now in southeast d.c. where police are ating a deadly shooting. devastated loved ones gathered on the scene on buena vista terrace near 30th street. the victim died at the scene but police haven't said what led to the shooting foranyone is in custody. the shooting is just the latest in what's beeniolent week end in the district. a man was shot and killed in a double shooting in this neighborhood friday night. he's been identified as terrell butler. that happened near 51st street otd s streets in southeast. the second sg victim is expected to survive and look at this map coming up here. neighborhoods in southeast, northeast and northwest all violence.y gun there were two other shootings in southeast in the last few hours. the victims are expected to

survive and one arrest has been made. a marsand family anxiously awaiting news of the whereabouts of their teenageer daug and sister. jenai deville disappeared nearly three weeks ago. she vanished from middle school and we're told she went to queens, n york, with her boyfriend. he return bud she didn't. the fbi and prince georges re county police actively looking for her now. her father and brother are pleadi for her safe return. >> it's about just getting you home and getting you to love and going from there and getting you the things you need. >> i know my sister wouldn't want to put us through this. i love yound i hope you come home. >> you are asked to give police a c if you have information about where jenai may be. we have more information and the number toall on o nbc washington app. you can search "missing rl." > now to a community's search for answers after a popular handyman was killed in a

hit-and-run. the crash happened tuesday night on route 1. loved ones held a vigil forvi smith. amy cho has their emotional plea for closure. >> those who knew al vvin smith said he would drop everything to help you. >> this is what a community is about. >> a communitydi h candles to honor a life well lived. al van smithnown by his nickname a-1. he was always out about about in dumfries doing work and picking up trash. >> he's going to be missed. you don't find many young men like that that has respect. >> amonghe crowd, angela dawkins who says smith is like a son to her. >> he would alw say "how's mama doing?" because he looked a at me like

a mother. >> police say a park ranger spotted him lying on route 1 tuesday gh when the ranger went to help he saw a vehicle run smith riover. ther took off. policeay s an autopsy say smith may ha been hit by another car, too. what will you miss most? >> his smile, his kindness and my dly hug. >> reporter: and friends have a essage to the hit-and-ru drivers. >> be a man or woman and come forward. stand up for whatou did. >> reporter: as the community mourns the loss, police say they're looking for a blue vehicle as well as a jeep grand cherokee. if you have information you're asked to call police, in dumfries, aim ay cho. the nationals have been eliminated from the playoffs and things are heating up on the football eld. >> the redskins take on the packers this afternoon and one very recognizable face will be rooting for thete wrong .

>> rooting for the packs. >> chuck todd is a big packers fan. he explains his packers fandom to news 4's sports reporter sherry burr. >> when did you become a packers fan. >> everybody asked that. my dad grew up in iowa. he was a pacrs fan in the '50s and you have to picarpackers or gs and huh said you always rooted against chicago. t they wer big city boys so green bay was the one. i was a fan when they stunk. the first chapter book i read when i was a kid was jerry cramer's instant sreplay i was indoctrinated and my 11-year-old son, the first chapter book he read, jerry cramer instant replay. >> well you have to love a good story. you have a little reasoning behind it, i understand. >> he also talked with sherry about key points that the

redskins could take advantage of when they take the field today. >> and chuck's sit down with sherry after "meet the press" on the red skin's pre-show a chuck will sit down with us in a few minutes for a preview of what's coming up on this morning's addition of "meet the press." >> taking a live look outside, the flag is waving. a littleindy out there but it's fall, folks, time is 6:39. lauryn will be back to let us know what we can e y

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little bit and what's the latest on the fbi a informavestigation well? >> we don't have an fbi investigation. i've said this. i am surprised judge kavanaugh isn't insisting on it. i said if he bomes justice kavanaugh you would think you would want to have a clean bill of health in some form, a clean political bill ofealth and an fbi investigation could do that one way or the other so i have beenildly surprised he hasn't wanted to insist on that but everybody that was a psential witnas sent in a statement saying they weren't there or they have no memory of it. s this iething the white house has been enthusiastically aring overnigh obviously that a development they care about. at the endf the day this is going to be about everybody will watch the same hearing, hear the same questions t and come different conclusions, right? and we don't know who what the conclusion will be but that is

ultimately this is what it's about. this is in the hands of the court of public opinion, sort of, because public opinion is turning on him but it's basically theourt of public opinion of three republican senators, susan collins, jeff flake and make lisa murkowski. >> we saw this with clarence omas but i don't think we've ever seen an accuser saying i want an fbi investigation, or it's rare it seems. >> i think she knows people don't bieve her and she's like fine, find a thirty party to either confirm or deny what i've done but obviously we're in a different moment than we were in theasthill hearings. that was my first -- i moved here for college in 1990 and remember this town was -- it sort of stopped everything and

this will probably have that me impact and you put in sort of the accelerant or the steroid that is donald trump, that makes it that much more explosive never mind that was 1991, an odd-numbered year so we were 13 months from an election. this is we're going to be less than -- bly just over a month before an election.- it's to say that this is a big event is ande tatement. it's going to be explosive. >> not to mansion happening during the me too movement. >> all that stuff. >> what do you make o this rod rosenstein wearing a wire with the president? there's a- report - there have been plenty of reportshat h gone on but it points to someone else is trying to leak this information. >> no doubt. but we have to remember that point in time. this was this period of about d-april to late may when it looked like the president was overly interfering in this .

investigat nobody at the justice department was suring what he was doing with the firing of comey. they had these comey memos they readt the time so now i think people need to remember that was the -- that was the moment in time that all this happened. it's not recently he has this. does that save his job? i don't know. doesreive thedent ammunition a deep state is out to get him? yes, it does. >> als wasn't rod rosenstein allegedly trying to invoke the 25th amendment b recruiting people like jeff sessions? >> that's one of the allegations, what's interesting in his denial is he ner sai whether he said it he just said i don't see the need for it now. it was a very interesting specific denial on rod rosenstein. >> interesting. that and more on the sw today i'm sure. >> a lot. >> this kavanaugh thing isoing be -- i want's consuming everything and you can feel it. it's consuming this>>town.

oing to be one of those weeks in washington. you can see "meet the press" every sunday at 10:30 after news 4 today. >> pretty much since every school in washi iton isolved it's become a local story. >> let's see how the packs do he today, by way. >> this rain, this weather bothers me. guess what? i don't odnt aaronrs out there in the rain. i don't. >> all right chuck, take care. >> while lawmakers debate the politics of an nib investigation we know it's very likely no criminal chaes will come of this allegation federally or locally. >> as jackie benson reports the story that dr. ford told the "washington post" familiar to many victims who mauchb have of legal discourse. >> the draft bears the title "an christine to dr. blasey ford." it reads in part we are the men and women who grew up in the same world as you and brett kavanaugh in chevy chaste,

bethesda and northwest d.c. weapon attended the same elite ivate schools, country clubs and churches and we believe you. the letterooes on say, we know the terrible impossible of sexual assault, coercive behavior and harassment that pervade it had culture of our youth and continues today. >> today there's nothing retro active that can be done. is eporter: pbreenny sandler a criminal defense attorney. she says she has heard allegations of those whobo were juvenile. >> even if it was a chargeable offense, he would have received the benefit of a minor under the juvenile system and presuming there's no other juvenile contact he likely wouldn't have been cherged. >> sanays she tries to offer what help she can. >> i hear from victims all the timeaknd it b mishard to get the phone calls tobo hear how they suffered throughout

their adulthood with childhood trauma and i try to point them the right direction for so ces to get them the help they need. >> the time is 6:49 t ons drizzly sunday morning. >> cold, too. >> i am freezing. it does turn fall. >> first day of fall. >> let's do it. bring it on. >> well, yoe it, all right, good. i could have warmer weather but we don't he a lot. wednesday might feel like summer but that's about. >> it turn the page. it isolate septemb's late septet r.to then halloween. > we if we have a fall, it woul be okay. today is the coolest day i have on the ten-day recast. our average temperature for this time of year, 77 degrees.

if you're grabbing eeco get some hot stuff. >> cold brew. >> iced coffee? come on adam. >> make sure you have a backup plan and y if're hefded out to church services, make sure to have the warm raincoat because teeratures are inhe 50s and 60s. lots of rain throughout the area. it will be light at times but expect rain and if you aren't seeing rain it will be short lived because more rain will be heading yourw w sore stuck in this wet pattern. florence still out in the atlantic. oh, yeah, she went off the coast of massachusetts, tame on down and look wt we have right here just about 300 miles southwest of bermuda. yesterday there wasbout a 40% chance of redevelopment with this, now it's looking like a

20% chance but these remnant may push into coastal airline that so that will something we're watching. florence won't go away. current temperatures, only into the mid-60s today. showers throughout the day, that rain could be moderate at times, we'll continue to see weis thugh the to day. i'm not worried about flooding because thi will be an ongoing thing so for your monday morning commute we have fogaind and that lnt l continue throughout monday. we'll have a warm front that lift us there on tuesday. rain tuesday but we can get clring by tuesdayafternoon. packers/redskins, if you're headed out to this, bring those ponchos and lon eeves, temperatures in the 60s with chances of rain throughout the day. same dl with68he nats game. tomorrow. rain possible. tuesday temperatures start to

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an unusual political rivalry an playing out in arizona. republican congresaul gosar is running for reelection. >> but six of his nine and sisters just endorsed his opponent. nbc's kathy park has more o the political family feud. >> he doesn't have your interests at heart. >> reporter: six siblings speaking out against their brother as he makes another bid congress. >> paul gostar is my brother. >> reporter: republicaen

incu paul gosr is running against david brill in arizona'i fourth di. in this political fight, brill's campaign released ads featuring gosar's family showing on how they split fm their brothers views ranging on health care and the environment. >> paul is notorng for his district. and in wisconsin it's a battle of the bryce brothers. james bryce is endorsing the candidate running against his own brother randy for paul ryanat.th e attack ad has their mom playing moderator. another case of politics creating bad blood among families. >> we're looking at this convoluted and very complicated and highly emotional situation whereamilies much like in the civil war are beginning to take sides. >> now in what should make for an interestingil freunion, candidate paul gosar is striking back on his web site saying to the six angry democrat gosars,

see you at mom and dad's house. kathy park, nbc news. >> talk about an interesti -- >> thanksgiving dinner should be interesting at that house. much more ahead 4 on news today. >> that includes an lohour-by-hr at your forecast with lauryn ricketts. rainy and cool out there. stay with us. (music throughout)

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newevelopment this is morning in the ongoing confirmation battle for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. now lawmakers a set to hear directly from the woman accusing the judge of sexual assault. >> a heartwarming reunion. a mother seeking asylum finally reunited with her son after he was detained at the border over aear ago. >> we just made ihistory. s one omothe biggest ments in hampton roads sports histhey. arguab biggest moment in old dominion history. >> it mighte the upset of the year inollege football. old dominion socked the 13th ranked virginia tech >> that's one people will be talking about for a long time. n oni want to welcome you this sunday morning. 7:00 on the dot. thank you for being here. i'm adam us the. >> i'm megan fitzgerald in for angie goff. w you areing up to a wet and chilly morning but it's a good day to stay inside, watch news

4. >> clearly keep us company. but you can continue right through to the football, right, lauryn? it wtyl be a n day on sunday. >> of course we've got the redskins game taking on the packers later on at home. e nats are taking on the mets at home. it will be a wet day across t mid-atlantic. if you're traveling, same deal. we have rain up and down the state of virginia. let'show youhat's going on out there. yuck. areas of light rain and drizzle. we'll get it throughout the day today. this is what the radar picture looks like. widen this out. what's happening is we have a frontal system stalled right across the border of carolina and high pressure to the north so with those combined we're getting this rain and this rain will continue through much of the day today. something else that will continue? the chilly temperatures. e you w up and maybe headed out the door, you might want to grab sweater.te eratures in the low 60s and that's just in d.c.

outside the beltway, we have temperatures in the 50s sn the cool side. average temperature 77. we won't touch degrees today. we'll talk about when we could see t sunshine on ten day forecast in just a little bit. guys? >> thank you very much. it appears the woman accusing eesuperior court nomrett kavanaugh of sexual assault is going to testify before the senate judiciary committee this week. but many key details still have to be worked out here. >> attorneys for dr. cayistine ford she's accepted an invitation to testifyor tentatively thursday but when and where is something that still needs to be worked out. so a decision was made late last night and negotiations are still excted to continue today. dr. ford alleges judge brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her en they were teenagers in the '80s. kavanaugh has categorically denied the allegationings. >> but last night the white house responded saying, quote, one week ago dr. christine ford

claimed she was assaulted at a house party attended by fou others. since then all four of thesein viduals have provided statements to the senate judiciary committee denying any knowledge of the iident or even having attended such a party. >> many are wondering if judge kavanaugh can survive this. this morning on "meet the press," chuck todd will take a deep dive into the question. you can watch it right here after news 4 today at 10:30. as the gop senate jueciary commitnvestigates claims made by dr. ford, they're trying to clean up yet another issue, nbc news broke the story, a pressed a visor helping the gop senate judiciary committee gn re amid allegations of his own sexual ctmiscon garrett ventry had been serving as communications aide to the committee. pre >> m group of catholicothers ithin theding reform

catholic church and they say that stirts with get rid of cardinal donald wuerl. >> clean god's house! >> yesterday they chanted "clean god's house" while wearing cleaning clothes and holding broomssi out the vet can's emssy in northwest. their protests cenr around the ongoing sex abuse scandal, particularly with cardinal wuerl. they say he covered up abuse by priests during hisime as bishop in pittsburgh. wuerl denies the allegations. >> we want clean leadership and good people. you are supposed to be the moral authority, act like it. >> wuerl is expected to travel to rome soon to ask pope francis to accept his resignation as archbishop of washington. >> i'll be watching that one. because of the child sex abuse investigation in pennsylvania, maryland's attorney general wants to know if any of tha is happening in

maryland schools or places or worship. he treated out form where victims of abuse or who have knowledge of abuse can report incidents to his office. thousands of people signed an online petition calling for him to investigate the baltimore diocese. >> it's been one year since hurricane maria and demonstrators marked the somber anniversary byro psting outside president trump's mar-a-lago resort. yesterday people honked their horns as puerto rican flags hung from their vehicles. demonstrators say they are angry at t president's response to help those on the u.s. territory island. reports show nearly 3,000 people died. the president says that number is too high. >>ime is 7:05. a family is together again. a mother from honduras who is seeking asylum in our area is finallreunited with her son after sending a year apart.

cameras there for the emotional reunion a dulles international airport yesterday. karen gutierrez came legally to the u.s. to petition for asylum. r 11-year-old son was detained at the southern border as he trd to joinher. she sued and a federal judge allowed them to be reunited. ase trump administration increased legal hurdles for immigrant families whose relatives cross the boarder on their own. the search ishen for driver who hit and killed a e, nager in n gainesvi maryland. police say the 17-year-old and a relative were sitting inside a work truck parked on sudley road around 2:30 yesterday morning. they jumped out to avoid an on coming car, that car hit the teen.st inators say the driver paused and then kept agoing. tho say the w truck was parked facing the wrong way. police s the headlights were on but there were no cones or

signs to warn on coming cars. this morning we know the identity of the man killed in an accident while riding one of ose electric scooters in dupont circle. d.c. police say hisame the carlos sanchez martin. he lveed in s spring and police say he was riding the scooter when he became pinned underneath an suv friday morning. the driver remained at the scene until help arrived. countycollapse in howard sent several people to the otspital yesterday afternoon around 4:30 in ell city. we're told 20 people were on the back deck on bonnie branch road when it fell sending them tumbling 12 feet down. eight people had to go to the hospits. everybody expected to be okay. more than 40ig firers and paramedics rponded to this situation. it's still early the season but this could be the upset of the college football season. >> odu, old donion, beating

number 13 virginia tech, making it the biggest upset of an acc opponent in0 years. quarterback blake larussa, all he did was come off the bench to throw for 495 yas. final score 49-35 and get this, old dominion has only had a football teamince 2009. >> we came out in the second half and felt like we could wear them down. i thi we were upay over 90 s, we kept going and our kids believed in itnd we made history. this is one of the bingest moment hampton roads sports hior history. >> probably upset by this odu takes on east carolina saturday and virginia tech hopes to bounce back fosm this ls in their next game agast duke which will happen next week.

>> he is aood question, are the friday night lights fading in the d.c. area? a growing trend across the country has loc coaches wondering if if high school football will be around much longer. the news 4 i-team takes a deeper look at the trend.

as scott macfarlane reports, many parents are changingheir game plans and it's our schools and communities that have to adjust the plays. take a lo. n reporter: game night america. a rite of passage, a tradition for players, fans, and parents.

especially at westfield high in chantilly. three-time defending state champ in virginia. when you sit in s thatdium and watch the games, does it still have the feel of the that hight school fl had when we were in high school. do you still feel the part? >> oh, definitely. the crowd is into it. >> reporter: vanessa mejia hopes toatch her son at west springfield high. >> they learn respect for their coaches and teammates. i think there's so many values to be learned ifootball. >> reporter: but fewer kids are signing up for this physical game now. the news four i-team found while football still scores at some high schools like westfield, it's getting sacked elsewhere. throughout thewe commonth, participation has dropped by about 2,000 students since twaechl. in fairfaxouy alone, 10% in the same time frame. similar drops inmaryland, 14%

fewer kids playing now and in d.c. public schools 18% fewer and we found at least six major local teams folding their 2018 season because of a shortage of players. >> i think you're seeing kind of the perfect storm right now. >> reporter: jasdg eld coaches west springfield high. >> we start july 30. that was never thease before. so now we're cutting into kids' summers. this is a hard thi to do. >> reporter: he says some falloff is cultural. kids have more options with their free time. you'repe cng against the fact they can sit on the couch. >> why come out here at0 8 a.m. and run your tail off when i can just be at home hanging with myriends online? >> reporter: but that's not the reason jordan and robert won't be playing footbal according to their mom. >> i want my kids to get to play a whole bunch of t sports and a bunch of things and find what their passion is. reporter: when their older, her sons will go to the football powerhouse damascus high in montgomery county but they won't be on theootball field. >> you can play basketball,

baseball, do track and field. there's are million diffe things that you can do where you're pt of a team that doesn't require being knocked on your butt. >> reporter: specifically, e fear of concussions is turning many parents away from the sport but not mejia who writes a blog for local football>> moms. very sport comes with the risk of concussion. i think so many people are not awar o of the fact the training these coaches have. they are taught the correct way to tackle. >> reporter: we fouething else is sacking football, too. specialization. >> specialization. >> reporter: coaches tell the m i-team,ore parents are steering their kid to just one sport 12 months a year to compete for championships and scholarships. it's harder for you to get a basketball player to play football. >> i we don't get any of them. ame game er: it's the in maryland at eleanor rhisevelt in prince georges county. football rosters are shrinking fast. fromearly 80 students a decade ago to 35 this year says coach tom green. >> right now i don't know. ndon't know if it will be here ten years fromow on the high level. >> reporter: fewer players mean

students must double up and play offense and fense. >> at that point you put kids more in jeopardy of injury because they're playing more snaps opposed to playing o way. >> i'm very nervous. >> reporter: leaving these coaches war reeds about what might happen if the friday night go out for good. >> i can point out four or five kids right now on this field thathe don't know where would be without football. they need it. >> reporter: virginia sports officials recommended some schools move to smaller eight-man football teams. it's being tried in other ddates as aect response to the falloff on the field. scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. >> fascinating. >> absolutely. we have much more about the future of footbal on our nbc washington app, including an extendedinterview with the coaches and parents. just look up "investigations." taking a live look as you start your sunday morning i the nations capital.

rainy, cold, will it break? we he a redskins game

. after florence, the next flood could be a wave of waterlogged cars headed to a used dealer near you. >> but d't be fooled. those cars can have a boat load of problem. consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with the

telltale signs of a flood-damaged car. >> reporter: it's illegal in moel states to flood-damaged cars without disclosing the damage but that doesn't mean it won'thappen. >> too often when a flood damaged car is declared total loss by an insurance company, i that informa't communicated to potential buyers. >> reporter: if a car doesn't carry maximum surance, flood damage may not be disclosed in thcar's title. "consumer reports" says a mechanic should conduct a thorough inspection, but theres are thing you can do, too. >> the first thing you want to do is come over to the front of the car, inhale and see if ere's a moldyr musty smell. if you have that, you want to walk away from the car. next, pop up the trim panel on the side of the door here. if the carpet is dirty forthere's any saidment in he tlso the door pocket, if there's sediment or dir or stones, that's what happened when the water came into the cars.

pop off capsnd covers off the seat belt to see if it had been taken off. look at where a spare tire has been kept. see if there's rust on exposed sc pws oranels or tool likes the jack or jack stand.on look the back of the engine bay and there's soft material here, it's sound deadening. when water rises i will recede and leave a flood line. if there's anything like that, walk away from thevehicle. although helpful, "consumer reports" says vehicle history reports are no guarantee ais ca problem-free. usedy time you're buying car it's a good idea to spend a little extra money to have your mechanic take a i look atto make sure it doesn't have those problems. >> if you have a good mechanic. >> if you have a good mechanic. >> you have to get one of those, too. >> they're worth their weight in gold. we are waterlogged today. there's been heavy rain moving through. >> areas of modate rain, this is how it will be all day. people were asking me about the

nats game. wet.ill be people are skk me about the redskins game, it will be wet and damp. it isn't a pretty day out there. >> a good day for mies. >> a chili day. like cooking chili. >> that's good idea. >> i thought we were going to the wvineyard. >> don't have much time to go to the vineyard because look at this rain,e are going to have rain today, tomorrow, scattered chances as we get inty. tues i think tuesday morning will be our best chance of rain but by tuesday afternoon we could get some clearing. th catldou lead into wednesdaym ing but by wednesday afternoon we have showers and thunderstorms. cold front comes through thursday. more widespread rain. so that's what the big picture looks like. so just almost count on rain almost everyday. i do have friday di ry. have to add a small chance of rain friday but i'll show youhen we're going to get sunshine. not today. look at this picture. th is how radar looks

throughout the day today. you may get some dry times but then it's going to fill back in and be short lived. we've got, again, rain rouguthohe t day, a frontal system that came through yesterday hanging out down to the south. it will hang out there untue aboutay and then lift back north as a warm front. plus high pressure over canada. that continues to push wind in here and clouds, moisture oti the atl so we're just stuck in this pattern where we're going to have a good c rain as we gohr tghou today, monday morning we could have an ch, especially west of town and then as we go through the day on monday we'll tack on to that. i think the highest totals will be along i-81. not worried about flooding because the duration will be ongoing but we are going to have a good deal of rain this week. current temperatures 50s and 60s. 's chilly out there. we're only headed to 66 degrees today and showers throughout the day, moderate at times. for any events you have going on today, we have taste o georgetown, it will be wet and

cool. d.c. state fair, showers throughout the day, nats game wet and chilly and'rf y traveling we have rain throughout the d-atlantic and it will stay there. waves of drain, drizzlg, low clouds throughout the day today and rain throughout the day tomorrow. we'll have rain intsday morning and i believe again we can get clearing by the time we head into tuesday afternoon. but by wednesday afternoon then we have another chance for storms. it will be down right hot on wednesday. the warm fro lifts through and a cold front on thursday. that why we keep chances of rain thursday and that's why the temperature drops.os sunshinebly friday but we have sunshine for the week wednesday high pressure coming in. we have more news co waiting for a liver transplant..

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check this out. cautious on came caught on camera. a woman attacked on a subway in new york fights seck. she chas her attacker through the sngway hithe man with her purse. don't mess with new york women. the victim says she was heading home from work last she says a man touched her behind as she entered grand central station. policekontinue to l for the suspect. >> good for 'mr. she's likeot having it. you have to be careful. >> true. >> new york women. > the cat walk may never be the same. computer-generated igital models are dividing the fashion world. >>y? reall more fashion brands are using them to attract younger andl

digi avi clients. >> check them out. the models almost look like life. it's hard to tell the difference between them and human models. no surprise here, real life models are not fans of the digitized fred. >> some designers thi the idea is great for web sites but not necessarily for the runway. they say real life models bring the brand to life. this is really interesting here because i don't think you can get a full feel for, like clothes unless you see them on a person. >> exactly. walking the runway. everything is going digital. taking a look outside. we wishome could put digital sunshine into the picture but we probably won't get that on this sunday morning. look at this temperature, 61 degrees and some rain out there. a bit chilly. lauryn has your sunda forecast y

7:30 on sunday morning. thank you so much for starting your dayith us. i'm adam us the. >> i'm megan fitzgerald. it's a bit of a wet start to our a little chilly out there. you know what? it gets me in the mood toakant to me soup or something. >> you know whon can brighte things up? >> only one girl. >> it's lauryn richts. >> lauryn ricketts. >> i don't know how much sunshine i can bright things up

today guys. if the redskins win, we'll have brightnessll around the area, it won't matter if it's raining outside. that will put erybody in a good mood despite the rain. if you're headed out to the game, be prepared for rain. if you're headed to the nats game, be prepared for rain. if you're headed toaste of georgetown, d.c. fair, we have a plethora of events going on and this is what it looks like on your sunday morning. unfortunately, this is what it will look like on your sunday afternoon as well. live at the n,ional harbor you can see water drops hitting the camera. we've got a lot of rain andar s of moderate rain and this is what we're going to see. some may see some the skies just for a hot second but the rain will fill back in so you'll have drizse, clo today, some light rain, moderate rain. looding ied about the issue today because this is going to be ongoing. so wet out there today, make sure you hav the umbrella because we are going to keep chances of rain throughout this week. wetay a little on the cool side is but we're warming things up. itl feel like summer is back

by the time we head through midweek. we'll talk about temperatures and the timing of the rain fora mo morning in about 15 minutes. >> lauryn, thank you very much. anmetime, it appears dr. christine ford is going to testify before the senate judiciary committee this week. >> she's tif cnia college professor accusing supreme court nominee bra of sexual assault. but as nbc's chris pollone reports, many key details still need to be worked out. >> reporter: attorneys for a california college professor says say sheep has ad an invitation to testify before thj senaiciary committee, but tense negotiations continue over the hearing's details, like when and where it will take place and whatrmhe will be. the attorneys say christine blasey ford willha provide w they call firsthand knowledge of brett kavanaugh's sexual misconduct. ford claims when they were teens in the 1980aus, kav groped her and tried to remove her clothes at a party. kavanaugh categorically denies

the allegation. he said he will the committee to defend his integrity. a senior white house official reacting to the news of the tentative agreement says this seems like another delay tactice buting in missouri, the president didn't seem concerned. >> he was born for. the u supreme court. he was born for it. and it's going to happen. >> reporter: it sets up an extraordinary public hearing on capitol ll with a lifetime appointment to the supreme court on the line. chris pollone, nbc news. now to a developingto in southeast d.c. where police are investigating a deadly shooting. devastated loved ones gatheredne near the s on buena vista terrace near 30th street last night. here's what we know so far. the shooting happened just after midnight. we know victim died at the scene but police have not said what led to sheoting or if anyone is in custody. and the deadly shooting is just the latest in what's been a violent weekend for the district.

a man was shot and killed in a double shooting in this neighborhood friday night. he's been identified as terrell butler. the shootin happened near 51st and s streets in southeast. the second shooting victim isct ex to survive. and take a look at this map. neighborhoods in southeast, northeast, and northwest all touched by gun violence. there were two other shootings in southeast in the last few hours. the victims are expected to survive and one arrest has been made. a maryland family is anxiously awaiting news of the whereabouts of their teenageug er and sister. jenai deville disappeared nearly three weeks ago. the honors student vanished from atlanta and we're told she went to queens, new york, with her hi friend he returned but didn't. the fbi and prince georges county are looking for her now. her father andre brother pleading for her safe return. >> it's about just getting you

home and getting you the love and growing there and getting you the things you need. >> i know my sister wouldn't want to put us through it. i love you, i hope you come home. >> you're asked to ge police a call if you have any information about where jenai may be. we have more info and the number to call in the nbc washington app. juste h to searc "missing girl." now to a community's search for answers as a popular handy man was killed in a hit-and-run. the crash happened tuesday night on route 1 in dumfries. loved ones held a vigil for alvin smith last night. news 4's amy cho has their emotional plea for closure. >> reporter: those who knew alvin smi sthay no matter what you were doing he would drop everything if you needed help. his friends and family gathered to pay their respects. >> this is what family is about. this is what a community is about. >> reporter: a communi holding candles to honor a life well lived. alvin smith, known by his nickname a-1. friends say he was always about in dumfries doing a yard work

picking up trash. >> he's the community's handyman. a small community like this, everyone knows his name. >> he's going to be missed. u don't fin many young men like that, that's well respected, that s respect the y he was raised up. >> reporter: among the crowd, angela dawkins who says smith was like a t sher. >> he would always say how's mama doing? because he just looked at me as like a mother. >> reporter: police say a park ranger spotted smi lyi on route 1 tuesday night. when the ranger went to help he saw a vehicle run smith over. the driver stopped then took off. police say an autopsy revealed smith may have been hit by another car,too. what will you miss most about him? >> his kindness, his smile and my daily hug whe i wouldee him. >> reporter: as smith's friends and family search for answers, they have a message to the hit-and-run drivers. >> be a man or wan and come forward. stand up forhat youdid. >> reporter: as the community mourns its loss, police say they are looking for a blue vehicle

as well as is a jeep grand cherokee. if you have any information, you're asked to please call police. in dumfries,my cho, news 4. a new beginning in one part of d southeast. the new entertainment and sports arena is officially open there. ith otherser along city leaders took part in a ribbon-cutting yesterday. the new arena sits on the former site of the old st. elizabeth's east hospital in ward eit. it will hold 4200 people and it will be home for the washington mystics and the capital city go go which is a minor league basketball team. the wizards will also practice there. >> we're looking for business opportunities. we have great business people in thisward. >> reporter: old buildings on the campus will be converted to rental housing as part of a multiyear project to help revitalize that neighborhood. a big part of the washington nationals season is over. the team has beente elimi from the playoffs. the team looks good on the field

yesterday taking on the new yk mets. they won 6-0, but their loss on friday coupled with the atlanta braves and san francisco giants winnin their games means the team sson will be ovet the end of the month. >> certainly been a disappointing season for the mets. while the baseball season is things are heating up on the gridiron. >> the redskins take on the green bay packers and one recognizable face in washington will be rooting forhe green-and-gold. >> that's the packers. the face is chuck todd. he explained his packers fandom to our sports reporter. >> when did you become a packers fan? >> everybody asks that, i grew up in miami and not in usconsin. my dad grewin iowa. he was a packers fan in the '50s. as he said you had to pick packers or bears and y he said always rooted against chicago, they were the big city boys so green bay was like his little town called waterloo. and i washe fan they stunk.

the first book, the first chapter book i rd as a kid was jerry cramer's instant replay s i'm indoctrinated and brainwashed and my 11-year-old son, the first chapter book he read, jerry cramer's instant replay. >> there you have it. chuck also talked about son-in-law key points the redskins could take advanta of en they take the field today. >> you can see more of chuck's sit down after "meet the press" on the redskins pre-game show and chuck is going to sit with us again in the 10:00 hour to prevw this morning's edition of "meet the press." she does that show. >> just a little bit going on. never a lot. ain sho murder in one of the district's safest neighborhoods. a woman is killed at random while jogging. coming up, we're working for you withome self-defense tips to make sure you always come home from a ru from a ru that'sn. c

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the crime scene sent shock waves ross the streets of d.c. and across the country, really. >> news 4's erica gonzalez is working for you with a look at what you should do i you're going out for a run alone. is after the stabbing and death this week. >> reporter: the gruesome murdea of young woman jogging in a well-known and well-lit part d.c. has a lot of peoplealki tng and it's bringing up memories similar cases of women who went out for a run and never made it back alive. chandra levy disappeared after going out for a run in 2001. more recently mollie tibbetts was stabbed to death by a stranger. the university of iowa stude students's body found in a farm near her hometown. here are four things to keep in

mind, tell somebody where you're going and how long you'll be gone for. use a tracking app. think about where you'll be running. is it healyopulated? is it well lit? and when you're buds are in, look all around you, to the sides and behind y aswell. a few weeks ago, jenna bush hager of the "today" show did a segment onor safety f runners. look at what a fmer secret service agent says you should do in a worst-case scenario. >> if you are attacked i want you to think you tantbe quick and fierce and violent when you strike a person. you be my attacker, i come at you front the front. hands up, break your hold. that's one. simp easy steps. >> reporter: another option? >> in, down, knee strike >> reporter: and if someone approaches from behind. come an use my head to back and crack you in your face. >> reporter: another int

tip. women and men should vary their running routes to thr off anybody that may be spying on which route you're anning on taki taking. back to you. certainly a lot of concern after thats incident t week here in the district. thank you very much, erika. time is 7:44 as you take a live look as we are off to a soggy sunday here in the nation's caltal. but w it warm up? lauryn is back wh your full it staying on top of your game takes a plan. a plan that focuses on the whole you.

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the devastation by florence is not or yet. and neither is the work of chef jose andres and his team of a cook volunteers. >> he's become like the hurricane chef. barbara harrison wanted to find out what drives a guy to dive headlong into troubled waters. only on news 4, she caught up with the chef in the brief calm before the violent weather hit. >> reporter: he drove himself to north carolina as the water w rising and flights canceled. chef turned philanthropist jose an dredres has put his dangp to h other people weather the storm. he'll tell you he's not the only >> this there's a lot of people go everyday in their lives further than they should. reporter: he says caring about other human beings was something he learned about at home growisp up in n. >> my mom, my dad, they used to

be nurses and i saw the people in the hospital, the nurses, always going the extra step. >> reporter: he first leaed to cook a home, lighting the fire and stirring the spot to make it's a skill he repeats often as he reaches out to help then hungry desperate situations. in 2010, he founded the world central kitchen after the devastating earthquake in haiti. he called on other chefs to join him a they did. it's been a grass roads movement of people that wants to feed others. reporter: a stirring the spot has taken him into some sticky situations. >> like terminating a deal with the president trump hotel in washington following president trump's words about mexicans. >> i don't know if it's prejudice but it seems more ever this administration seems it'sin a people that speak

english with an accent. >> reporter: having twice tearnn countless inional and national awards, they're the most popular singled out again by the micheline guide. congratulati that you just got. >> two star >> two stars. >> reporter: but no time to celebrate his michelin stars th florence bearing down. it was time once again to move. he said unlike puerto rico it looked like response would be timeer this >> not to realize that puerto rico was totally forgotten and that we didn't put the full support of the federal government. nd he's hoping it's not just becauses i election year. >> i guess our politicians seem to be putting more pressure on things when it's an election year. republican and democrats alike.

nobody estat escapes, maybe we elections soar everybody is ready to serve the people every timevery moment. >> reporter: here in washington, jose andres is. bu he teaches a seminar at george washington university. so you don't have to go very poor teach your class here. he wants to teach the world to ca about food. u're all about helping eating, aren't you? >> well. i am about good eating. i think everything is healthy, only you have to make sure that you doe the right volume. >> reporter: and could politics be in his future? doubtful. he'd rather keep stirring the spot to make the world a better pl >> i think the world is full of those moments when we all go yochbd our duty and that's what makesur country and our planet so unique. >> such a good >> chef andres has been posting

updates on his efforts inorth carolina. local media is reporting world central kitchen volreteers have y served more than 150,000 people. they show no signs of stopping and you know what? there might be more work because you're saying florence might be circling ck? >> and i was wondering if i should put this in my show because i don't want to scare people but it's interesting because the remnants of florence went off the coast of massachusetts, came back down around bermuda and now the area of low pressure, the disorganized showers that were associated with florence is just southwest of bermuda and theyac head into the coast of carolina and it would just be thunderstorms. it wouldn't be anything crazy. >> they don't need more rain. >> they don't. and it's interesting tha that's the same system so i'll show you that in a minute. let me show you this. > hey. e got fog out there. this is how it's going to look tomorrow morning. plan ahea as you make your way back to work monday morning. get the kids ready for school. we'll have fog out there and some rain not only today but

also tomorrow, areas of heavy rain and drizzle and light rain. this is what the radar will be throughout r then today we have a frontal system to the south ofres, high pres just to the north, winds around this are going clockwise so it's bringing moisture off the atlantic and giving us clouds and moisture and rain throughout the day today and tomorrow. there's bermuda, that little dot right there. buff this is remnants florence. yesterday it had about a 40% chance ofreorganization and the national hurricane center is keeping an eye but it ha 20% chance and it looks to led into the coast of carolinag br some thunderstorms with it. then it will head back out to a so nothing major but something to keep an eye on. interesting out there. current temperatures right now in the 50s and low s.60 61 in washington. 62 at quantico marine 'rbase. if y grabbing coffee, hot

coffee, keep yourself warm, it will be wet out there and any outdoor pares today have a backup plan because we have rain throughout the day. church services, make sur grab that warm raincoat and definitely that umbrella because showers could bet moderate times today. mid-60s. that's about as good as we'reet going to for temperatures are. sund morning again we're looking at the rain coming rough. areas of moderate rain even for the redskins game, even for the nats game we're going to have rain. ra a overnighther foggy morning tomorrow morning, rain through the day tomorrow. areas of moderate rain, warm front lift us there on tuesday and wll have some showers at least tuesday morning. i do have clearing b tuesday afternoon. but for tomorrow, again, fog, temperatures in the 50 and 60s as you make your way out the door, tomorrow will be a fewee de warmer than today. 66 today. 68 tomorrow. average temperature 77. now, warm front lifts through on tuesday, there will be big spread in temperatures ones y but we have rain chances in the morning. by wednesday we're going to be hot and humid.

temperatures back in the 80s on the south side of the warm front. showers and thunderstorm chances in the afternoon. chance of rain thursday, friday dry a we keepnd

we've been sing today i like you cook -- it's a chilly day but you cook ichili. think i might so do soup today. >> it's a perfect day to do it because we have fog, low clouds, rain hroughout the daytoday. moderate also at times, light ai

times,le at times. if you get a dry spot, it won't be for long. temperatures in the 60s today. 60s tomorrow with more rain throughout the day. rain into tuesday morning. wednesdaorning will be dry. chance of rain thursday. friday i'm keeping dry. next weekend keeping dry a well. >> take that. >> saturday, sun, 78. we'll look for thatday. >> the leaves might start changing soon. >> if we get cooler temperatures. we need much cooler temperatures. >> we're back at 9:00. see you later.

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