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accusation. we're live with all the fallout. not your mother's weight loss prram. >> wellness for everyone. beyond just weight. >> why weight watchers has decided to slim down its name? and the amazing treatment helping paralyzed people walk again. >> we begin with an unexpected discovery. five days after a fire in a d.c. senior comple >> all the residents had been reportedly accounted for, trapped inside his unit. >> it took firefighters hours to get it under control. >> today crews returned to the burned out building to make sure no one else has been left behind. let's go to pat collins in the navy yard area. what's going on there?
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>> reporter: leon, the fire and water caused an apartment door to warp, making it impossible to open. workers had to use a crowbar to get inside. they found a 74-year-old man inside.he through all evacuations, through the head count,n that apartment, left behind. today.ehind until >> he was incredibly lucky and lucky.e incredibly he could have died. >> yeah. i'm not a medical person but i did the pentagon, all these collapses allver theworld. sure, he could have died. >> this is allen, a structural engineer who rescued a 74-year-old man who had been trapped in his apartment at the arthur capper homes since that massive fire last wednesday. >> when i was messing with the
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door, you heard a voice. and we go, is somebody in there? and he goes, yes. so i said, we'll get you out. and he said, i'm not going any place. one of the it wa largest fires in our city's recent history. it burnedor hours, like a flaming whack-a-mole. when they got one side knocked down over there, another ball of flames scores of rescue workers deployed. more than 100 residents evacuated, except for that man in the second floor apartment. discovered this inmo five days later. >> and i went in. i askede him ifs blind and he looked like he might be.n emi ee you're [ bleep ] and i said we'll get you out of here. he started toea for his cane. i said we'll get you out. we put him on the kitchen chair and took him rout. orter: the man was taken to the hospital to be checked out. in thecu meantime, r workers
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using dogsre making yet another search of the building to makeure no one else has been left behind. pat and leon, back to you. >> hey, was there water andit electr in the building? >> reporter: the electricity was cut off saturday. i wasold they found bottled water on a counter there so at least he had water and he had electricity saturday. sitting in sort of a couch looking toward a television set.me he s to be okay. >> that's amazing. >> one tough hombre. >> we're glad he's okay. >> be still my heart. >> exactly. >> news4 was the first on the scene as the fire broke out. we have a gallery of incredible images. go to the nbc washington app and
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search navy yard. >> unbelievable! the story of the weather today. look at the clouds. all the wayhrough tomorrow morning, right? a little tale of everything in your week's forecast. >> we're talking about the dreary conditions today. the showers, the temperatures only in the 60s. we're talking about a severe weather. we just h the showers. most of it with continuing light rain and of course, in the evening rush, yeah, you're running into some wet roadways ho you move through the night. thers around our region look back to the west. a lot of rain back here and we've got rain coming
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through. and right in toward early tomorrow morning. then we'll see a little change in the afternoon tomorrow. temperatures on wednesday into e mid 80s. but look at this. feeling much more like fall today. much more liker sum two days from w.no the man overseeing the russia fvestigation reportedly expected to beed today after visiting the white house, the puty attorney general rod rosenstein still has a job bute his fut seems uncertain. >> a lot of speculation around him. >> he still has a job. we're looking the see what will happen when he meetsrom
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president trump. you know the president has repeatly complained about the ve igation. he has attacked justice department and the people who lead it so this new report about his deputy attorney general could get president reason to get rid of him. >> the man in charge on increasingly shaky groun today rod rosenstein after speculation tha he would resign or get fired, instead leaving the white house wh a shake from the chief of staff. "the new rosenstein considered invoking the 25th amendment to remove the president and even suggested secretly recording him in may of last year. rosenstell denying a of it even requesting an extensive conversation with the presidentw thehite house says. the two set to meet thursday when president trump returns to e whitehouse. >> we'll be determining what is going on. we want to have transparency. we want to have openness and i
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look forward to meeting with rod at that time. >> reporter: all of it setting off a wavepe oflation over what will happen to the russia because embattled jeff sessions recused himself, it is rosenstein who oversees special counsel robert mueller. >> what you would have is a deputy attorney general who has been terminated or asked to resign, a attorney genera whose days are numbered, and the oversight of the muellerig inveion that would be up in the air. >> reporter: anticipation building as president trump and rosenstein set ton meet thursday when the president returnso the white house. and the president's attorney, jay sekulow says if voens in fact out, he says it is necessary on essentially take time-out and re-evaluate robert muler's russia investigation. >> it's only monday. we'll see what happens later on. thank you. protesters dedescon capitol
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hill today. the protesters visited senate offices and rallied in the rotunda. kavanaugh strongly denies the allegations. we'll have a live report on that coming up in the next half-hour. developing this afternoon, a case ofai legio's disease confirmed in the district. the patient is a resident of engleside at rock creek, a retirement community.e the water restrictions in place while the source of the disease is tracked. officials say there isoeason to believe it has spread outside the community. we'll have the latest coming up. >> the sentencing phase for bill
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cosby was today. the 81-year-old comedian is facing a maximum 30-year prison term for sexual assault charges. cosby was convicted in ach drugging and molesting the former temple university basketball's administratsi at his m in 2004. cosby is expected to be sentenced tomorrow. the d.c. detectives are making progress in the search r the driver who hit a cyclist and then sped off today. right.t's at the corner of 12th street and constitution avenue in northwest was very busy. the cyclist is saido be in serious condition. adam tuss is talking with ake co-w who is praying for the cyclist's recovery. >> it is hd enough to hear about a hit and run involving a cyclist in the city. then you hear it is a co-worker. someone you work powith. we with this person's co-worker today who says that this guy is an avid cyclist. h he rides bike to the natural history museum every day and
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then this morning, he got hit by a car which is every cyclist's worst nightmare. >> all i know is he was severely injured. they took himo gw hospital. it was a hit and run. police are saying they have good security camera footage of the entire incident here. we'll have updates as they become available. ck to you. >> a violent weekend across the district. d.c. police anvestigating six homicides in a series of shtings. at least 14 people of course shot since late friy nigh you can see on the map, most of the shootings happened in sout last. police aking for who is behind the shootings. as of this afternoon, they havep only taken oneson into custody. >> happening tonight. a d.c. community in mourning will meet to address crime concerns after the recent
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stabbing the meeting will start on massachusetts avenue at 6:30. the 23-year-old anthony crawford has been charged with the mueer. .c. police chief is expect to attend the cmunity meeting. coming up next, a big issue facing millions of american losing weight. >> ahead, the wait is over. weight watchers is changing its name. no longer just focusing on pounds. and caught on camera. a thief in the district. and what you need to know and what you need to know about theew hit show, this is n
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what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. right now, storm-team 4 is tracking rain for the evening commute all the way into tomorrow morning's commute. the company that has helped hundreds of thousands of people watch their weight by assigning points to food is getting a new name. weight watchers ceo announced this news on the "today" show this morning. consumer reporter susan hogan has dails on the big change. >> reporter: that's right.
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weightatchers said it is changing its name bause consumers are ditching their diets, insteadpting for wellness. the name will be ww. the move is in part to expand to focus beyond weight loss to healthy overall living. it will have a new logo. wellness that works. they'v announced they are eliminating all artificialnt ingred from their products. and there will be rewards for women working toward healthier habits. back to you. >> how about o the habit winning? a comeback for the ages. this is by far onees of the to ever do it. tiger woods back on top again. that was a mob scene unlike any i think i've ever seen.
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tiger woods cruised to his 80th n yesterday coming back from back injuries and other controveies in his life. he seems to have it all put together now. that is his first win ithe pga tour in five years. he hasn't won since 2013. the all time record by two right now. >> fantastic. he had some emotional reaction to that, too. >> i'm telling you. you ask guys whos, love spo what was it that they cared the most about yesterday? wast the redskins win or was it tiger? i ask you.n you'reorts toorgs. the answer is? >> oh, i switched over to timyr. rother and i were driving. we were down in miami. we were driving back listening to the redskins game but we had to get home to washington to watch tiger. there was just a mob behindhim. eventually he just came out. that was cool. that wasamazing. and he is the only one in golf
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that can do it.ha >> inspired me to go to the driving range yesterday even though it did rain. >> i had my first birdie time.rday in a long >> not exactly golf weather. >> not today and not o much this week although i think you can get out there maybe latern this week, but not today. the rain, the drizzle, the showers. 67 degrees. winds out of the east. look at the rest the region. 59 in leesburg. drizzle and showers. 63 in gaithersburg. 65, huingtown. yesterday the first full day of fall. fall began on saturday b the first full day yesterday. rain.t the driving along the mall today,
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driving along the 95, 495, the beltway, not looking good at all. yeah. the wet roadways will continue right through the night into tomorrow as well. and you can see why. we've got a front. look at the clouds. those are at the mid levels. at the surface, we've to the the onshore flow. that's why we're continuing to see the showers and israin. hole system to the west. this has to move through region. still around 73 in look at fredericksburg. around 83, may see some sun south of d.c. maybe if we get some sunshine in d.c., i can easily see this going to 81 in d.c. i can also i see staying around 75. one thing for sure, everybody has a chance of seeing showers in the morning.
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especially to the north. here tonight, 8:00, yeah. a the showerivity as we move through. 3:00 a.m., showers,fog, here's 10:00 a.m. you notice some fog and cloud bver. we try onak out a little bit from the rain. the temperatures do go up and we may see some sunshine by the evening. we've still got a chance ofsh ers. wednesday is something different. we have the clouds, the low fog. here's 11:00 a.m. some of the sunshine out there. we've gotha ae of possibly strong storms wednesday evening. a chance of stronger storms on went. 78 tomorrow 85 o wednesday with some sunshine early. 72 thursday. 78 o friday. friday looking good if you think about playing golf. the rest of the ten-day forecast. i've got that coming up for you.
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>> we can save some money by not washing the cars. fans would call it an excruciatingly long hiatus, season three almost here. "this is us." >> the tear jerker returns tomorrow night. we already know a little of what's to come. plus, meghan markle reveal her something blue for the her something blue for the wedding with prince
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can help. >> if you need good cry. "this is us" tomorrow night on nbc 4. >> we have a barely moved in house. i have a million things i have to do and i'm going to have to use a garbage bag for my swollen clown feet to get anything done. >> i've got it. >> i'm not done talking yet. >> here to talk about what's in store for the pearson clan.ha >>s the word? do we have to restock up on
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cleanex? >> when they come in with that acoustic, i start crying. "this is us" returnsrow night at 9:00. kate and toby already dealt with a miscarriage and now they're hoping to try again. >> i know this isn't what you want to hear but i'm not going to be able to take you on as a patient. >> what? why? >> at your weight the chances of a successful pergnancy are vy slim. even if you go through in-vitro. >> we know and we don't care. >> they've been through so much. we've gott story line. toby is battling depression. we've got jack. we're going to meet his brother that we never met. he'll go twook vietnam. 've got all of that so i have a feeling this season will be incredibly emotional. and because jack arsons a prince among all men. we had a search on cess. are you the real jack pearson? we got a nner. his name is ryan mccarthy.
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a dad of three just like jack. he and his wife kimberly, they've got three kids, 16-year-old sophie,13-year-old owen and 10-year-old lily. they're from northern ca tfornia ans is really cool. tomorrow he is coming down to go to the premier with me. i'll be at the premier party so i'll give the vip treatment. roll out the red carpet and watch a real fan interact with them. >> it will just make his daughters jealous. that's all you're going to do. >> right?s thermething about this show that really touches everybody's nerves. i can't wait. and all the different sto lines will be really strong this year. >> thank you. >> thanks, guys have a good day. >> thank you. have a good one. >> the new fall season kicks off tonight on n nbc amoew shows. the drama manist. >> this is about meanings mysteriously lose five and a
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half years of their life on a night. i know how that feels. pthemier is tonight on nbc. >> you know how that feels? >> yes. you walk off a flight and feel like you're five and a half years younger? yep. been there, done that, got the t-shirt. 15 of the boys, jennifer hudson joins blake. one person will join from the comeback stage. a digital competition. check that out. >> grab the popcorn. >> popcorn and kleenex. coming up ahead, decades of research into spinal cord injuries paying off. >> researc found that several paralyzed men are d
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i have a lot to talk about. lai j lauryn willoin me in about 15 minutes. rod rosenstein thought he would be out of a job by this point in the day. instead, he got a handshake from the chief of staff as he left the white house. but hisate is uncertain until he meets with the president later this week. >>n i'll be back thursday. when i get back, we'll have a meeting. i spoke with rod today and we'll have a meeting on thursday when i get bache white house. >> rosenstein is denying the report that he was talking about using the 25th amendment to remove the president from office. republicans are presentin a united front on brett kavanaugh. a second woman has stepped u and accused him of sexual misconduct.
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kavanaugh strongly denies the allegations. there was some heated protests. >> yes. this new allegation against brett kavanaugh has sides here on capitol hill diggi in. days ahead of a hig stakes hearing for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, a second accusation of sexual misconduct. deborah ramirez says while she and kavanaugh attended ye at a drunken dorm room party in the exposed himsegh to her. the new yorker says there were no direct witnesses. >> whave someone on the record who remembers him, who describes him asco often rently >> this comes as another person is preparing to testify against him. pressure is mounting on both sides. today more protesters
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demonstrating against kavanaugh's nomination. usations the new a false and uncorroborated and he insists he won't be intimidated into withdrawing. republicans say it is a coordinated effort by democrats to kill the nomination. >> a smear campaign. pure and simple. >> the presi stands by his nominee. >> a chance this could be one o the most single most unfair, unjust things on happen to a candidate. m judge kavanaugh and i look forward to a vote. >> democrats wantay to d the hearing and want a full investigation. several republicans want to hear only from ford and then hold a vote kavanaugh's nomination. >> all right. thank you. a new warningo residents at a northeast neighborhood of suspected porch pirate waswl on the p from packages out there. a home surveillance camera captured this video of a person stealing pkage off a porch in
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northeast earlier this month. if you have information on this cse,l d.c. police. they're offering a reward. we are looking for your this afternoon. the fda has questions about a study that shows silicon breast ill plants may be linked to rare diseases.on of the top cancer studies found it. conditions like lupus and autoimmune diseases among somet ts but the fda takes issue with how the study was conducted is that says it will meet next year to renew the data. a reallymi png health story. a dramatic advance in the terrell of spinal cord injuries. >> a new spine stimulator has patients walking again.ds erica edw has the story. reporter: you are watching a medical milestone. several people who were paralyzed after devastating spinal cord injuries are now walking minimalassistance.
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these patients at the university of louisville in kentucky have an electronic stimulator implanted on their spinal cord. they've been through hours and hours of grueling physical therapy. first on a treadmill with trainers moving their legs for them in stemoing tions. >> it takes a lot of concentration. you have to focus what you're doing. >> reporter: with helrom the stimulator, the spim cord has ment.ureka >> it doesn't happen the first time. it doesn't happen the 100th time. over time, each time it is practiced, the circuitry relearns. >> reporter: the patients have not had any control of their legs in more than two years. now they're using walkers, even a cane. >> incredibly breath taking. a third patient is bringing hop1 to the more th million people in the u.s. who are paralyzed because of a spinal
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cord injury >> wow! amazing. >> can you imagine bng able to take a step after thinking you would never take a step again. >>nd how much more does your body dmik when you start i believing a seeing and it it makes your body kick it into a higher gear. i wonder what else they can learn with that technology and erapy. >> a potentially dangerous fungus found on a local campus. hundreds of college students were forced to go to hotels. we'll tell you how it is responding. meghan markle hid a little something blue. tim kaine and corey stewart, the candidates will face off wednesday right here on nbc4. it will be moderated by chuck
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i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. today meghan markle attend ad ceremony for young coaches. before that, the couple headed two separate teams. team duke and team duchess. the duchess of sussex has been quite busy since the royal ommarried earlier this year. >> part an upcoming documentary where w learned about the something blue she wore.
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officially known as the ducss sussex has been reunited with her famous wedding dress. the first time she's seen it since her wedding in may. it is part of a documentary about the queen. in it, she reveals a romantic secret about her big day. >> somewhere if here, did you see piece of blue fabric stitched inside? it is my something blue. >> fans can find out more about the royals in the new documentary queen of the world. they've only bn married four months but meghan has been busy. firsteek she lost her solo project, a charity cook book. fday they are hosting a mentoring event young people and next month they head off on a two-weekoyal tour of australia and the south pacific.
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meghan may have retireds an actress but she is still hard at work. nbc news. >> w don't hear her talk often. >> that may be the first timeea i've her voice this year. >> ihink it is very romantic. >>ra colations. it is the end of an era. today, celine deon announced she is leaving vegas. she says she will leave caesar's lace in june after eight years. running second long residency there. tickets for next year's shows go tuesday. her final concert, june 8. she isack in th studio making some new music. that's something to look forward to >> what are you going to do when
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you go back home on your next trip? she's gone. >> i'll have to go see somebody else. somebody at planet hollywood or something. all right, coming up, the nearly four-year long effput to t bill cosby bind bars is nearing an end. >> live to philadelphia next where the 81-year-old comedian will learn his fate after a stunmng fall f grace. and we continue to have this rain in our area. it has been like this since yesterday. we do have some sunshine in that ten-day fecast alongith warmer temperatures. warmer temperatures. a'll talk at children's national,
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counted as safe. we're told the man had some water bottles in his unit and he didn't have any serious injuries. rod rosenste's day see to be ending differently than he exhtcted. he tho he would be fired at the white house today. rosenstein still on the job. his future however, feels a bit uncertain to have a face to fe meeting with the president. d protesters are demanding. kavanaugh denies allegations. and weight watchers, they decided to slim down their name. the company is renami itself ww. it wants to focus now more on overall wellness and not just dieting. along with a new logo and a new name, it says it will eliminate
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all a artificial ingredientsnd started a newrogram called wellness winsl b cosby back in a pennsylvania courtroom today. five months after bei convicted on three counts of indecent assault. fate.udge will decide his jay gray has followed this case from the beginning and jay is live now for t us with >>ginning of the sentencing phase. eporter: yeah. the judge has set aside two days for this sentencing hearing. it began with a t doctor f state describing bill cosby as a predator, capable of another attack. it was a long day in urt. both sides agreeing on one thing. they decid to charge all three charges which means the maximum sentence would be five to ten years. there's a broad range for the
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judge. he could give bill cosby io prob he could give him at home incarceration with a monitoring bracelet or five to ten years. prosecutors made a plea to get maximum here. we heard from the victim who read a victim statement saying, and i'm quoting her here. i testified, the jury heard me. all i'm asking for is j the court sees fit.o we a heard from her mother and father and sister who called her a hero on sby'sside. the defense team said that he is an old man. 81 years old.e as danger to no one. he is blind and in poor health and would noturvive in jail. we will find out tomorrow what theventual outcome will be here. >> thank you. losing money and reputation. unaccording the newest scam in
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the rental market. >> here's a look at what' new at 5:00. >> coming up, the i-teamrk is g to protect you and your money. >> this time they're protecting you against shabby scammers. thesemmers impersonate realtors with five star ratings online. and then they post properties at affordable prices. jody goesrc undeer to find out twy'rehe >> and how you can recognize this heme. also ahead, you're feeling the sque oe. >> the sea the planes are getting smaller and smaller. what is happening this week to make you a littl more comfortable? a little more roomy? >> we'll seeho with you stories. that's a good story. coming up next. >> if they could start charging us lessho for crampy seats. >> baby steps. >> a few inches at a time. turning to e weather, we
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want to dry out and get a little sun andot we've some more summer coming. >> yeah. temperatures today in the 60s. we're going way above average. that will come with a good chance of strong toly potenti severe storms wednesday afternoon. out there now, currently, 67 degrees. we've got the showers and drizzle around town. that will continue through the night. 7:00, 9:00, 11:00. i will definitely keep that umbrella handy as you move t throug evening hours. the temperatures everywhere only in the low 60s. 64 degrees right now. 65, baltimore, , annapolis. look aleesburg. there it is. you see it around the city to the west.er winche and hagerstown. this is an area that h seen the tris and what we'll continue to see. you can see the shower happening.
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martinsburg, she saids town. it is coming down right through the night. we've been on the west side and we've got coming. omre rain to and now this is, most of this will head to the north. aware going to stay with the showers. your plan for tomorrow, expect showers early for the morning commute. and maybe around noon we could see the cool temperatures continuing. most of this will be to the north of washington. a better chance ofteast some sun. let's talk about the rain chances. we've been taking a look at these and the next couple days, the morning, som in the afternoon. >> it really depends. we'll have a roller coaster of
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o mperatures. we're goingve showers around the region. you'll be dealing with some fog and then i believe we can get some sunshine out here on wednesday morning. then m erain, possibly stronger storms in the afternoon. w you make your out the door, if you have things to do, the roads will be wet. exactly like it is right now. and even tomorrow morning, a fow s as well. tomorrow evening, there could be a few wet roads. 'rpecially if y north of d.c. for the most part, we'll try on start drying out. so again, your tuesday mening for bus stop. mostly dry in the afternoon and evening. now, that's quite different on wednesday. especially for afternoon activity. school activity, practice. it looksngike the mor will be dry and muggy. then some stronger storms to deal with wednesday afternoon and wednesday night right in time for the evening commute.
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a few light showers in the evening. we do have some small rain tuchances ay. >> friday is looking like the best day of the week. with some sunshine, a mix of sun d clouds 79 on saturday. i have a chance of showers but i'm not expecting most of us should remain dry. any gain for the weekend, i think they'll be okay. 75 on single. so many cancellations this past weekend and really, so far this season from the baseball players, soccer players, all the like. a chance of showers as well. the big deal is the high temperature in the mid 80s with a good chance of onorms. we'llnue to watch that for you over the next couple days.> >>ocal students forced out of the dorm rooms and hotels. >> a potentially dangerous fungus found. we'll tell you how this university is responding. more on that incredible
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hundreds of local college students are staying in a hotel while crews take care of mold found inside their >> this is a month into the new school year. mold found on windows and furniture. >> reporter: t contractors are already inside inspecting and cleaning the rooms a yanking out some of the furniture and drywall. the first mold spores were detected weeks ago when students started getting sick. >> i know for a fact they had to dehum dehumidify. >> reporter: students found mold on furniture and bed sheets, in their closets and on their
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clothes. >> basically, it was bad enough -- >> reporter: the staff relocated them to off campus hotels sunsy with hundrore moving over the next few weeks. >> a huge nuisance. i'm kind ofmar away f the classes and now being on ther t side of campus in a hotel is even farther. >> reporter: he said when you're paying $12,000 for room and board, youxpect better. >> i feel like they should have caught this earlier so wedn wo have the issue with getting to classes and having to live somewhere else. >> repter: the administration says we're working as quickly as possible to eradicate the problem. university staff has been working around the clock. the thing is, thi is probabl not isolated to this hall. there have been isolated reports of mold inor other as well and all this rain we've been getting only making it worse. in college park, news4.
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new at 5:00, miracle or mistake? a man found alive in a burned out senior home five days after the inferno. >> they thought they had everybody out until this morning when theyhi found man inside hi apartment. >> reporter: pat collins reveals what they found. and how did everything missing for so long? full tilt in trump's washington. rumors swirl about the fate of the deputy attorney general. and the state set for a supreme court showdown between the accuser and the accused. we're live with the latest ones two huge stories. rainy ithat cloudy to start the fall but the battle we begin with the story that had us all asking, how did that happen? >> a man found alive in a building five days after this all went up in flame.
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>> this massive fire. this was a senior citizens complex in the navy yard area. it forced about 100 residents to evacuate. it tk hours t get this under control. today the stunning discovery. the resident found trapped inside his home there. pat colli walked the the engineer who found him and he joins us live in southeast with this incredible story. >> after thatire they had a head count. they miss ad 74-yeaold man. he was found today fiveay later. the door warped by the fire and impossible to open. workers had to use crow bars to get inside. a 74-year-oldman, a resident of the arthur capper home.pp apparently t in his apartment since the massive fire la
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