right now at 6:00, the white house will not allow the fbi to inveigate the claims of one of the women accusing judge brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct but the agency will examine the allegations from another woman. president trump's comments a short time ago causing even more confusion. at american university, a f transformee forced hundreds of students out of their dorms this morning. coming up, how this is still impacting campus.ak breing tonight, nearly 400 dead after a powerful earthquake triggers a massive tsunami in indonesia. news4 at 6:00 starts no

good evening. news4 reporting that the white house is not allowing the fbi to interview julie sweatnick, accusing brett kavanaugh of as well misconduct. the fbi is investigating allegations from the two other women. minutes ago president trump told nbc newsbi the is talking to everybody. we have more on theontroversy that has captivated and divided the country. >> the nominationf brett kavanaugh to the supreme court is before the full senate. a final vote is a week away as the fbi reopens its investigation into kavanaugh'sb ground. the delay and investigation spurred by arizona republican senator jeff flake, confronted inn elevator by two sexual assault survivors friday. >>lake joined judiciary committee democrats calling for the fbik to l into allegations by s well misconduct

kavanaugh. >> the country is being ripped apart. we have to do due dilince. >> kavanaugh strongly denied all the allegations against him and says he will cooperate. an attorney for debra ramirez said saturday the fbi has conducted her for an interview. senate democrats are hopeful that a wee is enough time for the fbi to do a thorough investigation to put questions about kavanaugh's treatment of women in high school and college >> we want to make sure that they actually do the background checkhe like should. but again, i think law enforcement has got to do their job. >> reporter: after thursday's historic hearing befor judiciary committee, emotions on capitol hill is very raw. now a week for senators to reset and reflect as investigators behind the scenes try to find the truth.ri pallone, nbc>> news. barbara comstock is blasting

senate democrats over the kavanaugh hearings. she says kavanaugh accuser dr. christine blasey ford and kavanaugh have not been served well. comstock said she blames democrats for, quote, leaking dr. ford's letter without her permission. comstock faces a tough re-election against a demratic challenger. to read more on the kavanaugh nomination search "kavanaugh, on thepp nbc washington we're monitoring a barricade situation in the alexandria section of fair facti afax. officers armed with tactical gear. police werehere to serve an arrest warrant for the man inside. he has refused to come out. no roads areed cl but we'll let you know what happens. lice believe the man is unarmed. scaryoments at american university this morning after a transfmer blew up. flames shooting up from the ground as smoke filled the air.

darcy spencer is oside the school tonight. >> reporter: this is not the wag co students want to spend their saturday morning. so much for sleeping in. the good news is that the students have returned to their residence halls. looking over here, we can see that generators are being brought onto campus. i can tel you that things are still under impact at this hour. a look once again at the incredible vid posted by d.c. fire on twitter earlier today. huge flames rising from the. grou thick black smoke billowing. i can imagine it could be seen for quite distanceway from campus here in northwest washington. hundreds of students had to be evacuated from their residence halls just before 7mo0 this ing. many of them were probably still in bed. they were t given all clear hours later to go back inside. four buildings are sti ung emergency generators and have limited electricity.

now, think about this. his forced classes to be canceled and took down the internet in parts of campus today. one student describes how this affected him. >> when f west were evacuated there wasn't much, so we didn't think it was a bigeal. towards the end we had to evacuate further from the building,nd we were receiving alerts from the aupd just to stay away and what had happened. >> reporter: sgamore good news. it sounds like things are pretty much back t normal heren campus. no reports of any injuries. back to you. >> good news there, darcy. turning to the forecast. we want to welcome a familiar face around these parts. clay anderson joins us this evening. it looks like you brought some good weather with you. >> good evening. what time to com back. we had a beautiful view outside right now. sunshine, bluekies. today was the day to get outside and enjoy it. in fact, itike tomorrow

we'll have some nice day as well. a live cityfamera reagan national airport. just as i was saying, today was a great day. as we show you what we expect over the nexteekend -- should say for tomorrow into the work week. again, clear skies tonight. it will cleut tomorrow, sunshine abounds once again. believe it or not, a taste ofit summer some warmer days ahead. the complete forecast and a look at the work week and school week, erica, i'll join you downstairs i haven't been here for a while. i'll join you at the it's all on one floor. >> around the corner. >> we will be back in a just a minute. back to you. >> thanks, clay. breaking news, southeast asia. the death toll has risen to 384 people. we showed you the dramatic video the 7.5 magnitude quake triggered a tsunami. ssive waves slammed into the city of palu. hundreds of people are injured.

thousaess of hom have been destroyed in this. aftershocks could be felt today. patients being treated inside of hospitals, were moved outside for fear of more aftershocks. a police department in mississippi in mourning after two officers weren killed the line of duty. the officers from the brookhavem police dept died in an early-morning shootout. they were responding to a home with reports of shots fired. both were wearing bullet-proof vests and had body cameras. the governor is asking for prayers for the family as the department grapples with the loss. >> you never know when it's your lastay. and i just want to thank all the men and women in law eorcement fo their bravery and for their service. suspect was also hurt in the shootout. he has been treated at a local hospital. hot button issues impacting african-american women taking center stage on the national mall. what the activists are demanding

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of t supreme court and reproductive rights for women. speakers talkingbout the me too movement and dr. christine blasey ford's emotional testimony on the hill this week. also calling on leaders to address the growing black female prison population. ews4 is working to break the stigma surrounding suicide. people gathered today in prince george's county to draw attention to the issue.s this the second annual suicide prevention walk. tht county governm is partnering with a group to help people have reaat convens about the issues surrounding suicide. we have resources. if you or somebody you know is struggling, just open our nbc washington a and search "changing minds." a live look at reagan national airport othis gorgeo saturday. beautiful view there. that's not reagan. clay anderson is standin by

with your full forecast. changes coming to one of the most inic approaches to the most inic approaches to the nation's capital this weekend

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expert care for every new beginning. you're watching news4 at 6:00. park police are trying to figure out how a carp ended in a creek in northwest d.c. a car went into the water near the rock creek parkway and p street area.n' they d find anybody inside.

we have been reminding you about this for some time now. maybe you have already seen it for yourself. the memorial bridge is closed for repairs this weekend. as news4's derrick ward explains, drivers will face some issues on monday. >> reporter: sometimes you don't realize how important something is uakil it is away. like the arlington memorial bridge, one of the iconics entranceo the nation's capital. >> it's a nice walk, especially if it's beautifuloutsid >> reporter: the bridge will be closed this weekend to cars and pedestrians and cyclists. >> for sure. taking time to figure out how to walk on a sidewalk. >> reporter: bridge was shut down friday night to prepari for s rehab on the 86-year-d span. tourists, jogger and cyclists were those mt affected since it is the weekend. like these folks from texas who got out of the uber here specifically to walk and take in the beauty of approaching the

city from the south. >> the last time i was here government was shut down. this time, the bridge is shut down. [ laughter ] >> reporter: the work was eeks ago to be done but all the rain we got pushed it back to this weekend. this will give cre time to position a barge, cranes and scaffolding. en the bridge reopens you'll see changes f the duration of the project. the jsey barrier down the middle, b and there will reversible lanes. fewer lanes too. expect it to be a bit of a choke point starting monday around 5:00 a.m. when it is slated to open again. asthe project willt for the next two years. but for the next few hours, ifo you d't have a boat, you will have to have a backup. derrick ward news4. all right. just hours before his performance on the season premiere of "snl," the artist former known as kanye west has changed his name. the rapper, producer and fashion designer st this tweet this

morning. the being formerly knowns kanye west. then it says, i am yay. yay is releasing a new album tonight. osocking! catch him and ht adam driver on0. "snl" after news4 at 11 all right. so let's take a look at e weather. clay anderson joining us this evening. i heard so mply p talk about this while they were out at the farmer's market this morning. the first couple dry ds in a long stretch that we have had. so nice. not so much humidity out there. a gorgeous day. >> for a meteorologist, two things you enjoy listening to when you wake up in the morning after you do a forecast. one is the sound of law mowers. it means that your forecast was right. there is no rain out ere. then also the fact that, when it snows, you're going to hear the shovels. when you peek out the window and say, okay, i hit the forecast. outside right now, sunshine, blue skies. a delightful way to continue in

our earum a weekend here in the nation's capital. notice how the leaves are starting to change little by little. we're starting to seelo the potomac the green turning to a touch of autumn. outside right now we'll look at the temperatures. temperatures not bad across the ar w. in fact, are looking at temperatures still on the rise across the area. temperatures not bad at all. we'll show you. temperatures across the region. a live city camera right now. temperatures should be -- should be -- should be -- this is not my day. but we continue. we will come back with the weather in just a moment. okay. we're going to continue. we're going to move on. the gd news, of course, is for the weekend. the weekend is all about sunday., sunday will be nice. sunshine, blue skies, winds out of the wes at about 5 to

10 miles per hour. monday, back to work, back to school. it looks veryice as well. we'll give you the rest of the forecast a little later on in the program. this shows very nice weather across >> all right, clay. thank you very much. we'll check back with you in a little bit ter p fun event from the premier league is coming uxt in sports. barbara comstock might atr

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and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. "i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming." thiss thefinity sports desk. maryland is off. we still have plenty of college football today. >> if you are a terps fan, plenty of time to lax. >> if you're a redskins fan, you have time off. redskins, 2-1. maryland 3-1 after last win over minnesota. a chance to recharge a little bit and get ready for the big game at t big house next week. plenty of other locals in action today. the 3-1 cavaliers of virgini o takin unbeaten nc state. the wolf pack off a to good start this seawnn. do three already. here the 35-yard touchdown.

a finds thend zone first. up 7-3. end of the first. nc state's run gacme in full gallaspy runs for the 8-yard td. two touchdowns f him on the day.n 27-7 now i the third. perkins. all day to throw here. he state made a stop. back of t end zone, the shoulder fade. th fall 35-21. virginia lookso rebound after their bye hosting 1th ranked miami next week. jmu and richmond fing off in caa action. picking up thi one 7-3, james madison finds p dirt. short run. 14-3 dukes. richmond trying to answer now. kevin johnson, hhill want t one back here as they are down 14-3. trying to get back in it. it is intercepted by jimmy moreland.

what does he do with it? he returns it 100 yards to the house. not goitl to set for anything but a touchdown when you see that in front of you. james madison goes up 21-3. lone bright spot for richmond. finds jacob. nine touchdowns on the day. they roll to a 63-10 win. to the ryder cupre fansed for success. isn't that great? after winning the last matches friday, europeans kept it going winning the opening threees tod. lo winning streak by either side since 1979. the english duo paul casey and tyrrell hatton took downus dn johnson and rickie fowler in the second match. bad day for the americans overall. need toin eight singles matches on sunday to win the cup. europeans need only 4 1 points to win the cup on home soil. the u.s., by the way, has not

won o the road in 25 years. sunday's singles matches begin at 6:00.m. here on nbc. nbc sports and premier league partnering to create premier league morning live. the first event kicks off in d.c. today and will rotate cities.ut major u.s. the turf pit, the premier league trophy. club mascots. the event is an attempt to foster fan excitement and celebrate fans of the premier league in the u.s. while the league's matches are played saturday mornings. fans defitely fired up for the event. >> it's amazing. the last five or ten years, you've got to credit television coverage for a lot of that. fifa gets aot of coverage for that. we have been the loudest, we have been the mos excited. i am biased but -- look, we have been taking over this place. >> see,old you they were excited.

let's do a lite orioles/astros. juerinnder rolling today at camdends y as he hits 10 strikeouts on the day thus far. the orioles, dylan bundy, doing just fine until the sixth. then he gives up back-to-back home runs. and the astros now lead it 3-0. a lot of sports on tonight. game two o the orioles double-header starts 30 minutes after this one. virginia tech at 7:00 tonight. nats face off against the rockies. and of course, not dame taking on stanford here on nbc. >> a lot of sports this weekend. we send it back over to clay anderson with a check of the teday forecast. a beautiful weekend ahead of us. >> yes, it is. sunshine, blue skies, a great day. i want to talk about the safety aspect. cause the high watere have

had over the last several days, we have had flood warnings to the east to chesapeake bay and to the west as r as the potomac river and the tributaries. the water is coming down to our area. ifre doing some boating or hiking in the high country, make sure that you are safe when you are doing that because there are some slippery conditions. notice, sunshine f sunday. a drop of rain tuesday. and next weekend looksice as well. back to summer. >> no kidding. it will feel lot more like summer. and rain not in the forecast until sometime next week, right? >> yeah. yeah. and for the game tomorrow, the well.r should be great as folks should be able to enjoy. >> clay anrson, thank you so very much. that's the news for you. thank you for joining us. "nightly news" is up next. we will see you after, asor a just mentioned, the notre dame game that starts here

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