don't want to go on a witch hunt >> the supreme court begins a new term with an empty seat as we learn more about the probe into judge brett kavanaugh. then a dean at a local university suspended for a controversial tweet. but students say that's not enough. >> andhe p to the limit. >> grabbed me and started pushing me. >> at a nightclub. he talks about what happened to ws4. >> and stink, stank, stunk. >> theecret to wiping out your car's funk. news4 at 5:00 starts now. first we have t people rushed to the hospital.

police tell as you man and a child were on the motorcycle when it collided with a car there. >> the driver of that car did remain on the ene. a stretch of old handover road is now closed. we will continu to update you as we learn more. >> we begin at 5:00 with the fbi probe and the scope that seems to be expanding. >> these white hs now telling the fbi, kit talk to anyone it deems necessary. >> it comes as a new quinnipiac poll fds 48% of voters stay senate should not confirmna kah to the supreme court. 42% supporting his nomination. >>hat same poll found more than two-thirds supported the reopening of this fbi background

check into kavanaugh. >> after ignoring several questions about hekavanaugh, president speaking at a trade supports y, said he whatever the gop majority in the senate wants. quote, within reason. >> my white house will do whatever the senators want. i'm open to ever what they want. >> it wouldn't bother me at all. i don't know all they have of the accusers. >> should brett kavanaugh be interviewed by the fbi? >> i thinkso. i think it's fine if they do. that's up to them. >> the fbi has a friday dead line the complete its review. >> the spresiden comments followed reports that the white house tanted to limit who fbi could talk to. >> now a high school friend has

beeninterviewed. >> here's a closer look at what prompted this apparent change. >> it came after some of the key senators gab to raise questions that what they were hearing about the limitat been placed on this fbi investigation. nbc it was first toha report there were serious constraints put on by the white house. christine blaseyonord was not of them. kavanaugh.dge other news organizations began to look at the restrictions. they said there were no restrictions but they will only do what they are told to do. this li jeff flake was at a public event in washington and was saying

that he was in discussion about making sure thidiwas a ce investigation. we don't want an investigation to give us cover to voteo nfirm this guy. a significant move by the white house that has the effect of making what the president said during his news conference true, even though it wasn't true at the time. he said the fbi does have the capacity to review it by freeway. he adds that some had concerns under the previous restrictions that the could later be accused of not doing a thorough investigation. a dean may lose his job over his comments regarding the kavanaugh controversy. student protesters are nowca ing for change. >> reporter: that's right. they are staying dean needs on

lose his job. he has been suspended but they are saying it's not far enough. >> they are demanding the dean of t social service school either quit or be fired.ug he ssted that one of the accusers, julie swetnick, could be considered a perpetrator instead of a victim.e >> violated the social work ethic. for thosew who k about social work, it is not just any dean. the dean of the school who is teaching how to deal with sexual trauma. it is absurd. >> he tweet, since when do senior girls know what freshman boys? ift happened when kavanaugh was a senior, swetnick wasn adult drinking with by her ad migts, having intersection underage boys. in another universe, she's the victim and he's t perp.

some survivors who are students in the department feel passionately at arally. >> i am demanding that he look into myes and the eyes of other survivors and apologize. >> the acting dean of the department spoke up. >> we apologize that this tweet and this incident has caused for any one of you. >> now,id try to contact the dean. i called him. i left a voicemail. >> the kidsalled him from

taylor and now he is admittingl did he assome of the kids in his care. >> he fac life in prison when he comes back into court. with his guilty plea he is admitting that he sexually assaulted four little gir his care. but prosecutors revealed this disturbing new detail. 15 children weref victims his improper tohing. a may ground shied at the academy. that's where he preyed on little girls. reaching into theube a sexually assaulting them. something he called tickling using a smart watch to take photos of their private parts. today many parentseeded

guilty. chug indecent liberties, child sex pornthraphy. was one dad's reaction. >> i am trying to hide as of this from my 5-year-old as possible. there was some conversation that's were very, very uncomfortable to have. >> a mom came to pick up her daughter and noticed his strange behavior near the shied. he confessed saying, i knew i shouldn't have beening there. i shouldn't have been in that area. parents have accused the owners of ignoring it. it was revea another mom first reported improper behavior to the director in 2016. then in january of this year, a junior kindergarten teacher said she saw him tickling children between the legs. that sament the lead kindergarten teacher.

he made cproperments about kids' pants being pulled down. >> now, the academy was forced so many in june because families pulled their kids out of the program. some of the victars'ts will be on the witness stand on march 21 to talk about the devastating impact this has had on them and their reaction. a police crossing guard was discovered dead inside her hsae rday night in spencerville. her boyfriend, stewart, was also found dead. she worked at charles drew elementary school in silve spring. police have not yet identified who the victim was. the defense tried to pin the

murders at the d.c. mansion on one of the brothers. stand the brother took for the prosecution. why his testimony could be damaging to daron wint. and may hem on road. and susan hogan telling ways to defunkify. what? what? defu defunkify? 83 in hagerstown. t weather next couple days, weather next couple days, staying on thearm w

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thenand taught kidsuras to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. here in virginia, we have to build an economy and that works for all.age. a former d.c.ai mayor he was physically assaulted at a bar who refused to let him ins even he showed him his government i.d. this all happened at a sponsored event. >> it was outrageous that this should happen. >> it is a popular gay bar in northeast d.c. on saturday night it was one of dozens of venuesti h events as part of the art all night

project sponsored by the d.c. government. the councilmember showed up about 9:00. he was swhokd ane emplo of the bar refused to allow him. in he was e deniedry because his d.c. council di.d.n't have his birthday on it. >> he said get out of here. i said ife going to put me out of here, let's call the police.or >> rr: according to the website, they have a very strict i.d. policy. >> he came charging from behind the counter. he grabbed me with my clothes and my body and start pushing me. he pushed me right out the door of the building. i wound up hitting the pavement. flat o on my back on the pavement. he literally came out and stood over me. >> reporter: he said he did attempt on enter the d.c. eagle tefused to provide proper identification to our door staff after being asked for it several

times, as ruired by d.c. law. ee asked to see an owner and he was told h would have the wait outside. in his office, he explained his injuries. then demonstrated one how forcibly the employee shoved him? . forceful. are you kiddin >> he said his hands and back are still in pain and he wants the employee fir and arrested. in asnort march segraves. a spokesperson tells news4 that it is reviewing the incident to determine that charges will be filed. now to the latest in the d.c. mansion murders case. today we heard testify regarding some of the dna evidence recovered from the crime scene. and one of the brothers took the stand for thest f time for the prosecution. >> reporter: first forensic examine here alyzed the two pieces of hair found in the mansion. one wasound in the bed in the

room where amy and savvas savopoulos were found murdered. the other with a hard has had. the prosecution is saying they belonged toar wint. them he couldn't be excluded as a match but he also said, hair dna is thee s for the defense is arguing that he helped with the murder. the best way is to show that he hassle a short hair cut. even the time of the murder. they said that daron was an angryman. stephon said that he was living with him for seven. mont he kicked him out over an argument with his s littleter in march of 2014.

before that eptd he never talked to or saw his brother again saw him on the news as a prime suspect in the mansion murder. according the a hand written working thehe was day before and on the day three family members were murdered. prurts playe two voice messages shortly he was angry. they were trying to prove their case is thatatch him alive. coming up at 6:00,ll w tell you what khe said.

>> thank you. stay with us onnd air online for all the latest surrounding the mansion murders case. with more people using ride share services, this is a growing concern about safety. when you get into a car, how do you know who is really behind the wheel? now a nowha scheme allows anyone to get around the background check is that the vehicle inspection so they can pose as a ride share iver. >> i am not going to die with my lyft driver. >> he shouldn't have been driving. he isn't an authorized iver. he rented the account. we know because days earlier, we

rented the same one. the water is running but it could be a while before the traffi b getsk to normal in gaithersburg. a valve bke this morning, sending the geyser of water into the air. e break continued on bubble for much of the morning commute. it maintains the pipes and says it is likely the result of ang infrastructure. they're hoping to have the road ready to go by tomorrow morning. more affordable housing for people in the district in northeast. mayor mur yell bowser announcing new additions to the delta towers. they are wearing their signature red. joining the housing.

more than $167 million is being spoenlt this affordable housing and other housing projects across the city just this year. >> good for them. doug is tracking storms torrow. torrow. whermoe

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i've worked hard. is that a paw? >> it is >> i will take that. i will run with it all day long. >> it is such a different thing. talking to people around here and they're going, hey, it's a good thing. look at this. a perfect t day get to the zoo.

seeing all the nams. >> lookt that. the american bison. >> remember that? co on! >> what kind of reference are you giving me now. >> everybody in tv land knows about it. dancing with wolves. come on, people. giving t.s ba really a nice afternoon after what has been a very nic couple days and boy, do we need it. winds out of the south. a really nic evening. 79, winch. dream with manycu epper. again, our average high. year.is time of so we're well above average and we will stay there through the next two weeks. the radar picture is dry.

yes, we have a chance of showers. the storms toward thenorth. the rain and the clouds well north of our area. here's the storm system that wits be making way our way and we have a chance of storms. hour by hour. we look to the top of the screen. here's noon. no problem getting o f the lunch. the kids for recess looking good. coming in toward thero.c. m area. this is what we're watching for. not everybody will see it but w could see a strong thunderstorm or two. i'm not expecting much of the weather through. we could see more showers overnight. all in all, a pretty good there.g out high temperature tomorrow. 83 degrees. a mix of sun and clouds. a chance of storms but once again, not expecting it area

wide. t this. 88 on thursday. beautiful weather. maybe 90 on thursday. change.it starts to our changing pattern. a very wet, very warm ptseember. how does october look? i have that forecast coming up. speeding motorcycles creating havoc on the beltway as riders crowd lanes and do some dangerous stunts. >> ahead at 5:00, what we're learning about the mayhem. >> this parking

the fbi's investition may be expanding. presidentrump also said he believes the republican majority senate could be, or should be,d ctating the guidelines. the d.c. councilmember and former mayor said an employee at a local bar physically assaulted him. he said he was denied entry at the d.c. eagle for a government sponsored event because his council i.d. didn't have his rthdate. gr said he wound up, after the employee pushed him to the ground them he refused to provide proper identification after being asked forer it s times. and ar for minnieland teacher is pleadinuilty after

sexually abusing children at the daycare where he worked. he pd guilty to four cases. he faces up to life in prison. >> a huge police response. so are questioning whether the police did enough. pat? >> reporter: this is where it all began. the beltway here. motorcycles.mo rcycles. motorcycles. scores of them. motorcycles zooming on to the roadwayhere. some of them doing those motorcycleivhings that you white knuckles. we again our story with a man who saw it all go down.

>> we started seeing the motorcyclists poung on to the beltway. there were spoem they were spread over a couple miles. >> reporter: they called it motorcycle mania. hundreds of motorcycles flooding the beltwayround our city, doing wheelies and other motorcycle stunts. hear from him.at he's beening the roadway for 15 years. he was all over this. >> we did see a lot of recklessi be, road splitting, driving the wrong way. >> we talketo mary. she didn't want to us show her face but she w caughtp in the middle of it. these are some of her pictures. >> people are kind offer frantic. you can see distraught people. der and youe sho can see people in their car.

they were nervous, scared. >> reporter: the police were ikd this and helped keep the motorcycle i haves in line. the goal was safety. >> there were no injuries reported. the roadsai rd open. and the flow of traffic continued. law enfoement is more than just about making arrests. it is about keeping the public safe. mesa say they tone chase motorcyclists for small infractions. that could have dire consequences. back to you. road construction, a vehicle slammed into jonathan wright near construction zone off the ramp on to i-295.gh

police found w lying in the roadway. investigators were on the scene for hrsooking for clues to that hit-and-run driver. the crash hapned on the same day maryland's new move over law takes effect. if you see a work truck with flashing lights on, you must move over or slow down. this now includes waste and recycle truck, and utility trucks. it is designedo make the job more safe. >> virgia the planning some safety improvements in the burk area. it will be widened from fsr lao six. this will occur between ox road and lee highway. there will be improvements. officials say the improvement will reduce could not jection, make things better i areas known to be hot spots for crashes.

an ente parking garage has been sinking into the ground. this is happening in herndon near one of the new metro stations. and adam tuss is there now with the plans to fix all this. >> the parking garag has been going into the ground. the future sta here along the second phase of the silr line. there is the parking garage in question. now a lot of work to tryix to and it that's not an easy task. >> annsettling feeling. this eight-story, $52 million parking garage, right next to this i sinking. >> not immediately sinking but

yeah. it is an issue. >> he works nearby. he drives and relies on it. >> i hope that we would be alerted to it. >> the fairfax countyic offls are quick to say that it is stable. however, did it drop as much as four inches in spots. >> an abundance of caution. we issued an order for the contractor. >> reporter: with the department of public works is joining us you this facetime. >> is there any concern about the structuralntrity of this building? >> we are very confident that it is stable and safe. we'll continue on operate in an abundance of caution. >> take a look at it. here's an important detail. fairfax county agreed to build several garages likene the o next to the sver line so the

overall cost could be kept lowe now this, we did talk to the contractor in they said they want to deliver a safe and stable ctste. back to you. right. thank you. this is not how we're used to seeing the president's plane. take a look. this is the replica. it is a duplicate 747 to see the details. it run through the holiday season. you can see how to get your nikts our nbc washington app.

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i was in the car wash this rning. he tole in 38 years in the business, he's never smelled anythingikeit. >> it's beyond, remember? >> well, do you remember this seinfeld episode? he couldn't get i had of the car. >> sometimesars just plain old st ik. even ifis not clear where the odor is coming from. >> susan hogan is working for you and for your funky car. >> to get rid of that thing. that yuck. if your car smells, no matter how many air fresheners you yob, are not alone. we are helping you track down the source of the odors so you can fix them.

>> sometimes it needs means a tr to the car wash. >> you know how it festers on and on. >> you don't want to give that impression that you're not a very clean person. ot>> sometimes it's enough to get rid of the unpleasant odors. >> it can be really tough to figure it out. there are lots of vents and crevices where odors canthrive. >> the first things look at the cabin filter. >> one place to look are yourar dash vents. see if there's any debris like leaves in the filter. if that works, great. if not, installing a new cabin filter can help. >> you can use a ductge cleanero rid of any fungi. >> and under carpet mats can cause problems. carpet cleaners can help but you

may need on get professional scene cleaning and don'torget the roof. sometimes water s canp into thede s and even drip into the seat. if nonehe of fixes work, you may need to have your mechanic check for more serious problems th t climate system. i spilled a smoothi y withurt in my car. >> how long did it take to discovert >>s disgusting. it still stinks. and then when it's humid, thehu dity, it festers. it is so embarrassing. >> it wasn't me. i promise. >> a beautiful new car. i tried air fresheners, febreeze. >> it sounds like someone needs a newcar. >> good luck selling it now.

>> it's amazg. it's gone. >> it's supposed to rain tomorrow. it comes with the kids. can i get a happy meal a chance of rain tomorrow that you we've been so wet. up to 40 inches of rain. this tha back up around d.c. and new york. extremely wet for us. as a matter of fact, semi, the fifth wettest month ever as far as semiis concerned.

here is theatrn change. it moves way to thewest. in snow around theenver area. for us the next couple weeks, and this pat learn last a if you weeks. boy, do we need to dry out. 77. that should be 7:00 tonight, not 1:00. nothing on the radar. yes, whave a chance of rain. when? not much early on. it is really about 20 to 6:00. a medium chance of a thunderstorm. not a huge dayn. for r we're going to get very dry as we make our way into the next few weeks. and we're talking about just how wet we were.

>> not just for how wet we were but how warp we were. 75.5 degrees. that means we were running a good foubo degrees normal. that's significant when you look at avera temperatures. our rainfall, cse to ten inches. that would be 120 inches of snow to give you a rough idea. it makes up the fifth wettest and the fifth warm eest. what does that mean for fall color? i think we're okay. this patte change that he was talking about, arriving just in time. we're startin to see some moderate color into aas of it. warm sunny days, cool crisp

nights. i like toemee ourratures a little cooler for the most ideal conditions to bring out those colors. at least it is moving in the right direction.d typically aro here we peak in late ber, early november. we still have time get that great lo >> i peaked in my 20s. it was all down hilln october and november. 78 on friday. watching the weekend, i've got cloudy right now. cod there be areas of drizzle? that's something we'll be watching t and then bathat sunshine that we love. much more on this. we'll see you back here. >> all right. here is youromt of cute.

do you love these little guys? they'reetah cubs and they're the first litter for her mom. they're bonding nicely. look at that face. the cubs's father, because they aren't related, they have a fresh gene pool which will help. it is good to see new creatures. >> a miss the feel for the redskins. you get sunday off and move into first place in the division. now with the team's first day back to work after this bye week.

t will be a grind for the next 13 weeks. next up, the bright lights of monday night football. todayhe first practice back inas hburn. despite thatidhe skigsn't play yesterday, they moved into first place in the division, thanks to some other teams. >> it was good to get out there. they tere at leastaking care of their business. i think we were ready to get into a routine. >> we have the challenge. theyave a dynamic nsoffee. they had a ptty crisp practice day. i think we'll be ready to go. >> we had a good foelg.

do have t everything and prepare. >> last year against the saints, they came from behind, erasing the 15-point deficit in the final six minutes and winning in overtime. burgundy and gold determined to not have the same outcome this >> thank you. october is breast cancer awareness month. nd they are making a pink effort to show moral support for patients and survivors. that's where you can get pink soles out your shoes. it costs about $40. part of th proceeds will go toward breast canr research. i think that's just grand. and sheriff's deputiesn alexandria are supporting pink

badges. it ban the when a fellow deputy died from breast cancer so that's lovely, too. baltimore police just released dramatic body cam video of an officer involvedshooting. this may beto disturbing some viewers.ic >> pol say he was shot in the chest but he was saved by the body kam vest. investigators say a freeze frame had the that you canee it. you can see him pulling out the gun. this pink gun is what authorities stay suspect used. authorities stay two officers

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police in pennsylvania are f trying toure out what caused a car to explode. >> we've learned a father and son were in that car. the boy was just 2 years old. >> susan fisher reports on why

police say this wa no accident. >> reporter: we learned jonathan and his dad,26-year-old jacob, were killed along with david hallman when a car exploded le saturday night. >> that was a car blow-up. would parts everywhere. people get traumatized. >> it was like a war zone. h be several streets. >> we have been taking it to our lab. >> a found blocks away, the agents went into this home on lumber street. they c oe with bags marked as evidence. they said this was anis eated incident. i'm told they've been here in o lentown investigating. they homeve everything

gathered up in terms of evidence by sometime tomorrow. hoping the get turner street reopenedomorrow night. police say they've made progress but there is an awful lot to do. president trumpen d his supreme court as the fbi expands the scope of the judge kavanaugh. >> the clock still ticks for the deadline. the new demand from and see the dramatic video that tied up traffic for hours as we dig deep entire tse police

resp >> a new turn in the controversy over the supreme court nomination of judgett kavanaugh. >> today the white house has authorized the fbi on expand the scope of the investigation into charges of onmict. >> kavanaugh's high school friend mark judge has talked to the fbi. judge was on the initial list of just four potential witnesses the fbi was authorized to interview. >>keptics argued that agents any d be allowed to follow leads as they arise. president trump changed course . to blay blayne. >> perhaps it is ironic that it is the first day of the new twerm only eightustices on the new bench and top republicans hoped this would be