>> 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 the day judge kavanaugh would be

confirmed and in place. instead he is underll the s widening investigation. president trump doing little to define the scope of the investigation into supreme court minee brett kavanaugh. >> i thinkhe fbi should investigate anyone they want within reason. >> reporte while herdered the new background check, he says it is being dictated by senators. specifically republicans. the senate is making the decision. today they been to mounding pressure to authorize anyonehe a deadline this .frid theresident signaling. >> we don't want to go on and witch d. >> when asked about this moment

there kavanaugh's testimony -- like beer. i still like beer. >> president trump admitting even he was caught off guar >> i was surprised at how vocal he was about the facts that he li beer. and he's h a lil >> could you imagine if i drank? i would be the world's worst. >> the preside saying he is keeping an open mind. >> i'm waiting just like you. if they final something, i'm going to take intoconsidering. despite the widening scope of the investigation, senate republicans made it clear they arefooving ard. earlier this afternoon on the senate floor, leader mitch mcconnell said they will be voting on the no, ma'am, votin

on the nomination by the end of the week. >> american vers areatching as these hearings go on. a new poll suggests thatpo tion is growing. 42% say kavanaugh should be confirmed.m the poll f quinnipiac university was conducted after last week's hearing with dr. christinblasey ford and judge kavanaugh. right now we're watching a protests catholic university. the dean of the school which teaches about this. he has been suspended as dean of the social work. he made the controversy comment in a tweet. darcy spencer now wh what students want. >> reporter: students are demanding the decent of the social service school at catholic university be fired or

resign. they say leaving him on the job extends wrong message. >> he doesn't belov with the power that he has. >> reporter: he said julie swetnick could b considered a perpetrator instead of a victim. >> every year they stand like sthis, it is showing tool is showing they don't get it. >> he tweeted. so when do senior girls hang wifreshman boys? if it happened when kavanaugh was sar, swetnickn was adult drinking. john garvey suspeed the decent for the rest of the semester. some sex abuse survivors spoke

passionately. >> 32 years. your ppose -- >> reporter: the acting dean of he department also spoke and apologized to any victims who may have been retraumatized. >> dr. rainford's tweets have never reflected theni os of our faculty, our staff and our stnts. >> he said he supports the dean oming pack to the job once he serves the suspension. that is something the students said would be unacceptable. >e have not yet heard back on the. n prince george's county rkt jonathan was up above the

scene. police say the man was on the motorcycle when itld c with a car. t the. a fornir m land preschool teacher is facing high of in prison for sexuall abusing student. taylor boykin pleaded guilty today. someew information jus revealed about the number of his victims. distraught pents leaving court. all declining comment before the 40he filled courtroom as ta, while the charges were based on the assault of four little girls, the prosecutor revealed as many as 15 were victims of boykin's abuse. most of the sexual assaults took

part on th play ground slide as the girls neared the bottom, he would reach in andub their genitals. hesed his smart watch to take photos of their private parts. 120 images were found. a mom picking her daughter up. when she asked her daughter what s happening, she said he tickled her all over her body ch chug, including her private parts. >> there were some c wversations the very, very uncomfortable to have. >> parent of the accused owners accused of ignoring earlier reported behavior. the first was in january 2016. then thisyear, a junior kindergarten teacher said she

sa him tekling children between th leg. they issued a statement saying they're reheave that he took responsibility for his action and saying we were appalled. a construction worker is in critical condition as police seven for the driver who hit him at the side of the road kt g. police say jonathan wright had just gotten out of his work vehicle when he wa hit by a black car that sped off. police found him lying in the road. that crash comes on the same day that the move over law went io effect. if you see work truck with its lights on, you have to move ove

andlow down or you'll face a fine. also, two gunaws wt into effect. e regarding bump stocks. for a closer look, head to the inning washington app. a councilmember said he was not let into a bar even after h showed his i.d. card at a government sponsored event. t whatd he was horrified happened here. and emnow he not only wants the employee fired. he wants the u.s. attorney's office to press charges. >> people should never be subjected to it. hosting events as part of the art all night event.

he said he showed up and he was swhokd the employee refused to t him in. he was denied entry because his c. counsid didn't have his birthday on it. >> he said get out of here. he said let's call police. >> reporter: the nightclub has a very strict policy. he grand me and start pushing mt right the door of the building. i wound up hit the pavement. he literally came out and said, you're king. >> councilmember gray did attempt to enter the d.c. but refused to provide proper identification to our door staff after bei asked for it several times, as required by d.c. law. he tsked see an owner and he

was told he would have to wait outside. he demonstrated on me how force when i he said the employe shoved him. >> really. that forcibly. >> are you kidding? to push me out the door? >> he said his hands and back are still in pain and he wants the employee fired and arrested. news4. . >> a grim stmilee. for many, the wounds are still raw. tonight the brother makes his case as the defense team tries to pin a crime on him. barbara comstock might as

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barbara trumpstock agrees. voting with trump 98 percent of the time. jennifer wexton believes healthcare is a right ... and successfully fought to expand medicaid in virginia. "i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming." a sea of debris and devastation in indonesia after powerful earthquake and tsunami hit on friday. authorities are burying the dead in mass graves. more than 800 peoplwere killed. the full scope of the disaster unknown. and it was chaos at the airport at the hardest hit areas. most flights in were canceled because so many people were on the runways pleading to get out.

today marks one year when the worst shooting happened in history. the vegas strip will be dark in their memory. the survivors, victims' family members and first responders all came together on remember. >> a yeear later. >> where do webegin? las vegas is still struggling from what happened. >> on this day thousands of lives were changed forever. 58 families's live were turned upside down. >> 58 people killed as gunfire rained down from a hotel window overhook the harvest music fem.

>> shots rang out and we realized we needed to hit the ground. she hossa her hband brian. >> we stop for a moment to honor the victims, the honor their families and all of he those connected. ♪ >> and services throughout the y. >> they are not forgotten. >> remembered b rvivors, friends and family drama here by their loss and the strength that comes from being together. >> this evil and darkness cannot take over our lives. we are vegas strong. >> the strength that continues to be tested here. meanwhile the department of justice is w moving aheadh

plans for a ban on bump stocks which is a device that allows a gun to work like a machine gun. instigators stay las vegas shoot her 22 semi-automatic rifles with him at the hotel and 14 of them were eequipmented with bump stocks, massively increasing his gunfire. there's a 90-day review now. testimony in court for the d.c. mansion murders. a closer look at what the jury listened to today. >> first on the stand today, the forensic examine her analyzed the two pieces of hair foundn the nsion. one was found in the bed where amy and savvas savopoulos and their house deeper were found murdered. the oth was hard hat. the prosecution is argng those

hairs belonged to daron whitney. they said hen' coube excluded as a match but they said the hair dna is the same for siblings wit the next one. one 28 prosecution tried disprove the theory was tohow jurors that he had always had a cut. hair even around the time of the murder. you this t testimony, the prosecution painted a picture thatas daron an angry man. they said that he was living with him sev months but he kicked him out over an a,ument with his sister. he testified that he never talked to or saw his brother again after kicked him out of

his home until he s h on the news as a prime suspect. he was working the day before and he was working the day before the murder. they called the fbi agent to the stand to a testifyut cell phone towers tracking the phones of the victims. b but, testified that the phone was on a cellhone tower from 2:44 phenomenon 11:17 p.m. on the day the family was held hostage. 've learned that darr on wint used his cell phone. what stands out this haternoon is the phone was trappedn

the are around due possibility circle on the day the family was held hostage and murdered. it was just under an ur and a ha later that the home goes up flames and the family members were there. megan fitzgerald reporting. coming up, dangerous stunts involving oundredsf bikers causing police to respond on the ground. how come nobody got arrested? >> when you park at a parking garage, it would be nice to know it isn't nking. i'll tell you where it is.

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tomorrow it will start off beautiful and then wav chance of some storms. i'm not talking about much in e way of severe weather. lookha w blue skies. the sun going down in about a half-hou driving dow to 77. 75 degrees at 9:00. 73 at 11:00. a nice night. a really nice night.ju look at the numbers. 78 right now. maybe over two weeks, above average temperatures and below average rainfall. and boy, d we need it. a map without rain on it. we have not seen that much.

here is a storm system. this will allur move way tomorrow. yes, we have a chance of storms on tuesday. to the we have, about four, five, 6:00. a low chance between six and 10:00. e again, not anticipating much in the way of severe weather. 86 wednesday. 88, that's the near record high thursday. 78 on friday. this is going to be another change here as we head to the weekend. something i'm watching, we'll continue on track it for you. i have t weekend forecastnd

the october pattern change forecast coming up i0 minutes. >> we like the sound of that. cl motor mayhem. a response to this wild scene. it tiedp traffic for hours. and it's not supposed to happen. serious questio that what went wrong after parking garage started sinking and the potential impact for amazon. and proof there's n

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revving their engines and raising smoke. hundreds ofcl motorcyts took over the beltway creating a white knuckle ride for other drivers. wtop radio was the first to report it. >> it lasted for hour the bikers gathered at a parking lot and some of them traveled the entire 60 plus miles around the beltway.in pat co has reaction. >> we start seeingis motorcy just pouring on to the out loop of the beltway. there were so manyt one point that they were spread out over a couple of miles.

>> reporter: they call it motorcycle mania. 00 of motorcyclists doing wheelies and other motorcycle unts. >> in virginia -- >> reporter: hear now fromdave, the wtop traffic reporter. he has been watching our roadways for 15 years. he was all over this one. >> and we did see a lot of reckless behavior. we see it all over the roadway. >> reporter: we talked to mary. she didn't want to us show her face but she was caught upe in iddle of it. these are some of her pictures. >> these are some of her thoughts. >> people are kind offrantic. you can see people sitting on theidef the shoulder. they were nervous and scared. >> reporter: the police wcke off and they had their own strategy. you mightall ithe indy 500

strategy. they had police cars in front of the motorcycles, a pace car to sl the motorcycles down. police cars behind the torcycles to keep them from turning around and going back down the road. they stay goal here was safety. slow traffic continued. w enforcement is more than about making arrests. it is about keeping the public safe. >> he is still out there. a man escaped a barricade situation. police say the 32-year-old c crawled throuling of a motel on richmond highway in the alexandria part of fairfax county. then he went into the attic and got out of the building. police said he may be driving a silver bmw with virginia license

plates. he is wanted for grand larceny and credit card fraud charges. there are a lot of questions about aysrious car blast. authorities say it was a crime is that it was no accident. they twleef man who caused the accident is among the dead. >> iwas crazy. something i've never seen before. >> investigators said they had de some progress but they have more to do before they can tell us whataused t car to explode and exactly why. police have identified the dead as a 26-yeaold man named jacob. there is an unsettling feeling because ofarking garage that has beento sinking

he ground. this has been happening near the new innovation center metro ilver n, part of the line. the area is under construction right now. adam tus is there to tell us about a fix for theproblem. >> this is a tough one to square away. how could a parking garage be going into the ground? ththe work has stop here and yeah, the work fix it is just getting started. a shaky start to the rapidlyg expandarea. >> this ght-story, 52 million parking garage next to one of the bra stations along the silver line has been sinking into the ground. >> he worksne by. he is relying on the construction here finishing up so he can cut down the commute. >> for me, i'm excited. the metro is open i can walk ac ss.

>> the county officials areo quick t point pout this garage has settled. i in other wordwas sinking but now it's stable. hover, did it drop as much as ches. >> we issued a work order. >> with the department of public works joining us through face >> is there any concern about the structural integrity of this building? >> we are very confident that it is stable and safe. we'll continue to operate in an abundance of caution. >> take a look atow it fits into a larger plan for the area. here's an important detail. fargs county agreedo build several garages like the one next to the silver line so the overall cost could be kept lower. but now this issue no, timetable when work to complete it will resume. one oer interesting note. this area is right by fairfax and loudoun un's bid for

amazon h q2. project leaders saying this will absolutely be safe and structurally sound. back to you. >> if it has any involveme with the amazon bid, you know when it get prompt atntion. new trade deal with canada is that mexico will rlace nastia. it will allow to send moreos vehicles acrthe border. is the first lady is on her way toafrica. she plans on focusing on child welfare through her initiative.

it's been said that a successful man is one who can lay firm foundation with the bricks othershr haven at him. if you're a criminal, sometimes it bounces right back at you. in your face. a bandit tried tose a brick last month. the glass is bullet proof. and on the man's third try, the brick actually bounced right back and hit him in the head. it put him on his knees. the third try? >> the third try. police asked to you call them if you recognize this m or if you know someone who looks like he's been hit in the fac with a brick. >> good grief! bad idea. yo would think the first time it didn't go through would have been the, enough to do it. a mistake some people are making that are d tving up statistics in one local county.

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public safety officials a promising to make it safer to cross locals. stre there have been a number deadly pedestrashes since the beginning of summer. an internal county study show a lot of those were mistakes by

pedestrians. seven pedestrians hit and killed since june 1st. a review b public safety teams concluded they have to do more to tellublic about the risks ofad crossing the review said most were oiossing without using cross walks and so at night in dark clothing. in one case, alcohol was cited as a factor. both the pedestrian killed and the driver were said to be intoxicated. bls 15 hot spots shown to be at higher risk of possible accidents. police and transportation officials s they're working social media, radio, and billboard cpaigns to educated pedestrians about risks and they will try to increase the efforts. especially near schools, they said. >> the figurede had to do something and started really raising the human cry before the kids got in school and the back to school efforts kicked in. >> a reason news4 i-team

investigation revealed there are concerns about drivers, too. we fous hundr of traffic violations in schooloards and near school crossings that includes speeding. to watch that original report, visit our nbc washington app and click on investigations. news4 team. new numbers reveal what commuters here already know. d.c.'s grid lock only gets worse in the not iousfall. they analyzed summer and fall affic. here's what they found. the average commute time, 47 minutes. traffic engreess 9% in fall. in fact drivers spend an hour ch day to and from home and translats to a two-week vacation. >> i don't think we needed a fancy survey to tell us. >> that's right.

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80s. that pattern will be changing. i want to show you. we've got dry air. to the north, a far cryrom where we've been. this is going to come throughow tomond give as you chance for some rain. a little 12:00.round noon, 11:00, i think you're fine. around 2:00, some shower activity. maybe somers thunrms. not expecting it to be too strong. as we move closer to 4:, the beltway, right around the evening rush. by 7:00, it is pushing to the south. we can't rul o more shower activity. out this right now, the s goes down in a couple of minutes. the winds out of the south at

nine miles an hour. 79, martinburg. 83 toward hagerstown. we've been on the warm side all day and we'llm stay on the w side. the pattern, finally changing. deep troug in the east. that is coming right across the c. metro area. that has brought very warm and wet air across our region. you know we've been on the wet side. the fifth wetst and warmest ever. we don't want the wet condition. we don't mind the warmth. thlwet area w move out. wetay war and dry. cool and stormy back toward the mountains. you can't do any skiing in 86-degree weather for sure. 78 on friday. tracking the weekend.

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dwight howard. what has that been like for you> he has done many gray things in his career. he can be such a value for us. a hav bunch of guys that came innd are ready to play. it is really exciting and refreshing. >> a great smile and being the best dresse you have some great decorations at the holidays and you're preparing for halloween decorations. >> yes. we've been parading. it is exciting stuff around christmas. >> will it be better than last year? >> sure, he's happy. >> i we sendt back to you. >> meantime, the capitals will raise the stanley cup ban wednesday but most likely would be without tom wilson.

he has an in-person hearing in new york with the nhl departmene of plar safety after his hit, you just saw 30th. the in-person hearing means they could suspend him six or more games. he is a repeat offender and he's been suspended before. in the winds of october, 163 brewers and cubs to decide the nl central top of the eighth.fo r lorenzo cain. right up t middle. one run, ces in easy. the go-ahead rbi single. he is a littleexcited, could you say. they scored two more. josh on to close it out. a homer eaier. he list this is t right center. they get the final out. they win it 3- they are heading to the wild card game.

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test test test test test test test . breaking news tonight, late ne twists in the fbi's background investigation of brett kavanaugh. the white house eases limits on the agents digging into allegations of sexual misconduct. and nbc news learned they interviewed the alleged other man in the room, kavanaugh's friend mark dge. plus nbc news obtaining this photo showing kavanaugh and his second accuser, amidw fort to get information to the fbi and the third accuser tonight. >> can you describe to me whayou saw him do? >> reporter: detailing to nbc news what she says happened at an alcohol fueled party. a soaring toll amid the tsunami devastation as far as the eye n see. an urgent search for anyone still trapped.