more testing is currently being done. high drama outside the office of republican congressmai andy h of maryland. capitol police say group of protesters pushed in the office door. you can see the protester lying there. hallway when police get there are reports her leg got caught in the door. capitol police arrested two protestersmo for sking marijuana in a public place. they saidhe protesters were a pro marijuana group from d.c. and newrrests in question, the arrests in sharlcharlottesv virginia. first we're tracking showers for the evening commute. >> let's to go dg kammerer. >> the clouds have moved in in

the last couple hours. you'll notice not a lot going on shower wise. for us, it is only in this area down mort martinsburg and winchester. an area to the west is comingn throughe next couple hours. and you will notice a tornado watch for muchte of the s of pennsylvania. numerous tornado warnings there and we have h t anado in the erie area, back to the west,ac ng this region right here. it will continue to move our way through the next couple hours. it could be a rougho of things especially from d.c. north and westward. much more on this. we'll time it out. andomehind it forrow and the rest week coming up. now to the judge brett kavanaugh controversy. nbc news has learned the h fbi no plans to interview dr. christine blasey ford who made the initial accusation of sexual misconduct. >> although white house agreed

to expand the list of potenti witnesses, some areas are still believed to be off limits. >> when they consider whether to vote for confirmation, a lot may come down to corroboration versus credibility. blayne? >> reporr: so pat and leon, certainly a lot going on. republicans want to vote immediately on this by the end of the week. what is unclear is whether they have the votes the confirm kavanaugh. some say they want to wait until the fbi presents itsdi fs but top republicans want to start moving before then. >> dismissing what he calls political smears against t supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. >> this deluge of mud. >> it means preliminary action would be taken tomorrow, days before the fbi returns its findings. nbc news is reporting the fbi

does be currently have plans to interview christine blasey ford saying her testimony during last week's hearing is enough meanwhile allegations of sexual miscyduct kavanaugh of given way to questions about his honesty under oath. >> if you say maybe he's truth and maybe he's not, he doesn't belong on the supreme court. >> text messages suggest kavanaugh knew about a claim by a second accuser deborah ramirez and tried to do damage control before it went public. with you this is what he told senators last >> when did you first hear of mrs. ramirez' allegations against you? >> in the period since then. in the new yorker story. >> the undecided republican jeff flake saying he was troubled by the partisanin tone dthe hearing. >> we can't have this. >> president trump not only defending kavanaugh's tone but

suggesting men in general are being treated unfairly. >> it is a very scary time for young men the >> as it plays out behind the scenes, a public fight over judge kavanaugh, his past and his future. >> now republican senator lindsey graham is, if kavanaugh is voted down, president trump should just nominate him again. >> thank you. blayne alexander reporting live. et get to that breaking news on the white supremacist rally last year. newrrests were made on the rallies. scott? >> the u.s.ey atto office says four people have been arrested. they are militants of a white supremacist group from california. they're accused of punching, kicking and head butting several people during august 11 and 12,

2017.ic thems included an african-american man, two women and a minister. federal officials say these mene are responsib for acts of violence at political rallies in california. they'll be charged for those crimeste sepa. they say there is video evidence of these crimes. each man facing up to ten years in prison. it is possible more people could be connected to those rallies in charlottesville in the coming weeks. back tyou. >> thank you. some pretty disturbing video olfrom d.c.e that shows a car hitting two pedestrians in northwest a then taking off. >> police just released this video taken at the scene september 5th. it happened on the 4,400 block of northwest washington. he talked with one of the pedestrians. parents at ado l county elementary school are demanding answers. they wantkn t why they were kept in the gark a potential

school threat and they complained why they were desbeehy a sheriff's deputies has been posted at the school every day for a year. >> reporter: this sheriff's deputy has been a daily presence at luckettes elementary school. because they don't have school resource officers, parents started asking questions. was there some kind of threat? >> we were told there is no threat and we were safe and we should be grateful we haif the sher and he makes us safer and everything is fine. >> but several weeks later, word t out that the deputy was here because o a potential threat. one wentth to e courthouse to nd out and she found out that a staffer had threatened to shoot her. the man was arrested and >> shock, mistrust.

these are our babies. and you put them in the hands of people you hope to trust. >> pasident says when parents started pressing the principal for more information, anl was sent on september 24th, reading in part this security measure was enacted puly out of an abundance of caution as a result of a domestic issue involving a staff member i want to assure you it is safe. then theyha notified they would be keeping their kids home from school, another e-mail followed, explaining, the staff me involved in this matter is away from lucketts slept. the person was acquitted in court. the pta meets wednesday night discuss the next steps. news4. everywher rescuers go in

indonesia, theyind devastation. >> rescuers are digging through mud a oa resultthe tsunami. there are still areas with damage tha haven't been reached because of downed power lines. the bedeath toll continues rise because of hurricane florence. 39 people have died in north carolina alone. the overall tot ere, 49. the latest deaths, the 47-year-old man who fell off a ladder last month while repairing storm damage and a 69-year-old man who fell from his roof cleaning storm debris. today, the governor start a temporary program to help.or than 350,000 amazon workers are going to see a bump in their paychecks. >> that's because the company is

increasing its minimum wage. amazon is raising its minimum wage for all u.s. employees. this includes full time, part time, temporary and even seasonal workers m soe than 250,000 employees in total. the company has been facing criticism for the pay. we learned about a sinister fishing scam involving constant. the scammers pose as fake mpany hr reps. they promise dollars a month for posng oduct reviews. but here's the red flag. they want to you pay an enrollment fee of $200. if you pay , they of course vanish. experts say targeted victims include moms and dads.

>> kidding back s toool -- kids go back to school and the time.s might have extra >> they don't ask for credit ecks. it also never requires any sort of payment for company .traini tory mayis a strange have you thinking twice before your dog goesic to l your face. >> he said, iave to get you to the hospital. smoking has long been banned inside restaurants. now one local company is looking to ban it o as well. >> and f thest lady flies solo. her her

kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers.en went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids 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 that works for a.

he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: dicare for all. and fully fund ourls.ription drug costsch the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs,a on education, onhcare. to lead maryland. but it means we've got to believe in each other. ben jealous. governor.

there are fewer places you can smoke in public due t smoking bans. >> and montgomery county, maryland, is no exception. if they get their could be a stricter ban than the one already in place. >> reporter: a recent run of nice weather i keeping

restaurants with outdoor patios, decks busy weflt didn't find anyone smoking while dining outdoors in bethesda. many of the people we spoke with say they would welcome a law banng smoking in outdoor dining areas. >> i think smoking cou be restricted. >> why? >> because i thinkt sort of interrupts people's lovely day. you don't want to smell the smoke. >> the introduction to adopt bill 2513, banning smoking in outdoor -- >> they are introducing a proposal to ban smoking outside of press. ru the same as it is prohibited in the work place and public buildings. >> several citizens came to me and suggested that we introduce this that the cities of rockville and gaithersburg have it in practice. that they do not allow smoking in the outdoor partsf a restaurant. the outdoor areas of a

restaurant justno like they d allow it. we do not allow it inside a restaurant. >> smokers are writing letters and sending e-mai protesting against new proposal saying they should be allowedve smoke interfere if they want to. they will have their say in a public hearing before the montgomery county council that is scheduled for october 23rd. reporting from bethesda, chris gordon, news4. this is maybe the most bizarre story we've got for you. a wisconsin man is recovering frome a r infection led to several amputations. the source? licks from a dog. sreg thought he had the flu t summer but doctors realized it was a bacteria infection transmitted from a dog's lick. usual lay dog's saliva is harmless. not in this case. >> i couldn't believe it. i've been around ds my whole life. >> we didn't fht this long to

lay down and give up. we have a fight to go. >> the irony here is that he has a dog and heoesn't believe the saliva that started this fection with him came from his dog. his doctors say he's fought harder than any patient they've ever had. soon he'll begin the pross of relearning how to walk. the bowey police department has authorized officers to wear these pink badges throughout the month. purchases will go toward cancer research. the department is takin part in several other fundraising efforts. >> theommunity calls at this time pumpkin church because the man who owned the hill has hosted for 25 years. there are pumpkins of all sizes. plus they have soups, baked goods and all kinds of things. > if you purchase a pumpkin here, you know the net proceeds

will go to our charitable outregion. >> immanuel church on the hill is in alexander re. a it is open eve day this month. i think most of those will stay to our north generally. some showers around culpepper, i-81, that's about it. you notice this, this is a tornado watchnffect for most of pennsylvania. we have this to go through the next couple hos.

look at all the tornado warnings. we have had aco irmed tornado now south of erie that did hit a nursing home. we'll be waiting to see what happens. these some nasty storms. other areas of disturbed weather. here'sun arizona a phoenix. take a look. nash floeing during around flooding area because of t'rricane rosa. making wayer to the des southwest and places like phoenix and around parts of colorado. in toward the southwest of the four corners. there' some flash flooding during now. this is something that may continue over the next couple days. for us back here, our weather,

we got the clouds across the area and some showeou . most of the us dry rig now. ten degrees above average. we have a front. that's why we have the storms. look to the north of the front. 69 in buffalo but 83 for us we're going to stay on the warm side of this as it stays to the north. so tomorrow, 84 degrees. warm and a little humid ase make our way through. another great day at the bus stop tomorrow 88. we could be close to 90 on thursday. that's something to 76 on saturday. a chance for some drizzle on saturday. not the best looking d but

i'll have much more on the weekend. wel talk about that and the rest of october coming up. >> a little summer in october. thank you. we are working for you in the community. >> we'll introduce to you a local firefighter who can champion chili maker to his hesume. hesume. >> t duchess is kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. enour economy works best veryone 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.

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they went for years without getting one in their hands and now the caps receive their championship ring. 252 diamonds. you can count them if you like, pl 35 rubie and a sapphire. the ring speech with the teamth logo o front and the players' name and number on the sides. u can take a closer look and all the championship rings. in the meantime, tomorrow night. we are going to welcome our tanley cup champions back the ice. the caps will raise the banner and start the new season at 7:30. kicking it off in the morning and then we're going to be live

reporting from the capital arena tomorrow morning. >> his chili is smoking hot. now fire captain from dale city using his wnings to feed the fire of hope for kids in need. he won erica's best fire house chili contest, beating out four other national contestants. >> i was just looking to have some fun. we had some really stiff competition and it was such a shock. >> he's back in the fire house station 13. in the kitchen and ready to use his prize money to spread holiday cheer with santa for sick children in the area.

>> it is such a special moment. the kids just light up. they don have very many bright moments. to see them light up and to impact so ma more children. >> reporter: so he'll still be fighting fires out of this fire house but he is not done yet. lighting a fire under his chili recipe. he has another competition in alabama coming up next month. we'll keep you posted. we are in dale city. news4. >> it looked pretty good. >> right now, we nee smell-vision. >> nouldn't it be nice to ve a second connector? >> the idea has been studied for decades and it is picking up steam. and we'll take to you africa

wh barbara comstock might as well be barbara trumpstock. donald trump is against expanding medica in virginia. against protections for pre-existing conditions.

and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking insurance rates up to 64 percent in virginia. barbara trumpstock agrees. ce voting with trump 98 pnt 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 icoming."

storm-team 4 tracking severe weather. numerous tornado warnings, even confirming them.

all the way into new york. we think this will mostly stay just to our north and that's very good news. yes, we have a chance of some thunderstorm activity around our region but most of us on the dry side. the rest of us, dry for now. we'll continue to monitor this situation. right now, things are pretty calm is that pretty nice too. >> thanks. it is the most controversial man for our building another crossing over the potomac between virginia and maryland. and leaders say they now have identified t locations where a bridge could be built. transportation a reporterm tuss is in chopper 4 with the story. >> i'm up in chopper 4o talk about what else? a newotomac river crossing. we've heard this before but now there is new talk about a crossing from route 28, over the

loudoun county parkway and across the river over into montgomery county. take a look. the wholen idea has bee that there's this agriculral reserve on the right-hand side. that is what officials in this part of the area are trying to protect. but loudoun county has takep st to identify potential corrido corridors. it will connect with route 7 and potentially create a new crossing over the potomac. supervors say it is time to push this discussion d.forw it is an outreach to thema people ofland. this doesn't have to be an interstate. it can be a four-lane parkway. something that is >>scenic. back here now above the potomac, the leaders say there is a next step. that they' put a end to their

long range plan and that will facilitate more discussion. >> happening tonight, police plan to announce arrests in a series of homeburglaries athletes and celebrities have been targeted and they think they've been using the so many vel schedules t to coordinate the break-ins. six months after the birthn of p louie, the duchess of cambridge has resumed her duties. the school offers outdoor learning experiences for children in inner cities. this is her first solo engagement since prince lie was born. first lady melania trump is in africa on her first solo international trip. she is hoping to make child well-being the focus of her

five-day, four-country tour. >> reporter: the first lady is here to bring her best program that focuses on children and. famili she is going to highlight a number of program here in ghana and elsewhere that she considers to be successes. for example, early on she visited a hospital thates car for young mothers and their newborn children, the focus nutrition and improving the lives of families here. the other theme oer trip is she is supporting u.s. aid programs. thing else that president trump has said that he wants to cut. so she is trying to tie her progra directly to that. shining a light on programs that she says are working. she also received a visit from the first lady of ghana. th isil something she do in malawi and kenya signa

is only the beginning of her time here and she wants to build a long term relationship. she is there to say ameca does care, america wants to be involved and to do whatever they can to help. >> there's a good reason kanye west didn't release his album. >> yeah. it's not done. >> and tracking showers for the evening commute. plus, we'll

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forward to it, after thel" " performance but he says he'll take some time off because it's not done yet. ul will go to africa to take in there and the nature. >> so why did he bring it up? >>t's kanye. we can expect this. but his wife kim kardashian tweet that wehould expect the album november 23rd. >> and is there somettng significbout it? >> black friday. that's about it. >> so hopefully there will be a deal on it. >>ay so you've done a celebrity search online to get the latest gossip? it turns out that celebrity searches for p cple withtain names are dangerous. >> i could not believe it. if you googled ruby rose, you could possibly get a virus on your computer. that's not like the only name kristine came in number two. origin wonder woman lynda

carter. so if you type these in, there could be malware websites that could harm your computer. i never knew this could be an issue. we look up gossip all the time. >> is it just women? no. it is all over. these are the most searched celebrity names. why linda carter? i would look at those fourames andhink one of they will doesn't belong. finally, the ticket changes for the african-american museum. it turns out they're no longer giving day-of passes. >> a lot of people were mad. november was the walk-up wkday where could you get passes on the spot. they're saying that's over now. it won't com back until january or february of next year. >> and they took care of it

yesterday. >> it is always packed, right? >> yeah. but they only did it for the month of september. so you can still, after 1:00 w p.m., you cak up and get passes. >>okay. >> you have to go twond three times. >> all right. you can listen eveay on magic 102.3 and live her every tuesday. see you next week. >> okay. thank you both >> ahead we give you a before and after look at the destation left behind after the magnitude 7.5 quake and tsunami in indonesia. and thankfully, just a few scattered showers and an isoled thunderstorm in our area. area. but fever weather to the north.

he turned around the naa. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped growwenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all.s a plan to lower iptions. drug costs and fully fund our schools. the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare. but it means we've got to believe in each other. ben jealous. butgovernor. we've got to believe in each other.

bawell be barbara trumpstock. donald trump is against g expandinmedicaid in virginia. against protections for pre-isting conditions. and he sabotaged the healthcare market, hiking inserance rates up to 64 pcent in virginia. 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'mennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming."

showers and storms moving in. how to plan for the rest of th week. a driver hits twoan pedest last month. we are awaiting further testing onwo suspicious packages sent the pentagon mail service today. theyre expected to have the deadly poison ricin. one of the pack ans was addressed to james mattis. the packages never made it io e main pentagon building. and right now in indonesia,

more than 1,200 people are dead after a 7.5 magnitude quake last week. the death toll could climb further. you are seeing the satellite image of one village in august. if you gond you slide the bar across the screen in our app, you can see what that same village looks like right now after the quake. many people areo believed trapped. >> reporter: five days now since the tsunami and s quakeuck this coastal town and people here are still waiting for help. they need everything, fuel, food, fresh water and information. people are being told how many are still missing and that's the fear, that the toll could strikr even fur as rescue workers

are able to get to the areas. right now t power is off and many are trapped by land slide. >> the frustration, the access issues mye colleagues h spoken with are very difficult to overco m. >> reporteitary planes are beginning to bring relief supplies in and then they're reloading with people to take them out. thousas are wanting t evacuate and to get anywhere they believe is safer than this. nbc news. >> a social media giant accused of being a gateway. >> facebook is not having a good year. tonight at 5:00, that lawsuit

has just been filed claiming the social media giants isn't doing enough to protect young t users frse sex traffickers. >> what the lawsuit says about facebook'sn role ithis crime and how one teenager says she fell into the. tr plus, the caps come back home toward defend their cup. >> but hockey was not the only thinla some of theseyers are thinking about. for star alex ovechkin, it was abou being a dad. that's not a real baby. >> she talked to him about being a papa and that's him putting his dip skills to a te. >> that's why he's not a goalie. he needs more practice. see you soon.

if you drive in virginia and you travel by air, you may want to upgrade your driver's license. starting in two years the noncompliant drivers licenses won't work. we've come a long way from lithey student i.d.s of the past. several are letting you keep on it your iphoneke. university, the university of alabama and oklahoma are now issuing digital i.d. cards. students can use their phones ps well a for food from a meal man. by the end of the yeartion johns hopkins, them university and santa clara will also be using digitald. i.s. we're watching thislive. we were looking a few moments ago at flooding in arina and now we're looking at a water

rescue in phoenix. thiss remnant of what used to be hurricane rosa. is that right? oo yeah. they for these storms to come up in the ocean off coast of mexico. every once in a while you get these in the southwest. this is one of those storms. this is in our area, we would be talking about inchess and inc of rain to provide that. in the southwest it could be an inch to two inches. they picked up an inch in less than an hour. you can see what it has done. it is continuing into all parts of the four corners including new mexico, utah as well. >> what that happen in the desert area like that, it comes up so quickly. >> it can't be absorbed. >> no. going over extremely dry ground.

it will be nothing in a creek bed and then it is the rising rive >> that's w they call it flash floods. >> absolutely. it happens in a flash. >> no flash floods,ev noe thunderstorm watches but we have severe weather to our north. r radar, not much going on. we have some shower activity around the culpepper area. that is really it. if you live in culpepper or fredericksburg, these showers and storms trying toe m your way. so zoom in here, right along 15 and 29. r tht of our area for the tst part on the dry side. i am watchings line. r could see some development. butlly not much going on. look to our north.

this is just nasty to the north and .pennsylvan most of pennsylvania under a tornado watchful notice the warngs here north of williamsport. back to the westncding one confirmed tornado to the west erie. it hit a nursing home. wait and see the damage that it did it was on the ground earlier. numerous severe thunderstorm gs warn wetoosnk tt m our north tonight. 83 degrees right now. dropping through0s. the pattern, high pressure to the east. again, it is going way to th north. we're going to be on the warm and dry side. we're talking about temperatures close to 90 degrees.

it is all about the heat. we were talking about that earlier. we thought we would hit a high degrees.8 so how unusual is it to have a temperature close to my degre? is time of year, october 2nd? onur average last 90-degree day is september 10th. the lastime we hit 90 in washington was september 7 ths. so we're right on track for hitting the normal of 90. but if we do, it is not necessarily dunhe of. that goes back to 1919. it will be close but it is splitting it continues to feel like summer around here versus fall bas on the jet stream.

it isdownright muggy, from 90 to 95 degrees. that's like pool weather thsday, friday we see the 70s return and the humidity levels drop prettyice on friday. what we have not seen op. the mold spores. hope by this the lack of rain we'll finally see the count go down. >> we really do need to dryout. a chance of a few showers. tomorrow, nice weather. 84 degrees. a mix of clouds and sun. aye thursday. it brings in much cooler weather. more clouds friday. especially into the weekend.

friday, saturday, sunday, maybe even some drizzle on sarday. look at next week. ck into the 80s. >> all right. >> thanks. >> a new teen vaping fad.al it il juuling. and a car hitting two pedestrians and taking off from the scene. the scene. pat

d♪ kaine: myad ran an ironworking shop. a i learned hard work anade from him and his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academiei across vir and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, d i approve this message here in virginia, we have to build an economy that works for all. st

for the f time this afternoon we're seeing date on juul ecigarettes. >> sales have jumped nearly 650% in a year. it may show serious trend among teens. >> walk into just about any high

school bathrm in the country and you can smell it. a sickening mix of fruit, minute and mango. . it is vaping from juul pod. it looks a lot like a flashlight. >> they're really giving themselves nicotine addiction. >>he cdc reports an astounding rise. 641% in just one year from 2016 to 2017. many users are teenagers.re >> ts a lot of public health attention around this and it is justifiably so. we know that ecigarettes are not safe for use. they contain nicotine which is ghly addictive but a kitlso harm the highly developing brain. it contains nicotine salt which lowers the acidity. >> the type they use make it go down easier and it is not as harsh. >> last wee the food and drug

administration conducted a surprise inspection of juul headquarters and seized thousands of documents. in a statement they described the encounter as a constructive and trans parent dialogue adding, we wanto be partf the solution in preventing underage use and we believe it will take industry and regulators working together to restrict youth access. e food and drug administration has given juul labs and other companies two months to get their pducts out of kids' hands or face the ban of all ecigarettes. right now, tracking showers and storms. where are they now and where will they be the rest of the week? >> caught on video, showing the moment a car strikes twost pederians then speeds off. pat collins talking to one of

those victims. >> and the president saying something about young men that is briing a lot of attention. live at the white house. >> good evening. we begin with the forecast. and storm team 4 tracking some rain for your evening commute. >> what does it look ke? >> you notice the area in llow. tornad watches in effect for them but not for us. we are looking at tornado warnin w. ourther though, much quieter. we're not seeing mh at all. a few showers, now back toward shenandoah. this is moving to the east. we could see the storms develop over the next couple of hours. don't let your guard down just yet. i am tracking these for you. we'll have muchnd more the

timing of this. what it means with the big time front coming through. president, then, it is a scary time for young men in this country. the latest now surrounding his sundeme court pick the fbi's review of alleged sexual sc duct. >> the president says he believes that he will get a positive vote but he adds it could depend on what the fbi finds. and we know ford was in the room. >> the bureau has a friday deadline and m mitchonnell says she will be a vote on kavanaugh this week. >> meantime, the president called it a very scaryime for men in