arena. >> we are standing by on the live team coverage to begin in just a few minutes, but we begin with the fbi's background investigation into judge brett kavanaugh. >> it could wrap up at any moment, but the controversy sparked by d christine blasey ford'sua allegation of s assault could last a lot longer. dozens of potential witnesses have not been contacted. democrats demand to know what restrictions the white house placed on investigators. >> we do not know if the public will ever see a final report. blayne alexander has the latest de rlopments. >>orter: as the fbi wraps its investigation into supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, a new debate how the report will be released with a growing bipartisan call to make it public. i think this is an instance where it should be, i trust the eople to draw their own conclusions. >> reporter: senate republicans the end of a vote by

the week, although it's not clear whether they have the votes. president trump adding more uncertainty, mocking the o testimon kavanaugh accuser, istine ford. >> i had one beer. well, do you think -- nope. it was one beer. oh, goods. how did you get home? i don't remember. how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place?'t i d remember? how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: those words, delighting the president's supporters in ppmississi but not sitting well with two key undecided republicans. >> the president's comments were just plain wrong. >> just not right, just notri t. i wish he hadn't have done it. >> reporter: white house pushing back for treating kavanaugh as a victim too. >> every word has been picked apart, every single word, second by second of his testimoen has icked apart, yet, if anybody says anything about the accusations tha have been thrown against them, that's totally offlimits and

outrageous. reporter: saying president trump was not mocking ford, just stating facts. and now ford's attorney is responding to the words from president trump last night calling them vicious,le and soulless. >> thank you. now to the explosive "new york times" report that appeals to reveal donald trump's origin sty isore miss than reality. he's claimed repeatedly he started out with a $1 million loan heit paid back interest to his father, fred trump. >> my father gave me a small loan of $1 million. >> but it was not a loan of a million dollars. according to t"times," he received the equivalent of $413 million from his father's empire over the years. the in apparent tax dodges that disguise massive transfers of wealth from fred trump to is children. >>ti the nar of donald trump as a self-made man was just not

true. >> reporter: new york sta tax investigators are reviewing allegations from the "times" article, and president trump called the report, in his wordsl an boring, and often-told hit piece. the lawyers say the report is 100% false. we'reere at the live desk following breaking news coming from slorence countyth carolina where we understand from emergency officials that an active shooter situation is underway there. numerous law enforcement individuals, officers, and deputies have been shot. three deputiesnd two city police officers as we understand it. our nbc affiliate there reporting that. from the reporter that we just heard from theren the ground, saying, describing this as somewhat as a upscale neighborhood on the outskirts of florence county south carolina and there's a person barricaded inside a home, obviously, what you are seeing here are live pictures of numerous law

enforcement there on the scene, but, again, a developing sto coming out of florence county, asouth carolina, what w hearing from the official account of florence county emerncy management i that an active shooter incident, as they described it, is in progress at this time and the ask everyone to stay away from the scene. there's people somewhat walking slowthere. i'm not so much urgency. trying to get tails on this as soon as we have it, we'll have it here at the live desk. back to you. >> thank you. ha now to breaking newss impacting the evening commute in our area. chopper 4 captured the scene here on southund i-270. this is near montrose seroad. ral vehicles collided and multiple lanes of the interstate have been closed off, at least one person is dead. the crash causing may skbror ckups for people heading towards the district, we're keeping a close eye on this and will update you as they come into news 4. police in montgomery county are working around the clock

tonight to find the man behind a bold attack. the victim was leaving t shady grove metrohe stationn a stranger forced her into the woods and raped her. news 4 has the clues as police zero in on a suspect. a rape in rockvilop has on guard. >> terrifies me that happened around here. >> reporter: change the way you live? >> absolutely. >> mean, you should be able to walk at night. >> it is very scary. >> makes me more apprehensive to walk by myself at nigh i >> reporte happened here on 355, it was around midnight, the victim, a woman, in 3 hers. she had just gotten off the metro at the shady grove station. she'd be outith friends. out a mile from the station, she was walking to afr iend's house when a man grabbed her, dragge her into the woods, beat

agr, raped her. she maned to escape, and then run to a billing nearby whe a security guard came to herde, and called 911. >> it was a brutal assault. she had to be taken to theor hospital freatment and medical personnel there decided to admit her. ki reporter: today, detectives out and about l at surveillance cameras trying to track down the rape suspect. they spent a lot of time at 7-11 on redlan road and 355. ey spent two hours looking at video here this morning. then they came back again this afternoonnd looked at that video again. and again. there is a chance that each suspect was caught on camera somewhere along route 355. patll s, news 4.

worshippers believe it's an effort to clamp down on religious expression, but neighbors just want to keep the traffic and congestion away. inight, northern virginia reporter lookso how a local mosque is trying to keep the peace in the bustling tyson's community. >> reporter: outside the islamic center, you can't miss the signs, self-imposed pking rules. how do you avoid a backup on fridays? >> we stage them over here. >> reporter: inside the property? >> inside the >> reporter: khan explaining how he and others work to lessen congestionalong the pike. when the islamic center opened spot three years ag they were asked how many people come to morning prayer. they said roughly ten. that was true at the time. but, like much of tyson and northern virginia, this area has grown. a lot. so, too, has the number of folks coming to worship here the mosque community wants to expand their worship hours, lifting the 3-year-old

restrictions, so. >> that's great for the mosque, but we're worried about the adverse impaig on the orhood in terms of traffic and noise. >> these restrictions are impacting the free exercise of religion. >> reporter: they took their appeal to the fairfax county zong board wednesday. when asked who wanted to weigh in? lookany stood up to be sworn in. about everyone in support of the mosque. >> when y say ten people is the maximum people that come and worship in the morning, that's saying, really, can't worship. >> we love to have them succeed and have aonderful mosque, but concerns are that they have not complied with the conditions they came up with in 20 . >> reporter: they want more traffic and noise studies done before they weigh d. what do y ultimately to keep everybody happy? >> well, we'll continue to try and ghopefully everyth will work out. we're very optimistic it will. >> reporter: effort to keep the peace and quiet in an

increasingly congest corridor. >> it's the beginning of a brand new chapter for the washington capitals. remember the scene last year? how could you forget? joy and relief as ax finally hoisted the cup. then came the celebrations and the streets and out on the mall, everybody basking in the glow of victory. >> never tired of seeing that. >> nope. today, a last taste of the glory and picture of the cup before the journ to defend lord stanley begins. we g team coverage. leon? >> reporter: guys, the caps begin the defense of the stanley cup and taken the boston bruins tonight,ey but before drop that puck, there's time for one last celebration of last incredible phenomenal team and season. now, outside the arena, there's an outdoor viewing party beginning at 6:30, and then at 7:15, the stanley cup, now

f engraved with the namese players, are on the ice as the team raises that championship nner. puck drops at 7:30, caps return most of the players from last , year's te only losing two of them, but there is one big change at the top. todd reardon takes overs head coach, and a treat for the fans end of the night, those leaving the game, receive a replica championship banner, soml hing that wrry the memory of the night and accomplishment with them down through the years to come. a lot of the fans around making their own memories watching players walk in o the red carpet, and we were there up close and personal, sherree is inside right now. >> reporter: yeah, leon, the doors just opened here at capital one arena so the fans are starting to spill in as the fancy part of the night is over. the players nowin in the dre room, preparing for this season opener, but not before they have to strut their stuff out there on the red carpet. now, the fans gave the players an earful, roaring when the

favorite players took to the red carpet here at capital one arena. another one of the loudest cheers for t.j. osche, they celebrated winning the cup, received rings, andee their names on the trophy earlier this week, next up, though, the banner raising in just over an hour. >> i it'll be a pretty special night. i've given up expectations about how i feel in certain moments. they ask how you feel if you win the p, and you undershoot it. ring ceremony, everything, everything was better than i thought it would be. >> coming back to all the fans, back to the moment when we won the cup one more time, and to celebrate, a moment we have to prepare for.he game season starts, new era, and we do everything it takes to go back-to-back. >> reporter: missing the fest vifts? tom wilson, suspended twenty games, more on why leon, back to

ghyou. >> all you got it. i can't wait to see une banner rled above the rafters there above the ice, and we'll see action at 7:30. jim, back to you. >> just can't wait. all right, leon, thanks. interesting concept. >> sure . why tiny homes could be the key to solving some big city problems. did you hear it? details behi presidential alert that was sent to your smart phone and what it might be used for next. plus, dramatic testimonyann the d.c. mon murder case. hear from a woman in the same car as the suspect as police arrested him. what she's doing now to reveal the latest about t he

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. if you love shows about home design, you saw this trend take off. tiny homes are popping up across the country, and now it's catching on in d.c. how these small homes could be the solution to big cit problems. >> this tiny i home 160 square feet, but could sell for little as $50,000. district officials ht's a way to add more affordable housing options throughout the city. >> we know there's other vacant lots that the city could acquire to be used for this. portland, baltimore have used

tiny homes as a way to house some special populations, sometimes groups of seniors, sotimes it's homeless individuals. >> reporter: and there's anothee befit from the tiny homes. they were both built by high school students. an ideaar from public r. shelly oversaw the construction. >> we had 60 students working on them. >> reporter: because the tiny homes are part of a programs revitalizing blighted properties and providing affordable housing, she says the students took ay more than just job skills. >> the students felt what they did was impoant, not just to us, the rsteachethe school, but to the community at large. >> reporter: the tiny homes on vacant lots are a pilot program for now as they gauge interest from residents f looki a different type of place to call home. in northeast, news 4. well, folks, i show time.

the caps ready to begin a brand new season and defend their title. >> leons in chinatown with doug, all the players a on the red carpet a short time ago, guys? >> reporter: yeah. hey, it was quite the scene, too, wasn't it? >> yeah. >> amazing here. >> just the scene behind us, we were here forhe playoffs a couple weeks ago, months ago, but seemsfike play night again. >> like the opening. >> just tonight. >> folks watching the game with the viewing party here on the side of theuilding ofth street. a heck of a night, folks. gooff to a great start this afternoon. these are players walking in on the red carpet. we had a hollywood thing in aront of the ena. we saw the players walking in there. great scene there. a lot of folks taking pictures nd making memories there, but meanwhile, in the crowd, there was a single die hard fan who will watch the team up close, hunter. he became a caps fan growing up in michigan while watching videos of the caps get alex --

see him walking in there with alex, a huge, huge thing for him. hunterthough, is battling a life-threatening illness now, but thanks to make-a-wish foundation, he's in d.c. for the season opener with a chance to see the cup up clo with the caps' owner. >> heavier than you think, right? >> oh, yeah. >> 35 pounds. >> i didn't think they would bring the cup. it's prettycrazy. >> reporter: you can imagine he'll never,tver forget t moment. >> reporter: absolutely. we saw that. t what he got to do, skate with the guys, try on the ring, and just a really cool thing that he was able to do and caps did for him. >> treated him right. >> yeah. >> hopefully they'll give him predicted. he told us, hunter said they are going to win 5-2. >> wch i love that prediction. one way that we made sure they won every game last year was wings. the secret formula for the caps

is doug eating wings. guess what, he's not doing it just once, but this boy is a trooper. >> yeah. i ended up eating 12 one time, 15, 18 for the final, and so far, today, i've hadeight, and we got 16 more right here ready to we got to hold together for the season. >> we call that the second period. >> yes. all right. hold these, don't touch that guy. that's mine. >> all right. >> this is what's happening t weather-wise ore now, guys. it is a perfect night downtown right n for the opening night here for the caps. look at the weather. show you where temperatures are coming around the area now of we got 84de ees, winds north at 6 tles per hour, and temperatures around the rest region, it's been hot. remember, the average high is 73. we're at 8 4 in d.c., 85 in fred ricks burg, amazing the heat we have with more tomorrow. nothing on radar. we are dry. we stay that wayoving on through, not just tomorrow, but the next couple days, next couple weeks aredr and as far as the temperatures tonight, if

you come out here, caps opener looking good at the 6:00 hour, and 84 by 8:00, and 76 by the time the game is over. with that 5-2 win as we predicted. we love that. 88 tomorrow, a hot day, close to 90 i areas. 73 friday. that's cool,r, cloud co and drizzle saturday. that's something to track closely how muchha drizzle t we see saturday, but right now, not a material day. sunday, a high of 82. the weather, oh, gets a lot better here. monday, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, we're into the low 80s through next week, a very dry period, lking good for that as well, and get the wings. you may or may not know this guy, earlier, it was sam the horn guy. t look ats face, cap guys know who he is. >> you'd like to think so. >> we call ts the goat. named that for a special reason. >> well, i mean, it's n the

greatest of all time not the acronym. it's more like the farm animal. it's all good. mostly, i want everyone to join in with me. let's go caps! let's go caps! >> y're louder than the horn. >> they measured us on a decibel meter meter years ago, he was a little higher, i appealed, but they never did it e ain. >> you w the parade, awe and sam the horn guy, how great was that? >> it was hot. it was, but it was amazing, once in a lifetime experience. if i had to do it over again, i'd get sunscreen,ut other than that, i mean, i'll have footage of that, that memory forever, rer. that's nothing to come away from that. >> one more time -- >> let's go caps! >> let's go caps! >> yes! >> ot to loveit. you can just feel the excitement, guys. >> i can feel the win now. >> hold this, goat. >> all right.

>> i have to take a new hearing test. new hearing aid. >> sorry. >> i'm with you on that f sunscree the next caps parade. >> i remember that burn. >> didn't really think about that. well, new health concerns after mold is disco red inside another local school. what's being done to keep students safe. >> also,ak bg news as police arrest a man after reports about a dangero delivery to the pentagon. what we know now about the suspect as n test relts

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bg news, federal investigators have just made an arrest connected to the potentially poisonous letters sent to the pentagon yesterday, a sim ar letter to the whi house was stopped before it arrived. initial tests suggested the tters might be laced with recin, aoneadly po but today, we learned the letters contained caste seeds, not beans, which is not a finished ricin.f authorities took a man from logan, utah into custody. did you get it we got it here at nbc 4 right on cue at 2:18 this afternoon, a

presidential alert. the federal emergency management agency sent an alert to mobile devices to see if the nationwide wireless emergency alert system would reach americans during a national crisis. fema says the w systemill only be used in real emergencies and won't be sent as a political message. still, it did notit sit well some critics. they say the don't want the president to pophe up on tir phones. inside the takedown, next at 6:00, a woman riding in the car with the d.c. mansion murder suspect reveals what he said as police were clong in onhim. plus, major hotel chains accused of not doing enough to fight human trafficking, only on news 4, what a company is doing to try to change that. >> defending the cup, excitement is pretty darn high. oualmost an before the caps take the ice for the season opener, we are live rocking t red with fans ahead

i'merica gonzalez at the live desk with an edate to active shooter situation happening in florence county south carolina. we understand has now come to a closeeaving at least five officers shot. their conditions unknown, and a suspect, we understand, j few minutes ago was apprehended and taken into cuthody.

e are live pictures from an area knownnt as e place in florence county, south carolina, three deputies, twoe city pol officers shot in what was described as an active shooter situation, again, tt coming to a close just a few moments ago. we lost that live cpicture. tell you that a suspect was taken into custody. as soon as we learnore details, as we'll have it for you here from the live desk. back to you in studio. >> all right, thank you. court has wrapped up for the week in the d.c. mansion murders case, and today, jurors heard testimony unlike any since the trial started. >> a woman sitting next to darren wynn was combative talking about the moment he was into custody. >> they called another family member who says they helped turn him in, and news 4 reports. >> reporter: firy, combative, and sometimessi d testimony today from the now

23-year-old who testified that she wasn the car with darren the night he was arrested. she did not hoe anything say walking out of the court with her face covered, but inside a different story. she told jurors that she was in the car with her g twolfriends the night of may 21st. she knew they were going to meet ariend they called goo, but she didn't know his real name, and said she had no idea he had a brother named darren. she described darren as being rude andmelling of coal or gasoline. rtials inater, u.s. several cars blocked them in, arresting daren and taking everyone else into custody. she was talking back to the defense trying to poke holes in her credibility by reminding them she told the grand jury she did not smell gasoline that night in may. the woman also said she anresearched theon murder story after she was questioned by the police, but didn't know anything about the house being

set on fire. a forensic expert who processed the car says she recovere more than $7,000 in cash from the truck. the majority of the money, she found, wasn $100 bills. this woman also testified she recovered money o wers and a noh the address to the d.c. jail and a detective's number on it inside the box truck. george iaal leaving court this afternoon after testifying that the box truck belonged to him. he's darn'scousin, and said he got a call asking himrno help arren into the police. he made thehe arrangement for friend to meet them. alias got the box truck and testified they went to a hotel in college park to get daren. not long after, the u.s. marshalls moved in while alias was on the phone with a police detecti

detective. disturbing crimes against children happening in some of the world's largest toe tell chains. >> last may, a survivor shared her story with news 4. >> like you pass valets in the hallway, and leaves you to li wonder, , do they care? >> that woman, we call doe, is part of a series of groundbreaking lawsuits claiming hotelsot do do enough to end human trafficking. >> our reporter, susan hogan, looks at what one major hotel chain is doing. >> reporter: we asked every major hotel chain trafficking policies while most say they do not train 100% of the staf we learned marriot is in the middle of a major efforto do justthat, and they invited us inside for an exclusive look. >> reporter: this is a bartender at the renaissance in downtown

d.c. she recently took on a new responsibility at work. watching for signs of human trafficking. >> i definitely keep a close ear and close eye on things that are going on. eporter: she's one of nearly a half million employees a marriott's properties that completed mandatory training. og in the training today, you learn to rze the signs of whman trafficking, and you're also going to lear to do if you observe those signs in any of our properties. >> reporter: news 4 was granted rare access inside a training session at the w ho not only our employees here taught the classic signs of human >> escorting various men into the room and around untille the ave. >> reporter: they learned about real life situations that happened on properties where trained employees saved lives. turns out law enforcement got involved, and that child had been missing from his parents

for thr days. >> reporter: the people in the room vary from front desk, valet, housekeeping, and restau the message to them is perfectly clear. they all have to be vigilant and get involved. >> security is every one's responsibility. >> reporter: they are on a mission to make sure every tngle one of its employees, worldwide,es this mandatory training. >> as a hotel company, we a taking a pro-active approach on this. we're not ignoring the issue. we're not denying it. we accept that, and, you know, unfortunately, it happens in. hote >> reporter: at record rates, according to a global network working to end exploitation of children. >> this training is extremely urgent. this is the most important industry to train on this issue period. ecpat,orter: according to only three major hotel chains worldwide made thein tg

mandatory for all employees, and those that don't, they are going to be called out. they are building a data b'le that y be able to search to see whether the hotel you're booking mes the grade. >> so you'll be able to see in the first year what companies thempolicies, how many of are training, who is training, what is that training. what does that look like? >> reporter: the nextou time check into a hotel with your family, you'll know if someone, like her, is keeping aatchful eye. >> any time i see something that is not sright, tha not going on well, i definitely have my ears aware. >> reporter: ratings should be availa e for you to see by t begins of the year. to see all the previous stories, go to nbcwashington and search "sex trafficking." susan hogan, news 4. there's a good chance you heard a new political ad on the radio, but you're not getting the whole story.

>> up next at 6:00 tonight, breaking down the facts in one of virginia's most contentious races. >> why parents say a local county is not doing enough after mold was found in another amelia?hool. >> speaking of mold, despite our dry weath i we hadthe last few days, mold spores continue to run high across the hear, so if you are dealing are allergies, that could be playing a role, and take a look, there's a live look outside of capit a live look outside of capit one arenala, kaine: my dad r 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. 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 all.

a pathetic smea what virginia senator's campaign calls challenger's first radio ad. epeating information news had fact checked as false in the debate last week. our bureau chiefoo lks what stewart is claiming ands why i under fire. >> reporter: it was a new line of attack opened by gop challenger corey stewart in the nbc senate debate last week

using a question about the kavanaugh hearing to talk about allegeddexual harassment implying senator tim cane could be involved. >> what about the hush money paid to the 268 separate complaints against you, senator, and other members of the united states jngress. >> yt tried to slip in kplin complaints against me, and that's completely false. >> reporter: today, thradio ad he same theme. stew wart asking how he iticizes kavanaugh when there could be senators accused of wharassment. t are you hiding? are you on that list? >> reporter: but stewart admitted he has no evidence t tie caineto any claims. what's more, ewart's characterization of the settlements for sexual harassment is inaccurate. theds monetary aw settled

other employment disputes on behalf of all capitol hill employees. in richmond, stewart at it again, and caine firing back. >> corey, dtu't makeff up or pretend. there's never been a claim filed against me or anyone in my office. >> reporter: senator caine's campaign spokesman called cstewart's falseims a desperate lie adding the only thing steward revealed with the attack is his total lack ofch acter and moral fiber. in northern virginia, news 4. stewart ads are on radio only because he does not have the money to buy them for tv. >>in senator s campaign raised $19 million compared to n $1.3 milli for stewart. up next, poignantio que from parents after mold was scovered in the localschool, and why some say the county is h not doing eno to keep their children safe. plus, the reigning stanley cup h champs hite ice tonight for the first time this season, what fans can do to own a piece

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back from breaking news we covered, new video justt n of a susp custody after a shooting in florence, south carolina. no word on moetd itive. we know that five law enforcement officers were wounded. and no word yesterday on their conditions, tt, again,s active shooter situation in florence county, south carolina now over. jim? >> back close to home now, some parents say there is mold inside a prince y george's coublic school making their kids sick. they tell us at least one classrooms closedoff, but news 4's chrisn goroke with

concerned parents who say the school system is not doing enough. >> reporter: these are pictures mold, inside benjamin creativend performing art academy inside maryland. nate, otos were taken by father of a student, during a recent unannounced visit to the school. >> trying to find out why was my son's dance class in the hallway, and that's when they had told me it was mold. >> reporter: adrian has a granddaughter, a 7th grader here. >> m concern is the mold. she's starting to present symptoms, runny nose, headaches. >> reporter: this is not the atrst plic county school with mold. he start of the semester, it was found in district heights deementary school, and stus were reassigned to the old high school, but a spokesman for the prince george's county public school system says this is a different situation, and the mold problem is bei fixed by

replacing ceiling tiles and replacing the insulation in pipes. the families are skeptical. >> while there are some actions taking place, they are all band-aid action and not actions to totally kraecorrect and elime the problem. >> reporter: the family learned ere's a meeting at schoo thursday night of the they said they were not invited, but they are going to come anyway to find out what the school system to do about the mold problem. reporting from prince george's county, chr gordon, news 4. new insight into america's fast food habit, and it'ot good news. nearly 37% of people eat from the fast food or pizza restaurant on any given day, according to new research from the center for disease control andprevention. age matters, it ems. 45% of people under 39 eat fast food. 49%. the number drops to 24% among people over the study found that men tend to

have fast food for lunch and women, well, we havet for a snack. why does it matter? cdc notes fast food is associated with a increased intake of fat, calories, and um so >> i'm doing my part, unfortunatelily. >>ut well, we're all ahe caps tonight, folks. the team takes the ice for the season opener,ess than one hour from now. >> of course, all everybody's thinking about is the stanley cup. e team's ready to hoist the owampionship banner in minutes, and leon harris is in chinatown to cover it. eon? >> reporter: heguys, boy, as you can tell now, it's picking up a little bit here noise-wise. we got the viewing party just getting underway here on 7th street. it's going to be quite a night outside and inside the capital one arena. hard to believe it's been four, five months since we saw that game, the one we can't forget, thousands descending on the mall to celebrate the 'ca first

stanley cup championship, iconic moments, raising the trophy, and t.j. leading the crowd in the chant of back-to-back, and race to the playoffs begins again tonight, but there's still celebrating to go. days ago, the players got their championship rings, and let me tellou something, talk about bring. they are 14 karat whi and yellow gold, 250 diamonds, 35 rubies, and one lucky fan gets one of his own because the tea is raffling one off for charity. a winner will be chosen from those who donate to the monumental sports foundation, the capital's official charity, and from what i heard, the rings cost about $12,000ioo the ve the players get. i just saw for the first time a t-shirt with that line from ove's speech, we're not gthng to be suc year. we're about to find out if that speech works two years in a row, guys. we'll see you soon. back to you in the studio. >> all right, thank you. now, aamelia has check on

the weather, beautiful weather for everybody outsidehi wa. >> yeah. >> it's so nice, and like summer, almost feeling similar to when the season ended ago. short months >> like weeks ago. >> right? nothing's changed. we're hot, humid, and talking about hockey. talking about hockey is a great ting. if you w autumn, we'll talk about that on friday and saturday, but take a look, nice enough outside today to get done, right? why not. always a good day for cleaning if it's not raining, and today, of the capitol dome. coolr there, poshing the capitol dome today. 80 degrees though, i don't know, that'sndot for me, we're going to be hot and humid again tomorrow on youth sday. temperatures tomorrow near 90 with the humidity tomorrow, it's going to fee like 90 to 95 degrees tomorrow afternoon, so feeling very much like summer, but scattered thunderstorms tomorrow evening, that's the second weather headlines a that cools us down, friday and

saturday are in the 70s for highs, and t time of year.is right now, we're at 84 degrees in the district, andco startingo down at the mason dixon line, 75 in frederick. beautiful clear skies out there right now, and plenty of sunshine throughout the day tomoigow, but, again, that of 88 feels more like 90 to 95, andhose showersnd thunderstorms move through, mainly after that evening rush,t so here'se weather at noon. notice, still plenty of sunshine if you are getting lunch out, dealing with the heat and humidity, no rain, but at 5:00 p.m., showers and thunderstorms north of washington, 7:00 p.m. they sneak into the metro area, and 10:00 p.m., they are mainly south of washington into southern maryland and northern neck, and w dry out after midnight. now, the latest foliageeport has our color nonexistent or coming inlo blue ridge and far western maryland, over the next couple weeks, colors will be more vibran out there with the pique

ll foliage late september into november. golf is returning to normal. outdoor barbecues on saturday have maybe a light jacket because look. here's why on your ten-da 76 on saturday. that's not why you want the light rain jacket.hy pa drizzle saturday. otherwise cloudy skies sunday, looking better with inn, low 80s, and after that, temperatures sta the 8 o 0s. temperatures sta the 8 o 0s. before we g

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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. governor. is the xfinity sports sk. >> wetart out with sherree inside capital one arena whe lot of fans poured in already too. >> reporter: they have, there were lines just waiting to get inside the door. the team just taking the ice t start a new season, and we are going to raise the championship banner for the capitals, and like you said, in about 35

minutes, it' bittersweet tonight because we learned the team is without their key omntributors in winning the championship, t wilson, suspended 20 games stemming fros th hit on sunday in the pre-season finale against the ble blues, and he points to the department of players safety, one, it was an illegal check, it caused injury, and wilson is repeat offender. you may remember he was suspe suspended three times last season, and because of that, he received the severe punishment of 20 games. his teammates don't agree with that decision. >> i don't think it's right. you know, obviously, he's history so that played a part, but to be honest, i thi it's awful. >> you know, player for us, he's, youknow, difference maker on the ice. news,ou know, just saw the and, you know, obviously don't agree with it, but that's just my opinion, so, you know, we're

going to miss him a lot, and, you know, looking forward to getting him back. >> reporter: tonight, also, the first game as caps head coach for todd reard-- reirden, playe role leading the team's defense, and he replaces barry who resigned and is now thed h coach of the new york islanders. the first time head coach is ready for this moment. >> it is ait unique stion but it's something i'm prepared for, and i feel like i have a little bit of an advantage over having dealt with the players for the last four years. knowing the personality that i have,he thicks a bring to the table in terms of my energy and passion for making them better, improving them, and, youknow, the xs and os and tactical stuff expected from me issueand, you know, i've been in situations where i had to do the meetings before, and now it's just officially as the head coach, so it's an exciting time for me,

and it's something i'mte defi honored and privileged to be going through., >> reporter: ike all the players, got their day with the stanley cup to do whatever they wanted wit it, and along for every single ride, still pritchard known for keeper of the cup. hehared how special a season it was. >> between now and then, we visited seven countries, hundreds of events, seen a ton m of es, and we created a city into a hockey town, and that's visiting canada, u.s., denmark, sweden, germany, czech, it's beenes e. i think what made it really special is that the citybeot nd it right from day one of the playoffs, all the way through, and we see it here today, i mean, it's not only the capitals' cup issue but the city of washington's cup, and that's separating it from everything. >> also, too, i heard the capitals were one of the first teams, trademark was the cup

stand? how do we feelbo the cup stan? is stanley okay? >> the cup is awesome. growing up, everybody does it, and when you do i right, it's amazing, but using the cup as a base, it's tough. for all tuys that have done it, it's been a great ride, and they have enyed great beverages and foods from it, but, yeah, i guess another tradition washington started. >> who doesn't want twnbe k for tough keg stands, am i right? plus, i had tohe bring out purple coat one last time to start the season, dave? >> i feel better now because it worked. it workedn the spring,o now, i'm okay. i think we're going to defend that cup. go havefun. enjoy the game tonight. >> she has the fun stuff, i got the serious stuff. o they imore,

accomplished a lot in the past summer. incredible. >> you're not surprised by wilson. >> i'm not surprised by

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