commute. >> amelia draper is in for chuck this week and joins us with a look at the weather. what do you see this morning? >> areas of fog out there. especially north and west of washington.u so if live in the more rural locations you want to add extra time. if y i're headingo work today, if you have the day off for columbus day, i hope you enjoy your day off. it's hot and humid for everybody this afternoon. it'se feeling anywh from mid 80s to near 90 this afternoon. no tomorrow, going to be just like today, a carbon copy. more like sum r thanfall. once again on wednesday, rain is ible late. so most of the day is dry and then on thursday our transition day this week to finally some more autumn-like weather for friday and the weekend but that rain on thursday, potentially with the remembinants of tropic storm michael. we're dealing with fog this morning and into the afternoon

hours increasi sunshine and maybe an isolated shower but for most of us, it's looking like a drday from start to finish, but again, plenty of clouds and fog out thereht now and by this afternoon we'll have more sunshine,me ssa. >> i actually still like all of this nice,hearm we 355 at redland road, you can see allf that fog hanging around here this morning. amelia has been telling us about it. southbound on 95 at virginia, a little bit of a slow down. camp springs, outer loop, before lentown road. he y far right to get by bridge work there. the rest of the beltway is fine. earlier road work has not cleared out of the way. you look good northbound a southbound. everything is nice and clear. >> lissa, thanks. new details this morning in america's deadliest transportation accident in nearly a decade. a family was out to celebrate a

30th birthday on saturday when the fun suddenly turned into traged 20 people died when the limo crashed in upstateew york. >> the driver ran a stop sign and slammed into a parkedcar. two pedestrians standing nearby were hit and killed. the limo kept going and ended up in a creek bed. the driver and all 17 passengers died. four sisters were inside the limo celebrating the youngest sisters birthday. their aunt spoke toeporters shortly after the crash. >> they did theth responsible g getting a limo so they wouldn't be driving. you can wrap youread around such a tragedy where you have four of your daughters die. >> well, the ntsb is investiging the cause of that crash. invest iators would not say any of the passengers inside the limo were wearing their seat belts. >> tonight president trump will hold a formal swearing in remony for now supreme court justice brett kavanaugh at the

white house. tomorrow justice kavanaugh takes his seat on the high cour on saturday the senate voted 50 to 48 to confirm kavanaugh. he was later sworn in in a private ceremony. now voters are looking ahead to the midterm elections. still ahead, tracie pottsill have more on the political fall out on capitol hill. >> a top vatican official describes allegations that pope francis covered up allegations of sexual misconduct. he accused pope francis of anullingns sanct against the former cardinal. ope francis ordered a investigation into how he rose through the ranks. >> developing this morning, police are searching for a man that tried to sexually assault a woman. this happened on saturday in the middle of the afternoon on ca

carravenue. the woman was handing out brochures when the man grabbed r and made sexual advances toward her. ohe fought back and broke free and was able run away. the attacker ranon toward beach parkway. >> we're learning new details about a violent aack that played out inside a wine store. you can see photos from d.c. police. this man chased another man into the store, pulled out a hammer and started smashing himn the head. the attacker ran off. the victim isxpted to recover. it's just blocks away from th and t street. >> we begin your top story with two developing stories in the district. police working to learn how a person wast badly hur near a busyrestaurant. police are also investigating a deadly stabbing. we're told a man was stabbed to death on good hope road i southeast. right now there'sus no spect information available and the

man's identity has not been as re. >> messages of love are overshadowing an act of hate in fairfax county. someone spray painted the jewish community center in northern virginia. surveillance video captured the person that painted them. police are still asking for to help find that person and the rest of the suspects. >> parents carhave checelled planned walk out. parents are upset about the mold growing inside the school. over the weekend they brought in an independent team tossess the problem. they're happy they listened to their complaints. there's mold problems at this and other schools. >> tropical storm michael is expected to make landfall around the florida panhandle. it's churning near cozumel, mexico and could hit florida

near wednesday. experts predict it could effect the carolinas as well. that's where flood water from hurricane florence have just receded. ame amelia draper will be back to tell us how michael could erimpt use in the d.c. area. puts it through. >> if you fell aschep watg this match up it ended with a win for the texans. the team defeating theowboys 19-16 in o.t. it was a late game and didn't ap up until nearly midnight but this 36 yard field goal secured the win. thats what secured the win for the mexicans. >> are you ready for mondayfo night ball? the redskins headed to the super dome to take on thesa ts. fresh off a bye and are currently in first place in the division. our defense has been pretty hot

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>> ufc fight sparkingsa convon this morning but it was after the match that had people talking. >> so there was this huge brawl that broke out in las vegas after the ufc fight between connor mcgregor and his opponent. he climbedgo out of the octan and attacked one of mcgregor's trainers. and someone jumped in and started hitting mcgregor that was still down. he technically won the title bth 's all in jeopardy right now. he didn't get his purse so his multimillion dollar payday is still on hold. i believe mcgregor got his money. but the person that oversees the ufc seeing this is totally inappropriate. this should not have happened. >> people have been saying mean things to each other for 18 years here at the c. nothing like this has ever

happened. >> i know this is not my best side. this is not my best side. o> these two have a history dating back t when mcgregor was arrested for attacking his bus but it may get settled in the octagon with mcgregor already tweeting that he wants a rematch. >> imagine that. >> we'll just have to see. >> let's lower expectations for the ufc fighters, okay? >> i agree with that, aaron. take a look. the national weather service issued a dense fog advisory for all the count in grey. that includes montgomery, fairfax, frederick county in maryland and virginia until 10:00 a.m.

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visiting with leaders there. the visit comes as the u.s. and china battle it out over tariffs. >> he described his conversation with kim jong un as good and productive. tracie potts is on capitol hill this morning. what else happened e?th >> we are hearing that there have been some fundamental disagreements, that's the way secretary pompeo is describing it this morning, with china, but oey're looking forward to frank conversations the other hand with north korea. there's a possibility of a summit. the newspaper in north korea shows him shaking hands with a m jong uhe tries to forge yet more discussions about winding down their nuclear program. the second summit not out of the question. he says it's good and

productive. >> the senate confirming brett kavanaugthe supreme court. what do you think happens next? >> what happens next is t politics of it all. both sides democrats and republicans are usi this confirmation to energize their debate. they're going into this midterm and he thinks that will change with the core republican base on the other side. thousands of people demonstrated on their half of this. >>s tracie poor us on the hill, thank you so much. >> 4:47 right now,n locks your doors help to keep you safe but for one prince george county woman a particular kind of lock may have caused her precious seconds and ultimately her life. this home in fort washington caught fire about twoks wee ago and she had a doubler cylin lock.

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they held the annual open house onay satu even got to tryon some soar. it's a little big. >> there you go. >> they're not bothered. how cute. >> well, a pumpkin patch like no other. the glow jack-oantern experience landed at fairfax park. now the walking trail is about a third of a mile long and featured harry potter and of course you have t get the politics in. presidential pumpkins as well as some of the u.s. landmarks well. we also found some love. and prince harry and duchess megan. you can go there and watch expert carvers at work.

it's there through the end of october. you have to buy them in advance and people are showing up. so don't put all of this information on our nbc washington app. you can actually see it does glow. >> that's prettyaw ome. can we see it if we bring the lights down. >> a little bit. ye >> let me shine my phone light on there. >> there we go. >> but this is really popular. a lot of people want to head ouo he pumpkin patch today. you know it's really, really busy. >>weating in the patch today. >> they'll be sweating it out. low to mid0s today are going to feel more like mid to upper 80s. so normally guys our high this time of the year now 71 degrees. so temperatures 10 to 15egrees above normal. not normal.

soealing with some of that thick fog this morningment a dense fog advisory is in effect for areas north and west of washington until 10:00 a.m. this morning. otherwise we're at 71 degre right now. an also somepatchy drizzle out there until 8:00 or 9:00 a.m. it is a muggy 76 degrees by :00 a.m. but the good news is sunshine developing as we head on into the afternoon hours and that high of 83 is feeling more like 87 degrees. the chance of an isolated shower today very low at only about 20%. we finally see our temperatures

cool into the 60s but that comes with rain and some of that rain due in w part tot's left of tropical storm michael. here's the latest track. 60 miles per hour. moving toward the north at 5:00 p.m.. d then wednesday evening likely making landfall as a category 1 somewhere in florida. we're going to keep a very close eye on thatn and t third day we could see some rain for michael as well as a cold front. look at our temperatures fridayd saturday sunday. mid to upper 60s for this weekend. looking great for the pumpkin patch. >> we'll be heading tre friday. camp springs outer loopefore allentown road. this is that long standing project that started a coupl weeks ago.

the rest of the beltway is fine. 355 at redland road, look how foggy it is. just a little bit slow. don't have anything reported. taking a look to county, in of town and out of town nice and clear this morning, guys. >> melissa, thank you. if you're already thinking ahead to the weekend, here's something the whole family can enjoy. v you canit the world's largestperational viking ship. it's docked at the wharf through next monday. it was built in modern times but molled after the ships vikings sailed centuries ago. >> well, the public can now learn about an untold story. thomas jefferson's home.

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for lying about ingredients. according i to this lawsuitt uses a numbers of synthetic inedients in it's water. parent companies call it misleading say they occur naturally in fruits. the company plans to counter sue. >> okay. so i don't know if you have been getting the facebook messages, but i the latest facebook hoax has some worried about a ck. >> it works by targeting the messenger and inbox and makes it look like the user could have a cloned profile. it's all fake though s you' it from an existing facebook friend telling you that they receive a friend request from you. then it says to check your account and forward the message to all of your friends and then all of your friends get the same message you got initially. facebook says there hasn't bn an unusual increase in cloned activity f recently. >>u love emojis you're going to love this. appl a ising 70 new emojis.

the newdions are a party hat, a streamer, a la, lettuce, bagels, cupcakes. all of these will be automatically added in the ios 12.1 update.>> very time i update i get problems. >> melissa's phone, she was le eigh updates behind or something like that. >> is that why she doesn't text us back? >> her g phone isat right now. all the pictures are crisp. still a local community coming together to erase messages of hate. details on the search now under way for the person responsible. >> plus 20 people killed during the weekend limo ride in upstate new york.

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just about 5:00 a.m. now. good morning. >> a major weekend in d.j. after weeks of bitter debate. brett kavanaugh was confirmed to the u.s. supreme court. >> thousands of p in the streets before and during the vote this morning we're

eroking at the official swearing inony that will happen tonight. we'll tell you why the fall out from the process could impact the midterms as well. we begin with a check on the forecast. your >> we'll get to melissa and your drive in just a tment. irst let's start things off with amelia draper who is in for chuck. >> we're going to feel the mugginess today and right now areas of thick fog and patchy drizzle across a good portion of the area.ll the fog s thick in spots and the national weather service issued a dense fog advisorythor al counts in grey. this will go until 10:00 a.m. this includes fairfax, prince illiam, up through frederick and down through king george county taking a look at the most recent visibilities. you can see, visibility there down to about