the backyard and said if you move, i will shoot you. >> witnesses describe it as police search for a suspect. investigators are chasing leads in that attack that has families on highalert. >> a young girl snatched off the street and sexually assaulted oy her to school. the man alsottacked a neighbor who tried to help. all culver is near where of this took place. david, you just talked to one the victims. what have you learned? >> i can tell you, i just stepped outf that home helped me where theville has just gotten back from thehospital. this is adult victim. the woman who was attacked. her face is goal sxen and she's in a lot of pain.

tonighthe can barely speak. her face badly bruised. she said he punched metere and e with a gun here. >> and i tried running after him. my mom ended up tackling me on the front lawn. >> reporter: she was walking the dog this morning. noticed a little girl and map. the little girl warned her the man had a gun. she said he grabbed the girl under one arm? her if i other. he dragged them to the backyard, set them down on the grass and pointed the gun at them. >> he was like, n i have t kill you and he went into the kitchen d grabbed aknife. that's when she started yelling. i woke up and i grabbed the sledgehammer under my bed. by the time i came out, he was

gone. >> reporter: police say he sexually assaulted the girl before taking off. an intense manhunt followed. from the air to theground. police in tactical gear and joining in on the search. on their hands and knees. ering under cars. >> we're trying to identify who that suspect is. does not appear that the victim, the adult or the juvenile knew the suspect. so this was a stranger occasion. >> reporter: he said he saw him. >> she wasyi . >> reporter: tom she wishes desperately more to help the little girl. police telling us tonight that both victims are expected to recover. physically. otionally, asou saw, these

wounds are very deep. even morein rrect, this entire horror unfolded over the course of an hour from start to finish. >> what that the little girl?he is still hospitalized? >> as of now, she is still in the. hospit we went by where she lived and wanted to see if she wanted to share. she is still recovering and trying to get better. this is a struggle for this entire community. >> clearly, there i a big law enrcement effort to cat this guy. thank you. our other big story, the at r. and we are tracking right now, hurricane michael as this monster stormims for the gulf coast. today, president trump headed forarts of florida. o evacuationrders are in place.

the storm is just becoming a category 3. there are new concerns could it strengthen even more before coming ashore. landfall is expecd within 24 hours. near panama city beach, florida. fema is calling specializedse ch and rescue teams from our area to help in the hurricane responry. nd's task force one is on the road right now. the team from the montgomery county fire department left this team g andhe 16-person from virginia task force one if facounty also left today. both groups are moving people impacted by the flooding. >> reporter: we expect to it continue to strengthen over the next 12 hours or so before making landfall by around 2:00, 3:00 in the afternoon. you can see this is a very large storm. about the size of the entire

florida panhale. we've noticed some deep thunderstorm activity right around the center of the last couple of hours. this is 1:00 central time 125-mile-an-hour winds here. close to a category 4 hurricane which is 131. and then making its way toward the carolinas, which power outages with strong winds there as well montgomery county, right down around the re springfield down around 495. so heads up with even a fewsh ers on our weather and the haste on michael coming up in about ten minutes. police say man was killed

and a woman was injured while her children were sitting in the back seat of the car. pat tot come jins in the district trying to learn what happened. >> reporter: in this parking lot, bullets in the air, kids in the car, the mother shot and wounded, the mother's boyfriend shot and killed. murder on montana avue. in the back seat o this car, a 4-year-old boy and a 2-year-old girl. the motr of the children in the front. the mother's boyfriend nearby. then came the shot. one after another after another. nine in all. car glass shattered. car door pierced.

the little ks in the back crying for help. >> they were with the mother screaming that howling. reat's what i heard. >> reporter: they screaming. how about the mother? >> the mother was with them. >> reporter: you have o be some ki evil to shoot a gun into a car with two toddlers into it. >> these criminals out here, one they final somebody who they want or they're after, they take no prisoners. ey don't care who is around. >> reporter: when it was over, the man fell dead to the groundn the wom wounded. e kids in the back seat shaken but unharmed. the mother was taking her kids to daycare. police are hook for evidence that might lead to the killer. >> any time you have this during

broad dlight with children in the car, the public should be outraged behind this. as we are. the victim was 26 years old. >> this is the latest murder in d. there have been 126 murders this year. that's compared to 88 murders by year andtime last we've surpassed the total number of murders for all of last year which was 116. chopper 4hows the flashing lights and police cars. officers fro northernvirginia, d.c. and maryland work together to take down this fugitive. alton thodos struggling as police tried to get him into hand cuffs.

he was spotted near little river turnpike in alexandria. he was then seen in the district on c street southwest and he was finally apprehended on marlboro pike inge princge's county. coming up, tracee wilkins talked to the witness who watched and recorded this arrest. now to the shock waves from the shake-up in president trump's administration. the united sations ambr nikki haley is moving. on there are questions such as why a popular member of president trump's team would resign one month before the mid-term elections. the letter is dated last wednesday. the white h sse andffers seemed taken by surprise when that news came out this morning. as for what's next, blayne alexander is at the white house. and the president is already floating names of possible replacements. he said he wants to see somebodt in pn within two to three weeks. possibly sooner. we've seen, of course, a number

depart flurries this administration. this one was done differently. that's because paper statement or tweet. that's because he was sitting down in frochbl cameras saying he wants to show how much he preciates her service. a surprise shake-up. nikki haley leaving at the end of the year. >> we're all happy for you but hopefully you'll be comingack at some point. ley, the highest ranging woman in the trump administration, has had some moments of tension. in part because of her strongic crm of russia. saying she is ready to take a break. s etime it is good to rotate in other people had can put the same energy and power into it.

>> and knocking down speculations about her political future. >> for all of you asking about if i'm running in 2020, , i'm not. >> later the president floated a possible replacement. his former deputyis adv dina powell. >> she is under consideration. >> reporter: presidehe trump hitsampaign trail ahead of the mid-terms. now one month away. toutinis newest supreme court justi justice. the process is over. my focus is to be the best justice i can be. r orter: both parties using it as a raling cry. in addition to the rally in iowa, the president has three more campaign stops planned this week alone including in ohio, pennsylvania and kentucky.

they are all states that he won in 2016. jim and doreen? >> thank you. when we come back, new concerns about safety after a car barrels into a group of high school stts. why some say this area is too dangerous to have teens waiting for the bus. >> a grieving mother faces her daughter's killer. what she said that brought the suspect and some jurors to tears. and bracing for impact. we're live with the final preparations before hurricane preparations before hurricane michael makes landfall tomorr

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people t prepare. >> reporter: good evening to you. now a major hurricane. michael poses a serious threat. not only to the coast but inland as well. boarding up along the florida coast. >> with a storm like this, you don't have a lot of time on prepare. >> time on outrun hurricane michael is quickly >> we're right in the cross hairs of this storm and that hurts peo e toevacuate. there will come a time when you can't evacuate. >> reporter: with gas already out in some dsplaces, thous of residents are leading the warning to take this powerful storm seriously. >> hurricane mike would be a

devastatinstorm. we have not seen a storm of this magnitude in quite some time.or >> repr: a possible storm surge of eight to 12 feet and significant dame to the infrastructure in the imminent forecast. >> the t to prepare is right now. the storm is dangerous. hi you don't follow a warning from officials, storm could kill you. >> reporter: prepare and pray. >> what else can you do but pray? reporter: michael is on the way. prepare.limited to you can see behind me, this massive crane that stands two b cicks in downtown tallahassee being taken down and secured in anticipation of michael's arrival that is expected at this point sometime tomorrow afternoon. that's the latest in tallahassee. back to you. >> quite a contrast with

hurricane florence which took forever to make landfall. this one is cing on a lot faster, isn't it? >> it is. youalk about hurricane florence. we were able to watch that for two weeks making its way across the atlantic. this storm we knew about wednesday or thursday but it just became a hurricane yesterday. now making its way to a mcaor gory 3 hurricane. they have not seen one this strong in that area since 1975. before that, over 100 years. >> as up, they haven't had a lot of time. it has gotten its act together pretty quickly. the last couple storms showing th. we'll see what that does.

we're seeing flooding already. storm surge already from ft. ers toward the alabama border. moving north at 12. comingn land, it could be close to a category 4. but it won't matter much. the damage will be toward parts of the southeast. therange is tropical storm warnings. savannah, you this charleston, and take a look. even toward the raleigh, north carolina area. the same area hit by florence. they're under tropical storm watches. this storm moves back with some rain but then much different weather. >> we'll see some rain showers

thursday. a frontal system is pushing out to see. we'll have dropping humidity a dropping temperatures. that's the big thing everybody is asking about. en will this humidity go away? we have muggy conditions wednesday and thursday. then into friday, it starts to drop. as we get into this weekend, a different story.nd refreshinglmost cold out there. s we head in through t morning, we'll be in the low 80s. wednesday, thursday, and by friday, e'saturday, not making it out of the 60s. there could be some areas that coul make it out of the 50s. so you'll want to grab a small umbrella.

these are the number w re looking at for morning temperatures saturday and sunday. a shock to the system with some of these temperatures after we've been well above normal. heaviest rain. 64 on yourid. 64 on saturday. again, extremely chill early in the morning. this cooler air wants to stickn ar while. >> we have a couple days to find warmer clothes. comgup, growing pains at reagan national airport. >> theig changes causing confusion for travelers even before they get tose rity. >> you send your kids to school it.ind out they didn't make

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dangerous turn for four teenagers in montgomery county. y >> there on the sidewalk waiting for their school us about when a ch seenar careening right into them of a backpack, a sneaker, the aftermh of a frightening crash. cory smith with how those students are doing ghto >> reporter: she decided not to take the bus this morning. after what happened, she considers herself lucky. >> how scary is it to be t? >> the buses, just anywhere. anyone can run up on the sidewalk. >>oa ad nor or the just for --a

oad notorious for speeding. >> this is probably my tenth one or more. >> reporter: she walks this stretchor of road exercise with her 2-year-old always in tow. she knows how dangerous it c be. >> they run the red light. eporter: do you think something needs to be done? >> yes. people tend to slow down when theyee police. >> reporter: ingrid hopes for that too but she's not taking any chances. does this make youtw think e? >> yeah. i would rather go with my friend and get dropped off. d> reporter: the news4 i-team recently identif a number of dangerous zones in montgomery county. two of them are close to where this happened. the victimsf that horrific limo crash have all been

identified. the youngest, just 24. what caused the crash to kill all 18th people inside the limo and two pedestrians over the weekend? police haven't said if speed was factor. we know the driver was not properly licensed. up next, hurricane michael innsifies. doug tracking the powerful storm a the big changes it will bring to our region. >> a dramatichase through three states. the driver didn't go down without a fight. now we know who he is and why he was running from i policethe first place. plus, a computer expert takes the stand, revealing the online searches the suspect online searches the suspect adlegedly m

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a area close to three schools, a neighbor tried to help but the suspect attacked her too. he sexually assaulted the child. >> a deadly confrontation plad ou on the streets of d.c. after someone opened fire, a shooting in car on montana avenue. so far no, arrests and no motive. hurricane michael intensifying. the category 3 storm could be close to cegory 4 strength before slapping into the gulf coast of florida. landfall likely to happen near panama city beach. local search and rescue teams are in the area. >> and you'll be seein power companies from around the east coast in a cony situation making their way down. from here, the flori pan

handle through georgia and the carolinas, we'll see trees down ywhere. this will be a major wind maker. now for us, we areea dng with some showers. around falls church and tyson's corner region. seeing these showers towd the west. af're talking the impacts for those cted. >> thank you. the fugitive who police tell us slipped away last month after barricading themselve inside a hotel is now behind bars. thwoman captured the moment

alton thodos wasd capture in prince george's county. >> tracee wilkins picks up the dramatic story it ended in distric heights. this suspect was not going into custody quietly. >> he dropped out the window. the police tackled him and they got him down. >> reporter: police had warrants and t arresting him on september 29t he somehow escaped and went off the grid until he was spotted in fairfaxnt c today. he took off until he couldn't drive anymore. >> h was not going down. he's skinny, 120 pounds. >> he hit two cars while trying to get away from police. none of the people were injured

according to police but there was an officer from prince george's cnty who was hurt. >> one of the officers was struck in the face. >> now he is in custody. he is looking at a slew of charges including burglary, credit cardheft and larceny. news4. testimony in the d.c. mansionurders case focused on searches on a phone believed to belonging to the lone suspect. the person said on the night of the fire, he searched how to get rid of iphone and icloud dayslater, the analysts searched cities f foritive hideouts as well as countries with no extradition treaties. the prosecution plans to rest its case.

a d.c. man is n stranger to police. scott mcfarlane has the story. he is a citizenic of the church and keeps getting arrested. >> his name is darrell sharp. he's longn b on police radar. he's been on our radar, too. he's been found in some key locations. he told the i-team he's beenot ting catholic church leaders. in 2015 he was found in the office of steve scalise. accused of entering a u.s. offi office. he has several stay away orders from buildings. now a man with the same age and

name was arrested, accused of making threats outside the embassy grounds saying there would bequences for the embassy and making threats to beat and kill a witness. no response to requests for comm ftm his attorney. the i-team has been investigating a surge of threats. in many cases they're being made on social media, fabook, instagram, twitter. members of congress say it isal ming to them and their staffers. in many cases they've received death threats or threats against their children. you see that steve scalise was shot at a ball field last year. we will look at what's being done toer protect f workers and the thing you should know if you're posting any kind of

political message. up next,pehe sus and jurors were brought to tears. you made the long flight to the airport. yoorre waiting your ride to get home but it is getting a get home but it is getting a little harder to

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we have a big change to let you know at rean national airport. the cell phone waiting area is now closed until further notice. leaderssay it a necessary change to ease traffic that has been building because of construction there. what you need to know. >> reporter: the pick-up area at the airport.

for so many of us, yo just make the call in the cell phone lot. it is now gone at reagan national and a lot of people trying to figure it out. >> the cell phone lot -- that's awful. >> reporter: gina miller just landed at reagan national. this i the first she's hearing that the cell phone lot is clos until further notice. it was somewhat of an oasis at the airport as more and more traffic has been building, due but airport leaders stay lot itself was becoming a cgestion issue. >> it is small, pop hard, it tends to fill up quickly a it creates back-ups that go all the ray around. it is a recipe for gridlock. >> you can parkn the regular garages for up to an hour for thee. raquel now o ground trying to coordinate the pick-up with her mom. >> she was she was waiting in a

parking lot. >> reporter: so for now, more changes to keep in mind as the traveling around the airport becomes a bit more trky. news4. >> kind of hard to navigate. high drama in aocal courtroom. >> here's a look ahead. a mother's life forever changed when her only child, a county police officer, is killed responding to a domestic violence call. today, in a courtroom hear, that m had a chance to confront her daughter's killer. and i continue to track hurricane michael. this storm still looks as if it isth streing. a category 3. could it strengthen even more as it makes its way toward land.l we talk about it. we talk about it. we'll talk much more about t t

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powerful testimony of a grieving mother faces her daughter's killein cour >> she was a rookie office where she was killed by aan who murdered his wife. the victim's motherfr traveled om new hampshire to tell jurors about her shattered life. sharon leaving the courthouse. today minutes earlier she confront herdaughter's killer for the first time. ronald hamilton has been convicted of cap murder forfa lly shooting ashley on her first day on the job. sheesnded to a domestic call. he also killed his wife and shot two other officers who responded. >> we have three officers that otve been >> those surviving officers, among the more than two dozen who came to court to show theirp t. she him saying

youot only killed my daughter. you killed me too. we last saw her in 2016 in the embrace of officers as sheer attended daughter's memorial service. she recalled get terrible call from an office per ashley, her only child, had bn n killede lin of before that day sh and her daughter spoke on the phone every day. describing her bubbly personality. without her, she said, i don't know where i belong anymore. she ao heard from her family. i am broken. my lifeill never be the same again. after she died, i can ner be happy again.

now they are witnesses. turning to hurricane michael. that looks ominous. >> wow! it really does. the big concern will be the storm surge. as the powerful system gains strength. >> doug and lauryn have the impact it could have on us. >> this storm surge will be very much, areas in new bern, north carolina, and tomorrow it could be just to the east of panama city beach. this will be a category 3 by the time i makes landfall. >> it could even get to a tegory look at the central of the storm. you can see the visible

satellite here. this storm is trying to get its act together. what i'm seein onhe satellite picture. this is the visible. and by visible, ifou are in outer space, that's what you would have seen. this is what is called an enhanced infrared sellite picture. look at the highest storms moving around the center of circulation. they have made their way all the way around.e i would not surprised when we come to you, to watch this eye clear out and become a fairlyed enla eye. we'll to have see what happens. that's whatt is looking like right now. coming very close to 12 to 18 hours away. moving to the north at 12iles an hour with 120-mile-an-hour winds. coming onshor around 2:00 our time. and then making its way toward ngorgia and the carolinas. the hurricane war in effect

including tallahassee. even around the albany area. this area here, this is mostly wind related. tropical storm winds all the way toward charleston. the storm surge could be the biggest factor. the storm surge comes first and that comes tomorrow. >> absolutely. from wednesday morning to thursday morning. they could see some of the flooding around the region and some areas seeing some storm surge. let's show you what we're looking and where it could make landfall. nine to 13 feet. is right around big bend here. see all the little inlets, these are the areas that will be affected by life threatening

storm surge. as doug was about the trees coming down. the winds are pushing on the shore. we've got low lying areas. down below sea level. so all of this is comingn and it doesn't have anywhere to go as it isoving inland. so here's three feet. seven feet. ane then n to ten feet. it can be3 nine to feet. that could be devastating for the areas along the coast. en>> ally, that storm makes its way our way. that will change our pattern for

the much cooler air. the cool air making its way our way and it will stay hear a while. and we'll see much colder high temperatures into the yamts tomorrow a thursday but then only in the 60s friday and saturday. overnight lows in the 40s. low of you could be in the 40s on saturday and sunday morning. morning. vingmo

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them. they didn't to have wait long for drew brees toecome nfl's eaall time lr in passing yards. he got that plus some before halftime. brees only threw three co mpletions the entire game with 26f 29 which is the third ghest in the nfl since 1970. w finishedh 363 yards and three touchdowns. if the defense wasn't bad enough, the offense, worse, alex smith had a wide receiver wide open but threw the interception stead. thatould have been the touchdown instead of the crushing turnover. all thmomentum against the still , and this team is searching for answers. >> we go in, win a everybody says we have no chance of winnd then the next game. it is like w just wet the bed seethe games we won, we can

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breaking news tonight. hurricane michael explodes to a major category 3. new evacuations as the storm closes in on the anlorida panhe. and new forecasts of life threatening storm e. su ricane michael is a monstrous storm. and the forecast keeps gets more dangerous. >> tonight, the view from a cruise ship caught in the storm. al roker is here with the latest track. the surprise exit catching even top white house officials ofguard. u.n. ambassador nikki haley is out. but why? and who's in the mix to replace her? the final moments caught on camera before "washington post" journalist walked into the saudi consulate in turkey and never came out. richard engel with