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reports of a sexual assault. and president trump's new nickname for ted cruz is a far cry from lyin' ted. the final push is on tonight with election day just two weeks away.> ews 4 at 11:00 begins with breaking news. the man who kicked his way into a local tv station today has a history of mental health problems and 's contacted us before, too. good evening, i'm doreen againster will. >> i'm jim handly. uaa security shot the man around 3:00 this afternoon as he broke into the lobby of fox she shot him in the chest. and he survived. no one else was injured. >> news 4's darcy spencer is live with more on what we've learned about him. >> reporter: that'sright, doreen. first off, let me show you. these are t glass doors where the suspect broke in earlier today. you can see, they are boarded up hour.is we believe that this same

suspect has contacted our station before, via e-mail. these e-mails were rambling, they were .incohere he has always filed numerous lawsuits against the mayor, the federal government. all of them dismissed.or just b airtime, the fox 5 d.c. tv station became the news. an intruder with h atory of mental illness broke through the front doors and confronted a security guard. the guard tried pepper spray to stop him. when that didt happen, she shot him. he was take on the the hospital in critical condition. >> he forcibly entered the front door. a security guard confronted him, and as a result of the n, confrontatio she fired one shot into his upper torso. >> reporter: the man has been charged with burglary. fox 5 posted that he has a history of threats against then stat a man by the same name has e-mailed news 4 many in some of those e-mails, he

lists this apartment building in northwest as his address. no one answered when he called his unit. workers cleaned up the panels of glass that were damaged by the suspect. surveillance video posted by fox 5 on social media shows the intrudericking in and removing the glass panels, then crawling into thebb a source with knowledge of the investigation tells news 4 the man has mental health problems and wanted the station to help him get in touch with president owump. >> you i would never assume that i would hear a gunshot in this area. >> repndter: and when you f out? >> shocked. >> reporter: the man was able to make it into the lobby of the building. he did not get into the newsroom. none of the station workers were hurt. some of theml took to soc media, thanking the security guard forg tak action and stopped him from getting any further into the building. even though he does have a history of contactingocal tv

stations, i imagine no one thought something like this would happen. he is expected to survive that gunshot wound. reen, back toyou. >> all right, darcy spencer reporting. this is a frightening story to all of us who work in the news media, not just in this area, but all over the country, and we certainly have a lot of friends and friendly cpetitors over a fox 5. we're really glad to know that they're all okay tonight. thanks, darcy. sadly, attacks on local media are not new. we have reported on some of the worst case scenarios all too recently. shooters targeting journalists at "the capitalgazette" in annapolis and at wbbj, the cbs station in roanoke in 2015. but two incidents inaltimore bear striking resemblance to what happened today. in 2016, police shot a man who walked in wearing a hedgehog costume, and what he said was a after he walked into wbff.

rvhe ed. the bomb was a fake. and police saidssental illne played a role there. back in 2014, another man was mental health problems drove ao sten landscaping truck into fe lobby wmar, the abc station in baltimore. hee claimed to god and spent four hours holed up on the second oo security guards in both those incidents were hailed as heroes. well, onto other news w. montgomery county police searching for a man who sexually assaulted a woman near the twin brooke metro station. officers swarmed other stations on the red line, apparentlf as part that search. news 4's shomari stone is at twin brooke nowith what we know about this attack. shomari? >> reporter: good ening, doreen. we're here outside the twin brooke metro station. behind me is the parking garage. now, montgomery county police swarmed ts garage, they searched the stairwells, the

different levels, the parking garage. they also searched the parking lot. let's roll some video to show you from chopper 4 from above. police say they received a call from someone who knows the allegedim . the caller told police a man seally assaulted the woman at or near the twin brooke metro station in rockville around 6:00 this evening. now,police, they searched and came up empty. potted police near several other metro stations on this side of the red line. this is videorom the friendship heights station near the d.c./maryland line. police won't confirm if this is connected to the search for the suspect. police are interviewing the woman. they have not released a description of the suspect. they will sit down with her and try to up with a composite sketch. meanwhile, police urge with information about this alleged sexual assault to call montgomery county police. live here in rockville, i'm s shomari stone, news 4.

>>shomari, thank you. let's turn to the weather now. it was a downright fezing start for many of us tomorrow. >> doug's here with a first look at ourecast what's the word, doug? >> yeah, literally freezinghiut there morning. many areas waking up to frost, and yes, the first freeze. some areas in the 20s this morning. ake a look. we only got up into the upper 50s.58 degrees in d.c. 59 in richmond. but notice, just back to the we, the 60. they're going to try to move into our region tomorrow. we've got a pre y nice day ahead on tuesday. a fantastic tuesday. temperatures getting back to or a little above average, but here comes the cold, the cold mkes right b in on wednesday. nor frost, more freeze again. and then look at this. tracking a weekend nor'easter. that storm system making its way in as early as friday. much more on that coming up in just about ten minutes. >> oh,my. all right, thank you, doug. president trump tonight setting aside one ofhe most bitter rivalries of the 2016 presidential election.

trum and senator ted cruz, once gopmies, now partners in the fight to hold onto the senate, but it wasn't always hugs and handshakes. >> the man is utterly amoral. >> lyin' ted. holds that bible high, puts it down and then he lies. nody has helped me more with your tax cut, with your regulations, with all of the things that we're doing, including military and our vets, than senator ted cruz. >> the two men put on a united front in houston, complimenti each other on gop accomplishments over the last couple of years. cruz is in an unexpectedly tight race for the seat's held since 2013. prominent demrats are also trying to draw early voters to the polls. former president barack obama campaigning today inas vegas. he told voters that the midterms are a chance to restore th sanity in d. former vice president joe biden

flew to florida, where races for senar and gover are tight. he told the crowd that this election is, quote, a battle for the soul of americ >> president trump blamed democrats tonight at that rally in housthe for migrant caravan down in mexico. his comments today t ontter sparking even more controversy. mr. trump said that criminals and unknown middle easterners are mixed in withhe oup. he offered no evidence to back up that claim. some 7,000 migrants from central american countries are to the u.s./mexico boreer. the pdent has threatened to close the southern border. he also threatened to cut foreign aid to several central american countries. new information and video today a provided new twist into the murder of that saudina jost. turkish officials leaked the video to cnn, they say it shows a body double for jamal khashoggi. a man who was dssed in khashoggi's clothing and

glasses. also today, a turkishv station showed men who they say are saudi officials burning docum t documents at the saudi consulate. saudi arabia denies it ordered the journalist'sitmurder. says he died after a fistfight. tonight, c director gina h haskell is heading to investigation. changes could be coming to how we drive in the district. city leaders are considering a proposal that would do away with turning right on red. it would impact the downtownus centraless district and potentially some other intersections and school zones. it's all part of an effort to stop deadly accidents. well, we're getting nearhe end of the d.c. mansion murders trial this week. the jury could begin deliberating tomorrow. during today's closing arguments, the defense tried to plant doubt in the mind of the jury, while prosecutors showed graphic autopsy photos of the

four victims. they also told the jury there is overwhelming dna evidence against daron wint. the defense will continue their argument in the a morning, the chance for a rebuttal for prosecutors. after that, it will be up to the jury to decide wint's face. a former student to shoot up his walter county high schoo will stay behind bars. in court today, a judge called luis cabrera ahreat to the community and ordered him held without bond. cabrera began threatening walter johnson in february, when he learsed he had m too many classes to graduate. this month, he posted a snapchat photo of himself holding an ar-15 rifle with the caption " "school shoote after 18 years behind bars theder of his pregnant girlfriend, a football player wants t see the baby who survived. weoul tell what the son thinks about a lee junior.

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of his pregnant girlfriend. that unborn baby who survived ase attack never known his father. >> as nbc's ron motts shows , carruth is beginning a new chapter, one he hopes will include his son. >> reporter: 44-year-old rae carruth, once a rising star fe carolina panthers, said nothing to reporters as he walkedut of prison today. he was convicted of ptting the 1999 murder of his pregnant girlfriend, cherica adams, shot four times by a hitman. their unborn child delivered by emergency c-section, suffered brain damage. chancellor lee ads, now 18, nal been raised by his mat grandmother. >> i want him to come to repe ance. becausrae is never going to have peace in his life until he tells the h.trut >> reporter: after carruth was arrested and posted bail, he fled and was laterhe found in trunk of this car, 500 miles away in tennessee. o twer men were also

convicted. >> i said, well, that's going to kill her. and rae said, well kill her then. >> reporter: adams was eight months pregnant and driving her car when another vehicle pulled up beside her and opened fire in a letter from prison last february, addressed to saundra adams, carruth wrote, i feel responsible for everything tt happened. his attorney said carruth wants to meet his son, andto accordin is grandmother, chancellor wants to meet his dad. ron mott, nbc news. transgendered people andal es are sending a strong message to the white house. >> we will not be erased! >> those chants of "weill not be erased" come after "the new york times" reported the trump adminiration could be considering redefining the word gender. a leaked draft of a memo says gender would be an unchangeable condition, determined solely by a person biology.

if the memo were to become policy, legal protectiomo for than 1 million trance gendjen transgender americans could be eliminated. a northern calornia judge upheld an award for a man, a groundskeeper, that developed lymphoma. roundup is made by monsanto. t it slashed the reward to $78 io mill no hands driving. it's not safe now, but it could soon become a reality in d.c. today, fordnnounced plans to begin testing ten self-driving cars in the districtarly next year. d.c. mayor muriel bowser spoke about the partnership with ford today. a driver and a second person will be inside the cars during the sting. by2021, ford hopes there be thousands of driverless cars

on d.c. streets. in a matter of hours, a monster storm will slam ashore in western mexico. hurricane willa weakened ut slightly, coastal towns are anticipating a life-threatening the remnants of the hurricane will then move into central texas, which is still saturated from fodloing from last week r.ai we don't hear about many hurricanes on the west coast. >> wedon't. >> you see them coming into mexico every once inawhile. this is going to hit in an area that's not very populated. that is the good news. uren it comes into texas and turns into nor'easter on friday and saturday -- >> ah >> we've been talking about this storm for the better part of a weeknd a half now, i've been mentioning it to you. storm watching is what i had on the ten-ty forecs early as tuesday, wednesday of last week. looks like that's exactly what we're goi see here. and yes, that hurricane down towards mexico, which right now is a category 4, winds of 145 miles an hr, will con tribute

to that rain and that nor'easter at we see here later this week. out there right now, nothing like that. as a matter of fact, really nic. conditio 52 degrees. winds out of the south at 9 miles an hour. south wednesday is a wa wind is. look at the numbers. 40 in martinsburg, 43 in manassas. last night at this time, we were will in the 30s. ma has hnas will in the 30s. ee has hnasas got to 27 degrees. yeah, the first , the first frost, as well. that is not going to happen tonight. i don't think many areas will be s.to the 3 most areas in the 40s as we wake up tomorrow morning, nothing as fars rain is concerned. entering a very dry period now. so wet over the past couple of months. we need a little bit of dry time. alno rain at chicago, kansas city, little rock, but it is down to texas. that is seeing some very heavy rainfall right there a that's not from the hurricane. that -- the hurricane is down to the south. the clouds are from that, however. and they're goingino be m its way to the south and east in the next couple of days.

for us,omorrow morning, much warmer. temperature, 47 in d.c. 42 in leesburg, 41, martinsburg. 42, manas says.d maybe aro 39. some areas will be in the upper 30s. for the most part,go definitely g to be a lot warmer than it was this morning. still need the jacket. theids will stilleed the jacket as they step out the front door. plenty of sunshine tomorrow. what i think is going to be a spectacur day. 67 by the time we're picking up the kidsoi i'm for a high tomorrow of 69 degrees. so, yes, 70ot out of the reach yet. 56 on wednesday. 55 on thursday. a couple ofeally cool days. thursday morning, 39 in the city, that means another frost or freeze, potentially. and then that p.m. chance of rain, that comsg with, i mentioned, the nor'easter. this is what's happening. cool weather across muchf the east. here comes the hurricane making its way towards the gulf of mexi. it's the remnants of this. this is not going to be a hurricane or a tropical storm or anything like that. however, it will move up along theurcoast, sbrigt area and

by friday and saturday, give usr those northealy winds, the storm moves up the coast. this is all rain. not worried about a snow and people have said, nor'easter, that doesn't mean snow, does it? no, it does not. still too warm. though, it will be chilly rain. 51 degrees, rain and wind. that's a nasty afternoon onur saturday. ke day also looking showers. not a lot sunday. but something we'll track for you. and into next week, we really do st on the coolide through the next ten days. enjoy tomorrow. short break, all right, thank you, doug. coming up, why the redskins say theirnail-biting wins will serve them wel serve them wel

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this is the xfinity sports desk. >> all right, how many more edge of our seat sundays c we handle? >> i don't know. i was talking to some of the staff at fedex field and they just looked at me like,whew. >> i know. >> i can't take it anymore. but we have to say, toda a long-awaited victory monday, after a home win over the wboys. for the first time this season, the redskins stringing together two wins, but both of those coming down to the wi. redskins fans jumping for joy the last two weeks, but you m not have anymore fingernails. the redskins, two wins coming down to the wire against the cowboys, that missed field goal sealing the three-po t win. and remember, the week before, rolina with a chance to win the game, but thens reds' defense held on for the six-point win. two games, twoll wins, coming down to those last plays. something the team knows will help them through the season, but they want to put a complete game together.

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