clinton's, to the obama's home here ind.c., and to former attorney general eric holder, acand age addressed to former cia director john brennan was sent to cnn headquarters in manhattan. we have a photo of one of the intercepted devices. we have all the angles covered. we begin with chris gordon near the obama's home with the latest on then. investigat chris? >> reporter: well, i'mg stand at the secret service roadblock on belmont road in northwest washington. the obamas live just down the way on the right. the suspicious package sent here was interceptedt aail screening facility. today, president trump decred that the safety of the american people is the higst priority. he announced that a major federal investigaon is underway. >> we have to come a together

send one very clear, stro, unmistakable message that acts itical violencp of any kind have no place in the united states of america. [ applause ] >> reporter: a dark suv backs into the obama home guarded by a u.s. secret service detail. a cruiser ffrestricts traic here to localresidents. uniformed secret service officer working with a dog trained to detect explosives searches near the obama home. the sweep includes a u.s. mailbox and camera equipment. journalists from news organizations worldwide gathering here after the discovery of a suspicious package with a potential explosive device addressed to former president obama. >> the package was immediately identified during the screening procedure, and it never made it to its intended location. >> reporter: this is a picture of a suspected explosive device like the onesiv ag in a

stamped manila envelope. they are similar, one addressed to the home of former secretary of state hillary clinton in suburban new york. a package toufound in the mail m of cnn t causi evacuation of the headquarters for hours. a package found in a .ongressional mail facility in suburban maryla >> the devices are currentlyin analyzed to see if they are inert or explosive. it's believed from preliminary reviews they are explosive in nature. >>ter: now, the fbi sent us a notice late this afternoon saying that there are indications additiona suspicious packages may have been sent to other locations so they are urging the public to remain vigilant saying do notto h or move any suspicious package, instead, call 911 and report it. that's latest live inorthwest washington. back to you.

>> all right, chris gordon reporting. the package addressed to congresswoman waters was intercepted at this u.s. capital mail facility in capital heights,emaryland. building was briefly evacuated while agents removed the package. the postal service or federalag ts checked mail that's sent to all government offices including the white house, the capitol, and the library of congress. they screen more than half a million parcels in 2017. now to the packageent to new york, the home of former president bill clinton and former presidential contender hillary clinton. our team coverage continues now sarah wallace from our nbc station in new york. >> reporter: it is always secure at the clinton home, but there was extra law enforcement present today amid news hillary clinton had been targeted with a page kick containing an explosive device intercepted tuesday night by federal agents in an outside mail sorting facility. former president bill clinton was at home at the timeli

mrs.on is in florida at a campaign event and had this reaction to the threat. >> we are fine, thanks to the men and women of the secre service who intercepted the packe addressed to us long before it made its way to our home. >> reporter: this afternoon, bill clinton tweeted, thank you to the secret service and all law enforcement agencies who responded to this week's incident. they work tilessly to keep our country and our communities safe. i am forever grateful for their eefforts. suspicious device is now being analyzed along with others at the fbi's lab in virginia. sarah wallace, nbc n4, york. >> today's incident of the latest of aeries of threats against federal officials. the news 4 i of team revealed theroubling trend earlier this month. scott mcfarland has what's done to protect federal emplothes and officials for whom they work. scott?

>> reporter: good evening. in congress alone, police tracked 1,000 threats made in a half year's time whether on social medi a e-mail,nd some by traditional mail. in the wake of last year's shooting at the congressional baseball practice, u.s. house officials urged members to beef you have sy at their home district offices to add more security camera more alarms, and panic buttons. although congressional mail ise sc offsite, the i-team's learned police have investigated mo than 2500 suspicious packages and substances found on thectual capitol grounds just since 2012. that includes a white powder in an office, and pennsylvania democrat mike doyle. u.s. capitol police have a full-time bomb squad unit to do these things. we found the feds prosecuted nearly 3 dozen people this tear for makieats against federal officials. scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. still a lot o qstions as this story continues to unravel. tonight, we still do not

who is responsible for sending the apackages,nd it's unclear if there are more packages out there that have not yet been received. we'll continue to follow the breaking developments throughout the hour including an interview with nbc's pete williams who has been working the story all day in our next half hour. in other news tonight, breathin in smoke and cringing from the extre heat. some good samaritans tried to save a man from his burning house here. those flamesbe proved t just too strong. our northern virginia reporter david cuer is live on beverly park drive. david, this is a community>> lo. eporter: and, jim, we noticed that as soon as we pulled up on scene. there was a group of neighbors lining the sidewalk looking on as fire crews were tryingk to known the flames. as we were speaking with them, we realized they were not here out o curiosity. instead, this is a community that's suffered a dply personal loss. >> pulled into the front of the neighborhood, and all you sees

bre trucks, like, wild. >> reporter: chriswn and his neighbors looking on as fire crews exteng wiinguish remainin spots. personal for them. >> we grew up in the neighborhood, u like, we grew as little kids, and he's been here since forever, now it's like different. >> reporter: different because a familiar and friendly face, a this his 70s, who called house, home, died in a blaze. this cell phone video briefly shows the flam s. you can the man recording it stepped backin the heat toonse. >> made aggressive attack inside the home, einguished the fire in 15 minutes. >> reporter: inside, they found the homeowner lifelesrr the c home is a difficult sight for steven lopez. >> just a guy who came by and t seen him triedo help, and that's about it. >> reporter: he's down playing the efforts to save a lifen w he saw the flames break out around 11:30, they did not wait for firefighters. he and another man darted towards the work ladder to leai

up the burning home. >> i climbed up to the porch, and i felt, like, the heat,and, like, the smoke, and i got -- i got back tewn. >> rep incredible you were trying to save his life and getting that close. how thickesere the fl >> i tried. i mean, they were big, man, i could stand on the oth side of the street and feel the heat. >> reporter: residentsere, frozen by the loss of life. >> a nice dude. when i was little, i cut his grass, and it's sad that he's gone. >> my grandparents knew him, breaking the news to them, yeah, it's bad. >> reporter: you're looking live now at the home several hours after the fire. you can see investigators are still on scene. not only noticing some of the firefighters and crew, butrime scen investigators and crime scene tape is up. that's standard when you have a deadly house fire. he for who gentleman was? fire crews have not yet released information as they notify extended family before they do

so. >> all right david culver reporting tonight, thank you, david. sad sry there. no verdict after the first full day of jury deliberations in the d.c. mansion murders trial. daron went is theso only p charged with the murder of three family members and their housekeeper i 2015. the defense wrapped up closing arments yesterday. the jury now sorting through a month and a half of testimony and evidence. jurors will returnomrow morning for deliberation. and in maryland, a brief lockdown today atlargo high school after reports that a student may have had a gun inside the police say they got reports the gun may have fallen out of a student's bag in a hallway. ran sses say the student out of the school and off campus. police currently are looking for the student. the lockdown was lifted. nobody inside the school was injured, and no shots were ever fired. hen we come right back, we're staying on top of today's breaking news. suspected pipe bombs mailed to some of the most prominent

democrats in d.c. and across tho untry. we're tracking the developments on air and online throughout this hour. plus, another arrest in the high profile murder o little girl in the district. why the victim's mother says she has mixed emotions about today's news. > and growing backlash tonight, and anhor's comments t many viewed as racially tone deaf. a lot of sun today, w temperaturl below average, 15 degrees colder today than it wasyesterday, and, tonight, we got frost in the forecast. plus, i'm tracking theor nor'easterriday and saturday. i'll ge you the timivin

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saying barbara comstock's "promise has turned to dust." she's trump's "unquestioning foot soldier." jennifer wexton is the "clear and convincing" choice. "smart, serious and substantive" ... "ms. wexton would be a breath of fresh air" in congress. i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message because i've worked across party lines to get things done. that's how we can fix congress and make it work for us again. we are staying on top of today's breaking news. federal and local i authoriti new york, florida, and here in d.c. are investigating at least seven suspicious packagesdr adsed to high profile public figures, most of tm democrats. d.c. police say a preliminary investigation shows devices addressed to theobama's was

functioning and could have exploded. ewve team coverage continues in minutes here on 4. there's been another arrest today in a case that shocked and ouaged a d.c.community. >> d.c. place have taken a third man into custody for the murder of the 10-year-old makaya wilson. the little girl was gunned down heading for the ice cream euck. victim of a cold-blooded .gtack in northeast oninwa er>>ica gonzalez spoke to the girl's mother today following the arrest. >> reporter: outside d.c. police quarters, the chief announced the arrest of the 23-year-old gregory taylor of fort washington, maryland, charged with murder in the death of 10-year-old makaya wilson. when asked why it's taken months to make an tarrest, chief has this to say. >> we have to make sure we have enough evidence in a case before we can take somebo into custody. >> reporter: it was a hot summer night last july when a group of maskeden opened fire outside an apartment complex in utrtheast. the girl,or ice cream, was shot and killed, and police say she was the unintended target of

the brazen act of gun violce. denetta wilson, m,makaya's learned of the arrest wednesday morning and is grateful to the police for hard work. >> the police have been amazing, helping out and chving us as nformation as they can. >> reporter: wilson makes it a point to attend every hearing in this case. she's seen the faces of those allegedly respoible for takin the life of her child. >> they just don't have no re. they laugh. it's like a big joke. it's a story. but this will never be a story for me. it's my child. i nev can get her back or visit her. i can't. with them, even though they are going aw for a lon time, they still breathing. they still can talk to mare mom. they can still hug mom. i can't do that again with makaya. >> reporter: two others, 21ear-oldel mic and 20-year-old thomas are facing charges, and they are after another two suspects. >> you can cowardly hi

wherever you are hiding, or do the right thing and turn upt 100 m. street and turn yourself in. >> reporter: wilson says she plans to be in court iday. outsid d.c. police headquarters, news 4. now to the murder of washington post columnist jamal. the crowned prince made his first public comment on the killing today. he called it, in his words, an unjustifiable heinous crime and vowed to punish the culprit. u.s. intelligence officials hav told nbc news that it is in their words, inconceivable that the crowned prince had no connection to the saudi journalist's death.as jamale killed insidhe consulate in istanbul october 2nd. official cause of death evolved considerably since then. megyn kelly started her show

with an apology after mea culpa when she questioned whether it was wrong for white ople to dress in black face for halloween. >> i was wrong, and i am soy. e of the great parts of sitting in this chair each day is getting to discuss different points of view. sometimes i talk. somemes i listen. yestery, i learned. >> as bureau chief tracy wilkens shows us, the apology came after kelly's "today" show colleagues calleder out on air this morning. >> while she apologied to the staff, she owes bigger apology to folks of color around theco try. >> megyn kelly questions why black face of a halloweenum co is racist sparked a national debate beginning with her nbc colleaguon. >> in addio her being a colleague, she's a friend, said something stupidnd indefensible. >> i think that megyn kelly, who is a lawyer, who spent a number of years at fox, was being entirely consistent with her entirecareer.

>> reporter: dr. greg carr, author and studies professor at howard university aligns kelly's recent excellents with past controversial comments made abt race. >> jesus was a white man too. >> going back to her career before nbc,e see her, whether it's being insensitive to the parents of trayvon martin or bland was mentally ill, she built her ca oer, in fact, pushing the envelope. >> reporter: one feel she's tpushed too fars time. >> i think there's a higher level of accountability when you are a national anchor, have more sensitivity and awareness about what's going on. reporter: others are tired of conversations focused on differences. >> i think we should be able to get back to having a conversation about all of us being equal and not turning everything into a racl episode or event. >> reporter: tracy wilkens, news 4. runs from the d.c. area and across the country are making last minute preparations for the marine corp marathon.

tens of thousands participate sunday and 150,000 pple are expected to be on the sidelines cheering them on. for ken and his ughter, polly, sunday's marathon is not the first race together of the it will be a first, though. ken has run 25 marathonsud incling 16 marine corp marathons, and every one of the races, polly is cheering her dad on, including his first marhon nearly 2 years ago. well, now,th she will be i race with him. w i sort of have come up with the phrase,re passing the baton now. feels slightly weird. >> polly took inspiration fro her father. she grew up to be a competitive runner in high school and colle. poly's never run a marathon before. that changes sunda when the two trade places. >> no slowing down! >> look at her go. up next, new help from people suffering the flu. new details on theru new promising relief and when it's

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lots of beautiful fall sun. you got the microphone on, doug? >> i wanted to hear you. >> do i have to ln oser? >> i can hear you now, yes, i hear you now. iear you no >> we're right here, doug. >> hey, everything's fine. i was not hearing whe back there, but i'm okay. >> uh-huh, okay. so beautiful sunshine, but kind of cold out there today. >> absolutely. you erknow, yey, 72 degrees. the high today, about 15 degrees so, yeah, you probably noticed that. i want to tell you about a certain time of day. ready for this? 6:44 p.m. >> okay? >> okay? >> what do you think? >> sunset. >> close. >> the low?

>> no. >> close. the high? >> the opposite of sun and set would be? >> rise? >> okay. and- >> moon rise. >> this was taking way too long. >> do wek l like scientists? >> yes, the moon rise tonight at 6:44, a full moon. 's going to be nice. >> ive us enoughtime, we get it, all right? >> what was that, again, doug? can't hear you. >> let's see what's happening outside. sorry to waste 30 seconds of your time there, ladies and gentlemen. >> only 30? >> we have color, you know, some of the trees are starting to change color, finally, on the late side of that, for sure, and temperature, 55ee de winds ndrth, and 15 miles per hour, so it's still cool,t's still breezy out there, and that's the case right on through the night tonighttoo. current temperature is 54 degrees, and already 46 in winchester, and 54 in fredericksberg. frost advisory for everybody in the blue. does not inc ode areas westf

i-95. why? you saw your growing season end. although you are going to see frost inom mony county and more, down to the south, it is -- you are no longer going to see advisories. in southern maryland, the northern neck, yes, frost there, too, temperatures in the 30s. t ge ice scrapers ready moving on through. now, your forecast for tomorrow. 40grees, cold start to the day. 52 by recess. 56 degrees by the te you pic up the kids. high temperatures tomorrow where they were toda a nice afternoon after a cold start. no rain we're going to be dry through the next couple days, but we area trackinorm system well to the west. you can see that. back down towards dallas to houston, see an area of low prsure form in the gulf, move our way, becom nor'easter, and move up the coastline to give usn rrly on friday. how early? 11:00, already seeing the rain down in parts of our ea, and 2:00, the rain's enveloping the region, and 5:00, the

evening rush is tough. heaviest rain is friday night into early saturday morning. remember that. high of 56 tomorrow. 54 on friday. 58 tomorrow now. 54 friday. a.m. winds and rain on saturday. not a washout of a day. sunday, not bad. high of 60. marine corp marathon looking good. more on the forecast and ten-day coming up a little bit lateroto. i to check out the moon rise 6:44. >> all right. we can stump you with news questions, so go easy. >> yeah, look t. acts of terror, what authorities call the suspicious packages sent tne pro democrats. what we know about the devices and the search for the person who sent them. >> reporter: we are learning horrifying new details today during a hearing about the lling last summer of an oldtown store manager. hat man's, what friend had to say after hearing of the terrible attack. plus, a refund from metro

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"i'm jennifer wexton and i approved this message... because change is coming." troubling new n sign of th divided nation. evacuations at cnn, police on gourd at former president's home in d.c. and new noyork. right the fbi is examining several suspicious packages sent to high profile public figures and tn. >> the packages appear to contain pipe bombs, ireasing tension in an already highly charged political climate. susan is tracking the latest for us. susan? >> repter: well, with most of the intended victims very prominent democrats who have been affected, there's a lot of speculation here about a motive. a man hunt or people who sent packages

containing potentials explosi to democrats and cnn headquarters. >> it's believed fro preliminary reviews, they are explosive in nature. >> reporter: the first package containing a pipe bomb like device similar to this was found monday in the new york home of billionaire democratic donor, george sorros, with another one sent tory clinton. >> it is a troubling time, isn't it? >> reporter: packages were sent to former president obama, congresswoman maxine water, and former cia director john brennan, at cnn which was evacuated. the fbi said the return address was that of wasserman-schulz. one was also intended for eric holder. >> of course these are intended to strike fear, hence terrorism. >> reporter: president trump commented the investigation this afternoon. >> that acts or threats of political violence of any kind have no place in the united

states of america. [ applause ] >> reporter: one common thread? all are frequentf targetse president. >> crooked hillary came in second fake news, cnn. >> reporter: they blasted president's attack on the media saying in a statement, words matter. now, thankfully, nobody was hurt any of the packages, back to you. >> all right, susan, thank you. and nbc's pete williams will join us later this hour to dig deeper int the devices in the packages, and what they have in monday. that's coming up at 6:45. we are learning gruesome new details tonight about how a popular old town virginia store manager was killed and what the accused killer did right after the attack. only on news 4, we were in the courtroom today for the hearing to decide whether this murder ahead.ould move our bureau chief reports from ia.xan >> reporter: the victim's friend

wiping away tears leaving the courthouse, some posting signs nearby, vowinghi to follow case through until the end to find out why brad jackson, apo lar old town figure, was viciously killed. >> he was a very, very good friend and important part of the community. we're not going to let anyone forget this happened. >> reporter: graphic details eerged what happened ins a second floor old town window store july 13th. the accused fled after allegedly killing jackson,umping into a mercedes parked on king street. the woman in the driver's seat told prosecutors a man was naked at the back passenger window, opened the door, and jumped into the tckseat. at t point, i was yelling at him to get out, screaming at him to get out. instead, she and her daughter got out andocked him in until the police arrived. inside the office, police found furniture overturned with blood everywhere ilooked, said the detective. jackson lying on the floor,

head, neck, and torso covered with cuts, and a boxr cutter n the body. >> next to everybodin i can't imwhat caused this attack on him. >> reporter: defense attorney peter green focus questions on the strange demeanor after the crime. is he considing an insanity defense? >> this is terribly, terribly tragic situation that nobody could have predicted, and -- but we'll bringth it for in court. >> reporter: the accused killers' brother declining comment on the mental health, but offeredords to the victim's friends. >> we're really sorry for the loss. >> reporter: after hearing from the witnesses, a judge ruled there's ample evidence to move the case forward to the grand jury. it will decide, then, whether to charge basine with second degree or firstegree murder. news 4. metro has promised that if you a more than 15inutes late on your trip, you'll get a credit back to your account. news 4 learned that since metro put that rush hour promise in

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back to breaking n s we covered. authorities are investigating at least six suspicious packages. >> the targets are mostly democrats including the obamas andclintons. the packages contained explosive devices appearing to be pipe bombs. >> we want to bring in nbc newsr justicespondent pete williams getting new information about what was inside those s. devi what can you tell us? >> reporter: big questio t is wey fully functional devices, could they have gone off? certainly, the first responders treated them that way if you look at the massive evacuation new york. what we're told now is that they have not decided hewh in fact, they would have gone off, and the fact is, they hve not. no o been injured. they appeared to have been, some of them made from pvc pipe, not

metal, shrapnel inside, an electrical charge, some appeared to be set off by a timer,we but e also told that there are so fla in the way they were designed, flaws we will not specify here because this is not a class to learn how to build a bomb, but fortunately, the way they were put together meant that they did not go off. now, all of them you see from e picture which is notional with the addresses obscured, all had six stamps, oneo addressed john brennan to cnn, where he never worked, and all have the return address of debbie s rm wass-schulz, she had nothing to do with sending them, but that caused one of them for eric holder, returned to her address, it never got there, and it ended up in debbie's office. all of the appear to be connected to people who have been critical of the president.

john brennan, of course, the exception to the democrats on the list because -- but he's been a in tussle with the president who recently cancelled his security clearance. >> pete, how will federal ors go about tracking down the person or persons who did this? >> reporter: right. so two tracksserement oneo look at the devices themselves to exploit whatever forensics they can get from them, fingerprints, dna, or whatever. they'll track back. two of them were n sent through the mail, but may have been delivered by hand. that's the one to george's house in new yorko and a the one to the cnn. it was apparently sent by courier, not throu the mail, so they'll look for surveillance cameras to see if they can o figu who delivered them. they'll try to track back and figure out from those that did go through the mail and were postmarked, can ty get back to the post office of origin, can they now start to look at surveillance video from the post offices and see if they see

someone carrying the packages. into the ma >> a lot of work ahead. pete williams, thank you o look forward to the report on "nightly news" tonight. >> you bet. we are top of the story with the lates developments at 7:00 after we're done with news 4 at 6:00. doug is back with more about our weather and the cold, the cold mornings and wet weekend ahead of us. >> yeah. cold morning for sure, early tomorrow, and it's not something we have not seen yet, wet saw frhe other day, like last friday morning, a cd start. that kwhat we expect tomorrow morning. waking up, step out the door, you're ready for the cold and have a key tool here, one key item, the ice scraper tomorrow. and then it's the umbrella coming up on friday. out there right now, that moon, by the way, coming up, and it is the harvest moon making its way up, actually, no, i'm sorry about that. it's not the harvest moon, but n hunter's thanks for helping me out with that, by the way. there. me some tips thank you.

55 degrees, temperatures dropping through the 40s, a cold night, really quite cold s with th going down. frost advisory in effect for everybody here in southern maryland, pts of the northern neck, and the reason you're not under a frost advisory ink frederr martinsburg or warranton, you had the end of the growing season already. however, it could be here tonight. clouds are coming north to south. that's colder air making in here, and back to the west, watching this, looks like a big storm back here, and some of the moisture is from the hurricane, hurricane willaoing across mexico to texas and down to the southern coast. cool weather across the country here,ng and it's g our way. now, for us, we are going to be on the cooler side of the storm, but not the colder side. if this was january, yeah, talking about a monster of a nor'easter with snowfall, but this i all going to be rain. we got that wind coming in here. high temperatures tomorrow and

into the day on friday will only be in the low to mid-50s with 1 to 2 inches possible, heaviest rain is friday night. headed out friday night? bring the umbrella for sure, and thinking of walking, yeah, talk the uber. moves out saturday morning, and i think it moves out early enough that most of your activities on satury might be okay. the only exception would be, like, games, may any baseball games that are leftover or soccer games could be cancelled becaus of wet fields. walk to end hiv, weut will be there, cool heavy rain is over, but there in the yellow, could er s lshkings, ow good. a shower is possible, but most of it looking dry, and then the pumpkin patch, go sunday. right nosunday? looking good. i got not bad in there, but it's lookingeally niceunday with sunshine and 56, maybe 58, channg that to 58, higher tomorrow after that morning frost, and saturday and sunday, agaif a half and h weekend, not the best on saturday, but increasing some sunshine late saturday and especially into the day sunday with a high of 60

sunday, and then cool again as we head to halloween, and halloween isne of the coolest day on the 10-day forecast. >> oh, no. >> double up on the costumes. last year'sostume and this year's, that will keep you warm. >> with a coat on top of that. dsank you, doug. rekins have one job sunday to stop the giants. how the team plans to stop new how the team plans to stop new york's rookie sensation.

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anyone here a drake fan? fan of the rapper, drake? >>iyeah. ove him, but i can'ting anything. >> i knew it. it's his birthday today. >> okls. >> who is a big fan? giants rookie running back, barclay who tweeted, you never disappoint. the star running back hopes to put wusashington in their feelis saying it's obsolete. week eight of the season, everyone feeling tight, even loose.oach jay gruden getting amazed he can touch his toes. i cannot. the defense let loose this season, run defse is second best in the league and yet to allow a 100 yard rusher, but that could be tested sunday. here's more on that matchup. >> reporter: another anweek, her top running back, the red skins need to slow down on the heels of holding dallas's

elliot to be second lowest rushing yard of his career. they are going to try to do it again against the giants's rookie, barclay, a guy some redskin hall of famers are impressed by. >> just look through a different lens than a lot of other people ande's the guy that, you know, that stands out a lite more than what i have seen in the past three years. >> i think he's, what he's done out there isretty much say he could go down as one of the bester players to ever touch the football, so, you know, iate to play them twice a year, but, you know, he is a very special player, you know, and i'm glad thefl continues to add talent like this to the league. >> does it all. he's goi to take a full team effort, and i tthink, ashey are ready for the challenge, i'm ready, and this team is ready for the chalnge, and, you know, nobody's, you know, shutting them down yet so to speak, shopefully we're the team. >> they have the second best run

defense in the league, and so on sunday, their challenge is going to be shutting down the 21-year-old rookie sensation. from redski park, news 4 sports. thank you. just a couple weeks ago, speculation that kevin durant would leave the warriors after this nba season swept the hoops world like megamillions mania swepthe countr now, sadly, none of those rumors are linki the prince georges county native to coming back to washgton. however, the wizards with a chance to prove their worthy destination against the warriors tonight. thek- bac-back nba champs unbeaten at home this season. the wizards pstyed well aga golden state in both meetings last year, but if they want to pull it off tonight, they need john wald's best,od off to a go f k.d. caught the eye for what he does on the courtd or the d.c. community. >> him representing where i come from, you know, somebody that i always want to see do well because i know how much that means to the commun where i grew up, and the kid

that loved john and brad, and just a whole wizards coaching, i think he's grownnnto a obviously tremendous player, and all-star player, but what he does more so o the court for the community is something that, you know, everybody in d.c. can stand behind. be somebody that is going to be a staple in our city forever, and definitely excited for him. >> well, speaking of the wizards, morrison took a hit, fined $15,000or unsportsman like conduct on the final play -- like, this -- he was on the bench. he tugged at curry's shorts. that'sgainst the rules, bro. >> ha-ha zplch! >> right there, though. >> i know. too mpting. could not resist. fortunately, the wizards still won. morris tweeted later with laughing emojis saying it's all good, at least we got the win. >> almost a wedge move there. >> i say at, but, actually, deep down, i'm happyor that.

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fully fund thensery personal fight agopioids. and strengthen the affordable care act. i'm david trone and i approve this message. breaking ntos ght from the scene of a major scare, a wave of bombs sent to top democrats and the offices ofnn. arms blaming and emergency evacuations while on the air. >> projectiles and that's -- excuse me. that sounds like a fire alarm here. >> packages addressed to hillary clinton and de former presi obama , also ong the targets, john brennan and former attorney general holder. >> what we saw here today was effort to terrorize. clearly an act of terror. a assive fbi investigation to find bo thmber and the feds warning more packages cld be in the mail. and tonight, calls to turn down the toxic rhetoric, the head of cnn blasting the white house.