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doug kammerer is standing by with what comes next. >> we've got rain out there only now and it will continue. it will continue to increase. take look around the district. not a lot going on here but just to the south, we' watching it in the next half-hour or so. around the beltway, look at the heavy rain. that'sll making its way across our region from southwest tohe nortt as it developsouth and west. it does show a couple ofstorms. the coastal low beginning to develop, making its way up the coast and we're expecting a very chilly night. that leads the a wet saturday morning. early morning rain on your
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saturday. a lot wetter today. >> we're going to have the forecast for and you you cck always chehe forecast in your neighbor in the palm of your hands.> now to that breaking news, after a week of terror, the fedr have t man. a swift arrest today of the guy they believe has bn sending those pipe bombs to democratic lawmakers and critics of president trump. authorities moved in today. leon harris with all the twists and the turns. >> and there have been quite a few of them. we'll getde to the ee in just a second. first we'll talk about the man who was arrested. 56-year-old cesar sayoc. apparently he is a registered republicanrr he's beented before. previously in 2002 for threatening to throw a bomb. he was given probation then.
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his cousins said that he worked as a stripper and as a bouncer in a number of clubs in his 20s. he was arrested in this van you see here. he had picture of president trump in addition to presidential seals and pictures on the windows. a now, of this coming as authorities found three more packagestoday. they were addressed to the former director of national intelligence, cory booker and kamala harris. that bring the total to 13 across the country. today, christopherray said those devices were not, we repeat, not hoax devices. sayoc is crged with multiple crime including mailing hoaxes and threateningnt the presif the united states. we have learned that he will be making his first andearance in miami. of course, we'll have coverage of that right here.
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thank you. this wa a remarkably speedy arrest today. considering the number of devices and the complexity of this case. we want to bring in nbc news national security and justice corn julia ainslie. let's focus on how theyis caugh guy. it came down to dna and finger prints. >> reporter: absolutelright. a lot of shoe leather investigative work. one was a finger print and they knew when they looked at e way these devices were put together, there was a l of tap and he would have handled this through the mail. and there was a key finger print on one of the packages sent to maxine waters. he had a checkered criminal pasc
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means his finger prints were in the database. they found two dna samples on two separate packages. they could go into w floridare they found his van there. lots of trump liparapher lots of pictures. the red target on their faces. >> president trump addressed the event today. >> the bottom line is that americans must unify and we must show the world that we areog unitedher in peace and love and harmony.ou there is nory like our country. and every day, we are shoeng world just how truly great we are. >> w pknow theitics behind this. law enforcement appears to be eering fear of the partisan response. >> that's right. the law enforcement agent will tell you, you don't want to put
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intent on this until you've had time to interview the suspect. ro we've heard the fbi director stay away intent. although sessions did say there did appear to be political motivation at play. >> thank you. today we'll to go florida to the nexus of the pipe bombs. what residents saw and heard. and chuck todd will breakol dow the pitics of this whole event and the response from the president. a young social worker killed by a stray bulletn northeast d.c. the bullet shattered the word of tomorrowmarmet's window, shooting and killing him. police are still searching for who killed him. a horrible loss for his family
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and our thougs are wit them. > it is every parent's worst nightmare. your son goes to high school. he does really well. graduates. goes off to college. he is there four years. graduates on time. hen des he wants to community. you're thinking as a parent, that's great. after onlyee months of joining, becoming a social worker. tonight his family is grieving. the last 48 hours have been a nightmare for his father. his son tom was killed in northeast d.c. >> whene heard about tom being shot, an innocent, jus down the street through city, it was shock and now it's anger. >> reporter: we sat down with him in adams mornigan.
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one of the restaurants he owns. the 22-year-old didn't follow in his father's footsteps. >> there was something inside fromm a very early age, he wants to help people. >> reporter: he graduated from the university of vermont six months ago. he decided to back volunteer social worker at the nonprofit callome so others might eat. >> people really appreciated him. the volunteers that he lived with. so we are all devastated. >> reporter: tom died after being caught in w gunfile he was dropping from hisom in his jeep liberty. his father hsa the m for the shooter. >> i hope they knowhey've ken away the life of somebody who would have been there to help >> reporter: d.c. police are
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continuing to investigate this . ca they urge anyone with information to come forward. if you were here, if you heard the three sh is, anyormation you can provide, is greatly appreciated. information,ny give them a call. a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and a nv tion. live in northeast,news4. such a generous and outstanding youngman. the outbreak of violence in the district is thidence. e has been a 44% spike in the murder rate compad to last year. marmet is the 135th person to bs killed t year. the death toll for all of 2017 was 116. ss than two weeks until election day and a loophole finds the congresswoman barbara comstock may be in trouble. the pollhows jennifer.
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weton with a 13-point lead.ic democr voters appear motivated to vote against comstock. more are motivated to vote for. be sureheo nbchave 4 app handy on election day. >> we've seen the attack ads from both sides nonstop. a day after the resounding guilty verdict in the mansion murders trial, we are getting our first look at some of the evidence the jurors saw. >> in your es, what stands out? >> it the evidence presence when ron wint's brother testified. the defense was trying to prove that daron's brother darrell murdered the familyo it was
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critical. darrell testified that he told police the night of the murder, his brother burned something. take a look at this. ithis is thege here that jurors saw. prosecutors said this burn pile was some of the evidence daron wint burned. it included a draw stng backpack and zip ties likely used to restrain savvas savopoulos. keep in mind the nextday, prosecutors said daron returned to the area to burn his blue mini van. this is exact tng jurors saw from the chief of police who took stand to show this video that he took. this was pretty incriminating. special when i the jurors heard that drell cooperated with police in this investigation. >> and daron wint and his brothers, they went tolm t. >> they went to walmart twice.
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jurors watched video of the second trip which was when precutors said darr object wint burned the evidence. this is a video. you can see it time stampled at 11:47 p.m. you see he purchased another string backpack minutes after burning the first one. and you will notice he pulled out a wad of cash. prosecarors. this was of the $40,000 in ransom money he exstortd from the family earlier that day. they are tracking all the $100 bills they spent in the days after the murder and basically showing that he that because ted$40,000 that he did stole fr his so just a reminder. stay tuned. coming up, wre taking you inside the mansion where you will seeik images the wungs on the screen where you philip's school binder
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attered, and amy's things left there in then. mans moments later, she was snaked held hostage by daron wint. >> just chilling pictures we are seeing for tti first . and this was the first story that you covered when you came to thistown. what a horrific story. you have stayed with it from the very beginning. it's hard to believe how much time has passed. >> three and a halfyears. i'll never forget the first day, thinking it wa a fire and not long after,t learnings a horrific tragedy. nbc makes a decision today on megyn kelly and the future of plus, we're in weather alert mode. if it is raining where you are, just you wait. doug is coming back how long the rain lasts. > dft y ve a look at the resten
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of the aw a news4 investigation on mishandling bodies, action from officials. >> and i find my spot in howard university's no nonsense marching band. folks, it was a workout.
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i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting ome. many of them worry about president trump taking away protectio for p. and women are frightened they could lose reproductive health care. it's why i'm glad .have a friend named ben is a national leader who's protecting obamacare from president trump. he's my friend ben. i hope he's your friend, too.
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i'm ben cardin and a nasty night as we take a live look at the rain ontetorm 4 radar. doug is coming right back with when this weath clear out. plus, thing you're going to like. a developing story in the media, nbc has canceled megyn kelly's 9:00 a.m. show. she apologized for a comment she made that many thought to be racially insensitive. kelly is still in talks with n a newsut her future at the
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network. sources earlier in the week were saying that kelly was likely going to leavehe company but no official word yet from either nbc o kelly's camp. they've performedn nfl halftime shows, inaugurations, and tomorrow, the howard university marching band will take field on homecoming. this week i got a preview and i go to take the field. >> halftime. redskins/cowboys and all eyes and ears were on the field. ever wonder what kind of work goes into getting all this just right?ar for s, 20 to 25 hours a week of practice and ls of repetitions. getting everybody in sync. that's repetition. over and over, hours and hours.
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basically -- >> tate back. all right. take it back. >> chris atkins is front and centers the drum major. for him and the 72 members he leads, every performance is a workout. >> physical versus musical. >> 50/50 spt.li dancing and stu. >> you have tbe in shape. >> definitely. >> how heavy is this?5 >> pounds or so. >> reporter: to a person they'll tell you the thing they like the most isn't the music or the moves. it is the camaraderie. >> what's the best part being in a band? >> the family. i when graduate, come we're a big old family here. >> reporter: the biggest thing is keeping in time withr whereve
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.he band eight steps for every five yards. we count eve 8thing ins. we start with the left foot. the odds are -- 90 degrees. >> you want it that high. okay. >> back straight, chest puffed up. like you own this. you want to have your toe pointed. when you're playing, if you're coming downee yurgsl will bounce too much so the toe acts, the ball of your foot acts like a shock absorber. >> what if you p neveryed an instrument and you've got two left feet? >> chris tried put me through motions of the rolloff. >> it stays there. >> when you drop the leg.
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>> yeah. >> all right. >> it feels a littl wat. to top it all off, the hat. now ifould i just play more than a whistle -- ♪ >> i was blown away by all the talent on the i was worn out just watching them. they'll be the stars at the halftime show and they've gotten word t thaty'll be perinfo g at bisons. >> i'm a little disappointed that i didn' see a drum on your chest, even a piccolo or something. >> yeah. it's a lot. believe me. i waslown away. incredible. >> they are amazing. >> so you know parking in d.c.
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can be difficult. >> we do. pretty soon, could it e getn harder to find a spot. the neighborhood that may lose parking anwhy. >> but first, doug is back with the forecast. the washington post endorses jennifer w ton for congress... ying barbara comstock's "promise has turned to dust." she's trump's "unquestioning foot soldier."if er wexton is the "smart, serio substantive" ... "ms. wexton would be a breath of fresh air" in congress. i'm jennifer wexton and i approv this message because i've worked across party lines to get things done.
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onthat's how we can fixess and make it work for us again.
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if you have the dinner plans for tonight -- >> you'll so disappointed. >> maybe you can bring out the boots. the ground will still be wet. >> i apologize. it's co theg. raien on the heavy side.be that wil the case right through early tomorrow, too. storm team radar lit up with the rain. especially if our southern zone from south of d.c. right toward waldorf, lenard's town, even some areas of red. over toward hagerstown and 270. still some moderate rain. this is all very steady rain
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ta look to the south of washington. right aroundatnal harbor, xanld re, look toward waldorf.th is making its way to the north. fredericksrg getting hit really hard. the drive on i-95, we know it is a terrible drive. made that much worse by the rain we have out there across the area. here it is. coming in from theh. so we've got a couple of storm systems coming together and forming. one area to the west. we've another one down the coast. this will give us a wallop. i'm thinking one to two inches of rain. really an inch to two inches wide. we've got the clouds and the showers. 50 degrees. it ds going to be a little of a factor too. gusting upwas of 15, 20, 25
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miles hour. th temperatures like this, it makes things quite cool. 47 in college park. only 46 in manassas. 45 in leesburg. that makes it a very nasty friday night. let's take you through hour by hour. just about everybody seeing some good you will need the umbrella overnight into early tomorrow.7: a.m., scattered rains of steady rain evehrgh noon hour. then more scattered after that time. so ye we'll see some shower activity during afternoon but it will be more of theer sca variety. today, tonight, yd n the big umbrella. tomorrow probably just the purse umbrella that you can get away with. chil rain, breezy in the morning. afternoon showers. some of you may n make it out of the 40s. 60 on sunday.
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a shower possible. but i think sunday will be a pretty nice day. really nice monday too. we will have clouds. sunday, rather, tuesday, around 60 and hello, halloween. i was hoping this would get better. temperatures in the low 50s. now a high of 70 on halloween. that's good for the tck or trreters. >> we' staying on top of n breakis. next, a report from florida where witnesses shared what they hearduring the arrest. hearduring the arrest. plus, what the
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announcer: the following will surprise you about barbara comstock: barbara comstock: "i think roe vs wade should be overturned and the stahod sdeng aul iy ci t.de" a woman's right to choose. she voted to defund planned parenthood 6 times, limiting women's access to contraception. and comstock votes with trump ninety eight percent of the time. jennifer wexton: endorsed by the washington post. she'll protect
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deceinen pndsas u l berger: i'm abwhen dave brat, and i appwent to congress,. he went washington.[ camer] while virginians struggle with rising drug prices, brat's taken thousands from pharmaceutical, insurance, and other health care companies, voting them billions in tax breaks while voting against lowering the cost of prescriptions and voting against protections for pre-existing conditions for the people he represents. brat serves his donors' interests. we need someone who's for us. on the day of big breaking developmbsts on the pipe b
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sent to democratic lawmakers and critics of the president. >> we want to get you caught up. we're tearning more ahe suspect arrested today. he is cesar sayoc jr. a florida resident and registered republican. >> t eay lorcement seized his vain that was plastered with ctures of the president and hillary clinton on the outside. federal officials believe he is responsible for sending 13 pipe bombs. >> today president praised law enforcement and made another call for unity in the of the arrest. marissa continues coverage from florida. >> a sea ofaw enforcement fanned out in plantation today as fbi agents took down the man suspected of mailing a series of bombs to o critics president trump this week. th e lo at southwe h street and
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state road 7. witnesses say they heard and saw a flash bomb go off. >> i heard like an explosion. i thought police officers had a man on the ground. >> i saw them take him from where the van was. was on the ground and in hand cuffs and handed over to what appear to a large pickup truck. >> reporter: the fbi agents took cesar sayoc into custody. the van swed numerous decals with president trump on the windows. witness say he didn't show any siphons struggle. >> he had a look on his face, from what i saw of him, more of like, okay, the got me. like he gave up kind of a thing. >> reporter: authorities towed the van away and escorted him to miramar. fbi agents spent an hour gaering evidence and then left the seasonable with one of th
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auto zone employees. neighbors are shocked this suspect was found here. >> it is really surprisingo me. i've never seen anything like the before. so it's like coming home. >> reporter: of course we're staying on top of the new developmentes on this bomb suspect. coming up at 6:00, chuck todd takes a look a how the president responded to this situation. he's been preachingunity. do his tweets match his words? chuck will have that at 6:15. calls for action because of a news4 investigation. last nightn this broadcast. scott revealed how a state program in maryland lost track ies donated to science. as scott reports, state hea leaders will now be called before the senate to answer questions about it. >> the problem surfaces at the
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maryland state anatomy board. members of the health committee will call a hearing into what mistakes happen and how many people in maryland might be impacted. >> the family is one of the families im her husband decided to donate his body to the maryland stater anatomy b before he died of a.l.s. >> i miss him so much. >> rorter: to hel with research, months after the death, they gave carmen his remains which she buried. months later, the shock of a lifetime. the board calledarmen to reveal they had given they are wrong ashes. >> who are the ashes remainsne the i buried? he said i have no idea i have no clue. >> reporter: the board found severe inventory control problems with donor remains in july. and there were other problems. the memorandum on showed the ashes were mistakenly burred today state cemetery in carroll
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county, even though family asked thee remains b returned. and there was confusion over which bodies had been cremated. the state health department said they'r conducting an internal review but other say they want a formal hearing when they reconven in january. >> i commit, when we reconvene, we'll have a meeting to explain the actions. >> i was horrified, appalled. there is no way to describe or envision the pain families must feel. >> and this is an issue in the governor's race. ben jealo has the story. what happens when you understaff public agencies and msprog we have not yet received a response from governor hogan to our inquiry. meanwhile, the deptment of health is addressing this
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matter. all open cases from the past twr and retraining staff. news4 i-team. >>hank you. next, yola favorite p to park in the district, and maybe going to ride she drivers. and still tracking the rain. the heaviest toward washington. it will continue all night and i was a navy doctor, so i'm used to getting to work early. now i have a general practice, with a lot of patients who are counting on me. many of them worry about pr pident trump taking awtections for pre-existing conditions. and women are frightened they could lose reproductive health care. i it's w glad i have a friend named ben. ben is a national leader who's protecting obamacare from president trump.fr
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he's mnd ben. i hope he's your friend, too.d i'm ben cand i approved this message.
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falways a challenge.s ben became a fend, investor, and mentor for the company. ben has help j create over a thousas. he understands the importance of entrepreneurs to the state economy. if we'd been keeping pace with virginnowwe'd have 40,0t and the average marylander woul have $8,000 more in. it's time to grow big ideas into big businesses. i'm jess gartner and i'm voting for ben jealous.
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spanberger: i'm abwhen dave brater, and i appwent to congress,. he went washington. [ camera shutter clicks ] while virginians struggl wi, brat's takenhousands from pharmaceutical, insurance, and other health care companies, voting them billions in tax breaks while voting against lowering the cost of prescriptions and voting against protections for pre-existing conditions for the people he represents. brat serves his donors' interests. we need someone who's for us. a very special honor for a d.c. school principal who has shown her commitment to educating the district students. >> rachel is th principal at the wrightwood campus. she thought she wy with c and state administrators to
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celebrate student achievements. instead she was surprised with a $25,000 milkin educato award. >> very pleased to announce the winner of this year's award is rachel tommelleo. >> she is the only district teacher to receive the award ans shne of 40 honorees across the country. in her first year there, the school received a national title iee ament award for underprivileged students and students withes disabili pretty soon there will be a designated spot to pick up your uber or lyft ride. to tells us they pla create 24-hour drop-off zones. they include 14 and u, national
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zoo, georgetown, the warfare and the market. they are creating the spots to stop ride share services to stop bike lanes. the city is creating these drop-off zones. they're expected to go lives later t year. a prince george's county police officer has been indicted. officer ryan macklin faces several charges including first degree rape. investigators say he was on duty and in uniform when he pulled a woman over early this month and forced her to perform a sex act. the victim told her, heargeted her because she was an illegal immigrant. local group working to help kids from going hungry. and its discreet approach is
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part of what makes hit the week's heroes.
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> we take a live look at storm team 4 radar. yoaican see the and it's chilly out there. a nasty night. ug andsomara will be back soon to help pn the weekend. if you think about montgomery county as one of the wealthiest in the country, dig a deeper. >> we found there are thousands of children who doeit know where next meal will come from. an organization making sure every childas something to eat. hi. >> it's amazing that all these nineeds are hap right under our noses in places you may never expectdo f them. school is back in session and we wanted to remind everyone about this great organization. the mission is a simple one. to makeure every child has something to eat. not just when they go to school
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but at home as well. these moms aren't packing lunches for their kids. they're packing weekend meals so other kids don't go hungry. >> people in the county that are in trouble. food, financial, and kids are suffering every day from it. >> all thed is for kids in need distributors, or kind. he found out kids in his own community, one of the most affluent in the entire country, didn't have enough access to food outside of >>hool. so i realized the need in all the schools. i ev bethesda and chevy chase. there's need everywhere. >> son six years they've gone from feeding 37 kids to 2,000 kids in 25 different schools.
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>> kids literally gbbing on to their legs on friday, hoping they're going to get a package sent home with them on carry them through the weekend. >> if that doesn't touch you, you don't have a heart. >> everyix weeks, jeremy and his earl of volunteers pick up all this food from costco in wheaton. they do their part to help out. the food gets dropped o at schools where more volunteers pack bags. school snap identifies which kids are in need and a teacher places it in the child's backpack. he comment bear pickingut o which kid actually gets the food. >> they ce up to me and give me a huge hug. even some of the teachers are saying thank you so much. >> it is entirely made up of volunteers. >> it is an inspiration to see other people get inspired. >> jeremy says this is a labor
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of love. >> my hea is bigger than my pockets. >> you tell everyone what we need to keep this going. we have to make sure this survives. >> he clammed up a little bit. there he told me that what kind s on is donations. head to the nbc washingtonpp and seven kind. k-i-n-d. we put a link there so you can see how help. it may be the best morning or afternoon you've ever had. >> the good thing is because people like russ telling a i story,is getting out and he's so sh the national association of realtors gave him aio nl good neighbor award to recognize all the work they're doing. >> thank you. all right. a great story.
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thank you. let's getd the w on the weather and there is a lot to talk about for tonight and the rest of thewe end. >> i'm talking about tonight. rain is coming. >> and the weekend plans. the good news is it won't be a washout. >> we'll show you where the radar is. south of d.c. in toward fredericksburg a little spotty around 270, toward the leesburg area. you can see where the heavy rais toward i-95. again, seeing the heavy rain in through maryland. the rest of the dyarea, every is seeing that rain. we'll continue to see it through the next couple hours into the day tomorrow. at least early tomorrow. so tonight, it is high school football. those friday night lights are
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tmmed by the rain. umbrellas and coats. yeah. take blanket. 45 at 8:00. >> it will be rather reezy by the time you get to 9:00, 10:00. a little more on what to expect. tomorrow, the saturday forecast. >> we've got football at howard university as well and we are looking at some showers during that time frame. let's look at the graphics. the homecoming this weekend. near 50 degrees. once the football game kicks off, it will be breezey and damp. the good news is they should be taperi off. as far as remainder of the festivities, it will be a dam one. make sure you have the umbrellas handy. by the time you are headed to
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chapel sunday, a lot of clouds in the r. we may get a sliver of sun. working from the 50s into the 60s. let's spend some time looking at sarirday. we'll in that factor of wind in the morning. it will be breezy very damp, very cool. by noon, rain comin down pretty moderately. it won't begin to timer off until we hit the evening hours. for those of you who will beat particg in the marine corps marathon, good news. no rain to worry about. it will be cloudy. probably a little damp fro saturday's rain and very cool. you can see the chilly start. relatively comfort for runners, ght? temperatures around 52 degrees. and we'll probably be mild through the afternoon. the sun will return. we've got the ten-day forecast and it is looking good. >> we need sun to make its way out.
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monday will be a bit of a cloudy sky condition. ybe some sun but a rather nice day. tuesday is looking real nice. hoabout wednesday? halloween. a really nice night for the trick or treaters. could be some hea rain in here on friday. possibly into saturday, too. temperaturewise, a little up and down. we'll continue to monitor the rain for you. we're back at 6:. we have some breaking news into the newsroom. two men are dead after a shooting in riverdale, maland. police have convernlgd just off the bw parkway. one victim was found inside the house. te other outside. investigators sy don't have any suspects yet. darcy spencer is at the scene. it was a surprising verdict. life, not death, for a man who
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killed a local police officer. herirst day on the job. >> julie carey takes a look at an emerging trend. in a y sto'll see first to news4, i have learned through sources close to the investigation of a little girl shocked
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the washington post endorses jennifer wexton for congress... saying barbara comstock's "promise has turn to dust." she's trump's "unquestioning foot soldier." jennifer wexton is the "clear and convincing" choice.
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"smart, serious and substantive" ... "ms. wexton would be a breath of fresh air" in congress. i'm jennifer wextoni approved this messag' because worked across party lines to get things done. that's how we can fix congress and make it work for us again. t is a standard issue partisan with no fresh ideas. but it's the ideas she does have that should scare us. defund planned parenthood- leaving women without access to cancer screenings. repeal the afforble care act-
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devastating families with pre existing conditions. and cut federal funding to combat opioids. up david trone will srt woman's reproductive health. fully fund the very personal fight against opioid and strengthen the affordable care act. i'm david trone and i approve this message. students are hting a glow in the darkaa ruon authority epilepsy foundation. amate died three years ago from sudden unexpla eed death frlepsy. >> tonight's event begins at 6:30 at the school.
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they're partnering to raise money. yesterday, a man gotif a sentence instead of the death penalty for killing a rookie poce officer. >> the jury's decision continued a trend. there has not been a death penalty sentence given in virginia since >> our bureau chief looks at whether that could mean the public's view is changing about the ultimate punishment. >> prosecutors are quick to point out that ronald halt was not your typical killer. the army staff sergeant also served two tours inad iraq and a young son. >> the cases are difficult. all of them are difficult. it's not easy to ask them tta a life. >> six jurors for life. six for the death penalty. across the country, number of executions is steadily
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declining over the last two decades. polls also showing support, 54% favor the death penalty for those convict of murder. far lower than the 90s or 2000 while 39% are opposed. edward with the defender's office and represent ronald hamilton. >> jurors in the commonwealth of virginia are increasingly less likely to support the death penalty. >> some offices simply don't have the resources a staff to handle them. >> we're probably o of a handful of offices who could put the resources into prosecuting a case like this. >> richard conway, one ofour prosecutors, in spite of the jury's hdecision, believes the residents still back the death penalty. >> s itill believe there's very strong support in our community and particulan the murder
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of a police officer. >> and conway hopes eve though they didn't win the death sentence for hamilton, the threat of it may still deter others from harming police. >> other states have already abolished the death penalty in our region. >> maryland ended it, d.c., and abolished in it 1965. tonight our first look at the florida mrged with sending pipe bombs in the mail to top democrats d in. and across the country. >> he is described as a troubled loner. ing aboutlues are eme how the man was caught and why the threat may not be over. >> first, rain is coming down hard and it will only intensify as the night goes on. c d is that nasty night ahead as we begin our weekend.
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>> he has a loo at what we can expect coming up next. >> connuing to see theeavy rain especially in the southern zones. d.c., just out to the south around fredericksburg, spotsylvania county. some heavy rain in th area. notice a little break. >> we areh dealing wit some heavy rain across the area. if you're heading out, make shee you have umbrella and the coat. it is a chilly night, too. the storm system to the west. another one along the coast. that will become t nor'easter overnight. one to two inches ofn r possible by early tomorrow morning. >> a rainy and chighy a nasty, nasty saturday morning. then an upted halloween forecast. that's looking

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