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rainate night. chance of rain late next week. all right. we'll be back at 8:30 wit a full half hour of news and weather. good morning. under arrest. after a nationwide manhunt, authorities cth and charge a an who mailed more than dozen pipe bombs. the week long crime spree reading fear. the justice department now warning there may be more devices out there. we areive with the latest. fired up. the president calling for civility before throwing punches at the press during a late-night rally. >> we have seen effort by the dia in recent hours to use the sinister actions of one individual to score political points against me. >> and declining toall his political opponents who were the intended recipients of the pipe
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bombs. with a week and a half to go before the dterms, how the president's rhetoric is playing with voters. saturday soaker. a nor'easter from virginia to mae. the storm bringing nonstop winds and rains. major delays and headaches forn arly 50 million people. "today," october 27th, 2018. good morning. welcome to "today" on saturday morning. it will be a wet one across the east coast. >> a busy morning. >> we will get to the headlines now. we begin with the latest this half hour. the news today. a florida man charged with ending more than a dozen pip bombs to critics of president trump. law enforcement arresting him days after the first pipe bomb was discovered. we have nbc'sete williams in washington. >> reporter: peter, investigators are searching homes and apartments in south florida where cesar sayoc had
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connections. they are looking for more evidence and trying to find out built.he bombs were new york police joined federal agents descending on the van marked north of miami friday morning. 56-year-old cesar sayoc of tu av, florida faces charges to bring 48 years in prison. >> we willot tolerate such lawlessness, especially not political violence. >> reporter: the windows of sayoc's van were plastered with stickers praising president trump. k her images showed hillary clinton and barama with targets over them. officials say cesar sayoc hiv beeng in the van and investigators want to know where the bombs were madees the arr followed the discovery of packages on friday. one in manhattan addressed to james clapper who has been a trump critic. another to senator cory booker center and t a mail a third addressed to senator ka
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la harris and a fourth to tom steyer. while none of the bombs exploded, the f said they were designed to blow up. >> still analyzing the devices in our laboratory. a these not hoax devices. >> reporter: investigators say the big break in the case came thursday when analysts at the fbi lab fnd a fingerprint on the outside of the package addressed to maxine waters. because sayoc had a criminal record in floridri hiss were on file allowing a quick match. the lab found dna evidence on some of the devices that the fbi says is a possible match too. there is no indication that any notes wer i includedthe bomb packag, but court documents say photos of george soros and barack obama andohn brennan ad maxine waters had a photo withed x attached to them. officials say sayoc is not
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cooperating and refuses to say if he made any of the bombs or an other ones maye out there. he is also not saying if he had help. although oicials say they don't think so. peter. >> pete williams in washington. pete, thank you. >> we are learning more about cesar sayoc. he is described as a troubled ner with low level interest in politics until the rise of president trump. he regular stistered as a repub voter before the 2016 primary. we have tammy leitner outside the detention center where he it being hels morning. tammy, good morning. good morning, sheinelle. we know he was not shy in his political views. lyyams til shocked at what happened and they d not see this coming. this morning, new details about cesar sayoc. now in police custodyor allegedly sending more than a dozen fire bombs. w here is wha know. the 56-year-old has a long criminal record. in 2002, he pledltguilty to
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making a bomb threat to the utility company. promising it would be worse than 9/11. in other cases, pled guilty to larceny and fraud and possession of a controlled substance. >> sayoc is an immature, rather confused indivial. >> reporter: attorney ron lowey has represented sayoc in the past. >> he lives in a fantasy world. i don't know if he recognizes the consequences of his actions. >> reporter: he grew upmin m and attended college in the '80s. >> half semester. he seemed like a normal teena r teenager. >> he was a greeter and he dee jayed for us. >> reporter: he was working at theju dgentlemen's club in west palm beach. >> he was a nice guy.
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he w funny. >> reporter: sayoc appeared to have money trouble. according to court records, he lost his to us to foreclosure in iled for bankruptcy three years later. officials say he was living in this van. his social media posts show a man obsessed with support for president trump. many of his posts attacking the media and democrats. his former lawyer not surprised about the anger. >> he has difficulty thinking about mature issues correctly and inality toontrol his emotio r. orter: sayoc's first court appearance is here in downtown mii monday afternoo he is expected to be extradited, but it is still ulear where. sheinelle. >> tammy, thank you. >> president trump in a rally i north carolina last night, praised law enforcement for quick work tracking down theec sud mail bomber. after calling for unity, the president called his attention
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to the news media criticizing the coverage as a political attack against him and his supporters. he called for an end to the quote politics of personal struction and attacked several democrats. dodgers fans with a sigh of reliefwe game three b the red sox and dodgers was the longest series game ever played it end a few hours ago in los angeles. when l.a.'s max muncy crushed the walk-off home run in the 18th inning. for a 3-2 win over the red sox. the game three took 7 hours and 20 minutes to play. boston leads 3-1. game four begins at 1k8 8:9000. >> dylan is here w
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welcome back to "today" on saturday morning. we have celebrity news to get to. dylan has "popstart." >> let's start with prince harry and meghan mark. they wrapped up the invictus games in australia. she spoke out about the games her prince created. >> some of the best athletics and sportsmanship you could witness. on a personal note, i wanted to
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thank all of you, for welcoming me to the invictus family. >> the duke and duchess will head to new zealand as they continue on the whirlwind tour. is "clueless" coming back? as if. the cult classic is now getting a reboot. ot if the broadway musical next month is enough, paramount actures is developinremake. the news has us bugging. >> you are on your game. >> not quite. finally, the bis is breaking the internet over the photo. the singerhowing down on the r burrito. some depicted it as him playing the harmonica.
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chrissy teigen chimed in saying this is the only way a burrito should be eaten. the sides are so-called carb factories. >> that is the yumm end. >> i guess -- >> who eats a burrito from the middle? >> i'm eating the whole thing. we hav a fun morning ahead. some of the biggest moments of peter's career that brought him peter's career that brought him i believi've heard storiesnt from people across virginiaing. peter's career that brought him that have moved me to take action on veterans unemployment, the opioid epidemic, and pediatric healthcare.
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but we can't make progress when we're divided, when our leaders pit us against each other for political gain. in the senate, i'll always listen to you and focus on solving problems that matter to virginia and to america. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. before he was attorney general, brian frosh led maryland's fight to clean up the bay. so when donald trump's epa attacks our clean water laws, frosh is leading the charge stoem attorney general brian frosh. introducing fresh step clean paws, low tracking litter designed to stay off your floor... ...and everywhere else. let's make litter less of a mess. let's start fresh.
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shoes you are filling. we are excited to have peter join the saturday team. we could not pass without the look at the highlights of your career. >> this is going to be fun. >> take a look. >> i'mr. peter alexan >> good morning, lester. >> savannah, good morning. >> i wanted to do the news in some way for almost as long as i can remember. sg tigers's o tiger's owner says that is a crushing blow. >> that is my first. i have not seen that video in 15 years. i had no idea what i was doing. the producer said sta writing. >> the exhilaration of covering breaking news is oneatf the best th exists out there. >> we are following breaking news. >> we are all learning about this together. >> they know the identity of the man who fired the shots. all we knowor certain is this plane has gone down in the hudson river.
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>> today worshippers a in around baghdad became targets. >> when you talk to someo in a place where you don't understand their language, but they talk and you can see in their eyes the way they speak about losing a loved one orrying about a stormho battering their . it doesn't matter what language you speak. we all get that. >> no, no. this is theldne that w have caused the most damage. >> the greatest threat comes from the most invasive species. humans. >> this is a rural farming village. villagers say everyone knows one another. >> the day they assigned me to be the white house correspondent six years ago was the second tie in my l i had ever seen the white house. >> multiple sources tellws nbc he white house is limiting this probe. >> is that presidential or are you embarrassed by that? >> you say that. why won't the president use the same words? >> why should america trust you when you accuse the news o
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being fake. >> i was given that information. >> obv pusly mosteople know me as that nbc guy. the job i'm most proud of is being dad. i have a -oye arand 3-year n-old emma. my wife allison. we have been marri for -- six and a half years. i got it. you hear her off camera? it can be a crazy house somet.mes, but i love it is the best. >> that's me. story i st powerful told was the story about my sister rebecca who is going blind and deaf. >> can you see my hands here? >> no. >> she is my best friend. i think she is the most impressive woman i know.on >> stop. >> she embraces everything. doesn't turn away from the challenge. she forces me on my best days to brush aside all of the garbage and focus on the things that
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matter. >> as a kid, i used to dream about being on the "today" show. now i'mn anchor person and co-host. even one day a week. i'm sipsyched. >> good luck,dd >> peter, your family is here to welcome you to our family. >> this is a totally insane morning right here, obviously. this is my 5-year-old ava.my ittle one emmy. my wife >> how fantastic is this? >> amazing. they made you pictures in the makeup room. you want to give them to daddy? >> we willac talk about the they were in the makeup room. >> the highlight. >> thi is the best one. >> look at that. >> to be isincere, i have been here at nbc news for 15 years. tom brokaw was the anchor. from across the world and experiences i have had,av i
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grown in the family at nbc and in the course of that time built own family. nothing more proud of than these adys. if i to be anywhere else, be mornings. >> i look at you on the couch with your family. if you don't realize, w pe wteenrtas a senior and i waa freshman. i called our professor and said do we have the video of peter's coll e reel. she found it. >> no? >>peter, we had to intern in college. >> this stuff is from when i was at khq. my first j out of school in spokane, washington. >> we saved all the work. it was my job to save it. i found it. >> i say your friends from the d.c. bureau made treats.
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and focus on solving problems that matter to virginia and to america. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. good morning. the latest on this rainy saturday. of course we are talking be outwhen the rain wil of here. we've got homecoming parades. we've got halloween parades. we've got pumpkin picking to do. we'll let you know when that rain can get out of here so you can get outside and enjoy it. police in new york say two bodies pulled from the hudson river are from northern vi ainia. nd we are just a dayway from the start of the marine corp marathon. we're going to introduce you to a special runner getting ready for the big race. all and join us behind
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a bizarre discovery near the water in new york sparks new questions when the investigators find the victims are two young wome fromvirginia. an arrest made, but questions remaining unanswer about the man sending more than a dozen pipe bombs to liberals. aea dy crash caught on camera. now almost a year after a driver slammed through the front of a restaurant, the driver faces ar s. welcome in on this saturday morning, t 2h of october, 2018. good morning. toglad you could join us kick off your morning. unfortunately a lot of us waking up with rain drops, light rain.
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>> a little dreary. lauryn rickets is tracking when the rain will move out. >> absolutely. i think it's going to move out sooner tn later for today. that's good news. it's brezy. winds will diminish ay throughout the not everybody is seeing rain. everybody is seeing damp outside. not everybody seeing rain drops falling from the sky. this rain, waving of it pulse through the region moving from the south to the north. widen out the viewan and you see it coming through south virginia. it will move north through the afternoon and 'll start drying out. not clearing out but drying out. winds 14 mes per hour right now. winds anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour throughout the day. i don't know what that thing is unless it's like a windshield erper for our camera i've n noticed before. howard homecoming.
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south carolina state bulldogs is who they play. the tailgate rainy. low 50s. it's going to be damp. by the time the football game goes, breezy. temperatures low 50s with light showers. tomorrow looking a lot betterch for br again, tomorrow looking good. and tomorrow also marine corps marathon. we'll talk about that in detail, and we're also going to talk about the leaves. are they going to change before they die and fall off the tree all right. lauryn, thank you. happening today, bisons past and present who gather today for an honored traditn, howard homecoming. >> festivities have been tppening all week leading up to the game again bulldogs. derek ward is live in northwest washington. lauryn rickets saying damp and breezy. energy is still up there. >> reporter: yeah. it's definitely goi to rain o their parade, but not the enthusiasm behind this annual
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event. georgia avenue north of the campus you can see roadblocks haven't gon this parade gets underway at 10:00 a.m. what's happening today? of course howard's homecoming against -- and then the game against the south carolinat bulldogs 1:00 p.m. now, here's a parade route that's going t start up here at 6th and howard place. it's goingo go down georgia --ly actu6th and fairmont. a's going to florida, georgia avenue, make it way to 4th and howard place. you'll see the roadblocks in another hour or so. s you seee of the vehicles in place to start the roadblocks. but, again, just as something to be aware of if you're down this way, the yard fest starts 10:00. there's events at the mainpa ing lot and the game later today. always a big city event capping off a week of activities in the
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community and culminating in this event here. back to you. >> a lot of excitemt there. thank you. all new this morning, a disturbing find. this is in new york city. it has local ties. >> that's right. siers from fairfax found dead on the banks of the hudson river. on monday someone found tir bodies duct taped together on the rocks along the river. police say the two were fully clothed and no obvious signs of trauma. they have been identified as a 16-year-old and 22-year-old. the daily news says the sisterst disappeared frir home in fairfax back in august. investigators say they had not been in the water long and are working to determine what caused their deaths. another developin story. police searching for answers after finding two men shot to death in prince george's erunty. the was a man outside and a man inside this home in river
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dale. a lookbove the scene yesterday, east pine drive. officials tell us the shootg wa targeted. not random. but folks in the neighborhood are still worried. >> members of this community do not want this type of activity in their community. it's after work hours. people coming home. iney're tryg to just relax for the day. >> although police know the shooting was targeted, they're working to find out the exact motive. and this morning we continue to learn more about the man accused of sending pipe bombs to prominent democrats and opponentsum of president cesar sayoc appears to be a devotedupporter of the president with a long criminal record. >> he worked at aip s club. officials confirmed they believe he's responsible for a 14th package bomb sent to a california billionaire t steyer who leads the campaign to
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impeach president trump. this photo of sayoc in washington. this is from one of his twitter accounts. it appears to be from president trump's inauguration. the strip club is in west pal beach up the street from the president's golf course. sayoc was working there as a d.j. thursday night. well, almost a year after a driver slammed through this brick wall and slammed into a restaurant, police charged an womane deadly crash. surveillance video of the tavern shows the people that werey desperatelrying to get outf the way. the woman was indicted for criminally negligent manslaughter. in an interview at the time she said the brakes went out. a 73-year-old was killed. a deadly house fire infa fax county is ruled an accident. officials say the fire that killed a man was sparked by an electrical issue with the power supply to the home's furnace. wednesday afternoon good
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samaritans tried to save the 73-year-old. the flames were too hot. firefighters searched the home until the ceiling collapsed. rodriguez was later found second familiar. there were smoke alarms in the home. re officials say they were disabled and did not sound. a designated place to pick up your uber or lyft ride in the d.c. area is in the near future. five lan dropoff zones at popular spots in the city. they include 14th and u,he national zoo,jrgeorgetown, the wharf and union market. it's to keep cars from in bike lanes and crosswalks to pick up riders. some pple are concerned because the city is staking parking spotso create the drafodra dropoff zones. montgomery county police a have arresteoman who allegedly charged thousands of dollars to provide state
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documents. she's charged with multiple aud.ts of the investigation began back in august of 2017. the woman was arrested on mondas and released. een thel, you may have su beginning of the world series game. you probably didn't see the oend of it. >> if you did see the end, u're probably really tired this morning. the game only ended a few hours ago. took 18 innings to decide a winner. the game was tied 2-2 until there was a hit from the plate. look at that. taking that of out oe park. that finally ends the game. everybody goes to bed. all this game took about seven hours and 20 minutes to finish. theongest playoff game in major league history. the teams are not going to get much rest. they're back on the field
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tonight for the next game. that starts a 8:00. a loudoun county school emoyee won't be at work on monday because ofhat another teacher said he saw him doing in the hallway. the latest on thisrb disg story straight ahead. first, let's get a live look at the marine corps marathon this morning. the kids are thehi highlight morning. they're getting ready to take to the starting line. we'll be along the route tomorrow morningorking for you. all for the people's marathon. news today returns right a 4ft
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day. they say his offenses date back to august when he allegedly grabbed a woman from be ond on thnge line. the same woman saw her standing womanally behind another and put his hands down his shorts. we're told the suspect was then seen following another woman as she got off the train at foggy bottom. police say there is a warrant set for his arrest. ling accusations in loudoun county. a loudoun county school employee is accusedak ofg photos under the skirts of high school students withis cell phone. investigators say yesterday a teacher caut 38-year-old in a hallway. the teacher immediately reported the incide. the schoo notified parents later that day. >> i'm a father of five daughters. i get very concerned about things like that. >> i made me really uncomfortable. they come into our school. that's girls like me. i don't know. >> hermann trained teachers in
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the school syst. school officials are now tracking hermann's path to i determinef there are additional schools and victims involved. a followupow that prince george's county police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman ishe first person to face charges under a new law. investigators say officer ryan mcland forced a woman to perform a sex act. he faces several charges including first degree rape. he's also charged with having a sexual encounter with someone in custody. the state's attorney believes this is the first officer t facehat charge. it just went into effect october 1st. the victimold investigators the officer targeted her because she is an undocumented immigrant. the officer is behind bars this morning. this domestic violence awareness month. a lot of the attention is focussed on victims of domestic abuse, but if someone recognizes the warning signs of an abuser in himself or herself, there is someone there toelp that
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person too. >> i don't believe anybody intentionally sets out in a relationship to cause harm to another human being. peoplean lose their way. people can mimic behaviors tha ybe they saw growing up or in their culture. or maybe something happened in their life. but we can put a stop to this together. doorways of arlington helps will and families dealing with domestic violence. they offer counseling and referrals and a 24/7 hotline. they believe more people are becoming aware of domestic violence and lives are improving. un we have a ways to go. the rstanding, the awareness, the conversations that are happening now will give us hope. we could actually be getting to avbetter place. >> we put together a lot of resources about domestic violence andce ser for survivors. all you have to do is search safe atbc home in the washington app.
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marine corps marathon coming up tomorrow, there are events in places including the k activity. you can see volunteers out there. a lot of people headed over t the big expo not only to pick up pacts but to look at the cool stuff they have for sale and educational material. this really is a race for the people, and the largest one that doesn't offer any type of prize money. people do this because out of their heart, out of their disciplind will. and it really is one of the most inspiring races out there. >> and lot of inspiring stories within it. one of them is a woman you're abt to meet. she's competing in tomorrow's marathon. she feared sheould never run another race again. >> now the grueling 22 mile run is just one more obstacle she is ready to overcome. darcyas spencer her story. >> you ready for sunday? >> sure. >> reporter: carrie is at the marine corps marathon expo
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getting ready for the big run on for her running the race is part of the bigger cause and challenge. she has multie sclerosis. she thought life wouldn't be thw san she got that diagnos diagnosis. >> devastating to me. i cried a lot. i went olhome, my husband that i was okay with him leaving me if he wanted to, and he said he wasn't leaving. he would re in a wheelchair with me if that's what it meant. >> reporter: they won't need the wheelchairs. they'll run together on sunday. >> i thi a lot of people don't understand, because people do associate ms with a wheelchair. and it's not true. >> reporter: carrie says ms effects each person differently. >> my biggest problem isiv cognit function and chronic fatigue. that doesn't mean i'm in a wheelchair or wl ever be. >> reporter: carrie has run in three marathonsince the diagnosis. this will be her first marine corps marathon. >> it's my way of saying i'm n t going let it beat me.
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i'm certaint taking by the horns and just moving forward. >> reporter: and now they are running with a purpose. raising money and awareness for ms together they've already raised more than $2,000. >> carrie shirts says i'm unstoppable. she won't stop until the race is over. that's what she's looking forward to mo >> finishing. the finish line. that's the big thing. >> reporter: in the district darcyspencer, news 4. wishing her and the other 29,999 runners good luth. 're going to race through some of the most iconic landmarks in arlington and washington d.c. and we're taking over mile 4 to helpheer them on. our team is on the arlington key side of the bridge. i'll be ther >> jim handly will be there. >> yes. and meghan and chuck bele. a w team. >> it's a station affair.
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>> lauryn, i mean, i'm starting to sugar coat it. the live shot, i can't help but feel for the people right now. the raineems like it's coming down pretty steady. >> it isn ots. this is how it is throughout the morning. it will get out of here by early this afternoon. the good news is for the marathon looking better. better conditions. not good conditions to you want to go leaf peeping, because we've had such a wet year. we've had such a hot summer thai ledo october. it hasn't made it good for any of t o fall foliage there. let's take a look right now as our fall foliage report. you can see we've got some moderate color in you have to go to west virginia to find it. i was sh charlottesville last weekend. nothing. i was at the highest point on winter grade. nothing. i was in west virginia the week before that just around here, nothing. now they're mcoerate r. there wasn't much out there.
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the reason why is been too wet. as the trees have been growing since it's been wett, and the trees are now growing as opposed tohutting their leaf. the chlorophyll that we get that makes the gro in the leaves for the food-make process during the summer since the trees are like oh, it's still summer, we're still growing, all that green didn't break the chlorophyll didn't break down to allow the yellows and reds to shine through. now they're just dying because now it's a cold snap as of two weeks ago. we went from air-conditioning to heat. gd now the leaves are dying. i don't think it'ng to be a great year to get those leaf peeping out there tripsut there especially out to the shenandoah valley, unfortunately. always next year. radar looking at the rain right now moving through our region. you can see it's scooting from the south to the north. ack edge of it through central virginia. it's going to lift through. there could be areas of moderate rain. it's just light shower activity
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for the most part. future radar you can see by 11:30, lifting out of here. by lunch, after that it's done. 1:00, 2:00, on time for the howard homecoming game against the south carolina state bulldogs. also we have gold cup in loudoun county. of people weren't going to go out for that because it's muddy.to be it will be dryer this afternoon. dry tomorrow morning start of the marathon. tomorrow it will be fine. not raining until t lateorrow night after about 10:00 we'll see rain moving in with a clipper system. that's out of here well before nithe monday m commute. most of us will be sleeping when we see rain late tomorrow night. current temperatures 40s and 50s and it's breezy. that's adding on to the misery of people ou this saturday morning. winds settle down throughout the and we'll head right into the mid to upper 50s out there. now, for tw temperatures around 60.
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peeks of sunshine. rain around 11:00 tomorrow night. the marathon is cloudy but dry. by 7:0a.m., temperatures in mid to upper 40s. by 10:00, mid to upper 50s. a nice afternoon especially if all the runners want to maybe relax a little bit tomorrow afternoon and relax outside. you're not gng t deal with wet conditions. by monday it turns windy. wind gusts up to about 25 miles per hour. sunshine. look at this. tuesday,be tiful. wednesday halloween, gorgeous. 70. clear skiesovernight into thursday. rain late thursday night. a froal system could stall thursday into friday. also into saturday bringing us more rain chances. we're going t break. we have more news right after is. stick thar waiting for a liver transplant..
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no rest for the players. game four is tonight in los angeles. we're just 24 hours or less now away from the start of the marine corps marathon. this is a live look at the rainy festivities underway. there are some events set forng this morni like the kids run. news 4 will be all over the race route cheering on the runners. i'll be at mile fou along with some of our colleades. be a g time. >> i know. we're going to have coverage all morning long, and weather is going to be okay.>> t will be all right. and even looking good for halloween. rain out by 1:00
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