h this is the most horrificne crime sce have seen in 22 years with the federal bureau >> 11 people dead and four officers injured after a man armed with an asslt rifle opened fire at abu pith synagogue. this drone video gives us an aerial view of the house of worship. the anti-defamation lea calling it the worst of the deadliest tiemitic attack in u.s. history. we have live team coverage for you tonight. >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer live in northwest washington. leaders aret responding to w they are calling the deadliest attack against the jewish community in history. i will have a live report ahead. news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news.

a day of celebration into an unconscionable tragedy. 50 to 100 people in a pittsburgh synagogue tarted because of their faith. i'm erika gonzalez. coverage for eam you this evening. nbc's chris pollone is in pittsburgh where 11 people are dead. ♪ >> reporter: it was around 10:00 saturday morning, a man walked into pittsburgh's tree of life synagogue and started shooting. >> the complainant says they have an active shooter in the building. a second call says they'reeing attacked. >> reporter: it happened in the city's squirrelill neighborhood. 11 people lay dead with six injured including three police officers who were shot but are expected to survive. >> this is the most horrific

crime scene i have seen in 22 years with the federal bureau of investigations.s >> reporter:unshots echoed through the area, police warned stunned neighbors to stay in tde. >> we ss was happening. we staw peopleun rng around hoth rifles, people running by our e. >> reporter: the suspected gunman eventually surrendered. >> at this time, the suspect in the shooting is in custody. >> reporter: federal sources identify him asd 46-year- robert bowers. they say he was armed with an ar-15-style rifle and handgun. seeshl media posts believe to have been made by him were filled with anti-semitic hate speech. president trump suggested armed guards could have limited the attack. >> the vial hate-filled poiso of anti-semitism must be condemned and confronted everywhere and anywhere it appears.r: >> reporowers is expected to face federal hate crime

charges. chris pollone, nbc news. >> the neighborhood of pittsburgh where this mass h shootipened is called squirrel hill. it is a predominantly jewish community. news 4's david culver is just outside pittsburgh right now where he has new reaction from thoseiving in that area. he joins us live on the phone to explain more about the fabric of this community. david. >> reporter: yeah, erica, joining you by pne because we are making our way into pittsburgh right now. i spent much of the ride monitoring a lot of local pittsburgh news feed, hearing eswhat they'reibing in that situation, also spending time talking by phone with a lot of the long-time residents in ttsburgh. they described the squirrel hill neighborhood that you mentioned as a family-focused community, stressing it is not a suburb of pittsbut very much a part of the city. as youoint out,t is traditionally home to a large jewish community. l as oneal tells me, even if the religiosity for some resident may not be as fervent as it once was, it is very much jewish in culture.

it is part of th fan ricbric he. there is almost always a community event going on. one of the local news anchors ves in squirrelhill. he was getting choked up as he was commenting and he said, have so much happening here, we don't have time for hate, making what happened today all the more devastating. >> i mean it was terrifying to me when i first got the call, and then i started getting calls right after that. i just -- i'm just -- i'm torn apart.is >> reporter: ine of the r rabbis from the community commenting. this is an area that's adevastated. making our way right now into pittsburgh. we will be bringing some of thei community s to you tonight on "news 4 at 11:00" and continuing tomorrowew on 4 today. >> david be safe out there and we will see you later tonight. david, thank you. as we mention, david will be

in pittsburgh covering the synagogue shooting for us. you can looe for his l reports on "news 4 at 11:00", and david will give us the latest updates when you wake up. you willtsee his repor tomorrow morning on news 4 today. >> there is an increased security at synagogues across the country and here on area. news 4's darcy spencer continues our team coverage from the washington hebrew congregation in northwest d.c.. darcie. >> reporter: erica, i just was able to speak to the lead rabbi here at the washington hebrew congregation. there is service taking place right here at thisour. first an frooremost, he wanted o let me know this anti-semitism will not stop them from doing what they normally do. they are h their services and going about their lives as they normally would, but, as you said, we have seen police presence at synagogues across our region today. here b at thehel congregation in alexandria, and we saw polici

presence montgomery county as well. keep in mind, many of the religious institutions already have increased police presence and security because of ongoing threats. now, d.ls police stepping up presence at synagogues here in the city, the chief that there is no credible threat here in washington. all of this is being done as a precaution. now, the efanti-damation league describes this as theeadliest attack on the jewish community in u.s. history. >> theolitical rhetoric of the last two years hasib coned to an enboldening of hate. all of us acrs the political spectrum, across faiths and communities need to reflect deeply on how we come back to the country we can be and start to act in concert with our values. >> it is a time for people to erchange and l the temperature on the rhetoric and no wohatefu s should be tolerated by anybody, from any party,rom

any persuasion. america is about harmony. america is about it is not about the divisiveness itat has been brought forth by the pal climate we live in today. >> reporter: the one jewish lead pointed out to me this happened on the holiest day of th week in the jewish faith and dow tragic it was that people were gathe there to celebrate a new life when so many lives were lost. back to you. >> darcy spencer, thank you. the -danamation league tracks anti-semitism in the united states. the organizationave us stark warning earlier this year. according to the league, in 2017 we saw the largest single-yeari on record of anti-semitic incident last year t number of incidents increased 57% from 2016. there were nearly 2,000 incidents in 2017. th incident included physical assaults, vandalism, ank att on jewish institutions.

>> i nust could believe what i was witnessing. >> our coverage on the synagogue shooting continues. another update just minutes away. in other news tonight, police searching for answers after the bodies of two sisters om fairfax county were found in the hudson river inork. . and we have finally dried out, but is the rain going to stay at b for the marathon stay at b for the marathon tomorr this isn't an election. it's a declaration. that when they attack who we are. we show what we're made of. and we don't stand back- wetand up. for women's rights. for health care. for our kids futures. the washington post says david trone is detailed, studious and no-nonsense--

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who's protecting obamacare from president trump. he's my friend ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin and i approved this message. we go b breaking news in pittsburgh where a mass shooting left 11 people dead after a shooting at a syn. here is what we know tonight. the shooting happened this morning during services. investigators say thet, susp robert bowers, who lives in the pittsburgh area, was shot multiple times. he is said to be in fair condition. officers say bowers was armed with several guns including an ar-15. six others were wounded, including two offers and two swat officers. the officers are expected to survive. two worshippers including a m and a woman were wounded. the man shot is in critical condition. the woman shot we are told is in stable condition. the fbi is investigating this as

a hate crime, and we will have much more coming up on nightly news. we apologize for the graphic as we were preparing to talk to you about this next story here. tomorrow tens of thousands will run in the marine corps marathon. you see all of those were rolling up to the fitness expo at the national harbor, dropping off participants so they could get there and pick up their bib numbers ahead of ig tomorrow's race. as news 4's derrick ward explains, many say they are running with a purpose, to unite others. >> reporter: the route to the finish line runs through here. it is crowded, but finishing first is not necessarily goal. the gaylord hotel was abuzz as runners picked up their bibs and moved at a more leisurely pace than on the course. >> this is reall a unlny event i have been to. >>neeporter: rrs like pat mccurry say race day is a unique experience in a lot o ds. he is a favorite for finishing

the 10k event. >> usuallyt is just a fast bunch of racers which is great, and it is great it goes for a cause. this is a different cause and it is awesome we support, you know, our troops. it is so american and i love it. >> you really can appreciate hat when you are crossing the finish line. nd reporter: marine corps veteran a actor j.w. cortez adds in these times of division, this race can be a metaphor for how things should t. >> you loo the right and left of you and you see people of all sizes, different types of background, going with it there ezu. >> reporter: cort, who plays detectiven the series "goth am." 90% of the fees raised will go to help military w men,omen and their families. they wer among those at the kids' run, one of the precursor events leading up to the big race. more than 30,000 runners are expected to participate. derrick ward, news 4.

>> marathon runners will race through some of the most iconic la amarks inington and d.c.. nbc 4 and telemundo 44 ar taking over mile four to help cheer them on. our team will be on the arlington side of key bridge and our team will be up early covering the mathon for you. jim handly will bring us coverage from the starting line and news 4 will be around the race route. stay with us for that and you will get a chance tee s the nbc peacock out there asel news 4 today starts at 6:00 a.m. i have to hand it to the little kids out there for the fun run. running in the rain. >> i >>know. couldn't tear myself away from the couch today. >> and it was cool out there, too. >> yes. >> chilly. >> comfy food, i did the grilled cheese, the tomato soup. >> yeah. >> we were couching it today. >> tomorrow you will have no excuse erika. >> okay. >> for all of you folks hitting the pavement morrow, things are looking up. tonight i would keep it locked

in, but here is good news. take a look at youradar. we are looking on the dry side of things. there's still a lot of rain around us and do foresee about a spotty shower or twoe trying to mts way into the area, but for the most part we are staying on the dry and cloudy side tonight. here is a look at the forecast. if you are planning to hit the town, like i said, some spotty showers over the next hour. so especially wt and south. probably about 9:00, 10:00, we are drying things out. we also are very cool tonight with temperatures falng into the 40s heading through the overnight hours. futurecast onhere i will push this into tomorrow morning. this is 4:00 a.m. sunday morng. lots of clouds. our next system is moving in from the great lakes. it actuallysill bring some rain, but not before we get a break of sunshine. if you live in loudoun, prince william, you will see some great sunshine tomorrow afternoon just after lunch time. as we move closer to the evening, about 8:00he is our next round of showers starts to move through the area. this is a clipper-like system

that will be clipping our area, bringing some showersunday ght into monday morning. so planning out tomorrow by the hours, by th numbers, here you go. we will flip it and reverse it. you can see se arerting off with cloudy conditions tomorrow and finishing with the rain, unlike today. tomorrow morning temperatures around 47 degrees. we move into the lunch time our, that is when we see a lot of thesunshine, dry conditions, and we are looking at highs around 60 degrees. so nice rebound there. by aut 8:00 p.m. is when the showers move into the area. for the marine corps runners, we lucked out. it will be dry, cloudy and damh from rain we saw earlier today, but we are going to be drying out. 7:00 a.m. once you hit the atement, we are looking 46 degrees. it will be a chilly start, but dry nonetheless. it will be a relatively nice afternoon when wrapping that upt temperaturnd overall, we will actually get a nice bump in the numbers. wednesday, looking at 70 degrees average for this time of year

around 65 degrees. it is nice to get that reprieve as we move throughout the week. storm team 4 ten day outlook not a bad one. after tomorrow nigh we are dry through the middle of the week. halloween not looking too spooky. temperatures around 70 degrees, plenty of sunshine. trick or treat, halloween night, we are looking at dry thursday the rain returns and we wait on the next system. >> you think you're slick, like i was going to miss your missy elliott reference there. nice try. the wizards haven't had a good start to the season, have they? llowing last night' loss to sacramento, wahl and beilr show th frustration with the team. what they say is the reason for what they say is the reason for the poor spanberger: i'm abwhen dave brater, and i appwent to congress,. he went washington. [ camera shutter clicks ] 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

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>> five games into tean and the washington wizards are already experiencing some type of melown inside the locker room. washington is seeking their first0-game-winning season since 1979. this latest start has players like john wall and bradley beal calling out teammates. the wizards fell insacramento, 116-112. take out the golden statet blow and the other four games were decided by a combined ten points. the defse has been theiree achilles h they are allowing 121 points per game, the most in the eastern conference. more.he lakers allow the leaders on the teams are nok holding bheir frustration with their 1-4 start to the season. >> everybody, when we do stuff as the team, and then we go back to trying to do individually. defensive y on the end, not helping each other out, not team rebounding. that's what is killing us. >> we suck right now.

that's how it is. we're not doing anything we're supposed to do on the floor. on offense or defense. til we do that we're going to continueo lose, unfortunately. >> maybe that will get them going. the washington redskins are in the big appleacing the new york giants, a team with a 1-6 record that has begun blowing up their current roster,ng loo towards the future. these giants have one of the best running backshe nfl has seen in past years. the redskins will get their first look at saquon barkley, the secon overall pick in this year's draft. he has not disappointed in his first sevens games. he i fifth in the league in rushing and he is with the venth most receptions. owe dead bec ham jr. onlyas four more catches than barkley. the redskins have the number three run defense in football. they know what theyeed to do to contain the giants' >> we have to play sound football. it is no secret.

we have to play physical up front. we know he is a challenging back who n move and maneuver once he is outside o o the pocket box. we have to keep him from getting to the next level. we want to prevent hin from comfortable in the back field. >> a guy like saquon can do everything. he is a phenomenal runner, great pass catcher as well. so our defenseas -- has this year been good against those type running backs. so, you know, i got all of the confidence in the world in them and they'll get the job done. football. they call it the south's oldest rivalry, virginia and north carolina meeting for the 133rd time. bryce perkins throws it high into the end zone f reed, 27-yard touchdown. cavaliers lead, 14-7. third quarter, he does the rest, 33-yards score. first play of the fourth

tquarter, perkins over defenders to evan, but 17-point lead. vi beats north carolina 31-21. that's your final. >> all right. thank you so much. we should mention good luck to all of the r tners outre. he will be out there running the full four miles. he will stop at the peacock, the nbc four-mile marker. >> in honor of nbc 4 and telemundo -- >> you're doing the big four. >> yes. >> good luck. that's the news for now. nightly news is coming up next. we will see you again at 11:00. we will see you again at 11:00. ♪ announcer: the following will surprise you about barbara comstock: barbara comstock: "i thinroe vs wade should be overturned and the state should decide it." announcer: that's right. comstock supports taking away a a 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 a woman's right to choose. jennifer wton for congress.

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i'm david trone, i approve this message. ak tonight, breing news. the deadly mass shooting at a synagogue in pittsburgh. as a gunman with an assault rifle and three handguns opens fire at a service.>> this is the most horrific crime scene i've seen in 22 years with the fbi. members of the synagogue conductin a peaceful service were brutally murdered by a gunman targeting them simply because of their faith. >> more than 11 people killed. >> it's a terrible terrible thing that's going on with hate in our cotry. >> the shooting being described as likely the a deadliestack on the jewish