going up big time as we head toward mother day weekend. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. that breaking news at 6:00 all about this video you see here. the circulating and blowing up big time on social media tight. >> it shows a montgomery county police officer using a racial slur. polay they're and trying to learn everything threy. >> so a we. let's get started with erika gonzalez at the live teske to get us up to speed. >> it's about the video, isn't it? we're going to show you a short edited portion. it's a clip and it' getting shared all over social media. a white police officer can be heard using the "n" word while talking to a black man involved in a traffic stop. take a listen. >>. [inaudible] >> the man who shot this says it staed as a traffic stop on new hampshire avenue and he says that female police officer used

the "n" word while to him. in the same clip he can be heard calling the officer an offensive term. the man used "n" word while talking to officers leading up to the moment,we but still haven't seen the events that led up to this part of the video that we're showing you. police tweeted, quote, we' currently in the process of reviewing all the video footage. we've reached out to the persons involved in the incident. more information is forthcoming. jackie bensen is working the story and she is talking to the man who shot e video. we hope to hear from him before the end of this broadcast. stand by for that. >> we certainly will. now to a news 4 i-team exclusive, a psychiatri patient at a major medical center caught a cab and is accused of assaulting and briefly abducting a woman in her virginia home. >> the series of events played out early monday morning. it's the latest in a series of events at the troubled was. ngton, d.c. v.amedical

center. >> scott macfarlane is breaking the story tonight. >> internal v.a. records obtained by the i-team say the 29-year-old escaped the psychiatric ward. the d.c. v.a. medical center after entering the shower late sunday night by removing the ceiling tiles, removing part of the ceiling ventilation and t crawling a neighboring office outside the locked space. here's what happened next. according to a relative. >> he went through the emergency room and asked someone in the aergency room to call a taxi cab. a thauthey called him a cab? >> thigh calley called him a ca >> the man is accused of taking the cab ride to a home where he hel held aman he knew against her will and assaulted her. it was hours later when the v.a. discovered their patient was missing. that relative tngld us somethi

else. before getting in the cab, the patient called home to alert family he was out. lee family cal the v.a. twice to alert him the man had escaped. they couldn't gete confirmed h was even a patient. >> you tried to warn them that he'd escape sd? >> i did. >> they drnt idn't go look? >> no. they didn't even check his room. >> this is the latest black eye. records reveal a patient overdosed in the parking lot in 2017 but his body went undiscovered nearly a day. >> scott, this latest thing, this escape sounds like something out of a movie going up through the ceiling. i just want to understand, the guy was in hospital scrubh could they not know he was a patient? >> the relative says he also had an open wound on his head from the esca through the ceiling tiles. the v.a.medical center says it is now reviewing its procedures and policies because of this, h but t also say they quickly notified virginia police after

it happened.cf >> scott malane, we know you'll stay on it. >> sure will. >> nice work, scott. the i-team has been p investigatingblems inside the d.c. v.a. medical center for more than two years. if you have any boformation today's report or any other story, visit our nbc washington app and send us a tip. children know him as mr. knick knack, but now a reston musical performer is faces charges of child pornography. julie carey explains what police found in their investigation. r with rter: he's a s the toddlers at reston town center, tyson's corner and hundreds of children's birthday pas. that's where steve rossi, aka mr. knick knack regularly appeared. only this week he was appearing in court where he's facing serious charges, child porn possession charges. a tip from an intnet service provider sparked the investigation.

this search warrant used to seize electronic devices from s home. >> we uncovered over 50 images through coordinatio with the attorneys. we made charges, ten counts of po possession of child pornography. >> when they found out he was a children's performer, it raised their c cern. >> was in contact with children physically? at this point through everything we've looked at, there's no indication there was any physical contact with children, but this is still an ongoing investigation. >> reporter: we knockedn ro rossi's door seeking comment. neighbors say they didn't know him well, but one thing she siund unusual, he would stroll down the dewalk playing his guitar and singing. today we spotted his mr. knick knack van parked out front filled with props. with the charges rossi is facing, it's unlikely mr. knick knack will be going on the road

anytime soon. in ulreston, i'm j carey, news 4. julie says that ste rossi dnded out of jail earlier this week and isue back in court next month. let's talk about something bit more pleasant. how about the weather? it's rainy out there in spots. we're finishinge day with sunshine. >> but it's not going to last for long, is it, doug?> >'s not going to last through the weekend and that's the unfortunate part. an increase in owers tomorrow and into sunday. right now nothing going on. storm team 4 radar all dry. we had showers out thee earlier. they had dissipated. idw the radar all good, so no problem with the games practice whatever you're doing, eating outdoors.to there's thundem activity just to our west. this is what it's going to look like tomorrow across our area. we are going to see an increase in srs and thunderstorms friday, but a bigger increase for your weekend. up t 76 now.

80 down towards richmond. we'll get into the 80 degree range during the day tomorrow.n once ag we'll track a chance of storms tomorrow and a much better chance of just plain rain for your holidaywe weekend. re talking mother's day and a washout. i'll let you know how much rain i'm expecting and what you plan on as far as your mother's day weekend goes. i'll have that for you in just about ten minutes. >> woll see you s for that. in the meantime, let's go overseas. we are tracking north second weapons test in five days. north korea fired two rounds of missiles east towards japan today. saturday north korea fired several short range missiles. kim yas seen a sign of jong-un growing frustration over stalled stall nuclear talks. >> north korea is high on the list of challenges facing the next secretary o defense. that job may fall to patrick shanahan. he's been the acting secretary

since december. now white house officials say president trump will formally nomina nominate shanahan for the job. he's a former boeing executive. policy of foreign experience is expected to fuel nomination. that is one of the issues facing president trump tonight as he sounds off about the senate subpoena that was s to his son. blayne alexander joins us with all the latest details. hi, blayne. lu>> reporter: you're absoly right. that subpoena was sent by thebl repuican controlled committee some weeks ago, butar appently caught the white house off guard. president trump had a lot to say about it today. for the second time in less than a week, a missile f launchrom north korea stoking tension with the white house. >> nobody's happy about it, but wee taking a goo look and we'll see. they're talking about negotiates, but i think don't think they're ready to negotiate. >> reporter: the from an apparently testy kim jong-un after his denuclearization talks fell

apart. >> i think we have to go back to the campaign. >> reporter: today another escalation. the u.s. seizing a north korean ship caught carrying coal, olation of u.n. sanctis. the growing tension abroad coming amid a power struggle back home. on capitol hill, the republican run senate intelligence cmittee demanding donald trump jr. return to capitol hill to testify again about the now scrapped trump tower moscow project. >> for my son after bei exonerated to now get a subpoena to go again and speak again? yeah, i'm pretty surprised. >> reporter: meanwhilectivists strengthening their call for impeachments. the house notyet setting a vote to hold william barr in contempt for his refusal to release the unredacted mueller report. >> there may be some oth content of congress, issues that we might want to deal with at

the same time. >> reporter: pelosi ping to a new subpoena to barr from enother committee, house intelligence, aganding the fulor rept. and today the president said that it is up to the attorney goeral decide whether mueller shou b testifyefore congress. leonsi days ago the predent tweeted mueller should not testify. back to you. >> thank you, blayne. blayne alexander reporting live. let's stay on the hill now. the department of justice hel a farewell ceremony this afternoon for depu attorneyeneral rod rosenstein who spent nearly 30 years at doj including 12 as maryland's top federal prosecutor. neas deputy attorney l, he appointed special counsel robert mueller. rosenstein also worked attorney general william barr to reach the conclusion there is insufficient evidence to chsige the prent with obstruction of justice. a legal opinion that is by no means universal. >> every floor of b thislding contains reminders for me of heroes, mentors and friends. they taught me that political consideration made through its

policy decisions, but when it comes to individual cases, this department stands apart from others. >> a senate vote on rosenstein's success or will be held. a possible case ofmistaken identity leads to a shooting inside his town home. coming up at 6:00, david culver worng to find out howthe gunman and the shooternew each oth other. plus jeff bezos his tried to make i easier for people to go to space. and the weather may be warmer, but the potholes are not gone. adam tuss checks in on the long-term solution on the long-term solution on the problems of the gw paraykw

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the 19-year-old accused iota deadly shog rampage at a california synag aue at passover service is facing over 100 hate crime ohn earnest targeted a synagoguest near san diego la month. a woman was killed. earnest has pleaded not guilty to state murder charges. a secoerson from our area has died from the easter sunday bombing situation in sri lanka. she died over the weekend. she worked for the u.s. commerce department, but she was in sri lanka on assignment. congress secretary wilbur ross released a statement praring dedication and spirit. he said she devoted her life to public service. a series of bombings killed more than 250 people and injured hundreds more.

a sidwell friends fifth grader also died. the george washington parkway is one of the toughest stretches of road in our area. it's got a bit of a reputation from theol poth to sink holes, but plans are coming together to fix itta transporon reporter adam tuss joins it from the parkway with new details about a rehaba pl hi, adam. a lot of people want to hear this story. >> reporter: oh, yeah, absolutely. it didn't always used to be this way. it's gotten so bad for so long. take a look opinion even tonight trfic a bit stacked up because we had another crash just up the road. drivers say they are fed up. they want a cnge. et's been a rough couple of months for gw parkway. potholes. sinkholes. and seemingly foreve patched. >> residents of the parkway will remember it's been shut down for sinkholes and significant

potholes. >> reporter: crews recently out repatching this massive that opened up along the nth tund line. no long ago it was fully washed gone. art of the road >> it's been a total nightmare. the whole ro is pothole plagued and then this big giant pothole, this is disaster. >> reporter: the national park service says it's getting closer to project that will rehab the north section of the parkway all the way up to the beltway. >> the process takes into account t asphalt conditions, the roadway conditions on the gw rkway and changes on 123 by the historic stonewalls. >> i've been stuck othe gw parkway for an hour and 20 minutes. >> reporter: stories like that have become all too common. for nowutting a plan together to keep everyone moving. and the good news, i talked to

the park service today. they say the plap n to fix this road is pretty much they're trying to secure the funding, although that isn't a certainty. >> the tire repair shops are the only ones who don'tt wan to hear this stuff. late this afternoon jeff y bezos unveiled his arrspace project. >> there is a lot to unpack. a rocket being reay for human use and the lunar lander that's taken three years to develop. we'll show you what was an unveiling here of what's called blue moon. bay swroes says he's pretty confident they can make it happen by the goal of 2024. he talked about how the earth will run out of energy but we

can look to space for unlimited resources. the new shepard is the name of the rocket syste we've been hearing about that would send humans to space with the purchase of a ticket. this right here, this is really, really ol. thesee so-called space alking s that he was about where about a million people could live in these so-called spacees coloni and it might be what our future looks like. >> people are so cative once they're unleashed. if this generation builds the road to space, builds that infrastructure, we will get to see thousands of future entrepreneurs building a real space industry. >> if it seems too fartc fed, he says remember that everything big once started small. you will not find me sharing any skepticism. do not want to be like katie couric and bryant gumble with

some tape asking what's the internet? what are space colonies? we'll just have to see. you is remarkable when think of how much it changed in our lifetime. thank you. saturday the tech giant will open what apple ceo tim cook is calling the most ambitious store enever. t op as a public library donated byndrew carnegie. the city-owned building has never lived up to its potentially. three yearsgo d.c. decided to lease the property and selected apple as the tena, buthe newly renovated apple carnegie library is more than a store. historicalome to the society of washington. >> we are here to offer research support for historians and for

citizens of washington, but you canave some fun in our galleries. >> to learn more about the d.c. history center, go to the nbc washington app and search carnegie library. lawmakers in the south have tried to make theirown mark in history. a final vote of the nation's most restrictive abortionill delayed because a shouting match broke out in the alabama state senate today.ot >> he did n make a motion. >> he made a motion to table. >> chaos erupted after republicans used a voice vote to strip rape and insist from the bill. it outlaws abortion by making it a felony before the procedure.a they pssed strict new abortion laws setting up an event showdown at the supreme court. a major road closure takes effect in over an hour and a half. to l tell you what you ne know to get around that for the

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i jaw him handi-- saw jim handl too. ake it tomorrow. you may or mayt need it. we had showers in parts of fairfax county. most of the area remained dry most of the day. as we look forward to what we're dealing with now, giving way tosun shine, temperature of 76. wins out of the southeast. a really nice evening across our region. 78 in culpeper. 80 down towards frederickssrg. juabout everybody getting to tomorrow.ree mark no rain currently. we had a couple of showers earlier making their way up from the south. you can see this right there. there's that line of showers that came on through. you see it riht there. they quicklyloissipated. oking at woone making its way toward

towards luray. look what's going on to our west. the severe weather down into parts of the southeast. very unsettled for us. tomorrow as we move in throughout the day with the warmer temperatures, we will sec a c for showers and thunderstorms pretty much all day. snow, yes. snow, duluth, minnesota saw 7 inches. 80 degrees tomorrow for us. mostly cloudy, nice and warm. scattered shoers. not an all day rain. take the umbrella just in case. here we are future weather at 8:00. dry sunshine. rain moving on through by around 1:00. shower activity around that time, but once again, most of the area onthe dry side. watch what happens here by around 6:00 as the front gets closer, look at all the showers. this is area wide by tomorrow evening right as we're on the show, i'll be talking to you time.d this notice what happens around 8:00, 9:00, they actually increase intensity as they move off towards the cs sapeake.

thi something we'll be tracking for you very, vry closely. i'm not anticipating much in the way of severe weather. i am anticipating a good chance for showers and thunderstorms. going with a 50% chance of rain on saturday afternoon and evening. saturday morning might be okay. sunday, just an all-day rin. e got 90% coming out, 10% because it's three days away. 70 degrees coming up on monday. t.ch more in the rest of the 10-day forecas i'll see you at 6:45. > all right, doug. thank you. so you're planning a trip and you want to book a house instead of a hotel. what happens if the person listing the house lets you book and then bumps you? susan hogan digsinto a complaint from our nbc respond line. plus a homeowner opens fire on an intruder only to find that it's someone he knowul davidr on the case of mistaken identity. and we'll have an update on the breakingnews.

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duluth dulu . > covering breaking news in case you're just joining us, video has surfaced showing a montgomery county police officer using the "n" word. >> jackie bensen spoke with the man who recorded this. >> he's part of a groupf young men all in their 20s who wait in this parking lot every morning to be picked up for landscaping work. they have their breakfast at mcdonald's and it's big enough

for the landscaping truck to turn around.th s morning a group of montgomery county police officers arrived and said they were being arrested for transmitting. does contain the female officer using the "n" word. >> we havemore people [ bleep ]. >> reporter: as i said, i spokee to th young man who filmed that just a short time ago. here's how he described his reaction. >> i couldn't believe it. i could not believe it. i couldn't believe her face thas made. she thought it was a cool thing to say and it's not. this is almost from my standpoint, we almost always have to deal with this situation. . happens to a lot of us every day. >> montgomery county police tweeted out a responseo this short time ago. we do expect more from them, but

what they said is we are currently in the process of reviewing all video footage. we have reached out to the ersons involved in the incident and more information is forthcoming. police also told us at one of tyoung men did say something derogatory to the officer after she said the "n" word. this is unfolding. l it's beingoked into right whw. live in ite oak, jackie bensen, news 4. >> thank you, jackie. we'lit follow-up wyou later. a homeowner opens fire on a man who he says he thought was an intruder. >> but as it turns out, the pair know each other. tonight after pulling the trigger, the homeowner is back at his town shohouse and the suspected intruder is in the hospital. >> this could have been a case of mistaken identity. >> reporter: fairfax county police investators unraveling more tape. expanding their crime scene.

carrying out evidence. snapping photos of clues that might explain what caused the centerville homeowner to open fire. shooting a man inside his town home. >> the victim is a 24-year-old white male, gunshot to the stomach. >> the emergency dispatcher appeared to be on the phone with the homeowner relaying to officers what the homeowner did with the weapon used. >> and he put the gun on the kitchen counter. there's no one else in the house. it's just the two them and he's trying to stop the bleeding. >> let them know the three of us are going to make entry into the house and l tk for downed subject. >> apparently it was the daughter's friend that he didn't know who it was so he just shot. >> reporter: police are not confirming a relationship between the homeowner and the victim. only saying they knew each other. >> officers immediately began rendering aid and he was transported with nonlife threat n -- threatening to a local hospital. >> reporter: following news

tweets a few doors down. latepe today i did s with the homeowner who returned to the house behind me. he didn't want to go on camera and it is worth pointing out av that police h not made any mention of charges in this case. as for the victim, he's still in the hospital and is expected to survive. in centerville, david culver, news 4. in a little over an ur, a busy part of the rock creek parkway will close to traffic, bikers and pedestrians for ne t four days. workers are building a pedestrian bridge that will link the kennedy center to the river front to do that, they'll be closing the parkway from virginia avenue northwest to the i-66 potomac river enter change.us expect rh hour delays tomorrow and monday in parts of foggy bottom, west end and georgetown. rock krcreek parkway will reope uesday at 5 time -- 5:30 m. a home rental rwebsite ruind

her travel plans. >> she was so excited to attend he democratic convention, she booked a house. >> what had her next had her calling susan hogan for help. >> that' right. we know when there's a big event in a city, hotel and home rentals raise their rates, right? supply and gland.rg this viinia woman says not so fast. may ooked on a site you know as vrbo. she paid in full. she got a confirmation and thenw l, this happened. the city known for its great lakes views has now earned a spotlight on the political map. milwaukee will host the 2020 democratic national convention. >> i was excited that they chose milwaukee because it my hometown. >> for tammy, returning to her hometown was going to be extra special. she decided to surprise h

friends with a free place to stay. but hotels in the city were either booked or just too expensive. >> this is within an hour of thn anncement. i wasn't finding anything on the hotel site. >> tammy quickly went on to vrbo and was thrilled when she saw this house available. it was perfect. and affordable. $259 per night >> i booked it right away. >> she calls her friends. they started booking flights. everything w working out. until this email from the vrbo hostn landed i her in box about an hour after getting the confirmation. >> and it said i'm really sorry, but this proper is not available on your day. please cancel it. endar host said their c was not supposed to accept automatic bookings. panicked, tammy started searching for other properties, but the only listings left were hundreds of dollars more a. not wanting to cancel without another reservation lined up, tammy contacted vrbo.

they assured her that they would look into aer complaintnd send her a list of what they call comparable properties. >> i think there were about four or five and when i clicked on their listings, all but two i believe were gone already. t anden the two remaining were 1,000 a night and maybe $7,000 a night. >> tammy made one last emotional plea to h honor confirmed reservation. it didn't work. in an email the host told her we are not booking anything for the dnc at this time. the reservation is canceled on my book. but when we checked three weeks er the reservation was canceled, we found the same listing with the d date available and the price, you guessed it, no longer $2 pi59 p night.

it's now 9$950. >> i think it's obvious what happened. that they are booking.ha t they want to make quite a premium for their property. >> vrbo tells news 4 we encourage owners to avoid canceling a traveler's reservation whenever possible. owners with a rihepeat ory of cancellation have have their property's performance indicated and even be removed from our site. as for tammy, she's still keeping an eye on newnt reals that pop hoping to treat her friends to a taste of her hometown. >> the best ice cream what we call custard in the world. >> so of course i reached out to the host who canceled on tammy f asking an explanation. shockingly they nev responded. bottom line, ifou're planning to become through a site like vrbo or airbnb, these kichcompa

have limited power over the host and you may find yourself out of luck if something goes wrong. >> that is sor. unfai so what would happen if she didn't cancel?ha if she a contract and did not cancel, what would have happen s happened? >> she didn't cancel. they canceled her. she said i'm not going to cancel. they did refund her themoney. but that's not the point. >> if i'm tammy, i'm posting that address online and i'm willing to buy eggs for anybody who wants to go by. >> i'll tell her. >> but if you're booking during a big event, you're taking your chances. the co-founder of facebook says the social media giant has too much power and needs to be oken up. coming up next, the interview with nbc news. plus ale price interview

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>> you can are how he thinks facebook should be split up in an interview just ahead at the top of the hour on nbc nightly news. the grndbreaking and far reaching effort by pope francis to end clergy sexb ae and weed out violators. demanding all nuns report sex abuse. the vatican says it will launch diocese investigations and use police and outside experts. these new guidelines could lead to an avalanche of abuse. lost and now found after news 4 broughtryyou the sto of a missing family heirloom. the search intensified and today the moment we were hoping for just in time. >> we knew that it was out there and we knew that we needed to find it and it would come back to usen evally. and we're dodging the rin tonight. you can see there's more to come on storm team 4 radar.

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a family heirloom disappeared in the mail but it's back in the hands of the family. >> ups poured extra resources into recovering a ceremonial navy sword. news 4 meagan fzgerald talked to the very relieved owner. >> this is the admiral's daughter and hhusband, my grandfather. >> family and tradition is what michelle is most proud zblf this is myv family here and my parents. personality is passed down from

e generation to the next. my great grandfather was a very determined man. he never gave up. >> navy admiral passed down more than just hit and determination. he passed down tradition too. >> he and my great grandmother got married in august of 1918. they used his swdo cut their wedding cake. >> michelle's parents used that same sword to cut their cake whenhey gotarried 50 years ago. michelle use today at her wedding and her sister wasg lookinorward to using it at hers last month but last week ups notified her the sword was lost in the mail. >> we got word it had arrived at laurel from houston and that it was going to be delivered the next day and then the next day oc got word that in fact they were trying toe the package. >> news u 4 follow we contacted ups. the shipping company said crews were working around the clock searching for the family

heirloom and this morning ups found and delivered the package. >> it makes m really happy about the future, because my kids have talked about wanting to use it. >> in memory of her great grandfather, michelle never gave upope it would arrive so now the next generation can keep their family tradition alive. >> it's back where it belongs so that the fifth generation can continueith this family tradition and family heritage. >> meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> that's the kind of outcomea you w to see. that's great. >> we're happy for them. bruce, the ups veteran inour studio says cover your label with clear tape. >> there you go. >> so it doesn't get oh km-- cof or get smudged or rained on. >> clear tape. >> that bruce is a smart guy. i always liked that guy. >> don't blow his head up. come on.

>> he's also the guy thatikes us, so i need some lights over there. >> some backlight for doug. >> yeah.e not fing so good today. guys, we've had a couple of showers off and on. but all in all, not a d bad. cloud cover early. still on the mild side. 60s during the morning hours into the 70s by the afternoon. right now plenty of clouds. temperature around 76. 73 degrees by arond 7:00. dropping to about 67 degrees by 11:00. a really nice evening if you're going to be out and about. it is going to be a nice evening. 77 leesburg. 78 in warrenton. closer to the water, 73 degrees over towards annapolis. we've had a temperature disparity, but everybody made their way. nothing on the radar. we've seen a couple showers earlier. those are now gone. temperature has been way up from yesterday. this is the air mass that we ha. yesterda 64 is where it is right now. here is the air mass we get into tomorrow. 80 down around richmond.

we might see the 80 degree mark tomorrow. not much happened in the region. there is one little shower coming through fauquier county. the wider view showing more in the way of shower activity ba wards the ohio river valley, down toward the southeast where we had severe weather. more snow back towards the colorado area. m denver seeingre snow. we're going to be tracking all of these systems moving our way over the next couple of days. first off, let's take a look and show you what it's like for tomorrow. 64 degrees. sf 76 by recess. could start to see some showers around this time. i think the showers and or thunderst hold off until just afternoon and 1:00. 8:00 a.m. could see some activity up around i-81. but watch how this whole thing moves around. you see it in through parts of maryland, up around parts of west virginia, parts of northern virginia. some shower activity. if you're going to get lunch outdoors, i think most of us will be dry. good idea, take the umbrella.

tomorrow afternoon you'll need it i think because here comes this cold front. this cold front is going to bring throuce a good chan for shower activity around 6:00. watch what happens around 7:00, se00. strengthening thento thunderstorms. i think we will see a couple stronger storms. i am not anticipati much in the way of severe weather. it is something that we'll be tracking because it will be a system that moves through fairly quickly. by 8:00 a., the rain is gone. just the clouds back in the kind of a dreary start to the day. talk about a dreary end, look at this. here's 9:00 a.m.su for day as you're just finishing making mom breakfast. you've already brought it up to her. now you're a thinkingut brunch and where you're going. i hope it's somewhere indoors. i am expecting some rain to come in. u have outdoor plans. don't cancel them just yet, but i'm almost to the point where i'm saying just cancel them, because itoes look like we're going to see rain about all day. 80 on friday. 65 on saturday. still cool on sunday. much better,h, thoug as we head

toward tuesday and wednesday. wednesday looks real nice. thursday is weather day at nats park. someeople will be down there with the nationals. that's what i'm talking about. the na'ss. that two weeks later. >> yeah. thank you, doug. cming up, with the season spiraling, why one baseball insider says the nats are in for rouble if they fire or don't fire davie martinez. >> first here's lester holt with >>what's ahead. we'll have kate snow's interview with facebook d why nder chris hughes he believes facebook is a monopolyhat the government should break up. should break up. also the show down over what

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the nats are on a tough road trip and a lot of folks are wondering if everybody is gaing to m it home on this trip. >> that is an excellentt. poin

nationals fans jufst knowing tht the team isn't playing well. the question is i the manager to blame in picking up transaction, ted rosenthal gives us his take on the nats season slipping away in only a month. >> the nationals have been decimated by injuries, but that's not the entire reason. now, the scrutiny is going to fall on the manager as it often does in circumstances like thisa the natio are kind of damned if they do and damned if they don't. damned if they do because this a has been franchise with a history of instability. their next manager should they replace martinez this year would be the seventh in the last seven years. now, ifhey keep him, the problem is he might indeed be the problem. and this is a guy that people questened from the vry start. would he be enough of a lead sn er -- leader?

great guy. players like him. >> ron zimmerman had a quote it's always easy to blame the managers. it comes down to the players t when yhink about it. isvi de martinez going to last through the season? >> players around me say we wouldn't have this if dusty were still here. >> i think for him look how many eople they have lost. the guys you were expecting to get production from, ranron, zimmerman, four core guys and they've been out for most of the eason. you can't get the production from the new guy. look at a young guy like robles, but the mental errors, the physical errors he's had on the field. >> th guys who haven't injured aren't performs. different manager be able to get the best o of

the players? >> there's a lot to fix. president trump honoring the boston red soxelebrating their world series title. notably absent several minority hoar players as well as manager alex cora is puerto rican. he's been outspoken about not making the trip because of the recovery eflorts folng hurricanes maria. the president did not mention any of the missing players including a.l. mvp mookie gets. kevin durant's injured. golden state playing in the third quarter against the rockets after hitti the jumper. you can see durant grabbing his lowereft leg. leaves the game with a right calf strain. initially feared there was a ruptured aki ruptured achilles. thankfully it is not. durant is leading in scoring this season. something we will continue to monitor and durant's status ou throught the rest of the playoff. from one star to another,

jared hurt is daysm aw his -- he would defend his title or the first time since becoming a champion. already finding himself in fnt of a crown. >> pick whoever it is you want to be. >> ther for some high school kids. heard is from prince george's county and taking time to chat with tse students during his photo op before his battle withk jay ro williams this saturday at eagle bank arena in fairfax which the first fight in the dmvyen five s. i saw some of the other clips from this. the two guys were smilinth >> 's not right. >> did he do the rocky thing and run up the steps? >> no. not his thing. >> faces just for the photo op, right? >> yes. >> thanks for joining us.

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