a robbery and sexual assault that took place early saturday morning across from campus of gallaudet university. >> spen street northeast paul wagner is on the scene. >> jim, sarah, i'm in the trinidad section of city and that's west virginia right behind me and just beyond that the campus of gallaudet university. the way police tell it in police report is around:30 saturday morning a woman was caulking up penn street here in northeast washington and a man came up from behind and he pulled her cellphone out of her pocket and then he forced her into this alley right here across the street. and let's show you video that we shot of the alleys a little while ago. according to the police report, had a hand gun, forced the woman to perform a sexual act and then he raped her. and they he robbed her of that phone. and there's no video that we're aware of at this point that shows the suspect although we under the police were in the area looking for video that might help. but at this point nothing has been put out and the description of the attacker is very, very vague and at this point, we did check wit

police say a woman was robbed at gunpoint near gallaudet university. this happened early saturday morning. a suspect stole the woman's phone and pulled out a gun. the woman says she was forced into an alley and sexually assaulted. police would like to hear from anyone who might have information. >>> the calls for candidate roy moore to drop out of the race are growing louder. >> there were allegations of sexual assault and now a new woman is coming forward. chris lawrence is following the developments from the newsroom. chris? >> aaron, eun, beverly nelson is the fifth woman to come forward accusing roy moore of making improper sexual advances on her when she was still a teenager. it's an account she describes in graphic detail. >> i tried i yelled at him to stop. but instead of stopping, he began squeezing my neck attempting to force my head on to his crotch. >> roy moore called a news conference overnight to deny those accusations which he called absolutely false. moore says he doesn't know beverly young and "never did what she said i did." but some

this morning we have a great story from gallaudet university. i love this story.c., with a look at how its football team, the bison, tackles lessons beyond the field. this is a historic campus. i mean president lincoln signed gallaudet's original charter in 1864, while the civil war raged on. recently this private university has been integrating students with diverse life experiences, and the football team really symbolizes that. i mean this is a story about the power of communication. >> whatever happens, you don't stop believing today. >> reporter: football is equal parts passion, dedication, and teamwork. but this game day feels different and quieter than most. the cheerleaders perform the national anthem with no music and no singing, just hand gestures signaling that "our flag was still there." >> one, two, three, go! >> reporter: and with that, the gallaudet university bison -- america's deaf team, as they call themselves -- take on the anna maria amcats. >> it doesn't matter you know you're deaf, hard of hearing, hearing. you know the other team, they're sho

suspect attacked a woman around 6:30 this morning in an alley behind penn street northeast near gallaudet universitye man had a gun, forced the victim into an alley, robbed her and sexually assaulted her. police are offering up to a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case. >>> we have some breaking news right now in bladensburg tonight. police received a call for a man with a gun in the 5200 block of newton street. when officers got there, shots were fired and the man was shot in the lower body by an officer. the suspect was taken to the hospital in critical condition. police say they did find a gun there at the scene. >>> and a woman in critical condition tonight after a house fire in capitol heights. police tell us the fire appeared to have started in the basement before spreading to the first floor of the single family home. a firefighter was burned on his ears. this happened in the 700 block of eastern avenue. >>> turning to weather, we're expecting rain overnight. so you're probably wondering what's that going to do to your monday morning commute? let's fin

police a woman was robbed at gunpoint near gallaudet university. happened early saturday morning on penn street. they say the suspects stole her phone and pulled out a gun. woman said she was forced into an ally and sexually assaulted. contact police if you have any information. >>> happened just in the nick of time. take a look. in the video you see him who is blind, grabs him before the train tracks. he hopes to track down the person who saved his life. >> that was amazing. >> very cool. >> it's been a week since jimmy fallon mom passed and last night he made his return to late night. >> take a look at the special moment taylor swift shared with him during her performance on the show. >> ♪ hold on to the memories >> swift was not scheduled to perform last night but wanted to be thereafter her performance, gave him a fallon. fallon said his mom was biggest fan and going to go on in her honor. >> she was the best audience the one i was always trying to make laugh and fan of the show and everything i did. i feel so grateful to be able to do this eve