[ technical difficulties ] >> the rain holding off long enough for folks who took a ride on the anacostia river today and the par has unique history and today the park celebrated a major milestone. derek warn takes us inside of thent cnial birthday bash. >> it looked nothing like it dio y. >> reporter: anacostia prk owes his existence to the river. these were once wetlands filled in with dredge from the river in afailed to save a shipping channel but in the ensuing centuries, this park has had its ups and downs. it is amazing. i was actually raised over in anacostia so we come down to the park and it was always li a dirty place and now it's ean d a destination. >> and still a work in progressk but this wnd was a time to celebrate. >> they try to meet e goal t have it swimmable by 2025. >> it was an urban city and we wanted to bring people to the park to enjoy it. >> historic accounts of the area rsscribe pristine wa and thriving wildlife and still find those things today on the land and the water. back in the 1600s when john smith saw the waters they saw the trade and what the land held.

the anacostia green lain is second. there is a 24/7 police presence. credits that decrease to the police presence. as you take a look at most of those spots. if they're caught, most likely they'll receive a citation. in most cases it runs from the cost of the actual fare up to $250ut that money is then funneled back into the jurisdiction where they we cited and not actually the metro. aaron, eun, back to you. nicole jacobs live inside gallery place metro station. thank you, nicole. >>> 6:37. comi up. opping donuts. a staple for breakfast on the go making what it means for your morning meals just ahead. >>> plus, feminine pducts unde fire. the virginia facilities whereme the virginia facilities whereme can soon be banned kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop. i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welrs. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to

. >> 2018 is the year of the anacostia and the year is celebrating a big milestone for the park.irthday barb to celebrate the park's alcentenni. the area has had its ups and downs. now thanks tohe stewardship of the park service and other groups, the park i an oasis for city residents to enjoy. >> we wanted to preserve the landape of natural resources andoy have people e nature in d.c. thing. a rare it's an urban city. >> to go boating tnd dors and go fishing. >> the park service is holding a number of eveeas all to celebrate the park'sor rich hiy and celebrate efforts to preserve it for future generations to enjoy. a frightening right for performs aboard this airliner in russia. the plane burst into flames and the one person who was killed was not on the flight. >>> he had been to hell and back. and h he somehow never lost his energy or >>>errifying images as a 19 plane makes a fiery landing in russia. all on board survived, but as keer simmons shows us, a first responder did not make it. >> terror for thes 164 passeng n board a burping plane, visible in the distance moments aft

brian: in the anacostia section? zachary: yes, about 10 minutes from anacostia station.rian: what was that like? zachary: it looks kind of like a duplex. you have someone living beside us. the two homes detached. in utter disrepair. you walk into the kitchen and you have to be careful where you step because there is a gaping hole covered by a piece of plywood. and my grandmother has diabetes and the medicine makes her gain weight, and she would have to work through her mobility, not that great, getting to the refrigerator every day just to put something into the microwave. in terms of going up the steps, the railing was very bad. there was always water leaking at the top of the steps. it was the worst, the ceiling had caved in numerous times, and every time we tried to fix it, it would happen again because there was a faulty roof. we tried to get the roof fixed once, it was leaking in another place. there were so many things that made it incredibly difficult just living there. one, it were two bedrooms and you have five people, right? so my dad sleeping on the floor. bri

metro officre now telling us that they're detailing the buses to anacostia. they're detourin them to mississippi avenue. earlier i did get a chance to speak to an official at d.c. water who put context into how this happened. >> an eight-inch water main gave way. we don't know how many cracks there are but it was a significanten openinggh that a considerable water escaped, undermining the underpinnings of the road and the asphalt gave way. >> the folks herehould get their water back on by tonight.h road buckled all the way down to mississippi avenue. that's going to take days f to the sinkhole and fix the entire streets. you may be seeing the buses rerouted and traffic area for least the next few days. s that's going to be a m there. >> i know. look at this, too. all this rain causing this tree to topple over on to a me. this is in alexandria, virginia, the block of russell road. one person did have minor injuries and downed power lined impacted traffic on monticello bouleva boulevard. >> let's go to chuck bell. always bad news. i avoid you in the hallways no

anacostia is second. the station has seen a significant drop thanks in part to 24/7 policerence there. in most cases violators get a citation. it can go up to $250. and tt moanoes to the jurisdiction where the person is cited, rather than dectly to metro. >>> as the catholic church faces a crisis surrounding child abuse, there is an effort in arlington to be more trans parent. they plan to publish a list of any who are, quote, creditably accused of sexual abuse of a minor. er in no longer in ministry. >>> a cudy days we look over the district. doug and lauryn are back soon. >> we have some severe weather that could mess up your day tomorrow. >>> plus, have you seen him? the new hockey mascot. kating into our hearts and kating into our hearts and nightmares. he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. a plan to lower prescription drug costs and fully fund our schools.th sun says jealou

we've learned anacostia high and coolidge high called off the games because they didn't have the number of healthy players to participate or even fld the team. in northeast d.c., they started bu couldn't finish the game because of injuries, there were not enough players. there are thousands of fewer high schoolers playing football in local public schools than just five years ago. a drop in 18%. a similar fall-off i northern virginia. coaches in fairfax county say football participation is dropping so severely not just because of the risk of injury but because students are specialists. they are playing one sport year round to seek scholarships or championships. >> it is harder for to you get a basketball player to play. >> we don't get any of them. >> we've learned the virginia high school athletic association is considering allowing eight-man teams, eight-ma f footba smaller school districts. that's a smaller version of the ga that requires fewer players, obviously. it would really impact the smaller school districts. >>> to watch our entire high school football report and to hearrom bo

he dispatched douglas macarthur, of all people, not to cross the bridge into anacostia and set the bridgefire, as macarthur took it upon himself to do. hoover issued explicit orders to macarthur and they were disobeyed. it was not the last time douglas macarthur was to disobey executive authority. brian: how big did fdr when? -- win? richard: fdr swept the country. -- more modestly, jimmy carter between 1976 and 1980, that i don't anyone has toe from when he was elected such a powerful consensus he should leave office. roosevelt carried all but six states. congress.t, and then, of course, in some ways, what put the seal on hoover's reputation as a failed president was the next three months. -- uber-roosevelt hoover-roosevelt situation was so that the constitution had to be amended. that it was too long for roosevelt to be sworn in. the two men had virtually no communication. i think it is safe to say that hoover believed fdr was the liberally avoiding having any responsibility in the hopes that if things did go to hell, he would then receive the credit, and in many ways that is exactly wh

water main but again you look at how big of a project thi , we were told that all the metro buses to anacostia still going to be detouring to avenue.pp it will be several days before this road is totally repaired and back open to traffic. live in southeast d.c., chris lawrence, news 4. >> chris,yo thank >>> now 5:34. now to the latest on the confirmati ctroversy surrounding president trump's supreme court nominee. take a look at the scene here. activists went high tech with their protests tonight. ultraviolet projected a message onto the courthouse of constitution avenue. they don't want kavanaugh confirmed. in the meantime we're learning more about who will question vanaugh and the first woman accusing him of sexual misconduct thi morning. arizona prosecutor rachael mitchell will take the lead instead of the 11 men on that panel. democrats will give their own questions. yesterday president trump emphasized his support for kavanaugh and criticized the democrats. news 4's tracie potts will have that in a report just ahead. >>> m unexpectedent at the united nations that even caught president tru

police say karl day baker was shot near minnesota avenue in the area aroun anacostia.ned around 1:30 morning yesterday. so far no one has been taken into custody. >>> a man from northern virginia is accused of bringing two loaded guns in his carry on baggage to the airport. the weapons showed up on x-rays at one of the airport's check points. airport police confiscated the weapons. the passenger a man from reston claims he forgot that he had the guns in his bag. he received a citation. >>> i know my kids ran outside and for an hour yesterday and got eaten by theui mos. the local officials want you to help keep the number down to help against the spread of west nile virus. yesterday, two parks were closed tora y. the prince george's sprayed and now officials want us to do our part to help keep the problem in check. >> it's really important for the public to help us by taking the steps to help prevent mosquitos byin emp out the standing water to help get rid of the mosquitos. you want toeo it at least o a week. because it takes mosquitos one week to complete their develo

this happened just before 1:30 in the morning yesterday in anacostia.olice haven't taken anyone in custody. > 9:35. a man from northern virginia is accused of bringing two load guns to dull last airport. the tsa released the photos of the gs and the bullets. the weapons show up on x-rays at one of the check point. the airport police confiscated the weapons. the man claimgo he f guns were in his bag. >>> my kids got eaten alive by the mosquyeos erday. devoured head to toe. officials want you to help keep the number down to fight against the spread of the west nile virus. last week, two parks were closed to spraynd prince george's sprayed in the areas of lanham and temple hills. now ooicials want us do our part to keep them in check. >> it's important for the uublic to hel to help prevent mosquitos around their yards or homes by emptying out the containers of standing water. you want to do it at least once a week. because it takes mosquos about e week to complete their development in the water. >> i didn't know that. officials recommend using bug spray an

shooting happened in the 2800 block of stanton road in southeast which is about half a mile from the anacostia metro station. d.c. policere offerin a reward to anyone who has information that leads t can arrest aviction in this case. >>> a group of catholics spent rt of their weekend protestingdi and demanng reform. they stood in the rainte yesrday holding photos and holding signs. this is tside the vatican embassy in northwest d.c. later today, anoth emotional gathering will happen. the cathedral of matthew apostle in d.c. plans to hold two listening sessions today as well as next monday to allow people to share their thoughts with the church. these listening s sions are meant to help build transparency between the catholic church and its followers. now, at the same time,here are new calls for washington's donald op, cardina wuerl, to resign. deacon james garcia from st. matthew's here in the district is calling for wuerl to step down. he said it was not a easy decision. a recent grand jury report accuses wuerl ofp covering u priest sex abuse claims he was bishop of pittsburgh. wuerl denies t

how many people have spent a lot of time across the anacostia river?talk about racism and systemic racism and things that we can do in our own community, it's not just getting upset when white supremacists show up on our streets, it's engaging in the d.c. council when they want to pass laws or put 25% more police in areas that are incredibly policed right now and are having their civil rights violated. [ applause ] so i think of brian stevenson's work because i got a phone call when the young men of sheriff metropolitan police department and having their rights strepped away from them and i said to this commissioner okay, they can complain to us which is how we do our work and he laughed at me and he said no, no you have to get down here and they need to see your face. and i said okay, and i grabbed six of my staff members and we got in two cabs and we went down there and all of a sudden brian see t stevenson's words like you have to get approximate to the issues hit me in the heart. this is not a head issue anymore. we can come to teach-ins, we can ta

anacostia drive near good hope road, street flooding, street closures there this morning.your weather alerforecast whe >> nbc4 is brought to youliy next day bnds. >> fog and cloudy outside this morning. temperatures in the upper 60s tr 70. may want to take the umbrella with you. a chance ofho passingrs later this afternoon and some mist and drizzle this morning. afternoon highs today upper 70s to around 80 degrees. and another day tomorrow with a passing shower chance, but att warmer and a peak more sunshine with highs in the lelow y80s. >> tha and you can get the late news and weather any time in the nbc washington app. >>> it is tuesday morning, september 11th. we are out here on the plaza saying good morning to some o the fine folks who have come out on a butiful fall day. a little cloudy, but we are happy to be with sure of closest friends on the plaza. good morning, everybodt friends inside studio 1 a, meredith vieira to tell us about the book, the booze, and the boot. >> she makes the boot lk good. >> she does. >> we need to bedazzle it. >> the g who literally wrote