doreen? >> growing unrest in several communities over another set of deadly shootings at the hands of police. first in st. louis where police are concerned about another night of vio police officer was acquitted last week for shooting a black man. police say most of the protests during the day have been peaceful and that was the case today. but over the weekend, nighttime protests became violent. police arrested more than 80 people who smashed store windows and sprayed officers with an unknown chemical. and today the parents of a georgia tech student say campus police didn't have to kill their son on saturday night. police say 21-year-old scout schultz walked toward officers with a knife and one of the officers fired. but the family attorney argued the knife was actually a common pocket tool. today scout's father had one question for police. >> why did you have to shoot? that's the question. i mean, that's 9 onthe only quen that matters right now. why did you kill my son? >> the family's atto

thank you, doreen.ter get to mcdonagh early. >> i want to be the first one to congratulate you because this year our organization is hanging in 45. >> are you serious? >> i'm dead serious. >> great. >> that is great. go ahead, isn't it amazing moment? goosebumps watching that was today earlier. the wizards bradley beale breaking the news to phil there, retiring his jersey. phil's number 45 will now hang in rafters at verizon center. he will join -- i'm sorry, capital one arena. that's going to be the first of many times i do that. he's going to join bullets teammates, elvin hayes. he ranks all-time top 10. games, throws, assists and steals. he's up there. >> commentary. for the broadcast move this >>> breaking news as we come on the air tonight. reports of a new missile launch from north korea. a new provocation from kim jong-un. we're live from seoul with late details. >>> also, nursing home horror. amid a criminal investigation, new details about the eight seniors who died in sweltering heat. and over

doreen? >> a university that draws top students from around the world is not a place you would expect to find hate speech but that is exactly what students found in a georgetown university dormitory. university president notified students overnight that somebody found a swastika and other hate graffiti in a rest room last night. it's the third incident in recent weeks on campus and police are investigating. >> it is definitely not a great thing to wake up to, especially after last night. >> it was in the spring as well. i don't know if one person is doing it, a string of attacks or more people. it's an awful outcome. >> a student's group responded by what they call counter graffiti. they say they will fight hate with love and they will not be intimidated. >> so, how much money would you spend each day to avoid gridlock? when we come back on news 4 at 6:00 tonight, the ambitious plan to cut through the notorious traffic in our region. why a lot of folks are pushing back. >> one week after lloy

doreen? >> okay, blayne alexander on capitol hill. thank you, blayne. >> uh-huh. >> a women's rights group calls it a slap in the face today. president trump's administration scrapped the rules for handling campus sex assaults. education secretary betsy devos has said the current rules were unfairly skewed against students accused of sex assault. under guidance from former president obama's administration, colleges were told to use preponderance of evidence standards. president trump's administration will allow colleges to choose between that standard and evidence standard, which is tougher to meet. the temporary guidance will be in place while the education department gathers comments and comes up with new rules. >>> local college campuses show the shift secretary devos is siding with abusers. >> you come to college and you expect people to look out for you and take care of you. they are elevating men who said they were falsely accused as same status with women who experience sexual assault, that's terrifying. >> a statement from the

we get a look at the weather, chuck, i think doreen even mentioned it, vance's memorial. how that moment of all the things he had done in his career, it was that moment that people remember. his laugh at that story. >> it's that laugh of innocence. you know you feel guilty doing it, but you just can't get yourself to stop doing it. what a great laugh. great moment. >>> weatherwise, we're about ready to have some great moments coming our way as the late summer heat and humidity maria will bring it away and in maria's place, we have a gusty northwest wind today. that's bringing autumn and a little touch of cooler weather our way for the next couple of days. here's a live picture outside. skies are clearing out quickly. a little cold front is expected to reach through here sometime around the time the sun comes up this morning. winds are out of the north right now at 10 miles per hour. when the winds go northwesterly, that's how we'll know the change of air mass is under way. ahead of it, it remains a mild start. 76 degrees right now in washington. even leesburg, 72. gaither

hopefully, doreen, i know the usms comfort is heading that way. you're going to share stories as the ship makes its way down. >> it's true, david. thank you for your report. yes, it's true that we the navy, as david said, is sending help to puerto rico. the usns comfort left norfolk today headed to puerto rico. it is essentially a mobile hospital ship with a thousand beds, more than 500 medical personnel staff it. the ship has 12 operating rooms. this is a video from 2003 when i was reporting aboard the comfort. that was in the persian gulf at the time. the ship is massive, about three football fields long. equivalent in size to a ten-story building. the comfort has helped in several disaster relief efforts and i have seen firsthand the amazing work those military medical teams are able to do on that ship. i will travel to puerto rico to get a first-hand look at the devastation there and at the response and to share with all of you how the military medical teams are helping those people in so much need. reports on news next week from puerto rico,

doreen, erin, we'll keep watching it for you. >> all right.careful, jay gray, thank you. >>> police union is loading up four trailers to send to victims in texas and departments collecting these goods. two trailers left, the other two trailers will head to florida later this weekend. >> thousands of people in irma's path have chronic illnesses and need frequent care and prescription medicines when a disaster like this strikes, the first priority has to be emergency for saving lives, what is people who require kidney dialysis or who need prescription refill. that's where it is small or dedicated organization made here in washington. >> this is the emergency command center. here at health care ready, staffers have been working around the clock. >> we aren't going to be able to do a meaningful close out. >> from this small room in northwest washington, d.c., this small team works the phone. >> let me ask around. >> and the computer, to help delivery of medicine in disasterville to people who need it urgently. >> the first look at what the communi

>> reporter: well, doreen and leon, i think we're getting a mix. some people are listening that's why we see the congested roadways, especially those leading out of miami. others are saying, we're going we're from florida, we've been through this before. we went through andrew, we can handle this. but because of the size of the storm and the destruction we've seen so far, local leaders are warning people, especially those in evacuation zones, to heed the warnings and to get out now while they can. >> it's images like these fuelling the urgency for millions in the strike zone. hurricane irma's first victims. >> as it stands now, that barbuda is barely habitable. >> destruction in puerto rico, too, and a million people left without power, after a blow from the storm that's setting its sites on the bahamas. >> you could see a little bit of weakening as it moves farther north into wind sheer. irma is going to remain a dangerous hurricane for the next several days. >> that sense setting in as resident eastbouns get out. >> we're evacuating, five is a li

doreen, back to now to a deadly scene, this one in prince george's county. fire fighters say that hoarding inside of this homemade it difficult to put out this morning's fire. the house is on callaway street in hillcrest heights. it's where amy cho has been working all day to get answers about what happened. >> reporter: inside that house, there is pile after pile of books and papers. fire fighters say the hoarding conditions were so bad it took them two tries just to get inside. but experts on hoarding say the condition is more common than you might think and affects about one in every 50 people. at this home in hillcrest heights, smoke building up on the outside, clutter on the inside. one psychologist told us many people don't realize it's a problem. >> even though somebody is feeling really bothered by the stuff, they may be overwhelmed by it. they may not know how to just go about that process of letting go. >> reporter: the person inside unable to escape in time. he hasn't yet been identified. lived here alone. >> a real quiet nice guy. stayed to his s

>> reporter: well, doreen, laura wallen used to walk around this campus. she got her teaching degree here at towson, and now one of her old students who goes to school here has made a special tribute. and she is hoping and praying ms. wallen comes home. >>> there's no doubt laura wallen's students at wild lake high school love her. new video tonight of the missing social studies teacher in the classroom where she is missed. >> we're going to read. >> reporter: lindsey marie now a freshman at towson keeps watching these videos of her favorite teacher and now in much darker days she has recorded this one. >> ms. wallen, if you're watching this, i want you to know how many people love you. myself included. we are all missing you and looking for you and trying to spread the word so we can find you and bring you home. >> reporter: we met up with lindsey today to talk about her youtube tribute. >> she's one of those people who is really close to her students. she helped me through some personal family stuff. she was always there and she always knew when somethin

leon and doreen, back to you. >> thank you, scott. >> traffic conditions at the bay bridge as we are with the labor day holiday. >> have you ever seen the bay bridge traffic. >> no, not on a weekday. >> this is the last beach weekend of the summer for mos this to be completely jam packed, but it looks great right now. despite a little rain in doug's forecast for some for the holiday, ocean city and beach resorts are hoping for very big weekend. this is the first year that schools few exceptions will not be opening until after labor day. and a lot of businesses that tourism are hoping for a big boost. >> hey, have you filled up yet? you might want to, because gas prices have already jumped ten -- dropped ten cents a gallon and could go higher. gas from the northeast is being rerouted to n fl. it's the fallout from hurricane harvey. chopper 4 got prices in dc and maryland. we saw prices anywhere from $2.45 to $3 a gallon and up. as nbc chris tells us, it may not be time to make a run on the pumps in our area just >> the average cost per gallon, $2.52 cents. safe to say harvey is to bla

dore doreen gensler is going to travel there as the u.s. military deploys a hospital ship, dpoigoing to the island. week here on news 4. >> we know more rain is on the way and will slow recover reeffort reecovery efforts. >>> if you work for the government and want to use a charter plane, expect to go through john kelly. this happened after tom price resigned. in his letter to the president he said he'd become a distraction. the budget director is telling all department heads to consider the most appropriate use of taxpayer dollars when they travel. >>> you can catch up with all happens in washington and in politics tomorrow on "meet the press." chuck todd will have an exclusive interview with senator bob corker. he is also going to sit down with treasury secretary steve mnuchin. catch it here on nbc 4 tomorrow at 10:30. >>> 7:07. still ahead, abandoning your kids to go on vacation. what? we'll tell you the story behind this shocking accusation in a moment. loose. it could be o.j. simpson's last weekend in prison. hear why the family of ron

>> reporter: doreen, first there was one victim and now there are two. could there be more? the crime scene is massage envy. charged in two sex cases, this here. according to court documents, a woman says that he tried to sexually assault her on august 28th. on september 5th, she says she met with the manager and owner of massage envy to report the events that occurred. apparently, he continued to work here. because on september 17th, 12 days later at the same massage envy, another woman says she was sexually assaulted by him. this woman called the police. and he was arrested. he told police that he's done nothing wrong and he has no criminal record and he's never been in trouble before. he's been fired from his job at massage envy. tonight he's in jail and there's a court hearing scheduled tomorrow. now, this is how to management here. she didn't go to the police right away. she saw a story our mark segraves did on monday about the second victim and that's what prompted her to go to the cops. so the question tonight is are there more victims? will more women step forward? i

>> reporter: no, doreen. they covered a tremendous area. we're in columbia right now and then you're talking about all the way down to olny where her condo is. they looked in places where she liked to go and was known to go but i don't have that information. i'm trying to get it. >> one last thing, do you know if any family members were there at the vigil when this word came out? >> reporter: the vigil is scheduled for 7:30 i can tell you right now that students and other people are showing up here now trying to figure out from us what's going on. >> such an awful feeling for the students showing up for that vigil only to hear this. jackie bensen in columbia, thank you. we will wait for 8:00 for more information from montgomery county police. and we'll, of course, be covering this on news4 at 11:00. >> all right. thank you, jackie. >>> other top stories, eight people found dead at a nursing home in florida. the air conditioning went out during irma and the aftermath. investigators say residents likely died because of the heat. first respond

>> hi, doreen. this is a bad crack at aquasco road and neck road. you can see this mangled mess, these two vehicles there, we understand three people were involved in this crash, but we are hearing specifically that one person was air lifted from the scene with some very critical injuries. again, this is at aquasco road and neck road there. and if you look very closely on one of those vehicles it really looks like a fire fighters went to extreme efforts to try and extract somebody from that vehicle where you're seeing quite possibly the roof and the doors cut off one of those cars. this scene in prince george's county. as soon as we get an update ton their conditions we'll have it for you here from the live desk. back to you guys. >> thank you. now to an extraordinary and up lifting moment right here in washington. >> house majority whip steve scalise returned to work today. [ applause ] house, staff members, lots of senators, even his doctors were there to welcome him back. jay gray has our report. >> reporter: >> reporter: unbride led joy and reli

our doreen gentzler talks with one of the nation's top doctors about what you need to know. >> i'm adam tess. wait till you hear about plans to expand some of our busiest roads. you won't believe this. it's all coming up next. >> also, we want to know, are you willing to pay a toll to improve your commute? >> don't ask me. i'm broke. hey, answer the question on our nbc washington facebook page to let i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. but the living room's pretty blank. it's really nice when clients come and have done some of their own research. working with a bassett designer was really easy. just kind of ties in very well. we l

jim and doreen, they say it's not specifically towards dreamers but standard for anyone lacking legal status. aback to you. >> blayne, thank you. >>> new video in court sheds light on a story that you will remember. you see a girl running across her school parking lot away from her stepfather. he has a gun. moments later he shoots and kills the girl's mother. the following day, he killed people outside a grocery store. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins explains why today a judge says the man deserves no mercy. >> may 5, 2016, the first 911 call from high point high school comes from a student. >> high point high school. >> you hear what sounds like gunshots and running. video played in court for the first time today. we see the man walk up to the car his wife, gladys tore dell. seconds later, her daughter comes out of high point high school, drops her bag and runs towards the car. prosecutors say the mother yelled grace, run, run and she did. back into the school where she called 9-1-1. >> my mom was in the car and my stepfather came out of nowhere. he was -- she coul

said this is about decency and treating these kids the way we would want our kids to be treated, doreen. >> blayne alexander reporting, thank you. >>> like blayne, megan fitzgerald was on the streets of the districts with a group of protesters today. she joins us now from the white house with some of the stories she heard from those directly impacted by this decision. megan. >> reporter: yeah, doreen, many of those dreamers have very personal and at times emotional stories as they were sharing them with us. part of the protest, started right here outside of the white house and then they made their way down the streets of dc. >> reporter: streets, stopping traffic and blocking the 12th street tunnel to protest president trump's decision to end daca, which allows young people brought to the country illegally as children to stay. >> and i want them to know that i'm here for them. i support keeping them in this country. >> we're going to fight all across this country in every corner wherever we have to to stand up for justice. >> i had family members that were murdered, that's why i came he

she talked to doreen gentzler >> it's a highlight of my career. i don't know if it's sad or funny. i think it's what it is. it makes me laugh each time i see it. i can't believe this is me and the form of me falling down is very hilarious. >> it is very hilarious. 11 years later, it's still funny. camilla talks about why she fell. it wasn't the heels. plus, how it impacted her modeling career. >> hear her conversation with doreen tonight on news 4 at 11:00 and i think it's great that she can these years later laugh at herself and realize what a moment that was for us and for her. >> still modeling, i think, too. >> there you go. >> can't wait to hear more from her tonight. >>> a man known for living with models built an empire on the american bachelor's dream. ahead, new react to the death of playboy mogul hugh hefner. >> reporter: new luxury apartments in dad,i got it dad.ar... thanks. alright, you're all set. you're welcome. play oldies. nice dad! free-range chickens. organic free-range chickens, non-gmo, 100% vegetarian fed- raised with no antibiotics ever! we should post this.

and monday everything will be perfect: back do you doreen. that's pretty much what it's going to be because we have rain across parts of the area. not a lot going on. most of the region dry. one thing for sure, it's a cool night, of64 degrees at the airport. 54 winchester, it's going to be a cool start. and add in the rain and the clouds tomorrow. yeah, kind of a nasty saturday out there. very light rain through the district if it's hitting the ground at all, back through 66, through the front royal area. 's it. picture, not a whole lot going on. we had heavy wane in south east virginia, but that's moving to ocean city. here's the remnants of harvey, you can see now it really is just remnants of harvey. not a lot going on. you can see the spin, the circulation, that will move across our region. during the day tomorrow, that's why we'll have the showers. hour by hour, any 9:00 tomorrow morning scattered showers across the area. notice nothing heavy, the only yellow over towards sauls berry. no red, no yellow. it will be off and on during the d

>> she lived in poland now and doreen gentzler talked to her about all of this. >> it's the highlight of my career. i don't know if it's sad or funny, like i think it is what [000:16:58;00] it makes me laugh each time i see it. i can't believe this is me and the form of me falling down. it's very hilarious. >> i love that she can laugh at herself. you know what i mean? >> camilla talks about why she fell and it wasn't those heels, believe it or not. plus, how it impacted her modeling career. you can hear her conversation with doreen tonight on news 4 at 11:00 p.m. >> she's a good sport about the whole thing. what a great idea to track her down. >> it took some doing. took a little work to find her. >> she's in warsaw, poland. >> you and i were both working here in 2006. even when it happened, it was an extra special moment when it happened. >> yes. >> they're sitting there snickering. >>> also, what we're ready for is fall. >> are you ready for cooler weather? >> i guess so. >> i know i'm done with the 90-degree days. three out of last four have been 90 or higher. yesterday, that's 16

doreen gentzler will be traveling there as the uss military deploys the uss comfort hospital ship. she will bring you stories from first responders and aid workers. you can look for her live reports next week. >>> just how low are we going to go tonight? i mean we've got temperatures getting ready to drop. we're dealing with breezy conditions today. certainly is fall. let's go ahead and take a look right now at your planner. you're going out this evening. you might have to text your friend, hey i'm going stay in and make it a movie night. temperatures dropping into the 50s. by 11:00 p.m. if you're headed out know you'll need the we're going to go from the low 50s into the mid-to-upper 40s in some area. i'll have a full map on that in just a moment. for now take a look at the headlines. don't forget the jacket. a windy day. those winds are calming. we'll also take a glance at our rain chances. >>> trouble for passengers on board two flights at ronald reagan washington national airport today. why all of them were forced off the plane every single one of them. >>> two separate marches

i'll see you back there at 11:00, doreen. >> all right. nice work, jim handly. thank you. we'll see you, we'll see you at 11:00. >> and that does it for us. thanks for joining us nightly news is up next. >> join us for that debate 7: ralphcandidate for governor,rtham, and i sponsored this ad. they're studying for 21st century jobs. but ed gillespie supports donald trump's plan to take money out of virginia public schools and give it to private schools. as a washington dc lobbyist, ed gillespie worked for lenders trying to keep student loan rates high. and ed gillespie's plan to cut taxes for the wealthy could cut virginia school funding, too. ed doesn't stand for education. >>> breaking news tonight, a massive earthquake strikes in the heart of mexico, collapsing buildings, reports of dozens killed and people trapped in the rubble. also breaking, a category 5 monster closing in on puerto rico, meth in san juan in path of direct hit. donald trump's threat, total destruction of north korea, mocking kim jong-un. >> rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself. >> calling th

this is video of doreen reporting along the persian gulf. she'll be traveling to puerto rico to talk to first responders and aid workers there. tune in to dorp even's reports on news 4. >> can't wait to hear what she sees and hears firsthand there. >>> speaking of comfort that's what we have here today. look at that, folks, the a postcard picture day out there, gorgeous weather all day outside around our area. look at this live picture. you can barely see a cloud in the sky. >> folks say this is more like it. storm team meteorologist amelia draper is storm team for weather deck. this is certainly setting us up for a gorgeous evening and hopefully a weekend like this. >> yeah, beautiful fall-like weekend overall. right now i had to thank my producer jesse for putting me outside here, getting to enjoy the wonderful weather, low humidity. i can hear kids playing on the playground right by our studios outside here in northwest washington. take a look at the pollen report. the one this isn't so perfect about today, the mold spores. for our area r

you can hear her interview with doreen tomorrow night on news 4 at 11:00 p.m. it's quite interesting. >> no press is bad press. >>> 20 million views, that is not so bad. >>> yeah, so amelia, we have been watching the sunset, has not cooled off much outside. >> still closeo and for the last three out of four days, guys, we have been above 90. that is unusual. not abnormalinormal, take a loo normally we would have hit our last 90 degree day. more than two weeks ago on average our last 90 september 10th. so this is unusually warm, now the last 90 degree on record october 11th, 90s on the ten day forecast but you heard by now cooling down for the weekend but it will warm back up next week. 80s, not 90s. right now we're in the 80s, 89 degrees in washington, still humid out there. the humidity though is gone tomorrow. breezy from start to finish. with high temperatures in the 70s and plenty of sunshine. so notice the mugginess. here is tomorrow, kind of in between the comfortable and humid range, and by friday, it's spectacular out there. and the trend continues on i

jim, doreen back to you. >> after some really warm days for late september, it's starting to feel a lot more like fall out there folks. >> yes, it is. doug is in the center to give us a forecast. >> it wi cooler. the average temperature t is 75. the last three out of four days, 92 on sunday, 91 monday and 91 yesterday. extreme heat for this time of year. today closer to average but on the warm side. 88 richmond, 72 back towards pittsburgh, that's the cooler air that will settle in here for probably a while. tracking a much cooler pattern and your weekend, the weekend has some cool air with it. then we'll talk about our lack of rain chances. we need to see some rain. the 10 day forecast as well as events plans coming this weekend see you in 10 minutes. >> as we approach nine days since murm devastated puerto rico, a communications break down is making relief on the island difficult. thousands of containers full of goods arrived before the president which will allow ships to provide provisions but distribution a problem with no truckers. aside from the lack of communicating and electricit

doreen joins us to tell us about that. >> just one in 7 children born get this illness. you've probably never heard of it before. in fact, a lot of doctors don't know what it is. it is often confused with a more common and well known disease like cerebral palsy. but the doctor trying to find a cure is also trying to raise awareness about this devastating disease which progressively robs children of the ability to do almost anything, and it can even cost them their lives. here at children's hospital in philadelphia -- >> these are your red blood cells. >> reporter: the doctor is racing to find a cure for a rare but crippling and deadly illness. >> these children have no time to lose. >> reporter: the doctor is at the forefront of researching this rare disease. the illness is known as h-abc, a neurodegenerative disease tt attacks children's brain because of of a faulty inherited genetic mutation, children progressively lose the ability to move their arms and legs, to speak and eventually it can kill them. >> the white matter of the brain is a part of your brain made up of

doreen gentzler has been on that ship before. this is video of her reporting along the persian gulf. this was in 2003. next week, doreen will travel to puerto rico to get a firsthand look at the devastation and the response. so, please tune in for her reports. you will find them here on news 4. to massive crisis. several local ent to be held over the n days to help raise money and other aid. you can also donate online. we posted links to all of this on nbcwashington.com and our app. all you have to do is search puerto rico. >> back close to home tonight, this weekend several new laws take effect in maryland, including one that gives young victims of sex abuse more time to take action against their abusers. as news 4's darcy spencer reports tonight, the state delegate who pushed for the law was a victim himself. >> that's why i have scars on my face and my nose and my head where he's beat me with objects. >> reporter: maryland delegate c.t. wilson says he endured years of sexual abuse as a child. he was a foster kid and he says he

i think doreen will be there. a lot of us will be there during the day on your saturday, on early saturday morning. 87 degrees on saturday. speaking of sunday, what do we have sunday? that also on nbc 4 as we take on the raiders. 89 degrees on your sunday. and this nice weather lasts all next week. look at tuesday, 90 degrees. we have not seen 90 in quite a while. we could hit it on tuesday and then yes, i still have tracking jose and maria because, yes, we still have to watch it as we are about seven days away, but right now much more confident that this storm will be almost no impact for us whatsoever. but we'll still watch it for you. >> this is why i love the ten-day forecast because i am eyeing that 69 and 74 way down on the other end. >> i like the 90s. >> i have to tell you, i put 69 here. many areas may be in the 50s when storms develop. cooler weather moving in. >> doug, i'm going to be out there at fedex field, too. we'll all be sort of sweating a little. >> you'll be great. it's going to be in the morni

we meet doreen's husband, caretaker of the mobile homes, who couldn't get to the couple.s shaken by the damage of his neighborhood. we make it to the home of ee death, she's 88 and he has patch kin sons and diabetes. the alarm of their flooded car is buzzing. do you want us to call the fire department or police department? >> no, no, no, no. we're fine. we're doing good. >> reporter: edith says they knew they'd probably have flooding. we asked why they didn't leave when most of their neighbors did? >> difficulty taking care of my husband. we have -- you know, he does good here at home. he has all of his medications and everything. >> reporter: and a question we often asked of disaster victims like edith and ed, do they want to continue to live in a place so devastated? >> we love it here. we've been here 27 years. this is home. >> reporter: now, we repeatedly offered ed and edith food and water, we offered to call fire and police departments for them, we offered to carry them out of that neighborhood. they repeatedly said, no, they're fine, they have enough supplies for d

. >> that was news 4's doreen reporting. search nbc washington app and search health care ready. >> keep in mind hurricane irma is wider than the entire state of florida. we are keeping an eye on a potential press conference coming up in the next few minutes or so. governor rick scott will be updating us on preparations under way to try to protect as many people as possible in the path of the storm. >> we're still on facebook live but david culver beamed into our facebook live and talked about his entire hotel is it filled with power companies. they are expected unprecedented power outages. as many as 9 million in the dark after it sweeps through and carves the did he instructive path in the caribbean, which by the way is dealing with another proceed. >> jose. one after another. >> this heavy stuff. >> amping up the season. this hurricane season is nothing to take lightly. some people decided to stay down there. i get it. sometimes you can't get out. you don't have anywhere to go. i get it. this is a very dangerous situation

she'll tell doreen now that happened. hard to remember, 19 million views. if you liked it, you have a lot of company. >> chief meteorologist joining us. two weeks ago i got too excited when we had two days of 70s, i switched out the closet. i'm ready for fall. >> wool wasn't a appropriate option when it hit 91? it was 96 with the humidity. the good news we are trn sitioning to more comfortable weather. it will be breezy from start to finish, winds gusty from 20 to 30 miles an hour as times. heads up there, kind of a nuisance wind out there, nothing to worry if you drive a suv or anything. but you will notice them. as we look to friday and the weekend a beautiful fall weekend, if you're looking for something to do our web team has put together a wonderful of fall get aways in our area. in addition to a cool down we stay on the dry side. we need 2 inches of rain to get us where we should be in the month of september. that's not in the forecast f. this is the latest radar, it's maria pulling away from the area. bringing us cool skies, cool front moves through

>> hi, doreen. this is a bad crack at aquasco road and neck road. you can see this mangled mess, these two vehicles there, we understand three people were involved in this crash, but we are hearing specifically that one person was air lifted from the scene with some very critical injuries. again, this is at aquasco road and neck road there. and if you look very closely on one of those vehicles it really looks like a fire fighters went to extreme efforts to try and extract somebody from that vehicle where you're seeing quite possibly the roof and the doors cut off one of those cars. this scene in prince george's county. as soon as we get an update ton their conditions we'll have it for you here from the live desk. back to you guys. >> thank you. now to an extraordinary and up lifting moment right here in washington. >> house majority whip steve scalise returned to work today. [ applause ]

. >> that was doreen talking about sitting next to vance. vance was washington's longest working television news anchor. he died in july after battling a short battle with cancer. jim was 75. >>> still ahead. heartfelt tributes from former students and a teacher missing from montgomery county. >> topper comes back to help us dodge the raindrops on a weekend with scattered showers. and apple unveils a brand this season do your holiday shopping on us. introducing the monumental gift shop at mgm national harbor. just use your m life rewards card when you play now through november 7. the more you play, the more gift bucks you'll earn to redeem for monumental gifts like jewelry and electronics. come in today and play to earn your private shopping event for the holidays. the monumental gift shop at mgm national harbor. now through november 7. this is monumental. >>> police say tips are are coming in after a family's emotional plea to find a missing pregnant teacher in maryland. laura wallet disappeared around labor day, and police found her truck

you can hear her conversation with doreen gentzler tomorrow night. i think it's tonight. >> tonight. >> on news 4 at 11:00. >> i think she's been a good sport about it the whole time. do you know what i mean? >> it's tonight, right? >> yeah. >> the video was from 2006. this is 11 years later. >> i didn't realize that. that would be embarrassing. >> can you imagine the pressure when you're tall and skinny. if you're low to the ground, you can walk on the high heels. >> you'll hear, she tells the story about why she fell. >> oh, okay. it's her ankle wiggles back and forth. we know how that feels sometimes. >> it's tough to walk in those heels. ey exactly. >> you know it's coming. when you're walking. anyway, we're going to cool down around here big time. >> it is welcome for a lot of people waiting for fall to arrive. >> it is. they're ready for fall. cooler temperatures coming starting with today. this morning, not a chilly start at all. the cold front has not moved through just yet. but we have the cooler temperatures coming for the weekend. you migh

doreen, back to you. >> leon, thank you. >>> florida's major airports are working to reopen for business tomorrow. that includes fort lauderdale which will resume operations in just four hours. news 4's david culver has been reporting all weekend from the atlantic coast. tonight he's leaving fort lauderdale and heading to naples to take a look at the damage over there. before he left david filed this report. >> reporter: the question is how long. how long will it take south florida to get back to some sense of normalcy following irma? i'm climbing what is one of i don't know, about 100 sand dunes that line a-1a. this is in fort lauderdale beach and this has been put up here because they were sitting along a-1a. this is just one of the many roads that had had some obstacles blocking it. they've had trees down throughout the area. flooded roads in many cases. the question is how do you get back to normal? it starts with what we've seen all day today. the cleaning operation. and there's been a lot of it. then you talk about schools and getti inting kids back to schoo. they have to use what

doreen, leon. >> tomorrow is the first day of school in hospital gom ri county, those who used the trail are going to have to find another way to get there. instruction on the purple line is going to close down that popular trail tomorrow for up to five years dozens showed up today and some of them told them they weren't given up enough notice and now they're not sure what to do. >> reporter: we saw hundreds of people out enjoying the trail today, many of them had no idea it was closing until ty signs that have been posted announcing the shutdown. >> opponents rally on the branch trail in bethesda, starting tuesday, this popular trail for walker's joggers and bike riders will be shutdown for 4 to five years, that's because construction of the purple line is beginning. >> tomorrow people should be at the access point and stop them from closing the trail. >> they showed up to walk the three-mile section from bethesda to silver spring. >> it's part of the crescent trail. hundreds of kids walk and ride their bikes to school using the trail every day. >> yes and i my kids use the trail. a lot

>> reporter: doreen, let me tell you, here you can still smell the smoke where this all happened.partment has since been boarded up. today in court, phillips was crying when he was on the stand listening to the charges that is saying he didn't do it. this was the inside of andrea grinage's apartment after police say her boyfriend set her on fire. she was pregnant and said the attacker was her boyfriend laquinn phillips. >> he's a coward. walk away. if you don't want the responsibility, walk away. >> today, family and friends say they can't believe the charges. >> this is not my son. my son could not have done a heinous crime like this. >> reporter: today a. judge held phillips on bond. phillips is a personal trainer who runs a boot camp and was recently accepted to be a firefighter with the d.c. fire department. a future now put on hold pending the outcome of this case. >> we've seen it enough to know that even a person who's never been involved

doreen against gensler has more. >> reporter: this ten-year-old boy from reston has a whole new outlook. >> it gives him the ability to see for him what is a gray area. >> he has to be within two feet in order to recognize and di >> he went to his class meeting with his peers and he was able to see their faces. he knew their voices. >> the sunrise elementary school fourth grader has had severely impaired vision his entire life but this past summer -- >> is it hard to see the story? >> i'll have the full story tonight on news 4 at 11:00. >>> boy, looking forward to seeing that. what an amazing story. yom kippur starts this friday. jewish families are already making plans to break the fast here in our area. this meals marks the end be of a 24 hour fast. a lot of people eat bagels and locks to mark the occasion. here is appy abby churner. guys, first of all, tell us a little bit about yom kippur. >> yom kippur or the day of atonement is a day of deep reflection about our b the future. we reflect on seeking forgiveness from our fellow human beings to help cure society of all those ills and

doreen gentzler, news 4. >> that is pretty fantastic technology. >> also a great way to put it to use, other than just playing video games or sell pizza oh ro rolls. >> it's amazing, he has some contrast with color there. >> he has the whole world back. love that. >>> fake charity preying on the kindness of strangers. nearly a million dollars meant to be spent on children with autism, spent on luxury items. >> plus? >> don't touch me. >> an airline is now after thi woman ons >>> right now at 4:30, a woman complains about dogs on her flight at bwi, and the airline says the dogs can stay but she has to go. other passengers just couldn't believe what they saw. >> now, this latest pre-flight southwest flight at bwi prepared to take off enroute to los angeles. a woman was upset that two dogs were on board. news 4's chris gordon is live at the airport, and chris this woman claims she had a deathly -- or allege to dogs, tell us about this. >> reporter: well, leon, southwest airline says they informed her without a medical certificate a customer can be denied the ability to fly if they have a

jim and doreen? >> looks like they'll need every one of them, too. thank you, david. >> well, a lot of folks will be looking for federal help to repair the damage to their homes and their businesses. but fema's disaster relief fund is nearly out of money. so, it's up to president trump and congress to authorize more funding. blain alexander is live for us at the white house with the federal response. blain? >> reporter: jim, president trump has made it known that he has been watching both of these storms very closely. he was briefed once again on irma this morning and following harvey, he visited both texas and louisiana. so, now he has the mighty task of authorizing federal funds for what is shaping up to be the costly est hurricane season in history. >>> as irma barrels northward, people in florida are now assessing the damage. the gulf still drying out and picking up after harvey, now the federal government is bracing for a financial hit. >> we are marshaling the full resources of the federal government to help our fellow americans in harms way. >

here is doreen with that. >> i've been thinking about what a spectacular gift he left all of us. we can call up that video any time we want and hear that joyful infectious laugh. i know i have done that some lately. >> you know, everyone talked about his sense of humor and his deep sense of caring for this community and all of us who knew him. and for folks who didn't know him, and there were a lot of them in the audience today, too. >> any contact with jim vance, even if it was through a tv screen, he was >> what you felt was truly him. >> you know, we've all worked with him more than 25 years, but we learned a lot about him from what he was 9 years old to 19, his fraternity brothers. >> his fraternity brothers were so -- >> they had a lot to say. >> so funny. and they sang that song, i guess the fraternity song. >> he was a duop singer which we got to hear today a little of that. there were people from across the street who work for other stations who came. many of them were there. and i'm going to share some of the things that they said about jim vance. a few of them saying th

and she is something named doreen stern.r of playboy. this is the october 1971 issue. they had featured black playmates before. jennifer jackson and jean bell, but she was the first model on the cover. in terms of the racial aspect of his legacy which does seem too loom larger now that he's gone, why did he make the decision to do that? >> well, i think hefner was just committed to civil rights, even back when the playboy clubs had opened in the 1960s, hefner made an explicit policy that they were to be integrated. and there were a number of hassles about that in the new orleans club, i recall. he got into a big fight with the city fathers about integrating that club. so it was really a kind of theme i think in his life and i think by the late '60s and early '70s, he was using the magazine to push along his belief system in that way. and i think the cover that you just mentioned was a manifestation of that. >> yeah, absolutely. that was before "vogue" put beverly johnson on the cover. so interesting and pioneering. >> absolu

you can hear her conversation with doreen gentzler tonight at news 4 at 11:00 and believe me it is worth a listen. >> it is one of the biggest data breaches ever and it has equifax in a lot of hot water. the company is sweeping the pot and it could payoff let me finish downloading gps:this from the cloud.ed. looks like you found a better way to do this, dad. organic, non-gmo feed, 100% veggie diet. if i can raise you two, i can raise anything. perdue. raising more organic chickens than in anyone america. the old man's still got it. >>> we have an update this breach that affected 143 million people. the company has promised a new lifetime service for consumers. >> consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you with the details. >> reporter: well, as we reported, equifax's ceo retired earlier this week and in an editorial in the "wall street journal," the interim ceo's name rigo beris, apologized and said there was inadequate information for consumers after the company announced the breach. he admitted the website did not function as it should have. ferris says more

doreen gentzler joins us to share more about that.g term effects football field with have on children later on. a study just out from boston ut university has found a link between youth tackle football played before the age of 12 and impaired mood and behavior later on i this study looked at more than 200 former american football players and compared the results of tests. those who had played football before the age of 12 and those who started playing at age 12 or later on. for players who started before 12, they found an increased risk of problems with behavioral regulation, problems with executive functioning, apathy, and a higher risk of depression, too. researchers gave former players tests over the phone to reach their conclusions. the lead author of the study said it just adds to the growing research that's out there now on repeated head impacts at a young age. researchers are saying when it comes to concussion tz, it can't just be boiled down to the individual big hits. rather, it's the more about the small impacts over and ove

doreen gentzler has what parents need to look out for. >>> also we are following breaking news from mexico mexico city. more than 40 people dead. buildings have collapsed. many may be trapped in the rubble. again, this comes on the 32nd anniversary to the day of that massive earthquake in 1985 that killed so many people in mexico city. we will see you soon with those stories and more. of course, jim handily is at the dee bates. see you in a bit. >> you got it, wendy. imagine you're stopped for a minor traffic violation. you've never been in trouble before, you have no criminal record, but suddenly you're told there is a warrant out for your arrest. >> consumer reporter susan hogan found out it happens more off be than you think. she talked to a man who has dealt with it over and over and over again. >> this could happen to you, to me, to anyone. nbc 4 responds to a chilling story about a maryland man whose life literally was turned upside down because he shares a name and date of birth with someone wh there's millions of people, millions of combinations of names, dates of birth. chances ar

thanks to wearable technology, doreen gentzler has this story. >> felix regis is trying to read words. >> there you go. now we're going to do it with our glasses on. >> wide. >> this 10-year-old boy from reston has a whole new outlook. >> what this does is give him theabilities to actually see what's outside of what for him i think is just a gray area. >> for more on felix's story tune in tonight to news 4 at 11:00. you've got to see it, folks. it's a great story. >> yeah, you do. >>> so, a job is something you do to earn money, yeah? >> but a career, well, that's very different. how one man turned his job cleaning floors that's changed the lives of those he encounters every day. >> i've seen how this can turn a person's life around. when i was 3, children's so i can play with my grandkids. so i can celebrate 50. when i was 14, they saved my heart so i could bring family together. so i can help cardiac patients just like me. so i can serve my country. so i can do what i love. so i can give back. so i can play in the junior olympics. so i can make plays. so i can do this. so i can race

. >> that's a very good question, doreen, where they're going next. we know where jose is going the next few days. right up toward the boston area. where it goes from there, all bets are off. it's going to meander towards the atlantic and that will have a big impact on where maria may go as it makes its way closer to the u.s. coast. here's where jose is currently. just off the coast line here up

laura angilletta doreen j. angrisani lorraine antigua peter paul apollo faustino apostol, jr. and my father, kevin james murphy. i love you very much and i know you are looking down with a bug smile on your face. >> and my uncle and hero my uncle matthew. woe love and miss you, uncle matt. frank thomas aquilino patrick michael aranyos david arce michael george arczynski louis arena adam p. arias michael armstrong jack charles aron >> garnet ace bailey. >> michael s. basks. michael andrew baines. >> and my brother joseph michael g. oconee. his family and friends will never forget. i come here every year for 16 years to make sure i hear his name. so that i can honor him and make sure he will never be forgotten. >> and my grandfather howard salwen. >> jerrard batiste. walter baran gerard a. barbara paul vincent barbaro james william barbella victor daniel barbosa colleen ann barkow david michael barkway matthew barnes melissa rose barnes. sheila patricia barnes evan j. baron renee barrett-arjune arthur thaddeus barry diane g. barry maurice vincent barry scott d. bart carlton w. b

to put up this picture of the first black boy cover model back in 1971 and she is somebody named doreened nude on the cover of playb playboy. this is the october 1971 issue. they had featured black playmates before but she was the first model on the cover. in terms of, you know, that aspect, the racial aspect which does seem to loom larger now that he's gone, why did he do that? why did he make -- >> hefner was just committed to civil rights even back with the playboy clubs that opened in the 1960s, hefner made a specific policy that they were to be integrated, there were a number of hassles about that in the new orleans club. he got into a big fight with the city fathers about integrating that club, so it was really a theme i think in his life and i think by the late '60s and early '70s he was using the mag begin to push along his belief system in that way and i think the cover that you just mentioned was a manifestation of that. >> absolutely. it was before vogue so very interesting. >> absolutely. >> well, steven watts thank you very much. we really appreciate your time. thank you fo