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when florence gets her act together and pushes to the north, hea rain.rough north carolina seeing heavy rain and almost all of south carolina seeing heavy rain. in wilmington continuing to get crushed by heavy rain they've received 20 inches of rain in 24 hours and friends that continue -- i got married in wilmington so i have pictures that are being sent in through facebook and it looks like a war zone. and even through most of the sta state. as the circulation continues to push up through western north caroli caroli so we may tap into this. especially if you're closer to the shenandoah valley. current temperatures 60s a 7 70s. windy into monday and tuesday. temperatures around 80. tray have chances of showers, humidity increases as well so winds at 35 miles an hour, moving now wt at eight miles an hour. hugs around west virginia sunday night into mondaynd makes its move sunday into wednesday. so sunday to tuesday will be our m f florence some showers will be heavier than other bus look at monday morning. the commu may start off dry in d.c. but to the w

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. >> and as you hea there, police do not believe there was a danger to the public at this time. if you look live at this house, esu will see every light is on and authorities igate inside. i can tell you from being outside they looked at four cars in the driveway as well as on the street here trying to glean more about who these people are and why this may have happened. i'm justin finch. news 4, back in to you. >> thank you. and here on nbc 4 we're committedngo hel you stay safe at home. we're helping those in nee find hope and a way out of situations involving domestic violence. we have several resources in the nbc washington app. just searchafe at home. >> florence has wreaked havoc since making landfall on frid l. take ak at this video that gives you an idea of the incredible damage lefhi . >> flooded roads, downed trees, no power. that's thero reality much of north carolina this morning. 17 people have died across thec linas. the latest victim is a 3 month old that died when a tree fell on his home in dallas, north carolina. 34 inches of rain fell between thursday and sunda

the officer works in baltimore city, but the confrontation and gunfireappened hea on silver hill road intr dt heights. >> police are sayingff the oer confronted the man, then fired anthe suspect ran off. police are actively searching for him. also, the officer was not hurt. >>> fired up and ready to go. once again, barack obama making his debut on the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections. >> is bee a while since we have seen him out there on the geump. his mestoday, particularly to young people srk that need to get out and vote. he spoke today about where our untry finds itself now. >> this november's elections are moremportant than a i can remember in my lifetime. a glance at the recent headlines should tell thaw this moment really is different. we have the chance -- not the certainty, be you the chance -- to restore some semblance of sanity to ourpolitics. if you thought elections don't matter, i hope these t las years have corrected that impression. >> and the president did not shy away from calling out his successor by name. >> let's get a closer look at this speech with

i hea the scream. >> reporter: that's when you saw her come in, and she had a hole in her n k. she was trying to get help and couldn't. >> yes. customers como inlp save her, but it was too late. >> everybodyed sc me scared too. >> reporter: back at the scene today, police chief promised to get the killer off the streets. >> i am sure that we will get to the bottom of this, but i think because of the fear that when an incident like this occurs causes a neighborhood, we want to do it sooner rather an later.r: >> reporte after the murder, the suspect made his getaway down 11th street here. now, coming up, weare going to rom a neighborhood woman who says she had a scary encounter wh the person of interest in this murder case. you'll want toer hear story coming up at 6:00. now back to you. >> yalk about that recognizable gait. was he recognizable tohaeople like in the community? this one person we'r fgoing to hem. he was known from people, is that right, or do we know, pat? >> reporter: she believes she knows this guy, that she's seen the guy, and that heerives around and, again, yo

>>hea final on your forecast. >> and it is looking not too bad this hafternoon. a lot of clouds around, but it is friday. temperatures will be close to 80 this afternoon. we had the early rain, still moving along the eastern shore, but tomorrow will be a lot like today, mostly cloudy, pretty dry. and sunday showers through, temperatures a lot cooler, mid-60s. and then next week we start on off with rain evee' day, be starting cool. but eventually we'll get back to around 80. juave the umbrella as we go through all of next week. but if you are making pla this weekend, make sosoccer, lacross sunday will be the rainy today, but saturday you can get somef stin. so umbrella and jacket needed. >> starting to get the first peeks of fall. >> that is it for news 4 midday. thanks so much. we're back on the air at 4:00. >> and get yours n and weather updates anytime with the nbc washington app. stronger is blasting her tumors... without risking her bones. it's training her good cells... to fight the bad guys. stronger is less pain... new hope... more fight. it's doing every

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. >> what happens n at is question we're asking this morning after that emotional hearin >> we hea testimony from judge brett kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford and millions of y around the country watched these proceedings where dr. ford and kavanaugh were visibly emotional at the time. some of the biggest reactions came from the senators themselves. >> moments will likely their way into the history books and the future of kavanaugh's nominations may be decided hours from now. many believe dr. ford made a credible sympathetic witness despite kavanaugh's strongni . she spoke up not for partisan reasons but because she feltt was her duty. >> i am here today not because i want to i am terrified. i am here because i believe it is myiv duty to tell you what happened to me while brett kavanaugh and i were in high school. >> she went on to detail the alleged assault at a party in 1982. dr. ford said kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, groped her andtr d to take off her clothes. one of the most powerfulis momes hen he asked her what she remembers most abo the assault. >> the laughter between the tw

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tyler tessier was found dead hours before heas set to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. official from tepartment of corrections said earlier yesterday morning he hanged himself using a bedsheet. he said that he woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for he was given breakfast 45 minutes later and was found dead ten minutes after that. this is the second suicide at the jail this year. >> anytime you have a that's a problem, hanging is the most prevalent way thauicide is committed inside a correctional environment. anytime there's a loss of life in our facilities, we take that very serisly. >> officials say police found notes in tessier's ll. in them, he contemplated suicide. eventually the notes will be released. we'll hear from laura wallen's family. she's the one tessier is accused killin >>> breaking news, we're learning about two large rthquakes. >> one in south america, the other in japan.e families wrecovering from jebi.on now, japan's been hit againy a 6.7 earthquake. and rescuers are using trained dogs to try to find survivors. at least 16 people are dead with

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. >> that's because of this w hea. itas similar in baltimore yesterday. several schools were let out early due to the weather. we checked several districts. prince george's county is the only county that decided to dismiss students early. keepn eye on the nbc washington app in case other districts decide to dismiss early today. we'll keep you posted on "news4 today." >>> a developing story we're tracking this morning. thousands of people are waking up without power along the gulf coast. tropical storm gordon madell landate last night west of the alabama/mississippi border. this is a look at the track of the storm. it remained below category 1 hurricane strength is beingbl ed for the death of a child in florida. angie goff at the liv desk wit the video showing the destruction from the storm. angie? >> we're continuing to track the developments, as mississippi governor phil bryant declared a state of emergency. ehis makes more resources available to hardest hit areas affected by the storm. you're looking at the latest video that we're getting into the newsr

here's that hea rain i was talking about. this is going to be through the overnight hours.t could be causing localized flooding on already satgrated nd. friday morning, the rain moves out and we dry up for friday afternoon and evening. then we head into the weekend, and the weekend is looking fantastic. look at your saturday and sunday. more sunshine, lowhumidity, in the 70s. and much of next week looks dry too. let's head over to melissa, get a check on your commute. >> goo amorning. takiook right now at takoma park. soehbound new hampshire ave before sligo creek parkway. a crash reported there. you can see all of the screen showing you where it's raining right now, especially 270 southbound as you're aroaching montgomery. taking a look here a little to the south. brandywine, inbound 5 before brandywine, a left lane with a crash. pretty typical volume wise. again, beltway, no major issues right now. springfield northbound 95, the ramp to the outer loop, that broken down tractor trailern the right shoulder. >> melissa, thank you. >>> your time is 5:53. new thisw morning, as

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. >> reporter: it sets up an extraordinary publicng hea on capitol hill with a lifetime appointment to the supreme court on the line. chris pallone, nbc news. >> and just minut ago, the white house responded saying "one week ago is, dr. christine blasey ford claimed that she was assaulted at a house party attended by four others. since then all four of these individuals have provided statemts to the senate judiciary committee denying any knowledge of the incident or even having attended such party." many are wondering if judge kavanaugh can survive this. tomorrow morning on "meet the press," chuck todd will take a question. into that watch it right here after "news4 today" beginningt 10:30. >> now to a community's search for answers after a popular handyman was killed in a hit and run tuesday night on rout route 1. tonit loved ones held a vigil for alvin smith. aimee cho has their emotional f pl closure. >>> those who knew alvin smith say no matter what you were doing, theul he drop everything if he will needed help. tonight his friends and family gathered to pay their respects. >> thi

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we haveer hea rain out here. but this is also what we're looking at afar as thelood threat. flood warnings through mostly northern maryland where you see the brighter green.he ise across 81 and parts of west virginia ll, it's all because of yesterday's very heavy rainfall. well it brought all the rain yesterday. it's still a little breezy out there. mae that you grab the umbrella. temperature wise we're on the cool side. mid to low 60s. b aak down of what we may be expect. >> good morning. southbound southern afternoon ck here, b because of the early morning crash. we did have them shutdown here for sometime. at the belt way, 395 out. of to we have road work not there this morning. stafford 95, after stafford,th crash i left lane and as you look north here, don't have a report oyt hing.in we'll check to that and be back in a couple of minutes. >> melissa, thanks. looking at the rainfall there, if you were out on the roads fhis weekend, you no doubt made good use your windshield wipers. pounding rain made things treacherous out there nd rain is in the forecast for much of thi

thevy hea rains still in the wilmington area, around oak island re won, asl they're trumping four, five, inches per hour at times. there's a tornado watch in effect until 7:00 tomorrow morning for this entire area. as the storm moves to the west, you will continue to see the feeder lobands. how long with incredibly heavy rainfall. look at the rainfall totals. this was the feeder band yesterday. and these are thean feeder today that are coming across here. and notice the rainfall totals. here's wilmington, 23.6 inches here. 21.2. the highe i've seen, over 30 inches of rain. yet.e're not done just you know we have another day to go in this same area. then, itoill start shift. right now, tropical storm florence, still tropical storm, winds of 40 miles per hour. only moving at 3 miles per hour. that's goingin to co to sit and dump more rain on eastern portns of north carolina. here it is tomorrow night at 8:00, at 30 miles per hour. now, this is very mountainous region here. even if they get three to six inches of rain, they arect exg ten in some locations, you're going to see flash floodin

. >> reporter: millions hea inland to escape powerful winds and potentially catastrophic rain and flooding. >> powerful, damaging hurricane is hours away fromur coast. >> reporter: president trump promising full support from the federal government. >> my administration is in close coordination wit state and local authorities and fema. eotection of l is the absolute highest priority. and that's what we're doing. it's called protection of life. >> reporter:still, some are confident they are safest at home. >> just batten down the hatches and get ready to ride it ou >> reporter: an unprecedented disaster still hundreds of miles out at sea,lready being felt along the coast. at this pot, forecasters believe florence will either make landfall sometime late thursday or into friday. in wrightsville beach, north carolina, i'm wendy woolfolk, nbc news. >> so the track and the power of the stormhi is som that continues to change every hour. >> yeah, storm team 4 sheena parveen has been tracking this all morning. what's the latest? >> the latest is it is getting closer to land, and those rain bands ar

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think president trump has already expressed a willingness to meet with kim, given the compliments heas been paying to kim on twitter and other statements. the ite house announced it i planned for a send summit. -- planning for a second summit. it might happen as early as october before the midrm elections. laura: you were a cia analyst. you were looking at this situation in your old job and giving it a percentage chance, how close are we to a real meaningful peace? jung: depends on how you define peace. from the u.s. perspective, peac is a korean peninsula withoutr nuclapons, meaning north weapons -- south rea does not have nuclear weapons. and that would mean lasting peace. laura: thank you so much, jung pak, for joining us. jung: appreciate it. laura: you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, president trump tours the carolinas as residents continue to battle the effects of hurricane florence. here is an incredible story for you -- a british satellite has for the first time successfully thrown a net into orbit to demonstrate how to capture a piece

. >> i would say she should be be heard, he should be .hea if evidence or testimony comes up. that then goes t the nextstep. you can stop. look at exactly what she said. she hasn't talked to the abo stf this matter when they want to interview her in close door session or talk to the senators in close door. will the her be heard. if this is credible and oth witnesses come forward, the vote >> the burden of responsibility of innocence is on kavanaugh. >> it's not. >> it isn't on christine ford. this is the same reason there was a me too movement in the first place. women were not believed. and so we should be in 2018 operating from a different point of view. trump's recent tweet saying if it was that bad yo should have one to the fbi shows the attitude of hasn't changed. it's ridiculous to say that about a 15 year-old girl. >> we have to move on. clearly a lot more to discuss on this. i'm sure this wil carry into next week. we may have you back. in the meantime let's move to the congressional races and midterms. because of course hanging over all of this the kavanaugh hering, ar

. >>> texas great grandmother making heas lines t morning for how she took action against a predator she says was threatening her city. >> that predator, a 12-foot alligator. that's the head right judy cochran is the mayor of livingston, texas. she sayser town has bee looking for that gator since it killed a mini horse on her property a few years ago. the gator killed a horse. can you believe that? >> yes. >> so she hired a tracker to catch the 530-pound alligator, but she was the one who made w sure itld not harm anyone else. >> that's a monster. you ready to get him? >> i became mar in may, great grandmother on friday, and i killed a gator on monday. >> look at that. >> she's busy. cochran made sure to follow the rules. she said gator trapping is only legal in her -- i mean, she's the mayor, after all. it's only 20 days of the yea shepplied for the permit she needed. she did it right. now she said she wanted to keep the gator head for iherself. ther is. >> going to put it in her office. >> i don't know where you put it. >> the front door. >> it is a nearly 600-poun gator that eats

they don't want to vote un tl they hea other side. frances? >> all right. tracie potts for us. traycie, thank you. >>> dangerous rising floodo ters continue a major safety concern as tropical depression florence drenches the carolis. rescuers have already plucked hundreds of people from their waterlogged homes, and the storm has been blamed for at least 16 >> we are working now and doing everything we can to prevent more deaths. swift water rescues are going on right now. more than 900 lives have been saved by first responders. gton, north carolina flooding has left the city essentially inaccessible after drowning out portions of highdiys accor to officials. and it's not over yet. the national hurricane center warns tha flash flooding and major river flooding will continue over a sigioficant po of the carolinas. the center also says parts of western north carolina could receive an additional five to ten inches of rain with a possible total storm rainfall of over three feet in the southeastern part of the state. nbc's jay gray has the latest. >> reporter: the winds may have ease

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at s pretty remarkable that senate republicans are freely related they opey hea this seven times a week and they're used to it by now. >> and they've told us similar things off the record as well. >> i also think, to your point, pete, how obsessed is the president. some of his osest allies saying the "new york times" is not giving us any idea of what senior official means but they'red a mering -- a the very traditional sense of that term so they thi this might be just a couple dozen people. that's why the president lashed out trying to get pete sessions to get going o it. pete: let me ask you about what e journalistic either i said behind what the times did. normally speaking, something limo this anoly would never be published without some attribution. is there some resume for criticism of what the times did or are these extraordinary times for the times? >> it's going to be uto the "new york times" editorial page to speak for itself but if it' not a cabinet-level official, if snis i someone who's really goes close toot president. it's not going to be as explosive and the president my n

heas born here. and spent part of his youth here as he cares about the city. but this governor has been a very public health oriented governor. r haslly signed some progressive forward-looking bills fro public health community. so i think he'll have an open imind to >> to what extent do you think he would be concerned about the threat fom the deputy attorney general that the feds could come down a have another sanctuary city situation where federal funding could be threatened. i'm sure he'll take that into account and this governor is used to threats from trump and his they threatened us over our immigrationrotection law and the governor signed it any way e will beat -- and them when they try to come after us. they are gng after ou auto emission status -- they go after us all of the time. don't think jerry brown is going to be stoopedobecause rosenstein publishes a -- what could only be characterized as an ignorant an -- an ignorant op-ed full of false hoodsyoin "the ne times." >> and dr. steiger, if this bill is signed and becomes law, what is your hope and h

we will watch for hea rain coming through on tuesday. we'll talk about the weekend forecast show you that coming up. >>> from carmakers to plane disg businesses. a closer l impact after the break. >>> pressure on the pope. >>> pressure on the pope. why a meeting with bisho i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. >>> hurricane flore e is expected to slam into the hours,nas in less than 24 these are live pictures from surf city, north carolina. the wind has picked up, the rain started to fall. on b of thegest concerns is going to be storm surge, which is another way of saying all the water that the wind

the santa clara county fire partment pos d pki hea ihaa co >> the firefighters were trying to protect the flames, and the dog jumped right in to help. >> don't leave me out. i'm important. i can help. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. >> i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. for all of us here we appreciate your time. hope to see you again in half an hour. >>> tonight, bracing for a monster hurricane. florence now on a collision course with the east coast. you can see the eye of the storm fully formed, winds reaching 140 miles per hour. the category 4 storm expected to slam into the carolinas and virginia. tonight, mandatory evacuations for more than 1.5 million americans. traffic on both sides of the highway going in the same direction now to get out. the governor warning this could be deadly. and the other major factor with this, what the hurricane is expected to do once it hits land. another system will trap it t amid the mass evacuations, with the new track and the timing. >>> president trump tonight declaring the government is, quote, totally prepared for puerto rico re

hea here's what's coming up tonight. explosive allegations from bob woodward, revealing the trump administration with a tumultuous foreign policy. we dig down with the reknowned depp loid matt wendy sherman. she helped negotiate the iran nuclear deal trump tore up. her new book, not for the faint of heart, spells out why the art of diplomacy can be more important than the art of the deal. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> welcome to the program, everyone. i'm christiane amanpour in new york. a deeply alarming portrait of the trump presidency has been painted by one of the world's most prominent political reporters. the acclaimed watergate journalist bob woodward depicts betrayal of white house aides even hiding papers from a volatile commander in chief in order to protect national security. it's just one sensational claim from his new book, fear: trump in the white house. under this administration, the art l deal is displacing the art of diplomacy according to long-time diplomat wendy sherman. the former u.s. under secretary of state was preside

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for such time heas may consume. mr. nadler: i thank the gentlelady for yielding. mr. speaker, 17 years ago two planes crashed into the world trade cent for the my district, killing thousands of people. a third plane slammed into the pentagon and the fourth plane likely destin for the very capitol complex in which we now stand was brought down by a group of courageous passengers in a field in shanksville, pennsylvania. as i do today i represented ground zero on september 11, 2001, and i was at the world trade center 24 hours after the towers fell. the scene was horrible. fires, smoke, debris, human remains, and twisted metal created an apocalyptic scene. dust and the brie filled the air. even in that moment of deep despair and overwhelming horror, i saw signs of hope. firefighters, police, and emergency medical technicians traveled to lower manhattan from around the country. steelworkers, construction workers, and hundreds of other men and women rushed to the pile to help. as the last fires were extinguished, 99 days aft

clearance -- during the clarence thomas hearings, i if hea female coworker, had said to you what she says, would you take his phone call? would you return the phone calls? only if isponse was, wanted to hear more of it. -- if everyn to woman is always to be believed. even if her story is ridiculous. weren't colin jones and whole lot of other women who hillary clinton dragged through and double down on the assault -- perpetrated on them. i would like to hear a response on that. guest: it is a double standard. and this clear for those of us who --, in washington give a credible story and did tell somebody at the time it occurred that bill clinton raped her was not believed and she was shrugged off by many in the feminist movement. as i understand it. from the reporting, the same lawyer who represents dr. ford -- those accusations at the time. has an association working in liberal politics. we do have bias. but i don't think you can have -- this is what is bothering me. a double standard. i don't believe that a woman should always be believed or not believed. look at the evidence. evalu

bus these famil decided to hit the sand beforeng hea out of town. jay gray is in carolina beach, an area under mandatory evacuation. like the areas up and down the carolina coast. we've seen a lot of people leading the advice including those with boats, trying to g outside the scope of the storm. they're trying on clear out the island before florence moves in. it is moving day across the southeast. t is important to evacuate. we don't t nee take anything. >> we're in a very deadly and important game of chess with .hurricane flor >> the next move for more than a million along the coast iso higher ground. >> for us, people who have never been throughone, we d't to do, . officials warning, for those who have been through it before, this is different. >> this is amonster. don't bet your life riding out a monster. >>nd this woman is doing everything she can. >> i have a second story s i took all the electronics upstairs. the tv andhiever. >> on the first floor, the furniture is raised and stacked guarding against the storm surge. >> hurricane florence is

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. >>> a prince george's county man has been charged with sex assault while hea worked a montgomery county childcare central. police tell us tlig-year-old thomas henry ridges working at horizon childcare center in silver spring faces twoount of sexual abuse of a minor. police sayidges worked as a teacher assistant in montgomery county schools and coached boy's basketball at springbrook high school. parents worri about their children having contact with ridges should call >>> there is a heated debate underway inside d.c. council chambers. a hearing to overturn a law that would raise wages for restaurant servers and others who earn tips. >> reporter: initiative 77 was already passed by d.c. voters. now the d.c. council may repeal it. some say that would be overturning the repeal. others say it would repeal a bad law. >> hundreds of people signed up to testify. some want the council to repeal the initiative. >> listen to the work here's are herwhelmingly telling you, we donal want thise and never consulted in the first place. >> reporter: some say itould be wroo throw it out. right now tip wo

he was under secretary of the officer, hea marine has deep experience and was really the pioneer of the third offset revolution. thinking about bob sharing with us a broad perspective of war fighters in the department. sean, secretary of the navy, also administrator of nasa. i have asked him to come in many ways to bring in the perspective since 1958, we made a decision to separate military space and civilian space. it is a profound division in american government. what does this do? one we are talking about a fifth department? bob was the head of the strategic command and space command. he is a very distinguished retired general officer. heinside and out. he is not a parochial man. i have had many conversations with him. i know his thinking. he is a truth seeker. that weinsist articulate the real reality here, not just adopt slogans. we will make a good morning of this. i'll will ask each of them to take a few minutes from this perspective. i want you all to have a feel .or why they are here then i will try to integrate a little bit with a few questions them i will turn it over to you.

but, i would have hoped that wiser voices would have prevailed and wise ar wiser heas created a ceasefire, and work something out, get to the table. united nations frustrated by unwillingness of one of the players, not to play straight and to try to get something done, they intend to win at the end of a gun barrel, in the end that is not a winning as we have learned historically. jane: win what? what will there be? a failed state, and refugees hemorrhaging throughout the region. destabilizing our ally jordan, and lebanon and others. let's go back to something more hopeful, our mutual journey, we were boyki both -- inspired by kennedys, in our case an accidental meeting in my case, i grew up in los angeles, with my then boyfriend as a the kid within to democratic convention in 1960, i was on the floor when kennedy was nominated at president. i was an usher at l.a. coliseum, and my personal light bul bulb within off, this is what i wanted to do. i ran m my high school young democrats at college. at harvard law school, a research assistances to for abe who was active there bobby kennedy camp

i love my canvas is alive and has hea has heartbeat. that's really beautiful. >> reporter: it may be only skin deep. for mary, that's plenty. she's worked her artistic disappearing act all around the world. >> i painted in san francisco, the golden gate bridge. >> reporter: the paint lasts a couple hours. the photographs permanent. >> from my camera, where i'm standing at the exact perspective point, she will disappear. >> you know it's going to turn out good, especially working with her. you don't really understand her full vision until you see that final product. >> there's a shadow i have to compensate for. i hope that people are able to accept their bodies more and are willing to maybe think about the human body in a different way. >> reporter: when the sun has turned a golden original, a final click of the shutter. a work of hashd dart disappeari a summer's day. >> wow. that's cool. >>> different ways people are backing the woman who is accusing the supreme court nominee of sex assault. >>> preparing for a real genc the drill t tha

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