i'm leon harris. all the 7000 rail cars need to be rewired. the transit agency paid nearly $1.5 billion for the trains. our partners first reported thi problem. mark segraves, working for you, digging intohe latest issue for metro. >> reporter: while this new wiringroblem with the 7000 series is not a safety concern, metro acknowledge it could cause unreliability. since they first hit the tracks back in 2015, the 7000 series rail cars been touted as a itical part of metro's promise o improve safety and reliability. this internal report fm the department of insurance found every one of the new cars has a wiriblem that has to be fixed. it cited wire crimping defects that went undetect by the manufacture that could cause lengthy delays and poor reliability. all 548 cars have the defect. it is i estimatedt will take one year to fixhem all. the report also found 200 of the 7000 series cars have an additional problem. that work is soime consuming, the entire staff at this rail yard isic ded to working on it. i that works estimated to take o years to

m leon harris. and we'll begin with the outpouring of community support aftersi a m fire in greenbelt. this fire displaced near aly dozen families. bureau chief tracee wilkins got collected soations far and the overwhelming community response t >> reporter: stuff in this room represents a new beginning for people who suddenly lost everything. >> i saw in the beltway how intense the spoke was so when i saw it broke down. >> reporter: lisa jordan was rushing him but too late. her frankly park apartment was soaked with water damage and the apartment above her gutted by fire. now she's one of 11 familiars displaced. >> every now and i then i try to keep myself together but then sensats you know you want to go home and you can't. >> reporter: nicole webb and her family areiving between their car and a hotel room after they were also displaced. she's happy they're safe and now focusedtun the . >> even when you get a apartment, you need rebuild and i need help once i against in for school for them. >> repo

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at the live desk, leon harris. >> leon thank you. >>> hawaii is under threat tonight. rightnow, category 4 hurricane lane is barreling toward thes. isla a hurricane warning already issued for maui and the big island. check out this real look tonight from noaa's hurricane hunters flying into the eye of thestorm. the view from the international space station we want to show youer l in this story shows you just how massive lane is. nbc's dan sheneman reports with all the pictures about thest la for hawaiians seeking shelter tonight.e >>> thurk is zeroing in on the island a research aircraft flew into e eye of the storm that's expected to make landfall thursday afternoon. lane has lost some punch. >> it was downgraded from a 5 to a category 4 s brm still packing 130-mile-per-hour winds and moving slowly. >> so is the effects of this hurricane as it masses the island of oahu could lt longer than one that moves back quickly. >> it bught back memories of hurricane iniki in 1992 h >> i'm goinge where it's safe. i'm not coming out again till this ends. >> reporter: people livin

leon harris with a closer look at what she's saying today. leon? >> pat, omarosa is saying thet presid himself talked often about the importance of taping his enemies well, we've now heard recording that she has shared with nbc, including a call withhe president, and another in which she says the chief of staff john kelly brought her to the situation room to fire her. >> i was really, really surprised that he would implicate himself. that's when you know someone is mentally challenged when they uld even jeopardize their own livelihood by saying thing that are just insanet times. >> so if the team pressed the president to lie to lester holt. >> they encouraged him to lie every day. >> the president told lester that he fired ed comey quote for the russia thing. when asked why if the president and others in the administration are told to e, why did she stay on as long as she did? well, omarosa talked about a lack of diversity among west wing staff. >> right now there is african-american senior staffer in the white house, and are issues that face this

prosecuted by the office of special counsel robert mueller >> our tea coverage begins with news4's leon harris and president trump's response to all of there tonight in wes virginia. leon? >> reporter: a lot of people were looking for that response. president trump flew tfeeest virginia to the campaign for a senate candidate but many were saysing on what he mig about the stunning it news of the day. the president never mantioned paulort or michael cohen by name. check it out. >> where is the collusion? you know, they' still looking for collusion. where is the collusion? we want to find thecollusion. >> and that was it. the closest the president came to talking about today's news lasted less than a minute. but he spoke more than an hour about the importance of the midterm elections and electing republicans to keep control of the house and senate. now, when he landed in west virginia earlier tonight, an the president did not res and to questions tossed to him about cohen but he did defend manafort. >> i feel very badly for paul manafort. again, he worked for bob dole. he worked for ronald reagan

news 4's leon harris is in the newsroom now with story you'll see only on news 4. leon? >> well, jim, a d.c. water and d.c. homeland security met with city coumber today. they wanted to figure out a better way to notify the public the advisory that was issued last month was a precaution as veficials tested the water after a v was found open at a station. that initial test came back positive for b bacteria,ut further tests shod there was not any in the water and the water was safe. the d.c. website was crashed as people logd on to find out more about the boil advisory. they said several improvements were discussed tay including a second computer server to prevent the website from crashing again. >> this high level of anxiety that was caused by what seemed to be a kind of late notice. it is imperative, i think, that we get those vulnerable populations contacted right away with a confirmation, yes, now they know. >> find out ho how to sign up for the vom untri emergency notification tz by visiting the nbc washington app. >> a woman extremely upset after a prince georges cou

i'm leon harris at the live desk. chris collins spoke out ffter th arrested him on insider trading charges. colins son and his son's oance's father have a been charged with insider trading. congressman pleaded not guilty in the federal court today. these krips center othe australian pharmaceutical company innate. according to the indictment the ceo told his board of directors which included colins that the company's critical dg trial r ms failed. that news had not been made public at that time. according to prosecutor, video captured at a white house picnic shows collins getting that news at the time. that's when prosecutors say colins called his son to tell him seven times and that's what broke federal law. prosecutors say t insider trading saved those involved over .$750,0 tonight collins remained defiant. >> the charges leviedgainst me are merrittless. and i will mount aor vs defense in court to clear my name. >>ollins was the first congressman to endorse president fump. >>> s no tweets tonight from the mr. trump a

. >>> leon harris here at the live desk with newevelopments in one of today's big breaking stories. suspected of killing his pregnant wife and two young dogs may haveone sonside their colorado home. this is a stunning reversal for christopher watts who from worried husbando accus killer. the world watched earlier this week as he f pleaded help finding his wife and daughters celeste andll be tonight he's being held without bail. a source tells nbc's denver affiliate watts confessed to the crime. osecutors say they believe that watts killed his wife and daughters inside that family home but they did not give a motive. >> it makes us angry that she wasn't able to get help because that's what i think she -- there was somhing going on, and no one knew about it. >> this evening investigatorsod found thes of the 3 and 4-year-old girls near where their mother wasiscovered earlier today. all three of them were dumped on the property of e oilompany where christopher watts worked. atts ompany fired wednesday but haven't said exactly why. he'll be back in court tuesday to be formally charged. b

. >> to learn more where franklin's music and her legacy, open up our nbc washington app b leon harris in the newsroom withaking news out of the white house. the west is reporting that documentsg revokven more security clearances of figures who haveit been cral of the president have already been prepared and waiting for his signature. the post reports sayss advis tell president trump he can wait to actn those until the timing suits his agenda. that seems to be what happened on wednesday. coverage of fired trump aidoma row's new book vanished practically when the white house announced it voided is brennan's security clearance. some officials fear that is robert mueller maye next. >> i think what the president is doing in part is sending a menacing signal to the prosecutors and the investigators on the mueller team if they continue their investigation, that their rdcurity clearance which they need in to do their job is being put injeopardy. >> and because of that, if mueller or his team los their clearances it could mean the end of the investigation into i russia'sluence on the 2016 elec

at the live desk, i'm leon harris. >>> hurricane lane has been downgraded to a category 3 storm as it continues to churn just southwest of hawaii. but the threat is ndi nishing for the people on the island. >> it is still a force, folk a ra flooding still a huge concern for the next few days. nbc's jay gray has the latest now from honolulu. ening.d this is the situation in honolulu right now. wind picked up t. waves increased dramatically. a spitting rain going to intensify over the next couple hours. lane moves closer to the aastline. we'veady seen flooding in some areas. the waves having a big impact, as well. wind tearing away some power lines. early.l still this is a slow moving abmassive storm. one that ccald cause signi damage here. >> we're extremely concerned about the pentials for inland flooding. landslides occurring and dage to the transportation communications infrastructure. >> the biggest conceow right especially here on oahu is the possibility of dving rains over the next 24 to 36 hours. some areas could see as much as 30 inches of rain and officials warning thoseinho r

. >> leon harris here with breaking news at the live desk. a search tonight for a man wanted for threatening to kill president trump. shawn christy is his name. he's from pennsylvania and he may be heading to d.c. authorities say they believe he stole two vehicles including one in bewestern maryland. here are recent pictures of what he looks like. he got attention of federal investigators when he threatened to kill district attorney on facebook back in june. he threatened to kill mr. trump. someone spott a cherokee in west virginia, and saturday u.s. marshals say he was spot driving a stolen red gmc sierra pickup. that pickup was stolen in pennsylvania, has a pennsylvania license plate, rather. e number you seen the screen, bgl 2845. now, c has a long rap sheet we're told in pennsylvania. he and his father both admit today harassing former vice-presidential candidate sarah palin in last year he was charged with aggravated assault when he swung a stick at a pennsylvania mayor. there is a $20,000 reward for oformation leading t christy's a est

leon harris at the live desk. nearly 60 overdoses linked to ee have bn reported in new haven in a24-hour period. police arrested a person of interest. he had the drug on him. officers sayhey think he's connected to some of the overdoses they've been seeing there. some of the victims had life-threatening injuries and could have taken a batch laced with a potentially killer substance. >> some positive reaction to high dose of mar can which leads to us believe that there could be some opioid or fentanyl that actually was mix >> i walk through the green all the time. to see something like this is heart breaking. >> ten-day period in than 260 people were taken to who thes forg synthetic d overkoess. it is often called synthet marijuana but the chemical composition is different and the sheer amount of cases stacking up is stretching first responders and resources there very thin. doreen, back to you. >> leon, thank you. >>> until today, the story of this week at the white house was the only rosa tapes.y, toresident trum

. >>> leon harris here at the live desk watching president trump's former business protege inourt this morning. he appears back in court tomorrow. rick gates told the judge that he and pau manafort engaged in crimes. that included making wire transfer payments that did not get reported to the government. he said they also conspired together to falsify tax documents and hideillions of dollars in foreign bank accounts. gates also toldrt the c that when he worked for manafort, he actually embezzled hundreds of millions of dollars from manafo. he is now cooperating with robert mueller's team. even though tma d played out in the courtroom today, president trump once again shifting that aount of the once infamous meeting of his son at trump tower. he said that meeting was set up to collect information about hillary clinton, negative information. originally mr. trump said that meeting, also attended by paul manafort and jared kushner,ab w t russian adoptions. but over the last year, that story has evolved, and today donald trump jr. tried tolame the media. >> they've gotten plenty of mileage

leon harris has a closer look what we can expect on sunday. >> if you're planning to head downtown this sunday, you may want to avoid the area around the white house. ch he can this map of theseea marked out here in red. these are streets that are going to be closed s rting at9:00 in the morning on sunday. white supremacists are expected to be riding on metro from vienna into town. organizers for the ral are expecting 200 to 300 people. according to the group's permit requests, they're planning a demonstration between 5:30 and 7:30 in the evening across from. the white hou among the speakers former ku klux klan wizard david duke. large groups of count protests are areg plannn being there when the white nationalists an rbi. >> we want to make t surere is an opportunity for thousands of people as opposed to this kind hate that the unite the right are bringing, that they have the oiportunity to be counted. >> we're to present the exact opposite 180 degrees from what they're talking about. >> all of this going on just outside the white house. the president is expected to still be out of tow

. >> i'm leon harris. police released this video you're eing. this i of a deadly police involved sho back in june. we got this two days after prosecutors cleared the officer. >> news4 shomari stone talked to a retired detective who broke down the video 0 find out if the ctficer'sns were justified. >> wendy, the howard county state's attorney's office determined police officer anand badgujar was jus in the shooting. we'll explain why after watching e video. it is gphic and viewer discretion is advised. >> providence. big man. you need to stop. >> this newlyse relea body worn camera video shows police officer ana badgujar csing 41-year-old robert white in si spring june 11th. moments later, white hits t officer and takes off running. the pursuit ending with the officer shooting white several times, killing him. white is not armed. >> justified shooting. dwayne stanton is a retired d.c. police detective. he analyzed theo. vi >> the officer was clearly in fear of his life. >> m.o., hands in his pocket. might be a suicide byop thing. >> he doesn't kn

leon harris is here now with a look at their plans, a both on off the field. leon? >> reporter: jim, the players ttlined several things t they want to do this season to honor jordan mcnair. they are all going to be wearing number 79 stickers on their helmets. mcnair's locker will be encased in glass, and a scholarship will be established in his honor, and the new offensive lineman's room is going to be named after him. ayers also sayhat his memory will live on after this year. >> member of the maryland football team will wear the number 79 through graduation, and he' honored on senior day in his class. >> ao a moment of silence held at the first two home games this year. mcnair died in june after k during heat sdr practice a few weeks earl ier. several members of the administration including the head football coach been placed on live now. the university system's board has taken control of investigation into mcnair's death. wendy and jim, back to you. >> thanks, leon. >>> the trial for the killerve eople at the kazzel newspaper and lawyers for jarrod ramos were give

i'm pi' m leon harris. >> and i'm patawson muse. let's get to storm team 4's chief meteorologist doug kammerer. >> one storm north of downtown and inside the beltway ane another on culpepper county. both have gone severe. severe thunderstorm warming into culpepper county, and this is thene that's really been lighting up the radar.adar. look at all of thisni lig. you see this area and this area of lightning rtht here j to the north of washington, d.c., so if you're in betts did a, chevy chase and in through d.c. and towards college park, are you now under the gun with this thunderstorm. again, sever thunderstorm rning for this area in the yellow. that is until 4:45 including eas of chevy chase and college park right here, this is right along the b.p. parkway. out just north of 50 around the chevrolet area and into parts of northeast d.c. and heading up around 16th and georgia avenue. we'll continue to seehe strong storms move through the region. another one down towards culpepper c this one not as much lightning with this as there wa

i'm leon harris. >> welcome back. i'ie wendyr. a look at top stories today. the 10-year-old girl from warrenton killed last night in the mid of severe weather. the tree crashed into lydia ' gerg home pinning her in her bed where she was sleeping. first resadnders to escort the parents from the home because it was not safe. friend set up a gofundme pao help the family. >>> a train derailed just outside of union station this afrnoon with nearly 200 people on board. authorities say the lead engine of the train had one s of wheels come off the tracks in a tunnel below union station 150 yards below the platform. all passengers are okay. this train started in new orleans and was n heading toew york. there's still residual delays along the northeast corridor this evening because of it. >> and we're working thatbr king news from reagan national airport this afternoon. an amber alert for w a child was kidnapped earlier this afternoon. >> that child i said to be i extreme danger. news 4's shomari stone is at the airport waiting for a news conference to start. shomari,

melvin harris is accused killing leon armstrong at a kwik trip carter spoke to them. >> reporter: melvinhis daughter visited this convenience store just before midnight. she needed to use the rest room. it was supposed to be a brief t. >> reporter: melvin harris' 16-year-old daughter says she regrets telling her father what happened inside this phoenix quiktrip. her mother asked we not disclose the teen's name. >> now someone is dead and now everyone is coming at me like i did something to him. >> reporter: according to court records, inside the store, a man entered the woman's rest room and tried to get into her closed and locked stall door. shortly after, the teen told her dad what ed, harris alerted a security guard to, quote, take care of the situation or he would do it himself. security told him they would handle the situation. >> oh, yeah, we don't play that. that's the third time he did that. we're going to f him up if you don't do that. >> reporter: he punched him in the face causing the victim to fall and then struck the victim in the face several more times and also kicked and