morgan state bears. reporting from the campus of howard university, morgan fitzgerald, news 4. >> maryland's governor calls the order to remove a war memorial in prince george's county outrageous. now, earlier this week a court of appeals ruled the peace cross in bladensburg is an unconstitutional violation of church and state and should be removed. this 40-foot-tall world war i memorial was dedicated back in 1925 to honor 49 prince george's county soldiers who died in that war. an online petition is gathering signatures tonight to try and prevent that from happening. >> now there are new fears of more wildfires in california. conditions there are ripe for trouble in the southern part of the state. if com it comes after a deadly and historic outbreak in california. here's doug to breakdown the new threat. >> we have pictures from the anaheim area back on the tenths. dozens of fires, thousands and thousands of acres continuing to burn in towards portions of central and northern california. now the focus is on southern california because the pattern is going to change again. the weather pattern changing agai

so many great events, including howard university homecoming and their big 150th anniversary celebration. morgan state and the howard bison are playing at 1:00 on saturday afternoon. it will be filled with sunshine and temperatures well into the mid-70s. sheena has the ten-day forecast coming right up. >> they started breaking into cars. officials say it's what they find in the cars that's helping them get inside homes. what you may want to bring >>> the taliban attacked an army camp killing at least 43 afghan soldiers. the attack wiped out the entire camp and it involved two car bombs and hours of fiefting. at the live desk. chris lawrence. back to you. >> chris, thank you. 4:45 now. a duty normally seen as deeply personal and solemn has become the subject of a political battle >> u. >> it's the controversy over what was or wasn't said during president trump's call to the widow of a fallen soldier. >> this morning president trump is denying a democratic congresswoman's claim that he disrespected the widow during their conversation. >> i did not say what i'd like her to make the statement again. becau

universities across the country. what is homecoming without football? howard takes morgan state tomorrow. watch it on our sister station, newschannel 8 good one, weekend, molly, round of applause. molly: he does not get better than this is thomas here. enjoy the flip-flops, maybe the sandals this weekend. it looks like a pattern changes coming to town next week. adrianna: full out the boots. -- pull out the boots. molly: the season is coming. through the afternoon, we will be building into the mid-70's, about 10 degrees above our average for this time of the of. right now, temperatures in the upper 60's and low 70's. as we perfect to step -- as we step out for lunch, perfect. if you have friday homecoming or high school sports going on this evening, put on the long sleeves. temperatures will be dropping into the mid-50's by the end of the game. it will be nice and clear. maybe you will do some fall decorating. corner. saturday and sunday evening and into monday, looking great for that as the dry weather is holding, and maybe you see a few leaves changing. we're not getting our feet from l

howard university, the homecoming is tomorrow. against morgan state letter. highs make it to the middle 70's. if you can't make it to a game in person at 1:00 tomorrow afternoon, you can watch it live on newschannel8. it promises to be a really good game. marine corps marathon this sunday is mostly sunny. mild out there. although a little bit of a cool start. 8:00, the temperatures are around 57 degrees. 10:00, lower 60's. by the noontime hour many runners will finish up at that point. temperatures are around 71. good time to download the stormwatch7 weather app. if you are staying in town or check out the fall color change, not only can you track the temperatures, you can track the showers. coming in from the that's what happened on monday. the fall color change looks good. moderate color for us now. i say moderate color. if you look out your window and you are watching us, it doesn't look so great. it's been so dry around here. higher colors, garrett county, around the frostburg area to petersburg. then higher elevations -- highest elevations i should say a

university. the big 150-year celebration. morgan state is in town. kickoff temperature for the game in the 60s.e in the 70 thereafter. the big race on sunday. marine corps marathon. temperature in the low 50s as the race starts. starts before 8:00 a.m. wheelchair at 7:45. the four, five-hour finishers, it will be in the 70s. how about the ten-day, sheena? >> looking good. the warmup happening through the week. after today, of course. tomorrow morning, look at that. 40s again. 0s in the suburbs. patchy frs for wednesday morning. wednesday afternoon, sunny, 69 for a high. 74 thursday. 75 friday. beautiful warmup into the weekend. but then the rain returns early next week. that's really going to cool us down again. but really nice looking forecast. >>> good morning. i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. general motors will test a fleet of self-driving dmars new york city next year. "wall street journal" says they will test chevy bolt cars in a safety operator will be behind the wheels to gather data and take over if something goes wrong. the test could offer valuable insight. it's a congested env

university marking 150 years. festivities include a parade, of course. got a football game against morgan state and some celebrity performances. a lot of details in the nbc washington app for you to learn more. >>> and tomorrow, the 42nd marine corps marathon. the 26.2 mile race starts and ends in arlington. if you look at the nbc washington app, you'll get details about road closures and metro's race day schedule. >> first, the marine corps marathon kids run is this morning. one-mile loop at the pentagon north parking lot in arlington. chuck bell is emceeing the event. news 4 a big and proud sponsor of the race this weekend. >>> look at the run rasun rays saturday. >> warm tomorrow for the marine corps marathon, especially as you finish, temperatures low 70s. tuday.hance of rain not until it'll be breezy. temperatures drop after that. wednesday and thursday, temperatures back into the low 60s. again, going to be a little warm for the marine corps marathon, but warm throughout the weekend. no rain. >> all right. >> we've got a lot of coverage of the marathon tomorrow, too, right here on "news 4

university homecoming parade and football game. the parade starts at 10:00 a.m. on georgia avenue. the game against morgan state kicks off at 1:00. the art festival kicks off events with children and family tomorrow. >> dc united getting set playing their last game at rfk stadium. tomorrow's practice will be opened to the public. parking is the game starts at 4:00 in the afternoon. two celebrities will be honored in dc over the weekend. tom hanks will be presented of the record of achievement award of national awareness of history. >> this sunday, i will be down at the kennedy center thousands on david letterman receiving for american humor. that show is broadcast on pbs, november 20th. >>> former redskins helped cut the ribbon on the new turf field. tonight we show you how much has changed in a year. >> reporter: look at him go, northwestern football benson bj, turf field. >> reporter: we talked to him about it before the game. >> i feel great. >> reporter: washington redskins legend is at the ribbon. unveiling the school's brand new synthetic turf field at homecoming. the redskins' charitable foundation donated $300,000. >> it