to wake up and find someone in your house that you had never seen before. >> reporter: that's nicole boozer. last saturday morning, two men broke into her house and began rummaging through the place. nicole was asleep at the time. she encountered the two suspects at the top of the stairs. >> i said, i don't have anything, please don't hurt me. i said, i have a gun, get on your knees. >> reporter: whether she made a run for it, one of the suspects runs after her. >> he punches me in the side of my face and says, i'm going to kill you [ bleep ] if you tell the police. >> reporter: now cause for concern. >> makes you want to lock your doors, that's for sure. i know my wife is constantly

i'll bet you it was nothing like what happened to nicole boozer. did you think you might die?it was possible. but i thought i was going to give myself a fighting chance. i wasn't going to try and die in here, that's for sure. >> reporter: that's nicole boozer, a retired er nurse. he's a quick thinker and she has seen a lot of troubling things, but nothing quite like what she went through last saturday at her home in au park. >> it was such a terrifying moment to wake up and find someone in your house that you had never seen before. >> reporter: it happened around 8:30 saturday morning. saturday morning when people are out and about running errands. two

it happened in the american university park nicole boozer says the noise woke her up. the man threatened her, claimed he had a gun. when she tried to make a run for it, one of the men punched her in the side of the face. >> the guts that it took to walk in between these two houses and kick a door in on a saturday morning is just unbelievable. >> she says the men got away with two laptops. d.c. police are still trying to track down those intruders. yikes. >>> 4:41. ready for a warmup? first we have to deal with a little cooldown, right, chuck? >> absolutely. we're locked in with a cloudy and cooler than average weather pattern in the next few days. you are right. as we get towards the second half of the weekend and next week, here comes the high heat of summertime. sheena has the ten day coming right up. >>> chuck, thanks. two area students harassed for wearing a religious symbol to school. not by who you expect. the school staff member is now apologizing. >>> security changes on the way to metro. what the agency recently information at risk. good morning, you're watchi

nicole boozer says the racket they made woke her up. she says one of the men threatened her claiming he had a gun when she tried to make a run for it, one of them punched her in the side of the face. >> very frightening. when people like that will hurt you. >> boozer says the men got away with two laptops but didn't bother her any further. police are still looking for the suspects tonight. owners on high alert after coyotes were spotted in d.c.'s cleveland park. jackie banson spoke to a man who had a close-up encounter while walking his dog. >> it was extremely disconcerting. >> reporter: the man asked that we not use his name told news4 he was walking his dog, a boxer mix about 6:30 in the morning a few days ago. he says he noticed an animal that looked something like a dog. it was not skiddish the way a deer or fox might be. it began following him. >> a grayish brownish whitish animal. looked fairly about 100 yards behind me. it was about 30 yards behind me. and i had picked up my pace as you can imagine. >> reporter: coyotes have bee

nicole boozer says the noise woke her up. the men threatened her claiming they had a gun. when she tried to make a run for it, one of them punched her in the side of the face. >> the guts that it took to walk in between these two houses and kick a door in on a saturday morning is unbelievable. >> well, boozer says the men got away with two laptops. d.c. police at this point, they are still trying to track down the intruders. >>> recent acts of hate are putting the district in the national spotlight. six incidents involving nooses have been reported in recent weeks. last night on msnbc mayor muriel bowser said the city won't tolerate it. >> we have locked arms and have spoken up loudly and strongly. >> the mayor said the city will stick with the climate agreement. the bow ser administration said they plan to cut carbon emissions by 80%. >>> day two of the cosby trial. we'll break down day one and what's ahead today. >>> unequal pay. a woman proving the wage gap is real in one local county. her lawsuit and the changes it uld be causing in yourco narrator:to do time is what i

nicole boozer says the noise woke her up and the man threatened her claiming he had a gun.e tried to make a run for it one of them punched her in the side of the face. >> the guts that it took for them to actually walk past -- you know, in between these two houses and kick a door in on saturday morning is unbelievable. >>> boozer says the men got away with two laptops. d.c. police are still trying to track down those intruders. >>> right now security still saturday night's attack that left 7 people dead. new safety barriers were installed across a london bridge overnight. three attackers driving a ban barrelled into pedestrians on a bridge and then went on a stabbing rampage. >>> i'm molette green at the live desk. busted for leaking a top secret nsa document. nbc news has confirmed the fbi arrested this woman, reality lee winner of georgia. the 25-year-old admitted to intelligence on an online news outlet. they're detailing russian efforts to hack voting systems prior to last year's presidential election. look for a detailed coverage of this story in minutes on the "today"

. >> reporter: that's nicole boozer. last saturday morning, two men broke into her house and began rummaging through the place. nicole was asleep at the time. she encountered the two suspects at the top of the stairs. >> i said, i don't have anything, please don't hurt me. i said, i have a gun, get on your knees. >> reporter: whether she made a run for it, one of the suspects runs after her. >> he punches me in the side of my face and says, i'm going to kill you [ bleep ] if you tell the police. >> reporter: now cause for concern. >> makes you want to lock your doors, that's for sure. i know my wife is constantly young and i could walk home really late and not be scared. now as an adult, i wouldn't. >> you wouldn't go home late at night by yourself? >> not now. it's not smart. >> reporter: nicole says she'll be more attentive. >> it keeps my awareness up. because sometimes we're a little careless with the doors. but you feel like, why should i have to be a prisoner in emy ow home? >> reporter: the robbers may have got two