. >> reporter: mexican officia ls say it's too soon to comment on the cause of the crash. the ntsb is investigating. chris martinez, cbs news. >>> the white house said president trump was not giving an order when he called on attorney general jeff sessions to end robert mueller's russia investigation to end right now. he was just fighting back. but the president's tweet raised more questions about possible obstruction of justice. meanwhile the white house and mueller are negotiating a possible white house interview. major garrett has more on that. >> reporter: white house press secretary sarah sanders says president trump wants the special counsel investigation to end because it's corrupt. >> the president is not obstructing. he's fighting back. the president is stating his opinion. >> so do those tweets count as interference, sir? >> reporter: the president ignored questions about a seriel of anxiety about the robert of t mueller probe into the 2016 russian interference election. this is a terrible situation and attorney general jeff sessions should stop this witch hunt r

. >>> officia from aroun the region have been preparing for tomorrow's unite the right rally for a longime. d.c. police say judging fro the perm applications they expect many more counterprotestors than white supremacists. live at lafayette square, will all eyes will focus this time tomorrow. >> reporte t right,s time tomorrow the rally is expected to be in full swing. are watching and waiting to see what exactly is going to happen. homany people will turn out, and will there be violence? today is a day for preparation for those who are going to attend the rally. thousands of people expected to be counterdemonstrators and, of course, police whose job it is to keep everyone safe on alls sides of t issue. counterdemonstrators will have a rally right here f atedom plaza tomorrow. you can see very quiet today. th they're going to head to lafayette square and hold demonstrations. today a group called oupy fayette park was here outside the white house making signs and speaking to people about their cause. they say they want to reject hate and encourage peopl to come out tomorrow in opposition

yesterday officia created a huma chain to load 2,500 backpacks on a bus. they'll be handed out to students latermohis h. the school district's goal is to collect 15,000 backpacks. >> our goal is to make sure backpack,ent has a school supplies and what happens next, they'll have a smilen eir face to start an amazing, successful school year. >> the stuff a bus campaign has anothervent at lar go plaza shopping center. another great way to help is by taking part in nbc's annual backpack for kids. tomorrow is the next chance to help out with that. we'll be at the apple federal credit union in kingstowne. if you want to make a secure donation online go to nbcwashington.com and search backpacks. >>> a new jerseych t had a surprise when she helped a fellow customer out in wawa. she paid for his snacks. do you recognize him? she didn't. she said he looked like keith urban, that's because she was keith urban. e has a great story to tell students this year. that tour is heading here, keith urban plays at jiffy lube live. >> more reason to do something nice w no justi

fire s officia the fire started around 1:30 this morning. it started in al country kitchen and spread. so far, we know three other businesses and three apartments had been affected. look at the flames there. everyone did get out of the apartments. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused t s we have a crew headed to the scene right now. justin finch is just about ther we're going to get details from him as soon as he arrives on the scoe. >>> back your thursday commute. jack taylor is in for melisou and yr traffic. >> first, chuck i bell here for the alerts we need to know about the storm team 4 forecast. >> another day with a storm team 4 weather alert. another day with a high chance for rain and a hig threat for flash flooding again today. just like what we saw yesterday. theiming will be a little bit different. today's threat coming primarily in theirst half o the day for the shenandoah valley. and the second half of the day for the i-95 corridor. you see heavy rain, thunder and lightning across parts of the roanoke valley. be

election officia are still working to figure out whether the president's push was enough to keep a republica in office. >>> a father in silver spring, maryland believes his young daughters ran away over the weekend. it's what happened online after they left that has him even more worried for their safety. >>> good morning everybody. it is 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >>> i'm eun oryang. thanks joining us for "news4 today." it is hot and muggy. the dog days of august a continuing. >> look who decided to come back to work. >> it was aough decision, but here i am. >> we're glad you're here. she's going to telldy every about the commute this morning in a second. first, lauryn and sheena areo herell us about the storms they're tracking for later on in the day. >> yes. we've got some storms again aaron to talk about this afternn. we think they'll be more widespread than they were yesterday afternoon. >> they could be a little later, too. some of the models are showing a line of storms at 7:00, 8th0 evening. >> ooh. maybe a little later. we're watching for strong storms, too. this morning, we're

and officia s hes has admitted to killing all three. that's according to our affiliate in denver.te deives have been collecting evidence from the family's home overnight. you can see them working overnigh there. chris watz himself spoke to news ut his yesterday a missing wife and kids. a lot of people thought his body languageaised some red flags. >> when i got home yesterday, it town.ke a ghost she wasn't here. the kids weren't here. i had no idea like where they went. this is not even real right now. like a nightmare. >> the questiono many people are asking this morning, why. we expect to learn more when the frederick police department plan to hold aews conference about this case. >> chris lawrence at the live desk, thankyou. >>> still developing, three d.c. families who spent 12 years wandering what happened to their loved onesll have an answer. >> d.c. officials have idtified human remains south in southeast. you may remember back in april, construction workers discovered the remains under anpament building. we now know all three wo

dealing with that plus fall out from preside trump admitting on twitter that his son and other campaign officia met a russian lawyer looking for danie damagi damaging information on hillary clinton. >> it's ridiculous. halfco oress' officers. >> reporter: the trump legal team argues no laws were broken. >> even if they tried and didn't get the information, that's an attempt. both of those things are stille cr. >> reporter: obstructing justice is also a crime. the president's lawyers are trying to avoid questions about that as they continue to negotiate a possible interview for the fbi's russia investigation. >>> happening today, voter in several states are casting bat l -- lal lballots in some import races including ohio. republicans have held that seat for de decades. >>> there's much more to come. >> including some of the new tricks aal has up her sleeve. don't go away. >>> spike lee is back in the sot light. his new film is based on the true story of a black policra officer infing the ku klux an. >> it opens one year after the deadly protest in charlottesville. lester holt has more. >> repor

we'll stay with m's not officia these temperatures spike back yesterday i of the east bay near oaklandded a jacket all day long it was to chilly. >> it's like fall weather already. >> yeah. it was good. >>> up next, the a's try to inch closer to first place as they take on the world champs in houston. and an update on the giants. looking for their 5th straight win and a sweep of >>> is there still hope? the giants looking for their fifth straight win tonight and a sweep of the division leading diamondbacks. the giants are just six games out of a playoff spot. >>> what about the a's, though? >> reporter: i was here last friday night when the giants blew a 6-0 lead and eventually lost to texas 7-6. they were four games be losingr posey in a few days to season ending hip surgery. they could have folded but they didn't. the giants have reeled off four straight wins since then. they're back to .500. should they win tonight, they could find themselves just 5 1/2 games out of first place. hard to believe but that's the state of the n.l. west this season. it comes down to belief and the giants

there has been no stopping the book tour of former officia to the white house omarosa manigault newman. the prest reports te possesses a treasure trove of audio and video and texts and e-mails ter back up claims. >> there are things that i write about and things i'm goi to save to share when the time is right. >> reporter: as my reporters friday -- asked byeporters friday, if a pardon is possible for paul manafort. the president declined to weigh in as the jury considers the evidence in the tax evasion and bank fraud trial. he spo kindly of him. >> he happens to be a very good person. i think v it isy sad what they have done to paul manafo. >> kelly, what is the latest with the paul manafort jury? reporter: well, the still have all of the power and they are working at this. 15 hoursf deliberations so far. a panel of six men and six women. they have to go through 18 counts and reach unanimous verdict on each of those. these are alleged financial crimes by paul manafort in the business dealings before the trp campaign. the jury has been at itwo days now. >> thank you, kelly. a programn n

quarterback alex smith will make his officia debut for the team tonight. but smith isn't the only new face that fans will see rocking thaty burgand and gold against the new wide receiver paul richardson jr. along with rookie running back derrius gu ice wilg be putn the jersey for the first time and they are excited. >> i already put on red at the nfl rookie premiere but getting y to get out there for the first time i'm excited, man. 101 through , i'm like a 12 right now. it's almost here, man! rookies! >> nbc4 ishe place for all of the redskins action tonight. the game starts at 7: and afterwards we'll break down the game in the postgame rfoort news4 at 11:00. >>> well, the vice president is talking about something called space force. at this hour it could be a new branch of the military. why some are questioning this plan. >>> and we have new information about a compound where 11 starving couldren werend in new mexie . the children has given police some very disturbing details about what adults were teaching them.in >>> chi new details about the families

as workers clear streams and channels of debris left by last month's hurricane,ls officia are warningo head indoors to shelters. closing camp grounds and beach parks. >> we don't know where this storm will hit. everyone should be prepared. >> reporter:ts residenre lining up and stocking up. traffic on the big island backed up as people rush to fill up. >> i've been here for about nine years and this is the first time it's really scaring me. >> reporter: the islands in a stateenf eme as hurricane lane moves in. >>> news 4 at 6:00 begins with breaking news. >>> off the top tonight, exclusive video of a rescue effort after a womanins pd ader a metro bus. >> it was frightening scene, the victim was hit as she tried to cross the street with a child. all of this unfolding as kids got let out of class at a nearby >> news 4's pat collins has been talking to the witnesses there. he's live at the sne in chevy chase. pat? >> reporter: wendy, it happened rightl as schoo was letting out. a scary accident involving a metro bus. a young woman and a little 4-year-old girl. this is cell phone video of

city officia s say thete of emergency in place here is needed to make sure resources e available to makee people stay safe. as for the rober e. lee statue in that park which was the focal point of all of this last ityea s still in that park. there is a state law preventing the removal o confederate monuments. right now it is hired in the courts. sheinelle. >> maya, thank >>> a quick programming note. tomorrow on the one-year anniversary in charlottesville, msnbc will air an onhour special featuring a former white supremacist who is now on a miion to stop the mement he helped build. you can catch "breaking the hate" this sunday on msnbc. >>> dylan, this ire usually w you're outside. you can't go out this morning. >> not this morning, we have a round of thunderstorms moving through new york city. we have theun cloud to g lightning, dangerous lightning occurring right now. this is the typehaf rain could produce flash flooding. it falls at rates at oneo two inches per hour. >> same type of situation down through texas where we could see nce ofrain and the c some flooding. monsoonal rains in

the possibility of hundreds of white supremacists coming to the district to protest next weekend, officia their plans on how to keep everybody safe. they want to avoid a deadly l confrontatioe what we saw happen in charlottesville last year. newsar4's segraves broke the news that demonstrators may be ytting escorts police, and metro is considering providing r separate trainhem to ride. mark is live in foggy bottom with more on thi mark, what have you learned? >> yeah, leon, when those white supremist protesters arrive in washington next sunday, this is where they will first step foot here in d.c. at foggy bottom. they will take the metro train from viennaere a then march to the white house and it's that trip from vienna toggy bottom that has metro officials so concerned. this was the scene last august in charlottesville when the confrontational to deadly. from now the white supremist group is coming here, planning to hold a rally outsid the white house next sunday. d.c. council member jack evans also chairn of the metro board says police and metro officials are worried about the possibili

. >> dana: google could try to crack great officia fire wall ar report operate in china in a decade.gine that will block web sites and search terms regarding human rights, democracy, religion, and peaceful protest. google is currently blocked from most computers in china. ohio state head football coach urban meyer has been put on paid leave after claims he failed to respond to abuse allegations against a member of his staff. the ex-wife of a former oust assistant coach claims she told meyer's wife of the abuse at the hands of zac smith in 2015 and believes all the coaches knew about the problem. fox news 24/7 sports reporter jared max joins me now to explain. jared? >> good afternoon, dana. interesting story here, one we wish we weren't talking about. urban meyer, one of the highest paid coaches in college football second all around. he is a big fish here and somebody they want obviously should be paying for something that took place. we live in very different times because if you are not necessarily the person who did this, people hearing the story today wait did, urban meyer? urban

stca, allow people to represent themselves at a officin officia hearing.h person a fair opportunity to present their claim at r-i-b because we're not sure they can do so in the united states. funding in an efficient manner. i'm open to remarks and questions the committee will have today and providing a copy of the canadian council for refugee on why the u.s. is not for refugees. >> thank you all for coming, and certainly, you appear before a committee on many occasions and thanks for the international perspective you've provided. you've spoke and little about the reduction from last year to this year and the overall percentages of the number of international refugees that canada seeks, seeks to help. as compared to our other western counterparts, do you find that canada is doing a good job at managing international obligations and living up to those international obligations, not just at overseas, but at our quebec and manitoba borders? >> two points, definitely, canada is upholding the standard of the convention by allowing people arriving through irregul

the final score last night, well, the mets' officia twittert even look, see no evil.ver the mets. nba commissioner adam silver announced the nba and wnba have become north america's first major pro sports league to form a relationship with a gambling house, mgm resorts. >> we said let's do something historic, enter into the first commercial partnership between a gaming establishment and the nba and integrity provisions, to protect our fans, to protect those who choose to engage and bet on the nba. >> the deal reported to be worth at least $25 million. mgm is allowed to market itself using nba names and logos. with a name like clark kent you figure one is bound for superstardom. clark kent swims for the monterey county aquatic team. this was his time saturday at the 100-meter butterfly. this is the time that michael phelps set a record in back in 1995. more than a full second slower than clark kent whose nickname is superman. >> always have fun and never give up on your dreams no matter what anybody says and, yes, that was one of my dreams, to beat michael phelps. >> w