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to in northwest, pat collins. nflt new the a 6:00, a supreme showdown. trump's supreme court nominee and the professor who accuse him of sexually assaulting hero. years and the president is sticking up for his man. >> i feel so badly for him. this is n a man who deserves this. >> we have the new fallout. >> the rivers keep rising. >> why floodingncrom flo could last for days or even weeks. >> we go inside the state-of-the-art venue in washington, d.c. for sports in the district. >>> good evening. we begin with a new twist in the supreme court showdown. >>ti it is not clear if the woman who accused judge kavaugh of sexual assaul years ago will come to washington to tell her story. dr. ct in bla ford accused him. there is a public hearing scheduled next week both parties set to testify but dr. ford has gone silent. blayne alexander has the latest. it is confusing. >> reporter: on top of all that, consider the time line. the supreme court is in session in less than two weeks. the crucial elections two weeks away. the republican party is struggling to keep

pat collins, news4. >>> cars hanging on in southeast washington. they were nearly falling into this massi nkhole. a water main break caused this near the campus of st. elizabeth hospital. adam tuss has the progress report. what a scene! >> reporter: take a look of this is part of the eight-inch water main bre that broke here, causing all the problems and all of that water just came flowing here on to sixth street in so sheast. you ca the road is still torn up here. the good news, the water is back on buthe road in rough shape. a rude awakening along sixth . stre >> we don't know how many cthcks e are. a certain amoun of water. >> reporter: imagine waking up to find your street like th. >> noisy, water allth ove place. >> reporter: take a c look ats teetering on the edge. time was of the essence.s tow truck called in to pull the cars to safety. luckily,ra pamelas it is parked somewhere else but her neighbors walked on. >> they were very upset. >> it was due to come. i move out here in 57. >> he's lived here a while. what can do i? this is nature tak

let's go to pat collins in the navy yard area. what's going on there? >> reporter: leon, the fire and water caused an apartment door to warp, making it impossible to open. workers had to use a crowbar to get inside. they found a 74-year-old man inside.he through all evacuations, through the head count,n that apartment, left behind. today.ehind until >> he was incredibly lucky and lucky.e incredibly he could have died. >> yeah. i'm not a medical person but i did the pentagon, all these collapses allver theworld. sure, he could have died. >> this is allen, a structural engineer who rescued a 74-year-old man who had been trapped in his apartment at the arthur capper homes since that massive fire last wednesday. >> when i was messing with the door, you heard a voice. and we go, is somebody in there? and he goes, yes. so i said, we'll get you out. and he said, i'm not going any place. one of the it wa largest fires in our city's recent history. it burnedor hours, like a flaming whack-a-mole. when they got one side knocked down over there, another ball of fla

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. >> news 4's pat collins looked into the story today, live with information on the person police are ltoking for ght. pat, they have an idea who did this? >> reporter: we might, doreen. it's a case of murder, and police have a picture of the guy they are loo for and a neighbor here says he looks famili g. now, we'ng to talk about the murder. we're going to show you a picture, a guy, and then you're going to hear from that neighbor. the victim,ol35-yea wendy martinez, chief of staff of a data management company, murdered last night as she was out for a jog, three blocks away from her home near log circle. this is the man the cops are looking for. he has a distinctive mustard colored shirt down to his thighs. he has a distinctive gait. today, i talked to a neighborhood woman who says she's seen this man before. >> he looksfa liar, somebody 've seen walk around this area that is essentialstrange. >> reporter: the woman asked not to be identified. she says she had a scary encounter with the man about six months ag >> very early in the morning, banged on my window as i was tting into my c

pat collins is near the home where this all happened montgomery county. you've been working this a few hours. >> reporter: police believebl marital ps may have been behind all this. all the rain we got this afternoon is not going to wash away the memory of what happened here when this home turnednto a house of horrors. they say a man iide began opening fire on his own family, shooting one after another after another. we're going to begin the story with some words with the former nehbor. >> never in a million words would i have thought something like this wouhappen. not with him. >> reporter: that's jim greene. r 18 years he lived next door to the gunman. he says he never, ever saw anything like this coming. >> he was the perfect neighbor next door. he came over every christmas. he gave us a box of asian pears. every timete my dau dinged up their cars, he was an auto body repairman. >> he was a -year-old auto body mechanic who often did repairs for friends for free. around midnight, police say he went on a shooting spsce. workers so desperate to come to th

news4' pat collins joins us from the navy yard with this ,nexpected recovery. >> wehey had to use a crowbar to open his door. that man apartment here. traps in his part here during the evacuations from that fire. trammed in his apartment during the head count after the fire. that man left here, found here only today. fi days later. he was incredibly lucky and we were incredibly lucky. >> he could have died. >> yeah. i'mot a medical person but i've done these collapses all over the world. sure, he could have died. >> this is allyn, hecu res a 74-year-old man who had been trapped in his apartment at the at capper homes since that massive fire last wednesday. >> when was messing with the door, you heard a voice. and we go, there's somebody in there. he goes, yes. i said we'll get you out. and he said, i'm not going any place. >> reporter: it was one of the largest fires inur o city's recent history. it burned for hours like a flaming whack-a-mole. when they got one knocked down over there, another one popped up over here. scores of rescue workers deployed. more than 100 residents evacuated exc

story.tty incredible news 4's pat collins live near the complex with more on this developing story. >> this was the scene of that big fire last week. this morning,rews that were here trying to stabilize the building found a man inside his apartment at the iscene. said to be a man in his 70s. they said he had minor injuries. day took him to the hospital for treatment. it's unclear as to whether the man had been in his apartment nce the fire or whether or not he returned back to the scene here someime after the fire was put out to go i o his apartment. they have a number of people here doing yetth a search of the building, top to bottom, left to right, to make sure no one else may be inside this home. this was last wednesday, a four-alarm fire, a gigantic fire here. there were a hundred people evacuated, senior citizens from the building. ten were taken to the hospital, treated and released. they thought they had everybody out, until this morning, when they found this man inside his apartment here at thertr khapra homes. we're told it's an apartment on the lower levels in a part of the

ne4's pat collins starts coverage from the scene. pat, what d we know at this hour? >> erica, flowers here at the plac where she died. she was from florida. she cameo our city, got a great ajob, stylish apartment, and she was active, she liked to workout. she liked to run. last night, she went for a job, and it cost her her life. this is the man police believe responsible for the horrific rder of a jogger last night near logan circle he has a distinctive mustard colored shirt that goes down to his thig he has a distinctive gait. this is another security video showing him right a murder with the knife in his hand. that kni found nearby the scene. the victim, 35-year-old wendy martinez, the chief of staff of a data management company here in washington. she lived in a swank apartment just three blocks away from the place where she was killed. it happened on p street northwest. it was around 8:00. ms. jartinez wasogging down the street when she got to the corner here, she was attacked and stabbed. she went into the chinese carry-out for help. today, i talked to a man wh

tofinishing, and we have much more coverage available online, including the entire conversation that pat collins had with our pan of experts all about this notorious murder case. there's much moreable online and can you check it out on our websi nbcwashington.com. we thank you for joining us for this scial in-depth report inside the investigation of the d.c. mansion murders. "nbc nightly news" with lester holt is up next. ca>>> tonight, hur warnings and states of emergency as a major storm closes in onlfhe coast. >> do not s this. do not take this lightly. >> millions bracing we're andfall live in the storm zone and al roker tracking it from here. >>> bob woodward's explosive new book and president trump's inner circle so almed by his behavior they swiped papers from his desk and compared his understanding to a fifth grader and the the white house crazy turn on. -- crazy town. >>> the president's pick goes before avongress. >>> wee a first response from the nfl after the leaving fans divided, some celebrating, some burning shoes over

our pat collins recently sat down with a group of law oenforcement experts talk about this case. you can hear their take on the big issues involved and the questions they're waiting to see answered and what they'll be watching for in this trial on our nbc washington app. >>> brett kavanau and the senate judiciary committee are in the middle of another very long day on capitol hill. this is a live look now on the second day of kavanaugh's confirmation hearing. [ inaudible ] >> a for the second day, rotesters are repeatedly interrupting the hearing. we're expecting testimony to last wellnto the night. blayne alexander to tracking it all for us on the second day. blayne? >> see despite the fact we're seeing protesters pop up every few minutes, today is still less dramatic than what we saw unfolding yesterday and it's re direct. today for 30 minutes each, senators had the chance to take their questions e raight to juvanaugh. >> reporter: today, mo protests. astt judge b gnaw answers direct questions for the first time. >> i based my decision on the law but i do so with anar ess of th

tonight at 6:30, news 4 is taking an unpress deppcedented this case and our pat collins sat down with some of the region's most respected criminal minds and experts. they did notork on this case but weigh in on how the suspect could have gotten into thatho e. >> we're not exactly sure how wint or an accomplice got into that house. there was screwdriver found in the back propping up a window, but do weave any clue? i mean, how did he get in? >> well, you know there was some talk about the construction vent maybe he donned the vest, knocked on the door a said i'm with the gas company, water company, and i need to get in. that's one possibility. >> maybe they left the garage doorpen. people come until through the garage doors all the time. the car was accessible -- the money was accessible to be dropped off, and the car was accessible to be driven away so maybe he went i that way. >> or he used to work for mr. savopoulo it may very well be on the door, remember your old employ, i have a question forou and then he pushed his way in because it was reported that there's -- there'f noced ent

collins is out f. the president's comments tonight, continuing to pat himself on the back for the government's responsehurricane maria last year where nearly 3,000 people died in puerto rico. >> reporter: that's right, kate, quite in contrast to see the president seeking to reassure the east coast that they are fully prepared ahead of hurricane florence while still going back to that tragedy in puerto rico, that devastated the island, and of course he said left 3,000 people dead. that is actually going to be a big test for president trump here. we heard him speaking there in the east room earlier today, that medal of honor ceremony, issuing that dire warning, telling those people in evacuated areas that have been ordered to evacuate, to get out while they still can, while it's still safe. but also, in that same speech, he said that his administration is already receiving tons of accolades for their efforts ahead of hurricane florence. of course, that reminds you of what he said just yesterday about hurricane maria when he was talking about what an incredible success it was for his administration for th