i talked to tim caine, senator caine, just moments ago, about an hour ago, asking if he thought brett kavanaugh should step down, withdraw hisname. he said the hearings should go forth tomorrow. likely we'll hear kavanaugh's name tonight. mo assuredly, president trump's name will come up, corey stewart called himself trump before trump. you can bet the w presidentl be topic one in this debate tonight at 7:00. you can watch it on our nbc washington app. we're live atap theal one headquarters, news 4. y. o reminder because of the debate, there's a change in programming and nbc nightly news with lester ho start you wanted to save on prescriptions... so you went online... and got so lost in a mumbo-jumbo of co-pays, coupons and codes that your brain went offline. next time ask your cvs pharmacist. our proprietary search tool analyzes ways to help lower your prescription costs. just drop in.... before you conk out... see what you might save at cvs pharmacy. . >>> breaking news tonight, explosive new allegations against embattled supreme court nominee brett kanaugh. another woman goes publi

news 4 hosting a live debate with democratic incumbent tim cain and cory stewart. the candidates will face off next wednesday. a debate will be moderated byew nbc political director chuck todd with questions from news 4'saron gilchrist and julie carrie. you can download the app and owatch a live stream that deba. >> all right. storm team 4 meteorologist camelia draper joining us. it seems like we blinkednd the daysothorter. i wake up in the morning. it's dark when it used to be sunny, and this is going by fast. >>know, you have a point there because we're losing about two minutes and 30 seconds of e dayligh day now. tomorrow the first full day of fall, and it is going to feel so much like the season. not only is it going to be cool out there tomorrow, but rain at well. as a pretty rainy sunday out there. take a look at your second weather headline. more rain in the forecast to start the workweek. why wouldaturrn change now? we've been dealing with so much rain this summer, and that looks to continue until the beginning of our fall season. by tuesday we could see on

senator tim caine and corey stewart swear off tonight. caine holds a significant lead in polling. we'll check in with jim handly 5:00 and watch the debate live at 7:00 right here on nbc 4. no government shutdown sunday. president trump has committed tn si a spending bill passed by congress. that bill funds the pentagon and keeps domestic agencies and includes a stopgapin spe provision to keep the rest of the government open through december 7th. president trump has a news conference planned in new york within the next 15 minutes or so, and when that happe, we'll brin it to you live. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. >>> it's been just overee a since wendy martinez was stabbed to death joggingog in circle, and today we have a better understanding about the past of the suspect. anthony crawford, news 4 learned he had a number of run-ins for skips out on fares, and transportation reporter has the latest from the shaw station. adam? >> reporr: first of l, off the bat, no one is making the correlation between someone who evades fare on metro commits a murder, but this part of th

>> it is, so -- it's tim gaudette, mark judge, tom cain, p.j. bernie mccarthy and chris garrett. >> chris garrett is squee. >> he is. >> did you in your calendar routinely document social gatherings like house parties or gatherings of friends in your calendar? >> yes. it certainly appears that way, that that's what i was doing in the summer of 1982, and you can see that reflected on several of the -- several of the entries. if a gathering like dr. ford has described had occurred, would you have documented that? >> yes, because i documented everything of those kinds of events, even small get-togethers. august 7th is another good example where i documented a small get-together that summer, so, yes. >> august 7th. could you read that. >> i think that's go to becky's, matt, denise, laurie, jenny. have you reviewed every entry that in these calendars of may, june, july and august of 1982? >> i have. >> is there anything that could even remotely fit what we're talking about in terms of dr. ford's allegations? >> no. >> as a lawyer and a judge, are you

tim gaudette, mark judge, tom mccain, p.j. smith, bernie mccarthy, chris garrett. >> martha: one of the people named in that list that kavanaugh just mentioned, tom mccain -- tom cain is his friend. thank you for being here tonight. i assume you watched this today? >> i did. beginning to end. >> martha: what did you think about how he came out of the gate? obviously this has been very difficult for him and for his family. what was your reaction? >> well, yeah, i think everybody that watched this significant portion rode the roller coaster. dr. ford evoked emotion i expected. i thought miss mitchell, watching her cross was like listening to a bad cell phone. you really couldn't understand where she was going. so we didn't learn much there. then he gave us what we were looking for. he came out with the emotion. i know all of our friends were feeling. i think he accomplished two huge things. he squashed the allegations, lock, stock and barrel. his fire set the stage for reforming the process, i think. making it better for nominees to come forward in the future. that is why i think he will be an outstanding supreme court justice. >> martha: in terms of the calendar, he