wallin is from maryland. shi is 5'5" -- she is 5'5", 200 pounds with blonde hair and blue e transport vehicle to the virgin islands. we're looking at new drone footage from the largest of the islands. you can see that devastation left behind by irma, destroying buildings and debris scattered everywhere. it is really upsetting to see. >> it really is. >> you can't make codes for 180 miles an hour winds or 200 miles an hour winds. we'll see the codes at 90 and south florida since andrew, but winds -- >> you say this is turning a little bit. >> it is turning a little bit to the west now. the all important turn is the one to the right or north. i think that is going to happen as we get into saturday night and then heads toward florida on sunday. now, wind speeds are always a major concern and in terms of, you know, how much wind does how much damage, here is the newest member of our team, meteorologist mary marshall. >> all of the storms are very dangerous. let's start with a category 1. 74 to 95 miles an hour wi

he asked laura wallin's father for permission to marry her, despite already being engaged to another woman. >> he has been deceiving and lying their entire existence. he is a monster and he is a liar. >> police say that they had suspected tessier's involvement in wallen's disappearance right from the start. tessier is being held without bond. police say right before her death, wallen learned she wasn't the only woman in tessier's life. on the nbc washington app, we've posted the text message that wallen sent the other woman. just search laura wallen. >>> firefighters are still trying to figure out what caused a deadly house fire this morning in prince george's county. it started just after 2:00 on callaway street in hillcrest heights. megan mcgrath is at the secene right now. >> reporter: yeah, that may have been a factor here. this was a fire that broke out in the middle of the night, 2:00 in the morning when many people were asleep for the man who lives in the home behind me. you can take a look and see the damage on the outside of the house but you can't see the damage on the insi

teszier is now charged with first-degree murder in connection with wallins' death. officers found her body yesterday buried in a shallow grave. the teacher's family reported her missing september 5th. >>> switching gears now. villanova university showed off its newest treat today to help celebrate campus safety day. the mobile treat unit -- i wish this was on campus when i was there as a student -- is the newest by the public safety department. officials say the rehabbed ice cream truck will be used to help school officers engage with villanova students, faculty, and staff. as a teacher, now i've got to keep an eye out for that one, for sure. >>> and the philadelphia fire department has bragging rights over the police department tonight. the department was presented a $10,000 check for winning this year's battle of the badges. the departments go head to head, seeing who can lose the most weight on the weight watchers system. overall, the fire department is now leading with 16 wins against the police department's 15 wins. 16-15. a tight race there. >> very much so. >

as aar-old lauren wallin teacher at wilde lake high school in columbia and has not been seen since monday. a neighbor last saw her leaving with her boyfriend separately on saturday night, and her family last received a text from her monday. >> my daughter went to school with laura. just what a sweet person she is, it is so out of character. larry: she might be driving a black 2011 four this -- ford escape. anyone with information on where she could be, please call montgomery county police. autria: some greenbelt middle school parents and teachers are hoping -- parents and students are hoping for a smoother morning. they say this school bus never arrived yesterday morning. one father waited up to 30 minutes and had to drive at the end of the day they got on the school bus and encountered more problem. >> the bus driver did not know where he was going. people were directing him. >> they did not get home until an hour and 20 minutes after they were supposed to be here. autria: we have reached out to the school system but have not received a response. larry: the education secretary will give

lauren wallin teaches in columbia and she's 4 months pregnant.ht's video is at the football field. this morning we're seeing how much of an impact she's had on her students. it's clear they love her. >> something really close to me has happened recently and as you can see, i can't talk about it. >> that video was made by lindsay murray. she's one of wallen's former students. she hopes her tribute will lead to new clues in the teacher. lindsay says wallen was more than a teacher, she was a friend. >> she was one of those people who was close with her students. she helped me through personal sfamly stuff. she was always there. we developed a close relationship through those years. >> lindsay showed us this picture of wallen's classroom door covered with notes pleading for her safe return. the howard county school district tells news 4 it is deeply concerned and hopes that wall len is safe. >>> nine minutes after the hour. >> the expansion of the silver line is supposed to go to dulles international airport and loudoun county. news 4's adam tuss is

laura wallin, a pregnant teacher, shot in the head and buried in a shallow grave in damascus.nd is locked up and facing charges. as the story unfolds, there is a renewed concern about violence against pregnant women. the d.c. coalition against domestic violence says pregnant women are far too often vulnerable to violence. >> when you have a relationship and one person chooses to use power over another person, they'll do it in any way that gets the job done. sometimes that's physical violen violence. >> we know laura's funeral will be september 30th at looutheran church of st. andrew. if you know someone who is a victim of domestic violence, we posted information that can help on our nbc washington app. >>> in a few hou you about the effort to raise money for a homeless baby girl's funeral, you all stepped up. boy, you stepped up big. you donated all the money her family needed and more. baby ida died in d.c. last month of sudden infant death syndrome, but her family is homeless thachlt didntheand they didn't have the money to properly bury her. we shared their story last night

. >> reporter: tessier holding wallin's mother's hand and making this emotional statement. >> doesn'tx together. >> it was absolutely the hardest thing my wife had to do, to have to sit there and hold his hand. >> reporter: investigators retracing his movements. the bodies of wallen and her unborn baby discovered in a freshly-dug grave. police say tessier was the last person seen with wallen. the two spotted at a grocery store near her home the day before her death. >> a lot of people were surprised to hear about his arrest. because he sat there next to her family, pleading for her safe return. police now say they were involved in that decision to let him speak. he didn't know that, but her family did. and we're also now learning that he allegedly was engaged to another woman, even though he asked her father for her hand in marriage. >> the plot really thickens there. imagine how excruciating it must have been for that mom, knowing he was a suspect and having to hold his hand there. >>> the auction in the air. why one mom knew she should hole out in getting top dollar for her seat on

police are awaiting autopsy reports for 31-year-old laura wallin.ing all that he cared about was that she could come back. he faces a bail review hearing later today. >>> we're getting mixed stories about what happened at a dinner between the president and democrats. chuck schumer and nancy pelosi announced they reached an agreement with the president to fix daca and protect young immigrants from deportation. they also worked out a plan for border security that does not include the border wall, but white house press secretary sarah sanders disputed that, saying that excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to. pelosi was among those who gathered to discuss daca. ryan reportedly pledged to find a solution to the issue. he said removing the nearly 800,000 immigrants brought to the u.s. as children is not in our interests. >>> the government has banned all federal agencies from using antivirus software made by a russian firm. that company, kapersky labs, is based in moscow. researchers are concerned about its links to the russian government. they de