anyone with aging family. an elderly woman abused. now we know how long her former caretaker will spend behind bars. my word choice was degrading and disrespectful. >> saying sorry. hear the new apology from the nfl star accused of making sexist comments. good morning everyone. it's 4:00 a.m. you still have a few more hours to take a look at that gorgeous full moon. it's known as the harvest moon because it is the full moon that falls closest to the northern hemisphere's autumn equinox. the sunset yesterday, which is why you may have noticed a slight orange glo for a bit. you should be able to see it for a few hours. good morning everyone. i'm molette green. i'm in the weather center with

for our areaou lots going and gearing up for tonight's nats game, right? >> got to win this thing. >> they open the playoff series against the cubs. we have, what, summer-like weather for all of this. >> they don't call them the boys of summer for nothing. it is a warm day. another day back up into the 80s again this afternoon. if you're planning to go down to the baseball game, you will not need your hoodies and sweat shirts at all. it will be a mild one for sure. here's what you need to know. summer hanging on for at least a couple more days. perfect weather for baseball. and the weekend, nice tomorrow. rain, finally a chance for rain on sunday and likely a land falling hurricane sometime late saturday in new orleans will bring us potentially a couple inches of rain on monday. boy, do we need it. temperatures muggy this morning. all in the 60s this morning.

plan on sunshine to get temperatures into the mid-80s this afternoon. storm team 4 radar tracking a couple of storms in winchester. not a big rain threat for the remainder of your friday, however. we'll give you the specifics coming up. >> very important information. thank you so much, chuck. breaking news this morning. a fire not far from georgetown university. take a look at all the smoke on fox hall road there. d.c. fire and ems posted this video. you can see them passing hoses and spraying water there. there's a dentist's office in this building. the fire was in the basement and the first floor. d.c. fire says there are still some hotspots. megan mcgrath was sent to fox hall and we'll go to her live when she arrives on the scene for us. las vegas massacre, new this morning, we have a complete list of the 58 people who died in the worst

history. the old. the oldest 67. they were at the route 91 harvest festival sunday night to celebrate birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and the shared love of music. stephen paddock turned that happy event into a nightmare. seconds after those first shots rang out, people were running for their lives, trying to find a safe spot. a las vegas fire truck happened to be driving by the concert site when it happened. firefighters jumped into action. we told you the shooting went on for ten minutes straight. all that time, first responders dodged bullets to help the injured. this morning, investigators are looking into the possibility that shooter stephen paddock had mental health issues. his girlfriend, marilou danley said he would lie in bed moaning and screaming saying the words

investigators don't believe h o attack. we're also learning about other possible targets he may have considered. he researched other venues. including boston's fenway park and went as far to book rooms in chicago overlooking grant park during lal palooza but never checked in. one of the victim's of sunday's shooting had ties to our area. denise burditus died. a community came together to honor her life. jake bens jackie bensen has more. they gathered at the high school where they met and fell in love over three decades ago. juanita burditus said she

herself, he was much. she never complained. >> what seemed to be the entire population of hedgesville, in eastern panhandle of west virginia came together. they lit candles in honor of the brunette. one of 58 souls whose lives were taken by a deranged gunman. >> among those gathered, denise's friend from the class of 1985. for over 30 years and sometimes from a distance, they've shared joys and challenges. the strength that comes from being raised in this close community in the mountains of west virginia. >> we were crying the whole time through this. >> we've all stuck through it. even through the 30 years. we love it. we love it. we love each other. >> we have

we have theunzing -- >> reporter: even after the service was sod out here on the football field renewing those ties that stretch over the years. but in hedgesville, never break. in hedgesville, west virginia, jackie bensen, news 4. you can learn more about the other victims who died that night, including one woman who was about to get a marriage proposal when the shooting began. we have that story in the nbc washington app. oh, the excitement is building here in d.c. can you feel it? we're counting down to game one of the nlds against the chicago cubs. it's happening tonight. >> let's take the wins one at a time. through the world series. >> trying to help by growing playoff scruff. >> with the way the nats have been playing, this thing is going to be out to here. >> we got this. >> i love it when they grow out their beards. some of

youave your tickets. here's what else you need to know before the game. it begins at 7:31 at nats park. all gates open at 5:30. expect to go through security. the team is asking fans to wear red to celebrate. the game is sold out right now. some limited release tickets and standing room tickets might become available. stephen strasburg will start the game in this playoff series. for all things nats, you want to stay here. eun, chuck and chris will be at nats park later this morning. tonight, wendy, doug and carol will have things covered for us as well. can't wait to go down there, huh, chuck? >> i'm so excited. even though it will be like 12 hours before the game starts -- >> i know, right. >> for us early morning folks feel the post-season. >> it's so beautiful down there this time of morning, too. when we see eun later on this

lovely. >> iea me a hot dog. that's even better. hot dogs, crackerjacks, all the stuff that you associate with baseball. the weather could not be any more perfect for a baseball game than what we'll have this evening. obviously, 7:30 tonight is when game one gets under way. as i mentioned earlier, you won't need your sweat shirts or layers for the first game or two. game time temperatures well up into the 70s. what about tomorrow? we'll look at that coming up. all right, chuck. thanks so much. funny to hear a female talk about routes. cam newton came under fire for that comment. in morning, he has a new message that he wants you to hear. how he's saying sorry just ahead. but first, heading to prison for elderly abuse. a

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4:11 is your time now. a caretaker screamed and cried as she was taken away by sheriff's officials in court. it came after a judge sentenced the woman to one year in prison for abusing an elderly woman. that abuse was caught on camera. but we want to warn you that it is very tough to watch. you can only see roxanne beau can strike her. moments later, she hits the 95-year-old over the head.

cell phone. this happened last december in silver spring. she pleaded guilty to abuse of a vulnerable adult. you'll see this all over your timelines this morning. cam newton is apologizing for his comments about a female reporter. the carolinas panthers qb posted a video to the social media account calling his comments extremely degrading and disrespectful. >> to be honest, that was not my intention. if you are a person who took offense to what i said, i sincerely apologize to you. >> that female reporter also apologizing for racist tweets that she made a few years ago about native americans and african-americans. newton lost at least one endorsement over his comments. all right. we'll get back to that beautiful harvest moon and baseball weather, chuck. >> absolutely right, molette. a lot of clouds t

not as optimal as it could be. it still feels comfy to be on the outside. skies again mostly cloudy. radar showing there may be a stray sprinkle or two in the panhandle of west virginia. not adding up to much. we're talking temperatures coming up. all right, chuck. it's been years in the making. now it's opening one week away. an exclusive sneak peek inside the d.c. wharf. that's just ahead. it's for adults but it's become a tool for teenage cyber sweet 4k t v, mr. peterson. thanks. pretty psyched. did you get fios too? no. mr. peterson, fios is a 100% fiber optic-network. what does that mean? think about it. if you got an awesome new car you'd put the best gas in it, right. so why hook up your awesome technology to anything other than a fiber-optic network? i got to go. peterson. peterson's wife. counting on you guys. your internet deserves the 100% fiber-optic network.

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we want to get to the breaking news about the fire we just told you about. megan mcgrath is there. what can you tell us? >> reporter: we have a very large fire department presence here. if you look behind me, you can see all of the trucks and the people who are in the area wrapping up. this is on fox hall road. if you look in the upper window here on the left-hand side in the roof area, you can see a firefighter hosing down some of the hotspots inside here. fox hall road closed in both directions. that's going to be the case for a while here. apparently, this broke out, they believe, in the basement of this home. there's actually an in-home dental office in the basement

area. it then spread from there dama floors of the home. there were residents here at the time. they were able to evacuate. everybody is going to be okay. but certainly a lot of damage to the home. in terms of the road here, fox hall, a lot of folks take this road to head from upper northwest downtown. it's going to be a closed for a while. we'll try to get a more specific time. but at this point, everything is closed. back to you. >> all right, megan. thank you so much. she'll be live coming up throughout the "news4 today" newscast. it's been a long road. but finally, next thursday the wharf opening up on the southwest waterfront. not the wharf i knew as a child. meagan fitzgerald got a behind the scenes sneak peek. >> reporter: the new wharf is pretty impressive. i'm going to step out of the way so you can look. it's been ten years or more in the making. what you're looking at now are branne

and condos. if you look down beshack. but there's also a lot of other restaurants going in down here. many of them we don't know about because the developer says they're one of a kind. >> this is hank's oyster right here. this is going to be open on thursday. >> reporter: this is one of the 26 restaurants that will be coming to the wharf, along with three hotels and 15 retail shops. monty hoffman is one of the developers who gave us an exclusive tour before the venue opens next thursday. pearl street will have entertainment and live music. outside bars and restaurants will line the waterfront. one of the biggest attractions will be the anthem theater. a brand new state of the art venue which will seat up to 6,000 guests inside. >> it's like a village. that's what we're creating here. >> reporter: reporting at the wharf, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. that's going to be wonderful. okay. just in time for the weekend, we've got the taste of d.c.

us good all this outdoor stuff to take advantage of. >> absolutely right. it's an outdoor lunch kind of day. going out, whatever you're going to do, the weather today and tomorrow looks very nice and summer-like. not going to feel like october for another couple of days around here. there is a complete check of your forecast coming up in just a couple more minutes. there we go. why wait? why wait a couple of minutes when you can get your weather right now. cloudy skies this morning. maybe a stray drizzle drop or two. from winchester to martinsburg about the next hour or so. not much of a rain chance. we're talking about a couple of

here's future weather. that hint of a sprinkle from leesburg to frederick. again, this is low impact. not going to mess with your day kind of rain chances this morning. most of us have to wait until sunday morning. 48 hours from now. before you get a significant chance of rain. most everybody in the mid-60s around the city. temperatures in the upper 50s in the shenandoah valley. sunup at 7:09 this morning. look at these temperatures. a lot of clouds early. then we get back to sunshine. late morning through the afternoon hours. enough sunshine to get temperatures up to near 85 degrees. our average high for today is 72. so way above average today. for tomorrow, saturday again, cloudy first thing. sunshine late morning into the early afternoon. clouds start to thicken up later on in the day for tomorrow. not posting any rain chances on your saturday. could be shower chances past 9:00 or 10:00 saturday evening. most of

the big running ten-miler is sunday morning. cloudy skies and chances of showers early. by the time you get to lunchtime and sunday afternoon and evening in particular, quite showery. the sun goes down on sunday. then nate, which should be making landfall as a hurricane near new orleans late saturday night, that will be here on monday. sheena has the ten-day forecast in a bit. thank you so much, chuck. new this morning, it's an app made for co-workers. now it's the later tool for cyber llies. thebu w

october is national bullying prevention month. news 4 is joining the national -- ask families to be kind. as part of that mission, i had the honor

middle schdroo is of kids, as y can see there, they promised me that they would be kind. many of them were very emotional. it's so easy to be kind and has a lasting impression on the people around us. that was the take away. unfortunately, there are constantly new platforms for cyber bullying to know about. the latest app is called sara ha. it's marketed as a way for co-workers and friends to give self-developed feedback. it's meant for adults. as liz mclaughlin, the app is taking off with the most vulnerable, our teenagers. >> messages posts and likes, kids have a lot of ways to stay connected. one of the latest is saah rah ha. it targets adults but gaining popularity with teens. made as a way to get

friends, the app allows users to send anonymous messages. >> that leaves room for a lots and lots of problems because anonymity is a license to be mean. >> but cyber bullying can occur on any social media site. 70% of kids ages 12 to 17 say they've seen it happen. >> we see this cruelty online. we have to step up and step in and say hey, this isn't right. >> sous chef says bystanders can make a difference. instead of ignoring cyber bullying, there are options for reporting abuse even reporting or blocking users. some students are count erg with a trend of cyber encouragement. >> we have to instill kindness with our own key strokes. >> to spread positive comments about their peers. >> parents also play a role

>> i would tell them not to use it. >> one opinion speaking out against anonymous one. liz mclaughlin, nbc news. > ♪ >> right now at 4:26, she was a wife, a grandmother, a beloved friend. a look at the tributes to a local las vegas shooting victim. plus, new information about the gunman and the other music events he may have targeted. and a cryptic comment from the commander in chief. a message from president trump that's been trending all night. scores! talk about a strong start, right? the c

win. we'll show you the highlight from the ice. first, though, 4:27. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm molette green in for eun yang as she heads to nats park to get ready for the first playoff game. welcome back from las vegas. >> thank you. >> great job, too. >> appreciate that. lot of sort of hard stuff to talk about from las vegas. we're going to get to that in a couple of minutes. today is the day to celebrate, right? >> yeah. >> nats opening the playoffs after a phenomenal season. >> going to be nice out. the weather will be perfect. >> we've got you covered out there, eun and chuck and chris lawrence are out there this morning and wendy and doug and carol maloney will be out there this evening to get us ready for the kickoff at 7:30. >> chuck is there right now. >> he's headed there. >> you got to have your run on. it's hard at 2:33 in the morning. i didn't know what day it was. don't laugh at me, molette. i know. tt

the only one not weari r purple is one of the shades of red. it's in the family. i like stay in the family. it was my color scheme. for today, as you walk outside and get ready for the nats game later on tonight, keep in mind, it's not going to be as cool. you will not it -- don't think it will feel like baseball weather. it's going to be sunny for most of the area. we'll see clouds. we are warmer right now as well. mid to low 60s across the area. bus stop forecast also looking mild. by 8:00 a.m., 68 degrees. a look at the afternoon weather temperatures in the 80s. we'll talk more about the nats forecast coming up. let's check the roads now with jack taylor at wtop. hey, jack. >> good morning, sheena. we have our issues in northwest. you saw megan mcgrath on scene of our fire along fox hall road at reservoir road. turning around. macarthur boulevard trying to handle this volume. closed in this

outer looch the bep of the belt. two lanes getting by this paving project. all clear in a half an hour. out in bowie west. that paving project also two left lanes getting by. aaron, molette, back to you. >> thank you, jack. 4:29. the breaking news this morning. the scene of an overnight house fire could affect your commute. >> megan mcgrath is live on the scene in northwest d.c. megan? >> reporter: well, yeah. this is going to be a problem for people who take fox hall road to go downtown from upper northwest. take a look behind me. you can see why. we had an overnight fire a little after 3:00 in the morning. a fire broke out in the basement of a home in fox hall. we're in the 1600 block. the fire broke out in the basement where there's a dental office. it then spread to the first and second floors. quite a response here from the fire department. the fire is now out. but they still have a lot to do here

there's a lot of damage to this home. the occupants, the people who live there, they were able to get out,. a tremendous amount of damage and work still to be done here. bottom line, if you take fox hall road, because of all the equipment and the hose lines running across the street, it's closed in both directions. so if you take fox hall to go downtown, you have to do something else, at least for the early part of rush hour. back to you guys. megan mcgrath live for us. thank you. now to the las vegas massacre. new this morning, we now have a complete list of the 58 people who died in the worst shooting in u.s. history. the youngest was 20 years old. the oldest 67. >> they were at the route 91 harvest festival sunday night to celebrate birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and a shared love of music. one of the victims of the shooting had ties to our area. denise burditus from west virginia. she died in her husband's arms sunday