nancy: a tough afternoon. be the first to know when there is breaking news all stop sign up for text alerts at wjla.com /text. alison: now only on 7, allegations at a popular massage chain. the woman is suing the chain after saying she was sexually assaulted i am massage therapist. , any as hass live an exclusive interview of the man accused. what did he tell you tonight, tim? tim: he says his brother is married, religious, and never had a problem at this massage parlor on wisconsin avenue, but the accuser's attorney says he believes that he was accused of sex assault two other times. is facing a multimillion dollar lawsuit, claiming sexual assault by a therapist. >> 100%, i'm sure. tim: i spoke with the suspect's brother through their door. >> the people want only money. >> obviously she is quite disturbed. tim: said she was sexually assaulted by the man september 17. >> she is in fear of what she may have contracted. tim: the attorney said massage envy new that he was already accused of sexually assaulting t

nancy? nancy: thank you. still ahead at the bottom of the hour, a new device that can confirm pneumonia diagnosis inspired by kids. we tell you why children were the driving force behind this. sam: a job fair in d.c. that makes sense. i'm sam ford. that story i and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. when i was 3, children's so i can play with my grandkids. so i can celebrate 50. when i was 14, they saved my heart so i could bring family together. so i can help cardiac patients just like me. so i can serve my country. so i can do what i love. so i can give back. so i can play in the junior

nancy? nancy: thank you. the trump administration on the note now easing cargo restrictions to speed up recovery efforts in puerto rico. the president waiving the jones act which means lifting federal restrictions on foreign ships transporting cargo to the hurricane ravaged island and that should speed up deliveries of the supplies and for less cost. maryland task force one back home. the team was helping with recovery efforts in san juan. maryland's critical incident stress management team home from florida after hurricane irma. situation in puerto rico and the ways you can help the hurricane victims, go to the website wjla.com. nancy: now to the weather at home, taking a live look outside. it's a gorgeous day. barely any clouds out there. brian van de graaff has a first check of the forecast. cooler today than yesterday, brian. brian: finally like fall. outside feels great. the front came through. early this morning sticky. through the day it's feeling nice. go to the big board. i will tell you finally, fin

nancy: my gosh, so cute. tomorrow, join abc up with a salvation army to stand strong for texas will stop representatives will take your calls and collect online donations. for more information, head to wjla.com. steve: let's talk about the weather and some changes on the way thanks to a cold front moving across during the evening, now into the overnight. 68 degrees in frederick, 57 oakland, maryland. you will notice the difference tomorrow with the added clouds in the afternoon. that is the remnants of harvey. fromatellite and radar stormwatch 7, scattered showers north of prince george's county, moving across annapolis at this hour, clearing out and drying out around the district, where we saw showers earlier. this is what is left of harvey, dropping several inches of rain across tennessee into southwestern kentucky. moving through the overnight, not moving terribly fast. weather later tomorrow night and into the day saturday. the first half of the holiday weekend not looking so great. morning, well to the w

nancy? nancy: new threats right now from north korea. one day after president trump approved strict new stations against kim jong un regime. the north korean leader is threatening to test a hydrojohn bomb over the pacific ocean. as we report, it comes as president trump and kim jong un trade insults from across the globe. reporter: north korea's latest threat garnering widespread condemnation. the u.n. calling for rogue nuclear power to stop testing nuclear weapons. reporter: kim jong un calling president trump mentally deranged, unfit for office. saying in a statement now that trump has denied existence of and insulted me and my country in front of the eyes of the world and made the most ferocious declaration of a war in history we will consider corresponding highest level of the countermeasure in history. the north korean foreign minister announcing the highest level could include testing a hydrogen bomb over the pacific ocean. >> we will continue our efforts in the diplomatic arena. but all of our military options as the president has

meanwhile, larry and erin, nancy. back to you. nancy: thank you very much. larry: all right. erin is talking sports. redskins. a sticky situation with them. erin: absolutely. over the weekend, some interesting news. second-year player craven stunned the redskins announced he was leaving the team a week before the season opener pondering retirement. some fans were angry about the situation, head coach jay gruden seemed supportive. coach gruden: the way he handled it was a professional way. from what i understand of his situation i understand where he is coming from. there are issues there he has to take care of. as far as owing things to us, he has given everything he has had since he has been here. i think sometimes it's your personal life is more important. in this erin: hopefully he figures that out either way. now in high school, former patriot high school track star rachel macarthur won several state championships. now she hopes to find that same success at the collegiate level. scott abraham has more in today's rising star. scott: rachel macarthur logging mile after mile

nancy? nancy: steve, thank you. now to the aftermath of hurricane harvey. officials in the houston area county spending $20 million to buy out more than 200 homes. they approved the funds to speed up the buy-out process. homeowners refuse to sell they have to raise their homes more than a foot above the base flood level >> new developments now in the death of a 5-month-old boy who was hit by a car while his mother pushed his stroller through a crosswalk. we learned the driver in the crash, john miller, will plead guilty to reckless driving charges and also plead guilty for failing to yield. he could face up to a year in jail once he enters the pleas next month. nancy: new at 4:00, a mother stabbed and killed in the district. police are searching for answers as well as a suspect. d.c. bureau chief sam ford is live in southeast. what can you tell us, sam? sam: well, this startled i guess before 10:00 this morning. you can see one officer here on the scene. slew of officers just left. they have been here for all the da

here, nancy has made a lasting mark. to members of my staff and others, nancy is the first person they call when facing a difficult research question. nancy signature combination of unyielding perseverance has enabled her to complete countless research projects on numerous subjects throughout her time in the senate. she is widely known for her kindness and good humor. my office worked closely with nancy on a number of different projects over the years, but there's one project that was of tirk importance to -- particular importance to me i would like to mention. a number of years i began a series of speeches focusing on the lives and legacies of prominent u.s. senators from the commonwealth. my staff has regularly looked to nancy for help. she's been an indispensable research for each speech in kentucky i have delivered. her work, gathering sources and putting the information in its proper context has helped me pay tribute to many distinguished kentuckians. therefore it's fitting she holds the highest honor my state can b

nancy: thank you. for the third time this year the lincoln memorial has been vandalized. this year a pillar scratched up. the police believe they got the vandal. tim barber along the national mall with the story. tim? tim: well, investigators say he used that penny to carve into one of the pillars here. so he used lincoln's face to deface lincoln's memorial. >> this vandalism is hard to see and difficult to remove. >> i mean why do you destroy something so beautiful. >> the park police responded to tourists carving letters in the pillar monday afternoon. it's not clear what the message is. >> anything at all? >> no. tim: the suspect nurtilek bakirov is from the kyrgyz, small country west of ki china. the 30-year-old said, "am i in trouble for doing this?" >> i think he should be prosecuted for one thing and i think any defacing of government property is wrong. tim: bakirov is facing charges for defacing public property and destruction of property and the damage is expected to be $1,000. >> somewhat is

nancy: exactly. larry: hang on. nancy: story of the day. all right. you might have figure it's a fun place to cool off for the summer. larry: when we come back how the local pool is becoming a larry: well, tomorrow, join abc7 for "american idol" auditions in annapolis. we're out there at 4:25 a.m. on "good morning washington," dark and early. see you then. michelle: today is the traditionally final day the pools are open in the area. we thought it would be a great time to tell you about the first of its kind summer job program to help special teens find work. results are staggering. jay korff has the story exclusive. jay: throughout maryland this summer remarkable experiment flourished. >> these are the results we like and that people should know about. >> montgomery county non-profit trains and finds employment for people with special needs. teamed up with the pool management company to place 16 teenagers on autism spectrum at jobs at neighborhood pools. rahim is one of the employees. >> seeing how to do things in the reel world. in others. if you ne

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nancy: and a lot of data. jonathan: tonight, a lesson about work ethic from a child in falls church. nancy: wanted to mow the white house lawn. >> good job! nancy: he is so focused. he is in the sixth grade. he wrote to president trump the sheer and offered to mow the lawn for free. he is very focused on his task. it was not all work. he and his dad also got a chance to visit the oval office. >> the office is a lot bigger than i thought. i thought it was just slightly bigger than a regular office. jonathan: he will own his own company in no time. we are told the 11-year-old's plans for the future or a military future, telling the president he wants to be a navy seals. i'm guessing he is going to make that happen. steve: absolutely. at reagandegrees national, a little above average this time of year. folks enjoying the boardwalk at national harbor. beltway, 74 degrees at reagan national, just a little cooler frederick,, mid 60's dulles, manassas, 67 fredericksburg, 59 in oakland, maryland. the dew point levels

nancy? nancy: thank you. next on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- swastika found in a georgetown university dorm. today is one of the most important jewish holidays of the year. sweet 4k tv, 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. and now get our fastest internet ever plus tv and phone for just $79.99 per month. mark herring: my mom to provide for our family. at one point, she got fired for of all things -- tting married. that was a lifelong lesson for me: when people are hurt, you need to stand up and do something. and i've never forgotten that as your attorney general. whether it's protecting veterans and seniors from

nancy: the future is now, next. jonathan: we have shown futuristic cars, but check out this futuristic bike. company unveiled a prototype hover bike that could be ready sometime next year. nancy: you may be wondering how much it will cost. it is between $50,000 and $80,000. on the bright side, no potholes to worry about come you don't have to worry about traffic, and you will be the coolest person on the block. jonathan: is if they can go 30 or 40 feet above the ground, fly right over the traffic. erin: i was thinking the same thing, it's only worth it if he goes over the cars. jonathan: how to the nationals do against the marlins? erin: they were looking to make it two in a worow. sports is next. do you want to do a monster check? yes. no monsters. ♪ how about the drawer? ♪ no monsters. nightly monster checks are how grant makes home his. and homegoods is what makes it all possible. amazing finds. always great prices. make home yours. born and raised incian, dr.

nancy: still ahead, the urgent warning to get out of cuba. alison: what we know about the mysterious impacts targeting diplomats. plus, in and out in a matter of seconds. the high-speed armed robbery playing out in the city can you help catch them nancy: and by air or sea, we have futuristic new ideas for rocket travel. moments caught on camera, and it happened fast. the man on the right whipping out a gun, taking cash, then taking off. it happened last friday at a store on georgia avenue in northwest. no arrest so far. nancy: developing right now -- >> some very bad things happen. alisonnancy: to travel to cuba, the u.s. ordering more than half of its diplomatic staff to come home. the state department is suspending all routine visas to the united states issued from of some attacks in the country, some by sonic weapons. hearing have range from loss to mild and traumatic brain injury. what is unclear is who is behind them. ofson: the superintendent the air force academy is being praised for his response to racism after someone he wrote racial

nancy: this video is shocking. a nurse pulled out of the hospital screaming refusing to draw an unconscience patient's blood. this is all connected to a police chase and a fiery crash. we will have it all, next. >> abc 7 standing strong for texas and we need your help. i'll tell you nancy: welcome back. a scam involving apple's app store. michelle: you have one of these malicious emails. i was standing next to you. you were freaking out. >> it's so tricky. it's great when scammers try to get us at abc 7 news. we will show you what to look out for. it's an email that's designed as a receipt for a very expensive in an app purchase. the email looks very similar to a real apple store app receipt, but that $49.99 charge for virtual currency in a mobile game sticks out. >> they're counting on you going, hey, i didn't buy that. let's fix this. >> c.e.o. of optimal networks has seen this scam before. >> it works well because it lays on your p lindey: scammers know your first instinct is to dispute a charge so they provided

right now back to nancy. nancy: we will stand thank you very much. this is what it looks like in st. thomas. you can see the trees blown and the wind as irma moves closer to the u.s. irvin islands this morning. the cars are lining up florida trying to leave the florida keys. maggie rulli shows us some of the damage so far and how people in irma's path are getting ready. hurricane irma is barreling on as a category five. one of the strongest the atlantic ocean has ever seen. the storm is bearing down on puerto rico. an island the experts say hasn't seen a storm of this magnitude in a hundred years. >> i covered hurricanes for 125 years. this is unlike anything i have seen. >> they are bracing for the worst. having seen the path of devastation irma already left behind in the caribbean. >> this is nature at the most fierce. irma. with florida preparing for a direct hit saturday afternoon. right now miami is in bullseye. floridians are running out of the necessities. >> the manager told us they don't have any water in yet. so i am going to pick up other

nancy: tom, thank you. asy connected with abc seven the investigation unfolds for continuing coverage on-air and online at wjla.com. breaking news in the satellite center -- north korea is turning to test a hydrogen bomb in the pacific. the new information coming from south korean journalists. president trump ordered economic sections on north korea earlier today. this week president trump warned that the u itself and its allies. kim jong-un called president trump deranged and would pay dearly for those threats. we will bring you breaking updates on wjla.com and on abc 7. tim barber, abc 7 news. alison: meanwhile, we continue to track the devastation after this week's earthquake in mexico. the death toll continuing to grow, now 273. search and rescue efforts are still happening as mexico's president says people can still be trapped in as many as 10 buildings. >> my brother is alive, but the complicated thing is reaching him where he is. we cannot just reach in and take him out. there are three consecutive e

nancy: thank you, larry. the seattle seahawks player speaking out about a run-in michael bennett calling it terrifying and said he was racially profiled by the officers who pipped him down outside -- pinned him down outside. las vegas police department said that bennett ran and acted suspiciously. >> if you are a suspect and the guns are drawn you don't know what to do. i'm asking tell me what i did? i'm scared and i just want to go home. nancy: bennett says he is making family the main focus. michelle: byron westbrook never left the state of maryland. he spent five seasons with the redskins and now he is taking the talents to bladensburg high school. robert burton has more with the coach of the week. robert: the perfect example of giving back. former redskins byrop westbrook now bladensburg's high scho paying it forward. >> it has to be a dream come true. >> it is. i want to give back to the kids as much as the parents gave to me. i want to be important in their lives. in school, out of school, girls, with a

donald trump got rolled by chuck summer and nancy pelosi. that's what they call it in washington when you go into a meeting with the other side and the other side gets everything they want and you get nothing. donald trump had another meeting with the other side tonight inviting chuck summer and nancy pelosi to dinner at the white house without their republican counterparts, mcconnell and paul ryan. the most conservative right wing president in history with no history in government meets with liberal nancy pelosi and liberal chuck schumer with decades of experience in government. and now we have duelling statements from chuck schumer and nancy pelosi versus white house spokesperson about what actually happened during that dinner. that's next. you wouldn't believe what's in this kiester. a farmer's market. a fire truck. even a marching band. and if i can get comfortable talking about this kiester, then you can get comfortable using preparation h. for any sort of discomfort in yours. preparation h. get comfortable with it. theso when i need to

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nancy: breaking news at 6:00. as we come on the air word that 55 people are dead after a powerful earthquake rocked central mexico. jonathan: that is the number that could go up a lot. we are seeing video coming in now from mexico city. there is a race to find survivors. many trapped under the rubble. many have been pulled out from some of the collapsed buildings already. lisa fletcher monitoring the breaking story from the live desk. what is the latest? lisa: the death toll continues to rise as rescue crews are looking for survivors. 55 people are dead. streets are filled with debris. numerous buildings collapsed or suffered millions of damage. moments ago i read an "associated press" report rescue workers cheering as they pulled a woman from a downed building and they immediately called for quiet again as they looked for more people trapped. all schools have been closed and mexico city international airport is shut down. there are power outages and gas leaks. on this day in 1985, mexico city suffered magnitude 8

nancy: they. now we know that the police were looking at tyler tessier as a murder suspect while he made a play for laura wallen's safe return. she was dead. but detectives were looking closely and brad bell spoke with the lead investigator. brad? brad: the action is moving to the montgomery county circuit court building. the police say they have a mountain of evidence they will be able to give to the jury in the courtroom here. among the evidence will be the video they gather from the press conference featuring tessier this past monday. >> it was something that still defies belief. asking the parents of a missing woman to appear at a believed to have murdered their child. now the strategy was to poke holes in the theory. >> we wanted to put him in front of the cameras to see if he would stutter. >> it worked. the parents looked on repeatedly. seemed at a loss for words. >> it's a complete shock. >> 48 hours later the focus led to the discovery of laura wallen's body in a shallow grave. her father

nancy: caught on video. a fire engulfing a school bus that minutes earlier had been filled with children. this happened in kansas city. witnesses say everyone did manage to escape unharmed. all thanks to a brave bus driver. >> he was getting the kids off the bus fast. >> it was a miracle they got everyone out on time. nancy: a true hero there. the driver taking it in strike. getting the children away and loading them to a new bus minutes later and the school system called that driver a hero. michelle: fast thinking. former senate majority leader and republican nominee for presde spokesperson says the 9-year-old was admitted to walter reed military medical center more than a week ago for low blood pressure. late this afternoon, the world war ii veteran tweeted out he hopes to be home, "sipping a cosmo" in coming days. we hope so, too. first lady melania trump put on gloves and held her first white house kitchen garden event. she hosted a local children group to plant and harvest vegetables. former first lady

nancy: thank you. there is a state of emergency ahead of irma. in addition to preparing the state for anything it brings this far north it opens up resources to help neighbors to the south. the governor made a similar declaration after hurricane harvey. larry: the u.s. mainland braces for disaster. hundreds of thousands are living with the aftermath of catastrophic storm. we have the recovery effort underway. >> every hour we are getting new images from the caribbean and what folks deal with first-hand. new tonight the word that resources are redirected to help. >> record breaking winds as irma ravaged the caribbn. >> that is the roof. there it is. >> barely a building left with a roof. u.s. virgin islands, power, water and the cell service knocked out. the popular tourist attraction the soggy dollar bar hardly recognizable. help is on the way from the military to virginia own search and rescue team. both deployed to the virgin islands. >> the mission is conduct search and rescue missions on the u.s. v

nancy: answering the call. incredible news from the waldorf animal rescue about the dogs and other animals rescued. at james madison high school. we will explain why this phrase means so much to the school and the community. everybody coming together to honor a man they call coach lenin. jonathan: don't forget. our phone lines are still open to donate to thie salvation army. standing strong for texas. call 703-236-9220. or you can go to our website wjla.com steve: we need your help this afternoon and into the evening hours. we have a phone bank at abc 7. the number 703-236-9220. we are collecting money to are really suffering right now from hurricane harvey. it is easy, it is quick. once again the number is 703-236-9220. jonathan? jonathan: many local companies are stepping up to help those in need in texas. a janitorial business in montgomery county specializing in flooding, they're working on sending a team to texas to help with cleanup efforts. for now workers at certified building services are collecting do

nancy: in wisconsin. >> don't you know. nancy: more must-see video now. that is the president trump trying to get the opinion of an 11-year-old from falls church. he is so focused. living out his dream of mowing the lawn and the white house rose garden. eventually they got a chance to talk. focused. jonathan: love it. 11-year-old kid with a great work ethic and too busy. afterwards brianne carter got to speak one-on-one with the young entrepreneur about the big dreams. >> the sixth grader got to cut the grass after writing this letter to president trump. 2 young entrepreneur so determined he didn't stop when the president himself showed up. >> great job! it was not only different because it was the white house that cut this grass but it is more difficult than cutting the neighbor's lawn. >> the mower was heavier than the old one. it wasn't all work. he and his father stepped to the oval office. >> the office was bigger than i thought. i thought it was slightly bigger than a regular office. >> something we couldn't imagine. >> the young boy's father says t

nancy: plus a town home up in flames. we are learning what sparked the fire and what woke up the man who was inside. alison: new at 5:00, after the demand for help soars after the recent hurricanes, some of it is coming from places you might not expect. "7 couple's story of survive and rescue out i join you here at 5:00. i'm a lawyer, and i have clients, and i am proud to do what i do on behalf of my clients. narrator: the clients john adams and his team are so proud to work for? banks accused of money laundering. big corporations accused of defrauding taxpayers. and mortgage lenders accused of unfairly foreclosing on homes. now he wants to be attorney general. john adams: the best attorney general the powerful and well-connected can buy. i'm mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. michelle: maryland task force one deployed to puerto rico. the team helping fema in the wake of hurricane maria. melissa dipane has more on the rescue

they are greater obstructionist than nancy pelosi and chuck schumer. and they have driven the president into and compelled him to do whatever he can to break the logjam of inaction and indifference to the will of the people as well as the national interest on the part of the leadership -- republican leadership. >> sean: so we agree. but i bet donald trump in the course of his business life, like probably we have done in our lives. you shake so many hands, you have a deal. >> chuck schumer is not like that. and neither is nancy pelosi. >> they are not his friend. >> sean: i do not trust them. they are not his friend, so we have to get it up in writing upfront. nohi deal on anything. he in fact gets that wall. >> i would not trust their signatures. they can do whatever they want. >> sean: it does not mean anything. they can write it in blood. >> we are getting closer to the solution, i believe. but the reality is, i do not trust ryan. i do not trust mcconnell. they are both on lock, stock, and barrel by the chamber of commerce, and they are going to fund

nancy: welcome back. people are lined up for gas in miami today as florida to evacuate south florida ahead of hurricane irma. the shortage of fuel is a major complications. but cars are not the only way to leave town. larry: major airlines are giving everyone every chance to get out of the path. brianne carter, you have talked to a lot of people who evacuated. some took extreme efforts. >> indeed they did. take a look at reagan national airport. we are in a lull right now. there are not a lot of folks at the baggage claim. if you look here, a number of the last chance efforts. tampa and west palm beach. still arriving and the folks getting out ahead of the storm. bustlalling baggage claim at reagan national airport. city folks arrive in the d.m.v. to get out of the sunshine state ahead of hurricane hurricane irma. >> no doubt. it's scary. west palm beach apartment and got on the first flight to be with family in maryland. >> it is still going to effect. it will be really, really bad. >> kevin was at a con

nancy: the d.c. counsel taking on another type of the vacant building, those owned by the foreign governments. district leaders are getting complaint of the foreign owned property falling apart. d.c. council president phil mendleson is proposing legislation to allow them to tax and fine the foreign government that owned the blighted properties. josh: we are taking a look around the area. you can see jose on satellite and radar bringing rain to new england. we are just far enough away that the cloud cover is not an issue for us. zoom in closer to home. there have been a few clouds but now starting to clear out. we see the sunshine setting near after 7:00. the temp if not warm. 87 degrees for right now for feels like in d.c. 82 for culpeper. one of the cooler spots. winchester, hanging close to 80. annapolis still feels like 86 degrees. so the summertime feel. we go throughout the evening we'll fall to the 70's. it will turn mostly clear but the warm weather does stick around. overnight lows in the 60'

nancy: it's very expensive. we will talk about why the restaurant owner says the customers keep coming back for more. hundreds of dollars. >> all right. first look at how to start tomorrow with "good morning washington" hear on -- here on abc7. >> thanks, tomorrow on "good morning washington," irma tears through florida leaving millions without power in the path of destruction. we will have the latest track of where it is headed next. >> will the storm surge to the d.c. area? we are keeping an eye on when irma can impact the morning commute. stay with us for traffic and weather every ten minutes tomorrow morning countless ailments. countless hours. and guess what? you can handle it all. be a leader in your field with a bsn from strayer university. a nursing program created by and for nurses. let's get it, nurses. there's the view. there's more to life than the climb. you've got to stop... remember who you are. let the child inside you out to p

nancy: those are valuable. you can get some plastic rings with that. jonathan: could play some good games. erin: stuffed animals. if only we worked in boston. emptyts come up not do much better against costa rica. sports is coming up. >> and now the toyota sports desk, brought to you by her local toyota dealers. erin: the nationals in milwaukee, hoping to even the series with the brewers tonight. tanner roark brewers pitching might have been better. all of the scoring in the game, bottom of the first, walker takes roark to deep right, solo shot, 1-0. that was all they needed. the brewers held the nationals to three hits and racked up 17 strikeouts. the nats lose 1-0. the u.s. men's national team had no answer for costa rica tonight during the world cup qualifier. 30th minute, costa rica splits the defense, nice move, then fires it past the goalie. match andate in the the u.s. players are frustrated by the officiating. clint dempsey got a yellow card for that. a disappointing night all around. 2-0.soccer loses atnwhile, the mystic coast the seattle stor

chuck and nancy became a thing. >> chuck and nancy deal. >> with his friends chuck and nancy. >> with quote/unquote, chuck and nancy. >> the chuck and nancy show. >> chuck was talking about the president. >> he likes us. he likes me any way. >> reporter: chuck and nancy inspired a disloyal boyfriend meme, trump looking wiftfully at chuck and nancy while ignoring his main squeeze republican leaders mitch and paul. same meme with faces swapped. chuck and nancy has even be used as a verb as in maybe that gop calls him daddy they won't get chuck and nancied again. president trump hasn't always been quite so chucky about chuck and nancy. he's called him crying head schumer and head clown. >> i think she's incompetent actually. >> reporter: chuck and nancy have like-wise slammed the president's action. >> was heartless and it was brainless. >> reporter: speaking of brainless, chuck and nancy sounds a little like a convenient tro quill lift account. >> what do you want this time, chuck? >> i want to be a real boy. >> reporter: by the way, how come chuck always gets to go before nancy. we fix

of all people, nancy pelosi had a hand in this tweet. >> that's right, hallie. we are learning -- again, talk about confusion on this issue, a huge announcement from his attorney general, all 800,000 people with their fates and future in this country thrown into question. then another confusing tweet later in that day and now this. it seems like a complete reversal. and senior democratic aid tellas us here at nbc that, in fact, nancy pelosi asked the president to do this during a phone call. she is taking credit, essentially, for what happens happened. and my question still, is this a one off or a trend, but right now the president is acting as though the democrats are his partners across the board, based on his praise of chuck and nancy yesterday in that meeting, siding with them on this debt ceiling question over his own party. >> kasie hunt there, standing in front of where we expect to see nancy pelosi in about half an hour from now. talk about this, maybe take a victory lap, kasie. hans nichols is over at the white house. bottom line, government stays open,

nancy: winds upwards of 180 miles per hour. jonathan: and those are just some of the outer bands of the storm. the message from officials in florida, get repaired now, do not wait until we know the exact path of the storm. hundreds of thousands following those directions, meaning food and gas is in short supply. nancy: we are covering the mass exodus from on the ground in florida and from reagan national airport. we want to start with steve rudin in the hurricane center, on the update just seconds ago. steve: some changes with the storm. a tiny bit, but it is still a very strong category five hurricane. the wind speed has diminished to 165 miles per hour, compared with 175 miles the wind gusts come instead of 215 now at 200 miles per hour. it is still tracking to the north, northwest at about 60 miles per hour, keeping it on track to make potential landfall somewhere across south florida late saturday night into early sunday morning. the latest for you, the track just updated, tracking towards northwest, and eventually making l

nancy: tonight the deadly storm is in cuba. tom roussey is tracking the images of devastation that are coming into focus tonight. tom: it is so awful, it is hard to believe the worst may be still to come. the latest estimate we have puts the number of people who have died in the caribbean at 23, but that number expected to grow because irma is hitting new areas as we speak. bahamasa shot from the as the storm hit there. before that come it had left a lot of damage elsewhere in the caribbean, large parts of st. maarten are completely destroyed, the u.s. virgin islands also suffer damage, other islands hit. some americans wound up stuck in irma's abc 7 talk to a person on the turks and caicos who made an emotional call to her family before irma hit. >> you say goodbye and tell them that you love them. it's all i could do. tom: so far, nowhere has been harder hit than the tiny island of barbuda. this drone video shows the damage left after the hurricane hit wednesday. it is estimated irma destroyed 95% of the buildings on that isl

nancy: absolutely. back track irma, steve is with the latest on the storm in the next 15 minutes, plus updates around the clock at wjla.com. & up for breaking news alerts at wjla.com/text. jonathan: turning to other news happening now, an all-out search for this teacher who was pregnant. lney hasaura wallen of o not had any contact with her family since monday. tom: this is where laura wallen lives. neighbors say they last saw her this past weekend. the makes the concerning -- situation more concerning, she is about four months pregnant. in 2016 so teacher laura wallen was awarded teacher of the year. the police say she had been getting ready for this school year but never showed up for the first two days of class. >> my daughter went to school with laura and i just -- what a sweet verse and she is. it is so out of character. tom: residents of the condos in olney are shocked. one neighbor said he last saw her saturday night when she and her boyfriend arrived at her home. the neighbor said the boyfriend

nancy: thank you. also developing police investigating what mail believe is another act of domestic violence. a woman killed this morning. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg with the new developments breaking right now. jeff? >> this is a horrific crime. this took place on north henry street this morning. friends and family of the victim are in complete shock over what happened. this is a photo of 30-year-old dasheria barksdale. she was killed earlier this morning in a stabbing after 1:00 al. she died this morning at an area hospital. edwards is a close friend. she was there when all of this happened. now edwards tells us that on tuesday, barksdale broken up with her boyfriend. a 23-year-old man from alexandria. ex-boyfriend burst in the home on north henry and began pouring lighter fluid on dasheria barksdale. eventually stabbing her and stabbing edwards' brother who tried to intervene. the ex-boyfriend then stabbed himself. edwards is still in disbelief. >> i would never have thought. they

nancy: they need help there. this here, in the british virgin islands you can see coming in over the marina. so much of that is pushed offshore. catastrophic damage as well and the northern leeward islands. north of boca raton is on the water. that is where we continue our team coverage. tracking irma with brad bell. what have you encount erred there so far? brad: nancy, we are seeing a tremendous disparity, really, between what we are seeing here right now. this is gorgeous on the beach. the water couldn't be more blue. but we are starting to feel the wind pick up. we are starting to see the surf pick up. now there are people out here right now. it hasn't been like this. people are coming out to take a look. across the way, there is the difference. the restaurant closed out. they have sand and plywood. they have a concrete wall to protect them from the storm surge. looking on the balcony, you can see thisgy and putting in screws as they board up windows. we are hearing from people who say they will stay here. th

that chuck schumer and nancy pallone -- nancy pelosi recognized? michael: he operates in the moment. he will change from day to day based on who he is talking to. he doesn't see a problem with that. that is the way he has been. they came in with a deal, republicans did not have a deal. trump was willing to make the jump. the difference -- i'm not optimistic about tax reform, but the difference is that tax reform is a sliding scale. you can move the numbers to get more votes. you could not do that with obama care. it was a black and white issue. and so there's a lot of places for negotiation and if ryan and mcconnell can't come up with the votes, that is the signal to get something done on the rhone, to bring the rates really low, the president says we will change the numbers and i will talk to my friend chuck. >> are we seeing a new coalition on capitol hill? mainstream democrats and republicans not having the freedom caucus and the fringes dictate where everything goes? nancy: they would like that. they are eager to work together on issues like he

nancy: are you? jonathan: they are very good. michelle: not you? nancy: i just like black coffee. a cultural phenomenon. jonathan: you don't like the foo-foo coffee. >> there is something about the p.s.l. there are oreos and cake and -- michelle: i'll all about all of these. the duke and the duchess are expecting baby number three. jonathan: they do make beautiful babies. no kidding. abc7 is on stormwatch7. look at this. wild! this is the moment that a fast-moving storm struck a beach in santa barbara. you never see this in california. everything wentfullying. witnesses say even the kayaks were launched 100 feet in the air. the people on the beach describe the weather changing literally in a heart hail just threw me from the beach. all the way, dragged me by the boats to the fence where i had to hold on to the fence. jonathan: there were injuries. none severe. not the ones we are hearing about. it was believed to be a micro burst and did that damage on the beach. michelle: so frightening. there is the moment the sun came up over the storm as satellite was taking pictures of it. go

you are the air of my from nancy. was nancy evelyn and celia longingly waited for this day for four years. their mother is being released from prison florence was sentenced to six years in jail for a minor offense that's not uncommon in kenya it's a country where people have no legal security and the state acts in arbitrary ways . it's frequently children like nancy evelyn and cilla who are the victims of this arbitrary state action. well in this case it was really heartbreaking because their mother was arrested and she was arrested she was in the house the children we are in school and when they came they didn't find the mother. the mother disappeared and nobody knew where she was the traumatic experience particularly for nancy the eldest. kenya the one time african model country isn't able to look after its children it leaves this job to international aid organizations billions of dollars in aid are invested in the country. but how can these funds improve the conditions in the country long term if the people are too

host: more reaction from nancy pelosi. [video clip] >> do you trust the president of the united states, and should dreamers trust him? >> is that a fair question? >> absolutely. >> when we are talking about this legislation to protect dreamers, i trust the president understanding the public overwhelmingly supports not sending these young people back. we have had a discussion of this , and as leader schumer of i said coming out of the meeting, it was interpreted by some that we have an agreement on the deal. that was not the case. we have an agreement to move forward. protect thes to dreamers and for further discussion on what provisions leading to the border might be as we move forward. i trust the president in that regard. host: house democratic leader nancy pelosi. this from the washington post, uncertainty around daca talks is trumpian. tim from ohio. good morning. caller: the thing about the anchor babies people were talking about, bruce lee was born in the united states by his mother and father, who were chinese. they

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steve bannon's breitbart ran this headline about nancy pelosi today. conservatives furious after trump cuts debt ceiling deal with nancy pelosi, chuck schumer. that's steve bannon's breitbart furious. as we reported last night, the deal trump agreed to with pelosi and schumer could derail the entire republican legislative agenda, including tax cuts, and there is not yet any indication that the president understands that that's what he did. today the senate voted on the schumer/pelosi/trump deal. it passed with 80 votes including all democrats. 17 republican senators voted against it including lindsey graham of south carolina, a state that has been hit with hurricanes before and will be hit again. he said he voted against the hurricane sandy relief bill and the debt ceiling increase because the bill did not also contain increases in military spending. joining us now is jonathan capehart, opinion writer for "the washington post" and an msnbc contributor, and back with us is ron klain. jonathan, so south carolina, which could be hit by the next hurricane

give me your thoughts. >> the camp of chuck and nancy. >> is that a place? >> see how long that place lasts. >> is it a bar, i hope. >> because we are talking about president trump here, but i think you had chairman steel on yesterday, michael steel. i interviewed him immediately after the election for my podcast, i asked him what does this mean? he said we have the freest president. he's not a republican, he's not a conservative. he's pragmatic populist then he said, if he can't do a deal with paul and mitch he'll have no problem doing a dial with nancy and with chuck. and when i heard what happened in the oval, that -- what michael steel told me leapt out at me because that's exactly what happened. what the president wants is to make a deal any deal. and now i hear he is gloating over all the great press coverage that he's getting of being with chuck and nancy. as much as this made me laugh, like joyously for first time since november 8th, from a political perspective, it was the right thing to do. if only president trump could behave that way all the time