A lot of people loved my son. New tonight, Vice President biden on the threat of isis in iraq. Is the u. S. Now considering air strikes in syria . An overnight bus ride to ferguson, missouri. Why a local group is joining the protest now. Announcer news 4 at 11 00 starts now. First up its the last weekend before many districts go back to school. A redskins ravens game tomorrow. A chance of rain for most of us. Lets go to chief meteorologist doug camerrer. Whats the weekend looking like . I know there will be tailgaters during the day. Lets see whats going on across the region. We have showers out there. Not many, but a few. One particular shower in through portions of Prince William county. Another area of rain expanding over to the shenandoah valley. We are seeing this moving down 270 like earlier. Heads up around urbana, clarksburg. The showers move to the south. They are not moving that fast. The wider view shows what well deal with tomorrow. We had an easterly flow. Showers and thunderstorms with another boundary settling in across the region. I expect showers on saturday. What about the rest of the weekend . I have the forecast for you in a minute. A Community Vigil for a young man who fought to keep violence out of his neighborhood. Timothy daukins was killed a year ago. He was not the intended target. As shomari stone reports, his friends and family want to make sure his message lives on in his community. Im not happy he isnt here. Cynthia and Douglas Dawkins paid tribute to their son at a candlelight vigil. He was killed a year ago this week in southeast d. C. I dont like the fact that he lost his life over nothing. The 24yearold are was a Community Activist who mentored youth. His family said he told teens to stop the violence. Ironically, he became a victim of what he spoke out against. He was running. Somebody shot him in his back. Reporter his mother says he was caught in the crossfire, an innocent bystander at 4th street and livingston terrace. Police arrested the suspected gunman a couple days after timothy was killed. His life was cut short too soon. We keep the legacy going. Ill miss his smile, his singing. Reporter he leaves behind parents, a son, and a community who will never forget his positive message. A lot of people love my son. Im glad he left behind something worth cherishing. There is another Memorial Service on sunday, august 31 from 1 00 to 3 00 in the afternoon. You can find more details on our website at nbc washington. Com. In southeast d. C. , im shomari stone, news 4. At the corruption trial for bob and maureen mcdonnell, the former governor is emphatic he didnt trade his support for luxury gifts, loans and vacations from star stick c ceo jonnie williams. When his attorney asked if he was innocent he responded, absolutely. I know that in my heart. He said he didnt do anything inappropriate but made mistakes reporting the money. He said he blames himself and not his wife and said the best gift he received in office was time with his family. I gave my heart and soul the to virginia. Sometimes my children and wife got the short end of the stick. Follow julie carey for details as mcdonnell gets back on the stand monday. New tonight, Vice President joe biden is tackling the crisis in iraq in a new oped in the Washington Post. The Vice President says iraqis must rise above their differences to roust terrorist group isis. He condemned isis for the killing of american journalist james foley and said the u. S. Would not negotiate with them. He went on to say the u. S. Support it is new iraqi leadership thats about to come into power. Tonight the fbi says there are no Credible Threats from isis here in the united states. But the pentagon and the white house say air strikes in iraq might not be enough to defeat the terrorist group. The u. S. May have to go after targets in syria. Richard engel has our report. Reporter for two days in a row white house officials, military officials have been suggesting, hinting, perhaps preparing the American Public for the fact that u. S. Mission, the war against isis could be about to expand. Not just air strikes in iraq against isis, but across thor border into syria as well. So far, no officials are saying that it is going to happen but one of the top advisers of the president said borders dont mean anything. Almost an overt suggestion that the air strikes could be going into syria soon. Isis doesnt just operate in iraq. It operates in syria as well. The main headquarters is in syria. If you attack in iraq only, it leaves the largest part of the group untouched in syria. Richard engel, nbc news, along the turkish syrian border. The hope tonight in ferguson, missouri, is that three nights of peaceful protest will inspire calm into the weekend. Businesses are reopening. After several days, school is set to start on monday. Today we learned more about the men and women trying to decide if officer Darren Wilson should be charged. Three of the 12 grand jury members are black. Closely matching the racial makeup of st. Louis county. Five of the 12 jurors are women. The group will meet again on wednesday to consider more evidence in the case. Right now dozens of people from the Washington Area and beyond are on their way to ferguson. They organized a bus trip on social media. They are on their way to join weekend rallies in support of michael brown. Chris lawrence has our report on that from union station. Youre on the bus. Reporter a bus load of people on their way to ferguson brought together by a single tweet. I asked twitter if anybody else wanted to go. The response was overwhelming. Reporter laurel organized the trip and said the bus could have carried more. Several people cancelled coming because they were afraid. They said, im still afraid to go to ferguson. Reporter we havent seen violence like this in days. The crowds dwindled and the governor pulled the national guard. With the protest dying down, do you think youre going too late . Its the right time. Reporter someone put down 8,000 to reserve the bus. The group needs to the pay him back. So far hes only raised 2500. I sent emails to every organization with the word black in its name. I received nothing. Reporter are you disappointed. If you claim to be about social justice and change and its in your mission statement, you should be about it. Reporter they are taking it upon themselves, trying to raise money along the way. 40 people riding 14 hours to help the other demonstrators and register missouri residents to vote. Chris lawrence, news 4. Many in ferguson are calling for charges against Darren Wilson. The Police Officer is finding support online. A go fund me page was created for wilson. It maxed out at 235,000. A second page was created. More than 35,000 has been donated to the new effort. One group to donate was the fraternal order of police, lodge 70. Tonight county police chief ken davis commented on the donation saying, i certainly embrace the necessity for due process for Police Officers and all citizens and, as a life member of the fop, i know the importance in our presentation. However, there are occasions when a police chief will agree to disagree with the fop president. This is one of those moments. A few newspapers stopped using the term redskins. At least part of the hometown publication has taken a stand. The Washington Post Editorial Board wrote today that it will no longer use the nickname. The policy applies only to editorials, not news or sports. In explaining the decision, the paper wrote, we dont believe fans who are attached to the name have racist feeling or intent, any more than does mr. Snyder. The fact reare mains the word is insulting. Its been a busy week in the name continue server are si. Dan snyder filed an appeal of the u. S. Patent and Trademark Office decision to cancel several of the teams are trademarks. On monday, two of the biggest voices you hear every sunday took a stand. Cbs analyst phil simms and tony dungy said they will avoid yiegsing the term using the term redskins. Instead they will call the team washington. They both said it wases a personal decision. A Fairfax County woman is accused in a prostitution bus. This is not the first time shes been linked to the crimes. Shes been arrested four times in five years after police raided apartments and office spaces. Her name was on a lace for each of the properties including a Falls Church Apartment targeted in an under cover prostitution bust last month. Police seized cell phones and computers from her home. New tonight, a data breach first reported at u. P. S. Stores could be impacting more than a thousand retailers nationwide. The department of Homeland Security says computer cash registers could be infected with malicious software, allowing hackers to steal computers and customer data. Vhs is asking retailers to check for the software known as back off to see if they are infted. Earlier this month ups discovered the software in 51 of the stores around the country. She is the first Little Leaguer to make the cover of sports illustrated. Now mone dais is talking about plans for life after Little League. From mud slides to floods. Heavy rain causing problems in america. Whats headed our way . And the emmys are just three days away. Next celebrity. Preparations are under way for the 66th emmy awards. You can see them on nbc 4 on monday night. Late nights seth meyers will be the host. We learned the show will include a tribute to Robin Williams from his longtime friend billy crystal. Williams was nominated for eight emmys, winning two in his career. Well have special coverage. Night at the museum will start at 6 30 and our emmy coverage begins on nbc 4 monday. She took the world by storm at just 13 years old. Mone davis and her team are out of the Little League world series now. Her time in the spotlight may just be getting started. Matt delucia has the story. They have had a wonderful run. None of us expected to be here. The dragons conquered some of the best teams in Little League. Just being here. Thats everything. Just to make it here and play is unbelievable. Reporter they play had had in the international spotlight. Star pitcher mone davis didnt pitch last night. On wednesday, more than 5 Million People tuned in to watch her throw. She did a great job. I dont even know what to say to her. She changed my life from three weeks ago. Im speechless. Mone will shape her future. Shes going to have a great future. Reporter until the last play game over reporter this team from philly held their head high. To not cry, to not be mad. We made it this far. There is no reason to cry. I think they get immersed in the game. In their world its baseball. Thank you fans in philly. Reporter next she wants to play basketball at uconn and the wnba. Daviss team still taking in the sights in williamsport. They could play an exhibition game against mexico this weekend. We are less than an hour from bao baos birthday. Tomorrow the zoo will throw the baby panda a big party for turning 1 from 11 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. Over the last year the cub has become the most popular attraction by far. Shes also been a big boost for the local economy. Oop. Officials at destination d. C. Tell news 4 hotels in the area created packages for tourists centered around pandamania. Heavy rain cause uhhing problems in the Pacific Northwest today. This is the scene in Washington State near the canadian border. The rain is causing mud slides that closed two busy highways and destroyed a house. Crews say it could be days before the highways reopen. Flooding is a major problem in parts of illinois tonight. Nearly five inches of rain fell overnight in the chicago area, causing road closures and train delays there. Dozens of homes also flooded. Take a look. Mostly in the South Chicago area. The high water caused massive gridlock during the morning rush hour. That looks like a mess. Weve got rain coming. Nothing that will cause big problems. Nothing like that. That was chicago, five inches. Parts of indiana saw ten inches of rain. That was amazing rainfall for them. For us well see rain tomorrow. It wont be that big of a deal. However, you need the umbrella. If youre outside all day, it could pose some problems for you. Some of you are going up to baltimore to have fun before the game as the redskins take on the ravens. 7 degrees the current number. Winds from the east. The easterly winds will keep us fairly cloudy. 73 in leesburg. Heres storm team four. A few more showers coming. Around shenandoah and down to the south around the charlott charlottesville area. More around Frederick County area. Some on the heavier side. They continue to develop through the evening hours. All in all watching a boundary, you can see the boundary here. We saw the easterly wind. We are seeing a little bit in the way of some influence here. We are seeing more showers down toward the mountains. I expect to see this early tomorrow morning. Lets time it out. Future weather tonight shows some of the showers around northern virginia. Back to the panhandle of West Virginia tomorrow. Dont be surprised to see showers early. Then during the day, showers coming in as the easterly wind takes over. Maybe faround 7 00 most of northern virginia. Showers around d. C. Well see off and on showers. Im not expecting a washout but a lot of cloud cover during the day. Once again, seeing a lot of shower chances through the afternoon. Sunday, a different story. Early sunday, no problem. Sunday afternoon, beautiful. Sunday will be one great day. Isnt sunday normally football day . Lets get the game in. No problem. Temperatures around 80 toward fredricksburg. Low to moderate. It would be low if this was a wednesday or thursday. Because it is saturday its at the moderate level. Keep the umbrella handy. Going from d. C. Up to baltimore as we take on the ravens at m t bank stadium, prepare for showers. Bring the umbrella. Showers, 78. Showers and 6 00. I do expect them to be done by game time. So the field should be okay. Maybe a little bit on the wet side. Look at the forecast. 81 on sunday. 83 degrees on monday. Then we warm nicely as we head into tuesday, wednesday and thursday. A lot of people out there saying this summer has not been hot enough. Weve got one day at 90 right there. If that happens, that would be a third 90 in august. I dont miss the heat. Fall is coming too fast. Theres leaves on the ground already. Im not happy about it. Thank you, doug. Thank you. History slips away from the nationals tonight. Just couldnt make it happ this is the xfinity sports desk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. All right, jason. Have to settle for ten. Yeah. It was unfortunately one of those nights for the nationals. They didnt have it. What a run. It was a great run for the team. Now they have to start a new streak. Exactly. Lets hope it starts tomorrow. Tonights game treat for nationals fans. San francisco spoiled the party for everyone. I mean even. We all knew this would come to an end at some point. We didnt want it to end tonight. Ten straight wins for the nationals. They tied the longest win streak in franchise history. Tomorrow they will try to start another streak. Michael morse, giants outfielder. He was a huge fan favorite in d. C. For four seasons. Top of the second. Gnat nats up a run. Cabrera, a defensive play. Hes been a stopper since joining the team. Nice. Nice little twist, spin, throw. Beautiful. Time now to push the panic button for nats fans. Two on, two out for joe panic. Hes taking fister deep. A towering shot to center. Thats a threerun blast. Bottom frame of the inning now. Jason worth at the plate going yard. This is a solo shot to get the nats back in it. 13th home run of the season. The nats are on the run. Posey gets every bit of the pitch. His 15th long ball of the year. Fister allowed four runs and struck out three. The giants snap the nats tengame winning streak with a 103 win. We havent had that feeling in a while, fortunately. Tough loss, no question. Just the way we got it. Other than that, looking back it was an awesome stretch. It was a good run. Just a lot of excitement for the last ten days. We came back, had a lot of come from behind wins. It was a lot of fun. All right. Bad news in baltimore. Orioles third base manaudouy machado expected to miss the remainder of the season. Hes been out with a knee sprain since august 11. Hell undergo surgery. There is no timetable on his recovery now. The orioles say they will update his injury in the morning. Top of the fifth. Two on, two out for caleb joseph who drives the ball to right. Chris davis is coming home. But the throw by ryan sweeney is perfect. Tagged out before he tags the plate. Great throw by sweeney to get out of the winning. Bottom of the frame. Baez at the dish. Showing off the power here. Just an a absolute monster of a home run. Thats a no doubter. Os fall to the cubs this afternoon. Your final score in that one, 41. Do not forget about football. Preseason game number three, redskins visiting the ravens. We have you covered. Kick off at 7 30 here on nbc 4. Well have live coverage from baltimore before and after the game. Going to be good. At least the half. Good football tomorrow. Okay. Hey can you fix this . You bet thats our new interactive speaker wall. sup . Thinks its a speaking wall. This can even dim your lights. Your 3dprinted girlfriend will love that. 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