Picd for that as well. But saturday afternoon and evening, strengthens to a cat 1 hurricane. It then moves into the gulf states where there are Tropical Storm warnings and watches in effect as well as some hurricane watches and warnings in effect. It weakens to a tropical system and then takes aim for our area. The timing here on your monday, as early as the morning hours. So, nates impacts here, much needed rain on monday, we could see an inch or less. We could see some wind. It could be a weather alert day. Ill have more on the timing for the rain, also rain potentially on sunday as well, pat. All right, amelia. Now to a disturbing developing story in gaithersburg. A woman waiting for the bus on watkins mill road at travis lane is pulled into the woods and sexually assaulted. People who live nearby say they are scared. News 4s chris gordon has been following the story since it happened this morning. He joins us live now. Chris, what have you learned about this so afraid. We a whats happening live behind us in the it happe. Montgomery county detectives from the special victims unit have just arrived. They are canvassing the grounds. These woods behind the rideon bus stop where the assault occurred. Police tell us the victim of the attack is physically injured and traumatized. She was dragged from the bus stop into these woods where shes violently assaulted by a man who then runs off. Chopper 4 shows police launching their investigation shortly after the predawn attack here. Gaithersburg police and detectives from the Montgomery County special victims unit gathering clues, trying to identify the attacker. They are focusing on the bus stop and the large wooded area behind it. At about 5 30 this morning a wo face to face with danger. Our suspect approached her, acknowledged her presence at the bus stop and immediately grabbed her and pulled her into the wooded area where he sexually assaulted her. Reporter police say the attacker ran off. They describe them as a young man in his 20s wearing a dark checked shirt or jacket. The victim left the area seeking safety, calling police. They take her to a local hospital for treatment. Residents living along watkins mill road at travis lane are saying they are scared by this violent attack occurring so close to home. I am very worried because if it happened to someone else, the next time it may be me. Reporter dmitry runs every morning past the bus stop where the woman was attacked today. But ive never seen anyone suspicious. There are schools probably a mile, couple of miles from here, a lot of kids usually waiting for the bus. Probably a little bit later over there on that corner s never seen anything. It looks like a busy area to me. Im very surprised that it happened here. Reporter you are looking live at Montgomery CountyPolice Officers combing through the woods, looking for evidence. Now, police tell us that the suspect remains on the loose tonight and should be considered dangerous. Pat, back to you. Chris, so what are police asking people to do . What do they need the public to do . Reporter well, they are asking anyone who saw this bus stop at 5 30 this morning, 6 00 a. M. , to call them, to call Montgomery County police. If you saw a woman with a man, they want a description. They want to talk to you. So, they are looking for information that leads them to catching this suspect. All right. Chris gordon. Hopefully theyll get something. Thank you so much, chris. The family dealing with a high profile get some closure. Today the man charged with murdering Pamela Butler pleaded guilty to Second Degree murder. Jose Rodriguez Cruz now has to lead the family and investigators to her remains. You may remember butler disappeared back in 2009 from her northwest washington home. News 4s derrick ward has new details that came out in court just today and he has reaction from her family. We want to bring pam home and give her a proper burial. Reporter and for that, ending eight years of not knowing, the family of Pamela Butler is willing to go along with a deal. 51 year old jose Rodriguez Cruz admitted to murdering butler. He will serve 12 years in jail and five years probation provided he keeps up his end of the bargain. And most importantly now begin efforts to take us to the body. Reporter butler hasnt been seen or heard from from just before Rodriguez Cruz and butler argued on february 13th and he knocked her down and strangled her in the basement of her own home and he waited hours before lowering her body out of an upstairs window and putting her in his car and driving off. What he did with the body now remains to be revealed to the weary and grieving family. We could have done this eight years ago. Why do we have to go through it all this time . I cry every day. Ive been through a lot of stress, and i feel good today. I really feel good. He misled and he doesnt help, then were back where we started again. Reporter thats at that first degree murder charge. The deal would still hold if her body isnt found. Thats the goal, but 2009 was a long time ago. And terrain changes. Well see. Reporter at d. C. Superior court, derrick ward, news 4. First play by play of the planning that went into the shooting at the congressional baseball practice in june. Alexandria officials released a detailed report explaining just how the gunman went about preparing for that attack. Mark segraves with me in the newsroom has been going through that report. You looked through this. There is something that makes you go whoa. Word there could have been more dead if it hadnt been for a locked gate . They say that was by chance the gate happened to be locked. The report outlines the movements of the suspect 66yearold james hodge can i son in the moments leading up to the shooting as well as his movements on the baseball field as he opened fire. According to the report, James Hodgkinson had been scouting the baseball field where the republicans had their practice for months before the shooting. And he had video of the field on his cell phone. On the morning of the shooting, raj kin son opened fire on the group from along the third baseline behind a chain link fence. Throughout the entire exchange of gun fire, the suspect fired at least the report witnesses told investigators after he opened fire, the gunman tried to walk onto the ball field, but couldnt because the gate was locked by chance. The Commonwealth Attorney says that gate being locked likely saved lives. Stin ed of walking onto the field, hodgkinson walked behind the dugout and fired again. Thats where Police Ultimately pinned him down and shot him three times. First by Alexandria Police officeral kpan drer general sense. Then by Capital Police special agent david bailey. The purpose of this reports was to determine whether the shooting of the suspect by police was justifiable. The Commonwealth Attorney concluded that it was a justifiable shooting. Report also revealed that prior to the shooting, the suspect told his family that he didnt think that he had long to live. Im assuming that was i routine. There was no question going in that that shooting was not justifiable, was there . The tasked, he madeust assumed this would be the out come of it, but it was obviously a 40page detailed report we are learning a lot more information from. But he was required to do this. There was also an Ongoing Police internal investigation as there is after every shooting. Mark segraves, thanks for that reporting. One of the key figures involved in the shooting, congressman steve scalise, he was getting ready for another big moment of in his life tonight. A week after walking into the House Chamber to ruckus applause, scalise will be walking out onto the field at the nationals playoff game. He has gone through four months of intense rehabilitation. All across washington, you can feel the excitement out there as nats fans get ready to watch their team take on the reigning world series champs, the chicago cubs. And we are getng this afternoon. Wendy, are fans showing up the. This is sort of the calm before the surge because right now its just starting to trickle in. This is where theyll be lining up. Just a few people. Something tells me the baths might be crowded about now. They might be getting a refreshing beverage before they come and lineup. The gates dont open until 5 30. They have a little more time. It will be a big night and a big night for us at nbc 4. We have julie carey covering things. We have Doug Kammerer out here. We have Carol Maloney, of course, inside as you know. Im going to be out here for our afternoon shows. And, boy, doug, the boys of summer they are delivering some summer, are they not . I cannot tell you how excited i am to be here tonight as we take on the world series champion cubs. This is like the cool est night ive had. Ive been back youre coming in with me later. Yes, i s to a bar afterwards. Do you know whats happening inside . Do you know . So i said, yeah, yu youre right, i should, it could be a once in a lifetime thing. Theyre going to the playoffs again and again and again. Mark my word, they will be. They will be doing that. Guys, it is really quite warm. It is. Everybody out here, take a look here. We have everybody thats actually waiting in line, you just said, 5 30. Everybody is waiting in the shade right now because they are ready to go, ready to get into the stadium. I know were ready to get into nats park as well coming up in about just about an hour and a half game time. Well be here. Stay with us. Well be here all afternoon into the night. Its going to be a big night and theyre going to win. All right. Everybody heard it here first. Thank you both. Were counting on that. Alrighty. A new policy announced by the Trump Administration today means changes possibly to your that Vegas Hotel Room and why investigatorshi was not in there alone. And storm team 4 is working for you as we take a live look over nats park. We are helping you make plans for your weekend and weve got an eye on that growing storm in the tropics. Youre watching news 4, first at 4. Alex when i was 11 years old, a man broke into the house and he sexually assaulted me. Thankfully, in my case, the Police Caught him, but there are so many survivors that live knowing that their attacker is still out there. Thank you mark herring, for taking this seriously, and for making this a priority, for all of the victims out there. Mark im mark herring, candidate for attorney general, and i sponsored this ad. Break being right now, investigators in las vegas are set to hold a News Conference at any moment. Here is a live look at the briefing room. Today there are questions whether the gunman acted alone. Detectives taking a closer look at some items that were found in that hotel room. They include a charger that doesnt match up with the killers cell phone. Nbcs sara continues our coverage from las vegas now live. Sara, all of this is coming as families start to make their Funeral Plans for the victims. Tell us about that. Reporter thats correct, pat and leon. Investigators have released the identified it of all 58 victims. The oldest in her late 60s, the youngest just 20 as condolences pour in from around the world. High above the las vegas strip, workers replacing the windows shattered in sundays attack. In the shadow of the lives recognized by people prayers. I felt like it was something i needed to do in respect for those that were lost in this insanity. Reporter five days after the attack, investigators are trying to determine if anyone else was in gunman stephen Paddocks Hotel suite while he was staying there puzzling over a cell phone charger that doesnt match his phone and a key card after the car left the garage. Abnormalities that could have explanations but need to be resolved. Meanwhile funerals for the 58 killed are set to begin as the coroner begins releasing remains to grieving families. A Victims Resource Center is up and running helping with transportation, lodging and financial assistance. Make sure we have onestopshop covering all the services to our victims, incredibly important. Reporter and a heart breaking tribute next to one of the citys most recognizable white crosses rse t tos on some hearts on all. And the vicepresident will be in town saturday to participate in a prayer walk and to pay his respects to the victims. Leon . Sara dallof reporting live from las vegas, thank you, sahaah. First at 4, we are looking at the Trump AdministrationBirth Control ruling. It could impact how thousands of women get contra exception. All right. Lets look at the weather right now. Of course we are looking at what is going to happen here closer to home because we have the big game tonight. A little warm outside but that should be great for baseball and the fans. Feels like summer, amelia. Normally this time of year our high should be in the low 70s. Today we are finding our temperatures in the low 80s. In the summer like warmth take a look here at your weather owe keep it completely dry start to finish. As we look to our sunday and monday, some light showers in the forecast at times on sunday, not a wash out, and on monday we are looking at rain from whats left of nate at that point. And then we do have more rain chances on into next week. Thats good news. Today our 23rd day in a row weve been completely dry here in washington. So, well take what we can get at this point. Thankfully right now were not in a drought. What im showing you here, all the hurricane watches and warnings and the Tropical Storm watches and warnings you can see down in the gulf, louisiana, mississippi, alabama, parts of florida. Really the biggest concern, and especially east of new orleans, so especially the coast along mississippi and alabama will have the biggest concern for storm surge flooding from what will likely be Hurricane Nate impacting them late saturday on into sunday. But the planner back here at home, well, not too bad at all tomorrow. Ve sunshine than clouds your saturday if youre an early bird out the door saturday morning its going to be great. 67 as we look to lunch time hours, were around 80, and nice breeze around tomorrow afternoon on into the evening hours. And a high tomorrow, doug, of 84. Of course we have tomorrow evening when the nats have their second game. The weather there not looking too bad at all. I have to say what a great day to be down at the ballpark today. Oh, it does not get any better than this. I mean especially in the shade, it feels so good in the sun. We were there a little earlier. It is actually a little hot as you mention those temperatures into the low 80s here. We are right now waiting for the gates to open. They do not open up until 5 30. So, an hour and 20 minutes. I want to introduce everybody. We have bryce harper here. Whats your last name, bryce . Jones. It is bryce and he is wearing harper so im calling him bryce harper. Is it spelled like bryce . Yes, it is, with a y. You know im drawing the playoff here, too. You how long . Abo top. Three weeks will get us through the nlds,nlcs probably and thats right around the time were talking potential, yeah. Were hoping it gets like that. Down to here maybe. I would love down to here. Thank you very much. You guys in line an hour early. Weather today cannot be any better. Lets take a look at the forecast for you. If youre watching the game at home or coming to the park, look at the numbers now. Temperatures in the 70s, right on through the rest of the evening hours. Weve got 77 degrees at game time. 72 by the time youre leaving the game. Yeah, maybe a jacket or sweater, but still some really nice weather. How about tomorrows game . Tomorrow at 5 30, so it is going to be warm. If youre in the right field stand it is going to be on the hot side. 84 degrees game time, dropping through the mid 70s by the time were over. The next ten days, guys, looking pretty nice today and tomorrow, but then were tracking a good chance of rain on sunday. As amelia said, we are watching 2 orinches. C long way. We have been so dry the last couple days. The amazing part, the rain comes after we win two games at home. Then we go to chicago, by the time they come back here the weather is fantastic. Weather is looking good for the nationals. Somebody is looking out for us hopefully. You think theyre taking sides . 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