washington nationals opening up playooff baseball against the chicago cubs. game one of the n-l-d-s will happen tonight at 7:30. nats will take the field with pitcher steven strasburg taking the mound. the cubs will march out kyle hendricks. we'll have live team coverage before, during and afer the game all here on abc-7 today and throughout the morning here on good morning washington beginning in our 5 o'clock hour. the caps posted a season opening win on the road.. and alex ovechkin was the star.. high-scoring affair at ottawa.. brett connolly and egeny kutzenov also added scored for the caps.... the game remained tight into the late minutes and could only be decided in shootout. caps pull it out 5-4.... they now return to d-c for their home opener -- that's tomorrow 7 p.m. against the montreal canadiens. johnny gonzalez will be at the kettler capitl

beginning at five. he spoke to players ahead of this year's home opener... he'll have a preview of the home opener coming up at 5. the latest now, following the deadly shooting spree in las vegas.. a push is underway for a new gun control measure.. as people mourn the loss of the victims. and more information is surfacing about the gunman. serena marshall has the latest. friends of a west virginia woman friends of a west virginia woman

virginia woman killed in the las vegas massacre are virginia woman killed in the las vegas massacre are banding together to mourn her loss. a vigil was held last night for denise burditis. people gathered on the football field of her alma mater, hedgesville high school. some of those attending the vigil were burditus's classmates who graduated with her in 1985. some of them planned to go to las vegas with her and her husband, to celebrate everyone turning 50. but those plans didn't work out. steps forward for a woman from maryland who was wounded in las vegas. a spokesperson for tina frost's family says she was able to take a few breaths on her own when she was taken off a ventilator. the graduate of arundel high is in a coma after

trauma and losing an eye. we'll keep you posted as we find out more about her condition. it's 4:xx and next on good morning washington.... and today we are tracking the tropics.... tropical storm nate this week hitting areas of honduras and already proving deadly. we have the latest from the stroms track. plus a look at your friday forecast.... is there a beautiful weekend in store? eileen joins fills us in next. we'll be rightback.

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tropics for your friday morning and right now tropical storm nate moving northward. today hurricane and tropical storm warnings are being issues for residents in louisiana and flora. the storm has already brought flash flooding to areas of honduras and nicaragua. at least 22-people have been killed. - remaining unseasonably warm through early next week - tracking t.s. nate - could become a hurricane this weekend warm through early next week - tracking t.s. nate - could become a hurricane this weekend - rain chances return late weekend & early next week today: partly to mostly cloudy. warm. highs: 81-85 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. mild. lows: 56-65 winds: s 5 mph saturday: mix of sun and clouds. warm and breezy. spotty shower possible. highs: 82-86 winds: s 5-10+ mph still ahead on good morning washington.

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significant data breach in recent history. ovnight cam newton took to twitter apologizing for laughing at a female reporter earlier in the week. we'll let you get a hear at what he said.

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we are told that two adults and two safely. e it foxhall road however is shut down - which is bad news for commuters. we will stay on top of this and bring you more as we get it. developing now - we're tracking reports that russian hackers stole u-s cyber secrets from the n-s-a in one of the most significant security breaches in recent history. a-b-c news is reporting-- that hackers backed by the russian government... stole information from a contractor who put it on his home computer. sources say the contractor brought the highly classified material home with him in 2015... and hackers found it through his use of antivirus software made by kaspersky lab. it's a company based in moscow that security officials believe works with the russian government. kaspersky lab is denying those allegations. an update this morning- in the case of a suspected leaker. a judge denied bail for reality winner. she's the government contractor accused of smuggling

pantyhose from her office in georgia -- and leaking them to online news sites. winner -- who lived in maryland before moving to georgia -- has been behind bars since her arrest in may. new developments now: about white house officials- and their jet trips. this morning we're talking about treasury secretary steven mnuchin. a new review- saying he took 7 trips on government jets. the taxpayer cost of that - is over 800-thousand dollars. but- the review found that he didn't break any laws. it's the first major step toward passing the g-o-p tax reform plan.. the house approved a four-point-one trillion dollar budget yesterday. the budget plan includes cuts to agencies and programs. but the reductions are smaller than what the white house wanted. the senate is set to vote on the budget plan the week of october 16th. passing the measure would lay the groundwork for republicans to pass tax reform with 51 senate votes.. instead of the usual 60. california is now set to become a sanctuary state.. as of january first. governor jerry brown signed the legislation ye

limits federal immigration police from detaining and deporting peopefrom public scho, hospitals, and courthouses. jail inmates will have to be released once their local charges are addressed, no matter what their immigration status is. the move puts the state at odds with federal immigration enforcement efforts. sacramento county sheriff scott jones issued a statement. it says, quote: "making california a sanctuary state will allow dangerous people to be released from jails to victimize others all over the state. this morning- we want to say thank you' to all those who made donations- to help puerto rico's victims of hurricane maria. all day yesterday, the abc-7 team and members of the hispanic national law enforcement association along with el-zol 107.9 radio collected supplies... at local mega marts. 39 pallets of food, supplies and clothes- will be shipped to puerto rico.

pound donation of supplies will come from the fauquier county sheriffs office. again - thanks to everyone who contributed. and of course for other ways you can help - go to wjla.com. at xx time for weather. toss to eileen - remaining unseasonably warm through early next week - tracking t.s. nate - could become a hurricane this weekend - rain chances return late weekend & early next week today: partly to mostly cloudy. warm. highs: 81-85 winds: sw 5 mph tonight: partly to mostly cloudy. mild. lows: 56-65 winds: s 5 mph saturday: mix of sun and clouds. warm and breezy. spotty shower possible. highs: 82-86 winds: s 5-10+ mph it's xxx and xx degrees. and straight ahead, tflix is raisinices.... wll tel on costou towill watcyour favorite ow. rolina panthers arterback cam wton is now ughi aael for

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it's friday and that means a list of movies are now showing in theaters including "blade runner 2049." the sci-fi flick stars ryan gosling along with harrison ford and so far critics are loving it. box office experts expect it to bring in 45-million dollars or more this weekend. other films opening in theaters include "my little pony: the movie" is expected to bring in 12-17 million dollars while "the mountain between us," dollars while "the mountain between us," starring idris elba expects to make 11-to-12 million dollars. you're never too old to be a thrill seeker. we want to introduce you to this grandfather- dolph hatfield from d-c. skydiving? mountain climbing? he's been there. complications during a surgery left it nearly impossible for him to walk. but he conquered that too. so when it was time to celebrate his 80th birthday - he decided to bungee jump in china!

it was a very happy birthday... it was a very happy birthday... it's xx and xx degrees...and next on good morning washington, we get you for the beginning of the washington, we get you for the beginning of the nationals' world series run. scott abraham is live at nats park. scott good morning?

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