morning you are okay but look at the wind gusts. in the 40's. metro area spot. ty showers. 95 east. breezy. cool. west of town it's dry and comfortable but the shore is battered with the gusty winds sunday and monday. tomorrow trace of rain around here. michelle: hermine came ashore in florida early this morning as a category one hurricane. there was still damage and plenty to prepare for. chris welch is live along apalachicola and the panhandle with the latest on the conditions out there. chris? chris: well, we are on the coast of florida panhandle in apalachicola where last night we were getting battered pretty good for several hours with rain, wind. by and large this town emermed relatively unscathed.

the same cannot be said for tallahassee. 70% without power. it could last for several days. we know hermine is not done yet. the roads looked jagged because of hermine. the first hurricane to hit florida in 11 years. made landfall overnight. pounding the gulf coast with the heavy rain and high winds. >> this is the worst in a long time. >> hard hit island the storm surge devastated part of the community. >> the water in the backyard. went to the front. this is expected to impact the east coast throughout the

holiday weekend. >> the goal is to be overprepared and underwhelmed when it comes to the storm. we want everyone to be safe. >> this storm will be dangerous and impact labor day festivities. a system not moving could be trouble. the rainfall could happen for hourers and days in some spots. there are 40 million people that are impacted by the tropical storm hermine. in the power outages in florida they have over 300,000. majority without power. as the storm moves through georgia and through the carolinas. we are hearing hundreds of thousands more people now losing power in their home. reporting live in apalachicola, florida, i'm chris welch. back to you. michelle: before we let you

for those folks who had flooding at their home are they allowed to come back or is it too dangerous for folks to come back and check out the status of their homes? chris: in many areas it's calm. there are a lot of people that have been able to come back and see the devastation. we have seen flooding and dammed and downed trees. they will come back to a lot devastation and memories ruined. most are saying these are only material possessions. we're going to be okay. michelle: labor day will live up to the name and a of people working to clean up. leon: before we get to labor day, lovely day today on the boardwalk at ocean city. tomorrow couldbe

tropical storm watch and warnings already posted on the eastern shore. brad bell has the team coverage from ocean city. what is the word? brad: a beautiful evening as you said on the boardwalk. people enjoying everything. they will be closing the gate on the seawall soon and on the beach as the surf picks up. another concern, posted here at the sign at the entrance of the beach. rip currents. the beach is crowded but plan to hit the roads soon. it

brad: ocean city beach patrol on high alert. dangerous waves as soon as tomorrow. >> the surf increases and a chance for rip current is a hazard. >> not the labor day weekend the mayor of ocean city hoped for. >> we want everyone to enjoy us. this is not the best labor day weekend we've had. the fear is days of waves and rain. >> if the storm stalls off the coast it will not allow the water to escape. you will add the additional rainfall and the water. brad: ocean city rarely tells people to stay away. they have beach-goers turn weather water deciding what to do next. >> i'm here. labor day. i'm here.

off in the distance there is a condo building on the by a side of ocean city -- bay side of ocean city where the flooding is expected to start. it will come up gently. on the front in a storm surge and the high tide it could make it all the way to the seawall. the storm wall they put in. the fear is will it stay offshore and batter the town. michelle: thank you. in virginia, governor mcauliffe declared a state of emergency. he says six to eight-foot waves and two to four-foot storm surges and ten inches of rain are possible. everyone needs to be prepared. >> we caution everyone. we are now operating under and we have been inform and life threatening storm surges. strong possibility. which will all the way up the chesapeake and cause the major disruption.

michelle: stay with abc7 news as we track hermine. live coverage from ocean city all weekend as the storm passes through. we have a special tool to help you track hermine. now would be a great time to download the stormwatch7 app in case there are power outages in the area. leon: new information tonight at a deadly hit-and-run crash in reston. police will be in the area of north shore drive and village road this weekend. they will be canvassing for any clues. crash happened sunday where someone hit 76-year-old hung soon seo and kept going. she died at the hospital. they are looking for this car, a yellow ford escape. they think the car may be involved and may be the car that hit the woman. i probably has front end damage. if you see one with damage and if you know anything give police a call. michelle: tonight a tremendous outpouring of support tonight for the family dealing with the death

boy. he and his mom were hit in a crosswalk on wednesday. police still don't know how it happened. reporter: each hour the go fund me page for the family edges closer to $100,000. all in less than two days. >> everyone in the community is richardsing to do something. >> on wednesday morning mindy schultz was walking in the crosswalkon riverside drive with her 5-month-old tristan in the stroller when authorities say a driver of a jeep grand cherokee turning on the road collided in the mother and son killing tristan and badly injuring mindy. >> to not hold him and nurture him and love him in a way only a mother can is painful. >> the page is filled with words of condolences. express of heartbreak and message from rodney schultz senior. the outpouring of the genuine similar thy for my son and

my son and his wife is beyond express. the loss of the grandson is a tragedy. god bless all for your expresentations of support. >> i got nine grand children. if i lost one i don't know if i could live with it. >> the drive of the jeep is a 45-year-old man whose name has not been made public. they ruled out drugs and alcohol but are looking into whether distracted driving was a factor. >> i want to pay respects. it shows how much people are there for you. >> mindy is in the hospital recovering from the injury. her family is surrounded by the other family members and friends. meanwhile no word yet whether or not the driver in this case will face any charges. i spoke today with the attorney who had no comment. in leesburg, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: need to be careful in time of year. kids all across the area are back in school on tuesday. for some it's the first day. for others its

in arlington the school buses will be equipped with cameras. they want to try to catch people who don't stop. there are stop signs on the buses. after the video we will show you now you will know why. this is disturbing. but we'll show this to you no matter how striking it is, the kids turned out okay. they were not seriously hurt but there are lessons to be learned in the video. take a look. two kids were hit by cars after getting off school buses in austin, texas. the first a 12-year-old boy in a crosswalk. the driver stayed on the scene. he was cited by police. do you see it there? 24 hours later the driver of the bus was laying on the horn but didn't keep the 17-year-old boy getting hit in that case. the driver here was 16 years old. she told police she was unclear on the law and she still got a ticket. hopefully a lesson as well. michelle: stick with "good morning washington" as you settle in the post summer routine. we are with you every weekday morning at 4:26. share your b

burst.com/wjla. leon: now in vote 2016 today, the f.b.i. released a series of notes from the interview with hillary clinton about using private e-mail service as secretary of state. they found 81 e-mail chains had some classified information in them. trump released a statement saying it reinforced her "bad judgment and dishonesty." leon: we know who is at the helm for the upcoming debates. the four moderators are set. lester host will host on september 26. town hall by martha and anderson cooper on october 9. wallace from fox news will handle the final debate on october 19. they are all first-time presidential debate moderators. leon: coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- just no proof. what the f.d.a. is banning

your shelf. >> after one day, continue for the red line riders at a station. the reason why coming up. >> plus, hundreds of thousands of locals are hitting the roads this holiday weekend. we are in mobiletrak7 with everything you need to know before you go.

michelle: covering metro tonight. word that the rhode island avenue metro station will be closed until at least sunday after two pieces of concrete fell from the station on to the track in as many days. transportation reporter brianne carter is live in northeast with the details. brianne: we know now that the trains will bypass the station. in fact, the station will be shut down at least through sunday night. this is word tonight that additional inspections and repairs now needed after more than one tame. twice this week. the debris fell from the season

the cameras there were throughout the day as the inspections were underway by the metro crew and the outside contractors as well. officials say the station is structurally sound. this is after two separate incidents. wednesday night the first section was found where debris was falling. then on thursday, 40 feet away in the station. a manager at the station noticed was more debris falling. throughout the weekend, metro crews will work in the station. repairs and the inspections will be done. safety netting will be put up as well. contractors will tray and determine a cause. >> we are bringing special equipment to examine concrete structures as well as examine the concrete platforms. that cannot be seen. we will be doing that later on tonight once the train service has been

brianne: coming up at 6:00, this impacted station, we'll have more on that. leon: check the roads. it's light now as people head to the beach for labor day. tim is in mobiletrak7 to give us a view of how it's shaping up. you are moving. you weren't moving the last time we saw you. tim: my gosh, we feel like we're in the twilight zone. heading south on 9 a to see if people were heading to the beaches. there is a traffic jam on this side but that is cleared up. more than 850,000 residents hitting the road. in washington the gas prayses are down 28 cents -- gas prayses are down 28 cents. metro area is down 23 cents.

we'll keep cruising the roads. if we see problems we will let you know. it's looking good out there. reporting in mobile track 7. leon: thank you, tim. once everyone is back from the holiday weekend tune in to "good morning washington" for the terrible tuesday commute. julie wright will watch the roads at 4:26 a.m. on tuesday. be safe. have a safe weekend. get back in one piece. have a great time on terrible traffic on tuesday. michelle: but where he was it looks like smooth sailing. brian: maybe people are afraid of the hurricane. leon: it's beautiful outside. brian: this weekend here we don't need to be so pessimistic for the local forecast. there could be showers and clouds and cooler but not all day rain. there is sunshine. we will be cooler and feel nice.

beach that is a different story. take a look outside. latest how things are shaping up outside. 80 degrees in the city. high clouds moved in ahead of the system. talk about what is happening. flooding rain at the beaches. several inches of rain. wind gusts 60 miles per hour. good likelihood. waves are five to seven feet. worried about the rip current. the system will sit out there for a couple of days, monday and tuesday before moving out and the churning out there is going to lead to rough surf. beach erosion. could do damage and for folks in the water, fairly dangerous. this is the swirl, and the latest churning. the outer bands of clouds overhead for us. this latest track we talked about at 5:00. we get a new intermediate one at 8:00 and then 11:00 tonight. winds are

the storm is west of south carolina. it's moving northeast at 20. by tomorrow, mid-afternoon just off of hatteras. strong storm. it will lift north and me yander before going north and east. but by sitting there for a couple of days, keeps us unsettled for the start of next week. by labor day it's starting to pull out. monday on labor day, not a true storm, it could get back to the 70's. i could pick up more strength. upgraded tropical storms to the delmarva portion of the by bay through maryland. in the day, the ocean city winds in the 30, 40,

sustained winds. windy weekend. on top of it for the beaches. wet weekend. possibly three, four inches of rain. we worry about the rain here. looked impressive with the latest model trend. this is a nuisance rain. going back and forth in the metro. head west. and stray shower at best. nine. not bad. you head east, and the south east, the rained the wind and the biggest impact are felt. the friends south and east. overnight in the 60's. comfortably cool. the clouds thicken up near labor day. off and on showers may develop tomorrow and sunday. depending where the system wobbles see if we get batches of sunshine. monday the sunshine returns. mid-80's on monday. we will dry out. next w

temperatures in the 90's. hot and humid. you will feel it heading to the latter half of next week. another heatwave and hopefully the final heatwave of the season. when are in september. michelle: bring it on. thank you, brian. michelle: coming up in ten minutes we take you live on the charleston where they are bracing for hermine. leon: but first -- >> on a quiet silver spring street there is a battle over concrete. i'm kevin

leon: this is a classic neighborhood over a sidewalk. a resident didn't want one cutting through her lawn. michelle: she says it will be a waste of money. kevin lewis takes us to the neighborhood on musgrove road in silver springs. >> 153 feet of road frontage. kevin: gloria admires her wooden home built in 1783. >> it's a waste of money. we don't need it. kevin: the 71-year-old isn't smitten with the proposal to prop a sidewalk in her front yard. >> aesthetically, i think it's ugly. that is one thing. two, i don't think it's

down trees and shrubs and move her mailbox to make way for the concrete path. >> the people that started the lobbying for the sidewalk were saying people walk here night and day and it's so dark. no one walks here at all. if you are, if five people walk here during the day that is a lot. >> a sidewalk would be nice. >> it's not easy walk. >> and carlos garcia contend her yard forces walkers, runners and residents at the nearby nursing home into the real estate. >> montgomery county has a high rate of pedestrian accidents, too. safety is a number one concern. >> montgomery county says sidewalk in the right-of-way is widely supported. pending approval, construction will start next summer. >> there is no question. it is a right-of-way. they can do it. but whether they should is anotr

kevin: in silver spring, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. michelle: coming up at 5:00, the item gets results after asking why -- i-team gets results after asking why so many families were left without housing. >> plus -- >> i'm ryan hughes. find out why the secretary is being held a hero. >> "7 on your side" investigator kimberly suiters. why the f.d.a. doesn't want you to use antibacterial

michelle: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert what could change how you watch your hands. kimberly suiters at the "live desk" to explain. kimberly: this is a big blow to companies that make antibacterial soap like these. the f.d.a. is selling consumers to skip them and use soap and water instead. the governor agency says there isn't enough science to prove claims that the antibacterial soap better than plain old soap and water and the wide use raises questions of the negative effects on your health that is because of the ingredient triposand. some studies show it may make

bacteria resistant to antibiotics. some manufacturers revised the ingredients in advance of the warning. this does not apply to the hand wipes and sanitizers. leon: we're tracking hermine. still a tropical storm making the way back to the east coast now. lana, tell where you say is hermine and how dis it shape up now? reporter: hermine is in south carolina. 30 miles west of here.

marches east of charlesson. we are experiencing a calm before the storm. pelted in the face with the it want the rain. leon: you look you are sitting in a studio. like you're photo shop. tell us about the preparations underway. reporter: there have before thousands of sandbags here. there is storm surge and the tornadoes and power outages. 3,000 americans lost power and there is about 60,000 in south carolina. it's all part of the con certain. everybody wants to get ahead of it. even though

that storms are uncertain and they can lose the strength nobody wants to be caught unaware. >> something that shocks you is when you see the rivers flowing backwards. what is the biggest concern now? reporter: the biggest concern is the flooding. tornado warning could make it worse. a person casualty of hermine. a death took place because of a falling tree branch in florida. they need to get to higher ground and they should do that. >> thank you for the update. dry for now. good luck. see you later. be careful. you can track hermine on facebook and twitter feeds. you c

stormwatch7 app. michelle: the closest law firms may get to delivery room is a malpractice suit. but we look at how the day ended with excitement for a local law secretary. >> holly has been working at homestead and homestead law firm in charles county for two years. >> make an appointment for the attorneys. keeping their calendars. >> but on tuesday, the law secretary faced with a case she never seen before. >> all of a sudden i heard a lady screaming. i walked outside to see what was going on. the lady was bent over and in pain. >> a woman in distress and in labor. all the attorneys are out to lunch. so the baby's father called 911 holly helps the woman in the bathroom. >> the couple was headed to the hospital. ironically it's only two

but there wasn't must have time. >> i went back in to check on her. she said the baby is coming. >> i opened up the first aid kit. >> she jumped into action and delivered the baby girl. she was purple and not breathing. >> we had the cord around her neck. i take my fingers and bring it up above her neck. >> within seconds she starts crying. a new life brought in a world by a complete stranger. we are told both mom and baby are doing well. holly went to visit them in the hospital. >> i'm just glad i was in the right place at the right time. it was a blessing for me. >> blessing to meet isabella. in charles county, ryan hughes, abc7 news. michelle: i'm glad she knew what to do. i would freak out. leon: could you do that? michelle: absolutely not. leon: same here. panic city here. michelle: great work. leon: lukey for the baby -- lucky for the

michelle: 7 salutes. those helping ease burden for troops when they come back home. leon: coming up new at 6:00, the woman whose discovery has georgetown seeking atonement for past sins. the moment she said she felt a kinship from the discovery.

brian: despite hermine happening off the coast, a lot of activity here. you may dodge showers but just a little breeze. 70's for the d.c. blues festival on saturday. sunday, the labor day concert. playing out on the mall. you will be okay. bring a coat. it

it's our labor day sale. where you can create the perfect home. from now until september 5th, you'll find huge savings on stylish pieces. get free delivery, plus an extra hundred-dollars off every thousand-dollars you spend. with havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isn't. mom? have you see my iguana? the labor day sale is on now, at havertys. life looks good. michelle: away from home months at a time. for national guard and reservists, it's even harder. they don't know what awaits them at home. bills or jobs they may not have anymore. but they're going above and beyond to support the service members. fighting on the battlefield is enough for any one person to worry about. when they worry about the family and the job back home, it can be too much.

year singles out the companies working to ease the burden of the part-time troops. >> that is why we are giving out the awards today. the organizations are leading, setting the standard for employer support to the guard and reserve. jonathan: i was lucky to host the award. 15 big and small companies and organizations getting the freedom award. companies like good year, lowe's, alaska airlines. fast signs. organization such as the seattle fire department and oregon clackamas sheriff department. >> what i saw in oregon was unfair for the military folks to be deployed and serve overseas that they had to sell the personal items to survive. i can't believe this is happening. what we did in oregon is pass a law to compensate them for the difference. that is the least we could do. jonathan: another of this year's recipients, maryland state police. >> once they are gone the military doe

pay and benefits. make sure the family is taken care of. we have regular visits to the family. we had several where the kids were born while they were away. some made it home. some haven't but they are taken care of while they are there. >> 2,000 companies were dominated for this year's award. in every case, service member honored the company. >> i left on three tours. every time i went from the top to the lowest ranking. i had 110% support. before i left, while i was gone and when i came back. jonathan: only 15 out of more than 2,000 companies and organizations nominated were chosen. which tells you there are a lot of folks out there helping support member of the national guard and reserve. my thanks to the secretary of defense and the esgr folks for the invite to host this year's event. michelle: still ahead the high school football season quicks

off tonight. scott abraham is live in gaithersburg for a preview of quince orchard versus damascus. >> the i-team is headed back to crowded motel 6 in the heart of the district filled with families that are homeless. i'm scott tayl

michelle: the district has a housing crisis that is placing homeless families in motels for a year. the i-team exposed this earlier this month. scott taylor is back with more. including how much this is costing taxpayers. scott t.: more than 600 families are living in hotels placed by the department of human services. in a previous i-team investigation we took you inside motel 6 filled with the homeless families. the goal is move them to permanent housing in 60 days. by 2020. but they are shooting for that number now. >> i have been here for eight months. scott t.: jill and her family living here since may. >> this is the big

scott t.: d.h.s. revealed ten families lived at motel 6 for ten months. the district pays $179 a night for motel rooms and it's costing taxpayers $12 million a year to place families in motels compared to less expensive homes. two weeks after we started asking tough questions jill got a new place. >> this is a living room. scott t.: did our investigation put jewel on a fasttrack to a new place? >> we are ecstatic. a long time coming. scott t.: jill and her family have a new home in a long time neighborhood and that is terrific. but we didn't forget the other families we met in the investigation. we stopped back at motel 6. weeks later the orphismlies were still there. >> people are not doing their job to move families efficiently and quickly to get us out and help us find housing. the house we do have now i found on my own with no assistance from

scott t.: d.h.s. tells me in the last few months 15 families moved to new homes from the motel 6. since the chat initially with d.h.s. we have call and e-mailed several requests to speak on cam are with the d.h.s. director. sor fa it hasn't happened. jewel says four additional motel 6 families are on schedule to move to new homes. >> i think you have tremendous pull, more than what d.h.s. has done on their own. scott t.: beautiful children. we are trying to sit down with the director. the p.r. teams emany it will happen in two weeks. scott taylor, abc7 news. leon: thank you. let's get to breaking news out of ocean city concerning the holiday weekend coming up. brad bell is live with the latest. what is happening out there? brad: holiday weekend. you can see the people. a while ago the mayor ordered that the beach be closed to

the lifeguards went off duty at 5:30. the official order was put in place. nobody in water. certainly not now. then probably not tomorrow or sunday as well. as for his guidance about the people coming to town, he said use your best judgment. part of that judgment will include the knowledge you will not be allowed to go in the water. in ocean city, brad bell, abc7 news. back to you. leon: let's see how many folks obey that or if anybody violates that. let's see what is happening on the roads. what do you see? jamie: we are starting off with bumper-to-bumper traffic. this is on the capital beltway. if you are in the inirloop from tysons to north we are used to slowing but not like this. not usually this heavy. the reason for is it a crash heading northbound. that is the inner loop at the beltway in virginia. two left lanes are taken out. that drops you down to 6

very heavy. in the district, not bad. we are seeing more green than red. that is a good sign for us. 66. still heavy as you head outbound. i will take you 25 minutes from beltway to fairfax county parkway. this is the pace. we are moving. it's not bumper-to-bumper. there is volume but a slow pace. if you heading to ocean city, rehoboth beach. the slowest point to you at 12 miles per hour will be before the severn river bridge. getting closer to the bay bridge, we are in good shape. not bad at all. a little bit of stop-and-go. now is a good time to cross the bridge. that is a look at traffic but tim is in mobiletrak7 along the beltway. tim? tim: speaking of bridges, we are about to head over the woodrow wilson bridge. a live about at what we have now. it was slow before you came to us but picking up. even the express lanes were

so if things get worse if we had more major delays we will let you know. we'll monitor the traffic. get the latest look at the weather with brian van de graaff. what does it look like out there? brian: adds now is just high clouds. we have moisture possibly headed our way. best chance of metro and points east. i got to tell you, a lovely everything. enjoy the everything at 80 degrees. not too shabby now. the system, it's churning now through the carolinas. the latest on this is that we have the winds at a 50 miles per hour. it's bringing some clouds our way. eventually some showers. mainly to the east and the southeast of the area. the late eth, the winds at 50. gusting to 65. by tomorrow midday off the coast of hatteras. as we progress deeper to the early portion of next week and the holiday weekend, it will be just off the coastline. we have to watch it ever so slowsly it will have an impact.

warning as close a southern maryland and northern neck. we have the warnings up for winds up to 40 miles per hour in the bay. 60-mile-per-hour at the beach. the bottom line for the next couple of days the body shower of metro. south and east is where the heavy rains are and the heaviest winds are. in the city, a nuisance. if you are west of town you may get period of sunshine heading through the upcoming weekend. all indications are that the system should move out. so monday we're back in the sunshine. if you are at the beach monday could be unsettle but should be a nice labor day monday. next week is the heat and the humidity building back in. temperatures are in the 90's wednesday, thursday, friday. we talk sports now with robert. robert: it's that time of year. everyone missed lights on friday. high school football is back. tonight is quince orchard and damascus. scott abraham is all over it and he joins us live from quince orchard. tell me

scott a.: i tell you what. it's an exciting time of year for the football fans. high school football back in the d.m.v. we are 40 minutes away from opening kickoff at the cougar dome. we have quince orchard taking on the defending 3a state champ damascus. it will be an awesome contest. this is the season opener for both teams. these teams met last year in the opening game. swarming hornets come away with a 39-17 victory. damascus, though, needs to find new play-makers this season. running back and the quarterback graduated. on the other side the cougars feature one of the area top quarterback. the opener is a tone-setter for the year. quince orchard is ready to protect the home field. >> they are excited. the weather is great. the field is in great condition. the kids train hard. they are exciting to get it

scott a.: good test. 3a champs coming to town. damascus. they got you last year. big game. >> in my opinion the best public school in maryland. the kids are looking forward to the challenge. come out tonight and give at it fight. scott a.: this place will be rocking. taking a live look at the red army. that is the student section of quince orchard. they are ready to go. it will be a great game. we have highlights tonight at 11:00. robert, back to you. robert: scott, thank you. it has to be rocking. i could barely hear you. on the college level howard has a big test against the terps tomorrow. they travel to college park for the season opener. new maryland head coach d.j. durkin will make a debut on the sideline. the terps went 3-9 last season losing eight of the last nine game of the season. byson coming off a disa -- the bison coming off a disappointing season as well. they only finished one game last year. finish 1-1

noon kickoff at maryland. we should be on the lookout for culture change in college park. don't be fooled. tennessee was almost upset last night by appalachian state. leon: don't take anyone for granted. robert: not now. leon: thanks. michelle: woman who sparked a change -- [inaudible] leon: first, protest outside the california jail after the man at the center of a case that caused international debate is set free.

michelle: new developments in the case of the exstanford swimmer whose six-month sentence for sexually assaulting unconscious woman sparked nationwide backlash. brock turner is a free man after serving half of his sense tense, three months. as lauren lister reports critics felt that wasn't enough. lauren: brock turner early this morning walking out of the santa clara jail

keeping his head down saying nothing as he walked past throngs of media. driving away a free man. >> he should be in prison. i think it was the wrong sentence. it's a terrible crime. lauren: earlier in year he pleaded not guilty accused of sexual assaulting a young woman who was passed out drunk behind a dumpster after a party. turner was convicted but critics felt the sentence was too lenient. protesters trying to make that known. the man behind the decision judge pescara del tronto -- judge aaron persky. >> we don't believe he has perspective. he doesn't take the crimes seriously. >> we are told that persky is not allowed to comment on ongoing cases but the statement said i have a reputation for being

both sides. as for turner he is expected to live with his parents in ohio. he has three years' pro base and will have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. i'm lauren lister, abc7 news. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. >> we have been informed that we are having life-threatening. maureen: tropical storm hermine. it's on a holiday weekend. storm watch weather team is tracking all aspects of this storm as it makes its way through the carolinas. maryland bureau chief brad ball is ocean city with breaking news about the plans for the critical weekend.

expect from the storm in the coming hours. for that we go to storm watch meteorologist brian van de graaff. brianne: we got the newest information at 5:00. waiting on the 8:00 update. still a tropical storm hermine is churning through the carolinas with the outer bands of rain lapping at the eastern portion of the tide water and through the outer banks of north carolina. this system will continue to have 50 miles per hour and gusting to 65. moving northeast at 20. off the outer banks by tomorrow midday. churn off the open waters of the eastern seaboard for a bit. sunday and monday. monday may intensify more with the winds possibly back to near hurricane strength for a short time. before getting out of here. what it means is a prolonged impact for area along the region. the models are good about getting up there sunday. sunday and monday they wander around before pulling out of here. prolonged beach effect