>> right now the first tropical storm of the atlantic season is pounding florida. >> tropical storm andrea is already downing power lines and snapping trees across the state. tropical storm warnings are on the east coast all wait the way virginia. we begin our coverage with jay gray in redding beach, florida. >> tropical storm andrea rushed across the florida peninsula, hitting some coastal communities while inland, the biggest concern seems to be tornadoes, spawned by the first-named storm of the season. in palm beach county, power lines and trees were pulled down, windows shattered, debris scattered for blocks after a funnel touched down. >> most of the roof is still on top of the house. pieces of tin are hanging in the power lines and over in the lake, and it's just done a lot of devastation for 15 seconds of

fear. >> reporter: for emergency teams and businesses along the florida coast, andrea is an early warning for what could be a tough tropical season. >> you usually expect it like a month or so into the season, but this is amazing. >> reporter: for most tourists, the storm is an inconvenient but not an end to their trip. >> gusting winds with pelting rain, foaming surf. looks like a good latte or a bad beer. >> reporter: making the best of the bad weather but not taking any chances with the violent surf. >> waves are really rough. it's taking you all the way down the beach. if you get in a little bit, you can feel it pulling you all the way down the beach. >> reporter: dangerous as andrea heads on down the coast, taking with it another potentially active hurricane season. andrea is a fast-moving storm expected to go through florida bringing heavy winds to the east

coast tomorrow afternoon. jay gray, redding beach, florida. veronica johnson, our meteorologist, is here to tell us when tropical storm andrea will be in our area. >> thanks a lot, barbara. of course, it's important to say the rain we've been getting around here today, some showers not associated with tropical storm andrea. but let me show you how big that storm is down to the south of us. we told you about andrea yesterday. look at the rains from miami all the way to jacksonville. it's florida through georgia and through south carolina. also look at the circulation and the spin right here, real easy to see where the center of circulation is and it's right there, and very, very soon it will be making landfall, i think, in the next couple of minutes, somewhere around cedar key, florida. they've been getting a title storm surge of 2 and a half feet and 30-mile-per-hour winds and in the tampa area, they've seen 3 inches of rain. this band of rain is tracking to the northeast at 70 miles an hour and expected to pick up forward speed.

so the big rains they're getting down around florida and georgia, i don't think we're going to see as it makes its track eastward. here it is, by early tomorrow morning, right across eastern portions of south carolina, and by late friday, just to the east of our area. what i like is the consistency with a lot of the guidance and the computer models that we've been looking at all keeps it to the east, that forward speed cutting down on our rainfall totals. when i return a little later in the newscast, i'll tell you how much rain we are expecting from tropical storm andrea and what you can expect for your friday and right through the weekend. >> thanks, veronica. remember, you can stay on top of a storm any time with our weather app. download it free from itunes and google play by searching nbc washington weather. right now we're monitoring news from buckingham palace. let's go to jackie at the live desk. jackie? >> reporter: prince phillip is back in the hospital for some sort ofable problem, according to buckingham palace.

we heard the duke of he had edih checked in. he's undergoing an explorato exploratoriabexploratory abdominal operation, and this was planned so it wasn't an emergency. he has heart disease and missed another event earlier this week citing health problems, but it's not clear how, if at all, this operation is related to his pre-health issues. he's expected to stay at hospitthe hospital for up to two weeks. impacted by that devastating fire at frager's hardware store. the fire started and quickly spread. right now matchbox is offering interviews for frager's employees needing temporary jobs. those we spoke to said frager's is much more than a place to

find home goods. >> oh, my god, this has been the greatest place, is the greatest place. it will be again the greatest place to work. >> it's been here, what, a hundred years? i forgot how long it's been h r here, but it's been the center of congress here on capitol hill for all these years. >> still no word on what sparked the fire. they will help the people and businesses impacted. a live report on news4 at 5:00. it's a shocking report. the national security agency collected phone records. >> that's right. american customers of verizon under a top secret order. steve handelsman is live on capitol hill and has more for us now. steve? >> barbara, thanks. verizon had no comment, but lawmakers up here on capitol hill confirmed this massive, ongoing program recording not what we say on our phones but all the other data. every time your cell phone rings

or you make a call, every time your land line gets used, both phone numbers, the time and the ple, get sent to data banks at the national security agency. not call content, not what was said. verizon is cooperating with nsa. 900 million cell phones, 12 million home phones. >> it's not just verizon. i think we can assume it's all the other carriers as well. >> reporter: terrorists are identified in other ways and a special judge approves. investigators can look at the stored phone information. >> they can go into this das a ba -- database and see if that specific targeted terrorist has been making any phone calls and to whom. >> reporter: then calls can be recorded. congress approved the secret plan in 2009. president obama's version of the patriot act wholly supported by most in congress. >> how the american people appreciate the way you protect

the homeland is you try to find out what the enemy is up to. >> the house intelligence committee chair maintained today it's worked. >> that within the last few years, this program was used to stop a program -- excuse me, stop a terrorist attack in the united states. we know that. >> reporter: but some democrats call looking at every call an overreach. >> telephone records not only of foreign calls but also domestic calls, i think, goes against what this country is founded upon. >> reporter: but when you use your phone tonight, that call data will go to the government. president obama, said a spokesman, is comfortable that this once secret law strikes the right balance between protecting national security and individual rights. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >> all right, thanks, steve. crews continue to search for survivors in philadelphia today after a woman was pulled from the rubble of that collapsed building more than 12 hours after she was trapped.

more on what investigators think caused the deadly collapse. big changes could be coming to d.c. marriage laws. the proposal to make it easier for anyone to officiate a wedding. and veronica, what's the weather looking like right now out there? >> right now some of us have just an overcast sky. others, it's been raining for a while today, so here's a look at your goodnight forecast. we started at 5:00. the temperature of 72 will drop to the 60s and rain will be picking up. we have a system to talk about in the next several days, the

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president obama is wrapping up a trip to north carolina at this hour. that's a live picture as he spent the day in the charlotte area and visited a middle school there where he unveiled a new education initiative. the goal is to connect 900

students to broadband wireless. the president is headed to california after this. he will speak at two democratic fundraisers tonight in the san jose area. a public viewing is under way at the capitol right now for late new jersey senator frank lautenberg. his body is lying in repose in the senate chamber. the public is invited to pay their respects until the chamber closes at 5:45 this evening. lautenberg died earlier this week at the age of 89. the democratic lawmaker was the last world war ii veteran in the senate. today republican governor chris christie announced that new jersey's attorney general will fill lautenberg's seat until the special election takes place in october. the search for a suspect after a bold robbery in the district. the shocking surveillance video that shows a man robbing a couple dining outside a restaurant in northwest. and if you have plans this weekend, make sure you pack an umbrella. meteorologist veronica

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i'm jackie bensen.

with this just up in the news4 live desk, firefighters over a lumberyard in charles county, maryland. crews were over the scene just a while ago. this is taking place on the goad lumberyard. firefighters do have the flames contained at this point but they say it could take some time to fully extinguish all the mulch and wood that's been burning. no injuries have been reported and no damage to any surrounding property. at the live desk, jackie bensen. police just released this video of a brazen armed robbery at a pizza place on logan circle. they're hoping it will help identify the suspect. it happened last month. the man walked up to a couple as they were sitting outside pizzoli's pizzeria. he talked to them for a minute and pulled out a handgun. the diners handed over cash and

other vaubluables and the suspe took off. if you have friends getting married in the district and you want to officiate, a new proposal will soon let you do that. today the d.c. council approved legislation that would let any adult perform marriage ceremonies and legally sign the document. under current law, only a member of the clergy or judge can do so. the new law will let you get a temporary license for a specific ceremony. councilmembers say many couples today don't want to involve religious institutions, they don't want to go down to the courthouse. the full council is expected to pass the legislation in upcoming weeks. >> just think, either of you, could be marrying a couple soon. would you like to do it? >> i would like a nice weekend outside. something somewhere dry, how about that? we're not going to have that coming up tomorrow or even perhaps this weekend because we're talking about periods of wet weather that's coming our way. let's go ahead and head outside, see what's going on.

we have overcast skies, the rain luckily holding just to the west of us, but different story for tomorrow because tomorrow we're talking about nasty morning rush and a nasty afternoon and evening rush. right here as you look at your evening planner, the sun sets. we'll be at 68 degrees by 7:00 p.m., 66 degrees by 9:00 p.m., then i think we'll see our temperatures start to rise by 11:00 p.m. there's the rain over the last three hours, and i wanted to show you this leading edge of the rain, not rains from tropical storm andrea. it's barely been moving. it's been making its way northward. so the heaviest rains right here along i-81, rates at half an inch per hour. rain around hagerstown seeing about a third of an inch of rain today. down south is where the focus

is, you can see the spiraling bands in south carolina, georgia, florida and that's what's moving this way. showed you the track of this storm right over by southeastern virginia on friday. i think if we have any high winds they'll come by the afternoon. 5:00 this evening, showers moving through. there is the first bands of rain from andrea right over us. a sloppy morning rush. even by noontime tomorrow, heavy rain in our area. by the afternoon tomorrow, real heavy rain around our area, and by tomorrow afternoon, some spots of our areas could be seeing over three inches of rain. so here we go with your what to expect. winds gusting 20 to 30 miles an hour around d.c. everything should start moving around late and for areas around annapolis, maryland and near the bay, winds gusting 20 to 30 miles per hour. same thing, one to three inches of rain, and around ocean city, those winds will be gusting a

little higher, to 30 miles per hour, but mainly what's looking like a mostly dry weekend at ocean city coming up. there will be some showers around. there's saturday, there's sunday. 30 to 40% chance, but tomorrow the real soggy day where you need to pack your patience. the high is 76 degrees. under your team forecast saturday 82, for sunday 85. for monday the high going up to 86 degrees, then we get a bit of a break and a chance to dry out. but right now the weekend looking fairly salvageable which i'm going to give you more details on this and the beaches in a couple minutes. a controversial practice today in louden county. we'll tell you where crews spray for ticks and why they're going to be spraying next week. new details about what was found in paris jackson's room after she was rushed to the hospital yesterday in

the jackson family is asking for privacy as michael's daughter paris recovers, and trouble for another music legend's child. >> she's the host of the morning show on 93.9 wksi. hi. >> hi. good to see you. >> this is troubling news. paris jackson is in the hospital from an apparent suicide attempt. what can you tell us about that? >> she apparently threw a fit when she couldn't go to a marilyn manson concert. she cut her wrist with a meat cleaver. she also supposedly took a bunch of motrin pills, and supposedly there was a suicide note left in her room. she did call the suicide hotline. the suicide person she spoke with on the hotline is the one

who called 911. they showed up at the house, took her to the hospital. she is on suicide watch right now for 72 hours. her family is asking, you know, for the fans -- they're saying, hey, thanks for your concern, but please give us some privacy here. marilyn manson has reached out to her saying, listen, you're on my vip list forever. whenever you want to come to a concert, that's fine. and surprisingly, dr. conrad murray reached out to paris asking, is there anything we can do for you, any help you need? >> wow. bob bobbi kristina, whitney houston's daughter is out of her apartment in atlanta? apparently she was convicted? >> neighbors have complained many times about the noise in her apartment and she basically

left. she left a tweet saying a crazy story about her neighbor. she wasn't evicted, she left on her own, but she left her neighbors a note saying, you guys are miserable, you're jealous of me and my boyfriend, you wish you were us. i hope your baby won't be as miserable as you are, and you should be honored to be in the same building as you. what does the neighbor do? he takes a picture of the note and puts it on his facebook page for all to see. not sure if she was evicted or left on her own, but i'm sure the neighbors are glad no matter what. a lot of people are talking about this picture of beyonce on her tumblr page drinking wine. any rumors that she's pregnant? >> we've been talking about beyonce being pregnant for about a month. what's the big deal? she says she's not. jay-z has said she's not

pregnant. gayle king said beyonce's people reached out to her and they say she's not pregnant. leave her alone. the girl is a size negative 0. how could she be pregnant while on tour she's been wearing even thinner, skimpier outfits to say, look at me, i do not have a belly, i'm not pregnant. >> let's just wait for her to tell us. >> i'm sure she'll say it again. >> what do you have coming up tomorrow? >> we're giving away trips, we're giving away tickets, we're giving a lie a louis vuitton. i already put down my size and a fake name, so maybe i'll get it. >> thanks, georgia. well, after a deadly building collapse, investigators in philadelphia are trying to figure out what caused the accident. and michelle obama stumps in the commonwealth. the commpeople are stuck in very old habits

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that historic shop in capitol hill went up in flames yesterday. in addition, a nearby restaurant is letting frager's workers apply for temporary jobs. downed trees and power lines from tropical storm andrea. the storm is bringing heavy rain to much of florida. governor rick scott says he's glad the storm is moving fast because it might spare florida from heavy flooding. tr tropical storm warnings are up on the east coast and through virginia. veronica johnson is here with more on what we can expect. >> our showers right now not associated with tropical storm andrea, but it is making landfall right now somewhere around cedar key, florida. check out our rains that have been streaming almost due north and off to our west around i-81, so harrisonburg, areas around lorraine, front royal, all the way up to winchester. you folks have been wet today, and into loudon county, western

and northern areas, you have been wet today, but it's not wet into prince william and t.d.c. all, but i expect that rain to make its way more eastward here in the early evening hours. at 7:00 p.m., in the upper 60s, and tomorrow morning also in the upper 60s. the temperatures will take a dip and start heading back upward. areas around germantown, georgetown to start the day tomorrow 68 degrees. high temperature tomorrow will get up to about 76 to 77 degrees through the area. again, sloppy wet with drenching rains across the area. we'll have another look on just how much rain we get for friday and also for saturday and sunday we've got a chance for some rain, too, as we head to the beach, coming up. right now the search continues for more survivors in what was once a four-story

building in philadelphia, a building that collapsed during demolition yesterday right onto a salvation army store. today we know six people were killed, 14 were pulled out alive. nbc's chris clackam has more on the rush to find more survivors. >> reporter: with a sense of urgency and encouragement, rescuers were back searching thursday for others who may have survived the building collapse in philadelphia. overnight a 14th survivor was pulled from the rubble. firefighters found a 61-year-old woman more than 12 hours after the building came crashing down. >> that person being pulled out alive is what heavy rescue is all about and what technical rescue is all about. >> reporter: wednesday morning's collapse of the 14-story building onto a salvation army thrift store killed six people. most were all inside the store, including maggie davis' husband

who she was on the phone with 14 minutes before the collapse. >> we had just talked before 15 minutes, and i called him again and he didn't answer. >> reporter: the cause of the collapse is still under investigation. >> we have a lot of work to do to figure out why what happened yesterday happened. >> reporter: the building was in the process of being demolished, but city officials say the demolition permit is in order. and although some question the safety of demolishing the building next to one that's occupied, mayor michael nutter says it's common. >> we have demolitions all the time with active buildings next to them and they're done very safely in this city all the time. >> reporter: still, local district attorneys and a crime scene unit were also spotted at the site thursday. chris clackam, nbc news. as the senate gets ready to take up immigration reform, their compromised deal is hitting a snag. florida senator marco rubio

helped create the immigration legislation. he says law mirkz on both sid-- both sides feel the bill isn't tough enough on border security. >> we're going to have to improve the border security elements of the bill and make people feel confident that what we're doing is enough. >> the senate begins its vote on the florida bill tomorrow. it would put 11 million undocumented immigrants on a path to becoming u.s. citizens. president obama's health care plan is losing popularity just months before it goes into effect. a new nbc news wall street journal poll showed 49% of people say the affordable care act is a bad idea. that's up 7% from last year. 38% said their families will be worse off under the plan. 19% said their families will be better off. first lady michelle obama spent the day campaigning in

virginia, but it wasn't for the president. mrs. obama cwas a headline speaker at a terry mccullough fundraiser. visitors could also make a donation of $5 to win a raffle ticket for the event. ken cucinelli's campaign initiated a grassroots effort. he was asking supporters for donations of $5 or more. the campaign wants to show they're grassroots effort can compete with the, quote, star power, unquote. he has a 2-1 edge in campaign funding. a motorcyclist leads police on a wild chase with speeds reaching up to 90 miles per hour. how it all came to an end. a new drug who researchers

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it was a wild chase through the streets of los angeles yesterday, and the motorcycle driver is under arrest today. he hit 90 miles an hour as he sped through two counties on three different highways. along the way, he was waving his hands and making obscene gestures at the police officers chasing him. several times he was seen standing on the cycle. the chase finally ended abruptly when the bikeer hit a construction zone and bailed. police say the chase started after people complained about the biker driving recklessly. if you live in loudon county, you may want to stay away from parks today. crews are spraying insecticides to kill ticks. today clydemore park and philadelphia park will be sprayed. some are opposed to spraying insecticide where children play, but they say signs will be posted in a park that has

recently been sprayed and staff will let visitors know when the insecticide is dry enough to let people return safely. a father goes the extra mile to surprise his daughter. just how far he traveled to make her graduation. veronica, what's the weather looking like now? >> there is some showers in our area, but nothing like what it will look like tomorrow. heavy rain tomorrow as tropical storm andrea makes its way up the coast. i'll tell you the impact of that

i'm jackie bensen with a recall alert just into the news4 live desk. maryland's health department just issued a warning about frozen fruits sold in our area which could be linked to a hepatitis a outbreak. it's the anti-oxidant with a mix of berries sold at costco.

there are apparently to cases of hepatitis reported in maryland linked to the outbreak, but they want us to know some symptoms can include yellowing skin or eyes and fever. at the news4 live desk, i'm jackie bensen. graduation day is a big deal when you're in high school. >> but it was beyond a big deal in south philadelphia. taylor kerns was there and caught the whole thing on tape. >> reporter: it's one of those days made for the family photo. like christmas or thanksgiving, graduation day brings everyone together. at least, it's supposed to. >> ease deployed in kosovo but he's supposed to be coming back soon. >> he's missed some big moments this year. he's been overseas with the national guard. his family thought he would miss graduation by less than an hour. >> it was like ships that pass

through the night. he almost made the event. >> reporter: almost wasn't good enough for family friend and veteran jim noel. noel helped organize and smuggle the major to the carolina kohl s -- coliseum where he dropped in on a daughter who could hardly believe it. a year of deployment meant a lot of missed milestones. >> all of our senior events that we've had. for homecoming queen this year, he wasn't able to escort me on the field. >> it's heartbreaking. those are the kind of moments that you really cherish, and the good stuff that you want to be around when you're a parent. it's hard. >> that was fun. >> reporter: today was a lot easier. a big release after months of secrecy. >> we actually started talking about it, mr. noel and i, maybe

six or seven months ago. he brought the idea to me and suggested it, so we started scheming then. >> i've made a lot of moments. i've got a beautiful daughter. it brought back some memories. brought back some memories. >> reporter: and it brought dad back into a picture he had missed for too long. >> it was already an exciting day, but this just makes it even better. >> wow. >> sweet story. we got rain coming in. are we talking about flooding tomorrow? >> that is one of the main threats that we're going to see from andrea tomorrow. as far as rainfall totals go, we're talking about getting one, possibly two inches of rain by late tomorrow. it certainly doesn't help that we've got another system here today preceding andrea. a look outside, you can see, yeah, it is overcast. 75 is your current temperature with showers just to the west of our area. wind out of the southeast at 10 miles per hour right now. that wind will be picking up

throughout the day tomorrow, so our highest winds, i think, will be hitting us tomorrow afternoon. zoom in and you can see that line of rain, and it's the leading edge right there around leesburg around warrenton, 56. heavy rain has been here today, but eventually that line will be moving through our area for the late evening for a good portion of the overnight, and then starting at about 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, that's when some of the outer bands from andrea will arrive here. we've got a flash flood watch, too, that covers pretty much the viewing area until 10:00 p.m. tomorrow. again, expecting one, upwards two inches of rain. there could be an isolated response that picks up as much as 3 inches of rain. i think those would be the areas that have already gotten that heavy rain today, culpeper, maybe even in faulkner county. rain tomorrow, just a sloppy

morning rush. it would be a good morning to leave early out the door. 63 to 68 degrees. wind at about 10 to 15 miles an hour. watch how that wind picks up tomorrow after. 25 miles an hour winds, could be gusting to 30. 74 to 79 degrees your temperature. wind conditions but rain heavy coming our way for the afternoon. our main threat from this storm system tomorrow, flood potential pretty high and wind potential pretty high. our tornado threat will be fairly low, and the hail potential even lower than that. so we're going to watch for some high wind gusts coming through and the possibility of some flooded roads. remember, don't drive through any flooded roads. if you see a flooded road ahead of you, just turn around, don't drown. national weather service continues to tell us that. 68 degrees at 5:00 a.m., 69 at 8:00 a.m. we'll get that steady rain going by late morning and heavy rain for the afternoon as we take it up to 72 to 76 degrees from

about lunchtime to around late afternoon. at the beach, the water temperature right now, we're at 64 degrees. as far as friday goes, it's wet. it's pretty much a washout. 76 on saturday. chance of a shower and chance of a shower, too, on sunday with a high moving up to 80 degrees. right now sunday at the beach looking like the better day out of the weekend. mid-70s, mid-80s by sunday. next week we have a chance for some rain on monday. on tuesday the high of 86 degrees, and 82 degrees on thursday. so, again, the weekend not a complete washout, but tomorrow awfully soggy and you'll want to continue to tune back right here to news4. storm team 4 will continue to keep you updated. in news4 your health now, no more restrictions on the sale of the morning-after pill. the federal court says girls of any age can buy the morning-after pill without a prescription. previously you had to be at least 17 to buy the emergency

contraceptive. advocates call it a big win for women's rights. opponents argue easy access to the drug takes away rights of parents. new hope for treating post-traumatic stress syndrome, or ptsd, a condition that especially affects military veterans. researchers at emery university school of medicine discovered an experimental drug that reduces ptsd in mice. the drug blocked symptoms like memory, loss problems and a anxiety that often follow traumatic events. testing is still in the early stages, though. a growing number of cancer patients is turning to this spice, tumeric. it is shown to slow down the spreading of cancer and make medication more effective. it also slows down swelling of cancer patients. they consume is once a day. how does it work? >> lots of data now to show this

herb has a substance in it called curcumen ease cancer fatigue and even be a cancer fighter itself. >> according to the mayo clinic, animal and laboratory research suggests that curcumerin suggests that it may prevent cancer and slow the spreading of to take ut there is no curcumerin. what parents need to know to keep their kids safe in the water. one woman just put up these flyers to look for her st. bernard, bentley. but what investigators discovered is far worse than they ever imagined. for all news,

you may have seen someone drowning on a tv show or movie, but could you recognize the situation in real life? nbc's tom costello has some important information you should know if you'll be spending time by the pool or at the beach this summer. >> reporter: it is surveillance camera video of a haunting case that serves as an important reminder every summer. a ten-year-old falls off a float and begins to drown in a pool full of adults and lifeguards. he's there, head under the water. precious minutes pass and no one notices he's on the bottom of the pool. finally, after five long minutes, an adult swimmer finds him and pulls him out. lifeguards, paramedics and doctors saved the child's life in 2005, but he suffered permanent brain damage. mario batoni is a former coast guard rescue swimmer and an expert on water safety. >> drowning is often silent. you're not going to hear it. hollywood teaches us that there is splashing and yelling, and that's almost never the case. >> reporter: each year 390

children die in accidental drownings, most within 25 feet of a parent or adult. very often someone who is drowning can't scream because they're just trying to catch a breath of air as they bob up and down in the water. the warning signs? look for someone whose mouth is atwater level, their head tilted back, their eyes glassy or closed. if they can't talk, they're usually in trouble. >> a child can drown within seconds before anyone knows that the child is under the water. that's why it's so important for children to know how to swim. >> lean back and look up at the sky. >> reporter: in res tton, virgia where hundreds of kids crowd into dozens of municipal pools every day, teaching kids to swim at an early anyone is a priority. lifeguards keep a constant vigil and conduct regular drills. but experts say wherever kids are swimming, in pools, back yards, lakes or rivers, adults have got to be vigilant.

>> one of the things i see often on vacation is parents who are watching the children, but they're on their cell phones or texting, and if you're not looking at them, then you're not watching. right now at 5:00, tropical storm andrea makes landfall. the heavy rain, winds and flooding. they're happening right now and this tropical storm is moving in our direction. a landmark on capitol hill may be reduced to ashes, but that's not stopping people from jumping in to help tonight now that the fire is out. a man with sinister intentions attacks a woman with a taser and mace in one of the district's exclusive neighborhoods. we begin with tropical storm andrea. the storm is lashing florida at this hour. >> and it could head east to the chesapeake bay. flooding is clearly a problem in tampa and in gulf port. >> and in palm beach county, boats, trees and debris littered

the lawn there. we begin with news4 team coverage and doug. doug? >> the storm is moving into eastern portions of florida, and that storm will make its way here in the next 24 hours. some of you have seen all day today, while some of you yhavent seen any rain. this is a storm system making its way our way, back toward ma martinsburg, but the rest of the metro area not seeing a whole lot. it will eventually move in here. if you're thinking about going to the nationals game tonight, you may want to think again. not only do we have rain moving in, but here's the storm, tropical storm andrea just southwest of jacksonville. this rain all the way up i-95. it will continue to move our direction, the storm just about to make landfall, and on the we