accident reconstruction working to piece this altogether to determine what happened, how this all took place. an adult male we've learned is the only one who was in this car. single car crash. this is a ford explorer. it lost control going east on darnestown, hitting a tree, flipping over and catching fire as it landed on its side on the side of the road. now investigators are going to be here for quite some time. the body, we understand, is still here on the scene on darnestown road. we are working the scene throughout the morning. they just put up a tent because it's now starting to rain as they continue to work this investigation to look into several factors, whether speed, of course the weather was bad overnight, whether there was a deer. they just don't know at this point how all of this happened, but we'll stay here live on the scene. of course, area roads are

blocked. darnestown road between whites ferry and black rock and melissa mollet in first 4 traffic has been following the work around for all of this. hey, melissa. >> good morning, molette. going to be shut down probably for the next couple of hours. darnestown road closed between black rock road and whites ferry. alternate would be clopper road. inner loop at 3:55 wisconsin avenue still has the right lane blocked. traffic not having any problem now as they got that one lane. southbound just before powder mill road, we are slow here. a crash happened a short time ago. southbound at bw parkway. prince gorges county, overall no major problems there. angie and eun? >> thank you, melissa. 6:02. you may be waking up to the impact from last night's storms montgomery county.

a tree landed on a house causing significant damage. this is in bethesda. montgomery county fire crews say the family inside the house was displaced. >> the district is soggy after heavy rainfall all evening long. chuck bell says to expect to pack the up umbrella again. >> the umbrella will be your friend. we have a shower chance today and chances for heavy rain before the weekend. we may have to deal with the tropical impacts of what may be hurricane joaquin as we get towards saturday and sunday. a lot going on in the weather. cloudy, wet start this morning. watch out for high and standing water this morning. we'll be talking about the impacts joaquin may have on our weekend coming up. for today, warm and humid. occasional shower. not a big impact for your day today. there are rain drops to contend with early this morning. coming on in. temperatures in the 70s. we'll stay in the 70s all day

long today. temperatures mid to upper 70s. hometown forecast in occoquan, virginia, looking good today. new developments overnight in georgia where the state executed its first female death row inmate since 1945. kelly gissendaner died hours after the supreme court denied a last-minute appeal from her lawyers. gue gissendaner was convicted of plotting to kill her husband. the man accused of abducting and killing two college students in virginia will be in court for a pretrial hearing. jesse matthew heads back to court as we learn new details about his past. a judge unsealed a letter written by a former girlfriend. she said matthew was sexually abused and raped multiple times during his elementary years.

min wen goes before a judge in county just before noon. he broke into the house of denise and cory madison earlier this year and shot cory madison. they had been married three months had this happened. we are learning about a violent threat against police officers in anne arundel county this morning. the words killing aac cops coming soon were found in the brooklyn park neighborhood. officers also found more graffiti on ham monds lane. it read kill cops. the county police chief said these type of threats will not be tolerated. right now maryland state police are looking for the tractor-trailer driver who we now know killed a marine last night and then drove away from the scene. 30 minutes ago we learned the man who died was 21-year-old william farrell. police say he was a corporate in the u.s. marine corps from north

carolina. he stopped to help a driver who was having car trouble near auburn road. the tractor-trailer driver ran into him around 11:00. they are asking that you keep an eye out for the black tractor-trailer. he kept going north on 15 after the crash. it's designed to haul cars. you may notice it has a lot of damage to the front right side. 6:05 now. developing this morning, some students in prince gorges county public schools may not be allowed inside their classrooms today. more than 3,000 students have not had their immunization shots a month into school. a school spokesperson told news 4 any student who did not have their shots by today's deadline will have to leave school until they are in compliance. d.c.'s mayor wants to try to use private ambulances to respond to your 911 calls. under this plan d.c. fire and e.m.s. would be the first responders on all 911 calls but private ambulances would

transport patients with cold symptoms, twitsed ankles or minor cuts. >> we are going out into the market for this service so we don't know yet. we have to buy ourselves time to respond appropriately and more importantly to train the staff. >> the mayor wants to try it out for a year. the d.c. council will vote on the proposal next month. it's going to be a busy day on capitol hill. at midnight the u.s. government will no longer have the legal authority to spend money. there is a spending bill in the works. if it's passed today it would only postpone the possibility of a government shutdown. today is your last chance to visit the crime and punishment museum at gallery place. the museum in northwest is closing today after seven years. the people in charge say they were asked to leave their building and didn't have a choice. the museum will continue to offer some programs including

walking tours and traveling education programs. breaking news on the roads. a couple of different problems. one of our biggest issues this morning montgomery county, part of darnestown road is shut down because of a fatal crash overnight. details on that accident and more coming up. we're also tracking a developing story involving former health and human services secretary donna shalala. what we're learning about her condition after she suffered a stroke. also ahead, putting football on the chopping block. a closer look at the growing trend of high schools that are deciding to cut the program. your time is 6:07.

breaking news montgomery county. darnestown road will be shut down for several more hours because of a fatal crack between black rock road and whites ferry. brand new crash, gw parkway, the

ramp to the interloop is shut down. problem in springfield, southbound burke lake road at braddock road is shut down. 270 southbound, no problems. outer loop, looks good. 66 in bound and 95 north rolling along just fine. remember to listen to our friends on 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. chuck bell, how are we doing this morning? >> so far so good. the heavy rain is over and we are contending with more rain chances later on today. there will be weather slowdowns to contend with. watch out for high and standing water. should improve a bit by later this afternoon and evening. high water and flood warnings continue until 8:00 for portions of loudoun county, culpepper and rapahaneck county. off and on rain chances into the afternoon. current temperatures in the low 70s already. commute forecast then, some puddles to contend with early

this morning and an occasional wet roads later on this afternoon. talk more about the potential impacts of joaquin coming up in ten minutes. 6:12. developing right now, a former cabinet secretary under president bill clinton is recovering from a stroke. the clintons say donna shalala's condition is very encouraging right now. shalala had the stroke late last night. she was the health and human services secretary under clinton for eight years. she also just took over as president of the clinton foundation this year. 6:12. today you can be part of the ceremony to mark the start of national fallen firefighters memorial weekend. congressional leaders plan to recognize 87 firefighters by presenting them a flag. there's a ceremony at the upper senate park at 2:00 in the afternoon. please be wear a motorcade will travel along the beltway and

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breaking news montgomery county right now. crash investigators are on the scene in darnestown on darnestown road where a man died in a crash. the driver lost control of his suv, hit a tree, flipped over and the suv landed on its side. that's what you can see right here in our live picture. then the truck burst into flames. crews telling us it is too early to determine what may have led up to this crash. i'm trying to wake people up and i'm trying to honor the folks who have been murdered. >> lloyd wolf says he is doing something to express his sadness, his frustration with the growing homicide rate in the district. we're tracking a rise in violence in d.c. so far this year police have opened 120 homicide cases. that's a 50% increase from last

year and wolf wants to illustrate that. the documentary photographer runs a blog he calls d.c. shrines. he said everyone who died is someone's son, daughter, mother or father regardless of the choices they may have made. wolf thinks it's important people consider this a regional issue. >> we are all in the same community and i think siloing it that we live here, you live there doesn't work. even to a practical level if you don't payattention to the troubles downtown, it bleeds into your own neighborhood. >> if wolf can't find a makeshift memorial to take pictures of he puts the victim's picture on his blog to make sure they will not be forgotten. it will be another two months before the first of six baltimore officers goes on trial. the man in the upper left on your screen right there, his trial was supposed to start in a couple of weeks. the delay means the remaining officers won't have their trial until next year.

penalties for drunk drivers involved in deadly crashes in maryland will go up starting tomorrow. dui offenders whose blood alcohol levels of .08 or higher will have suspended licenses for six months for the first offense, a year for the second. the driver's bac is .15 or above the new penalty will be one year on the first offense. a driver will lose their license completely if it is his second offense. today the first flight to cuba will leave from bwi marshall. bwi marshall is the only airport in our area that is authorized to send charter flights to cuba. the flights will operate twice a week, on wednesdays and saturdays. it could be a hint of things to come perhaps. vice president joe biden was the subject of a funny moment at the u.n. general assembly. >> yeah. check this out. biden was chairing the summit panel when denmark's foreign minister had a little slip of the tongue.

he called mr. biden president biden. >> mr. president, vice president, sorry, i'm -- well, could have been -- can be, who knows? if you have some news to tell us here, please let us now. >> can you imagine in front of the u.n. assembly. >> well played, right? >> the v.p. laughed off the prime minister's comments there rchltsz he hasn't entered the race but nbc news wall street journal poll found out that many people would support joe biden in a 2016 run. >> he has to make a decision soon if he wants to be in the debate coming up. new explanation for the achievement gap in math between poor students and their wealthier peers. a new study in the journal of the american education association says there is a gap. it's a worldwide problem.

they blame subpar lessons for 40% of the gap. they attribute the other 60% to family backgrounds. 6:19. two team buses collided on an exit ramp in minneapolis while on the way to play the vikings. the city of minneapolis has agreed to pay $237,000 in a settlement case. this happened when a minneapolis police car lost control while escorting the buses. the police department no longer offers to escort pro sports teams. there is a meeting today to talk about the future of frk stadium. it is happening at the washington convention center tonight. it's a follow-up from a couple of weeks ago. at the other meeting lots of people said they did not want the redskins to take over the site. that is according to "the washington post." other options include a skating rink, playing field, trails or even a pool. in news for your health now, new at 6:00 a.m., the world

health organization just released new h.i.v. guidelines. the health agency says anyone who is tested positively for the disease should be treated immediate immediately. 37 million people worldwide have hiv. the calcium supplements you are taking may not be doing very much good. especially if you are 50. ose findings applied for people who changed their diet to up the calcium. what's high school homecoming without a rivalry home football game. soccer will be the game of choice when maple wood rich month heights celebrates homecoming this fall. the school board got rid of the football team in june. they said too many people were worried about safety on the field. not all the students like this

change. >> i definitely think some people miss football. this is a high school tradition. >> we were all a little shocked at first when we heard it. like i said, it was a big part of our community. >> football and home coming go hand in hand. just friday a star football player died after taking a hard hit in a game in new jersey. a lot of parents worried about concussions. >> keep watching after we say good-bye for "today's" report on this new trend of banning football at certain schools. a lot of people have complained about the concussion issue, the safety, but concussions can happen in so many different sports. it's not just football. it happens in soccer. it happens in many girls sports, field hockey, lacrosse. so it's an issue you have to look at all the sports involved. >> you go back to them centering it around soccer. i went to george mason university, we didn't have a football team. we did it for basketball. if you're faithful and spirited the game will go on. >> chuck bell, let's have a look at our forecast. hey, chuck. >> yes, indeed.

a lot of rain overnight and there is more rain coming for today, tomorrow, on into the weekend. this weekend's rains could really be packing quite a punch. overnight last night anywhere from an inch and a half to as much as four inches of rain near stanton and harrisonburg. a lot of high water and flash flood and flood warnings are for central loudoun county and culpepper as well. a lot of humidity. the moist on shore flow is going to continue for the next couple of days. high pressure will drive cooler air in. the end of the week will be not only rainy but unlike yesterday it will be rainy and cold. as we head into the weekend, hurricane joaquin likely to be coming up the east coast. widespread concerns for coastal flooding an beach erosion. even here in the metro area. our winds can be near 35 miles per hour this weekend. we could get an additional three to six inches of rain on top of what we had last night. the hurricane center does estimate that it should become

hurricane joaquin. forward speed and quite concerningly so. start staking a general trajectory towards the northeast coast line. we'll have to watch this really carefully as we get closer to the weekend. for today, immediate concern, take your umbrella out the door. couple of light showers. temperatures in the 70s. future weather, hit and miss light rain showers. then more showers for tomorrow. 64 tomorrow. as we get towards friday and saturday, cold, windy, wet, rainy and then we may have to deal with what's left of joaquin as we get towards saturday and sunday potentially on into monday as well. a whole lot of rain in the next couple of days. we'll break down your rain chances for today hour by hour in ten minutes here's first 4 traffic time. breaking news montgomery county. still had the problem on

darnestown road. alternate to take clopper to get around the problem. live look at the scene. reconstruction crews on the scene there. it will be some time. that is a car fire that turned fatal overnight. gw parkway to the ramp on the inner loop, reopening. burke lake road at grad dock has all lanes blocked. the beltway at van dorn street, sounds like there's a crash in the middle of the roadway. you have to stay on the inner loop and outer loop. it involves a fuel spill. going to be problems on both sides of the roadway there. 6:25 now. new developments right now about the big volkswagen emissions scandal. yesterday the company's ceo said it would provide fixes for its diesel engines in, quote, the next few days. however, we're learning that's only happening in europe and abroad right now.

the detroit bureau.com says changes to american cars will be more complicated and take more time. fiat chrysler is facing more questions from regulators. the company is accused of not reporting injuries and deaths in its cars and that is against the law. fiat chrysler could be on a long list for underreporting. it was fined for violating laws in 23 different recall cases. it could have ended in disaster. the wing of an american eagle flight scrapes the runway as it was landing in texas. this happened yesterday. a novice photographer snapped this photo as the plane hit the tarmac. no word on what caused the plane to tilt like that. we do know no one was hurt. thank goodness. what a scary scene for sure. so an adorable moment now from the national zoo's panda cub bei bei. you know how much i love this.

>> this is mom mei xiang just cuddling. it looks like she may be kissing the little panda cub. this is the moment though when the cub was caught in the cutest sneeze ever. he sneezed with his whole body, too. the 5-week-old cub was taking a nap with mom mei xiang. bei bei weighs four pounds now. first lady michelle obama and the first lady of china named bei bei. that was quite an issue. >> they named him early. they're superstitious. back to the sneeze. they call it the bei bei choo. the impact of the heavy rain still being felt around our area this morning. the damage we're finding this morning and the flood warnings in effect at this hour in our area. also ahead, trying to ease congestion for drivers in

northern va irginia. plus, we are tracking breaking news right now montgomery county where a fiery accident overnight has left a driver dead and part of darnestown road shut down. here's a live look at the scene. what you need to know to get around this crash. your time right now, 6:28.

we are following breaking news. this is a live look at darnestown road where a man died in this crash. it's causing some major slowdowns for the morning rush. this is a live look at the scene. you can see there the vehicle on its side. emergency crews on the scene as well. the pavement looks wet. montgomery county fire crews tell us the driver lost control of his suv, hit a tree, flipped over and the truck burst into flam flames. right now it's too early to tell what happened. >> darnestown road shut down between black rock road and whites ferry. alternate is clopper road. southbound burke lane road all lanes blocked. overall beltway is pretty slow.

top of the beltway on the outer loop from the 50 and around 66. 95 looking pretty typical right now. 270 also slow here as you're headed out of fredericks. taking a look at the latest problem. beltway at van dorn street, stay on the inner loop and outer loop. crash in the center. starting to see real backups. >> time right now, 6:32. right now we are tracking more chances this week for rain like you probably heard falling last night. >> we're not done with scenes like this one, power out and rain pouring across dupont circle. >> storm team 4's chuck bell is leading our coverage from the studio. >> his forecast in a minute. >> tom curon live in leesburg. what are you seeing out there? >> the storm team 4, we're live off of downtown off of market street. evidence of tree damage from strong winds that came through last night.

in addition to heavy rains, we've got debris here, tree limb down in this parking lot. some of the side neighborhoods, evidence of tree damage. all around getting tree drizzle right here. little bit of light rain around. some of the pavement is wet in many of the creeks and streams in loudoun county are running out of their banks as well. watch out for some high water this morning until 8:00. we have a flash flood warning in effect here in loudoun county. watch out for that and high water. chuck? >> thanks, tom. quite a bit of damage there in the parking lot in the leesburg area. outside, a little bit of light rain and fog. pretty dramatically reduced visibility. thick fog gaithersburg, leesburg, manassas. watch out for that this morning.

charles and st. mary's county. south parts of an arundle county. about to move into the west part of the area. little break in the action from time to time. temperatures right now in the low to mid 70s. we'll climb into the upper 70s by later on this afternoon. thank you, chuck. today a hyattsville man will go on trial for a deadly hit and run. 73-year-old earl teeter hit and killed 38-year-old rick warrick on super bowl sunday. warrick was killed. a 911 dispatcher was fired after telling warrick's daughter to stop whining as she called for help. take a good look at the man we're about to show you. if you recognize him, police want to hear from you. he is wanted for stealing

laundry pods and there's a second man who's wanted for doing the same thing at a safeway in rockville. montgomery county police say the men pulled knives when someone tried to stop them. police are offering a $10,000 reward for any tips that lead to an arrest in this case. right now officers in howard county, maryland, are worried about an 82-year-old woman. take a moment and look at this picture. this is mildred wright. police say the last time anyone saw her she was heading to her home in elekin city last night after visiting a patient in howard county general hospital. police say she was wearing a flower printed shirt, black pants, black glasses on as well. she drives a four-door gray lexus with maryland tags. right now the east coast is getting ready for another possible superstorm. tropical storm joaquin could be upgraded to a hurricane any moment now. storm team 4 chuck bell is watching it all. chuck, how could it affect us? >> thanks, eun.

a lot of rain potentially as we get into the weekend. rain last night. rain as we get into thursday, friday, saturday. joaquin may be impactsing us by saturday, sunday, monday. here's the latest plotting positions from the national hurricane center. storm is about 400 miles east of miami now. still just a tropical storm. the hurricane center does think this will become a hurricane within the next 24 hours. where it goes after that is the million dollar question. by saturday should be strengthening to a category 2 storm but staying away from the coast of florida. beyond that as we get into the sunday/monday time frame we may have a category 1 hurricane off the outer banks or potentially off the eastern shore of maryland. that will have a huge impact on the second half of our weekend into next week. flooding concerns will continue to get higher and higher with all of this moisture coming our way. thank you, chuck. we are expecting a new transportation plan for route 7 in northern virginia this week. the road connects commuters all the way from leesburg to

alexandria. a long time ago it was a buffalo trail. now the road is overloaded with cars. transit leaders say they're considering several options to ease the traffic including dedicated bus lanes, street car and light rail line. they say the new plan could take 9,000 people off the road. breaking news on the road. two major problems right now, one bottom of the beltway at van dorn street. very slow there. and another problem montgomery county. a slows sure on a major roadway. details coming up. also ahead, paying more to catch a ride with uber. which local county is proposing a surcharge. plus, a number of children in prince gorges's county could be told to go home when they be told to go home when they show up i was at my shop tied up with a customer when i realized the time.

i had to get to the bank before it closed, so i made a break for it. when i got out it was almost closing time. traffic was bad. i knew i was cutting it close. but it was ok. i use td bank. it's got the longest hours and stays open an extra ten minutes every day. i'm sid. and i bank human at td bank.

breaking news right now into the live desk. we are just finding out that rap pa han neck county public schools are on a two hour delay this morning. this is as a result of all of that rain overnight that a lot of us saw. rappahanock county in particular. a flood warning is in effect for the central part of that county. it's on a two-hour delay for flooding and all the water from storms overnight. back to you. breaking news right now on the roads. have a couple of different problems i want to mention here. beltway at van dorn street, stay right inner loop and outer loop. problem at the center of the roadway. slowing things for two miles in each direction. shut down using black rock and white ferry. alternate is clopper road. a little slow from germantown.

95 to 270. 95 north taking about twice as long as it should from quantico to the beltway. remember to listen on 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. chuck. cloudy skies all in place. not much of sunshine coming your way today. storm team 4 showing a little light rain now portions of prince gorges, charles, calvert. west of fredericksburg coming onto the i-95 corridor. mild one. don't send the kids out this morning without their umbrella and raincoat. there are more rain chances coming today. wet bus stop with puddle jumping going on and splashing and dashing later on this afternoon. seven day forecast with big weather impacts in a few minutes. thanks, chuck. maryland state police asking for your help after a deadly hit and run. what we're learning about the victims. who investigators say was just trying to help somebody in need. blues, we are tracking

breaking news montgomery county where a fiery accident overnight has left a driver dead and part of darnestown road. plus, melissa mollet is helping you get around that accident and several other problems on the roads.

we have breaking news right

now. an suv crashed and caught fire earlier this morning. we're learning the driver did not make it out alive. this happened on darnestown road. drivers have been dealing with closures in that area for hours and it could be a lot longer. news 4's molette green is learning new information. molette, what just arrived at the scene? >> reporter: investigators are making some progress here at the scene. we can tell you the victim is still inside the car. montgomery county police told me just a few minutes ago that they may have to right the suv. let me get out of the way, to be able to remove the body. a tow truck just arrived here minutes ago. we are expecting a fire truck perhaps to get here. firefighters to help right the vehicle so that they can remove the body. we've been watching a meticulous effort to reconstruct this accident scene. we know the man inside died shortly after 3:00 a.m. his ford explorer, the only car involved in this crash apparently lost control going east on darnestown road towards town. it hit a tree, flipped over,

caught fire and landed on the other side of the road on to its side. no cause yet. still unclear if weather, speed, or even a deer contributed to this horrible accident this morning where a man has lost his life. no identification just yet on the victim. area roads have been blocked. melissa mollet has been following that part of the story in first 4 traffic. melissa. >> good morning, molette. darnestown road shut down between black rock road and whites ferry. alternate will be clopper road. the other problem, beltway at van dorn street. inner loop and outer loop, stay right because of a fuel spill. right now maryland state police are looking for the tractor-trailer driver who we now know killed a marine last night and drove away from the scene. we learned the man who died is 21-year-old william farrell. police say he was a corporal in

the marine corps from north carolina. he stopped to help a driver who was having car trouble in the pouring rain on u.s. 15 near auburn road. the tractor-trailer ran into him around 11:00. police are asking that you keep an eye out for that black tractor-trailer. it kept going north on 15 after the crash. they say it's designed to haul cars. you may notice damage to the front right side. the day ahead a man accused of abducting and killing two students in virginia will be in court for a pretrial hearing. jesse matthew is in court. a judge unsealed a letter written by a former girlfriend. she says matthew was sexually abused and raped several times during his elementary school years. in a few hours men nguen broke into the home of denise and cory madison and shot cory

to death. the madison had been married three months when this happened. we are learning about a violent threat against police officers in anne arundel county this morning. the words killing aac cops coming soon were found on three separate walls in the brooklyn park neighborhood. officers also found more graffiti on hammond's lane. it read, quote, kill cops. the county police chief says these kinds of threats will not be tolerated. if you have any information, police want to hear from you. and developing in georgia overnight, a death row inmate executed. kelly gissendaner died hours ago. she was convicted of plotting to kill her husband back in 1997. the man who actually did the killing is serving life in prison right now. her lawyer put in a last-minute appeal to the supreme court. the court denied it last night. developing now. russia could be close to sending troops into syria to fight isis.

president putin sent a request to parliament asking for authorization to use russia's army abroad and he got the okay. lawmakers gave him unanimous approval, in fact. however, they said they will not send ground troops into syria. instead, they will only use the russian air force. in a speech to the u.n. just this week putin talked a lot about isis calling for an international coalition to fight terrorism. putin says that coalition should include military assistance to syria's assad regime. back to you. >> thank you, kristen. developing this morning, some students in prince george's county public schools may not be allowed inside their classrooms today. more than 3,000 students have not had their immunization shots a month into school. a school spokesperson told news 4 any student who did not have their shots by today's deadline will have to leave the school when they are coming today. they have to be in compliance.

6:50 right now. it's going to be a busy day on capitol hill. congress has just hours to avoid a shutdown. at midnight the u.s. government will no longer have the legal authority to spend money. there is a spending bill currently in the works that would keep the government funded through mid december. if it passed today it would only postpone the possibility of a government shutdown. the kentucky clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples says she met with the pope. kim davis's lawyer says she met with pope francis at the vatican embassy during his visit here to d.c. vatican officials have not commented. davis spent five days in jail for rejecting a federal court order to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. today d.c. public schools chance lor kaya henderson will give her annual state of schools address. jim vance will sit down with henderson to discuss the progress in d.c. schools. it begins at 7:00 p.m. at dunbar

high school in northwest. breaking news on the roads right now. a couple of different problems to contend with. beltway at van dorn street stay right if you're at inner loop or outer loop here this morning. we have a crash there in the middle of the roadway causing some problems. right now this is the problem here in darnestown where molette green has been live. shut down between black rock and whites ferry. alternate clopper road. southbound burke lake road at braddock. take a look at the beltway. slow here around 50 and over the top around georgia avenue. southbound 270 slow as you're coming out of frederick. it opens up once you hit clarksburg. 66 in bound looks good. 95 northbound looking good rolling along. prince gorges county. indian head highway. a little slow as you're approaching the beltway. bw parkway, this volume has

grown. we're quite low southbound all the way from 197 to 450. chuck. outside we have flood warnings still to contend with. the heavy rain late last night has left high and standing water across the area. use extreme caution driving around this morning. rappahanock county schools are on a two hour delay. in parts of central loudoun county. be on the lookout for high rainfall. it all came down in a six-hour stretch. looking into today, cloudy and humid. occasional light rain showers getting a little breezy tonight as cooler air starts to move into the picture. it's a mild one this morning. 73 now with full cloud cover and a little light rain across the region. 70 in fredericksburg and gaithersburg. hourly temperatures staying in the 70s courtesy of the cloud and on and off chances for rain.

the heavy rain is moving into new england. flying to new york city or boston, could have flight delays for us. light rain west of richmond. that will be coming up the i-95 corridor. little better chance for a couple of light showers. here's future weather. light rain showers. a little break around lunchtime. more showers bubble up later on this afternoon. as you're planning out your day, take the umbrella. you can get away with a small one. light rain showers from time to time. keeping a very close eye on what happens to soon to be hurricane joaquin as we get towards the sunday/monday time frame. this may be getting ready to impact the mid-atlantic coast. that would have a huge impact on the second half of the weekend. showers today. light rain back tomorrow. heavy rain and wind before joaquin gets here. that's friday and saturday. then sunday/monday we'll be dealing with what looks to be joaquin. >> thanks, chuck. you can pay a bit more if you want to take uber or lyft in prince gorges county.

it would add a 25 cent surcharge on rides from ride sharing services. according to "the washington post" that money would help improve the county bus system. it would apply to all trips in prince gorges county. both dc has surcharges in place. former health and human services secretary under bill clinton is recovering from a stroke. the clintons say donna shalala had that stroke late last night. she just took over as president of the clinton foundation this year. the clintons say initial reports about shalala's condition are, quote, very encould urging. good morning, i'm landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. target will start matching online prices of more than two dozen competitors starting thursday. until now it's only matched prices at its own stores. customers will have 14 days up from 7 now to get a price adjustment. rivals include amazon, walmart.com, sam's club and costco. cnbc morning business report,

i'm landon dowdy. today is your last chance to visit the crime and punishment museum at gallery place. the museum is in northwest. it's closing today after seven years. the people in charge say that they were asked to leave their building and didn't have a choice. the museum will continue to offer some programs like walking tours and traveling education programs. it is now 6:56. four things to know before you walk out the door. congress has a few hours left to avoid a government shutdown. the deadline for the bill is midnight. a death row inmate in georgia was executed overnight. kelly gissendaner was the first to be executed since 1945. maryland state police is looking for a driver that hit and killed a young marine on route 15 near auburn road. the 21-year-old victim was helping a stranded driver when a tractor-trailer ran into him. one man died in a fiery crash in darnestown, march ri land. the driver hit a tree and the

suv flipped over. it is too early to tell what caused that crash you a live picture right now from that scene this morning in darnestown. here are the closures we're dealing with. darnestown shut down between black rock and whites ferry. inner loop and outer loop have a crash there. stay right either side. thanks so much for joining us, everybody. water, water, everywhere. >> the "today" show is next. we'll see you in 25 minutes. have a great day.

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