inches and we don't see that at all around the region and that should stay down to the south and the impacts will be around five or six and most areas are two to four inches. we've already picked up half an inch of rain at the airport today and there will be more and right now the heaviest is off montgomery county and look off the coast and eventually we'll start to see that moisture drawn right on in from the atlantic and into our region and that's why we will see the potential for heavy rain as we move through the area and all because of that northeasterly flow. even if joaquin makes its way out to see, the northeasterly flow will create the impacts along the shore points and ocean city is one of those places that could get hammered by joaquin. veronica johnson is out there. >> reporter: all about the flooding. that's what they're planning for here, moderate to major flooding and we have the storm team 4 x 4

out in just a couple of minutes later in the forecast i'll head back out there and hit the dunes so you can see the surf. we've been out there already. this area expecting moderate to major flooding and down across the bay and ocean city inlet. earlier today i clogged winds of 40 miles per hour and they're expecting to increase and they're expecting some of the worst conditions on friday and possibly into early saturday, but it surged five to six feet, with more on the track on the second part of the system, here's ammelia. >> this is a slow-moving and massive system and that's bad news for parts of the bahamas as we take a look at the latest infrared imagery and you can see the eye in the center of the system becoming very defined and this is a category 4 hurricane right now and maximum sustained winds at 130 miles an hour moving very slow southwest at 6 miles an hour likely to be downgraded to a category 3

hurricane. over the weekend around saturday afternoon. as it parallels the coast with the latest track, but here at storm team 4 it could be further off to the east so monday afternoon is when it is paralleling the area particularly as a category 1 hurricane as we work our way monday into tuesday and very little impact as far as rain is concerned and we still are talking about impacts at our beach wes high waves and strong wind, right, doug? >> that's right. so this is going to be another two, three, four-day event, but in d.c. and around our region, some good news coming up and we'll break down the weekend for you coming up in just a few minutes. >> states of emergency are in effect for both virginia and maryland ahead of hurricane joaquin and the heavy rain expected in virginia. flooding has washed away a handful of roads and the declaration is a precaution to ensure resources are available for the areas that are

susceptible to flooding. >> we are going to see flooding throughout the commonwealth over the next 36 hours. we already have flooding in the commonwealth. be prepared and have flashlights in case of power outages. be prepared to look after family members and neighbors who might need assistance. >> northern virginia bureau chief julie carey is live in alexandria where both are getting ready for heavy rain and alexandria is used to that in low-lying areas. jules? >> reporter: who knew sandbags would be comfortable to sit on. this small stack of sandbags will go very quickly when alexandria starts passing them out, but there are many, many more to take their place. look at this assembly line that is going at this hour. public works crews filling bag after bag today. they'll have between 8,000 and 10,000 ready to go by the time

they wrap up work in a half hour. alexandria city officials did decide to go ahead and distribute sandbags to residents at two locations tomorrow. one of them right here on south quaker lane and the other in old town. old town always a spot that is hard hit in the rain, vents and the crews that were not filling sandbags they were checking on storm drains and this truck that goes with them can vacuum the debris out that can block the flow of water. >> we've had crews out all week and we've been looking at the weather and have seen this thing coming. we've had crews working to clear storm drains and clear the combined sewer overflows and clear stream channels around the city to ensure that we do everything we can in advance of the storm to prevent unnecessary flooding. >> reporter: we've said it before, but it bears repeating again. homeowners can really help out, too, before it really starts to pour. take a look at your gutters out there, and if there are branches

or big piles of leaves try to get,000 out of the way tonight. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, means a lot of disappointment in weekend plans and the friday night lights when we come back at 6:00. >> flooding turned deadly in south carolina, when that police say she drove her car under an overpass. you can see several cars sub merged in water and in the area where the woman died the water was so high and a number of vehicles were not visible. hurricane joaquin is barreling down in the bahamas as a category 4. this storm is expected to have a major impact on the less populated eastern islands of that chain. there are reports of flieding throughout that island. tourist areas like nassau are not expected to feel the brunt

of this storm. veronica will be back with us throughout the next two hours with the impact joaquin may have in ocean city and make sure you downloaded the nbc washington app and we will be constantly updating that radar in our new weather section. staying on top of some breaking news and can confirm the man who opened fire at a community college is dead. sheriff's deputies in oregon say he died in a shootout with officers, but before he was gunned down police say he killed at least 13 people and injured more than 20. all we know about the shooter is that he's 20 years old. the shooting happened in snyder hall on the campus of umpqua community college. to give you an idea that's about 200 miles south of portland. it sits on about 100 wooded acres in a fairly rural area that's been known for its logging and timber business. not long ago we got some of the

first dispatch calls from the school. >> he's in a classroom on the -- it's got to be snyder hall. >> copy. exchanging gunshots right now with a male. he's on the southeast side of snyder hall. located next to the library, there are about 35 people in the hall piled in. the campus center is on lockdown. >> copy. we're sending ambulances right now. [ indiscernible ] >> copy. >> oregon's governor just held a press conference that says she is on her way to roseburg. we will continue to follow this all night and bring you updates. now to breaking news back here in our area where a teenager has been shot near a community rec center in washington. let's go right to news 4's pat collins. he's live in langdon park. pat, what are you hearing? >> reporter: jim another daylight shooting in our city. this one happened near 20th and

franklin streets northeast. we saw the shell casings here on the sidewalk and then down on the steps leading into langton park about a couple of hours ago now. they say a young man was shot behind the swimming pool here and he was hit two times and once in his arm and he was conscious and breathing when he was taken from the scene. i talked to a man who was here and we're not going to show his face. we're not going to use his name, but this is what he had to say. >> we heard four gunshots and looked out the door and i saw one guy run that way and the other guy run up the hill and that was as much as i saw. >> what do you make of this? >> these kids these days, man. there's a lot of friction going on and a lot of shootings going on around here. >> reporter: again, the investigation continues on. so far, no lookout, no motive

and no arrest in the case. jim, back to you. >> thank you, pat. and police have identified two people who were shot and killed at an apartment complex in prince georges county. the officers found earnest garland shot to death yesterday in a complex along central avenue and this is in capitol hits. this was last night. according to mare land court records lott had just been released from jail yesterday. investigators have not released details about a motive or suspect, but they do not believe this was random. there is now a $1,000 reward in a hit and run crash that killed a marine in maryland. someone hit and killed marine corporal william ferrell along route 15 in thurmond. investigators tell us ferrell had pulled over to the shoulder to help another driver, and they say he had a reflective vest on and his emergency lights were flashing. police believe the vehicle that hit ferrell may have been a truck pulling a trailer.

one of two men who police say stole tide laundry pods from grocery stores in maryland is now in police custody. >> mario wells turned himself in in connection to an armed robbery. he contacted detectives after police released this clear surveillance image earlier this week. another man, this guy is still wanted for a similar crime in rockville. investigators believe these men are selling the stolen laundry pods on the black market. some cruel crooks at a cemetery. a maryland mother says her 14-year-old daughter's remains, her daughter who died from cancer were stolen. we'll find out what the thieves were after. and deadline day. thousands of students in prince george's county were supposed to

we are staying on top of that awful breaking news out of oregon. that state governor now says the man accused of killing at least 13 people on the umpqua community college is 20 years old and he opened fire this morning in a hall that houses english and science classes, killing at least 13 people and injuring more than 20.

at the top of the hour, sheriff's deputies confirmed that shooter was killed in an exchange of gun fire with police. we'll have another update from our live desk in 15 minutes. >> back home and the weather, heavy rain will mean road closures for the near future in virginia and a big one to keep in mind, hamilton station closed between route 9 until further notice. this is the area where our darcy spencer was yesterday and heavy rain caused a pipe to burst underground there and that in turn caused the pavement to cave in over the pipe. neighbors tell us their basements are flooded. and just ahead of the storm system, dominion virginia power is gearing up telling customers to be ready for outages. the company says between the hurricanes and the nor'easter it could lead to flooding and high winds, flooding trees and dominion suggests logging into your account online and making sure your cell phone is registered with virginia power so that you can get text updates

from them. the company's outage map is also available on its mobile site and dominion says it will be post anything updates to twitter and to facebook. the man charged in the disappearance of two young girls from our area will stand trial in november. a judge in bedford county, virginia, set a tentative start date for november 21st in the case against lloyd welch. he's charged with murder in the 40-year-old cold case involving sheila and katherine lyon. the girls vanished in 1975 after going to the wheaton plaza mall. investigators tell us welch was there that day and witnesses saw him observing the girls. the sisters' bodies have never been found. well of is ch is serving time f unrelated crime. while he was on duty he had sex in government cars. christopher bartly, the former head of police at the national

institutes of standards and technology made that statement to the news 4 i-team through his attorney today. last night, investigators accused bartly of having sex on the job and of time sheet fraud. bartly resigned in august after he pled guilty to attempting to cook methamphetamine inside a lab. it's execution day for a convicted serial killer in virginia. lethal injection for alfredo prieto is supposed to happen tonight at 9:00, but right now the whole thing is on hold. new developments from news 4's chris gordon and he's in richmond. 27 years after the crime was committed and the final battle may have been fought here at the united states courthouse in richmond, virginia, today. lawyers for inmate alfredo prieto argued for a delay of his execution saying virginia's use of the sedative barbitol could

cause him severe pain and suffering. they say that the drug's poetency is uncertain since virginia got it from the texas correctional system rather than from a pharmacy. they say it needs to be tested, but prosecutors argued that the barbitol has been used in texas and it's time for prieto to pay for his crimes. prieto was sentenced to death in connection with a double murder in virginia. in 1988 two bodies were found in a vacant lot in reston. rachel raver, a graduate of george washington university was rained and murdered along with her companion warren fulton who was shot in the back. from richmond, we are now heading to the greenville correctional center in jared virginia where inmate alfredo prieto is awaiting his fate. in richmond, chris gordon, news 4. it's just a drill, but the montgomery search and rescue,

what does a state of the art practice facility, and we will take you there. >> a fight whether toll lanes should be on i-66 takes a new turn tonight and find out who wants to help keep money in your pocket. >> and a scam among chimney sweeps. how can you tell you're getting the service you paid for? erica gonzalez has

well, it's like soup out there right now, but nothing compared to what we're going to see. we're watching a nor easter and of course, hurricane joaquin. >> we have got so much going on today. we have triple team coverage throughout the hour from the storm team and we really need to keep an eye on conditions over the next 24 hours. doug? >> the 24 hours will be the key here. it's tomorrow night. earlier this week it looked like we could have a three, four or five-day, vent with the nor easter and now with joaquin coming up and now we can take joaquin coming out of it and we can shrink the time that the nor'easter will be affecting us and that means trick the rainfall totals so this is a much better forecast than what we had even 24 hours ago. right now mostly light rain overed for frederick maryland in through montgomery county and you can see light shower activity around the d.c., metro area and we'll do a zoom here in

northern montgomery county and this is right around clarksburg and then right up toward damascus and mount erie and seeing the rain along 270 and that will slow things down on the roadway and the nor'easter not ticking up just yet and this will bring all of this moisture off the coast right onshore and you can see this starting to move on and heavy rain down to the ocean city area and this nor'easter once it does crank up will give the strong east winds during the day tomorrow and it will cause problems not just in our area and heaviest rain tomorrow and it will be friday afternoon into the day on saturday. we're talking early saturday and most of saturday now is looking much better than it did just yesterday and we're not going to see some rain saturday, and strongest winds will be late friday and right now we're saying two to four inches of rain, but we really think it might be lower than that and that's good news for our flash flooding and still wins gusting upard of 20 to 40 miles per hour and one of the places

impacted will be our beaches and this is coming after most of us have taken our vacations and veronica johnson is down there for a little work vacation and v.j., they are in for it down there, aren't they? >> reporter: they are for sure in for it and they have major flooding and a lot from the wind, as well and we talked about it earlier and it depends how the winds are expected to pick up. take a look at the surf out there. officials throughout the area, this beach area is the big dividing area between all of that water out there in some of the buildings and some of the residents right along the coast here and so they've taken precautions and they've taken all of the items off of the beach and they closed the sea wall gates in preparation for flooding, about three to five inches of rain expected. now, you know, the beaches have been chewed away already this summer and several times, but with this storm it will be the biggest. earlier today i've got a chance to speak with joseph, the ocean city preparedness and here's what he had to say about the

beach replenishment program and the importance. we have a program prior to sandy which many of the states did not have in place. we're one of the fortunate communities in the state of maryland to have that program in place prior to sandy and it made all of the difference in the world and we have a viable dune structure that protects the community. joaquin, the storm will pass us and the sun will come back out in ocean city at some point in time, but we're ready for it. >> reporter: so the sand out here is getting blown around for sure. we expect the worst conditions on friday into saturday with a storm surge of five to six feet. at 11:00 a.m. tomorrow they'll hold a news conference, doug and they're going to reevaluate and reassess what the current plan is and if it's good the way it is or if they need to make tweaks and changes. >> that's good. it does look like they'll get less of an impact from joaquin and even so they'll get more wave action here over the next couple of days and for us, flash flood watch in effect for most

of maryland and parts of northern virginia and we need two to three inches of rain and it does look like we'll be right about there and we could see flash flooding. future weather, we'll show you what will be happening and we're seeing the rain and then it gets heavy in the afternoon and some of the heaviest rain coming through around 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 right through early saturday morning and then look at saturday. more scattered variety showers and we're not going it see the heavy, heavy rain on saturday and that's good news if you're thinking of getting out toward the game. the wind is the other factor. >> this is tomorrow at 8:00 near 40 miles per hour out toward the coast and watch what happens during the coast and near 40 over toward annapolis and over 40 and near 50 over toward the beaches on friday and right on into the day on saturday. that could take down some tree branches and maybe smaller trees and head's up for that. the latest on joaquin, a very strong category 4 storm and this

is a buzz saw of a storm here. look at the small eye right over the bahamas and it's not moving all that much and the latest advisory has it at 130 miles per hour and it is expected to become a category 3 storm on saturday at 2:00 and watch what happens here and the latest track continues to push it off the coast and we've been talking about this for the last day or so and we talked about it last night. 80 mile an hour winds just off our coastline and no longer has us in the cone of uncertainy and that is good news coming on. next couple of days. 56 on your friday. 54 on saturday and much nicer on sunday and especially into monday and into next week, we'll have the next forecast coming up for you at 5:45. thank you, doug. the weather has impacted local sports teams and who made a last-minute change. we continue to follow breaking news we continue to get details about. the deadly mass shooting at the community college in oregon and we are tracking it at the live desk.

>> 96 bronze vases stolen from this waldorf maryland cemetery. one mother's, mobile plea to the suspects after they

at 5:30 we continue to track breaking news in oregon with the first hint of good news since we started reporting on the shooting at umpqua community college. pete williams has been working his sources and the death toll

which now stands at 13 may, i repeat may, may be revised down. the college is about 200 miles south of portland in a town called roseburg. sheriff's deputies say a man opened fire there this morning, but the shooting was contained to a hall where they were teaching english and science classes and all we know about him is that he was 20 years old and he was killed in a shootout with police. the death toll right now at 13 with more than 20 people injured, but those numbers may be changing. we'll bring you an update as soon as it comes in. >> thank you, chris. nearly 100 families furious tonight after a local cemetery. >> someone stole bronze vases from dozens of graves. news 4's meagan fitzgerald and caught up with one of the devastated families. >> reporter: jim, it's just one of the imaginable. they can't imagine why someone would walk into the cemetery and

steal. we spoke with a mother this afternoon who tells us she's particularly devastated because the thieves targeted the grave of her train-year-o13-year-old is buried inside. >> there are various reasons why people come here, for peace and to be closer to the ones we've lost. >> i feel i can come here and i feel like i can talk to her. >> for kathleen brown. >> i love you. >> coming here brings her closer to her 14-year-old daughter kayla. she struggled nearly half of her life with cancer. >> she did 31 rounds of radiation, six months of intensive chemotherapy, and on wednesday when kathleen arrived for her daily visit. >> instantly my heart went to my stomach. she realized the bronze vase that decorated kayla's grave was gone. >> right here is where the vase would have been and now it's just an empty hole. it wasn't just kayla's site that was targeted.

sheriff's investigators say some time between late tuesday night and early wednesday morning, at least two suspects came in and stole 96 bronze vases before taking off. it's an unthinkable act for many, but one that has added each more grief to a mother still struggling to accept that her little girl is gone. >> you know, she fought so much during life battling cancer, you know, and then to disturb her when she's resting. >> investigators are asking anyone with information about the case to contact the charles county sheriff's department and jim, they're offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. >> such a sad and disturbing story. meagan, thanks so much. a nine-year battle is finally over for a local woman who became the face of workers rights for pregnant women across america. her case against ups went all of the way to the u.s. supreme court. peggy young has settled her

lawsuit now against ups. her case went all of the way to the supreme court and in an interview only on news 4, young says she's relieved that the case is over and she's happy that she made a difference for women who want to work and have a child. >> a little bit relieved and i'm actually extremely happy that we changed a lot of lives between pregnant that they shouldn't decide between having a baby and working. >> darcy spencer tell us the one thing that kept young motivated to see the case through the last several years. speed limits, criminal records, divorce, a number of new laws take effect today in maryland and among them anya's law and giving them the power of more children out of potentially dangerous homes. if it were in effect last year, annia williams would still be alive today. she was returned to her parents from foster care several weeks before she died despite prior abuse that occurred that home.

she was 21 months old. to see all of the new laws in maryland and see how they might affect you, check out our nbc washington app. well, the forecast is improving just a bit. >> we are not out of the woods yet. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia segal, and the time when we will be most weather ready will be later in the day tomorrow, friday, during the late afternoon and evening hours and this is when flash flooding will be most possible across the areas and we're tracking heavy rain at that point. right now on storm team 4, tracking scattered rain and showers and some steady rain north of the district and it's been a misty, rainy day and chilly, as well and also noticing the winds. here is the latest at the 72-70 split and steady rain around the area and up around 15 north in frederick county and this evening we continue to track showers and breezy conditions. 57 degrees is the temperature right now. by 9:00 around 55.

11:00 at a cool, rainy, 54 degrees and a low temperature tonight only around 50 and again, a rainy day from start to finish tomorrow and then improvements as we work our way throughout the weekend and breeze toe windy at that point and the roads not in great shape and we could have residual flooding on friday, later in the day, scattered showers and improvements on the roads and sunday, just the chance of showers at this point so for the most part the road conditions are looking good on sunday, jim? >> amelia, thanks. >> this weekend's stormy weather impacting local sports teams. the redskins just confirmed to news 4 they are preparing to play the eagles and sunday 1:00 p.m. at fedex field as scheduled and the team is prepping for bad weather ahead. anyone who says sunshine is happiness has never played football in the rain. that's the redskins' take on a wet weekend ahead. sunday's game versus the eagles

is supposed to be a mess. so today they abandoned the bubble for the soggy field at redskins park. >> i love playing football in the rain because a guy like myself, you know, it slows everyone down and teams have to run the ball and it allows me to play more football and it makes you feel like a kid again and diving in the mud and no matter what the conditions are i have fun out there. >> the only way to do that is practice it and the coach said we don't want to have injuries and so i've got to be careful and work on your footing and things that you can't control on game day and work on the stuff and let's not wait until game day to do that and it's an opportunity to do that. >> it's sloppy ball and you have people sliding everywhere. and it's not dry there and you have to watch your step. it is dirty and nasty. it's fun at times, but it can get nasty, too. >> you see you're smiling and it's a good game for it because you get the ball every place and

you run the ball, and it is a dirty game. >> ready to get dirty and ready to make changes. the redskins not the only local team adjusting for mother nature. the maryland terrapins. the saturday night game against michigan announced it's been moved up to kickoff from noon. from redskins park, carol maloney, news 4 sports. >> local teams face very real scenarios and we traveled with the montgomery county crew to see what it takes to prepare for a disaster. >> can you tell when you're being

they have responded to emergencies from hurricanes to building collapses. >> now members of maryland task force one are in the middle of a special five-day training program in georgia. >> our mark segraves traveled with the team to see the training up close, video you can only see here on news 4. >> reporter: well, this is just a training exercise it's as realistic as you can imagine. 20 teams from federal, state and local agencies across the country are taking part including teams from maire land and virginia. >> anything you want to replicate and anything you want to destroy and first responders want to train on we can do here. >> the skills they learn here will help better prepare them

from real emergencies when they return for our region. >> we train for that and prepare for it so when we have an event we are able to be at the very top of our game and quickly and efficiently remove victims from the pile. >> reporter: the scenario, a massive earthquake that has collapsed build buildings and parking garages and a dam has been breached causing catastrophic flooding similar to katrina. >> it couldn't be a more timel , event and exercise some of which flooding and earthquakes and collapses running through here in an excellent training facility here at the guardian center and they'll bring that skill and ability back with them. >> reporter: these first responders from maryland task force 1 will work in shifts around the clock for the next several days just as if this was a real-life emergency. >> water rescues and building collapses aren't the only scenarios they're training for. coming up at 6:00, we'll tell you how they're training for a possibility of a metro tunnel

collapse. in perry, george a mark segraves, news 4. hundreds of parents are making their way to the clinic in prince george's county after nearly 2,000 students are turned away from school today because they weren't

live pictures from ocean city where meteorologist veronica johnson has been out in it all day and she's going to ride this thing out whatever comes that way and doug joins us in the studio. >> it's pretty thick.

4:00, 5:00 and 6:00 tomorrow will be pretty rocking. >> and that's when we're seeing the heaviest rain and we talked about it last night at len:00 and we think joaquin will stay farther out to sea and even farther out today and that's good news and as far as the nor'easter is concerned, yes, it will still bring heavy rain and not nearly as much and we're not seeing as much widespread flooding and we've gotten good news today as far as what's going to be happening in the next few days and we have the radar picture showing shower activity across the region and-y rain toward sales burry and ocean city and heavier rain over toward frederick and around the thurmond area. the showers will continue to fill in here and you can actually see the rain here moving up towards our region and you will see more rain overnight tonight and really during the day tomorrow, but take a look at the rainfall forecast. yesterday we were show yog ying this and we were saying three to

six inches or more. we're not saying that. two inches or more back out to the blue ridge. but again, the rainfall tals are really coming down now and that is very good news. so i want to show you some weather headlines and we're still having a weather alert right on through the day on saturday and that's the flood watch through saturday and the rain not as heavy and flooding not as widespread and i still think we'll see some and the potential is there for flooding and not as widespread and little impacts from joaquin and joaquin will stay out to sea and that is good news for our region and parts of maryland and northern virginia. once again, not quite as widespread as it was looking like earlier and as far as what we'll see future weather and here is the rain by future tomorrow morning and a very wet start to the day and it will be wet all day long and heavy rain during the afternoon and 3:00, 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 in the afternoon and as we move through the day on saturday, notice this. it's not everywhere and we've been watching this all afternoon and the weekend looking a little

better and still bad weather, but tell not be as bad as we were looking at earlier. >> we're not going to be talking about widespread flooding and improving conditions as we work through the weekend. the weather still having a moderate impact overall on the weekend and travel, the time of biggest concern will be earlier in the day on saturday where we could be dealing with flooding issues on roads. remember, turn around. don't drown. if you exercise outdoors have the rain gear handy and you should be in puddles, but you should be okay. have the umbrella handy and have rubber boots handy and overall you should be okay this weekend. talking about college football. of course, maryland changed the time of the game up to noon. rain actually more likely at that point than if they'd just played the game at 8:00. temperatures for the game around a chilly 60 degrees with breezy and windy conditions and the virginia tech game also kickoff at noon and temperatures in the low to mid-60s and a good chance

of rain and winds not as strong in blackburn and as we talk about howard homecoming this weekend and temperatures in the low 60s with some showers and breezy to windy conditions and that's the other part of the story and not just showers and some rain, but higher winds as well. >> still not very nice conditions saturday and sunday, but not the washout it was looking at. i want to show you the latest track from joaquin and it's a 140 mile an hour track and this is very good news. following much more closely to the european model and the european model has been right on this the entire time and unfortunately, the american models just not up to par and we saw that also on hurricane sandy and we've got to put some money on the american models because we are getting whooped by the european models and friday and saturday, we've got the rain and the wind and the heaviest rain friday night into saturday and sunday night looking better and 66 degrees on southbound and 70 on monday and monday, tuesday,

wednesday and thursday looking much, much better and hey, we get sunshine and we're back into the 70s. >> thank you, doug. parents have known for weeks that their kids needed certain shots in order to go to school, but today nearly 2,000 students were turned away in prince george's county because they weren't up-to-date. our county bureau chief tracee wilkins found out why this happened. >> and that was two years ago, but today mary miles was told her son could not come back to school because she needs vaccinations. >> the school called me. for now she's spending the day at the clinic. there are 2,000 students in the same situation across prince george's county. >> what we're seeing is a small handful across the county in each school. >> news 4 first reported on monday that more than 3,000 students were not immunized in prince george's more than any other county in maryland and this as the doctor in charge of the school system was put on

leave, and in an exclusive interview, dr. angela wakawea that poor record keeping and outreach is contributing to the prince george's issue. >> and records are not an issue at this point and we took time in the beginning of september to make sure that we were accurate. >> now the focus is communicating with parents and making sure that they get kids immunized and go back to school. >> if your child is out of school, contact that child's school. you are entitled to have the work that is going on in the school so that they don't fall behind. coming up on news 4 at 6:00, could this process have been made easier through community partnership. one health organization is saying absolutely and they want to know what happened to the one they already had with the school system. in upper marlboro, triesee wilkins, news 4. >> republican in virginia are going after terry mcauliffe to

turn i-66 inside the beltway into a toll road during a rush hour. drivers would be charged as much as $7 bucks depending on how far they travel and it would be used for improvements for pedestrians and cyclists. the tolls are way too high and adding tolls without adding a lane would make traffic worse. the national transportation safety board will approve or reject the plan later this month. >> as temperatures begin to dip you might be tempted to light up your fireplace soon and before you hire someone to sweep your fireplace, erika gonzalez is here with a warning. >> scheduling an annual inspection for your chimney, good idea, but let's be honest. it's near impossible for consumers to look inside the chimney and check out the work they paid for and that's why it's so important to avoid chimney sweep scams. this crew is repairing chimney work gone wrong, a hazard for

any home. >> well -- months ago lars knew his chimney needed real maintenance and when he received cold calls, he said yes. >> they said they could do it on the spot, so i happily agreed to that. >> he said two men allegedly worked on the chimney and said they would be back. >> he never heard back and his $1500 gone. now with cold nights ahead, he's eager to get it picked. >> this time he asked around and asked a local company, priddy clean, and. >> this was pretty bad. the inspection report was that the chimney was not up to code. >> the other company did nothing more than cover up the problem and one that could pose carbon monoxide poisoning inside any home. >> you can have a chimney that vents your heating appliance,

your boiler, your oil furnace and hot water heater. so having that checked yearly is very important because of carbon monoxide leaking back into the house if there is a negative draft into the chimney. >> ask if it's licensed and bonded. look for referrals and check their history with the bbb. while he feels taken, hidel says he's spreading the work -- >> i wasn't careful enough about how i handle and i became vulnerable to this kind of a scam and people can learn from my mistakes. >> we have tips with hiring a chimney sweep company and we have easy ways to search for companies certified with the chimney safety institute of america. jim and wendy? >> thanks, erika. new york and new england are also dealing with some extreme weather. weather. next we have team coverage of

my favorite. bad news. the johnsonville factory burned down brian. it's terrible. well if you can't serve tasty sausage why are we even a family? i may as well move out. well, if that's what yo... you're right. i'll stay.

and tomorrow we're going to help johnsonville rebuild that factory. i'll take dinner in my room, with chocolate milk. make pasta tastier with johnsonville italian sausage. we don't make sausage. we make family. and sausage.

while joaquin has been trending worldwide, there are calls to prepare ahead of this weekend. >> we have the latest from the jersey shore and massachusetts. first numbers's brian thompson in brick, new jersey. >> reporter: to say the jersey shore is nervous web an understatement. town crews are taking apart one of the walkways so people can't get to the beach. the beaches are closed in this town as they are in many looks

up and down the jr.see shore. there is a steel wall underneath me that was put in after sandy. they are hoping it will protect them and they think it will protect them and it will be a test over the next few days. in other communities they are using bulldozers to plow up temporary sand walls to slow down some of the wave action they're expecting between now and next monday or tuesday as joaquin does whatever joaquin wants to do. all in all, everyone is taking this seriously. the government is saying it's too early to say anything about evacuations, but nonetheless, the jersey shore is very alert right now and very worried. brian thompson, news 4. i'm greg leyland by the lighthouse, five miles southeast of boston. as you look up toward the open ocean, the community is still exposed and very active tide

coming in here at midday. they are expecting the possibility of coastal flooding. and you look off at the jetty here and the and they have known damage from previous storms going back a number of years and you look at the houses across the way and that is an area always very exposed and there has been damage to property in the past and they've been warned to take precautions because of the possibility of a hurricane and the heavy weather that they'll be getting today because of high tide and very heavy rain and still very full of boats at their mooring or boats that are docked. they have been told as they always are at this time of year to get their boats out of the water and most of them will and they'll move them up the local river, but at the moment we've been seeing lots of people taking those boats out early because of the coming storm and because of the coming heavy weather. a community that in the past is a very beautiful community that has known very ugly storms and

very ugly damage in the past is taking precautions. >> news 4. tonight, we are tracking two cl systems. first, a nor'easter and it's moving in and it could bring historic flooding to parts of the east coast. the governors of maryland and virginia already have issued a state of emergency ahead of that storm. then there is hurricane joaquin and it is intensifying tonight and the information updated within just the past hour shows it's moving farther away from us. we have reporters across the region and at the shore to show you the storm prep. let's begin with doug and the conditions right now and the changes heading into the weekend, doug? >> yeah, guys. i've got to say these are great changes for us in our region and we're not expecting as much rain as previously thought and we know now that being. >> inwill most likely stay out to sea and that's very good news for us and storm team 4 radar

track have showers around the area and we see light rain across our area and that's exactly what we have and light rain up through the district and waldorf and fredericksburg. notice the heavy rain just off the coast and that heavy rain will start to move its way our way as we move on through the overnight hours and in through the day tomorrow. we are still expecting very heavy rain during the day on our friday. the nor'easter and its impacts is bringing in the northeasterly flow and coastal flooding will be an issue and we'll talk about that and the potential is there for flash flooding and we do have a flash flood watch up across portions of the region. the nor easter is one thing and the other thing that we've been watching is joaquin which for right now is the buzz saw of a storm and an incredibly tightly wound storm and you can see that eye wall and now a category 4 storm with 30 miles for hour and we expected this to stay off the coast and that's exactly when we'll do now