yellows and no oranges, no reds and that's where you see the heavy rain on the radar and if i stop this for you and show you what we're looking at and some yellows down toward prince william's county and there is no heavy rain around the area and most of this is light, steady or moderate steady rainfall and again, that will continue for the next few hours and the latest trend and amelia and i have been following this closely. look at the radar and here's where the rain is coming from and it is drying out in this area so you can see what i'm talking about. the line earlier extended from the south right over toward our region, but now that line is moving up and back toward the west in association with the area of upper level disturbed weather and that means for us, less rain and will we see more? yes, we will, but we're not expecting to see a ton of rain and the flash flood threat is diminishing and the rain is upward of 20 miles per hour and ocean city, seeing the strongest

winds right along the beach and that's where veronica johnson is and v.j., those winds are up to 40 miles per hour and you're seeing higher gusts this afternoon. >> exactly, yeah. we've even had brief wind gusts for 48 miles per hour and it's been wet. it's been wild here. we've had blowing water, blowing sand. we've been out with the storm team 4 x 4 during the high tide right at around lunchtime and believe it or not, there are still tourists that are in town and there's a car show going on and smaller events and we got to talk with some of the people and take a look at the vehicles going through that high water. this was before they closed a lot of the roads and this is around talbot, philadelphia, high water. they eventually closed those roads from division street all of the way down to the inlet about 12 inches high, and yes, they expect to see more issues going right through the weekend and perhaps even the early part of monday, jim. so the winds now at about 50.

it will get worse before it gets better during the overnight period and i have more coming up later on in the newscast. >> we can hear it howling, v.j., thank you. >> we've been keeping a close eye out, and news 4 prince george's county bureau chief and tracee wilkins is live in upper marlboro now. what's it like where you are, tracee? >> the rain is lightening up a little bit which is good and here at the prince george's county administration building they have their floodgate up just in case they have issues. they've had it before so this time they are definitely prepared. we wanted to check out and see how residents are degree, as well. >> reporter: does this rain have you nervous? >> yes. yes. >> reporter: at the home depot folks are preparing to keep the water out of their homes. >> the outside rain that goes into my car -- into my house so it came all, so i needed to make an extension so it wouldn't be

right in the house. >> i need to clean my gutters asap, as soon as possible. a few other thing, but yeah, it's definitely having a big effect on me right now. >> reporter: then there are those dealing with more than the run of the mill leak. >> the roof i'm doing is for a judge. i wouldn't tear it off. look at the weather and go ahead and tear it up and put tarps on it and look what happened. everywhere. >> low-lying areas are being watched closely as western branch is beginning to rise and not overflowing its banks. and on the roadways it's a wet and windy mess. >> so that's a look at how residents are preparing. >> coming up on news 4 at 6:00, we'll show you what the government is doing to make sure everyone stays safe. i'm tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> franthanks, tracee. hurricane joaquin is a

category 4 storm. it caused major flooding there and people were trapped in their homes because of the high-standing water and the director of their emergency management agency says there are no reports of any injuries, but local officials have lost communication with some of the islands due to the power outages there. >> the search is under way in the bahamas right now for a 735-foot cargo ship that's gone missing in the storm. coast guard officials say they got satellite notification that the ship lost propulsion and had to take on water. they lost communication with the ship and are focusing in on an area near crooked island. the ship has 33 people onboard and was bound for san juan, puerto rico. an air crew from florida is helping with the search now. and it looks like hurricane joaquin, not going to be much of a factor for us. amelia continues our team coverage with a look at the track of the storm now, a track that has changed for the better

in the last 24 hours. >> yeah. that's exactly right, wendy. this just in from the national hurricane center. hurricane joaquin is now downgraded to a category 3 hurricane, but still very powerful, maximum sustained winds at 125 miles an hour now moving toward the north at 7 miles an hour. earlier today it was moving northerly and picking up forward motion and that is great news for the bahamas because it is hammering some of the islands there. as we work our way throughout the day tomorrow it will continue to weaken down to a category 2 hurricane and the latest track by the national hurricane center is very similar keeping it well offshore. hurricane joaquin having little to no impact on our area as we continue to track rain here from the nor'easter. maybe only an inch more rain here and again, hurricane joaquin continues to track offshore having no impact on us. amelia, thank you. from old town alexandria to old town leesburg, this has been a day of preparation in northern

virginia and julie carey continues from loudoun county. julie? >> reporter: this road already closed and it was chewed out, see that big hole there? it is one of a dozen roads in northern virginia closed either because of damage early in the week and out on the other end of things in old town alexandria, folks were trying to make sure that if the waters do rise their businesses and homes were protected. remember that sandbag assembly line we showed you yesterday? well, this was what it looked like in old town today where a steady stream of cars and trucks rolled in to pick up their sandbag rations. at this hour, 2500 had been distributed. most of the businesses on lower king street had seen the drill before and stacking up the sandbags in front of the possible entry points for floodwaters and that means at the doorways and we talked to one homeowner who said he wasn't going to take any chances. >> we are taking prudent

precautions here although we heard that the worst of the weather will hopefully stay out in the ocean. i think it's every citizen's duty to make sure they take every sensible precaution they can. >> reporter: do you live in oldtown? have you flooded before? >> we live in old town and we've not flooded before and we don't intend to now. >> reporter: he's living right. we met the manager of a brand new restaurant in town. this could be their first flood experience, but coming up at 6:00, we'll show you some changes they built into the new restaurant they hope will keep them high and dry. back to you now in the studio. >> thanks, you'll. >> we are also hearing some pretty harrowing stories about travel conditions today especially on the roads south of d.c. roads are making streets and highways pretty slick and visibility is pouring and it's always best to slow down and it's been a tough day for people traveling by air and chris boardon spent the day in northern virginia and he joins us live from reagan national.

>> reporter: rain is pounding the entire east coast so you would expect flight delays in the mid atlantic and to new england and florida, but consider this, those flight goes to other areas of the country and by this time of the day there are delays across the country. let me show you, let me illustrate it this way with this video. let's look at it together inside the terminals here at reagan national airport and the arrival and departure boards tell the story of the impact that the weather is having. many flights are delayed. some as many as two hours or more. the highways pose another challenge for travelers. we drove today from the north carolina border all of the way up 95 through virginia. the rain was so-y at times you couldn't see the car in front of you and then there were times the rain tapered off and nearly stopped and we spoke to people at the rest stop in caroline

count. >> we were leaving from amelia county and going to washington, d.c., and the weather has just been a downpour every since we've been on the road. >> i'm driving from virginia beach up to d.c. for the weekend and it was really bad down by virginia beach and getting better up this direction. >> it's very rainy and very dangerous. if you don't have to go out, don't, but if you do, be careful. >> reporter: and you better be >> reporter: andou walk, as wel. just look at the water that accumulated in low-lying areas including the rest stop area catching motorists unaware and leaving them with wet feet. back here at reagan airport, ahead, we have the story of one travel traveler, a woman who lives in d.c. who just arrived home. she's been working to get here for the past 24 hours. four of her flights were canceled because of the weather and she was coming all of the way from new york city.

that story coming up on news 4 at 6:00 along with other weather-related woes. that's the latest live at reagan national. back to you in the studio. >> thank you, chris. heavy rains pounding south carolina are creating a big mess of things in charleston. floodwaters washed away a number of houses and roadways yesterday. some driver his to ditch their cars because of rising water. and several streets in downtown charleston remained closed tonight. the city itself will remain under a flash flood watch until sunday afternoon and we'll monitor the conditions there and in our region throughout this hour. here's what you need to do. you have to make sure that anybody who you are voting for is on the right side of this issue and even if they're not and even if they're great on other stuff and for a couple of election cycles --

>> president obama renewed his push for gun reform today in the wake of that mass shooting in oregon. a gunman killed nine people and injured many more before he was killed by police. news 4's chris lawrence is here now with new information from roseburg, oregon. chris? >> wendy, any minute now officials will hold a news conference and release the names of those nine victims, but we are already getting a better picture of the shooter who apparently demanded to know his victim's religions before he opened fire. this shooting happened at umpqua community college in southern oregon about 180 miles away from portland. this afternoon investigators revealed they found 13 weapons in all, some of them at the scene and some of them in christopher mercer's apartment. they also recovered a flak jacket with steel plates and magazines. seven of those weapons, at least seven had been purchased by mercer or his family members. he spent one month in the army at fort jackson, but discharged him for failing to meet

administrative standards. speaking this afternoon, oregon's governor says it's time for the community to come together. >> one person's deranged act may have indeed broken all of our hearts, but he cannot prevent our hearts from growing back bigger and stronger and more committed to the oregon that we all love. >> law enforcement sources are telling nbc news that mercer left behind pages and pages of notes in which he wrote his life had no meaning despite his apparently emotional problems, there's nothing there that would have disqualified him from buying those guns and umpqua community college is expected some time next week. >> breaking news now in the jesse matthew case. his mother had a dramatic reaction today when she learned about his punishment for the assault on morgan harrington. we have a live report on the outburst in court. and of course, we continue

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ocean city is getting whipped up out there from this nor'easter, not from joaquin, but that seems to be taking the brunt of this storm. a lot of wins out there and also veronica johnson to keep you updated on what the conditions are like. >> jesse matthew will be spending three life sentences in prison for a 2005 sex assault in fairfax county. >> matthew was also accused, of course, in the murders of hannah graham and morgan harrington. the parents of both victims were there in court today as was our northern virginia reporter david culver, and he has their reaction to the sentence. >> well, if she had not come here he would have been free, and i know she did it not just for herself, but for hannah and for morgan. >> reporter: three life sentences for jesse matthew. the judge calling the 2005 sexual assault and attempted murder in fairfax, quote, vicious and murder. matthew declined the judge's offer to say a few words in court. >> there just wasn't any

remorse, obviously. the reason r.g. is not dead is because of what jesse matthews did, he strangled her until she was unconscious. >> matthew's mother walked out surrounded by supporters and matthew. she erupted yelling "no" several times. >> maybe jesse should have thought of his mom before he did this. >> jill harrington, mother of morgan who matthew was accused of abducting and murdering in 200 the says she feels for matthew's mom and she recognized that loud cry. >> i have heard that same, ugly, gut sound coming from my mouth when i heard my daughter had been killed. i've heard that same ugly sound coming from sue graham's mouth. it's terrible. >> matthews is accused of uva student hannah graham's murder from last year. deputies escorted her parents in and out of the courthouse privately. that trial set for next july in

charlottesville followed by morgan's case. >> we'll ship him down to albemarle to face the music down there. >> that was david culver reporting and now we go back to the weather and there was a look at union station where we have a live look where the rain is steadily coming down in this area. the storm has put a chill in the air, but this just might warm your heart. d.c. water employees have spent the day handing out sandbags in the bloomingdale neighborhoods and news 4's mark segraves was there when an elderly woman came looking for some help. >> the district government provided 900 sandbags for the bloomingdale and detroit park neighborhoods. after years of flooded base ames basements, d.c. water have fixed the problem and as a precaution, handed out sandbags to residents. >> this is my first time in the neighborhood and i'm a new resident so i'm trying to get prepared. >> this woman walked for blocks wanting to protect her home. >> we can take it for you,

ma'am. >> despite her saying she didn't need help, kevin insisted. >> just being a good person. well do it for any resident. >> reporter: just out of the kindness of your heart. >> just out of the kindness of my heart. >> reporter: d.c. water handed out sandbags and they're for the residents of bloomingdale, and in bloomingdale, mark segraves, news 4. >> i'm dave johnson at the live desk. the weather is continuing to impact the sports world. the nationals final series of the season on the road in new york against the mets and that game postponed. they hope to make up tomorrow as the doubleheader is 110 and 710 and the orioles and yankees is postponed and they'll play a doubleheader at 12:on 05 and 7:05. dc unite is still on and that's a 7:00 kickoff and the big one,

redskins-eagle, the nfl is expecting to play the game as scheduled at 1:00 on sunday, of course, we'll keep you updated from the live desk. jaf johnson, news 4, sports. >> thank you, dave. a driver is lucky to be alive after narrowly escaping a fallen tree in the district and find out how this survival story has a special connection to the news 4 family. it was very surreal. you sort of see

we're still looking at rain. look at that shot right now down towards the airport. just a dreadful, dreary, nasty, yuck of a day out there on our friday, but the best news is at least a friday. as we look across the region right now, a couple of good things here. the track of joaquin way out to sea and we've been telling you you do not need to worry about that storm. the nor'easter is still here and take a look at the headlines that we have across the region. yeah, more rain overnight, but it will be light to moderate rain and i'm not anticipating too much with heavy rain and we're not too concerned about the flash flooding and the significant flooding around our region, but we are concerned about the coastal flooding and that is a big impact and no impacts from joaquin. down toward the airport and

current temperature, 53 degrees and look at the wind, northeast at 23 miles per hour. that is a windchill and this is a late-november type of situation, but we do tend to get these storms, nor'easters typically formulate september, october and into november. take a look at the rain across our region and we have rain everywhere for the most part, but you notice you're starting to see that rain ending just a bit and it's becoming a lot lighter, and the heaviest rain around the d.c., metro area around portions of fairfax county and the springfield area and right along i-95 and right along route 1, as well and down toward charles county seeing the moderate rain and no areas of heavy rain in our region. you have to go down to the south and look down to the south. this area will see the potential for historic flooding and we're talking about upwards of a foot of rain in south carolina and you'll see a lot of pictures out of south carolina with the flooding down there and that is a very big shame, and i'll tell

you, they will continue to see it for the next few days and we do have the coastal rings, and places along the beaches and the coastal flood advisories and portions of calvert county and head's up if you live close to the water. one of those areas close to the water, ocean city and that's where veronica johnson has been for the last two days, and v.j., the high tide coming around midnight and that's the one we're concerned about. >>. >> for sure, we expect to see more water, high water just as we did around noon time today. i'm out on the beach and we're getting pelted with high wind and a lot of sand. the surf behind me, and you can see it's awfully rough and carving away already at the beach area and there will be beach erosion for sure by the time you get to monday, tuesday and behind this nor'easter and look behind me how the sand has gotten blown right through there, with a bit of a sand slope, a bit of a sand wall and that was just since yesterday. now, the god send, what has given us a big break today after

three and a half inches of rainfall yesterday has been the fact that we haven't seen much rain today and only about a quarter of an inch and it's the wind that's been pounding and for this area, as you know it's all about the wind, wind direction, and popping on ravy and high tide time. there has been flooding and we'll check in coming up a little later and show you the flooded roads and folks' reactions. doug? >> i'm looking at that behind you, and you can see how the wind is reshaping the beach. >> reporter: just in a 24-hour time period, doug. it really is -- throughout the day today and throughout the day tomorrow those waves will continue to crash right onshore. >> and probably right through the day sunday into monday, too. thanks, veronica. she'll be down there through the day and she'll be down there at 11:00 and i'll guarantee you we'll have flooding impacts there. >> speaking of the impacts what about this weekend?

if you have plans this weekend, the impacts are not on the high side and we're calling them moderate. showers at times, yes, and yes, we will continue to see very chilly conditions right on through the day tomorrow and high temperature around 62 and that's d.c., but to the west we will stay in the 50s during the day tomorrow. 60s on sunday and maybe a little bit of sun with a few showers and rather windy for the redskins game and much better as we go through monday and tuesday and a lot of people asking me, hey, is this the end of the warm weather? no. the answer to that is a big, fat no. we have a lot of warmer weather coming up next week. amelia segal is in later with more on that. >> thanks, doug. as veronica showed you, coastal communities are getting slammed right now. we'll head to the jersey shore to see how the people who were hit hard by sandy are holding up. after the shooting in oregon the controversy of gun violence and gun control returns. find out what the governor of virginia has to say about your rights and what should change to prevent these kinds of

tragedies? >> tree versus car. it could have been worse, a lot worse and coming up on news 4, the story of a close call.

now at 5:30, we've had a rainy day and a little bit wind

ney our area and it looks like the rain is starting to back off a bit, and we're seeing a drying trended hadded our way so stay tuned for that. well, this storm is bringing some much-needed rain to the region, but it's also causing some damage. >> last night we told you about a huge tree that came down in northwest, d.c., well now we're learning there's much more to this story. news 4's derek ward joins us live with a very close call. der derrick? >> reporter: that's cause tape and not streamers and here's why. this tree came crashing down because the earth was too wet for the roots to take hold and behind all of this is a story of one motorist's close call. >> it obviously wasn't a good day for this tree or the nearby utility poll, but what the sprinters and crumbled infrastructure don't show is the harrowing tail.

>> you sort of see the tree coming and it seems like it's in slow motion. >> so fast she had to make a tough decision and hit the brakes and hope they stop in time or hit the gas and count on the v6 to beat the laws of momentum. >> it was coming right toward my car and i just accelerated. >> fortunately, it got the back of my car and it spit me out. >> that wasn't all. >> the live power lines. as soon as ems showed up they were clearing the area and they advised me and other spectators to move off because the wires were live. >> reporter: the insurance company has declared her suv a total loss, but at the end of the day she walked away from this with a story to tell. you might say she has a pen chant for story telling. she is the daughter of news 4 reporter pat collins. when we know more about this story it makes it even more interesting. i'll have that coming up on news 4 at 6:30.

back to you. >> thank you, derrick. it is too dangerous to go in the water in ocean city and emergency officials closed the beaches just to make sure daredevils didn't want to go out there. they're seeing road closures in that area because of flooding and water was ankle-deep in some places and people tried to make it through the high-standing water and they were expected to get through the high tide cycles. the impact of the storm could be more than what they experienced during hurricane sandy. >> there will be a few feet of water in those areas that are susceptible to flooding, and the public has to use common sense. don't try to drive through it. there are other issues that take place with flooding. we know in town where they are. those who live here know where they are. everyone has to work together to get through this. >> delmarva power is taking steps to protect the power grid. they've shut off power in north

division street and keep the nbc washington app handy and we'll send critical alerts to your phone. >> yesterday the city declared a state of emergency. cars and neighborhoods are completely flooded. now no signs of letting up, either for the next 24 hour, at least. and down at the georgetown waterfront, gw's varsity rowing team helped move the boats off the thompson boat center. the move is a precaution just to get those boats to higher ground. they also say they're concerned about the water rising and the stability of that dock. apparently, the original dock from when the boathouse was built back in the '60s. ♪ i'm chris lawrence here at the live desk and we have been hearing a lot about chris mercer, the man accused of

killing all those people in that community college in oregon. now we're learning a lot more about the people that he killed and we're learning the names of those victims. one is 19 years old, lucero alcaraz of roseburg, and another is 18-year-old quinn cooper and couple dietz, 33-year-old jason dale johnson, and a 67-year-old man lawrence levine. he was the teacher in that building when the shooter came in. also 44-year-old serena dawn moore, 20-year-old treven anspach andqú;ñ rebecca barnes. this college attracted people of all ages. it wasn't a traditional college. you had a mix of people. one young man was four months out of high school and only a couple of weeks into college and of course, you had people who were in their 30s, 40s and 50s

taking classes. we'll stay on top of this story and we'll have a lot more coming up in the next hour. jim? >> chris, thank you. the tragedy in oregon is renewing a push now for reform when it comes to guns in our country. there are calls for stricter firearm laws, but critics say the guns aren't the problem. news 4's megan fitzgerald talk to people on both sides of this heated debate. >> once again, another mass shooting topping headlines and covering newspapers all across the country, but are we getting any closer to answering the question of how we stop the violence? >> reporter: today the dialogue around what should be done going forward is ramping up again. news 4 caught up with virginia governor forry mcauliffe after ask the govern our on our radio partner wtop. >> at some point we have got to do something about the number of guns in our country and the number of gun violence. >> mcauliffe believes stronger gun laws could help decrease some of these mass murders.

>> if you've been convicted of a violent misdemeanor, domestic abuse, stalking, you should not have the right to have a handgun. >> reporter: over at nova firearms in mclane, store manager rachel dresser says there's one for sure effect of some politicians demanding tighter restrictions around guns. her sales will likely surge. whenever these things happen we do tend to see an increase. >> reporter: whenever her customers say they want the violence to stop, they believe stricter gun laws won't resolve the problem. >> criminals will always find a way to get their weapons and it's not the guns that are bad. it's the people that are using them. >> reporter: nevertheless, the conversation around how to stop these shootings continues, and many on both sides of the issues will agree, something needs to be done. >> what if that was my children? what if that was my wife? >> reporter: meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> several events are being canceled, but for some the party

goes on and we'll show you where some decided to celebrate in the rain and that includes folks who have

live look outside right now. traffic backed up on the beltway and this is montgomery county, folks. the story of the evening if you're waiting on somebody it could be a bit longer than you'd

expect. a story that will continue through 11:00 tonight. and a number of big events in our area have either had to modify their schedule or cancel altogether because of this storm. tomorrow's matchup in college park between maryland and michigan has been moved up. kickoff is now at noon rather than 8:00 in the evening. among the events canceled across the dmv, tomorrow's race for every child. that event sponsored by children's health typically closes down pennsylvania avenue downtown. in maryland, the taste of bethesda called off. in virginia the same goes for the be onnioktoberfest. there are a number of other areas that have changed and you can find the full list on the nbc washington app, just search events. ♪ >> those are the brothers of

omega si omega sio m mega si pi fraternity. the games are still on for tomorrow. the same community hit hard by hurricane sandy is getting hit again and we'll take a look at the storm's impact on the jersey shore. a local woman took her fight to the supreme court and won. tonight only on news 4, how she is paving the way to help pregnant women in the workforce. >> and on storm team 4 radar tracking a drying trend across the area. if all else remains equal. dry in washington outside gaithersbu gaithersburg, is this the only rain we'll see? rain we'll see?

i was about to head to thecheck. bank, but out of nowhere it just started to rain. like really rain. [clap of thunder] i did not want to go out. [clap of thunder] but then i was like duh, just use your phone. mobile-deposit-techno-thingy to the rescue. i'm rayna. and i bank human at td bank.

taking a look out at union station where old glory is moving in the breeze that is blowing out there. it is quite windy, but the rain is starting to slacken off so it might have a good friday night. >> we need a wipe or that camera there. high surf and heavy rain is battering parts of the jersey shore now and residents in one community that was hit hard by super storm sandy are gearing up for the chance of a serious flooding. >> brian thompson has a look now at the storm preps from bradley beach angry waves crashed into the shore as high tide rolls in, work crew his to truck in 300 loads of sand in what has turned out to be a non-stop effort to hold out to sea where the surf club used to be. >> our biggest concern is that the waves will be high enough

that they'll overflood the dunes. >> locals are skeptical that it would work. >> it's minimal, at least, but you can't stop these nor'easters, you know? it may last hours, these dunes. >> reporter: in fact, the most exposed buildings were perilously close to the surf. the beach is one of several towns waiting for an army corps of engineers post-sandy with local and state officials are having problems getting easements from property owners. i asked pagano -- >> reporter: what would you say to someone who won't sign the easement right now? >> crazy. >> reporter: this plugging of holes and the dike method of protection will continue until easements here and neighboring town will be finalized. when will it be? >> if i had an answer for that i would be carried on people's shoulders like a god. >> reporter: the alternative of putting up dunes like this is to

do nothing and local officials are not prepared to do that. in bradley beach, new jersey, brian thompson, news 4. >> boy, it's whipping there and we can have winds tonight. >> we've seen a couple of trees down and we've been seeing this the last couple of days and maybe a few hower outages and we're not seeing widespread damage and we really did dodge a bullet. this is down toward lewis, delaware. they have a high wind watch with winds upward of 50 miles per hour and that will continue. that guy likes the wind, i guess, but i'll tell you the wind will continue and they'll continue with major beach erosion and flooding out there along those beaches. storm team 4 radar tracking it. i'll go back to make sure exactly where i am here. this is the max one right, guys? for some reason my clicker is not working, and i want to make sure i'm on the right thing here as we move towards -- i see what

happened here. and here we are and look at that. there's the winds, jim, you were just asking me about the wind, there they are. 44 down toward ocean city and 32 in pa tuxet river and it is a cold day and a windy day and downright raw and look at what's going on in the radar picture here. we have some drying down to the south and not quite as bad and we will see shares of drizzle and light showers, but there is no heavy rain across the region right now. some steady rain in through fairfax county right along the beltway, but no heavy rain. the flash flood threat really, really diminishing as we move through the night. i want to explain a couple of things here and notice we have nothing going on here, but look at this drying trip and look down here towards raleigh and look at this rain right here and is this going to continue to make its way our way or is it going to move back toward the

west back toward places like roanoke and those are places that are a concern for sure. the big area of concern is down here toward the carolinas because this free could give them upward of a foot of rain over the next 24 to 48 hours and we'll see pictures from there of major, major flooding over the next couple of days and the carolina, but for us, our severe weather risks is coming down. heavy rain and yesterday we were looking at a high risk of that flooding and definitely much lower. one area where we know we'll continue to see flooding is down toward the beaches and veronica johnson, and you're not only seeing the wind out there, but the flooding tonight could be a big issue. >> that it could especially down by ocean city inland, and i have moved here on the beach because i wanted to stress that the one thing about this area is the wind, the surf. it's been rough and now we're starting to see some of that algae sea foam with those seas

out there with 12 to 17 feet and take a look beside me here because this was not here yesterday and this was just in a 24-hour time period that the sand has built up some four feet. mother nature really doing its job here to kind of reconstruct or resculpt the beach. we'll see a lot of beach erosion and there's been a lot of flooding and a number of events going on and believe it or not, some were canceled and some were not cancelled and folks around here are trying to cope. one of the bars stayed open and the harbor bar and here's a look at some of the reaction that some of the tourists have. >> we were here for winefest which has now been canceled due to the impending storm so we're doing our own winefest. we are the tipsy chick. yesterday we could see the jetty and today you can't see it. it's awesome. >> what's in store for the rest of the weekend? >> wine. >> wine. the lots of wine. >> even in a storm like this, amelia with winds 50 miles per

hour and not much rain today folks are trying to cope and make the most of it if they're down here and i have more video of the flooding down toward the ocean city inlet and that area coming up on news 4 at 6:00. >> sounds like a pretty good weekend to me, v.j. at least they're making the best of it and talking about areas, and we will be dealing with rain especially during the early morning hours. temperature will have a wide range from 53 in win chester and 62 in washington, low 60s along i-95 and off to the east and north and west of town significantly cooler and it's breeze toe windy throughout the entire day. the road impacts early in the morning tomorrow. rain is likely not the best conditions and windy as well and as we work our way throughout the day, a trend, and scattered showers and saturday evening is completely dry. the roads overall should be just fine and on sunday only the chance of some showers.

at about 40% and if you're head to the the redskins game, there is the potential to be very windy and very rainy and only showers possible. if you pack the pancho you might not need to take it out. as the game is wrapping up and the temperature around 66 and doug, as we continue to look toward the upcoming workweek, the weather continues to improve. >> it really does. so many people saying is this the end of it? my wife today said should i put away the warm clothes and get out the winter stuff? too early for that. yes, it's cold. yes it's windy and temperatures at 62. 66 on sunday with a good chance of a few showers and rather windy conditions for the game as amelia said and a little breeze owe monday and don't put away the warm weather clothes just yet and we're not done yet and coming up, next tuesday, wednesday and thursday, right now, looking pretty darn nice. >> great. a stiff sentence for the man who robbed a family at gunpoint, but

it's what he did during that robbery that got him a lot of jail time. today the judge sentenced alvin newman to 40 years in prison. last december he and another man approached a family in a hyattsville parking lot. he held an uzi-style gun to the parents' baby in order to get the parents to comply. he used the victim's stolen phone. his suspended sentence means he'll spend a minimum of 15 years in prison. >> this is someone who didn't just commit an armed robbery, but he committed it by placing a gun to the head of a 3-year-old child to get her parents to comply and turn over their valuables. this is certainly someone who is a very dangerous individual, someone who clearly has no regard for human life whatsoever and is not someone we need walking our streets. >> newman's accomplice also pleaded guilty and he is to be sentenced in december. a local woman's fight for fairness went all of the way to the supreme court. tonight, she's talking about the long, legal battle and the

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with all this bad weather arlington's new homeless shelter is being put to the test in just its first hours operating. the new homeless services center opened today. this new facility will operate year round and offers more than just a bed and a meal.

the number of homeless people in arlington has been cut in half in the past five years. the services center is expected to play a huge part in the county's plan to end homelessness by 2018. ups has settled its case with a local woman who sued the company over pregnant workers' rights. peggy young was told she couldn't work because she was expecting. the case went all of the way to the u.s. supreme court and ups has since changed its policy. news 4's darcy spencer spoke to young about what kept her motivated to keep fighting. >> i can tell you this, it's been a real pleasure to work with peggy for the last almost nine years. >> peggy young has gotten to know her attorney really well over those nine years. young became the face for pregnant workers' rights in the u.s. taking her case against ups all of the way to the supreme court. >> i'm happy that i stuck it out. >> reporter: and happy that after fighting the company in and out of court they've reached

a settlement. the battle is over. case dismissed. >> a little bit relieved and i'm happy we've changed a lot of laws for pregnant women that they shouldn't have to decide between having a baby and working. >> groups took up her cause after the ups delivery driver was told she could not work because she was pregnant even though she wanted to without restrictions. >> i'm not a spotlight person, but i'm glad somebody had to stand up to a company that wasn't willing to follow the rules and regulations of letting pregnant women work. >> ups did not provide accommodations for pregnant workers so she was told to come back after the baby was born. >> it was about both my daughters. i don't want to have them experience the thing of trying to work and help support their family when they want to start a family and they shouldn't have to choose and no woman should. >> while the u.s. supreme court ruled in young's favor, perhaps

the biggest victory of all, ups changed its policy and it's providing light duty for pregnant workers who need it. >> even if that's all that had been accomplished we would have been pleased with that and we're happier that it went farther than that and that the supreme court protected people across the country. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. now at 6:00, waters rising. roads closed and flights delayed and some communities are bracing for more tonight. 50 mile-an-hour winds already pounding the maryland and delaware beaches thanks to the nasty nor easter and it could get worse as the night goes on and all of this as hurricane joaquin loses steam and continues to shift out to sea. it did hammer the isle around but no real impact here. >> our teams are covering the story that has everyone talking and we'll start in storm center 4 where doug is tracking conditions. >> those conditions are betting better across our region and the

rain continues and storm team 4 radar tracking that for you and again, we're seeing the light to moderate and steady rain across the region, but you also notice here the drying trend down to the south around fredericksburg and southern maryland, we're starting to see a little bit of a break here, and i think that break will last for a few hours and if you think you're headed out to dinner this evening and you can take the small umbrella. here is the live picture now. you can still see rain over toward d.c. and warrenton and this may fill back in over the next few hours and look at the drying trend. there is a lot more rain down here that will continue to make its way up by 95, but the heaviest rain down around raleigh and this is moving in a completely different direction and moving toward the north and west and we're not going to get in on the heaviest rain, we don't think and that's why the flood threat will be less as we move on through the rest of the night tonight. as we've been seeing throughout the day,