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, the winds have been a

big factor and winds gusting to 30 miles per hour in d.c. and near 30 down toward pawtuxet river and the latest wind gusts close to 50 miles per hour and things there will only continue to get worse as we make our way through the night tonight, that is one area that we know we will see some major flooding and major beach erosion and veronica johnson has been there and you are a pro now. you have those goggles on and everything. >>. >> reporter: exactly, and you certainly need it out here and i'm between two dunes and getting pelted with a lot of wind and by the beach fencing that leads right to the beach and that wild ocean. take a look at how high this sand is. it's about four or five feet high in a 24-hour period. the surf out there is rough and the seas are high and there's been a lot of damage down around

areas of ocean city inlet. that's where they have seen the most flooding and earlier today they were letting a few cars through just around talbot in philadelphia, as well as around division street a now they've closed a lot of those roads and they could be closing more roads, as well, as we go through the day tomorrow because overnight tomorrow, not much in the way of rain and we only had a quarter of an inch of rain today and it's all about high tide times and they're running at 6 feet and we're coming up at high tide at midnight and it will be interesting to see what happens with the wind and that area as you know, sees just so much flooding when there's a big storm like this and winds today around 50 miles per hour and it will continue with the evening and so much continuing with wind, wind direction and popography and a lot of flooding already with the cars earlier today. we're going to wait and see and engage things and assess throughout the overnight period and early tomorrow morning and we'll have a lot more video on the flooding and folks'

reactions and what they're dealing with the storm and a lot of visitors that are still in town, believe it or not. >> thanks, v.j. you saw what v.j. was just showing us there and down in norfolk. our partners at the weather channel spotted a duck floating down the road. they're packing sandbags around the buildings downtown and the city of portsmouth just announced its parking garages will be open and free all weekend so the residents can move their cars out of the areas prone to flooding. bureau chief julie carey joins us live from loudoun county where everyone from homeowners to first responders are taking steps to avoid the danger and the damage. julie? >> hey, there, wendy. well, this is the kind of damage right here that they're hoping to avoid across northern virginia in the next 24 hours. gapped road here in loudoun county you can see features a big gap. this is from the heavy rafrl and

rising waters earlier today and from leesburg all of the way to old town, alexandria and the ours of preparation are winding down. >> loudoun county fire and rescue is ready. the swift water boats are in place normally on standby in two firehouses. this weekend there will be three. >> we've staffed up the area and we've increased our staffing in luckets and here in leesburg. >> out on the choppy, misty potomac, this d.c. fire and rescue boat patrolled along the oldtown waterfront. the big question here is will the potomac's waters creep up king street? alexandria residents and businesses that didn't want to take any chances rolled up to get their five-per-person sandbag allotment. many who come are used to the drill. >> we live in old town and we've not flooded before and we don't intend to now. >> reporter: this is greg nelson's first experience with potential old town flooding. >> this is our first season with

this kind of weather. >>. >> reporter: he's managing carluccio's and veteran owners have let him know what to expect. >> you can never be too cautious and we'll follow the advice of the neighbors. >> before the restaurant opened they also made a few changes with past floods in mind. >> we made a plan to have a little bit of a reservoir area for water that may want to attempt to come in and we know king street slopes upward and this will be the danger zone here and we're hoping if that mitigates some of the issues and we'll see if it gets put to the test tonight. i'm julie carey, news 4. >> one driver said at one point road conditions was so bad she should have stayed home and an air traveler had her flight canceled four times. the weather folks are along the highways or airports, this rain is impacting travel in a big

way. >> reporter: planes take off and it looks like they're flying into a big, gray die. inside reagan national airport, the arrival and departure boards show that many of the flights across the country are delayed. >> currently the flight's delayed by an hour. >> reporter: and you're heading to? >> i'm headed to dubuque, iowa, through chicago. >> i came from austin, texas, and i was originally supposed to fly to chicago, but that flight would make me lose my layover and i bumped on a flight to dallas and i flew to here and my luggage went to chicago. >> reporter: all because of -- >> the weather. >> this d.c. resident expected to leave new york last night at 5:00 p.m., but the weather had other plans. >> this is my fourth canceled flight. so three was canceled because of the weather and so now i'm finally here and happy, but it was a very, very bumpy ride. >> reporter: the highways is pose another challenge for travelers. we drove today from the north carolina border all the way up

95 through virginia. the rain was so heavy at times you couldn't see the car in front of you, and then there were times when the rain tapered off. we spoke with travelers at the rest stop in caroline county. >> we were going to tour d.c. tomorrow, but i don't think we'll be able to do that now. >> so what are you going to do for your 30th reunion to celebrate in d.c.? >> a big dinner, dinner cruise. >> reporter: many local people have already canceled their weekend travel plans. they say they want to wait until this cold, wet and windy weather blows over. that's the latest live at reagan national airport, chris gordon news 4. >> this means you and especially your pets, you need to keep them away from parts of rock creek from the potomac or anacostia rivers because the storms have resulted in millions of gallons of raw sewage and rain water being pumped into the local

waterways. >> news 4's mark segraves is live in the district with that part of our weather story. mark? >> reporter: >> that's right. in the four days that we've been having rain, there have been more than 100 million gallons of raw sewage and rain water pumped into our rivers and streams. this structure right here is a combined sewer overflow outlet. there are more than 50 of them along the potomac, rock creek and here along the anacostia river. when we get these heavy rains they have to be opened and the sewage and rain water released. >> take a look at what it looks like when it hits our rivers. in an average year about 2 billion gallons of the raw sewage and rain water mixture is released into our waterways and that's billion with a b. like many cities across the country the underground pipes that carry d.c.'s sewage are old and too small. when we get heavy rains it

overwhelms the pipes. if they're not released the system backs up and homes would flood. d.c. water has begun a multibillion-dollar clean rivers project to fix the problem, but it won't be complete for several years although the amount of rain water and sewage being released each year has been reduced. >> we don't want to the go anywhere near the water and hopefully this machine they have down here that they're working to rehab all of this they won't have to do that anymore, and they're trying to make it a healthier river and i hope it happens. >> while humans and their animal friends are warned to stay away from the waterways when this happens, it has absolutely no impact on our drinking water. along the anacostia, mark segraves, news 4. download the nbc washington weather app so you can stay ahead of any weather changes. you will also find an updated list of events that have been canceled or postponed because of these storms, just search

events. >> today we're following the tragedy in oregon. police have confiscated 13 guns that belonged to the shooter. all of the weapons were purchased legally. wendy woolfolk is live with the developments. wendy? >> chris, good afternoon. we are learning more about the gunman and his arsenal of weapon, but authorities and residents here want to keep the focus on the victims. >> and it's something that's so awful you never think it's going to happen in the area that you live in in such a small town like this. >> reporter: but it has, another mass shooting leaving ten people dead and nine others injured. army veteran and student chris mintz charged the shooter and was shot five times, but undoubtedly saved lives. it's those heroic actions and the grief of victims and their families that authorities want to focus on. >> you will not hear anyone from this law enforcement operation

use his name. i continue to believe that those media and community members who publicize his name will only glorify his horrific actions. >> reporter: the gunman's name, christopher harper mercer. he targeted innocent students in class with an arsenal of weapons. >> so far we've recovered 13 weapons. out of those 13 weapons we currently have in custody six where we covered at the school. serve were recovered at the shooter's residence. >> reporter: investigators found a lengthy note spouting his philosophy of hate, but no motive. >> if they were christian they were shot in the head, but if they stated other or didn't answer they were shot in the leg. >> reporter: only those kinds of witness accounts can help make sense out of the senseless. >> i'm very lucky. there are so many people that didn't make it out of there. we just pray that their families

are okay and they'll be able to cope. >> reporter: hoping and praying that time will help to heal. >> reporter: wendy told us a lot more about the victims, but we've also been learning more about the shooter. chris harper mercer was 26 years old and moved to oregon from california about four years ago with his mother. law enforcement officials tell nbc's pete williams the note he left behind was filled with hate raed. mercer sounded despondent and wrote that he would be welcomed in hell and embraced by the devil. he also said he had no life and felt the world was against him. there are indications he spent a lot of time online and may have been inspired by those murders in roanoke where a news team was killed on the air and there's a blog post linked to him that urges readers for the shooting. he expressed sympathy for the shooter that killed alison parker and adam ward. they're renewing calls for gun control and we'll look at

politics on guns and what leaders from both sides of the aisle are demanding. jesse matthew's attorneys are trying to evoke sympathy from the judge by bringing up the suspect's painful past, but coming up all new at 6:00, what the prosecutor said that ended with matthew getting the harshest of punishments. we're tracking hurricane joaquin as it moves off from the bahamas. a lot of damage, but no lives lost. doug says it won't have an impact on us. >> no. no impact on us from joaquin, but the impact is here for the rain and the rain continues around our region and we will see more overnight tonight and just in, howard has now cans emed the homecoming parade tomorrow and the parade no longer in effect as we will continue to see some rain. more wind and cool temperatures over the couple of

this will not change until the politics changes and the behavior of leched officials changes. president obama for the second straight day expressing his frustration will politics of gun safety and promising he's not going to give up one day after another mass shooting and there is new soul-searching about gun laws and not much in the way of real action. steve handelsman is on capitol hill with the latest. >> no sign of change here on the hill and ney sign that a majority of lawmakers are

willing to change or pass any new federal gun laws and president obama's left to say he'll talk more about it. statisticians see what they call the obama effect. ironically, more firearms now in the u.s. handgun sales exploded as president obama took office and since 2008 he's failed to reduce gun sales or shootings, at least 41 in stools just this year and he watched the latest last night at gun shows, 5,000 every year and background checks are still not required by federal law. >> so the main thing i'm going to do is i'm going to talk about this on a regular basis, and i will politicize it because our inaction is a political decision that we are making. >> despite visiting at least seven mass shooting sites. >> charlotte, daniel -- >> the president has not gotten tougher gun laws passed. activists blame gun lobby

pressure and ask members of congress -- >> why they allow guns to be sold without i.d.s or background checks across this country. lax gun laws invite mass killings claimed a democratic senator. >> those whose minds are beginning to come unhinged think that they've been given endorsements to proceed to this mass slaughter. >> opponents of restrictions say more students armed yesterday could have helped. >> having people able to protect themselves with a gun -- dozens of americans die every day from gun violence. this 5 month old girl yesterday in cleveland bringing the police chief to tears. >> you know what's happened. what are we going to do? what are we going to do? >> reporter: a question that could be aimed at washington. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, capitol hill. and just a few minutes ago the flag at the white house was lowered to half-staff. president obama ordered the

flags at all federal installations here and abroad to remain at half-staff in tribute to the victims of yesterday's shooting in roseburg, oregon. the order remains in effect until sunset tuesday. our team coverage continues after this broadcast for nbc nightly news. lester holt is reporting live from roseburg, oregon, right after this broadcast. we've been following that second news story, hurricane joaquin as it started to veer away from the east coast and millions are bracing for what could be hifrtorric flooding this weekend. folks in south carolina are dealing with high water from a separate system, homes, roads, they've all been washed out in charleston and the water was rising in portsmouth, virginia, and they've been heavier rain and some roads look more like rivers and as the nor'easter kicks up waves in ocean city. jay gray is on the beach along the coast in north carolina. from the carolinas through the new england coast, as

preparations continue, concerns are growing. >> everybody's scared because you just don't know. while the latest tracking does show hurricane joaquin turning away from the eastern seaboard, dozens of communes will not escape the dangerous effects of the storm. >> heavy surf, violent rip currents and a soaking rain in areas already dealing with way too much water right now. >> i cannot stress enough while this storm isn't likely to make landfall in north carolina, the heavy rain will cause problems around the state. in the carolinas, cars and roads have already been swallowed by floodwaters after what meteorologists kale a rex block. the high pressure hovering around low pressure locking it in place and dumping heavy rains, and now rain from joaquin will be added to that mix creating a dangerous mess. >> water kills people, and we have to be extremely careful from the mountains all of the way to the coast. >> crews along the shoreline are piling up sand, building berms to stem the tide and stop beach

erosion. part of a multi-state effort to deal with multiple storm systems that will continue to be a threat through early next week. >> heavy rains are expected to continue here and across the region for the next three to four days in many areas where flooding was already an issue before the storm. jay gray, nbc news, kitty hawk, north carolina. >> and a high tide tonight could mean high drama for another coastal community. we'll have a live report from ocean city in just a few minutes. >> and a close call in as a tree smashes right through a woman's car. tonight, the quick maneuver that kept the situation from getting worse. it was very surreal. you sort of see the tree coming

>> we're monitoring two weather systems right now. the nor'easter that's been dufrming a wind-driven rain on us right now and that could go all of the way into the weekend. >> and we have hurricane joaquin still hammering the bahamas. doug and amelia tracking it all from storm center 4. how much rain are we tracking. >> we've been talking about the diminishing threat as far as the flooding is concerned and you mentioned joaquin and we'll have no effect from that. >> the rain we've seen over the last 24 hours has been

beneficial to the area. >> the one thing we want you to remember here is we're not anticipating widespread flooding and the only real impacts now, we could have minor flooding in parts of the area and we could continue to see trees down. we will see more winds right over through not just tomorrow and right on through the rest of the weekend and here's the rain through the rest of the region and we could have drying taking place. heaviest rain, let's not say heavy. we don't have heavy, we have light to moderate, steady rain in through loudoun county and montgomery county and down to the south, we are watching more rain beginning to develop and we have a drying trend mere and notice all of this rain around the raleigh region and this is moving up through i-95. if you're going out this evening, make sure you take the umbrella, for sure. >> they are going to be seen, look at this rain coming here and this is where the tropical rain will be and this is where the flooding will be. they can see charleston toward

columbia upward of a foot of rain and we'll see the next couple of days of big-time flooding. for us, the best chance for flooding will be right along the coast and these are areas that are prone to flooding. if you've had flooding before along the chesapeake, you will get it with this storm along with the potomac and flood advisories in effect for cal vern county over toward ann a runndle county and water, two feet above high tide as far as high tooitds go and that's talking about the bay. up toward the beaches and it's upward of six feet above high tide and the storm threat into early tomorrow and no tornados and high winds are on the low side, but they can still take down some trees and flooding is one other threat and we're not seeing high threats as we move into the overnight hours and on the hole, the weeke eweekend is going to be all that bad.

>> not a great weekend. it's a grilled cheese, tomato soup kind of weekend. it will be breezy and moderate at times. the biggest concerns out of travel with saturday and sunday will be earlier in the day on sunday. you have to exercise the outdoor cycle and go for the run and make sure you have the rain gear and i think you should be okay especially during the afternoon of saturday and sunday. have the umbrella and rain boot and the coats and it will be chilly and the road impacts tomorrow morning and not great with rain likely and potentially heavy rain tomorrow morning and i know we've taken a closer look at storm team 4 radar and by saturday afternoon throughout the day on sunday, the roads, doug, should be just fine. >> the roads will be on the better side, too and so are the numbers up to 66 on sunday with more shower activity and 68 degrees on monday and up to 74 on tuesday and it gets better after that. we'll have the seven-day forecast coming up and live pictures as we head to ocean city and veronica johnson will also be there for us, with the

latest on the flooding wi

now at 6:30 -y rain and the potential for flooding as our nasty nor'easter continues and we'll show you how it impacts the weekend. plus the flood-prone areas you need to avoid and what's being done to keep water at bay.

>> also tonight,a i close call to one mother, as a tree comes crashing down on her car. >> it was coming rid toward my car so i just accelerated. >> i'm veronica johnson where ocean city has seen major flooding. >> some roads have been closed and the storm's not finished. >> hundreds of people trapped inside their homes and the coast guard is coming in to help out. we'll have the latest from the bahamas on hurricane joaquin. >> first we'll start there in ocean city. all eyes on the sky as more rain is falling and the real threat could be tonight on high tide. >> several roads are shut down as a precaution. >> veronica johnson has been there all day today and how are you holding up and how is it looking all day, verron da? >> it's gotten pretty windy and we went from wind gusts to 40 miles per hour and it's 50 and that's what storm team 4 had been telling you all along and this would be the peak for friday afternoon, friday evening and right through saturday when we'll experience the worst conditions and one thing that i want to stress is even after

that, we're still going to continue to see a bit of wind and still flooding and that has been the big issue around here and the extreme water levels in a couple of key locations and take a look, was there as much as a foot of water covering several streets and roads earlier today and they were allowing some cars to head out through the area and a lot of water, folks, and there could be heavy water during times of high tide which could be on shortly after midnight. i spoke to a couple of drivers that were in town and some of them for event, believe it or not and they were managing to make the most of a lousy situation. take a listen. >> we're pretty high off the crown and we have an suv and if it gets too bad i'll make her grab a boot and pull us to safety. >> we decided to wait on the hot weather and now we have this. >> do you like it? >> i don't mind it at all.

>> delivering male today. >> delivering male today. through the rain, sleet, snow, shine, got to get it done. >> so even the mailman had to go out today. there's been again, a couple of people who vefrned out and the peak of the storm going right through saturday and there could be flooding taking place, and i don't think that ocean city will start to see the water in those areas around the inlet and perhaps the bay will start to subside until some time through the mid part of next week. >> thanks, veronica. >> down trees may become an issue with the combination of the soaking rain and gusty winds. we told you about a big tree that fell in northwest last night and tonight we learned it fell just as a car was driving beneath it and many of us at news 4 know the driver. derek ward is live to tell us about the characters in this story. >> reporter: well, you know, with as much rain as we've been having the ground gets thoroughly saturated and it

doesn't take much in the way of wind to topple the tree and that's kind of what happened here at this intersection, but as we've been telling you it resulted for one motorist, it resulted in a very close call. sally wood is the daughter of news 4 reporter pat collins, on her drive last night in northwest washington rain became the least of her worries as she entered the intersection. >> i noticed this monstrous tree coming from the other side of the line and it was coming right toward my car. >> the first instinct might be to slam on the brakes. had she done that she might not be here to tell the story. >> i just accelerated and fortunately, it got the back of my car and sort of spit me out. >> at first she thought she escaped relatively unscathed. >> at first i realized it hit my car and the roof was at eye level. >> she was alone on that drive and normally her children would

have been in the backseat. >> it was my turn to pick up dinner so my husband got the kids otherwise they would have been there. >> cars can be replace order repaired and sally would have been looking back. >> it took a moment to sink in, and i was fortunate. >> as for her suv it has been declared a total loss. >> and a total loss that you can walk away from. that's a good thing. >> we're live in northwest. news 4. chris, back to you. >> you see those car seats in the back and you realized this could have been so, so much worse. over in prince george's county, flooding is the main concern among emergency management officials and some residents packed hardware stores determined to protect their homes and bureau chief tracee wilkins joins us live from upper marlboro. folks have seen their share of flooding. >> it's just like these people want to protect their home, the county, they want to protect the county administration building here and they put up the final piece of the temporary wall here

and this is such a serious situation that they built these permanent walls along the building earlier in the last few years. so absolutely, localized flooding and that's what people are really focused on here. >> and that's what's on the mind of the emergency operation manager for prince george's county. >> some localized flooding or rain could accumulate higher in other areas. >> like the western branch that flows on upper marlboro where the courthouse is rising, but not overflowing its banks. down the street the prince george's county administration building has its flood wall up and is ready to go just in case. in 2011 the building's first floor was ruined by floodwater and is still recovering. >> this rain got you a little nervous? yes. yes. >> at the home depot, folks are definitely preparing for the storm. >> are you worried about power outages? >> i am now that you brought it up.

>> with the wind, with the ground saturation from past rien that they're going to get now, those all lead to the possibilities of downed wires, downed trees, downed power and electrical polls and the roads are a wet and windy mess. >> reporter: yeah. it's definitely let up here and now we're looking at wind and it is going to get colder to get more information from what to expect we'll send it back to doug kammerer. >> tracee, it will continue to be raw out there in prince george's county. look at the rain just out of the south down here toward the northern neck. it's moving your way. we'll continue to track it for you coming up next. jamie wanted a taste of the real new orleans and we just couldn't say no to that face. then we wanted more of that local flavor so betty says... oh yeah, that's betty. you're going to want to do this alligator thing. and betty didn't lead us wrong.

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this is a storm team 4 weather alert. >> we'll continue to track the rain across our region as the nor'easter continues and it will continue right on through the day tomorrow and sunday.

however, the heaviest rain and the most rain will happen as we move through the evening tonight. a lot of you asking about joaquin. it's over the bahamas and the latest advisory is over winds of 125 miles an hour, and now that it's on the northeasterly track it will start to look better here as we move on through the next 24 hours or so and winds of 125 miles an hour, moving to the north at 7 miles per hour and it's to the east of north and as it does that it will move way out toward bermuda and bermuda has to worry about this storm and it could be close to bermuda as a category 2 storm with 100 miles per hour-winds. we've been telling you this for three days and it would be away from the region and 85 miles per hour on monday and well away from our area and then it gets kicked way out to sea. we're not worried about any concerns as far as joaquin is concerned and we may see a couple of more waves out toward ocean city and that's a place that veronica johnson says will

continue to have beach erosion through the weekend. >> thanks, doug. president obama said he wanted him to say, but education secretary arne duncan is stepping down in december. duncan's wife and children moved back to chicago and he has been commuting to see them on weekends. president obama thanked duncan for his service and noted he's one of the longest-running secretaries in history. he has asked john king to take over that cabinet position. former d.c. mayor vincent gray is considering a run for the city council next year. sources tell news 4's tom sherwood that gray has told several people he may run at large or for the ward 7 seat he once held. gray remains under federal investigation for the shadow campaign that helped him win the mayor's office in 2010. he has not been charged and was denied any wrongdoing. gray lost his reelection bid to muriel bowser last year. >> if you were affected by the massive data breach at the office of personnel management,

you should be getting a letter soon. it will contain free identity protection theft sortses available to victims. back in july we noted hackers stole personal information from 22 million, current and former federal workers, contractors and even their husbands and wives. fingerprints were also stolen from roughly 5 million victims. next, an outburst in the courtroom as a man charged with murdering two college students is sentenced for another attack that occurred locally a decade ago. as hurricane joaquin barrels through the bahamas, we're getting new pictures of the damage. we'll have

>> from jail to prison for the rest of his life. jesse matthew has been convict for sexual assault and attempted murder and a judge gave him the maximum punishment. news 4's david culver was in the courtroom as emotions started pouring out from all sides. >> ten years after the brutal and vicious crime, the judge handing jesse matthew the harshest sentence, three life sentences for sexually assaulting and trying to murder a woman in fairfax in 2005. the woman known as r.g. flew from india to testify. >> 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 morgan. >> hannah graham and morgan harrington, two young women abducted in charlottesville, five years apart. jesse matthew appeared in both cases and both of their parents in court today as the prosecutor described the brutality r.j. went through, we noticed hannah's mom tearing up. matthew was sexually abused growing up, the victim of racism and dealt with an alcoholic father. the prosecutor said that shouldn't make a difference. >> and if he was, in fact, abused, he should better than anyone the pain associated with that and for him to treat r.g. in the manner he did was despicable and vile. >> matthew's mom yelled out no, no as the judge read out the sentences. >> i have heard that same, ugly, gut sound coming from my mouth when i heard my daughter had

been killed. >> reporter: that is one emotional chapter down. two more to go. matthew heads back to charlottesville where he will face two more trials and a possible death penalty. in fairfax, david culver, news 4. and a young mother has been sentence ed to ten years in prison for helping her pimp traffic teenagers in northern virginia. geidra ruseckaite, helped lenny haskins with his prostitution enterprise trafficking two teenager girls in fairfax county and other u.s. cities. haskins was sentenced to 40 years. ruseckaite told the judge even though she'll be in prison she is finally free of the man who began trafficking her when she was 17 years old. hurricane jaoaquin continue to batter the bahamas and it's destroyed homes and uprooted trees and unleashed heavy flooding on some of the smaller islands and as nassau prepares

for the storm, all flights have been canceled for the rest of the night. nbc's dan cruz has more. >> reporter: canceled across the board. hundreds of travelers are seeing red tonight after finding out they're stuck. it may take a while to get their luggage up in the air and out of the bahamas and that includes the family. >> we are trying to find a hotel and take the first flight to our destination in the morning. >> reporter: many of the beaches in the capital city shut down over the past few hours. their furniture packed up, the windows boarded up. while officials focus on the eye of the storm from this disaster center. >> we just don't know hour by hour, the storm seems to be changing. >> the waves are growing, and the wind gusts are getting stronger in nassau. >> you may get a false sense of security that everything is okay. >> reporter: but it's the smaller islands in the central and southern bahamas that are getting battered right now by winds of up to 130 miles per

hour and also dangerous floods. >> a viewer sent me this footage from long island from one of the worst-hit areas and we can see the high waters engulfing homes and making streets nearly impassable. >> it's lingered over the islands so we know flooding is a major problem. >> and because the southern islands are so difficult to get to right now, the u.s. coast guard has agreed to send down helicopters to help check out the damage. i'm dan krauth in nassau. back to you. >> that was a strong storm that hit down there and we'll be avoiding it and they're still taking it. >> he's been in nassau for the last two days and he did not hit nassau and it's hitting the least populated islands and one of the strongest storms in the history of the bahamas and the category 4 storm and now in the top five, specially down toward that region and it's moving out over the bahamas and that's good news and it will not affect us and we'll show you what's happening right now.

more rain overnight and you know that, localized and coastal flooding and we're not worried about the flash flooding and we're not going to see that much heavy rain in a short amount of time and no impact from joaquin at all. right now across our region, it is dafrm, windy and dreary and it is just plain nasty and 52 degrees winds out of the northeast at 23 miles per hour and those winds have been gusting close to 30 and it will continue like that and look how much rain we've seen and nearly an inch, and two inches down toward pawtuxet. leesburg seeing the rain right now and this is over the past two to three hours and you can see rain moving out of the region and more rain out of the south, and still seeing the rain around d.c. and steady rain out toward dulles and out toward leesburg and frederick and once again, that will continue tonight. i mentioned some drying that we have seen over the next few

hours and you noticed all of this moisture coming up from the south and this if you follow it does connect with joaquin down toward the bahamas. they'll get inundated and they'll get to see upwards of 10 to 15 inches of rain and for us, i'm watching this area of rain and watch how it fills back in here over the last couple of hours and that means more rain for us overnight tonight and if you're heading out, take the umbrellas and you will need those and you know you will need the jackets, as well. >> tomorrow morning, rain likely and it will be rather wendy at times and that's why we've got you in the red as far as rain impacts go and by tomorrow evening, scattered showers around and both saturday afternoon and on sunday and just the chance for showers and once again, we will see things improving there. speaking of improvement and eagles taking on the washington redskins at fedex field not looking too bad and most of that will be rather light and temperatures around 64 degrees and coming up around 66 degrees at 4:00 as we move on through. >> next few days, 62 on your

saturday and 68 degrees on monday and look at tuesday. the high temperature of 72 degrees and it gets much, much nicer tuesday, wednesday and thursday. >> thanks, doug. coming up in sports, the nationals season is almost over and maybe matt williams' time here. dave's up next to tell us t

this is the xfinity sportsdesk brought to you by xfinity, your home for the most live sports. you know what a rainstorm shows you? >> what, how clearly baseball and football players deal with bad weather. differently, they do so. >> yeah. we'll talk about that and it's been mostly cloudy and it continues to be. rain outs to maybe just plain out. we begin with the weather and tonight's oriole yankee game wiped out and they'll play a split admission doubleheader tomorrow at 12:05 and 7:05 and the mets called and the plan is for a doubleheader tomorrow. rain aside, the storm clouds remain over at the nationals manager, matt williams.

williams was hired and by the end of the 2014 season he was national league manager of the year and cbs sports.com is reporting williams will be fired at the end of the season. news 4's sports reached out to mike rizzo which means williams will be at the end of the season. after losing the nlds last season and for most the 2015 nationals navigated through inconsistency and the late-season collapse might have williams on his way out. all right, to football, the nfl plans to play this game is scheduled at 1:00 sunday and throwing water on the footballs at practice and an emphasis on ball security because of the sloppy conditions expected and runningbacks have to be ready for it all and including the head coach gruden. despite the weather, this team knows the real importance of the team. then you've got it at home with a home field advantage on these

guys. we have to win this game because our division is wide open. >> we need to take care of the home games and we need to win the division games and that's the philadelphia eagles and it's a rival for us. there's a lot of reasons for us to want to play well and have a sense of urgency this week. >> i think he called it must win without calling it must win and just about to kick off at rfk stadium and they played through the rain in soccer. d.c. united and a united win and it's simple. they're in the playoffs. >> excellent. >> i'll have it at 11:00. >> just remember, baseball field has actual dirt. the football field and soccer field has less dirt. us baseball players, we can't play in the mud. i'm just telling you. >> how muddy are those fields going to be tonight? >> fedex field is known for its terrible fields and we will see more rain as we make our way through tonight and more rain tomorrow, and take the umbrella

with you for the next couple of days and even if you're going to the skins game, i think you'll have to bring the poncho as you make your way out and about. >> "nightly news" is next. >> we'

tonight, the massacre on campus here in oregon. new information about the gunman and his arsenal of weapons. his hate-filled message left at the scene. tonight the victims and survivors of another senseless tragedy, the army veteran shot while protecting others and the president frustrated and furious. also the flood emergency from north to south. a storic deluge for days. warnings of a potential disaster along the eastern seaboard. and tonight, rescues at sea and the research for a missing boat with dozens on board. and, what really happened in that meeting between the pope and the kentucky clerk fighting same-sex marriage? a surprise pushback from the vatican and news of another private meeting we didn't know about until now.