news 4 today starts now. well, while you were sleeping, flood watches around our region expired. this as hurricane joaquin mo weakens in strength. >> how long the showers on the radar are going to last. 6:00, breaking news in northeast d.c. this morning. a triple shooting leaves one man dead. happened after 1:00 this morning on eighth street. what was a very active scene. police shutting down several roads in that area as they investigated. two other men taken to the hospital, expected to be okay. so far police do not have a suspect. we'll keep you updated on it as soon as we get more information. it has been a busy morning

to start us off, good morning to you. >> welcome to news 4 today. top story this morning though, this weekend's weather. we have two systems, potentially working against us. >> hurricane joaquin is weakening as it continues its path along the east coast. the national hurricane center says joaquin is now a category three storm. it left the bahamas and so far it is staying out to sea. >> there's no all-clear yet. it could lead to serious flooding. parts of carolinas could get up to 15 inches of rain. it's for that reason, we're going to bring in our meteorologist, tracking all of rain and some wind. >> yeah, how long is all this going to last? >> here for the morning hours, some lingering, light rain i'm happy to report that any flood threat is long gone. we've got about an inch to inch and a half yelled and overnight. one wave of rain came through. now things are improving quickly here on this saturday morning. it's going to stay damp for the

rest of the day. the wave of the darker greens and yellows, that's the more moderate rate, now it's in the panhandle. west virginia, way out here in parts of west virginia. we're getting some moderate rain here strasburg and south of there into the panhandle. we've. lighter green, just some very light rain. there's one area maybe coming down harder here in the dark green in prince george's county. that's advancing off to the north and east. on the eastern shore, rainfall forecast for the rest of the day. over the next 24 hours, we might pick up an additional half an inch and mostly just sprinkles and drizzles. maybe just around the blue ridge additional rain, but not enoughle to cause any flooding. a look at improving news. when we'll see the sun, that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you much, tom. there's some flooding. neighbors and business owners are hoping sand wags will keep

the water from coming in. most have dealt with this problem before and say they don't expect a major impact. flood watch is still in effect for the coast of south carolina as hurricane joaquin moves. up the coast. the myrtle beach area remains. under the watch through tomorrow. they are expecting eight to 12 inches of rain in that area alone. more bad news as beach erosion has the potential for coastal flooding, creating a possible for risk. howard university making the most of their homecoming weekend with the deer ri weather. their parade was canceled. not all are rained out. students were packed in an auditorium for an indoor concert, that's what you're looking at right there. that was last night. several big events this weekend have either had the to change their schedule or cancel because of the storm. the maryland/michigan game in college park, that got moved puppet race for every child has

been cancelled today. it typically shuts down pennsylvania avenue downtown. and in maryland, the taste of bethesda has been called off. number of events that have changed and find a whole list of that. you go to our nbc washington app. search events. and all weekend long, we can track the latest on the heavy rain and wind on that app. get the latest weather alert sent right to your phone. we have more breaking news to tell you. a doctor without borders clinic is hit by u.s. air strikes overnight. three staffers are dead in the afghan city. dozens more were hurt. 70 had to be evacuated. find out more about the heroism that took place this week at a deadly shooting in michigan. at the same time, president obama is pressing congress to take action on gun control.

>> lucas ivel of roseburg. >> reporter: they are not just names and faces. each victim has his own stories. >> he was a score lar award recipie recipient. he was studying chemistry. >> reporter: jason johnson was supposed to turn 24 next week. >> he's gone,ly never see him. >> reporter: nine others were injured, including chris minz which is now hailed a hero. he charged the gunman, took seven shots and undoubtedly saved other lives. >> 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. >> reporter: while our nation pays its sign of respect and condolences, another family struggles to understand how they lost a son on his fourth day of

college. >> i don't know how we're going to move forward with our lives without clint. our lives are shattered beyond repair. >> reporter: without many answers, investigators are still trying to determine what made christopher harper mercer snap. after just enrolling in community college, why did he turn his arsenal of weapons on his fellow students? >> 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. >> reporter: but for yet another community struck by this national nightmare, that will take time. in roseberg, oregon, nbc news. >> the shooter was heavily armed. investigators found six guns at the community college. they go to his apartment and find seven more. the atf said all of the weapons were bought legally. some of them bought by the shooter or his family members in the last three years.

he was a student in the class where that shooting took place. the gunman also flunked out of basic training for the army, that was back in 2008. >> out of all of the tragedy in oregon, we are hearing remarkable stories. those who came face to face with the shooter and survived. like 18-year-old anna boylan, she's now alert and talking after undergoing surgery to have a bullet removed from her spine. her family says she played dead after she was hit to avoid being shot again. >> the calm it took to not lose it in a situation like that. she's so brave. she's so strong and courageous. and she did exactly what she had to do. i don't know how many people could have done that, i don't know if i could have done that. >> reporter: >> the doctors say she should make a full recovery. jesse matthew will serve three life terms in prison for sexual assaulting and trying to murder a woman in fairfax. on friday, a judge handed him the harshest sentence possible,

life term for each of the three counts in the 2005 case. matthews also charged with the murders of hannah graham and morgan herrington in charlotteville. those happened five years apart. his mother screamed in the courtroom. it was very dramatic after the judge read each of those counts. matthews trial for the murder of morgan herrington, that's scheduled for next october. first he's going to be tried in the hannah graham case in july. he could face the death penalty in that case. new details in an officer-involved shooting in prince william county. why officers were justified in shooting a man. then what really happened in that meeting between the pope and the kentucky clerk fighting the same-sex marriage? well, the vatican clearing things up and news of another private meeting that we didn't even know about. with a threat of storms, the time now is to trim those trees, but beware of some compani

we have new details this morning in a prince william continue officer-involved shooting. police sought a man they say was creeping in the bushes outside of a woman's home on lake drive in manassas last month. that shooting has been ruled justified. the suspect, jonathan diaz chavez is counted with malicious wounding of a law enforcement officer. investigators say that he raised a crowbar at that officer and that is when the officer pepper sprayed him. he ran and then threatened the officer again with the crowbar and according to police, that is when the officer fired. he will appear in court next month. we know more about the pope francis's so-called private meeting with kentucky clerk kim davis.

it's true the two did meet while he was in d.c. last week, but davis was one of dozens of people the pope greeted that day. the vatican says the encounter should not be considered a form of support for her position. you'll remember, davis was the county clerk to refused to authorize marriage licenses to same-sex couples and ended up in jail for it. the pope met with other couples, one of them is a former student of the pope's. he didn't talk specifically about same-sex marriage, he described it as catching up with an old friend. storm team 4 radar showing light showers all day long, but tomorrow could be a different story. we are tracking how long before the relief. some of apple's users getting higher bills, if you're one of

that goes into my car, on to my house. so it came off so i needed to make an exchange. so, you know, right at the house. >> got to clean my gutters like asap, as soon as possible. a few other things, but it's definitely having a big effect on me right now. >> you can see there, neighbors not taking any chances when it comes to the weather. caught up with folks getting supplies to handle all the rain

this weekend. part'east ooe'easter aej joaquin. >> reporter: hey guys, how are you today? >> good, how are you? >> reporter: it's a little chilly out here, i'll tell you that much. if you're watching from home. stay inside. not only do we have the rain, but we have the wind as well. very, very chilly conditions, but i want to update everybody on hurricane joaquin, it is now a category three and finally, moving away from the bahamas, but look at it the, it sweeps right near bermuda, it's a category one by the time it heads through bermuda or just by it. and it gradually going to weaken and only three to five inches of rain in that region compared to the bahamas. yes, it'll weaken, and we have a little bit of sheer. we're getting rain here now, not directly necessarily related to

joaquin, but we are pulling a lot of moisture from joaquin into the region and coming from auner level low over towards portions of the southeast. we're seeing flooding in areas coastal flooding. be prepared for that if you live along the river, but also be prepared for this wind, it's really taking up. that's going to be with us for much of the day, angie. >> don't blow away, lauren, get back inside, quickly. thanks. developing story right now from the white house, president obama says that he rejected russia's military actions against syria. the president vowed to continue with his strategy of supporting rebelso oppose syria's president. he also dismissed the idea that russia was strengthen its hand in the region. it's raising questions about vladimir putin's strategy. >> the acting education secretary stepped down in december. he and his wife and kids moved back to chicago a few months ago so he decided to leave the job.

he is one of the longest running education secretaries in history before he was deputy education secretary, john cain was the education commissioner. more than two years away, but the race for virginia's next governor is heating up. the washington post is reporting that ed gillespie, the former republican senate nominee plans to run in 2017. no word from gillaspie's camp though. right now there is only one running on the democratic side. all right. nice welcomed sight on a saturday. this is the first weekend the haunted house is open at pax ton manner. in leesburg. the shocktober event is in its sixth year. >> there's nothing likes this.

this is actually inside an old manner. most other haunts around the area are hayrides and haunted trails. so this is very unique to the area. >> haunt house is open fridays and saturdays from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m., and sundays from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. through the end of this month. >> all right. listen up apple users. >> for sures with the new ios 9 could make your bill go up. if you don't have the an unlimited data plan, your pockets will get hit. watch out for wi-fi assist. it'll download data when the coverage is weak. you can turn it off by going to your settings on your apple device. all right. so around here, tom, obviously just looking at the live shot there, lauren, looks like winds will be the factor this morning. >> no longer rain is the big deal anymore. there's no long aeroflood

threat, i'm happy to report,est that all over with. we have lingering sprinkles, little bit of drizzle to deal with this morning, if you're planning on heading out today, have an umbrella handy, but hang on to the umbrella because of the gusty winds. they're gusting around 30 miles an hour this morning. look at storm team 4 radar now. the heaviest rain we had come through over several hours ago are now pushing into the mountains of western maryland and western virginia. they're diminishing. just a few lingering sprinkles, maybe just light rain now in loudoun county, fairfax, montgomery, prince georges, and east of sprinkles around the bay down to cal vert county. west of the metro area, south of 66, generally just light rain there. so the flood threat is over and going forward through the rest of the day. here's the future weather. by mid-afternoon, the areas in green, just scattered sprinkles and drizzles. then by 4:00, 5:00, we'll still

have some lingering sprinkles and drizzle around much of the region, heavy rains well, well south of the carolinas getting a lot of rain out of this, but just patchy light showers, maybe moderate showers around the blue ridge later this evening. total amounts of rain, areas in blues, up to a half inch today, that'll be it. might get an inch or higher in these areas in the lavender around the central blue ridge to the southern shenandoah valley, west of charlottesville. temperatures are chilly, this is what november, october, it feels more like november. we're in the upper 40s to mid-40s north and west of the metro area. shenandoah valley into the mountains there, look at oakland, maryland, 37 degrees in oakland. 20 degrees warmer in tax river. wet streets in northwest from our tower camera, wet streets and roads all around the renal. watch out for ponding of water on some of the ramps off the interstate. we'll be in the low 50s by 8:00

with some sprinkles. maybe a little bit of drizzle and sprinkles in the afternoon. seeking the upper 50s by 3:00, 4:00, then gradually dropping through the evening hours. for the football game today, the big maryland/michigan game today, the kickoff will be at noon. spring ms and drizzle through the game. blustery winds through the game. temperatures mid and upper 50s. tonight, drizzle, blustery winds, temperatures in the 50s through this saturday night. then by dawn sunday, might have some lingering drizzle, and then just cloudy the rest of the day on sunday. and a bit milder up through the low 60s. the wind should diminish by late sunday afternoon. final lib the sun, remember what that looks like that. that's going to be on monday and tuesday, we'll get sunshine back and warmer weather moves in too. tuesday, wednesday, all the way into friday, highs in the 70s. remember the 70s, angie? >> yeah, i do. >> coming back.

>> that's the 70s, right? >> yeah. >> thank you, dom. tree trimming is one of the jocks you need to get done before the winter. the news 4 consumer watch. we got a warning for you, coming up.

it's that time of the year where you're thinking about cleaning up the yard before winter weather hits. trimming trees and tree removal,

common things you need to hire some help to do. >> be careful. don't be dragged into a deal that's too good to be true. especially after this weekend's round of bad weather. one maryland's man warning in this consumer watch. >> reporter: some projects around the house are bigger to tackle, that's why keith leonard wanted to hire help. >> a knock on the door. >> they came to the door saying they were already doing work on the neighbor's house, and that. >> reporter: he needed trees cut down. the company quoted him a good deal. >> we couldn't refuse the price. >> reporter: he signed this contract and workers cut them down the same day and returned the next day to finish the job, but -- >> then they said, sorry, we don't have all the right equipment. they were supposed to cut it down into maller pieces and completely remove it from the property. >> reporter: the company offered to do other yard work. >> mulching, leaf removal,

retaining wall. >> reporter: he signed a second contract. paid for both jobs up front. more than $3600. >> and never saw them again. >> reporter: this is what can happen when you hire a company without checking it out first. >> the one problem sun licensed workers, unlicensed companies running around with chain saws who are just doing work on the fly. >> reporter: this man is can checkbook.com. it rated companies and found some charged more than twice as much as competitors. for that reason, get multiple price quotes and you don't even have to be home to do it. >> tie a ribbon around the tree, whatever, you know, in some ways to identify it and call companies and ask them to do aed by. >> reporter: never pay for a job up front and avoid the companies that canvas the neighborhood. they're red flags he wishes he thought of before now. >> i feel ripped off. they came in seeming like they were very trust worthy and ended

up not being. >> reporter: erica gonzalez, news 4. storm team 4 radar looking calmer than hours ago. winds going to be the issue this morning. tom coming out when all that rain will subside. and a scheduled change at a maryland school system received mixed reaction. parents say it's starting to parents say it's starting to impac

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at 6:30, we're still following breaking news in northeast d.c. this morning. triple shooting leaves one man dead. happened just 1:00 in the morning on eighth street you're looking at video from overnight. it was a very active scene, police shutting down several roads in that area as they investigate it. and the other two men shot who are taken to the hospital but expected to be okay, so far police do not have a suspect. good morning, welcome back to news 4 today, i'm david culliver. >> and i'm angie goth. flood watches and warnings expired, but along the waterfront, there's still concern. >> check in with tom right now, he's expecting what the rain to do today and the rest of the weekend. not the most pleasant of outdoor weekends, tom. >> fortunately no flooding, the flooding threat is gone. the rain has tapered off quickly. the overnight downpours are well off to the west and north and

west. you can see those areas in the dark are green and in the yellows, that's where it coming down harder way out here in western maryland. much of the renal including all of northern virginia, most of maryland, light rain is falling. coming down hardener northwest, southern montgomery county, south and east though, just a bit of lingering drizzle there. just scattered light showers, although a couple of moderate showers here in the darker green here in loudoun county, and the panhandle of west virginia. further south and south of 66, down over to lou ray. just a few scattered areas of some rain and label the of drizzle in between. total amount for the day, only less than a half an inch around the metro area, all the area in blue, less than a half inch of additional rain. not enough to cause flooding. might get a few isolated spots with an inch or more of rain today. that's part of the southern

shenandoah valley, and again, the flood threat is over. temperatures are chilly. only in the 40s much of the renal. mid-40s shenandoah valley, near 50 around the metro area, mid and upper 50s around the bay. a look at when we're finally going to see the sun in that few minutes. communities in north carolina are getting hit hard from the effects of hurricane joaquin. rescue workers going door to door in carolinas na shores to rescue people from the flood waters. half a dozen spent the night at a shelter. even though hurricane joaquin is weakening within flooding is a major concern. >> it is. some places could get up to 15 inches of rain. gabe gutierrez shows us how joaquin's impact is already being felt. >> reporter: torrential, rerentless rain is pounding much of the east coast. 22 million people are under a flash flood watch. parts of virginia and maryland

underwater. river gajs on the chesapeake bay under flood levels. down the coast, charleston, south carolina, is drenched. people wading in thigh-deep water. >> please don't drive through it anyway. the saying is don't drown, turn around. if the road is flooded, there's no reason for you to go through. >> reporter: hurricane joaquin is still battering the bahamas and the coast guard is searching for a cargo ship with 33 people on board that disappeared from radar yesterday. hurricane hunter planes flew low in the eye of the storm to help find the missing ship. the coast guard also rescued 12 people who abandoned another vessel. took on water near haiti. >> survivor halfway up. >> reporter: intense preparations are spanning nearly a dozen states. six declared states of emergency. the nypd getting ready for flash floods for deflatable rafts. strong wind and heavy surf slamming into the jersey shore.

>> you know, a hurricane and we just wait. >> reporter: boats pummel, sand builds up. the east coast may have dodged the front of joaquin, but is facing another storm, head on. >> storm team 4 meteorologist veronica johnson is in ocean city to give you a first-hand account of what's happening. we'll check in starting at 8:30 on news 4 today. more breaking news to pass along now. doctors without borders clinic is hit by u.s. air strikes overnight. three staffers are dead after the blast near the hospital in the afghan city. dozens more were hurt, and close to 70 were evacuated in the hospital. president obama ordered all flags to fly at half staff in tribute to the victims at the community college students in oregon. that includes all installations here and abroad. the order is in effect until

sunset on tuesday. after recent mass shootings, we've seen two common responses and little action. there's frustration by some over inaction from congress on gun control while others consider mental illness a more contributing factor. in that type of response this week from the president and donald trump. >> no matter what you do, guns, no guns, it doesn't matter, you have people mentally ill and they're going to come through the cracks and they're going to do things that people will not even believe are possible. >> you can see more of trump's response in his interview with chuck todd, that's tornado warning morning on "meet the press." schedule change has mixed reviews from students and parents. according to to the washington post, high school's in the montgomery county area will be starting at 7:45 a.m., that's about 20 minutes later. elementary schools will move up ten minutes starting at 9:25 for some of them. now this will allow high schoolers to get more sleep. but some parents believe that

the schedule adjustments are hurting the younger students and the entire family. some have to pay for longer day care hours and adjust their own work schedules. i'm alyssa with your first 4 track, some track work this weekend. let's go through this here line by line. on the red line here, we know that we are going to have trains running every 20 minutes. that is because they are tracking between friendship heights this weekend. silver line running every 24 minutes. the blue line also running every 24 minutes. same thing on the yellow line here. green line running on a normal schedule, as for the orange line, running every 24 minutes there, that in part is because of single tracking and federal center. have a great weekend. at 6:37, two local computer prodigies found guilty of computer hacking. how they tried to crack into the state department. report releases a tell-all

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you're watching news 4 today. former d.c. mayor vinson grey is considering a run for council next year. sources tell news 4 that grey told several people he may run at large. 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 has denied any wrong doing in that. gray lost his reelection bid last year. those of you affected by the massive data breach at opm should be getting a letter in the mail soon. it'll contain information about free identity theft protection services available to victims.

back in july, we learned that hackers stole personal information from more than 22 million current and former federal workers, contractors, and their spouses. opm announced last week that fingerprints were also stolen from roughly five million of the victims. twin brothers from springfield, virginia, are headed to prison for their hacking schemes. news 4 spoke with the man last year when he was investigated by or for writing a program that could add value to gift cards. he and his brother pleaded guilty to stealing credit card information and hacking the state department to obtain password data. they also broke into a local company's data base stealing information they used to try and win contracts for their own tax plans. sentenced more than three years of prison. rain and wind today as we look at all that green and turquoise on the radar, but, tom is saying things will look a little different in the next 24

hours. when we can finally see some sunshine when we come back.

you're watching news 4 today. 15 away from the start of the "today" show right here on nbc 4. >> we have erika hill and craig melvin joining us live from new york city, good morning, guys. >> hey. >> hey. >> good morning to you. just ahead here on this saturday morning on "today," we are all over this one eastern sea board today. i know you're talking about it

as well. flooding expected in the southeast. hurricane joaquin of course turning its way up the coast, but it's not the only storm we're keeping an eye on. meanwhile, also the latest on the desperate search for a cargo ship that vanished with 33 crew members on board. also this saturday morning, the incredible stories of survival emerging from that mass shooting in oregon. we'll talk to the brother of one student who took a bullet to the back and then played dead to stay alive. plus dr. oz is with us this morning, hoping to raise awareness about a disease. why he wants more people talking about addiction. >> this man cries like a baby when he finds out that he's having one. it's really making the rounds online, its gone viral. for 17 years, they have been trying to have a child. that would explain the reaction. we'll talk about that and a lot

more. >> really sweet moment. that and more. trying to brighten up your dreary saturday here. >> i know, i know, definitely. the little buns in the oven. >> yeah, and it was sweet, she said she only said it to a few people. i'm going to post it for the whole world to see it. it ended up going viral, but a lot of people celebrate in their joy. >> thank you guys, appreciate it. well, some local first responders are getting hands-on training on dealing with emergencies. they just returned from a five-day exercise down in georgia. learning how to better respond to things like severe weather or earthquakes. this morning, we'll look at the scenario of a possible tunnel glob on metro. we'll have more in a report that you will only see on news 4. while these are actual metro trains, these aren't real victims. they're actors in a replica of

an underground metro station. >> now we're going to make access to the rest of the slabs large enough for us to get in and evacuate the victims outside of the metro tunnel. >> members of the task force 1 began this simulation at 2:00 a.m. cutting through steel, then concrete. before reaching the wounded. the guardian center training facility just outside of macon, georgia, offers the most state of the art and realistic training imaginable. >> somewhat secretive, we have homeland security people that come who really don't want us to disclose how many come through here, but there's thousand us of first responders and also role players who come through here, almost on a monthly basis. >> working with other teams and getting feedback from them and sharing thoughts and ideas, it's a huge advantage for us. >> reporter: the training doesn't just help the men and women of the team, five dogs are

taking part as well. in perry, georgia, with maryland task force one, news 4. >> wow. well the university of louisville men's basketball team is dealing with a major scandal. a claim that the former basketball director paid escorts to have sex with the team's recruits. breaking cardinal rules claims that a woman was hired repeatedly by the director to provide strippers and prostitutes during recruit's campus visits. >> players call me and tell me they were contacted by a person in the book, and i asked them if they had any knowledge or seen anything, they said absolutely nothing. so it's mind bogtology me how all of this can go on. >> well, coach pennsylvania tee know talked to 15 other people about the claims in the book, or book, and none of them had any knowledge. the full book with more details is expected to come out this

weekend. arlington's new homeless shelter being put to the test in june in its first hours of operating. it opened just yesterday. it'll operate year around, offers more than just a bed and a meal. >> we'll have some help and substance abuse helping as well as classroom for job training and learning about budgeting, but most importantly, what is different about the center is it'll allow us to offer all these services. >> the number of homeless people in arlington has been cut in half in the past five years. the service center is expected to play a huge part in the county's plan to end homelessness by 2018. so we have received a lot of rain in the area, but we actually needed this, right? >> we did, right, it was abnormally dry and what was brown is now turning green again right before autumn. >> what are we worried about today? >> just mainly wind, and unusually chilly temperatures

for this time of year. it is in the low 70s, we're not anywhere near that. blustery winds as we get into the rest of the day. right now we have gusts around 25, 30 miles an hour with some little areas of rain that are only sprinkles and drizzles. right now around the immediate metro area. looking for storm team 4 radar, you can see well off to the north and west, areas of darker greens and yellows, that's where it it's raining a little bit hard and the high resolution close up radar now showing a few pockets of some light rain, moderate rain, this dark green here in northern montgomery county through the potomac southern loudoun county and the northern fairfax around great falls getting a moderate shower there. some in montgomery county, few areas of moderate showers right now from near kensington and east of there towards silver springs. then much further east, only a few scattered sprinkles around, prince george's county, and

there's some light to moderate showers along the blue ridge, further west, the areas in the green, these are the zones that are not getting rain. just a few scattered sprinkles through the afternoon hours and maybe a little bit of light rain, but any rain that may be harder is going to be confined to the shenandoah valley. all the way into the evening hours, total rainfall amount, certainly about a half inch around the metro area, maybe an inch or more, generally this this lavender zone out of the mountain for the day ahead. and temperatures will remain chilly, right now we're in the 40s, only in the mid-40s out of the mountains in the 40s, even upper 30s near 50 around washington and the bay. so you're exercising this morning and jumping over puddles and we'll be rather chilly. in the 50s the rest of the day. upper 50s this afternoon with a drizzle around and blustery

wind. football game today, big game, maryland and michigan. overnight tonight, dining out, will be in the 50s. blustery overnight too with drizzle too. may linger into sunday morning. cloudy tomorrow afternoon, low 60s. finally sun back, upper 50s monday into the 70s for the rest of the week, maybe another chance of rain on friday. let's check on hurricane joaquin and lauren is joining us out on the weather deck. what's up with joaquin? >> it is still turning on the atlantic, but finally moving away from the bahamas. and it continues to move to the northeast and weakening. that's a good, good piece of news. let's go ahead to the map now and go right by bermuda dropping three to five inches in bermuda, then cooler waters, it'll start to weaken. they'll have another hurricane hunter that flies later on this morning. we have the flash flood watch, some moisture to the region. flash flood watches anywhere from south of aberdeen all the way down through southern

maryland. st. mary's county could have a little bit more in terms of the fact that they have a social flood warning. and we will have scattered rainbows. the main stories are going to be the wind. and we're going to be right back after this with that

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>> the white house just picked out its tree firefighter blue room. the white house grounds superintendent and other staffers found it in pennsylvania. they picked a 19-foot tree from the christmas trees and put it a big bowen to already. check it out. >> i'm glad i don't have to decorate it. >> there'ses no country quite like america. and i mean, if i can do just a little bit like donating a tree to the white house or something, that's wonderful. >> that's huge. >> that is really big. >> the white house wanted a tree that hochlds its needles well and will last through the holiday season. by the way, christmas just 82 days away. never too early, in my opinion, start playing the music though. i just watched the grinch the other day. not going to lie. snl kicking off a new season tonight with a familiar face, miley cyrus hosts the show and she'll perform. going to unleash the pent-up

ideas. a lot of it too. >> taking on the role of who else, donald, and hillary clinton may appear in alongside her alter ego. love that. >> that'll be good tv. and wrapping it up for this edition of news 4 today, don't worry, we'll be back. >> and you're keeping your eye on that radar too. >> yeah, just scattered sprinkles for the rest of the afternoon. blustery wind, chilly, staying in the 50s all day. >> perfect time to download that nbc washington app. it's free and will keep you up

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good morning. lost at sea. a desperate search for a cargo ship in the path of hurricane joaquin with 33 crew members. the ship issuing a distress call after taking on water. the historic efforts by the coast guard to find the ship. fierce flooding. a dangerous situation brewing along the east coast this weekend. up to a foot of rain expected in parts of the carolinas where residents are warned to stay off the road. dylan is tracking it all. a gunman's fury. details about the man who took nine lives in oregon on thursday. his troubled past, dismissal from the army and