right now, a driver slams into an apartment building, leaving a mess for residentses and a deadly crime scene. and charleston under water. floodwaters come pouring down, and the rain isn't done yet, but first we do have some breaking news to pass along. we're working to figure out how a person died after this crash in the district heights area. prince george's county fire department telling us that the person crashed into an apartment building. this is on rushel avenue overnight. take a look yourself. the driver had to be rescued from the car and died at the hospital. they believe he may have been

shot. they're working right now to see if the residents will be able to move back into the building this morning. >> good morning. welcome in. i hope you're having a gun one. i'm adam tuss. >> and i like the weather but i need a warmup. >> we're dressed for the weather. we're all dressed in gray. >> it matches the mood. we're suffering from solar deprivation. we'd like to see some sunshine, but starting off with another rainy morning. right now storm team 4 radar really not showing a lot of rain. just some sprinkles bags south of the metro area. a close-up view showing a few sprinkles in calvert county, st. mary's, charles county, then from the beltway to fredericksburg and west of there. this is all tracking off to the west, by the way. a few of those sprinkles into prince william, southern

fauquier, and culpeper. just a little bit of drizzle around the metro area right now. another cool morning. not quite as chilly as it was yesterday morning. low 50s. western suburbs. eastern suburbs. upper 50s in washington. upper 50s around the bay now. it's in the upper 40s in shenandoah valley. out in the mountains it's in the chilly morning. a look at when we'll finally see that sun. that's coming up in just a few minutes. >> thank you. new this morning neighbors are finally able to go back into their homes after a gas leak in bethesda. this happened on fairfax. several cars and residents had to be evacuates. neighbors were taken to a 24-hour safeway. this one on bradley boulevard. they used it as a shelter. folks were let back into their homes around two hours later. there's a state of emergency right now in south carolina. take a look at this.

cars stuck in floodwaters in charleston. officials have shut down peninsula to all traffic. no cars in or out because of the flooding there. this weekend storms have dumped 11 inches of rain on the carolinas. at least five people have been killed. as nbc's dave wagner reports, the rain isn't over yet. >> reporter: suv's up along america's east coast as strong winds and heavy rain pound the shoreline. the carolinas brace for even more rain. >> police don't underestimate the power of water. 122 inch inches alone can float an suv. >> reporter: meteorologists describe this as a 100-year rain event between south carolina and north carolina. >> our goal is to constantly be overprepare and understood welled. >> some parts of the carolinas are already overwhelmed with a foot of rain and power outages.

>> we've got outages in both states, so, yes, this is going to affect the carolinas. >> this man's grand daughter was outside when trees toppled his home. >> i heard it fall and i thought it hit her. this stuff here can be replaced, but she can't. >> reporter: in new jersey both surfing and suffering. the high tides and rushing water too much for this home near wildwood, lifted off its foundation. for fans at clemson, wind and rain would not come between them and their saturday tailgating. after a brutally dry summer, an abrupt about-face with more rain and more problems still to come. dave wagner, nbc news. new details this morning on what led up to a triple shooting on h street. we now know the name of the man who died early saturday morning. 32-year-old jerome wrielght.

d.c. police say it was the result of a botched robbery. they tried to rob two other men. all three ended up being shot. there's a $25,000 reward for helping solve this case. we're learning more about the deadly shooting at the oregon community college. police confirm the man committed suicide moments after the shooting. he was also enrolled in the class there where the shooting happened. nine peer were killed. they range in ages from 18 to 67 years old. nine more were hurt from this. two of them are still in the hospital. they're expected to make a full recovery. u.s. military opening an investigation into the deadly bombing of a doctors without borders facility in kunduz and just this morning the charity has left the afghan city following the air strikes that killed 19. among the dead, three usaid workers. 13 others have serious injuries. the attacks continued even after military officials were notified

the hospital was being attacked. in decision 2016 republican presidential candidate donald trump now defending the second amendment. the real estatedjçp mogul says shooting at the oregon community college would not have happened if the students and teachers had been carrying guns. >> and, by the way, it was a gun-free zone. i will tell you, if you had a couple of the teacher os or somebody with guns in that room, you would have been a helluva lot better off. you would have been a helluva lot better off. >> trump also said that he has a permit to carry a handgun in new york. he compared himself to charles bronson in the 1974 movie "death wish." coming up on "meet the press," moderator chuck todd will discuss the second amendment with trump including his former stance on gun control, which called for assault weapons to be banned. and on the democratic side, hillary clinton spent her time here in washington discussing human rights. clinton vowed to make gay and lesbian right as top priority if

she becomes president. she criticized some republican candidates for their stance on same-sex marriage. >> ben carson said marriage equality is what caused the fall of the roman empire. and ted cruz slammed a political opponent for marching in a p.r.i.d.e. parade. he clearly has no idea what he's missing. >> well, and a big win for clinton. she was just endorsed by the national education association. after a tough week, it was a good night for the nationals. max scherzer pitches his second no-hitter of the season. the magical moment happening during last night's game against the new york mets. there we go. scherzer also set a team record for strikeouts at 17. he threw 109 pitches, and at the end of the guam, he struck out nine batters straight. the nats defeated the division, clinching mets, 2-0, to complete a doubleheader sweep.

>> that guy is awesome. it looks like the weather is going to hold up for the redskins and eagles. they got a chance in the elements. take a look here. kickoff at 1:00 p.m. we'll have the highlights this evening coming up on "news4" at 6. coming up, an openly gay d.c. man got to meet pope francis. tom kierein is

welcome back. this morning we're hearing from the openly gay d.c. resident who

had a special meeting with the vatican. >> he sat down and asked him what the moment meant to him. >> reporter: he has known the man we know as francis for more than half a century beginning as a jesuit student. >> he was my professor in high school. he taught us argentine literature and psychology. >> reporter: he says now the pope's message holes a special resonance. >> when i hear his speeches today, all i have to do is close my eyes and it's like he is -- i'm still in the classroom. >> reporter: he called upon his old professor when he learned he ease be in washington. although he thought he wouldn't fit boo h fit into his scheduled meeting. but he did. he wanted to talk with him about

another meeting. it was a meeting with kim davis, famous to some, infamous to others for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. davis claims her attorney told her to stay strong. grasi says davis's account doesn't jive with what the pope francis he's noun for years. >> he says, i can guarantee you in my service there's no place for homophobia. >> he said davis's meeting with the pope should not be considered a form of support. davis was just one of dozens who met with francis. grasi says he sees his old teacher as head of the catholic church and more. >> and icon -- a beakcon of light, i'm sorry. in the world.

>> overall it's been light. >> starting off this morning a little scattered drizzle. the storm team 4 radar showing a few sprinkles. those sprinkles are tracking off to the west. we still have persistent east-northeasterly wind bringling in this tropical moisture but it's scattered light showers and closer to washington. a few of these sprinkles in calvert county, st. mary's, charles, southern prince george's and quantico to near fredericksburg. scattered there. as well as into culpeper, rappahannock, the shenandoah valley. temperatures right now in the 40s. we're in the low 50s. it's in the upper 50s as well right around the bay where there's going to be coastal flooding in all these counties in green. watch for abnormally high tides today. 2 to 3 feet average tide the

rest of the day. there are those low clouds. a live view from the tower camera. a cloudy afternoon after a bit of a morning drizzle. a light chance of sprinkles during the afternoon as we reach the low 60s. and for the game at fedex field, kickoff at 1:00, there might be a few sprinkles. otherwise the rest of the game looking dry. only a slight chance of a drizzle. breezy, winds gusting at 20, 25 miles an hour. we'll be in the low 60s throughout the rest of the game. then cloudy overnight. beautiful day tomorrow. finally getting some sunshine back. afternoon highs climbing to near 70 degrees. may see that sun right around dawn tomorrow and partly cloudy and mostly sunny late afternoon monday. beautiful pattern. warmer weather moves in for tuesday, wednesday, sunshine both days. morning lows 50s. may get to upper 70s on wednesday. still beautiful with sunshine.

might get some showers friday afternoon into friday evening. right now next weekend looking dry with sunshine and highs into the 70s. so a beautiful pattern coming up for much of the week ahead. that's the way it looks. >> bring it on. thanks. next up we have reporter's notebook for you. >> we're back in 15 minutes with more of the top stories. good morning. welcome to reporter's notebook. i'm pat lawson hues. the ntsb's strong classification to reclassify the railroad as a commuter railroad so they can handle safety oversight. the ntsb cites repeated deficiency and lots of problems. they say transit administration is not enough. dave mcconnell, the fre oversees heavy commuter rail lines. would this mean much greater scrutiny of metro, of the metro system? >> undoubtedly it would.

but it's interesting the reaction from the delegation as well. we're going to look at that. isn't this a great idea. congressman norton did say this. there are all kinds of rails going through town. we're a railwood city. she seemed to light but she said they never help metro. she seemed based on the information i got that she's waiting and watching too. you have to remember this has been a long running battle with the local delegation. they don't like the way it's run, the way the money's being spent. they don't think there's a culture of productivity. they've got a lot of things they want to see done now and i don't think they want to wait around for a reshuffling of a federal bureaucracy to get another agency involved. i'm not sure they vote against it, but they want to get action. >> joe do, you think this is a way to get metro back on track? >> i believe a lot of people believe the more eye use have on it, the better you would be.

if you ask most people who use many trow, what they'll tell you is they couldn't do any worse than what's being done. the biggest problem you also have is once again infrastructure in this country is not properly funded as dave will tell you. there's always this underfunding. here you have one underfunded agency overseeing another underfunded agency and when it comes to eleanor holmes norton, rb, this is washington, d.c. citizens of washington, d.c. do not like federal oversight. >> vermonte, do you think this will impact it? >> they didn't push back. they said let's wait and see.

this will be the first and this is not a situation where you want to be the first. i would say the counterpart would be if the ntsb takes over, will this thin things out and put more on their plate. we may say they'll have more oversight but they already have enough now. will they still be able to give metro the attention they have to. d.c. calls on private ambulances. they're calling on the idea of using third-party ambulances to handle 911 calls. under this proposal the mayor and fire chief gregory dean people with minor services would get shifted to minor accidents. we're talking sprained ankle, cold symptoms, for example. it would ease the strain on the fire department, improve response time, get the ambulances back on the streets more timely and give the city time to make much needed repairs.

b bremante, do you think this would be a good idea? >> this, it seems to many, would be a short-term solution and then down the road maybe a long-term solution. gregory dean, the chief, has done this in seattle and says it works. obviously any time o you privatize and outsource a government function, that's when you might have problems and how much control would the city have in privatizing. then you have the two unions, the fire department and the specialized ems who say, we're for it. i'm not sure if we're for the particulars. >> dave, does this address the problems of how to reduce the number of 911 calls for things like colds and twisted ankles? >> one has to ask oneself, would the outsourced folks be union or private people? i wonder about that. i don't know. as a short-term fix to a

desperate problem, i think it's certainly, from what my reporting is telling me, worth a look at it. but the question is you've got another entity in there. it's not directly under the city. as bremante pointed out, how much control would there be. are they hiring the right people? how do we know they're hiring the right people. the police department doesn't hire like this. the fire department doesn't hire like this. >> is it a sign of the demand? >> it's also a sign they haven't dealt with the problems of vehicles not working keeping up with tree pairs of it. the other factor you have is the abuse. let's be honest. people look for a free ride to the emergency room or hospital for minor problems or illnesses that they have. i doubt, dave, that they will be union because it will be priv e

private. my problem is you have to educate the system. quit abusing the system. until you do, that you'll never catch up with the system because people will always abuse it. >> do people feel like they're abusing the system or do they have emergencies, they have issues, problems, they need attention. they may not be able to drive themselves to the hospital or go to a primary care facility. >> or they don't have transportation. >> yeah. >> that ctainly is an issue. but let's be honest. people do abuse it. >> i think that's when it gets very subjective. what is abuse and what is -- i feel like if my ankle is broken, it's an emergency and i need to get to the hospital. i think that's what the yubion and the ems, what they're saying in contradiction to the fire department. the ems is saying, listen, every

emergency is an emergency, but i also think they're thinking about jobs. and if you privatize this -- >> i'll also point out another thing. this wasn't a new idea. this was proposed before, and it was rejected, so i'm glad they're revisiting it. >> we should point out for each call, they will respond, but then they will determine to call the private ambulance. it will be tried for a year then. we'll see what happens. we'll be right back after this.

tougher penalties for drunk drivers involved in deadly crashes in maryland. there are new mandatory minimum penalties. if you're drunk and involved in a deadly crash in maryland, if you're a first offender with a blood alcohol content higher than .08, you'll lose your license for six months rather than 45 days, a whole year for a second offense. if your blood alcohol content is

above .15, you lose your license for a year. for a first offense. you loose it for life for a second offense. do you think it's fair? >> this is tough. this is mothers against drunk driving. >> i don't know if they're moving fast enough. you want the stipulations and punishment to be much tougher. maryland and d.c. has some of the weakest drunk driving laws in the nation. so they might be moving in the right direction but some could argue if you're swerving down the road and you're drunk and you don't kill someone, shouldn't there be tougher laws, and that's where i think mothers against drunk driving and other alcohol awareness advocates say maryland needs to have much stricter guidelines across the

board other than just fatalities. >> what do you think, dave? >> yeah. maryland has been accused of having too weak laws and there have been kuhn flikts in dealing with this. these certainly are tough laws. maybe it should be tougher. if this is a sea change to put maryland on par with other states, maryland would say that's a key thing. >> i think the key word is it's mandatory. it keeps it mandatory. you in. the judge says, look, i'm sorry, you're not going to be able to drive for six months, or the next offense, you lose it forever. i like that it's mandatory. thousands of prince george's county students with no immunizations. after the discovery of more than 3,000 kids hadn't gotten their shots as of the beginning of last week. that's 3,000 out of 129,000.

the health chief says many of the students are immigrants whose families didn't benefit from proper outreach. dr. waka way ya said she tried to get students in over the summer and her advocacy and concern created fallout for her. a school spokesperson said limited budget limited the outreach. who's at fault does it sound like here? is it an issue of discrimination? is it a tight budget, or is it poor management or all three? >> all three. all three. and the buck stops with the directors. someone has to fall on the sword. 's really the bottom line. that would be my -- it's all three. and when you're the head of the organization, that's the person that has to fall on the sword. >> my first guess would be budgeting. but when she makes the point about, you know, the immigrant students and sort of getting the message out and trying to make

sure this can be kmup indicated, you know, montgomery county, maryland, they have the largest immigration in terms of student population. they got the message out. i think what's unfortunate with prince george's county, again, it feeds into that narrative, can the county sort of get it together, why are we just finding out about this in terms of the county and the administration that you have 3,000 students who have not been immunized and now those who need to know are just finding out about it. >> yeah. where were the other officials in the county. county council, people like. constituents must have been raising issues with this, you would assume. it isn't like there are stovepipes. there are stovepipes in other legislatures too. why wasn't somebody taking a look at this besides the person in charge of this and making a point -- or making recommendations? better police training in the works in the state of virginia. the attorney general mark heron

has launched a state initiative statewide to help police do a better job at policing. he's announced a strategy to emphasize bias awareness, department de-escalation, and when to use force. he was motivated by the protests in ferguson and recommendations. >> he ought to set it out. he was motivated by lawsuits. come on. let's be honest. e's not note vated by ferguson. the fact is, yes herk was also part of the president's summit meeting and obviously learned a great deal, but i think a lot of this motivation is that these cities, towns, and counties are facing lawsuit after lawsuit after lawsuit and it's something somebody said a long time ago. you hit them in the pocketbook and their hearts and minds will

follow. >> they're facing lawsuits and body cameras, you know, shots of what's going on in a confrontation between an officer and a suspect. you know, i think they're trying to move with the times. >> listen. he kim out and said we don't want to just meet the standards, we just want to set them. give him credit there. i think the best thing he did is he met with the virginia state head of the naacp. he include those groups and said this is what we want to do. most important he said we want to get funding out to the rural and poorer communities where the police departments don't have the money to have this come of training. i think what it's going to come down to is will the state be able to fund these programs -- it sounds good on paper -- but will congress come and put the money forward for the policing in the 21st century. >> will congress, dave?

>> that remains to be seen. just had a government meltdown. who knows. >> that does it for reporter's news book. now stay with us for a continuation of "news4" now. some of the top stories that we're following this morning. we're working to figure out how a person died after this crash in district heights. prince george's fire department telling us that this person crashed into this apartment building on rushel avenue. it happened overnight. investigators say the driver may have been shot. and new this morning neighbors are finally able to go back into their homes after a gas leak in beth is da. this all happened on fairfax road around 3:00 this morning. several roads and surrounding streets had to be evacuated after a car hit gas meter attached to an apartment billing.

neighbors were taken to a 24-hour safeway on bradley bouleva boulevard. they were let back into their homes in two hours. good morning, everyone. i'm angie goff. >> and i'm adam tuss. another cool day. >> let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein. >> you said it, adam, another gg gray-t day. you can see that in southern virginia and this persistent light rain right now. just a few sprinkles. these patches of rain. a few other sprinkles and down 95 from the beltway to

fredericksburg and west of that as well. all of this tracking off into culpeper, rappahannock, madison county into the central shenandoah valley. these sprinkles will be tracking for the next couple of hours. temperatures are rather cool as well. not as chilly as yesterday morn bug still low 50s north and west. in the metro area, we're in the mid and upper 50s. a look at when we'll see the sunshine back. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. right now rain continues to bring flooding conditions to the carolina coast. this weekend there was 12 inches of rain dumped into the area. we know at least five people were killed the this weekend's storms. president obama declaring a state of emergency in the carolinas, bringing up federal money to the area. some of that aid will go to

families in north charleston when they had to reason out of their homes when the water poured in. >> i got up. the cars were covered. the flowers were floating in the yard. i was like, oh, my goodness. i can't get up. >> it was up to their chest. it wasn't past the car yet, but it was just horrible. >> unbelievable sight for that part of the country. an emergency shelter has been set up in a nearby church. officials say they had 18 people staying there last night and it could double before the weekend is over. an ominous sight for a missing cargo ship. the coast guard has found one life ring. nbc's kristin dahlgren has more on this morning's search. >> reporter: they scour mile after meyer searching for any sign. a 700-ship missing since

thursday. one of them mike holland, an engineer on the ship. she's desperately trying to get there. >> they've been working tirelessly to try to find our loved ones. >> they set off tuesday night from jacksonville on course to reach san juan, puerto rico, by friday. but on thursday morning trouble. el farrow radioed in a distress call near the crooked island. with hurricane joaquin bearing down, the ship lost propulsion, was taking on water and was lip lisping to the sight. >> when you're dis abled, that compounded it. >> frank hamm is the father of five. she believes he'll come home.

she doesn't know why they were in that dangerous storm. >> the ship should have never left but being that it did, something should have intervened before it became a hurricane. >> he worked on the ship last week. he knows the ship and the crew. >> most of that crew has been sailing for at least 15 years and i know that wherever they are, whether the ship is floating or whether they had to abandon ship, that they're fighting for survival. >> nbc's kristin dahlgren there. download the achlt it will sent critical alerts to your phone when watches and warnings are issued. developing this morning, one person is dead. a blast tore through the front of the building sending degree bree flying into the streets. people walking nearby were hurt. they're all in critical condition. a woman who lived inside the building died and the explosion

may have been caused by a tenant disconnecting their stove. well, in north carolina, about two dozen people were hurt when a concrete awning crashed at a high school. apparently a truck crashed into the main entrance. there was a band contest and s.a.t. testing going on. no word on the extent of the injuries. more information on the tragedy. the father of the gunman says he had no idea his son even had guns. ian mercer also believes gun laws should change. he said thursday's attack would not have happened if his son had not been able to get the guns. authorities say the gunman had 14 guns and took six of them to campus. today new staffing changes begin in prince george's county and the fire department, working to stay within its budget. part of it includes overtime, increasing the number of volunteer firefighters.

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well, another mass shooting in the united states brings a palpable sense of frustration and emotion in the white house, plus the u.s. can be facing a true showdown with russia in syria. joining us to talk all about it, the moderator of "meet the press," chuck todd. we want to talk about the shooting and how the president put call to action for tougher gun law.

the likelihood that washington is going to react this time? >> it's probably not going to happen. you saw a uniform response from the republican side and the democrat side. it's sort of a wash, rinse, repeat aspect to this. it will be interesting to see what the president does to follow through on his commitment. you know, he said he admitted there's only a limited things he can do action-wise but he said he wanted to amp up the rhetoric and politicize it. if he does want to try to change the conversation, he's going to have to use the bully pulpit to do it. >> there's been some stat that said the president hasn't had to deal with it for a month. it's too common place. >> the frustration he express on it, even critics of him on the gun issue didn't criticize him for having that frustration because there is this sense of

sort of what's going on here, why is it that we're continuously going down this packet. but i think you have -- look, you have on the right, hey, this is a mental health issue. every time you try to talk about a gun law, it turns out it really is a mental health problem. nonetheless the argument is, okay, if you had better background checks, these disturbing people would have a harder time getting it. we want to shift to syria. russia is targsaying they're targeting isis. how can the administration deal with this? >> this is a debacle. if you were to look at the president's policy in the middle east, they would get a big fat "f" right now. it's not working. he is clearly -- personally doesn't like it when he gets this putin criticism. you can see it coming across

him. he tried to say putin did this out of a weakness, not a strength, saying assad was on the verge of falling apart. but that's not true. where were we that we waited to push him over the ledge. why would we sit back and wait. there's a lot of second-guessing. >> we had that red line in the sand. quickly, donald trump is on your show. did you get on his plane? >> i did it at campaign headquarters. it looked like how you'd expect, chipped paint, concrete floors, all in shirts and ties. we talked a lot on the guns, tax plan, how he's going to have to pay for it. $10 million he would have to find to pay on the tax fine. he's in a different place when it comes to intervention in the middle east than the others

running for president and it's not even close. wonder how much will the republican party be comfortable with his foreign policy when it comes to the middle east. >> you're covering a lot of ground this morning. thanks for stopping by. >> you've got it. >> a reminder you can watch "meet the press" right after nbc 4 news. the lgbt activists are calling on the catholic church to give mer time to the issue. it includes 17 married couples. yesterday the church was criticized for not including gay couples. it could be a defining moment for pope francis's papacy. the he called on the

catholic church to chance its stance on homosexuality. >> son of god and when belief in god is done of the church of another christian community. >> the vatican released a statement saying his dismissal has nothing to do with his personal situation. 6:46, a squirrel causes 1,900 people to loose power. a squirrel caused a circuit lockout which made the transformer go boom and that led to the power outages. the power is back on but there's no word on the condition of the squirrel. we hope he's okay. michigan farmer makes a major fine while digging in a field near ann arbor. he thought it was a covered fence post but learns it's the

remains of a woolly mammoth. is that snef a luf kiss. he's a woolly mammoth. a university of michigan professor said the woolly ma'am moth was likely 40 years old and killed by humans. >> amazing that stuff is still being found after all this time. 's incredible. >> i want to see more of that. >> you could tell he was 40 years old. you could see the wrinkles around the eyes. >> that's a defining moment stoo the different layers in the bone. we talked about it. we're gray. >> we match the mood. people are pining for the sunshine. this has grown tiresome. we continue to have occasional showers overnight and a little drizzle too. the pavement is all damp. if you're about to head out on the road, watch out. we had multiple accidents with people slipping and sliding because the pavement was damp. please be careful. adjust your speed as we have a

little bit of activity. it's some very light rain and sprinkles down 95 from right near woodbridge and quantico and west of there they stretch through southern fauquier and culpeper and the central sh shenandoah valley. a little drizzle for the morning and rather cool. not quite as chilly as it was yesterday morning. shenandoah valley into the mountains in the upper 40s. right in washington, upper 50s. eastern southern suburbs in the mid to upper 50s as well as around the chesapeake bay where, again, coastal flooding and high tides, all these counties in green, will be 2 to 3 feet above normal. next high tide in washington is going to be around 2:00 this afternoon. watch out. there's going to be some high water coming up into alexander as well as the water front of

haynes park -- haynes point in west potomac park. post your pick like veronica jorns did from ocean city. look at this. wind blown sand covering the benches on the boardwalk in ocean city. post your pictures on facebook, twitter, and instagram. category 3, hurricane joaquin becoming a category 2 as it gets to bermuda. stays well off the coast. tracks off to the north and east. not causing any problems for the atlantic seaboard. heading out on a bike ride or run, a little bit of a drizzle. mostly dry this afternoon. a slight chance of drizzles. and for the game at fedex field, looks like good football weather. hopefully we'll see good football. temperatures in the low 60s by mid afternoon. finally, the sun back on monday. tuesday, wednesday into the 70s. gorgeous into thursday too. maybe showers late on friday.

that's the way it looks. back to you. >> thank, tom. we're in the sunshine for sure. we're in the sunshine for sure. coming up,

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redskins sunday. we'll get to that in a moment. but the nationals are closing their southbound with a bang. punctuated by max sherdser's amazing performance on the mound. scherzer had a perfect game snap in the sixth but in the ninth max scherzer struck out nine straight mets, finished with a new career-high 17 strikeouts. them one strikeout away from history scherzer gets a flyout to escobar. first pitcher since nolan ryan since 1973 to do that. max a little shaken up when

asked about that after the game. >> i don't know what to say. said this earlier. you go out there and try to have as much success as possible. you try to accomplish as much as you can. to have that happen twice in a season, that's special. when you talk about the history of the game, you can't think about that. that's why i'm speechless. i'll be soaking it in the off-season to appreciate what that really means. >> the redskins doing what they can to get ready for the eagle this afternoon. more importantly, the rain. the team practiced out in the elements this week. then on friday, practiced with wet footballs and put an emphasis on protecting the football. despite all the wind and rain, this team knows the real importance of today's game. >> for us to win a division, we need to take care of our home games and we need to win the game obviously and the philadelphia eagles are a rival for us. there's a lot of reasons for us to want to play and play well and have a sense of urgency this week. >> kickoff at 1:00 from fedex

field. that's a look at your sunday sports. hope your sunday's a good one. when it comes to homeowner ship, the big new thing is small. >> yeah. d. krc d.c. is bringing tiny condos in. diana olick explains. >> inflation up 4.7% in july from a year ago according to case-shiller. that's actually a bigger gain than we saw. so how do they get cash strapped young millennials back into buying? well, for one thing, they don't go big. they got tiny. very tiny. the area, very pricey. the condo, not so much. $275,000 for this studio unit. the developer behind it, the

peterson group, has to pay very close attention to detail because they have to use every teeny tiny square inch. so, of course, you have your murphy bed in the wall. that's a given. but also underneath the sofa, you have all your storage for your bedding. but if you're saying to yourself i have my dining room in the middle of the bedroom/living room, all you do is pick the table up, latch it in. voila. you have artwork. it's there. i promise. come into the kitchen which i have to say by new york standards is quite spacious. you have high end german appliances but you'll notice they're slightly smaller than your usual appliances. you also have a very large size bathroom in the back. no tub. i can't get you into the bathroom. we don't have enough time. all the amenities they're add-ons. have to pay extra for them. it does give you an idea for the space. as for the building itself. what you get, you get a rooftop

deck in fwiling upstairs, you get a teeny tiny terrace in every single unit and a neighborhood that's already gaining in value. now, the super amenities you do not get. you don't get the pool, you don't get the jim. but you also don't get the super high condominium fees. that is by design. i will admit to you the bigger penthouse units, they went the fastest. for the pent house studios, they were, how shall i say, cleaning up. >> for such a little space, she covered quite a lot. >> she did. >> yeah. >> it's an interesting idea for sure. >> yeah. >> "saturday night live" premiered its 41st season with help from one presidential candidate. >> hillary clinton appeared on the show as bar temder named val. she offered political advice to herself. >> me? i'm just an ordinary citizen who believes the keystone pipeline

will destroy our environment. >> i agree with you there. it did take me a long time to decide that, but i am against it. >> you know, "snl" regular indicate mckin nonplaying clinton during her last night's skit. they're playing off her caution, likability. they hit it all. and darrell hammond came back as well to play president clinton. we're going to be back in just a moment. >> yep. it includes yo

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well, it has been wet, windy, and it's not over yet. storm team 4 tracking more rain headed our way. >> parts of north carolina are under water from big downpours leaving cars flooded and roads washed out. we're working to figure out how a person died also after this crash in district heights. prince george's county fire department telling us the person crashed into an apartment building on rushel avenue. he had to be pulled from the car and he died at the hospital. investigators say he may have been shot. they're calling this a crime scene. for now the building was immediately evacuated after the crash and we're trying to figure out if residents will be able to move back into the building sometime this morning. >> a lot going on this sunday

morning as usual, goff. >> yeah. >> i'm adam tuss. >> i'm angie goff. >> we want to talk to you about floodwaters in south carolina. they're so strong they're leading to rescues in the middle of a street. look how this group held onto a stop sign until rescue came. it sent water pouring into homes and businesses. the charleston peninsula has been shut down to all traffic. on top of the 11 inches of rain, 11 inches they've gotten so far, more son the way. and around here things around here are a little dryer, but we're still seeing spotty showers. >> some sprinkles around the metro area as we look at the storm team 4 storm radar. you see the plume of tropical moisture coming right into south carolina. some locations have had up to 20 inches of rain. this has been devastating flooding. they've had over 50 water rescues in much of south carolina and this is only going to continue today. and locally just getting a few scattered sprinkles.

these areas in green south of washington down near quantico, dale city, woodbridge, fredericksburg and west of there toward shenandoah valley, a few sprinkles there. a few drizzles around the metro area. otherwise low clouds and a little cool in the mid-50s. there are the low clouds now. a live view from our tower camera. temperatures hour by hour will hover in the 50s this morning and hit low 50s this afternoon. cloudy. a chance of an afternoon sprinkle. a look at when we'll see the sunshine. that's ahead in a few minutes. >> looking forward to that. new this morning neighbors are finally able to go back into their home after gas leak in beth is da. this happened around 3:00 this morning. several streets had to be evacuated. a car hit a gas meter attached to a building. the gas company official were

able to secure that building. folks were let back into their homes around two hours later. new details on what led up to a triple shooting on h street. we now know the name of the man who died early saturday morning. 32-year-old jerome wright. d.c. police say the death was the result of a botched robbery. two others were shot. there's a $25,000 reward for information leading to this case. a deadly bombing at a doctors without borders charity in kunduz. among the dead, three usaid workers. 37 others have serious injuries. they say the attacks continues even after the military officials were notified the hospital was being attacked. >> we're also learning more about the deadly shooting at an oregon community college. police revealed the gunman committed suicide when he was confronted by officers moments

after the shooting. he was also enrolled in the class where the shooting happened. nine people were killed. they ranged in ages from 18 to 67iers old. nine more were hurt. two more are still in the hospital. they're expected to make a full recovery. there are more heroic stories of that tragedy coming out in oregon. nine were hurt in the rampage and one of them, the youngest survivor, 16-year-old cheyenne, her family spoke with nbc news about what happened on that fateful day. >> i started texting to my daughter, but she wasn't replying or texting back. which that meant -- i was going to go to the school. instead i came here to mercy medical center, because my inside feeling brought me here. >> cheyenne is still in the hospital. there was a bullet lodged in her kidney. she had that removed yesterday. there were nine total injured

taken to the hospital. all are expected to make a full recovery. in decision 2016 presidential candidate donald trump is defending the second amendment. he said the shooting at that oregon college wouldn't have happened if students and teachers had been carrying guns. by the way. it was a gun-free zone. i will tell you if you had a couple of the teachers or somebody with guns in that room, you would have been a helluva lot better off. you would have been a helluva lot better off. >> trump says he has a permit to carry a gun in yort. he compares himself to charles bronson in the 1974 movie "death wish." coming up on "meet the press" chuck todd will speak with donald trump on the gun laws. hillary clinton spent her time in washington discussing human rights. she vowed to make gay and lesbian right as top priority if she becomes president. she criticized some republican

candidates for their stance on same-sex marm. >> ben carson says marriage equality is what caused the fall of the roman empire. and ted cruz slammed a political opponent for marching in a p.r.i.d.e. parade. he clearly has no idea what he's missing. >> in a big win for clinton, she was just endorsed by the national education association. moving on to sports now, after a tough week, it was a great night for the nationals. max scherzer with his second no-hitter of the season. the magical moment happening during last night's game against the new york mets. >> up above the infield. >> all right. scherzer also set a team record of strikeouts. he threw 109 pitches and at the end of the game struck out nine batters straight. the gnat dees feeted the division-clinching mets 2-0 to

complete a doubleheader sweep. good for them. >> not only once, he did it twice. looks like the weather is going to homeland up for the redskins and eagles at fedex. the skins got practice. kickoff today at 1:00. we'll have the highlights coming up for you on "news4" at 6:00. the shocking reason a priest pointed a gun at an 88-year-old. a missing cargoship that

welcome back at 7:10. this morning we're hearing from the openly gay d.c. resident who had a special meeting with the vatican. "news4's" derrick ward sat down with that man and asked him

what that moment meant to him. >> grassi has known the man we know as pope francis for more than half a century beginning as a jesuit student. >> he was my professor hu n high school. he taught argentine literature and psychology. >> he says now the pope's speeches hold a special resonance. >> when i hear him today, all i have to do is close.-!my eyes a its like i'm still in the classroom. >> he called on the pope when he heard he'd be in washington, although he figured he wouldn't fit in. but he did. at first he didn't want to go public. wit as reunion between old friends but he wanted to talk about this meeting because of another meeting with kim davis.

kim davis and her attorneys claim pope told her to stay strong. grassi who was in a same-sex relationship said dave's account doesn't jive with the pope francis he's known for years. >> he said, i can guarantee you, yayo in my service there's no place for home oh phobia. >> reporter: he said davis's meeting should not be a form of support. grassi says he sees his old teacher as head of the catholic church and more. >> and icon -- a beacon, i'm sorry, of a light for the world. >> reporter: derrick ward, "news4.." coming up, a priest is in big trouble for picking a fight with an 8-year-old. why a priest pulled out his musket. >> but we continue to trach another rainy day.

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guatemala, the death toll continues to rise after a horrific landslide. emergency workers are still searching for survivors. at least 33 people are dead, hundreds still missing.

a farmer makes a discovery outside of ann arbor. he thought it was a covered fence post but it was a woolly mammoth. he had help digging out the skull and the huge tusk. wow, look at that thing. a university of michigan professor says the mammoth was likely about 40 years old, and killed by humans. he'll speak at the 44th annual firefighters memorial service. 88 died in 2014. the president is expected to speak just before 11:00 in em itsburg. coming up in the week ahead, the trial of charles severance. he's being charged in the deaths of ruthanne. your route is going to slow down quite a bit. starting tomorrow.

lane closures at the near gallows road shift. it will be from 9:30 to 3:00 p.m. also coming up in weekend t week ahead the montgomery council will voed on a pesticide ban. they voted to remarv all out n bans. that vote will happen tuesday morning. >> a new jersey priest is now facing child endangerment charges after he pointed a musket at an 8-year-old child. nbc's chehky bedford -- >> the scene prosecutors say of an unbelievable and frightening encounter between a priest and a young prigser. >> a priest called an 8 yorld boy into a common area by the

church rectory. put him up against the wall and pointed a long arm arrival at him and said i'm going to shoot you. it was unloaded. but he says priest kevin carter allegedly targetted the young boy will floor you. >> the young boy was apparently a fan of a particular football team and the priest indicated, i guess, he was not. >> the 8-year-old, a cowboys fan. the priest rooting for the giants. still reason enough for a priest to pull a gun on a child? >> that will be the last person you'd thing would pull a gun on a little kid over football. >> mull nelly said it was one of those parishioners, not the boy's parents who reported it to the archdiocese. one laughed off the allegation but joke or not, father carter, a police chaplain known for

helping with can recovery now faces child endangerment charges. >> on social media the story was coming up and immediately people were like, you've got to see this. you don't -- the last person you expect. >> unexpected story there. unbelievable. let's turn our attention to the weather. >> one more day. we have to get through one more day. >> are we out of the drought? how did we do compared to where we were and where we need to be? >> it wblt considered actually a drought. just an unusual dry. people's lawns were turning brown and now the grass remembered how to turn green and needs mowing but it's too wet for that. we're getting a few scattered sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar. that's tracking off to the northwest passing now right along 95 from dale city down to quantico to fredericksburg and west of there to culpeper, central shenandoah valley

valley. right around the metro area, maybe a light drizzle will be greeting you. maybe a morning run or heading off. you'll be encountering wet pavement. low to mid-50s around the bay. coastal flooding again. high water, times of high tide. along the washington channel, high tides around 2:00 this afternoon. so haynes point may be under water. perhaps the water front in alexandria as well. if you're planning a morning bike ride or run, you may encounter a few sprinkles. overall good weather. in the afternoon, a small chance of sprinkles. temperatures will be reaching the low 60s by mid afternoon. game at fedex field. eagles and redskins. kickoff, 1:00. maybe a few sprinkles by then. otherwise cloudy and around 60. the rest of the game, blustery wind, low 60s and clouds around.

then overnight tonight, mostly cloudy but finally by dawn on monday, we'll have some sunshine back. partly sunny in the morning. afternoon highs right around 70 with increasing sunshine on monday. a beautiful start to the week and the rest of the week is looking wonderful. highs in the mid-70s on tuesday with bright snipe. low 50s in the morning. the upper 0s on wednesday. wednesday looks to be the warmest day over the next seven days. after that, thursday, still, lots of sunshine. a bit cooler. highs into the low 70s am thenld as we get into friday, we might get a shower. a front's going to be coming on through. otherwise that's the only chance of rain after we get through this morning's drizzle. right now first part of the weekend looks great. lots of sunshine, low humidity. temperatures climbing into the mid-70s on saturday. so finally peaback for all the

gray day. we're going to get sunshine for much of the week ahead. >> thanks, tom. a lot of people will be lighting up their fireplaces, does have a washing to share about a problem that should have

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welcome back. with the temperatures like they've been lately, you might be tempted to light up that

fireplace. >> yeah. but before you hire someone to sweep your fireplace ahead of the cold nights, erika gonzalez is here with this morning's "consumer watch." >> reporter: this crew is repairing a chimney crew gone wrong. when he received a couple of cold calls from different companies offering services they said they could do it. >> they said they could do it on the spot and i aptly agreed for that. >> reporter: he said two men worked on the chimney, collected a check for $1,500 and said they'd be back. he called. it went to voice mail. he never heard back. now with cold nights, he's eager to get it fixed. this time he asked around and asked for companies. priddy clean chimney sweeps.

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authorities say he crashed into this apartment building on rushel overnight. we learn now he may have been shot. a man died, 32-year-old jerome wright. wright was apparently trying to rob two other men. welcome back, en. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. >> after 24 hours of straight rain, tom says we're going to start to dry out. >> we're ready to see it. >> we may. but between now and then we'll be dealing with occasional drizzle that we've had overnight. much of the region still damp. roads, streets, and walks still damp. a few scattered sprinklings of light rain tracking south of the metro area. right now they're right along 95 from the prince william/fairfax

county line. scattered light sprinkles. a little bit of light rang staying south of the metro area. right now we're in the low to mid-50s. upper 50s around the bay. it's this the 40s across the shenandoah valley. hour by hour, rest of the day. small chance of sprinkles. highs reaching the low 50s by mid afternoon. a warmup on the way. that's coming up in a few minutes. >> thank you, tom. right now flooding conditions to the carolina coast. it dumped up to 12 inches of rain on the island. powerful ocean waters came to shore destroying any signs of the beach and at least five people were killed in this weekend's storm. president obama declaring a state of emergency in the carolinas bringing up federal money to the area. some of that aid will go to help families in north charleston who had to run out of their homes

when the water started to pour in. >> i got up. the cars were covered, the flowers were floating. i thought, oh, my goodness. i can't get out. >> it wasn't up to our chest but it was horrible. >> 18 people were staying at a local church. that number could double before the weekend's ore. an ominous sign for a missing car fwoe ship that ran into hurricane joaquin. the coast guard has found one life ring off the coast of the bahamas. more than two dozen americans were part of the crew on that ship n.bc's kristin dahlgren has more on the search. >> reporter: they search mile after mile, a ship missing since thursday with 33 men and women on board including 28 americans

including mike holland, an jeer on the ship. his mom is trying to get to florida from maine. >> this coast guard has worked tirelessly, trying to find our loved ones. >> they set off tuesday night from jacksonville on course to get to puerto rico. then they radioed with distress trouble. the ship had lost propulsion. taken on water, and was lisping to the side. >> for more than two days there has been no word. frank ham mkds is a father of five. his wife believes he'll come down. she can't understand why they were out there at all during a dangerous storm. >> the ship should have never left and being that it did then

something should have happened before the hurricane intervened. >> he was on that crew last week and knows most of the crew. >> most of the crew has been sailing for more than 15 years. i no wherever they are, where the ship is floating or they had to abandon ship that they're fighting for survival. >> nbc's kristin dahlgren there. make sure you check on the washington app. it lets you track storms down to your neighborhood. it will send out critical alerts when watches and warnings come in. developing this morning one is dead after a gas explosion. three people walking nearby were hurt. they were all in critical condition. a woman who lived inside the building died and we're told it

may have been caused by a ten nanlt disconnecting his stove. new details on a deadly crash in lorton. this happening on telegraph and lawton road. an accurate slammed into two cars when it went around the curve too fast. the driver died. he's 19-year-old jimmy castroneves. speed and drugs seemed to be factors in this crash. two people died when a cement awning collapsed. there was band concert and s.a.t. testing going on. police uncovered a shooting plot at a northern california high school. four teenagers were arrested yesterday. they were tipped off to the activity by a student official. students said they noticed

suspicious behavior from the students. a father of the gunman who killed people at umpqua community college said he had no idea hids son had guns. he said thursday's attack would not have happened had he not taken guns. he had 14 guns and took six to campus. today new staffing changes take place. the fire department is working on staying within its budget. now, part of that including reducing overtime, smaller class sizes, and increasing number of firefighters. the rainy weather put a bit of damper on one of northern virginia's largest fall festivals yesterday but the show must go on. the fall for fairfax festival continues today at the fairfax county government center. lots of things for the kiddos and scarecrow competitions.

>> well, coming up, coming out in the catholic church. a priest making waves after revealing his sexuality and the skrant doesn't take kindly to the announcement. roads are closed for the navy mile. activity start at 8:00 along pennsylvania avenue. roads will be closed until

in the week ahead they start brand-new term. this will be the justice's first public appearance together since a number of high-profile decisions in june including land mark decision to approve the same sex marriage in a 5-4 vote. morning lgbt activists are calling on the catholic church to give more. it bridges together bishops from

120 countries. it also including 17 married couples. yesterday activists criticized the church for not including gay couples. it could be a defining moment forpacy. >> this is just after the vatican fires a priest when he announced he was guy. standing by his partner he called on the catholic church to change its stance on homosexuality. >> son of god and when believe in god is done of the cher. of another christian community. >> the vatican did release a statement saying his did missal has nothing to do with his personal situation. 7:40 on this sunday morning. let's take a live look outside. a few sprinkles but tom says things are going to clear up. what day we'll b

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the "today" show is next at 8:00. let's get a preview. sheinelle jones and craig melvin. >> hi, guys. coming up, we're keeping a close eye on the weather where mass in

amounts of rain is causing problems on the east coast. plus a search for the cargo ship that disappeared. plus four teenagers are in jail after a plot. this as we learn more about a gunman at a mass chuting at a community college. plus the tragic death of a wingels base suit jumper. and live from new york it's hillary clinton. the presidential hopeful took a bit of a break from the cam pape trail for a little comedy. we have all the highlights. those stories and a whole heck of a lot more a when we get started. >> she was apparently quite funny. >> the hair. did you see the hair? it was right on. >> it was spot on. s thanks a lot, guys. >> we'll see you in a little bit. now federal leaders want to make major changes with safety

oversight. it's safe to say metro is now at a tipping point. >> right now the imperative is to clean it up and stick with it. >> they want the federal railroad administration to now have direct oversight of metro's safety. it would be the first time the federal government directly oversaw the safety of a subway system in the united states. >> they can be the robust and big presence we need and i hope they play that role. >> it tells you what the ntsb things of the current group. they're known as the tri-state oversight committee. it's what they could get done in

a few months. >> it's a long way of solves the problem and dealing with all the components. >> dave snyder was briefed by the ntsb. he said other issues like metro's board and other financial issue has to be looked at, not just over. it site. >> kind of like a new strul tur sort of feasting on the corpse. i'm more interested in bringing the corpse back to life. whatever happening, metro safety once again the focus. lots going on with metro obvi s obviously all the time. >> keeps you busy. >> that's right. >> keeps you employed. >> one other thing that keeps us busy, the weather. >> i appreciate you guys wearing the nice bright colors. >> we wanted to match the lovely background. >> i'm not the only one feeling good, feeling bad. >> gray skies are going to clear up, so put on a happy face. >> turn that frown upside down. nice. >> we've had the gray skies with

us the last several days. light rain. we never had to dealing with the flooding thankfully. right now getting sprinkles around the metro area. there's a live video camera of the capital. still all green here. no sipe signs of autumn. we'll have the autumn colors peaking around halloween. right now a few sprinkles on the storm team 4 radar, showing up along washington, along 956789 then west of there. a few scattered sprinkles in southern fauquier county into culpeper and rappahannock, madison, and right around luray. right around washington. there may be a very light drizzle coming from the low clouds as you head out early this morning. the pavement is dead. already we've had several

accidents on the beltway. especially if you have worn tires. you can easily lose traction because all it takes is a sheen of moisture on the roads and that's what we have right now with this very light drizzle falling and cool temperatures in the 50s. upper 50s, near 60. high tide. the rest of the day into monday. this also including the washington channel along the potom potomac. maybe some high water, around hanes point as well. high tide amount around 2:00 this afternoon. look at this wind blown sand on the boardwalk in ocean city. this photo taken by our own veronica johnson. almost looked like snow drifts almost covers the benches there along the boardwalk due to the strong gusts of wind coming from the nor ease ter as well as from joaquin, which right now is a

category three hurricane with winds of 115 miles an hour. it will be right near bermuda. late tonight gets close to ber mao dachlt perhaps early this evening. they could have gusts of wind right in bermuda. then it's safely out to see and stays well off the atlantic seaboard. if you plan on a bike ride this morning or afternoon. you'll run, encounter a few sprinkles or drizzles. dry. some clouds. temperatures reaching the low 60s by mid afternoon and kickoff at fedex field is at 1:00 and some sprinkles possible at 1:00 and likely 1:00. temperatures low 60s for the rest of the game. then overnight lots of clouds around. finally, sunshine returns. welcome sun. milder weather moves in. beautiful on tuesday, wednesday, thursday. highs in the 70s each day.

morning lows, 50s. bright sunshine. just terrific and certainly feeling like autumn. dry on saturday. enjoy. >> 7:50. your time right now. here are four things to know today. neighbors are back home after gas leak in beth esda. buildings had to be evacuated after a car hit a gas meter. >> prince george's county fire department telling us a car crashed into an apartment building on rushel overnight. investigators believe he may have been shot. this weekend's storms have dumped up to 12 inches of rain on the carolinas and we know at least five people were killed. the weather is going to hold up. kickoff at 1:00. we'll have all the highlights

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tiny condos into the mainstream. how do urban condo developers get cash strapped young millennials back into buying? for one thing they don't go big, they got tiny. super tiny. this is one of many at the trending adam morgan neighborhood. the area, very pricey. the condo, not too much. $275,000 for this. the developer behind it, the peterson group paid very close attention to detail because they have to use every tiny square inch. of course you have your murphy bed in the wall. that's a given. but also underneath your sofa

you have all your bedding. if you're saying to yourself i have my dining room in the middle of my bedroom/living room, pick it up and latch it into the wall. you have artwork up there, i promise. come with me into the kitchen. which by new york standards is very generous. you have german high end appliances but they're smaller. you have a large bathroom in the back, no tub. i can't get you is in there. no time all t. all the amenities are add-ons. as to the big itself, you get a rooftop deck, a teeny tiny terrace and a neighborhood these ooh already gaining in val yaw. the super amenities you do not

get. you don't get the pool or the gym. you don't get the condo fees. that's by design. for millennials in the studio, they were really, shall i say, okay guys, cleaning up. >> you can't fit the lawn into the closet. you can't do that. >> yeah. >> so -- >> well "saturday night live" premiered its 41st season with help from one presidential candidate. >> hillary clinton appeared on the show last night. since she wasn't playing herself, she took the opportunity to make fun of one fellow candidates. >> oh, van, i'm just so darn bummed. all even wants to talk about is don auld trump. >> don auld ald trump, isn't he the one who's like, you're all losers? >> cracking herself up. >> craiking herself up. kate mckin nackinnon played hul

clinton. she talked about not being able to take vacations. they broke into song. they poked fun of everything. the one thing that was right is the hair. >> spot on. it's good they can all make fun of themselves. tom, how do we look for the rest of the day. >> some clouds off and on. it should be a great weather for the game at fedex field. >> all right. that's all for "news4 today." thanks for joining us. >> we'll be back on in another 25 mumts for another news and weather update. thanks.

good morning. epic flooding. the carolinas under water this morning amid rainfall not seen in centuries. raging flood waters stranding drivers, leading to dozens of rescues. residents clinging to each other for safety. >> the house is flooding and they can't stop it >> and today, another eight inches of rain in the forecast. dylan is tracking it all. coast guard searchers find a life ring in the hunt for the missing cargo ship with 33 aboard, but nothing else. this as hurricane joaquin raging in the atlantic with the island of bermuda in the cross hairs. hillary the ham? hillary clinton makes an appearance on "saturday