morning. the new video that just came in. >> and that is some of the rain that will be getting closer to our region overnight tonight and into tomorrow. a look at how it will impact us in a few minutes. the calm before the storm. i'm angie goss with why crews had to be so careful with this water main. >> and budget showdown, could the folks on capitol hill be closer to agreeing on a budget deal? what it could mean for you. i'm barbara harrison, news 4 midday starts right now. i'm melissa mollett at the

live desk. look at this flooding in charleston, south carolina. many roads are still shut down because of the flooding. some drivers were stuck in traffic jams as the water rose on more popular roadways. charleston streets start flooding when the tide goes above 7 feet. it was already over 8 feet by 8:00 a.m. savannah, georgia has also seen a good amount of rising water. all of this in the aftermath of hurricane patricia. a coastal flood warning has been extended until noon. conditions are expected to improve this afternoon. that flooding they had down south is mostly tidal flooding due to this onshore flow ahead of the remnants of patricia. light to moderate showers there. stretching down to florida the leading edge of that rain is across virginia, areas south of washington that stretches back into the midwest.

our local high resolution radar showing the leading edge of this rain in green now coming up 95, just about coming into prince william county and fauquier county, the shenandoah valley. it's creeping closer to us. by later this afternoon we will see that rain moving in. been a chill in the air. live tower camera showing no rain locally. the pavement still dry. it listen getting wet as we get into the afternoon. i have the hour by hour timing for you coming up. all eyes are an capitol hill where congress is considering an agreement to fund the government for the next two years. house republicans are meeting in private to discuss the budget deal right now republican leaders struck the deal with president obama late last night. it would provide $80 billion in sequester relief plus reforms to social security and medicare and money for the military. some representatives on both sides are coming out against the deal. we are watching whether it will survive a vote which could happen as early as tomorrow.

check this out, you can see that smoke there rising above the trees along the potomac. this is why. within the past 30 minutes, a truck's brakes caught fire along the side of the inner loop of the beltway near the american legion bridge. fairfax county fire saying they put the fire out and known was hurt. follow traffic on twitter for updates. i'm kristin wright in falls church where water crews have been trying to fix a water main break all morning. water crews had to hand dig to get to the water main in falls church. the pipe was close to a gas line and they didn't want to risk hitting it with equipment. one of the challenges that fairfax water crews will face on the ground in the cold months ahead. >> these guys are dedicated to their work. they'll be out here if it's 4:00 a.m., 4 degrees outside fixing the water main breaks.

>> reporter: the water main on south maple broke around 2:00 this morning. it was 46 degrees. it will be much colder very soon. >> wintertime is always the busier time. that's when the numbers start to increase with freezing and thawing. >> reporter: old underground pipes across the area will mean many an early morning like this. >> aging infrastructure is something we have to keep up with and replace mains on a timely basis to make sure that we keep up with the infrastructure. >> reporter: while the crews and big machines find, repair and replace busted pipes, the neighborhood waits it out without water. fairfax water asked for patience. >> i have class later, around 3:00, hopefully they get it fixed by then. >> reporter: we just got an update from fairfax water in the past couple of minutes. they tell us work crews have been able to get to that broken water main. they hope to replace it and have the ten homes and a few

businesses back online by 2:00 this afternoon. angie, back to you. >> signs of progress there. thank you very much. happening today, the trial against a mother prosecutors say abandoned her baby girl begans. police say she left her baby in a car see the back in july. she tried to blame the baby's father. she is now charged with child negligent and reckless endangerment. today a preliminary vote is scheduled on adding toll lanes to i-66 outside the beltway. but virginia's state delegate bob marshall wants the vote to be delayed. he said the vote should be held where northern virginia residents can attend. marshall represents parts of prince william county and manassas park. donald trump is take shots at ben carson ahead of tomorrow. ben carson is narrowly ahead of trump nationally. at the same time jeb bush's cam

sp cutting resources and is struggling to gain ground. we could see history at the united nations today. you are looking at live pictures we have from the u.n. right now where there's a vote calling the u.s. embargo with cuba to end. this is the first time the vote has come up. the u.s. always votes against the resolution. today, however, it could abstain for the first time. the man accused of shoot two students outside a frederick high school gym wants his trial moved to another jurisdiction. 21-year-old brandon tyler has a pretrial hearing. he is asking the judge to postpone his trial date. right now it's scheduled to begin next month. police say tyler shot a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old outside of a high school basketball game in february. a busy day for the president who he is hosting at the white house before jump ing on air

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a live look at the white house where president obama is about to welcome the u.s. women's soccer team. the women's world cup champion team will be honored today for their victory. the team is in the midst of a ten match victory tour. it's a busyleader as he leave force chicago later this morning. and president obama will head back to chicago to join the nation's top cops. he will speak at international association of chiefs of police in chicago. police across america want universal background checks for anyone trying to buy a gun. they say the checks will help

guns from people who shouldn't be carrying them. we just got new video of an incredible rescue in the pacific ocean over the weekend. the u.s. coast guard and a commercial fishing ship helped to get dozens of sailors to s e safesaf safety from their burning boat. the crew abandoned the ship in two other boats and life rafts. they spent more than ten hours floating in the water before rescuers arrived. heavy rain causes big problems for millions. now it's heading in our

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the metro area. coming in from the southwest. moderate showers across tennessee, kentucky, south florida, and they have an onshore flow bringing high tides along the southeast coast because of the abnormal high tides and that strong southeast flow. leading edge of the rain, the area in green, just north of fredericksburg, stretching across northern virginia, south of there, a few pockets of moderate showers southwest of fredericksburg, closer to richmond that will get closer to us this afternoon. the nearest rain is just about to creep into prince william county up 95 from fredericksburg and west of there, the area in green is light rain stretching into the central shenandoah valley. it's a chilly morning, in the 40s and 50s. reagan national at 52. in the mid 50s around the chesapeake bay. the heaviest rains moving in by 5:00 tomorrow morning. for the morning commute into the afternoon commute, that's when we'll have our heaviest rains

coming on through. it tapers off and ends tomorrow night. a look at the rain totals around the region, that's coming up in the next few minutes. thank you, tom. be alert, be safe. that's the message alex sail l alexandria police xeeted this morning. they will be in east falls church tomorrow and crystal city. they say they will ticket anyone not following the law. it's part of a county wide safety awareness program. nearly 90 pedestrians and cyclists from our area die every year. a new recall affecting cars that were already recalled for that were already recalled for the same p

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three people in alexandria over a ten-year period. the defense has the final witness, a private investigator, to testify today. closing arguments are expected to begin tomorrow. the search is back on for a missing person from a whale watching boat. five people died when this boat sank sunday night. the coast guard saved 21 people. the mayday call came in late sunday afternoon, nine miles off the coast. it seems the boat may have tried to sail through choppy waters. general motors is out with a new recall involving cars that can leak oil and also catch fire. gm is recalling 1.4 million cars because repairs from the first two recalls didn't work. more than 1300 cars have caught fire. you can see the list of affected models dating back to 1997. they include the pontiac grand prix, chevrolet impala, buick regal, chevy month carlo and olz

automobi ol oldsmobile. hurricane patricia hit louisiana and texas hard. today new orleans is dealing with tornado damage and crews rescued 20 children from a tour bus stuck on a flooded bridge. in texas, flash flooding derailed a train south of dallas and sent rescuers looking for the drivers of submerged cars. let's see how the storm will impact the weather around here. >> we're getting sort of the remnants from that storm. we won't get the full brunt of it. it's weakened as it has come inland but untstill has some ra. we are tapping moisture off the atlantic. it is mostly light rain. no flooding rains here. the main flooding has been due

to abnormal high tides and persistent onshore flee. the leading edge of the rain getting closer to washington. high resolution radar showing it coming out of stafford county, prince william. it is just creeping north. by later in the afternoon we could have a bit of light rain, 1:00 for the southern suburbs, into the metro area by 4:00 p.m. maybe moderate at times by 7:00 p.m. we'll be in the mid to upper 50s by then. total rainfall amounts, the highest amounts in the shenandoah valley, blue area, these areas in red, two inches. metro area, a half inch to an inch, not enough to cause flooding but enough to cause problems for the morning commute and the afternoon commute on wednesday. >> i'm feeling pretty good right now. >> pamela roan is one of a few metro employees who helped subdue a robbery suspect. the man on the platform right

there. metro recognizing her in that role for the takedown. she was awarded with a certificate of valor. the suspect started arguing with other passengers at the station. when she confronted him, he admitted to having a gun. that's when she called transit police and held the suspect down. >> i just did what i thought i would want others do for me. >> the suspect is 20-year-old rondez trayvon tibbs from southwest washington. he robbed a man at gun point before getting on that train. voters have until tonight to request via absentee ballot in virginia. you can send the form in by mail or fax. abse absentee ballots have to be returned by election day at 7:00

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right now around the region we have some very light rain that's getting closer to us. and the storm team 4 four-day forecast showing that rain coming in here later this afternoon and we'll have this off and on overnight tonight. then it picks up in intensity. by dawn on wednesday, that's when we could have some of the heaviest rain. could be a problem for the morning commute tomorrow. could have multiple fender benders early tomorrow morning. a slow morning commute. the rain may taper off a bit midday, then a few showers, maybe some thunder during the afternoon. a few isolated cells with some moderate to heavy downpours come on through for the afternoon commute on wednesday. upper 50s late afternoon,

staying in the 50s overnight. it may get into the upper 60s tomorrow afternoon. then all this rain ends wednesday night. sun back thursday, friday, cooler weather as we get into the halloween weekend. and first part of next week. another chance of light rain on monday. i'm back in a few minutes. more than 1,000 of you are expected to use a brand-new vre station opening in spotsylvania county. we know it's opening day. vre plans to open the spotsylvania station on monday, november 16th at 4:57 a.m. the station is located near cross roads parkway and route 17. that's in fredericksburg it will be the last stop on the fredericksburg line. a man in california is recovering after being rescued from inside of a palm stree. look this video shows a tree trimmer being rescued from inside the palm. he was left dangling about 25 feet above the ground.

firefighters are not sure how he got stuck. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. this weekend's marine corps marathon is barely in the books but one change for next year has a lot of people talking. and a confrontation caught on camera. you might have seen this video from inside a classroom that has a lot of people asking if the school employee went too far and how investigators here in washington could get involved with the case.

right now some people and businesses in falls church, virginia don't have water a water main on south maple avenue between wallace street and tenor hill broke around 10:00 this morning. crews had to use shovels to get to the break because it was so close to a gas line. they hope to have it fixed in the next few hours. flooding covering the southern part of the u.s. following hurricane patricia. this is out in south carolina. georgia is also seeing a lot of heavy rain right now. that's not all. this same storm is slowly churning north. look at the nation's capital. storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein updates us on the timing of it all in about 90 seconds. >> right now on capitol hill, congress is considering an agreement to fund the government for the next two years. conservative republicans in the house concede there's not much

to do to stop the deal that was agreed to by congressional leaders and the white house. in his final days as speaker, john boehner is trying to get the measure approved, the man in line to be the next speaker, paul ryan, is not offering an opinion on the deal itself. the agreement would provide $80 billion in sequester relief, plus reforms to social security and medicare and money for the military. the vote could happen as early as tomorrow. thanks. a new poll from the associated press and gfk says some of you would be okay if the government shut down. 56% of people polled said reducing government spending was important enough to allow a shutdown to happen. in answer to a separate question, 50% said congress should only increase the debt ceiling if there are government cuts at the same time. however only 37% of people said lawmakers should stick to their principles even if it makes it more difficult to pass laws. 60% said they would prefer their

representatives compromise instead. also on capitol hill right now, a hearing about the fight against isis. you're looking at live pictures from the senate armed services committee hearing. secretary of defense ash carter and general joseph dunford are both testifying there today. rain continues to get closer to the metro area. it's a broad area of mostly light rain with embedded moderate showers in the carolinas. a wide area from the atlantic seaboard down to the mississippi valley. it's continuing to creep closer to us. the leading edge of that rain is coming just out of stafford county and a few sprinkle there's into southern fauquier county. certainly still a chill in the air. around 50 in the metro area. mid 50s near the bay. quite a chilly and damp feel to the air. have the umbrella handy for this afternoon. overnight tonight, 5:00 tomorrow

morning, we will see that rain picking up in intensity. these pockets of yellow and orange. by 10:00 in the morning they pick up a bit. moderate to heavy downpours, maybe some thunder and lightning. getting into the afternoon hours, there's a possibility of a few thunderstorms. by 7:00 p.m., most of the rain will be ending. today prince william county school officials are asking parents to look for signs your child may need help. four prince william teens died over the weekend in three separate incidents. this morning we are learning two of the teens died of stab wounds. the medical examiner says 17-year-old indya davis took her own life. the manner of death for lyle ferringer is still pending. they were reported missing by their families. developing right now thousands of people are recovering, we're learning new numbers on how many died in an earthquake in pakistan and afghanistan. the 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit yesterday. as of this hour, we learned 339

people have died. also new today, rescuers say relief may be days away from people living in the most remote areas of the country. condolences are coming in for an american who died in a terrorist attack in jerusalem. richard lanken a form teacher living with his family on israel was shot and stabbed on a bus in october 13th. doctors were treating him since then and this morning we learned he died. the u. lanken was 76 years old. investigators are trying to find out why a man crashed his car into a ravine in laurel. the car was found overturned in the water yesterday afternoon. inside police found the body of 26-year-old marcus lee freeman. his family reported him missing back on october 15th.

>> hands behind your back. >> a sheriffs deputy in south carolina is not on the job this morning after a confrontation with a student. this morning we have learned the fbi has been asked to get involved with this case. the deputy, ben fields s on administrative leave until an investigation by the school district is done. you can see in that video that the deputy pushes the chair over after the student was asked to stand up. the student did not. he then appears to throw her on to the floor. this happened yesterday at spring valley high school. a male student at spring valley told nbc news that the girl ignored requestses by the teacher to go to the discipline office. police in southern pennsylvania caught a husband and wife accused of robbing banks up and down the east coast. one of the banks robbed was in aberdeen, maryland. they were caught after a robbery

in wilmington, delaware yesterday. they are connected with robberies from massachusetts to florida. they were robbing banks to feed a heroin habit. there's going to be a new setting for the marine corps marathon expo next year. according to the washington business journal it will be held at the national harbor area instead of in d.c. marathon organizers were frustrated after events d.c. scheduled the expo in the armory instead of the washington convention center. they say the armory does not provide enough space. one major retailer could be looking at a controversial way to fly above the competi

prices at the pump have fallen for 17 consecutive days. eight states are below 1.99 or

less. with yourusiness report, i'm landon dowdy. walmart is getting into the drone business. they have been doing indoor tests for several months. the company is ask the faa for permission to use the drones for home delivery and business deliveries as well. tonight the mets and the kansas city royals face off at 8:00. this is the ninth time they're playing each other. both teams last won the world series in the 1980s. both have made it to the world series just once since then. also today basketball is back. the nba season is beginning today. the wizards won't play until tomorrow. that's on the road. you can see them this weekend at verizon center when they play the new york knicks. changing the rules what you should leave at home the next time you fly and a dramatic

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a broad area of rain from iowa south to virginia, then southwest to mississippi. mostly light rain. there are a few embedded areas getting more moderate downpours. one of those is well to our south. the light sprinkles making the pavement wet near 95 and dale city and woodbridge. just scattered light sprinkles. jumping into the 50s this afternoon. milder, upper 60s tomorrow. downpours off and on in the morning and the afternoon. maybe some flashes of lightning.

then thursday, sun returns. >> now there's one less thing you can pack on a flight, e-cigarettes. battery smoking devices have been banned from checked baggage. some e-cigarettes have exploded in checked luggage. e-cigarette also still be allowed in carry-ones. t a dramatic rescue in california. firefighters in fresno rescued a 40-pound boa constrictor from the tree. the owner said he put mona out in the yard to get some sun. mona grabbed one of the low branches of the tree and kept on climbing. one brave firefighter climbed the tree and kept climbing

branchs s ts to free here. >> she kind of was trying to hold on to something. >> the owner says he will keep mona on a much tighter leash. >> they have leashes for snakes in. >> i don't know. maybe keep her in the house. she could have gone down the street. >> they're beautiful creatures, but you always hear about the firefighter rescuing the kitty. if you get a call for a boa, wow. >> i wonder how many were willing to try to go up and get her down. >> some brave souls. right now, ready for battle. why the tone of tomorrow night's presidential debate could be very different from the others. >> and a race like no other. why you might see a lot of men in high

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amazing new pictures of a flood rescue in louisiana. these 21 children were saved from their school bus yesterday. it was a deluge there. storms following hurricane patricia knocked out power to thousands. the bus will to be pulled to dry land. flooding has moved now to other parts of the south. they're now experiencing widespread flooding today. janet sh >> finally some blue sky in the south. until this point this has been

the storm has wouldn't quit. no let up this morning to the heavy rain, pounding wind and floods brutalizing the gulf coast. red flag warnings. the wind and rain unrelenting. >> the rain is punishing, but more than that it's the wind. e hour. >> across the south, dramatic scenes as the storm moved through. part of the causeway to dauphin island, alabama had to be closed off. >> i looked out from the balcony and saw it crossing over. >> reporter: in baton rouge, 20 school children had to be pulled to safety after their bus got stuck on a flooded road. >> real bad. bad. every time you get yourself situated, another disaster comes through. >> reporter: through it all,

even a little humor. >> coming into mobile, you should be okay, except for the gusts of wind and the blinding rain. other than that everything is great. >> reporter: while the coast may be clearing, now the storm pushes into the midwest and northeast. nbc news, pensacola beach, florida. and storm team 4 meteorologist tom kierein is looking at how those storms are going to impact us. tom? >> right now look at the radar, where janet was located, the florida panhandle, most of that rain has ended. a few showers coming in off the gulf. for us, leading edge of the rain getting closer to us. advancing up 95, getting a few sprinkles now in stafford county, these areas in green, stretching west into fauquier county and culpeper county. just a few sprinkles there. it will take a while before it gets into the metro area. we have several hours before it's moving through. likely the rain not arriving here until later this afternoon. heaviest downpours tomorrow

morning into tomorrow afternoon. total amounts by the time it ends tomorrow evening, the area in lavender and red, one to two inches. the red, two inches or more, along the blue ridge, perhaps aloun along south mountain and braddock mountain. likely no flooding locally, but some creeks and streams could be out of their banks around the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge by tomorrow evening. the defense is expected to finish its case in the trial of suspected serial killer charles severance today. he's accused of killing three people in alexandria over a ten-year period. his lawyers showed his writings today to argue he wrote about more than just killing. an investigator is on the stand right now. >> i'm delighted that in the last couple of months, hillary clinton has come on board positions that i held for many, many years on trade, on the keystone pipeline, if you're serious about climate change, you never support the

transportation of some of the dirtiest fuel on earth. i'm glad that hillary clinton is moving in my direction. >> bernie sanders believes he can beat hillary clinton. on "the today show" sanders also voiced support for tuition-free colleges, along with paid family and medical leave. republican presidential candidates are in a tight battle heading into tomorrow's debate. a new poll puts carson in the lead nationally. tracie potts shows us how each candidate is trying to get the advantage. >> reporter: dr. ben carson on top in iowa, with 32% support. double digitses over donald trump. carson's team says his message is resonating with iowa voters. >> they are very well aware of the fact -- >> reporter: carson's team says he won't attack at tomorrow night's debate but won't back down either. >> he is fully prepared to

defend the things he believes in. >> reporter: trump who said he was shocked by the iowa numbers downplays their significance. >> there was one poll, a second poll. >> reporter: ted cruz is also seeing a surge ahead of tomorrow's debate. he's at 10% and just picked up two key endorsements. >> we are seeing conservatives uniting. >> reporter: jeb bush is trying to figure out what went wrong. he is slashing expenses, meeting with donors and refocusing his campaign. but bush is still the preferred candidate among latino voters. that poll shows nearly 3 in 4 latino voters have a negative view of donald trump. in washington, i'm tracie potts, back to you. grab your shoes, tonight is the annual high heel race in the district. every year on the tuesday before halloween thousands come out to see runners show off their elaborate outfits and run down the street in stilettos.

this is video from last year's race. this is one of d.c.'s most unique and popular halloween events. the race begins at 9:00 p.m. on 17th street near dupont circle. it happens rain or shine. most of the roads around dupont circle will be closed until 11:00. in 60 seconds, a special halloween treat from starbucks, and wait until you hear who went running back into a burning home to save someone inside. here in vineland, home of progresso,

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treasures found. look at that. beautiful jewelry there. we're learning a find this big hasn't happened since the 1950s. so impressive. a woman in indiana is recovering after being shot in the foot by her dog. yes, you heard me right. her dog. the dog's name is trigger. can't make this stuff up. the woman said she laid out her shotgun on the floor during a waterfowl hunt and then trigger stepped on it and, well, boom. the safety was off. she was shot at point blank range but is expected to be okay. and ricky gervais is back. he will host the 73rd golden globe awards next year. according to rolling stone gervais has tweeted i want donald trump to stop saying things until the day before the golden globes. you can imagine the material the show will hair here on nbc january 10th. we have to tell you about an act of kindness that's gone

viral. >> the man who offered a helping hand sounds off about his new-found fame. we're back in 60 seconds.

an alabama state trooper caught on camera bringing a homeless man and his son some food. the picture went viral. a woman said she snapped the picture of the trooper bringing a meal to the dad on the side of the road. the trooper said he was trying to brighten someone's day. >> i said let me get them something to eat. they said thank you and were appreciative. >> williams has been a trooper for nine years and says he is humbled by the attention. >> wonderful thing to do. >> i know. kindness. tom, tell us about the weather. will we see a lot of rain this afternoon? >> no, just some light rain here this afternoon.

you can track it with the storm team 4 radar and the nbc washington app. leading edge of that rain, coming into southern prince william county, out of stafford, southern fauquier, culpeper, shenandoah valley. it will be some light rain, but enough to make the afternoon commute wet with some very light rain. now, we have the cloud cover, gorgeous autumn color, this is near the blue ridge, show your photos on twitter, facebook and instagram. later today, upper 50s. the rain gets heavier tonight. moderate at times on wednesday. lightning and thunder during the afternoon tomorrow. highs reaching the upper 60s. the total amounts of rain may be less than an inch in the metro area, two inches to the west. sun back on thursday. low 70s. cool weather and dry as we get into the halloween weekend. >> all right. the kids will like that. that's it for news 4 midday. thank you very much for joining us. we're back this afternoon starting at 4:00. >> you can get news and weather

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