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banks. even hawaii. the latest storm track for this weekend. heart break for a family with young kids. tonight, how they were reunited with their pet. a holiday weekend now just three days away, and soon thousands of us will head to the beach. >> just like any summer weekend, one thing could keep you from lying in the sand, traffic on our bay bridge. this was july fourth weekend, traffic backed up for miles. the governor says tonight it's only going to get worse. that's why maryland will study a new crossing for the chesapeake bay bridge. jackie bensen is live tonight with reaction. jackie? >> reporter: jim, this big announcement took a lot of people by surprise.

the sound of summer at fisherman's crab deck, just over the bay bridge. come this weekend, labor day crowds will pack every table in this charming eastern shore eatery. to get here, they'll navigate bumper-to-bumper traffic on route 50 and equally clogged back roads. >> i go to the grocery store and it takes me about 45 minutes to get home. i live right here in chester, maryland and it's pretty harsh. >> reporter: the governor cited studies that claim 14-mile backups could become a regular occurrence within two decades. >> nobody else has ever done it, and people have been drying out for it and we're making the process to get started. >> reporter: the bay bridge changed life when it opened in 1952 and began carrying an endless stream of cars headed

the maryland and delaware beaches. some hope the new bridge might be placed a little further away. >> my question was, is that going to cut down on ocean city traffic? because coming through here, i live here, and ocean city traffic is backed up on the back roads. >> reporter: others are concerned about the cost. >> figuring out ho pay for it is a big thing going forward. it would certainly help a lot here. >> reporter: no word on where the new bridge would be built. jackie bensen, news4. back to you. >> jackie, thank you. so just how bad is traffic on the bay bridge? the transportation authority tells us almost 26 million drivers crossed it in fiscal year terrorist. that's 1500 vehicles per lane every hour. the east bound span of the bridge was built first. it opened in 1952 and took 2 1/2 years to build. the west bound span opened i

1973 after four years of construction. there is no timetable for a new bridge. the study governor hogan announced today, just the study, will take four years to complete. this could affect your holiday beach weekend plans. hurricane season in full swing and forecasters have their eyes on three storms. in hawaii, the big island has canceled all schools tomorrow and thursday, as it braces for hurricane madelyne. florida and north carolina could both get a brush of wild weather. gabe gutierrez reports tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the view from the international space station is stunning. massive hurricanes swirling across the globe. hurricane madelyne in the pacific threatening hawaii, followed by hurricane lester and hurricane gaston. now florida and the carolina coast are bracing. >> this storm is an uncertainty. >> reporter: in florida,

forecast to turn towards the gulf coast, bringing rain and isolated tornadoes over the next few days. >> everybody has to be careful. we don't want anybody to be injured or any loss of life. >> reporter: tropical depression 8 is grazing north carolina's outer banks where a tropical storm warning is in effect. the concern here, rip currents, water that moves away from shore and swimmers are pulled out to sea. >> rip currents are dangerous. they've taken three lives just this past summer. there's a high threat of them right now. >> reporter: payton waller got caught up in one but escaped. >> it was really rough. >> reporter: other tourists are taking the offshore storm in stride. >> i mean, one to three inches. back home this is what you call a thunderstorm. >> reporter: though neither of the storms closest to the u.s. are expected to strengthen into a major hurricane, it's become a busy season in the

strength or the category, because the water hazards might be the most dangerous. >> let's get the latest track on those atlantic storms from chief meteorologist doug. >> doug, the newest information comes out at 11:00. >> we just got the update. both systems are still tropical depressions. kind of surprised, because tropical depression number 9 that will affect our region or just off the coast, really starting to look like a tropical storm. i would not be surprised if this was a tropical storm by the time you wake up tomorrow. here's tropical depression number 8 just off the coast of the carolinas. this one is moving out to sea. no problem there. the one we're looking at is tropical depression number 9. here's miami and jacksonville. 35-mile-an-hour winds it's just meandering down here. wind speed, up to 70 miles per hour, just shy of a ic

over in jacksonville, could be a very wet scenario here. could see a pretty good storm. much more about this storm, where it goes next, because that's where it could impact our labor day weekend. all that coming up. >> thank you, doug. that tropical weather moved the redskins' last preseason game up to tomorrow night at 8:00 p.m. you can see that game right here on nbc 4. it does mean that the "america's got talent" show will be moved to thursday. tune in between 8:00 and 10:00 to see which semifinalists are moving on. donald trump just confirmed on twitter tonight he will travel to mexico city tomorrow to meet with mexico's president. the visit will come just hours before trump expected to clarify his immigration policy at a campaign stop in arizona. trump has long called for deporting illegal immigrants and

wall. but recently, trump has suggested he could be open to changing that approach. two big primaries tonight in florida and arizona. some big names on the ballot trying to keep their seats in congress. the polls just closed in arizona where john mccain is up for re-election. in florida, senator marco rubio won the republican vote. he decided to seek a second term at the last minute after a failed presidential bid. >> i was prepared to become a private citizen, and i was not just prepared to do so but excited about what that meant. but i couldn't be at peace that we were going to lose a senate seat but lose balance of power in the senate. >> congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz won her florida primary. it was just a few weeks ago she stepped down as dnc chair amid controversy of her support for hillary clinton over bernie sanders. ahead of the november

a top secret u.s. intelligence group is investigating election related cyber attacks by russian hackers after a suspected breach of voter records in two states. >> those kinds of things are something we take seriously and work very hard to understand so that we can equip the rest of our government with options for how to deal with it. >> today, democrats in congress also asked the fbi to look into whether russian hacked into the democratic national committee for an attempt to help donald trump's campaign. intelligence officials say they doubt if they're trying to help trump but may be trying to undermine confidence in the u.s. election system. the marine corps marathon will take a back seat to metro repairs. tonight, that's forcing organizers to rethink their plans for the october race. metro will open its 7:00 a.m. on race day, not earlier like it has in past years to accommodate

officials promised us a significant announcement about the race tomorrow. we'll send you out any breaking news alerts on our nbc washington app. some crooks with high-end taste have hit up self-stores, getting away with some expensive goods. police are calling it bum rush shoplifting. they've made off with tens of thousands in merchandise. two men ripped off the michael coors store, in and out in less than 15 seconds. >> they picked out purses, tried to leave the store without paying for them. a loss prevention officer tried to stop them and she was pepper sprayed. >> these are sketches of a man and woman involved.

georgetown. one woman is in custody in that case. montgomery police are working with d.c. to see if any of these robberies are connected. singer chris brown driven to a police station in southern california after claims he threatened a woman with a gun. what he was telling fans on instagram with police outside his door. a local family reunited after getting separated by their

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drop in costs. they dropped off boxes of petitions with more than 700,000 signatures. also today, 20 democratic senators sent a letter to the ceo saying the 500% price hike is jeopardizing access to the medication for millions who need it. in the last week, the company rolled out rebates and plans to offer a cheaper, generic version of the epipen. the first of three community meetings to talk about the search for a new d.c. schools chancell chancellor. kya henderson announced modest improvements to standard testing, and says much more needs to be done. tomorrow's forum will be in northeast d.c. at eastern high school. another announcement from governor larry hogan, t

he's expected to call for public schools in the state to start after labor day in an effort to help businesses. some school boards are concerned that a mandated statewide opening could affect preparation time for testing. summer sessions, and snow days. we ask what you think in our flash survey online and after nearly 1200 votes, only 27% of you say schools should start after labor day. singer chris brown is in custody tonight and facing charges after a woman claimed he threatened her with a gun. this all unfolded this afternoon following a standoff and search at brown's home in tarzana, california after police served a search warrant. brown's attorney has not commented, but the singer posted a video on instagram, proclaiming his innocence. he's made headlines for run-ins with the law, including a 2009 assault on his then girlfriend rihanna, and another assault case outside of d.c.'s w

started as a heartbreaking cross country move. the skelly family moved to arlington from seattle. along the way, they lost their 14-year-old cat in michigan. new tonight, shomari stone explains how the cat got to its new home. >> it's miracle. >> reporter: 8-year-old conrad and his brother thank god that their cat is back home. milky ran away when he was traveling across country last sunday. they were driving in a moving truck from seattle, washington to arlington. they took a break in new buffalo, michigan, when milky ran into the woods after a dog scared him. what's going through your mind, milky runs away? >> oh, my gosh, it is so heartbreaking. >> reporter: they searched for two hours and didn't find him.

number. four days later, milky showed up. what was your reaction when you received that phone call saying hey, we found milky? >> it was oh, my gosh, unbelievable. >> reporter: skelly drove 12 hours back to michigan to reclaim the family's furry friend. so for the next few days you'll see milky just relaxing here on the front porch, taking it all in. he had quite a journey in michigan, and the family is grateful for the employees at the rest stop. >> thanks for finding my cat. >> reporter: shomari stone, news4. >> milky looks worn out. >> glad they are reunited. so we've got some nice weather and then some iffy weather. >> iffy is the right word, because we're wondering what this storm system is going to do. it's meandering in the gulf,

we've got a repeat tomorrow, almost exactly. a high of 91 degrees today in d.c. 91 out towards dulles, 90 in fredericksburg. we have tied for the highest number of 90 degree days in the month of august and tomorrow we may beat that record. temperatures out there right now, quite nice. seeing these warm days and cooler nights, 79 degrees right now in the city. most everywhere else, in the 70s. so a nice night and great start to wednesday. no rain to talk about. i don't think we'll see any chance of rain until the day on thursday. satellite and radar showing what we're tracking. you can see that cold front towards illinois and indiana. that's going to bring showers on thursday. then we have tropical depression number 8 spinning, tropical depression number 9. let's start with 8, because it's close to us. not going

as a matter of fact, it is expected to become a tropical storm but move out to sea and not going to have any impact on our shoreline except for a rip current threat. tropical depression 9, very surprised this is not upgraded to a tropical storm. still winds of 35 miles per hour, but i would think this is going to be a tropical storm by tomorrow morning when you wake up. here at 7:00, it is expected to be a 50-mile-an-hour tropical storm. national hurricane center brings it to 70 miles per hour when it makes landfall, coming on shore to the south of tallahassee. i would not be surprised to see this shifting off to the west, meaning it could be closer to our coastline. some of the computer models bring it back to the northeast. so this is going to be an interesting scenario over the next couple of days. if you're going down towards the beaches this sunday, you

stay with this forecast, whether it's the outer banks or our beaches around ocean city. you definitely want to stay tuned to this forecast, because it is going to be changing a little bit. could have a detrimental impact on that forecast. if you're in the shade during the day, walking through buildings of downtown, looking pretty good. out in the sunshine, definitely on the warm side. 87 in gaithersburg. 91 in the d.c. metro area. then we start to cool. thursday, more cloud cover, a chance of showers, high of 85. friday, a high of 83. i like to call those fridays fantastic fridays. saturday and sunday, right now that's where we have the chance for some rain. again, we're going to check that and we'll continue to keep our eyes on it. labor day, 87 degrees, looking good. the rest of next week, back into the 90s. so yeah, we're going to be well into the 50s. >> we'll be

fantastic friday. thank you. coming up next, the nats continue their domination of philly. >> sports up next. but first here's jimmy fallon. >> rita warren is my guest tonight. plus, mel brooks.

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nats doing it in philadelphia. max scherzer on the mound. >> he's the man. >> he is the man. aop

impacting football. in baseball, no depression, you might say the blas. since august 10, the nationals tops in the majors in runs scored, but also tops in giving up runs. max scherzer on the mound tonight, the man. so is this guy, or at least in philadelphia. i think the nats filed a restraining order. last time he was messing with dusty baker. bryce harper continuing his hot streak. daniel murphy on second. that stays in the park but that's an rbi double. back-to-back doubles giving the nats the 1-0 lead. max scherzer, the man on the mound, but getting it done at the plate. men on the corners. scherzer lays down the bunt, ryan howard and that's like a

scherzer out at first, but got the job done. nats a 3-0 lead. scherzer nearly unhittable. took a no-hitter to the 6th. hernandez, you're down after you gave up a hit. in the 8th, catches tommy joseph looking for ought three. 11 strikeouts for max. 12 times he's had at least 10 strikeouts. the nationals win 3-2. getting it done. in baltimore, hosting the blue jays. bottom of the 5th, man on for manny machado. you know what they say? hakuna machado. matt weiner is up. i don't know what they say about him. but that's two-run shop. on to

38 for 38 in saves this season. makes it a perfect 39. the orioles get that much-needed win 5-3. the redskins, remember we told you they released a couple of veterans. perry riley, jr., spent six seasons with the burgundy and gold. worked his way back after missing the final five regular season games in 2015. he was let go. also let go, the defensive lineman steven -- let's go to the u.s. open. serena williams. this match, set point in the first. she takes the first set 6-3. in the second,

williams. great, great backhand. wins it in straight sets 6-3, 6-3. >> what's up with that outfit? can't figure it out. 'll be right back.we

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she was standing in her garage this morning playing games on her cell phone. when she looked up, locked eyes with the bear. she sent a photo to her son with the message, help me.

[ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests -- mel brooks, rita ora,