the heaviest rain falls over night tonight. we're getting rain fall reports of 2 inches per hour and higher in some locations. you can see some of that right now around the langley park area along 193 and 320. if you can just avoid travel tonight, another area that's seeing heavy rain and the sevens corner area. again, everybody is under a flash flood watch until 2:00 tomorrow afternoon. i'll have more on the timing and impact when we're going to start to see the rain calm down. you can see here is a live look outside of the station here in northwest washington. this is looking at nebraska avenue. the rain coming down sideways right now and more rain on the way, we've seen 1 to 4 inches across the area today and over night tonight and another 1 to 3 inches. more on what you can expect for the rest of your weekend coming up in a little bit. >> we'll check back with you shortly, amelia, thank you. we're seeing a lot of rising creeks and flooded roads. our team coverage continues now with rc

the parkway in silver spring. darcy, it looks awful there. >> hey, 4:00, it was totally dry. i brought out the big umbrella. it is pouring down rain, if you can't see it. take a look here behind me. i want to show you right here. this is a playground here at the park. you can see the swing and toys there. no kids are getting anyplace today. it is a total wash out. let's show you right here, you mentioned some of the flooding. this is the creek. as you can see right now it is moving. >> drivers making a big splash on the road in kensington, rain fell fast and hard touching flash flood warnings in the region. drivers had to slow down for standing water. we found men pushing a car that had gotten stuck in high water. >> tell us what happened? >> the car got floode

some roads in the region and beach drive are just a couple. this creek, a northwest branch looked more like a raging river flooded its banks and that created some dicey moments for campers at the danger center. >> they were under a tarp when the rain started pouring. >> it's pretty phenomenal. >> priscilla said the parking lot flooded, everyone stayed positive it was after all creek week at camp. >> you're taking this in stride. >> absolutely. >> was it scarey at all or was everyone pretty safe. >> everybody was safe where we were. you know, it is a little bit frightening to see that happen so quickly and say, all right, how are we going to get all of these kids picked up at 3:0030. i think we're okay -- 3:30. i think we're okay right

and that was my favorite element of the day, getting the beautiful -- you can see we're getting hammered here in silver spring. the rain continues to come down. we're getting that second ban right now. if you're out and about, you want to be careful. there are still some roads that are closed in the area. i took a lot of pictures and video today, if you want to check it out on my facebook page or twitter page. chris, we'll send it back to you. >> if it looks anything like what you're seeing behind you, that's something to see. thank you so much. we're watching the weather out ellicott city pretty closely. a flash flood devastated historic district a year ago. more than 170 cars destroyed. year later, almost all of the damage, businesses are back up and running. now they're focusing onut

$18 million in state and federal fund were devoted to new flood mitigation projects. get the storm team 4 weather alerts on your smartphone and download the nbc washington app. >> live desk, we've got live pictures to show you from joint base andrews, president trump making his arrival there. we've been monitoring his twitter account, new information coming in. the president just tweeting, i'd like to thank reince priebus for his service and dedication to his country. we accomplished a lot together. the president announcing there is, in fact, a new white house chief of staff. he is naming general secretary john f kelly to that position. just in the last 24/48 hours we have witnessed a lot of infighting at the white house, play out on twitter. and then, of course,

that very vul ggar interview wi the new yorker, detailing his thoughts on priebus, on bannon. and then, of course, now he's coming out -- new tweets coming out naming a new white house chief of staff, shedding new light on the situation there at the white house, again, the president just a couple of minutes ago tweeting his thanks to reince priebus for his service and dedication to his country. from the live desk, i'm erica back to you guys. this video looks so bad. a police officer's dash cam is rolling as he slams into a suspect in the middle of a field at prince georges county, but as bad as it looks, it was not enough to send the officer to jail. the bureau chief tracee wilkins explains the reason behind the punishment. >> suspect on the run possibly armed, one officer is running behind him. prce

officer juan hernandez follows in his squad car. dash cam video clearly shows the squad car pinning the suspect. >> if you watch the video in this case, you'll see ha he turned his car into the individual cause him to fly up over his hood and it was actually just a lucky thing that that individual was not injured. >> he was following, chasing a suspect who was set to be on. he was in danger and serious danger. >> koaccording to the defense attorney in this case, he had a spotless record. the police department, he's been with the department since 2006. >> an officer, prince georges county police department who has a teller record of service to the community and had been an asset to the police department and to his community, one incident should not define the great work that this man has done without his

colleagues, including the supervisor spoke on his behalf saying he was a good guy and hard worker. in the end the judge decided he didn't deserve any jail time, although prosecutors asked for it. >> we felt that he deserved some sort of jail time given the fact that a jury of his peers found him guilty of second degree assault. officer hernandez has two years probation, 100 hours of community service with children, that's what the judge specified. he is still suspend with the prince georges county police department. eternal affairs will have to review or decide if he should be fired from the job. i'm tracee wilkins, news 4. >> developing story we're following tonight, first democrat running for president in 2020 is from maryland. congressman john delaney is the first democrat to formally enter the race. he accuses trump of making the u.s. more dangerous. he's represented w

and fredericks county. he'll talk about his decision on facebook live broadcast from hometown in new jersey. >> before he surprised everyone and avoided a new -- appointed a new chief of staff. he tried to pivot from the health care failure to subject a lot can agree on. cracking down on gangs. leon harris is here to explain the president's new promise. >> president donald trump vowed to destroy street gangs. he made that pledge this afternoon in long island. they're behind a string of grew some murders there. a crowd of police officers and lost loved ones and he wants congress to increase funding for antigang programs. some of them cheered but the president suggested police officers are too gentle with gang suspects. >> you see these folks thrown into the back of the pad di

i said please don't be too nice. when you put somebody in the car and you're protecting their head, you know, the way you're putting their -- like, don't hit their head and they just killed somebody, don't hit their head. i said, you can take the hand away, okay. >> he went on to raise the rise of gang violence. the gang roots are in el salvador spread to the u.s. by refugees. and ms 13 was concentrated in los angeles back in the 1980s when it spread across the country. vice president pointed out violence is the calling. they have placed high profile crimes here in our area as well. now, in virginia, detectives say at least ten ms 13 gang members

played a role alex reye riva's murder. several teenage gang members among those charged in maryland, a man was stabbed there 153 times during ms 13 hit last summer. they lured him to the park with promises of sex, but instead the gang members jumped out and killed him. police say ms 13 targeted him because he flashed another gang hand sign. >> thank you. the senate is set to take up new legislation next week after the latest republican attempt to over haul health care failed in dramatic fashion. three republican senators and all of the senate democrats voting no on the so-called skinny bill to raise parts of obama care. this morning president trump tweeting that they let the american people down. senators john mccain, suzanne

and criticism for their no vote and the president himself getting some of the blame from his own party. >> right now we go forward recognizing the value of the affordable care act, which last night was once again protected and we take great pride in that. >> minority leader acknowledging that there are improvements that should be made to the affordable care act. >> it has become a nightmare for thousands of people on evacuations that have been ordered and howard banks after a contractor's error lead to a major black out. >> tonight a rejune i don't know between local -- ree union to local man and mother. and former teacher sick and stranded in alaska. all she wanted was to come home. >> she's back. thanks to the kindness of

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roadways out there, please turn around, do not drive across any flooded roadways, we will have some showers around for at least the first part of tomorrow. as we continue through the day tomorrow, we'll actually start to dry out a little bit. guys, i know you can't switch over to max one. that's -- let me see if i can get you to radar right now. we have some stuff going on right now. look at this wide picture, you can see the heaviest rain coming through the dc area. but that has pushed to the north and from 495 and i-95 meet at delphi, that's where we're seeing the heavy rain. flash flood warnings for the district, going after prince georges county, that is until the 6:00 hour, through the 6:00 hour, flood warnings in montgomery county. that -- you'll start to see it. we'll see a lot. we'll have more on this and there the five flood warnings. >> it's still in fairfax. >> these

warnings right now. do not drive across any flooded roadways. amelia and i have the rest of the forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> well a couple of finally comes home after getting stuck in alaska for nearly three months. it's term she suffered a health scare on two-week cruise with her husband, paul. nancy ended up in a hospital in anchorage hooked up to ventilator. thanks to hundreds of strangers in alaska today she is back in a rehab facility. they donated tens of thousands of dollars to get her home. chris gordon spoke with nancy today in an interview you'll see only on news 4. >> i knew somehow i would make it if it was in god's will for he to make it. >> i spoke with nancy and her husband paul in this nursing rehab facility. they're grateful to all of those people in

money to pay for the medical charter flight that brought her back to maryland this week. >> i feel blessed that they did it. they came through for me. for a while, i wasn't sure if it would come about. >> i realize it's a miracle that was orchestrated by god. i have to be thankful. i guess these are tears of joy. >> reporter: she's hoping that rehab here helps her walk so she can return to her home and her family. >> i don't know what i do know -- an raj wereanchorage wat support, they were there for me when i was stuck in alaska. >> despite all she has been through, her and her husband, paul, are hoping to travel more. she has her s

family wedding this summer in vermont. chris gordon, news 4. wow. >> so tough for the whole family to happen so far from home. we're glad she's back. >> it looks like they're trying to make the most of what time she has left. they're trying to live life to the fullest. >> indeed. >> tributes for our dear friend and leader jim vance continue to come in, one of the latest is a video produced by some dc public school students as news 4 mark sea graves shows us, now, vance once stopped the kennedy center to spotlight middle school students she had met last stage. >> he'll be a tenth grader at the duke ellington school for the arts. she knows what career path she wants to take. she wants to be a journalist, because two years ago when she was part of the elliott middle school news program, she and her fellow students got to interview jim vance backstage at the kennedy center. >> yeah, i was

>> he teaches the broadcast class. he says as they were packing up backstage, vance was on stage as the master of ceremonies for the annual standing ovation for dc teachers, that's when vance went off script. >> and the next thing i know, someone comes to me and says, vance wants you on stage. >> not only did he bring the students on stage and introduce each by name. he paid them one of the highest compliments he could, he treated them as equals, introducing them as fellow journalists. >> he really inspired me to become a journalists. >> robinson who has been spending her summer studying and writing about japanese culture. she said she'll take vance with her as she embarks down the same path vance started down decades ago. >> if it wasn't for him, i would have never been doing it. so i will continue to take his legacy with

and taped a tribute to vance, including that interview from two years ago. we have it posted on the nbc washington app. you can search "student tribute" in the district, mark seagraves, news 4. >> wonderful. vance did like to go off script all the time. >> we could attest to that. >> sure can. >> and as we continue to honor his legacy. we hope you'll join us for a special tribute tonight. it airs tonight at 7:30 here on nbc 4 as vance would have said, we invite you to join us. >> vance treated everyone he met as an equal. it's been more than ten years since a soldier was murdered at pentagon city mall, his family is hoping for justice. still ahead, what they're saying about this cold case and the search for his killer. >> storm team 4 by 4 out on the road as rain continues to fall. amelia is in the storm center with more on what you can expect where you live. >> social media editor brittany johnson.

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. boy, oh boy look behind us, nothing but clouds. >> it's ugly. >> we have lauren in the weather center, what's happening out there? >> a lot of road closures and they're at the bottom of your screen. >> you know, we'll continue to see this story in the over night. i believe not only have flooding now, as we go into the over night. we'll wake up to flooded areas tor tomorrow morning. >> that will be the best idea. more heavy rain moving in. check the pump if you haven't already again, there you see, avoid travel tonight. road closures, you can find nbc washington app as well as at the bottom of your screen. if you have to be off tonight, never drive through a flooded

not take a lot of water to sweep the car away. that's how you can stay ahead of this weather. taking a look at the road conditions. we're hearing of flooded roads. that's going to continue on into the later evening. on into tomorrow morning as the day wears on and by tomorrow evening we're talking about wet roads across the area. the weekend, half of the weekend, at least, still salvageable. here is what we can expect over night tonight into very early tomorrow morning. additional 1 to 3 inches of rain fall. the heaviest rain falling over night tonight, and some showers in the to forecast and with more on the rain tomorrow and to the rest of the weekend, we'll send it over to laura. >> hey, there, you're right. i think we can save a little bit of the weekend. sunday looks absolutely gorgeous. sunday looks fantastic, low humidity and plenty of sunshine. not like that tonight, man, as amelia said, great advice. if you need to go anywhere, stay inside tonight. you just want to go ahead and do that. it's chilly out there any

the way it's going to be over night through early saturday morning. then you can see, we start to lessen in terms of coverage. and then by tomorrow night we're seeing isolated showers, i do believe we'll start to clear out. temperatures will be in the 70s for tomorrow and then by sunday here we go mid-80s, it's going to be absolutely gorgeous and comfortable again with low humidity. if you're headed to the beach, we have heavy rain showers on your saturday. we forecast with delaware beaches, and a.m. showers possible on sunday and we'll start to clear out on sunday night. here in the dc area we'll be good on sunday, amelia. >> right now most of us in the dc metro area are under flood warnings that will go until 6 to 8:00, more of these will be issued overnight hours on television here, you can stay up to date on facebook and twitter. find myself. if you're in these areas, college park,

you're under a flood warning through at least the early evening hours. i want to show you the latest on storm team 4. widespread, light to moderate rain across the area right now letting up in parts of langley park and it was raining. very heavily there. just a few moments ago. here is your ten day forecast and another weather alert tomorrow morning. lauren has been updating the forecast. heavy rain very early on saturday. but then showers at times throughout the dachy. sunday, great, and then also awesome weather, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday of next week. again, tonight is the storm team 4 weather alert as we track widespread rain that will transition over to very heavy rain in spots over night tonight, doreen. >> all right, amelia, thank you. a frightening scene at local atm a man watching from feet away while a woman takes out money. the robbery and how you can protect yourself. it's a str

it's pretty popular among shoppers, too. 11 years ago, this was the sight, the deadly shooting, just ahead on news 4. we'll tell you about one sister's journey and her determination to find her brother's killer. the redskins' top draft pick is a tough defensive lineman. when we find out he's also bad to the bone. here from

i'm erica gonzalez at the live desk. in the biggest white house shakeup yet, nbc news has been able to confirm reince priebus privately resigned yesterday. he sent a few tweets a few minutes ago. we have video from the tarmac, the air force one landing at joint base andrews observation here from jacob from msnbc where you can actually see the president in the video typing something on his phone the moments before he steps down from air force one. we want to also let you listen in to a brief interview that the president gave to the white house pool reporters just a few minutes ago. >> reince was a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star,

done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> first it was his tweet. now you hear the president verbally naming dhs secretary general john kelly as the new white house chief of staff. all day we've been reporting on that on the record interview that anthony gave to the new yorker, in which to use some colorful language, very vulgar language as he talked about steve bannon and then just a couple of minutes ago began tweeting as well. he said leave civilians out of this, i can take the hits. i would ask that you put my family and thoughts and prayers and nothing more, a big white house shakeup. the biggest white house shakeup yet happening within all the last half hour. back over to you guys. >> all right. erica gonzalez, thank you. keep us posted. he was just 26 years old.

iraq, was readjusting to life back in the u.s. 11 years ago seemingly random shooting ended his life. tonight the family of paul zeller still doesn't know who killed him or why. but they're using his unsolved case to help other victim's families. >> you never think of your youngest, the youngest member of your family dying. you don't think of them dying in a murder. and then you don't think it would never be solved. >> that's been the reality for lid ya robinson over the past 11 years. june 30, 2006, her little brother paul recently out of the army starting life back on the east coast had just finished work late that summer night and took metro back and made the stop into the harris teeter. store cameras show him walking out. after leaving, her brother had with him the cigarettes and mountain dew he had

he was walking and continuing up just a few steps from where we are, up ahead at the world market, that's where shots rang out. >> the bullets shattering the glass store front and leaving paul's family broken. >> every time you come down here, it is a reminder. >> it is a reminder. i don't want past this area without thinking of what happened that night. but i'm also reminded of the incredible kindness and helpfulness of our friend and neighbors. >> following murder, community raised $5,000 for a reward to help find paul's killer. >> it's been 11 years and the reality is it's been a cold case. rather than it just sitting in a fund indicated to him, we wanted to honor the spirit of why people had donated money to help this crime and decided to donate to arlington family crime sol -- solvers. >> in arlington, news 4. >> a lot of

tonight, take a look at this video. it's from tuesday morning outside the wells fargo on fairfax boulevard. two customers say the same person tried to steal money from them at the drive through. in one case the suspect got in the woman's car. just a few minutes later, the same man stole money from a cash register at the nearby aldi supermarket. witnesses say he's a white man in his 30s with a gray goatee and short hair. if you recognize him you're -- remember, if you use a drive through atm, just try to stay aware of what's going on around you. >> and imagine how mad you would be if this was your week at the beach, mistake by a construction crew ruined summer vacation for 10,000 visitors to the outer banks. thursday contractors building a new bridge drove a steel post through under ground electrical cable leaving hatter as islands in the dark.

today. >> we slept in the parking lot last night in the camper waiting for -- so we could get on this 7:00 ferry this morning. >> how hot was it? >> it was pretty hot. >> the power company is rushing to try to fix the cable. some customers could have power by weekend. it could be weeks before the lights are back on in every home. >> jonathan allen was a stand out in high school. he stepped up his gape in college and ended up being the 17th overall pick in the nfl draft this spring. carol maloney tells us he's hoping to make a difference with the redskins. >> just a few years ago, he was a kid watching training camp from the sidelines, now he's redskins top draft pick and he's here to help turn around one of the worst defenses in the league. he doesn't shy away from the pressure to perform. >> no one puts more pressure on myself than me. the expectations they

me aren't as great as what i have on myself. most pressure comes from within and i use that to try to better myself every day. >> congratulations that you're getting married in the summer, and -- funny reaction from one of your teammates. >> searching for a hashtag, and will compton tweet out, so we've got a good laugh out of that. >> you said to me at camp, you were nervous about the rookie skit, but you'll play the trombone. >> i haven't played in over ten years. i miss band. >> how long has it been? >> i played it in middle school. it's been so long. >> you want to do some warm uptak uptakes. it's been a long time. you would have to give me some time to

>> i think someone just said, excuse you. >> it's been a long time. >> he took that instrument with him back in the locker room to keep practicing. he could be the first redskins to ever use the trombone in rookie skit. news 4 sports. >> you don't know what carol is going to bring to one of her interviews. news for your health tonight and some good news if you enjoy a daily cocktail. the links on doctors are finding between alcohol and the risk for diabetes. >> customers charge for insurance on auto loans they didn't ask for or need. how a bang is trying to make things right for thousands of people. >> we've got rain moving through the area. it is heavy at times you can see we've got flash flood warnings through a lot of the region, especially through the dc region and we've got a flash flood watch until 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. so we've got rounds of heavy rain coming our way. we're going to time it out for you and let you

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area. let's get right to the warnings out there right now. we're seeing flood warnings for all of the areas here in green and the burgundy color. this is going to include montgomery village, the top of the beltway. pretty much all of the beltway dealing with rain right now making for slow go out there, buoy, college park, bailees crossroads and hillcrest heights. under flood warnings these expire between about 7 and 8:00. you can download our nbc washington app for latest weather alerts in your neighborhood. as we take a look at the radar and what's happening right now. the heaviest rain out around the poolsville area. you can see thunder developing. really not about severe weather from here on out. it's all about heavy rain fall and additional flash flooding. you can see south of baltimore, the city there, bursting really bright colors. for the most part, we're kind of in lull relatively

across here. extremely heavy pockets of rain across the area including in falls church right now. it's kind of the trend just a lighter rain out there right now. but still making for a slow go if you have to be out. staying ahead of the weather, avoid travel tonight, especially as we head on into these later evening and overnight hours. we will see the rain intensity pick up. a lot of road closures across the area. we're running at the bottom of your screen that's going to tell you the roads that are closed in the latest watches warnings and impact from the rain across the area. turn around, don't drown. of course check it as we take a look at the road conditions. tonight, tomorrow morning, so flooded roads. tomorrow as you move on into the afternoon and evening hours, just wet roads at that point as the rain let's up. over night tonight, you can see an additional one to three inches with some showers in the forecast tomorrow, but we will have some dry time tomorrow as well. during the second half of the day. ti

2:00 for your saturday afternoon. i was doing a facebook live. one of my facebook friends saying no rain yet, prince williams county. it is moving in. everybody will see rain when it's all said and done. we'll see about 1 to 4 inches of rain. as we look to your sunday, high temperatures will be a little bit warmer, actually, we're talking about high temperatures tomorrow in the 70s. high temperature tomorrow on saturday, 74 degrees as we look to sunday, it's a world of difference out there. high temperature on sunday of 85 degrees, really nice day with lowering humidity, monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday we keep it dry but warm with increasing humidity. high temperatures around 90. chance of thunderstorms on friday, again, tomorrow still during the morning hours, storm team 4 weather alert. here is the latest check where we're seeing light to moderate widespread rain right now. it is going to pick up in intensity as we head on into the later evening of overnight hours, chris. >> thank you, amelia. when

train in barcelona. they had no idea how the ride would end. they pulled into the station and kept right on going. the front end smashed into concrete buffer and badly damaged the first two cars. it is ally reports more than 50 people were hurt in the crash. >> spanish government officials say some 54 people have been effected or have received some sort of magical attention after the commuter train crashed into a railway buffer inside the station, having failed to break when entering the station. the crash crumpling the front car of the train. some were treated on the platform, 51 people were taken into the hospital. spanish emergency services say that one person is in critical condition. 19 in less than critical condition and 34 with minor injuries. now the exact cause of the crash isn't known yet, whether it was driver error or mechanical failure. but investigation is underway. the incident

station in the city center of barcelona and was during the morning rush hour. many of the passengers have said to have been standing up because they were getting ready to disembark the train when it crashed entering the station. ally, nbc news, london. >> for the first time we're hearing from a young couple in ohio that was riding the fireball at the ohio state fair when it broke apart. they say they started fearing for their lives when they noticed they were getting closer and closer to the ground with each swing of the ride. >> i noticed the floor was coming up when we were swinging. we were going pretty high. i didn't feel like we were suppose to go that high. >> i can never go back to a fair again, the fact that that happened is really dangerous because somebody lost a life. >> well, yeah. you can certainly understand that. he got hit by debris and has a fracture in his neck. she was not hurt. some of the rides at

are just now starting to reopen. in news 4 your health tonight, maybe you're watching while you cook dinner. if that scene plays out often, you might be at a lower risk for diabetes. new study out of denmark shows that men who have 14 drinks a week are less likely to develop the disease. the same is true for women who have nine drinks a week. back to that glass of wine, this study shows that it does the best job of protecting against diabetes. hard liquor, not so much. if you still smoke, chances are you started when you were young, if maybe you've tried to quit, but keep failing. that's because the nicotine in your cigarettes is highly addictive. now the fda is looking for ways to force companies to cut back on the amount of nicotine and cigarettes. unless we change cartons, 5.6 million children alive today will die prematurely later in

a dive after the fda announcement. >> something about that sound, motorcycle really grabs a kid's attention. members of the group bikers against bullies used their machines to battle bullying across the country. here in our area they used weekend shows to teach kids about the terrible effects of bullying and help their parents with suicide awareness. >> you would think a biker would be one of the bullies we actually aren't. we're the ones who are trying to go into our community and teach these kids on how to treat one another and how to treat each other. >> what a help in their fund-raising effort. just search bikers against bullying in the nbc washington app. >> nbc 4 is supporting our schools with our annual backpacks for kids campaign. you can help by bringing new

backpacks and school supplies to our rain or shine collection event. it's tomorrow, saturday, july 29th at the woodmore town center. it will be set up directly across from the jcpenney store. >> tracee wilkins will be there, too. we'll also accept cash or check donations to purchase school supplies or you can make a donation on line. for details and to find out about other ways to give, go to nbc washington.com and search supporting our schools. >> summer was starting and here we are, that time of year again. >> yeah, that's right. >> well, still ahead. it was an emotional meeting and news 4 cameras were there. >> the reunion between prince georges county man and the mother who put him in foster

every so often we get ahold of a story that we can't wait to share with you, like this heartwarming reunion for decades in the making. a man from fort washington went into the foster care center as a baby. thanks to his determination and social media. he was reunited with his mom and only on 4. megan fitzgerald was there to see it. >> from the outside looking in. >> traveling, bowling, fishing. >> really anything that involves being together. >> it seems like

santiago and his wife have it all. this couple will be the first to tell you that no one's life is perfect. >> it's a loneliness that i can't describe, humongous hole. >> richard was in foster care before being adopted by what he describes as an abusive woman. for his entire life, he's been searching for connection to his past. >> me, like trying to find my family for 40 years. i would always look around, where is my mother. >> for years richard and his wife would search through documents and records online. >> you keep having challenges and it's made -- it was such a difficult task. yeah, every time he got ready to give up. i said why are you giving up. hang in there. you don't know what's going to happen. >> what happened three months ago is what richard calls fate. he tracked down who he thought was a relative on facebook. >> i checked it. and it says you have a facebook request acceptance.

number through messenger. >> after a lifetime of waiting he found her. there was a lot of hugs and tears to go around. a reminder that no one's life is perfect and challenges will arise, but with determination and perseverance. >> it's all good. >> richard and his family know that anything is possible. >> i love you. >> mommy loves you, too. >> reporting in prince georges county. megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> and now that he's found her, he sure as heck not going to let go. they're planning a family celebration in the coming days and get this, they're making arrangements for his mom to move in with them. >> new video of flooding of coming to our newsroom as we brace for more bad weather tonight. this is the cn

the water continues to rise. >> well, over across the river now to montgomery county. several inches of rain has fallen there. several roads already blocked off, but people still out there trying to navigate around it. nearby, a playground here looking more like a water park, and folks this is not over yet. >> our storm team four by four is showing you the areas you'll want to avoid. we have team coverage for you tonight with crews all across our region. let's start with amelia draper. >> she's tracking the conditions right now. she has a look at what's coming next, amelia. >> i want to show you the latest, this is the flood warning for parts of montgomery county. this is include the -- this is going to go until 8:15 this evening. we have a flood warning in parts of prince georges county on into the district. this includes the -- out into buoy. northeast and northwest washington. this flood warning goes

we head out to fairfax county where flood warning continues there, including bailey's crossroads, parts of alexandria along 95 until 6:15 in the evening. this warning will expire in about 15 minutes. everybody remains under a flash flood watch until tomorrow afternoon at 2:00 p.m. that's because, guys, this event is not over yet. we're looking at widespread steady, for the most part, light to moderate rain across the area right now. as we head into the later evening and overnight hours, the rain will start to pick up in intensity once again. take a look at the current radar right now, seeing heavy rain up around the baltimore area. the heaviest rain falling right now in western parts of montgomery county, out around the poolsville area, out around barnsville, as well. german town, will start to see some of that heavier rain as well. we'll see it intensify, with the most rain falling over night tonight. staying ahead of the weather, make sur