all right. we are tracking wet weather out there. don't be deceived by what you see behind us. it's clearing right now. folks dealing with roads washed out, cars stranded, a whole lot of water. we've got storm team 4 tracking a soggy saturday. this is just getting started, folks. >> look at that radar there. felt the first blast. now we've got the next one coming our way. it's a weather alert day and timing means everything as you plan out what you're doing to do this day. >> one of the things you do this day, take you outside for a live look. hope you can make a difference for backpacks 4 kids annual campaign the easy way. you can help some students this year set up for success. they need it. if anything, go out there and hang out with tracee wilkins. she's quite the one out there wants todd your money.

backpack. >> you get something in exchange. she'll explain. >> all right. good morning, david. >> good morning to you, too. thanks for joining us again on this saturday morning the 29th of july. last weekend in july. >> unbelievable. it doesn't feel like july but we've been talking about what kind of day we're dealing with where you're really doing to need to carry the rain boots. you're wearing them right now, lauryn ricketts. >> i'm wearing them. full disclosure i didn't take them off because didn't have time. i've still got them on because i know i'll walk outside after the shows. we have some rain. it's a gloomy day, my goodness, across d.c. 70 degrees, feeling more like october right now. we're going to get process as we continue through the day. we've got a few rain showers off to the west, a few popping up around d.c. how could this rain impact you for the rest of satu?

timing coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. we'll check in with you then. thanks, lauryn. you're going for notice wet roads. we've been talking about this as folks are heading out this morning. you've been checking on your phone seeing alerts come in. heavy rain with streets you're traveling down. >> news 4's derrick ward watching it all in montgomery county with a look at the road block you need to watch out for today. hey, derrick, what's the latest? >> hey. still here on beach drive near east west hypighway. there were issues earlier last night attachment a look. this car, obviously a delivery vehicle, the driver, occupants had to get out of there in a hurry. obviously authorities have been here. you see the caution tape wrapped around it. there's water in this car. that tells you how high the water was earlier. something we've learned, we talked to a park manager here who says a lot of streets and roads closed here

because of the high water but in the woods, in that wooded area around those roads, there's logs on the ground. they haven't been removed yet. when you get high water it floats out onto the roadway. get equipment to get that off there and clear the roadway, working against time a bit because we're expecting more rain. may have to wait for this storm to be over, get stuff out of the way and reply for next round. live at rock creek park. heavy rain forcing about a dozen people out of their homes this morning. all that water caused part of a basement wall to collapse. it happened in this apartment building on b street southeast. d.c. fire officials tweeted out these photos this morning. the building, as you can imagine, not safe to go back into. while no one got hurt, the red cross they are stepping in helping find those folks temporary dry shelter. >> many people told to slow down on the roads yesterday as that rain

flooded roadways in miocic county forced people to push cars to get out of the high water. first responders say never drive through standing water. in wheaton, some campers at the brookside nature center had to find out plans when a creek swelled over its banks. >> not much better indoors, mollette. especially verizon center. washington mystics postponing their game after rain started to leak in. a view tweeting these photos when water started to come from the roof. that's not good. the team said it was worried about player safety. they have not yet announced a makeup date. >> there's a group that will try to block a krrt project in prince georges county. the alliance are upset over power line on carver road. many residents in the area are descendants of freed black

they fear it will affect the price of the land. centreville road in herendon at 11:00 a.m. politics once again making headlines this morning as we turn now to what is a major shake-up at the white house. chief of staff reince priebus out. >> out. it follows a headline grabbing rant by anthony scaramucci. the change abruptly announced on twitter. >> reporter: reince priebus is officially out as president trump's chief of staff. nbc news confirming priebus submitted his resignation thursday. a source close to priebus said he's had enough. president trump announced on twitter naming homeland security secretary-general john kelly as a replacement. in a series of tweets, the president said of kelly, he's a great american, a great leader, the star of my administration. >> general kelly has been a star

everybody. a great, great american. >> of priebus the president tweeted, we accomplished a lot together and i am proud of him. afterward priebus continuing to support the president in an interview on cnn. >> i think it's smart for him to pick kelly and i think things will be run very well. >> reporter: priebus, former cheer of rnc, a long time president insider but clashed with the president's inner circle. the move comes after days of escalating tension in the west wing and speculation of a shake-up after newly hired communications director anthony scaramucci slammed pribsz in a profanity-laden tirade making front page headlines. the white house said the change had been in the works for two weeks and had nothing to do with scaramucci. general kelly set to begin his new post on monday. of course, this new appointment leaves a gaping hole in president trump's administration. he will have to appoint a new secretary to take over department of hond

of course that appointment will have to be confirmed by the u.s. senate which is set to go on recess in two weeks. in washington, blaine alexander, nbc news. doesn't it feel like political drama around here is unending. at least we've got a break from presidential campaigning, right? think again. nearly 1200 days before 2020, john delaney said he's going to be candidate. the democrat said yesterday he wants to be the next commander in chief to boost the economy and open up opportunities. delaney is considered moderate, also a former banker, and one of the richest members in the house. he slammed trump administration for destructive partisanship. delaney currently represents maryland, frederick and montgomery counties. he's not expected to run for re-election next year. not done with politics yet. prince george's state's attorney planning to run for county executive. she plans to formally announce her bid on monday in camp springs. she'll join a democratic field that includes state seto

anchor pat lawson muse. county executive baker can't run again because of term limits. he's running for governor. look at all that green. what exactly does this mean? >> it's not money. >> not money. no, in fact, that's rain, wet weather. we know that. the timing, how

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theme of the morning is water. after months of repairs one place is opening nice and dry. little falls library. in bethesda. back in december a water pipe broke, fried trillion systems, all had to be replaced. it's officially set to open back up at 10:00 this morning. in the next month, the county executive will cut a ribbon for the renovated library. it will be nice. something to keep close to you today, the umbrella. it looks clear now. lauryn is tracking another round of rain headed our way. she's going to tell us how soon these showers will clear up. >> hey, everybody, i'm tracee wilkins at the woodmore

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well, if you're planning to go to the game yesterday, of course it got rained out. maybe tonight you'll have better luck. temperatures are doing to be a little on the cool side for a july night. we're talking about 70s dropping into the 60s, a little breezy at times. we will be drying out. wait until you get a look at tomorrow. i know we've got a double-header at nats park tomorrow. wait until you see what we have in or

up in a few minutes. >> we'll check with you then. our beloved jim vance honored with another award, the president's award at the national press center here in d.c. last night for outstanding service to journalism and this community. vance died a few weeks ago after a short battle with cancer. our news director accepted the award on vance's behalf. also recognized at that ceremony, the parents of a d.c. journalist shot and killed. >> charnise militarion died several years ago. whoever pulled the trigger, never been caught. news 4's jackie bensen reports. >> reporter: recognized with a standing ovation at the national press club's journal award, the parents of charnice milton, a reporter for capital community did news shot and killed the night of may 27th, 2015, as

she waited for a bus on good hope southeast. she was returning home from covering a community meeting for capital news. the parents said the police told them the intended target of the shooting grabbed her and used her for a human shield. >> i never had a chance to make those big bylines. but working alongside wonderful colleagues throughout this town and waited on her break when she was tragically taken away from us. >> reporter: d.c. police released these images as atv riders described as persons of interest in the murders. but despite the wide dissemination of those images, no arrests have been made. miltons parents expressed gratitude at the national press club saying it keeps her memory alive. >> i was very excited that her piers recognized her strength and her commitment to the community and how important she was to washington, d.c., and to the world.

>> i know in my heart she really would have gone so much further. she had it in her. it hurts my heart to think she won't be there. >> reporter: a further tribute to milton is under way, a bookstore to be named for her that would be the first of its kind east of the anacostia river. at the national press club jackie bensen, news 4. at 9:17 on this saturday, working for you with our annual backpacks 4 kids campaign. it's now this morning a star-studded event out there. >> oh, yeah. we've got sho sho joining the game. you'll know what i'm talking about in a s.e.c. this. campaign helps local kids in need get a great start to the school year. that's what it's all about. news 4's bureau chief tracee wilkins is live at our event. i don't know how you can, you know, have your space, tracie with cho cho around you. >>

a few minutes ago. thank you for coming down today. >> it's important. we're working for you. backpack 4 kids, you have crayons and all these different things for kids to get back to school. i have two kids myself. it's expensive to get all the stuff needed for school supplies. not everyone can afford that we're out here. you're welcome to come down. i'm here, tracie is here. we would love to meet you, take selfies, pictures, talk about life. hey, maybe we can go get coffee, you let me know. come on down here. we're also collecting donations. can you see right here. >> lots of money people have been bringing down for us. we've also got backpacks people are bringing down. some of them stuffed full of all this stuff for kids to start the school year. in order to make this happen, we really depend on you. we depend on your donations to come down and help us to get the kids the stuff they need, backpack, papers, school supplies you need for a

when we gave out backpacks in prince george's county. this was a tremendously important day. the kids, you can tell they love all the stuff they got. they were so thankful for your donations and what you did to help make that a special school year. we try to do this every school year. we want to make sure that the kids get off to the right start with everything they need. here is what you need to know. we're down here at the woodmore town center until 3:00 p.m. today. we're taking your cash, checks, brand-new schools supplies, brand-new backpacks. please come down and join us and say hi. we've got goodies, too. we're doing to hang out and give you hugs for your support. reporting live, back to you in the studio. >> i know we've been joking but get out there, folks, and take advantage of helping out a young person in need. thank you, tracie. >> tracie, good to have you with us. also with us lauryn ricketts. everybody has been focused on this wet weather moving enthusiastic. we're not in the clear

is but still getting wet. >> see a little bit, i'm interested to see where exactly she is. >> landover area. >> there's light rain showers just scooting right around her. i'll show you that in a second. we do have rain we'll continue to watch as we go through the middle part of this day. then it will really start to taper off as we go through this afternoon. for everybody who wants to know, this evening looking a lot better. so if you've got plans tonight looking a lot better. of course we're seeing rain showers right now. we will see rain showers scooting down hagerstown, frederick, coming through loudoun county and loudoun valley and into the winchester area. area of low pressure sitting off to the west. that rain with that low pressure is going to be dragged right through the d.c. area. so some heavy rain around hagerstown area. this is the little rain shower i'm talking about scooting right around where tracie's live shot was. that's moving pretty quick. a nice

down i-95. here is an upper level low trying to get its act together. that's doing to get pivot down enthusiastic virginia and eventually take some of this rain with it. so we will have those rain chances mainly because of that area of low pressure. a flash flood watch in the darker green. neon greens are flood warnings. flood warnings are for rivers and streams already out of their banks or at flood stage right now. anne arundel county around bristol, shut down, upper marlboro, a lot of flooding around that area, the district. you can see by martinsburg having some problems as well. '60s and '70s. boy, is it chilly right now. pool time, might not be the best day. p.m. cop certificates look good. if you're going out tonight, doesn't look too bad. rain showers scooting through as we go through the afternoon. some of it can be heavy. by tonight looking good and by tomorrow lng

temperatures in the mid-80s and low humidity. mid-70s 70s today. it is breezy, northwest winds 10 to 20 miles an hour. mid-80s for tomorrow and gorgeous and good news is we're going to stay gorgeous all the way through next week. starting tomorrow enthusiastic thursday. next chance of rain will be on friday.

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there's no catch. the only thing is you might have to stand in line. you're used to it when you go to mac. head to nbc washington app for details. >> your lips look great. >> thank you. thanks. >> 9:26, let's get you four things to know before you head out on saturday. all that water right there, that's one of them. talking about heavy rain, caused several roads to flood and several closed across the area. officials urging you, if you're out on the water, slow down. don't try to drive through. customers waiting for power to come back on in virginia, mostly fairfax county. go ahead and follow derrick ward on twitter. he's tweeting out updates this morning for you. >> it will be sometime before residents of this apartment building on v street and southeast can go home. fire officials say it's just not safe after a basement wall collapsed and nearly a dozen people were evacuated this morning. follow updates on the nbc washington app. >> a group will

utility building in herndon today. the alliance is upset over plans to put up voltage power lines along carver road in dpansville. it's a historic black neighborhood. many residents descendants of freed slaves who bought the properties. there's metro stations closed this week on the red line shuttle buses replace trains between medical center and bethesda. on the yellow line no service between reagan national airport and the district. >> and some scattered showers out there right now. temperatures only in the '770s r daytime highs but dry tonight. >> looking good tomorrow. >>

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