announcement comes on the same day president trump tweeted there's no chaos in the white house. chris lawrence is at the white house gathering more information about this. chris what happened and what's going to happen next for this white house? >> yeah right now we're watching the unfolding drama, anthony out after just ten days on the white house staff. i want to take you now to the white house briefing room and we can take a live look in the briefing was suppose to get started about 15 minutes ago. it has not started yet. okay, i'm told we don't have the live picture. but basically what they're going to talk about hopefully is how and why the communications director was forced out of his job. look. when he took the job, anthony said he would report directly to president trump, not the chief of staff at the time reince priebus, then he did an interview, basically, using vulgar terms to describe priebus and strategist steve bannon accusing priebus o

damaging information. priebus obviously was ousted and the president named the homeland security director as his new chief of staff, john kelly was sworn in today. can tell you general kelly served more than 40 years in the marine corps and he swift removal is sort of a sign that kelly intends to assert his authority over the process of the white house and perhaps clean up the in-house fighting. back here at the live desk, you know, i had a chance to meet john kelly when i was covering it general kelly seen as sort of a no nonsense straight shooter by his peers. -- one thing know about him he lost his son who was killed in action and that has definitely informed a lot of general kelly and john kelly's feelings about the effort here in the united states. at the live desks, leon pat back to you. >> as you know, the

known as the marine. we've got more breaking news, new disturbing charges against formal charge county school. >> this stems from an on going child sex abuse investigation. carlos bell is facing 119 counts for allegedly assaulting at least 24 boys on school grounds. the charges also accuse him of deliberately trying to transmit hiv to the victims, as well as distributing marijuana to a minor. tracee wilkins broke this story on twitter this morning. she's joining us live at the courthouse in laplada where authorities are rapping about this troubling case. >> what you said is very important there, that they have 24 students who they now believe where the victims of carlos bell, but there are still 11 of those students who have not been identified yet. this case is long from over. this investigation is continuing into carlos bell,

teacher's aide who worked at the middle school. he's looking at 119 charges and 11 different categories and our understanding is that carlos bell is charged with giving some of his alleged victims marijuana and then giving them, in some cases, alcohol. that's what those contributing to the delinquency of a minor charges are about and then video, the students, as he engaged in sex with them and the details of exactly what he's alleged to have done are very graphic. the charging documents disturbing. here now from the charles county state's attorney on this case. >> i can't predict when this investigation is going to be over. it's just impossible to predict it, whether it's a month, two months, six months a year, we just don't know at

>> asked in open court for the possibility of having this man have life. carlos bell served life from what he is accused of doing here. this is an ongoing investigation, again, far from over, but so far, 119 charges, 24 victims, 11 of them have not been identified yet. reporting live, tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. >> we'll stay on top of the story and send you breaking news alerts. you can sign up on the nbc washington app. >> give us support breaking news, i've had a few blocks away from the white house. this is news getting here and one entrance to the metro center, metro station blocked because of a bomb threat. you can see the scene here, heavy police presence downtown. this is near 13th. we'll keep our eye on this situation and bring you any new information we get here and on the nbc washington app.

growing for missing family from loudoun. it's been three days since a young mom, five-year-old son and her nine-year-old cousin went messing. they were last seen leaving a relative's home in ash burn. julie is joining us live from ashburn, what do they have to say? what are you hearing? >> reporter: we'll here from them in just a moment. first i want to tell you, we have seen the police chopper up overhead searching overhead. members are joining in the search. this is the townhouse complex where those missing family members were last seen friday night driving out of here in a 2002 blue ford taurus. now, you probably seen her pictures already on your social media feeds, let's take a look again. we want to give you a good look at the three people who are missing. 27-year-old courtney.

her nine-year-old cousin, jalen rustle are also with her. this was the scene this afternoon when the nine-year-old father and step mom arrived from new jersey. now, their son was here spending the summer in virginia at an uncle's house. it was friday night when courtney left the uncle's home with the nine-year-old and came to pick up her son at her mom's house. the trio left around 11:30 p.m., reportedly headed back to the uncle's home in leesburg but they never arrived. on sunday the family reported them missing. >> my hope is that she'll come home soon and that whatever is taking place right now, that she will come home. her and the kids will come home. and my worry is that they won't come home. and my

believe that they will come home. >>. >> reporter: it's out of character for her daughter to be out of touch this long. especially because she has three other children depending on her, including three-year-old twins and infant daughter. there's nothing suspicious about this case, no indication of foul play. now when i join you on news 4 at 5:00, you'll hear from the worried parents of nine-year-old jalen about their plans now that they've arrived in louden county. >> thanks, julie. police are hoping a sketch they just released will help them find the man who allegedly raped a woman. here is the sketch. this is a sketch of a picture, rather, of the scene. it happened around 2:30 wednesday morning. the 26-year-old woman who told police she met the suspect at quincy's bar and grill. and she says he raped her

>> they left the bar together. he then assaulted her and dragged her to a grassy area where he sexually assaulted her. >> here is the sketch, this is 20 to 30-year-old male, about five feet, three inches tall. he's described as wearing glasses and had facial hair at the time. we've also posted this image on our facebook page, you should share it if you can. while we're still drying out from all of our rain. we take you lye ive to tampa, florida now. thanks to tropical storm emily. governor rick scott declared a state of emergency after emily came ashore earlier today, 31 counties southern and central florida are under a flood watch right now. storm team 4 is tracking emily's path back here in our storm center. so, doug, what's going to come of it? >> eventually it will make its way right up the east coast, fortunately for us, it will

we've been telling you for months we need some rain fall. we've got a lot of it in july. nothing in our immediate area. as we move on down to the south, you can see where emily made its way on land just around the tampa bay area, you can see what i'm talking about here as the storm is bringing a lot of rain towards florida. it's the worst of it around tampa bay, around orlando is out of there. down towards southern florida still dealing with more on the rain of rain fall as we move this storm out to see. now, it will make its way up the coast, we'll have much more coming up on that. looking at those temperatures of 91 degrees in the city. 86 in richmond, next couple of days, well, a little bit of a heat wave moving in. humidity not too high, that's some good news we'll see a few storm chances this week, too. and the latest on that track, as well. coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right. doug, you've got it. >> more gunshots in dc, the violence began over the weekend and it's spreading now into the work week. i want to show you a m

shootings. this incident happened just saturday. we just added 37 place in southeast. news 4 derrick ward is live there tonight. derrick, what happened there? >> reporter: well, i'll tell you what, we're at the scene of one of the more serious shooters over the weekend, double shooting here on kansas avenue left one person and another in grave condition. this violence isn't just stopping at the weekend. this includes that shooting, it happened just a few hours ago. the shooting today means there have been 11 shootings in dc since friday leaving two people dead. this shooting happened in blocks of sunday's shooting. at this point no arrests have been made in any of these shootings. he's an advisory neighborhood commission, this district covers the area of the last two shootings. >> it's one agency. we can't rely on our police department or police officers to do it all at once. there are other agencies that we

put pressure on to ensure that people aren't just getting hand outs, they're hands up. >> they're asking for the public's help. there are rewards that lead to an arrest in these cases and often it's that information from the public to help bring them to a close. you'll consider the challenges of combatting this problem. they happened in one of the heaviest police districts in the city. they've got more police officers than any of the other districts, yet these shootings happened and people we've talked to said the police need to get off into the neighborhoods where often these incidents happen. with this case, no arrests have been made, no suspect information at this point. we don't even know the names of the victims. we are live in northwest, derrick ward, news 4, back to you. a major resurfacing project coming to the beltway. this one caused major delays, too. we'll tell you where and just how long this is going to impact your commute. hbo suffers a

attack and may have had some of its prize programming stolen, including the script from next week's episode of "game of thrones." >> that's going to make a lot of folks mad. >> oh, yeah. and the video that's got a lot of people smiling today. a little boy on the airplane attemptingo win the t

on the beltway, it could slow you down, the construction effects the outer loop for just before connecticut avenue to the 270 split. the transportation reporter has this near the beltway with what to expect. what can commuters expect, adam? >> reporter: well, it's never any fun out here on the beltway, pat. certainly, we'll be dealing with this for the next year, so that's something you have to pay attention to. out here on the beltway, in certain sections it's just rough. take a look at some of the video we shot today. you can see some of the potholes they are accumulating on the outer loop. we're talking about 270 split. certain parts of the outer loop in that stretch are in rough shape. now, a similar project just finished on the inner loop, now it switches to the outer loop, the state highway administration telling us today that, yeah, this is going to impact plenty of people. >> you're talking about

anywhere between 220 and 250,000 people a day using that roadway, a lot of heavy vehicles in there and a lot of construction vehicles making their way through the state using that roadway. >> and the good news is that all of this work right now is happening off peek, any lane closure, whether it's shoulder work, anything else, during the day or night could cause big back up this is something to be aware for the next year in this area, guys. we've got much more coming up on news 4 at 5:00 and 6:00. >> thanks adam. thank you for making our year. >> someone has got to give the news. >> what a mess. all right. man, see you. all right, folks, be aware. spoiler alert and the wall and white walkers are online as hbo becomes a cyber attack. >> hackers say they swiped the script for next

one episode of the series "ballers." hbo confirmed some of its programming was stolen and says it's working with law enforcement to outside cyber security firms to help them investigate the attack. vacationers on hatteras and other islands on the outer banks, anxiously awaiting word when power is going to be restored there. the islands have been without power for five days after construction cut transmission lines. here is more with the latest. >> for outer banks residents and tourists, power cut two of the barrier islands may take up to two weeks to restore. that's because all three powerlines to the islands are damaged, one completely severed. >> we have approximately 16 good weeks to make our living for the entire year.

three or four days of work will be a morning payment. >> they're ordering to evacuate, residents are being allowed on to the islands. the outer banks are no stranger to hurricane evacuations but this one was man made. last week a construction crew working on a bridge drove a steel casing into under ground power cables. >> it is critically important that we get the power back on, not only to keep the public safe, but to make sure these tourists and visitors can get back on the island as quickly as possible. >> a 5,000 people visit hatteras every week during the summer months and while tourists have had their vacations disrupted, business owners are losing money daily. >> all the guests did a get refund for the nights they did not stay. >> awaiting game for locals and a race against time, in time to salvage what's left of the summer tourism season. dan,

it's one thing if your power is out on the vacation, but because of some human error, that's infuriating. >> we only get one vacation a year and it gets blown away. that's not good at all. >> how are you back from your vacation. >> my vacation was all clouds and rain. we did not have much sunshine at all. >> it was perfect for you. >> beautiful. it wasn't the best, but, hey, it was vacation. take a look outside and we'll show you what's happening, it's been kind of like that around here the last couple of days. we saw a lot of rain on friday. we had rain coming through yesterday, a little on the breezy side. today really quite nice. it is a little bit on the warm side. temperature right now 91 degrees, the winds are calm. sunshine and humidity is fairly low. that's a good thing, too. 91 in dc, that's that urban heat

hotter. 85 gaithersburg, coming in at 87. there's not much of a heat index to talk about today. once again pretty nice afternoon. no rain, really, we did see a shower popping up around frederick, not much going on there a couple of light showers and going to be the same pattern the next couple of days we might see one or two. but take a look, not just mid-atlantic, but most of the eastern part of the country after stormy friday and saturday, much nicer now and a little bit different, we just told you about tropical storm emily still churning south and east of the tampa area. made its way on shore and it became a tropical storm, extremely quickly, 6:00 a.m. it was named tropical depression, by 8:00 a.m. it was tropical storm and made its way on shore, 57 miles an hour winds reported around the tampa st. pete area. you can tell most of the rain actually gone, too. i think the worst of this storm just about over, could still see very heavy rain overig

emily, winds at 40 miles per hour, moving east at 10 miles an hour. it is expected to become a depression as it moves over land. watch what happens here, makes its way back up the coast and then by thursday and friday, moving up the coast, away from our area, give us a little bit of extra surf here on friday or saturday, make sure if you are heading to the beach, you look at those -- make sure you're swimming close to the lifeguards you'll definitely need to possible see that, you could be dealing with rip current threats there. as far as the rain is concerned, not expecting much, watch this, 8:00, beautiful conditions, watch what happens by the afternoon, couple of light showers that's going to be about it. here is the heat wave, 91 on wednesday. 92 on thursday. that heat wave, nothing like the heat wave we saw last week, chance of storms coming up this weekend, that's the system we'll be watching very closely. of course, you can watch that any time our nbc washington app. we have just released a new version of the nbc washington app.

much more precise for you. you'll get the events based on rain fall, lightning and weather alerts and you can go ahead and make that change now and make sure you have updated your app and sign up for alerts. i just did it myself. >> all righty. >> thank you, doug. part of the night in prince georges county, spraying for west nile virus, tested positive, we'll tell you plus we're working for you to let you know how to protect yourself. >> the restaurant food that really packs a calorie

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burger king all at once. but at buffalo wild wings you consume even more calories by eating just one cheese curd bacon burger and fries. >> we're seeing high calorie matchups from restaurants all over their menus. >> they have released the annual extreme eating awards. winners include the car no voer from dai and busters. side of three pancakes from i hop. chilly's ultimate smoke house combo. >> all of the entrees we looked has about a day's calories or more. that's 2,000 calories. >> at well over 2,000 calories, the cheese cake factory's pasta is topped with italian saw sage, bacon, peperoni and meat balls. >> these meals are extreme. even the typical restaurant meals are a threat to american health, they increase the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart

restaurant association offered a statement saying the group has led the effort to implement a national standard for mean ewe labeling so the customers can make informed decisions on dieting choices. they say watch out for portion size. >> you don't have to eat the whole thing yourself. you can share it with other people or you can bring it home with you or enjoy it the next day. >> the cheese cake factory agrees. spokeswoman provided a statement saying, we love it when guests share, that's a great sign that our portions are generous and large percentage of our guests take home leftovers, erika edwards, nbc news. >> two people share two meals, they're both still eating, one complete one. >> a lot of calories there. whole lot. >> now we reached out to each of the restaurants that were mentioned in that report and we're still waiting to get some responses from them. however, we have this response from i hop, speaker or spokesperson for the

inform the public about this but says it's misleading to singling out the meal accommodations without mentioning the wide array of choices that do meet a variety of dietary needs. >> the experts suggest looking up menus online ahead of time. that's one way to make a healthier plan when you get to the restaurant. >> cheese curd burger was a good idea? >> apparently someone does. >> someone does. >> someone sitting on this set does. >> i won't mention it. >> all right. does it feel like every time you fly the seats are getting tighter and tighter and tighter? >> and no antibiotics, it's a label that may be on the meat

he's no longer there. he's out after only ten days on the job. this comes president trump swore in his new chief of staff. >> new details from the white house. genel

attending his first cabinet meeting in his new role. >> i predict that general kelly will go down in terms of the position chief of staff, one of the great -- >> the general making a mark and pushing out anthony who was at the white house for only ten days and whose profanity made front page headlines over shadowing the white house message. >> kelly has a long history of helping people make tough decisions and president trump needs that kind of counsel and the white house needs that discipline. >> and will that discipline extend to twitter. he's firing a series of tweets lashing out at republicans and china for not helping with north korea. his message today. >> we'll handle north korea. we'll be able to handle them. it will be handled.

>> another challenge to handle russia and growing diplomatic tensions as republican efforts on capitol hill are falling flat. new responsibilities for the new chief of staff. >> but i don't think there's going to be any change with president trump. >> one big question, will the president's new gate keeper convince him to change old habits. with him gone, that means president trump will now have to search for his third communications director in just over six months. blayne alexander, nbc news, washington. a big deal for big corporation based in our region. today discovery communications said it is buying script networks. it eowns channels like food network and hgtv. we don't know what this means for discovery, if you're wondering what this deal could mean for you, analysts say with so many different cable channels, now.

consumer its own bundle of networks at a lower cost. if you've been on an airplane, you probably notice the seats seem smaller. they are getting smaller. as a matter of fact, for a lot of passengers that we spoke to today at national airport, their seat is a serious issue. >> well, somebody my size, the width of the size isn't much of an issue more than the leg space. >> yeah, the seats are too small and i'm not looking forward to it. >> federal judge cramped will impact your safety. more on that. >> seats are getting smaller. . but it's the airline -- but is the airline industry in a tight squeeze, one of the incredible shrinking airline seat. >> i'm a six foot four guy and they seem to be made for about a five foot

>> faa argued the main concern is safety, not comfort, passengers must be able to get out of the plane with emergency, it maintains seat size has no effect on that. the court ruled the faa didn't provide enough evidence in order for the agency to review its decision not to regulate seat size. the advocacy flyer's rights brought the lawsuit citing data that over -- the distance between two seats has dwindled from a 35 inches to 31 inches and some planes as low as 28. while seat width narrowed from 18.5 inches to 17. critics say airlines are cramming people in for one reason. profit. >> i think it's ridiculous that prices keep rising and the seats keep getting smaller. >> the long term impact is unclear. the judges didn't order faa to create new rules just consider them. nbc news, atlanta. >> judges fly, too. >> yeah. >> they see what's going on.

would you be willing to pay for moving your seat on a plane. according to flash survey, more half of you wouldn't pay extra for more room. >> i'd pay. west nile detected in prince georges county. what's being done about that tonight and how to protect yourself. >> the parents of a young journalists still seeking justice in her murder, the call to action after

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you may recall west nile virus was detected in mosquitos that announced just last week. >> tonight crews are going to be spraying in several neighborhoods they'll be heading out tomorrow night to spray as well. they say it usually appears during this time in the summer. >> not all mosquitos carry it. but you certainly want to reduce your risk ofti

should wear long loose fitting clothing, slather on the mosquito repellant. remember to clean birdbaths and water bowls for pets often mosquitos love standing water. you don't want to have that around. >> check this out. new video, how little gesture from some tiny hands put a big smile on a lot of people's faces, even on the plane here. this two-year-old is going town the aisle fist bumping the passengers as he walks his way down there. his name is guy and his mom posted this video on instagram last week and in the caption she wrote that her son was on the campaign trail making flying the friendly skies even friendlier one fist bump at a time. needless to say this is going vir viral. >> is that cool? >> awfully cool and cute. >> nice going, guy. lots of labels to look at

days, right. but do you really read them all. there's a new one showing up on some meats like chicken and beef. you may be surprised to find them what it really means. >> and tropical storm hits florida's west coast, bringing a lot of rain and state of emergency, declaration storm team

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four things to know this afternoon, another white house shakeup. anthony scaramucci is out. president trump also swore in his new chief of staff today. a police chopper now part of the search for a missing louden county family, a young mother, five-year-old son and nine-year-old cousin were last seen on friday. worried family members are here from out of town to help with the search. former school aide with charles county is

counts for allegedly assaulting 24 boys on school grounds. prosecutors also carlos bell tried to spread hiv deliberately to the victims. hbo the latest target of cyber attack. hackers reportedly swiped the script of the next episode of "game of thrones" and an episode of "ballers." hbo confirmed that some of its programming was actually stolen. when you buy chicken and beef, you may notice the label reads "no antibiotics" more people are buying that option these days and they're paying for it. >> that's right. consumer reporter susan hogan breaks down what all that means for you. >> reporter: if you're like me, i am a label reader at the grocery store and i've always wondered, what does no antibiotics mean, is that a good thing or bad thing. according to consumer reports, the answer may surprise you. she said she makes every effort to make sure the meat for her restaurant is locally

>> does it cost more? yes. do i feel great at the end of every night knowing it's more healthful, yes. >> research shows there is connection between over use of antibiotics and drug resistant infections in people. arsenal of antibiotics may no longer work to kill the bacteria. we calculate that one in five people who got a antibiotic resisted infection got it from something they ate. >> to avoid antibiotic treated animals check the labels. no growth promoting antibiotics, that means used to quicker weight gain. look at the much smaller print. you'll see that antibiotics might still have been used to treat or prevent illness, another twist, kfc, taco bell and wendy's promise that now or soon they'll only served poultry that's raised without

important antibiotics does help, but it's not as good as eliminating all antibiotic use in healthy animals. >> the best bet is to look, no antibiotics ever or raised without antibiotics. now does the label organic actually mean that the meat was raised with antibiotics. you have to look for the usda seal to be sure. confederate flag and a violent outburst leave a fire house divided. >> jim and wendy standing by with the newsroom with a look at the story they're working on. >> this began with an argument over a confederate flag sticker on one firefighter's pickup truck. it escalated into alleged threats and now a legal battle. >> news 4 pat collins is working on this story for you tonight, still ahead, what we're learning about the threat, whether they ev

danger and what's happening next. >> also tonight at 5:00, how much do we love this fixture. it is a battle for the history for our nation's capitol. >> amc wants to remove the old sign, that iconic sign on connecticut avenue. coming up why neighbors are fighting so hard to keep it. >> plus the latest on developments out of the white house right now where there has been yet another staff shakeup. >> another day, another shakeup. we'll see you soon with those stories and more. >> you've got it. that sign -- >> the uptown. >> it's on maryland monroe on the building. >> exactly. >> exactly. >> yeah. >> all right. guys. >> thank you. we are looking at a good streak up weather -- after really wet weekend. >> doug and amelia are standing by with a look at how this week is shaping up. how does it look, guys? >> we ended the month of july on wet note and move in, i think we'll get pretty good. t

this week with the humidity levels, you start august, you think like hot and muggy, not too bad this week. >> we have a heat wave moving in. it's not going to be all that much of one, rock field looking pretty good. we've got clouds across the area. most of us seeing plenty of sunshine as we move on down towards downtown looking really nice here. great day to be on the water if you've got that chance. 91 degrees, with humidity lower, not all that big of a deal. 85 degrees by 8:00. by 11:00, we're at 78 degrees. nice night tonight, once again with lower humidity. on your monday right now, not dealing with right, we've seen a couple of showers, still one shower just south right along 270 but most of us remaining on the dry side. that was not the case for the month of july. july not just very wet month, but a very hot month as well. we're taking a look at that, amelia has got more. >> when you think about it, to be in the top ten for warmest and wettest months on record,

look at the numbers. we were the sixth warmest july on record. as far as rain fall goes, with a total of just over nine inches. a lot of that, well, will last on into your saturday morning where we saw close to 4 inches of rain fall across the area. of course, that did lead to a lot of flooding. not a lot of rain chances in the forecast for tomorrow, perfect day to get out and about with the kids. >> exactly right. . pool forecast tomorrow, noon 84 degrees. still humidity, not all that bad. a little bit of heat wave, sure. 91 on wednesday. 90 on friday. but not nearly as bad where we've been over the past couple of months or past month or so, it's heat indices up around 100, that will be the case here.

tomorrow, wednesday, thursday, again, better chance of rain coming up on saturday and early next week. that's another storm, kind of like, you know, last friday's storm, we'll have to watch this time frame here. guys. >> all right. looks good. we can handle that. >> all righty, doug. and amelia, new dirt bike and atv courses and prince william county. >> this court is going to be built at lee high portland pork, that's -- planners approved the park and supervisors now we're expected to follow suit. the family off road riders club has been pushing for this since their previous one was sold two years ago. this could be opened 10 to 8:00 p.m. in the summer and 10 to 6 in nine months. all right, now that will be hard for the kids to start thinking about going back to school again. >> summer flies by, doesn't it. we were working to make sure that our students are ready when classes start again. we want to thank all of you who stopped by at prince georges county over the

of you dropped off backpacks and supplies during our backpacks for kids drive. prince georges county bureau chief tracee wilkins and shomari stone were there to help. everything collected makes a world difference for local students. >> i know it's so important, a lot of kids don't have the things they need. and they feel ape shamed. so we have to do everything that we can to try to inspire kids. >> now, if you missed a chance to donate over the weekend, no worries. you can log on to the nbc washington app and search supporting our schools and make your donation here. any online donation will help to get children the supplies they need this upcoming school year. >> and what you should know is folks came out. they said they were watching us that morning at home and came out that had been with the cash, got completely filled and that bid with the book bags, completely over flowing. you folks really should. >>

>> love that. >> thank you, again. >> all right. now, with florida residents went to bed last night, they were prepared for wet monday. >> but they were prepared for a full blown tropical storm, well, i don't think so. we'll take a look at how much damage emily has caused today. you're watching news 4 first at 4:00.

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we're following breaking news, summer olympics will be heading back to los angeles in 2028. >> last month the international olympics committee made the unprecedented decision to award the 2024 and 2028 to remaining cities, today after several weeks of negotiations, los angeles reached a compromise with the ioc for the 2028 games. >> we're excited about that, for sure. we're also excited about the

2018 winter olympics, just 192 days until the opening ceremony in pyeong chang. >> emily is catching florida by surprise today. now there's a state of emergency for 32 counties in the central and southern parts of the state. >> the tropical storm formed over night is threatening thousands with heavy rains and flash flooding. nbc sarah tracking emily's path from tampa. >> what meteorologist predicted to be a wet monday turned out to be tropical storm emily. forming in the gulf of mexico over night headed straight towards the tampa bay area, bringing torrential rain, wind and flooding, pushing water and this unfortunate fish far inland from the shores. this truck nearly off an over pass and leaders scrambling. governor rick scott declaring a state of emergency in 31 counties. >> state of emergency will give us the flexibility to

local governments and ensure every community has what they need when they respond to the storm. >> meantime local officials are providing sandbags, the limit is ten sandbags per household. that's not enough for many people. they're now having to find other ways to protect their home. >> but for one tampa family, protection wasn't an option, a tree fell on this mobile home with a husband, pregnant wife and nine month old baby inside. at the height of the storm, 60 miles per hour winds closed the sunshine sky way winds. >> this was a week forming tropical storm, but it was enough to get our attention and remind us we're in the tropical weather. >> important especially during hurricane season to always be ready. sarah, nbc news. anoth

the white house as anthony scaramucci leaves the job he took just ten days ago. we've got a lot of reaction to the shakeup. there is growing concern over what happened to a young mother and two young children. tonight relatives are asking for your help. >> my worry is they won't come home. we've got new charges to tell you about in the on going students sex assault and child pornography investigation that rocked our community. good evening everybody. >> i'm wendy. those new charges stem from an investigation that began last december. now we know there are at least 24 victims and more than 100 charges filed against carlos bell and that includes filming child pornography and intentionally transmitting the hiv virus. >> bell is

benjamin stod ard middle school. he also coached several community track teams. new reaction to the very disturbing charges, tracee. >> reporter: the charles county school system has just released a statement saying that the principal here who was principal when charles bell worked here has been reassigned this after news that bell is facing, as you said, 119 counts 11 different categories and 11 different charges or categories for charges for allegedly assaulting students here on the grounds of benjamin stoddard middle school. we have also learned that the state's attorney's office is seeking life. >> police say is hiv positive is now facing 119 counts associated with allegedly sexually molesting and videotaping students. the investigation has expand