cars under water, debris down and a major mess. right now on "news 4 today" the damage from severe storms and what you can expect for the rest of the weekend. chaos in the streets, white nationalists clashed with protesters in charlottesville and this might only be the start. the danger today as the national guard is now ready to step in. escalating tensions, what president trump is now telling world leaders about north korea and the steps being taken to avoid an attack. but first, good saturday morning to you, hope you're having a good start. i'm a

we're together again after a month of crazy vacationes. >> what's your name again? >> i know. i thought we would have to reintroduce ourselves. >> we all have to reset, take some time and we're ready to go. >> do you know who else is ready to go. >> i don't think she's ever not ready to go. >> lauren ricketts. what's up with all the rain? >> we got a lot of rain yesterday, we had some flooding, we had severe weather last night and now we're dealing the aftermath. still flood warnings out there, manassas, central prince william county, manassas park, a lot of flooded roadways around that region right there. be careful as you drive around early this morning. we are still seeing some rain showers trying to move into the area, i do believe that we could have a few rain showers as we continue through the morning but the heaviest stuff is out of here, just some light stuff that will stream up from the charlottesville area and slip to the south of d.c., a few showers cannot be ruled out early this morning. right now we are dry but with a little fog.

is on the muggy side as well. we do have another chance for showers and thunderstorms this afternoon so we will time it out for you in a few minutes. that flood warning is a big concern this morning. you are going to want to steer clear of all standing water. you've got to check it out here, be careful you are not driving through there. check out what happened to one driver in manassas who was caught off guard. we show you this all the time. as the storm moved in quickly the rain flooded some roads, the driver became trapped in rising waters. this is at suddley road and lee highway. in prince william county the storm was so strong that this tree came crashing down on this rv that was driving down the road. this was on john marshall highway. the husband and wife were on their way to a vacation, all of a sudden the tree limbs snapped and slammed on top of the roof there and the couple, they were trapped

me, it wasn't nothing i could do about it. good lord says it's my day, it's my day. >> rescue crews from prince william county able to use the chain saw to cut the tree limbs off and eventually free the people from the rv and free the rv itself and have it towed away. sometime today the national weather service could send a teak out to fauquier county in virginia maryland to see if this was a tornado that caused all this damage. if you are not getting our push alerts when big news weather breaks make sure you download the nbc washington app it will give you the latest weather updates and forecast anytime you need it. some intense video here of a protest overnight in charlottesville and this could just be the beginning. these with white nationalists on the uva

take a look at this here. turned violent. hundreds marched with torches and fought with counter protesters. charlottesville mayor called it a quote cowardly parade of hatred, bigotry and intolerance. this was an unplanned event and police have to break it all up but it could be a preview of a rally today, it's called the unite the right. it's at a park that us today to be named for confederate general robert e lee, it's now called emancipation park. the white nationalists say that their history and culture is being wiped away, the national guard is on stand by in case of any violence there. many have spent time on jefferson davis highway in alexandria, it's named for the president of the confederacy but not for much longer. the city is taking suggestions for a new a name for route 1. you can weigh in through an online survey, with he put a link to it on the nbc washington app. there are two advisory meetings, one this coming thursday and one next month. 6:04. new overnight president trump now talking

leaders, talking about those rising tensions with north korea. most recently we know that he did talk with china's president as well as the governor of guam. publicly he said this last night. >> if he does anything with respect to guam or anyplace else that's an american territory or an american ally, he will truly regret it. >> you've heard the escalating war of words between mr. trump and the north korean regime. he told guam that u.s. forces are prepared to protect the people there. china now calling for calm and says it will remain neutral in response to any military action. watch nbc 4 tomorrow morning for a special edition of "meet the press," moderator chuck todd will talk with white house national security adviser h.r. mcmaster as well as admiral mike mullin the former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. that's at 10:30 tomorrow morning. turning to local politics, we are watching the race for governor in maryland. the

candidacy is facing questions about her eligibility to run. crash tee vig nar ra is a former top aide for michelle obama. she's registered to vote in maryland but voted in the district multiple times. tom sherwood asked you repeatedly about that. >> why did you vote in d.c.? the question was why did you vote in the district of columbia? you are not answering the question why did you register to vote in the district of columbia? >> in terms of the requirements to run in maryland, i have been a registered voter for far longer than the five years that is required. >> as you heard there she said that she meets the requirements in maryland, but didn't answer why she voted in the district. there are five other democrats in the race, former naacp leader ben jealous, rich mad lane know, ra shern baker and james shay and alec ross. >> race getting crowded really

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union filed paperwork asking the court to permanently halt the school policy in gloucester company. the aclu has been representing gavin grim. the school did not allow him and other transgender students to use that restroom that matched their gender identity. grim graduated in june but the aclu says it wants to continue that case. a judge says taylor swift's groping accusations against a denver deejay did not get him fired. yesterday that judge threw out david mueller's lawsuit against the pop singer. mueller claims swift intentionally got him to lose his job but the judge says he did not prove his case, however, identical allegations against swift's mom and her radio liaison will go to a jury on monday. swift has counter sued for $1 saying she wants a chance to stand up for other women. 6:11. hey, we got drenched with rain, there was also lightning out there. what's next for the rest of your

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well, you know, as you wake up this morning it's really not going to be that bad out there. temperatures a little on the muggy side and also we are going

showers around the region. we already have dense fog in some of the areas, please be careful as you're traveling around. we have that flood warning out there for manassas. we will be talking about that along with more scattered showers and thunderstorms you will be dodging on later on this afternoon. that timing coming up in four minutes. if you live in montgomery county don't be alarmed if you turn on the tap and the water runs brown. wssc says the water is safe to drink. the agency says it's modifying its treatment plans at the potomac water filtration plant. it's working to get rid of extra sediment in the water. that means you might notice a different color. it could last for several weeks. wssc says it is perfectly fine to drink that water. d.c. teenager should be planning her trip to college right now, instead she's in the hospital fighting for her life. someone shot her thursday afternoon. >> she drove her car into the path of a bullet intended for somebody else and this morning police they do have a man in

reports, they are not done yet. >> this is one of the most tragic things that i think i have seen. >> reporter: d.c. police chief peter newsham talks about the senseless tragedy. >> we have a 17-year-old who is in the hospital struggling for her life. >> reporter: she was just ten days away from starting her college clear, the daughter of a d.c. police sergeant is in critical condition. >> i have spoken to the family, as you can imagine they're devastated. >> reporter: police say she was an innocent bystander shot in the head while driving through the intersection of saratoga and montana in northeast thursday afternoon. friday night just two miles away in a separate shooting a woman tells me she heard several shots fired on the 1900 block of bennett place northeast. >> pau, pau, pau. >> reporter: law enforcement forces tell me a man was shot in the leg. richard hoe gart is a landlord in the neighborhood, he is tired of gun

designate someone's physical ability. >> reporter: d.c. police are still searching for the shooter on bennett place. on saratoga avenue they made one arrest but still need help finding two our suspects. in northeast d.c., jamari stone, news 4. prayers continue this morning for a local a police chief who remains in intensive care, seat pleasant chief devan martin was critically hurt after a motorcycles crash on thursday night. he was patrolling martin luther king jr. highway when he collided with another vehicle. that driver stayed on the scene and others rushed in to help. a quick thinking contractor now being credited for saving people from a burning building in alexandria. check out this cellphone video we got. you can see the orange flames shooting out of the third story windows. it was at the condo building on valley drive. edwin prot at that says he was working outside when he heard the sc

a lot of smoke everywhere. i don't want to let her behind me, you know. >> the family was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation but they are expected to be okay. it's 6:18. tonight you want to turn your eyes to the skies. >> if you are in the right place you might see a meteor go by. the peresid meteor shower is happening right now. >> in rockville you can go to welsh park to see the show. >> the park is open all night and nearby lights will be turned off to increase the mood there. there's rock parking at the rockville swim and fitness center. nasa says you should be able to see as many as 50, 5-0, meteors per hour if you look up to the sky tonight and if you are in the right place. right now we have to get those clouds out of here first to make sure that that happens. >> i know. i'm curious, there's all this you can at that, my sister got her eclipse glasses, she's so excited. >> a

>> i don't know. and i know that's the big story now. you don't necessarily need it for something like this. >> no, not the peresids. >> nighttime wouldn't be a good time to put your sunglasses on. >>en i don't how it all works. >> people use telescopes at night. >> not today. not tonight that you will need them. you will probably not be able to see them a lot anyway because we have mostly cloudy skies. you know, it is going to be a little bit on the cloudy side for the peresids tonight but you have next year to see them as well. it is a little on the foggy side, it looks also hazy. it's muggy out there right now. more storms out there today, but the good news is tomorrow does not look too shabby, in fact, the humidity is going to drop, we will get some sunshine and then we heat things up unfortunately next week. current temperatures out there right now 73er

dulles coming in at 69, everybody in the upper 60s to lower 70s at this point, you head out to the shenandoah valley it is a little on the cooler side, but again that's also where we have a little bit of fog. hourly temperatures over the next several hours we're moving into the mid 80s for daytime highs today but we to have those storm chances, we had a lot of those storms last night that moved through the area, that left some flooding and a lot of trees down around our region. i do believe some of this stuff that's around charlottesville will actually stream just south of us. we will have some more showers that will move into our area as we head through the morning before we get some midday sun and then we get some more storms this afternoon. we still have that flood warning up for the city of manassas, lots of flooded roadways out there, that goes until 9:30. in fact, this he extended it because it was supposed to be over at 4:15 but the water hasn't receded yet. >> mid 80s for daytime highs today. it will be muggy and chances of gentlemanen noon storms. we had a delay yesterday

actual actually play the giants today at 7:05. we do have another rain delay for the giants as we go into the game tonight. if you are headed out to nats park just know that, keep an eye to the sky. tomorrow looking better for that afternoon game, temperatures will be in the mid 80s, lower humidity and partly sunny skies. for this afternoon, again, a few of those showers will move through this morning, just south and east of d.c., we may get a few here in the d.c. area, but for the most part we will get sunshine through the middle portion of the day and expect showers and storms anytime after 2:00 or 3:00, we will keep that chance into the late evening as a frontal system keeps its way through, it will create lower humidity tomorrow. monday isolated showers, better chances as we go through southern maryland, temperatures in the upper 80s through next week. 6:21. google is facing a major problem. now its leaders are searching for answers, how google is adjusting to gender discrimination and the steps the company is taki to solve the ng

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will return to the shops just yet, but everybody is waiting. it's been a little crisp in the air the last couple days and -- >> a touch of fall. some people probably ready for the pumpkin spice. moving on to the tech world. google now having a very tough week. there is now a call for the company's ceo to step down. >> nbc's jo ling kent explains why it has to do with an internal memo written by a fired engineer. >> pressure mounting as sundar pichai is called to resign. the town hall was scheduled in response to the internal memo written by engineer james d'amore now fired. he wrote that women are underrepresented in tech due to, quote, biological differences, and efforts to achieve more diversity are bad for business. >> one thing that i want to make clear is that i'm not just attacking diversity, i'm not attacking left ideology necessarily.

we can't honestly discuss any of these issues and that that is actually hurting the problem. >> reporter: the town hall was canceled when some conservative groups online threatened to expose google workers who planned to ask questions. 80% of the company's tech workers are male, an imbalance google has pledged to change. in his first public remarks the ceo spoke to aspiring young women engineers. >> i want you to know that there is a place for you in this industry. there is a place for you at google. don't let anyone tell you otherwise. >> reporter: google fired d'amore for violating its code of conduct and advancing harmful gender stereotypes. he has filed a federal complaint and told nbc news he plans to take legal action against google. d'amore's supporters argue he is a victim of political correctness. >> if you show up to work and you say something that harms your coworkers, employers have an obligation

>> and that was jo ling kent reporting. this week more than 80 women reached out to a california law firm that wants to file a class action lawsuit against the company. it is claiming alleged compensation discrimination. time right now is 6:27. taking a live look outside. a little bit of a cloudy, humid, rainy start, a little muggy out there and more thunderstorms could be in our future. lauren is tracking the timing that could make all the difference this weekend. a first look inside the new white house, the major renovation coming together while president trump is away on cation. govaod

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time right now 6:30 on this saturday morning. here is what's going on. there is a flood warning in effect in manassas. it comes after a strong storm barrelled through last night. at least one driver had to be pulled from a flooded road there and crews had to take down a tree that crashed on to on rv on john marshall highway. today the national guard is in virginia preparing for violence like this. there is a white nationalist rally in charlottesville, it's called unite the right. last night white nationalists and black lives matter protesters fought on the uva campus. and there are $356 million with your name on them, the powerball jackpot is gigantic and the drawing is tonight. someone in illinois won the massive mega millions jackpot last night.

>> so if you have friends and relatives in illinois, give them a call this morning. >> they might not take it. >> hope you're having a good start to your saturday morning. i'm adam tuss in for david. >> and i'm angie goff. we have a lot to cover early on this saturday morning, but first we wanted to begin with the storm team 4 weather center and lauren ricketts who has more on the flood warnings we're waking up to. >> we have those flood issues around the region, a lot of roads closed especially around prince william county. they have extended it now until 9:30 this morning. you can see it's a hazy out there right now from our live city camera as that sun is just coming up right now. 6:19 is when that sun officially came up. i don't know how much you will see it because we have a lot of cloud cover. we have sunshine that's trying to peek through north and west of d.c. clouds hanging tight around our region and rain showers trying to move through as well. currently

73 in washington, again, it will be on the warm side for today. we have got that flood warning until 9:30, again, right there in the city of manassas, please be careful as you're driving around the roadways not only this morning but also this afternoon. more rain on the way, with he will talk about timing coming up. 6:32. with north korea threatening fwaum now japan says it's prepared to act. japan began deploying patriot missiles to intercept any attack or debris in the air. if north korea decides to fire on guam the missiles would have to travel over japan first. >> president trump issuing warning after warning against kim jong-un this week and now it seems like venezuela could be next. the country is going through a humanitarian crisis now and president trump told reporters all options including responding with military action are on the table. venezuela's defense minister called the talk an act of craziness. last month venzen president nicolas maduro seized more power in an el

called a sham. the treasury department imposed sanctions on maduro after that election. i a lot of the president's statements have come during his working vacation in new jersey. the white house is being renovated and we are getting our first look inside while the president is away. the to-do list includes new carpet, new paint, upgrades to the electrical system, cranes are being used to replace the heating and the cooling systems in the west i think with. most furnishings are being temporarily stored in portable units outside the executive mansion. a family mourning the death of their son is beginning -- i'm sorry -- is begging for a painful reminder to go away. colton west's family believes that he died of an overdose and his friends dumped his body. >> making the pain even worse, a photographer of their son's body was posted online. northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry sharing a father's emotional plea. >> reporter: flowers from the memorial service still fresh. for colton west's fathe

sudden death of his 25-year-old firstborn has changed everything. >> it's like a new world. i mean, there's before colton and after colton. >> reporter: colton's family thinks he died of a drug overdose. what they know for certain, no one with him called for help. his body was dumped in this apartment complex parking lot. and that's where someone took a photo and posted it on an online forum for all to see. >> and it was extremely hurtful to me and my family. it was just -- i can't even explain how much worse that made things. >> colton's younger brother saddened and angry. >> this makes me mad because just people think like they have the right to go out and do that and it's just wrong. it's just morally wrong. >> reporter: to add to the pain callous comments posted about the photo. colton's family immediately contacted the forum administrator, begging that the photo be taken

should be some type of action taken. >> reporter: but the site administrator told me by phone he will not remove the photo. he says high interest among users outweighs the family's need for privacy. >> as a general rule no legal content is ever removed from the forums so this content is removed it would certainly be an aberration. >> reporter: for colton's family, though, there is more heart break, the fact that someone just dumped his body. >> they're so concerned with their own selfish, you know, covering their own back sides, so to speak, that they move him and try to, you know -- just discarded him like a piece of trash. >> and that was northern virginia bureau chief julie carey reporting. $10,000 worth of marijuana was discovered in a car at a bethesda high school. now one man is facing a list of charges. wtop reports that nicholas

morris was arrested after police say he tried to sell marijuana out of his car. they say nearly 50 packages of marijuana and hundreds of dollars of cash were found in his vehicle. on this saturday morning metro is facing a major funding problem and we will tell you about the new steps leaders from d.c., maryland and virginia plan to take to solve a major shortfall. are you ready for this this early? a major rodent infestation -- >> i know. hi, good morning. the disturbing problem plaguing a local animal shelter and why some buildings now are more at risk.

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>> let's get a preview. sheinelle jones, craig melvin joining us live from new york. coming occupy on a saturday morning on "today" we are live with the crisis in north korea as president trump speaks out again overnight after meeting with his top advisors. we are also in guam where residents are being told what to do in case of an attack there. also ahead this morning, what happens when a motorcycle driver tries to be a good samaritan by helping police chase down a suspected hit and run driver. and do you have lottery fever? the mega millions jackpot has been claimed, but there's still a chance to be a huge winner with the powerball tonight. we have everything you need to know. >> and we have these, too. >> i give up. >> those stories and more when we get started on a saturday morning here on "today." you may not see us back here next saturday. >> don't you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning like five times. >> that's probably through. >> regardless, i know your

answer so you better -- >> that will be the first order of business, changing my phone number. >> not surprised. >> thanks, guys. we will see if you win. good luck. d.c. is in the middle of a rat battle, the problem has gotten so bad at a local animal shelter that workers reached out to the news i team. >> rodent complaints are way up across the city and with almost 3,000 already this year investigative reporter jodie fleischer shows us some buildings are a bigger attraction than others. >> reporter: when you walk into d.c.'s humane rescue alliance on new york avenue, these are the four legged creatures you usually see. dogs and cats up for adoption by the non-profit animal shelter. but now shelter workers are facing a different type of critter, rats. telling the i team one even bit a coworker earlier in summer.

regarded recording these videos. rats scurrying near where some of the larger dogs are kept, crawling along the pipes in the ceiling in the morning, even along the floor and into the dog cages in the evening. >> people see rats, the first question everyone should ask is what are these rats eating. >> reporter: bobby core began is one of the nations leading experts, he helps cities all over the country combat rats including d.c. and says three things attract them, food, water and shelter, making locations like this one a huge target. >> in animal shelters it's a very unique environment, you have lots of dog food, cat food, animals, crowded situations and so, you know, rats will smell, mice will smell, cockroaches will smell all that food. >> we showed him the videos employees sent us. >> these are large breeding adults. >> he said these are part of a rat family that can have up to 15 members. >> it's difficult to keep the

it has to be a constant vigilance. >> that's something david smith with the u main rescue alliance knows as well. >> they're tenacious, so are with he. >> reporter: he says rodents have been a problem for years. >> we had to remove all of these ceilings so that the rats couldn't get above the ceilings. >> reporter: now they have pest control coming twice a week to set traps. >> they collect three to five a week. >> they're covering food wins and keeping the shelter as clean as possible. >> we plug a hole, they find a new one or make a new one. >> reporter: when the i team visited the shelter over several days we didn't spot any rats but smith knows it will be an ongoing battle until the shelter opens its new location on the southeast waterfront. >> the building is kept safe and safe for the publix, safe for our employees. we're vigilant about keeping it as spotless as we possibly can. >> reporter: he says that employee who was bitten didn't even require an official report. >> he was nicked but it was not

attention. >> reporter: the rodent olg gist says rats don't carry rabies but can be destructive. >> it is possible to rid an animal shelter of all their pro dents but it has to be done correctly. >> reporter: smith says they haven't had these problems at their newer location. we also checked with shelters in neighboring counties and they haven't had these types of problems, either. >> yuck. a reminder the i team is working for you to keep your kids safe in the new school year. you will want to tune in tomorrow morning at 11:30 right after "meet the press" for a news 4 i team special, it's called slipping through the cracks. scott mcfarland will walk viewers through his year long investigation into teacher misconduct cases and how to talk to your kids about abuse. a growing number of schools in fairfax county are changing minds with this new program that bolsters character traits and

>> it's a lesson most schools haven't had in the classroom until now. julie carey explains how it all works. >> i'm already thinking about how i can incorporate this in my classroom. >> reporter: it's called the positivity project. it was launched in a handful of fairfax county schools last year. the results were so good another 15 may sign on for this year. it works by teaching 24 character strengths throughout the school year, working them into each class in a have a right of ways. the idea, to help students build stronger relationships with peers and adults. so why is this needed? most of us didn't get lessons on character and building relationships, but we didn't have these, either, and now all the texting and social media really limits the social interaction. >> we know from the research that reelgts ships are the number one predictor of life satisfaction. if we can slowly move the needle for students on b

relationships that's going to make them happier and eventually more successful later in their life. >> reporter: dozens of teachers were trained this week and say they're excited about what the program promises. >> i don't think there's anything that's more important than building your students and focusing on the whole child and growing into stronger citizens and creating a positive future and i think that focusing on the characteristics that can make you stronger as an individual and to help other people around you is the most important thing we could do as educators. >> reporter: one measure of the program's success, a drop in discipline problems in the schools that participated. >> we ask questions to the students, to their teachers, to people in the building how confident are you in yourself? do you know yourself better as a result of the positivity project? do you know your classmates better? and then ultimately how do you think your friendships and your relationships with other people in the building are. and that to us while it is a bit tricky to measure we think it's important to measure it. >> reporter: the group partners with schools across the country o

the positivity project hopes to be in thousands of schools and reach millions of kids in the next five years. julie carey, news 4. ? in school so much is focused on physical health, being active, eating right, but emotional health is such a big part of it and it starts at a younger age. great to see schools taking on that challenge. it is 6:50 on this saturday morning. >> you've been a busy bee this morning. >> i know. >> you're like this -- >> i've been all over the place. it's hard because i was off for two days so trying to figure out what was going on especially with all the aftermath yesterday. i actually got stuck in it a little bit because i was coming back from winchester, virginia and it followed from 66 all the way up. it's still bad out there this morning, especially if you are in prince william county that's where we have flood warnings still. look at the haze out there right now. yeah, it's bad. we have those low clouds out there as

more rain showers could be around through the morning. i'm going to show you that on radar in just a second. right now 73 here in the district. temperatures pretty much in the 60s and 70s, we will top out in the 80s for daytime highs today. we will move it right along up towards 80 degrees by lunchtime. a few showers still just to the south of us coming through fredericksburg, these are moving to the north and east. again, probably just really southern maryland, anywhere from fredericksburg to quantico up through southern maryland will have a chance to see some showers, maybe the bottom part of the beltway, alexandria could see a few showers as we head through the next couple hours. then we will get a midday break. watch for this, multiple roads closed in prince william county right around manassas, manassas park, broad run continues to rise. we will be watching that flood warning and flooding around that region at least through a good part of the morning. mid 80s for daytime highs today with peeks of sun, afternoon storms. a few showers down

we start to get sunshine but look at this, anytime after about 2:00 or 3:00 we will start to see showers and thunderstorms as a frontal system comes through the area, some could be strong as we continue into the late evening. once that front goes, good news is for tomorrow lower humidity as we head into your sunday. we will have an isolated chance of a shower or storm or monday, better chances south or east of the district, then we stay in the 80s through next week with another chance of rain on friday. coming up from hollywood to here in the district, the box office stars shooting a new movie in town this weekend and where roads will be closed for a big time produion. stay wctit

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check this out, some big hollywood stars are going to be stopping traffic in the district this weekend. >> and we know a lot of you are probably trying to get a glimpse because it's the most shared story on our nbc washington facebook page right now, meryl streep and tom hanks are in town to shoot scenes for a movie. there are no parking signs posted up on capitol hill and it will mean road closures along parts of east capitol street northeast between 2nd and 4th street. neighbors are on the lookout for celebrities. >> i imagine there's going to be a lot of security so i don't know if i can actually catch a glimpse, but it would be cool if i do. >> one more hollywood heavy hitter may also be on hand, director steven spielberg. he is working with thanks and streep on the film which is about the

pentagon papers back in 1971. everyone says tom hanks who have met him in person say he is the coolest dude ever. time is 6:56 on this saturday morning. here are the four things you need to know. you will want to watch out for standing water or flooded roads, conditions this morning, last night's strong storm caused quite a mess in some places, with undriver had to be pulled from a flooded road in manassas and a tree rashd on to an rv in prince william county. this violence took place in charlottesville, virginia, overnight. it could be a preview of what's ahead today, white nationalists are holding a rally called unite the right. last night hundreds of people holding torches fought with counter protesters before police sent them home. the governor of guam says he feels safe. pruch called him to say that the military is ready to respond. most recently the president told kim jong-un that he will truly regret any new threat

mega millions jackpot but unfortunately it didn't happen here. the winning ticket was sold in illinois. you do have another chance, though, at a jackpot when the powerball is drawn tonight. rain, rain go away, lauren. >> i know, right, and humidity go away. it's so muggy out there right now. it's going to continue to be muggy today, scattered showers and thunderstorms later on this after. won't be quite as strong as yesterday but could drop a lot of rain. flood warning out for prince william county until 9:30 lower humidity tomorrow. if you missed forecast we just post it had on facebook live so you can get it there and share t thanks for joining us. >> we will be back here at 8:30 this morning for nowhe "today" tsh

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good morning. talking tough. >> if anything happens to guam, there's going to be big, big trouble in north korea. >> president trump not backing down on the nuclear standoff with north korea, and assuring the government of guam the united states stands by them. this just hours after the president tweeted that military solutions are "locked and loaded" as residents and tourists in guam get a lesson on what to do if a missile ever does strike the island. we're live. violent clashes. hundreds of far-right nationalists battle with counterprotesters as they were marching across the campus of the university of virginia to protest the