category starts, major hurricane start at 11 just south and east, some of the latest wind gusts, upwards of 70 miles an hour. they're seeing three feet of storm surge. you can see how close that eye is that's where we're looking at the eye of the strongest winds. the pressure down two mill bars from the last advisory, that tells you it is continuing to strengthen. this may get close to category four and one of the worst things you can have with the hurricane is a

land fall that is exactly what this one is going to be doing. yes power outages likely. we're seeing the chance of tornados, too. major flooding expected numerous homes lost and power out for weeks. >> unbelievable. >> thousands are evacuating as hurricane harvey barrels towards that coast. texas governor greg abbot says the state's main focus safety and protection of life. >> harry is basically here. >> an unwanted visitor churning in

it has texas in its sites and only expected to gain strength as it makes land fall. officials are in emergency mode. >> there's one mess saj we're need to get to everybody. that is heed warnings, your life is in potential danger. >> forecasters say it could be the strongest storm to hit the loan star state in nearly half a century. the last time south texas saw such devastation was 2008 when hurricane ike barrelled into galveston killing more than 20 people across several states and causing billions of dollars in damag damages. >> as they say get out of dodge. >> highways are clogged with cars headed inland. people stocking up, gassing up, as other residents opt to stay just moving to slightly higher ground. >> the important things are in our lives and our health and pets and children and everything is

past storms and is boarding up his home. >> some downed powerlines and stuff. >> last minute preparations before harvey marches ashore. analysts say you could pay anywhere from 5 to 15 cents more per gallon that could creep up to 25 cents by labor day if the hurricane strikes. >> most airlines are waiving their change fees. it's worth following your airline or cruise line on facebook and twitter to stay up to date on any travel disruptions. and if you bought travel insurance start looking over that policy to see what it

takes. how well he handles. >> storm team 4, meteorologist amelia draper landed in houston just a short time ago. we're hoping to hear from her before 6:00. she'll give us an idea of what it feels like there as people pack up and head out or stay behind to ride this thing out. >> switching gears here, carjacking is the kind of crime that strikes fear into just about everyone. >> so, try to imagine how a mother felt when she got out of her car late at night and not one but two people tackled her. >> i'm a small woman and i'm more of a target. >> but don't let roberto's size full you. roberto and hergh

you'll see on news 4. she tells our aimee cho, she's a fighter and neighbors can run really fast, aimee. >> roberto has been at the life, but the first were a large group of neighbors have come to her rescue. it's the kind of street wear any family would want to live. but as roberta learned. >> i got out of my car. >> something bad can happen before you know it. >> she said, man do you have it -- and reaches across to me. it's very fast. >> so was she. wrestling, screaming, putting up a good fight. >> so my philosophy is, if i don't see a gun, i'm holding on to my stuff. >> she held on long enough for good neighbors to come to the rescue. >> as i said, all of a sudden i have three other neighbors running down, they're like what, where did he go. there.

running, every single person that asked me, are you okay, how are you, are you okay. i was like, yes, i'm fine. did we're catch him. okay. they sure did. poli police -- i'm not, that's not going to happen. >> something else we're know, what really makes it good are the people that live there. >> yeah, my neighbors are great. my neighbors are wonderful. >> and that kindness, her neighbors showed her goes both ways. she told me that whenever she hears noises on the street, she always goes out to make sure everything is okay. live in northeast, aimee cho, news 4. >> go roberta, great story there, thanks so much, susan. >> breaking news out of fairfax county, a man is missing after the canoe he was in with two other people flipped over in berk la.

the may day call went out about three hours ago and chopper 4 flew over the scene. you can see it right there. you can check out the search and rescue effort which continues right now. those other two men and they are okay, we're, of course, will bring you more information as we're get it from those who on the lake who are looking for them. >> police at the university of -- someone found a noose in the fraternity house. the noose was found in the kitchen back in april. investigators say, after dozens of interviews and hundreds of hours of review, they've referred someone to the university for disciplinary disciplinary -- -- a new school year comes with challenges for any family, right, but imagine trying to prepare after being forced out of your home less than two weeks before the start of classes. this evening, there are a lot of questions for the dozens of

condominiums home. where many are wondering what's next for them, tracee. >> you know, all of these families have been placed by prince georges county for now. that's temporary for many of them. they want to come back here. they're going to be met, we're going to check their list of names given to them by department of social services and those folks will be walked and escorted back up to their condos and then back out because they still cannot live here. >> gill and her six kids have never experienced 24 hours. >> i've been breaking down on, you know, away from them because i can't -- i can't let them see me be weak. >> they're about to start a new school year living in a motel room at the new city. this wasn't by choice. >> i definitely was hoping something would change. i mean, that would have -- at

more time to figure out, you know, where are we're going to stay or, you know, it's what we're going to do. >> gayle was one of the last families to leave the condominiu condominiums, visible mold, fire damage, rendered the building unsafe. and unlivable. >> the builder remains unsafe for habitation so people cannot live there. >> now the buildings are empty. the question is what's next for this property. >> i don't think it's been determined yet at what point do our county police leave and turn the security of that building back over to property management. >> meanwhile, cecilia's family is enjoying something they haven't had in a while. >> the water was off like a month previous from us coming here. so my kids were extremely happy. the first thing they did was got in the tub -- mommy, showers. we're want to take a shower or bath. >> but this motel room provided by the county is temporary. >> what's next for

idea. >> attorneys representing the owners of glen hill will go to court on september first to they can force a sell for this property. if you're interested in helping cecilia and her family. go to our nbc 4 washington page and look for celia go fund me. >> thanks so much. >> well, the recent events in charlottesville are shedding some light on a very dark past in our area. how the struggle with white supremacist and the rain and wind already slamming into beach towns in texas, we've got a live report coming your way next on news 4 at 5:00.

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>> we are turning back to texas now to get an update on hurricane harvey for you. >> maria is working for the weather channel this weekend and live from the san antonio riverwalk. what's going on where you are, maria? >> well, it is beautiful iconic part of san antonio is taking this seriously. this is a part of the downtown and it's got the great links to make sure that the riverwalk does not flood. you can see the sandbags are out. that's a sign of how serious they think this is. san antonio is in a unique position in that part of the town. they may end up t

inches of rain fall. it could be more like 2 to 3 feet of rain. doug was alluding to the fact that this is a long duration. flash flood watches are through at least monday, by far the heavy rain is going to be the biggest concern and the biggest threat, especially in a city like san antonio that already calls itself in part of the flash flood ally. flash floods very easily. that's something to be concerned about. earlier we're spoke with the mayor and they are in unique position, they're ready to take care of their residents here and they're taking in e vak -- we'r received about 700 evacuate wees. see a -- the first rain bands of harvey are about 30 miles that way and so in a matter ofrs

antonio, once it starts raining, it may not stop for several days. so we're definitely feeling the effects. by the way, gusting has 33 miles per hour already, we'll send it back to you. >> all right. maria stay safe. it's very hilly, there, which, you know, would lend you to think that they could see some flash flooding. >> ten inches in san antonio area. dallas isn't going to get much. southern portions of the state, eastern portions, they'll continue to get hammered around that region. because this storm is going to sit there and the more you look at the computer models, the longer this storm is going to remain. this storm may be in parts of south texas through next thursday or friday a week and that's a week of rain they may see a years worth of rain in the next four to five days. it's incredible rain fall totals. you can see it just to the east of corpus christi, these are the rain bands coming in, this one

i best it has wind gusts up to 100 miles per hour. we've got winds 125, gusting to 155 expected to make land fall in about the next three to four hours. i want to show you how we're seeing the wind right now. port arkansas, 64 mile an hour winds and 74 mile an hour winds at corpus christi, 74 miles an hour, that is hurricane force winds. we'll continue to see the increase as the eye moves closer for arkansas, by the way, seeing three feet as far as the storm search. the strongest storm search will be -- just to the south, just to the south of the sea drift area. now, most of this region hurricane warning in effect for corpus christi, all the way up and then tropical storm warning for houston, here is austin. you can see it right here, austin, even around austin texas, way inland, also has tropical storm warnings they can see winds

now mention the tornado threat here, tornado watch in effect from corpus christi all the way towards new orleans. and we've got some warnings, as a matter of fact, we've got one tornado warning and one tornado that has been reported about an hour ago. this is right around galveston in that same storm has a warning just to the south and just to the west of galveston area, amelia draper will be heading down there towards the galveston area. she's going to give us live pictures most likely in the next hour or so, we're waiting for her to get down to her location. make sure you're safe. this is a monster. new orleans just off to the east, guys. notice these bands coming on in here. each one of these could have tor gn -- tornadic storm moving in. the rain fall, 10 to 30 inches of rain over a very large area from corpus christi all the way southwestern louisiana,lu

locations and i've seen computer models, 50 and 60 inches. it's absolutely incredible, the rain fall that is going to be happening with this storm, a lot of flooding, major flooding for days, if not weeks, in this region. our weather, much nicer. looks like we're going to be pretty good here. temperatures in the upper 70s, close to 80, very nice weather, look attitudes and wednesday. i'm going to be tracking another system in the atlantic, but indirectly, we'll have breezy conditions and showers both tuesday and wednesday, that gets out of here right now, tracking harvey, but looks like harvey may stay in texas and will not effect us now during the labor day holiday. we'll continue to keep you posted on this all afternoon. >> doug, thank you. we're know you will. drivers left for the sticky mess on their cars from a painting project in news 4 uncovered the reason, now, we're finding complaints about a paving project that could become an even bigger issue.

>> see what happens when our own scott macfarlane shows you the danger and

>> you think you can safely text and drive. the news 4 i-team goes behind the wheel to show you firsthand there

area. >> distracted driver hit a state trooper on the beltway just this morning and shows us, there's been a spike in distracted driving, including near schools. >> fighting the traffic, to school or work, it's often stop and go, but the e-mails and text, they never stop. >> it's literally everywhere. no one is immuned. >> a diva, knows the pain distracted driving can cause. >> tractor-trailer against -- there's no contest. >> her husband, harry, died when a truck driver on the beltway hit him at full speed while sending a text. >> i absolutely have been cheated. he was cheated, not only i was cheated, the grandchildren were cheated and all of the friend and extended family were also treated. >> news 4 i-team investigation reveals distraction cases have grown far worst.

in both maryland and virginia. we're found police made about 11,000 stops for distracted driving since january of 2016. 1,400 of those drivers were stopped for distraction in school zones. in fairfax county we're found nearly 12,000 accidents linked to distraction. >> would you see a lot of distracted drivers. >> absolutely, every day. >> at high speeds. >> officer howard burnett sees it every day. the highway hit the team and transportation authority police as they patrolled the icc. this problem it is getting worse. >> it is getting absolutely worse. >> significantly. >> yes. >> we're easily texting or talking into their phones while driving 70 miles per hour. >> we're have a lot

zsh did you know it was against the law. -- as you're about to see, there's no careful way to text and drive. it says transportation engineer tom -- >> stop-and-go traffic, you know, people are bored, they tend to engage more and try to be more productive. >> the i-team went to virginia tech institute and took the wheel at the university safe row, a closed two-mile course, with traffic lights and to casual accidents. on this day one other hazard, my phone. >> i'm going to hand you phone number and i would like you to enter that phone number enter the phone. sometimes while driving, i'd drift out of the lane. when the engineers bring a van on the road near me, at first i'm cautious. >> pretty typical on a busy highway. >> if you were -- >> if you're i-66 and it was longer than this, would have confronted you all day long. >> text your wife. >> i failed

wave and slam into a fake inflatable car. he hit the brakes on inside of our test vehicle to stop us. he says the temptation to text or e-mail can be strong. >> drivers try to be more productive it's taking them longer to get home. >> especially now with school back in session, additional cars jamming the road and families with more things to get done. >> put the food, phone and distractions away. driving is a full-time job. >> that distraction is not worth the loss that might be waiting down the road. scott macfarlane. >> it's a beautiful public park, the families enjoy every day. i'll tell you why back in the 60s. this was known. >> everyone's been talking about this big announcement from whole foods and amazon, prices are suppose to go down up and down the aisle starting monday.

>> and we are still tracking harvey, we're doing to continue to track harvey for the next couple of days. probably for the next week. that's how long they're going to be under the gun for sure today it's all about the wind and the storm surge and then the risk really takes shape here. look where it is. just to the east of corpus christi. going to make its way inland just north inside that wall right now, we're

125 miles an hour, that's the latest advisory, tropical storm may extend all the way up towards san antonio and austin texas it's going to be inundated with feet of rain. >> now at 5 clk 30. uncovering the dark past in one of our trendiest neighborhoods now full of restaurants and bars today a group showed up to pay tribute to the man who created the group, only on news 4 mark segraves shows you the local spots and their troubled histories. >> the founder of the american nazi party with george lincoln rockwell. he led hundreds of protests around the country and here in our area, including a protest outside of mario's pizza in 1960. adam remembers seeing nazis outside the family restaurant d

who owns mario and refused to -- and then they protested here and while they were protesting. i believe he had to deal with the e police department. and they weren't very happy about that. >> from 1958 until 1983 an mesh nazi party had headquarters here in arlington virginia. some of the buildings they used are still standing, like the job of shack. in -- the current owner knows the history of this house, he didn't know it when he bought it. >> that wasn't in the paperwork and that wasn't divulged to us in that time. certainly, we're not in any way condone mr. rockwell believes and just the opposite, i'm opposed to the noe-nazi movement. >> some buildings liked the barricks called by

not a park. in 1967, rockwell was gunned down by one of his own followers in this shopping center a few blocks from the headquarters. >> on august 25th, and shotds rang out from the roof and killed them. today a small group of knee owe nazis showed up to honor him on the 50th anniversary for his murder, just as they did on the tenth anniversary. charlie clark is historian who has written extensively about the route roots in arlington. he said they remained for years after was killed. >> there are a couple of street brawls out here. they marched in the 1976 centennial parade and continued to try and get news coverage and in 1983 they eventually moved to new berlin wisconsin. >> now, that group of showed up at the shoppin

there for a few minutes long enough to raise their flag and sing a song and there was no confrontation. now we've learned that opponents neighbors in that area were planning a rally for tonight at 7:30. jim. >> wow. none of us in here knew we were just talking about that. mark, thanks for sharing with us. >> a local pastor who had been in the u.s. without a visa is now back in a country that he hasn't called home for more than a decade. we're told immigration authorities deported juan back to peru yesterday. he came here 15 years ago and wound up staying with his wife, a u.s. citizen became -- he lives where he ran a small church. he had been issued an order of removal back in 2012, but it is just now being enforced. i.c.e. tells us he has no criminal record. >> for the first time ever in the country's largest service organization dedicated to our

the american legion elected denise as its new national commander. joined the army in 1974 and served an allegiance since 1984, before she retired, she worked at the university of wisconsin, she says, her theme as the new national commander, family first. >> well, your commute may be a bit longer starting next week. but our regions largest school system begins a new school year. in fairfax county, crews are finishing inspections, making sure that more than 1,600 buses are safe and ready for monday morning. along with buses, drivers should also prepare for more cars out there with parents and teachers also hitting the roads. >> patients -- patience is key, leave early, be prepared, know there's school zones and buses that are out there that are going to be stopping, just allow for that time in the morning to get their safely. >> they're

additional drivers. there's a shortage we're posted information on the nbc washington app. you can find a link, just search bus drivers. >> okay. bananas, butter, organic avocados or eggs. . kristin wright is at whole foods store in -- where customers are pretty helpful, kristin, so am i. >> they're looking forward to seeing what these lower prices are going to look like. what this means is hopefully more access to more healthier foods for more

>> she sells her salads to businesses along h street. she wants fresh, she wants quality. but refuses to shop at the pricey supermarket chain. >> don't get me wrong. i like whole foods. i like the variety of things that they they have, but it's just not affordable. >> but amazon is taking over whole foods monday, promising to slash prices on that same day. best selling staples. they were determined to make healthy and/or ganic food affordable for everyone, amazon says. dietitian shar main jones tells me the cost of healthy foods is the number one obstacle for clients. >> if i acted -- asked them do they shop at whole foods, the first thing, oh, that's too expensive. >> jones says, increasing access is everything. >> they can actually go in there and say, i can afford this. i can eat healthy. >> erin walks by the h street whole foods all the time, but never

low prices go. >> mopefully the quality of the food won't go down. >> so amazon and whole foods promise that the quality will not change. aaron there in our story hit it right on the money. this peanut butter just bought it today, for $4.99. now, guys i want to also mention, that in the future, the plan is for amazon prime to replace whole foods customer rewards program, meaning, that prime members will begetting extra savings, back to you. >> that is incredible. amazon, literally, is just taking over. you know what, it adds the competition and also for whole

making it affordable. >> and accessible to more people. i was going to go shopping tomorrow. i think i'm going to wait until monday. it's great that it's happening the first day. >> absolutely. >> coming up, a state trooper, out patrolling for distracted drivers ends up getting slammed by one. >> ahead, why police say this keeps happening despite efforts to make people more aware. >> new roads are suppose to be nice and smooth, right? wrong. not when it's this stuff called slurry, coming up,

>> tsa bringing with it thousands of jobs. the government has picked a site, their springfield town center to house the new headquarters. it awarded the contractor, the exact same company that own it is town center. the new headquarters will mean 3,000 new jobs in springfield. no word yet the construction will get underway. >> people in a wood bridge neighborhood are upset and confused tonight after a road project that's actually left their streets looking worse than before. they contacted news 4 after seeing a recent stories about hundreds of cars covered in gunk, a tar substance. today we're working for you, our county bureau chief, julie gary went to the

>> repaving job like you see in most places. >> but they're different. take a closer look at why they're complaining. hitting their cars. the road service is bumpy, turning tires leave gouges everywhere. cul-de-sacs feature tire tracks. >> take it or leave it and makes it look like you came in and left it undone. it looks rough. >> we're thought we're would see for ourselves how easy it is to make a mark in this stuff. >> let's check it out. and it looks like this is the mark we're just created. residents also say in a neighbod

dollars plus homes, it just doesn't look very nice. >> to me it brings the neighborhood down. it's not smooth. it's rough. and like i said, with all the pebbles, it looked better the way it was, to be honest with you. >> the representative for slurry says this is how it always looks at this stage. a final sweeping set for monday will clear out the asphalt pebbles. then over time rolling traffic will start to smooth out the rough spots. >> it's never going to be as smooth as your traditional -- successful treatments. we're will re-evaluate once it is done, if it's worked out, it will be done. >> an official there says so far this resurfacing project passes their inspection, news 4.

>> all over the texas gulf coast, the mayor of the evacuated from the city, so they are expecting their -- >> 8 million people -- and around the texas tx area. we'll show you who is under the hurricane warning. and they have and and around the austin

and 50 -- also in effect from corpus christi up towards houston and all the and we're have seen a couple of confirmed tornados already. -- and all of these different force strongest right now and across the area and to houston and austin. 10 to 30 inches or more and see 40 inches of rain, this storm may sit over this part of texas for a week, a week. they can see up to years

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>> if you still text and drive, it only leads to trouble. just ask a driver who faces some serious charges tonight. >> he sure is. he rear ended a maryland state trooper who coincidentally was outlooking for distracted drivers. our derrick ward has our story. >> the damage is minor. but there's some major ironny in the story of how this maryland state police cruiser was stuck on the -- >> he ran into the back of the trooper. >> it was about 7:15 near route 450. >> the trooper turned on the lights and got in front of the driver and still didn't see the marked cruiser.

stories of scarey and close encounters with distracted drivers, something worse than the rear-view mirror. >> i saw that and within seconds later i hear this crash beside me and he would run into the person who was now in front of him. >> they would drive recklessly. you know when they go out of the lane, they have to be on cell phone. >> montgomery counties, there were 15 troopers struck while on the shoulder last year. and there have been four troopers struck this year. the damage is usually a lot worse, this morning's incident, the trooper was okay and so was the other driver, though he was cited for driving while using a handheld device and casts in a cautionary tale about the true cost. in college park, derrick ward, news 4. now at 6:00, bracing for impact

impact impacks are being felt. this is a monster, category 3 storm with potential to pack a very big punch. >> that's right, we're working for you to show you what's coming and potential impact here next week. >> land fall is still a few hours away, it could dump more than 30 inches of rain, possibly more than that and sit over texas for days. harvey is the first major hurricane to hit the u.s. since hurricane wilma in 2005 as it picks up mandatory evacuation orders are in place. >> we're have team coverage for you, let's start with nbc jay gray and victoria texas as hurricane harvey closes in. >> this is a lur cane that will come inland and then progress nostty kated to