family wading in waist-deep water to get to safety. you can see that dad had his little girl on his shoulders there because the water was so high. amelia also spoke to a first responder who has gone to incredible lengths to save families. >> we're cutting down, making holes in the roofs or checking if people are inside the roof and actually pulled six people out of a roof that way, too. by sheer luck. >> a member of the coast guard talking to amelia. this storm dumped more than 30 inches of rain on texas since friday. stay with news 4 all day long. amelia will have live coverage during the evening news. if you're looking for ways to help, i know a lot of you are, if you want to help the people affected by harvey, go to the nbc washington app. serve harvey help for a list of ways to lend a hand. the red cross on the ground doing incredible work right now and donations. they need the money to funnel supplies and people into the area. >> and they want nurses

who can lend a helping hand. >> 4:31 our time. we're keeping an eye on several other stories. >> there are major developments out of north korea now. north korea launches another ballistic missile and this time it sends it right over japanese airspace and then plunging into the pacific ocean. it set off japan's warning system advising people to duck and cover. japan's prime minister now calling it a significant threat and he's requested an emergency meeting of the united nations security council. it came at the same time japan's military was practicing deploying apt missile batteries at three u.s. bases in japan. a chaotic crime scene in new mexico yesterday. two women were killed and four others injured when a man opened fire there. the gunman ultimately surrendered to police when they entered the building. right now, they don't know what prompted the shooting.

probe. the "washington post" reporting an executive from the trump organization reached out o russian president's spokesman. he was seeking help for a stalled business deal he says. meanwhile, nbc news has learned that investigators now focusing on the president's role in crafting a response to a story about his son's meeting with the russian lawyer last year. they want to know if he tried to hide its purpose. pretty unbelievable video to show you here. take a look. you can see two men in the video here. how one starts shooting down the escalator at the columbia heights metro station. this happened friday right around lunchtime. we don't know if the other man was hit by that gunfire. both men ran off and the weapon was tossed. police want to hear from anybody who recognizes these guys. 4:32 right now. 18 american university students are not starting class this week. in fact, they've been expelled and one placed on probation. the students are from the

underground fraternity called e.i. they've been expelled because they're allegedly involved with hazing with physical violence and assault. the fraternity has a bad reputation on campus. >> they got a bad rap as being people who aren't really something you should affiliate with. >> well in a statement they said "this group perpetuated and systematically presented a threat to the safety and well-being of our students". >> university officials will not name the students because their records are confidential under federal student privacy laws. school starts in prince george's county next week. county executive rushern baker and maxwell will host a news conference to talk about this. last year governor hogan

an executive order for schools to start after labor day. the board of education rejected a request to have prince george's county schools to start before then. in fairfax county, there's a special election to by a new at large member. this seat will replace jeannette hof who resigned in may. if you're planning to place a ballot, do it before or after school hours. we're getting you ready for school. thousands heading back to class. drivers will be on the road. messy roads with all the road coming. bowie state and the university of maryland begins their classes. in the district, gallaudet, gw and georgetown universities and in virginia, george mason and mary moumount are back in sessi. people at mason started yesterday. lot of traffic. we'll tell you how bowie state and the university

maryland plan to remember a murdered student on the first day of classes. >> always a good idea when more kids and more drivers on the roads, give yourself extra time. we mentioned the nasty weather toad, too. 4:35mentlet get another check on your weather and traffic. >> wtop's dave dildine joining us early this morning. good to see you on a tuesday. you're going to be very busy. first we want to get to chuck and sheena. it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. >> we have a tropical system off the south carolina coast. it's going to be rainy and windy, chuck. >> it absolutely is. wear long sleeves for sure. grab the big umbrella today. rainfall amounts could be more than an inch, particularly in southern maryland. may want to have your rain slicker ready to go as well. in addition to the rain, particularly this afternoon, it's going to be windy as well. here's the storm team 4 radar this morning. already soaked with rain down in southern maryland and along the eastern shore. not

maryland into eastern west virginia. that will be changing as well. 100% later today. heaviest and steadiest of rain coming in unfortunately during the morning commute. 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 or noon today. then into the afternoon, still plenty of rain lingering around, but the issue this afternoon will be some gusty and blustery winds. for more on that, let's go to sheena. good morning. >> good morning, chuck. temperatures are not going to be changing much going through the day today. expected to barely be around 70 degrees with the rain and the northeast wind from this tropical sis tep. it's really not going to be warming up. it's 67 in washington where we have the steady rain moving in. 65 in kwaupt cquantico. 62 in clinton. dry spots like frederick at 61 degrees. but as we go through the day today, like chuck mentioned, winds increasing later on. maybe a rain coat later too. tomorrow will be dry. harvey weekend

labor day monday looks dry. we'll talk about that on the forecast. dave dildine is here with traffic. >> the roads are not dry. not whatsoever. a lot of the overnight work zones that did set up, the workers are getting chased out early. outer loop of the beltway past georgia avenue, should be picking up the cones from the right side. the overnight work zones are getting clear earlier in the schedule. we have a crash in elk ridge, maryland. both ways at a point north of route 100. poles and wires down. that's the latest from the traffic center now. back to you. >> dave, thank you. imagine calling 911 in one city but the call goes to another. where that's happening in our area and why officials say there's nothing they can do about it. you are going to notice a big change the next time you go

but it has nothing to do with what is on the gridiron. the song, the school's marching band is taking out of its rotation. first, one more look at storm team 4 radar here on this weather alert day. you can see the rain already enveloping much of our area. if you don't have the nbc washington app, today would be good day t ao

4:41 right now. what would you do if the call wept to the wrong dispatchers? >> this happened to people in the tacoma neighborhood of northwest d.c. on sunday. tamron robinson was at the starbucks when a worker collapsed they dialed 911. it wepd to nearby maryland. >> workers started to panic. it happens along border lines they said. >> unfortunately, it is out of our hands. we do have a voice in it, which is great. but it is on our carriers, which we're partners with. we have a relationship with them. they're all very open. >> d.c. now working on a campaign aimed to help callers know where they are calling from. there is a new 911 system that will eventually tell

on your cell phone location. you may notice more police officers on patrol at the university of maryland in college park today. that's because officers are investigating two indecent exposure incidents. police say they happened between 7:15 and 7:30 on sunday morning. in both cases a naked man approached female students. officers are reviewing nearby camera footage. president trump, a few hours away from visiting texas which is still getting hit hard by harvey. >> what we can expect coming up in a live report from capitol hill. we're facing severe weather too here, chuck, right? >> a lot of rain coming our way especially in southern maryland on the eastern shore today. if you were planning on breaking away for the beach, save the gas and the trip. don't bother going to the beaches today. however, i think

good morning everybody. favorite time of the day. 4:44 a.m. on a tuesday morning. indeed, a cloudy start to the day today and the rain could be rather heavy at times. the morning commute promises to be a painful experience for many. raindrops always slow things down. we're tracking raindrops and timing in a few minutes. right now, a rare sight in new york city. the empire state building completely dark. lights are turned off in a show of sympathy for the victims of harvey. 15 before the hour right now. today, president trump will make his way to texas to survey harvey's damage firsthand. >> the president previewed his trip yesterday and praised the response from federal and local officials. >> things are being handled really well. the spirit is incredible of the people. the coordination between all of the different services, as you know, has been going very well.

he's done an incredible job. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. tracie, what parts of the state is he going to visit? >> he's going to corpus christi and austin and areas where harvey initially hit as opposed to houston, which is really now in a crisis mode, flooded with water, dealing with the security of a presidential visit isn't feasible there right now. not to mention the roads getting in and around houston. he'll be in corpus christi. he's going to visit some of the emergency operations there. he's also going to visit the emergency operations center in austin. one of the things that the president talked about is money flowing from washington to texas. he answered a reporter's question yesterday saying that despite some of the challenges that they're having on capitol hill with appropriations this month, he doesn't expect that will affect the emergency funds that they're sending. >> tracie,

said he's going to visit louisiana. when could that happen? >> that declaration came less than 24 hours ago, yetd morning. the president apparently is considering a second trip to both texas and including louisiana. >> tracie potts for us from capitol hill. thanks so much. so all eyes have been on houston and the gulf coast of texas. and more days of heavy rain are coming. so the next threat could be new orleans much the mayor there calling on fema and the military to help people prepare. but as you know, resources are stretched thin right now. so far there's only been minor flooding in new orleans. but that could change in the next 12 hours. people are putting out thousands and thousands of sandbags to hold back the water. very scary situation. more than a decade after hurricane katrina. aaron? kristin, thank you. it's 4:47 now. we've learned the area where two men drowned in the potomac river

have seen an jup uptick of crime. they say some were drinking and using drugs in the area. this is near the boat club, which has also seen an increase in petty crime, like bike thefts. >> the two men who died, one jumped into the water, the other jumped in to save his friend. police in frederick want you to look at this teenager. his name is kyle rosen dahl. he disappeared last thursday and last seen at his home and no one has been able to reach him since then. if you do spot him, please contact police. today, students who never knew second lieutenant richard collins iii will take a moment to honor his memory. there will be a moment of silence at bowie state university and the university of maryland for the murdered student. collins was stabbed to death in may on mad ryland's campus days before he was to graduate. moment of silencend

will happen at 12:05 p.m. on both campuses. in memory, a moment of reflection -- police in frederick, maryland want you to take -- we'll go back to the bowie state university campus community joining the university of maryland college park for a moment of reflection to honor the life, as you mentioned of lieutenant richard collins. we know that umd students are not going to hear the marching band story we talked about earlier. we're going to hear them play my maryland before the first home football game this season. the school says it's because the song has pro-confederate lyrics. the official state long includes a reference to northern scum. the university said it's not playing the song to evaluate if it is consist at the present time with the school's value. most students admit they don't know the

but feel the university made a good decision. >> probably a good idea. we want to break all ties with that way of thinking. >> kind of glad that it's taken away now to have respect for all races. >> maryland lawmakers tried unsuccessfully for years to change that song. proposals have been introduced in the general assembly to rewrite the lyrics or scrapping it entirely. in news for your health this morning, a mother heartbroken over her daughter's death has a strong warning for parents about getting her kids immunized for school. she wants to make sure you take the lead in asking for the meningitis b vaccine. the vaccine is not mandatory right now. so parents have to specifically ask for the meningitis b vaccine. that vaccine that most 7th and 12th graders get only covers four trains of meningitis but not m

shot your kid needs depends on their age and grade level. the first of three clinics is this afternoon. there are two more next week, all by appointment only. students can start school without the shots but they have to have proof they have an appointment to get there. if you noticed you put on a few pounds lately, your job may be to blame. several studies say that job stress contributes to weight gain and the problem is worse for women. the international journal of obesity says women who are already overweight were more prone to gaining more weight when their jobs got stressful. >> i get that. you have a rough day and you feel like, you know what, that cupcake would make me feel better. >> comfort food. >> it's a lack of sleep makes you eat. >> for us. >> if you are working long hours or staying up late they say that -- >> you need it to keep you going. the calories and anything sounds good early in the morning. >> at least today we can run through the rain. try to dodge

>> maybe that will wake you up this morning. >> it was cool coming in. i got a latte. i got cold. >> i wore long sleeves. >> it's cool. let not the word cold yet. it's cool, maybe chilly. if you don't have the umbrella or rain coat and you don't get wet in the rain, it will feel colder. we can justify that for angie. light rain moving into the district and heavier rain in charles county, near fredericksburg. that's where we see the yellow shaded areas. that's where you see along 95 here. this is a look at the radar, what's happening currently with that rain moving up into the district. we have a lot of that heavier rain now. mostly in charles county. it's mostly moving from south to north. there is the area of low pressure off the south carolina coast. that will slowly be making its way up towards north carolina. so as the center gets closer to us, our winds

later today. it will be a rainy, windy day. do not leave home without the umbrella or rain coat. here's future weather. this rain will get more widespread. we expect it to get heavier. that's 8:30 this morning. yellow, orange, red. that shows you where the heavier rainfall is. by lunchtime, steady rain. windier throughout the day today. 5:00, 6:00 p.m. for the evening rush, we expect the rain -- 67 degrees washington. 64 dulles. 62 clinton. temperatures won't budge too much above 70 degrees. now we're looking at harvey in the gulf of mexico. rain again for houston and for new orleans. again, houston could see about 15 to 20 extra inches by the time it's over. eventually it will move inland, though. it will be heading towards us. not as a tropical system but bringing rain to part of your labor day weekend. after the rain and wind today, we'll stay dry through friday. over the weekend, t

sunday. we'll take a closer look at that. we'll check the roads with dave dildine on wtop. hey, dave. >> hey, sheena. let me show you the end result. the inner loop near little river turnpike. not so pretty. see the reflection of the crash response. wet roads and getting by to the left of this wreck. it's just at the end of the little river turnpike service road. traffic, obviously, easily able to get by at the left. very slippery on the roads. widen the view and pull out to the beltway. there aren't any delays. the overnight work zones set up in montgomery county on the outer loop of the beltway, they've been picked up. the workers scramble to get out of the weather. luckily, all the cones are up and hazard-free on -- that's the latest from traffic land. guys, back to you. >> dave dildine at wtop. thank you. you pay enough when you have to fly. check the bag, buy the food on the plane and getting dropped off at the airport. where some travelers could notice a difference. >> could the fod

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welcome back everybody. take a live look outside. this is reagan national airport. pretty lit up already. if you're flying out of town, you might want to check your flight. it is a weather alert day for all of us and a good c

the eastern seaboard south of here. at boston's airport this morning, steps are being taken to move traffic on the ground. >> the operators of logan international airport are going to study a plan that would charge drivers who pick up and drive off passengers. the boston globe reports that it's an attempt to curb congestion and pollution. it's part of an agreement with the massachusetts port authority and an environmental group. it won't oppose the agency's plan for parking spaces at the airport. a way to get them to add features. i don't know how that's going to work and how you do that. it's something we've been warning you about since before hurricane harvey made landfall. >> gas prices could be skyrocketing. some of the biggest refineries in texas could be -- when the storm passes, it could be a while befor

get back to work since most roads are flooded. gas buddy says prices in our area could climb $.15 a gallon because of this storm. what we're seeing in houston is unprecedented. we know that. we've also experienced our own massive flooding here over the years. river and storm water flooding have prompted millions in spending to hold back or drain the floodwaters. along the southwest waterfront here in d.c., the $2 million wharf project will be built several feet higher to accommodate rising water or flooding. >> the newer seawall part of the development you see that that's much, much higher and that i think, would survive a 500-year floodplain if not higher. >> several agencies and museums have been installing more equipment and barriers. officials say catastrophic flooding is only a matter of time. >> answer for

"news4 today" continues right now at 5:00 a.m. right now on "news4 today," get ready for rain. a storm team 4 weather alert day as we are in store for a nasty day. a lot of rain and wind today. don't get dressed until you hear the forecast. plus, you've seen the rescues for days. now another rainfall. we're tracking harvey and the path that could bring it here. >> shots fired at a metro station. terrifying new video of the gunman who got away. plus, back to school, back to traffic. we're going to get you and the kiddos ready for school and how school systems across the area are stepping up their efforts to make sure your children make it safely to school on the bus. >> 5:00 a.m. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm angie goff in for eun yang. there is a lot of rain on that radar if you head out the door early on this tuesday. >> storm team 4