"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

are tracking it all. chuck bell outside with the big umbrella and a look at what you're headed out into. let's begin with sheena parveen. >> good morning. you see the rain on the radar. we're watching a tropical system, actually. that's what the rain is coming from. it's off the south carolina coast. as we go through the day today, we're looking at rain and wind increasing across the area. do not leave home without your umbrella. one person who did not go outside without his umbrella is meteorologist chuck bell. chuck, what's it look like out there? >> it's an ugly shade of wet out here this morning. not much of a breeze yet. boy, that will change later on this afternoon. as sheena was mentioning, a tropical system off the carolina coastline is throwing moisture in our direction already. pretty steady moderate rain in northwest washington and heavier rains in parts of southern maryland. charles county, northern st. mary's county. again, everyone will get wet at some point during the day today. heaviest of the r

before lunch. strongest of the winds likely later on today. mid-60s right now. we will struggle mightily to get up to 70 degrees for a high temperature today. that is 15 degrees cooler than average. there are more cool days in our ten-day forecast. we'll give you that in a few more minutes. now it's traffic time. good morning, mr. dildine. >> good morning mr. bell. we're soggy and slow on the beltway in virginia. you can see why in this camera shot. inner loop, it's a crash on the right side just after the service road merges on to 495 north. you can see the reflection of the overheadlight bars of the vehicles. yes, indeed, it is wet on the beltway. if you're headed out this morning, give yourself extra time and extra stopping room on the road. no signs of drying any time soon. the flood zones have been waurkd ou of the way. all the lanes are open there. in virginia, new crash 95 northbound near the parkway reported in the center of th

back to you. >> dave, thank you. it's 5:03 now. floods are covering eastern texas and people are preparing for even more danger. that storm is about to head back into land with another 10 inches of rain it could dump on the coast. this is the latest from our storm team 4 radar. >> just because it is dark outside, that does not mean that they have stopped the rescue missions. you are looking at some brand new video into our news 4 newsroom from houston where people were just rescued from this highway. >> more than 3,000 people have been saved so far across that region. news 4's sara doll afth dallof latest from texas city, texas. >> reporter: good morning. a fifth consecutive day of rain in southeast texas bringing with it more misery and more destruction. this is in texas where we are outside of now under a mandatory evacuation and m

as rescuers continue to go door to door in these communities looking for people still trapped. now, people who don't have anywhere to go, about 30,000 estimates need temporary shelter. the convention center and dallas convention center as well as private businesses getting involved. a furniture store allowing people to sleep in their display beds. at least three people are confirmed dead and six members of a family and four children are missing relatives say after their van was swept away by floodwaters. a deadly storm that continues to threaten the southeast part of the state. aaron and angie. >> continue our team coverage from houston. news 4's amelia draper is in texas as well and captured these images yesterday of one family reuniting after a

dogs. they waded in waist-deep water. you see the dad with the little girl on his shoulders. the water was so high. >> so many people affected by this. we want you to stay with news 4 all day long. amelia is going to have live coverage of the storm in our afternoon shows and if you are looking for ways that you can help people affected by harvey, please check out the nbc washington app. we've got all the information there, made it easy. search harvey help for a list of ways that you can lend a hand. developing this morning, north korea has launched another ballistic missile. you're looking at file video, actually, of a previous launch there. the missile flew over japanese airspace and plupgd into the pacific ocean. it set off japan's warning system advising people to duck or take cover. you saw japan's prime minister there. he's calling this move a significant threat and

council. >> also happening abroad. breaking news out of afghanistan. we want to go to kristin wright at the live desk. >> a bombing in kabul. at least five people are dead. this is being called a suicide bombing in a busy commercial area, guys. >> we heard that this is actually close to a u.s. embassy. do you know how close? >> that's right. we're talking not far at all. the u.s. embassy just down the road from where the bombing happened. police think the target was a bank, though. again, five people dead at this point. but those are initial reports. we could, in fact, see that number go up. back to you. >> kristin wright for us. keep us posted. >> yes. 5:06 right now. hazing, underage drinking, violence and sex assault are some of the major concerns parents have when they send their kids off to college. those accusations have led to major

university. justin finch is live near the campus in northwest d.c. with more on the concerns about underground student groups there. justin? >> reporter: aaron, good morning. you know, fall classes here at american began this week. at this point, 18 students are now off the rolls, expelled at this point. another student is now on probation. that's after the university has found they were all tied to a ring that you mentioned of physical violence, sex assault, underage drinking and hazing. they call themselves ei or epsilon iota. they were an underground threat running about 15 years ago. they pulled the chapter here from american university. so in their wake, they have been running without official recognition. news 4 intern and reporter for the student paper, the eagle, matt hult holt has

>> everyone is relieved. in 2014, there were members that were accused of trying to hit one of their pledges. >> reporter: about that same time three years ago, another scandal involving ei here. an e-mail that included language and exchanges detailing sex assault, drug use and criminal activity. aaron and angie? >> justin, we're starting a new school year here for american university. that's been the school's response to all of this and what will they do going forward? >> reporter: aaron, they've been cracking down on other underground groups hoping this action will dissuade future groups. their campus-like offices sent out a statement. it does say that the group has perpetuated and systematically presented a threat to the safety and well-being of our students. this should send a clear, strong message to anyone involved with gr

prohibited by the conduct code. so taking a swift and decisive action on campus. aaron and angie, back to you. >> justin thanks. shocking video here out of the district. you can see two men here, one starts shooting down an escalator at the columbia heights metro station. this happened on friday right around lunchtime. we don't know whether the other man was hit by the gunfire. both men ran off and the weapon was tossed. police want to hear from anybody who recognizes these guys. nine minutes after the hour right now. metro's general manager says the transit agency needs 500 million more dollars per year just to keep up with maintenance and expenses. >> does that mean that you, you and everybody else will have to foot the bill. transportation reporter adam tuss joining us live early from the vienna metro station to tell us about this big regional summit that just happened, adam. the focus

million more. that's a lot of money. >> reporter: a lot of money per year, angie. a lot of metro riders say don't i pay enough on my cards to cover metro's operating expenses? it actually doesn't. it only covers half of metro's operating expenses. that's why this regional summit happened yesterday. we had d.c. mayor bowser and the governors of maryland and virginia getting together to talk about a dedicated funding source for metro. there's no consensus about how to do that. that's the region's challenge at this point in time. how do we come up with a dedicated funding source to help metro and get this funding challenge taken care of. now, the district has said that they support something like a $.01 sales tax on everything that you buy. so that could be a way to fund this system. but virginia and maryland have not agreed on that. we'll have to see how it goes. there's going to be talks on this going ar

again, guys, no consensus at this point. back to you. all right. adam tuss. many more meetings ahead for sure. you're going to be busy. 5:11 now. classes aren't the only things filling up. so are the roads around here. coming up, we're getting you ready for school traffic. a look at the safety changes you'll soon be seeing this year. plus, kidnapped, thrown from a bridge. a little girl survives a terrifying night. now, new details about where she met her alleged attacker. that's an important warning for all of us. we are tracking harvey and its impact. thousands rescued. still ahead, we'll share stories behind the incredible videos you've seen over the past few days. coming up, we'll talk about harvey impacting our labor day weekend. for now, we have rain moving from a different tropical system. in just a bit, we'll talk about at you canwh

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good tuesday morning. we're watching rain moving in from a different tropical system around south carolina. the heavier rain in charles county moving into the district. what you can expect today. rainy and windy all day. it will get windier as the day goes on. tomorrow, some improvements. into the weekend is when we'll see the remnants h

we'll check that forecast coming up. let check in with dave dildine on traffic. >> tropical traffic. take a look at the beltway, a crash just cleared on the beltway. you can see reflections from the taillight. it is sloppy and slow on 95 northbound with one broken down. back to you. dave, thank you. it's 5:15 right now. you're going to see this photo all over facebook and twitter this morning. this woman was wounded when a gunman opened fire in a new mexico public library yesterday. three others were hurt as well. two library workers were killed in the shooting. eastern new mexico news reports a high school sophomore shouted run, as he entered the library with the handgun. investigators are still looking into a motive now. you have to hear this little girl's story of survival. a 7-year-old from the boston area was kidnapped from her grandparents home on sunda

barbecue, threw her ib inside of a car, choked her and threw her into a lake over the bridge. the little girl survived the drop into that water. even after that, aaron, she found the strength to swim to shore. she knocked on the door of a nearby -- she's 7, mind you. she knocked on the door of someone's house and they called the police. >> amazing the will to survive will do for you. 35-year-old man was arrested for this. the little girl had cuts and bruises but otherwise she's going to be okay. >> why did he do -- a new video of what was almost a tragic accident. you take a look here. a woman was in the subway in china when she fell through the floor. it looks like she would have been trapped if someone hadn't jumped in and grabbed her by the arm. take a look again. barely caught her before she was gone. this was in front of an escalator. the floor was br.

spot. several other people got involved here. again, we understand that woman is going to be okay. an incredible story of neighbors helping neighbors continuing to come in from texas during the destructive flooding there. >> it is a storm unlike anything seen and so is the outpouring of support. volunteers with boats, risking their lives to help others trapped in those floodwaters. rescuers are using their own boats to guide victim to safety now. check out this pastor from houston. he swam out to flooded cars to see if anybody was trapped incompetent side. he checked every car near a freeway, even climbing on top of them. the preacher said every car was empty. >> you have probably seen this viral photo of a resourceful dog. but the photo doesn't tell the entire story. he bolted down the street during the storm with a bag of dog food. one of the lumber yards in town happens to keep a bag

food just for him. very popular. they let him into local restaurants. has a personality of his own. turns out that he's a looter. he remembered where it was kept and he went straight for it. he was able to locate his food. talk about a -- >> i'd say he's a survivor. not a looter in this case. >> right. >> he looks like he's seen a few things. >> an old dog with new tricks right there. >> i know. with all the destruction and the devastation, the photos and stories like that that are keeping people going and keeping them motivated. >> sure. >> quite the event that they're dealing with in houston. it's not each over yet. >> heavy rain continuing to go on there a loy the of people are trying to compare this to katrina. bringing back the memories of katrina. remember in 2005. that's the video you're looking at on the right. whereas, houston texas from this event is on the left. back in 200 5rk the mayor of new orleans did order mandatory

a lot of people didn't have the resources to get out of town. the mayor of houston made a different decision and neither one are the right or the wrong way to go. you have to take it one day at a time. the decision in houston not to evacuate was also based mainly on safety. if you ask 6.5 million people to get on the road at the same time and drive out of town, that, in and of itself, is a safety concern. the number one place that people drown is in their cars. imagine asking 6 million people to leave houston and then have all those people trapped on submerging roadways. no such thing is a great decision when these kind of natural disasters happen. but wow, we're just hopeful that the worst will be over in the next couple of days. for us, we have our own set of problems to deal with for today. fortunately, nothing on that level of extremity. 65 degrees in washington now with an east wind averaging 12 miles per hour. those east to northeast winds will really

be blowing hard across the area today. if you're headed to the eastern shore and you live by the chesapeake bay, each windier the closer you get to the open water. a lot of rain. rainfall amounts today on average about a half an inch in the shenandoah valley. closer to an inch around the city. maybe an inch and a half of rain down in southern maryland where the heaviest of the rain is likely. here's future weather betweener between now and 8:00 in the morning. it's going to be a slow morning commute today. the heaviest of the rain should taper off during the middle parts of afternoon. just as the rain tries to ease up in intensity, the wind will increase. it will be april wind-whipped afternoon. temperatures in the low to mid-60s now. we'll stay mostly in the 60s to maybe near 70 today. northeast winds could be 20 to 35 miles per hour. good news. as we get back to sunshine and 79 degrees tomorrow, 85 on thursday and a cool sunny 74 on friday. of course, we're tracking harvey.

chance for bringing rain into the forecast for sometime either saturday or sunday. we'll be narrowing that down as we get closer. this is a weather alert day, dave dildine. that usually means a slowdown on the roads. >> we got one for you, chuck. heavy rain and traffic on 95 northbound. a live look. northbound in stafford county. jammed traffic down the parkway. had a broken down pickup that's been moved to the left shoulder. not a good morning to break down with the wet weather. show you the heaviest rain falling. obviously with wipers on. take you to maryland and show you conditions on the beltway. not very good. lots of road spray. we'll keep an eye out. back to you guys. >> dave, thank you. 5:21 now. ready for school, ready for traffic. >> the two go hand in hand. being ready for a new year means changing your commute. up next, we'll fill you in on new safety changes that could slow down your drive.

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welcome back at 5:25. all week we're working for you to get your kids ready for school and safe as they head back to class. >> we know how house of you rely on buses to get your children to and from school every single day. right now, counties in virginia and maryland, they're stepping up school bus safety. this year, ten

stop arms. they will extend more than 6 feet into the next traffic lane. it's meant to stop cars from cutting around buses that are stopped to pick up students. in maryland montgomery county schools will put more cameras on buses. starting on tuesday, the county plans to have 500 buses equipped with the cameras to snap photos of cars that illegally pass. >> our goal, as i said, is not to be issuing tickets. we want these cameras to create the dee terterrent effect to re those it's illegal to pass a school bus but an eye watching you do it. >> police gave out close to 20,000 citations last year to drivers who didn't follow the law. if you don't stop, you could be fined anywhere from $250 to $600. you can find more back to school information on the nbc waurks t washington app. anywhere from vaccines your

child needs. families found and saved after being stranded in homes and on highways. more coverage as we track harvey's latest path just ahead. we're looking at rainfall currently from a different tropical system. so before you leave, grab the umbrella. take your time out there. we're currently seeing the rainy and cool conditions. later on today, the winds will be

right now at 5:30, a storm team 4 weather alert. grab your umbrella, rain coat and your boots. get ready for a rainy, windy, chilly day. chuck and sheena will help you plan your day an when the worst of it will hit your neighborhood. >> the storm is already making waves at the beach. what it could mean for your labor day weekend. we're still tracking harvey and the potential path to our area. new updates and when it could make landfall again. right now, we take you to storm team 4 radar on this rainy tuesday morning. it's not going to be an issue on your morning drive. but not just on your morning drive, but tonight as well. just going to be one of those days around here, folks. good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> sloppy tuesday. that's what we're calling it this morning. i'm angie goff in for

meteorologists. they have a look at the weather and then dave dildine is in from wtop who has a look at the roads. going to be a mess. >> sheena is outside for us this morning. chuck, we'll start with you. what do you have? >> we're tracking a storm system down off the south carolina coastline. the hurricane center has been keeping a close eye on it. it remains a tropical depression at this time. were it to be named, it would take on the name irma. they're resisting putting a name on it at the moment. named or unnamed, it's going to bring rain and wind in abundance to the area. rain plus wind in the afternoon. for more on that, let's go to sheena parveen who is in the rain this morning. >> yes, chuck. in the rain and cool temperatures, i might add. aside from the rain increasing, it's going to get windy. here's a live look at the radar. that low is centered off the south carolina coast. but all the moisture is to the north of this

heaviest rain in fredericksburg. 95 south of the beltway has been seeing rain for quite a while. zooming into the beltway, though, you see pretty steady rainfall. through your morning, take your time. grab the umbrellas. you'll need a rain coat with the winds increasing. look at the temperatures, only staying in the 60s this morning. only topping out around 70 this afternoon with the rain continuing. not a good looking commute this morning. let's head to dave dildine with a look at that. good morning. >> good morning. it's already starting the we'll start you off in maryland. i-95 northbound near the intercounty connector. it is the first report of a jack-knifed tractor-trailer on slick pavement. northbound north of the beltway. expect delays to build. the truck jack-knifed reportedly in the center of the roadway. also delays in virginia on i-95 through stafford county, virginia. a broken down pickup truck. that was moved to the left shoulder, thankfully. all lanes, you see traffic is

fredericksburg. we'll keep you updated. back to you. sheena and chuck warned us about rainy, windy conditions in our area today. t matt delucia from our -- he's in ocean city with our storm ranger. matt? >> reporter: good morning. we're waiting for the bulk of the rain and wind to come off the eastern shore of maryland. we have storm ranger, our mobile radar keeping an eye on this storm as it moves from the south to the north. right now we're in ocean city, maryland waiting for the bulk of that rain. we do have a light wind here at the moment. we've already seen a little bit of rainfall but not too much at this hour. the two big factors that we're going to be looking at today will be the wind and also rough surf. there is a high wind watch that will be in effect from this morning through the evening looking at the potential for winds up to 40 miles per hour and gusts up to

hour. we've heard that the ocean city beach patrol has taken down some lifeguard stands so they don't blow away. the other factor, the rough surf, a high surf advisory all day. you have to watch out for the rip currents along the maryland shoreline. there's a high risk of rip current through at least early tomorrow. what the storm could do if it becomes tropical storm irma we're waiting to see. ocean city police are monitoring this storm along with other emergency services. and from the folks that we've been talking to around here, some are just being cautious. we folk spoke with a guy who was fishing here. he has been able to get the boats out for the past couple of days because of the rough surf and wind. a lot of folks waiting to see what happens with the storm. we'll be waiting here with storm ranger. back to you. >> of course, the storm everybody is talking about, harvey, creating the worst conditions down in texas and soon it will be back on land. people are preparing for

louisiana. >> kristin wright is at the live desk with what's happening right now. kristin, many of them dealing with life-threatening flood conditions. >> you know what, texas has never dealt with this. the number could go up of death. a family of six in houston is missing right now. they were trying to get to dry ground. but they were swept away. at the same time, a lot of rescues are happening. the texas national guard and just regular people have saved more than 3,000 people. they are so grateful for that. but, they have a long road ahead. >> got no money, got no car. i have the clothes i'm wearing and my dog. >> sad. president trump and the first lady will be in texas today to talk to people there and to see the damage firsthand. aaron? >> kristin, thank you for that. we have team ra

having on people's lives. get the nbc washington app to see where it's headed next. you can find out how you can help folks in texas right now and watch for amelia draper's reports from texas all day here on news 4. 5:36. what do you do if you call 911 and that call goes to the wrong dispatcher? we're working for you this morning to get some answers after this happened to some people in the neighborhood of northwest d.c. on sunday. cameron robinson was here at the starbucks when a worker collapsed. she says witnesses called 9-1-1. but several of the calls wept to dispatchers in nearby maryland instead of d.c. robinson said people started to panic. this happens along border lines they said. >> unfortunately, it is out of our hands much we have a voice in it, which is great. but it is on our carriers. we have a relationship with them. they're all verop

on a campaign aimed to help callers know where they're calling from. there's a new 911 system that will help dispatchers where you're calling from based on your cell phone location. you won't hear the university of maryland marching band play maryland, my maryland at the football games. they say it has pro-confederate lyrics. the university is suspending playing of that song to evaluate whether it's consistent with the school's values. students admit they don't know the history behind the song but feel the university made the right decision suspending the song for now. 5:37 right now. your grocery bill going down if you shop at whole foods. it has slashed its prices. we're working for you to do the math. a look at how the new costs compare to other stores. you're waking up to a wet morning as a big storm heads

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i don't plan to. >> guess what? if you want to go and smell the flower, obviously, you won't see aaron there. the third plant is open and it stinks like the rest of them. it smells like rotting meat, maybe a diaper. this is a live stream from the u.s. botanic garden. fish, they've said is another smell. they're staying open late if you want to go, aaron. >> it won't be there for very long, though. we should tell you about that. angie has something to show you. >> i do? >> you did. >> i did smell it. >> they bottle this stuff, right? >> you got to get -- >> take a big -- you get a hint of -- >> i got -- i can feel it in my eyes now. i'm not kidding. i

the prompter after that. jim kind of took a whiff off the top. you have to get your nose in it. >> no, angie, you don't. >> i have kids. it smelled like a diaper. stinky feet, mixed in one. >> barbara brought that sample for us. >> now to our forecast which also stinks. >> thanks, barbara. >> chuck bell, segue to you. >> not going to be a pleasant day to be outside. a day better suited for the kids to have summer vacation continuing. better suited for binge watching something today. temperatures will stay in the 60s today. some places could get more than an inch of rain as well. come will up, we'll be look at radar and sheena will be talking about your weekend. >> we're talking about slow traffic on 95 northbound where there's a jack-knifed tractor-trailer near the icc. we

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good morning everybody. it's 5:45 in the morning. we have rain on all corners of the capitol beltway and moderate lane in waldorf and la plata imt it's going to be a windy and soggy mess of a day today. we're in weather alert mode. we'll show you the future weather and the ten-day forecast coming right up. first, though, tracking harvey. thousands rescued. more than 30 inches of rain in a few days and the worst may not be over yet. harvey is headed back toward land as we speak. the storm is getting stronger in the gulf right now and it's going to turn back around. these are some live pictures from houston this morning where we saw a truckload of people being rescued from a highway overnight. president trump will get a chance to take a look at the damage when he visits texas later today. >> this is his first big test dealing with

disaster while in office. the president talked about his trip yesterday. >> 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. great respect for the governor. he's done an incredible job. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, what's going to be on the president's agenda while in the state of texas. >> sure, he's tlieg to corpus christi. he's meeting with relief workers there. that's one of the areas where the storm first hit. then he's going to austin and talk with state leaders and visit the emergency operation's center there. really, get a bird's eye view of what the damage is and how they're trying to deal with it. he will not be going to houston where we're seeing all that flooding. it's just too much to secure a president. get them settled. one thing we know

he is sometimes moved and his actions reflect when he gets a real look at devastation like this. we saw it with syria and his change of policy there. what's going to happen when he actually sees not on television but firsthand what people are dealing with there in texas. one thing that he's assured the people of texas of yesterday is that the money will continue to flow from washington despite what's expected to be a heated debate over appropriations here next month. aaron and angie. >> tracie potts on the hill for us. tracie, thank you. i'm kristin wright at the live desk. we have team coverage of harvey and texas isn't the only place under threat. new orleans could be next. the worst rain is supposed to start today and go through tomorrow. people doing what they can. sandbags and shelters all getting set up right now. such a scary situation. katrina was just a little over ten years ago. back to

have they declared a state of emergency yet? >> actually, there is a federal state of emergency in louisiana. the mayor of new orleans asked for help from fema, state police and the military. but as you know, resources are stretched thin right now. aaron? >> kristin, thank you for that. it is 5:49 right now. what we're seeing in houston is unpress depthed. 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 around here. along the southwest waterfront in d.c., the $2 billion wharf will be built several feet higher to accommodate rising water or flooding. >> the newer seawall part of the development, you'll see that that's much, much higher an that i think would survive probably a 500-year floodplain. several federal agencies

equipment and barriers to hold back floodwaters. catastrophic flooding is ohm a matter of time. if you're just joining us, pack your umbrella today and the rain jacket. we're expecting a lot of rain. you can see this on radar. sheena parveen will join us in a couple of minutes to break it all down for us. one of maryland's most controversial transportation projects will soon be reality. demolition work started to make room for the purple line. the 16-mile light rail hine will make connections and 21 stops along the way. there was an added promise of 900 million bucks in federal funding. construction goes as planned, you'll be able to ride that purple line in year 2022. we know that metro's general manager says that the transit

more than $500 million per year just to keep up with maintenance and expenses. >> the question is, will you have to foot the bill for this? our transportation reporter adam tuss joining us live from the vienna metro station to tell us about a regional sum ipt. adam? >> reporter: that's right. there's a big regional summit yesterday with the heads of d.c., maryland and virginia. really, this all comes down to, how are we going to fund metro into the future? a lot of people say, don't i pay enough with the fares that go to metro? really, only about 60 to 70% of your fares actually go to cover metro's operating expenses. we want better lighting at stations, new trains, new tracks. but that costs money. this is what the general manager is talking about here. everyone got together yesterday to agree on the fact that yes, there needs to be more dedicated funding, but they just don't know how to make that happen. the district is talking about things like

to make sure funding can happen. at this point, there's no consensus from all leaders in our region about where we should be when it comes to the funding mechanism. that's really going to be the hard challenge here. how much more will you be asked to pay, whether you ride metro or not to help fund the transit agency. guys? >> adam, what is this we're hearing that there might be a recommendation to shrink the metro board? >> right, so one of the things going on is former u.s. transportation secretary raila hood is making recommendations to metro. the current metro board is way too big. there's too many members. he's recommending shrinking it down to about four members with a fifth person being the chairman of the board. they think that that would give a better idea and better guidance as far as how we can think regionally when it comes to the metro board, guys. >> vienna, thanks. >> transportation this

the road, whether it's going to be a factor, chuck even mentioned. >> it is cool out there. it will be chilly, angie. >> cool earlier. little chilly. >> especially once you're in the rain because it's damp. if you get rained on, if you don't have your umbrella, will be sorry and cold and wet. >> yet the rain moved in. here's what you need to know. rainy and windy today all day. the winds have not really picked up. later on this afternoon they will. as the tropical system gets closer to us, we're seeing the rain from it. into the weekend, we're talking about rain from harvey. here's a look at the radar. the beltway, light, steady rain down 95. we've seen rain for longest period of time southbound 95. if you're heading to fredericks purg, the heaviest rain. take your time out the.

montgomery county, leesburg, seeing that rain as well. this goes into baltimore. almost the entire area now covered with that rain. there's that heavier rain shown by the yellows and oranges. there's the center of the storm, though. it's way down to the south off the carolina coast. that's eventually going to be getting closer this afternoon. as it gets closer, our winds will increase. it will stay with us all day. future weather, steady rain across the area. some could be heavy. then we go through the afternoon, your evening drive, still rainy and windier. winds could be gusting to 25, maybe 35 miles per hour. tomorrow we're dry. thursday, friday, we're dry. saturday and sunday, that's when we're tracking rain from harvey making its way up here. we'll take a closer look. let's check the roads. the wet roads on this tuesday. good morning, dave. >> and then some. good morning to you, too. wet roads can lead to mishaps. we're looking at one now. in laurel, the jack-knifed truck between 212 and 200 before the

icc. driver jack-knifed in the center of 95 northbound. good news if you're southbound. if that's where your commute takes you, that's incident-free for now. early delays on 270 southbound with the soggy conditions. slowdowns in the wet weather. no mishaps. in the district, we've got delays inbound at the southeast, southwest freeway toward main avenue and southbound on d.c. 295. we're keeping an eye on it for now. back to you. dave, thank you. it's 5:55 now. you may have heard about amazon's plan to lower prices at whole foods. maybe you're wondering how much money could you really save there now? >> this was all the talk yesterday. we wanted to see how deep the discounts go. we september consumer reporter susan hogan shopping. this is what she found. lots of fruits and veggies on sale. fuji apples had a good discount. normally $2.99 a pound. went down a dollar. $1.99. it cost us

price is $1.49 each. so the price for six apple ls was about $9. at safe way, $1.12 apiece or $6.72 for half a dozen. the bottom line, if you're thinking of going into whole foods and suddenly cut your grocery bill in half, it's not like you're going to be slashing the whole bill. it's not for every item. >> if you're a whole foods devotee, you only go there, you might save money. >> it puts the dent into the whole paycheck going to whole foods that you hear so often about. like you mentioned, handful of products. >> check out susan hogan's full report on the nbc washington app. search whole foods. good morning. i am landon dowdy at cnbc headquarters. the insurance industry is

from hurricane harvey. jpmorgan says the best quote estimate is 10 to $20 billion in insured losses. however, thousands of victims whose homes are damaged or destroyed could lack adequate coverage. analysts expect flooding, which is typically excluded from homeowner policies to cause more damage than winds. 269,000 properties in the houston area are officially in designated flood zones requiring them to have coverage if the property has a government-backed mortgage. i'm landon dowdy with this cnbc business report. next at 2k6 6:00, amid the disaster, new controversy for joel osteen. >> the church leader being criticized in houston. why its caught up in a firestorm and how he's responding. if you have a teenager, they spend a lot of time on social media. how it could be negatively impacting your child's mental health. that's ahead at 6:00.

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you are waking up to a storm team 4 weather alert. the timing and impact on your morning commute. >> from the beltway to the beaches. this is a

today. we have the storm ranger monitoring conditions on the maryland shore. plus, relentless rain and rescues. harvey won't let up. new video of more rescues happening around the clock and the impact that harvey will have on your weekend. good morning everybody. it is tuesday and i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm angie goff. >> we have full team coverage but it's going to feel more like october today. >> chuck bell and sheena parveen begin our coverage from the storm team 4 weather deck. it's wet outside. >> it is wet outside. we have two umbrellas to make it look more dramatic. >> the dueling umbrellas out here. >> it's chilly this morning, too. >> yeah, in the low to mid-60s with the rain falling right now. not going to get out of the 60s today. might get up to as much as 70