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

downtown. that's about it. >> there's a look at the radar over the last 12 hours. from dry to wet as the rain moved on in. this rain will not be coming to an end probably for another 12 hours or more. both commutes will take it on the chin today. the morning's commute is mostly wet. the afternoon commute not only wet but windy as well. kind of a high-profile vehicle, hold on tight to the wheels. could even have wind restrictions on the bay bridge later today. >> for more on the traffic impacts, let's go to wtop and dave dildine. >> chuck, we've got one big impact right now and looking at a live shot of i-95 in laurel. northbound between 212 and the icc. it's a jack-knifed tractor-trailer. that is one result of the weather. the traffic is channeling around it. down below, authorities are scene. it's flared off. it's causing a traffic jam and roads are quite slick. in some cases quite slow. give yourself a little extra time if you

back to you. dave, thank you. as chuck and sheena mentioned, while the rain will be bad here, ocean city maryland also going to get hit pretty hard. we're monitoring the conditions there. we'll have a live report from the boardwalk in about ten minutes. we're also tracking harvey this morning. the texas national guard working around the clock, rescuing families from their flooded homes in many cases. take a look at this video. guardsman carrying a toddler while they're away from the flooded home. another guardsman puts a woman on his back. that carries her through waist deep water carries her to safety as well. at least nine people are feared dead, including a family of six believed to have been swept away. >> president trump and the first played i will get an up close look at the rescue missions and all the damage done in texas. visiting

austin. they will tour the public operation's center in austin. >> close to 7,000 people in a dry, safe place to sleep overnight. they'll wake up in a texas convention center. it's been transformed into a red cross shelter. this is in houston. the same convention center was used as those affected by hurricane katrina 12 years ago. ten more inches. people in texas can't take any more rain. but it is on the way right now. >> as of this morning, 3,000 people have been rescued from high water. places are opening their doors to help people out as well. sarah dallof has the latest from dickinson, texas. >> reporter: aaron and angie good morning. a fifth consecutive day of rain bringing more misery and more destruction. this is in texas where we're just outside of now under a mandatory evacuation and mandatory curfew

continue their door to door in these communities looking for people still trapped. now, as for the people who don't have anywhere to go, about 40,000 from the estimates are in temporary shelters in the convention center and the dallas convention center as well as private businesses getting involved. a furniture store allowing them to sleep in display beds. at least three people are confirmed dead and six members of a family. four children are missing after their van was swept away by floodwaters. a deadly storm should be continuing to threaten the southeast part of the state. aaron and angie. >> sarah dallof for us this morning. many of you want to do what you can to help those affected by the disaster. we've compiled a list of ways. serve harvey help in the nbc washington app and see what you can do r for the red cro a

storm victims really need money and blood donations we're told. >> five minutes after the hour. back here at home, this video probably shocked a lot of people. you see two men running here. one starts shooting down the escalator at the columbia heights metro station on friday around lunchtime. we don't know if the other man was hit by the gunfire. that weapon was tossed. they want to hear from anybody who recognizes them. 6:05 right now. american university hoping that expelling students sends a powerful message at the start of the school year. >> this rounds an underground student fra terpt. justin finch on the campus of northwest d.c. students say this has been a probable lenl for a while. >> reporter: aaron, about 15 years to be exact. the so-called underground threat and it's years of reported risky behavior are now busted. 18 students involved are now expelled and one student is now on probation. they call themselves epsilon iota or ei. th

campus after the fraternity pulled a chapter here in the 2000s. after that ei kept going despite not being official. since the early 2000s they have been tied to underage drinking, hazing and physical violence. three years ago, more calls to shut ei down after -- drugs and sex assault. here on campus, students say ei's actions were never a secret. >> they kind of got a bad rap as being people who weren't really something you should affiliate with. >> it was never something i thought would continue. american's campus life office released a statement after the 19 students were disciplined. epsilon iota, systematically presented a threat to the safety and well-being of our students. this should send a clear, strong message to anyone involved with ou

prohibited by the conduct code. we can also tell you au student paper is reporting that both campus police and d.c. police have been looking into ei's activities. we're live on american's campus. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you in the studio. >> justin, thank um. you may notice more police officers on patrol at the university of maryland in college park today. that is because officers are investigating now two indecent exposure incidents. police say they -- 7:15 and 7:30 on sunday morning in the parking garage. in both of these cases a naked man approached female students. officers are reviewing nearby camera footage. >> today students who never knew second lieutenant richard collins iii took a moment to honor his memory. there will be a moment of silence at bowie state university and university of maryland for the murdered student. collins was stabbed to death on maryland's campus

his graduation at bowie state. it will happen at 12:05 p.m. on both campuses. >> in virginia, also today in fairfax county, a special election is happening to take a new at large member for the school board. polls opened up a few minutes ago at 6:00 a.m. the seat will replace at-large member jeannette huff who resigned in may. if you are planning to cast your ballot at the school today, officials are asking you to do it before or after school hours. joel osteen caught in controversy. the tell evangelist being slammed on social media for his response to hurricane harvey. how osteen is defending him search. plus, a disturbing discovery at a place of worship. the local church vandalized with words of hate. good morning. we have rain across the area. it's not looking good for the commute. take your time this morning. don't leave home without the el

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good morning. we're looking at very wet start to this tuesday. all day long, area of low pressure off the carolina coast. it's a tropical system that the rain is already here across almost the entire area this morning. take your time on the roadways and before the kids on the bus stop. make sure they have the umbrella. the rain coat through the afternoon. the temperatures stay cool too and the winds will start to increase. we'll talk more about this and what you can expect for labor day weekend coming up. let's check the road with dave dil dildine. >> no

a jack-knifed tractor-trailer on 95 toward laul. the icc. in the center of the roadway. if you pan out, it's causing a backup. southbound lanes are open. in arlington, virginia, the pentagon, 395, a spinout crash getting by from the left. that's the latest. stay safe. back after you. i'm kristin wright at the live desk staying on top of harvey a seven people are missing and feared dead in texas. we told you about that family that's missing. four children and their great grandparents are in their van trying desperately to get to dry ground when they were swept away. we found out of that police believe a man died trying to swim through floodwaters right around midnight. we don't know yet this man's story. >> kristin wright at the live desk. thank you. televangelist joel osteen is

media reports, post rather claim that his houston-based mega church was closed to flood victims. >> people are wondering where is joel osteen in houston when we're going through epic floods. maybe in the basement but not here. you know how many thousands of kids and families, at least show you care and offer it. >> that lakewood church in houston put out a statement saying the church is inaccessible due to flooding in other parts of the building. osteen said the church never closed its doors and will continue to be a distribution center. 52,000 people attend that church every week. you have a child with a smartphone? are they on social media? this might be a story you want to listen to. social media may be doing something to your child's mental health. >> users feeling inadequate and having more anxiety after using the

instagram, along with snapchat, facebook and twitter also affect teens' behavior. teens who spend two ours who more on social media are most at risk. to curb that behavior, parents are encouraged to monitor their child's social media activities. you might normally think of a public library as a safe place to spend the day. in new mexico, a quiet library turned into a chaotic crime scene. two people were killed and four others hurt when a gunman opened fire. i don't know what prompted the shooting but it's an experience he will never forget. >> life changing experience. you'd never think you'd be in a position in the safest place in the county. >> we know the two people who died were women, we believe, who worked at the library. the gunman ultimately sur en -- when you show up to sunday school, usually you're greeted by a smiling

parishioners of the ministries in dumfries found this. racist flyers on sunday before service. the messages -- nazis and confederates. a minister of the church had in this message for whoever put the posters up. >> lot of organizations like that plan to be christian. but it isn't about hatred. it's about love and spreading love. >> police hope that surveillance video can help track down who is responsible. the minister says other churches and groups have reached out to show their support. it was an emotional welcome back for nats owner mark lerner. he returned to nats park for the first time since losing a leg african certificate treatments earlier this summer. lerner is now ivan pudge rodriguez. parts of 13 seasons wit

favorite bearded player was back. jason wuertz smacked a two-run homer. the nats beat the marlins 11-2. >> nice to get that. if you're just joining us right now, it is a weather alert day. you can tell by looking at the radar here at nbc4. if -- it's moving up the coast bringing us lots of wind and rain. >> matt delucia from our philadelphia sister station. he's live in ocean city, maryland. >> reporter: good morning. it's not a beach day, that is for sure. this is what we're seeing here. we've seen more of that rain starting to fall here within the last hour. right here along the ocean city beach, we see that the beach patrol has taken down some of the lifeguard stands in advance of storm. just preparing for the heavy winds that are going to be coming up in this direction. we're starting to see the wind pick up. starting to see the rain pick up within the last hour.

can see not too many folks around here. although there are a few people getting in the morning run. they're not letting that stop them. you see the effects of the wind on some of the flags and the other items here on the boardwalk. the two big things that folks will be watching around here will be the wind and also the heavy surf. that is a big concern for folks who are heading out to the beach. you want to swim in front of a oif grard stand. it might be a good idea to skip the beach day. there is that risk of rip current that could potentially cause a big problem if you're going to be out here on the beaches. we do have storm ranger in this entire area we're monitoring with our mobile radar. we're going to head over there and we'll see you in about a half hour with the technology that we're mapping this entire area and where we're seeing the heavy rainfall starting to move in

hours. if you're headed to the eastern shore of maryland, might not be a good idea as far as a beach day is concerned. guys, back to you. >> matt delucia from nbc 10, our philadelphia sister station. thank you, sir. not a beach day at all. >> no, not. in addition to being blustery, this is an all-day event. when we talk about the temperature drop, we're not going to go there. it's not going to be only rainy, but cold. >> the average temperature 85 degrees. today, barely 70 at most. a real chill almost in the air. the battle between summer and fall. fall is totally going to win the day. off the coast of charleston, south carolina, it's not a named storm. the hurricane center has been keeping a close eye on it the last couple of days. whether you call it irma or a pain in the neck, it's going to throw moisture and a lot of it in our direction today. plan on half an inch to

of rain at the least. some places east of i-95 towards southern maryland might get more than that. rain on all corners of the beltway this morning. it's going to stay that way. here's future weather. look at the bright yellows and reds. that's the moderate to heavy rain stacked up on i-95 between now and 9:00, 10:00. even up towards lunchtime, a little bit of a banding effect of the heavier rain from baltimore to the north sides of the capitol beltway. then down into parts of southern maryland. each as late as 3:30, 4:00, 5:00 in the afternoon, pockets of moderate to heavy rain primarily from washington eastbound. once we get past 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon, rain should taper to showers. rainfall amounts could be on the high side today. an inch to an inch and a half in southern maryland. lower rain totals up to the north and west. the northern shenandoah valley, northern maryland, maybe a quarter of an inch or so of rain. temperaturewise, low to mid-60s now. probably not going to get to barely 69 or 70

temperature later on today. the remnants much harvey are coming our way as we get into the weekend. both saturday and sunday we'll be able to narrow down the timing more. just know that there's a rain chance both saturday and sunday. labor day, monday, is looking rather pleasant. the ten-day is coming up in a few minutes. coming up, it is traffic time. let's go to dave dildine. >> nothing pleasant about traffic this morning, chuck. northbound on i-95 toward laurel, maryland. chopper 4 is flying above a jack-knifed tractor-trailer on that rain-slicked pavement. that overpass is gunpowder road where traffic gets by in two right lanes. let's take you off to virginia. southbound 395, a crash on the right side after the pentagon. getting by the left. inbound traffic is slow on inbound 395. there's a problem at the main avenue signal that leads off the freeway. that's the latest from traffic-land. back to you.

live desk. south korea conducting a live fire drill in response to the north's latest ballistic missile launch over japanese airspace and into the pacific. now, this morning, japan's prime minister is calling for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council. the missile set off japan's warning systems advising people to find cover. the launch by the way, impacting some of the asian markets this morning. they are taking a dive. back to you. "news4 today" continues to get you ready for school. the changes you'll see on the road that could force you to slow down. plus this tip. >> you can go and find new shoes for the kids without the kids. very, very easy. just find any type of paper. have your child stand on it and trace it. cut it out and then take it to the store, match it up to the

we know how you rely on the buses to get your children to and from school every day. counties are stepping up to school bus safety. this year, ten fairfax county public school buses will get new arms, stop arms. it's meant to stop cars from cutting around bus that is are stopped to pick up -- >> in maryland, montgomery county public schools will put more cameras

next tuesday. the county plans to have 500 buses equipped with cameras to snap photos of cars that illegally pass. >> our goal, as i said, not issuing tickets. we want the cameras to create an effect to remind people that not only is passing a school bus illegal, but an eye watching to prevent you from doing it. >> last year, they gave out close to 20,000 citations to those who didn't follow the law. if you don't stop, you could be fined nearly $600. you can find more back to school information in the nbc washington app. vaccines that kids need and what -- serve ready for school. amid the flooding and the devastation, we are finding inspiring stories. we'll show you the images that will stick with you all morning long. >> reporter: i'm adam tuss, metro says it

to keep things moving. do you pay enough already? i'll tell you about a summit that talked about funding coming up. it is a storm team 4 weather alert day. it is a rainy start and it's going to be a windy and rainy finish to your tuesday. we'll show you the future weather and help you plan out t. more

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6:30 on this storm team 4 weather alert day. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm angie goff in for eun yang. we want to take a live view from chopper 4 over slick roads. 95 in laurel, maryland. you can see under the bridge what appears to be a jack-knifed tractor-trailer in store causing traffic delays. we go to wtop's dave dildine joining us. >> the wind and all of that coming this morning. through today. storm team 4

parveen and chuck bell on the weather deck. good morning, guys. >> good morning. she goes high, i go lou with the umbrel umbrella. that's how we stay dry. >> we're just doing it for added. across the area, take a look at the radar across 95, the beltway. you're looking at 270 even 66. there is rain that is steady. but lighter on the -- on the lighter side shown on the green. pockets around fredericksburg towards quantico and parts of charles county into prince george's county. this is all from a tropical system off the carolina coast. as it gets closer today, the winds will increase along with the rain. aside from that, it's cool outside. so damp and cool. rainy and cool through the day. rainy, cool and windy through the afternoon. >> it is not going to be a day to spend any time outside at all. >> we like to be optimistic, but it's not looking good. >> we'll talk about the rest of

will impact the weekend. let's look at the roads are dave dildine with wtop. good morning, dave. >> not looking good on i-95 guys. northbound toward the laurel exits. you're looking right at it. chopper 4 is a jack-knifed tractor-trailer. that is the old gunpowder road overpass. between 212 and 200, only two right lanes getting by. it is very slick on the roads. give yourself extra time and stopping distance. north of the beltway, take route 1 or 29. that is the very latest from the wtop traffic center. back to you. >> dave, thank you. 6:32. we're getting a look at incredible photos of the flooding in tex tech. >> here's a look at downtown houston. this is before harvey hit. and then take a look at it afterwards. these photos were taken on a balcony overlooking the skyline. many of the keiland marks of the city competely underwater. >> kristin wright is standing by at the live desk. >> she has another

texas. kristin. >> we definitely want to tell you about this one. the pictures, really, take a look tell the story. the man that you're going to see here, right there, he's a preacher. he's going car to car in houston climbing on top of every single one right there in the floodwaters to make sure that no one is trapped. the cars are completely submerged and underwater. he just, because, is going car to car to make sure everybody is okay. those are the kind of stories we're seeing out of houston despite all the tragedies as well. that's the latest at the live desk. >> happy to hear he didn't find anybody in the cars. kristin wright, thank you. in our top stories this morning, this 17-year-old boy missing right now from frederick, maryland. police are hoping you might spot kyle rosen dahl. he was last seen at his home on ellsworth way on thursday. no one has been able to reach him since. 18 american university

the university kicked them out because they were accused of taking part in an underground fra terpt. epsilon iota or ei, allegedly took part in hazing, underage drinking, physical violence and sexual assault. justin finch is following the story and will have a live update ahead at 6:45. >> new developments in the russia investigation. the "washington post" reporting that a top executive from the trump organization reached out to russian president vladimir putin's spokesman during the campaign. the post says he was looking for help in a stalled trump tower project in moscow skbliefrmt we've learned that the area where two men droupd in the potomac river have seen an uptick in crime. there are dozens of people near the top of the aqueduct bridge in georgetown. they say some were drinking, some using drugs. this is right near the boat club which has already seen an increase in petty

bike thefts. the two men who died, they were friends from manassas, virginia. one of the men jumped into the water and that has when the other jumped in to save his friend. >> what do you do if you call 911 and the call goes to the wrong dispatchers? we're working for you with answers. after that happened to people in the tacoma neighborhood of northwest d.c. on sunday. tamara robinson says she was at a starbucks there when a worker collapsed. she says witnesses called 9-1-1 but several of the calls went to dispatchers in nearby maryland instead of d.c. robinson says people start today panic. d.c.'s office of unified communications says this happens along border lines. >> unfortunately, it is out of our hands. we do have a voice in it, which is great. but it is on our carriers. we have a relationship with them. we're all open. >> we're working on a campaign aimed to help callers where they're calling from. there's a new 911

where you are calling from based on your cell phone location. >> 6:36. looks like a scene out of the wild, wild west. this is a metro station where the bullets started flying and the crucial clue that could solve this case. >> traveling to ocean city where we're monitoring the conditions from the beach to the beltway. more team coverage is next. >>

. good morning everybody. we are working for you this morning. live drive camera this morning heading out river road towards the capitol beltway. no matter the name of the road or the size of the interstate, it's going to be a slippery wet mess this morning. there's storm team 4 radar. over the last six hours, the rain has moved in. it is here to stay for the remainder of the day. it is going to be windy around here later on this afternoon. sh a

coming up. >> we're keeping an eye on chopper 4 with a jack-knifed tractor-trailer on 95 northbound toward the laurel exit between 212 and 200. it is blocking two left lanes. staying right to get by chopper four. an old gup powder road there. this might take a while. take route 1 and 29. that's the latest from the traffic center. back to you. >> dave, thank you. who can forget this picture? it's the image of the elderly stranded in waist-deep water in their flooded nursing home. this is in texas. we have an update you want to see. stick around for that. >> reporter: the new school year is beginning at american university. more than a dozen students are kicked off campus. we'll tell you why and

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17 before the top of the hour. right now, live pictures in montgomery county along river road where the rain is coming down. that will be the story for the day around here. the latest on your forecast in just a second. right now, hazing, underage drinking, violence, sexual assault. some of the major concerns parents have about college campuses. >> now more than a dozen students have been kicked out of

live with how the school is dealing with this underground student group. justin, it sounds like it's a group they've known about. >> reporter: they have known about them for some time, angie. right now, they are cracking down making this underground fraternity a prime example, expelling some 18 students and placing another on probation just as the school year is starting. this group called itself epsilon iota or ei. they came to campus here after the alpha tao omega fraternity pulled their affiliation about the year 2000 or soment ever since, ei has been operating like a frat despite not being officially recognized. also going throwing off campus parties. matt holt has been covering ei and its reputation of drugs, underage drinking, hazing and physical

is relieved. 2014, they were members that were accused of trying to hit one of their pledges. >> reporter: au hoping that the recent discipline of the 19 students will deter other students from engaging in underground party scenes here. they also released a statement through the campus life office reading, epsilon iota has perpetuated and p given -- threatened the safety and well-being of a

a. it's monitoring c . ocean city, maryland, this morning. that's where we find matt delucia from our philadelphia sister station. matt, how is it looking so far? >> reporter: good morning. so far it is looking like a dreary day. we've got light rain falling and the wind is picking up. in fact, we have a fishing pier right here. the folks are saying they haven't been able to get the boats out because of the rough surf. storm ranger, we have storm ranger parked in ocean city to give you an ideaf

if you'll follow me over here, i'll show you what -- mobile radar. they're tracking what is happening in the ocean city area. you can see here, a little radar sweep here as we get a little bit of rainfall on the screen here with some rain hitting the general area around ocean city at the moment. just behind me here, you can see we have the -- into ocean city toward the boardwalk area. we were just over there earlier. we didn't see too many people out there doing their morning jog because the weather is starting to get more nasty as we wade through that -- there is a surf advisory, wind watch in effect for this area. keep that in mind if you're heading into the east. >> thank you. 6:47 right now. this morning, we continue to track harvey's destruction. we know that a family of six is feared dead after their van was swept awa

three other people have died because of harvey and houston's mayor says there have been more than 3,000 rescues already. the entire texas national guard was deployed to help. fema says by the time it's over, 30,000 people will require temporary shelters. >> we are seeing a lot of people coming together in really desperate times in the houston area and beyond. this morning, texas strong is trending. that hash tag showing neighbors helping neighbors. chief white house correspondent halle jackson has a look ahead as the president makes his way to texas today. hey there, good morning to you. this morning president trump will head to texas to visit the storm ravaged coastline. he's expected to head to corpus chis i to visit with first responders there and see firsthand what has gone on since hurricane harvey battered the coast beginning late friday. it was around that time that president trump was creating a kind of storm of

former arizona sheriff joe arpaio, pardoning him. at a press conference at the white house, president trump defiantly defended that move, even pulling from his pocket a list of other presidential pardoning and commutations, clearly ready to defend himself there. >> i stand by my pardon of sheriff joe and i think the people of arizona who know him best would agree with me. >> we're going to have more on all of it. coming up on the "today" show in a bit. >> thank you, halle. we have a happy story from houston this morning. >> you remember that picture of the flooded nursing home, it was a pretty scary sight. the women, they were literally floating here in the water. their lives were in danger. this is the update. someone posted this picture online of the same women but obviously they're at higher ground. they're in a better place, better situation. dry. some even smin

continue to have -- what they've been through. in the immediate aftermath of a disaster like harvey, what storm victims really need is money, blood donations, too. we have a list of ways you can help right now. head to the nbc washington app and search harvey help to see what you can do from here. if you're on facebook, i posted a link as well. >> take a look at this video. it will probably shock you. one man starts to shoot down an escalator at the columbia heights metro station. it happened during daylight, around lunchtime. we don't know if the other man was hit by that gunfire. d.c. police say the weapon was tossed. police want to hear from anybody who recognizes these men from this video. we all know as we talk about metro, they're having money problems. the system's general manager saying that now $500 million more are needed to keep up with

>> where is that money going to come from. our transportation reporter adam tuss live at the vienna metro station with a look at what local leaders are coming up with here. adam, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, aaron. frankly, not much is what they're coming up with. i got five bucks. yopg that will help mi don't th to help metro. you might be saying to yourself, hey, don't the fares cover most of metro's expenses? actually, no. it only covers 60 to 70% of expenses through the fare box recovery. that's why regional leaders got together yesterday to talk about a new dedicated source of funding. metro is the only mass transportation system in the entire united states that doesn't have a dedicated source of funding like a sales tax or gas tax. d.c. leaders are on record saying they'd like to see a one cent sales tax go to metro. but virginia and maryland leaders have not gotten on board with it yet. frankly,

transportation secretary, ray ha ho lahood is trying to come up with recommendations. you want new railcars, better platforms, we want the system to operate better. it's going to take funding says the general manager. now it's time to come up with that funding stream. no consensus yet, guys. back to you. >> adam tuss for us live at vienna's metro station. thank you. we want to check on the it's been a messy commute. >> wtop's dave dildine in your first 4 traffic. dave? >> you're telling me. it's messy on 95 northbound in maryland. northbound between 212 and the icc on rain-slicked pavement. the truck jack-knifed. there it is under the overpass for old gunpowder right. if you're headed to laurel, if if you're going to be from the beltway, take route 1 or 29. perhaps the baltimore washington parkway. early delays across the board with the wet weather. inbound on 395 on to the

zone because of a waterfront project. that's the latest on the rain-slicked roads. more with weather and sheena. >> let's take a look at the roads from the roads. we're seeing a lot of rain falling right now. we have a live picture for you. this is the beltway. rain coming down. well, maybe we'll get that picture in a minute. either way, the radar is looking very wet. here's a live look at the radar. we have the steady light rain shown by the green. maybe we'll get that beltway picture in a minute. the rain is moving up near frederick. winchester seeing the rain. not seeing the rain earlier. now almost the entire area covered in rain this morning. this is a pretty good soaking rain. around the beltway, we've seen the steady rain falling down 95. yellow indicates where we have more moderate rain faum. the green is typically the lighter rain. this is so steady. it's coming in waves of heavier embedded rain later on. it's a tropical system off the south carolina coast. as it gets closer today, which it will, the

about tropical depression strength. winds, max winds 40 miles an hour. as it gets closer, we'll be getting windier conditions locally. here's future weather. going through the next few hours, steady rain across the area. even through lunchtime. don't expect much of a break in this for the evening commute. looks like we'll still be seeing the rain around and it will be windier. 8:00 p.m. still seeing the rain and we'll see conditions improving overnight. temperatures are in the mid to low 60s. it is chilly and rainy right now. we're really going to be staying that way through the afternoon. highs today only around 70 degrees. there's the picture i promised you around the beltway. rain coming down. a lot of traffic. take your time out there if you have not left yet. coming up this weekend, we have another tropical system that could be impacting us. we do expect it to. head over to chuck bell for a look at that. good morning, chuck. >> yes indeed. the peak of hurricane season is usually around the first week of september. not a big surprise that we're dealing with the tropical type storms. that's the one that you mentioned there. that's bringing us our rain chance f

week now has been hurricane harvey. now a tropical storm along the texas and louisiana coastline. that is actually with a chance to impact our weekend forecast. the official track of the main center of the storm is to go up through memphis early friday morning as we head towards saturday and sunday. the trajectory of the storm, even though it will no longer be a tropical ses tem, the measures will follow along with it. even though the rain shield will dry out some, this is now saturday morning at 8:00 a.m. looks like that wave of moisture will come over here sometime during the day on saturday. hopefully, this is sunday now at 7:00 a.m. doesn't look like it's going to be as big of an impact on sunday as saturday. we have a chance for rain both days over the weekend. most of it for now looks like it will be in the second half of saturday afternoon and saturday evening. if you're beach bound for the weekend, stay ahead of us.

any 90s in sight? >> no. no 90s in sight. right below normal, especially today. normal highs in the 80s. we only have a couple days of mid-80s. chilly, rainy windy and over the weekend, we'll be watching that very closely. sheena, thank you. it's 6:56. here are four things to know as rescues continue in and around the houston area. president trump is heading to texas today to survey the damage from hurricane harvey. more on his trip coming up in a few minutes on the "today" show. new video from south korea showing off military force. the president ordering it to display a strong capability to put -- punish north korea if needed. the north launched a missile over japan and into the pacific ocean. >> 18 american university students have been expelled. re. aaron, you don't have much time left to see and smell that stinky plant. the third and final corpse

botanic garden right now. you can see a live stream via the nbc washington app minus the smell. well, maybe the rain will help to wash the smell away. today, rainy, windy, especially later on. the high only around 70. it's going to be a chilly rain today. right now in the mid to low 60s. looking good. we've been talking about harvey impacting the area we do expect rain from it. the "today" show is next. they'll have more on harvey and the president's visit

breaking overnight, soaked and suffering, more rain adding to the misery in southeast texas. historic flooding paralyzing houston.rnoñ officials warning the worst could still be yet to come. >> one of the largest disasters america has ever faced. >> the president vowing the government's full support as he heads to texas today. >> we hurt together, wezfg strue together and, believe me, we endure together. >> the relentless storm back in the gulf now gaining strength and getting set to head right back to land today, tuesday, august 29th, 2017.