forced out by floods. loyal friends looking for a little love. all right. want to show it to you first. look at what's left of harvey. the storm continues to trek north and east. it's a tropical depression now. harvey will arrive here just in time for the labor day weekend. we'll have a look at the timing and the impact for you. first, it is 6:00 a.m. good morning. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. our team is working for you. you'll notice a big change when you head out the door. >> we'll begin with meteorologist sheena parveen. 66 degrees outside our studios, sheena. >> wait until the afternoon. we aren't going to warm up much from here. we'll be around 70 later today. that will be the daytime high. it's in the mid-80s. we have tropical depio

tropical depression strength right now. it's centered over tennessee. the rain is in kentucky. we're going to watch this closely. we'll see the impacts overnight in the form of showers. currently, though, we do have the clouds from it. but coming up, i'll show you a timing of the rain as we go into your week yepd. that's all straight ahead. let's check the roads with jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, thanks, good morning. >> trouble at gleeb road northbound. sounds like we have two lanes to the left getting you by. authorities pulled up and grabbed the two right lanes. crews still working on the rock creek parkway at the kennedy center. one direction at a time. that should be in the wrap-up stages. they're usually gone by 6:15. chopper 4 has been flying in maryland on 95 southbound near the beltway. without delay each for the northbound drivers who potentially will leave the washington area. headed north.

here are the headlines from harvey this morning. the death toll jumped to 38. almost a week after the storm hit the texas coast. now, the rain is backing off. but people are taking on the task of trying to begin the cleanup effort. after an explosion, the fire is out near houston. but they are still monitoring that site. >> we've got live team coverage on the impact and the aftermath of harvey as we continue to track that storm. we want to start to see first the damage that's left behind. megan mcgrath monitoring the spike in prices at the pump. >> we begin in houston with news 4's sarah dallof. >> reporter: erika, aaron, good morning. for people who have been able to get back to their neighborhoods, seeing their homes for the first time has been a shock for many. about 100,000 homes damaged and many people here don't have flood insurance. only about one in six do. damages here will run in

done. meanwhile, officials continue to monitor a chemical plant in crosby, texas. they say a fire did go out overnight. but they are cautioning residents who have been evacuated that there still could be more explosions and more fires due to unstable chemicals. aaron and erika? >> sarah dallof in houston for us. we're following breaking news concerning harvey as well. remnants causing other areas to flood. molette green at the live desk. >> we want to show you this new video in as harvey moves north. let's show you how heavy rains are battering tennessee. that is the latest state inundated from tropical storm winds and flooding. in nashville, rains started falling wednesday and it's expected to continue through today. in memphis, rains flooded neighborhoods, brought down trees there. cleanup crews will be working throughout the weekend to try to clean up after harvey. finally blows through. >> back to you. thanks,

texas as the prices continue to rise there. we've been telling you that harvey will have a big impact on gas prices. you can see the cars lined up in texas. megan mcgrath is live in northwest d.c. with a look at why you should get gas today. prices are expected to soar this weekend. megan? >> reporter: yeah. hey guys. you can expect to pay more at the pump this holiday weekend because of the problems at the refineries in texas. we're at a station here in upper northwest. take a look at the sign here. $2.98 for a gallon of regular. now the price is up about $.10 in d.c. about $.14 in maryland and virginia since harvey hit. take a look at the numbers here. the national average for regular is $2.45 in d.c. it's $2.65. maryland $2.42. ? texas, $2.25 for a gallon of regular. now, we spoke to a driver this morning and she said

the price jump isn't all that surprising. >> things change, things fluctuate. you know, i feel bad for the people in texas paying this much more food and water. i can do this for a little bit of gas. >> reporter: and aaa that things could go a little higher in the next couple of days. that things should start to stabilize by mid to late september. back to you. >> megan mcgrath live in northwest d.c. thanks. this is a long ways off. we're watching another powerful hurricane, hurricane irma in the atlantic. she's going to return in a minute with a look at this storm. coming up in her full forecast, you can monitor the weather and the radar any time with our nbc washington app. >> five minutes after the hour. prince george's county police for the driver who hit and killed a man who took off. this happened across the street from the census bureau on suitland road. still

happened and whether they have a lead on the car. >> police say you don't have to worry about the man who opened fire at a metro station. look at that. this is video of that man and we can now tell that you he is under arrest. that video shows a shooting down a metro escalator in klum yachlt the man is 22-year-old cesar morales and he was taken into custody in montgomery county. nobody is hurt in that shooting fortunately. >> not far from that metro station, a man was shot and killed on wednesday night. >> the recent violence is raising fears in the columbia neighborhood. was shot to death in harvard in northwest. people who live in that neighborhood tell us they are worried. but not afraid. >> they're so random events and uncomm uncommon. not going to change how i look. >> police are still investigating that deadly shooting. many of you are planning to hit the roads forha

i have good news on the roads this holiday weekend. the direction of the 95 express lanes will shift to help ease traffic. here's a look at the times that happens. traffic moves southbound at 10:00 this morning. saturday, they move northbound starting at 2:00 p.m. they're going to stay that way through monday. then they switch back around southbound 11:00 a.m. on tuesday. don't forget, you have to have the e-zpass to use those lanes. >> this is drawing anger and outrage. an officer caught on camera telling a white woman not to worry because police only kill black people. new developments on the story since you first saw it on your facebook page. >> we're suing beans. if you have to have that morning coffee, this is one story that you should talk about. good friday morning. we're headed into your labor day weekend. it's cool and cloudy bo the week. rain is coming to start your weekend. that will be the remnants of

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good friday morning. we're watching tropical depression harvey now centered over tennessee. a lot of this rain headed in our direction. we're seeing the cloud cover from harvey now. you'll notice it throughout the day today. temperatures will be well below normal for this time of the year. only in the upper 630s for areas. i'll show you the timing of the rain and what you can expect across the weekend. heading over to wtop's jack taylor. good morning, jack. >> sheena, good morning. it's 395 going northbound. you see the accident activity. gleeb road. volumes feel pretty

volumes feel pretty light. eastbound on i-70. closed by 70 eastbound temporarily. chopper 4 has been over the baltimore area. end up toward the airport. without delays so far. back to you. jack, thank you. >> it's a story you'll be seeing up and down your news feeds today. shocking new video out this morning of a controversial police encounter. >> it's what the officer says to the woman at this traffic stop that has a lot of people outraged. >> but you're not black. remember, we only kill black people. right? all the videos you've seen, have you seen black people get killed? >> the officer makes that statement after the woman inside the car was scared to put her hands down. this incident happened last july, four days after cell phone video of rolando castillo's death inside his car. a cobb county police chief calls the georgia's

unsemab acceptable. >> the veteran will be fired. >> i don't know what's in his heart but i know what came out of husbais mouth. >> they expected an appropriate response. we told you about the church in dumfries targeted with messages of hate. now for the first time we're hearing from the church pastor. apostle william thompson jr. says he doesn't understand why anybody would post such hateful things about him. this is not the first time, though, this has happened. earlier this year, pastor thompson says there was a disturbing drive-by where shots were fired. fortunately, nobody was hurt. despite threats, he says he has no hate in his heart. >> we forgive them and we love them as well and praying for them. >> virginia senator tim kaine stopped by to talk with church members yesterday. those members say they will continue t

today we will learn whether seven members of a penn state fraternity will stand trial. they're accused of playing a role in their frat brother's death after a night of drinking and hazing. >> no one immediately called for help after they found him at the bottom of the starps. the defense says their clients are not responsible for piazza's death. molette green at the live desk with good news. ticketmaster back up and working again. only after a confusing night for fans who had to stand in long lines at sporting events due to a massive outage because they couldn't print out their tickets. this picture snapped by a fan at the falcons game. in a statement, ti ticketmasterd we have a significant outage for fan accounts at sporting events. the ticketing giant urged account holders to go to the box office. that is the latest.

the redskins hang on and win their second straight. >> now, it's on to the games that actually count. the next time that you watch a redskins game, it will be week one of the regular season. >> preseason ended with a win for the burgundy and gold. next up for the 'skins, a date with the eagles next sunday at fedex field. between now and then, the team has tough decisions to make. 37 players have to be cut. the roster has to be finalized by tomorrow afternoon. we'll see who sticks around. >> good luck to them. we'll turn our attention to the impact of harvey here at home. >> about 100 animals from texas arrived here. the animals arrived yesterday. other than dogs, last chance animal rescue is placing cats and even rabbits in homes. all have been homeless since before hurricane harvey hit, arriving here. some of the animals are

pretty bad shape, too. >> we shaw this mommy and her four babies and she looked so skinny and scared that we couldn't help but -- >> each animal is back spayed for fleas and ticks. if you can't adopt consider being a foster home. sheena was telling us how they expect an influx of animals at a lot of the shelters here from the texas area. they're all pretty full already anyway. >> which is a big problem. we have a big adoption to clear the shelters. that clears space for other local animals to come. now we need to clear that space for these animals to come. >> fostering may not be a bad idea. >> it's a great idea. you can put that animal in a home until it finds a home. the humane rescue lines is waiting from now until sunday for the

very sad there. >> how about the weather, though? it's a little bad there too. >> i wasn't going to mention that. i was going to jump to sunday. >> if you're going to the beach, doesn't feel like beach weather today. >> not at all. not beach weather today or tomorrow. sunday and monday look good. it's a good thing we have a three-day weekend. you can enjoy most of it outside. >> we are cloudy and cool and it's from a tropical depression harvey. tomorrow the rain gets here. sunday, gradual clearing labor day. looked good. sunny and warm. if you're stepping outside, temperatures have been dropping through the morning. it's 59 ingate urs berg. 66 washington. 62 in clinton. 63 in leesburg. here is harvey. tropical depression harvey. centered over tennessee. the rain will be here. some of it late tonight, mostly tomorrow but we have the cloud cover in place. overcast skies to for your friday. mainly dryhi

few showers overnight. scattered showers for your morning tomorrow and more in afternoon and evening. saturday is not looking like a great day for the pool. if you have the pool plans this weekend, sunday and monday are looking the best. improving conditions on sunday. 80 for a high. beach forecast not looking that great tomorrow. we're looking at scattered showers sunday and monday looking way better getting towards the beach. we're talking about another hurricane. i want to give you a head up. this is a category 3 hurricane. it's hurricane irma. it's very far away and closer to africa than the caribbean. there you see the u.s. we're not looking at an impact. it's far off to tool. here's a look as the track is headed. the conditions continue

strengthen. you could see still how far away it is. in the mean tan the -- ohm near 70 again tomorrow with the rain. some areas not even out of 60s today and tomorrow. we warm back up into the 80s and more sunshine. even on tuesday, temperatures closer to 90 degrees. not only are we talking about sunshine and warm temperatures for the start of next week, we have more rain chances coming in the extended forecast and the next weekend. of course all eyes on irma. right now the models are going back and forth with it. a lot of them do hold it together and keep it closer to potentially the u.s. as we go into the next week and a half. here's your ten-day forecast. there's the shower chance i talked about for wednesday and thursday. that's going to be a cold front moving through. after tomorrow, we're looking at a higher rain chance going into the end of the week. next week looks pretty good. saturday and sunday of next weekend, nice conditions. temperatures

fall-like, i would say. especially from today into tomorrow. fall like temperatures and then we go into your sunday and labor day is looking good. >> om canning up, we'll look at what you can expect. we'll time out the rain again. show you what to expect whether you're headed to the wineries. that's coming up in a bit. hey, sheena. we had an accident in howard county on i-70 going eastbound near route 32. at one point we heard from callers at the traffic center that the left and right side of the road were affected. authorities and police pulled up and closed 70 eastbound at route 32. good news is right now, it sounds like they've consolidated most of this accident activity to the right lane. two left lanes should now be getting by. our incident in brandy wine at the split between 5, ohm the left lane is getting by. most of activity blocked the

single lane getting back north in brandy wine. back to you. >> jack, thank you. a d.c. veteran chained to his home. the poe test against the city. find out why he took drastic measures and what's changed in the last few hours. >> as the used school is under way, how to keep track of your children when your schedule gets all crazy. >> don't forget to open the h

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this is a gps device for a special needs children. but any child can use it. angel sense tracks your kids' location and sends smartphone alerts if they wind up anyplace or not. it's supposed to be. it cost about $200 and carries a monthly service. >> you can find similar trackers out there too. if your kids have smartphones, your carrier may offer tracking software. the family online safety institute finds more parents turning to wearable texts to watch their kids. we found parents concerned that the technology is being misused. >> it allows other people to check in on their children. >> they're starting to relax if they can see their child is in the woods down the road or on the way back from their friend's house. >> if you choose to give your child a gps tracker, it will likely carry a monthly service fee. we posted all this information and someer

washington app. search ready for school. >> on tuesday, use that same hash tag to share your back to school photos with us. sending our way, we want to see the kids. we want to see them start their new school year, hopefully coming to you the same way. honed and polished. >> 6:26 our time right now. one stop shopping. crooks going for quick cash. how they got away with it this time. a look at the video that could help crack the case. prince george's county road. i'm justin finch with what we know this morning. good friday morning. temperatures are comfortable but getting cooler. we're in about the mid to low 630s across the area. the clouds are from tropical depression harvey which is getting closer and tomorrow the rain fromt will be i

just about 6:30. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm erika gonzalez in for eun yang. want to show you a look outside. a lot of people will be taking final escape over the bay bridge. maybe they made it yesterday. pretty light this morning. >> you'll have the forecast here before you go. meteorologist sheena parveen will have a look at the weather that will impact you this weekend. >> good morning, guys. a pretty big impact as we start your labor day weekend. cooler, rainier than what we want to see. this is all from harvey, which is a tropical depression right now. take a look at it. it is in tennessee. this thing picked up a lot of forward motion in the last 24 hours. it's centered in tennessee. the rain is up to the north. it's heading in this direction. locally, we have the clouds around from it. as you are heading outside, overcast skies through the area. that is from harvey. tomorrow, though, the rain from it gets here. if your school day forecast this morning or commuting for the long labor day

mid-630s by 7:00 a.m. this afternoon, look at the temperatures. not really breaking 730 degrees in many areas. we'll talk more about the timing of the rain. your entire weekend forecast coming up. let's check the commute this friday morning. good morning, jack taylor. >> good morning, sheena. brandy wine, as you approach the split at 5. the activity from the crash was moved over safely to the rig shoulder. hope o. hopefully they can kick those out of way shortly. if you're headed to the beach, so far so good. headed eastbound towards the bridge itself, howard county, 70 eastbound at route 32. accident activity had blocked 70 east has been consolidated to the right lane. be aware if you're headed in that direction. back to you. >> right now, want to show you a look at the radar. harvey moving through tennesse

we've been tracking the storm step by step for you for more than a week now. >> nbc's miguel almaguer has more on the path of destruction through the south. >> with president trump expected to visit houston on saturday, his second visit to texas since the storm, the official death toll stands above 30. the first responders fear that number will likely rise when they search neighborhoods like this one. coming up on the "today" show, we'll show you dramatic reunions for those who made it out of the storm zone alive. hope you can join us. >> president trump is joining the millions of americans who have donated money to the victims. the president has pledged $1 million of his own money. the president has not decided which organization to donate to. president trump will return to texas tomorrow as miguel mentioned. this will be his second visit this week to view the damage. back here in d.c., congress returns to work next week with a long list of stuff to

raise the death ceiling or shut down the government. that will affect the thousands of workers in our area. >> first, they will be -- molette green is in the newsroom to explain how much they could get. >> we're hearing that congress is looking to send $5 billion to harvey victims. that money is just to get through the end of the year. the focus is on immediate need for people who lost everything. a long-term funding bill will be addressed when lawmakers have a better idea of the full cost. the money will come from both the fema disaster relief fund and a small business loan fund. two sources tell nbc news that the request for the fund could come as soon as today but might not be formally made until next week. >> molette green in the newsroom. here's a look at the other top stories this morning. the pentagon has started to send more troops to afghanistan. defense secretary jim

are currently in that country. officials have said that the u.s. plans to send 3900 more troops. mattis and other top officials are scheduled to brief congress on wednesday. three men on the loose after breaking into a business and taking off with the atm. police say this happened on pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c. the video shows the guys pulling up, they grab this thing, put it in the back of their suv and take off with it. this was on pennsylvania avenue in southeast d.c. more customers may have been affected by wells fargo's phony account scheme. the bank admits that well over a million more fake accounts may have been opened in customers' names. the total reaches about 3.5 million people. a developing story. the search for the driver behind a deadly hit and run. >> justin finch is live at the scene with what happened. justin? >> reporter: erika, good

we spoke to two women out here last week. another who says she is the mother. they were too shaken up to go on camera but say they saw the victim's shoe on a news report last night and that's why they believe this is their loved one. the impact of this crash was so strong, we're told they knocked the shoes off the victim here. that red circle there is one of the shoe spots where the shoes were flung. it's right across from the census bureau here. police are tell us the victim was walking on the road here when he was struck by a car last night. he was taken to the hospital where he later died. this is the 4500 block of steubenville --ville silver hill row and shady side avenue. this person was hit by a vehicle. we don't nope what kind at this time. but we do know that his vehicle did not stoch. again, the victim taken to the hospital where she

short time later from his injuries. what we're awaiting is an update from police, we'll have more information about the striking vehicle in this case and perhaps an official naming of the victim involved. i am justin finch. back to you. >> justin, thank you. a major government agency is moving into prince george's county. the washington business journal reports that part of the department of homeland security will be run out of a new headquarters near the branch avenue metro station. the 3700 employees are u.s. citizenship and immigration services will work out of that location. it's a 15-year, $256 million deal. it's expected to save the federal government more than $21 million a year. it's expected to be complete in 2020. this morning, north korea responding to the latest show of force by u.s. and southeastern forces. after they few

korea called them wild military acts. the bomber and fighter jets took off from japan and guam. u.s. military officials say they don't expect korea to back down after this. forced out of their homes. it simply wasn't fate. the decision that will impact families in a prince george's county. >> the battle of the brews. did you grab your coffee. beforyou go, gete fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service

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nonsense joe. just coffee. learn much more about brewing coffee coming up on the "today" show. >> there's people that really take that stuff seriously. i just need it in my system. >> whatever it is. >> in any way, shape or form. an iv would be great, sheena. >> i actually use a mocha pot. i use it on the stove. i think it's used in italy and europe. >> 60s across the area. we're watching tropical depression harvey. it's centered over tennessee. the clouds are already here from it. the rain gets here tomorrow. look at the temperatures today. some areas may not break the upper 60s this afternoon. i'll show you the timing of the rain plus your labor day weekend forecast. let's check the friday commute. good morning, jack. >> better news in brandy wine moving northbound 301. thankfully, everything was moved to the shoulder and they're burned out or

getting by. was an abrupt slowdown out of waldorf. plan for a couple extra minutes but at least the travel lanes are available. back to you. it was like a scene out of the wild, wild west. this was a metro station. the new developments in the case that could put your mind at ease. >> chemical plant explosion. the fire is out but the danger is far from over. more team coverage on the impact after hurricane harvey. >> a lot of people will be leaving town for the holiday

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15 before the hour. we track your headlines from the storm this morning. the death toll jumps to 38 almost a week after the hurricane slammed into the texas coast. >> now with the rain backing off, people are now taking on the path to clean up. after a chemical plant explosion, the fire is now out here houston. the crews are still monitoring that this morning. we have team coverage as we continue to track harvey from the storm's path to the impact at the gas pump. >> we are even monitoring another hurricane in the atlantic. let's begin with sarah dallof live from houston for us. >> reporter: good morning, aaron and erika. for those able to get back in their neighborhoods, seeing their homes is a shock for many. about 100,000 homes

and many don't have flood insurance here. only about one in six do. as little as an inch of water can cause around $20,000 in damages. now, still, some homes remain underwater. rescues still continuing in east texas. officials, you mentioned, tij to mop tore that chemical plant after those explosions and fire yesterday. they say there's a strong possibility of more explosions, more fire and they want people to stay away. evacuated a mile and a half radius from that chemical plant. >> sarah dal off live in houston for us. >> look at how long some of the lines for gasoline are in texas. you can see long lines at the pump. today is the day to fill up. >> megan mcgrath joins us live from northwest d.c. with a look at why prices are expected to make a big jump this weekend. why this is a good time to get out and get some.

megan? >> reporter: well, a lot of people will be leaving town for the long holiday weekend. many of them driving. when they fill up at the pump, no doubt people will notice that the gas prices have gone up a little bit. if you look at the sign, we're in upper northwest washington. $2.98 for a gallon of regular. the price has gone up to $.10 in d.c., $.14 in maryland. take a look at the numbers here. the national average is now $2.45. maryland $2.42. virginia around $2.24. to give you perspective, in texas looking at $2.25. now, drivers we spoke to this morning, if they've noticed the little bump in prices, they totally understand. >> gas prices have been going up kind of slightly. i can understand why due to the hurricane down in the central

texas and gulfport. >> and aaa says we could see prices go up more in the short term. things should stabilize by mid to late september or so. now might be a good time to fill up. back to you. >> megan, we know a lot of people will be headed east towards the beach and the bay this weekend. any idea what gas prices are looking like out that way? >> reporter: yeah. we're actually a little bit lower than what we're seeing in d.c. a little higher, though, than in maryland. ocean city, for example, a check this morning, hovering around $2.50 in rehoboth beach, delaware. $2.53. a little different. if you're on a tight budget, you might want to fill up before you go. >> megan mcgrath, northwest d.c. thanks. we're also watching another powerful hurricane. this is hurricane irma in the atlantic. still a ways out. our sheena parveen will be back in a minute with the look at the storm's track in her full forecast. don

time in our nbc washington app. breaking news that could impact your morning bus ride to work. we're just learning that bus drivers in the district will ask their supervisors for a police escort saying they cannot safely operate buses without it. we just heard from the union. they're planning a news conference in about 45 minutes at the minnesota avenue metro station. all of this follows the video we were first to show you of an incident on that bus line where a woman threw a cup of her own urine on a metrobus driver before getting off. we do have a crew. we've got megan mcgrath. you just saw her there. she's headed to this store and will keep us posted online and of course, throughout the day today. >> that is the latest. i'm molette green. back to you. >> it's 6:49 right now. a virginia courtroom will be filled with emotion today as a judge hears arguments concerning a statue of

robt robert e. lee. they voted to remove the statue. the decision rocked the area. a group argues the removal would violate a state law on memorials for war veterans. >> today, instead of preparing their daughter for college, they will attend her funeral. the 17-year-old was hit by a stray bullet while driving through northeast d.c. and died days later. that funeral is at 11:00 this morning at the greater mount calvary church. so far, one arrest. but police are looking for two more people in connection with her shooting death. >> today we could find out what's next for the lynnhill condo building. there's a status meeting this afternoon. to authorize the sale of the building. you may remember the heartbreaking stories the more than 100 fachl lis forced out with little notice a few weeks ago. >> you don't have to worry about

metro station. that man in the video here is off the streets and under arrest. the video shows a shooting down a metro escalator at the columbia heights metro station last friday. the man here is 22-year-old cesar morales and he was taken into custody late last night in montgomery county. nobody was hurt in the shooting. a local veteran is getting ready for another day of protest chained to his home. we sent justin finch to this house on 6th street northeast this morning. nobody was there. he spoke with him by phone. he said he was at his other house gearing up for another day of protests. this is him yesterday chained up outside the house. he says the district's poor upkeep of the alley led to water problems that damaged his home's foundation. the district said it will force repairs to stabilize that house. he stays that will destroy the historic walls and cost a fortune. >> they're planning on trashing the

which are part of the working person's history here in d.c. they don't have many of those left. >> d.c.'s deputy mayor for planning, economic development released a statement that says in part, "we understand this process might be disruptive to the homeowner, but it is important we make sure the property is safe." many of you probably planning to hit the roads for the last-minute summer get away. good news on the roads this holiday weekend. the direction of the 95 express lanes will help to shift the traffic. a look at the times that will happen. traffic moves southbound beginning at 10:00 this morning. saturday those lanes move northbound starting at 2:00 p.m. they will remain northbound through monday. they'll switch back to southbound at 11:00 a.m. on tuesday. an e-zpass is required to travel in those express lanes. >> i wonder if people are starting to take off earlier today. why don't we check in with top's jack taylor for

>> actually, we had accidents that caused delays. seemed to have pan early morning get away. 70 eastbound in howard county, accident activity through frederick, headed toward baltimore. still blocks the right lane to the left gets you by. 301 northbound at the split. activity was moved to the shoulder. our delay out of waldorf. all travel lanes are available. chopper 4 continues watching 54th trying to leave the beltway itself. going eastbound headed out to the bay bridge, you should find all lanes open. traffic moving well to the bay bridge itself, at this point, should have two lanes. the volume still lights and that will change to three lanes eastbound after the morning rush. back to you. good morning, jack. we're looking at nice conditions weatherwise for the drive this morning or this afternoon. we'll remain mainly dry until later tonight. temperatures are cool as you walk outside. we're continuing to cool down this morning. mid to low 630s through the

area. here's tropical depression harvey. still holding on to that tropical depression strength. centered over tennessee. the rain will be here into the weekend. so for today, cloudy and cool. the clouds are from harvey. rain gets here tomorrow. sunday and monday look good. that is good news for your extended weekend. here's a look locally. a few clouds around. sprinkles developing far west. future weather showing mainly the clouds by 5:00 p.m. later on tonight, we could have a few showers moving in. saturday morning, 8:00 a.m., scattered showers through the afternoon. rain chances continue to increase and by saturday evening, we're still looking at the rain. but it does look better into sunday. if you're walking the dog or you need one to adopt and walk, we have rocket here available at the rescue alliance. max scherzer and his wife erica are covering all adoption fees at the humane rescue alliance through sunday. by noon, 69 degrees. 5:00 p.m., i

chance. if you're headed to the beach, not looking good with the rain. sunday and monday, improvements if you're hiking this weekend, saturday chilly and wet in the shenandoah valley. over the higher elevations as well. sunday and monday, looking good. hurricane irma we mentioned. this is a strong and organized category 3 hurricane. still very far from the united states. we'll be talking about it over the next week and a half. look at this track. potentially a category 4 as it nears the lesser app tilli-- antilles. we wouldn't be making an impact close to the u.s. if it did for another week and a half or so. this weekend looking good. after tomorrow, chilly, wet. it gets warmer again. sheena, thank you. it is 6:55 right now. four things to know. harvey has killed 38 people and damaged nearly 100,000 homes. first responders will continue door to door checks in houston today. they're monitoring a chemical plant for more explosions.

show. expect to pay $.15 to $.25 more to every gallon of gas in your tank this weekend. aaa expects that we'll see rising prices because of harvey. two major oil refineries were wiped out. searching for the driver in the hit and run on suitland road. the victim was found lying in the street around 8:15 last night. the driver left the scene. justin finch is continuing to dig on this story for you this morning. follow him on twitter for updates. the redskins have decisions to make after ending the preseason with a win. they must finalize the roster by 4:00 tomorrow. it's time to look ahead to game one against the eagles. that's next sunday. september 10th at fedex field. we'll all be watching that. today we're cloudy and cool. temperatures only near 70 degrees. some areas won't get out of 60s. late rain chance tomorrow. labor day weekend, it will

conditions, gradual clearing. sunday and monday look good. we'll be back into the 830s. next week a couple more rain chances before the following week. the good news is the rain from harvey will be here one day out of the weekend. a lot of people are happy about that. we're keeping an eye on the story about the metrobus driver asking for police escorts today. we'll let you know how that develops throughout the morning. we appreciate you joining us. the "today" show is next. >> 25 more minutes with all of your weather, traffic and local

good morning. breaking overnight. harvey in the heart labd. torrential rains causing major flooding in tennessee. in texas, rescuers finding themselves in need of help. parts of houston flooded but the mayor declares the city open for business and now a new threat, hurricane ir ma gaining strength in the tropics. shut down, a major pipeline closed. gas prices soaring nationwide as millions hit the road this labor day weekend. excessive force? >> no, we're done. we're done. you're under arrest. we're done. >> this is not okay! >> a nurse dragged out