thunderstorm warnings. frederick county, jefferson, clark county, all under severe thunderstorm warning us until 4:15, frederick county virginia, too, look at this line. a lot of

lightning associated with this. we've had some rotation. that's where we had the wind gust of close to 70 as there was a tornado warning there. now i'm watching this storm right here moving in towards jefferson county and louden, but very strong storm, this one, too, about to come through frederick, watch out here. here is frederick around the 4:08. in about 5 to 10 minutes in frederick, you want to make sure you get inside, make sure you're ready for a storm come through that could produce upwards of 60 to 70 mile an hour winds. that's going to change our weather in through the day tomorrow. now, we go to the other big weather story, amelia here is the latest look on irma. >> ever in the atlantic, maximum sustained winds of 185 miles an hour. take a look at what you need to know. be aware of what you're reading on social media. we do not

how this is going to impact the united states. we're getting a better idea. there's still a lot of uncertainties, the difference of 20 miles can make a huge difference. major hurricane being a category 3 or higher. there it is. you can see right now, as it's barrelling towards part of the islands, virgin islands and puerto rico today on into tomorrow. then heading towards the cuba area. then it does curve up towards the keys and south florida doug. doug, you are going to have more on that track of how irma could be potentially impacting the united states over the weekend coming up in a little bit. >> friends, relatives, i've got some down in south florida, we'll take a closer look of what this could mean. right now, all eyes on our radar as we see this line of strong to severe storms continue to move through. we're back in a couple of minutes. there you'll find the latest radar for today's storms and the latest information on hurricane

all right. doug. we're following some breaking news here in the district where a teenager has been stabbed inside a prestigious private school. news 4, pat collins is at the school thousand. pat, what are you hearing about what happened and about the victim and the suspect in this case? >> well, this is probably the last place you'd expect to find a crime scene. but, indeed, that's what it became today. we're at the british international school. and we believe this happened on the third floor of the school, over here. police say a 13-year-old student was stabbed, not once, but twice in the shoulder with the scissors. he was rushed to the hospital by ambulance. they say he's expected to be okay. he's expected to do fine.

a girl, a girl who they say is the daughter of a diplomat and because that, she has face -- faces no charges. here now from inspector mike with the metropolitan police. >> the case is under investigation right now. the suspect has been identified. however, because of their diplomatic status, there's going to be no arrest at this time. any questions regarding the diplomatic status can be referred to the state department. >> reporter: so we have a 13-year-old boy stabbed twice in the shoulder. he's expected to be okay. the suspect, daughter of a diplomat, she'll face no charges because of diplomatic immunity. police do continue to investigate. parents were notified by text of this. we'll have reaction from them coming up at 5:00, now, back to you. >> pat collins, thanks, pat. now to the major change in mi

today. president trump's plan to end daca. >> that program protects young people who were brought to the united states with children without proper documents. now, the president is giving congress six months to develop a new policy. blayne to break it down for us. >> reporter: as you can imagine, this is a decision that is drawing an emotional response here on capitol hill as members come back for their first day. an emotional response from both sides. some are calling the decision cruel and heartless. others say it does not go far enough. meanwhile nationwide thousands of people are taking to the streets in protests. from the white house gates, to the shadow of trump tower, from coast to coast an angry outcry against president trump's decision to end daca. the obama era policy allowing undocumented immigrants who came to america as children to remain in the u.s. >> this does not mean they are

disrespects or demeans them in any way. it means, we are properly enforcing our laws. >> in a statement, president trump said, i do not favor punishing children for the actions of their parents, but we are a nation of opportunity because we are a nation of laws. it means a loss of protection for nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants in the u.s., so-called dreamers like carlos who came to america at age 15. >> this is my country. this is my home. >> he tells me he is now months away from graduating nursing school. >> i grew up here. i went to high school. i graduated. i've been paying taxes since i the moment i started working. >> i think it's cruel, evil vicious to make. >> it's not coldhearted for the president to uphold the law. we're a nation of law and order. >> president trump forcing congress to take sides giving lawmakers six months to come up

>> kids will be thrown back into the darkness, that doesn't help. >> we are young immigrants young people are the future of this country. please, don't play with the future and please help us. >> a message echoed by thousands counting on their adoptive country to keep them here. >> just moments after the attorney general made the announcements, hundreds of demonstrators hit the streets in dc, they marched from the white house, some edding heading to t department of justice. megan fitzgerald was with some of those protesters. we'll join them live to share some of their emotional stories. first at 4:00, a look from chopper 4 as crews clear up a hazmat situation in tacoma park. a spill there forced the hospital to close down a emergency room. the spill was contained 0 a lab and no patients were involved. the

right now this afternoon. first at 4:00, fairfax county family may finally get some answers after the murder of their son. today, i.c.e. agents announced the arrest of ms 13 gang member in georgia. he's accused of killing 11th grader carrillo last month. police arrested him outside a gas station last friday. a man suspected of killing one person and seriously wounding another is now in custody after a huge manhunt in maryland. brian pierce turned himself in this morning. deputies say he shot two men outside of his home in indian head in charles county yesterday. one of the victims, robert branson, died. investigators tell us pierce knew both of the victims but they're still trying to figure out why he may have shot them. new today, the driver accused of running over and killing a little b

may spend one year in prison. they told a judge there's not enough evidence to charge -- the judge agreed to drop that charge. that means he'll face two lesser charges. he's accused of driving into the five month old boy and his mom in crosswalk. bureau reporter david culver will have reaction from the neighborhood coming up. >> first at 4:00, we are tracking hurricane irma as the storm makes its way closer to land when it could hit puerto rico. firsthand look how people there are getting there right now. >> we're live there at the white house as people rally for daca. local activists tell us they'll be fighting the trump administration. a school rich with history finally reopens its doors: we're working for you even during the break. >> see which stories are trending on our app

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as daca, claiming the program that helps young undocumented immigrants, stand a looming legal battle. to tell us what's happening right now. >> and organized one of several. >> reporter: this is called united we dream. they're taking to the streets. this is exactly the same scene that we've seen across the city this afternoon. people protesting against the trump administration's decision to end daca. many of the people you see here are dreamers themselves, those who have benefited that allows them to stay in the united states even though they were brought here from children as illegally. we spoke with some of them who ld

because they are farefearful of their lives if they go back to their native country. >> horrible, it's horrible. you see the reaction. >> reporter: not long after the trump administration announced their plan to end the deferred action for daca. hundreds of protesters marched through the district, shutting down streets and even stopping traffic in the 14th street tunnel. >> we're in a fight all across the country in every corner wherever we have to to stand up for justice. >> many folks came in town to march from the white house, hoping the trump administration hears their cries. >> i have family members that were murdered, that's why my parents came here to this country. >> the fight is personal for juan martinez. he was brought here illegally from mexico when he was two years old. the united states is all he and hundreds of thousands of others like juan know, so he's here fighting for them and his own opportunity to stay in the country he

>> america means everything. it's my home. unfortunate unfortunately, we can't serve in the armed forces but i would die to protect them. >> reporter: right now, these protesters are shutting down the street of h street, the corner here of h street northwest and 16th street. we talked to many of the organizers who say this is the beginning of their fight. they'll continue to take to the streets, as you see here, protesting the trump's administration decision. they'll also be talking to members of congress. as we know, it's at the congress to save the daca program. many of these folks tell us they'll be doing that, hopefully, within the next six months, they're hopefully they'll remain. back to you. mandatory evacuations for tourists started less than 24 hours in the florida keys and everybody in the state of florida keeping watchful eyes on hurricane

it's one of the most powerful to form in the inland. morgan is in san juan. >> this is what you call -- the calm before the storm. a state of emergency has already been issued in florida and here in puerto rico ahead of this now category 5 hurricane irma. that means today is all about preparation. the people here we've spoken to, we're caribbean people, we're use to heavy wind and rain, especially during this time of the year. but a category 5, that's a completely different beast. that's why the national guard has already been activated. more than 200 fema troops are already on the ground and almost 500 emergency shelters have been set up all throughout the island. back in florida, people are gearing up with food, gasoline, supplies. because authorities there are saying we can't afford to not pay attention to hurricane irma. 67 counties are under a state of emergency. this is an event that's been described as catastrophic, major ande

that's barrelling towards us as we speak. for nbc news, i'm morgan radford. >> meanwhile back here, doug, what's the latest on our radar. >> we've got a lot to talk about, too, part of the area under severe thunderstorm warning. you see it right here in towards carol county, louden county, jefferson county, as well as clark county, this warning going until -- rather, 4:30. new warning possibly up. you can hear what's going on with our radar system here. but we're tracking these storms as they move off towards the east. notice the areas in pink here. these are severe thunderstorm watch in effect. this one was for culpepper county. taking a look, here is frederick, you notice right through downtown frederick getting that severe storm right now in through parts of jefferson county and clark county, let's zoom in towards the frederick area. you notice what we're seeing, a lot of lightning associated with this. we saw winds upwards of 60 to 70 mi

area. this is right along 15 here. heads up right through downtown frederick, around the middle town area. middleton getting hit pretty hard by this storm. another strong storm right here, look at all the lightning right over towards karcarls town unti 4:30. more storms from winchester right on down towards front royal. look at this guy right here. very strong storm. this one will come just to the north, south of winchester in towards blue ridge. a very dangerous situation here with these storms as they continue to rumble on through. when you see what's happening. we've got a line of strong storms here, strong cold front moves on through the region. this line moves through. brings in much cooler weather. today we're in the 80s, tomorrow only in the 70s, good chance of rain. hurricane irma, an incredible storm. wind right now at 185 miles per hour. look how close it is towards the islands here. we have the u.s

puerto rico, all under hurricane warnings. this storm, fortunately for puerto rico, watch the track here. first off take a look at the latest advisory, the next one coming up about 145 minutes. you do not see that very often. last time we had that that was wilma, rita and katrina back in 2005 moving west at 14 miles per hour. on that track coming very close to the islands which will be devastating, just north of puerto rico. they're still going to get extremely hard by this storm. north of the island and then this is where things start to diverge. saturday morning 8:00, 150 miles an hour winds. notice on sunday morning 8:00, 145 miles an hour winds in through the miami area. i want to draw two lines for you. there are two distinct areas here that the models are converging on, one is a path that actually takes it this way, right up the coast in towards florida.

be the european, takes it towards parts of cuba, up towards in towards fort myers. both of them -- both of these lines the easter line and the western line, both of them hit fl d florida extremely hard. there are a few that take it farther out to the gulf, which could be better news for florida. right now, florida under the gun. that's why they have those evacuations already for parts of monroe county. 73 degrees tomorrow, scattered showers, cooler and cloudy. tomorrow not the best day. look what we've got coming. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, monday, all looking good. plenty of time for us to track irma. remnants coming up here, possibly, middle of next week with some rain across our area, but nothing like what they'll see down to the south. all right, doug. thanks a lot. a woman says her heart is broken. >> her brother's raised in montgomery county, ripped from the rest of the family.

their sister about what's in store for them now. and we're working for you, what police are

right now, we are tracking a monster of a hurricane in the atlantic, irma is a category five and extremely dangerous. storm team 4 is watching it carefully and also tracking some storms here in our area, another update on those, on the way. now, in addition to seeking support for harvey victims, beyonce is also celebrating her 36th birthday, and a lot of her famous buddies all joined in paying tribute by dressing up as bey in formation. we'll talk about that here, where we've -- >> you said bey. >> bey. >> i've got a big-time fan at home. >> you better get with the trend. >> all right. you know mick jagger. let's talk about this video that was put together this video. >> i first saw it on instagram,

serena williams, michelle williams, little ivy and they were all dressed like beyonce's formation video. if you go to her site, she actually has two links where you can click for charities to help the victims of hurricane harvey. i think that's amazing. >> she's also doing a telethon, live telethon coming up next week. >> oprah will be headlining with her, too. >> yeah. >> i've heard about it. >> yeah. trending online, story about the flight attendant who got fired for shaming customers on the plane, what happened? >> so she got tired and annoyed of passengers just being rude on flights, so she cle yated a blog and started write -- she created a blog and started writing about them. people putting dirty diapers. passengers get kind of gross, apparently on flights. >> the lady of the feets a

>> yeah. people taking their shirts off, laying across the chairs. >> she didn't name them, though, did she? >> she didn't name them. but she kind of put them on blast and got caught for doing it. when you're fed up, you can vent about it on the blog. >> we've got a plug we want to put in here. prince georges county choir director is singing and dancing for a million dollars. >> daniel damon and greater works, they're one of 11 acts that are competing for $1 million. so we are always rooting for the home team. >> absolutely. >> and, of course, "america's got talent" beginning right here at 8:00. you can watch them and root them on. they will pick five finalists. >> i'm suppose to read that and you just said that. thank you. >> you know. >> we're done here. >> my

>> make sure you check it today. and check out jagger on magic 102.3. >> apparently, i've got talent, too. >> all right, just helping out a little, leon. news 4, helping you and your family get ready for school. many students in prince georges county go back tomorrow. today an inside look at a newly redone school and what it needs to the community. >> hundreds of thousands of students are heading back today in our region. i'm justin finch, we're taking you to one school system. we'll tell you what they're doing to accommodate their new students. >> and we're in storm team 4 weather alert, as we track strong to severe thunderstorms in louden, frederick and carol counties, the severe thunderstorm washings into

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weather alert this afternoon as we track severe thunderstorms moving through the area, not only torrential downpours but very strong winds that could lead to some wind damage as well. walkersville, frederick, new market, or some heavier rain moving in, now they head further down to the south, they're also seeing some of that heavy rain and it's going to get a

moving towards the east at 35 miles an hour. so here is some impact times for you moving into leesburg just before 5:00, germantown right after 5:00. and continuing on at about 5:30. you can see here is the line here. some of the lightning falling out. heavy rain fall, especially north of washington through the early evening hours. going to have the latest coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. there's new hope for two maryland brothers who were deported to el salvador. the young men will get to continue their american education with new soccer scholarships. >> more on where the boys are headed now. >> the brother's ultimate goal is to somehow get back here in the u.s. they'll head to nicaragua after learning american university has granted them each a scholarship. after a month with

to have a chance. >> the despair on their faces says it all. they don't feel at p home on their porch in el salvador, missing family and friends back in maryland. >> they don't feel good over there. they get bored because they're not doing anything and they're scared to go out. >> their sister admits the brothers came to the u.s. illegally in 2009 at ages 10 and 13. their parents and older siblings were already here. the brothers have never been in trouble but went to an i.c.e. check in late july and never came home. he had learned a soccer scholarship and planned to move to north carolina. i.c.e. detained both brothers and then deported them within days. >> they don't even know what's the name of the president when they got there. they want to be back here because they miss what they have here. they have family, friends. >> the brothers are montgomery county soccer stand outs that

here. lack of opportunity in el salvador, the family has been working to bring them back, now they have a glimmer of hope, florida based keiser university just accepted them on soccer scholarships. but still their sister, says the promise of u.s. degree isn't the same as being in the u.s. >> my heart is broken. i don't know how to explain this pain. i miss seeing my brothers. >> the family knows it's a long shot to legally get the brothers back to the u.s., as the administration continues to tighten immigration, in fact, latima who fought so hard happens to be a daca recipient. coming up at 6:0030, her thoughts. jodie fliesher, news 4 i-team. thousands of kids are back ho h

how great the first day of school is. >> i'm sure they couldn't wait to get back. >> children at prince georges kou county go back tomorrow. tracee wilkins is at fair mont high school and she talked with students at freshman orientation today. hey, tracee. >> reporter: yeah, today freshman got an introduction to this school. take a look at the of the side of it. it is absolutely beautiful, as you said, state of the art. i want to bring your attention over this way, beyond the tennis courts, beyond the basketball courts, that's the football field. it's a turf field and there above that field, lights. alumni of this school, they know they never had a football field with lights, let alone turf field. it is an amazing school here. they've got a lot of green space, including some on the roof so science students can walk out of their classes on to green space. they've got a g

their own computer. there's a lot of interesting stuff that's going to be happening for kids who are coming for fairmont heights this year. there's also a rich history here, as well. >> fair mont was the first high school built for blacks with county farms. all of the other three schools prior to that were built with private funds. ultimately, the county took over them. but initially they were built with private funds. fair mont high school was also the first african-american school to go all the way to 12th grade, the others only went to 11th grade. we'll have more on the history of this school coming up at 5:00. tracee wilkins, leon, back to you. it was also back to school in montgomery county today. that's the largest school district in maryland. it's a growing one. justin fen justin finch at a look at this later on t

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students back to school now and congress returning to work, there are lots more people clogging up area roads. that's why some people call today terrible traffic tuesday. adam tuss says things are only going to get worse in the weeks to come. >> terrible traffic tuesday, we have the school buses that are out here mixing and everyone is trying to get in their direction to at the same time. we've got a lot of people that need to pay attention to these school buses that are out here as they make stops and pick people up. of course you've got to be really careful. show you how many people are just out and about in their routines now and what we're going to start to see on a regular basis here. this is the outer loop near silver spring. you can see how many people are loaded up out here. you'll have to

attention to the commute time, aaa says we could see 20 to 30% more traffic out here on the roads. it is certainly something to pay attention to as we go through the next couple of weeks. we're talking about people coming back from vacation. it's also when congress comes back in session around here that things really start to get jumbled up. be aware, it's going to get a little slow in the coming weeks, guys, back to you. we've got breaking news if you're just tuning in, there's been a stabbing at a school in washington. pat collins learn diplomat's daughter. we'll have a live report on what happened in a few minutes. doug is back with an indepth look at hurricane irma. the n fl cities that could be in the storm's fios is not ca pble. we're a 10% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs -

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few hours, first responders will be returning home after helping recovery effort. fairfax county rescue team left on august 27 for texas taking with. local volunteers from the american red cross moved its resources down to texas. >> on the hills of harvey, another major weather trap, hurricane irma moving closer, measuring in an astonishing category 5 storm, with winds of 185 miles per hour. >> this is suppose to be the storm. dan spoke with residents within the projected path who are getting ready for this life-threatening hurricane. >> they're taking warnings. >> every family has got to get ready, gassing up. >> gassing up the vehicles today. i think we're doing what everybody else is doing. >> and stocking up. >> we're looking for some gas cans and extension cords. >> linesor

costco. black friday size crowds, leaving some store shelves empty, from miami to naples and as far north as temple terrace near tampa. >> pluz understand we're asking you to be prepared and not panic. >> from coast to coast across the sunshine state. >> it's kind of the extent of the problem that they've had there. we've had our storms here not that long ago. we got hit pretty good before so people are being vigilant i guess. >> still days away. >> we have to watch it very closely. >> the category 5 storm with wind of 185 miles per hour. it's already the strongest ever recorded outside of the caribbean and gulf of mexico. forecasters say the potentially catastrophic hurricane could make land fall in florida over the weekend. where the rush is on to be

ready. dan, nbc news. let's get the update now from the storm center. >> boy, you guys are watching this as closely as anyone. what do you think about it and going over the warm waters can only make it worse. >> it's warmer waters ahead of it. doesn't interact with land, that's the big thing. amelia is going to track right now. i've got to get right to new warning that just popped up. storm team 4 radar showing you the new severe thunderstorm warning. we're talking about the storm until 5:30. you see this line right here and i'm going to zoom in, first off. you see around frederick and everything. look, notice this line right here. i was looking at this. because look at this echo here. this is what's called a echo, pick an arrow right out of the bow, that means we've got winds coming through the center of this coming into clark county. parts of page -- warren

louden county, this is until 7:30, or rather 5:30 for this severe thunderstorm warning that is right there around the royal area, just to the north. this storm really means business, as far as the wind is concerned. we could see winds with this one, upwards of 60 to 70 miles per hour. you see this storm up here just to the north of leesburg. more storminess, this is the storm we're watching. severe thunderstorm warning in effect until 5:30. here is the whole line itself moving on through the region. this is a cold front that will bring cooler weather tomorrow. still tracking to see the latest advisory and amelia is here with that. >> i want to show you the latest on what we're seeing visually of the storm system. this is so impressive. this is the strongest storm ever, it doesn't count the gulf and caribbean. take a look at the storm system. it is bringing

impacts to parts of the virgin islands. puerto rico throughout the day tomorrow. quick look at the track, it doesn't look like they've updated it just yet and, they being the national hurricane center. moving to the west at 14 miles per hour, tracking just north of puerto rico throughout the day tomorrow, especially during the morning hours and passes as it starts to take aim towards cuba, it does weaken, potentially, to a category 4 hurricane. that is still a major hurricane and then impacts parts of the keys, miami, sending it right around 8:00 a.m. we're hearing that it will be under mandatory evacuation tomorrow morning. likely miami getting under evacuation as well. you want to be where social media with this storm. if i were doug or myself, we'll be posting out exactly what we know. there's no such thing as a category 6. i know that's been out there and the high impact around the u.s. southern florida hg

>> he lives out in miami, my brother, he's made a flight to come up here to the dc area so they can get out of the path. the mayor has actually told people, plan to evacuate. they are planning evacuations down around southern florida. we're waiting on the latest advisory. it comes out any second, we'll bring it to you at the top of the 5:00 hour. news 4 is working for you, following up on an issue putting your family in danger. you've sent video of illegal dirt bikes roaring down streets. our assignment desk just hung up with police and they're telling us, looking for dirt bike riders, no arrests were made in the area. the internet is starting to have a little fun with the news that british royal family is growing again. this meme points out prince william

will who is a football fan, another meme features a -- the fact that will and kate's kids come before their uncle in the line of succession, oh well. in reality, harry says he's very happy for his brother and sister. he's now -- he's sixth in line. not looking good for him at all. speaking of prince harry, for the first time his girlfriend is opening up about their romance. megan tells vanity fair, she and prince are in love. they're trying to keep the relationship private. california native tells the magazine, i hope what people will understand, this is our time. this is for us. it's part of what makes it so special. she'll share more details on nbc nightly news. catch the report at 7:00, right after news 4 at 6:00. >> nothing private about their lives, is

children after the fair day of school. >> steve harvey shows were all new. we talked about what he's doing different he started today's season premier. >> as i sat there, i said it's time to reinvent yourself. i said what's the best way to do it? i said i'm going to bring late night today time. i'm going to walk out and do my, one subject of jokes go over to my desk, got some more comedy at the guest and then bring those guests out. >> coming up later in the week, ice cube, jalen kny leno. first at 4:00, school system welcoming a record number of students back to classes today. how the district plans to have take care of so many children. >> plus our weather team hurricane irma sll

we've been following two big weather stories this afternoon. a severe line of storms rolling through our region. >> and monster hurricane churning away in the atlantic. thousands of students in our area headed back to class this morning, with all the excitement and anxiety that comes with the first day of school. >> justin finch reports at silver spring. >> there you go, sir, have a good day. >> what a treat, montgomery county public school superintendent jack smith serving up a back to school bite. >> what would you like? want some milk? >> postcard perfect morning joined elementary as it opened its doors. welcoming students who

slower to let go. they soon could be like brother and sister. >> it's cool. >> and to start final school year together. new school year, new opportunities, what are you two looking forward to the most this school year. >> i guess just creating lots of experiences because it's my last year. i'm going to miss this place, as much as i don't want to say it. >> i'm going to miss my brother. i'm spending time with him. >> superintendent stopped and asked one of his 200 from the largest school district is growing. it opened at 161,000, up more than 2,000 people. they've hired more teachers to 1,000 and they're not going to go cheap.

montgomery county opening its newest school, silver creek middle in kensington today, they say as more families of young kids move into their district, they'll accommodate and work to indicate each student enrolled. news 4, back in to you at the studio. >> our news continues now with jim and wendy. breaking right now at 5:00, drama with the daughter of a diplomat. a boy stabbed at a local school and why detectives say, the suspect will not be arrested. >> the program known as daca is being rescinded. >> the white house knocking -- announcing an end to undocumented rim grants, what happens next to those daca recipien recipients. track now the largest

recorded in the atlantic, we just got a new update on where it is headed. fist at 5:00 -- first at 5:00, strong storms blasting our region. >> new severe thunderstorm warning just issued for parts of northern virginia, commutes and your after-work plans, they're going to be impacted. >> doug and amelia in the storm center. >> i'm tracking the storms that are moving through our region, severe thunderstorm warning in effect, this is northern faulk here kouny and that one till strong storms coming together and you like -- right in towards montgomery county, these are brand new storms that are forming. here is this line of storms, making its way right into western louden county. you notice a lot of lightning associated with these, right along route 50 as they move here into western portions of louden county. this is all part of a cold front

you notice the area here in pink that includes montgomery county, points to the north and west, severe thunderstorm watch until 9:00. a lot of storms continuing to come through. louden county through the rest of montgomery county over the next couple of hours. we do have a latest advisory on irma, maybe with more on that. >> the biggest that we're seeing, takes it a little bit moreover cuba. this is still a major hurricane with maximum sustained winds moving towards the west at 15 miles per hour. you can takes a reporter and then heads towards the dem cat ren as -- a bit of a change with the track, it potentially makes land fall right around cuba as category 4. it will still have major impacts on the florida keys and southern parts o