the category five storm is still churning rapidly. it passed through antigua before 2:00 this morning. working now to get you more new video out of the caribbean, showing irma's destruction already. this is the latest from hurricane hunters as they continue to fly through the storm right into the calm of the eye. good morning, everybody. i am angie goff for the second time this we can starting in the weather center because you have the latest on what's going to be a historic storm. this is massive. >> it's already been historic storm, it is the strongest storm the atlantic has ever seen. it is very strong. as we continue through the next couple hours, we'll get the latest track, we continue to watch it. we have the tracks coming

look at the school day forecast. we have rain showers. you may have heard them overnight, you definitely probably heard them yesterday afternoon. showers continue today, indoor recess. that temperature stays around 70 degrees. here's a look at irma. look at that eye, so defined. this is a spectacular image, very devastating hurricane. historic hurricane. we will continue to watch the track as it moves just to the north. we do have new information on it, we're going to be talking about that in detail and the impact on our area coming up in a few minutes. we continue our coverage on irma. it is the most powerful hurricane on record. people took refuge in homes or government shelters in antigua as it made landfall. this is the scene, yi

prepare homes for the monster storm that will hit later today. the puerto rico governor says a lot of the roads and buildings won't be able to stand up to powerful winds that are expected. some residents could be without electricity for months. nbc's dan scheneman reports while the path is clear, florida is not taking chances. all of florida is under a state of emergency. hurricane irma is spinning away, could reach florida as early as saturday. >> the storm is massive, storm surge is predicted to go miles and miles, could cover homes and go very far inland. >> reporter: members of the national guard, 7,000 members and others are on alert. >> we are getting the house ready and determining whether to stay or go. >> reporter: gas lines are long, many store shelves are empty. in miami,

filling sandbags. >> we have to prepare, our neighborhoods are prone to flooding. just trying to make sure that we are prepared enough. >> reporter: public officials say everyone needs to anticipate the worst. >> flood models and damage models are based on intensity of the storm. this is a very, very powerful and intense storm. >> reporter: dire warning ahead of what could be a catastrophic storm. dan scheneman, nbc news. >> members of the virginia taskforce have been home less than 24 hours. they're already preparing for another possible deployment, this time to florida because of irma. members were there as members of the taskforce reunited with family last night. they said all their training couldn't have prepared them for what they encount end irrelevay

seeping through the grounds. >> many members of taskforce one say they're ready and eager to help other victims of another natural disaster. a montgomery teen that also helped in texas is due to come home this afternoon. we will continue to follow the hurricane every step of the way as it moves through the caribbean and heads to florida. you can see the latest track yourself any time in the nbc washington app. 4:04. to the other big story of the morning for so many of you. one more major school district getting ready for school today. it is the first day for kids in prince george's county. and for some students, a brand new school. check it out. $93.7 million fairmont heights high school will open doors to students this morning. the new school has its own auditorium, high tech science lab, greenhouse, two gyms, and each student will have tir

computer. parents should be sure to double check the bus route. some routes have new or added stops. the school system has a transportation phone bank open at 6:00 this morning. you can find the number on the nbc washington app. all you have to do is search bus. now to another story or more stories that we are following. today we may learn the next steps for the popular trail closed for construction we have been telling you about. no one can use the trail for five years. opponents filed a temporary restraining order to lift that closure. those that use the trail say they weren't given enough notice of closing and that the detour takes them down a busy street. keep an eye on the nbc washington app, we will be updating when it comes to this issue. he pleaded guilty to killing his wife before going on a killing spree. today he will be sentenced in her death. het

he got four consecutive life terms for deaths of two people in montgomery. today he faces life without parole. the bureau chief tracee wilkins will be in the courtroom. follow updates on twitter and facebook throughout the day. president trump pushing congress to act on deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca. hours after the attorney general announced the end of it with six month delay. the president took his message to twitter saying if congress doesn't legalize it, he will revisit the issue. still unclear what all of that means. meanwhile, the outrage over the president's decision on daca was seen in washington as well as across the country. hundreds chanted yes we can outside the white house rgs and marched down pennsylvania avenue in protest of the decision. daca protects 800 thouchltng

deportation while they continue to work or attend school. you have just three hours to vote for one of our own to go further on america's got talent. prince george's county dannel damon and greater works choir had another performance out of the park last night. they're one of 11 acts left in the competition, only five go to the finals. after the performance, one of the singers felt good about what they did. >> we really wanted the audience to feel the emotion and hear what we had to offer. we were able to really communicate love through song presentation. and the best thing about it i

>> oh, yeah, we felt it here, more powerful than ever when you think they couldn't get better. reminder, vote until 7:00 this morning. be sure to watch who makes it through tonight at 8:00 here on nbc 4. 4:08. want to head to the bl center, lauren rick et cetera has a big day ahead. >> a lot of showers now, you were encountering them when you came in, especially yesterday. are we going to have another round of severe weather like we did yesterday afternoon for this afternoon? we have the timing on rain and what to expect as we continue through your wednesday. all coming up in a few minutes. >> all right. stop what you're doing, take a look, must see video of the day. how this woman was cuffed and put in the back of a police cruiser wound up in the driver's seat. wait, there's going to be more. and another look

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we are jamming this morning. you and your kids can climb on the souped up magic school bus. netflix is reviving that from the past. do you recognize that voice in the theme song? lynn man well mir and dez, the debut is later this year. that's going to be a hoot. 4:12. welcome back. i am angie goff. that's one of the stories has people talking early this wednesday morning as well as the next one. take a look at this video. yeah. someone getting put in handcuffs, thrown in the back of a police cruiser here. that usually means you have to stay put. not this time. check it out. this is out of texas. you can see the woman was a shoplifting suspect, able to take off the seat belt

eventually she was able to climb to the front seat and take off in the car. she actually led police on a 20 minute chase. that's right. she was able to drive the vehicle away. after that they end up catching her, now she's facing more charges. a half dozen charges, in fact. all right. lauren, i don't know how you follow that. i don't know if you have tricks up your sleeves for the forecast. >> i am watching that video, she took the car, where do you go after that. so many buttons on it. let's go ahead and talk tropics. hurricane irma, historical storm. we have the latest track coming in, going to talk about that and talk about what to expect today on the other side of the break. life is a highway. if that's the case, one little guy started off right where he is supposed to. the baby born born on

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irma is moving over antigua. we expect another update at 5:00 this morning in less than an hour. we are following a breaking situation with north korea. prugs pr russian president putin saying more sanctions aren't the solution and won't support the call for more sanctions against north korea. all members of the house will receive a briefing on the latest with the country. so far, north korea fired 18 missiles. south korea is saying it expects another missile test to happen this weekend. developing this morning, an f-16 pilot dead after a jet crashed in arizona. the jet is attached to arizona air national guard 162nd wing, the air guard's biggest training operation, and this is the second crash since 2015.

investigate. you may remember this video showing that stirring gospel performance at a storm shelter in texas during hurrican harvey. the video went viral for the right reasons. last night, that choir appeared on "the tonight show" and gave us goosebumps all over again. ♪ lean on me when you're not strong, i'll be your friend, i'll help you carry on ♪ >> so good. jimmy fallon and the tonight show will donate $1 million to j.j. watt's fund for people impacted by the

how about protect and deliver. new dash cam video shows a police sergeant helping deliver a baby. news4's barbara harrison has that story and sure to put a smile on your face. >> reporter: it is certainly not every father, mom and youngster that open the door to cameras, lights and reporters for a view of their brand new baby, but then this is no ordinary baby, or at least he didn't arrive in the order style. this officer recalls what happened when he saw this car last thursday night on east west highway. >> walked up to the minivan, mom was seated in the back here passenger seat. she showed no signs of distress. she didn't speak english much. i asked if she was okay, she kind of nodded. >> reporter: they told the officer they were headed to providence hospital, he said they were going the right way, so both cars moved

the mom said she had been there with contractions earlier, but they sent her home, saying she wasn't ready yet. the officer said after they moved on, something told him he ought to check on them again. i saw he was driving fine, wasn't driving erratic, i assumed they were doing okay. at that point i kind of went around them and no sooner than i went around them on the right side, he pulled off abruptly to the left-turn lane. >> he made a quick u-turn. >> when i got back to the van, it was a completely different scenario than five minutes prior. >> reporter: being with the canine division, may know about dogs and puppies, admits he doesn't know a lot about birthing babies. but the officer arrived just in the nick of time. >> it was game time and her child was coming down. i literally caught the baby as he came. i was just praying for him to cry. >> reporter: few seconds

that cry of new life came. >> i don't know if i started crying louder or he did at that point. >> reporter: no tears now, even with all of the excitement at home, baby carlos, unaware of his news making arrival seems ready to sleep through anything, at least for now. >> so cute. lauren, the officer, you heard him, he could not hold back tears after he heard that baby cry. >> so cute. >> i can't cry before the day is started. let's take a look. we have a lot of weather going on out there. it is a little cool out there. temperatures stay around that 70 degree mark. they're not budging as much, mainly because we have clouds and rain. we continue to see rain showers stream through the area. not expecting anything like you saw yesterday afternoon. there could be storms out there in southern maryland. mostly it is periodic showers as we continue through the day. could be areas

expect this for the morning commute, for the evening commute, not wrapping up until later on. tomorrow, 75 degrees, a few clouds in the morning, start to clear. tropics we continue to watch. not only hurricane irma but tropical storm jose. we have that track coming up. the latest track coming into the station now into storm team 4 weather center. look at the nice stretch of weather, thursday through sunday is gorgeous. then we have rain tuesday and wednesday from remnants of irma. >> thank you, lauren. new this morning, the latest report that anyone that drives these will want to

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showing irma's destruction. look at the images from the hurricane hunt aer as it flies into the eye of the storm which can be eery. 4:27. i am aaron gilchrist. >> and i am -- >> good morning. it is wet if you're on the bus stop this morning. >> here's the radar. we have cloud cover and fog. showers currently right near annapolis, across the bay bridge and eastern shore. as we go through the afternoon today, we have moisture to work with. we see showers staying in the forecast. the bus stop forecast at 7:00 a.m., 69

patchy fog and showers by 8:00 a.m. even through this afternoon. temperatures aren't warming up too much. hurricane irma with lauren. >> we watch the newest track come in, should have it at 5:00 a.m. keep it here, we will keep you updated on that. this is a monster storm. look at the eye. you can see it very well defined as it continues to move across the northern portion of the leeward islands. and headed up to puerto rico. we've also got tropical storm jose as well. let's go ahead to this track and show you what's going on. still a category five. as it continues over hispaniola, it will stay north headed through cuba, then downgrades to a category four. we continue to watch this. we will continue

and right now, jack taylor will update traffic. >> thank you, good morning. sounds like we have a crash in springfield, inner loop, crash on the right lane. maryland, 50 westbound, freeway airport, couple right lanes get by, not causing much delay. sounds like we may have a couple of accidents on the beltway. inner loop near 450 and near 202. be careful with that stretch in the next few minutes. irma is the most powerful atlantic hurricane on record. here's a look at video from saint barts and saint mart en. >> you look at the dark clouds

powerful winds sent debris flying, people had to take refuge in homes and shelters. >> a lot of infrastructure at risk. florida and puerto rico getting ready. angie goff at the live desk with new developments. good morning. >> good morning, aaron. not a lot we are following this morning. these places are pretty much shutting down, if you're trying to fly out there, the options are disappearing fast this morning. all of florida is under a state of emergency. people in the florida keys especially are set to evacuate at sunrise. they made a run to stores and gas stations, supplies are running low. the storm is days away. people are not taking chances. in puerto rico, want to show you this. it is supposed to hit there today. the governor says a lot of roads and buildings are not strong enough to withstand the powerful winds that are expected. you can see here, people preparing by boarding up buildings. this c h