the urgent rush for supplies, as the shelves run there. >> my father is on oxygen. and i'm worried about this storm. >> however, all reigning, the best of humanity shining through in a moment of need. >> it's okay. >> and a promise that the country will come together after the storm. >> when the time comes, we will restore, recover and rebuild together as americans. >> a live look at key west florida right now, as you can see there, things absolutely still. almost everybodyre

ashore. i'm leon harris. >> i'm pat lawson muse. there's a buzz of activity as people heed the warnings and try to get out of town. the entire state is in irma's path, more than 850,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, leaving interstates clogged as far north as atlanta. >> we're getting an idea of the strength of this storm from the caribbean, at least 17 people now dead. the damage there impressive. the storm leaving piles of lumber, bent metal and ruined cars. >> and there are real concerns about the flooding across southern florida, forecasters predicting a surge of 6 to 12 feet along the southwest coast and the keys. >> now, we are all over this storm for you from the path of it to the last minute preparations. >> team coverage for you, let's start with doug. florida is holding its breath now. >> they really are, guys,

going to come down to exactly where the eye wall comes to shore. you can see where it is just to the north of cuba moving to the south of the bahamas, there is one island down here to the south that just passed over and we're going to watch it on that track. you can see some of the outer bands are already approaching upon the florida peninsula right now. the strongest winds, up to 155 miles an hour. winds out of the west, moving to the west at 14 miles an hour. on this path, it's going to come extremely close to cuba. if it interacts with cuba, it could weaken things a little bit, the water is so warm just south of florida we could see it reenergize as it moves towards florida and expects it to be a category 4. this is at 8:00 a.m. on sunday morning. so they're going to start to feel the effects tomorrow night within about 24 hours and the real stuff moves in saturday night and into sunday morning, just about the entire peninsula, at least the lower half from the

towards naples they're under a hurricane warning. at one time the entire peninsula during the day tomorrow will be under hurricane warning, the shape and scope of the storm, storm surge right along the coast, including areas like fort lauderdale, which could see 5 to potentially 10 feet of water. speaking of fort lauderdale, david culver is showing us how people are preparing and talking to those who are taking shelter ahead of the storm, david. >> doug, this is an area, of course, that you know well here this south florida. you mention this storm surge here, that is the reason that we are standing and, of course, closer to the ocean. this is the intercostal waterway here. this is all part of that evacuation order --

and get them through and for the them, but there's and then through those and yet this is the

at a hotel on the beach. and ourselves myself and and accept and wonder what about all those cars. during this storm as it comes on shore. >> thanks david. behind in totolla and category 5 and it

killing at least 11 people and flattening homes and ho tells storm surge there won't be anything. erica gonzalez. what do you have, erica? >> a couple of big concern that is he addressed in his latest press a short while ago. . they've opened up the shoulders on i-75 it's the gas situation, three tanker ships with millions of gallons of gas in the area. promising police escorts to not only the

the fuel as well. >> and and rebuild your house and get your possessions again. you can't rebuild your life and your family. >> all right, erica, and it's just getting start ed. and get breaking news and in nbc washington app. president trump is praising congress for acting quickly on package for hurricane harvey. the prent

increases the debt ceiling and it keeps the government funded through december. some oppose tying disaster aid to budget. >> now, to breaking news and the suv -- and and didn't show up for the first day of school. so stay on top of that and bring you more right here. details a about a former substitute teacher

victimized them during basketball road trips. tracee is live where spates use to work. tracee. >> reporter: he worked here as a substitute teacher, parents new him well, and now there are -- and and so now, the prince georges county states attorney say they've got all these kids on video and they want any people who know their

>> mr. spates had contacted as traveling basketball coach. >> sources close tell me that the number of victims out weigh the care away case. the substitute teacher who was indicted on similar charges and the prince georges county school system last year, so widespread that they have now a hotline and the number to call 18,006,375,437 if your child has had -- 1-800-637-5437. they may want to interview your child. we never hear from the children, as always they're caught and in this case it was --

you all in the studio. millions of people impacted by a massive data breach and there's a good chance that you're one of them. the four steps that you need to take before your weekend starts. >> we're staying on top of the breaking news out of florida, massive evacuations and last minute preparations as the huge storm churns towards the u.s.,

sed in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away.

the latest track has it going right through florida right at the spine in that state. chief meteorologistist doug kamerer is going to have the latest timing just in a few minutes. >> new developments in the case of the maryland teacher who has been missing now for nearly a week. >> police have found her suv who has also been missing. kristin wright has more on this. >> this is new information within the past little while.

police source close to this investigation in this parking lot at this apartment complex in columbia. we are close to the columbia mall and not far from the school where laura teaches. we have some chopper 4 video taken of this area, that car was taken in by police. laura's suv so they can search over every inch of it that coming from this police source. this parking lot, if you know this area, it is near wild lake high school where laura teaches but never showed up for the first day on tuesday. now, we rushed over here from laura's home. now there we saw police officers going into her condo. this is just a little while ago. we also know that detectives were in and out of the house in the overnight hours, so i ask police about it. they told me that this is what they do, they go back and search again and again for evidence, anything to leave them to laura.

is setting in for her family, i'm sure, and friends desperate to know where she is. >> i'm trying to keep my mind and not letting it go to dark places. i want her to come home and be safe and just think that she was -- needed a break. the more time that goes by, the less i think that. >> laura is four months pregnant, her family telling pat collins that she's excited about the baby. >> continuing to watch this storm, not a whole lot has changed here,

take a look right now at the satellite picture. you notice where this storm is. and that is changing winds makes a beeline towards florida. the one subtle chachk and very good change for places like miami, a bad change for areas like naples is that this is going to move a little farther

. moving on shore at that speed, gusts over 160 to 170. it will be incredible, however, this area west of miami and south of naples not very populated that's monroe county. 83 in fort myers or rather miami. and even higher -- 119 to 120 around naples, well over 120 towards the east coast. you've got orlando a

next, i think, they, too, will gusts well over hurricane force. this storm, guys, is such a large storm. it will encompass the entire state at one point with a little bit more on that amelia is taking a look right now. >> you make a great point when you're showing the wind speeds there, whether they're on the west or east coast, you're going to notice high winds. take a look at this graphic. this really says a lot about this storm. this storm right now, irma, about 600 miles wide from coast to coast in florida, well only 150, so although the track looking a little bit further to the west, the entire panhandle feeling the effects of irma. this is how far out the hurricane force winds extend. it's about 70 miles an

this is how far out they will extend likely causing minor damage, if not catastrophic the closer you get to the eye wall. doug is going to have more on the storm surge flooding, also major concern. >> probably one of the biggest concerns in parts of the area, now, again we're watching that track. it's going to move right up the spine of the peninsula an up and towards the atlantic area as a tropical storm, eventually tropical depression. a lot to talk about here. we'll have the latest on what this is going to mean. we'll get a brand new update in about next half an hour and ten-day forecast, we'll have it for you soon. >> a few minutes shy of the noon hour today, they got a call about a possible arson. when they got to the scene, police learned that a woman had been burned, a woman four months pregnant, they said, intentionally burned. through all of

was able to tell police that this was somebody that she knew had done this to her and that she had great fear that that person was coming in to dc to hurt somebody else. we understand from police that that person, that suspect turned himself in in dc within about two hours of all of this happening, again, around the noon hour today. we understand from police that woman was taken to a burn unit. the baby was delivered and the baby and mother at this hour are alive. from the live desk, i'm erica. >> thanks, erica. you've been following the major data breach that you're seeing all over social media. there is a very good chance, if that's you, we're working for you. the steps you need to take right now. >> you know, i have literally watched my kids grow up through all the vacation we've spent over the years, a little bigger than orlando.

friends live and i'll never forget the time my wife and i spent, having drinks on the balcony. my family and i, we think of florida, we think of special thoughts. >> as hurricane irma draws near, please know that we are with you every step of the way, storm team 4 tracking irma through the weekend and we'll be sharing ways you can help victims down in florida on nbc

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the equifax data breach. chances are you're one of the 143 million people effected if you have a credit report. >> names, addresses, social security numbers, birth dates, all compromised. consumer reporter susan hogan working for you. she has what you should do right now to, hopefully,lessen your risks. >> this is really big, once your personal data is out there, it's basically out there forever. and this hack is a very big deal. that's why we brought in expert here, he's the assistant director of the federal trade commissions division, privacy and identity protection. give us

talking. >> particularly concerning is the kind of data that's here. the social security numbers, there are dates of birth. there's credit card numbers, driver's license numbers, this is all the information that identity thieves can use to steal money from people. >> so what's the first thing we should do. what we understand we're suppose to go right through equifax's web site. let's take a look what you'll do and see when we go there. what should we do once we're on this on our web site. >> equifax has created this web site to tell people whether they've been effected by this breach or not. there's a place where you can go under potential impact to see and enter in information including last six digits of social security number. i would advise people to be careful and make sure you're on a computer when you're doing this. that information is information that, if, again, if it gets out ca

harm. >> normally it's the last four digits, i know today it's the last six digits of your social, as well. the next thing we understand, they're going to give us a three -- a one year free credit monitoring and other services, as well. what does ma mean for us. >> they're offering a service that involves free credit monitoring, according to their web site. i understand there are terms and conditions. consumers should read those carefully before they click anything or accept. >> what are those terms and conditions that a lot of people aren't seeing because they're not reading that fine print by doing so, you give up your rights to join class action lawsuit. >> yes, there are terms and conditions, so, again, i will suggest that people make sure they understand those. there are

>> finally monitor your existing credit card and bank accounts closel closely. >> we also have more to protect yourself on nbc washington app. one more thing, too, coming up at 4:45, robert who is going to be joining me on facebook live on nbc washington and on our

your questions about keeping your eye denidentity safe. >> good information, thank you, susan. >> thank you, susan. we're working for you as storm team 4 tracks that hurricane. >> we actually found people are trying to get to florida right now. >> why they say they're literally trying to fly into the path of

cuba may brush against it. it may take some steam out of it. >> cuba would get the eye wall and we don't want to see that for them, at the same time it would take a little bit of the structure away from the storm. take a look at it, you see how close it is to cuba. right now you see the eye and it's moving a little north of dew west on that track it may just north. it could interact. even though it will be close, it will still have some interaction with land. all of its quadrants to be able to bring in all of the air, bring in all of that moisture off the atlantic and caribbean. it needs that, this may h

little bit, once again moving into some of the warmest waters on earth and that is fuel to the fire as far as irma is concerned. the latest advisory we're expecting a new one in about the next -- and extremely strong category 5 hurricane -- category 4 hurricane, two more miles an hour, cat 5. and making its way in towards parts of south florida now as category 4, this will be saturday night into sunday morning, much more on this, the latest track coming up in about 15 to 20 minutes. >> all right. doug. well -- it's not a matter of it but exactly how irma impacts florida in the days to come. one of the first places that doug indicated the storm will be felt. the airport has been busy all day. a look at how that city is preparing tonight. >> it is moving day in miami and across florida. >> today is the day to d

get inland to safety. >> millions are in the path of irma. a storm so massive, it can literally swallow the entire state. >> this storm is wider and is expected to cause major and life threatening impacts from coast to coast. >> the same is true at gas stations and grocery stores across the state. as residents board up and load up what they can, in a grapple to get to safety. lives gathered outside this shelter before it even opened. for those inside other facilities, there's a growing fear. >> what's the most scarey is what are we going to go back to. >> it's a valid concern when you see it already unleashed in the islands. devastation that fuels,

of urgency for so many. and now in the storm's path. >> you've got to be ready. >> reporter: in its current path, irma will batter the keys tomorrow evening and then make land fall just west of myself myself where we are some time early the next morning. that's the latest live here in miami, pat, leon, back to you. >> thank you, jay gray, reporting live. >> now with every passing minute more and more people forced to evacuate their homes, arriving here at regulagan airport. happy to get a flight out of florida. still we caught up with a few people who were actually trying to fly back to their homes in florida so they can take care of some last minute chores before that storm hits. >> i'm going to button

protection just to make sure what can be salvaged and can be load up, some important stuff, packed for about two days and then go up north probably to the panhandle. >> we're just going to show up and do what we're going to do. we have to take care of our family, that's why we're leaving here to go home and we're going to leave everything up to god. >> hope we have enough time to do. earlier today, american and other couple airlines still have flights going out. but, again, the airport start shutting down later tonight. >> david culver is in florida for us as people get ready for the storm. he'll have another live report in about 30 minutes. you can follow him on twitter at david under score culver. >> the recovery from harvey is dragging on. what brings firefighters to our area for a good cause. >> florida,o

like a dream location, spend a loot of time there on vacation and places like naples, fort lauderdale, miami, maybe some day retiring there. my fondest memories of florida are december 1989, that's honey. on new year's eve, i remember standing under the starlight at disney world under fireworks exploding and thinking this is the most wonderful time of my life. right now, my thoughts and my prayers are with the people of florida really pulling for him

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harvey. texas has months if not years of recovery ahead. you can imagine a lot of first responders need a little pick me up at this point. >> they've been busy. they've been busy doing some heartbreaking kind of work and some of them are actually here in town getting some much needed report from local firefighters. darcy spencer is live in prince georges county with that part of the story. hi, darcy. >> we're here at the regional park in the upper marl boro area. take a look here on the softball field. if you look closely at some of the jerseys here. it says texas, many of these players are from houston. their city was under water. they were rescuing friends and neighbors from these deep water and now they're here in prince georges county, a much needed thing for them to come together with fellow firefighters from across the country for this annual softball tournament. there was some cce

had to drop out. they lost their homes, working together, they were able to feel the teams and you can see that they're actually here. you're seeing some of them standing. one guy hit a home run right before he came to us. we spoke to some of the players earlier today. they say they're enjoying themselves right now, but they know they have a lot of work to do when they get back home. >> i'm still thinking about e everything that i'm going back to. it's one day at a time, you know, short release from actually being there in houston, but mentally, i'm still there. >> and that's what he said, mentally he's still there, meaning, in houston, knowing that there's still a lot of work to be done in the city that they'll return to in just a matter of days. but for right now, this is a big stress relief for them, again, very important for them to be able to get together with the fellow

going through and to have that support. i should also mention, you know, with hurricane irma coming, all of the teams from florida had to drop out of the tournament this year, we'll send it back to you. >> thank you, darcy. wishing them all the best. >> breaking news as we track hurricane irma standing by for the latest truck update. doug and amelia will join you with the change of the path just ahead. >> look how people are coming together to help people effected by these back to back hurricanes and if you happen to know someone in florida, some important information for you to share with them about ways to protect their gadgets. >> team

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trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war. eighteen years as volunteer medical director of a children's hospice. as lt. governor, he's fighting to expand healthcare in virginia. he'll get it done as governor. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away. we continue to watch the path of hurricane irma right now seeing live pictures this coming in from key west. >> and you can see things look pretty calm there rightno

irma will bring large storm surge across much of the south -- the southern part of the state as the storm comes ashore, so a lot of people are bracing and backing down the hatches. >> irma's power on full display in the caribbean, earlier, at least 17 people, now, dead there. that number is expected to rise, unfortunately. the storm destroyed schools, stores in places like st martin, saint thomas. >> doug, give us an update on the storm's latest path. you mention that this time tomorrow. >> yeah. >> we'll sort of know which way this is going to go. >> well, you know, we know a pretty good cone, we know it's going to hit florida. by this time tomorrow it will be close to making land fall, exact location will make a huge, huge difference just a matter of a couple of miles will mean abso

got pretty hard, we'll get through this. here is the storm right here, around cuba, it's looking a little bit better organized over the last couple here. it is trying to get its act together again. it has been a category 5 for nearly three days but trying to move back to that category 5 status. if it does interact with cuba, as i've been talking about, we may see a little bit of weakening, but staying north and that's what it's expected to do, it is expected to stay a category 4, if not intensify here. and then coming up in towards -- this is the last track, i'm waiting for the new trend that will come out any minute, 145 mile per hour winds at 8:00 on sunday morning. once again, this is something we're going to watch, every single computer model, every single one has this storm increasing to category 5 before it makes land fall. here it is right here. here is the eye, you notice, with this computer model, it does have some land --

cuba that could slow things down. that will be beneficial for us over towards parts of the u.s. and in parts of key west. look where the eye comes in. this is monroe county, this is the ever glades, not a lot of people live here, this could be saving grace for areas like miami that are just out of it, but coming in with winds of 145 miles an hour, that's the officials from the national hurricane center. you just get off the surface and we're talking about 10 stories up. amelia is here with more on that. >> we're talking about this hurricane, it really does come down to the really kind of finite details in number to track 10 miles one way or another could make a difference. talking about the wind impacts, i'm going to go over a few numbers, since andrew, that was 25 years ago, buildings have now have to withstand in florida a category 2, that's winds of 110 miles an hour. this is the number i want you to

130 miles an hour. now, that's the number that holds, in miami, must withstand and that's a category 3. critical buildings must withstand areas -- must withstand winds up to 156 miles an hour. so that's going to be almost category 5. but, again, let's keep that 130 miles an hour in mind. we're already saying this 75 stories up with some buildings likely wbe

impact, you'll see wind up to 186 miles per hour. this is why we're saying this is going to cause a will lot of destruction and a lot of devastation. >> miami had an explosion of buildings that tall, 60-story buildings, we'll see what happens over the next couple of days, as this storm moves up towards the tampa bay area, orlando and jacksonville, i tell all my friends in orlando, you'll expect at least a category 1, if not a category 2 hurricane. most structures can handle that. the big threat there is going to be trees coming down on top of houses, that is the biggest threat. but, structures should actually stand their way through this storm. i think it's orlando is better, jacksonville better with this storm. we're worried about charleston, savannah, this storm track now and the way it's coming in, much less damage in those areas down towards the carolinas. i really think the carolinas are breathing a sigh of relief.

redskins game, perfect, here. we watch chance for showers on tuesday, possibly wednesday and thursday. >> thank you, doug. news 4 is working for you with advice for loved ones in irma's path. >> interactive strategy, the digital marking agency had some ideas that we haven't heard before for the storm hits, back up computer files to the cloud. buy an external back up battery for the home phone and keep it charged. keep cell phones fully charged. once the power goes out, close down the apps. reserve the battery by turning them off. in case of flooding, move important pictures to the dishwasher, that's the only waterproof place in your house, believe it or not. >> never thought about that. lester holt is

special coverage on nbc nightly news with lester holt after 7:00 right after news 4 at 6:00. a man arrested for flashing women on the metro, not just once, but ten times. >> wendy has the news story. >> it's the case that's raising a lot of questions. if a person is arrested ten times for the same crime, why is this person walking the streets, why is he allowed back on metro. mark segraves posed that question, we'll have more on that on what he found out, also, we're following some breaking news in the case of the pregnant maryland teacher missing for almost a week, police found her suv which had also been miss. >> thanks, wendy. >> this afternoon, storm team 4 covering every angle for you, as hurricane irma gets closer and closer to t u

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hurricane irma is scarey. we know a lot of you have concerns ant friends and family here in florida. we here have our own anxieties about friends and family down there, myself, included. i'm a florida native and i've been keeping my eye on west palm beach the past few days. where i started out work has been streaming live as they get ready to do 24/7 and also prepare south floridians with a worse case scenario. i'm keeping a close eye on the other coast, the gulf coast, my folks live in tampa about 150 yards off of tampa bay. i check in with my dad, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, they're staying put. he reminded me that their house is never flooded. they

the windows. he has ridden out countless tropical storms and hurricanes, too. he told me he remember swimming in streets of tampa during one hurricane. try telling an 85-year-old what to do, they can be pretty stubborn. others here have their own long distance words. >> hi, i love florida, but our -- her parents outside of dell r-- delray beach. >> are you calling them. >> i'm calling them every day and every several melt downs about it. >> dolly and lenny, get out. >> we love florida. just watching this thing scares you, i mean, the storm itself, just a massive storm it's headed towards there fflorida. with the new path of the storm, it looks like theyan

they leave and make sure they get to shelter. my brother who lived in miami who told me he was thinking about not evacuating. i made him get up here, hopefully he's on a flight today getting up here later this afternoon. but all eyes right now on irma. all of our thoughts and prayers for the people in florida. as hurricane irma draws near, please note we're with you every step of the way. we'll be tracking irma, through the weekend. we'll be sharing ways you can help victims down in florida on our nbc washington app. news 4 is working for you. now at 5:00, destructive, extreme, our leaders say hurricane irma will go down as one of the most infamous in history.

irma set to hit land fall this weekend. >> residents who haven't evacuated yet may be missing their best chance to get out. today is the last day to get out before the winds reach unsafe speeds and that's according to the national weather service. >> now, the question is, what's next. officials are preparing for the worst, saying parts of florida could lose electricity for days, if not longer and that more than 100,000 people may be in need of shelter. >> we've got team coverage tonight, so let's get the latest update from chief meteorologistist doug kamerer, what's the latest. >> my parents may be in shelter, too. they're on the west side of this. the latest track is now in and takes it right over fort myers. i'm going to make a call right after i get done with this hit. the storm itself is lng