news 4 begins now with storm team 4. good morning, i'm chris lawrence. david culver is out on assignment in florida. >> we'll be checking in with him shortly. i'm angie goff. so glad you can join us early on saturday. we're tracking a lot, including the latest with hurricane irma as it barrels towards the state of florida. lauren, what's the latest now? >> right now we have the 5:00 a.m. update. winds are down a little bit to 155 miles an hour, this thing is still a monster, just to the north of cube. it has shifted west. all eyes are on the southwestern state of florida, naples, ft. myers. we're going to really have to watch the storm surge as we do through over the next several hours. should make landfall in the next 24

nbc special report. >> let's send it to nbc for the report on irma. good morning, this is an nbc news special report, i'm sheinelle jones. >> i'm craig melvin. we're tracking hurricane irma, category 4 storm headed right to florida. the path shifted slightly. the state's west coast is preparing for the worst. >> al is in ft. myers with more on irma's path. good morning. >> good morning. we've been watching and waiting for it to make its turn. we may see some indication of hurricane irma category 4 state your name with winds 155 miles an

southeast of miami moving west northwest at 12 miles per hour. right now it is skirting along the cuba coastline as a category 4. the water temperatures are close to 90 degrees. we may see strengthening as it makes it across the florida straight. it comes across southwest florida, 125 to 155 mile-per-hour wind, storm surge of 20 feet. as we continue on sunday morning, we are looking for the wind 50 to 75 miles per hour. a storm surge of 5 to 10 feet, 12 inches of rain. as we make our way into sunday evening, central florida, looking at 100 to 125-mile-an-hour wind, storm surges, 10 inches of rainfall. southeast, 50 to 75 mile-per-hour wind, 5 inches. all

tornado threats. can see the wind gusts make their way as we get spoke early sunday morning key west, marathon key, miami starts to see their winds increase. look at what we're looking at, marco island. 105 by 4:00 p.m. sunday. so this system is making its way up. coming up, we will be talking boult storm surge anywhere from 5 to 12 feet. guys, back to you. >> al, thank you. meanwhile cuba and bahamas in the crosshairs right now. rehema in nasa for us. rehema, good morning to you. >> good morning, craig. as you point out, cuba is right now feeling the fury of irma. it's expected to linger over that island with winds up to 150 miles per hour. the storm has already indicated and moochb that it is a deadly storm and not to be messed with. 23 people in the caribbean alone have already died as a result of this powerful punishing

people are feeling as a result of it. here in nasa where i am, a heat warning remains in effect. tropical force winds. people in the southern bahamas, now they are trying to figure out what it's going to look like there when they get a chance to do recovery. that island was pummeled on friday. that section of the island i should say was pummeled on friday. authorities are very concerned that there may not be much of anything for people to go back to there. craig and sheinelle. >> rehema in nasa, thank you. it is hard to believe but there's another storm brewing. dylan in palm beach. dylan, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. we are in palm beach with winds picked up significantly from yesterday and the storm is still about 24 hours away. people here are

warning. most buildings boarded up including trump's mar-a-lago. you can see the shutters on the windows. they seem to be good to go especially now that it's taking a more westward path. i want to point out jose, as you just mentioned. it is a category 4 hurricane and it is expected to hit the island of barbuda, which has just been decimated by the recent storm as hurricane irma just moved through. 90% of the structures have been damaged or did he trieestroyed. we have antigua barbuda, anguilla, a dangerous storm surge of 2 to 4 feet is also likely with this storm system. as i mentioned, it is a category 4 hurricane. winds are up to 150 miles per hour. it is going to move just to the north of barbuda. this one is

the same path as irma did. it is going to take more of a turn, possibly even turning so much so it stayed south of bermuda as well but certainly worth watching especially for those leeward islands. guys. >> dylan, thank you. >> we will have much, much more on this on "today," msnbc and msnbc news.com. this has been a nbc news special report. boy, you look at what's going on down there, it's hard to understate the beating the crib has been taking over the past few days. it seems like with jose's arrival they are not out of the woods yet either. >> not even close. they are not catching a break by any means. people in florida, as we know, doing whatever they can with what they can. also virginia's governor taking action. >> virginia's governor terry mcauliffe declared a state of emergency. days after returning from houston, fairfax urban rescue group landed in puerto rico to help with

there. >> hurricane irma is barreling towards florida as you mentioned. news 4's david culver gives us a look at the eerily quite scene in florida ahead of the storm. >> you won't see me but you can hear me. ooichl i'm driving down ocean drive in south peach in this suv. if you know south beach you know on friday night, this is usually a place bustling. this isn't a place you would dare to drive, let alone pull up and park in front of the clevelander. that is the reality in south beach tonight. as i come out, i'll show you a little of what we're talking about. a lot of the folks who live in this area have evacuated. this, of course, being right next to the beach is part of the mandatory evacuation zone. we caught up with one person, her name is courtney purton, she's living here since 2003, wanted to know what did she make of this desolate area. >> it's like i had the whole beach to myself. it was amazing. i could used to it for a day or two. then i'm going to be

on, people, come back. >> you want the people back. >> it's amazing energy. the hurricane will not take that away. the beach is my home and i love it. i'm not going to let it run me away. >> courtney is one of the few that decided to stay. owners are shielding their windows and all exposed glass from anything irma might bring here. that's still the question. unknown what this place will look like after the weekend is over. one thing for sure, on a friday night this south beach community, i don't know, it kind of feels a little eerie. send it back to you. thank you, david, a ghost town. we'll check back in with david as he gets ready. also for irma's arrival. he's tracking the storm from florida as you saw. don't miss live reports right here on nbc 4. >> back here at home, manage heading t

and you look up and see this. a story behind the passenger's video and the experience on a bus here in our area in just a moment. still ahead, her family said she vanished without a trace. the very latest in the investigation of a missing pregnant teachern maryland. i

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police found a car but still no signs of a mother to be and teacher in maryland. >> laura wallen's family has not heard from her since monday. we spoke withen wo of her close friends about the latest development. >> the biggest heart in the world. she would be the bottom of my list to ever expect anything like this to happen. >> lisa burch has a strong bond, one that comes from being high school teachers

she said they talked last friday the day before she was last seen, excited about school and her pregnancy. wallen, a dedicated award winning teacher failed to show up for the first day of wilde lake high school in columbia. concern skyrocketed on news her ford escape was found thursday evening in apartment complex from commia, not far from the high school and the pavilion. >> it's heartbreaking, absolutely heartbreaking. we're almost numb to it. it's so hard to figure out what to do, to say. i've been calling her cell phone and texting her and sending her messages on facebook. it's just like one of these times she's going to answer. one of these times she's going to respond. >> montgomery county police investigation into wallen's disappearance and to escalate after the suv was found with investigators going enand out of her only condo. wilde lake high school students of conduct their own search for

afternoon at 3:30. in columbia, jackie bensen, news 4. as all eyes remain on hurricane irma, we are taking a look at how it's affecting the weather in our area. your complete forecast in just a few minutes. plus a deadly crash during rush hour. what

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it's a little chilly start out there this morning. some temperatures are in the mid-40s especially when you get into frederick county, maryland. a little chilly out there. we will warm up. thanks goodness all sunshine today with temperatures running into the low 70s. what about irma. what exact is that going to have on us as we head into next week. we're going to talk about when we're going to see some rain here and have impact from her coming our way. it's all timed out in the ten-day forecast in a few minutes. >> thank you, lauren. one person killed, four others in critical condition after a food truck crashed into a car in loudoun county. this happened yesterday just before 5:00 on evergreen mills road near watson. fire crews said to use special equipment to remove that bus from top of the car. the food truck needs to be a school bus. it was reconfigured. several people inside the car were trapped more than two hours. investigators still tried

>> 6:16, a family is thankful their daughter and if you baby is alive this morning after the victim said her boyfriend set her on fire. she was pregnant at the time. she told police her boy friend doused her with flammable liquid inside her apartment in capitol heights and then set her on fire. her father was understandably upset when he spoke to news 4 about what happened. >> he's a coward. he's less than a man. walk away. you don't want the responsibility, walk away. >> she said her daughter is in critical condition and delivered her baby seven weeks early. he says his daughter is doing okay. meanwhile the victim's sister talked about how hard it was to see the toll the fire took on her sister's body. >> walking in to see your sister burned from her face all the way down to her feet. imagine that happening to your family.

while police helped track down the suspect, charges pending against him, police have not released the man's name. >> at 6:17 this is not what you want to see riding the metrobus. take a closer look. this is what news 4 sent us yesterday. >> t dheverir caught on cell phone video reading the paper while driving a bus full of people. the man that tweeted the video said the driver was even turning the pages while the bus was move. viewer said f6 route that left fort taughten. he also sent it to metro. they poll dpifd and how old him off the road pending the investigation. i'm sure husband bosses, none too happy. a massive recall may be in the future for ford explorers. the government may step up investigation into possible carbon monoxide leaks.

working forego you revealing information you need to know to keep your family safe. when do they know is an answer many safety experts and consumer advocates want to know. >> there is a few things about this that really disturb me. >> david freeman head of hyper safety administration,000 with consumers union says not only has sports known about possible exhaust or carbon monoxide leaks for years, but ford also says these technical service bulletins to their dealers on how to fix it. >> that tells me they know something is wrong. >> our news 4 consumer investigation found technical service bulletins known as psbs going back to 2012, 2014 and 2016. check this one out from 2012. explorer exhaust order in vehicle. model year 2011 through 2013. tsb tells mechanics how to repair the leaks. then in 2014, another tsb to ford dealers that now includes

2014 and 2015 explorers. again, exhaust in vehicle when auxiliary climate is on. then this from ford explorer customers. here is one from june 2011, the vehicle cabin is field with exhaust fumes. another from march 2011. my wife numerous times was having problems concentrating while driving. in all 2700 complaints over a six-year period. three reported crashes, 41 injuries. now many explorer owners are filing lawsuits against ford claiming their car is making them sick. >> i'm still waking up every day with a migraine. >> susan's attorney says cases like hers could fall unthe lemon law. >> this clearly falls within the parameters of the lemon law. if people are driving around with this carbon monoxide, all these things happening to them,

defect. >> news 4 reached out to both ford and nhtsa. it says it does not comment on open investigations. ford tells us safety is our top priority. we have not found carbon monoxide in nonpolice explorers. this preliminary information found no evidence that injuries or crashes were the result of carbon monoxide poisoning. however, it does say co levels may be elevated in certain driving scenarios. >> if this is determined to be a safety defect, ford will be on the hook for significant fines from nhtsa for nailing to address this problem when they already knew about it. >> and that was news 4's susan hogan reporting. police departments nationwide, including montgomery county, have been taking their out of service temporarily. undergoing repairs after several police officers across the nation reported getting

spoke their vehicles. >> i've got to tell you, if you getting out early to take a look at this beautiful sunrise coming up behind us, you better have a jacket on or at least a sweater. >> yeah. i've got thin skin, but still, it was a shock. >> i had my windows open all last night because it's been beautiful. it was so chilly when i woke up. i was like what is this temperature outside. in the 40s, mid-40s in some areas. we haven't dealt with that in quite sometime. we haven't been dealing with a lot of things over the next several days. let me show you what's going on because i want to get to it. in terms of the headline, it's going to be a beautiful week. we do have fall-like weather on the way. we're going to talk about irma's impact for us. we could have rain by tuesday or wednesday of next week. nothing happening on the radar right now. we are dry. take a look down to the south. there's that frontal system that passed through the area kind of steering irma.

florida straight, north of cuba. a massive hurricane, it has weakened slightly. category 4, winds of 155 miles per hour. it continues to move right along the northern coast of cuba at this point. but the waters here are in the 90s, upper 80s and lower anyone. a little bit of reintensification could be possible as now that track has shifted west. all eyes on the southwestern coast of florida. naples, ft. myers, this is going to be by sunday afternoon. again, they are going to be watching this thing from now until it passes through florida. it will weaken slightly. one thing i am considering about right here, we are going to have a little wind shear. that could weaken it a little bit. watch the track as it continues to move up through the deep south. we will have some tropical storm-type condition once we get into the deep south. then it curves back around. that's something we'll watch. ten-day forecast and get to that

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>> former president obama's appearance literally took the breath away from students. can you see some of them holding their hearts even. the former president said he wanted to pop in at the start of the new year and give them a little encouragement. he talked to students about their life goals and also giving back to their communities. like pep rally. >> mckinley tech school in northeast diagnosis. pretty cool there. i'm sure the kids had a great story to go home and tell the parents. >> of course. what a way to

>> announcer: news 4 begins now with storm team 4. >> hope your saturday is off to a great start. i am chris lawrence in for david culver who is down on assignment in florida. >> it's going to be a busy weekend for everybody in the news. i'm angie goff. glad you can join us. we want to start with the latest track on this monster of a hurricane. hurricane irma barreling toward the state of florida right now. lauren, what is the latest status. >> we are watching that right now. of course we've been watching for a while a category 4 hurricane, winds at 155. it has weakened slightly, now skirting the north portion of cuba at this point as it barrels towards the florida straits. we are expected to make landfall in the southwestern side of

bringing storm surge up to 12 feet in some areas. but again we'll continue to watch it now. take you to nbc's special report. >> announcer: this is an nbc news special report, hurricane irma. here is craig melvin and sheinelle jones. >> good morning. this is an nbc special report. i'm sheinelle jones. >> i'm crying melvin. we're tracking hurricane irma, a category 4 storm, a monster, headed right for florida. overpass the path shifted slightly. the state's west coast is now preparing for the worst. >> al roker in ft. myers with more on irma's path. al, good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. right now it's buffeting the northern cuban coast. as we look at the path and show you where it is right now, the system is still a monster, as can you see. we've put in the radar as well.

bands hitting florida, category 4, 245 miles south southeast of miami, 155-mile-an-hour winds. don't let that fool you, it's just 2 miles an hour less than category 5. saturday morning around the keys. moving slowly at 12 miles per hour. so it makes landfall sometime along the west coast somewhere near where i am monday early morning or sunday night with 120-mile-per-hour winds and then it continues on up into the southeast still as a system -- tropical storm probably. wednesday it's in the western parts of kentucky and tennessee. the storm surge, we are looking for anywhere from 3 to 8 to 12 feet, and that's going to be on top of some high tide. we have this one new traffic that comes in that shows you where the high tide and storm surge will be. marco island down to the everes

or more, so we'll be tracking that. storm surge point guard the one item that happens to kill more people than anything else in a hurricane. guys, the other thing we have to worry, this is going to be traversing the spine of the state and will be here about 24 hours. the risk of tornado increases and the rainfall. we're talking anywhere from 10 to 15 inches of rain portfolio this is over. sheinelle, craig. >> thank you, al. >> cuba and the bahamas are in the cross-hairs right now. rehema ellis in nasa. rehema, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning. all of the caribbean has been fearful of the storm and right now cuba has been slammed by the fury of hurricane irma. it's expected to linger over that island for most of the day. we understand with punishing winds of 150 miles per hour. those are deadly winds and the result of what we've already seen in other parts of the caribbean. 23 deaths now reported as a re

this monster storm, that has been racing through this area. here in nasa a hurricane warning remains in effect for central and south floriwhere we are. tropical storm force winds, rain, thunder, lightning. people may think they have skirted some portion of the storm but certainly that's not the case for southern bahamas. they got pounded by irma and think there may be very little to go back it when they can can crews in the area to assess damage. back to you. >> rehema, thank you. it's hard to believe there's another storm brewing right now. dylan is palm beach with more on that. dylan, good morning. >> good morning, guys. it is hard to believe, especially for an island like barbuda, which i'll talk about murk jose in just a second. things are changing here in palm beach. the wind has increased

the ocean is starting to get really churned up. once the sun comes up you'll be able to see a better view of that. this entire area seems to have been properly evacuated. we have seen nobody around. a few sites here yesterday. they seem to have gotten out of town as everything is boarded up in this area. restaurants and shops all along the main drag here in palm beach. everything is boarded up. if not, it's because they have those hurricane windows in place. some people taking extra precautions. mar-a-lago, trump's southern white house, per se, is right up the street from where i am right now. that has been properly porded up as well. obviously the shutters in place bracing for the storm. it now looks like it is taking that westward track. we're still going to feel extreme wind gusts and a very dangerous storm surge here. let's take a look at hurricane jose. as i mentioned barbuda was an island pretty much 90% destroyed. their buildings and homes in the ea

irma. now hurricane jose is just knocking on the door. we have hurricane warnings in effect for barbuda, antigua, 6 to 8 inches with more flooding. storm surge 2 to 4 feet along with winds around 150 miles per hour. it is just a one-two punch for that poor island as category 4 hurricane moves along. this storm is going to take a much different path than hurricane irma. it is going to take a sharp turn to the north and then to the east. didn't even look like it will affect bermuda. that storm won't have impact on the united states. leeward islands are concerned about jose. >> dylan, thank you. we'll have much more on "today," msnbc and throughout the day on nbcnews.com. this has pn been an nbc news special report. at 6:36, we know that

far as it barreling towards us or having major impact to people. leaders in our states already taking action in order to get in place and help others. >> that's important. it's important that the entire country, especially in the wake of harvey, that we all pull together at this point. virginia governor mcauliffe has cleared a state of emergency ahead of irma. just days after returning from helping out in houston the fairfax county rescue group landed in puerto rico to help with recovery efforts there. and now hurricane irma barreling towards florida as we've been reporting all morning. governor rickernurging residents to be safe from the storm. that includes more than half a million people in miami-dade county. nbc sarah rosario reports from ft. lauderdale, which is right in the crosshairs. >> reporter: the message clear. >>

>> reporter: and a mass exodus followed as irma showed its strength. >> nothing really frightening. >> reporter: many heeding warnings as the most powerful atlantic hurricane on record battered the caribbean, taking lives, homes, and leaving more than a million people without power. >> this is a catastrophic storm that our state has never seen. >> reporter: many shelters are full. gas stations and airports closed. >> i don't know what to do. >> reporter: preparationing made across the state. protecting animals at the miami zoo to shutting down the happiest place on earth, disney and other theme parks closed as irma sets sight on the sunshine state. those who can't make it out are preparing to pair down as the storm hits, hoping for the best. in ft.

rosario, nbc 4 news. news 4's david culver covering the storm. you're going to see a lot of him this weekend as we get ready for irma's arrival. can you also follow david on twitter for a greater firsthand look at the impact. >> as we keep an eye on the storm that is barreling toward florida, we want to tell you about a program, though. we want to invite you to join us next week as we celebrate the life of a dear friend of mine, jim vance. as many of you know vaps dince july 22nd after battling kearns. he's going to be remembered at a memorial service at the washington national cathedral monday morning. we know a lot of you want to honor him. we will provide live coverage of the memorial starting at 10:00 right her on nbc 4. we're also going to stream that service on nbcwashington.com and in our app. 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 -

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breaking news. we have breaking news coming out of precipitation georges county right now. police say two people are dead following a car crash in front of fairmont heights high school. you're looking at video from the scene that was taken around 3:00 this morning. from what we understand the driver crashed into a tree. we're told the driver impacted at the scene. no information at this point has been released on this tragic early morning crash. at 6:42, looking abroad, to the far east in fix, the world keeping an eye on north korea. that is because south korean officials are suggesting the north could launch another missile test this weekend. today marks the anniversary of the country's founding. north korea has a history of marking celebrations with a show of military force. meanwhile, the united states will call for united nations vote on monday calling for tougher sanctions on the north. this comes one week after north korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclear

doctor recipients renew their status. early this week president trump rescinded deferred action for arrival program albeit with a six-month delay. several free clinics are brand in our area over the fedex few weeks. some of them are listed right there on our screen. we posted the full list on the nbc washington app. have you to file to renew your daca status before october 5th. be sure to watch tomorrow's edition of "meet the press." chuck todd with the latest on the prosecute presidented decision to end daca and responding to hurricane irma. take a look. the nation's capital rise and shine. it's saturday morning. that's a pretty shot. we're checking back in with lauryn ricketts, what we'll expect from hurricane irma as we head into the week. >> and we're going to tell you how our local law enforcement is lending a helping hand to those being affected by that storm. ne

of the way. stay with us.

morning but then warming up through the the day. low- to mid-70s for daytime highs. plenty of sunshine. if you want to head to the vineyar vineyards, this the weekend to do it. we do have remnants of irma headed our way. we'll let you know exactly when can you expect them by mid next

minutes. >> hurricane irma barreling north and making its way here to nasa as people are bracing for the worst. the storm already hit southern islands and authorities say those were evacuated may not have much of anything to go back to. the storm is expected to create a storm surge of about 20 feet. that's the height of the two-story building, which could be life threatening. authorities say now they are just bracing for the worst. i'm rehema ellis in nasa, bahamas. more coming up on "today." while florida is anticipating landfall from hurricane irma, thousands of families across the caribbean are fighting desperately to find shelter after the storm. st. martin has been devastated. news 4 has been talking to a womanho

there. >> what's your greatest fear? >> not seeing her again. >> depp he's polk is worried, her only sister is stuck at a resort in the caribbean. >> she's our baby sister an we just want to get her home. >> reporter: alice and her husband flew to oyster bay beach resort in st. maarten last thursday. they texted this video to denise. >> the atlantic ocean. >> she only had me on the text message because she didn't want to worry anyone else. >> she sent this video early wednesday morning showing hurricane irma's fierce winds at the resort. the hotel told guest toss evacuate. denise said her sister couldn't get a flight out. >> just a text. she had to leave the room and sent the text message that says we're going to try to make a run for it. >> irma destroyed st.

wi-fi signals are scares. denise talked to her sister for a couple minutes. >> she said, denise, do whatever you can to get us home. >> now she's concerned because of hurricane jose. >> you've been in contact with the state department. what are they telling you? >> my understanding is they are trying to bring a plane in but the airport is did he polished. >> right now she waits for answers hoping her sister makes it back to the u.s. >> there's no more shelter. >> shomari stone, news 4. d.c. police union is gearing up to help victims and first responders in texas and florida. they are sending two trailers of loaded supplies to florida this weekend and two more trailers left for texas yesterday to help victims of harvey. local police and fire departments collected the goods. president trump will be keeping a close eye on hurricane irma at camp david this weekend. before he left, the president delivered a message on social media urging people in the path of this storm

officials. >> i ask every one in the storm's path to be vigilant to and to heed all regulation frs government officials and law enforcement. nothing is more important than safety and security of our people. we're doing everything we can to help with disaster preparations. and when the time comes we will restore, recover and rebuild together as americans. >> and the president went on to say that the areas affected will come back stronger than ever before. >> it's just amazing to think not even a week ago we were all talking about harvey. >> they are still reeling from all that devastation. >> now all eyes focused, obviously as they should be, on irma at this point. >> jose. >> then there's jose. something we're going to have to watch with british virgin islands as well as u.s. virgin islands out there. we'll talk about jose and

we also have katia beginning to amp up for this hurricane soap. let's show you what's going on. we had this last time we had three hurricanes in the atlantic, that was 2009. this is the year it has amped up quite a bit as we've seen over the past couple of months or weeks i should say. beautiful sunrise this morning. boy, is it cool. some temperatures 46 degrees in frederick. yeah, it is a little chilly out. if you had your windows you felt it. nothing showing up on radar. we're going to stay sunny today. temperatures will top out in the low- to mid-70s for today. tomorrow, we'll wake up to a chilly morning, clear skies. headed to redskins eagles game at 10:00, a great soap openers. temperatures in the low 70s. we've got three tropical storms, hurricanes out there. irma and also jose and katia, moving south spoke mexico at this point. of course all eyes

as well as we continue to monitor jose. looks like jose will kind of wrap around. of course the leeward islands, who just got hit, are really paying teengs attention to that. we're following irma. here is the latest track. it's been downgraded slightly. now a category 4 hurricane with winds 155 miles an hour. the thing is, waters right here are in the upper 80s and lower 90s. the question is when is this going to take the turn to the north. it's just on the northern side of cuba. you can't see because it's right here. again, this southwestern site, naples, ft. myers, this is where we'll have the most devastation in terms of storm surge. also winds on the center, 150 miles an hour. this will be tomorrow afternoon. it will continue to move through tampa and deep south and start to curve back. we will see remnants here as we get into midweek. that's going to be something we're watching here.

anything increasing. clouds on monday, maybe some showers monday night. we will have to watch the track of irma once it gets over land. it will weaken considerably because it's going to be cut off from its power, which is warm water. so again we will see showers possibly late monday, tuesday, and wednesday. we could have severe weather, possibly some flooding here, but it will depend on the track of that rain next week. ralph northam: i'm ralph northam, candidate for governor and i sponsored this ad narrator: ed gillespie says dr. ralph northam doesn't show up? dr. ralph northam was an army doctor and a volunteer medical director at a children's hospice. he passed the virginia law requiring concussion standards for school sports. the smoking ban in restaurants.

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people still staying at a shelter in houston got a special visit. janet jackson visited them at the shelter at the george r. brown convention center. she's performing at houston's toyota center tonight and is dedicating the concert to those affected by hurricane harvey. bless you. jackson is also donating proceeds from the show, the local flood relief charity. beyonce spent friday in her hometown of houston meeting with families affected by hurricane harvey. her mother posted a few videos of the visit to instagram. her first stop a church. beyonce sponsored a lunch for 400 families affected by the storm. you can see them there serving lunch. that's beyonce there in the jean jacket, in case you're wondering. she was in charge of green beans. very, very nice. with all the concentration obviously on irma right now, it's important

many folks there in texas still suffering from harvey. that's going to do it for "news 4 today." we'll be back in 25 minutes with a local news update. of course lauren, you're going to be busy all morning tracking the impact. it's changing minute by minute. >> it is. storm surge is what we worry about for portions of florida. anywhere from 8 to 12 feet of storm surge, lots of flooding down there. tornadoes, we have to worry about that. rain for us midweek. >> okay. that's going to do it. we'll see you on the air at 8:30. david culve will jroi

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good morning. get out now. florida residents on the run this morning as hurricane irma makes a slight shift to the west overnight. now putting the state's west coast in its cross hairs. >> hurricane irma continues to be a threat that is going to devastate the united states. >> still no one safe. the monster storm wider than the sunshine state itself. fears of catastrophic form surges and mass destruction. popular areas look like ghost towns as people heed the warnings to get to safety. officials warning key west residents that nowhere is safe. tens of thousands pour into evacuation centers. between five and six million people told to evacuate. a quarter