swallowing jacksonville right now with pounding rain and wind. crews are in boats trying to rescue people from their homes as this water just keeps creeping in. >> irma is linked now to dozens of deaths. most in the caribbean, two in florida, but those numbers are likely to climb. right now more than 6 million people don't have any power. >> and that's going to make for a rough night of recovery. irma's tropical -- is a tropical storm now, but that does not mean that the danger is over. south florida is trying to assess the damage, but a lot of people found it hard just to get back to their homes. take a look at the traffic. these are cars trying to make their way into miami beach. the miami airport is waterlogged. it was closed today. it hopes to reopen or run at least a limited schedule tomorrow. downtown, crews are working to remove giant cranes that collapsed during the height of the storm. and a scene similar in fort lauderdale wh

david culver has been out there several days now. he kicks off our coverage. he is in fort lauderdale. david. >> reporter: hi there, webb difficul -- wendy. they actually had to plow the beach because of 10 inches of sand. we're a good 300 feet from the actual beach itself. you also mentioned the millions without power. overnight i can tell you this part of the state was running on fuel. that's because generators were keeping electricity for most of the folks here including us in our hotel. you can see a lot of downed trees. this is just one of many. this is a palm tree that fell over. and because of that, well, they took down some power lines. and you can see over here there are several. i would say about half dozen or more power trucks in from out of state helping to restore some electricity down here. all of this as the sun is out over the sunshine state and folks are focusing on cleaning up. a drive-through neighborhood see

lead you to flooded intersections like this one. a wet commute post irma. where there is no water on the streets, drivers still hitting roadblocks. fallen trees creating a jungle over pavement. it's not only debris blocking traffic. police, too. the hurricane curfew is over, but the help with the clean up, police only allowing essential personnel into the beach area. here's why. >> we got here today and it was 8 to 10 inches of sand, compacted wet sand. >> reporter: when we're supposed to be doing hurricane coverage, i know what this looks like. we're at a resort. we are at fort lauderdale beach, except this isn't a beach, this is a parking lot covered in sand. look over here, more sand. we do this with snow coverage. except as you dig through here, down there, that's the sidewalk. the beach, that's the beach. the sunshine state sunny again, but not quite open for business. >> i don't know

to the wharf yet until they make an assessment of the wharf. >> reporter: irma crushing the salvation army location with a massive tree. and this concrete 7-eleven sign snapped from the storm's strong gusts. the wrath so powerful at times, it even ripped open some stores' hurricane shutters. but this community takes pride in rebuilding. >> i think we weather pretty well. city's motto is we build community, and even in these difficult times we're trying to build it back up. >> reporter: and this morning a little bit of an uneasy moment for myself and photo journalist as we were leaving our hotel in plantation, florida. we noticed a police perimeter. they even searched our vehicle as they were looking for an armed suspect, one of many reports of looting in the midst of evacuations and desperation, pretty unfortunate to hear about, jim. >> all right. good work down there to you guys. and safe journey back. david, thanks so much. the sounds of saws and hammers replaced the sounds of hammering winds and rain in some parts of florida. recovery is expected

long and difficult road, and an expensive one, too, for the sunshine state. it's tough to find anyone not affected by this storm. this is aerial video from naples. you can see trees up rooted, water everywhere, and homes reduced to rubble. >> this drone video shows the water as it is starting to recede in tampa, but during the height of the storm, the rain was going sideways and the popping that you might be able to hear and the lights over there in the background like that, those are those transformers exploding. >> u.s. coast guard is helping out in st. thomas. the main concern there right now is a shortage of healthy drinking water. the crews are handing it out in bulk now. there is also a shortage of fuel and food. irma cut a path of destruction across the caribbean battering every island it touched. >> doug joins us now with more. so, what happens next? where is irma or what's left of

irma? where is it heading? >> and when we might see some rain from this storm. how about it, doug? >> yeah, we have a chance of rain moving in the next couple days. it won't be impactful for us at all. you won't notice it's a hurricane. a tropical storm. tropical storm irma now down to 54 mile per hour winds south of atlanta. look at the radar and we'll show you where this storm is, in parts of georgia. this storm encompassing the entire southeast. look how broad it is now after making its way right through the center of florida, right up toward the atlanta area, still dealing with incredible flooding around the charleston area, down around jacksonville, historic flooding in both of those cities. charleston now, the second worst flooding behind hurricane hugo back in 1989 and still seeing some big-time rains and wind around the atlanta area. this all moving up to the north and west, but not moving very fast. we have irma moving into the southeast and now we have to track jose. we've been talking about jose, but we're going to talk much more about jose and where it goes next. could it be a tre

coast? i'll see you back here in just a couple minutes. >> all right, thank you, doug. here at home, we have some new developments in the search for that montgomery county teacher who has been missing for a week now. today her family made a plea to the public and for the first time we are hearing from laura wallen's boyfriend. >> i know what she means to me. i know what she means to everybody else. and we just want to know she's okay. we just want her back. >> all this comes after news 4 first broke the story of her disappearance. news 4's kristen wright, she is outside laura's home in olney this evening right now on that family's plea for her safe return. kristen? >> reporter: well, laura's family misses her very much, and so do her students. they've been leaving notes on her front door here. one of the students saying that she is praying for ms. wallen every single day. so, yes, today we heard from laura's boyfriend for the first time and he made this plea.

>> i just pray that -- i pray that she's safe, she comes back. that's all i care about right now. >> reporter: the boyfriend of missing teacher laura walle with these words to the mother of his unborn child. >> laura, if you're listening, it doesn't matter what's happened. it doesn't matter -- it doesn't matter what type of trouble. there's nothing we can't fix together. myself and your family. >> reporter: tyler sat next to laura's parents at the press conference holding her mother's hand. laura's father hopeful that his daughter is out there. >> i wanted to let laura know that we're out there looking for her and we're not giving up on her. she is still alive somewhere. >> reporter: announced today, the family is putting up a $25,000 reward. as police

wait for crime lab results from laura's suv found thursday at the gramercy apartments in columbia near the school she never returned to. >> we are searching for clues as well. >> reporter: students searched over the weekend and hung fliers and know ms. wallen. >> if somebody has her, please understand that you've taken away a huge, a huge person in so many people's lives. >> it's one of the hardest things a father can do, is have your child taken away. way, way too soon. >> reporter: laura has been missing for one week now. and, jim, police are talking to her family, friends and coworkers to try to find out more about her life in the days and weeks leading up to when she just disappeared. back to you. >> powerful and emotiol

there. kristen, thanks so much. tragedy at a home day care in maryland, a toddler is dead tonight. and investigators tell us he drowned at a pool at the small wonders day care in waldorf this morning. news 4's derrick ward has more on the emotional toll this has taken not only on family and neighbors, but also deputies. >> reporter: neighbors described the woman who runs the day care out of her home as kind, friendly. >> she loves kids, you know. my boys love her, so, yeah. but it's crazy. >> reporter: another neighbor said she'd watch their children free of charge if there was an emergency or dire need. that's why they were so troubled to see the drama that unfolded on the front lawn of this house on youngstown road in waldorf this morning. police and fire and ems frantically worked to revive a 2-year-old child, one of three children under her care. they say while preparing breakfast she noticed one was missing. >> apparently there is a door in the residence that leads outside to a deck. at

above-ground pool. the edge of the deck meets the top of that pool. >> reporter: the child, 2-year-old boy, was found in that pool. >> i was just hoping there was nobody hurt or somebody was going to be okay. >> reporter: but that wouldn't be the out come here. the child was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. the scene shook the neighborhood as well as the first responders. >> we are already preparing for some crisis intervention counseling for officers who were on the scene. this is one of those that you carry with you. >> reporter: the address lists the provider as small wonders day care in waldorf, a news 4 item check revealed there was last an inspection there this past june and there were no issues or citations. not surprising say those who know the homeowner. she say she's watched their children over the years without incident and they're still trying to fathom how a tragedy like this could happen. now, an autopsy is due to be performed on the victim to determine the exact

death. meanwhile, folks here are just saying this is a terrible, terrible tragedy. in waldorf, derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> thank you, derrick. a mother and her baby are fighting for their lives after a horrible case of domestic violence. the mother was set on fire. this is all too familiar to another prince george's county woman. we are going to hear her powerful story coming up. >> plus we mark 16 years since the september 11th terror attacks. the ceremonies held today to remember those whose lives were taken. >> on 9/11 i was in norfolk, virginia because my to her had died after a long illness. i remember thinking, i just want to get home. so, i got in the car and decided i'd come up to the eastern shore because i didn't want to come up through washington because of the pentagon. and driving through the chesapeake bay bridge tunnel and seeing the people at the toll booth and how stricken they were and talking to them every time i had to pay a toll and saying, oh, my god. they always wanted to say

and then what you never usually get, and i stopped on the eastern shore some small town to get a bottle of water. and the woman behind the cash register was upset because her niece worked up in the twin towers. and it really, on this one drive, i'm hearing this only on radio, i've not seen anything. i really got how the impact of this and that it wasn't just washington, it wasn't just new york, but that this was really an attack that was going to impact everyone. the wounds were going

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it became a symbol of hope and resilience in the hours after the september 11th attacks. 16 years later, it remains a tradition, a large flag unfurled around sunrise on the side of the pentagon as people in our area and across the country remember those lost 16 years ago today. donald trump, president donald trump observed his first september 11th as president with a moment of silence at the white house. he and the first lady then attended a memorial at the pentagon. president trump told the crowd that the memory of the victims from the attacks would never die. the president also spoke about america's strength, saying the terrorists who attacked us wanted to weaken our spirit, but america cannot be intimidated.

[ bell tolling ] >> in new york, a bell toll marked the moment when the north tower of the world trade center collapsed. all morning, victims relatives read the names of the more than 2600 people who died in a ceremony at ground zero. vice-president mike pence became emotional as he spoke today at the flight 93 memorial in van shanksville, pennsylvania. he remembered being on a plane bound for the capital 12 minutes out. mr. pence also called that the longest 12 minutes of his life. he said the plane never made it thanks to the passengers who overtook the high jackers and took the plane down. the vice-president said their quick action 16 years ago saved many lives including possibly his own. we have complete coverage reflecting on 9/11 in o

washington app you can find it by searching september 11. ahead in our next hour we'll hear from a man who was in the pentagon that day and the walk he takes every year to remember his colleagues. all right, doug, when we left on friday it appeared irma would be a devastating storm for most of florida or a big chunk of it. we dodged one. >> we really did. and we talked about this on friday. when the hurricane center came out with the path, we said this may go right through the spine of florida and that may help the coast a little bit. then the latest forecast was actually for it to go up the west coast, and then all of a sudden worst case scenario ft. myers and tamper. it did take the path through the middle of the state and that really did, i think, save thousands of lives potentially, probably at least hundreds in the u.s. and thousands and maybe billions of dollars of damage. i want to show you the path and how irma came through parts of florida. if you know anything about the state, just about everybody lives right along the coast. there you can see the storm coming up through the keys,

in naples with 142 mile per hour winds. moving through the center of the state east of orlando and up around the jacksonville area. take a closer look. comes in east of ft. myers, just to the east of tampa and that was huge. if this would have been just to the west of tampa we would have had much more of that storm surge coming in, storm surge was not nearly as big of an issue because this storm stayed inland. now, when i mentioned inland, once again, if you know florida, i-75, florida turnpike, i-95. that's where everybody lives. in the interior there's not a lot of people there and even key west, i was so worried about key west because this storm looked like it was going to go just to the west of key west, the most populated island in the florida keys. and just destroy everything we know and love down around the key west area. but it moved to the east and most of these islands are not all that inhabited. there is not a lot of people down here or a lot of houses. look where it goes. right up towards marco island and around the naples area.

people in that region and we have seen a lot of damage in and around naples. one again, 142 mile an hour wind in marco island, 135 mile in naples. it goes to the east of ft. myers. this was huge. again, my parents live right here. i was so worried about their house. but they only got 80 mile an hour winds on the weak side of the storm. the strongest storm, notice, there's not even a town over here. this is the area that got walloped the hardest by the wall. then you move up to tampa and orlando area. does it hit tampa directly? it goes in between. if you know anything about i-4, not a lot of population along i-4. you sigh winter haven around the lake land area. tampa received winds 80 miles per hour, but did not get that super storm surge that could have been much worse if this path was out 40 miles. we dodged a bullet, guys, by 30 miles in some areas, up to 50 miles in

it still caused tremendous amount of damage. look how far away it is from jacksonville, but jacksonville still seeing the worst flooding ever in its history. so, did we get lucky with irma? we had a lot of damage, we even saw 100 mile an hour winds around miami, but yes, i would say this storm, we really did dodge a bullet. i'm not an overly religious man, but i will say the path that this one took, i don't know who was helping us, but it does look like we did get the best possible path for what could have been a monster storm. much more on this, much more on jose and of course what happens next with irma. we get some of that rain. i've got that for you in about five minutes. >> great, thank you, doug. well, a woman claiming to be a psychic swindles another woman out of tens of thousands of dollars. only on news 4, where she was headed when officers tracked her down. >> and 8 1/2 million of your tax dollars spent on a trail. it opened three months ago and is already in disrepair. what we

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and of course still taking a look at what irma is going to bring to our area, and i want to say if you just saw the segment that i just did, obviously this also did tremendous amounts of damage into parts of the caribbean. also spared a little bit spared was the part of cuba

but that area was also extremely unpopulated. again, that's any good news there. again, we're going to continue to track irma. moving through parts of atlanta still wreaking havoc in atlanta, parts of the jacksonville area where they're dealing with the floding, the rain trying to move our way. it's going to have a hard time doing so as we have an area of high pressure around our region. that is what is going to steer irma away from us. we will get shower activity the next couple of days. showers tomorrow really tomorrow late, i'm not expecting much in the way of rain. 40% chance of a.m. rain on wednesday. 50 % on thursday and into friday still talking about a chance of showers. look at that, a really nice stretch. saturday, sunday, monday, and tuesday, high temperatures 80 degrees or higher. we actually move above average for a change and get some nice warm weather in here. and then, guys, out in this area we do have to track jose. we're going to talk much more about that. i'll see you back here in about 15, 20 minutes. >> no let up. all right, doug, thank you. a mother and her new baby

are still fighting to survive. police tell us andrea greenwich's boyfriend set her on fire on friday. greenwich is still in critical condition. so is the baby girl she gave birth to several weeks too soon. prince george's county bureau chief tracy wilkins is reconnecting with domestic violence survivor yvette gate whose story you will remember. and who is vowing to stand with andrea greenwich and her family. >> her pain i carry every time i hear another copy cat doing what my ex-husband did to me. why? >> reporter: 13 years and more than 50 surgeries after she was set on fire, yvette cade, now a grandmother, still surprised by domestic violence and how far it can go. >> i can only imagine what this mother and child is going to go through. the next several years. really the rest of their life. >> reporter: 13 years ago

was doused with gasoline and set on fire by her estranged husband. he is serving a life sentence with a chance of parole. she is serving her own sentence. >> i suffer from posttraumatic distress disorder. everything is chronic, panic and anxiety. >> reporter: she rarely makes public appearances outside of her advocacy work for survivors of domestic violence. but after hearing andrea greenwich, a pregnant mother was allegedly set on fire by her baby's father, she felt she had to speak out. >> the thing is about domestic violence, these women, we get into relationships because we want to be loved. >> reporter: she tours the country fighting for better programs and safety mechanisms for victims of domestic violence. she says it's work she has to do. >> i know that i have to do something about domestic violence because i've been in domestic violence for over 25 years of my life. >> reporter: it's a difficult time for kade. she is still waiting to hear whether her ex-husband has made parole. meanwhile, the man accused o

is being held in d.c. expected to make his appearance in prince george's county this week. in upper marlboro, i'm tracy wilkins, news 4. >> now, if you or someone you know needs help, all you have to do is search safe at home on our nbc washington app. you'll find a link to local resources for people impacted by domestic violence. >> montgomery county police say a bethesda woman was looking for love and turned to a psychic, but after six months she was scammed out of more than $80,000. coming up you'll hear from that victim and why police believe there are more out here. >> and one man's walk of reflection. he remembers colleagues who died in the pentagon on september 11th. >> on 9/11 i was at the corcoran museum covering an exhibit. we were ordered to evacuate. we didn't know why. when we left the building we saw hundreds of people pouring out of the white house and the

lafayette square. we got in our crew car. assignment desk radioed us and told us to head for the capital building at union station and get people evacuated. at that point we knew three planes had gone down. we were stuck in gridlock listening to wto p radio and watching sunoco pour out of the pentagon. it's at that point we were list anyone to the radio and hearing that a fourth plane bound for the capital building had gone down in a field in pennsylvania. that was our surreal moment that we will never forget. he's our pediatrician, dr. ralph northam. born and raised in rural virginia went to vmi. trained at johns hopkins. an army doctor who treated soldiers seriously wounded in the gulf war.

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.

>> announcer: you're watching news 4 at 5:00. >> now at 5:30, a northern virginia community is coming together to support a family in mourning. >> an ashburn mother was killed. her three children injured in that terrible accident on friday, and her mother was also critically hurt. the vehicle that the caplan family was riding in was t-boned by a food truck that had run a stop sign. our northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry spoke to family friends today and then she returned to take a closer look at that intersection where this deadly accident took place. >> reporter: at the cap lanz' ashburn home this afternoon, neighbors were getting the home ready for challenges that will come with caring for three injured children once released from the hospital.

his time at anovo fairfax hospital where all of his kids and mother-in-law are being treated. erin caplan was killed in the crash on friday. her oldest son ben, high school senior, was badly injured, and the two girls also hurt. their grandmother who was visiting from ellicott city seriously injured as well. >> when i think about it, i put myself in their shoes. and i think that tragedy can strike any family at any time. and it's important that no matter who it is, we all pull together and be there for each other in these kinds of times. >> reporter: at home neighbors are preparing to build ramps to accommodate wheelchairs and clearing downstairs rooms so beds can be on the first floor. there is also a gofundme page created for the family. it's raised more than $50,000 in just two days. >> what they are hoping to show is just that deep down they really care. everybody really cares about what's happening to other families in the neighborhood. >> reporter: back at the crash scene, we found

any mechanical difficulties contributed. in leesburg, i'm julie kerry. news 4. >> she wanted help with her love life so she turned to a psychic and she says in the end all she got was swindled. this evening the woman accused of stealing tens of thousands of dollars is in custody. our megan fitzgerald talked with the victim today and the man who helped track down that psychic in a stor

on news 4. >> i was experiencing some relation difficulties and so i was looking online that, you know, to see if i could find some answers. >> brenda doesn't want to be identified, but wants everyone to hear her story. she was looking for love and turned to a psychic whose real name is gina marie marks but went by natalie miller. >> and she claimed that she had the power to fix everything and she said that i have something, black magic behind me, some darkness around me. snoosh over the course of six months very visited marks at this bethoesda home and paid $82,000. it wasn't until she stopped answering her calls she realized she was being ripped off. brenda called private investigator bob nygard and the montgomery county police department. a warrant was issued for her arrest, but investigators say she fled.

miami international airport and contacted police. he was rolling when officers approached just moments before her flight was set to take off. it's safe to say she didn't see this coming. >> she's a ra sid vift who has operated around the country in multiple locations for many years, and i had her arrested somewhere around 2010 for defrauding three women of $503,000. >> reporter: and he believes there are many more victims out there. reporting in montgomery county, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> first responders gathered in arlington to remember those who lost their lives just a few miles away at the pentagon 16 years ago. they had a wreath laying and a moment of silence and paid tribute to those who helped save lives on that day. this evening we're hearing from a man who worked from the pentagon on september 11. news 4's justin finch joined this man for his annual walk of reflection. >>

pentagon about 100 yards from where the airplane hit. so, on that day -- >> reporter: every september 11, bruce powers walks the same six miles. >> that day you may know that the subways and buses all closed down. so, i had to walk home through the walk i think about them and chat about things that occurred on that day which in this case my daughter who is is along on the walk. >> reporter: a walk that takes him back to that crisp cool tuesday morning. >> here at the top of the hill that day there was a marine gunnery sergeant in the street shouting that another plane was inbound. >> reporter: he said there was confusion and crying. ten of his colleagues were killed. he was quite close to three of them. >> he was 26. i went to his funeral a few days later. >> reporter: powers worked in naval aviation planning for 16 years at the pentagon just before the attack powers saw on

trade center. his fears confirmed what american airlines flight 77 crashed into the building. 184 killed. this morning at the pentagon, that moment marked in silence at 9:37 a.m. >> i kept walking what turned out to be all the way home. >> reporter: not far away powers continued walking with his daughter, paying his own tribute. powers retired soon after the september 11 attacks. in addition to his walk every year, he also continues to share his story at the 9/11 museum in new york city and also at times at the pentagon. he says his goal is to continue to tell his story so younger generations will never forget those terror attacks, the lives lost, or the sacrifices since made. outside the pentagon, i'm justin finch, news 4, back to you.

leon here with the details on a crash in ann arundel county. the driver was accused at this july accident. police say christine parks had a blood alcohol content of .34. that's more than four times the legal limit. investigators say that parks was driving eastbound in the westbound lanes of route 50 and she crashed head

herself. another car was involved in that wreck, but the occupants of that car were okay. maryland state police, though, still investigating the crash. we'll keep you posted on what we learn there. wendy, back to you. >> all right, leon, thank you. trying to capture that divine fleeting moment of life is every photographer's dream. in prince george's county he is being honored for doing it so well. winning the grand prize at the maryland natural resources photo contest for this american bird rising rising from the water. he won first place for a photo of two fishermen on a spectacular misty sunrise. >> that's beautiful. >> we have an abundance of talent in our region, and as we go to break, we'd like to show you some of the other winners who remind us of all the beauty that is around us. ♪ ♪

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doug joins us once again. we're wondering what kind much weather we're going to have the rest of the week. >> is it rainy, rainy, rainy? >> no. >> good. >> we're going to have some showers. i don't think it will be continuous or steady showers most of the time. so, really, we're going to luck out here in our area. it's not going to be the best weather here, but a far cry from what they're going to continue to deal with down there in parts of florida and now the southeast. take a look outside, the weather, all the clouds coming

right now a tropical storm 50 miles per hour in the atlanta area. right now 72 degrees for us, winds at 8 miles per hour. we've got the cloud cover and we've got temperatures right now 73 in frederick, 70 in manassas. 73 in fredericksburg. we're well below average. we continue to be. we've been below average the last week here. monday on our radar, nothing on storm team 4 radar. we're not seek any shower activity. the nearest rain is the s in the carolinas trying to move up hooer. we have high pressure that's going to help not only keep the rain way from our area today, but it will send irma. you can see it moving back to the west. it is also going to send irma back into parts of tennessee and enkentucky, that area of high pressure trying to protect us here. but still irma, a tremendous storm bringing a lot of rain. tornadoes, and also extreme flooding. jacksonville and charleston really under the gun today and now it's really charleston and parts of south carolina, parts of georgia under water right now as a result of that storm move ong in here. speaking of und

to show to show you something else. amelia and i have been talking about this all day. the blow out tides that happened in the tampa area, estuaries in florida, more on that, here's amelia. >> yeah, doug, if you're on social media at all this weekend, you saw these photographs. this, water should be here in feet. there are people out there on bikes just walking around taking photographs. in fact, we have better video, drone video of a look at the water that is out to sea. typically water in that area would be coming maybe over-the-road at that point. so, why is this happening and why did we see this in so many areas? you can see folks out there just walking around. again, that is tampa bay. that's where people should not be able to walk. so, take a look at this explainer. these are how winds are around a storm system. they're moving counter clockwise into the storm. this is kind of where irma was yesterday afternoon in relation to tampa. so, what happens is the wind direction actually sends that water out into the ocean as the storm starts to move toward the north. we see the winds change

direction and it sends all of the that water back into the bay and that's when we start to see the flooding. so, we talk about that extreme flooding in jacksonville, doug. well, earlier today they were getting all that on-shore wind bringing in flooding from the ocean. as the storm starts to move up toward the north and west just as you were saying, we get water coming off of the st. john's river. kind of a little bit of explain eras to why we saw some really cool photographs and why exactly that happened. >> yeah, and all the flooding down there, too. now, a lot of people are telling me on my facebook page, tell jose to go out to sea. well, this is irma, this is jose right now a category 2 hurricane winds of 100 miles per hour. we'll show you the track and the latest advisory on the storm. it is an a well organized system at all it as much as it was earlier the last couple days. here's the current advisory. has winds of 1900 miles an hour. it's not moving all that much. moving north at about 12. watch the track of this storm. moving up, around and then back towards the u.s. coast. where does it

because this one is going to be a very tough one to forecast the next couple of days. this is off the southeast coast here. on saturday at 2:00, a lot of time to watch the storm, but we will be talking about jose for the next week or so. right now it's category 1, that's the forecast for it to be. so we're not talking about a monster. much more on this. 50i678 got the ten-day forecast coming up at 6:00. >> alrighty. well, a project for hikers and bikers hits another bump in the road literally. after decades of debates, lawsuits, the valley trail finally opened. but just weeks after that ribbon cutting, the trail is falling apart. >> this is pathetic. >> the small trail cost millions of dollars. news 4's mark sea graves is working for you today finding out who is going to pay to fix it. >> reporter: the trail has only been open about 100 days. this is what it's supposed to look like all along the trail with this gravel

the asphalt. but it's several stretches along the trail we found places where it was already eroding along the edges. >> as a road, it was here 100 years before it fell -- about 100 before it fell apart. >> reporter: barbara has lived in woodley park neighborhood of northwest d.c. for 40 years. she recalls the debates and protests over what to do with the three quarter-mile stretch of cling l road after a flood washed it out in 2001. in 2004 the d.c. council voted to spend millions of local and federal tax dollars to restore the area as a hiker/biker trail. in late june of this year, mayor bowser cut the ribbon on the new $6 million klingle valley trail that connects woodley park to cleave lapp cleveland park. but less than three months after the ribbon cutting erosion is eating away at the new trail. some of the new trees planted are dying. another concern for some neighbors, all of this gravel you see here that has

>> it makes me think this is very dangerous and for anyone coming down here after dusk, they better be careful. >> mark, we're aware of the problems we've got out there. as you know, we had a couple of major back to back storms last month that caused some issues for us. and where there are things that are under warning that the contractors are responsible for, they're going to take care of those. things that we're responsible for, we're going to make sure that gets cleaned up so that we can restore that trail to what it was when it opened just a few months ago. >> reporter: d-dot says it should be covered undered warranty but they say there is no time line on when the repairs will happen. for a stretch of road that went neglected for decades, that's another concern for some neighbors. in the district, mark sea graves, news 4. >> we have an update tonight over that massive equifax data breach affecting 143 million people. the giant credit reporting bureau took a lot of heat last week for its credit monitoring

our consumer reporter susan hogan is working for you tonight with what she's learned the company is doing now. susan? >> well, that's right. so, last week we told you if you signed up for equifax's free credit monitoring, you waived your rights to actually sue the company in the future. so, a lot of you really didn't realize this was in the fine print. so, today equifax listened to the criticism and updated its website and removed that language. so, the credit reporting bureau's website now clearly states it is not requesting credit card information when you sign up for their free credit monitoring. it also says it reconfigured the site to feature a link that's going to be more prominently fixed where you can find the updated information. and it also changed language to its terms that now states equifax does not waive your rights to take legal action associated with enrolling in its credit monitoring service should something happen. now, you also want to remember when you go onto equifax's website toec

you've been impacted by the breach, you need to return to the website at a later date to enroll in that free credit monitoring service. so, be sure to mark your calendar with the date it assigns you and you have to go back and finish your enrollment. it sounds super confusing, jim, but honestly they made it a lot more clear on their website today. >> i just got that. >> i just did it. in order to remember my date, i took a picture of the thing and then i put it in my calendar to remind me this morning to sign up. >> you have to do it. on friday bh we were doing it, i did the same thing, too. i didn't read that fine print and i found out you couldn't sue them. god forbid something happened and you were -- had your identity stolen. that's taken that out. everyone was criticizing equifax for doing it. it's been fixed. >> great wisdom there. thank you, susan. >> no worries. >> not the start of the season the redskins were hoping for. familiar problems for our burg andy and gold. >> but a family celebration for the nats. sherri b

you. she's in our newsroom. >> yeah, guys, d.c. sports fans probably having mixed emotions today after all that happened last night. the redskins lost another season opener, but that was followed by the nationals winning the vision in back to back seasons for the first time in nationals history. so, for the redskins, they'll have a tough league practice before the team heads to l.a. to face the rams. there were just too many turnovers for curt cousins and the redskins. there were chemistry problems. remember the redskins let two of their top receivers, deshaun jackson and pierre deshaun leave in free agency. the guy with a lot on his shoulders did not shoulder the load very well. several dropped balls, even blamed himself for the loss after the game. today head coach jay gruden addressing the chemistry problem with cousins and his receivers. >> yeah, that's going to be the issue. we have to just keep practicing. that's what we're out here for wednesdays, thursdays, fridays. we have to do a good job getting these

plays they're comfortable with and run. we'll get it together without a doubt. those guys will have good chemistry sooner than later. a >> reporter: you see your guys out here. how good is it? >> it's great. a wild bunch right now. let them be wild, you know what i mean? [ laughter ] >> reporter: popping bottles at nationals park. the team celebrating their second straight national league east division title, 4th in the last six seasons. this is the earliest the nationals have ever clinched a playoff spot and the first in majors to clinch the season. nationals are off tonight. they start a new series against the braves tomorrow. meanwhile redskins play sunday in los angeles against the rams. live from the newsroom, sherri burruss rts sports. >> you have something, too. quite a christening for the sports caster. >> if you're a sports person, what kind of beverage do you want?

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a security camera watches the door. the windows have bars on them. and yet the criminals continue to break into this home over and over again. the homeowner says the police dismissed her complaints until she did one specific thing. news 4's derrick ward in anacostia to explain how she got their attention. >> reporter: rural historic significant, charm in the city. >> extra pretty row es

then as i explored it when i was looking for houses the people were very nice. they bo say hello and ask you how you were doing. >> reporter: so when she moved into this century-old row house it seemed a perfect fit, and it was, then this happened. those packages, obviously not her picking them up. you've done it all.lighti and even with a security camera above the doors. the package thief wasn't deterred. >> the camera is so obvious. she knew there wasn't a consequence. >> reporter: it wasn't the first time there's been an unexpected unwanted visitor. the rear door was tampered with once and this glass was broken in an attempt to get into the house. she's only been living here since march. >> this is the third incident. they're using my house like their house, let's face it. you know, they have an eye on my house because it's the newly renovated house on the block. >> reporter: that's what she told police. she said the initial response left something to be desired. >> maybe you're moving to an unsafe neighborhood. wht

media with that and in short order, a different response. >> the police commander called me and apologized and said that, you know, there should have been follow-up the first time. >> reporter: since then detectives have been assigned to her case and she got additional security measures installed. she reluctantly put barbs on the windows. she's not crazy about the messages. she knows she's not unique in her experience, be it new resident or long-time resident. >> some day i may have them taken down but not for years to come. >> reporter: some neighbors realize she's been targeted and they're sick of it, too. in anacostia, derrick ward, news 4. >> announcer: news 4 at 6:00 starts now. >> after this. >> now at 6:00, it's not over yet. whipping winds, steady rain and flooding, even in places already touched by irma. now we're learning about the human toll this storm took. >> as florida

to cautiously assess the damage, check this out. live pictures, this is dade county, florida, folks. you can see dozens of boats here tossed and turned like toys. and you know all that rain from irma? well, it has to go somewhere. >> in florida, irma's wrath stretched hundreds of miles. >> nearly entire state feeling the brunt in some way. let's get you caught up to speed now. power has been knocked out to more than 6 million homes and businesses and officials say it could take weeks to restore. more than 200,000 people rode out the storm in shelters. >> and today historic flooding in jacksonville. residents along the st. john's river were urged to evacuate as water spilled over its banks. two deaths have been linked to the storm in the u.s. one in florida, another in georgia. at least 36 people were killed in the caribbean as irma barreled through there. >> we have a team of reporters and meteorologists tracking the very latest developments for you. let's get right to doug