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

doug? >> yeah, guys, continuing to track irma now into portions of georgia just to the south of atlanta where they're seeing tremendous amounts of rain. flooding is going to be the big issue there. we've seen winds gusting upwards of 60 miles per hour in the atlanta area. 5:00 advisory has the wind down to 50, there will be higher wind gusts. notice what's happening in charleston. they continue to see feeder bands move right off the atlantic ocean. tremendous amounts of flood forgive jackson sill all the way up through the georgia coast line to parts of south carolina and even into the north carolina coast line. historic flooding both in charleston and in jacksonville. the most flooding ever along the st. john's river in jacksonville. and in charleston, second most flooding behind hurricane hugo back in 1989. now, we're going to be tracking irma moving back towards the west. but we have to turn our attention to jose over the next couple of days, too, because that's another hurricane that may try to make its way towards the east coast. much more on both of e

for you. we'll see you in just a couple minutes. first let's go down to david culver. he's been down there in the miami/fort lauderdale area. you rode this out. fortunately you were off the beaches. what are you seeing in assessing the damage? >> reporter: doug, the beach has moved 500 feet from the actual beach into places like this. this parking lot here in fort lauderdale, just along a-1-a. much of it covered, they've had to clean it as though you would clean snow up in northern virginia or the d.c. area. of course, down here with the sun out, certainly feeling like a beautiful evening but it's been a day of work being for a lot of these people, cleaning up and in some cases rebuilding. if you vacationed in or visited fort lauderdale beach, this may be a strange sight for you. this is a-1-a the main ocean drive. looks like a giant sandbox. >> this would have been perhaps confused for part of the beach this m

a lot of people thought it did because they had driven on it and got stuck. >> reporter: stuck on the sand and on the grass, downed trees blocking roads, creating a jungle over pavement in broward county. and down here south in miami, we saw some of those images of some of those rushing flood waters as irma was really bringing some of the storm surges this way. you can see for the most part the rushing water has subsided, but there is still a lot of standing water, making it pretty difficult to drive through some of these roads. with hurricane curfews now lifted more cars on the roids, police are using checkpoints to limit beach access until it's all cleaned up. examine there's a lot to clean. or rake up. the popular and trendy boulevard getting its polished look back. for some businesses, cleaning up will take longer. check out this 7-eleven. irma's winds snapping the

neighboring fence. and this salvation army, assessing potential structural damage. >> you have to go, people have to be served. you know, we cannot stop. >> reporter: myself and photo journalist among the millions here who spent the evening in the dark, but you can see behind me some good news for the folks here in this part of south florida, power trucks can be seen throughout. the convoys coming in. i was in touch with dominion energy spokesperson talked to him by the phone today. he said they have 700 crews that they are sending down here to the sunshine state to help out. jim and doreen? >> looks like they'll need every one of them, too. thank you, david. >> well, a lot of folks will be looking for federal help to repair the damage to their homes and their businesses. but fema's disaster relief fund is nearly out of money. so, it's up to president trump and congress to authorize more funding. blain alexander is live for us at the white house with the federal response.

blain? >> reporter: jim, president trump has made it known that he has been watching both of these storms very closely. he was briefed once again on irma this morning and following harvey, he visited both texas and louisiana. so, now he has the mighty task of authorizing federal funds for what is shaping up to be the costly est hurricane season in history. as irma barrels northward, people in florida are now assessing the damage. the gulf still drying out and picking up after harvey, now the federal government is bracing for a financial hit. >> we are marshaling the full resources of the federal government to help our fellow americans in harms way. >> reporter: the forecast? i projected $290 billion impact on the u.s. economy. on capitol hill, it's round two. lawmakers now tasked with passing another relief bill. >> amendment is agreed to. >> reporter: after last week's $15 billion package. one created by an

alliance. president trump siding with democrats to finalize the deal. >> that was just a down payment to keep the disaster relief fund afloat. it's an enormous financial strain. >> reporter: florida senator bill nelson stressing the urgency this morning on "today." >> the $15 billion that we passed last week up in the congress, it's going to be gone in just a few weeks. >> reporter: the test for fema, going beyond just money, to access. now trying to find ways back into florida to send help. >> the roadway system has debris all over it and in some cases, some of the bridge structures may not be safe to cross. >> reporter: a pair of devastating storms in the south now making an impact in washington. and president trump says that he plans to pay a visit to florida in the coming days. jim, back to you. >> blayne, thank you. >> a reminder tonight that you should be on the look out for scams in the wakeof

frosh wants you to know about fraudulent investment opportunities. scam artists may ask you to invest in bonds to help storm victims or to put your money into technologies to help them, such as water removal or electricity generation. bogus charities may also try to take your money. we're working for you to make sure that you don't get ripped off. to find out the best way to help victims of irma, go to our nbc washington app and search charities. meantime, there are lots of ways that you can lend a hand that will go to storm victims. open up the nbc washington app and search irma for more on how you can help. ♪ [ bell tolling ] >> bag pipes and bells, today new york, washington and pennsylvania and the nation pause to remember the terror attacks on september 11, 2001. >> terrorists high-jackedou

planes and killed nearly 3,000 people that day. leon harris is here with a look at one of the most somber days in american history. leon? >> it has become such, hasn't it? it really has. 16 years on and it doesn't get any easier. the attacks came on a beautiful day, a lot like the morning we had today. in new york where the first two planes hit the worltd trade center, families came together to recite the names of the victims. their voices often cracking and choking with tears. they came together at the site of the 9/11 memorial, hal owed place in the footprints of the twin towers that day. there are some survivors who want to take part in the ceremony that they had to use a lootery system to select the speakers. at the pentagon where the third high jack plane struck, the unfurled flag, became a symbol of a nation wounded but unbroken. this is president trump's first 9/11 commemoration

placed a wreath for the 184 people killed there at the pentagon. >> we mourn them. we honor them. and we pledge to never, ever forget them. >> the brave souls on unite the flight 93 took matters into their own hands that day when they realized the nation was under attack. they rushed the high jackers and that plane crashed into a field killing all 40 passengers and crew on board. vice-president pence placed a wreath in their honor at the memorial in shanksville, pennsylvania. and there was a moment of silence at engine 16 here in the district. mayor muriel bowser and councilmember mary shea led the tribute to the first responders around the country and here in the nation's capital who risked their lives for the rest of us every single day. i know we all remember where we were that day. what about you, have you had your memories today? what thoughts come to mind? >> i was in washington, i was working, too. we were stuck in traffic at the tidal

smoke billow out of the pentagon. we were on our way to interview people who had evacuated. you showed pennsylvania avenue. its target was the capital building. >> i was at the gym, working nights. i was at the gym in the morning and we were gathered around tvs in the gym watching what was happening in new york. i realized pretty quickly, this is going to change my day around. the thing that most extinction with me, though, is just the eerie feeling as the day wore on, waiting for all the planes. remember, the planes, there were still planes up in the air and just waiting to find out, was there going to be more, until every last plane was on the ground. that didn't happen until that evening. >> that's right. >> it was the longest day of all of our lives really who were watching it and glued to the tv and radio as well. >> i remember i was in the makeup room at cnn waiting to go on. i looked up at the monitors and said, why is the same

it's got to be -- then i saw the smoke and i said there's got to be an accident. i went on the air, i was on the air when the second plane hit and said, dear god, this is not an accident. the rest of that day, every single thing we happened that day was something horrible we had never seen happen before. that's when i actually said a prayer. i feel for the families and the victims that we saw perish that day. but pray that somebody would figure out what we had to do next. >> and the wind was just knocked out of the country. >> absolutely. >> leon, thanks so much. >> all right, guys. >> appreciate your insights. >> one week with no calls or text or social media posts from a missing pregnant teacher. tonight her boyfriend breaks his silence. >> we just want to know she's okay. we just want her back. >> what her family wants you to do to help bring her home safe. >> plus a bizarre breach at the white house. what someone lobbed over the fence is getting some interesting reaction today on social media. >> and a final salute to the man who helped the io

through some of its most turbulent days in the past 30 years.

born and raised incian, dr. rrural 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.

and we need to provide access to affordable healthcare for all virginians, not take it away. tonight florida officials are warning residents a danger still exists even though irma has moved on. many roads blocked by debris and downed power lines and jacksonville is experiencing historic flooding. >> storm team 4 is tracking the path of the storm right now. doug and amelia are ahead with details o

>> and developing today, heart felt and emotional pleas from the family of a missing montgomery county woman. >> laura wallen has been missing now for a week. today her boyfriend said they just want her back. >> we haven't slept. we haven't eaten. we're just looking or praying that you're safe. >> news 4 was the first to report on her disappearance. kristen wright is live outside laura's home in olney with more on the investigation and the search for answers. kristen? >> reporter: well, two of laura's students have left letters on her front door here. one of them saying that they are praying that laura and her unborn child are somewhere out there safe. so, yes, today we heard from laura's boyfriend for the first time and he says, like everyone else, he just wants her back now. >> i pray that she's safe, she

missing and pregnant teacher laura wallen choked up, talking to us for the first time. >> if somebody has her, please understand that you've taken away a huge, a huge person in so many people's lives. >> 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. >> laura, if you're out there listening, pick up the phone. whoever might be helping in hiding her, please come forward. >> reporter: announced today, the family is putting up a $25,000 reward as police cast a wide net and wait for crime lab results from laura's suv found thursday at the gramercy apartments in columbia near her school where she never showed the first day. >> we are searching her computer for clues as well. >> reporter: students are leaving notes on their teacher's door. they searched over the w

tyler had these words for the mother of his unborn child today. >> doesn't matter what's happened. doesn't matter -- doesn't matter what type of trouble. there's nothing we can't fix together. it's one of the hardest things a father can do is have your child taken away. way, way too soon. >> reporter: and again, laura's father there announcing today that the family is putting up a $25,000 reward to find their little girl. back to you. >> kristen, thanks so much. the white house was placed on lockdown this morning after someone threw objects over the fence. the secret service tells us tonight a man tossed a sign and a notebook over the fence on the pennsylvania avenue side. president trump was attending that

pentagon at the time. the man was taken into custody. an investigation by the news 4 eye team found at least 22 people have been arrested and prosecuted for breaching security at the white house or u.s. capital since 2014. almost all of those arrested are no longer in custody. many are undergoing mental health screening. several have violated court orders to stay away from government buildings. and two of them are missing. a majority of the cases involve men and women who live far from d.c. and have made long trips to commit those breaches. >> the klingle valley trail in northwest d.c. cost tax payers millions of dollars. it just opened, but it's already eroding and you can bet a lot of people are upset about that. before it was a trail, it was a road, but the road was washed out in 1991, and that's gone decades of debate over what to do next. district leaders decided to convert it t

it opened in june, and today we found parts of the trail crumbling, newly planted trees dying. >> i think it's a sad, sad thing that after so many years of not having this working, it's still not working the way it should. >> ddot is responsible for the upkeep here. they said most of the issues are covered under the contractor's warranty but they could not say when the repairs would be done. >> funeral services today for former d.c. police chief ike full wood. he served as chief during a turbulent time back in the early '90s when crime and murders were riveting the city. tom sherwood reports that full wood, a tough cop, was remembered for his soft community touch. >> the ebb kneeser a.m. e. church in fort wai

30-year veteran, he served as chief from 1989 until 1992. a fullwood niece spoke for the family recalling his warm family touch. >> he sat at the head of the table, leading us in prayer. >> reporter: friend and long-time congresswoman eleanore holmes norton and mayor muriel bowser also spoke. norton recalling crime filled 1990. >> if you ever needed a soft leader, it was in the 1990s. >> reporter: veteran officer james thomas said fellow graduates of eastern high school will establish a scholarship in honor of fullwood class of '59 for students who want to be police officers. >> as a mentor to me, i got an opportunity to sit down and break bread with him just this last year. >> reporter: and d.c. council judiciary council man praised his years as parole chairman. >> helped some of the same people he helped arrest reenter and return back to their communities and do so successfully. so, just a big

big legacy in our city. >> reporter: a police honor guard escorted the casket as police chief peter newsome summed up full wood's career for nbc 4. >> this was a guy who spent time on the job when he was off the job. >> reporter: in fort washington, tom sherwood, news 4. >> a food truck collides with a car full of people. the shock it's bringing to a local family and the clues from the scene we found when we checked it out today. >> and we're watching tropical storm irma closely. not just how it could impact our area as early as tomorrow, but also how that storm could determine the path of h

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we're still struggling with irma, and the damage that storm continues to cause, and now we have to worry about jose, huh? >> one more behind it. >> we're hoping not, guys. we're tracking irma, continuing to make its way through parts of georgia. tropical storm winds 50 miles per hour. it is going to rean der around central portion s of the country and move to the east coast. we're hoping it picks up jose and moves it out. >> the interesting thing, when we put the hurricane outlook out at the beginning of hurricane season, you say this number has no kind of impact on how many storms are going to hit land. so, we're just hoping jose is one of those that kind of stays out at sea. >> let's hope. we'll show you, we have cloud cover courtesy of irma right now, down well to our south and ea

giving us plenty of clouds. 71 degrees, winds out of the east. 68 cull pepper, 68 in winchester. another cool day. we've been fairly cool in the last couple of days. on the radar, not much to show you. we don't have any rain across our area right now. all of that rain coming courtesy of irma down to the south. you can see the shower, the cloud cover moving our way. the rain trying to move our way, too, we have a big area of high pressure over us to the north and that is going to help to steer irma away from our region. still dealing with tremendous amounts of rain and flooding around the charleston area. look at these feeder bands, still coming in here and the atlanta area north georgia seeing a lot of rain from this. the storm is going to move, continue to move up to the north and west. and then eventually it will move back over towards parts of d.c. what does that mean for us? we'll see some showers, not expecting much in the way tomorrow. just cloud cover. 1:00, here we are about 5:00, maybe an isolated shower or two, but most of your tuesday dry. here comes the rain on tuesday night into the day on wednesday. here's 5:00 a.m

shower activity during the day on wednesday. but not a whole lot of rain then either. we're not going to see a lot of rain. we're not going to see much in the way of wind with this storm either as it moves out to sea. eventually possibly picking up jose. if you can see jose east of miami, portions of the bahamas. where is this storm going to go? amelia 1k3i678 be amelia and i have been looking at it all day. >> we hope it stays out to sea. a category 2 hurricane, south of the bahamas, north of thank you, a -- turks and caicos. we're going to see it sit in a similar location the next few days. the current pressure at 973 millibars. there's jose. here's the track of the storm system and this is right on onto the weekend. so it's expected to go out toward the east and curve back around almost where it's at right now. that would be by thursday afternoon. and then as we head on toward the weekend, it looks like it's starting to head towards jacksonville, towards parts of

what we're hoping, doug, is that irma kind of picks up jose there and pushes it back out. maybe around the bahamas and just kind of fizzles it sout. it is going to be something to keep an eye on. >> we're visiting the weather center. we're hoping it's another storm system we won't have to cover. for the kids going back to school, not too bad. 62 degrees 7:00 a.m., 73 degrees at noon. 3:00, 74 degrees. i don't think you'll knee the umbrellas tomorrow. we'll need them wednesday, thursday into friday. high temperatures around the 80 degree mark. saturday and sunday looking pretty good. both days in the weekend 80s looking good. next week looks good. if we're talking about jose, it would be about next tuesday, wednesday, thursday time frame. but you can see i do not have it on there right now. we will continue to track it, though, and we'll do it for you right here from the storm center. >> all right, thank you, doug and amelia. the worst of the storm has passed florida, but the clean up from irma just getting started.

florida for another update and let you know about how it could impact gas prices that have already jumped up lately. >> plus, day care tragedy, by the time a caretaker realized a little boy was gone, it was too late. what happened and how neighbors are reacting. >> plus we'll hear from a woman who says the psychic swindled her out of thousands of dollars and ere anwh

now at 6:30, tropical storm irma, not done with us yet, at least 46 people have been pulled from their flood-swamped homes in jacksonville, florida. the storm surge causing historic flooding around along the st. john's river there. more than 7 million people without power tonight. and it could take weeks to get everybody's electricity back on. and many roads are unpassable tonight, blocked by debris and downed power lines. a lot of those roads are down in south florida, places like miami and fort lauderdale. still figuring out justin trudeau how much damage irma left behind. >> we want to go back live to david culver, he's been in the fo fort lauder daily -- fort lauderdale area since before irma moved through. what are you seeing? >>

from the dmv know this area as a vacation spot. when we were here a few hours ago it was unrecognizable. now it is starting to take shape to look like the fort lauderdale bee beach so many of us know. it's about 100 sand dunes that line a-1-a. this is one of those streets closed off. not because of debris, but because of the sand. let me show you what it took to clear off some of that. we caught up with the crews this morning as they were bringing in some of the front loaders to swipe all the sand to the side. much like we handle snow up in the d.c. area. that's what they're doing with the sand. in fact, you can probably hear -- that's a snow blower. a sand blower, i should say, because that's what they're using to clean off some of the sidewalks and hopefully get some of the businesses reopened here. >> david, with all the debris and issues on the road, are they close to figuring out when they can reopen schools and airports and that sort of thing yet? >> reporter: my co

from this area. he was showing me some alerts from broward county a few minutes ago. they were saying school would be suspended indefinitely. that is because they simply cannot determine when they're going to get the schools back open. the buildings themselves. because remember, those buildings in many cases are being used as evacuation shelters so folks are just leaving those shelters. there is a whole process it will take to get those ready as classrooms. and then, of course, you have to wait for those who were told to evacuate to come back into town including the students and staff. >> all right. well, david, you have more than earned that beautiful backdrop today. great work down there. >> thank you, david. >> it's nice. we'll soak it in for now. >> back to back hurricanes are breaking the bank nationally gas prices are up 30 cents a gallon in the past few weeks. refineries are still off line in the gulf after hurricane harvey. much of the gas that is available will be funneled to florida to accommodate evacuees about to make the trip home.

fill up now before gas prices rise even higher. and it's just the beginning for the clean up and the threat of flooding and more damage. not even over yet. we're working for you with a look at how to help the storm victims. just head to our nbc washington app and search irma. >> you take your kids to day care and expect them to be safe. but tonight a community is coping with a toddler's tragic death. the 2-year-old boy drowned this morning. charles county deputies tell us the day care provider opened a back door to let a dog out. she closed the door and walked away for a few minutes. when she came back, the door was open and she did not see one of the children and later found the boy in the swimming pool. news 4's derrick ward has reaction tonight from neighbors. >> reporter: first alarm spread throughout this waldorf neighborhood. police and fire and ems rushing to this home on york town road. one neighbor said she started praying. >> i was just hoping nobody wasn't hurt and somebody was

>> reporter: soon the fears were realized. rescuers were working frantically to rescue a young child. police say he made his way out of a rear door onto the deck at the rear of the home. >> that deck leads to an above-ground pool. the edge of the deck meets the top of that pool. >> reporter: the 2-year-old boy was found in the pool despite efforts to revive him he was pronounced dead at the nearby hospital. neighbors were stunned. the woman who runs the home day care center where it happened had watched their children from time to time. >> she loves kids, you know. my boys love her, so, yeah. but it's crazy. >> reporter: just up the block, another neighbor with an in-ground pool reflecting on the tragedy and the steps he talkes to ensure safety around his pool. >> one of the things we offer, we have alarms on the door so when a kid does come out, it's up high so they can't disarm it so we know somebody is in the backyard. >> reporter: meanwhile first responders struggle to come to terms with a tragedy like this. th

so, the quicker you get some care to the officers and the responders, the better they'll be. >> reporter: the news 4 eye team has done an investigation and found that the home day care center was last inspected in june and no violations were found. the investigation continues. in waldorf, derrick ward, news 4. >> drownings are the number one cause of unintentional deaths for children ages 1 to 4. the u.s. consumer product safety commission advises people to start swimming lessons early. if your child goes missing, the first place to check should always be the pool. you can read more about drowning prevention on our app. just search pool safety. >> a program note now. we invite you to join us tomorrow morning as we celebrate the life of our friend and long-time colleague jim vance. as many of you know, vance died after a battle with cancer. he will be remembered at the washington national cathedral tomro

but we know a lot of you want to honor his memory. we will provide live coverage of the memorial starting at 10:00 a.m. here on nbc 4. and we will also stream the service on nbc washington.com and in our app. >> i'm julie kerry in loudoun county where investigators are getting ready to do a complete inspection of that school bus turned food truck responsible for a fatal crash on friday. coming up, what we found at the crash scene today that shows what happened in the moments leading up to the collision. >> and i've got the latest track on irma, where it's going next, and how it could affect our weather over the next couple of days. we'll see you back h

no charges yet in connection with this food truck crash that killed a mother of three and left her children injured. this happened last friday in leesburg at the intersection of ever greene mills road and wat

conduct a safety inspection of the food truck. >> but as northern virginia bureau chief julie kerry reports tonight, the victims' friends and neighbors are focused on helping a grieving family face the difficult days ahead. >> therron and erin caplan and their kids, this photo of a family outing now on a gofundme page that's raised more than $50,000 in just two days. tragedy struck the family late friday afternoon. erin was killed, all three children and the grandmother badly injured when their station wagon was struck by a bus converted into a food truck. the sheriff's office says the bus ran a stop sign on watson road and struck the caplans' vehicle traveling north on evergreen mills. as word spread in their ashville neighborhood? deep sadness. >> just a very sweet, caring lady. you could tell she was the type of mom who would drop everything and attend to her children. they were the center of her

for children. they built wheelchair ramps and cleared out rooms so beds can be on the first floor. ben and his grandmother suffered the most serious injuries, but friends say they are expected to survive. the two caplan girls are also recovering. >> 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 kind of times. >> reporter: back at the crash scene, we found evidence of the path the food truck took just before the crash. tire marks on the pavement, but also clear the passenger side tires were off the road. we also discovered that the stop sign can't be seen until just before you reach the intersection. but about 2/10 of a mile back, there is this warning, a stop is ahead. that food truck now impounded. tomorrow the sheriff's office does a complete safety inspection to see if it had any mechanical problems. in leesburg, i'm julie

>> a self-proclaimed psychic is under arrest accused of preying on people's money. >> she promised me once the work is done, everything, every money, every penny will be returned to me. >> tonight one of her alleged victims opens up to news 4. >> plus nbc

i don't have any money at all. i had a bunch of debt behind me. so, i was looking online and i found out actually i may be scammed by a psychic. >> only on news 4, a young woman who wanted help with her love life says she got

she tells us the woman claiming to be a psychic stole from her and we've learned she may not be the only victim. >> tonight that so-called psychic is in custody, arrested as she tried to leave the country. news 4's megan fitzgerald has this cautionary tale. >> it was roughly 82,000 including credit cards and cash money. >> reporter: brenda didn't want to reveal her identity, but says she was having difficulty with relationships and finding love. so, she turned to the internet and found a self-proclaimed psychic whose real name is gina marie marks, but went by natalie miller. >> she claimed that she had the power to fix everything and she said that i had some -- something, black magic behind me, some darkness around me. >> reporter: over the course of six months, brenda says she visited marks at this bethesda home and paid more than $82,000. it wasn't until the psychic stopped answering her calls that she realized she was being ripped off.

>> gina marie marks sized her up. >> reporter: brenda called investigator bob nygard and the montgomery county police department. a warrant was issued for her arrest, but investigators say she fled. nygard tracked marks down to the 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 in somewhere around 2010 for defrauding three women of $503,000. >> reporter: and nygard believes there are many more victims out there. reporting in montgomery county, megan fitzgerald, news 4. >> wow. >> irma is a tropical storm now and has finally left the state of florida, but not before stranding dozens of people with historic flooding in jacksonville. >> it may take weeks to restore

it still some floridians are coming home from shelters to find the damage is not as bad as they neared. here's nbc's lester holt. >> well, good afternoon. irma has turned out to be a hurricane of many faces. we are watching this flooding situation developing in jacksonville. of course, lots of devastation in the florida keys. but here along the west coast, the gulf coast of florida, less damage than many had anticipated. we rode out the storm in tampa. it rocked and rolled throughout the night, even into the morning. but damage there largely minimal. that was a big surprise because everyone talked about and we talked about tampa being a highly vulnerable city. the storm surge was not as high as had been anticipated. we moved over to sarasota and you see a lot of this kind of damage. homes into trees. they've got power out. they've got some problems, but i spoke to the mayor here who echos what a lot of mayors have been saying along the gulf coast, that we dodged a bullet. so, a lot of different experiences with this storm.

the region. we'll have more coverage when we see you tonight on nbc nightly news. >> you know, he and al roker were out there side by side. there were some surprises with the way the storm turned out. that area was one of them. >> you have a cone of uncertainty. it was upwards of 75 miles or so. this storm was about 40 miles to the west of the tampa bay area. if it would have been along the coast, the difference of 40 miles, man what a difference this would have made. ft. myers, tampa they would have had the worst. it was southern florida which is not heavily populated. tampa and ft. myers are on the weak side of the storm. that's what lester is talking about. as far as our weather we're dealing with cloud cover from irma as irma tries to make its way here. temperatures dropping to the 60s, 65 by 11:00 tonight. storm team 4 radar, not much going on in our region. that will be the case the next few days.

some showers, here's where the rain is. we've been mentioning power outages in the florida area, upwards of 7 million. now it's a million in georgia. a million people without power in georgia. most of them around the atlanta area. they have seen 60 mile an hour winds as well as a ton of rain. over towards parts ever charleston, they've been seeing a lot of tornadoes coming on shore. at least tornado warnings down there. jacksonville also seeing flooding. the rain will try to move our way. it is going to have a hard time doing so. i'm not expecting much. tropical storm irma now, winds at 50 miles an hour moving north, northwest at 17. high pressure over our area will send irma well to the west. and by wednesday, it will be in the middle here towards the -- just south and east of st. louis before it tries to move back in. we're still going to see some moisture our way as we move on through. high temperatures tomorrow around 74 degrees. possible showers late but i don't think you'll need the umbrella at all as you move on out. wednesday high temperature of 82 degrees. thursday and friday, we've got about a 40 to 50% chance of shower activity, but that's all it is. we're notal

rain here. high tem tufrz in the mid to upper 7 0s. this weekend looking great, 81 degrees on saturday, 80 sunday, next week looking good, too. however, next week we are going to be tracking jose. where does jose go? does it have any impact on the us us? i'll continue to monitor that for you. we're dealing with showers from irma over the next couple of days before the weather gets nice by the weekend. >> doug, thank you. coming up in sports, the redskins regroup today while the nats rejoice. >> we'll head to the wild clubhouse. we'll also hear some distinct d.c. sports voices givg usin

>> announcer: this is the xfinity sports desk. >> you see your guys out here, how good is it? >> it's great. just a wild bunch right now. let them be wild, you know what i mean? >> come on, grandpa. answer the question. >> look at all the kegs everywhere. >> national clinching the division. that's what winning the title looks like back to back and -- have you ever spilled a little beer or water on yourself maybe? that, but like times -- >> you were doused, you were almost soaked. >>

my head. we also have -- since they have the n.l. east champion -- yes, you can take one and pass one down. how cool that they did this at home. we see them here on the field getting to thank the fans that waited 90 minutes. we had to wait for the marlins to beat the braves. but let's give you more from what happened inside that celebration clubhouse. >> these guys, they love each other. and that's what i like. i mean, they're together, you know. they're family. they pull for one another. no envy, no jealousy, just all pulling on the same rope. >> it's not one player. it's a team. we have everything we want. from our vantage point we can play with anybody in this league. that's what makes it fun when it comes to october. >> i've been saying since spring training, this is the year, this is the year we get dusty his ring. the man has been in baseball his whole life. he deserves it. i want to be part of the group that gives it to him. >> meanwhile the redskins not celebrating after losing to t

eagles. 5th straight opening loss by the burgundy and gold. there are a lot of problems on offense, defense. four turnovers in all. who is to blame and where do they go from here? the sports junkies from 106.7 joining us on monday for the good, the bad and the junkies. >> the redskins look less than impressive particularly offensively. it was a bad game for curt cousins. >> an awful game for curt cousins and the entire offense ha honestly. i'm wondering how much from the carry over the preseason, i'm wondering if that had any effect in this game against the eagles. it looked like it d. >> i know there's been a lot of talk about curt developing a rapport with the new weapons, with toerrell, with josh. problem is if you need a month or six weeks to get used to those guys, you're staring at two or four and the season unravels. the prior they're counting on a lot, at least rightow

fingers. >> people can blame jay gruden all they want. he was taking deep shots. that's why terrell prior was brought in here for deep match ups and beat smaller corner backs. you can't do any better than putting the ball in his hands. if he boots it and puts it on the ground, that's on terrell prior. >> they're going to hit. >> curt cousins played poorly yesterday. you can give him a d-minus. i think he's going to play great at times. here's why i'm optimistic. the defense overall was better. they pressured him. he made some big-time plays and the eagles deserved to win. but i saw enough goodness defensively and i have enough -- offensively they'll bounce back. they're going to be okay. >> the problem is, e.b., some of the same themes from last year carry over at least through one game. on the defensive side they can't get off the field third down. >> they convert three of 11 third downs. they're always behind the 8 ball on third down.

third and 11. >> they have to figure out how to run the ball. >> they're an inconsistent running team. mediocre offensive line. they have a quarterback that needs help. that's who they are. we shouldn't be surprised. >> that was what you think. >> next week, the man getting the gatorade bath, former redskins offensive coordinator. sean mchave a now the head coach of the rams. quite the debut in los angeles, his team put up 46 points against the colts. 31-year-old with the redskin since 2010, spending the last two as offensive coordinator. that should be an interesting match up. and congratulations to christy tolliver moving on in the playoffs. she missed 7 of 8 shots then set a new wnba playoff record making nine three-pointers leading the mystics to their win. they're heading to the semi finals next. it's a best of five against number one seed minnesota tomorrow. so, they'll certainly

advancing. >> way to g we're pulling for them. >> thanks, sherri. thanks for the 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. and dr. northam is working to connect veterans to good paying jobs in virginia. ed gillespie is a washington dc corporate lobbyist. he shows up for whoever pays him.

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