student -- presidential manager to accused -- first, bracing for impact. the area's hurricane maria could hit and what we just learned about the storm's strength. hi. good early morning. it is tuesday. we have made it. you knew that this was going to be the case. we're talking about a double threat here. couple of huge storms swirling. maria, what was fascinate to go me. we saw it go from a 3 to a 5 like this. >> the hurricane center was all over this when it was a category 1. they were forecasting it to become no less than a category 4. unfortunately, it's gotten even stronger. solid category 5 hurricane down

here moving over dominique a and southwest of guadalupe. puerto rico is here. in the virgin islands, they're preparing. they have a little more time. the eye of maria likely to make a direct impact on the island of puerto rico on the northeast side of it. eventually the bahamas and the dominican republic. more about our forecast in a few more minutes. >> all right, chuck. you talked about dominique. we're hearing of widespread damage and mudslides after hurricane maria hit overnight. the prime minister saying on facebook about two hours ago that we have lost all that money can buy n puerto rico, thousands who don't have power because of hurricane irma now bracing for another punch for maria. the storm is expec

officials scrambling for as many as 100,000 evacuees. take a look. stores in central florida already stocking up on plywood, propane and batteries. maria's long-term track is still unclear. some customers are just getting a headstart just in case. at 4:02. a team of first responders from fairfax county still in the u.s. virgin islands, they're helping with the recovery from hurricane irma. they'll have to stay there to ride out maria now. news 4's shomari stone caught up with them last night and a local church working to help with them on the island. >> this is definitely a feeling of sadness. >> pastor jones has a heavy heart. >> just knowing that my home is in destruction and disarray. just really being away. away from my father. >> his dad and stepmother live in st. thomas.

businesses. >> there are buildings where the only thing standing is a frame. >> electricity is scarce. storm debris covers many roads. if that wasn't bad enough, hurricane maria is taking aim at the island. >> tell us about st. thomas. >> we called fairfax county battalion chief in the u.s. virgin islands in charge of virginia task force one, a search and rescue team. >> we're on st. thomas, there's definitely no question the power of a hurricane came across that island there. >> the fairfax team is helping those devastated by hurricane irma and now they're waiting for maria. >> teams are preparing for the storm to come through. apparently we have teams out helping board up some of the facilities around the area where we're stationed waiting for the storm to come through. >> while they wait -- >> individuals are lacking big resources that are needed for survival. >> the bridge is collecting

to st. thomas. >> whenever there is a need in the world, that's our desire to help the victims. >> reporter: they dropped at 8121 georgia avenue, a couple blocks away from colesville. this is suite 600. you can log on to the bridge d.c..org and click on disaster relief. in silver spring, shomari stone. news 4. > . violent protests at georgia tech after a student killed by campus police. there's a campuswide alert telling students to stay indoors. a police cruiser was set on fire as well as you can tell from this video. two officers were hurt and three people in the end were arrested this all happene

student was shot and killed saturday night. he apparently called 9-1-1 to report a person carrying a knife and a gun. when campus police arrive, schultz approached them with a knife and would not drop it. investigators say that schultz had left several suicide notes inside of his dorm room. five minutes after the 4:00 hour and we're following two stories in the russia investigation this morning. both involve former trump campaign chairman paul manafort. cnn reporting that the u.s. government wiretapped manafort under secret court order. meanwhile the prosecutors working for the special counsel warned manafort that they planned to indict him. that was after the fbi raided his virginia home in july. nbc news has not confirmed either story. all eyes as we know will be on president trump today as he delivers his first speech before the united nations general assembly. white house aides say that north korea will be the centr

president trump is expected to call on nations to "do their part" in confronting the threat of rogue regimes like north korea. you can watch special coverage of the president's address right here on nbc4 at 10:30 this morning. staying with politics, here at home today. the big political story is going to be the virginia governor's debate. democrat ralph northam and republican ed gillespie will face off on nbc4. it's a debate that will be pivotal in determining who becomes the commonwealth's next governor. that's because the race is essentially a dead heat right now. two polls out yesterday from suffolk university and the university of mary washington shows the race is basically tied. one thing you might notice tonight, ralph northam and ed gillespie trying to connect the voters by talking about local issues. >> they're going to look at the quality of their schools, look at transportation, they're going to look at

economically of their communities. >> here's a quick programming note for tonight. due to the debate, news 4 at 6:00 is going to run for half an hour. that will be followed by "nbc nightly news" at 6:30. then the debate will air live at 7:00 right here on nbc4. it will be moderated by nbc's chuck todd and news 4's northern virginia bureau chief julie carey and "news4 today's" aaron gilchrist will serve as panelist. apple releasing a new operating system. the ios 11 has a ton of new features and includes a brand new look. it's going to take a while to download they tell us. block out about a half an hour if you're going to do it. here's a look at the new features. apple pay for friends. this is similar to venmo and the cash app. the do not disturb features restricting notifications while

driving. there's also a new expanded keyboard. the new ios lichb h schls 11 har i. it can translate things in other languages. >> you became a fan of siri. she knows her sports too. >> i asked who owned the -- she came back with baker mayfield. it's inside college football stuff. i got a good response from it. it was good. i'm a fan after that. a little bit of patchy fog. nowhere near as much as yesterday. might run into a patch here and there. it won't last long. i'll talk about the sunny, shiny details of the forecast coming right up. it is wrong on so many levels. how a dad trying to play a

ralpand i sponsoredralph northam, canthis adfor governor 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.

i don't tell people who to marry. >> i'm talking about marriage. not the jewish cowboy you met on the internet. how long have we been waiting for this? all my life. okay. you can reacquaint yourself with your favorite foursome. there will be a special call of the best of will and grace. the special will have new interviews with the cast and

the reboot and set your dvrs now. will and grace returns to nbc next thursday, september 28th at 9:00 p.m. the countdown is on. >> i'm so looking forward to the return of this. there's only 10 or 12 shows and that's it? >> that's more than we had for years, right? other than the reruns. argh, shiver me timbers. this is an official transformation tuesday. it is international talk like a pirate day. >> is that a thing? >> yes, every year. it's happening all over the region. people will get dressed up, they get really into it. the community museum inga gaithersbu gaithersburg, you know the kids love the pirate talk. >> are there prize involved? >> i'm sure they'll be giving away -- >> bring your bootie. >> all sizes

a chance to make eye patches and actually, i tweeted out online you can find a pirate talk translator. >> really? >> you can type in a sentence and get your one or two-liners. >> i'll see if we can pirate up the forecast a bit. >> you've been busy locally. looks like we'll see pretty -- it's warm. >> if this were still july or august, we'd be talking another huge heat wave coming our way. it's not. it's only september. we have 12 hours of daylight to heat things up. look at the afternoon temperatures. upper 730s and low 80s told. that's just the tip 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.

corporate lobbyist. he shows up for whoever pays him.

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150 mile per hour sustained winds now as it went through dominique south of guadalupe. unfortunately, it will go through the virgin islands and u.s. virgin islands. worse still, this is likely to become a category 5 storm. just a little more intensification and then it will become a 5. winds now at 150 miles per hour. -- 155 miles per hour. the line between category 4 and 5 is 157. it really won't have any differentiating impact. but it's likely to have 160 mile per hour winds within the next 24 hours and make landfall somewhere on the eastern half of puerto rico as a category 5. likely to be the first major hurricane since george back in 1998. also another big storm was 1989, hugo went through puerto rico. hugo was a big problem in the southeastern u.s. fortunatel i

away from the u.s. mainland. but we never want to turn our backs on a named storm, particularly one that big. 71 degrees right now here in washington. temperatures are in the mid-60s out in the shenandoah valley. a little patchy fog from time to time. nowhere near as much of an issue -- plan on clouds and maybe a little fog around this morning. sunshine and in the 830s later and more where that came from. thank you, chuck. it is

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er month. welcome back. it's an intersection in loudoun county that many call dangerous. residents are hoping that new changes will make it safer. a mother was killed and her three children were hurt

this month when a food truck crashed into their car at this intersection. news 4's meagan fitzgerald shows us the effort to make this road safer. >> reporter: v dot has made a number of changes on watson road to make things safer after that latest crash. for instance, they say they've made this sign right here bigger and closer to the intersection to warn drivers that there's a stop sign ahead. they also say that they've cleared the debris and the brush around that stop sign to make it more visible. they're hoping this helps them prevent another tragedy. you sdroent to look far to find someone concerned about this intersection in loudoun county. >> watson road, especially, that intersection is terrible. >> i would love something done. >> neighbors want action after last week's crash killed their friend and injured her three children and their grandmother. v dot engineers are studying the

traffic signal. >> i'm going to head in there. >> meanwhile, throughout the day, neighbors have been in and out of the kaplan home. >> we've all come together within the community to help them out in a time of need. i feel like we've had the support from our community in bram elton, everywhere to help support the kids and do whatever we can to help them out while they're going through all this. >> neighbors say the two young girls have been released from the hospital and are home recovering. those signs of love and support welcoming them home were already in place. >> i know both of the girls are healing from mainly broken bones. >> we're told the oldest boy is also healing but he's still in the icu. >> it's crazy how quickly these kids are coming back. >> no doubt it will be a long road ahead. but these neighbors say they'll be here to help out in any way they can. reporting in loudoun county, meagan fitzgerald, news 4. if you'd like to help the family out, we ha

the time now 4:26. "news4 today" continues now with aaron and eun. now on "news4 today," it's a roadway often traveled and one proven deadly. a new push to protect drivers on indian head highway. breaking overnight. toys-r-us filed for bankruptcy. what the retailer is blaming the move on and whether or not you'll notice a difference next time you shop there. hurricane maria loses strerng but n strength but not stamina. there you see maria churning in the tropics as we speak. good morning. welcome to the broadcast, i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm eun yang along with chuck bell and sheena parveen. so much to talk about with maria packing a punch. i feel so sad for the caribbean right now. they're already dealing with the remnants of irma.

decimated and now another powerful storm. >> antigua and barbuda had 90% of the homes damaged. this is bad. >> this has made landfall in dominique already. the prime minister saying every person he's aware of has lost their roof. 70,000 people on this island. that's in the middle of the night. not having gone out to see anything. they're really worried about it. >> this is the same path, right? >> virtually the same path. irma was 100 miles north of the path this was on. a storm that big, these same islands took a hard hit from irma, not a direct hit. now they're getting a direct hit from maria. sheena can attest, these storms, 100 miles makes all the difference. two in two weeks, trouble. >> really bad. especially around the center. that's where we have the strongest winds and anyone who takes that direct hit is going to be devastated. >> next up for maria will be puerto rico. i know they're rushing to complete the plans

life and property down there. for us, a little fog this morning. three-mile visibility in frederick, maryland. five miles in leesburg. temperatures are comfy. we're well above average. our average low temperature down to 60 degrees. we're some 5 to 10 degrees above average. any rain chances are confined to the eastern shore. one or two raindrops might make it on to the western shore of the bay. i have a little precautionary tale of a sprinkle or two possible mainly east of i-95. most of us don't need to worry about it. the clouds around it. maybe a grazing of a sprinkle or two east of i-95 by mid to late on this afternoon. in the 80s. dave dildine, there's more where that came from. >> all right. sounds pretty good. as long as the dew point says below 68, we're good. i promise that much. beltway at georgia avenue, 270 south, the overnight work zone. southbound 270, south of 109 towards clarksburg, they have cleared that work zone. it isre

germantown and gaithersburg. beltway at -- in the outer loop, still picking up the cones. inner loop, the work zone cleared between connecticut and georgia. that's where we stand right now in traffic land. back to you. >> dave, thank you. it's 4:30. we're hearing of widespread damage and mudslides in dominica after hurricane maria hit overnight. as the prime minister said on facebook two hours ago that we have lost all that money can buy. imagine the prime minister putting that out publicly about the devastation in his country. chuck was talking about puerto rico. thousands who still don't have power because of hurricane irma and now brace for maria. >> they're thinking 100,000 evacuees, may need shelters. stores in central fa florida are stocking up on fly wood, propane, batteries. maria's long-term track is still