breaking right now, the ground opens up on a busy road in montgomery county and we just got word on how much this thing closed is going to impact drivers. >> we ar a in weatherrt mode because of the flooding concerns. this is road damage in fairfax county. storm team 4 meteorologist leads our team coverage. and a localng family dea with heartbreak. a loved one dead.ot r behind bars. how the victim is being remembered and what the suspect iscc aused running her over. >> all right. many of you dealing with a flood warning and theres a flash flood watch.

good evening. take a look at the storm 4 radar behind me.e again.n weather alert mode once we have what you need to know right now. >> i'm tracking storms that took a toll on southern maryland. let's go straight to the radar. you can see we're the most active weather right now is situated east of 95. that's been the case all day lo . so we're seeing very heavy rainfall near nats park in the restrict. but then is we have that torrential rain. the town pours and thunderstorms and lite anyone. calvert county an southeastern prince george's county and charles county. now this prompted many wnings. we do have the area in dark green under flash flood watch.

the lighter green is the flood warnings until about 8:30. frederic county, fled worng until 6:30 p.m. so what you need to know is that flash flooding happens very quickly. we are seeing falling trees because of this. blinding conditions and roads may be impassable. i'll have more o the rain tlook coming up. >> all that rain played a role in the massive sink hole opening up. darcy spenctinues our coverage in germantown. darcy, what are they estimating the time lse being on t thing getting repaired? >> erica, as you may know this is major commuter rout a and thia right here is also residential. what i just found out from a transportation official is going to take a couple ofeeks before this road can be reopened. let me show what you is happening here. this is the median area of the

road. you can see how large the sink hole s the workers are standing around on the side as this heavy equipmentame in and i adding fill into the sink hole. and, again this is aajor jo they're trying to get everything stabilized. i want to show what you itok like before all this heavy equipment was put in place. this sink hole is about 15 to 20 feet deep. a police officer noticed itg formround 1:00 this morning. no one was hurt. the road is closed from middlebrook road to crystal rock ive. and the transportation officials tell me this happened because of yesterday's heavy rain. >> most of the roads are designed for a ten year storm. when you have sev inche of rain in a 12 hour period that, is closer to a 50-year storm. and that volume and speed and

energy can mak any pipe vulnerable. >> again, very important for our viewers to know the this road closure that is going to take a couple of weeks to get everything stabilized. there are two major roads that you can get around. there is dmiddlebrook r and crystal rock drive, can you use those. if you head out this evening or to worktomorrow, make sure you're prepared to get around the detour. erica, back to you. >> darcy spencer in germantown, ank you. more rain is on the way. stay with storm team 4 and our nbc washington app for the very latest on flood warnings and any weather alerts. a hrtbreaking ory, a family in northern virginia dealing with an unimaginable loss. veir sister is thetim of a deadly hit-and-run and police say troir owner was behind the wheel. the hit-and-runappened on

sully road early saturday morning. news 4's derrick ward has an emotional interview. >> reporter: this 54 died on a stretch of route 28, theictim of a hit-and-run. >> so beautiful. s an was caring. and she jusad a good heart. >> reporter: police arrested and charges a driver but provided little comfort to the family because that driver is her brother. identified as 58-year-old michael moreno. another sis iter says her brother michael was driving the si nancy to the airport. saturday morning. they got into an argument and on the way and nancy was out of the carit walking her luggage. she says police told her a motorist stopped to give her ad >> he pulled in the front. when he looked in his rearview mirror, a car had hit my sister.

>> reporter: police identified that car as being driven by michael moreno. >> they found a my brotherthe casino gambling. >> that may be at the heart of this family she tried to help her brother and just her nature not to give up on someone especially a sibling. >> she just had a good heart. but she didn't quite really understand the concept of getting away from tragedy. >> reporter: police charged him with first-degree murder and felony hit-and-run. he is being held in a detention center waiting extradition to virginia. derrick ward, news 4. >> new details following that deadly three hour standof inside a los angeles grocery store. we have learned that the victim killed in yesterday is a store employee. the suspect took a number of people hostage side trader joe's. some escaped by a ladder.

before the standoff, police say atkins shot his grandmother seven times and his girlfriend. officers say hece f his girlfriend into a car. a bullet grazed his rlfriend. his grandmother is now said to be recovering after surgery at chase and shootout ended when atkins crashed into a pole. a man found gunned down in a d.c.ally, they hse two pictu could help lead them to a killer. officers showed up yesterday in an alley on minnesota avenue in southeast. detectives are not sure when that shooting took place. investigators say these two pictures of a car that was taken could help them locate the shooter. it's a four door sedan. if you see this, call president trump lashing out on tv over the russia investigation. we're going to show you why

members of his own party say the president is off base. and we remember our dear friend one year after his accident.

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family lou l famit our friend and colleague craig advance. friday we took some time tomb re advance. we gathered outside our station. we shared the desk with advanva for so many years. >> he had a way of making all of us feel like we were veryl speco him. didn't he? he called you baby girl or stopped and listened to -- asked how you were doing and actually listen. >> okay. so youha remember reaction including his infectious laugh. we sure do. we'reoing to have much more on vance's legacy tonight on news 4 at 11:00. he likes to close the broadcast with "my mood." and as we go to break, we'll

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president trump is again lashg out againsthe russia investigation. this after an unsealed warrant igines new on why the government had a former trump caaign aide under surveillance. and mr. trump continues to defend his one-on-one meeting with putin. we have a report. >> reporter: in early morning tweet stormet up by an overnight development, court documents detailing why former trump campaign adviserarter page was under surveillance by the fbi. illegesident calling it spying on his campaign. saying the department of justice and the fbimisled the courts calling it a rigged witchunt and a scam. page pushing back against the allegation that's he conspired with thean rus >> no. i have never been an agent of the foreign power in any -- by

any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: even some in the president's own party say the documentsmion't show onduct in the investigation. >> i don't think it's pft any broader plot. the plot is to interfere in o elections. >> reporter: and criticism of president trump's meeting with putin. democrats wan to know what the leaders talked about for two hours during a private qeeting anstion the president's loyalty. >> we have no idea what this president, ourresident agreed to. they do. the intelligence agents know what took place in that meeting. >> the fallout continues while the ainistration plansor the next summit. his time on the president's home turf just before americans head to the polls in 2018. >> a new nbc news/"wall street journal" poll shows just 26% of americans approve of the president's handling of the relationship between the united ates and russia.

>> a confederate flag that is flying above a highway in virginia has got to come down. that ruling today from local officials and central virginia. according tv station wcav, the zoning board says the flag due tes a zoning ordinance to its size. a group called virginia flaggers put the fg up in march. they claim it's a monument and it's therefore exempt to that zoning law. >> massive rainshat we had this weekend cause a sanitary sewer to overflow in one part of prince george's county. they lasted five ours last night. woers say 983,000 gallons of diluted waste water overflowed. drinking water was not affected. all right. so we continue in this weathert almode. we're just going to continue in this rainy pattern for thelext

seveays. >> yeah. you know, yesterday it was steady rain. today we havest the ms. so those are dumping copious amounts of rain in southernma land. and they have been dealing with this all day, folks. first one round of severe he we then another round when you take a look at this radar, you'll see what i'm talking b crazy east of 95. now i want you to really consider keeping it locked inside this evening. hopefully you don't have to hit the road. here's a look at yourda looping through, the storms are on a northward trajectory they're going to move north. we have lots of lightning with this. at this point, these storms are not severe. they were and i'll say they are packing a punch. you can see wha that lightning and also the deep reds, oranges, very heavy rain coming down n righ in calvert county, an ha arundel,es county, prince george's county. we had rain earlier inside the district. now we're seeing a little bit just north out towards bethesda. but for the most part, today is really been situated east of 95.

as a sult, we have a lot of watches and warnings in effect. dark green for everyone shows the flash flood watch. that's in effect through midnight now alood warning in the lighter green here is for an arundel, calvert, charle southern prince george's and frederic. that is extended from 8:30 to midnight. as we're expecting more rounds of showers to move through for frederic county. still about 6:30 p.m. now take a look at some of the accumulation we have seen. this is in the past 12 hours. yesterday we had the record breaking rainfall. and now we're seeing more rai on top of that. within the last 12 hours, in parts of cvert county, four inches of rain. ow i highlighted this for the district. you can really see that contrast there. only half an inch of rain for us. farther south near three inches and counting. as we head throughout the evenin time stamp there.our 8:00 p.m. we're starting to see things improve a bit in southern ryland. but we have that chance for some scattered showersind of along

i-81 and eastern shore and lots of clouds and humidity overnight. don't catch much of a break because tomorrow morning we're going to do itain. we're waking up to showers monday morning. thursday a little more scattered. friday the best bet at seeing dry weather.l friday, it w isolated activity. headed back to work tomorrow, these numbs, we're headed to the low 08's tomorrow. like i said, veryp d morning run. that rush hour pretty much cloudy. a few scattered showers byhe afternoon. we will start to see that thunderstorms really pop-up. storm team 4ay ten outlook does show like i said -- wrong way. does show those showers and stormss sticking with through the end of the week. then as we move into the weekend, we will see h thingst up a bit. but more showers again. >> so does that look like another week of shogrs? >> startto. >> oh, my goodness. i can't. all right.

still ahead, ato hisc day at the open championship. that coming up next in spo'srt

the word of the day is consistency. >> it is like aarsel, revolving door of leaders at the opp championship. francesco molinari is just having a summer to remember. the italian is playing some of the best golf in his career. first, he would be the quicken loans national at the end of juon. today he his first major. a beautiful final day at rnoustie in scotland. some great golf in the final round. tiger woods in hisre sunday d, spent time in the lead but on 11, had some problems and he knew it early on this one. woods shot -- hit a member of the crowd. he rolls out a double bogey the hole. made sure to apologize, even gave him an autographedlo. rory mcilroy hasn't won major hence 2014. knocking on t door to dafrment his long putt on 14 foor eagle. right in the cup. ry with that spinning fist pump. he finished in a four way tie for second. tiger clawing his way back, a

birdie try on 14, dropped in. woods finished at five under, tied for his best finnish major since 2013. they were all chasing francesco molinari. the second shot, a beauty from 113 yawas molinari puts it just a few feet easythe cup, make it an birdie putt. taking the outright lead. francesco molini wins the 2018 open chirpionship. hist major win and the first ever major won by ann itallayer. >> to look at the names on that jug. that is the bestob for u in history and to be on the -- it'. indecree it's not really major golfing country. it's bee an incredible journey. >> all right. well a lot of celebration for him. not so much for the nationals. after a frustratingstart, the

nats closing in on first win in the second half of the this afternoon the third and final game against atlanta. i best teamthe nl east. washington currently six games back in the standings. a little rain doesn't affect your attitude. it went 1:15 rain delay started this one off. bottom of the first. twon ofor anthony rendon. one run comes to score. bryce harper being sent. of course, nohehelmet. re's a throw. brice slides in safe.ir harper fed off a two run double for rendon. the national algz os out to a 2. nice start for max. scherzer goes six innings striking out seven. allowing jt two runs. yeah. loving what mad max had today. and they showed him a little support. bottom sixth, braves back within a one. two on and two out for bryce harper. he gets this one to fall right in right field.

adam eaton comes in to score an rbi single for brice. na lead 4-2 and right now we are back in another rain delay. ioles fans taking on the blue jays. this could say game is over this skip ahead. top of the eighth. birds up 3-1. kes it right u the gut. toronto shortstop and sond base collide. o's score a run. blue jays get an error and out. yolz tak orioles take they lead. smacking it deep to left with a man thon. one gone. a two run shot. blue jays score four runs in the eighth, take a 5-4 lead. now over for the o's, jonathan scope in the ninth with a man on. former national tyler clifford striking him out to end the game. blue jays complete the sweep. they beat the orioles 5-4. redskins training camp star on wednesday. can you believe it? one of the guys excited to get

to richmond, chris thompson. chris thompson, a man n a mission last season scoring six touchdowns for the team. the redskins running bacng will be joi us tonight on "sports final". he'll tell us how tha road to wrecovery has been andt he's been up to this off-season. all that and more tonight on "sports fina after the news. certainly excited to get him in here always. an upbeat guy. funny. it will be a good one. >> thank you. thank you for joining us. "nightly n

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