this is a tragic day for the family of ts firefighter and for the county department of fire and rescue officse ices. >> right now on "news4 midday," we are getting a better idea of what may have csed this seven-alarm fire in clarksville that left a veteran dead.fighter we're in storm team 4 weather alert mode. we'll tell you how flooding could impact you. and the crowded platforms and buses on the first complete work day for the metro. a look at what expect in the day

ahead. hi, good morning. i'm angie goff. today is a weather-alert day. and we'll have the latest on the risk of flooding in just a momein. but we bith the deadly fire that could be the result of a lightning strike. the fire spread quickly on woodscape drive in clarksville, maryland, and it ended in tragedy. just moments ago, the howard county executive identified the irefighter who died as nathan flynn. they released his picture here. here's the first career firefighte to die in theine of duty to die in the history of the howard county fire department. >> this is the first time as tho ty executive noted that we have had to w dealh this in our county. and obviously, we don't know what to do rig now. and news4's nicole jacobs has been on the scene all morning long in clarksville. and she joins us now live with a look at why the fire was so tough to fight.

and the devastation that this department is feeling right now. >> reporter: angie, showing the strength of this department, even in the face of grievingr firefigh nathan flynn's death, his brothers and siste of the department are still here on the scene fighting this blaze.rn you can see at times smoke still billowing from the roof there as firefighters continue to pour water on it. i can tell you fire officials are calling flynn one heck of a firefighter. >> unfortunately, the firefighter has sucmbed to his injuries that were stained. >>fficials are in howard county. a firefighter dies in the line of duty as cre battle the massive seven-alarm blaze. >> there were three people in the dresidence. hey exited the structure safely. >> reporter:t happened at 7005

in woodscape drive in clarksville. the neighbor heard it. >> we s a bright flash and then a loud, not normal, lightning hit. >> reporter: firefig arrived to fight the flames from the inside. that's when tragedystruck. >> suddenly we had a firefighter goor through the flo of the structure. >> reporter: prompting a mayday call. all firefighters ordered out until the rapid intervention team could pull the fallen from the home. >> the firefighter is a 13-year veteran of the herod county fire department and services. and was assigned to our rivers park fire station. >> reporter: daybreak brought more flames as the qu 7300e-foot home burned. smoke and fire overpowering at times, eve as crews poured water from every angle. >> this is a large house. and there's a lot of a wood and lot of framing. i remember when it was being

built, it's just a tough fire. and a seven-alarm fire is unheard of. >> reporter: as the firefight continues, the h hrts arevy as a job needs to be done. and the family and dnartment mohe loss of one of their own. taking a live look now, ten hours into fighting this fire, you can see fire crews are still at it. governor gary hogan is saddened to learn of this tragedy. flynn is a 13-year veteran of the department, a department who now says their mains priority to take care of this family forever. live in clarksville, nicole jacobs, back to you. >> a lot ofard work and a lot of healing ahead. nicole, thank you. wwanto get back to the storm team 4 weather alert. the rain kept so many of us inside this past weekend. and it's going to stick around

for the workweek. some of you woke u this morning tor, thundeven lightning. meteorologist amelia draper is here now with howuch more we can expect today. hi, amheia. >> angie. here's the latest on storm team 4 radar where i'mai tracking in chester county. i'm not picking up rainasid from this one area of rain. scattered shers are outthere. otherwise it is cloudy and muggy. more clouds are moving into the orea. we'll continueeal with rain at times, not just this afternoon, but throughout the day tedorrow and onsday as well, potentially getting a break on thursday. because of all the rain seen and how much more we could see and likely will see, everybody is under a flash flood watch. this is goi to go until at least 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. but i do expect that the national weather service will likely extend the flash flood watch through the middle of thek ek. not including this morning's rain. so far, we have seen about inches of rainfall. and we could see another 2 to 5,

even more.hrough sund so we're going to continue to track flooding concerns with flood warnings in effect forsi e ka creek and anne arundel counties that will go through seneca until further tice. this flood warning down in anne arundel county wil expire at noontime today, angie. >> amelia, thank you so much. 11:06 right now. and the sinkhole is causing problems still in germantown,an. you can see jus how big it is there. this was discovered by a police officer early yesterday morning. they are reporting that a metal pipe that is supposed to drain watter into a creek a rustednd collapsed. the hole is 15 to 20 feet deep. and repairs are expected to tak two weeks. >> i live right nearby here. so i can take a back road around, but people commuting to work,t's going to be a major inconvenience for them. >> the road is shut down near

crystal ooke road and rocks drive. you can use md 118 as your alternate. nearly 1 million gallons of diluted waste water dumped into the creek in fort washington this weekend. the sanitation commission says the broad creek wastewater pumping station overflowed from all the rain we gotsa on rday. you can see where that pumping station is located right here on our map. it's important to note that they say the drinking water and wasts watetem are separate. so this overflow did not affect the drinking water. right now the recount in the race fory montgomery cou executive is underway. david blair lost tha race t mark elrich by just 79 votes. david blair said that affected some 80,000 voters and could have an effecttc on the e of the race. the board of elections anticipates the recount wil ly take one day. the winner of the democratic republican ill face robin fixer and independent nancy flourine. today will be dr. monica

goldson's first day on onas the interim ceo of prince george's county schoils. shebe appointed this afternoon. goldson is the second woman to lead the princegeorge's county school system. the former ceo kevin maxwell stepped down in may, this following several scandals. metro rider are working around a big shutdown because two station on the red line are closed for repairs. and will be this way for week. justin finch has details. >> reporter: red line service out from now until september, affecting the rhode island avenue and brooklyn stations. crews actually get off the upper track. perhaps you can hear the hammering. and no trains will be on the tracks for several weeks. now, meantime, workers are repairing structural issues here at the rhode island station. you might recall back in 2016. falling herencrete that forced them to shut down for emergency repairs. agingre also updating the

outdoor platform out here, making it more accessible for riders. metro also pointing out that they are using the oldest at outdoor n. let's show you the impact here. there is no red line service between fort totten and the metro station. you can jump on the yellow or green line to get aroundrk the oing on here. this work is going to continue to roll along until september 3rd. this morning we talked to riders who are taking this in straight because it's for their safety. take a listen. >> it's for our safety of the people. and more importantly, you know, than just t keep running. >> reporter: this station isll going as s metro station. buckle up, this will be going on again for a total of 45 days. that means several weeks of this rougher commute. iin northeast,'m justin finch, news4. thank you, justin.

metro's largest union is set to meet today with metro management. the union say progress is being made but there are no formal agreemene. members hoted to authorize a strike. the strike isorbidden under the collective bargaining agement with the union. they have had a contract since july 2016. and a social media response from president trump to iran's getting strong attention for the strong languagend secondlyor the all caps. more on what prompted that tweet. >> i would say i heard at least 20 shots. a a developing story out of toronto, a mass shooting leaves one person dead. what we're earning about the gunman. hey! havertys is having a big sale. #newlivingroom

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9 members from one particular family. this leaves a que as to why the boat was on the water in the first place while the area was under a thunderstorm warning. theinvestigation, of course, continues as mourners continue to gather, particularlyn one local church to remember those livest t were lost. >> we're so sorry. we're so sorry that your hearts are broken. >> it will never be forgotten. now that the boat has been recovered, it's going to be taken to another facility for further investigation where we have learned s thaturveillance video on the boat will be out and analyzed. we're learning more about the mass shooting in toronto, canada, as well. police say that two innocent people have n died. this was the scene at one of the country's busiest streets. laura guire has the latest on

this horric incident. >> reporter: a gunman shoots, reloads, then shoots again. >> a clip being spent, reloading, a clip being spent, loading, a clip being spent, that's what i heard. >> reporter: this happened where witnessesere under fire. each potential victim running for their lives. >> i didn't knowhat it was, people were running and we started running. >> reporter: police say a gunman strolled along peppering passers by and restaurants with bullets. after exchanging fire with police, the gunman described as a 29-year-old male was found dead. but not before 14 others were hit with two of those now deceased. police say greek town was not a random target. and terrorism has not been ruled out. this trifying night of gunfire stokes the flames of the gun control debate. >> i have said for som that the city has a gun problem in that guns are far too readily available to fire to many

people. >> why we have so many guns within the city limits is just >> reporter: greektown's lascribes as a where people gather to enjoy life. now it is a series of crime scenes as police work to solve a deadly mass shooting. laura aguire, nbc news. and today the next secretary of the department of affairswi be voted in. robert wilkie will be replacing mr. shulkin. t toughks this morning nttween the u.s. and iran. meanwhile, presirump is dealing with new fallout from the russia investigation. tracie potts has the latest developments from capitol hill.

>> reporter: never ever threaten the united states again or you will sufesr the conseque the likes of few throughout history have ever suffered before. that is president trump's tweet just a few hours ago afteran leader promised the mother of all wars. but the public is notit happy how president trump is dealing with another nuclear nation. 51% disapprove ofow he's handling russia in the new nbc news/wall street jrnal poll. his overall job approval remains steady. mr. president, they meddled in the elections, they stole podesta's e-mails, they t meddl dnc, we could be next. >> they will better at it.and be >> reporter: they are responding to a secret court warrant releasedy the justice department used to spy on trump alviser carter page. the presidentls it a scam. the government thoht page was being recruited by russia. >> we can now confirm that he did, in fact, have meetings with russian officials.

>> no, i have nev been an aid to the foreign power in any stretch of the imagination. >> reporter: the republicans insist candidate trump wasever involved. >> trump never met him or had a conversation with him. >> reporter: the warrant shows the fbi used more than just the dossier paid for byra dem to justify their surveillance. and this morning president trump is tweeting about carter ,pa about that document and about russia saying that it prove that is this was political. >> traci potts, thank you. a woman was hit i the chest by a breach umbrella. this happened near mackey's b baysid and grill. the 46-year-old woman was conscious when airlifted to the hospital. witnesses told police that a gust of wind lifted the umbrella off the ground yesterday afternoon. this is in ocean city. storm team 4 rorts wind gusts were less than 20 miles an hour

at the time of this accident. and the donationsontinue pour in for the family of a popular d.c. restaurant gemanag, ral manager, shot and killed in a robbery. christian broder was a general manager of mill lee's restaurant. he was waiting for an uber with his wife, brother and sister-in-law after a wedding reception in atlanta. they got the car that pulled up and thought it was their uber driv driver. then they were robbed and shot. broder died o monday night. we are told that the suspect has been arrested and charged in nnection with this crime. the privacy concerns after a ride share driver reported hundreds of passengers were ecorded without the knowledge. and it was completely legal. this is according to the st. louis post dispatch. the st. louis area uber and lyft driver ve-streamed hundreds of rides to thousands of his

followers on the twitch website. in statements uber and lyft both say they have dropped him as a . driv missouri, like most states, requires consent from only one rty for recording to be considered legal. storm team 4 is tracking more rain on the way.

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so you and the family probably have a beach pla planned this summer, but recent shark attacks and sightings are raising concerns about the specie kerry sanders is giving us an up closelook. >> reporter: for decades shaves haoth intrigued and terrified us, even as statistically we are more likely to die from a coconut falling on our head. the blockbuster movie "jaws" gave the shark a bad wrap.aw >> was pretty hard on sharks in general. i think it kind of painted them as a monster. >> reporter: marine biologist john mini is the deput t directr oklahoma aquarium. he says in reality sharks are attack us. to >> it is not an attack. usually the bite is explorory. they areooking for food. they are hunting fisnd >> reporter:he accidental attacks are more rare than you think. they happen on average 80 times a year worldwide. more than half of them take place in the united states.

and most of those in florida. although last week we saw two kids bitten by sharks off the coast of new york's fire island. the attacks just a few miles apart. and with an hour of each other. of the 465 known shark species living in our oceans today,he bull shark is one of the biggest an the boldest. it's considered the third most dangerous after the tiger shark and the great white. it can grow as lar as 8 feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds. and it's teeth are like raisers. the strength of a bite could ereak bones. but as long as weave them alone, experts believe they are not interested in eating us. >> we're not othe menu. they're really not a threat tou >> i don't know. i mean, a shark is a shark. >> right? you see one in the water and you are like, no, thank you. >> we were talking about how fascinating and beautiful the creatures awhenever you go to

the aquarium and see them up close that way. that's a nice way to see them up close in the aquarium. >> and everyone is making plans to do something inside. because the rain is really hit or miss. and heavy at times. >> that's exactly the way to put it. we're going to continue to see rain at times through wednesday evening, but it's not going to be raining the entire whtime. it's not raining, it's muggy and cloudy with temperatures largely in the 70s and the 80s for highs. so take a lookt the weath headlines, we'll continue to track rain at times through wednesday evening, potentially very early on thursday. but overall, it's looking like we'll get a bree from rainy weather. thursday, likely friday, even saturday, but then i am seeing more rain move back in later in the day on sundayaynto mo so right now, this upcoming weekend not looking like a washout, but whave a lot more water to deal with across our area. and again, especially through late wednesday. so here's futureer wea this afternoon. what i want you to keep in mind t not the exact placement of where it is putti rain, because that's absolutely impossible, but just notice how

deal withaves of rain through the afternoon and evening hours. tme pockets of heavier rain that could lead flooding, even flash flooding issues. aremember, you are under flash flood watch through at least 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and i think that will be extended. notice the cloudy skies otherwise. i'm stopping future weather tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m.n, once ag some of us dealing with rain for that morning commute. it continues through the midday and afternoon hours. the tuesday evening commute also lookgyg like a s one. and then pretty much a repeat performance in the forecast on wednesday a well. so the severe weather impacts by far and awaywehrough esday. they will be about the heavy rain leading to more flooding concerns across the area. but i can also see some gusty winds and with how wet and moist the ground, even a little bit of wind is helping to bring trees down as the week starts t wear o and we receive more rain. we'll pick up another 2 to 5 inches pentially a little bit more, bringing some of the oainfall amounts by friday around a foot of rainfall.

currently our temperatures are in the 70s and low 80s. 80 degrees in washington with high temperatures today at 79 frederick. 83 in the district. now as we take a loo at the ten-day forecast, you can see that rain is still in the forecast tomorro and wednesday. thursday, angie, there's a break. and i'm seeing itry largely on friday. but i think by saturday afternoon and saturdata evening we to see more showers move in. we'll look at the right-hand side of the screen. r mon on next tuesday and next wednesday as well. >> almost deja vuht r there. thank you, amelia. getting ready for the ri high-profile in our region. paul manafort's case will be first with special counsel robert mueller there. a look at what toexpect. and new information coming in about the deadly hostage standoff at a traderjoe's in los angeles. how a quick-thinking person in the store was able to evacuate the employees from the back as that shoot-out began.

today a judge innd alexaa will decide if paul manafort's trial will be delayed. he's president trump's former campaign manager accused of dozens of financial charges brought by robert mueller. manafort pleaded not guilty. he is faced with more charges including witness tampering.e

and we getting a look at two photos that could help detectives solve a d.c. homicide. officers foundil michaeller shot to death on saturday morning in an alley. detectives are not sure when the shooting tyke place, but investigators say these pictures of his car that was taken can help to locate the shooter. it's a 2007 dark gray lexus, is250. and police are in alexandria on the scene of a death this is on reed avenue near jefferson david highway. you can see the residential neighborhood as well. we do not know who died or how they died. we will date you on air and also in our nbc washington a as we learn more. and a sterling family continues to deal with heartbreaking loss. aeir sister was killed by a

hit-and-run drive making the situation even worse, police say that driver was her very own brother. family members say nancy marino asked her brother to take her to th airport over theweekend. the two apparently argued and marino climbed outar of the on sully road. that's when witnesses say michael marino ran her over and then kept going.ti res say nancy was trying to help her brother get some much-needed help. >> she was beautiful. and she was caring. and she just had a good heart. >> well, police caught up with rino in anne arundel county. his surviving sister said he was at a casino gambling. he was charged with murder and t-and-run. >> disturbing information sheds light on the deadly hostage situation at t andy los angeles grocery store. the crisis inside a trader joe's played out live on tv. miguelew almaguer has n details.

>> reporter: they're going in. >> reporter: before it came to an end, the desperate moment of the hostages that fled to safety. women, children, the elderly, running for their lives across parking lots and scrambling out of windows as the gunman stormed the building. >> my heart is still beating 100 miles an hour. >> reporter: the suspect, 28-year-old gened a kins, who later turned himself over to police after a high-speed cse shoot-out. adkins took 50 people hostage inside. during the store standoff, the died.manager her brother tweeting, i'm sad to say she didn't make it. my baby sister, my world.

>> an officer needs help, shots fired. >> reporter: it all began on sunday afternoon when he shot his grandmother seven times after an argument and f girlfriend into a car. during the police pursuit, opened ators say adkins fire and was shot in the arm crashing the car into a pole before entering the silver lake grocery store. with the shoot-out in crisis captivating the nation in realtime, president trump tweeted during theense standoff, watching hostage situation very closely. active barricaded suspawt. garis found a ladder and began to evacuate employeesth fm back of the store. >> i heard screaming and gunfire. and just knew i needed to find a way out. >> people trying to escape right now out of the ladder out the window. >> reporter: hours later police say adkins agreed to allow the ung and elderly to leave unharmed. >> he said, i'm going to shoot thes people one by one. >> reporter: a day at the

grocery store turning into a nightmare for those trapped inside. >> a frightening situthion. was miguel almaguer reporting. trader joe'sheasn't decided they will reopen. it is not clear if the suspect r officers fired the shot that killed the store manager. and controversy in arizona this morning all over an incident that happened inside of a pharmacy. a pcvsrmacist apparently denied a transgender woman a hormone prescription. pharmacists in arizona and sixs other staan refuse to fill prescriptions based on moral and religious grounds. the many companies mandate another prmacist step in to assist. she said that's not what happened to her. she had to get a new prescription from her doctor and then go have it filled at a walgreens. cvs says it has sincehe fired pharmacist involved. >> remember, this is healt care, right? and we shouldn't -- we shouldn't be h deniedlth care because of who we are.

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inches at reagan national on saturday. we had another record rainfall amount of 4 inches yesterday. we did not set a o record with rainfall amount. the record to beat yesteay was 4.35 inches. but we got over an inch of rain, so not including the rain we saw this morning, we have picked up eight inches of rain in less th a week. and that is leading to flooding issues. you can see the showers out there back around the91 corridor. this is moving south to north, so largely in the metro area, i fthink you'll have a hours of drive time for me to run out to get something done. but as a the afterno evening hours wear on, we'll start to see more rain moving back in with the potential f some heavy rain and some thunderstorms as well. because of all the rain that we have had and how much more we're going to see, the national weather has issued a flash flood watch. thiss going to go until at least 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, but i think it's going anto be ed throughout the day tomorrow and then again on wednesday. so so far you have seen over 8

inches of rainfall. 5, we'll see another 2 t even a little bit more, ultimately through wednesday night. and then just some isolate rain chances thursday, friday and saturday. so at least some good newse. th but we do have flood warnings in effect for the river and seneca creek that are going until further notice. and also some flood issues down toward call bertcounty. download the nbc washington app for the latest on those. if youet a flood warning issued for the area, it will pop up on the app. a great resource to have as we track some very heavy rainfall at times. again, through wednday. take a look, here's your ten-day igrecast. the low 80s for today, tomorrow and wednesday. thursday, the sunshine finally returns with a mix of clouds and sun. we'll kp it dry. maybe a shower or thunderstorm friday i'm not super impressed with that chance. sunday as the day wears on, wee could rain moving back in. and then next week, we have more showers to deal with inhe forecast. >> the dry spell will be short-lived. >> yes. >> thank you, amelia.

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our kids may not want to hear this,ut in a couple weeks they are heading back to school. as parents we have to start to plan now. thtax-free holidays in virginia and maryland are just around the corner. virginia three-da sales tax holiday starts on friday, august 3rd maryland's five-day tax-free holiday begins on sunday, august 12. the district did away with its tax-free holiday bac in 2010. here's nbc's chris clackum with what to keep in mind as you prepare to shop. >> reporter: most of the projected $83 billion to be spent on supplies, clothing and electronics in ck-to-school shopping this year will not be for the younger students. i>> most of that going to come from our college shoppers. so a little over $55 billion from families who are shopping for their kids in college. >> reporter: the last thing until mid-september, back-to-school's shopping season is well underway, as most parents are well aware. >> they're not saving it for the

last minute. they're giving themselves at least three w uks if not to two months to start their shopping. >> reporter: katherine cullen at the national retail federation says at least half the parents of school-aged children have already startedshopping, oft with a child's advice. >> here's a green e. >> but it doesn't have the lunchbox on it. >> cuyou have kids in teh hod, they probably have their own opinions on what they should buy and you should dbuy. back-to-school is a definite option of that. >> reporter: national retailers are already offering ba back-to-school salesffering a handful of states that have tax-free holidays around back-to-school shopping. chris clackum, nbc news. >> so heads-up if you have a ritz cracker box in your home. you may want to throwhem out. they are withdrawing products

due to possiblene sala contamination. 16 varieties are on the list. the concern is over the ingredient whey powder. the company behind the powder issued the recall because of the possible risk for salmonella. far, there are no reported aillnesses. >> a new app aims to give people the power to reach out for help w tny're struggling with a mental health issue like deanxiety or ession. it's called, not okay. as kate snow reports, it was invented by a brother and sister who wanted to give others a lifeline. >> reporter: for the lucas family, happy moments like these are treasures. just last year, their daughter hannah was in a much different place. because of a medical condition she has fainting spells and kids at school were making fun of her. >> i didn't realize that the bullying had gotten so out of hand until this spring, you know, she just sort of kept it all to herself because she -- she finally told me she didn't want to be a burden.

>> reporter: hannah had anxiety and fell into a deepdepression. then one night hannas's mother had aet feeling sng was wrong and snuck up to her room. >> i look at her and she's got a handful of my husband's blood pressure pills and is putting themh. in her mo >> it was the lowest moment in my life where i just wished i had a button they cou immediately to alert my friends and my family members that, hey, i'm not okay. >> reporter: that dark moment led to a bright idea. hannah enlusted her younger brother charlie to design an app. >> i just felt completely >>lpless during this entire situation. er the siblings invented the app not okay, a digital panic button s hannah wilw us how it works when someone is not feeling okay. they can press a button and the app sends a text message up to five pre-selected close contacts along with the current gps location. >> there's a comfort level with soci w media,h mobile

devices, so putting a resource for getting in touch with people that you care about and that care about you in that space, i think, could help a lot for with a lot of different conditions. >> reporter: hannah is on the mend. hey, guys. hannah here. welcome to the fifth day of th minority health month. >> reporter: she is otencouragi r young people that it's okay to be not okay. they even got a shout-out from beyonce' sister, solange knowles. >> that was the cooler thing for me. w >> reporter:le she still deals with fainting and depression, this has given her darkes d moment aferent meaning. >> the beauty for my ashes, because all last year was just so much pain and now it's like, i'm living mydream. so cool. >> that was kat snow reporting. well, we know people touch our hearts every day, sometimes they do it without us even

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nbc's savannah guthrie to talk about the big return. >> the other sort of thing i'm really looking forward to is, wh i was in "hamilton" in that osrst crazy year when my life changed, the peaceful three hours of my day were when i was on age. cause your only job is to be "hamilton." >> "hamilton" is at the kennedy center in d.c. until september. there are still $10 tickets available through the digital lottery. thel lotteries wil begin two days before each performance and close at 9:00 in the morning the day prior to each performance. when life throws you a curveball, bouncing back could be the biggest challenge. joe friar has a story of how this survivor turned his dreams of baseball into a reality. >> reporter: as a minor league pitcher, david smeltzer has

face plenty of toughest opponents, but the frcest stepped to the plate when he was just 9. he was diagnosed with prostate and blacaer er. >> early-on i was very, very angry and ornery and, why me? it was very tough at first. >> reporter: doctors treatedhe cancer with chemo and radiation. e was r his mind, the c baseball. >> as a kid, how much did you love baseball? >> i loved it before i was sick, but once i had gotten sick, it was my only way of being a kid.e >> repor a fan of the philadelphia phillies, devin never forgot this moment when he got the autograph from his favorite player, chautley. >> the best part about that is he talked to me like a baseball player, not like a kid that was rsick. orter: today that kid pitches for the tulsa drillers, aa team for the l.a. dodgers. the very cb chase utley now plays for. what are the odds you would be in the samerganization as chase? >> slim to no, i can say that.

>> reporter: the veteran second baseman had no idea what impact he had on that young boy a decade ago. >> now this is devin, come here, devin. til the day devint made a visit to chase utley's clubhouse. >> i just wanted to thank you for everything that you did. it means a lot. >> reporter: the kid threw his hero a curve. >> ten years lar, you have one of those kids walk into the clubhouse and tell his story. it was pretty surreasurreal. >> reporter: what did that moment mean to you? >> it meant the world. >>eporter: for it leautley who announced he's retiring at ason's end, it's a career highlight off the field. joe friar, nbc news, tua. >> how about that? we want to have one last check on the weather with amelia draper standing by with the latest on the rain track. >> well, thi rain isoving south to north, so we have heavy

rain back near impacting winchester. no heavy rain set to move inas over the couple of hours, but we'll see areas of rain out there for the evening tmmute. an rain continues at times right on through wednesday night at least because of all the rain we have had, we're going to see another two to five inches. the national weather service has issued a flash flood watch for everybody until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and this will likely be ndex because as you can see on your ten-day forecast, more rain atr times tom throughout the day with some heavy rain possible and that continues on .wednesday as we angie? thank you so much, amelia. that's going to wrap it up for this edition of ""news4 midday"." thank you for spending youry monday midith us. we're back on the air this afternoon starting at 4:00. remember to get all the latest on the weather and ourbc washin ngt

we are live, in five, four, three, two, one. >> justin, tiffany is pregnant righnow. can you speak on that? >> you seem too norl to be doing this job. >> really? >> i think so. >> i don't understand why you try to get a ride. >> because you announced the world and you were expecting a family. >> come on, com on >> well, sorry justin, i didn't mean to offend you. put the camera down.