right now,e have list of new problemsaused by what seemed like never ending rain. look at this water nearl up to this car's roof on one of the many flooded roads in our area. we're not out of the woods yet yet. there continue to be more heavy rain and the potential tonight and tomorrow. plusew information on the stabbing at the friendship heights metron. statio we now know a metro employee was involved. > good morning.

welcome to news 4 midday on another weather alert day. >> you can see we still have a lot of activity. it's been a busy morning. >> it's been pretty wild. wind shield wipers getting a work o today. we begin our coverage thisin mo with meteorologist chuck bell. tell us what we can expect in the next couple of urs. >> the heavy rain that we endure there most of the morning commute. that's shifted out over the open waters for e now. tire news 4 nation covered under a flash flood watch that goes until2: a.m. wednesday morning. i suspect the weather service will have toextend that watch out deeper into the day tomorrow. already, 8.5 to 12 inches of rain. pockets of rain could add up to

another 2 to 5 inches between now a the time. there's a little change in the pattern starting on thursd. these a flood warnings. this is where flooding has been report. a large section of central fa fairfax county. this exadviser to the tip of southern maryland to the pennsylvania border. heavy rain is expected there. here is a loo at how dangerous the storms really can be. a virginia woman is dead after a tree crashed into her home. the 60-foot tree in the backyard of her home crashed through the roof and on to the second floor of her house in burnside landing burn.

the woman was pinned under the tree and died. her husband was in the house at the time but survived. flooded roadws have been causing major problems throughout fairfax county. >> responders have been sending out constant uates on social media warning about it. >> nicole, what have you seen this morning? >> reporter: just a few hours we've been here on woodburn road, the wate has receded quite a bit.e you can see edge slowly going back. aast moving storm producing fast moving water. wo woodburn road one of many closed. swallowed by the creek. >> i've never seen it is wide. it get closed because it's a low g road >> reporter: levels flowing around three feet. much for the driver of

this car taking a chance that amnted to this. fire and rescueep rorting multiple calls for help. cars stuck in rising water. >> turn around, don't drown.i ve larger pickup truck i would take it through maybe a foot of water. >> reporter: emeency officials advise against the attempt. when not seeing the ground isn't enough, perhaps heeding this sign woulde saved the trouble. in the last couple of hours, we ntn now see the full exte of this vehicle. it takes about 12 inches of rushing water to completely wash away a car thatsize. the bottom line, never walk and hrough thatot drive type of water. w

have seen two sink holes open up in montgomery county. crews are working quickly to try to fill in thatol he. crews also made good progress comparing thisin shole near wind field drive. you can see they filled it in with gravel but the road is still closed this morning. rail service said on twitter that delays were sacaused by signal issues. beure to check our nbc washington app for details on this afternn's commute. new details on the stabbing

at a friendship heights metro station. >> police tell news 4 metro manager got into a fight last night and stabbed another man. we have a lot of new information sn this story. >> reporter: tharight. new information indeed. this all may havebegun over delayed service. a man complaining to metro manager abouthe delayed service. sometimes he managed to get into the kiosk. it was a tussle and involved the man pushing her arm. fearing for her safety, she grabbed a knife and stabbed him in the chest. >> reporter: d.c. police looking into a stabbing that left a man

gravely injured. >> somebody in the metro station was able to start bangi on the windows. entered into the manager's area. >> reporter:ec theds area now under investigation. the chief said the banging on the booth window seems to have been followed by an altercation involving the man and the metro worker. at some point the worker stabbed the man in the upper body. he was rushed to the hospital and she said investigators wonle ut self-defense. >> if somebody enters the booth and there's a physicalal tercation, there could be a viable self-defense claim. e> reporter: the station re-opened in t for the morning commute. the investigation is ongoing. >> we do have witnesses we're talking to. we're look at the video and interview the witnesses. >> reporter: after you heard police not turni out the self-defense claim in this altercation here overnight, they alsomant to learn more to f witnesses and from the video to put all o this together.

we don't have a name for anyone involved or their ages but police say the man who was stabbed was gravely hurt with his injuries. we're live at friendship heights. back into >> certainly an unusual twist to the story. thank you. a man is in critical condition after getting shot by a montgomery county police officer. police called this a domestic violence situation. he took their 3-year-old son and held them hostage for more than an at one point perez started a fire in the home. they could hear the toddler screaming. officers had to move in. thet officers s perez and the 3-year-old was rescued safely. the freelance star reports the officer was stabbed twice. virginia state police are investigating. they tell news 4 the incident

happened yet in the 1900 block of airport avenue. the officer is expected to be okay. that suspect was taken into custody around 10:00 last night after hours of zersearching aic huge pol response. we're justay hours aw from the next drawing. more than half a billion dollars. the cash out the over 300 million. this comes after no one has the numbers last week. >> somebody has to win. new evidence nor korea uld be dismantling a nuclear site. what's been seen and heard from thecountry. some are calling it a move by president trump to silence hiic cr

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images were taken friday and again saturday.e defenalyst says this appears to be a confidences building measure with the u.s. the noras yet to offer to dismants dismantle facilities to store missil president trump threatening to revoke securitylearance for six officials that contradicted him in the past. >> reporter: say this about the >> is nothing short of hipresident. treasonous. >> reporter: and you couldigose the to know america's most guarded secrets. >> they politicize and monotize their public service and security clearances. >> reporter: the white house confirmsresident trump is considering whether to yank security clearances f tse six obama officials. former heads of the cia, fbi, intelligence and national

security. >> i think anyone who is calling basically the president treasonous which would require the death penalty is someone that is over the top. >> reporter: democrats disagree. >> it's all a deflection. >> they don't wt to talk about what went on with the meeting between trump and putin. >> reporter: critics call it political retribution. >> this boils down to one simple thing. the president is pissed because these folks are talking smauock t what he's doing at the white house. eporter: james clapper said losing h clearance won't affect him at all. >> i think this is a very, very to do. i >> reporter: two of the six already lost clearances when they werefired. the white house has not given a timeline of any sense when president trump might make that decision. nbc news, washington. adult film star stormyel

da is facing another legal battle. this time it's personal. her husband has filed for divorce. he claims adu -- adultery is behind the split. the president has consistentlyi mniedia is buzzing about a moment from the u.s. senate race in virginia. >> that moment centers around the first debate between incumbent tim kaine and cory stewart on saturday. stewart described pre trump as tough on russia. the crowd and senator kaine laughed. >> we hav a president who is standing up to the russians and now senator kaine. he wants to declare the russians our enemy. >> if there's anything that

demonstrates the difference is cory stewart saying that president trump is u standing to the russians. president trump is caving to the russians. >> saturday debate was held at the virginia bar association's summer meeting in hot springs, virginia. senator kaine and cory stewart will face off in anoer debate. nbc 4 will host the debate. flags will be flying at half star to honor the firefighter killed in massive fire in how d county. nathan flynn wastl bg huge flames yesterday when he fell from the ground floor to the basement. lynn was a 13-year veteran and the first career firefighter to die in the line of duty. this morning he is being remembered as a dedicated fireman, husband and father. >> everythin was to protect the family. o make sure they grew up the

right way. it's just heartbreaking. >> at this point they think a lightning strike may have sparked that fire. the people in the home were able to get out safely. news 4 covered a rising number of suide attempts in local jails. now there's mounting pressureo do somethi about. >> scott mcfar landlandin cos our changing minds. >> reporter: the ns 4 found nearly 400 local inmates tried to kil themselves since 2014.te we wand to know what local commities, jilails and officers ar doing about it. we found some have instled suicide resistant cells that include fewer hanging items.

former d.c. inmate tried to take her own line sat down with the eye team andemaid getting o admit they feel suicidal is a challenge. >> there are reasons not to tell ue you're feeling suicidal. >> if someone iicidal in the free world, they get a different type of help. if you'reca erated, you lose your dignity. >> reporter: you hear from the people on the front lines tasked with saving lives. whatenl health experts say need be done at these local jails to reduce t risk. scott mcfarland, news 4 eye team. here is something most, if not all of us, c look forward to a rain free day. chuck swears there's one in the forecast. we have to believe that. >> hard to remember what that felt like. wildfires are raging through a sea side resort. a terrible toll the fires areng

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fes raging innor across streets, flames tearing into hillsides ripping across coastal communities. while a state of emergency has been declared in part of the capital city fathen, dozens of people he died. 26 in one villa alone with over 100 injured the first major blaze broke out on sunday. destroyeas 100 homes this man says the fire began from the mountain. when i spotted the fire with wind was blowing. just in ten minutes the fire swept all over the place. armies of firefighters from across the country are battling multiple wildfires that are the worse to hit greece in over a decade. the prime minister said we're doing everythin possible to try to tackle these fires. what concerns us is there's fires occurring simultaneously. evs evacuation ordaused major

traffic jams. the greek coast guard rushing to rescue those trapped on beach. i said we must run to save ourselves. officials say a extremely dry winter and warm summer cated tender box conditions. with temperatures set to soar again, there's now a desperate race the get the deadly fires der control. the greek prime minister has declared three days ofng mour i've never heard of anything like this. one survivor on the beachaid he grabbed a beach towel, soaked protect hisit to wife and him. he said he thinks that quick

thinking saved his nylife. >>ing you can get your hands e . ve been hearing about a number of water rescue showing you the rain bause of some video. >> one man found himself surrounding by rising wer and decided to pull out his phone. he oentn facebook live and streamed his predicament. when sittingoo on his rf him.water sur surrounrounded he called 911 and waited for first responders to arrive. >> i can't swim in first place so i wasn't jumping sbeez inin waters. to come out and do what they do is very special. i'm a military person so i respect them. >> you're about to hear chuck say something that he ndremis us of every day. to make matters worse, that was a brand new jeep. >> what are you thinking? it's not lik it was a trickle

around him.up he drove right into it. >> you can hydroplane in three quarters of an inch. >> people that drive jeeps think aisle be fine, not true at all. it'st jt worth it. we can't say turn around, don't drown offten enough. outside on a super soggy tuesday here. that plume has origins in the caribbean. it's pointing from the caribbean to canada. that's an impressive plume ofmo ture. it's not raining really anywhere west of about charleston, west

virginia. it's all being funneled straight up the eastern seaboard. it's been extreme. finally this band ofas what very heavy rain across southern ryland has wondered back out over the open waters. southern maryland catching a bit of abr k. active flood warnings go into 3:00.ht scatter l rain across northern virginia and northern maryland. heaviest rain is up from baltimore to thea pennsylva line. they're flood warning goes on until 6:00 this evening. this part of the flood warning into southern maryland is till 3:00. this flood warning here in fairfax will be expiring at 2:00 thisafternoon. high water just about everywhere. turn around, don't drown. opportunities for more rain and it may not look all that impressive butomimes you get underneath one of these things

and you pick up auick half a inch to inch of rain. we had one quick little tornado warning this morning opinion tornado threat is very low but it's never quite zero this these situations. the real issue is flooding. additional see between now and the time it ends late wednesday and thrsday. anotne to four inches of rain. look at the weekend, whichooks drier, coming up. >>an't come soon enough. prince george county has a new school interim ce oo. pedsident trump twe this morning terrorists are the greatest. hear from

today a federal judgedeill cide if the organizers behind the ral in charlotteville can age an event on the one year anniversary. it attracted hundreds of white nationalists to charlottesville last year. that event sparked outrage and clashes broke out between the nationalists and protesters. one person was killed. we have an update to the disappearance of airginia teen

girl. three more people have been charged. each with the count of acces to murder. police believe they are connected to missing 19-year-ol megan metzger. last week he was charged with arson after police identified him as the driver of a burned up car registered to metzer. he has a court heari later today. now to decision 2018. althere's f an official winner in the primary race of montgomery executive. republican robin thicker in the general election but count council member is trying to gather enough signatures to get on thes ballot an independent. a school system ready for a new direction is embark on a changing leadership. >> scandals have dogged prince countyublic school recently.

monica goldson said she is here tod. turn things aro >> her roots run deep. >> i'm sure under her leadership that we will start a new r. chap >> reporter: monica goldson will be the new interim ceo of the prince george county school system. >> i've been here 27 year have nev desired to go anywhere else. >> reporter: she's a prince george county native. she served as deputy superintendent for teachg and learning. chief operations officer and associate supts in p thence george county school. she's a principal at wise high school and also a principal at frederick douglass high school. a school board chair b andrd

member heading to court on assault charges. >> we won't have those same kinds of issues that we had before. i'm nfident of that. >> reporter: goldson is $ looki fo million in cuts after controversy over payfo raise some sta member. >> it's what i believe will be a more efficient school syst d. >> reportensizes will give her more money to work with changes within the school system including looking at salaries fo teachers and principals and the possibility of increases there. >> all right. as the new school year approaches, news 4 wants to make suid your are prepared. it's almost time for our annual backpack for ds. we hope to give out 4,000 to

kids in our area.> he trump administration china is leading to imports. >> trump is doubling down on his staff stance. he tweeted tariffs are the greatest and the u.s. is the piggy bank that' being robbed. north dakota soybean farmers say they are struggling to break even. >> reporter: where neighbors live far apart, soybeans are big business. >> it's ar betopportunity. there's a little better market for it. it's expandinge. worldw >> reporter: soybean production has grown since 20. exporting more than 70% to other countries. the number one consumer, china,

which buys as much as 35illion dollar worth of north dakota soybeans every year. this year china spped a 25% tariff on american soybeans. >> a lot of producers might not survivor this. ac reporter: as processors head to august as conrs typically lock down with buyers. across north dakota, all the contracts have been cancelled. >> it's just not china. seemed like we simultaneously picked a fht with every one. >> reporter: at grain processor, 35% of the food exports are sent to china. president rick has been investing millions. the new trade war is threaten those plans with contracts cancelled immediately when t retaliatory tariffs went into affect. >>redirected shipments in route to china to alternative

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with an veevent in historic lite tokyo. jay gy takess there for an inside look. >> reporter: two years out and olympic excitement is building in tokyo. >> olympic gam is the greatest sports celebration of the world and for thean humind. >> reporter: one of the venues has already continued and work continues on the rest including the new olympic stadium which s organize the about 40% complete. centerpiece be the of the 2020 olympics. >> reporter: also getting aof l attention, the new sports that will be a part of the game including sport climbing, surfing and skateboarding. sothing olympic veteran sean white was thinking about after als gold medal in pyeonchang. >> reporter: sof and baseball are also making a

comeback in tokyo where the iconic stadium from the '64 games still stands. a reminder as it prepares to st the world again. >> to see it return t kyo, it's a massive city that has energy. the summer games and the large size of everything involved in it. >> reporter: the celebration hal ady started. the excitement expected to continue until the competition begins. jay gray, nbc news, los angeles. all right. time to take a look at the weather. you' promising there some sort of yellow. >> back up to closer where we expect to be this time of year. more importantly you might get a couple of days in a row without any rain around here.

it's right here into the dmv where rainfall amounts have really beeniling up since last seven days now. widespad amounts of over 10 to 12 inches of rain the heaviest of the rain now is affecting northern half of theti county the sll plenty of rain showers to be delaalt with ss the region. the heavy stuff is out of picture for now. the weather bringn opportunity for still more scattered showers off and on through the day. the damage is already done. most of the area picked up more than an inch of rain early this morning before 7:00 or 8:00 in the morning. anymore is just insult to injuro on top that. things should settle down brieflyitdaytime heating and a little weather front that will try to come through tomorrow rain chances remain at 100% tomorrow.

the heaviest rain is likely to be from noon onward. promis an enhancing chance for rain especially if you get into the afternoon commute tomorrow. anymore additional rain is more and more trouble for our local water ways. forecast, this is just one of the computer models but gives youhe sense it could be as little as a half an inch to an inch p somekets could get two to four inches of rain between now and the time the sun comes out on thursday. our nbc washington app will send you push alerts. has an interactive radar feature and custom tailored storm team forecast. highs only in the low 80s today and tomorrow. back up to near 90s for thursday and friday. keeping the rain chance out of there. satuas a chance for a few showers. the this rainy period is likely to come back early next week. >> i i could just get the kids outside for one day. >> call them all.

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yesterday they aended a buddhist ceremony to prepare monks. a 12theam member did not join because he's not buddhist. it's a piece of our'snati history and soon you'll be able to experience it up close and in person. police health kolicopter usedo people will now be at the centerpiece of a new natiol lawenforcement museum right here in washington. >> reporter: it was a bitter cold day in january, 1982. plunging into the potomac river. thanks to the heroic efforts, five of those people were saved. literally plucked from the

frozen river by two men in this helicopter. what many consider one of the greatest rescues in aviation or hist a few years after the rescue, th chopper was retired from police service, replaced by larger, stronger helicopters. eagle one was sent to th department of interior where testifies usit was used for decades. a few years ago it wasecheduled to b scrapped. e last time we showed you the helicopter it was reassembled and restored and sitting in ha it has to be taken apart again and reassemble here inside them um. that's the only way they could get it f toit inside. getting thiselicopter from its storage hangar into the new museum which will is now under construction wasn't easy. >> as we speak, it's being reassembled to its orinal form and will be lifted to the ceiling on display.

>> reporter: one of the most daring parts of that rescue is why pilot don usherd dippe the skid of the chopper into the water sois partner could reach the last victim. watched as those original skids were reattached to the chopper. >> it will showe a s of law enforcement that people don't recognize and that's the heroic sfforts of the pilots and operators of thi aircraft. >> reporter: the helicopter isn't the only large display item that had to be brought in. the other you'll see is this ckup truck used by police officer who was involved in a shoot out. check this out a o theicer was driving away, the suspect opened fire. once the chopper is completely

reassemb reassembled, eagle one will lift off for the final time where it will hovna in the nat law enforcement museum.e in the nat enforcement museum.r in the nat enforcement museum. there's so many fascinating stories around the rescue. we have so much coverage behind the scenes. another recall this morning. this one will mean you'll have to repack your lunches. pepperridge farms areal rng cheddar flavor blasted cream and mixed pretzel. the company says when the whey powder could make you sick, so far no illnesses are reported but you should throw yours out just in case.

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hardth to believe unti mi middle of a sweltering summer that football season is around the corner. here are some key days you'll want to keep track of. icthe first pra is at 9:45.t saturday aug 4th is the most popularay because iias fan apprecon day. august 12 through 14th the ns york jet are coming to town for joint practices. bring an umbrella and sunscreen and plenty of water. new research proves that dogs are real life hees. >> especially when their owners

are in distress. we are introduced to the science behind the lassie affect. >> reporter: people love their dogs and dogs love their people. >> that's just a factnc evi by my dog luna herehat loves kisses. >> reporter: does this kind ofn affect mean that dogs would come to our rescue if we were tart in. >> reporter: the saved his pal timmy referenced in gnaw study of dog empathy cled timmy's in the well. >> we didn't do anything with wells. we had a dog that was magnetized shut. >> reporter: emily is a grad student at johns hopkins but she helps do the research in minnesota. behind a closed door dog owners hummed a song or faked crying. most dog eventually went to their owners no matter what. >> the interesting thing we found is tha the dogs would open the doorfi signtly more quickly if the owner was crying.

>> reporter: there was an urgency when the owner was in distres distress. they also tried to experiment with the dogs and were surprised to find they did not act more quickly than other animals. >> it's possible that because therapy dogsobre trained on ience rather than sensitivity. that might be why we didn't find a difference epthere. >> rorter: even if dogs prefer to fetch sticks, they might also retrieve you if you're ever in trouble. nbc news. >> we'd all like to believe our dog could come to our rescue. >> hope so. : chuc chuck tell us you'll be helpful with this rain. >> i keep a milk bonen my pocket at all times to be sure the dog will come to me.

the heavy rain band is leaving this is not the heavy kind of rain that we had earlier. so far rainfall amounts only a third of an inch at national airport. stay away from high an fast moving wate 80% chance you'll get rained on tomorrow as well. torp's ramo ow's rain chance focused on later in the day. >> that's going to do it for news 4 midday. we're back on the air later today. >> have a great day. we'll see you in the morning. >>y

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