you're one of them and what you can do today to prevent it from happening. it is 6:00 a.m. on a wednesday. we kick things off with look outside. if you heard the rain overnight, you are not alone. we felt it this morning. we are at weather alert mode. flood warnings are in effect as well. good morning to u. thank you for joining us for "news4 today." i'm eun yang. >> and i'm ang a steady rain has been falling for much of the nightha and may an impact on your morning commute. yocan see the fat raindrops hittinghendshield. we are hearing reports of water on local roads. >> let's go to jack taylor b sty with a check on your commute. it's going to be messy. we'll start things off with chuck bell and sheena parvg.n.

good morn all this rain moving out? yes. fortunately, the rain has actually come to a stop. we are still dealing with the runoff and everything, so there are a lot of roads impacted, bue at least rain has eased off. >> it's not falling from the sky at this point. so you won't need the win shield wipers at this point. if you heard the rain falling, it was very e wly while youe sleeping. there you can see the heavy rain move through quickly. and itroed enough rainfall to spark the floodm warnings fro southern parts of fauquier county up to fairfax county. the flood warnings are going until noon today.ar and of d.c. up to southern parts of montgomery county, tood warnings until 8:30 hour this morning as well. be very careful iving. never drive through flooded roads. and we have a flash flood watch for areas north and west of d.c. from noon todayntil tomorrow afternoon. and we also in the areas have a chance for strong to severe thunderstorms later today. that's the yellow-shaded area north and west of d.c. going throughout the eveng

urs mainly, we could be seeing pretty damaging winds with thunderstorms devel here's the wider look, we have a lot of moisture still streaming in from the south. we are not going to get rid of the raines cha until about next week. unfortunately, we have chances over the weeken y but as are about to head outside for the commute, the good news i h we don'te the rain falling with temperatures in the mid-70s. cloudysk s. but be careful on the roads because of the heavy rain earlier. chuck has aser look at what to expect throughout the afternoon coming up. we'll go to jack taylor with a closer look at the roads. good morning, jack. good morning. our bethesda troubles othe outer loop down near the 270 spur. coming around through the big curve at orgetown road, it is a solid slowdown near temple. one left lane is getting by on the scene where crews are waiting for a sand truck t g through to put absorbent down on the roadway where fuel was spilled from the earlier crash. and we have a crash in northwest

with a tree down in the on 16th tree. that's near the intersection of holly street. i'm hoping the metropolitan police are on the sce. at nalternates are never great around it as we wt for the water to pull back. back over to you. >>hand 6:03 w a closer look at the street flooding. >> adam is in fairfax station. adam, what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: well, there are roads heavily impacted bye all ain you were talking about. this is fairfax station road in fairstation. obviously, you can't get across the road right here. eu can see the t branches going across the water. it's fast moving across the water. d the driver did what we always tell drivers not to do when you can't see the bottom of the road. they try to dri through the water right there. and that is the situation. that driver is apparently okay, but this road, fairfax station road has been shut down near

coalchester drive. there was heavy rain overnight. a lot of it stopped at this point in time. but in the low-lying areas, we are dretty farn in the hills right here. had these areas t are especially close to creeks and streams, then kind of stuff can haery quickly. the water does seem to be going back right now, but it's going to tak couple of maybe an hour or so before all of this kind of reseeds. and this road, if this is part of normal commute, it won't be passablet te point in time. be aware that certain areas around the region, thiis the scene. if you have a road that floods normally, tous is what you come across. use extra caution. back to you. adamuck live for us in fairfax station. thank you. now 6:04 and breaking new concerning the weather as well as more with chris lawrence at the live desk.ri what is going on? >> reporter: chuck is always beating this drum. you can see the size of water on the roadways.

just turn around there have been multiple rescues montgomery from fire and county rescue near bradley avenue and kendall. there was a car trapped in then waterhey had to pull the occupants out of the car. they were able to get them outfe , but the part of the road was closed there in bethesda and will be for sever hours. in addition to the flooding, there are downed trees to lookout for. we hav been hearing reports all over, not in d.c., where we are seeing some problems. back tyou. and jay austin and lauren geoghegan were in the middle of a cycling trip around the world, but sunday their adventure cam to anend. here's how loved ones are remembering this couple. good morning, justin. >> reporter: angie, that's right.

good morning. lauren geoghegan and jay austin have ties to georgetown. and together they set out to see the world. and then sunday the dream trip came to an early end in what the state department is cal ng a senseless attack. the couple was tracking their journey withheir online blog both quitting their jobs to travel the world onke lauren was a georgetown grad but also worked here in the georgetown admissions office. jay earned his masters at georgetown and went on to work at hud., on sundoth were killed of what is being called a car and knife attack in tajikistan alongside twother tourists. and lauren's family released a statement, as did colleagues at the d.c. tiny house building company, saying the year-long bicycle adventure lauren and harer jay austin were enjoying was typical of her enthusiastic embrace of life's opportities, for openness to new people and places and her quest for a di

better underst of the world. jay's colleagues writing, jay, of the former studios, left the world doing what he loved. nnecting with people a cycling the world with the person he loved, lauren geoghegan. now isis is claiming responsibility for the attack. one arrest has been made and three suscts were killed after the attack. we are live outside georgetown, justin finch, news4. juin, thank you. your time is 6:07 and now to breaking news in prince orge's county. police are searching for the person who shot and killed a man just blocks away from the elementary school. this is the look at the scene last night at richie road. the manas found in the roadway and died at the scene. call prince george's county police if you have any information on this case. and a big story in the day ahead, more drama the expected today i the alexandria courtroom.

this has testimony resumed against pault manafor during opening statements. they avoided paying taxes. manafort's lawyerslad the blame on his former businesspa rtner rick gates. gates p waded guilty andl be a key witness for the prosecution. this is the first case to go to trial involving charges filed in special counsel robert mueller's investigation. but election meddling will not be the9:30. and meanwhile, president trump did not say a thing about manafort or special counsel mueller during the rally last night in florida. >> in this counyy, the o time you don't need it, in many cases, is when you want to vote

for a president, when you want to vote for a senator, when you want t vote for a governor or a congress mco ressmanm congressmanman. tst. and 6:09 now and lawmakers will hold a hearing today with social media experts on forei influence operations just one day after a disturbing report from facebook. the social network says it just removed accounts from facebook and instagram. we are going to influence the upcoming midterm elections. the pages were created between march of last year and this may. and it had 290,000 followers. they don't know who is behind the effort, but sources tell them it was the same as thosen

involv the 2016 election. and democrats inwa congress nt president trump to avert the settlement. the presidentweeted he's looking into the matter and making the guns available to the public't make much sense. and an offer to help a motorist ends with an arrest and this happened back in april of 2017. >> so when the deputy asked for the driver's i.d., he declined. what happened next was all caught on the officer's dash cam. >> did you commit a crime? >> no. >> i didn't say you did.ti you can identify yourself. >> am i free to go? >> not right now, no. >> well, the deputy arrested

george wingate. he believes race played a part in the encounter. >> the officers and o civilians our color, you know, it is time we stand up for our do this the right way. >> he walks up to the gentleman and keeps insisting he give up his name. and it is just consensual contact. it is two gentleman coming together. and he arempted to asks to and the police officer says, no, you can't. >> news4 did reach out to the stafford countyoffice. they cannot comment at this

time. > and now we'll go to chris lawrence at the live desk with the latt out of south korea. >> reporter: yeah, nearly 8,000 american soldiers are still missing from the korean war. and with so many families, this is the real sign of haunt they have had in decades. officials have just finish ed te ceremony at the air force base. they will have an honorable carry ceremony at pearl harbor. mike pence is flying there for the arrival. usually the scientists use i.d.

tags or dog tags to identify the mains, but with only one dog tag, this cou take years. thank you. and 6:13 now. no relief fords thous of firefighters battling t massive wildfires sweeping across california. 15 wildfires are burning and two are converging into one to put 12,000 buildings at risk for destruction. 44,000 people were evacuated. e wildfires have killed at least eight people and destroyed more than 1,000 homes. for the second time in a month, thieves made off wit a car left unlocked with the keys in it. you can see the man get out of the passenger side of the black suv. e detectives say the man then jumped inside a car at a nearby gas pump and drove away.

it was the same july 4th.n on take a look, a thief was caught on camera taking a car at the same gas station. the man gets out of the red car there and sneaks over to the black mercedes and just takes off. the department apartment is create in creating the sixth military branch back in june. according to the report, they will use existing personnel and facilities. no word yet on the cost or how long it will take to launch. and crumbled cars and slabs of concrete are all that is left after a parking garage collapses twice in texas. take a look this. the first colpse happened at 11:30 yesterday morning. prettn see the top level much caked in scattering vehicles everywhere. five hours later, more of the garage crumbles.

amazingly, nobody was hurt in eithcollapse. we do know that at least 21 vehicles werema ged. it is still not clear on what caused the incidents. and more than pl80 p were displaced by the franklin county re department comg to help. it is giving those who were displaced a fresh start. nicole webb is one of them with her family living between the car and the hotel right now. >> even when i get into an apartment, you have to rebuild everything. so i need help once i g in for school for em. >> for more information on how to donate, head to the nbc washington app and search apartment fir help. >> and prosecutors in los angeles will not pursue a sex

cbs.e case against the ceo of les moonves i accused of sexually abusing an aquan trance back in the 1980s. the statute ofat limions has expired. the woman went to the police in february and reported three aincidents. >> the highest-ranking american at the vatican is saying he didn'tnow about sex abuse allegations against theodore mccarrick. ngrdinal ferrell says he would have done som had he known about the alleged victims' claims. some catholics are concerned that the church knew about the legations and chose not to adess them. emmy winning actor allen alda is openingp about his private battle with parkinson's disease. >> alda shared details yesterdas and said he tested for the

disease more than three years ago after reading an article about how one of the early signs of parkinson's is acting out dreams. he noticed that was the first symptom. parkinson's disease also causes tremor, sickness, and difficulty speaking. he plans to continue act iing. we want to go to brad live iner see an vienna. what are you see now? >> reporter: the roas here i browns mill road completely flooded out. it a driver was able to mak halfway through the closure. let me show you, they've got water on both sides of them. that's them in the center of the screen waiting to be rescued by swift water teams in vienna. we'll stay on t of the breaking news brought only to you by chopper 4.

back over to u. brad, thank you. is n't believe the rai having such an impact. >> here's a look at the radar over the past few hours. a lot of the heavyai rain moved around the area. we don't have the rain falling, but likd showed you, we have a lot of issues on the roads. flood warnings from noon to fairfax county and southern parts of fauquier county. be careful driving through the spots. we are looking at water issues on the roads. and the flood warning for northern sections of d.c. and out through southern parts of montgomery county until 8:30. so again, more issues oadthe because of the early rain this morning. we still have all the moisture streaming in from the south, which means our rain chances are going to stay up going into the weekend. today, though, we're going to be dry for most of the day now until we get to the afternoon and into the evening, we have a

chance for severe thunderstorms north and west of d.c. where you see the yellow shadedarea. that's later on today. damaging wind gusts, lightning and hail, we'll be watching for that throughout the evening tonight. temperatures tonight, not too bad. the low to mid-70s. mostly cloudy. that could be some severe thunderstorms moving bythrough. midnight, there's a chance to have showers overnight. tomorrow we're still looking at ra rain. ain, we'll be watching for showers and storms tomorrow. on friday, we have the rainy set. we'll see showers the first half of the day on friday, but certainly expecti t them in afternoon and evening. heading into the weekend, the rain chances continue if you're gardening this weekend. the highest rain chances both saturday and sunday with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. and get ready for fall at this

point. all that with planting fall vegetables and flowers soon. hopefully the rain is happening with yourforecast. we'll have more straight ahead. and 30 million americans are abou to find out if they will owe more tares next. we'll tell you how to find out if you're one of the the a

does your business internet provider promise a lot? let's see who delivers more. iv comcast business you gig-speed in more places.

the others don't. o we offer up to 6 hou 4g wireless network backup. everyonelse, no way. we let calls from any of your devices come from your business number. them, not so much. let you keep an eye on your business from anywhere. the othersnope! get internet on our gig-speed network and add voice and tv for $34.90 more per month. call or go onle today. (birds chirping, a running ahh.k,) the new deer park e arkling is mth real spring water. ♪ it's so refreshing and delicious, you don't need slo-mo models to sell it. real spring water, real fruit flavors and refreshing bubbles. just what's refreshingly real.

it is a tough morning ifde you're h out early. this is a shot unfortunately, this is out near bradley boulevard heading near the overpass and the big curve coming aroundrom georgetown heading to merging traffic with the 270 spur. only a lef lane isetting by because of the absorbent on theh roadway fro earlier crash. we have activity on 16th street in norwest down near holly street with a downed tree in the roadway, but traffic was getting by. athis point, it is under police direction. plan ahead for that. the new t issue inside beltway on 7 westbound near the 66 exit, we have a downed tree in the roadway. they are able to access thest und lanes for 66 with no chance to make it to the westbound side l eastbounes at 66 are not affected. back over to you. jack, thank you. 6:23. and milons of americans will owe more taxes in 2019. auditors say about 30 millioner taxp will pay more due to

low withholdings from their paychecks. earlier this year, new tax laws resulted in these incrf people owing more money to the i.r.s. it is not too late to adjust the with holding but do it fast. you can find the withholding calculator on the irs website. brakes on the ride-sharing truck division. it will focus efforts on se -drivingcars. the company will maintain the ue aer fight app to connect with shipping companies across the country. it's the latest case of uber bringing back the technology sinc the deadly car crash in march.he and effort by a nonprofit in fairfax county is helping to fill the gaps to make

sure students get the supplies throughout the school year. he work doesn't end in the fall >> what we do with the money is we purchase school supplies in bulk. d then we work really closely with the partner schools and social t workers providees suppo the students that have not been served by other organizations. >> they are accepting donations at 21 locations through friday. check the nbc washington and search bright path. and the news4 annual backpack for kids dri is under way. on august 8th we'll be at apple kings branch in alexandriang collecew backpacks and other supplies. if you can't stop by, you can make a decure online - secure onli donation.

and on the run, game over. >> and what a win. history made nats park as nat natione celebrates tim with a major star. and we are still tracking the traffic alert wit storm team 4. >> we are in weather alert mode for you. a lot of high watercross the region, especially if you are parts of central fairfax county. fairfax stion road is under water in places. we'll help you navigate through with the forecast and wtop's traffic. stay with us. right?

i do. it's a busy, busy place. whenever you're rdy. it happens every time. i've got it.

and every time, she wins. you always do this. no, no. i insist. it's on me. alright. but you have the bb&t app with zelle who are you texting? oh, uh no one. i really should go back. b and can pay the biore she even leaves the restaurant. beth! ah... the taste of victory! bb&t. all we see is you. it is 6:29 and we are going back to the weather alert. a live look right now from chopper 4 flying above flooding that is causing a lot o issues

across our region this morning. if youit slept through here's a look at why we are dealing with so much water this morning. avy rain was falling all over the area for hours. well, the good news this morning is that the rain is now moving out. know. but unfortunately, it's left a lot behind. we have team coverage as you start your wednesday. we'll check in with everyone for a look at the forecast, the roads and more, but first we want to head out to brad in chopper 4 to hear more about what he's seeing a brad lot of problems this morning. >> reporter: eun, tet's right. weeeing this across the region as we have been reporting in first 4 weather. as we come in there, we'lle a look at this vehicle thatho somade it basically to the middle of the flood zone here. as i filter down here, crews are preparing to get into position with a rescue boat to get into that water and try to see if

they can gethat driver out of there safely. and i can show you why. it's not just high water, it's racing swift water. that's why they call it a swift water rese team. so browns mill road is closed right now with the stranded driver. again, we'reminding you to turn around, don't drown, this person is finding out the hard way. back over to you. brad, a bus morning for rescue crews. now to the forecast with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. what are we looking at now? >> the rain is surprising. we are n running into roads like that, and now we' dealing with the aftermath of it. >> a o lot rain came down in a very short period of time. we say it all the time, turn around, don't drown. the officers need to put a dunce cap on h for a while. the flood warnings are up for

northwest washingtoso and hern montgomery county until 8:30. and flood warnings across ginia as well. so certainly a very busy morning to be outside. the heavy rain is lingering, and that area could be under for severe storms much later today. after 5:00 or s6:00 t evening. don't turn your back on mother nature today. current temperatures in the mid-70s. if you're headed down to the nats game, it's a noon let's go to jack taylor. we have a new crash along e roadway. the authorities should be arriving on the scene here quickly. this is sth of the new construction zone. and this is a traffic pattern we're getting used 7. estbound is closed at i-66. all traffic diverts on to 66 headed eastbound right between ramps.

there's no access on 7 west to get through there to the outer loop of 270 in maryland. near the big curve, they are just about to open all the travel lanes. one left lane was getting by with t early morning crash. but after fuel spilled on the roadwa i believe all travel lanes are now open with delays back at hampshire avenue. > and we have another trouble spot, adam. >>absolutely. all the rain overnight left a lot of flooding on the roadways. take a look here at fairfax station road. i can tell you that the water has gone downignificantly in e last 20 minutes.

you can see the i damage left behind and carried intoro the adway and all the debris. yeah, that driver, like we have been saying, do not go into water, andow many times do you need to see a carn the roadway stuck. going through water is not okay. the roadway is closed down and will be for some time. this is by wholechester road in fairfa county. all throughout this area, if you know the roads are going t flood, this is a good chance you'll see this coming across the road this morning. give yourself extra time and be careful. back to you. >> adam tuck live in fairfax. thank you. 6:34 and wetart your other top stories n with information on that plane crash in mexico

with more than 24 hours after the crash happened. the aeromexico planesh c with 103 people on board. the plane was flying during a crashed.n it everyone was able to escape just before a fire engulfed theft airc and the man convicted of murdering two teens the night before their high school graduation will spe rest of his life behind bars without the possibility of parole. jo lured them to a neighborhood where they thought we were selling tickets for the coming graduation ceremony. and yesterday t acting director of the zoo spoke to community members. the zoo wants tour add sity

fences and reduce the number of pedestrian entrances. and brice harper will stay in d.c. for now. mike rizzo recently told "the shington post" that the six-time all-star is not going anywhere. we'll tell you about the team's historic win that you'll be hearing about all day today. dollarsthousands of worth of golden that we have to tell you about this morning. and if you are just waking up. we're tracking a swift water rescue underway after a night of heavy ra. and this is in vienna, virginia. virginia. remember, emergency crews

♪ virginia. remember, emergency crews

♪ dstart thwith the chicken you love. get the feeling of chick-fil-a, for breakfast. ♪ welcome guys! hi! you are gonna love the neighborhood! it's totally wired for fios. is that a good thing? good? fiber-optics can move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is a 100% fiber-optic network, ndso you can stream, game, wat. kid's right about that! see! we are gonna have so much fun here.

100% fiber-optic network. 100% phenomenal.sp get the fastesds available for the best price with the fios gigabit connection.

welcome back. it is 6:40. this stoounds more like something out of the movie "mission impossib" than real life. thieves have stolen sweden's crown jewels and escaped in a speedboat. police released this picture saying the thieves stole two priceless royal crowns and other objects from the cathedral yesterday. the items date backo the 17th century. the investigators have been searching in cars, boats and helicoptersor the thieves. i can't imagine they can escape for long. going to dothey with it, you know? was for the flil thrill of it? >> gone in 60 seconds, that's how longt took thieveso get away with handbags worth thousands of dollars at saksve fifthe in chevy chase. a witness snapped the pictures. >> onef the thieves jumped into the car with purses stocked

pretty eyhigh. barged into the gucci area of the store,ssaulted the employee there, ler five of the thieves entered the store and grabbed merchandise and ran out the door. >> they knew what they wanted to target as far as property. theylo assaulted the ee who confronted them. and it looks like they did what they wanted. >> the thieves swiped at least $20,000 worth of merchandise and took off in a toyota yaris and a volkswagen. well, good wednesday morning. we had a lot of heavy rain while many of you were sleeping. concerns sed flooding for southern parts of fauquier county through southern parts of montgomeryty co be careful if you are driving. later later on today, we'll break down the chiming on that next. we open the doo and close

the door at 66 inside the beltway where a free fl down. the eastbound lanes are affected. the westbound traffic must go to 66 east. and our live team coverage continuee out on roads. take a live look from the chopper 4 at the floods in see nina, virginia. we'll be right back with brad in chopper 4. the time is 6:42.

it is 5:45. and we are watching this major flooding in vienna, virginia. car is stuck in the flooding. and if you look closely, you can see that the driver is stif inside oe car. emergency crews are trying tot ge to that pers c. brad is inpper 4. we'll check in with him in a few minutes. some goodnews,he worst of the morning's rain is on its way

out. chuck and sheena's full storm team 4 forecast isoming up. a disturbing discovery less than 100 days until the midterms. >> facebook just released dozens of accounts they said were trying to influence the upcomiel tion. >> peter alexander is following this for us. >> reporter: good morning. the social media giantg say that yet again there appears to be a coordinated campaign being waged on its platform to stir up divisions among americans. all thishead of the all-important midterm elections this november. facebook says its removed 32 pa fs and accountsm facebook and from instagram so far. those bogus pagesan looking to the flames on topics like race and immigrion. already racking up nearly 300,000 followers since las march. so who is behind this? facebook says it's not up to them to say.w they don't kno for sure, but it is working with the fbi to find out.me while, lawmakers say there's

little doubt, thepo are again ting the finger squarely at russia. some calling for new stiffsa tions, all this coming as facebook tries to rebound from a series of damaging headlines lately. just last week losing $120 billion. the largest single day loss in stock market history. angie and eun, we'll have the latest this morning on "today." >> peter alexander live at the white house. thank you. we'll see you iev the deloping story coming up on "today." it is now 6:47. and developingovernight, 55 boxes of said to be remains of fallendiers are headed to testing.r dna vice president mike pence is in hawaii to honor the arrival to american soil. this is a look at the being placed on the hawaii-bound plane after a ceremony at the air base in south korea. the dna testing may take years to complete. and developing thi morning, loved ones are remembering a d.c. couple who was killed inle poss terror attack in

tajikistan. >> lauren geoghegan and jay austin were in the middle of ac g trip around the world. but on sunday it came to a tragic end. we are live outside georgetown university with more >> the couple's final days. justin? eporter: angie, good morning. the couple's family and friends have been tracking their trip online, and then sunday came ths devastating nhat jay and lauren had been killed. now, on their travel blog they wrote they quit their jobs to travel the world on their bix. lauren was georgetown grad who worked in admissions. jay earned his master's and went on to work at hud. on sunday they were killed in car and nuknife attack with two other tourists. isis claimed the responsibility but the u.s. is investigating the claim. lauren's family and jay's collgues at the d.c. tiny

house company have released statements. from lauren's statement, they say the year-long bicycle adventure wasypical of her enthusiasm and embrace lifepo unities. she had a quest for a better understanding of the world. androm jay's colleagues, jay austin of the former bony art studios left the world doing what he loved, cycling the world with the person he loved, lauren geoghegan, if at ts time, one arrest has been made in the attack and three others were ic killed after p arrived to the scene here. the u.s. again trying to t determine is was indeed a terror attack because isis did claim responsibility. back to you. >> justin finch live for us in georgetown. justin, thank you. for the second time in a month, thieves made off with a car left unlocked with the keys inside at the same southeast gas statio this was lasweek's

surveillance video from pennsylvania avenue and eastern market. you can see a man get out of the passenger side of the black suv. detectives say the man thenns jumpede a car at a nearby ga pump and drives away. this was the same situation on july 4th. a thief was caught on camera taking a car at the same gas station. the man gets out of the car in thered, then went over to the black mercedes and just takes of wow. so you still can't swim at sandy point state park this morning as officials issued a no swimming advisory yesterday until further notice because there's so much debr floating aroun the bay. the park and parts of the s bea arll open. boaters are being asked to take precautions in the area until the crews can get it all cleaned up. we'll let you know when they lift the >visory. >> 6:50 now. and back to the storm team 4 weather alert. we want toacheck in with brad in chopper 4 who has been tracking a swifter w rescue. brad, what is the latest?te >> rep that's right, eun.

chopper 4 first over the breaking news in vienna on browns mill road. you can kind of see in the center of the shot right here that vehicle is stuck basically in the middle of about a 200-yard b closure ofwns mill road. the road completely flooded out right now. now, it looks like swift water crews were planning to put a bottom of re at the the screen, but now they have removed that and are trying to move to the other side. and t reason why, the water on the south side there is moving a lot faster than the north. so they will reposition that boat and w theyl hopefully get this driver out of their vehicle. they are still inside of it. so we'll continue to follow thil g as we can. reporting live from chopper 4, eun, back down to you.br >> , thank you for the update. it is hard to imagine how the driver even drifted that far out. >> in the middle of e flooding area, that's crazy. our coverage continues on the ground with adam tuck near

street station. >> adam, how are the flooding there? >> reporter: it's definitely gone down in the last hour orhi so, is good news. but take a look at fairfax station road near coal chester road near fairf you can see the debris and all the stuff that has just gone because e roadway her there was flash flooding in this area. and that is what the issue was. all of this rain that has now stopped thankfully caused the flash floods to.th is a low-lying area that dips down in roads that usually flood. this is what you could encounter on your way to work or getting around ts morning. guys, back to you. >> adam tuck live in fairfax station. thank you. it's 6:52. and let's take look now at your radar. you can see the storms are moving out.

that's good news. chuck bell is here now with the forecast and what to expect for the rest of the day. chuck? >> ye finally the abandoned heavy rain moved out and did leave a lot of high water in its wake. so we still have active flood warnings for partsf southern montgomery, northwest washington and big pieces of fairfax and prince william counties. these flood warnings go il fairfax u 11:00 a.m. this morning. luckily, the heavy rain is over for now. however, there is still a slight risk for strong to severe storms this afternoon. andy especia into this evening. so stay weather alert today. we closethe books o july. reagan national, the fourth wettest record on record. dulles, the wettest july and the fourth wettest month on record. vwi,etst july and second wettest month o recor behind only august of 1955. so good-bye to hello to august. hopefully we can start to change the pattern, but not in the

short-term. we have high rain chances again. and that's in the shenandoah valley later today. and high rain chances everywhere for tomorrow and for friday. keep that inmind. future weather this morning, a lot of dry hours to finish the morning and get into the afternoon. a lot of dry hours and enough sunshine. it will be a war one to be outside today. that heat and the humidity will lead to a round of storms, which having a slight risk for being severe for the whshenandoah valy and the panhandle of virginia. those are the spots to watch carefully today. we could see a few rumbles of thunder late tonight. for tomorrow, a possibility. here's noon tomorrow. rain hviest at timnto the afternoon and another chance for storms tomorrow late evening. so we are not done with our rain chances yet. here you go, here's your ten-day forecast. 88 today and tomorrow. and high rain chances tomorrow and friday. c lower rainces over the weekend, but you're probably going to have to be dodging drops on both saturday and sunday. dryer, back to the 90s next

week. good morning, jack taylor.in good mo beltway out of maryland is still slow from new hampshire all the way over to old georgetown road. the activity there near the big curve was all sanded down. so your delays are beginning to done. but the damage is southbound to george washington parkway after the key bridge, a new crash there is blocking the le lane. and just opening the lane on 7 westbound inside the beltway at 66. there was a downed tree. so that has bee cleared. and we may have issues near coal run mill. the lanes of are being evaluated. we'll see if traffic continues to move eastbound and westboundy we'll kee posted through the morning if this is your norm path of travel. angie and eun, back overu. to and 6:55, it was a really good day for nats' fans. we didn't lose bryce harper and celebrated with a huge win. >> left side, here comes mark

reynolds on the run. game over. game over. that is not a typo on the score board. the nats swept the new york mets 25-4. my goodness. the game that fansr will remem for years to come. it was the highest scoring game in franchise history. way to go. wow. looking at 6:56, here are four things to know today. there's a search for a killer in prince george's county. police say a man was shot and left to die in the street late last night. you're loong athe scene on putnam lane at richie road invi forelle. look for updates on the nbc washington app. and blueprints untraceable for the 3-d printed firearms won't go public today. late las night a federal judge temporarily blocked a texas company from posting the pns online. the terms of the stlement between that business and the federal government would have allowed the blueprints to be downloaded starting today. and testimony resumes today in the federal trial against president trump's former c campaiirman paul manafort.

manafort is facing charges for finaial crimes not related to electionmeddling. he's the first defendant to go to trial with charges filed by special counsel robert mueller. the trial resumes at 9:30. and overnight rain has led to flooding across our ar. take a live look here from chopper 4. crews are conducting high water rescues along flooded roads. chopper 4's still flying over this rescue on browns mill road vienna. yes, certainly be careful this morning with a chance for strong to severe storms later this evening. areas north and west of d.c.ot rwise, rain chances through the weekend. all right. sheena, thank you. th jk you forning us for "news4 midday" today. the "today" ow is next.sh

xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less.

use less data with a network that has the most wifi hotspots where you need them and the best 4g lte everywhere else. saving you hundreds of dollars a year. and ask how you get xfinity mobile included with your internet. plus, get $300 back when you buy a new smartphone. xfinity mobile. it's simple. easy. awesome. click, call or visit a store today. ♪ i don't care where we go ♪ ♪ and i don't care what we do ♪ just take me with you there are roadside attractions. and then there's our world-famous on-road attraction. the 2018 glc, starting at $40,050. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing.

mie in mexico. ages just in from the scene of that aeromexico crash.ve 103 people sur the plane in flames. that flight saw and heard. on it's happening again. facebook sounds e alarm after rt discovering a campaign to influence the november election. >> i can say with pretty high confidence, i think this is russian related. >> just ahead, what's the u.s.'s next move. no jail time. the first penn state fraternity member sentenced in connection with the hazing death of a yound , given three months of house arrest.