thanks for joining us. >> we are inth w alert mode this morning. >> today is going to be an active dayause we have rain on the way. we had some rain that fell through our area last night. it's going to continue to cause floodingroblems across the area. we're lookingt no rain out there.s

here i a look at the flood warning right now as they stand. theavy rain is over for now but we have a slight risk of more srms as we continue through today. we have a slight risk. the second highest to see thunderstorms around here and pretty much west of d.e area. west of i-95. this is where we think we could nd more flooding issues as we continue through the day once we get the storms in here. we'll time out when we'll see storms. >> we'll stay on top of it. thank you. the overnight rain created some really big problems on the roads. we spotted high water in fairfax

water. u can see the fast movingte war nearly covering the car. >> there were reports of a high water rescue in vienna. >> reporter: what a mess thismo ing, pat. good morning to you. absolutely you can take look here at the water as it continues to race through the area. some of those roads have re-opened. some people were in a very dangerous situation today. all across the area,ocal roads turned into rivers. a driver stranded completely surrounded by water. chopper 4 capturing the scene. >> you c see the vehicle is stuck in the middle of about a 200 yard closure ofil browns road. the road completely flooded out

right now. >> reporter: fairfax county tescue team removed the driver but the car l to stay in the off. and run john has lived in the vienna area for 50 years. he came to take pictures and said last night was roughthith e rain. >> i measud 3.25 inches in a rain bucket i put out. >> reporter: the rain pounded windshields leaving a mess. this is the debris that's bee left over by flash flooding. we had treesro wash ac the roadway and the driver ting to do what so many should not do. some drivers still takinge chances lhis guy in his pickup truck with the hitch in tow. luckily at this point in serious injuries reported around the area. back here live as the water is making its way today. you heard lauren mention it, there's going to bee a lot m rain in the forast today

arouand as we go through the rest of the week, so important t not put yourself in a dangerous situation. >> thanks for the advice. this morning we're learning more about the d.c. couple killed in a possible terror attack.ti jay a and lauren were in the middle of a yearlong cycling trip around the world. on sunday their adventure came to a tragia mater, georgetown university. >> reporter: on sunday came back sad news thathey had been killed. they wrote they quit their jobs to t around the world by bike. jay earned hiser mastersat georgetown and went onto work at

hud. the car was killed with two other tourists. isis did claim responsibility that's not been confirmed by u.s. official. lauren's family and jay's colleagues did release statements.ic the yearlongle adventure hey were enjoying was typic of her enthusiastic embrace of opportunities, her openness to new people and places and her quest for a better understanding of the world. from jay' colleagues, jay austin left this world h doing what loved, connecting with people and cycling the world with the person he loved. one arrest has been made in this uscase. threects were killed after the attack. the u.s. working to confi this indeed was an act of terror. in georgetown, justin finch, news 4. police are searching for the person who shot and killed a man blocks away from north

fontstville eary school. here is acene late las night. the man was discovered in the roadway and died at the scene. you should call prince george police if you have any information. a sheriff departmenty pul d over to help a car trouble. what happened next was caught on the officer's dash cam. >> i committed a crime? >> i didn't say you did. you're still required to identify yourself. >> am i being detained? >> you're not detaed. >> then i'm free to go. >> put your hands behind your back. >> the deputy arrested george e wingnd charged him with failing to identify himself, obstruction o justice and resisting arrest.

the judge threw out all the now wingate is suing the deputy. he believes race played a part in their encounter. >> with officers and zifcivilia of our i color,s time that we stand up for our rights and do this the right hway. walks up and keeps insisting on having him identify himself and the gentleman doesn't need to. it's called a nstual contact. it's two people that come together. that gentleman could walk away and attempt to or asks to and the police officer says you can't. >> we were told they could not comment on pending litigation. twaemt e attempted to interview thety deut he's not responded to our question. safety changes are on the way for cyclists. the demand forim ovement comes after the death of 19-year-old

malik. he died in june when his bikeot tiretuck in the streetcar tracks. his family aad bike safety vocated gathered for a memorial ride yesterday on 8th street. his mother says rubber flats could haveaved herson's life. >> if these streetcar flanges were there, like a little piece of rubber that goes inside the tracks, he didn't have to get caught in there. if he didn't get caught in there, he wouldn't have flipped in the air. if he wouldn't flipped in the air, he wouldn't have got thrown in a bus'wa testimony has resumed in t federal trial against paul manafort. this is the first case to go to trial involving charges

inveigatn.ed fil c traci potts has the latest on the drama inside the courtroom. >> reporter: 12 jurors will decide the fat of former trumpir campaign chaaul manafort. he's accused of miking millions working for the russian backed ukrainian government. hiding money overseas to avoid taxes and lying to get loans to support his lavish lifestyle. manafort bs it on the prosecution star witness. his former business partner rick gates. the defense will argue gates controlled the money and embezzled it. >> if manafort is convicted, it becomes more likely that he might agree to cooperate. >> reporter: telling what he knows from three months in charge of the trump campaign. president trump did not the trial or the russia investigation at a rally in taa lastnight. the white house is keeping its distance. >> remember, io has nothing do with the campaign. >> reporter: the trial could

impact robert mueller's investigation. >> win will signify he's here for serious, legitimate reasons, not a witch hunt and give him an edge going into the rest of this ye's proceedings. >> reporter: the trial is expected to last three weeks. if convicted, mafort is facin up to ten years in prison. traci potts, nbc news washington. >> president trump didn't say anything about manafort or the special counsel during his rally last night ina. ta instead the president focused on his border wall, immigration anr pushed stronger voter id laws. >> you go out andt you w to buy anything, you need id and you need your picture. in thisco try, the only time you don't need it, in manys, cas when you want to vote for a president. when you want to vote for a w senaton you want to vote for a governor or a congressman. itcrazy.

>> more than half of the states in the u.s. reqre some form of identification to vote, cluding virginia. for many it's a college tradition, pledging a fraternity or sorority. parents expect their kids to come home with letters, not end up dead. we haveo reactione sentencing in one

we are hearing this from the parents of a penn state student who died after prosecutors say he had 18 drinks iowithin a 90-minute p as part of a hazing ritual. adg ju spared the only fraternity member who pleaded guilty from spending any time in jail. morgan radford has the story. >> reporter: this morning the distraught parents of timothy piaza are speaking out. >> it's never easy. it's never easy because you just constantly reminded of what you lost. >> it's the first step in some level of justice for tim being d ki >> reporter: ryan burke sentenced to three monthsf house arrest, 27 months of probation and 100 hours of community service.

>> our hearts go out to the family but it's important to unde tand that ryanburke is not the cause. >> reporter: played a role.ay h the 21-year-old pleaded guilty in juneo misdemeanor alcohol charges. he said i'm very sorry for the loss, he said. i'm here tod to accept responsibility for my actions. iay hope one d to be able to be forgiven. jim has questioned burke's remorse. >> hs remorseful he's in the n. situatio >> reporter: prosecutors say burke is seen carrying burke's limp body upstairs. the defendant appeared unconcerned. he's seen playfully hoisting a girl over his shoulders jumping on the sofa next to him and

rolling over him as he's seen getting up before leaving the room. prosecutors say no one called 911 until almost 12 hours fe s he fell. he layer died from trauma to his head and antomen. the pahave several steps left in their son's case. with more than 20 other former fraternity brothers facing various charges including hazing. >> i often think there's this hand on my shoulder telling me to keep going. t going to ng it's go be okay. >> the judge said the court was shocked what happened the night he died but also mindful there were many people involved. the judge also ruled that the cost of the funeral, $27,000 should be split among everybody found guilty in the case. prosecutors in los angeles

say they will not pursue a sex abuse s againscase against the cbs. he's abused of sexlly abusing a woman back in the 1980s. prosecutes say the statute of limitations has expired. the highest ranki ining amen at the vatican insists he didn't know about sex abuse allegations. he said he would hav done something had he known about the alleged victims claims. he resigned from the college of cardinals over the weekend. he's accused of sexually abusing boys and adults. some catholi are concerned the church knew about the allegations and chose not to address them. fit's a bond they share. the survivors of the parkland shooting and the church ho

ooting. a gunman killed nine. wyesterday the students mh activists at the church to talk about gun contro meshasures. u.s. appeals courtd uph a lore court to allow metro tran on political, religious advertisements. last year the catholic church sued metro arguing the policies violated the first amendments. thehurch wanted to use the ads. metro banned issue oriented ads back in 2015 over vandalism and concerns about it. dge brett cavanaugh is one of the three judges on theppeals court that heard the case. the decision was 2-0.

gone in 60 seconds. that's all it took for thieves to get away with purses worst thousands of dollars from sax fifth avenue. >> reporter: these are pictures of two of the suspects gaking thei away after this high dollar hand bag heist at sax. look closely. hand bag upon hand bag. stacked one on top of the other. it seem leek it too quite an effort just to keep them from tu as they were making their get away, who should be outside in his car but garcia and snap with his camera. >> what do you make of something like this? >> i don't know. maybe easy money. >> pretty brazen.

in the daylight. >> i ow. they like to leave easily. >> reporter: it happened around 11:30 this morning. they say two guys go inside that store and assault an employee. they arelowed by five more guys. en all seven began grabbing things, this way, that way. out in ah. fl here now from montgomerypo coun ce officer rick goodale. >> start to finish, how long did it take? >> about a minute. >> looked like they planned what they were going to do. >> that's what it appears. they knew wha they wanted to target as far as property. they assaulted the employee who mediately confronted them and they fled. looks like they knew what they wanted to do. >> police say the thieves took off in twors a toyota yaris and a volkswagen. some of d.c.'s smallest baseball stars are set to hit their biggest field yer

>> h from the little league team making history right here in our community.

d.c. is ready to cheer on its little league baseball stars as they get ready to go to b a big way. >> the mamiem johnson t beat out cap city little leaguer to advance to a regiol tournament going on this weekend in

bristol, connecticut. all for chance to make it to the little league world series. they are so close. that's going to ben i williams port, pennsylvania. we caught up with t team at the washington nationals baseball academy. >>hey. i'm daniel with mamie johnson lit league.s this my team behind me practicing. we're exciting for the little league regionals. we're going to bristol, connecticut. >> youure are. look how cute they are. their first game will be sunday when they goead to head with the team. >> for it. we're rooting for them. >> congratulations. beating out that to seated team was big. an incredible day for nats fans.

bryce harper is still here in washington. we celebrated with an epic win. >> left on the run. game ov. >> yes, you're reading that correctly. the nats sweep the new york mets 25-4. a game the fans will remember for yrs to come this was the highest scoring game in franchise history. the play of the game may have to go to fan. >> second baseman daniel murphy slammed a home run. this fan whether i happipped ou and made the tcca a nice souvenir. a nht she will never forget. she will never forget this moment. >> she shouldn't. >> did you see the guy pretend he was going to throw it back? she was like no. that was funny.

at least they got the game in yesterday. they are playing in abo 25 minutes. they're playing at noon. >> what are they going to play in? >> nice conditions. >> iwas terrible coming in earlier and then the sun comes out. >> it's not feeling that bad out there. it will feel pretty hot as we get into the afsornoon. the r we had the rain overnight last night is because that warm front gotts act together. we have been watching over the last few days,e finallyot it to the north. o beautifu there. nothing on the radar. we're scanning it. nothing coming up. if you travel out to the west you can see showers.

there's nothing. really we're squeezed between this. all this moistur is continuing to feed all the way down from the deep gulf, deep south and moving right into here in the mid-atlantic. we're getting thistropical, this deep south moisture heading into here. that will only feed into some thunderstorms. flash flood watch mainly to the east. we have it right along i-81 corridor. at's where we' see flooding and severe weather. you can see the storm prediction center lined up with that thunderstorm risk. areas to the west hav best chance to see a thunderstorm. weu can see, here we go by about 6:00. e not going to see it until later on this evening until about 5:00. we have a mix of sun and clouds. this is6:30. all those dynamics continue to head to the north. wers as we a few s head into the overnight. we have better chances of rain. we'llhow you that ten-day

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>> reporte with less than 100da until the midterm l elections, facebook says it's happening again. fueling deep divisions among american the social media giant now working with the fbi and otherss saying it can' for sure who is behind the latest disinformation campaign but this morning lawmakers insist there's no doubt who is responsible. >> i can say with pretty high confidence this is >> repusorsiter: republican lin graham endorsing new sanctions against the kremlin. >> it will b the sanctions bill from hell and any othernt cry that is trying to interfere should suffer the same fate. >> reporter: facebook has removed 32 pages and accounts from facebook and instagram. one fake page called resisters. enuraging real activists to bring helmets, goggles and medical supplies in anticipation

of a clash.s that i pushing the left wing campaign to abolish i.c.e. part of a growing political fir storm. >> their new platform, what they want to do, the democrat party, they want the abolish i.c.e. o> reporter: running from march of last year t this may. >> security is an arms race and it's never done. >> reporter: facebook doubting its quick response after a serious of damaging headlines. last week$1 losing billion, the largest single day loss in stock history. >> unfortunately, the enforcement isn't perfect. >> reporter: the president aides aware of facebook lates response. nd security secretary delivering there warning for any foreign power who interferes in u.s. elections. >> any aerempt to inte in

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self-driving trucks. they are focusing on self-driving cars. it's the latest case of uber scaling back its self-driving technologies since the company's deadly self-driving car crashed back in march. blueprints for 3-d printed guns aeady in the hands of thousands. that despite a federal junldge' order to sp their release.or we have on ghost guns and why they are causing a big debate. >> reporter: this homemade plastic gun was created with a 3-d printer and design files that were scheduled to be leased online today. federal judge issued a restraining order tuesday to stop the release. >> these are more than just a cookbook for a gun.re these plug and play downloadable designs. >> reporter: a 3-d printer builds designs from computerre softwaayer by layer

generally using abs plastic. the same kind used in lego. printingthe 3-d industry say the process can be complex. >> there's a learnin curv you're not going to step up to a 3-d printer like you woul m microwave, pop in your thumb driver aor hit go. >> rr: 3-d printers can be expensive. >> price will not be a deterrent to organized crime, drug cartel and terrorists. >> reporter: the man behind texas based company reached att ment in june. gun control groups and legislatures a fighting back. >> i don't think you should have the ability to control your access to it on the internet or ability to print it on a machine. >> reporter: it's a violation of his first and second amendment right. >> why should t federal government tell you wha you

should and should not make. you can weigh in on proposed serity changes at national zoo. yesterday the acting director spoke to the community association. the zoo wants to add securitynd fenceseduce the number of pedestrian entrances. there's also talk about long term plans to create physical check points right now the only proposal under review is to add more fencing. this summer we know many groups are collecting school supplies to help students in our area. >> the effort by a non-profit is helping to seal the gap. they work with school social workers to make sure students in need of getting supplies get those supplies throughout the school year. the work doesn't end in the

fall. >> what we do with that money is we purchase school supplies in bulk and we work closely with our partner schools to pvide the supplies to the students that they are aware of in their schools thataven't been served by other organizations. >> bright path is accepting donations through friday at 21 lw kcatio locations. reminder that news 4 annual pabackpack for kids is unr way. on august 8th we'll be down at the apple credit union. collecting donationsf new backpacks and other school supplies as well. if you can't swing by there, you can make a secure online donation. go to nbcwashington.com and sech backpacks. >> i will be out there dark and early. i want to seeeople come out. >> they will.

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wo she's still recovering weeks after a lava bomb pierced her tour i boat hawaii. this morning we're hearing from one of those survivors. 20-year-old jessica tillton was protected her sister on pooboar wh she suffered serious injuries of a broken femur and hip. she explains her road to recovery hasn't been easy. >> i keep thinking in my mind every day but i can get through

this and i'll be able to go back to school eventually. you just got to go through the painight now to get there. >> it's still not clear when he leave ill be able the hospital. so amazinining anybody survive . wish her a sped di edy recovery. turning now to the weather which is not bad today. we have a littl league game coming up this afternoon and we want that good weather. >> i think we might be able to get it especially around here in d.c. not everybody will get i it. ink the dynamics lie west for areas that will have stronger storms lat on this afternoon. overnight i think we all have a chance. we want a 40% chance that you would see where you are yesterday and today. about a .40% chan it's going to be westpinion then we will all pick up some

chances. just some showers in the overnight. again, this is on five levels. we've got marginal which is pretty low that we'll have storms and a slight risk for severe storms. light risk of severe storms and going back towds thei-81 corridor. ose are the areas that will see the best chance. we're not seeing anything out there right now. look at these little things right here. these little cells out in west virginia. i'm going to put one our fut weather. it shows that cell trying to t make its wough winchester. this may be over done by just a touc by6:30, that's the only thing that comes through. we're completely dry here in d.c. then we start seeing some stronger storms. you can see this from the reds and yellows. that continues to move through. then even by 11:30, we're dry here in d.c. but we have chance

for more showers as we head into the overnight. the light risk will continuein some else that will continue until tomorrow is the flash flood watch. this is west of d.c.is s where we think the heaviest rain is going to be. temperatures out there rightin w he 70s and 80s. over the next 12 hours, again, we'll see rain chances increase after about five or six mainly west and everybody gets a chanc during the overnight. tomorrow temperatures will be in the upper 80s. we have another chance of severe weather. i'm going the show you this right now.ut we hade weather for tomorrow morning starting at 7:00 a.m. you see a few showers out there but we see more showers and thunderstorms we continue rough the afternoon and we'll have a few on friday. here is a look at your five-day forecast. do have weather alert for today. we may be weather alert for tomorrow. 70% chance of rain tomorrow. friday, satday and sunday we have some rain chances. we'll show you that and the beach forest aer this. ca

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the parkn is o as scheduled today. six mths after fire destroyed hank's tavern, work is finally under way to bring the tavern back to life. the reconstruction has ban total community effort. cal businesses donating the materials. hank's tavern has been are fixtu century.than a so glad to see it coming back. new video this morning shing an arsonist in action. take a look at the man filling t up that red gasn. nothing seems to be out of ordinary, at first. >> then the man douses t gas pump in gasoline and strike match. you see the fire ball.

a man who was standing a few feet away said he thought he was going to die. >> when i saw the flame, t t easily hands down thecaest i've been in my life immediatereaction to to duck down beside my koor. >> new york police are zernling for the arsonist. it sold more iphones at higher prices. apple is upbeat about the current quarter. stock could trade at a record high today. apple closing in another milestone. it kboucould be t first compa to top $1 trillion in market value. chipotle is extending its

avocado promotion through today. it was created just last year by a food delivery service in california. $2.3 billion in avocados were sold in the u.s. the poparity of subscription services is on the rise. if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. as nbc joe friar reports, movie pass subscribers are finding that out the hard way. >> yeah, baby. >> reporter: for movie lovers who enjoy seeing first run films in theater, it was an incredible deal. some critics say it was too good true. >> we need to change people's perception. >> reporter: for just under ten

bucks oo mona month, the pay on allowing s alwing subs to see a movie every day. it will cost users 14.95 a month with much more limited film choices. access to some of the hottest movies like mission impossible fu fall out will be denied forrshe two weeks. >> people have been watching movie pass for a long time have thought this business model is just not sustainable. movie pass a has been burning through tens of millions of dollars as it effectively gives away movie tickets almost for free. >> reporter: just lastk w movie pass borrowed more than $6 million to keep the company afloat. ceo adding no one lanes ,

these are essential stepsino contue providing the most attractive subscription service in the industry. some have even left and gone to the competition. >> amc veiled a brand newbs sucription, 20 bucks a month which is more. advance seating, you see as many times as you like. a $15 monthly subscription to movie pass is still a bargain but is the deal good enough to keep subscribers. > these are not the terms and conditions i signed to. eachonth it's like a new, something else, wrinkle tossed into the ld. >> that was joe friar reporting. industry insiders say the price hike may not be a fix for movie pass especially since amc has gotten into the game offering fewer restrictions and drawing

sub skrscribers a way from movi pass. we'll have a final cck on e forecast in just a moment. >> be sure to join us for t elle ellen show at 3:00 this afternoon. machine

let's see how long the sunshine will stay with us. >> i think we can have a good of

sunshine today. we have chances of storms picking up later on this evening. any time after about 5:00 or 6:00. the best chances wl be mainly to the west along i-81. we'll have the watchg flood because of multiple rounds of rain we had last night. this is from the storm prediction center out of norman, oklahoma. theyive us the scalef who could see a better chance of storms. b marginng lower level. we're slight riskspially for areas to the west to see some severe weather later on this afternoon. we could have some tornadic acvity that we'll have t watch. nothing showing up on the radar right now. you see that right there, that little stuff getting goingust around petersburg, west virgin. you can s this. at 11:30, you can see this stuffer picking up here.s it g right into northern frederick county and up through hagerstown. that might be the only storm you meet this afternoon.

most of us getting going after 6:00. 5:00 or you can see it in the reds right there just around winchester prty much along i-81. a lot thoese dynamics stay we'll have chance to see showers here. they will be more widespread. i do n think they will be the flooding and heavy rains that we saw last night. we areoing to see some more rain as we continue into the avovernight. we ongoing flooding through last night. prince william county, fairfax county. the heavy rain oifr for now but as i showed you the sght ris of severe storm and points back to i-81.oifr for now but as i showed you the slight risk of severe storms and points back to i-81.voifr for now but as i showed you the slight porisk of severe storms ants back to i-81.eoifr for now but as i showed you the slight risk of severe storms and points back to i-81.roifr for now but as i showed you the slight risk of severe storms and points back to i-81. for now but as i showed you the slightstisk

of severms and points back to i-81. we'll all have the chance of showers during the overnight. i told you i would tell you about your beach forecast. nolooking too bad. we have chance of rain but we can save sunday. looks like we'll have sunshineo sunday. then we finally get some sunshine by the time we head into monday auesday of next week. not until then. rain keep high chances of as we get into your thursday. friday we'll have showers andto thundes to deal with throughout the day. saturday and sunday, the rain chances start to flatten out a bit. th start to go down. thank gosh just in time f the weekend. monday, tuesday, we'll start the dry out a bit with another chance of rain coming mid to next week. guys. >> thank you. >> umbrellas willor get a out here. that's it for news 4 midday. ank you for joining us. >> we're back on the air at 4:00. e you later. >

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