flood watches and warnings are in effect. heavy rain caused significant flooding in northern virginia. we brought you some o these images. this morning, there are more flooding concerns. it is 4:00 a.m. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron >> and i'm eun yang. good to see you. glad you're re. we're breaking news out of prince george's county. >> a diner caught fe overnight. firefighters are on the scene. chris lawrence is at theive desk. >> look at this fire. it engulfed a block of businesses in downto upper marlboro. we just got information from prince george's county fire and rescue. this started at al's country kitchen or al's deli. it spread to a chinese

reaurant and a bail bonds place. this is on the corner of water and main street, above sylvania avenue in upper marlboro. right now, crews are trying to put out the hot spots. they hav the bulk of the fire knocked down. news 4's justin finch is headed to the scene. in the meantime, you c o follow hi twitter. aaron, back to you. >> chris lawrence for us at the live desk. thank you. we want get back to the story impacting all of us today, th weather. >> more rain is coming our way. jack taylor is in for melissa.t, but fi chuck bell is here. more rain, chuck. and a lot of it last night? >> a lot of rain over the dmv. to that pattern is not going break down soon. the flash flood watchnu is just s ago, were extended until

8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. and they will likely have to be extended tomorrow, as well. locally, some spots will get more than an inch of rain todayd dullesn inch of rain today. we had a quarter-inch at national airport. thunderstorms across virginia. those will be moving up the y shenandoah val over the next couple of hours. it's cloudy and not aot whole of rain around the metro area, ilr rain increase in time. temperatures in the steamy 70 to get the day started. flood watches almost everywhere. the only places not in the flash flood watch is southern maryland. there's the planner for today. afternoon temperatures getting up in the upper 80 rain chances remain high today. a look at tomorrow and the weekend coming up. good morning, jack taylrn. >> good g. on the outer loop, down virginia into marynd, we had issues overnight. and unfortunately, there was a

closure of couple of right lanes on the beltway to go north on 295. everything is being pulled out of the roadway as we speak.r there's a mislowdown. 395 headed south after seminary road, we have a work truck in place. also in virginia, 95 going southbound, before the centerport park crews are blocking the left lane but not causing much of a sl slowdown. >> jack, thank yo it's 4:03. we expect to lose details about a shooting in oxon hill. police will release the name of the off-duty officer. he heard gunshots cing from a liquor store. as he was running towards the store,e noticed a man with a gun running in his thdirection. e officer yelled for the man d

p his weapon. when he didn't, the officer shot him. witnesses said it was a chaotic situation. >> people were runni towards where i was at. i was like, what's going on? and the shots were loud. i knew it was close to me. >> before encountering the ofctcer, the sus shot and killed i somebodyn the liquor store. thetim and the subject were arguing but it's unclear if they knew one another. we're looking at police body ca lra that to a police ng shoo >> in june, he was unarmed. we want to warn you that video is disturbing. the officer h shot whie continued to charge at him. we froze the video before the shots were fired. a secondof cer's body camera showed white get up and charge at the officer.

white yelled, do it again. the two continued to struggle. and there were several more shots that killed white. we asked a retired d.c. homicide detective to analyze the video. >> as unfortunate as it is, it is justified. it's a justified shooting, hands down. theasfficer clearly just if ied justified because his life was in danger. >> no charges will be filed against the officer. it is one of president trump's most direct attacks on the mueller investigation. reaction is coming in.er yey, the president tweeted, quote, attorney general jeff sessions shod stop this rigged witch hunt right now before it continues to stain our country anyfurther. the president's critics call the justice. obstruction of but rudy giuliani says the tweet

was an opinion, not a order. >> he used the word should, not dst. he didn'ect him to do it and he's not going to direct him to do it. >> he bashed the tax fraud taial t paul manafort, slamming the case as a hoax. >> manafort's trial is in day three. they are ahead of schedule and could wrap up tomorrow. manafort's former business partner, rick gates, pleaded guilty to charges earlier this year and it's thought he could testify. but gates may not take the stand. gat happening now in montgomery county, police are trying to find an iraqi teen that went missing in chevy chase. he was last seen early monday at

theen conferencer wearing black jeans and flip-flops. ahmed is 5'7", weighs, 140 pouns brown eyes and black hair. tens of thousands of people in nifthern cnia remain under evacuation orders. you're looking at new video of theassive carr fire. the fire is nearly twice the size of sacramento. it's been burning for more than a week now. is morning, it's only 35% contained. the fire has alrea destroyed more than 1,000 homes and is responsible for 6 deaths. one of college football's most successful coaches is off the field for you. >> ohio statelad urban myer on paid administrative leave as he faces allegations that he knew about domestic abuse of one of his coaches. in an interview available on

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the runway. more than 100 peopledi i the crew, had just seconds to get out before the jet burst intoflames. there was one passenger who show about "today" the moment of impact. >> we were bracing for impact. once the actual plane shldpped, we cee the flames on either side of the engine because we hit the ground and kind of rolled. not rolled but skidded. it's just a t blessingt i'm here to tell the story. >> that's the truth. we know about85 people had minor injuries. officials in durangdurango, mex says the jet was hit by wind before the crash. all of the recent rain means a lot of standin waters and that's a breeding ground fors. mosqui the first human case of west nile virus in 2018. west nile can only be transmitted to people through mosquitos. u cannot watcatch it from anothr person.

most people don't have symptoms but they can include a rash, and flu-like symptoms. empty any containers of standing water around your home. the strong storms and heavy rain hav had harsh consequences in the chesapeake bay. >> tree branches, dirt, other debris has been accumulated in the bay. there's so much debris, th b swimming hn banned. crews are working to clean up the shoreline and get the debris out of the water. right now, the maryland department of natural resources has not set a time when swimming can resume at the beach >> they can enjoy the beach, but there's too much debris in the water. >>ke wor filled 22 trucks with depbris trying to clean up the alley. this morning, the baby bald eagle with a huge online following is recovering a

rehab center after falling and wandering the streets of d.c. last week, valor, a 3-month-old eaglet fell 80 feet. the next day, a worker found tlor and put him back int tree. he disappeared again. the humane rescue alliance said that someone saw him walking around just blocks away from thr retum. the eaglet is expected to be back home in about a week after r&r. >> you fall out of a tree and wonder the neighborhood. >> i'm glad somebody found him. he was accepte to georgetown but saw his education slipping away when his parents disowned him andrefused to help him cover the co >> it's all because he is gay. it's what happened that got people talking.

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the fda's part. the fda is looking into a salmonella contamination in whey powder that caused a recall of snacks, such as ritz crackers and goldfish. inova wil ban plastic straws. it will reduce items in all of the hospitals across northern virginia. the health system says it uses million straws each year. it wants to ensure that the astic does not find its way into the bay. it will offer straws to the disabled. the ban begins on america recycles day. strangers a rallying around the university freshman that was disowned by h parents for being gay. he's on a partial scholarship to

georgetown. when his parents found out he was gay, they sent him to conversion therapy. >> they were saying, we don't care where you are staying and we don't care if you're safe, our religious beliefs are more important. >> his teacher has raised tuition money and so far it's raised$110,000. this is more common than people realize. it happened more in the '90s. times have changed but there's examples ofor this of -- i'm trying to think of a word i can say on tv to dcribe what this family has done to this kid. fortunately people have rallied around him. t >> love see the community has wrapped their arms around this student. > an animal control officer in georgia has been hailed a hero for saving a pet from flash

flooding. >> a mdher calle for help when she came to fine her backyard flooded out. the family's three dogs were stranded there. an officer waded through waist-deep water to rescue the pops. all three made it out safely. >> very cool. >> i'm telling you. >> love that story. this rain, everybody. >> i know. >> what are you laughing at? >> we're just exhausted. we're going delirious. we'reo water-logged. >> incredible enough. baltimore had theulrainiest on record. it's amazing that it happened with only half a month. it all came starting on the 15th. for those of you know, climate change is al thing. when you warm up the atmosphere, there's more water vapor. if the last two weeks don't prove to you we have a heavier rain event, dot only we set the record, but all of the rain came on eight or ten days.

17 inches of rain for 10 days. the last thing we need is more rain. unfortunately, more rain is exactly what we're going to get. the rain outlook, scattered and widespread from today to tomoweow. in the end, we're keeping a chance in the forecast for rain. most of the weekend rainishreat n the first part of the day saturday. i think sunday is going to be a decent day to be outside. right now, a steamy 77 degrees. at's the 4:00 a.m. temperature at natnal airport. heavy thunderstorms across virginia. this is part of the of tropical moisture that will bring us another chance of rain this afternoon. here's future weather. mainly dry for theorng commute. here's lunchtime. heavy rain from hagerstown to winchester, to parts of the shenandoah valley. as we get into early parts of the afternoon, 2:00, 3:

showers likely to be impacting the early part o thecommute. and another wave of heavier rain this evening.e that could problematic for the nationals and the reds game tonight at7:05. your forecast, 88 degrees, humid and breezy, just like yesterday. and not everyone is going to gen on. but those who can get rain can sily pick up another inch or more. tomorrow, another soggy day, start-to-finish. saturday's rain should be over by about 9:00 or 10:00 a.m. think saturday afternoon and sunday look nice. and if you're headed to the mountains this weekend, jack taylor, afternoon highs in the ountains will only be in the 70s this weekend. >> kind of like being in san diego. nice. the trouble we have unfortunately is going to be in upper marlboro. there's are struc fire affecting buildings. main street at elm street closed off, with a lot of fire and on-scene. we have a couple of work zones in virginia.un

395, south after seminary road. as you head on ou sout, before the centerport parkway, you find the work blocking a single left lane. and you should find no delay. northbound is unaffected. >> thank you. 4:22. still ahead, we'reorking for you on details of fraudulent amazon charges. who is impacted i had been diagnosed with stage 4 prostate cancer. i serve in the grkeral assembly and we together across the aisle to get things done. and that'she way it is at ctca. what fred needed was a management team. not justteo have a long-term st for quantity of life, but also an active strategy for quality of life. my psa is under control. gave me an opportunity to accomplish my goalsnd my dreams. learn more at cancercenter.com/philadelphia appointments ava now.

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has learned of amazon charges that are fraudulent from one of the nation's largest pankpank a banks. irginia teacher reached out to us after she noticed hundreds of dollars of unauthorized charges on her wells fargo debit card. she made the discovery after her sist sister saw a friend's facebook post. following fraudulent charges between wells fargo and amazon. >> these are small enough charges that they were easy to miss. >> absolutely. >> and you missed them. >> i missed epthem. >>ter: they called wells fargo and canceled the cards and started to spreadhe word. >> everyone in my social circle, when i brought this issue eyup, ll said, wait a minute, i have a charge. and wait, i sawome arges, too. and they thought nothing of it

becae they purchase things from amazon all the time. >> wells fargo and us they believe the issue has been fixed. wells fargo s this unfortunate experience is debit card fraud. the bank wouldn't say jus how ny customers were impacted. but i does appear to be limited to customers invirginia. now, she was able to get all of her money blsk from w fargo. but another was only able toti t a p of it from the bank. we'll tell you why that is at 5:00 and also how you can protect yourself. this morning, safety scare. a h invasion caught on a couple's pet camera. a clear lusk at thepect and t e warning about how the weather helped hiinside. speaking of weather, another storm team 4 weather alert day. the only active flooding is in prince william county. watch out for high water in that

area. more about today's forecast and a look ahead at high temperatures, coming right up. plus, a fight in the city of lights closing an iconic lamark. the

right now, that storm team 4 weather alert, a much drier start to your dha than we saw yesterday. while the rain isn't falling all

over our area right now, flash flood threats will be in effect all day. >> that's aftere warnings l this one yesterday. chopper 4 flying above an emergency rescue in vienna. two drivers had to be carried to safety after the water became t too high handle. you see flooded roads this morning, turn around. first responders warn every time. drives itably, someone through high water. >> and gets stuck. >> good morning, eun yang. >> and i'm aaron gilchrist. we have team cover on the weather and theroads. chris lawrence with more on the ?ig fire up in marlboro. what can you tell