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

>> this is breakg news out of prince george's county. fire s officia the fire started around 1:30 this morning. it started in al country kitchen and spread. so far, we know three other businesses and three apartments had been affected. look at the flames there. everyone did get out of the apartments. >> investigators are trying to figure out what caused t s we have a crew headed to the scene right now. justin finch is just about ther we're going to get details from him as soon as he arrives on the scoe. back your thursday commute. jack taylor is in for melisou and yr traffic. >> first, chuck i bell here for the alerts we need to know about the storm team 4 forecast. >> another day with a storm team 4 weather alert. another day with a high chance for rain and a hig threat for flash flooding again today. just like what we saw yesterday. theiming will be a little bit different. today's threat coming primarily in theirst half o the day for the shenandoah valley. and the second half of the day

for the i-95 corridor. you see heavy rain, thunder and lightning across parts of the roanoke valley. be ready for rainfall there first thing this morning. no heavy rain around town.e the comm getting off to a dry start. watches the flash flood have been extended to move to 8:00 a.m. friday morning. and you may have to extend it further because tomorrow's rain threat is just as high as today. steep.atures are you can squeegee your forehead off. you may see a peek or two of unn from time-to-time. don't getmoo far f your umbrella. your rain chance is at 70%. a couple things going on in viinia with work zones. the one at centerport. they've been blocking the single left lane.

395, two left lanes get by that work zone. as you saw in footage, we have ouble in upper marlboro. main street at elm street. we have a fire going on. lot of equipment on-scene. the closure is a formal spot you would drive through. main strt a elm street. th fire department activity has all lanes blocked. >> thank you, continuing our team coverage thismorning. a lot of alrey-soaked roads may be even worse as you head out today. this is a look at some of the roads in northern virginia that wee seen this week the heavy rain put several roads under water. >> more rain means you could run into high water during your commute today. firefighters have a warning for people thinking about trying to drive through the ter. >> it takes as little as six inches of water to move a car. it will lift it and float it. i don't care if you're driving the smallest little honda vehicle or a nice, big suv. >> you heard it there.

firefighters in fairfax county rescued five people from the high water tuesday night into wednesday morning. don't take the chance. new this morning, president trump took to twitter early this morning, tha ningth korean leader kim jong-un for returning the remains of u.s sdiers killed during the korean war. this was one of the issues agreed upon in june at the summit in singapore. the president said, i'm not surprised that you too this kind action. also, thank you for your nice letter. i look forward to seeing you soon. vice presint mike pence joine officials and dozens of veterans at pearl harbor for a ceremony s to receive theble remains of 55 american soldiers. this morning, we expect to learn new details in a shooting in oxon hill.th ities will release the name of the off-duty officer that shot aec su the officer said he heard

gunshots coming from a liquor stor as he was running towards the store, he noticed a man with a gun was running in his direction. the officer yelled for the man to drop his weapon. when he did not, the officer shot him. before encountering the officer, the suspect shot and killed someone inside the liquor store. witnesse said the victim and suspect wereorgaarguing. new allegations of sexual misconduct against les moonves. the board ofirectors approved of hiring two law firms to investigate. a woman went to police last year to report sexual abuseti alles dating back to the 1980s. prosecutors did not pursuear chges because the statute of limitations had expired. this details sexual harassment by six women in "the new yorker." moonves will stay at his post

duigng the inveion. we're told this is from a pet cam in a home nea the rockland's barbecue restaurant. and that person coming down the stairs does not live there. the homeowner said that he believes this person got intose his h through an unlocked window. the man in the video tooknd electronicsjewelry. he wants people to seehis video if he sees this man selling those items and can call police. evenicking, punching, pepper spraying all over a wig. the video you saw first on news 4. >> surveillance footage from the struggleghn friday t. employees trying to stop suspects from leaving the store with stolen wigs. the fight spilled down an aisle andhe wigs were used as wells. after the suspect's escape,n on ame back and he ran away with an $80 wig. the teves are on the loose. coming up, the strange, new twist in the murder of a former

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it can cause. and thank goodness they were able to escape. very dangerou the eiffel tower workers have gone on strike. >> they are upset over a newha policys creating long lines at paris. look at the line here. this new policy allows tkets to be booked in advance for scheduled entry times. the ticketholders are allowed t take separevators to the top of the eiffel tower. that's creating montirous waitins according to employees. the eiffel tower had more than 6 million visitors last year. >> i don't know how you solve that problem. it's just so particular. people are going to get in line, no matter what. >> can people just go? >> you have to get a ticket either way. you go and wait in line to get a ticket. but now there's a separate entrance. we wentrs couple yea ago. stunning views. worth the wait. 4:42ight now.

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♪ start the day with the chicken you love. get the feeling of chi, for breakfast. ♪ >> 4:45 right now. we're tracking breaking news in upper marlboro. a huge fire inside a popular it spread to several businesses on main street overnight. >> this was the scene at al's country kitchen a little while

ago. look at the flames. they are now under control. but firefighters are still on the scene making sure hot spots don't f up. news 4's f justininch will be there live with a closer look at the damage ahead at 5:00 p.m. and jack taylor will let us know how this is impacting traffic in that area. the president took aim at special counsel robert mueller's investigation again erday. in a series of tweets, he called for an end to the russia probe. his critics are calling it obstruction of justice. >> tracie potts has more from capitol hill. how isou the white explaining the president's tweets? >> the white house and the present's attorney rudy giuliani say that it was his opinion. it was not a direct order. big difference if you're looking at obstruction. democrats are looking at this differently, saying that telling the attorney general, who, be i t by the way has sndpped down recused himself, b telling the attorney general to end an w investigatiore you and your

campaign is being investigated, is intentr of otion of justice. that's what they're looking to talk to the president about if he does an interview with the mueller team. the latest reporting from t"the new york times", the president is pushing to do that interview against his lawyer's advice. >> tracie potts on the hill for us this morning. thank you. 4:47. the group that organized a deadly rally lastummer is ten days away from holding another rally outside of the white house. s> in charlottesville, a more somber event planned this year. this is what happened last year. the decision to takeown a confederatee war statu prompted the unite toight rally. fhat led to someone driving a car into a crowd people, killing one woman, heatherye heyer. now, her mother plans to speak at the event one yearfter the clash. >> every year has been difficult. i've been told by other mothers who lost children, or anybody

who has lost a loved one, that the first are always hardest. this will be the last of the first. >> the street where heyer was heredas been renamed in honor. the group that formed the unite the right rally tried to go back for another rally. but the city of charlottesville denied the application. the man accused ofirilling hisriend will be in court today. attorneys will try to suppress statements that he made during the investigation. he shot her last year because he was ling a double-life. wallen was expecting their first child together. she was reported missing after not showing up for the first day of school at wild lake high school. her body was found in a shallow grave in damascus. he denies he has anything to do with her murder. right now, a manhunt under way in texas. houston police say this man,

joseph pappas, is who they believe killed a prominent doctor two weeks ago. that doctor used to treat george h.w. bush. >>t'he susp mother was a patient of the doctor and tied during surgery over 20 years ago. i don't ow how long ago h decided to do this, but there was a lot of planning that went into erthis. was a lot of planning and, sadly, some skill. >> investigators describe pappas has armed, dangerous and suicidal. a woman in iauthern cali is suing her hospital after she had a c-section without anesthesia. the woman had her baby girl via emergency c-section. her blood pressure had dropped. and the doctor couldn't find tha 's heartbeat. the lawsuit alleges that nurses paged an anesthesiologist multiple times but the doctor never responded. that'shen she says thesu

ical team strapped her to the table and cut her open. >> i was screaming, stop, i can i can feel it. you can't imagine. i would have rather delivered her vaginal with no medicine than being cut with a knife. >> the hospital is not commenting on the lawsuit. the woman's attorney says the facts show a clear problem with staffing. but a spokesperson for the anesthesiogist denies the allegations. 4:50.ll ns of americans will owe more taxes next year. auditors say about 30 million tax payers will pay more in 20 due to low withholdings from their paychecks. new taxes were imp plummet impl. waiting can impact your paycheck. you can find the tax withholdino

calculator the irs website. apple is cruising towards a major milestone. it could become the first publicly traded u.s. company rth $1trillion. after a strong third quarterly report, the tech giant's shares earning ke the biggest in a year and a half. the average cost of an iphone is up 20%. and iphone people will pay anything for apple products. this is for real. why didn't i invest when it first -- there was a on the radar. >> should have, would have, could have. >> exactly. an end to an era for the washington redskins. >> d'angelo hall is retiring after a 14-year career. played ten seasons withhe skins. word was released in may that hall was hanging up his cleats. he says he will miss his teammates the most. >> i'll miss hanging out with

the guys. i'll miss being in the locker i'll miss the jokes. i'll miss going to dinner, even though i pick up the check half the i'time. going to miss that part of it. hopefully i can come around as much as possible. and still try to pour into the young guys. >> he was suc a big part of the team for so long. hall says he is deciding between joining front office or becoming an analyst. both great optio if you can get those jobs, right? after a long career in football. >> retiring at 34.t wouldn't t have been nice? >> welcome to professional sports. that's what happs. you can't play anymore. >> they'll havto drag us out the chairs. >> good luck with that. >> m ear trumpet and my cane. my three-wheel scooter. >> >>yes. that's how long it will take me for to work. welcome back from vacation, y guys. back together again. >> yes. >> i wasn't on vacation, but thank you. >> i thought you were on cation? >> i had a little work done.

>> now, that's how rumors get started. he had a dental procedure. >> a dental >> is that why the radar missed your face? >> exactly. degrees in washingth a cloudyky overhead. temperatures in the 70s just about everywhere. only thurmont and winchester are below 70. more rain to our south and west. that will stay on the western half of our viewing everyone has a high chance of getting rained on today. here's a look at future weather. rain in the morning hours in the shenandoah valley. with time, the rain chances will get closer and closer to the i-95 here's 5:00 in the afternoon. showers and storms impacting thg evencommute. for tomorrow, a cloudy and dry start.

a lot more rain lely tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow evening. that rain chance lingers on into saturday. so, flood watches have been extended now to 8:00 a.m. morrow morning. d will likely have to be hushed out farther in the future, as h rain chances stick around for today and tomorrow. most of the rain should be done by 10:00 a.m., leaving the weekend dry. a couple of 90-degree days to get next week started. let's get over to a ck taylor foeck on traffic. we had an early morning fire that has main street at elm street continued closed at this point. the number of s ouctures are fire and crews on-scene. you'll find the work zone moving south on 395 after seminary road. two leftav lanes been getting by. a decent shape without a delay northbound, riding towards the 14th street bridge. and the beltway on to a great start. everything is moving well as we

start things off. uch different than yesterday morning. aaron, eun, back to you.>> it's 4:55. d.c. is ready to cheer o its little league baseball stars as they go to bat in a big way. >> news 4's molette green caught up with young men trying to make it to the little leaward series. >> reporter: the biggest fld of dreams is withi reach. d.c.'s little leaguers have their eyes on the prize. i'm daniel marshal with the miami johnson little and this is my team behind me. and we're excited forhe little league regionals. we're going to bristo connecticut. >> reporter: that's where marshal and his 11 teammates are headed in just days for the regional tournament this sunday. four games f awaym the world series. >> we've only been around for

about four years here. these young men have worked hard to get to this level of baseball. >> reporter: they beat out theto cap city teaadvance. irst game in this nex tournament is a match-up with a team from staten island, new york. in the district, molette green, news 4. >> happy for these guys. good luck. last week, all-african-american team to win d.c.'s 12 and under championship. >> pretty awesome. they play their first game in the ramional tournent on sunday. still ahead on news 4 today, stunning allegations against one of the most we-known names in college football. urban meyer, on leave amid allegations. >> that he knew about domestic a abu abuse. all this rain has caused serious flooding and a messn the chesapeake bay. the problem is getting worse. the work next to get it cleaned

up. stay with us.

news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. >> we begin this morning with a live look ouide. another rainy night for the d.c. area. thunder and lightning lit up the sky for some of you. and plenty of rain fell, too. flood watches and warnings are still in effe. and this morning, we are in weather alertdde. heavy rain caused significant flooding in northern ofrginia. we brought you somhese images. this morning, there are more flooding concerns. good morning, everybody. just about 5:00 a.m.

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> good morning to you. .'m eun ya another only the weather we're watching. this is in upper marlboro. a fire started in al's kitchen and spread to other buildings. to thewant to turn forecast and the commute this morning. jack taylor is f standing melissa, with a look at the roads this moking. ch bell with the forecast, ready hot and steamy outside. >> temperatures in the mid to upper 70s here at 5:00 in the morning. superduper humid outside. that's no change from the way it's been forpl a c weeks. another alert day today because the flash flood watches have llbeen extended the way through today and into tomorrow morning. locally, just like yesterday, dulles airport had over an inch of rain yesterday. somepots over a inch of rain again today. and many of us will see the possibility for another inch or more tomorrow.