rain at some point. this is from connecticut avenue. the umbrellas were out. boy,ry everybodyg to dodge big puddles. hours earlier, the rain caused th pblem on woodburn road in annandal you're not getting that car back, buddy. rescue crew had toelp people in that car. >> holy moly. berkeley county public schools operating on a two-hour delay and weather is the reason for that everybody. good morning, 4:00 a.m., i'm aaron gilchrist i'm angie goff in for eun yang. still feeling the impact of this storm. hundreds of power out anlts still reported this hour in the d.c., maryland and northern virginia areas. it's not only the weather we're tracking thismorning. major developments shower to have an impact on the presidency of donald trump. his former attorney pleaded guilty to several charges in

court and paul manafort found guilty of eight felonie guilty and criminal across the front of that building. a lot to get to this check on the commute and the forecast. melissa mollet standing by with a look at the roads. let's start with chuck bell and the weamoer. >> gooing everybody. wow, what a lamb bsting we took. the severe weather threat is gone. waters are still rising as they try and rover from the heavy rain. look out for high water this rn g. especially before the sun comes up. in the 60s and 70s. won't notice a big change in air mass. boy, is there a change coming. heavy rain threat is over. that's the best part of the forecast. quick shower this afternoon. nothing compared to what we saw yesterday. turning humid and our humidity vacation is on the way. there's a shower chanc for later in the day.

at least it's not raining now. still a lot ofigh water. highlighted areas are still active flood warnings. turn around, don't drown. don't be like the maniacs wred that drove their car into three feet of water. planning the day ahead, breezy this afternoon. melissa mollet, you're going to love it. >> i already know am. we've been talking about it. i'm excited. taking a look at the road, southbound 95 here before lorton road in virginia. had theeft side blocked as well. looks like everything is over on the right in rockville. watts branch flooding. scottf drive west wootton parkway closed. in shreve mill a-- near bank field, the road was washed away by heavy rain. lots of repairs starting this morning.

aaron. melissa, thank you. want to continue our team thverage. erika gonzalez alive desk. >> good morning, aaron. the crews working throughout the night to rescue a lot of folks. take a look at these pictures from montgomery fire andue re officials say they conducted multiple water rescues throughout the region due to one of those rescues happening near the intersection of glenn mill road andle road in potomac. another one, kwins orchard road in north potomac. the national weather servic says each year have flooding than any other storm-related hazard. a goodeminder as chuck was mentioning. turn around, don't badrown. over to you in the studio. >> erica, thank you. weurn to two developing stories. washington is watching closely. a gui plea and guilty verdict. once former mainstays of the trump cagnmpai, both facing time in federal prison. first in new york. michaecohen, the president's

former attorney pleaded guilty to tax evasion and two counts of mpaign finance violations. cohen's plea never names president trump but acknowledges payment to two women for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. bye payment in coordination with and repaid , quote, the candidate. n was apparently emotionalrt in as he entered his plea. he will be sentenced in december. now toia alexan virginia. a jury found former trumpir campaign cn paul manafort guilty on eight counts of bank and tax fraud. the judge declared a mistrial on othe counts. this was the first trial by robert mueller.rt manafows on trial in the district for failing to register as a lobbyist for ukraine, witness tampering and financial fraud. 4:04. at a rally in west virginia, the president made no mention of manafort or cohen. an he did attack the rus meddling investigation. >> where is theco usion?

they're still looking for collusion. where is the collusion? find some collusion. we want to find the collusion. >> the president also blasted what he called democratic weakness on immigration and border enforcement. he pointed to the arrest of an undocumented immigrant in the murder of a iowa college student. patrick morrissey is facing incumbent joe ioma duncan hunter of san diego and his wife are facing corruption arges. they allegedly used more than $250,000 in campaign money for a vacation, dental work, school tuition and other personal expenses. hunter is currently running for reelection. the deadline for changes to the november ballot just passed. he will remain on the ballot for now. the couple will be arraigned tomorrow. w, to the latest developments in the molie tibbetts case.

an undocumented immigrant has been charged with killing the colle student. christhian rivera led them to tibbnts body a cornfield in central iowa. he admit today following her. she threatened to call police when he wouldn't leave her alone. he became angry. he doesn't remember killing her but later found her bleeding in s trunk. surveillance video led them to him. family and friends are devastated this is how their arch ended. >> i wake up in the morning, i think of her. i'm at work i think of molly. still to this day, it's true and it be already for years and years to come. >> he's an undocumted immigran in this country from mexico for seven years. >> the person who shot a 6-year-old, i --

>> with her mom and sister monday night. someone sprayed their car with gunfire. the shooting happened less than a mile from where 10-year-old makiyah wilson was killed last moh. her kille still on the loose. this grandmother told our pat collins she's grateful that her granddaughter is still alive. she asked that we alter her voice and show her voice. >> saw what happened, what went through your heart? >> thank god she's stillal e. it could have been worse.ar >> polic looking for the get away car much it's described as a dark olderodel lexus or acura with a finhe on back and license plates in the window. 4:07 right now.mp put, it looks like a junkyard. that's how neighbors and business owners describe one section in prince george's county. we'll show it to you here in front of a no dumping sign.

trash, couches, even cars fill the treatsround this family owned auto body shop. now, county officials say they're doing more to stop it. they developed a new program that identifies dumping hotspots d uses hidden cameras when necessary. offenders face jail time. if you see illegal dumping, call 311. inside a colorad courtroom as a man accused of killing his entire family heard his charges. the father of watts sobbing at charges are read against his son-in-law chris watts. it's charged nine felony counts and five counts of first degree murder. prosecutors say that he killed twopregnant wife and daughters earlier this month. they say he killed his wife enraged when he discovered that she had strangled their two daughters after learning he wanted to separate. facebook says it removed hundreds of fake accots. social media giant says a total of 652 pages have been

taken down. facebook says the account covertly spread political content to people, including users in the u.s. so of the accounts originated in iran, some in russia. facebook also says that some of of the accounts attempted to hack other facook accounts and spread malware. nine minutes after the hour. right now, in hawaii, people are preparing for a major hurricane. it's a category 5 storm named hurrlaane . it's moving towards a string of islands and could hit tomorrow. people spent yesterday stocking up on supplies there.e torm could bring torrential rain, high winds, tornadoes, lightning, flthding. e american red cross is preparing to shelter a direct strike on parts of the hawaiian islands is possible late this week. still ahead, details on the sh to award aretha franklin the highest honor in congress. plus, a little more than 24 hours after they tore down a confederate statue, a criminalis investigatioow under way. caught on camera.

a wildr helicopcrash. chuck? good morning everybody. nothing more than a quick littl passing shower possible this afternoon. but the weather words of our near future, awesome. fantastic. and superb. wait until you see

you're watchingnews4 today." back here at the live desk with new video that's coming in from overnight. an explosion at an iron factory in delare, ohio, left five people injured. take a closer look at this video that's come into the newsroom. three of those injured had to be taken to the hospital. ndw details on this right now. the cause still investigation. we'll update you as we learn more. angie, aaron, back over to you.

♪ ♪ >> a bipartisan group of senators is hoping to pay their own respect to the late queen of soul. they've introduced new legislation towa aretha franklin the congressional gold medal. the highest commendation from congress. she instilled hope, uplifted generations and hanged the lives of millions. aretha franklin passed away last weekhetge of 76. unveiling plans to honor re of our nation's heroes. we'll get a closer look today at expansion project which will make room for at least 40,000 additional burial sites. our news partners report they want to add 70 acres. 70 roads will have to be closed or realigned. the cemetery expects to run out of space in 25 years if exnsion is not approved. this morning, the father of the university football player who died after he worked out is

supports the school's president. jordancnair died of suspected heatta stroke. an of terminating the president, wallace loh. he said the university accepts responsibility. mcnr's father said it would be a complete shame if after such p y of decency and humanity dr. loh were to be let go. decency and transparency are the only path forward for our family, the universit and its sports program to heal and emergehe as -- >> dr. loh's leadership is critical to this happening. he also added. however, mcnair thinks d.j. durkin should be fired. he is currentlystn admitive leave. a criminal investigation is now under way after the toppling rs that confederate statute at the univey of north carolina. >> that monument has been a source of controversy for

decades. >> this video from monday night when protesters gathered at the silent sam statue to call for thuniversity to take it down. then they knocked it over. silent sam stood on that campus for more than 100 years. here's what therea looks like this morning without that the unc board of governors released a statement saying campus leadership in collaboration with campus police to pull together a timeline of the events, reviewing video evidence and conducting interviews that will inform a full criminal investigation. some expir epipens can be used for a few months longer. the food and drug alleged mrgs is extending expiration dates by four months for certain epipens. this refers to the .3 milligram dose and the generic versions between april andthecember of year. the fda says it has reviewed data from mylanta which makes

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ui around here, we're recovering from the turbulent day. it came down fast, it came down hard. this was really spread out. we're feeling the effects this morning. >> we sure are. over an inch of rain at the lunch-hour, another one at 7:30 last night. crazy amounts of rain. 2.5 inches of rain in the at national airport yestday. 2 three quarters inches at dulles. over an inch at bwi. that was the last thing we needed. on the upside, other than a quick shower chance this rn afn, most of the next nine or ten days will be rain-free. ha reale to dry out and recover. 74 now downtown. upper 60 in the shenandoah valley. mid to upper 60sn most of the suburbs. milder by the bay and the eastern shores. the cooleras airt arrived yet. the cold front is. offshore

another trough of low pressure will come through today, atmosphere in t the cooler air moves in. strong august sunshine hittingt ground and cooler air aloft means we'll be unstable thisrn afn. but today's rain chances are nothing like yesterday. that deep tropical moisture in place has pushed out. showers and thunder showers this afternoon. here's future weather. rain.rly this morning, no that is welcome news. by mid afternoon, lunchtime, a couple of extra clouds around, maybe a quick five or ten-minute rain shower. by 4:00 or 5:00, peak daytime heating. the coverage area, the intensity of the rai chanc next to nothing compared to yesterday. all these highlighted areas here, still high water. flood warningstill inplace. watch out for high water early this morning. are you sitting down? are you ready for this extendeda

fo? little chance of a passing shower today. 86. way ls humid weather n the next couple of days. awntown bayside temperatures mid-60s. there will be 50s on the map for the suburbs tomorrow morning and friday g.morn friday morning, even 40s in the mountains. that will feel nice.d sunny ry for the weekend. melissa, good w,rning. >> t the roads here this morning. southbound 95 before lortonoad still has a situation with the earlier crash on right side of roadway. that's looking better than it was. looks like you're getting through okay. two new problems at rockville. shadyville road at 78, a crash there. silver spring southbound, left side blocked by a crash there. the beltway lks okay. new problems as well and these were related to yesterday's rain. nooding with lanes blocked at battlefield parkway. leesburg, bald hill road east of --

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