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roads. >> we saw a lot of rain yesterday. for some of us it contied into thenight. a live look right now at the radar. still prett active. depending where you live, you could see more rain today as you begin yrednesday morning. good morning to you. i'm angie goff in for eun yang. lc'm aaron ist. a warning for viewers in berkeley county, west virginia this morning.e becaf the conditions on the roads there, all the public chools are delayed two hours today. take note of that. we're working with team coverage. melissa is tracking the warnings traffic.ads in first >> first, chuck, you have an update for us. looks like the worst is out of here. >> absolutely. that's the best news i can give you. yesterday's rain chance w this big, today's is this big. nothing major coming our way. that being said, we have lot of high water across the area. skies are trying to clear o a smidgen. temperatures mid to upper 60s.r up60s in fairfax and loudoun
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county. a stil lot of high water. along wh pasco and the pe tucks et rivers, lecoolsv edwards ferry, be on the lookout. a lot of high water. don't be like yesterday.e if you can't see the pavement, turn around, don't drow how many tim do we have to say it. temperatures will climb only into the low and mid 80s today. there's% a chance of a quick shower or two in mid parts of afternoon. no severe weather expected today. melissa mollet, turn around, don't drown. >> got to remember that. people think they can get through and it's not good idea. rockville, one problem, one in sier spring. shady grove at 28, crash there. silver spring, southboundgi ge beltway, left side blocked by the crash. speaking of turn around, don't drown, several issues overnigh we still have the rel nanmnants
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morning. shut down bween glenn mill and glenn road closed because of floodingoa and washed away. at sick lynn, waterford, near bankfield road, washed away by the heavy rain. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:32. we turn to two developing stories we're following. two men, one connected to president trump are bothfeacing ral crimes. >> the president's formerey attorn, michael cohen pleaded fwaelt to tax a evasionnd campaign finance violation. for the purpose of influencing the 2016election. he'll be sentenced in december. in alexandria, a jury found the president's former campaign chairman paul manafortuilty on eight counts of bank t andax fraud. the judge declared a mistrial on other counts. this was the first trial by the office of special counsel robert mueller.
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we'll have a reaction from capitol hill and live report from susan mcginnis. neighbors want answers following the deadly shoot of an unarmed black man in silver this is body camera of the shooting on june 10th. it shows the officer chasing robert white. the encounter continues and ends th officer shooting and killing white. at a town hall meeting, people who knew white say he was a calm, soft-spoken man. they want to know why the officer tried to stop him in the first place. >> the body cam got turned on, rob was pepper sprayed in the first ten seconds. >> an unarmed african american man, sho and killed and people expect and demand answers. i uerstand that. >> the officer's attorney told investigators he was white because he had a ripped shirt and abruptly moved his side of d to the right his body. the department will reveal more information follow its internal
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affairs investigation. these are the top stories that we're following for you right now. the person who shot a-o 6-ye in the leg in d.c. is still on the loose. the little girl was sitting i a r with her mom and sister monday night when someone sprayed their car with gunfire. the shooting on 56th street southeast, police looking for a dark older model lexus or acurat license ple in the window. the shootings happened less than a mile from where 10-year-old makiyah wilson was killed last month. investigators say christhian rivera led police to mollie tibbetts body. rivera told investigators he chased her, blacked out and later found her bleeding in his trunk. he's an undocumented immigrant from mexico in this country for seven years sfliefrjt a ku klux klan member from maryland sentenced to four ynrs i prison after pleading no contest for firing a gun at a rally in
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virginia last year. he fired a handgun toward the ground while standing on awa sidelk in charlottesville. no oneas struck. preston has spoken out publicly as -- baltimore ravens player is benched domestic violence. jimmy smith is suspended for violating the personal conduct policy. the suspension takes effecemon ser 1st. his former girlfriend said he had a his fri of dru abuse and being physically violent toward him. >> they support the nfl's decision. he takes full responsibility for his actions. new this morning, the washington nationals pull out a win after a fire sale. they open up a three-game series. there was a pretty long rain delay, but itit ended a win by the nats. they did it without daniel murphy and matt adams. the pair was traded yeerday.
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murphy part of the cubs. adams one. cardinals players.ra ge manager mike rizzo says the team is not giving up. he said, we have the talent base to play competitive games at the end of the season. one more positive note heading into the game today. stephen strasburg is back. they're 7.5 games behind in the vision. fire sale. bring your party hat, aaron. special birthday wishes for one of the most beloved residents. bei bei the pandaeb ctes 3 years today. he's very much still a cub. playings having a lot of fun, hanging on the trees. oh, hope he's okay. can't get enough of that. he the national zoo will give him a panda friendly birthday cake at 11:00 this morning. >> everybody is invited to
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attend his celebration. as always, the zoo is free to visit. it's 4:37 right now. still ahead, another celebration in d.c. today. a local landmark marks 60 years of half smoked and chili take you back to the years of ben's chili bowl yum. this may be one of the most creative criminals in a while. a lookt the tunnel digging crook who climbed his way
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this moing, a 3-year-old boy in arkansas is being called a hero. >> deputs out there say that is little boy was riding in a car withis momnd his brother when they ran off the road. their mother was killed. but the brothers weretill alive. deputies say what happened next is nothing short of a miracle. on monday morning, he crawled through the sunroof and walked
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to the nearby road. a passerby noticed him and called police. theoys are expected to be okay. prett awesome. we have video showing a robbery in action. you can see a masked man pop out from under a refrigerator in a store in los angeles. he tunneled his way into the store by destroying an outside wall and creating a hole. he apparently crawled around on his knees. door. to open the >> the only time he got up on t his feet is wh alarm was triggered. he bolted back to his hole. crawled backt. he was found hiding in brush along nearby train tracks. this is kind of like -- trying to avoid lasersr something. >> pretty much. >> what did he take? >> i don't think he took anknhing. i don'. 4:41 right now. mr. bell? >> yes.
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you rang. >> sunshine behind you. you like that. >> this is the beach forecast for friday, saturday, sunday. nary a cloud to be found andny hardlyumidity either. thatorecast looks equally good for here. e ten-day forecast in dmv coming right up aouple of problems in montgomery county and flooding some roads closed. full details and on this crash coming up p. rimed for packages. we'll take you
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15 before the hour right now. back to the top story. two men once a part of president trump's inner circle are facing federal prison time. his former personalattorney, michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and paul mt was found guilty on eight financial crime charges. last night at a campaign rally in wesvirginia, the president did not mention them. instead, he slams the russian meddling investigation.ew
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>> fake as the russian witch hunt. where is the collusion? stiemt we're staying on top of both of these stories on capitol hill. susan mcginnis is there with the latest on all th. susan, what do we know about this plea deal in terms of how it impacts the president? >> that's a big question. cohen pleading guilty to the campaign fance violations and it has to do with hush money payments to two women, stormy daniels and karen mcdowell using. the walls are i closing for the president and possiy he could ccused of wrongdoing. there are concerns among some close to the wte house we're hearing that they are worried about impeachment, especially if, aaron, the democrats win back the house in november. they say this is going to be their t priority. >> let's turn to the paul manafort conction in alexandria. he faced 18 counts there. the jury only found h guilty
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on eight of those. what does that mean for robert mueller at this point. nd his bs his case standing. when you start to hear about the presidenet trying to g ride of th mueller investigation, this gives it moresteel. it's seen as a victory. even though it's not related to collusion, there's interest on eller's par on cooperation onpa manafort's. he's definitely looking for that. manafort is probably looking for a presidential pardon. >> susan mcginnis on the hill for us. west virginia's republican house speaker iunng for a seat on a state supreme court of appeals. tim armstead announced h resignation and new plan on twitter. axey're accused of wasting money on unnecessary office renovations, among other alss. democrats call the impeachment a power grab by gop lawmaks. this morning, calls for
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cardinal donald wuerl to regn are growing. phones are being a swamped with calls. this follows a grand juryt repot f pennsylvania last week naming more than 300 predator priests. thrt i mplicated the archbishop of washington saying they covered hup allegations. here's a look at the petition r his resignation. this is on change.org. there are close to 47,000 signatures there. new images of the most wanted rider to rip through d.c. streets over the weekend on atvs. d.c. police say that ten people are wanted for driving illegal dirt bikes. mibikes, as well as atvs. they raced through virginia streetnorthwest, 14th and connecticut avenue. if you do recognize any of these people here, please call police. they are offering a reward for any caught in the act on camera.
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this is happening more often these days with so many more security cameras in homes and businesses. now the stafford county sheriff's office is hoping ke dvantage of that technology. it's asking businesses and residents to register their cameras on the department'sbs e. if a crime ts in pens in a cert area, deputies know where to find video much d.c. operates a similar type of program that was launched two years ago and expanded acros the city. the program offers rebates to residents who buy security cameras. they've approved 4200 rebates and more than 10,500 cameras. this morning, we are celebrating a milestone for ben's chili bowl. markingic restaurant is its 60-year anniversary. >> there is a slate of events planned for thestlishment today. first molette green takes a look back at theth history behin restaurant recognized by so many across the country. >> six decades sizzling on the
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grill. still in highdemand. properly dressed original chili half smoke. ben's chili bolla mark lowe indication. >> think of all the things that have happened over six decades. we've been here through the window looking out on to the rety. >> his s, ben and virginia ali opened the restaurant in 1958. it that riefd along the corridor known as black broadway. many busesses here were left in ruins after the riots. ben's was the only to stay open during a cuew. survived that and other turmoil. including a heroin and crack cocaine epidemic and deep economic slump in this part of town. ben's customers kt ordering the half smokes on u street prompting a move to now change the seet nam on this stretch. b we have to change it. ben's hasn here all these years and taken care of
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>> mom will be 85. it's special for us to celebrate her. >> 60 years at this location servingp history as a d.c. legend. motte green, news 4. >> we could dedicate a whole show to their history. such a storied past. molette will be live. she's up early. will be at ben's chili bowl all morning long. >> kicking off a special celebration coming up in the next hour. >> she will not beye emp of the month next month if she doesn't bring some back. >> she knows who she works with. >> working out cweatherwise. an do the outdoor events. >> i couldn't rule out a five or ten-minute rain shower. middle parts of theafternoon. by and large, about 23 hours and 35 minutes of your day to be rain-free. a quick little shower can't be completely ruled out because rain chances hang at that 20 to 30% range later on.
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the heavy rain threat, the severe weather threat is gone. that is welcome news. passing shower chance this afternoon. not everyone will get hit by a shower. in all molikelihood of your plans completely uninterrupted by rain. turning less humid. a gusty northwest wind comes in later today. our humidity vacation starts tomorrow. it lasts at least into the first half of the weekend. all the highlighted areas here, parts of montgomery, ou fairfax,un counties, the berkeleylliam line, county schools on a two-hour delay because of the high water. be on the lookout. even though the rain is over, some of the creeks and streams are risiin. can a full list of severe weather information, watches and warnings by gng through our nbc washington app. it sends out push alerts because of additional warnings coming. here's a look at the rain chance. you can tell by looking at it, it is not anywhere near as solid of a line of rain as what we had to deal with yesterday.
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no rain here early this moteing. eratures are in the comfortable range now and boy, the nextng to be nice few days. look at future weather. other thanin bub up of mid afternoon clouds and an isolated dlrain chance m to late parts of the afternoon, that is about it. most of us don't have to worry about rai today and wait until you see this ten-day forecast. not another chance for rain after today for theest of the next ten days. a real opportunity to dry out. 60s and 70s to start the day out. today's high temperatures will be in the mid-80s. that little bit of a rain chance, look at this sunday forecast everybody. you pay good money for this. temperatures the next few days e.low aver 50s in the suburbs tomorrow and friday morning, even saturday morningor many. temperatures back into the mid to upper 80s this weekend. if you like heat and humidity, melissa mollet, next week will be blazing hot. >> sounds like -- who likes heat and humidity, yuck. 28 in rockville.
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looks like they have mostly cleared up this morning. we still have a little bit of police respons we did have the crash in the middle of the intersection. looks like that's getting bit better. also in rockville, a lot of ooding in theatts branch area. west of wootton parkway close for flooding as well. silver spring, southbound georgia avenue, still the left side block by the crash. manassas, piper lane, lanes blocked wi flooding there. for vra commuters, you have to use another entrance if you're trying to get the broad run station. beltway looking pretty good. aaron. >> melissa, thank you. 4:54. you have probably driven by the exxon gas station inge gewn. this morning, that gas tation is closed. it's been shuttered to make room for. cond it has commuters and lawmakers worried about finding gas in the district inhe future which is already hard enough. >> if you're running out of gasu you need someplace to stop for
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gas, otherwise you're out of luck. >> we're running out of gas stations in the city. we'llan bettan soon where you don't have to buy gas in the city. you'll haveve to l the town to buy gas. >> which i already do usually. it's not clear where the gas station or when it will be torn down. condos begin going up. >> coming in from virgin, that's t prime spot to fill up. amazon shoppers check this out. we're getting an inside look at the company's new fulfillment center about to open up in maryland. e 25 million building is the onze of 13 football fields. it only took ten ms to build the facility in baltimore county. october, pens up in 1500 employees will work alongside robots to fulfill your orders. that means mor t access items eligible for same-day or one-day delivery through amazon ime by the holiday season. those boxes, they stack up, too,
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fabs >> they really do. >> the empty boxes stack up too. it's ofcial. adrian peterson is a rede skin. >> took the field with theam esterday wearing jersey number 26. you see him there. the 33-year-old is filling a gap for running backs and he says he's slowing down abit. but the redskins raved about his workout yesterday. coach jay gruden planonto put pete in in the preseason matchup against broncos. next on "news4 today," umd stillmbroiled in controversy following the death of a football player this summer. coming up, whyor jdan mcnair's father is standing by the school's president. plus, new heartbreaking details about the murder of mollie tibbetts. that iowa college student jt und dead. who her suspected killer is and the debate his arrest has n sparked. stay with news 4.
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a live look outsiden is wednesday morning. still a bit dreary out there. but the rain that marked much of yesterday appears to have moved on. night andte into the almost all of us felt some. is is a video in the district. the umbrellas were out. a lot of people had to dodge big huddles as they walked around hours earlier, the rain caused problems on this road in annandale. major flooding here. a rescue crew had to be called in to help people stuck inside that car. this morning, berkeley
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county public schools in west virginia are opening two hours late. the weather is t reason. good morning everybody. 5:00 a.m. now. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm aie goff in for eun yang. yesterday, i had to wait it out. i couldn't drive it was coming h down sod. didn't want to risk it. hundreds of power outages still being reporte across the region. we're talking d.c., maryland and northern virginia.y it's not ohe weather that we're tracking this morning. major developments sure to impact thede prey of donald trump. his former attorney, michael cohen pleaded guilty to several charges in federal court. his campaign chair, paul manafort was found guilty of eight felonies. overght, this appeared on the trump hotel here in d.c. a projection of the words guilty and criminal across the front entrance. a lot to get t this rning, folks. we want to start with a check on the commute and the forlwast. ass, melissa standing by with a look at the roads and the rails. chuck pell is looking at the weather for us. i >> see an improving weather
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