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 picture through the second half of your wednesday.

there's really nice weather weekg to finish out the and get us into the weekend. right now, still a lot of early morning darkness. learing out a bit. we'll get back into a mix of clouds and sunshine. a couple of raindrops near frostburg. very small chance of an occasion a afternoon shower o two. all these highlighted in loudoun, efairfax, pri william into frederick county, marylandh west virginia. they're active flood warnings. with a lot of high water, turn around, don't drown. don't make the first responders come out to pull you out of the water. temperatures in the mid and upper 60s in the shenandoah va70ey. low closer to town. what do you need to put on the kids going to schooltoday? only the small umbrella. yesterday you needed that golf umbrella. today a pocketembrella in c ths a pop-up shower. the grade today.

b-plus. 86 today. today's rain chance only 30%. lower rain chances and lower humidity in the days to come. that part of the forecast in a few. let's check onit the commute melissa mollet. taking a look at the roads. manassas piper lane at 28, still has the lanes blocked because of street flooding. commuters, youseave to another entrance to get in there if you're trying to get to the broad run station. that isup one of a of issues here regarding the water from yesterday. leesburg, at sycolin, tree down d flooding. waterford, near bankfielde, dr road washed away by heavy rain. repairs under wayhis morning. in rockville, flooding along branch. scott drive. south glenn between glenn mill and glenn road closed right now. >> it's 5:02. we continue our team coverage on the heavy ran.nd stor erika gonzalez at the live desk. >> aaron, let m continue on

what melissa was talking about. getting the new details from montgomery county. sligo creek parkway, brighton dam road, that's are still issues this morning because of all of that. ra these are pictures that have come inrom montgomery county fire and rescue. they conducted fult am water rescues. we understand five rescues due to flash flooding. one happened near glen mill road an glen road in potomac. another one in north potomac. thel natioather service says each year more deaths occur due to flooding. please remember, turn around, don't drown. back over to you. thanks, erika. we turn to two developing storts in washington t everybody is watching closely. a guilty plea and a guilty verdict. tw men, once former mainstays of the trump campaignoth face time in federal person.

first, new york, michael cohen, the president's former attorney and fixer, pleaded guilty to tax evasion andna campaign e violation. the plea doesn't actually namep president trut it does acknowledge payments to two omen for the purpose of influencing the 2016 election. one payment in coordination with and repaid by, quote, the candidate. cohen was apparently emotional in court as he entered that plea. he will be sentenced in december. in alexandria, virginia, a jury fnd paul manafort guilty on several counts. the judge found mistrial on ten counts. manafort goes on trial in the district next monthgeacing char of failing to register as a lobbyist for ukraine, witnes a tamperi financial fraud. at a rally in west virginia, the president made no mention of manafort or cohen. he did again attack the russian meddlingve igation.

>> where is the collusion? you know, they're sti looki for collusion. where is the collusion? find the collusion. we want find the collusion. >>nt the presi also blasted what he called democratic weakness on immigration and border enforcement. the rally was held to drum up support for senate candidate patrick morrissey who is facing incumbent joe mansion. republican congressman duncan hunter of san diego and his wife are facing corruption charges. the hunters allegedly used more than $2n,000 i campaign money for vacations, dental work, school tuition and other personal expens. hunter is currently run r for reelection and the deadline for changes tohe november ballot just passed. he will remain on the ballot for now. th coupleill be arraigned tomorrow. 5:05. we turn toevelopments in the mollie tibbetts case now. an undocumented immigrant is charged with kling the 20-year-old college students.

christhian rivera led them to tibbetts body in a cornfield in central iowa. he admitted to following tibbetts during her run on july 18th. she threatened to call police when he wouldn't leave her alone and he became angry. he said he doesn't remember killing her but later found her bleeding in his trunk. surveillance video led them to rivera. family and friendsre devastated this is ou their search for her turned out. >> i wake up in the morning, i think of mollie. g to bed, i think of mollie. i'm at work, i think of 'sher. rue still to this day and will be for years and years to come. >> as we mentioned, rivera is an undocumented immigrant from mexico and been in this country for seven years. an autopsy will determine when and how tibbetts died. six minutes after 5:00 right now. the person who sho a 6-year-old in the leg in d.c. is still out there. this morning,e're learning re about that shooting. >> this is horrible. the little girl was sitarng in the with her mother and sister monday night when someone

sprayed their car with the shooting on 56th street southeast happened less than a mile fromhere10-year-old makiyah wilson was killed last month. on the ers are still loose. the 6-year-old grandmother told our pat collins that she's grateful that her granddaughter is still alive. she asked that we alter her voice and not show her face. >> saw what happened, what went through your heart? >> thank god she's aliv it could have been worse. >>w, police are looking for the get away car. it is described as a dark olds model lexu ak aura with a fin on the back and a license plate in the window. simply put, it looks like a junkyard. that's how neighbors and business owners describe one section of fairmont heights in aince george's county. in front of no dumping sign, you see trash, couches, even cars fling the streets around family owned body tyop. co officials are doing more

to stop this kind of thing. they've developed a new program that identifies dumping hotspots and uses hidden camer when necessary. offenders could face charges and jail time. if you see illegal dumping in prince george's coun call 311. a dramatic scene inside a colodo courtroom as a man accused of killing his entire chargeseard his you can see the father here of watts sobbing as the charges are read against his son-in-law. chris watts charged wh five counts of first degree murder. prosecutors say he killed his wife and daughters. he said he killed his wife in a rage when he discovered she had ngled their two young daughters after learning he wanted to seebrate. fk has removed hundreds of fake accounts. the social media giant says a total of 652 ges have be taken down. facebook say they covertly spread political content t

users including here in the u.so someriginated in iran and russia.in facebook says the same accounts attempted to hack other facebook accounts and spread malware. right now, people i hawaii are preparing for a major hurricane. t's a category 5 storm named hurricane lane moving toward a string of islands and could hit tomorrow. people spent yesterday stocking up on supplies as the storm gets closer. this powerful storm could bri torrential rain, high winds, tornadoes, flooding. the american red cross is prepping to open shelters now. a direct strike on parts of the hawaiian islands is possible late this week. arlington national cemetery uniling plans to honor more of the nation's hero. >> tod we're going to learn how the expansion project could impact commuters and the surrounding ar. justin finch is live in arlington with more. justin? >> reporter: that's right. arlington national cemetery is t

asking for public's input on its plan here which would call for redirecting traffic to extend much needed burial space here. we have a map showing you the draft assessment witsors on 70 acres south of cemetery here and includes the former navy incorporatesd also the air force memorial in the design. it does call for a reloy indicating and repurposing now standing roads to t createt large swath of land for burial. the focus now is on maximizing the traffic capacity of the columbia pe which drivers know already catches a lot of highway traffic and is a criticalrtery into northern virginia. but arlington national cetery sa that time is ticking. they're on track to run out of burial space within 25 years. this expansion could help them add asany as 60,000 burial spaces and would allow the cemetery to operate into year

2050. the public is invited to weighi n this proposal this evening starting at 5:00 at the sheraton pentagon hotel. we're live here in arlington. justin nfinch,s 4. back to you. >> what a project. >> thank you. 5:11 right now. details on the push to award aretha franklin the highest honor from congress. plus, a little more than 24 hos after students at unc tore down this statue, investigation is under way. a wil helicopter crash caught on camera. we'll tell you what happened. chuck? yesterday it rained so hard. it was probablyorier jump in than sit on the sidelines. today, feel free to get back in the water. temperatures in the low 80s this erafternoon with a northwe breeze and no more than a quick rain chance this afternoon. more about the drier, cooler, less humid

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change. warmer atmosphe holds more water vapor. that means higher rainfal rates and higher amounts are more likely. we've super charged the atmosphere withure and days like yesterday and summers like the one we're having are a direct result of that type ofty acti well, what about today? fortunately, even though there's a chanc for rain today, don't turn your back on that completely. keep the umbllaandy for one more day, our pattern is about to dry out for the rest of this week and turn super hot and summer-like again next week. right now, partly cloudy sky overhead. 68 also at dulles airport and manassas. 2.75 ihes of rain yesterday for the whole day at dulles airport. inchesarison to over in one hour at joint base andrews much your planner then, for today,e we eping a chance of rain in the middle parts of the afternoon. teheeratures will rise into low and mid-80s today.

l shing the deep tropi moistureoffshore. good riddance to that. pressure over the middle of the day today. a broken line of rain showers already. that will be the rain chance this afternoon. here's a look at future weather. dry for the morning commute. nothing to worry about. opportunities for swers to start developing around lunchtime today. here's noon and hit and miss showers. maybe a rumble or two of thunter. this w't be a repeat performance of yesterday. after 4:00 or 5:00 things dry out. check out this ve-day forecast. you'll love it. after the hit and miss afternoon rain chance, lowdi hu, a nice northwest wind and cooler than average temperatures the next fewys our suburbs will all be in the 50s thursday, friday m andbe even saturday morning as well. dry weather, melissa, all the way through t coming weekend. >> got to love that. looks beautiful. 270 here at montrose southbound, looking good. northbound same situation. a littleit of fog hanging around in certain spots.

at is one of the -- silver spring, southbound georgia avenue at the beltway, still have the left side blocked by that crash this morning. manassas, a reminder. street flooding all over the area this morning. piper lane at 28 has lanesca blocked e of the flooding. vra commuters, use another entrance if you're trying to get to the broad run station this morning. leesburg, falls hills road, east of loyalty geroad. br washed out this morning. so, again, lots of issues and repairs being made today. taking a look at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, the main routes into and out of town, looking pretty good. aaron. 5:21 now. thinki inside the box. how some parents arey passing the crowds to get new clothes for their ks for the new id

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roadside rescues. be careful as you head out the door this morning, thesere new photos from.ontgomery county emergency crews had to savest nded drivers from flooded roads. we saw a lot of rain yesterday. for some of us, it continued into the night. as we take liveook at what's going on, on the radar right you are,nding whe where you live, you could see more rain, you can see more raiu asegin to start your day on this wednesday. good morning all. i'mof angie in for eun yang. i'm aaron gilchrist. a warning for our viewers in berkeleycounty, west virginia this morning. because of some of the road conditions there, all the public schos are on a two-hour delay today. we're working with you with team fverage. melissa mollet hasst four traffic. >> but first over to chuck in at the weather wall there. chuck, it loo like we're in for better days. a nice dry stretch hopefully. >> yes.ce we get past sundown tonight, we're likely not to have to worry about rain chances for the next seven to ten days.

that's after sundown tonight. between now andsunset, though, there will be another chance for rain. a few hit and miss showers in western maryland and the mountains of west virginia. our future weather model brings that chance of showers io the i-95 corridor between 1:00 and 4:00 this afternoon. today's rain will not be like yesterday's. it will not be the h super soakers. these will be hit and miss passing showers. not raining o minute, rain for 20 or 30 minutes and off it goes. any additional wer could cause more problems because we had more rain yesterday. we're not looking forevere weather this afternoon. >> current temperatures in the 630s and 70s. upper 70s along the i-81 corridor. low to mid-80s around the d.c. hatro this afternoon. your raine stands at 30%. it will not be the one to two to three inch super soakers like

yesterday afternoon. that is good news. more about the dryeather for the weekend and the return of blazing hot weather coming up in a few more minu let's go to melissa mollet with traffic. >> thank you, chuck.he looking at roads. bound spring, sou georgia avenue at the beltway, still the left side blocked by the crash. 270 northbound and southbound looking quite good thisg.morn beltway, no problems. no roadwork, nothing happening re. ner loop or outer loop. keep your fingers crossed on that. 66 here right now from fairfax county parkw to the beltway. you're on time going 62 miles per hour. it's going to get you there in about nine minutes. same thing outbound. northern g virginia hit pretty hard with that rain yesterday. we still have issues with flooding and roads washed away. one of those in manassas. piper lane, blocked for the street flooding. vra commute have to use another entrance if you're trying to get to the broad run station. eastoy ofty bridge washed out there. a look at travel times coming

up. > melissa, thank you. now to two developing stories we're following. two men once tonnectedo president trump are both facing me in federal prison. >> first, the president's former attorney, michael cohen pletyed guilo tax evasion and two counts of campaign finance violations. the plea acknowledges payments two women for the purpose o influencing the 2016 election. he'll be sentenced in december. in alexandria, a jury found paul manafort guilty counts of bank and tax fraud.ud the j declared a mistrial on ten other counts. this was the first trialy prosecut the office of special counsel, robert mueer. in a fewminutes, we'll have reaction from capitol hill with reporter susan mcginnis. neighbors in montgomery county want following the deadly shooting of an unarmed black man in silver 1pring. this is from juneth. it shows theic o chasing robert white. the encounter continues and

eventuallynds with the officer shooting and killing white. at a town hall meeting last night, neighbors who knew white say he was a calm, soft-spoken h man. want to know why the officer tried to stop him in the first place. >> when the body cam got turned on, rob was pepper sprayed in the first ten seconds. >> we have an unarmed man, unarmed african american man shot and killed by police a people expect answers, they demand answers and i understand that. >> the officer's attorney told investigators he was drawn to ite because he had a ripped shirt and abruptly moved his rightheand to right side of his body. the department will reveal more informatollow the investigation. alsflienlts arlington nati cemetery, unveiling -- it's moving forward with an expansion daoject. >> we'll learn more about that expansion and how it could impact commuters in the surrounding area. justin finch is live in

arlington. justin, this is quite the project. >>eporter: it is. gie, if this plan moves ahead as proposed, drivers who now go aroure the south of this cemetery, you would have to renavigate how they get around here. the tradeoff would be much-needed space. we have a map showing you the draft assessment. the early plan wou relocate or repurpose a series of roads in the ar to maximize this 70 acre spot that they haveheir eyes . it includes the navy accent site and incorporate the air force memorial into a finalsi on. they do this byg increasin traffic on the columbia pikere he which would be a major change to het driversround this area. a series of options would go away here. but theon arlin national cemetery staff say that this expansion is sorelyeeded here. they're on track to run out of space here within 25 years. this expansion would add as many

as 60,000 burial spaces and would allow cemetery to run until the year 2050. now, theublic can wei in on this proposal this evening as the sheraton pentagon hotel starting at 5:00. if the plan moves ahead, work could begin by 2020 and cibplete po by the year 2025. live here in arlington, i'm justin finch. news 4. >> thank you, j f> these are the top stories that we'reollowing today. right now, the person who shot a 6-year-old in the leg in d.c. is still on the loose. the little girl was sitting in the car with her mothernd sist monday night when someoner sprayed thr with gunfire. the shooting has police now looking for a get away car. it's desibed as a dark, holder model acura with a if inon the window.d license plate in the the shooting happened t lessn a mile from where makiyah wilson was killed last month man charged with mollie

tibbetts murder doesn't remembe how he killed her. the 20-year-old college student went missing during a run last month. he chased after tibbetts, blacked out and later found her bleeding in his he's undocumented immigrant in mexico and been here for seven years. a ku klux klan member has been sentenced torison after pleading no con tebs after firing a gun at a rally last year. heed a handgun toward the ground while standing on a sidewalk in charlottesville. no one was struck. he has spoken out publicly as the -- still ahead, serving up half smokes for 60 years. ben's chili bowl having a big birthday. we'll take you for a look live there. crime packages. e'll take you inside this new e'll take you inside this new amazoncenter.

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i'm erika gonzalez at the live desk. we're getting news. from d public schools that elliott hine ormiddle school ineast d.c. will be closed today because of flooding inar multiple of that building.

we've been talking about theon floodingrns all morning long. the heavy rains that we had yesterday. this is one of those effects.dl elliott pine mschool. if you have a student at elliott hine middle scol. it will be closed today. if you have a student that receives a meal there,hey can get those at eastern high school today. back over to you in the studio. >> eri t,nk you. it's 5:46. back to our top story. two menart of president trump's inner circle are facing fedel prison time. michael cohen pleaded guilty to campaign finance violations and his former campaign chair, paul manafort was found guilty on eight financial crime charges. la night at a campaign rally in west virginia, the president did not mention them. instead, he slammed the russia investigation. >> fake news and the russian witch hunt. we got a whole bigin coion. where is the collusion? >> our coverage of these developing stories continues now from capitol hill. susan mcginnis is there for us.

plea dealt do cohen's mean for the president? >> well, part of the plea deal is that he pleaded guilty to a couple of campaign finance violations including payments to silence wom who allegedly had affairs with the president. what cohen admitted to, the president -- it was to impact the election. of people lot thinking that the president could essentially face allegations of wrongdoing. there is talk people close to president reportedly worriedme about impea especially if the elections bring the house back to the democrats. let me ask you about paul manafortoo he faced 18 counts going into this. the jury found him guilty on eight of those. at does that mean for the special counsel, robert mueller. >> for robert mueller it's a victory. not a complete victory. he wasn'tound not guilty but there was a hung jury on ten of them. it's seen as a victory for

mueller. bolstering hisnd case a his standing as far as the president trying to ge rid of it. he is likely looking for paul manafort to cooperate going forward and he does face another trial. paul manafort is the most likely looking for a presidential pardon. >> susan mcginnis on t for us. susan, thank you. 5:48 now. west virginia's republican house speaker is now running for a seat on the state supreme court of appeals. himrmstead announced his resignation and plan. he did this on twitter. they recently impeached fourth of the court's justic. they're accused of wasting tax money on things. democrats called the impeachment power grab by gop lawmaks. thismorning, calls for areld wuerl to resign growing. survivor hot lines here in d.c. are swamped with calls from new victims of priest sexabuse. this follows a grand jury report out of pennsylvania last week naming more than 300 so-call predator priests.

the report implicated the archbishop of washington saying up their offenses during his service in pittsburgh the cardinal denies the allegations. here's a look at the aegs for his resignation. it's on change.org. there are close to 47,000 signatures there now. new images of the most wanted riders who ripped throug. c. and virginia streets on those at vs over the weekend. take a cse look. ten people are wanted driving illegal dirt bikes, nibikes and at vs. theygh raced thr virginia avenue northwest. 14th street and connecticut avenue. if you recognize the people in the phos, call police. they are offering a reward for any information. it is official. adrian peterson is a red kskin. he too the field with the team yesterday wearing jersey number 26. the 33-year-old isilling a g for running backs and while some say he's slowing down, theav redskins r about his workout yesterday.

coach gruden plans to put peterson during friday night's preseason matchup against the broncos. kickoff at 7:30 at fedex field. new this morning, the washington nationalsulled out a win after a fire sale. the nats and phillies opened a ree-game series here in d.c. it was a pretty long rain delay there. the game ended with a win for the nats. final score 10-4 in that game. the team didt without daniel murphy and matt adams. the pair traded yesterday. murphy part of cubs and -- mike rizzo said the team is notd giving up anding quote, i still think we are able to play competitive games. pitcher stephen strasburg is back. they're 7.5 games in the division behind the braves right now. asstill plenty ofall to play, though. >> that's right. trades going on.ut talking a the preseason game

already. >> adrian peterson. oklahoma. absolutely right. >> boomer sooner, right? >> boomer sooner. i'm glad to see another member of crimson and cream joining the burgundy and gold. hopefully he helps lead the nal kins to an except season. i remember his 2004, 5, 6 d playings at oklahoma ending with that crazy fiesta bowl. wow. anyway, i digress. outside on a mostly clear sky morning here to get your wednesday started. the heavy rain and i mean heavy rain from yesterday is gone. we still have a chance for a few more mid afternoon showers. nothing like what we saw yesterday. this is rainfall since june 1str su rainfall. just under 20 inches of rain at ndnational dulles airports. that's about double a orage amount. bwi marshall x almost 24.5 inches of rain just since june 1st. that's a 14.5 inch rainfall

surplus in the last 2 1/2 months alone. the heavy rn is gone. the passing shower chance remains. less humid air will berriving here today and hanging on into the first part of the weekendas today's for high, 86 degrees with a 30% chance for showers. you can follow the approach ofi ll with our nbc washington app. it also gives you push alerts for severe weather warnings. not expecting more warnings today. but this low pressure to the west, there's just enough in the upper levels of e atmosphere, as it comes overhead during peak daytime heating, warm at the ground, cooler air aloft. that will generate a place -- here's future weather. peak rain cnces and for the i-95 corridor at 1:00 to 5:00 this afternoon. quick peek of the ten-day forecast. good news for thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. low humidity. high temperaturesack inhe mid-90s for most if not all of

next week. let's go over to first 4 wn traffic's veryelissa mollet. >> good morning. so right now brand new problem in silver spring. pine i branch road should sd-- shut . we're just getting on the scene. a pedestrian was hit. trying to get extra details. silver spring southund georgia, the left side was blocked by the crash. that has now cleared. beltway, inner and outer loop, looking good thimorning. scott drive west of wootton parkway and south glen between glen mill and glen road shut down because of that flooding. as far as your travel times go, 66 inbound looking good. 95 northbound. o big issues this morning. inmaryland, 270 and the top of the beltway, inner loop and outer loop rolling along nicely. listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you hop in your car. esmore on the pian coming up. melissa, thank you. it's 5:54.

you may have driven by the exxon gas station at the foot of the bridge. it's been shuttered to make room for condos, apparently. closing that station has commuters and lawmakers worried about finding gas in the district inhe future. >> you're running out of gas, you need someplace to stop for gas, otherwise you're outf luck. >> we're running out of gas in the city. we'll be manhattan soo where you have to leave the town in order to buy fwas. i almost never buy gas in d.c. it's not clear when the gas station will be torn down and the condos will start goingup. also this morning, we're celebrating a milestone for wlben's chili . that iconic restaurant is marking t 60 years he community. molette green is kicking off the bration for us live at ben's on u street.go morning. you're ready to get this party

started. >> reporter: i know. we're ready for a block party. the workers are setting up thea for the big ceremony. the block party that will come from ultoday, a f day of events. inside ben's here at thest hiic u street locationtlocaon, workers are cleaning the store, getting it ready for a kinds of celebrities, including the reverend jesse jackson. news 4 will be streaming live, showing you what's going on handing out a little swag as well. we want to celebrate this institution here in washington at this historic u street location. coming up in the 6:00 hour, we'll talk to the creator of ben's chili bowl and talk about the unveiling. the new name in front of this stretch on ustreet. more coming up throughout the morning on news 4. >> see our new truck. isn't it cool? >> awesome.

yeah. >> also ahead on "news4 today," umd embroiled in controversy following the death of a cnair's player this summer m father is standing by the hool's president. >> new heartbreaking deals wit lie bbetts. that clem student just found dead. the debate that his arrest has sparked. stay with us.

another night of pounding rain hit our region. it fell late into the night and almost all of us saw some rough weather. this is connecticut avenue here. the umbrellas were out there.f a lot people trying to dodge big puddles as they moved around. hours rlier, the rain caused problems on woodburn road in nandale. major flooding here. a rescue crew had to be called in to help people inside that car. this morning, berkeley county public schools in west virginia are operating on a o-hour delay. we learned that elliott hine middle school will be closed because of flooding. the building is flooded apparently. we have a crew headed to that scene to learn more about that. first, take abreath. >> yes. >> good morning everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. i'm angie goff in f e yang. yeah. we had wild weather. feeling the impact of that this

morning. we're also tracking major developments with an impact on the presidency of donald trump. his former attorney michael cohen pleaded guilty to several charges in federal court and his campaign chair, paul manafort was found guilty of eight felonies. overnight, this appeared onu the t hotel in d.c. a projection of the words guilty and criminal across the front entrance of .at buildi a lot to get to this morning including taking down to ben's chili bowl, celebting 60 years in brings. >> molette green will yoin us with a look at the n, the festivities and a few reasons why you want to head down there this morning. >> we begin with a check of the commute and the forecast. melissa mollet looking at the roads and rails this morning. chuck bell has the radar. what do you see? >> we have another chance of rain but it will not be the long lasting super soakers like we had yesterday afternoon. that was the cold front yesterday. today, just a little area of low pressure drifting