10:00 on the dot. florence gaining steam. the looming threat in the atlantic is getting closer and growing stronger. we are tracking how it could affect you. >> a swimmer disappears and now crews are hoping they can get back on the water and find the man lost in the patuxent river. and a howard county family says they were able to get out of tir home minutes before it inploded. thank you for sti it out and being here with us through the 10:00 hour. i'da tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. lauryn ricketts not tracking one, not two, but a multitude of orms? >> i think my mic just popped out because i can hear myself in my ear. storms out there,'r yright.

we have tomorrow helene and isaac, those are moved off the coast of africa. tropical storm florence should become a hurricane later today. it may become a hurricane within the hour. winds were at 70 miles an hour. you need winds 75 miles an hour for a categor one hurricane but right now remnants ofrd . what was tropical storm gordon out there? that's why we're seeing patchy moderate rain but steady rain throughout the day today. flood watch in effect for everybody through 6:00 a.m. monday morning. a couple o inches rain possible. we've seen a couple inches in some portions of our area mainly through maryland, through northern anne arundel county, portions of montgomery county and frederick county. this flood warning goe until 3:30 where a couple inches of h

rae already fallen. we'll talk about the latest track of florenc coming up in 20 minutes. and team coverage of this weteekend weather continues. >> people are seeing the effects of the rain. derrick ward is live i veexandria. >> reporter: we ood news for you here on telegraph rard he intersection of telegraph and dsen. here's video. a few minutes ago have-dot threw brought loader and pushed the tree out of the roadway. cleared the pavement of the larger branchs so traffic is again moving through here but i expect to see moref that. we have felt win pick up and that is expected to increase as the day goes on so still under

the flood watch as well as the high wind warning which could wreak hoc on trees already loose so r telegraphd is open now so safe travels. just be aware of the puddling and hydroplaning possibilities. derrick ward, news 4. back to you. >> thank you so much, derrick. it looks like we want to share more information about the state of emergency the clard the decl virginia. >> let's break down what governor wrath northamns mor our area. the order lessons any potentige dand streamlines the process for the commonwealth to send asstance to other states. the governor wants people too prepare more with emergency kits. find more on what to include an

how to prepare for a hurricane on our web site. >> reporter: south carolina declared a state of emergency. s we some people already buying up storm supplies. they loaded up on generators and ponchos. the govern wanveryone to take this storm seriously. >> it's strong storm now. it's been strong and hashe t potential to get very strong. >> north carolina has declared a state of emergency as well. >> you want to stay with storm team 4 for continuingag cov on florence. we are tracking the storm as it gets closer to the coast and y can get up-to-the-minute updates in our nbc washington app. the search continues for a man fromorern virginia who disappeared while swimming in the patuxent river in marylandro he was seend 12:30 swimming off myrtle point park. the sheriff's office says the swimmer is an alexandria resident in his 20s. several agencies including the

coast guard are involved in thir . >> a howard county family is safe thanks to their quick-thinking action. they escaped their home just before it exploded. this picture shows the moments after itappened around n woodbine, maryland 11:00 friday night someone inside t home smelled natural gas and they evacuated and called police and then the house. blew >> everyone felt like a tree landed on their house. that's how loudnd impactful it was. and then we look out the window and it was an inferno. >> can you imagine? the exact cauf the explosion under investigation. neighbors arerying to help the family now. >> trains on the orange, silver, blue and yellow lines will run every 24 minutes and on the redline a major safety drill is closing platforms at two of the

stations. the exercise will last until 2:00 on the r line upper level at the gallery place station. that means the flat forms at metro center and gallery place will be closed to the public. both stations will be open for other lines, bus will replace red line stations between farragut north and judiciary square until 2:00. keep in mind you may hear simulated sound in the area because of the drills. a man carrying this 9 millimeter loaded handgun was stopped by tsa at reagan national airport. police arrived at the checkpoint and questioned the man on friday and allowed him to place the gun unloaded in his checked baggage. >> a new school year has begun but concerns about safety in the classroom have not stopped since several school shootings. so this weekend there was a different kind of ck-to-school rally. >> reporter: in alexandria, students celebrated a new school year withh another p for change. news 4's darcy spencer has the

story. >> i will never forget my first funeral i'd ever been to was for a 16-year-old girl who was shot while trying to get her education. >> reporter: jackson o'mara is a senior in st. mary's county where her classmate was sho and killed last march. >> i will never forget walkiin seeing the photos and videos of her and seeing her family standing next to t daughter's casket. >> reporter: o'mara was one of the speakers at the back-to-school rally. >> for me it means shopping for bulletproof backpacks and waiting for the news ofshew ootings rolling in day by day, hour by hour. >> reporter: that's the new an reality for young people -- fear that something could happen. >> personally, i'm kind of scared to go to school because you never know when it could be your turn.

>> >>. >> reporter: the event was orked by a middle school student a a high stool student. they wanted to talk about gun violence and school shooting. >> we were passionate about the issues so it wasn't that hard and it's something that needs to be held.ep >>ter: naomi wadler is an 11-year-old antigun violence activist who spoke at the march for our lives rally. >> being here motivating and empowering and it's a great reminder there's power in numbers. >> reporter: they encouraged young people to register to vote and to use their voting power to sh for stronger gun control laws. darcy spencer, news 4. it was the shaking n that one was ready for. cameras allss acrohina rolling as an earthquake hit. you'll see more chaos and damage left behind next o

>>ast moving floodwaters are to blame for in missouri.epth authorities say the patrols car wa swept off a road into a river friday night. rescue crews found his body inside his patrol car. they s the 36-year-old deputy worked for the sheriff's office for a little more than a year. surveillance foota captures the minute a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck southwestern china. you can see things falling off the shelf there. the chaos, people running out of the buildings. th debris falling down alliways. more than a dozen people suffered minor injuries. no deaths were reported. that's scary. firefighters are checkin hopes for damage now. new video shows the

brilliant presidential candidate stabbed at a rally recovering in the hospital. he's had surgery since the stabbing thursday and in a wea an setchy voice he thanked the medical team for helping hi the man accused of stabbing him is in prison but police are trying to deterne if he acted alone. >> kelnorth korea celebrates 70 years with an elaborate gala. the festivities began with that concert which kicks off a month of performances. the goal is to get support from foreign investments and to boost tourism. north korea is dealing with internationalr sanctions o its weapons program. >> reporter: in california, delition work on a old bridge is complete with twove massi explosions. in san francisco, check this

out,boom. california ploded two of them.he remember they blew up the wilson bridge. they said the person with the worst commute gotre to pss the plunger. >> i remember that, yes. 10:30 right now. taking a live look at the loomy sunday morning a lot of us are waking up to. no dry patches. today anywhe we're bracing for more rain and

welme back. we have a flood watch for our entire region until 6:00 a.m. monday morning. we have flood warnings through maryland and the eastern panhandle of west virginia. sscouple inches of rain have falling ache area. we'll have more rain through the day today. a chance for tomorrow morning and then again storm afternoon and we' keep chances this week, then our focus on friday tus to florence. we're showing you the latest track to let you know what to expect in five minutes. >> thank you, lauryn. her name is miranda and she may be the most talked-about baby in washington, d.c. thre months o, mayor muriel

bowser announced she was adopting a newborn and becoming a mom. >> mayor o bowserned up to the "today" show's hoda kotb about her bundle of joy but she talked to us first and w she's finally ready to introduce miranda to the world. >> reporter: this is the first time mayor bowser allowed news cameras to see her baby. >> we're settled in and miranda will be baptized on sunday. she'll have a party and then she's going back to being a normal baby, i bowser chose to hare her and miranda's story with the "today" show's hoda kotb. >> i enjoyed watching her on the "today" show. go to share how her story meant so muc me and a lot of women. >> there's a moment where that child is put in your arms.ha

describe moment for me. >> i think the moment that really sticks out to me was literally looking down at miranda and those eyes looking back at me and knowing that i orwas her entire and when i had that feeling i knew we would be tonight forever. >> when she looked at you did you see? >> i saw my baby girl. ion had no hesita no -- the feeling was that it was going to be the two of us and we would make it in the world. >> reporter: as for why she wanted to become a single mom in her mid-40s, she talked about that with kotb. but she told us -- "i think d.c. is eager to have a first daughter." >> i like that. ok okay. a bombshellbook, an annoy

mouse op-ed and now the former presidgt is tak jabs at the current occupant of the white house. l this in week. >> and thankfully we have chuck todd to help us navigate. let's talk about the woodward ed. and the on we were talking about this earlier and you say we haven't learned new but we have. we've learned nothing new about the president. he's a disruptive force w flies off the handle, does this, does that, doesn't understand what the libel law -- doesn't understand there are no libel laws in this country. doesn't understand the definition of treason. in some ways, yes, we learned nothing. i think we've learned more about the staff. we're learning more about what is happening inside this administration and i think this should disturb fos, whether you're a supporter of the president, if you're a support b you shou disturbed there's an unelected cabal thwarting the will of the voter. if you're not a big fan, both incidents confirm yourth concer

maybe he's not fit inhe office. congress should concerned. we knowt they wo be. what's interesting here and this was a question we were debating, doest have an impact beyond washington? that's an open question. his supporters eleed him to disrupt. one thing is clear, he's disruptive so yon if it has a persuasion but it makes this white house inoperative. let's not pretend it's you have kellyanne conway who has said the staff rallied around this but she admitted there are some trust issues for the president and why wouldn't there be at this point? >> and i know we have to get out in the next 30 seconds but sport nominee brett kavanaugh, i know you talked with senator durbin about n is, too. >>ct, he said and i think this is going to be interesting he said tir prima focus, he thought the most important issue facing them was how he would

rule on things have to do with the mueller probe and i think there are a lot of progresses who think no, no, the number one fohes should have been on issue of abortion and the that you saw that -- that to me is why i think this supreme court hearing democrats faid to dohat they thought they could do because they didn't have one issue they were focusing on. now known more for spartacus than kavanaugh and that's not good for the democrats. >> so much more wixbo talk with you but we're short on time. we have to get to laury and her forecast. >> because there's 17 hurricanes. >> she might be benghaziier than you. >> if you want more politics, ten minutes from now "meet the press" comes up. lauryn, take us your forecast. >> unlike chuck said, not 17 but three ahere all tropical storms and one we're paying attention to is florence. major hurricane by monday. what we're seeing right now, tod

rain from is remnants from gordon so that is why we'll see heavy rain out there today, do we have dry? tim no, not unless you're far south. flooding concerns? absolutely. will force will impact us? big possibility. radar right now, the yellows, the oranges that'she more not rad rain. this is what radar looks like through much of the day. moisture off the atlantic. we have a frontal system that's stalled. we're gettingn moisture back d to the gulf of mexico so moisture feeding intothis. that's why we have a flood watch through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning so expecthr raingh then a couple inches possibility and flooding a big possibility as well. a couple inches have fallen through maryland so we have flood warnings through maryland until 3:30. another thing that might be a shock to the wsystem?

chilly it is, we are not making it out of the 60s. it will be breezy, the rain will continue through much of the day, pocf heavy rain becoming more showery overnight. showers tomorrow morning with fog and we'll have a chance for showers and thunderstorms tomorrow a ernoon after dry time. but the thing about tomorrow? we're back in the 80s and the humidity comes back tomorrow. windy plan for today, conditions, we stay in the 60s, steady rainayhroughout the and 80s tomorrow. showers in the morning, dry during the afrnoon. we have tropical storm. we expect there to be a hurricane with anshut date that ld be in the next 20 minutes or so.he nowhing about this, we

have a blocking area of high pressure that could create this to stall, tropical storm force winds right now are extending 120 miles out but it could take different tracks. we have several dayse we can finalize a track and these are the different tracks it can take. we have a frontal system tuesday that will help push and dictate where that storm sogoes. e are tracking that storm. friday all the way possibly into tuesday. steady rain, flooding a big concern, more raintomorrow, isolated stuff tuesday through thursday and warm this week gbefore we start track florence for for years it was your dream house. now it's your home. ♪

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