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ban banks. >> it was ri kick use louse the amount of rain we saw. it was crazy. we'll check in in justt a mom but first, let's check in with chuck bell with more on our forecast. it is storm team 4 weather alert day. >> we have the weather alerthe because's flash flood warnings and tons of rain yesterd yesterday. >> we still have more rain in the forecast today. before you leave, don't forget the umbrella. as you leave this morning for your commute you might be running into light rain. we haveer hea rain out here. but this is also what we're looking at afar as thelood threat. flood warnings through mostly northern maryland where you see the brighter green.he ise across 81 and parts of west virginia ll, it's all
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because of yesterday's very heavy rainfall. well it brought all the rain yesterday. it's still a little breezy out there. mae that you grab the umbrella. temperature wise we're on the cool side. mid to low 60s. b aak down of what we may be expect. >> good morning. southbound southern afternoon ck here, b because of the early morning crash. we did have them shutdown here for sometime. at the belt way, 395 out. of to we have road work not there this morning. stafford 95, after stafford,th crash i left lane and as you look north here, don't have a report oyt hing.in we'll check to that and be back in a couple of minutes.
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>> melissa, thanks. looking at the rainfall there, if you were out on the roads fhis weekend, you no doubt made good use your windshield wipers. pounding rain made things treacherous out there nd rain is in the forecast for much of this week. people in alex saandria will ke an eye on water there. >> water ran s down theeet and in some cases pooled in front of several businesses. look at that. that made it tough for people to get around. it forced many businesses to close. the water rose so quickly, many people were caught off guard. >> been 1 here almost years and this is the first time i've seen this much flood in old town. >> the tro was not isolated in take a look at the signs up across other parts ofrg ia.
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motorists were warned about high water and downed trees. work crews were busy throughout the evening picking up downed liws. o hurricane florence, a powerful storm in the atlantic right nowxpted to get stronger and impact the e coast. >> there's a state of emergency already in advance of the storm. the carolinas are expected to get the brunt of it.io prepar are underway. yunl yun students at the universy of north carolina are being asked to leave campus. en as it hits the carolinas we'll still feel impact here. chuck bell is tracking florence. >> thank you. four things you need to know. it's a serious, serious threat forth north carolina, s carolina, and virginia primarily at this point.vi
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sly any updates could change that.ks the landfall l to be late in the day thursday in stheastern north carolina. our highest impacts are likely to comend friday saturday. our main threat here will be flooding. now if the track were to change. currently it's expected to bring it intoer southea north carolina and then, this is a very scary update to the forecast. and then sta out over western north carolina and south western virginia. that could lea to catastrophic flooding. any variation in that track could bring that heavy moisture to us. after a soang rai this past weekend that could be big trouble here. stay with storm team a nbc washington. >> chuck, thank you. stay with news 4 t for latest on hurricane florence and it's potential impact. for up to the minute information n this storm, open the nbc washington ap >> now breaking news, d.c.
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olice need help finding three missing children. >> angie goff is at the live desk with more. what's going on? >> these children are under the age of 6. we want to get straight to their photos. we did just speak with d.c. police. these kids disappeared yesterday. they were at their hegrandm home in northeast but there was some type of dispute. police belie they are with the woman who you see here on the screen. she i the mother of one of these children but does n have permission to have her child with her. we'l continue to stay in communication with them and bring you updates toughout the morning. now back to you. >> thank 'su. 4:05. developing this morning out of dallas, texa the white police officer that shot and killed an unard black
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man over the weekend has been arrested. she went to the apartment thinking it was her own apartment. she shed when saw him she opened fire killing him and now she is charged with manslaughter she was devout christian and his loved ones were devastated. also developing this morning, one of the mt powerful men in television is now out of a job. cbsnnnced its parting ways with long time ceo lesmoonves. six women have come forwardsi ac him of sexual harassment and assault. denies the allegations t callinghem appalling. he is expected to receive at settleme some have estimated to be worth a million dollars. ver cbs will not decide on the payment until an investigation is complete cbs also says $20 million of any yment will be donated to one or moren organizathat
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supports the me too movement. a cause of a fatal house fire in prince george's county remains a mystery. >> thatire broke out saturday night at a home. authorities believe it started in the basement and then spread, as you can see here, some of the damage. the windows are completely gone and the siding and roo are charred. first responders found an unconscious woman inside the house. she was rushed to the hospital and later died. the home had a smoke detector but firefighters don't know whether it was working. >> after anau eive two-day search authorities found the body of a swimmer that disappeared in st.mary's county. they discovered 20-year-old m manuel protillo. he was from analia. >> there's a desperate search for a missing teenager in the district.r alayah weave was 15 years old. she was last seen on friday on
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farragut street. >> he is speaking out after days of being sentenced to tks wee in jail. campaign members knew about his efforts to set up meeting between trump and russian president vladimir putin. candidate trump was open to the nd now attorney general jeff sessions was enthusiastic about it asor hed on the campaign. sessions though told congress under oath that she she said he not authorized to represent the campaign. >> having probingha questions i thought might incriminate the sitting president. >> you were trying to protect the president? >> of cour >> he pleaded guilty to lying to the fbi as par of special counsel robert mueller's investigation. he was sentenced to 1 year of probation, 200 hours ofit comm service and a fine.
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many of you enjoy the return of sundaal foo but president trump is bashing the nfl because of players protesting duringalhe nati anthem. yesterday the president tweeted, quote, first nfl game ratings are way down over an already really bad last year comparison. viewershipd decli13%. the lowest in over a decade. he goes on to say,e, qu if the players stood proudly for our flag and a ihem and is all shown on broadcast, maybe tings could come back. otherwise, worse. talking about football,o controversy for redskins fans this morning because the team pulled off is epic victory to start the new season. >> the skins conquer the cardinals 24-6. i can't remember the lastime ad a first game looking this good. ow that big. >> some new players helped >> share the win in the season opener. > for the first time in five years the redskins starting the season offith a win. playing his first game since november and comg off an
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injury, chris thompson started the scoring early forgt waon. eterson joined him in the end zone. the burgundy and gold scored three touchdowns in the first half. defenseeld the cardinals scoreless until the final minute leading to a 24-6 ctory. their first season opening win under head coach jay gruden. you guys kept reminding me all week about the 0-4 start. >> i felt like we owed that to coach gruden. the way he takes care of his guys, he deserves everything coming to him. >> the redskinsanoved they win on the road. next sunday a chance to do it for their fans in their home opener against the indianapolis colts. news 4 sports. coming up this morning, a story for the college-bound student in your house. >> we're checking out the most valuable majors. plus it was the biggestro corsy in sports over the weekend. serena williams losing the u.s. open after a back andh. fort
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welcome back. theat d about sexism in sports intensifies this morning after serena williams final appearance. she was fined $17,000. it started on saturday when the chair umpire penalized her for receiving instructions fro coach from the sidelines. williams denied it claiming she hanever cheated i her life. later in the match she picked up two more violations. one for smashing her rack kwque. male tennis starsould have done worse and not been punished. >> a new report finds a majority of teams constantly browse social me >> but how they feel about their usage may surprise you. 70% of teens spend time on apps
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multiple times a day. many of them tap inappropriate contact and teens are aware of the timpact onir lives. >> this is reality going forward in our kids b lives, we can provide them guidance and judgment as to how bset to u social media in a positive way and also avoid the pitfalls. experts say parents can help by creating device free zones in the house and being good role models by turning off t cell phones. i think that's the greatest challenge for parents these days. this morning we're learning more about a concerning study the by researchers at american academy of pediatrics. there's been an increase in fetal alcohol itsyndrome. lso raises the risk of brain and behavioral disorders in thea
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by. early intervention and parenting educational services can help. well, the next time you fill up your car with gas, you m find yourself paying less at the pump. prices could fall by the e of the month because of oil supplies that are currently high. they also say in the coming weeks refiners will not make the summer blend of gasoline. the average price accorng to aaa is $2.80 for the entire d.c. region right now. that's slightly below the national average. >> many clege studentsave a tough time choosing a field of study but what is theost valuable college major? according to bank ring.com, actuarial sciences ranke in number one. noened woman standinge ua wonder. grs could earn an average salary of $108,000. zoology comes in second and nuclear engineering third.
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i wonder wherern jism falls in all of this. we're looking at the latestra ings of best u.s. colleges and universities and we'll tell you o how local schools did. >> i had to good actuarial science. >> it a math and statistic methods to assess risk. >> exactly. >> yeah. >> caught on camera, a water spout off the coast of virginia. >> the naturalhe pmenon put on a show for people in norfolk.w bout that. you can see it in the distance there. spoutr recorded the wat when it developed along the chesapeake bay yesterday. >> that'a pretty b one too. normally water spouts are pretty skinny. like a little noodle or something but i would get far away. >> yeah, that probably wasn't moving too much because inow in that area yesterday when i was here, there were a lot of t storms buty were really
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stationary for the most part. so that w spout is cool to look at from a distance if you know it's not moving or anything. but man, we had our share of rain iyesterday. idn't think we would ever dry out. it was ridiculous s >> it didm like that. it seemed like the rain was never ending. ethis morning had showers around but the flood threats are still going on. take a look at the green shaded ct counties in northern maryland. this is the most imminent flood threat. that darker shade of that's still a flood watch as well as northern maryland under alood watch also. that's also going to go through the day this morng. winchester as well. if you're around the district you might be running into light rain this morning. nothing very heavy. it's not going to be the was out of the day but take a look at the moisture moving up
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through the northeas these are the remnants of gordon believe it ornot. we're in the mid 60s. and if the kids doead outo the bus stop we're looking at showers still in the forecast this morning. br wzy and as go through the day, cloudy with still some spotty showers around. here's future weather. 8:00 this morning, expectd scatte showers through the afternoon as well. then we go into tuesday. just have themblla all week. let's just say that. more showers in the forecast tuesday and then watching the weekend. look at hurricane florence, really defined eye here. this storm is continuing to stengthen and organ and we expect it to do that as it nears land. look at this track. major hurrirsne by ty into friday when it could be seeing land close to the carolinas. that b area of high pressure will be staying in new england and that should help to buffer it down to the south but we'll be talking about that more as we go throughout this week. as far as our rain chances are concerned for the rest of the week they'll sta up and by the
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end of the week and into the weekend, we'll be watching for florence and any impact to that locally. let's see how the commute is going on this . mond >> good morning. southbound southern afternoon, southbound lanes still blocked here this morning. the northbound lanesn are o so that helps just a bit. we had a problem here, nortound 29 the ramp to inbound 11th street bridge with a crash. that just cleared out of the wah so you don'tave to worry about that one. we have all lanes blocked by that crash. and inlesburg near the esdu greenway with flooding and the road is closed. >> thank you. he was the local kid that made waves on social media. >> tere a look h dancing on a cruise ship. ♪ >> wow. 10-year-old ryan star is from
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maryland. he did a dan contest on family vacation and won. today he's appearing on ellen. >> you didn't know that someone was filming that and then it went viral. were you surprised how many people saw it? >> yeah, i never thought i'd go viral at the age of 10, but it endede upn my favorite tv show so i'm okay with it. >> that's so sweet. surprise ill have a for ryan but you'll have to see what that is. ellen as here at 3:00 follows by news 4 at4:00. >> now that school is back in session, parents can sometimes face a tough decision, should i leave my child home alone? the report every parent sho
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long should you wait before relying to somebody? according to google waiting more than 20 minutes to respond to a text could seem rude. researchers shadows people from a varie of countries and said al users described tension caused by texting. a delayed message can feel like an insult o and those the receiving end often feel pressure to respo immediately. >> so whether it's summertime or the school year,arents often face a tough decision. should i believe my child at ho alone? we talk to local parents and law enforcement about when kids are ready for the responsibility, and what we fnd was pretty surprising. >> what could we be forgetting? >> skevin. >> i the classic 90s film but in real life. >> that will never h we're older. >> we asked parents what they think is the best age to leave ds at home alone.
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>> 13. i have a 13-year-old now and he's hom alone with his xbox. >> only three states have home alon laws. according to the child welfare information gateway, myland is one of those states along with illinois and oregon. >> maryland state laws say at age 8 you're allowed to be home alone. montgomery county police say age isn't the only factor. parents need to be certain their child is mature enough to be left alone without causing stress. >> i wouldn't leave her alone until she was quite a bit older. e would want to impress me by baking cookies and i don't want her using the oven. >> when they hear a knock at the door -- >>'t i dare who knocks at the door, i don't care what thet say, w they're selling, do not open the door. >> what happens if there's a police oicer at your door. what should your child do? the child should feel comfortable askingm to show a badge or i.d. and parents can take their kids to a police
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station to find out what a rl i.d. looks like. i'd tell my kids not to open the door. >> ifhere's a knock, it's not for you. i have a key. >> exactly. i tell them not to go to the door. >> we also reached out to law enforcement in virginia and d.c. both say they have home alone recommendations. this is really a decision for parents toedake b on their child's maturity. >> it's odd because maryland, the home alone law is only 8 and illinois it's 14. t think about t age disparity in what the laws believe, these state laws for leaving your child home alone. it's 4:26 right now. coming up, demanding change in the catholic church. a local deacon stando g up t the cardinal accused of covering up abuse. next, what he's refusing to do unl the cardina re-signs. good morng, it's 4:26 on a monday morning. still a lot of areas under flood warnings. they'll continue through most of the morning.
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now, it was sprinkling. >> good morning. >>erkeley county, west virginia schools are on a two-hour delay because of the flooding. if any districts make similar announcements we'll let you konw he air and online. >> working for you this morning. keeping an eye on the roads that may still be a bit wet. but we begin with chuck bell on all the rain wre getting. >> still a weather alert because of all the rain we h yesterday. more showers today and flooding concerns and we're watching hurricane florence. >> we couldn't stuff more information into the forecast. with what's dealing left of gordon, first. that's what brought us the heavy rain yesterday. it's now across pennsylvania, new york and new england. still plenty ofud c and rain chan
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