the center. just moments ago we learned the governor has declared a state of emergencyeright in maryland. and virginia also under a state of emergency. >> this is a serious pestorm. le need to take lead from what they're hearing on tv ands the ces. >> and the pictures from space tell story he. the category 4 storm is expected to stay very strong over the next few days as it heads toward land. florence is threatening rain in our arere and w already completely waterlogged. it is causing all sorts of flooding and around the sregion. it i creating a mess on the gb parkway. >> and in alexandria, crews were caught off guard by high water. inregs there'ets mo brete flooding exp during high tides. and florence could cause even

more flooding later this. we >> we've got team coverage for derek is out there keeping an eye on local preparations.eg let's with jay gray in north carolina where they are bracing for a direct hit. >> reporter:each side, things are just about perfect right now. the lasteen beautiful few days. >> reporter: but the situation along the south atlantic shoreline is expected to change dramatically. >> the forecast places north carolina in the bull's-eye of hurricane florence. the storm is rapidly getting stronger >> florence monster, a major hurricane visible from space, churning in the ntat, gathering strength and churning toward the coast. >> there is a serious tomeat dangerous winds, dangerous storm surge and dangerous river

flooding causedy high amounts of precipitation. >> hundreds of thousands in the strike zone are getting ady. gathering plywood and sandbags to block floodwaters. >> i'm worried. >> there is been a run on generators and everything else needed to ride out t storm. >> i have candles, flashlights, tons of galns of water. i'm ready. >> working, waiting and watching. in.florence closes evacuation orders have already been issued for parts of thenk outer and that area will expand tomorrow. florence is expected to make landfall thursday night into friday morning. jay gray, nbc ne, carolin beach, north carolina. >> this is definitely one of those storms that you need to keep a eye on as it heads toward the east coast. >> doug kammerer joins us now. how bad is this thing going to

get? >> as it sits now across the atlantic ocean, this thing has really blown up over the past 24 hours, going from storm this time yesterday, a very weak hurricane, to a monster of a storm out there right now. the eye starting to get bigger and you can see, this is a buzz saw hurricane, winds of 135 miles per hour. winds moving west at 30 miles an hour with 130-mile-an-hour a category 4 storm south of bermuda on this track, staying on the westerly track coming in toward the carolina onbeaches. thursday, this is thursday, with 145-mile-an-hour nds. this is national hurricane center forecast. this is about to be revisedthver next hour. big time damage along portions of the carolina beaches and the storm surge for our area won't be until friday into the weekend. the big issue f us could be flooding associated with that. so tracking florence. we'll have much more coming up.

coastal flood warningstonight. we saw it around alexandria, the d.c. area, ande the chesape and potomac rivers. we'll see it tonight. if you s flooding yesterday, you will see it again this evening. and then talking about florence' impact on our area over the next couple days. what can you expect here? the big issues, once again, friday through about monday. this is a lon duration event. once it makes its way on than, it is expected to stall and sit fo days. >> wow! you'll be busy. we'll check back later on. inhe meantime, storm prep is focusing on north carolina.ar derek is taking look at how power company and customers around the area getting ready. >> and we are tracking florence around the clock. so be sure to tune in to news4 today for the latest on how may affect us.

it all gets started bright and early at 4:00 a.m. right now the vaticans preparing to address allegations that the pope covered up for cardinal theodore mccarrick. mccarrick resigned as cardinal in june amidst allegations that he groped a teenager. the pope is expected to comment on the allegations. the local dean james garcia said the current archbishop of washington shoul f resign the way he dealt with priests accused of sexual abuse. the catholics will be meeting at 7:00 tonight at st. mthews to talk about holding church leaders accountable. aocal family is breathing a sigh of relief this afternoon. now the three missing children are safe. they were reportedye missing erday after a dispute at their grandmother's home in northeast. police stay 18-month-old, 3-year-old, and 6-year-old, were all founds fine this morning. there are no details about whe

the children were discovered. so we have heard so much abou. as of midnight tonight, we're all going to get our chance to boad it. >> talking bob woodward's new book. it goes on sale at midnight. it is entitled fear and it has already provided loathing in circles. saying that woodward isetached mpom reality. >> president tgain is praising his white house as a well-oiled machine but that book paints a completely different picture. nown the evef the release, the white house and the author are going head to head over w was telling the truth. >> pushback from the podium. today white house holding its first briefing since two scathing accounts of an administration in chaos. sarah huckabee sanders slamming journalist bob woodward, author

of the new book "fear" which talks about a tumultuous white house through unnamed sources. >> which see incredibly reckless for a book to make such trageous claims,o not even take time to get a $10 fact checker to call around and verify these quotes. >> this morning woodward taking president.e >> this is a war on truth. >> and defending it on "today." >> the incidents are not synonymous. it gives a date time, who participates. >> president trump apparently pointing to that question from savannah and calling woodward a liar caught cold. sanders also calling out an anonymous senior administration official who wrote a critical "new york times" op-ed unfit for office. >> i would rather take on record account from people who are

here, who have been working in thisil ng. not disgruntled former employees that refusepu ttheir name on things. >> as she suggested the identity of the author could be a national security official orus thece department to look into as presidentrump suggested. >> and sanders was also asked about the possibility of using a lie detector test on determine who wrote the scathing op-ed. that's something that has been suggested by a member of congress. sanders said that is not an idea even being discussed adding that members of the staff are focused on doing their jobs. all right. thank you. a scary scene in the middle of aaryland parking lot. an offduty police officer sees a man breaking into his truck and opens fire. prince george's county police are investigating. they've taped off part of the

parking lot. tracee wkins is live at police headquarters. you've been working the story. what have you learned? >> reporter: well,e we were a to break on twitter that this officer was actually targeted. let me tell you what happened. prince george's county police are you. reporter: now confirming that this offduty police officer was practicing at a gun rge here if prince george's county. when he left the gun range, someone else inside the gun range decided to follow him. he went to grab lunch and that's when the suspect breaks into his vehicle, taking a nber o weapons. and some of them high powered weapons. let me take you back to friday to show you the scene as the officials are investigating.t the suspecas able to get into a vehicle and drive away. the offduty officer said he fired the weapon as the suspect drove away. re weapons wereovered but the suspect made an escape. now police are looking for that

suspect. listen now to the police as they explain what they're investigating. >> we do believe that the suspect targeted this officer's truck and that ehalier day, the officer was at a local gun range at prince george's county. the suspect then followed the officer to the cation. once the vehicle was unoccupied, he then bro in, stole weapons and fled the scene. >> reporter: this is t gun range that prince george's county officers from around the areae. prince george's police tell us they do nos believe t someone regularly targeting people from the gun range. they believe this is an isolated situation. given any information on the suspect's name at this point and the baltimore police have not released the name of the officer. he has been suspended with payw e it is being investigated. i'm tracee

back to you in the studio. all right. keep us posted. some sad news out of hollywood. we just learned that singer olivia newton john is battling cancer. it is her third cancer in three decades. amshe told a pro doctors found a tumor in her lower back in 2017. newton john said she underwent radiation and is now treating the cancer naturally. the star of the movie "grease" turns 70 this month. we certainly wish her well. >> wish her luck. this one sounds like a prank. this can actually cause a lot of nemage. >> som has been going around opening up water hydrants. why it is n only dangerous but can do a lot of damage. lady gaga can act.f think these two as oscar

contenders. >> and stay with storm team 4 as >> and stay with storm team 4 as hurricane florence is expected

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watch. heavy rain could cause serious flooding at home and local aders are taking no chances. >> that's right. now a look athe preparations well underway in the region. r: good afternoon. we've just heard that governor larry hogan has declared a state of emergency for maryland and of course as the governor of virginia, he's already done itful will we get a direct hit from florence? hopefullynot. fingers crossed but we could have an issue with water. a lot of it will be in the potomac river. the source of theso tion, some of those fire boats. not only the big boats but made for swift water rescue. for us, water has already been a problem. that is water from rain. high water, heavier flooding than usual in alexandria has been a problem and likely to be another. the ground is so saturated. now, here in d.c., d. fire and

ems it's a i've been telling are you at the ready. they've just done a table top that comes in handy. eew this is hurricane season and they are i preparing as well. take a look.ve >> we capability for inland ater rescue, for river water rescue. but a storm will bring potentiallyum ar of challenges. that could involve power lines down,ded power outages, trees wn, you know, somitations on where you can drive. people need to pay close attention. >> and by that h d means't drive into high standing water. you know the oldsa ng, turn around, don't drown. and listen to your weather stay tuned on news4 and get yourself an emergency kitth to. flashlight, batteries, any medications you may have. the things that w serve you

well during an extended power outage or any other t isst might come with the storm. preparation is definitely in order. derrick ward, news4. >> good idea. now let's check the t. a confirmed water spout. this is willowby beach, virginia. this was one of the many t remnants fropical storm gordon that brought rain and cold weather over theweekend. now, we look to florence and the flooding in the region which isn't really tied to the rain you're talking about. >> it comes up at certain times of the day. tonight, high tide between 10:00 and 1:00, georgetown, you will see it again. some coastal flooding.ai we have some coming in but the winds have been a big eiss. theterly winds not allowing the waters of theac pot to

exit. that's why we have it tonight, too. >> all eyes on hurricane florence. this is a monster of a storm. once again, this was a tropical storm yesterday morning. now back to a category 4 hurricane and you can see there, the eye looking very, very healthy. notice the red. the areas of red here right around the center. now how they envelope the entire area. you havehe buzz saw type feature here showing a very intense hurricane. this hurricane is only expected to strengthen over the next couple hours. we have a couple days to watch it. this isbe uda. on this current track, heading west a 13 miles per hour. winds at 130 miles per hour. it is expected to strengthen more. category 4 over 150 miles per hour. this is close to a category 5 strength. it is expected to weaken as it

comes onshore. but still expected to come onshore, winds at 145 miles an hour and then quickly dissipating to a category 1. if this is lik l isabele if 2003, and i think it will be single l similar, this will sit and stall over north carolina and virginia for ivwards of days. that will be the biggest concern here. it will be foding from this. and we're talking about wind and storm t surge alo north carolina beaches, south carolina beaches. even into the chesapeake bay, and our beaches will have some impact. he biggest thing will be the flooding. rainfall totals up to 20 inches. we could even see it as far a north our area. i mentioned the coastal flood warnings in effect for d.c. the arlington area. toward alexandria.

if you know you're in a flood ea, you will see it again. saint mary's county, parts of the eastern shore, the north ea neck. e have seen in very high flooding. the rivers will be at major flood stage. so normal areas of flooding. if youloed last night, you're going to flood tonight. if you flooded last night, you'll flood again tonight. so note that. never drive through flooded areas. this is the live shot from our city cam. yeah. it is nasty out there again. a big difference. 74 degrees. winds out of theorth at six miles per hour. look at the temperatures. 59 in leesburg. 78 in fredericksburg. the warm front is movingin. we have not much right now butt

this is gordon. we're still dealing with this frontal boundary. we will see more thund tomorrow into the next couple days some fog in the morning. 85 on wednesday and thursday and then tracking florence. late thursday night into next week this could be with us into next monday or tuesday. that's why wutre worried a the flooding even in our area. u lauryn joins at 4:45. >> whos that aim at? >> good question. i have n idea. i can't see a thing. up next, another star i born. just ahead, we're talking about lady gaga going from a superstar singer to coactress. uld she be a major player at this year's oscars? and now that school is back in session, parents can face a in session, parents can face a tough

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>> did lady gaga reduce some of your insecurities? >> no question. the first time we performed well live was at coachella. it was only after that that i went by myself. i remember looking across frohe her and looking at me like musician, maybe i'm musician. >> he's a music, guys. the movie getting great reviews. it comes out october 5th and we'll have a big sitdn with them tomorrow. i'm telling you, the way he si is,as at coachella. incredible. oothe way they at each other, it will be good. and that hair? i'm digging the hair. >>ai we can't to see. thanks. someone is tampering with fire hydrants in the district. >> and water gusting out into the streets and the sidelk. how many times has this happened

this week and how much water is bewasted? plus, some say serena williams has started an overdue conversation. >> this is an example for the next person that has emotions and they want to express themselves and they're going to be a strong woman. maybe it dmt work out for me but ai

ng for the 5:00 visory, it should be out at about 5:00. a category 4. winds of 135 miles an hour and it is expected to strengthe over the next 24 to 36 hours. this will be a devastating storm for parts of the southeast coastline. we'll be watching it extremely clos'ry. working some graphics to tell what you this means for the coastline and what it means for our area as well. we'll be back in 10 to 15nu s. download the app right now. we're tracking florence. it may seem like a harmless prank but this could be putting thousands of people at risk. >> that' right. over the past week someone has been going around parts of d.c. illegally opening up fire hydrants. take look at these locations.

>> a mark reports the latest incidents, it sent water flooding into a local grocery store. >> reporter: good evening. this is the fire hydrant opened this mo the most recent fire hydrant. i just got a note from the police report that indicates the suspect in at least this case appears to be wearing a fake uniform that made it h appear was a d.c. government employee. take a look at this cl phone video from this morning. so much wish that the d.c. police had to close down the street and this isn't the first time this has happen in this neighborhood. >> it came across the street. it would have been dangero anyone walking in the area. obviously it was an issue for fi trafc. and then he walked off. we don't know if this same

individual has been hitting other hydrants but there has been a rash of these and we're concerned. >> reporter: in just the past week, six fire hydrants in five different locations in northeast d.c. have been illegally opened. here's a picture one witness tweeted when a man opened a fire hydrant a few weeks ago. police are investigating. they don'the know if same suspect is responsible for all the incidents and they don't know the motive. d.c. water officials sayt is putting the public at risk. >> there can be easil tens of thousands of galns. the impact is if there's a fire nearby, there is less water pressure. d> reporter: today it pou into the grocery store. it is not just fire hydrants thatomebody is tampering with. there have been reports from

upper northwest that someone is going around homes and chuhes and opening up the spigots on the sides of the houses and letting them run freely for hours. today, authorities want people's help. if you have any information, give them a call. >> all right. thank you. >> where it is summertime or the school year, parents have to decide wheno leave their .hildren at ho news4 explains some pretty surprising findings. >> what else could we be forgetting? >> the classic 1990s film. in real life -- ppen.at will never >> we went out and asked parents what they think is the best age to lve kids home alone. >> i would say in their teens.

>>13. i have a 13-year-old at home and he is home with hisx-box. >> only three states have home alone laws. according to the child welfare gateway, maryland is one of those states >> maryland says at age 8, a yo areowed to be home alone. >> reporter: montgomery county police say agenls not they factor. parents need to be certain their child is mature enough to be causinge alone without stressful. >> i wouldn't leave her home until she's quite a lot older because she would want to impress me by baking cookies. >> i don't care who knocks on the door, i don't care what they say or what thellre g. do not open the door. g d advice. >> very good advice. >> you were home alone at what age? >> i'm ashamed to say. 6. first ytime, 6rs old.

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we're going to talk about something we've been discussing during the break. an emotional tennis match. >> everybody is talking about we're talking about the tense moments of the u.s. championship match with serena williams. she spoke her mind after the umpire penalized her several times including giving her an almost unprecedented game

penalty. >> yay're sorry! you're a thief. >> that was the third strike. >> osaka won the match. we'll get to her reaction in a moment. first we want to bring in ava wallace to talk about what happened. many people say this wholeut episode the problem of sexism on display and s seems to agree. >> i'm going to continue fight for women and to fight for us to have beual, she shoul able to take her shirt off without that. this is outrageous. >> you covered this story over the past few days. what o kind reaction are you hearing? what do you think about it? >> it's actually really interesting. i'meang two distinct

reactio reactions. one from inside the tennis world, at the tennis center when it happened, and a lot from outse the tennis world. people who write about sports other than tennis. in the tennis world, the reaction what umpire has his rights. he was going by the books and he s the right to give the code violations. outside the tennis world, it is a lot more about sexism and the different treatment men and women get on the tennis court. so it is interesting to see how the two communities are responding to what happened. >> but even people inside the game, legends like navratilova. one of the most decorated in the game, billie jean king, all of them said what this judge did was completely out of bounds. >> reporter: yeah. it was a lot of people calling.

we saw james blake and andy roddick, two former american players saying i he that muc worse and i never had that. john mceoe got thrown out of the australian open. was soad and had so many tantrums. serena, that's what she was feeling. she's had problems at the u.s. open before with line judges and referees and umpires and she said it felt like it was happening all over again. if i'm speaking sharply to an umpire like that, that's nothing to have like what she's heard. so itade people take look at what we expect out of fale versus male players. especially in the heat of the moment. >> kudos to osaka. congratulations to her. she did holderself up very well in a really tough situation.

>> we've got that on the app there. we arene tracking hurri florence and the latest on the storm and the possible impact on us. >> it is a matter of how bad the storm will be in our area. >> absolutely. and it is going to move onshore. at least the way the track is. and then kit spinthroughout the weekend. >> and even our area could see some majorfl ding. let's show you where the storm is and what it will do as it makes its way through the north carolina coastline. here it is. the storm again. a classic buzz saw. you see the eye right. he you don't get this feature unless you're talking a major hurricane. what we're seeing with this category 4 storm. is this max 1? max 2. all right. there it is.i

this is wha wanted to show you. we're talking about three days away. 130-mile-an-hour winds moving to e left at 13 miles per hour.xp this isted to become a category 5 and may become a category 5 at some point. it is expected to weaken as it hits land but still expected to be a category 4 at landfall. itsill weaken once it mak way onshore. in this area, this is the area most impacted from thestorm. the carolina beaches. inland portions as well. the biggest factors will be first off, major wind damage. 130-mile-an-hour wins. storm surge flooding will be incredible along specially north carolina beaches. and then of course inland

flooding. and rain could last for days. you could see 10 to 20 inches of rain. that's in the what about our weather? we'll see onshore flow here and just like over the last couple days, the flooding will be a major issue. we'll s rain and onshore flow. ut because of what we've seen over the past couple weeks, and really the past couple of months. that's what could make hurricane florence worse for us. >> and 2018 all across the mid-atlantic has been extremely wet. take look at these nuers. is is year to date rainfall accumulation. that's how much rain we've seen around the virginia and maryland area. baltimore at number one, fredericksburg number three. again, top five all across the

board. over the next several day we're still calling for some scattered chances of rain. isolated chances wednesday and thursday and then friday we'll start watching and tracking florence. moving into north carolina possibly. bringing us rain. we're lookingate as we go thursday at noon. we're already seeing some rain that we're getting from these systems over the next couple days. so again in d.c., a little over a half inch of rain. then as f srencerts to come onshore, 9:00 p.m. friday. .ow we took another inch and look at th it is pegged a hit. almost 11 inches. as it movesinland, the european model. we're looking at f almostr and a half inches of rain. almost five inches of rain we think it can continue to add

on to that as we may have rain for quite some time. and hurricane isabel which had urjor impact in area in 2003, major floodineain the ches bay. and we saw 20 inches of rain toward the shenandoah valley with isabel. so hopefully that's not something we'llsee. 81 degrees on tuesday, 84 wednesday and thursday withed isolhances of showers and storms but tracking florence, right on into early nextek this will have an impact on our yafrlt how big? that's the question. that's what we'll beatching so close. >> stay with us. changes used to affect schools

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preparing for the impact coming up. one of the most popular annual lists that rates the colleges and universities is out today. >> news4's reporter sat down with the school's president to explain how it happened. >> reporter: it's been less than a month since classes havbeen underway at howard university and the year has gotten off to a strong start. according to th rankings across the country, howard university ranks 89th jumping1 spots from last year. it was helped by the change in the formula used to rank schools. now the success ofraates or pell grant recipients are put into the ranging. but the school's president that there were many other factors that helped. >> it is really at the end the day an indication in the

report. >> frederick says he and his staff have increased the minimum number of credits students are taking to 15. >> that alone has moved it. our retention rate has gone fro 82% to 96%. >> reporter: the success howard is enjoying in the end of the school year. auditors found that employees had amisappropriatedid funning for nearly a decade. some were fired and students made a list of demands. this year many students admit they've started to see progress. he said the university has more work to do but he is pointing to the latest rankings report to show that they're headed in the right direction. right now, all eyes on hurricane florence.

wee tracking the impact it could have on our area. nflt plus, gone b crazy. >> you can s it. it is so awful. >> reporter: a local family moves into a house to discover a major bat festation. >> hundreds of thousands. >> they share their story only on news4. plus,n offduty police officer tracked and then targeted in a crime. >>e've got new details about what led him to shoot several times aftere saw someone breaking into his car. we are going to begin with the strengthening hurricane forns. >> this is the satellite view. both north carolina and south carolina are in the cross hairs this eventsg. the eff of this storm will be felt far and wide. right now, these are live pictures from wrightsville beach. all the blue skies there, pretty

calm. more than two dozen people have needed rescuing. >> people are being urged to secu their homes. sandbags given out. busy, you can imagine, water, generators quite popular now. >> the navy orderings. sh meanwhile, doug and lauryn are taking a long at the latest information. this is quite a storm. is.it really it has strengthened extremely fast over the last 24 hoursr so. the last advisories were 130, now it up to 140 miles per hour. >> we think that it is becau there's nothing to break it up. it will continue to enter warm water. >> right now,