can still change. >> we've got two or three days to watch the storm. if itontinues north like it was yesterday, we could be dealing with different conditions. and d.c., maryland, virginia, all under states of emergency. if it does come fartherorth, we'll be in a world of hurt. look at the eye. fa.ly ragg hit some cloud cover over the eye. that tells you, it didn't have its act together. you've got red all around the eye. it looks like a perfect doughnut. you can see it makin its w in and it has increase in the intensity back to 140 miles an hour. i eink it will conti to strengthen. moving west northwest at 17 les per hour, the new track brings it very close to wilmington, north carolina. very closevio wrighe beach. you notice the cone of uncertaintyoward hatteras, virginia beach, but no longer hits d.c.ft it s south enough, the cone now includes atlanta, georgia. this storm is expected to come

into the carolinas. stall in the carolinas and actually move south. at's very good news for us. that means much less rain and wind. one thing that we'll see all the way into next week, coastal flooding. we have flood warnings in effect for d.c. and alexandria. places that have flooded toward anne arund county, saint mary's, yeah, you'll see more flooding tonight and right through the next few mdays. mue on what to expect from florence as it makes its way toward the coast. all right. thank you. we're fortunate we'll avoid the direct hit. wind and rain could still be affectinyou. david is live along the alexandria water front to tell us what virginia is doing to prepare down there. >> i can tell you that officials are asking the residents to help out. they're saying ifan do a few things on prepare, it could save a lot.

they're talking about clearing the drains, and stay inside your house to be safe. if you have important items that you want to make sure don'tet wet, mov them on higher portions of your house. these arepl s step that's could save a lot of damage. >> farther south, a picture perfect day. hard to believe florence is inching closer. >> i was going to stay and ride it out but they saidve we o evacuate. i thought it would be safer. >> reporter: we face time, goint up virginia beach. >> you don't know if you're going to be stuck ill or even able to get out. >> reporter: photos show hardware shops running low. grocery stosres out of water an

milk. plenty of beer though. invirginia, v-dot crews clearing it. they wash any more rain could cause lot of damage. virginia's governor said he wants all the commonwealth to be kiepared. >> they're l at it as coastal impact. would you say they need to be prepared? >> ab this is a very large, dangerous storm. >> late ddtoday, go virginia to the federal emergency declaration. >> we want to make sure the assets are pre conditioned so they can bedelivered. >> and democrat or republican, ere's no partisship. >> we can stay a ride out the storm but i don't think it is

wise. tonight fairfax county officials say they plan to updaesidents in the county tomorrow morning and ask them to start my day to bring you the information they want to pass along. meantime you'll appreciate this. danny who we introduced you to, is making her way up 95. she h a few items to grab including three cats. >> of course. you can't leave your pets. you have to bring your pets with you. good to know. thank you. and right now, jim handly is heading to the carolinas. we'll have his first report tonigh at 11:00. we'll have a loo at the behind the scenes video and pictures of his coverage. >> now across the country, it was 17 years ago that the planes crashed on september 11. today we saw ceremonies to

remember the victims. the president at the field and the vice president at the pentagon, while at ground zero in new york, each of the namesh of victims was read aloud. >> and this rning, a repeat of that iconic moment the day after the attack. a giant flag unfurled on the side of the pentag. at ceremony today, mike pence shared his own memories of h family and he said this is for those who remember and thoseen other w alive yet. >> to ensure that each succeeding generation and understands why. we must learn the lessons of 95th and remain ever vigilant. >> the pentagon attack claimed the lives of 184 people.

>> maybele you have red today on thosetragedies. >> reporter: as the water rushes beneath these benches, each bench honors a life lost too soon. and here to pay their respects, three m who were inside the pentagon on september 11 the day they lost sev friends. >> the only thing our friends did, everybody here,ay that was show up for work. it still hurts our heart. i think it will be with us forever. >> others are mourning the loss of those they never knew. i can help one person and lift them up, tt was my

purpose. >> reporter: a purpose shared by people arounthe world. for visitors as far away as denmark. >> we think of all the people who lost their life. >> and as the company marks 17 years, some people lay flowers. others sit and reflect. and many say they'll never understand why it had to happen >> you can't put a reason on it. you can't make sense of it. but you know you have to go on. we'll go home. news4 new york.n >> pennsylvania, the president paying tribute to those killed whe flight 93 crashed in that field. he praised those who overpoweret therorists on board that hijacked plane and said our country's december ten continuey will, our destiny had always be in our hands. >> america's future is not

written by our enemies. america's future is written by heroes. >> after those remarks, the president and the first lady went to this observation platform that overlooks theme morial site. some localities also held remembrance ceremonies at the courouse in arlington. community leaders and first responders came together to remember the lives lost and to give thanks to all thoseho responded that day. the event included a replay and a moment of silence. in alexandria, people gathered to rememberhe victims of the attack and speakers remembered those who gave their lives who re injured while saving others. opening statements stay in the capitalde m trial of ronald hamilton. he is accused of killing both s wife and a police officer in

2016 chris gordon reports on what is at stake in this murder trial that shock our community. >> reporter: polne receive emergency call from a home if wood bridge. crystal hamilton reports that her husband threw her gainst a wall, hitting her head. by the time police officers arrive,am crystalton is dead, shot three times with a handgun. her husband ronald hamilton is now on trial for killing her and using an assault rifle to shoot the three police officers at his door. killing officer ashley gwynndon, her first day on the job. ronald hamilton is an army staff rgeant who served at the pentagon. he is wearing his dressrm uni in court charged with capital murder and attempted murder. prosecutors say this man who presents himself you two the uniform of a otector, he was anything but.ut prosecors say these were

intentional. knowing and premeditated murders. but hamilton's defse lawyers say he did not intend to kill anyone. they explain that he and crystal had argued. eir marriage was in trouble. they were each having extra-maritalffairs when crystal threatened to call police, staff sergeant hamton realized he would lose his family and his military career. the dyeense l saying, ronnie cracked and he lost it. his world wasin cra down on him. he was in a state of panic, fea and shock at what he had done. they say his actions show he did not have malicious intent. the defense lawyer says, ronnie rows his gundown. he turns himself in. he admits what did he.nt the defenonald hamilton cried in court today when a statement was read fromis son tyree who is now 13 and living with an aunt in south carolina. in a statement tyree said he heard his parents yelling that

day. dad got a gun.ed foller into a bedroom and shut the door. tyree said i heard three shots. the prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in this se that's the latest live from the judicial center. back to you. thank you. this is what nightmares are made of. the d.c. mansion murders in ur why police should be looking at the suspect's brother. and we continue to cover our top story at 5:30. a lroe reportm north carolina where the evacuation carolina where the evacuation orders judge

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a live look at the radar of this monster storm in the atlantic heading for the east coast. doug and amelia will have an update for you in a few moments. opening statements got underway in the d.c. mansion murders case today. lawyers for the lone man charged in the death oe four peo introduced a stunning defense. while prosecutors painted a graphic image of the torture. >> 16 jurors listened closely as prosecutors described in detail what that in the hours leading up to the murder. they say amy w outsidet about 3:25 on may 13, 13.

her 10-year-old son phillip and housekeeper vera figueroa were inside their home. the prosecution started their opening statements by saying, th is what nightmares are made of. efore amy returned home, prosecutors say daron wint made home.ay inside the when amy entered, that's when wint forceder h calling her husband to come home. prosecutors say five pieces of a evidence linked wint to the crime scene. they told jurors that daron wint's dna was found a pizza crust. fea k handle that was propping over a window. hair inct a constn hat and on bedding in the same room where the adults were found and dna w found a construction bat. defense fired back trying to make the case that daron wint had nothing tdo with the crime. they say it was his brother a

half brother. the defense said they used daron's blue mini van to travel tohe home. the day of the murder, he was the defense said his brothers tricked him to go into the house. they said he didn't know he was at a crime scene when he ate a piece of pizza downstairs and the last statement on jurors was, in the end it will be cleat th government got this one wrong. >> reporter: prosecutors describe some of the more graphic details of the case. court is expected to rume tomorrow morning where the prosecutors will call their first witness. thankou so much.

news4 is working in the counity to help fight senior hunger. they are packing more than a million nutritious meals for the capital area food bank. team 4 has teamed up with aarp to make it happen. we discovered the meals will soon be on areaes ta >> they'll be used in speedy fashion. the need is great. about 19%, food insecure seniors. >> the nbc peacock cheering on the sfort. this i aarp's third ml challenge this year, making mor than 2.5 million meals for seniors in need. just wonderful. >> we can't let anyone fall through the cracks. luckily,t the rain did present a problem for them getting down there. >> it's just been nasty weather. people saying when will we see the sun? wen haven't s it since last

thursday. maybe we won't see it until next thursday. that's the pattern we've got. that's the worst we've got, i think we're okay. we've got some showers andon breezy condi and more flooding. we won't see the worst of this stor the more look at this, especially today, it looks like most ofil this stay well to the south. this storm looks like it is strengthening over t past six urs. you can see the classic look here of a major hurricane. all the red around there looking ke doughnut making its way off to the north and west. and of course, north and west, the carolina coastline. winds at 145 miles an hour, up from 130. the pressure is downiv by millibars. that's significant. so a strengthening hurricane as it makes its way to the north

and west. thursday, two:00, cing very close to shore as a category 4 and then weakening as it makes its way to shore. a lot of computer models have it coming very close to shore before stalling. look at this new track. this is amazing. yesterday, this line, it was above d.c. now it is well south and now it includes atlanta. this storm may move toward the n wion, north carolina area and then move south in toward south carolina and in toward the atlanta area. that's what the european model does. that will be very i see.ting to a lot of models now on that. what does that mean for us? >> we'ren a very good position with high pressure. it is dominant to the north. the area of high pressure,

blocking the hush. normally a hurricane would come right up across our area. but not the case. it is making it go to the west and that kee us much drier. today, 1.3 in d.c. all the way through next tuesday. some locations picking up 30 inches of rain. inland for the carolinas, it is something like they have not seen fo. they've seen fran, floyd, major flooding. this may be historic flooding. for us, the farther north you go, the less of an impact. now, coastal flood warnings, still, d.c. toward alexandria. saint mary's county. yeah. more coastalnd flooding into the next couple days. in the normal areas of flooding.

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tracking the latest on hurricane florence. a category 4 hurricane. 140-mile-per-hour winds right now. the latest advisory on this just came out at 5:00 and now it has north carolina under hurrine warnings and parts of virginia under tropical storm that includes norfolk and virginia beach. the chesapeake bay as well,ow under tropical storm watches. we'll be watching this much more. but right now, all indications, this storm moves our way and stays to the south. that's much better news for us. >> all right, a state of .emergency today

ahead of the hurricane's arrival. this will allow more resources to be used. also, southern virginia is bracing for the stor the grocery stores are packed. state leaders warn they could be without power for days. >> and they are sandbagging and boarding up windows in the carolinas. more than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate coasta areas. traffic back-ups and gas shortages are a concern for those leaving. ne and of the concerns is how long the storm c over the carries and just churn. that has people not only worried who live on the coast but people who live further inland. tammy is in fayetteville, north carolina. t.out an hour from the co is that enough inland for people to feel safe? >> reporter: hey, we're about 100 miles from theoast and

there's still a major concern of flooding here in fayetteville along with aotf the other inland cities. one of the reasons is the rivers and the creeks swell. take a look at this creek behind me. this is flooded seven times since hurricane matthew hit here two years ago. so residents in this area, they have reason to be concerned. spoke with one family and they said when hurricane matthew came through, it flooded the entire bottom floor of the home in a matter of a couple hours. so they're packing up and evacuating. we spoke with a man who said he will stay. y on protect his home. the last thing he said when i talked on him a couple hours ago, god save us. there is ato imagine evacuation in a lot of areas. a curfew is going into effect i this county, starting tomorrow. going into effect from sun down to s up as a lot of people are vaekting this area

>> and what are people saying? i've covered hurricanes. you have a handful saying, no, i'll tough it out. evacuations are mandatoriful are they going to allow people to stay if they want toou it out? >> reporter: absolutely. the mandatory evacuations are not for all the areas. some of the people like the man we spoke to, his house has flooded seven times since hurricane matthew. one of the problems are the creeks that rise and swell in the area. it is a constant flooding problem. and he feels that he is better tsequipped and he w to try to ride it out as some of the people we've spoken with. >> all right. in fayetteville, north carolina. stay safe yourself. and stay with nbc "nightly news." people are rushing to get out of

hurricane's path, and is ahead of the storm? that's all ahead on "nightly news." nor where you travel up and down the eastern coast, you're likely to see some signs of florence. erregular traveare starting to come here fro the south. >> reporter: absolutely. we've talked on plenty of people coming into our area. it w we mentioned, you have to prepare fel the ds and cancellations. >> reporter: as florence spins closer to the east coast, a mad dash to get out of the way. >> absolutely. it was very, verycr ded. people are really rushing. >> reporter: it is truly a race to clear parts of the south. flights coming into our areas from places like charlotte theyust happy to be here. >> i'm glad i got here.

i was there two weeks. i made it back before the storm. >> reporter: debby just left her daughter and grand kids behind ifst char, south carolina. she is starting to grow a bit worried. i would like to see her head in a little further. we're about 33 miles but the ar , it is low country, very sea level. it does tend to flood. >> reporter: rob said even if we goenlt have an pact there. it will affect areas other than the one where it has the most effects. >> also worth noticing that amak is canceling trips. and on the road, crews work the get drivers away from the coast. one interesting thing to note. we've been talking about

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hurricane florence intensifying on its path toward the east coast. a car dealer accused of stealing more than $1 million from the national harbor casino in a cheating scheme and there could be even more people charged. this is an update to a story we first reported, tracee wilkins was in court. >> reporter: they took great pains to train and screen more

than 700 dealers. today in federal court, the former mgm harbor baccarat dealer admitted to stealinge m than $1 million,46,000 in a cheating scheme. >> i think it has been the largest incident we've seen in maryland since the casino program started in 2010. >> reporter: the gaming commission said he was caught because of the state and the casino's system. >> t system works, the cameras, the security. we caught this. >> reporter: for two months ther coed, they allowed to take thctures at the unshuffled cards. would win large, won sure bets, and they got a paff in return. >> how much of an issue is this? >> i tnk it is an ongoing and very crical issue. whether you're talking about atlanta city or las vegas or

maryland. >> reporter: mgm released a statement saying ming zhang is no longer employed by mgm national harbor. we have provided our full cooperation for the investigation. when we told mgm abouthe theft -- >> i can't believe it. they have so many things in place to make sure the dealers don't steal. >> reporter: the state of s maryland the cameras worked. that's how they caught him. after a mlion dollars unless it was all in one night. ju reporter: he told the e, i feel guilty about what i did. he'll be back in court in january for sentencing. tracee wilkins, news4. >> zhang faces as much as five years in prison. they're asking that he pay more than the $1 million that he helped steal. back in 16, the news4 i-team took a look at this issue and found m was likely to be targeted by thieves.

more from scott mcfarrland. maryland has convicted least 200 gamblers for cheating. >> from thed maryl lottery and gaming control agency. unstates, they do not post t name of gamblers. the list is not public.he they willi-team elaborate cheating schemes would likely target mgm national harbor because it is the newest casveo that bel rightly or wrongly to be less eerienced in catching cheaters. >> people think tha watching out for cheaters and watching the players, which they are, but they're watching the employees just as ch. >> reporter: the i-team has learnedhehatve caught 3,600cheaters.>

mayor mur yell bowser honoringes l lost at 9/11. she thanked them for making the sacrifices for the community and telling them the city stronger and safer because of them. some new york city firefighte to their fallen firefighters by taking their day of serve to the south. traveling to north carolina to help prepare for the hurricane. the 82 firefighters are trained in urban search and rescue and disaster recovery and some had specialized water and boat operating training. >> they will likely be busy in the days to come. >> it looks like it is starting to t more south. >> yes, and that's huge news for us. we were looking at this yesterday and it looked like a isabel track. i was worried about the flooding into the potomac, annapolis,

today that's not looking like that at all. >> no. we couldee some minor flooding, just because of how wet we've been. we're talking about next tuesday, maybe two t four inches of rain. >> we've seen so much of it. and it is looking like that. the clouds have been here a while. theye going totick around. the temperatures on the cool side. winds out of the north. we've got some shors around. not a lot of shower activity but we are dealing with this. around 66, 50, the more showers around the manassas area. we'll see the showers come through. south and east, 80 to the north an west temperature in the 60s. it is reallyle remark here's floyd. the latest on floyd, it was a

little more ragged. e eye looks really good now. it was down to 130 miles per hour. now back to 140-mile-an-hour storms and you can see, we're not far off now, from making landfall. most likely in the carolinas. the pressure down to 946 millibars. onshore. most likely thursday night into iday. coming on shore. it makes its way, coming down to a category 4 hurricane. wd then moving back to the south andt our area. yesterday at this time, the cone ofde uncertainty inc d.c. today it is well south of the metro area. it is very good news for us. >> i said it is looking ground hogs day. each and every day through at

least tuesday. plenty ofclouds, showers here and there. kind of feeling muggy out there. take a look through tuesday. myrtle beach, a foot or more. wilmington, 20 inches or more some of the areas around north carolina. just thr inches of rainfall. that will be catastrophic. as we start to look at your weekendoutlook, so many people are asking me about this since i've been on vacation. people are t'asking, w happening with florence here, we'll still have some erosion out of east. not terribleri not te at the beach. the redskins' home opener, a few showers there. otherwise, mostly humid.

the outdoor barbecues over the weekend, donl can that just yet. we were thinking six to ten inches. today we're seeing two to four. and our forecast stays the same. right now it looks like florenci have a low impact on our area. the forecast can definitely chan. this is n set in stone. ot continue to see some flooding around theac and the bay and some wind damage with the winds picking up on friday and then staying. bree >> right into the weekend. >> that's past weekend.d this we saw the showers, 20-mile-per-hour wind that's what we expect this weekend. we could have some trees down. we have had some the past couple days but no huge iact in our area. you haveo stay tuned. 82 tomorrow. a.m. fog, a little cooler to the rto racking florence, friday,

saturday, single, and even some showers on tuesday as well. virginia tech now canceled its game in blacksburg, coming up against carolina. a lot of cancellations. good news if you suffer from a food allergy. walgreens is making relief easier. they are making something similar to an epi-pen. there's no comt on insurance plans and it brings relief for so many people. >> it is the only treatment will work so if someone doesn have an epi-pen or it is expired, they do get conceed and rightfully so. >> it is the auvi-q injector.

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doug will have the very latest on the readout from the track. this just in. the jumbo tron fell this afternoon. a spokesperson said it was lowered almost to the ground some repairs being made. it turns out no one was hurt. it is the home court for teams including the gw basketball team. let's get tohose pictures you ju saw. a suspect going around the city illegally opening up fire hydrants. last night police arrested a suspect but not befe six mor were opened including six more inside a tunnel. >> reporter: d.c. water officials say it may have happened as many as 15 timest i the l week. last night it happened again in

four hydrants inside the tunnel. >> it is a safety concern. a safety hazard. the things he was doing. >> we got a tip from a community member who photographed the suspect. >> the suspect, 34-year-old neemkordestani. he's only been charged with one of the openings of e fir hydrants but police are investigating whether he is responsible for the others in gust, before someone started opening them, neighbors in other parts of the city ported a man going to homes and churches, opening tpir outdoor water spigot. on august 1st, a person with the same name as the suspect, also from california just like the suspect, posted this on anyone that is a human in the usa should open their front yard

se on full blast. now. and ten minutes a day daily for the next few weeks. trust me. police would not confirm if the facebook posting was made by the suspect. d.c.'s fire chief explains why it is so easy for someone to illegally open a fire hide randal. >> during an emergency, wet it as simple as possible to get in there for the firefighters to do their job. time is of th essence. >> kordestani is expected to make his first crt appearance day. right now, hurricace flors barreling toward the carolina coast. time is o running and communities are bracing for tastrophic flooding.

>> and we have team coverage of the storm's projected path. >> florence could be one for the record books. as this powerfuatyeg c 4or the carolinas, people are being told to get out. it comes nearly a year after hush maria devastated puerto rico, killing 3,000. people tonight anxiety is very high up and down the east coast. this is an area that could bepu elled when florence roars ashore. >> let's start with toug adoug amelia tracking hurricane florence. >> and watching the latest on this, it makests way closer and closer to the east coast and

one thing for sure it will make its way toward carolina borders and then it looks like it has stalled and it is moving south. that's good news for us. >> it is good news for u but areas like wilmington, north carolina, will see record rainfall amounts that we really haven't seen in record keeping history.5 it was inches from the state. i think they could see 30 to 40 inches. the eye has really gotten itself together. the last couple frames, i looks like it is starting to get impeded on the west asside. it strengthened over the last three or four owhours, just starting to weaken. winds at the pressureas