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 pressure has come down over the last couple hours meaning

stronger hurricane. or is expected to come onshore as a cat 4 hurricane and then right onshore at category 3. so a major hurricane. the big thing for us is, the cone of uncertainty wasth aroun northern portions of maryland. now it is into central virginia. this is shifting farther south away from ourarea. does it mean we're out of the woods? no. we'll continue to t fck it you. i'll be in a few minutes tt track for you. >> thank you. the roads away from the carolina beaches, they're very crowded. bus these famil decided to hit the sand beforeng hea out of town. jay gray is in carolina beach, an area under mandatory evacuation. like the areas up and down the carolina coast. we've seen a lot of people

leading the advice including those with boats, trying to g outside the scope of the storm. they're trying on clear out the island before florence moves in. it is moving day across the southeast. t is important to evacuate. we don't t nee take anything. >> we're in a very deadly and important game of chess with .hurricane flor >> the next move for more than a million along the coast iso higher ground. >> for us, people who have never been throughone, we d't to do, . officials warning, for those who have been through it before, this is different. >> this is amonster. don't bet your life riding out a monster. >>nd this woman is doing

everything she can. >> i have a second story s i took all the electronics upstairs. the tv andhiever. >> on the first floor, the furniture is raised and stacked guarding against the storm surge. >> hurricane florence is the strongest storm to hit our shores in decades. >>e're ready. we're ready every year. and you know, if it is your time, it is your time. the time to prepare leaving or staying is running out across the strike zone. >> reporter: and rndn strong winds expected to start here tomorrow. then it will go down hill quickly. it is going on get rough thursday and then through thursday night into friday morning, we're expecting landfall. is this thing unfortunatel growing as it moves closer to the coast. >> it is a beast and nothingayo with. >> no. the real deal. thanyou.

jay gray, north carolina. >> and our area has been spared a direct h but you need to prepare for some potentially ngerous winds. washington, d.c. joined maryland and virginia with the carolin d inlaring a state of emergency. the designation put resources into place makes landfall. right now more than 1 million are evuating. tell us about how virginians are preparing. >> reporter: that's right. and much of the area about to get cozy. a lot of folks had t evacuate places like where you saw jay gray along the coast of the i carolinao the hampton roads area along the eastern shore. even though we maye spared for much of this, officials had a

very direct blunt warning. they want to you get ready. v-dot crews ppping today. >> clearing drains. t virginia's governor. he wants the commonwealth to be prepared. >> they're looking at this as a coastal impact. >> this is a storm that is a very large, dangerous storm. it will affect all of virginia. >> today president trump adding virginia. >> we just want to make sure those assets are pre positioned. >> whatever t side, democrat, republican, there is no partisanship. we ought to be abl to work together. >> reporter: much of carolina on

the coast, sunny is that deceiving. >> i would rather be safe than sorry. >> reporter: on face time we connected withy. dann heading toward northern virginia to stay with friends. >> i was going to stay and evacua evacuate. >> the u.s. navy is not lingering either. they carried many of the vessels out to sea.op dannyg the keep her distance from the hurricane. >> you don't know if you'll even be able to get out. >> reporter: tonight fairfax counties are asking for a f things. they're asking to you clear some of the drains,lear some of the trees, the shrubbery. if you have important things you're wored about getting wet, move them to higher ground

in your own home. for the hoax in the hampton road area, even parts of the carolinas, this area will be that cozy he toocker room are going to be waiting out to get back to their real me. >> i know it all too well. i have a brother and a nephe driving up from myrtle beach tonight. yeah. we'll all be having some company. all right.u. thank much more coverage of hurricane florence throughout the hour including fema's plan of acon. at's ahead at 6:30. our our jim handly is on his way to north carolina. he'll beor filing r all night. you can also find him media with behind the scenes pictures and video. har to believe it has been 17 years. almost a generation. 3,000 lives lost on 9/11. more in the afldrmath. the bg struck by the

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evacuation orders are in place. here's a live look at the conditions in wrightsville beach, north carolina. it has been decades since the mid section of the east coast has gotten a pounding like hurricane florence is expected to deliver ts week. in 1954, hurricaneel h killed 54 people. blame the suspect's brothers. that's the strategy introduced by lawyers for the man charged d.c. t high profile mansion murder. in court today, prosecutors painting a graphic picture of the victim's death.

>> reporter: the defense dna d not tell the whole story. they say it was daron eted the . the prosecution started the tening statement sayings is what nightmares are made of. it was 3:25 in the afternoon on may 13 of 2017 and amy savopoulos was taking a walk outside. her 10-year-old son phillip and housekeeper were inside theome on woodland drive. before amy gets back home,s proo say daron wint makes his way inside the house tying up amy and her son. she was forced to call her husband telling him to come home. the four victims were tornired

ght and murdered before the house was set on fire. therosecutors s five pieces of dna evidence link him to the crime they say daron wint's dna was found on a pizza crust, a knifep handle that wapping open a basement window, hair was found in a construction hat and on bedding in the same room where the adults were found. and dna was found on a construction vest. theirfense fired back in opening remarks trying to make the case that daron wint had nothing to do withcr the e. they say it was his brother stephannd half brother darrell wint. they said they used his blue mini van to drive to the vopoulos home. they said his brothers tricked him to go into thehouse. the defense attorneys said he didn't know he was at scene when he ate aaiece p down

thing them waen this oneth wron tomorrow m prosecut the first witnoresnis.n sndaioot whawint's brothers? are they in the do we know where they are? >> reporter: yes. a good question. they have not been arrested. they have not been called suspects in this case. that's very important to note. but what we know that daron wint is that he has a criminal history. he's been convicted of charges like assault and drug-related a charge spent anaheim prison. we also know and you may remember, back in may of 2015, may 21, darrell wint was with daron wint, his brother, wwan he arrested that night. stephan wint doesn't have a criminal history butng accor to defense attorneys, they tell us that he's the one who drove e savopoulos porsche.

he was seen driving it. it was eventually burned in prince george's county which wasnd just yardsou f away from stephan used to live. >> that just opened up so many more questions. okay. thankso much. we are in weather alert leheck in. mode. what's the latest? >> well, the latest continues to be good news for us. we just saw another model run comes out.we e now dealing with less impact than 24 hours ago. >> what it also enforces is the carolinas are really looking to be under the gun with this rack rfm. the t continues. soay even parts of the heast. we're looking at cloudy conditions around the area. we've seenlos for days in

the potriac r, still high. because of the easterly flow that we've seen. notice this northwest flow at the ai the winds at nine miles an hour. we are seeing some shower activity. is a boundary right here down to the south. and around that, temperatures re in the 80s. to the west, the temperatures only in the 60s and 70s. i wanted to show you the showers. it is right around the beltway. we're seeing the showers coming in. in through the bridge toward fairfax county. the wider view, this goes all the way to the remnants of gordon and that's another reasonng florence loo a little better as far as organization earlier. butthow look a west side. harting to get eroded a little bit. strengthened over the last six hours but now it may

start to weaken here. that could be goodews and we ly see it come town a little bit. thest advisory still has it as a category 4 orm. moving west northwest, coming toward the coast. a lot of thepu cr models don't have it making landfall and drifting toward myrtle avach. that's why you the southern part of the cone here. it is no longer around d.c. the big deal is all b ause of an area of high pressure. that will not allow the storm to move our wa normally a land falling hurricane c wille up i-95. that will not be the case because of the high pressure. the storm will west, lowering our to impact, if not t great impact down south. >> our area is looking to pick up a tal of two to four inches of rainfall. because of how wet it' the summer, you know what i'm talking about.

e scould lead toom orbu mtin take look at talse ra amounts. around our area, there one computer model, only bringing in 1.5 inches. then in north carolina, it is forecasting abouthe 20 i of rain. over a foot of rainfall in myrtle beach area. and i thie'll see some higher totals. up to 40 inches of rain is i possib some locations in the carolinas based on the latest track som of the good news tonight. however, doug was talking about the easterly flowr. earl overall, we'll continue to track into the weekend. so you can see the water in georgetown, you can see high waterhere. the chairs are covered by water. i want to thank mark story for aring this with me on twitte that's the the biggest concern

based on the weekend andar next week.av rain and windy conditions. still, some wind gusts right in the weekendould bring down some trees because of how wet the ground is. >> even a 20, 30-mile-an-hour wind gust could bring down some trees. 82 degrees on y.wednes 83 on thursday. maybe a thunderstorm there. then tracking florence, when we do track a hurricane, it is not ua activity. we may eveneeose for the a weekend saturday intosunday. a lot of people asking about the redskins game. i think it is fine but poncho. >> hurricane florence, maybe days away from landfall.

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all right. there to your left, thaghs y 501 from conw, south carolina. that's the evacuation route and it looks like bowling alley right now. there's no one on it because ople have been leading the warning because of the monster storm to the right there. a category 4 hurricane florence. we want to help you stay ahead storm. it is on trook hit the east coast, as we've been telling you.ig it wobble to the south. jim handly has made it to the outer banks trns aften. hi reporter: we're here in nags head and tis literally the m.calm before the st we've got some rip currents. and we saw some surfers. they love this stuff. if you look at the homes, very few are boarding up. a lot of people taidy are waiting until tomorrow to make the call as to whether they get out of town or not. the governor says to residents

here, if they are thinking about ring out this monster, they are really taking a deadly risk. because they haven't see anything like florence since th 1950shere. this is our home for the next four or five or six days. because storm team 4 will be getting a workout. it is not the winds so much that we'll be watching after the first day. it is the rising water. ey're measuring rain in feet. not inches. we'll hav r aort coming up at 11:00 and throughout the rest of theee back to you. another news, the former mgm card dealer pled guilty to stealing more than million dollars from the casino. this could be more people charged in this game.

>> reporter: namgm nat harbor went to great lengths to train their dealers. the diyral ming zhang admit to stealing more than $1 million in a cheating scheme. they said it is the largest s thefce maryland began the program in 2010. >> the expectation is that people are completely above board. >> reporter: the director of the gaming condition said zhang was caught because of the state's and the casino's systems. >> the system works, the cameras, the surveillance, the security. we caught this. >> reporter: according to court documents, for m thrths in 2017, zhang cooperated with partners here allowed the take pictures at the unshuffled cards. they would win large. >> i think this is an going and very critical issue for the entire casino industry. >> reporter: mgm released a

stement saying ming zha is no longer employed by mgm national harbor. we have provided our full cooperation with the investigation. >> i can't believe it they have so many things in place to make sure the dealers don't steal. >> the state of maryland is worked.he cameras that's how they caught him. >> after aillion dollars? nelson got it all in one night. >> reporter: the u.s. prosecutors that there were those who been fitted are the scheme but they d not name them in court. zhang is due back in court in january for sentencing. news4 em. let's turn our attention back to that storm. how hurricane florence couldct af us later this week. what's new. >> i see some pictures out

there, in fairfax. this is something we don't think people need to do in our area. >> it is always good to be epared, as we get new rm inion. this storm is looking to have less and less of an impact the our area. it is not going to be that kind of a storm in our area. this is tropical storm watch in virginia beach and around the norfolk area. hurricane florence, there it is. a monsterf a storm. looking to be a little eroded. aittle sheer, dry air moving in. that's something we'll be watching to see if it is a weakening trendfter what has been a strengthening trend here. take a look at the wider picture. you see the carolina coastline. this storm moving to the west northwest and then toward the carolinas.

the pressure had droppedo we'll see. the next advisory will be in hour. an the official forecast is that. the american model forecast, the european forecast, have this storm coming very close. notoming onshore toward north carolina. actually moving south along the coast and then inland. first for us, it is less impact for rainfall and river flooding forwind. for them, it may mean less storm surge and less wind just inland. this is still an extremely tough forecast. that's why we have to watch it. even in our area, we think the impact is less but we can't say it is less so i don't have to worry now. >> right. that's w it is always good to be prepared out there.

yesterday we were forecasting six to 12 inchss of rain. now, our area has come town to two to four inches. we're not talking about it being dry but this forecast can still change. it will change model run by model run. doug welcome here for the 11:00 newscast tonight where we'll of e latest information. some flooding is possible. isolated flooding with the best chance along our area waterways. we could still see some damage. it stays breezy through the weekend. the ground is so saturated, it won't take much to have gufrts 20 o 30 miles an hour. the weather having a moderate impact on your weekend. notice though, none of these circled in red.

some good news there. our local beach there's see the erosion. breezy conditions. the redskins' home there's the chance of showers. otherwise, it is humid anddy mostly cl you don't want to cancel the outdoor barbecues just yet. this is bringing only about an inch to our we're really focus overall with the storm is the southeast. >> absolutely. we have toalk about what's happening now. we have some shower activity. if you are getting ready to leave, make sure you have the umbrella handy. around the metro region, you see it there. some shower activitye. th have the umbrella handy. tomorrow, temperatures into the upper 70s, some fog tonight. 83 on thursday. tracking florence friday,

saturday, sunday, monday. that's how long it will have an impact on our area even if it stays to th south which we think it will. we're all over this for you and we'll stay on it. >> good to know we don't to have run to the grocery store. >> s some really long lines. whoa, whoa, not yet, guys. >> news4 is worng for to you help put food on the tables of seniors in need. we've teamed one the aarp to package a million meals. 6,000 volunteers made it happen. this is fourth year team 4 and aarp teamed up for this service. > and the nats finally play get to the ross fall fashion event... ...and get the brands you want... check this out. ...at "oh, yeah" prices. from the latest trends to your favorite brands, it feels even better when you find them for less. at the ross fall fashion event. yes for less.

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games today because of bad weather this week. games were postponed and others delayed. in thes and phillies got first game this afternoon. they had some dry hopes. and one is an alex ovechkin game. heaid he lost it earlier today. no question about what ts is. the player come one his first home run deep to right solo shot. showing off that brand new smile. all right. eric had a great game career high nine strikeouts in 5 2/3 shutout innings. the nats win ge one 3-1. hurricane florence continuing to impact the sports world.

virginia announced its gamens agai ohio has been moved to nashville. the game still set for kickof saturday. and virginia techo host east carolina. they said they will not be traveling to blacksburg for the ga. that is canceled also. 14th ranked west virginia. north carolina state post poeng their game that was supposed to be played in raleigh. so doug told me, you have to have yourn rai boots on hand for the home opener. chris thompson looks good. in his first game since suffering a broken leg, he lit up the defense fords 148 y rushing and receiving. so where does it come from? jay gruden shared a edge mamesse thompson.

>> he told me, i know this will be hard for you. h he saidave a bigger plan for you and i need you to be patient with me. he said youe part of a bigger picture and i want you hear with me. i have never gotten that from a coachre . i think him sticking to his word, it made our relationship even stronger. he is a coach. i would run through a wall for jay if he askede to. >> that's the kind of trust you want between a player and a there's action tonight. this is where we find out. how is the atmospher looking? >> reporter: a big football game

here. a good atmosphere. you can see, they're really excited. we also have the brazilian fans who will be in for a treat tonight. they get to watch one of the i biggest starsthe world of soccer. we're talking about neymar. how does it feel to have him here? >> we're very excited. watch the biggest player world. >> the biggest player in the world. how about some brazilian cheer for the peoplwatching at home? when i tell you we have some good atmosphere here at fedex field, and the redskins are not even playing tonight. back to youstudio. >> thank you, moises. the game starts at 8:30n >> we use the sunlight they're bringing with their energy. >> itulhod be a good

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threatening hurricane getting stronger. a major natural disaster closing in. the are multiple states of emergency. over a million and a atalf people scrambling to eva and people are being warned to get out now. d on't bet your life on riding out a monster. and tonight, is fema ready? as president trump says this about a storm that killed nearly 3,000 people. >> i think that puerto rico was an incredible, unsung success. also tonight, paying tribute to the heroes of 9/11, 17 years later. an indepth look at the ongoing health crisis so many responders now sick. doctors say the number of deaths related to