winds and heavy rain which could cause wespreadflooding. oh, boy. we're in for it. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrist. are keeping a close eye on hurricane florence. >> cck bell is monitoring it and we begin with melissa mollet and sheena parveen. good rning. >> good morning, ladies. yes, we have a similar pattern to yesterd except this morning we're not talking about dense fog. we had a little bitat ofy fog, but you also notice a little bit of drizzle out there throughout the morning so you might need to use the windshield wipers on your drive. 64 leesbu. 71 in quantico. so it's pretty mild out there. here's a look at t visibility, not nearly as bad as yesterday, but if you're u heading 95 towards maybe baltimore especially in philadelphia, that's who's dealing with the very dense fog this morning. be careful as you'reg. driv radar is showing us a couple of

showers, one near frederick and royersville and near 70 and boonsville. we'll watch these shors and a cluster of thunderstorms trying to move up through. parts of the eastern shor i think they will mostly try to move into delaware. we'll stay cloudy with rain o chances becau this stationary front. chuck will talk more about hurricane florence in depth in a few minutes. let's head over to melissa mollet. >> good morning.ng ta look in d.c., westbound, 395. that ramp to maine avenue. l taking ak in leesburg, eastbound 7 at river creek wa pa all traffic pushed on to river creek parkway. that's because of a work zone there. looking at the beltway, inner loop and outer loop, no construction and no problems at thpoint. >> 4:01 right now. this morning we continue to track hurricane florence and the millions of people rushing to get out of the storm's path.

we're staying on top of every angle of this category 4 storm from the impending rain to just how much it's going toth impact e of us who live around here. >> people living from the coast from virgini to the carolinas have been ordered to find a safe place to ride out the storm. forecasters say there could be more than two feet of rain near take a look, both sides of the south carolina highway are being used toravel away from the shore. the category 4 is growing in size as it churns hundreds of miles away from north carolina. florence is expected to arrive late tomorrow. president trump has approved an emergency declaratior virginia even though we aren't expecting a direct hit, d.c., maryland and virginia have a declared a state of emergency. it's 4:02. emergency shelters are opening north ain south carola for those who cannot evacuate safely. jim is talking to people who have decided to ride outhe

storm. john van nlu says he hasn't made up hiser decision whe he's leaving. >> irene was a big one. we would be in about three feet of wat a right now the peak of irene when it flooded the sound. >> really? >> both tim i came back and i wondered why i left. it was a total waste of time. >> it could be w thatt's got me on the edge. >> north carolina's governor has urged everyone living along the coast to get out before the storm arrives. be sure to check in with m. you can find the continuing coverage rightere on news 4. while people leave the coast others are gearing up to move in. task force one are planning t deploy for a potentially life samission. 80 firefighters are ready to move in.

they have enough gear to support a town for ten days. they word around the clock during harvey and maria. coming up, news 4's justin finch wi join us live from rockville as they pack up and prepare to ship out. so it'sme not onlyency crews in maryland that are prepared to help. additional crews were already called in from missouri, ohio, as far away as oklahoma. this is to help out with power n outages, cg up with debris and assisting those who need to be rescued. the storm is no joke. chuck bell, you've been tracking this all week. what is theatest on the path and strength? because i know it's been changing. t sure has. maintaining category 4 strength at this time. the maie threats in short term remain north carolina, south carolina, and southern and southeastern parts of virginia. still looking for a landfall late in the day tomorrow. the one thing that has changed a little bit, the impact locally are more likely now from later

on in the day, monday of next week to wednesday and thursday of next week. our main threat will continue to be flooding. there's the very latest satellite imagery from hurricane florence. very strong storm out there. just not too far, aut 0 miles now off of cape fear, north carolina. and the t forecastck over the next couple of days will bring coasty, very close to the line in the next 24 hours and then eventually more of a threat or a strike, anyway, along the southet coast oforth carolina. my computer refuses to go to the next thing, but therecast cone brings it on shore. the new information now is that the storm may land in north carolina and then drift southward along the south carolina aoast line then move inland more close towards the columbia, augusta, perhaps the atlanta area. that's the reason for the delay. they will have to deal with the moisture. that's moving into next week. sheena has your five day forecast comin up. >> thank you for the update, truck. resident trump says the

federal government is, quote, totally prepared to face florence. yesterday a reporter asked what the u.s. could eleven from hurricane maria. >> the storm pummeled puerto rico killing 3,000 people and power was just restored last month. here's the president's take. >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico was actually our toughest one of all because it's an island. you can't trunt thingsit, everything is by boat. when the storm hit they had no electricity essentially before the storm and when the storm hit that took it out entirely. i think puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. news 4's tracie potts will have more on that criticizing fema's response last year. 4:06. new developments in the crisis in the catholic church.

donald whirl will ask pope francis for guidance and whether he should resign. in a letter to fellowriests he said a decision needs to be made sooner rather than lat so the church can move on. cardinal whuerl is facing great scrutiny while he was bishop in pittsburgh. now to a nbc news exclusive. there's mounting evidence that russia is responsible for the mystious sonic attack on u.s. diplomats and intelligence officials in cuba. between 2016hi and year 26 americans in havana fell ill suffering things likac hes, dizziness, brain injuries similar to concussions. russia is now the leading suspect, this t accordi three u.s. officials and two others briefed on the ongoing investigation. officials say thenformation is backed up by the intercept communications. they were deliberately attacked

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it explodes it could affect the tokyo area. it could cause disruptions to everal transportation facilities. the last time mount fuji erupted was more than 300 years ago. it's time to get r dy forthat. the northern lights were seen dancing over the sky for several hours o monday night. >> take a look right here. this is the northern finnish city. they're part of thell electri charged particles entering the atmosphere. t according t photographer, this was the best display of whatill be a good season. >> it is gorgeoee. >> imagineg it in person? >> yes. >> i know, it's on my bucket list. >> a video doesn't do it justice. when you see the video, it looks like something from the movie. that doesn't look real

in finland that's something to see. s group field trip. >> many places to choose from. you have to go farther north. that's am >> speaking of travel, a lot of airports preparing for a lot of sruptions. >> you know what, a lot of people have been asking me, should i cancel my flight? >> right. right. >> should i cancel my trip? we'resaying, if you have a flight, don't worry, your airline will cancel it for you. they will beat you to it. the track has changed a little bit. it will eventually weaken to a tropical storm. nd're still tracking it as we go into the weekend ahe end of next week. right now we're looking at a couple showers on the radar mostly in parts of frederick county right near boons borrow. across , one heavy shower there. g more e see thunderstorms trying to move in from the south. mostly along the eastern shore we have a early cluster this

morning. i think a lot of that might be moving intodelaware, too. we have the stationary front draped across muchf the northeast and mid-atlantic state. this will teep us in a cloudy weathern. patt it's also responsible for what happens to florence once it mos inland. i'll show you the track in a second. 71 degrees outside of washington. most of the area aroun 70 degrees. here's future weather, cloudy, scattered showers still in the forecast. this is how it will look the rest of the week. have the umbrella. make sure theids have the raincoat at the bus stop. patchy fog this morning, not as much as yesterday. drizzle out there with high temperatures near 80. here's florence, category 4 hurricane. high pressure over new england. that will set up the stationary front i just showed you. take a look at what's going to the track. could be making landfall with a major hurricane. potentially somewhere around

wilmington, north carolina, or even south carolina as it moves inland it will get caut up in the stationery front. that will hold it to the south and maybe delaying our rain chances. this rains not related to florence. some through the weekend. let's head over to melissa mollet. good morning. >> good morning. right now montgomery village after lost knife right there by lake gorsol, one lane getting by. 301 t 5there, northbound, southbound, everything looking quite gore. seems ts a little bit of fog. inner loop and outer loop, no big complaints. remember westbound 395, tt ramp there to maine avenue in southwest, we have onelaight blocked. eun? >> melissa, thank you. still ahd, netflix, hulu, amazon prime, with so many streaming sites available, it may be hard to

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news 4 beginsith a storm team 4 weather alert. that weather alert continues we track hurricane florence. it is still a category 4 and you can see ives mass it continues to move through the atlantic ocean. >> but there's some better news for our region. chuck and sheena are both her with a look at the same tracks. >> i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron this morning. it's not just florence that we're keeping an e on visibility will grow. >> let's check in with storm team 4's forecastor.

melissa is here for the roads. chuck andee . >> severe fog and driving drizzle. you can't protect the hair from the drizzle. >> the old clint eastwood song, 0i6 play misty for me." thunderstorms fading away as they get cse t charlottesville, viinia. pretty high trans. clouds and drizzle around the area. if you're down here in st. mary's city. it will be a long, ilow climb an will make landfall near wilmington, north carona. locally most of the thick fog is to the east. rain chances later on today continue to remain