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 fairly high.

not a total washout everywhere all the time, but i'd have the umbrella out and chances come into the mro area at almost any time. temperatures in the 60s, upper 70ed for later on today. ten day forecast coming up in a bit. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. leesburg eastbound 7, traffics still there. montgomery village after lost knife road, right there. kind of close to the fire n, statione lane getting by. inneroo l and outer loop. >> quantico, 68 miles per hour going to get you your time is 4:31. tracking hrough hurricane florence. the storm's track has shifted even though we aren't expecting

direct hit, d.c., maryland, virginia have all declared a state of emergency because of potential flooding. we've had so much rain already. president trump has declared a federal emergency disaster forr ia. illions from virginia to the carolinas have been ordered to get out of the path of the storm. in the meantime maryland's task force one are gring up to move in. >> the team has enough gear to support a town for t up to days. you might remembere the c worked around the clock conducting water rescue during harv harvey's path. as welimentioned, ms of coastal residents are on the move. transportation officials in south carolina are trying to make evacuations take a look at this, both sides are now being used to travel away from the shore. emergency shelters have been set

up for those who don't have anywhere to go. this north carolina high school gym is preparing for nearly 500 people. in the outer banks, businesses that are usually busy with summer tourists are boarded up. we spoke with one maryland woman who cut her vacation short because of the storm. >> i don't like the way it's coming straight for us here. i've never seenhabefore. so i'm worried about everybody doin' here. >> florence is expected to dump exceptional amounts of rain both on the coast and farther inland. we have t report eers here orand look updates all week. >> storm team 4 is tracking the storm line. it's now 4:33. today the prosecution will call its first witness in the trial for the man chaed in the high profile d.c. mansion murders. sin openingtements yesterday

the prosecution said dna evidence found at the scene will without doubt link darryn wint to the crime. the defense argues that he was tricked into coming into the house. they say he didn't know he was at a crime scene. 4:34. parents of a univerity student could sue the university. he collapsedt a team workout at the endf may. espn reports they're seeking up to $30 million. the investigation into the death and the overall conduct of the football program are still in progress. it's 4:34 this wednegday. we with your top stories

and this developing story in a letter to fellow priests. cardinal donald wuerl will seekh guidance wheth should resign and he's seeking mounting scrutiny for the waye dealt with priests who were charged with sexual abuse. >> paul than ford ahead of ase nd election. mafort is facing money laundering. last month a virginia court 8 und him guilty of 8 of counts of tax fraud. >> the washington mystics are coming home and needs your help. they're down two games in the wnba finals against the seattle storm. they must win tonight in order to stay in the fight. they're plang at eagle bank arena at george mason's university. a playerd s a local barf

refused. a jumbo blooper on a basketball court. this had nothing to do with the game check out the video. george'sashington universi jumbotron fell on to the court at the smith center in washington, d.c. some say it was already recall lowered to the ground when it fell. not clear if it caused a damage. >> having to replace it, that costs a lot of money. gw doesn't just use it for basketball, they use it for other things even though it wasn't fully suspended, it's still eight feep there. that's high. that's big fall. >> 4:36. this is so good. they made him like one of the

last acts last night. is is why i did not sleep. 4:36. coming up, talk about talent. standing ovations. amazing.s on "america's got talent", we'll show you a performance that had simon dowell give him a standing ovation. >> a car store's

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>> after his rock star performance is looking bright for king as the back of his jacket says. part of his name. he received a huge compliment from judge son cowell. take a listen. >> you are incredible. it was -- this is witnessin star power for me. it was so good, so dramatic, so powerful. you know what, ian, after t i think you could actually win this show. >> oh, my god! >> oa. >> i'm with him. it's aifferent kind of talent. tonight we're going to find out who will be the final five. don't forget you can still vote for him. >> you can download the official app. u still have a few hours, all right? >> he just hands evg down. >> makes you want to take violin yessons, doesn't it?

>> >> i wish i could play like that. i can't play at all. today cloudyskies, drizzle as you head out. you might need the wipers on couplef times this morning. otherwise, a chance of showers this afternoon. uck is back talk about what ee may be able to expect from hurricane flore and when coming up. >>, pl it's one of the most talked about movies of the season. latz night the star stopped in george town wow. he wants to know about a star is rn. stay wboit

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storm team 4 weather alert. we continue to track hurricane florence as a category 4 storm barrels towards the east coast. you cane see h the track looks different today than this time yesterday and it's good news for our area. >> a new advisory is coming out in just a few minutes.he chuck anda are tracking the very latest. we're going to let you know about how it's already impacting events across our region. that is coming up. 4:45. president trump says the federal government is,quote, totally prepared to face florence. >> but he raised some eyebrows during yesterday's briefing. he said his administration's response to last year's hurricane maria in puerto rico was, quote, an incredible unsung success. news 4's tracie potts is on capitol hill this mornin tracie, a lot of people have criticism with the president's response. >> reporter: they certainly do. et's because of the track record here. president calls it acc s. new numbers show instead of 64

that died during the storm, it was 3,000. it took about a year to get island.ack on across the unsung success? the mayor of san juan s s anythibut. if the president thinks 3,000 people is an unsung success, god help us all. this new storm is barrelling down. the president said the federal government is already ready. fema working with some of the states down there. although in a new report latz night we tlaernd fema lost $10 billion. >> tracie potts for us on the hill. breaking it all down. much more ahead. thanks. new overnight. in remembrance of a of the people who died in the 9/11 attacks.'s 17 years since the attack.

the tribute will fadeaway at dawn this morning. after the unfurling of the american flag at pentagon, people from all over the area came to the memorial toay eir respects. there were quiet songs, loving hugs, and prayers for the families who lost lov es. 184 people were killed at the pentagon. new this morning, mgm rerts is offering to donate $500 per surviving victim of the los angeles shooting. the casino is arguing that because the security vendor was ifderally ced, it's not liable. more than 800 others last october. attorneys have until friday to make a decision. >> a former mgm car dsler

facing jail trial. he admitted to staying more than $1 million from the from the casino. according to court documents, he allowed them to take pictures f thcards. they'd take on shore bets. >> is an ongoing and critical sue. >> his co-conspirators. back to storm team 4 weathes alert i causing here in our area due to the potential rrential rain saturday's eighth street festival has been postponedmontil next h. it will happen saturday october 13th between noon and 7:00 p.m. the annual festival draws nearly

150,000 people to the northeast orridor and the storm is expecting to impact sporting events. uvasaturday's home game against 's o is moving to vanderbi stadium in nashville. they won't make it up to blacksburg against virginia tch. >>. t one's a good decision. the trick is you have to make these plans now and then the opportunity for the forecast to shift a wittle bit,ch it's doing now means that our weekends though cloudy with a rain chance will be probably a lot less affected. don't turn your back on hurricane florence. we will still have to deal with the rain which could still cause huge flooding issues around here but our misery is delayed. almost noow sunshine between into the middle or later parts of next week. cloudy skies remain in place. there's category 4 hurricane

florence. the new upda coming out at 5:00 a.m. new information shortly. 140 mile per hour sustained wind at 157 it becomes a category 5. that is unlikely to happen and look at this. this is different from yesterday now. still making landfall. i say only a two. don't pay any attention to that. the real issue is thete the wind gets all the head lines but the water does all the this has just as much of a threat for rain and flooding. the new track kee o this on near the coast a little longer and brings the remnantsarther westbound towards atlanta, knoxville and nashville later on into the sunday time frame. eventually tbet wil picked up and pushedtelaim it's delayed throughtuesday,

wednesday, thursday of next week. the forge ga coast is at more risk than yesterday. the storm will beeading farther off to the west. our impacts, delayed. not erased. this weather front is what's going to have the storm shore and basically get stuck as it sags down, it pushes the storm farther down to th south but lit all up, here is your ten day forecast. showery weather the next couple of days. the weekend a lot of klutz just no sunshine. >> sheena is back i a few. good morning. take a look at this. ite's ferry closed for the third day in a row. high water on the potomac. they're going to take inner

loop. nter of the road is blocked by a crash. that one just happened. prince gorges county in general looking quite good, into town, out of town overall. no other major issues. uthbound on 270. no problem from 70 to the spur going faster. 71 miles an hour going to get you there in 25 minutes. northbound unaffected. >> in alix exandrialexandria, t trying to make friends with the crowd. bartender asked the to change one of the tvs toot game but the response shocked her.

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather packing up, gassing up and getting the heck out of dodge. hurricane florence continues to churn in the atlantic and it is heading tards the eastcoast. millions are in the path of the storm. it is bringing strong winds and heavy rains which could cau despread flooding. good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff. eye ntinue to keep a close on hurricane florence. >> chuck bell is monitoring the path and we want to go to sheen parveen. >> good morning. we're tking this morning about drizzle, fog across the area and then of course all es will be to our south as florence gets closer to the carolinas.

this morning, talking about temperatures around 71 degrees. manassas.s in the fog this morning not nearly as thickt ass yesterday. in areas like clinton visibility is less than a mile. as you head more towards philadelphia, baltimore, that's where the fog does get a lot thicker. keep that in mind if you are heing in that direction. locally we're under an unsettled pattern. showers into thurmont. cloudy conditions with us. some thunderstorms moving into willastern shore but those mostly be dying out and trying to move into delaware. there is hurricane florence getting closer to the coast. i'll show you the updated track. we have drizzle out there. let's seeow your commute is going with melissa mollet.

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