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. good morning, melissa. >> if you're headed out soon,

you'll have to use the windsheild wipers. we have a little bit of drizzle. inner loop, outer loop, into town and out of town, no massive pr as far as any big delays. you use white's ferry, not going to be able to d do it. shn with high water on the potomac. brandy wine, northbound branch avenue, center of the road is blocked. 66 to virginia, fairfax county parkway on time going to take you eight minutes. 5:01. this morning we are trackingre hurricane fe and the millions of people rushing to get out of the storm's path.n we stay top of every angle. >> people livin near the coast from virginia down to the carolinas have been ordered to find a safe place to ride out the storm. forecasters s there could be more than two feet of rain. both sides of the south carolina

highway are being used to travel away from the shore. the category 4 storm is growing in size as it churns hundreds of miles away from north carolina. florence is expected to arrive late tomorrow. president donald trump has approved a federal emergency declaration for virginia though we aren't expecting a direct hit, dc, maryland, virginia have all declared a state of emergency. this morning emergencyte shel are opened in north and south carolina for those who cannot evacuate safely. john van lun then says he hasn't made up his mind about sying or goi ahead of florence's arrival. he's already boarded up his business but isn't sure if he wants to leave his beach house. >> irene was a big one. we would be in three feet of water when itod f the sound.

i evacuated twice. >> no lost wer, no damage? >> no lost power, no nothing. >> but you think this is different? >> yes. >>g a big risk. they have urged everyone living al gg the coast to out before the storm arrives. count on jim and his photographer to t bring you coverage right here on news 4. 5:03. as millions flee, first responders are getting ready to head into the danger zone. >> we know membe of maryland's task force 1 are ready to deploy for a life saving mission. 80 firefighters are ready toin move >> news 4's justin finch is live with how they're preparing toip shout. they are packed up ready to go. i'm going to draw your attention to the shelves in the warehouse where youl notice they are

mostly empty. that's because much of the search and rescue gear and other supplies have been packed up in their trucks. their trucksre in here as well. they are ready and this is a mission that this task forceas served before with hurricane maria and harvey that we saw last year. i'm joined now by chief scott goldsteen. as we have just said, this is a taskhis team is up for. >> absolutely. a lot of training. a lot of years of readiness go into being able to go out and help a community in need and this is another example of heading to the carolinas, helping the folks down there for what is anticipated to be a verh catast landfall. >> for those at home theynow it's specialized am. >> specialized search dogs,

rescue specialists able to extricate people. engineers. buildings that have beenas ulted by the weather or explosion act differently. medical spepgsallists, emergency room doctors that assist in team care. waterrescues, you see in water operations as well as transit to get to places m that arebe islands by being surrounded by water. so a large capability of resources here.th could last us 10 day 14rks days. we have specialized resources in these tractors and trailers. as well the first response.

>> they've seen these missions before. they are equipped. we are live in rockvill justin finch, news 4. back in to you. >> experts heading to the scene. justin finch live for us in rockville. thank you, justin. we know it's not only emergency crews in maryland prepared to help out, additional crews have been called in fm missouri, ohio, as far away as oklahoma. this is dealing with power outages, w assistingh the rescues. the storm is no joke, chuck bell. you have been trackg this all week. i know we were waiting for the latest advisory? >> the strength is pretty close to where it has been, a category 3 to 4 storm. that's going to continue. you can see t very well-defined eye of florence now about 600 miles o the coast of north carolina. the very latest forecast track

from the hurricane center follows pretty much the ensemble of these computer models. each one of thesere is a dif line. the hurricane center is right on track with that maintaining a category 3 too 4urricane all the way tofa la. there is new information on the nerun. saturday,. displ thursday night thlandfall. 're saying it will drag south ward before being scooped up and taken farther inland. the center of the moisture will be going inland a little bit farther to the west. we will still have to deal with the heavy rains from this, but it loo like we will be dealing with it a little farther into next week. sheena is back with the five day outlook coming up. president trump says theer federal gent is, quote, totally prepared to face florce. during yesterday's preaching.

>> that storm pummeled puerto rico last year killing nearly 3,000 people and power was just fully restored last month. here's the president's take on the response. >> i think puerto rico was incredibly successful. puerto rico was our toughest one of all because it's an island. you can't truck things onto it. everything is by boat. when the storm hit they had no electricity and when the storm think the took it out entirely. i think puerto rico was an incredible unsung success. >> many people do not agree with the president's. assessme still ahead in the next hour news 4's tracie pott will have more on the recent study criticizing the hurricane response last year. new developments in the crisis of the cardinal. chur >> cardinal wuehrle is live in

northwest c. with the developments. good morning, chris. >> reporter: angie, we just got ahold of a letter from wuehrle. ever since the grabbed jury report came o of pennsylvania, he's been under fire. the report alleged that when he was in chargef the diocese in pittsburgh at times wuehrle went out of his way to stay the ministry. one online petition has about 80,000 signatures demandinghat wuehrle be removed from office. in fact, in this letter the cardinal says after talking with me of the local priests in our area it was clear that some

ncision sooner rather t later on my part is an essential aspect to the dischurch we all love can move forward. it w just about a week ago that one woman turned her back during the homily and one man yelled shame on you. >> u.ris, thank it's 5:10. the australian cartoonis responsible for a new cartoon of serena william at the u.s. open is defending himself against accusations of racism. the artist, mk knight, said people are interpreting it the wrong way. he saidt simply depicts williams' behavior. she was fined $17,000 for three code violations during that

match. >> washington mystics are back home tonight. >> though the team is down two games in the wnba fiechbls. if they win, are you available? it's being played at george mason university. >> it would be great to see another championship in d.c. >> coming . >> s. >> what you can do starting today that research says may he you handle aches and pains. okay. plus, we continue to work through you. how y can start monitoring exactly what your child is streaming online. here's chuck. all righmp and cloudy morning. likelihood of more rain to affect your wednesday.ve little sunshine. daily grade for today, c minus. no a veryt p

you're watching "news 4 today." peanut butter jellych sand have been staples in school lunches for so long, but many schools havehe banned as a way to protect kids with potentially life threatening nut allergies. thisorning we're learning about a surprising study from harvard andoston children's hospitals. researchers looked at the impact of banning those sandwiches. o had no impact on how oftenep. a l times the kids know and they're careful and they stayro awaythe product. >> cookie batter does not have nuts in it. that's what i'm told. okay. some people have a higher threshold for paind it may be because they're more mindful.

according to researchers at wake for list. it's all abo being aware of the presentt mom without much concern. >> there are apps for this. my husband uses head space. >> he's 56 days. >> i can't get my mind to quiet down. 5:16. hurricane florence is the largest storm to target the area in decades. >> hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to evacua. >> nbc's jay gray is live in wrightsville beach with a closer look at the storm. what are you seeing? >> hi. >> hey, good morning angie good morning.

then conditions get from bad to worse. the system is likely to stall and that's going to cause big problems, majlooding not only here along the coast but inland as well. there's a mandatory evacuation order. more than 1 million people affected by those orders. most are helistening,re moving to higher ground. >> jay, the mandatory evacuations are in place at thin in your experience down there talking to people, what's your are many planning to get out or some trying to stay and ride this out? reporter: yeah, unfortunately you have people who say i've been in storms before, i'm going to ride this storm out. wee seen that here. not many as in previous storms. which is great news.

officials are saying we're at the int, if you're going to stay, stay. that window is closing to get out. if you stay, realize you do that at yourwn o pearl. we'll help you after the storm, but in some cases le i sai this thing is going to stall. it could be two days or more before people could get in. >> jay gr, thanks so much. sheena, we see it all the time.e people don'te. >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> we see the water rescue afterwards, it can be so deadly. >> i know. my brother is a reghter. the last thing i want him to do is go rescue somebody who was told to evacuate. >> i sureou're getting inundated. what is the impact here. >> so many questions. it's the rain. >> icah. hue florence, there it is

spinning out in the atlantic. our cnces for heavy rain will be pushed back quite a few days because of this. it is out in the atlantic. category 4 hurricane. this is goingo have a big impact once florence moves on shore. that's going to helpt to slow down and kind of meander for a few days. there's a closer look. look at theeye. this is the updated track. 5:00 a.m. advisory. moving on shore sometime thursday morning. southern north carolina or northern sections of south carolina as it looks now maybe as a hurcane or strong cat two and weakening. notice the track is a little farther south. there's the stationary front grabbing it and not letting it move too much. that would not be good. rainfall rates would be credibly high. here's us locally as we go into early next week. we're looking at wednesday. now look to our south.

a lot more rais with thi storm system. we'll be tracking that as we go through the rest of the week. locally, clouds. those are moving out. thunderstorms along the eastern shore. ref the area looking at cloudy skies this morning with drizzle around. step outside, temperatures around 0 degrees. for your commutetoday, looking at temperatures close to 80 by loe afternoon but a chance of showers,y skies. our rain chances are not related to florence. we'll be watching it down to our south. rain chances will be lower. next week, that's when we're looking at our heavy rain chances. chuck will showet in ten day. good morning, melissa. >> outer loop of the beltway, the ramp has a brand-new problem in greenlt a disabled vehicle here. might see a little bit of a slowdown. high water and hopefully things

will reopen. 66 and 95, a little slowdown near quantico. 95 in maryland here right now. taking a look 3rks 2 down to the beltway. southbound, 71 miles. still ahead,o many streaming sites available, it may be hard to monitr what y children are watching. we're showing you how to take control. plus, pleading guilty. he pleaded guilty to cheating and making mor than a million bucks. how he said he pulled it off. >> you get asked to sign body parts. >> so many body -- >> what's the main a woman wants signed. armpit. >> armpit? >> yeah, it was weird.

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you're watching "news 4 today." welcome back. 5:24. netflix, hulu, amazon prime, chances are you oubscribe to of these streaming services, probably more than one. >> rememberhen we had five channels. you were watching infomercials. that was entertainment. the convenience to having thsands of programs is raising concerns for parents of what

they're watching. you can take contro >> reporte it all begins with the main screen, a cavalcade of cartoons, dramas. the portal page welcoming amazon prime, hulu, netflix users to their nextea sng experience. with the internet a device and a few swipes, a kid can land on just about anything. psychologist jonathan good said, parents, you're right to be concerned. >> i don't know that there's a place for us to completely shut them off from unmedia. >> prolonged impact could update it. you don't punish them and have

an honest conversation with them about what they're watching. >> one way to limit what your chilsees is to go into platform settings and look for parental or content control. thereou can block certain media or try setting up a special account for your child that does not allow aess to mature content. conversations about sex, violence, or body image or other mature things and it can bring families closer together. >> you can use this opportunity to build bonding experiences between the child and the parent. >> joint finch, news 4. 5:26 on your wednesday morning. what you need to a knowut florence? still a serious threat to the carolinas and southeastern coast the main impact may be getting pushed back farther coming right

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news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weather alert. that weatherle this morning continues as we track hurricane florence. it is still aor cat 4, and look at that, it's still as massive as it continues to move through the atlantic ocean. >> there has been some changes when it comes to where the hurricane will expect to let y know. >> local crews are preparing to head towards the storm to help others. it's not just florence that we're keeping an eye on.e th some bad fog in parts of our area. first let's check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> you're gng to run into some thicker fog, but this morning we

out theresome drizz on the roads so that might be a bit of an annoyance with the wipers. >> i'm starting t get seasonally affected. there is so little in the forecast. if you want a sunny day, you may have to get on a plao and somewhere. >> go to happy land. there is such a thing as a happy land? >> there is. >> you learn something new every day whether you want to or not. high pressure is trying to push this towards the eastern seaboard. unfortunately the approach of florence here is going to have a big impact ons what happ to our weather in that short time. we had ae rum or two of thunder. thunderstorms over t lower parts of the bay. here's a look at the future weather. 10:00 a.m. from wincheste to leesburg.

afternoon hours, more chance for the hit and miss rain drops bubbling up at any time. take your umbrella with you. you'll want it close by. mid 60 as tound 70 degrees to get your day going. afternoon highs in the mid to upper 70s to around 80 degrees in downtown. sheena has a closer look at the dog walking forecast. for now let's go to melissa mollet. >> good morning, chuck.oo outer with a disabled vehicle there. the rest of the btway is nic his clear, nice and green morning. whites ferry, this is third day in a row we've been shut down. not going to be opening any time soon. 66 here int town and out of town, 95 northbound. starting to get a little bit slow. veryal typor the morning. 95 maryland southbound 32 tthe

beltway, completely clear. parkway route 9 looking pretty good. eun? >> hamelissa, t you. 5:33. tracking hurricane florence. as chuck and sheena mentioned, the storm's track has shifted. even though we are expecting a direct hit, although there is a federal emergency declaration for virginia. millions have been ordered to get out of dodge. as millions flee, first responders are heading towards the danger zone. news 4's justin finch isiv at the facility where they will be leaving at 6:00 this morning. >> reporter: good morning. absolutely right. we are watching the final preparations underway for maryland task forcee.

they got the call late last night close to 11:00 p.m. that they would be i calledn to assist feel na. i want to show you how far they have gotte here. the shelves here are virtually all of the supplies they've been being paing up to get ready. i d want to show you what's well? i that i we have 80 crew going down there to assist. they are specialized montgomery ty fire tieders 6r789 experience with hazmat and such. even more preparation is taking place. we have their canine unit here packed up and a bevvy of other vehicles ready to assist as well. to my left they have these t buses that will carry the firefighters toca south lina, north carolina to begin their work dow there.

again, this was a very late call. they were among the last fema crews to be called in. there was concern about flooding. once t storm appears to have been moved, they got the call they wereeed down in the s. carolina i'm justin finch, news 4. >> justin, thank you. news 4's jim hanlonnd joe kissano are covering the storm. and storm team 4 continues to tck the storm around the lo lock. today the prosecution will call its first witness for the higho pre d.c. mansion murder. in openingtatements they said dna evidence linked darryn wint

to the brother. he's accused of murdering the health, brother. >> cardinal wuerhle says he will seek the pope's guidance on whether to move on. he's facing mounting scrutiny for the way he dealt with the sexual abuse scandal. washington miss sticks are coming home and need your help. the team is down two gam in the wnba finals. they must win tonight in order to stay alive.ey the playing at the arena on george mason's campus. we'll hear from a player who said they refus to air the bore.

a jumbo blooper on a local basketball court. this had nothing to do with the game. the jumbotron fell on to the court at the smith center in northwest d. you don't see that ever. the big screen was already lowered to the ground. they were doing maintenance on it. look at it, it will cost sowathing. >> i still 8 feet high. i'm always fascinated, it looks like it's hanging by a this read. this red. >> not just basketball b corporate sports. ♪ ♪ 5:37. coming up, talking about electrifying talent. d.c. native steals the show. we're going to show you his performance that is so good that

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♪ ♪ it was an electric night on "america's got talent." d.c.'s brian king wowed the judges on stage. he's one of 11 acts to perform and only five will advance to e finals. and after this rock star performance, things are looking bright for king. in fact, he received a huge compliment from judge simon cowell. take a listen. >> you are incredible. this is witnessing star power for me. t is so good, so dramatic, so powerful. you know what, brian, after that i think you could actually win

this ow. >> oh, my god! >> well, tonight we're going to find out whohe will be t final five and don't forget, you can still vote for him. >> you can do that through nbc's website or by downloading the official got talent" app. the polls start at 7. we're going to find out whether he wins here. >> he just tweeted that is the most fun night he has ever had. he's onfire. >> he's celebrating. >> he is so good. so today a little bit of drizzle anaty fog. for later today we have clouds in the forecast, chancesh of ers in the afternoon. coming up in a few minutes chuck is going to tk about hurricane is going to tk about hurricane floyd, the updad trackte

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and changed diapers at night.d later, when i a law pr, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i ap ove this message becauselik, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. back now at 5:45 with that storm team 4 weather alert. we continue to track hurricane florence as a category 4 storm

ba tels towar coast. you can see here the track looks different today than this time yesterday. it's going to continue to change. a new advisory, in fact, came out jus few minutes ago. chuck, sheena, they're tracking evything new that comes in. we'll let you know how it's already impactings eve coming out across our region. up. s coming president trump said the federal government is, quote, totally prepared to face frorns. >> he raised eyebrows during sterday's pressconference. he said last year's response to hurricane maria was quote, unsung success. tracie, a lot of people but nearly 3,000 people during and in the five months after that quorum. they didn't have enough people. theyere dealing with too many

emergencies. more than half ofhem weren't properly trained for the job they we doing. calling it an unsung success didn't sit well with the mayor of san juan. if that's the sse, theyd god help us all. >> tracie potts on the hill. thanks so much. 5:47. new developments in the crisis in the catholic church. cardinal donald wuerhle has a heavy assertionske will pope francis for guidance about hess future of archbishop of washington. chrisawrence has more. what are we learning? >> reporter: well, eun, we just gothold ofhis letter from cardinal wuerhle in which he says he'll fly back to the

vatican to speak with the pope. he's been undire since the grand jury report came out of pennsylvania. it said when he was in charge of the diocese in pittsburgh at times he went out of his way to remove so-calledr preda priests but in some casese allowed one priest who gave alcohol to boys beforely alleg molesting them. there are 80,000 signatures demandg that he be removed from office. even some priests in his own dioces have publicly urged him to resign. in northwest d.c. it was at this church in which one woman turned her back on him during the homily andnother man jumped up

and yelled shame on you. >> chris, thanks so much. in other news thearents of a university of maryland footballlayer who died during practice could sue the university. espn reports the family filed formal papers of thentt to sue. they could seek up to $30 llion. investigations into the death and the content of the practice are under review. >> a former mgm employee admitted to stealing more than $1 million. he pled guilty. according to court documents he allowed his partners to take

pictures of unshuffled cards. they'd win in on shore bet and give zhang a cut of the winnings. >> it's an ongoing view. >> and his co-conspiracy charges. alexandrea sports bar is trying to make things right with the washington miss sticks and their fans. they're calling out the glory her family asked the bartender t change one of the tvs to the game but response shocked her. >> like, yeah, no, we're not shipping on any of the tvs because the other teams are on. the idea yeah, no, we're not switching that. >>fter clo learned what

happened she took to social media. soon after glory days responded. it readsry we are making eve effort to make sure this doesn't happen dagain. we want to remind everybody that you can watch game 3 tonight at eagle bank. >> the miss sticks are down two ht now. this is a must-win situation against the seattle storm. >> they said we messed up big time. we will be showing the game. >> they should. >> 5:51. back to hurricane florence and storm team 4 that's causing problems he in our area. dueo the potential torrential rains, the block party will be octoberd to saturday, 13th.

it draws 16000 people to the northeast corridor. just a little delay. >>ot a bad call. it's still a long ways out from ain pla standpoint. the forecast track, the update on florence is a little bit less concerning for our weekend plans, however, we will have to eventually deal with all of this moisture from florence. the updadforecast now, 130 mile per hour stained winds. expected to make landfall late a near and come to stall along the carolina coast line. that's 36 hours worth of time and very littleem movt. the storm will be weakening. a devastating blow. the georgia coast has a little

bit more as well. the overalleather pattern is showing that the moisture may go farther to the west. it will eventually loop back around and go to us much like gorddid. don't turn your back on an opportunity for serious flooding around here. we've delayed that until early to mid next week. we will have to deal with florence one way or anothe 71 now in washington with hardly any sunshine expected. this weather boundary that is happening out just to our west for days and days and days is going to stay there days and days more. heit and miss rain chances and a 50% rain chance for later on in the day today. all clouds. not much movement in temperatures and chances for rain each and every d all the way through next week before a little a hint of tum arrives on thursday, free next week. good morning, blue.

>> good morning, mr. bell. inea bound 4ritchie marlboro road. we'l keep you updated. greenbelt, that one cleared aup of minutes ago. white's ferry shut down today. high water on the potomac is a problem there. in maryland, travel times 270. top of the bottom is okay. quantico to the beltway going 40 miles per hour. good morning, i'm kate gers at cnbc headquarters. amazon is branching out. the associated press says they will sell live full sized christmas trees starting in

november. they wilbe shipped in a box within ten days of being cut down and should survive the trip just in ti. some will get a cat hair. this isn't cheap. the average christmas tree costs $75. our molette green has been all over thety commuhong us the good on some segments and cool updates. i do too. >> some of these segments have. they're justm backnother red carpet event. check out the pictures from the creative arts ems.

they paid for the flight and the hotel. we profiled elliott hyde. coming up in about 30 minutes, we have shoutouts fm city leaders for these bright students and we've g updates on otherha segments t you'll want to hear about. >> thank you, molette. still ahead on "news 4 today" continues. it's raging in e atlantic as millions tried desperately to get ahead. >> more people are streaming on the phones and devices and the kids have access too, but could what they're watching have an impact? we have expert advice.

packing up, gassing up and ecgetting the out of dodge. hurricane florence continues to churn in the atlantic, and it's heading towards the east coast. millions are in the path of the storm and it's bringing strong winds a heavy rains which could cause widespread flooding. good morning, everyone. welcome to your wednesday. i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron

gilchrist. this morning all of us keeping a close eye on hurricane. floren >> storm team 4's chuck bell is looking at the path and we' check out melissa mollet and sheena parveen.? shee >> we're seeing a little bit of fog, too. stly in maryland. other than that, a little bit of drizzle. eading towards baltimore, the fog isthicker. the rest of the area seeing a little bit of patchy fog with a dense fog advisory. that's closer to the philadelphia area. if youe traveling that way keep in mind visibility is not looking good. degrees i washington. 68 gaithersburg. 60.leesburg like i mentioned, a little bit of drizzle. we have a lot of clouds in the forecast. a cluster of storms is continuing on.