lawrence is right now, continuing our team coverage tonight. >> reporter: i want to give you a god idea of exactlyhat folks in north carolina are dealing with right now. i'm about 6 feet tall. this gives ya an i of just how high the neuse river has risen. it's noto expect t crest until the end of this week. let'sake a look over here. you can see the campsitesmp tely submerged. and as we swing further around, you can see the kids' playground, the slides going directly into the water. all of this is completely under water. earlier we had a chance to meet with a man named jim harrell. he was getting his boatready, trying to put it in the water for the first time. he told us his goal was to try to get back to his house to see what if anything he could save. >> and we knew it was going flood. we're just trying to get in to go look at what we got left back there, see if we can help anyhb

neigs. >> reporter: take a look at what he saw. jim took this cell phone video from his boats he is going through his neighborhood. and look at that, it is completely submerged. in fact, that's his house right there, the water up to the second story h >> justping neighbors, if they need to move some stuff out, move some stuff out, orf they're just ready to get out, get 'em out. >> reporter: so the thing to keep an yay on throughout the day on monday is whether the water starts to recede or scres. that going to determine whether they can reopen some of those roads, get help to the ople who need it, and allow folks like jim to get back in their neighborhoods to see if anything at all can be saved. ton, chris lawrence, news4. >> thank you. and the fema director is talking about florence andmaria. what he has to say in about six minutes, plus doug with an ha update about w florence is going to bring to our area. open our nbc washingtoleapp for compte coverage.

breaking tonight, two retiring gop senators are joining the chorus of democrats calling for a delay in thursday's confirmation voteor supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. a t republican tells the "washington post" that he'll talk to kavanaugh and theoman who says kavanaugh sexually assauladd her d ago in montgomery county. democrats want the fbi to investigate. so let's take a a closer look what we know about the woman stine ford. she teaches psychology at a college in california. she told the post she first revealed the incident to a therist in 2012. according to the post, she passed a polygraph test in july. nbc's kelly o'donnell with more reaction. >> reporter: christine blasy ford described kavanaugh in the post report as stumbling drunk at a maryland house party in the 1980s when she claims he pinned her to a bed and groped her while another teenaged boy

watched. e was trying to attack me and remove my clothing. i thought he might inadvertently kill me, according to the post.o in rd's account, she broke free when kavanaugh's friend jumped on them and all three tumbled to the floor. tonight the white house reissued judge kavanaugh's friday statement. i categorically and unequivocally denys allegation. i did not do this back in high school or at any time. the top democrat on the senate judiciary committee dianne feinstein says action on kavanaugh's confiation expected this week must wait. republican senators questioned g the timf the accusation. >> if this was material to the nfirmation process, why on earth over the past four to six weeks hasn't it been discussed among the committee members? >> reporter: judiciary chairn dge kavanaugh's background has been thoroughly vetted by t fbi andalled kavanaugh a man of impeccable character. nbc news hasch r out but has not independently confirmed

christin blasey ford's identification. more of the breaking story onws today tarting at 4:00 a.m. gunfire near a d.c. metroio st left a 17-year-old boy shot. this happened on sails place ine soutt. witnesses reported seeing three people running from that scene. the teen was alert when medics took him toithe hospal. police don't know why he was shot. a hoverboar i caught fire an apartment in deaths da this afternoon. look at the top ofheour screen , and you can kind of make out the charred remains of that hoverboard. a fire department spokesperson says it was charging in a fifth floor apartment on old suddenlyn road when it burst into flames. theyad to evacuate the entire building. luckily nobody was hurt. oh my goodness graciot'. so not going to be a victory monday in d.c. memories of the redskins wee one win in arizona gone like

that. in that 21-9 loss to thecolts. more on the day of disappointment. >> we have to smile to keep from crying, right? for the first time in a decade, the stadium was not filled for the washington redskins game, and the team looked like it was running on emy. the data back to 1967 is not. you look at the ,redskins hoping tor their first 2-0 start says 2011. hings didn't go as planned. redski down 21-9. try to come back. yeah, that was nice, but the colts recor that was a bad time to fumble. that seals it. redskins lose 21-9. and after aead scratching loss, the team is not making any excuses. >> have toome out ready to play no matter what. first home game, it doesn't matter if your fans are booing you or not, weom need toe out and play with more buenergy. gltimately i felt there is a

lot we'reng to learn from this film and this team that's going to make us better. >> let's hope so. more on the redskins coming up and more from sherree burruss in redskins final after the news. i think you said it best. >> all right, dav johnson, thank you so very much. we will see youth . all right. looking forward and looking back, the fema chief's upliftin words for florence survivors and controversial comments about the hurricane maria death toll. i'm darcy spencer. should tipped workersike bar tenders and servers in d.c. get paid the minimum wage paid the minimum wage now residents get t toel

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fema leadeay that as the waters rise from florence, their top concern now remains search and rescue. north carolina lawmakers say the state is still recovering from hurricane matthew. that was two years ago. fema's administrator says storm victims from florence will not be>> forgotten. meeting their demands as they're coming up to us, and we'll g through this. it will be ugly, but we'll get through it. recovery is always a very frustrating process for people when they lost their >> i think it's fair to say in terms of economic impact, rebuilding, that we are talking in the billions of dollars. >> today fema administrator brock long also defended president trump's tweet last week. studyesident questioned a and found nearly 3,000 people died as a result of hurricane maria. >> the hvard study was done

differently than george washington's study, an numbers are all over the place.d >> long a that fema is one of puerto rico's largest employers that is thlping rebuilisland. a big fight over raising the nimum wage for d.c. servers and bar tenders. tomorrow theil d.c. council hold a hearing. you'll remember voters approved initiative 77, that would end the tip credit for tipped workers. both sides of the tipped wage debate. >> unfair wages! >> reporter: they are among the people who signed up to testify before the d.c. council monday in favor of initiative 77 it's a measure passed by d.c. voters that would boostpa hourl for tipped workers from $3.33 an hour to minimum ge, 2025.n hour, by dia king is a valet. >> i think it would make my lift ae earlier in i feel i

won't have to live paycheck to paycheck. >> reporter: d.c. voters passed the initiative in june, but it could be overturned by the counsel. some questioned whether it would actually help those workers. >> it's actually a real disappointment to hear members of the council try to actively suppress the vote of d. voters. >> reporter: critics say thive initiatiould actually hurt workers because some people might stop tipping them, and there is a concern that this could increase cost for tsinesses who have pay those higher wages. >> i still feel that it's going to hurt the workers. it's going to hurt the industry, and more importantly, i alsong feel it's g to hurt the community, the prices in restaurants are going to go up. r: eric harris bernstein is a bar tender in a state where a similar law is already on the book. he came t d.c. to testify in favor of 77. >> i work in california where all service staff gets paid the full m wage in addition to tips, and that's exactly what i make. i mak m the fullimum wage and i still get the standard tips.

and if i give really good service, i get 22%. >> reporter: hundreds of people have signed to testify for and against. darcy spencer, ns4. all right. so there will be some dry ds in our ture, and they're not that far away. >> yes. ave to we're going to get through a good stretch of some wet rainy days. >> and everybody is going to wonder when florence is going to impact our area. and really, the day is going to be tomorrow. we saw a couple of showers today but most of the region remained on the dry side. we even saw sunshine out there. let's take a look outside and show you where the storm. it's down to the south. right now florence a 30 miles per hour tropical depression. yeah, it's still called florence, because once it's given a name, it sticks with that name. so even though it's no longer a tropical storm or a hurricane, yeah, it's still tropical depression florence. and then it will be remnants of florence that make its way a across oa tomorrow. you can see the very heavy rainfall in towards southern virginia, parts of north carolina continuing to see ther fall. the heaviest rain still down

around the same locations thatth it's see entire time. downd a myrtable beach, wilmington. this has had a couple of tornadoes associated with it. right now it's severe w thunderstoning associated there. and look at all the red here. all the way up to roanoke. these are all flash flood warnings. flash floodeearnings in t states as a result of all of the rainfall that we have seen so far out offlorence. now, this flash flood warning, yeah, i think they may be i extendo our area during the day tomorrow, especially west of the blue ridge. you can see w re thatstorm. and it's moving slowly to the north and west, bringing that heavy rain up against the mountains. any timeou bring theain up against the mountains, it kind of rings out the moisture. and that's why we're going to see more out there towards the blue rid points to the west. for us, nothing going on. we're on the dry side. h e a couple of shower activity and he a coupl of showers down here towards the blue ridge are, but not much going on down there. shenandoah valley looking okay right now. but look tomorrow morning.

here we e overnight. shower activity to the west. watch how it comes in tomorrow. 8:00 a.m., even around the d.c area, we could see some showers. they'll be very light. i'm not worried than ely. but watch what happens back to the west. showers to the east along i-95. by 1:00, we're starting to see the rain along t west, especially the i-81 and the blue ridge. that's where some of the heavier showers and thunderstorms could be. this is still a spinning tropical system with the remnants thereof. that means we couldee an isolated tornado or so out of the storms. that's s be watching very closely. once again, even at mfive,t of the activity west of roi-95. h midnight tomorrow night, shower, a few more showers into tuesday morning. and then tuesday, it all finally moves thonugh. more last gasp here before florence finally exits and exits the rest of the midatlantic. but we'll still see some shower activityhrough early on tuesday. that's why the national weather service, nothing around d.c., but has issued a flash flood

watch for areas t thewest, including parts of west virginia and then down towards the shenandoah valley and the blue ridge. maybe 4 to 2 west of the blue ridge. 1 to 2 possible in certain areas closer to i-95. butot everybody is goingo get that. it's going to be few and far between. 81 degrees tomorrow. rain likely, a w storms too. heaviest near the blue ridge. we could see sun metomorrow. eal on tuesday. it will be early rainfall we'll see on tuesday with a cple of storms. then we get some nice weather in here. wednesday a high temperature of 85 degrees. same deal on thursday. really nice. some sunshine. a lot of sunshine actually. and then friday weo warm 89. first day of fall comes in on saturday, and jus like clockwork, those temperatures come crashing down. only in the low 70s. many areas in the low 50s. >> i'm ready for it. all right, doug, thank you. a virginia church is giving new t meani the term organ transplant. calgary presbyterian in

alexandria just got a new organ, the musical kind. ♪ the church's old organ had gotten worn out over the years, and members were worried that they really couldn't affd a new one. but as luck would have it, arlington presbyterian was closing and it didn't need its ogan anymore, they donated theirs. and how grate self-the alexandria church? b >> probabl the tears rolling down by michigan face, you'd .now. there are no wor >> sweet lady. the church saysic is a big part of their services. each of the 854 pipes in this thing had to be brought in, cleaned by hand. >> wow. >> impressive there. >> cool. still ahead, not talking about impressive things. >> n at all. >> while the redskins struggled in their home opener, a former in their home opener, a former redskin star shined for t

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the pass tipped by mason difost. ves for it, come once the interception. great diving play by sweantnger. two iceptions on the day. both lead to redskins field goals. that's a problem. hey, the redskins down14 . but andrew luck finds a wide open ty hilton for the touchdown. colts up 21-9. late in the game they had a chance. alex trying to lead the redskins. their first touchdown of the day. he f jordan reed across the middle. uh-oh, lost the football. their only turnover of the day, colts jump on it. that will do it. colts win , 21-9. with a look at what's to come tonight, a redskins final and my partner sherree burruss. >> redskins final brings the energy the team seems to lack this afternoon. hear from a key partthe offense who says that energy was poor. alex s smithays the team won't count. listen to his plan to regroup the troops. and in our one-on-one, swearinger on his interception

and what needs to change next week. all that and morens on reds final in just a few minutes. see you then. >> all that's in our show? i better thwatch. next.skins and packers today green bay hosting the vikings. a wild finish final. we know this guy, former redskin kirk cousins leading the vikings down the field. check out this throw to adam twielen. look. defenders for the touchdown. even doug couldn't believe it. vikings with two-point conversion. hey, we're all tied at 29. so this one goes to overtime. in overtime, daniel carlson, already with two misses in the game from 35 yards out. he's got to mak. what? he misses. a vikings packers ended a 29-29 tie. first time since 1973 ts is a back-to-back ties in the first two weeks of the season. '70s is a great decade, right? allied field. wayne rooney ready. certainly always . united hosting red bulls.

64th minute, tied at 1. watch this. wayne rooney, n soft touch. he scores. what goal by wayne rooney. it's pretty good. but the problem is bradley wright-phillips netted a hat trick for new york in this game. ended up in a 3-3 draw. to nats and braves, meeting for the final tim this season. must be september. good day f the boys in red. man on for bryrp haer. this is going to center the two-run shot. harper's4th home run of the season. that's a good sign, right? we still want have wins for the nats. in the third, anthony rendon, b nationalt the braves 6-4 and take the series. we've got redskins finaloming up next. so stick around. >> we. >> we. je i put criminals in prison during the day i'm nnifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, 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.

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i'm dave johnson. thanks for staying up and welcome to "redskins final." the heowner against the colts

shall we say was different. different from 1967 when the redskins sellout streak started. it ended today. different from last week when the redskins crews scored ouldn't in and it arizona. the fast start suddenly feels like a false dawn. that redskin team that dominated against the cardinals was simply deflated by the colts. hey, thanks for the -- >> this week's highlights brought to you by the virginia lottery. 30 years of fun. we're game for the redskins. >> let's do it, baby! n hey, thanks for the pump-up. weded it. we started the second quarter, though. the colts up 7-0. comes away the interception. that was just a great play byea nger. the redskins catch it later with only a field goal. the field goal business a problem. looks like the redskins, oh,

wait a mute. 80-yard touchdown. a 14 lead. add.s try to walk back to pass. hey, he isce intered by dj swearinger again. swearinger thinking touchdown. but he is taken down. but still second in rception fom. led to another redskins, did i say it, field goal. could have used touchdns. fourth quarter, 14bu. andrew luck, that's a wide open ty hilton for a touchdown. now in trouble. cops u 21-9. trying to lead the redskins to their first touchdown of the game. that's jordan reed acro the middle. the only turnover. they lose to the colts 21-9. more fromfedexfield. sherree burruss is covering it. ♪ >> reporter: momentum smashed just like that. the redskins' cnce to start 2-0 for the first time since 2011 botched at home. >> ah, man.

rough day at the rhouse. orter: fans looking for something to che for. instead, the offense settling for three field goals well, cored three touchdowns. not the way this team wanted to open the season at home. >> you want to comut and have a big game in front of your home fans. and we didn't. you know. know what i mean?od at all,ou so it's ouabout, know, adversity now. 's going to be about how you respond, you know, what your capabilities are. and we did not show it tonight. that's the most disappointing part about it. in all pha s of thegame, you get the opportuniti likethat. can't get them back. you got to capitalize when you get the opportunity. we didn't do it today. that's the most frustrating part about it all. you've got to have those games. when you don't, ty sitn you. they sit in you more so than a win do. >> the first homega , it doesn't matter if your fans are booing you or not, as a it, we need to come out and play with

more energy and execute our game plan better than what we did offensively. so, but ultimately, i feel like there is a lot we're going to le fn from thisld and this game as a team. that's going to make us better. at the end of the day, i truly feel that way. >> the redskins look like a completely different team compared to last week. the run game never reay g going. and while dj swearinger brought down two interceptions, the defense still disappointed with themselves. >> we're preparing for next week. i think that's the biggest thing we got to loo forward to playing them and getting the juice back in our system to flow. >>e got to make sure the defense. so we find a way to stop them. our offense was depending on stopping them. o didn't. >> we left the field too you know. the drives we had 80 plays last week, you know. tm sure closeo that this

week. we just hav to be better as offense. becausengur defense is p well. >> while the burgundy and gold totaled 51 more offensive yards than the coltst. did t >> lacked production and energy. >> there is no way that we should ever finish a game, not scoring a touchdown with the offense we had. sand it's just on as the players to fix it. >> we just couldn't get over that hump. we get into the high redan zone d we stall. we just got to be better next week, be better inic pra and better for the game. >> i felt the energy level was low. well need to improve. and especially the home fieldnt ade. we got to improve, the energy level coming out. you know, was really poor. i felt like our execution we didn't do a great job. got to give credit to the colts. the defense played a heck of a game. i felt ultimately,gh th we need to be ourselves. >> good news, it's only week

two. bad news, aaron rodgers and the greepackers come to town next. but it's another opportunity for this offense to get in rhythm. from rrfedexfield, s burruss, redskins final. >> all gh atat rhythm. believe me. game next week a 1:00 kickoff at fedexfield. we're just getting tstarted. stilo come tonight, a redskins final. we're heading around the l, including a highlight reel catch week that might go down. stick around. >> you're watching "redskins final" on nbc4, brought to you by fed ex. possibilities, what we deliver delivering. by