on the roads taking a look at spots with flooding. she'll bive in a few minutes. >> chuck bell is standing by with details on w today'sther alert but we'll begin with breaking news about the commute this mornin >> a major problem this morning in fairfax. this first alert traffic alert. right now camera not working. 123.ound 66 after we're shutdown there this morning. dl bad crash there this morning. debris in the m of the roadway. this is going to be quite sometime. what can you do? commit right now. commit to 50. do something else. do not get on 66 any tim soon if you're getting on anywhere before 123de and h inbound. another closure right now. silver spring, this is where nicole jacobsea isd for us. southbound new hampshire avenue. so southbound lanes are blocked for flooding. outer loop at the beltway with the right side blocked here this morning. the rest of the beltway looks okay but a new problem there. inbound clara barto parkway.

take a look at 66. it's purple. that means we're closed and not st slow. good morning, this rain not helping things. >> not at all. unfortunely there's a chance for more locally heavy rain again this afternoon. so storm team 4 weather alert for you today, be on the lookout for high standing water this morning and be t on noticet we have a chance for more of that later today. flash flood watch for all the d.c. metro area until 6:00 p.m. and localized flood warnings stay in place until about 8:30 this morning. lots of deep puddles towieal this morning. a chance of thunderstorms again later on this afternoon. sunshine will reappear tomorrow butoday is all about getting rid of the rain. the last little batch of rain pulling o of the city for now anyway. more rain across western maryland. that is what was florence at on poin time. there you can see the flood tches and flood warnings for the next couple of hours. know that locally another inch or two of rain is possible da

temperature-wise it feels like the tropics out there. still mid 70s to near 80 degrees early this morning. 80 temperature only around degrees and showers and storms likely between about noon and 00. a look through the rest of the work week coming up in a few more minus. >> chuc thank you. now the worst of florence may have not passed but what remains is causing rough weather across the region. >> storms roll through overnight and this morning, countyublic schools are closed due to dangerous road conditions. people lookt the scene in fredericksville. flooding on hermleigh road caused some trouble for drivers thisrn g. and news 4's nicole jacobs is on new hampshire avenue this morning where there's more trouble on the road.

>> certainly, certainly there is a great need to be extra cautious on the roadway this morning. ab5 minutes ago a heavy downpour here on new hampshire avenue. you can seehe effects of that now as we take a live look. you can also see straight ahead there's a cruiser blocking off 29 southbound. that's because we're told the whole roadway is shutdown because o water. so you can also see as cars pass by, they're taking it nice and slow as well. so we're continuing to drive along the roadways to show you more areas where you need to be careful. again we're getting ar close ook now at the cruisers blocking off this exit ramp here. again we're told that roadway is closed completelybehutdown use of standing water. we'll continue to bring you updates as we see them throughout the morning. back to you. nicole jacobs, thank you.

>> 5:04 right now. this morning people near richnd are cleaning up. a rash of tornadoes hit that area late last night. >> one person killed and serious damage was left behind. >> just a scary sight to see. that w a tornado that destroyed an entire business. the wind lifted the roof and ripped it apart in midair. t you can see debris all over the ple. one person died when the business collapsed and another person was hurt. n the exactumber of tornadoes in the richmond area last night needs to be confirm byhe weather service. >> here's the damage once the tornado moved through chesterfield county, the roof endedld dominion flooring up in the front lawn of a neighboring business. it also destroyed several cars and caused a gas leak. theind took down several power

lines too. this morning 8,000 kcustomers ae waking up in the dark. happening now, parts of carolina are experiencing serious flooding even though florence left that area. >> the situation could get worse as several rivers aren't expected to crest until later in the week. entire neighborhoods there are under water and neighbors started using their own boats to rescue people. at least 32 people died from the storms. hundreds of thousands are still without power and a shortage of gasoline for gerators forced three local tv stations off the air yesterday. >> we'll taketh you t outer banks now. that is a highway that is under sand. the department of transportation inorth carolina released this drone video yesterday. you can see some front loaders there trying to clear that sand from highway 12. people haven't been able to get he outerbanks to check o eir homes because that highway

is closed. >> we're coming for you next. >> there are ordinary people nog steppi in to try to rescue other people. volunteers from a central florida airboat company are in north carolina now doing their own search r andescue mission. the team rescued several families including a pregnant woman and her two children. ohe family was clinging to a tree branch ttay alive. coming up at 5:30 we'll have a live report from chr on the flooding in north carona and be sure to download the nshsbc washington app for t latest on the recovery effort there. a developing story on capitol hill. suprem court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault will testify about the alleged incident on monday. >> this all allegedly happened while the two were high schoolu ts in the 1980s in our area. juchin f is live on capitol hill with the latest. >> we are now just a less than

week from their hearings before the senate judiciaryommittee and already we're seeing hard lines being drawn. for example on monday, just yesterday we saw this passer by clashing with a rally outside the u.s. supreme court. wdis was a c of mostly women gathering in support of sexual abuse survivors including dr. christine blasey ford that's been launched into the spotlight. she went on record alleging supreme court nominee bre kavanaugh drunkenly pinned her to a bed and groped her. this was when they were both in high school when he was at georgetown prep and she a student in montgomery county. ngcritics are questioni the timing of the account. why supporters are urging other survivors to come forward. the burden of proof should not be on a survivor. let'se clear on that.

sexual violence should not,ld shot be a partisan issue. there is not a walk of life that sexual violence does not impact. >> and more than 200 alumni of the school signed a letter in support of dr. ford. they're also including in that letter julia louis-dreyfuss saying she stands with dr. ford. >> justin, thank you. we're learning new details about a big apartment in prince george's county. 132 have to find somewhere else to live chl. >> take a look at the images here. the fire started in a 4th floor apartment and quickly spread to 44 units. the firet started j as kids were coming in from one teen says crews saved hisus dog j in time. >> she's such a small dog.

she could have been under anything. she could have been anywhere. >> nearby hydrants apparently hadepleted pressure. the crews had to use hydrants from down the street to battle the fire. >> we're also learning more details about a breaking news ut ry we first told you a yesterday. montgomery county police say he shot four people in his house befoms killing f. he killed his wife and a 10-year-old son and his daughter and step daughter at their home sunday night.ve inigators say there is evidence he planned the attack. police say hend h wife were living apart under the same roof. >> it's 5:09. the d.c. kocouncils considering overturning d.c. voters by revealing a lawhat would raise rages f wages for tipped workers. they sponsored a bill to repeal initiative 77. hat bill would give workers a higher base pay. opponents say it could cause job

losses and higher prices while others say the council should respect what the voters approve. >> we talk about voter suppression anywhere in the country and we're going to suppress it here i washington d.c. because it did not come out the way me of the politicians wanted it to. >> $15 an hour is actually $0 an hour if ythe job doesn't exist. >> president trump will welcome the president of pol white house. this comes after the historic visit to warw last july. they'll discuss trade and security >> 5:10 right now, surprises and upsets during the 70th annual primetime emmy awards. >> a lot of rsts and a come back for a long running drama. live in hollywood now with last night's winner and surprise

dramatic turn. jennifer, who were the big winners? >> oh, yeah.he well were so many big winners but i think game of thrones was the biggest winner with nine emmys. that was ain huge w to see them me back and newcomers for comedy. the marvelous mrs. wmavelon best comed and best actress. playing a 1950s housewife who is board and becomes a stand up comedian. her co-star for best supporting actress while series creator won forriting and directing. those were back to back awards. another first year comedy got best actor for bill hader and supporting honor for henry

winkler. the 72-year-old's first win ever. best drama went to game of thrones and series star peter dinklidge got supporting actor. and the crown's claire foy won best actress and as far as supporting actress that was candy newton. that was an upset and ru paul's drag race won best reality competition for the first time and snl won for best sketch comedy series but that bigat dr turn of the evening came as a surprise as one of the mostomemorablets of any award show. glenn white was winning for direction of the oscars telecast and as he was taking his award he proposed to his girlfriend, long time erlfriend. ood news, she said yes. everybody clapped and everybody stood. definitely a memorable moment that really sort of mehe

show. icing on the cake. back to you. >> all right. thank you,er jenn >> 5:13 right now. teenagers never get as much sleep as they shupld. >> cominhe one thing your child may be doing just before bed that's stopping them from getting a full night's sleep. plus is coca-cola getting into the marijua business? the move the company is taking right now that says yes. t >> and cau on camera, a bear, a car and a very startled family. chuck. >> all right. if you areetting ready to take a dog for a walk here early this morning, mack is available from the humane rescue alliance if you need a dog of your very own or extra dog at the house. dogas walking for today, get it done early because it's likely to be rainy midday and on your way home from work. complete check ofhe forecas tt

bloomberg media first reported that coca-cola is in talks with a canadian marijuana producer to develop infused drinks they have an ingredient in d marijuana thasn't get you high. >> your child's cell phone may be depriving them of sleep. a majority of parents believe late night u of electronics are to bme for their kid's sleeping problems. about 40% of pents sayheir teen has trouble falling asleep. and more than half believe social media and cell phones are the number one culprit. exrts recommend setting rules

and limiting their use of electronics bore bedtime. i've heard don't let the child keep your phone in their room. >> some adults nee that advice too. >> a agree with you. new video from a momen one couple probably thought they'd never have to face. we'rehe talking about moment they had to help a bear break out of their van. >> here i take a .lo this happened in asheville, north carolina. the bear opened the dr to the family's unlocked van. the owner locked the van without realizing the bear was in there. her automatic doors didn't open to her husband unlocked the drr he bear to escape but the bear found another way out. busted the window and crawled to freedom. >> so bears must be very strong. is that the lesson here. look. he just broke that entire ndow. went right out. >> that's what bears do. breaking barriers.

>> we do want to get to breakinn traffis at 5:18. >> what's going on? >> big problem here at 66 inbound after 123. we a utdown. all of the inbound lanes this morning. this is a major mess. this is a crash investigation now. this will be this way for sometime. here's what you can do right now because of the closure. dullesad tll road looking good. don't commit to 66 inbound anywhere near 123 because rememberns purple m something. it's shutdown. it's not just slow. it's closed. other problems because of flooding all over the place. silver springs southbound new hampshire avenue at 29. lanes blocked by the flooding. silver springs outer loop at coleville. and a downed tree blocking the two right lanes, guys. >> thanks, melissa. the weather having an pact on traffic here early this morning and probably a very large impact on your plans later on in the

day today as well. the swirl here in northern virginia. that was at one time the center of florence. that islyow fin getting scooped up in the westerly winds and it will all be coming our way later on in the d day. 80% chance you're going to get rained on at least once, two or three times today.kr ly it's raini currently it's raining buckets outside of the studio here. that's going to follow this one right up the i-95 corridor where we already had quite a bit of rain w floodnings are already in place and another patch of moderate to heavy rain there north of colpepper and it will eventually land on i-66 for awhile. there's a high chance of flash ng today. it goes until 6:00 p.m. this evening and the heaviest of the rain isy lik between noon or 5:00 or 6:00 this afternoon. be ready forocly heavy rain.

potentially another inch or two ots. locally heavy rain and then finally a couple of dry days in a row. sunshine back tomorrow and a coup of dry days. shows up late saturday. >> chuck, thayou. still ahead, hurricane florence may have come and gone but ther damaged in the stormonay so wind up on used lots near you. we're working for you on how to spot a floodamaged carntil you buy. >> we're looking ahead to th finals of america's gottal len and more performances b the local violinist. >> then on ellen. >> thiss time to make myself look stupid time. >> come on. >> it's not bad. >> we'll stick with the america's got talent team. simon cowell will drop . tch ellen here at 3p.m. an:0d

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trucks are rolling to a impactedreas of the carolinas with thousands o cases of water. walmart shipped nearly 3 million cases. truckloads of emergency supplies like batteries, boxes of cereal and cans ofrus and vegetables. last week they said they would match h donations forricane relief. after hurricane florence thousands of cars damaged by

flooding could be headed to used car lots. >> and these hars coulde serious problems. susan isng wor for you on how to spot a flood damaged car. >> it's illegal to sell flood damaged cars without loding the damage. >> too often when it's declared aos total that information isn't clearly communicated to the buyers. >> mechanics should conduct a thorough inspection but there's things you can do too. >> first thing is m coover to the front of the car. inhale and see if there's a moldy or musty smell. next pop up the trim panel on the side of the door here. if the carpet is drty if there's sediment or rust. also the door pocketre if t sediment or dirt or stone, that's what happened when the water came up and in the ca pop off the caps and covers on

the seats. look where ae spare tir would be kept. smell if it's musty or moldy smelling. see if there's rust on exposed crews or panels orn the tools. look along the back of the engine bay and there's soft material i here, when the water flooded it's going to recede and leave a flood line. anything like that, walk away from the vehicle. >> consumer reports says vehicle history reports areo guarantee that a car is problem free. >> 5:26. a rough morning on the road news 4 is working for you with updates on the closure on i-66. and the storm team 4 weather alert continues for today. es go e flash flood wat until 6:00 this evening.

we finally getha a cnce to see sunshine and dry things out. the update on the forecast coming up. >> plus an out of this world adventure comg up at 5:30. meet the man that will be spacn 's first passenger moon mission.

i put criminals in prison during the day m jennifer 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 fromomestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror.

it is 5:30 right now. that breaking news is on the road this morning. a busy night of thunderldorms and cake this morning's commute more chaotic. >> among the issues the astbound lanes of i-66 are shutdown. melissa is here with the warnings. melissa, tell us the latest. >> this is a crash investigation in fairfax whins m this could be a coup of hours before things clear here. so eastbound 66 after 123 is where the crash is. those main eastbound lanes near 123 here. everything i shutdown here this morning. these folks are exiting near germantown road and bailing out while they can. alternate number one, the toll road, do not commit to 66. it's not going to happen for you this morning.

another alternate, route 50. purple means closed down. not just closed. so miles worth of back up. as we're also talking about other issues, flooding,ilver springs, new hampshire avenue here. lanes blocked that flooding. outer loop at colesville. outer loop at leesburgike brand new crash there this morning and this, marc trains are all cancelled because of flooding. penn line delays 10 to 15 minutes. >> we got a heavyhunderstorm between midnight and 1:00 in the morning that left an enormou amount of water down and caused a flash flood warning to be issu. that warning goes until 8:30 this morning. still high water all over the place.ar beul out there early this morning. this next patch of heavy raint doesast long but it's sure

a heavy batch now. moving strait up theparkway as well headed toward baltimore. thunder and lightning across parts of culpeper county and another quick bst of heavy rain there and out here across far western maryland, that is the senor of what was once florence. that will come through later in the day. current temperatures in the 70s around town. a likelihood of locally heavy rain. so flash flood watchesor the metro area until 6:00 p.m.. flash flood warning here until h 8:30 i morning for much of the i-95 corridor. check of the weekend forecast coming up. >> it's now 5:32. we have team coverage on the storm team 4 weather alert today. we captured this video s inver springs. this is forest gl road. the road is closed because of flooding. >> take a look at this high water. drivers are havingo find

alternate routes all over the area this morning. >> right now, nicole is onen georgia in silver springs. what are you seeing? >> well, we're slowly making our way to georgia avenue. hat we in a back up believe might be a result of downed trees which is what we're trying to get to now. we're on the outer loop of 495. we have just come from 29. the southbound areas completely shutdown becau of standing water. of course all the rain that we had overnight ahe now rain we're getting right now is really making for a rain soake grounds. so the trees are likely down as a result of that. we'll certainly show you those as soon as weet it. definitely a need to be very careful on the roadways and give yourself extra time. as soon as we get to the downed trees we're hearing the two georgia shutdown on avenue so we'll show you that as well. >> nicole jacobs for us on the

road this morning inilr spring. thank you. >> this iut not o of a movie. the remembnants of florida hit s area hard. this is tornado that touched down outside of richmond yesterday destroyg a business. the wind lifted the roof off of old dominion flooring. that roof ended up in a neighboring business's front lawn. one person died when the building collapsed. it also destroyed several cars and caused a gas leak in that area. right now we want to take you live from dangrous flood continues today. >> chris lawrence is live with a look at the damage the flooding has caused to homes and

businesses. chris,hat are you seeing? >> well, everything that you and aaron just mentionednd roads closed everywhere. this is a way for people to get up and down the state. it's completely shutdown. this is only about ankle dwhp e i am but i can tell you yesterday you go back 20 or 30 yards fromere and that water is coming up your legs. this road is shutdown for miles. is is what we're seeing across the state. 1,200 roads across the state have now been closed. take a look at the drone video. lookingnot a river your at. this is i.erstate it's a mayor highway that runs all the way from california to asthe east it is completely shutdown. parts of i-95 also shutdown so major problems isolating a lot of communities i this area. now other communities, well, the water has receded and that'slo wed some of the residents to

get in a start to assess the damage. we spent the day dow in new bern talking to store owners and getting in their homes for the first time and looking at the incredible damage including one woman that actually had video en capture the mt as the waves were literally battering her home. take a listen. >> by 30 there were major waves coming in, looked like ocean waves and crashing into the side of the house and started working like a battering ram against the side of the house. >> pretty incredible and here's what's left over from all the water coming up in the next hour in news 4 at 6:00, we'll be m talkine about the impact this was having across the state. chris lawrence, news 4, back to you. >> we'll see you in the next hour, thanks. >> it can 5:37ight w. here's a look at our other top

stories this morning. supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh and theoman that accused him of sexual assault will testify next week. they'll go before the senate judiciary committee on monday. the alleged assault happened at a party in the 1980s when bot were teenagers. kavanaugh strongly denies the allegation. >> this mornin 132 people have to find somewhere else to live. take a look. this was the sce on 85th avenue yesterday afternoon. we're told the fire started in a 4t a floor apartment quickly spread to 44 units.e ire began raging as many kids were coming home from school. nearby hydrants apparently had depleted pressure. crews d to use hydrants from down the street to battle the fire. no word on what caused it >> still ahead this morning, an award and engagement. it wasn't just shows that won big at the emmys. >> plus a historic mission. he's not an astronaut butg he's goo space.

meet the billionaire that's about to become the first b about to become the first b passenger tst off.

i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer 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 acrses party lines to targeal offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. i in congresl stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror.

the emmy win turned surprise proposal for many americans to witness. >> you wonder why i don't like to call you my girlfriend, because i want to call you my >> i love her reaction. that's university of maryland graduate glenn white that took the time to present hisit girlfriends his mother's wedding ring. >> had the thought and the thought picked ups steam we got here. this was coming. just the timing just lined up very nicely and it was a really magical moment. >> his mother actually died two

wego so it was extra withal that he was there her ring. >> she said yes of course and we're going to have more on the bigwi er. when matthew reese went up to accept his award for best male actor in a drama. he said no if i tried to propose she'd punch me in the mouth. >> let's turn to melissa. >> breaking news, major problems on the road, first 4 traffic alert, 66 shutdown after 123. what are you going to do to avoid this problem and a look at other roads that are flooded around town this morng. chuck. good morning. another storm team 4 weather alert. pockets of locally heavy raiir here thing this morning and more rain coming our way later on in the day so the daily grade for today just like yesterday, a big fat f. 80% chance you get heavy rain at your house toy. dahi

>> it's now 5:45. we're tracking a traffic alert for boyou. eastd lanes are closed after a serious crash. vdot is having technical

difficulties with this ocamera. we have a crew on the way to the scene and melissa is here working on your alternates. we'll check in with her in a moment. >> that's not the only are with troubles on the roads. flash flood watches are in effect all over the area. you can see in this video they p were sy this morning in silver springs. chuck is back with a full forecast and good news about when we're going to see the sun again. >> it's 5:46. on monday brett kavanaugh face the woman accusing him of sexual assault when they were high schoolers. >> they're both expected to testify on monday. tracy potts is live on capitol hill now. this is going to delay the confirmation vote. what is president trump saying about that. >> president trump says that's okay for he was eager to get someone on the bench. to get kavanaugh on the bench but now he says it's better to

weig wait. >> tracie potts live on capitol hill. thank you. >> now kavanaugh's accuser was a student at the private school bethesda. we'll have more to the local ties coming up in our next hourn poli investigating a homicide that happene around 2:15 this morning. a man had been shot and was later taken to the hospital where he died. >> new cell phone video this morning of chaos dicing a p shooting yesterday.

take a look there. >> oh my god. there was a gunshot. get down. ge>> down. olice say two of those shots were fired by the suspect jose alvarez. an officer spotted him trying to brea into a c in temple hills. alvarez then ran to hide in a ladry room. authorities say he pulled a gun ouring the struggle shooting one officer that triedover the barrel with his hands. mosterday an assistant gave an emotional testi about deliveringo $40,000 his home. he had no ideahe family was being held hostage inside the house and that the money would be used fransom. the defense tried to poke holes in wallace's testimony and trieh to estab a link between wallace and therother of the man on trial for tho murders. prosecutors will continue to question wallace later today

chlts it's now 5:48. we want to go back to the first four traffic art on i-66. melissa has the latest. >> eastbound 66 after 123. we are shutdown this morning because of this crash investigation. so that tells you we. are clo the toll road and route 50, either of them will work. v ity slow and people have been sitting in that back up for the last hour and a half here now. s rain isll falling around our area. crash there in the left lane.on marc trains cancelled today because of flooding. penn line trains suffering delays between 10 to 15 minutes thismorning. as for your travel times, 270 looks good. a little slow for this early 31 miles per hoha up top. a downed tree at the top in

beltway and some flooding and take a lk at this. we don't often see is. eastbound. road is closed. no travel time there. a little sw as well. just 30 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 and this rain is not helping things. >> not at all. >> we have another high chance for rain today which could be ad ang up tother inch or more. here's a live look over downtown and national airpo herehis morning. rainfall yesterday, another day yesterday with over an inch of rain at national airport. officially an inch and a quarter yesterday. that is the 17th day this year with more than an inch of rain. that is second all time in the record oks. these are rainfall totals since january 1st all above onnl rainfall totals and these are the surpluses. a 19 inch sainfallplus at national airport. 17 inches above average at du es and more than 19 inches

year today at bwi marshall. what is left of tropical moisture is p into the area today. in and out of here before 7:00 or8:00 this evening and though they don't lhk like m on radar this morning, if you're underneath the showers it's coming down hard. it was just sideways rain more rain coming our way later today. here's futureweather. rain moving back into the valley. in the n chance arrived city around noontime today and you can easily get another inch or more of rain. this should start to taperwa of the tail end of the evening commute.

everything should be drying out by 8:00 or 9:00 this evening. watch out. heavy rain likely in spots again for today. our future weather model predicting from an inch to an inch and a half locally. that's not goingo be good at all. any severe weather warnings are pushed our nbc washington app. download that from the app store today. there any good news? yes there is. how about three dry days in a row. tomorrow, thursday and friday. saturday's rain chances pushed way backnto the evening hours so most of your saturday plans will be unimpeded by rain drops. >> it's 5:52. new this morning to infinity and beyond. spacex signs the world's first paying passenger tod fly aroun the moonlong the rocket. a fashion entrepreneur and art

curator from japan said he dreamed of visiting the moon since he was a kid. he is the founder of a company and reserved the trip for a group of artists to travel with him for free in 2023. spacex founder announced the group will travel 240,000 miles to the moon and spend a week in >> it's intended to be able to to thenyone to orbit a moon and to mars and so he is ultimately helping pay for the average citizen to be able to travel to other planets. >> musk says the first orbital flight could begin in two to three years. >> good morning, cnbc learned amazon planned to release at least 8 new devicesy powered alexa. they include a microwave oven and hignd stereo equipment.

they're expected to be available before the end of the year. with your cnbc morning business report i'm kate rogers. thank you. the home opener for the washington caps. the stanley cup champions will takehe ice a we get ready for the upcoming season and we'll kick it o with new ice. crews put the finishing touches on the arena. >> tonight's preseason game will be againstnhe bos bruins. the puck drops at 7:00. >> he is part chef andri humani and is helping to feed storm victims in the carolinas. >> it' h similar to what did after hurricane maria hit last ar. he didn't waste any time heading

down to the hurricane zone once he heard how bad the storm would be in the carolinas. bar range barbara harrison caught up with him just before he left. it was on his mind as he planst ravel to north carolina. >> i know it will never happen ing suret we're m >> you can watch the full interview in the nbc washington app. >> tonight starts the finals of america's got ttalent. >> a d.c. native is just one performance away from winning it al brian king impressed judges and the crowd so far with his electric violin skills. he talked to us about his incredible journey. if he wins he plans to use that million dollar prize to help local kids that have musical

talent but can't affordss s. >> i want to open up in d.c. to help those children and funne them throu programs for free that they can develop and find their love and find their passion. >> you can watch all the fun tonight starting at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. >> don't forget to vote for brian to win it all. we'll find out who the winner is on wednesday. >> still ahead this morning,ne 4 today we're keeping an eye on a first 4 traffic alert impactingi-66 this morning. >> plus a wild weather night for virginia. a rash of tornadoes strikes the richmond area leaving one dead and plenty of damage. or >> we'reking for you. cars that have been damaged during hurricanes often find their ways to used car lots. the extent of the damage may not be obvious until weeks later. what you need to know to avoid trouble. news 4 today continues in just a moment. at children's national,

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weatherod alert once again this morning. >> let's start with the big back up on i-66. melissa is going to tell you how it might impact your commute in a second. justin finch is on the scene for us. >> seeing some progress right here. take a look behindme. the far right lane of eastbound 66. there's one lane open there. traffic is moving slowly as you point from our vantage here. virginia state police and at one point they were on scene here to get this area cleared up and secure for this traffic to now move. we are looking at right now a c serioush investigators say i'm seeing at least one car here. very banged up. perhaps the second one back past the right lan here as