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 well. there's multiple serious

injuries and as you look back on eastbound 66 you're seeing a long line of trucks and cars that have been waiting for sometime. to see the little progresse are now seeing. this traffic now moving along the highway here but a you can imagine with the roads out here, this crash happening on this area. i know melissa perhaps has a look at potential work arounds for you as well. >> absolutely. good morning. taking a look at this first four traffic alert. so just because we have the oneg laneting by, that's good. that's start. it's not really a solution here. y, you're headed out on the 66 that inbound, any time soon, the crash is near 123. take the toll road, take 50, do not take 66. it's not worth the major delay.

southbound new hampshire avenue. we're purpole here. all lanes blocked there by flooding at 29. and autoover the express lanes and crash there in the left lane. this radar we're seeing the rain on my rada >> more out there this morning heavy raine for more to come our way this afternoon into early this evening. so keep that in mind. make sure that the kid a have the rain gear ready to go. flash flood watch remains in place for the entired.c. metro area until 6:00 p.m so there's another chance for heavy rain. a lot of morning puddles. deep puddles to be traversed here early this morning. heading up into parts of howard county. there's more rain across parts

of central virginia. not a l of coverage here early this morning. you can see here a coup of showers but if you're underneath one of them it's coming upty prard and that's coming our way for later. be ready for more rain. temperatures in the 70s. we're in the mid to upper 70s for the city ynow. sor planner then for today, chances for rain and thunderstorms tapering off after 6:00 thi evening. a check of the five day forecast and the return of sunshine coming up. >> all right, chuck, thank yo 6:03 right now. if you're like us you may have been awakened by the rn and thunder and lightning last night. >> storms roll through overnight and this morning some schools are closed due tooa dangerousd conditions. here's a look at thecene in parts of silver spring right now. flooding on hermleigh road

caused hiccups for drives this morning. a >> take a loo the scene here. nicole, good morning. >> gred morning. we about to make our way on new hampshire avenue right now. this is where we o have seen issues earlier this morning but as we approach 29, you can see we're going to be able to take 29 south because it's now open in just a very short amount of time from the time that we were here last and then asre you mber we went over to the outer loop on 495 and ce back. they have already opened this roadway. so that certainly makes things a little bit easier in terms of the commute but overniyt and ean the hours we have seen some ponding on the roads. swe haven roadways completely shutdown because of standing water.

again we're on 29 getting on southbound right now. but still give yourself some extra time as you head out for your morning commute. >> thank you. >> this morning, people near richmond are cleaning up. a rash ofornadoes hit that area last night. >> one person killed and serious damage was left behind. it was asc scary e. a tornado in rfchesteield, virginia destroyed an entire business and then lifted the ro all of old dominion flooring and ripped it apart tdair. look at debris flying all over the place. one person died when that

building collapsed and t other was hurt. the exact number of tornadoes in the richmond area needs to benf med by the weather service. >> here's a look at the damage once the tornado mes through chesterfield county, that roof ended up in the front law of neighboring businesses. the flying debris also destroyed several cars and caused a gas leak. the wind took down several power lines too. pas of north carolina experiencing flooding even though florence left that area. >> that situation could get worse as several rivers aren't expected to crest until later in the week. you can see roads look more like rivers and entire neighborhoods there are under water. neighbors have started using their own boats to help rescue people. at least 32 people died from the storms. hundreds of thousands are still without power and the shortage of goline for generators forced three local tv stations

off the air yesterday. >> right now we want to take you li to norcarolina. he's there with a look at the damage caused by all the flooding chris. >> you can see the wat is ankle deep where i am. i can tell you yesterday you go 20 or 30 b yardsk and that water is coming up to your legs. it's impossible toru drive- take a look at some of this drone video. this is not. it's highway 40 from carolina to north carolina. look at that. completely submerged in water. parts of i-95 are still shutdown. in fa, morehan 1,000 roads across the state are still flooded and that left some communities completely isolated. in other parts of the state the

water has receded. we were in new bern watching the business owners get i there and get their first look at what happened during the storm. started to pump out some of that water. thngw out all the this that were damaged and really start to take stock of what they lost in th storm. >> i opened the door and i was like wow, this is, this is crazy. i was veryemotional. it's really hard work myblood, sweat and tears i put into this store. >> with some of these rivers n expected to crest until today, tomorrow, possibly not until the end of the week, you could b seeing flood conditions for several days here in north carolina. chris lawrence, news 4. back to you. >> chris, thank you. >> it's 6:08 now. we're following two developing stories this morning. both impacting the trump white house. the first concerns brett kavanaugh and the womanccing

him of sexual assault has been invited to testify at a publicg hearn monday. she claimed the incident happened in the 1980s at a party while kavanaugh attended ge gewn prep in bethesda. hehe denies t accusations. democrats want answers before they vote while republicans s democrats have known about the allegations for months. >> they have known about it for six weeks and chose to keep it secret until the 11th >> it's a unsulinsult for the w of america to rush this through after the serious allegations have been >> yesterday president trump said he woulde okay with delaying the confirmation process while thes cla were investigated. >> the president ordered the declassification of documents related to russia vestigation.

he's only doing it to make himself look better. critics say it could expose u.s. intelligence methods. r months the president has claimed the russia investigation is a hoax and a witch hundred. >> -- witch hunt. >> 132 people have to find somewhere else to live. >> take a look at the image here. sthis was thecene on 85th avenue yesterday afternoon. we're told the fire started in f 4tor apartment and quickly spread to 44 units. the fire starteds many kids were coming home fromschool. >> she's such a small dog. she could have been under anything, could have been anywhere. >> nearby hydrants had depleted pressure so crews had to use hydrants from down the street to battle the fire. >> we're also learning more tails about a murder-suicide in silver springs. montgomery county police say he killed his wife and 10-ysor-old

he worked as a mechanic in that area. there's evidence he planned the attack. he also shot his daughter a step daughter before killing himself at that home sunday t. ni he and his wife were living apart under the same roof. >> the d.c.ouncil is considering overturning the will of d.c. voters by revealing aha law would raise wages for tipped workers. hundreds of people packed theri council h room. a majority of council members repealnsoring a bill to initiative 77. it would give tipped workers a higher base pay. opponents of the bill say it could cause job losses and higher prices while others sayt should respect what voters approve. >> how can we talk about voter suppression in the country if we're going to suppress the vote here in washington d.

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game of thrones won and a complete list of winners in the nbc washington app and in the next half hour a look at the most talked about moment of the award show involving a university of maryland alum. big moment forhi >> teenagers never get as much sleep as they should. >> the one thing your child is doing just before bed stopping them from getting a full night sleep. plus is coca-cola getting iao the mariju business? the moves the company is making now that say yes. >> caught on camera, a bear, a car and a startled family. >> we g rain drops on parts of your among commute but likelihoodven more rain between noon and 5:00 or 6:00 this afternoon. the rain could be coming down in buckets again later on this afternoon. all theilatest always ale on nbc washington app. now is the time to download it so we get push alerts for any severe weather that comes our way.

>> we head to break with a live look at the scene along i-66. a serious crash has caused the eabound lanes near cambridge road to be closed.

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majority of parents believe late night views oflectronics are to blame for their kid's sleeping problems. researchers atni thersity of michigan found 40% of parents have trouble falling asleep. almore than believe social media and cell phones are the number one t.culp experts recommend setting rules and limiting your teen's use of electronics before bedtime. we have new video of a moment oneba couple py thought they never had to face. >> we're talking about the moment they had to help a bear break out of their van. >> glad he ran away. >> this happened in asheville, k inco north carolina. her automatic doors didn't open so her husband unlocked the door for the bear to escape but you saw he found another way out and just busted that window. >> you mean he didn't open the car door with his >>paws.

ot to have that thumb. >> breaking news in your traffic. >> what's going on. >> right now crash vestigations still very slow on 66. this is inbound after 123 where the investigation is. we're getting by one right lane here this morning. take a look at what you can do instead. it could be someime before it's completely cleared out of the way. now as for flooding as probl related to the flooding from overnight. silver springs, southbound n hampshire avenue at 29. take a look at that purple line there. we're closed there. all lanes blocked by the flooding inner loop after new hampshire avenue, overturned vehicle at the beltwaythere. merrifield. outerloop express lanes. trains are all cancelled today because of flooding. penn line delays 10 to 15 now chuck, i have to tell you, this rain and weather causing a lot of problems. what can you do? >> i canun promise youine

tomorrow. is that good enough? >> i'll take that. >> yeah. not only theom morningte dealing with high water from the late night storms but a chance at the evening commute will be not much better than this one as a chance for more heavy rn moves in later on in the afternoon. live view over reagan national, all rain s this morning and there's more where that came from. the last patch of deep tropical moisture is overhead during the course of the afternoon toda rainfall amounts could be locally very, very heavy once again. there's a few more rain drops. these are not too much of an issue. a quick little burst of rain is about it. bu the organized rain well out to our west. at is pinwheeling in our direction and likely to be here between noon and 6:0p.m.. flash flood watch for all of the d.c. metro area. a conditio favorable for more flash flooding to occur. these highlighted areas from washington up to prince george's county and aannapoli

baltimore. those are flash floodni ws right now so be on the look out for high standing water. the possibility of another inch or two. here's our computer model estimates. half an inch to an inch and a . ha lower rainfall amounts expected in the valley. so that's aleast some good news then between noon or 5:00 or 6:00 pocketsf heavy rain and then that rain pushing into southern maryland a er about 5:00 or 6:00. here's your five day forecast and as promised, i can't promise without delivering somene suns wednesday, thursday, friday all look dry with temperatures well above average. our weekend rain chances back to late saturday and sunday. >> thank you. 6:21 now. still ahead, the hurricane is gone but the car problems could just be beginning. spot a flood damaged car before you bu

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working for you on how to spot a flood damaged car. >> it'sllegal in most states to sell flood damaged cars without disclong the damage. but, that doesn't mean it won't happen. >> too often a flood damaged car is a total loss. >> mecnics should conduct a thorough inspection but there's things you can do too. >> first thing you want to do is come over to the front of the car and inhale and see if there's a moldy ousty smell. you definitely want to walk away from the car. next pop up the trim paifl. he carpet is dirty or there's sediment or rust. also the door pocket. if there's sediment or dirt or stone that's what happened and as it drained away it settled and hid in there. pop off thperiod kcaps. that means it was taken out so it could air dry. look where a spare tire would be

kept. see if it's musty or moldy smelling. see if there's any rust on paneed crews or the look along the back of the engine bay and there's some soft material here. when water rose it stayed when the car is flooded it's going to recede and leave flood line. if there's anything like that, walk away from the vehicle. >> altugh helpful, consumer report says vehicle history reports are nouarantee that a car is problem free. 6:26, new this morning, anhi out of world adventure, coming up meet the man that will be spacex's first passenger on a moon mission. >> and another storm team 4 weather alert.ct i suspe this will be the last one we need at least for any of the things relatedce to flor temperatures are in the mid 70s this morning. the daily grade an f. an 80% chance you'll get rained on again later this afternoon. rat could be heavy times so send the kids out this morning

with the umbrella and the rain boots. i-66.ve here on a major back up as well as serious injuries. we'll have a look at your work arounds and also what to expecm co up in a live report here

news 4 today begins with breaking news. >> that breaking news, a major traffic alert this rning. expert long delays if you're heading into the district from virginia. a live look at the scene here.he most of eastbound lanes are shutdown at a crucial spot for manycommuters. we're working for you with team coverage on this traffic >>aler justin finch is at the scene with me on what caused this. but first, melissa, where is this closure? >> this is a big ole problem guys. take a look here right now. thisous eas 66 at 123. a crash investigation this morning. looks like we had one vehicle turned the wrong way here and another off to the right side. we're getting by one right lane but these back ups are major here. take a look. inbound here at the toll road

that's going to be a good alternate for you and so is route 50. a back up as you're headed inbound. avoid 66 for at least another half hour. things have been changing a b litt in the past few minutes. >> we have seen in the past, tow iucks arrive to the scene but that's nondication that we'll see major progress here any time soon. the toyota camry that you are seei u smashedp on the eastbound side of 66. if you look just past thatll yo see that far right lane is moving. getting vehicles moving out here. the been waiting for quite a long time-out here to see som. progre you can imagine that the wet roads may have contributed to this crash. we do have some calls into virginia verge stastate police.

ann update the injuries and number of victims. i'll bring you information as we get it. back in to you. >> thank you. a couple of other things happening now. silver springs, southbound new hampshire avenue at 29. still have a lanes blocked there by the flooding here this morning so really, really slow through that area. new hampshire avenue had an overturned vehicle. that's now on the left shoulder. and outer loop express a lanes 66. do have a crash there in the left lane. >> thank you. when we're talking about roads we could also know some schools are closed because of t concerns about some roads. >> what's left of florence is making itsay through our area and more storms are m coing tod -- are coming today. checkbell is here with a on your forecast. >> we'll be so glad to put the name florencen the rear-view

mirror. a couple of showers around early this morning but that rain in west virginia promises us a ver high chance of rain later this afternoon. rainfall amounts coulde very heavy at times. flash flood flood warnings for prince geor's southern montgomery county until 8:30 and more flood warnings down not too far on the northbound there at charlottesvilloo be on the l out for a possibility of another inch or two locally. temperatures in the 70s here this morning. hourly temperatures staying in the upp 70s to near 80 degrees. rain should be coming to an end around 5:00 or 6:00 ts evening. ten day forecast cominup. >>ornado touched down in virginia yesterday and destroyed a business. lifted the roof off of old

dominion flooring an ripped it apart in midair. you can see the debris floating around. oneerson died when that business collapsed. this is one of a number of tornadoes reported last night. the tornadoes railroad remembna of what was hurricane florence. parts of north carolina are still experiencing serious flooding. >> rivers overflowing sent people scrambling for high ground. running to help some of those this flooding situation could get more dire since several rivers are not expected to crest until later this week. coming up at 6:45 we'll have a live report from chris lawrence on the flooding and damage in north carolina. >> it's 6:34 right now. now to a story dominating capitoe'hill. monday hear from the woman accusing supreme court brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. she is expected to testify before lawmakers about the incident. she says she wasttked at a

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240,000 mil to the moon and spend a week in space. >> musk says the first flight could begin in two noyears. here's the cnbc morning busineal report. >>street is set to open higher despite a new round of u.s. tariffs on chinese imports announced by president trump late yesterday. the dow having a four day winning streak and the s 500 a five day winning streak. the nasdaq had the worst day since july. oil prices are rising today as saudi arabia says it's comfortable with a higher price range ahead of a meeting with other major producers in algeria. they're largely higher today despite the trade war betwe theu.s. and china. on today's watch list a report on home builder sentiment. i'm kate rogers. >> right now, first 4 traffic alert. take a look here. eastbound 66 at 123. only one right lane getting by

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>> it is 6:45now. we're tracking a first four traffic alert. only one lane of eastbound i-66 is getting by at 123. we just learned in the last few minutes one person has died after an overnight crash. ofthis is causing a l trouble for thousands of people heading into d.c. and the back up will lik fy last awhile longer. we have team coverage for you.s justin finch at the scene and melissa is tracking the alternates. >> supreme court nominee brett accusing and the woman

him of sexual assault will testify before a panel on monday. >> what is president trump saying about this? his reaction to thisnews? >> very measured in his remarks saying he wants a complete process. good morning to both of u. this morning the confirmation process of judge brett kavanaugh to the supreme court has been thrown off course after kavanaugh testifiedt a couple of hearings earlier this month. now more testimony coming on monday before the senate judiciary committee with kavanaugh preparing for a dramatic public show down with the woman accusing him of sexual assault more than three decades ago. the vote on his nomine delayed, kavanaugh now in damage control mode. he spent about nine hours here at the white house calling lawmakers personally and reaching out to them and saying he didn't do this. president trump standing by his e and dismissing questions about whether kavanaugh should with drawis nomination.

saying that's ridiculous. she says kavanaugh sexually assaulted her at a party in the early 80s when they were both in high school. kavanaugh, then age 17 was stumbling drunk at a maryland house party and pinned her to a bedndroped her while another teenage boy watched. he saidev he was at the party in question. so it will be a high stakes he .e sid monday. back to you. >> kstat triheen white house this, thank you. much more onhe controversy surrounding brett kavanaugh still ahead on the "today" show. >> this morning 132 people have to find somewhere else to live. this was the scene on 85th avenue yesterday afternoon. a fire the started in the 4th floor apartment and quickly spread to 44 units. that fire started just as hildren were coming home from school. nearby hydrants had depleted re pressure so had to use

hydrants from down the street to battle the flames. no word on what exactly started the fire. >> take a look at this video of a reported tornado that hit central virginia yesterday. look at the size of that thing. at least one person was killed when a business collapsed just outside of richmond. in other areas homes were tornt apnd cars were destroyed. >> in north carolina, flooding continues to be a major iue this morning. chris lawrence is live with more on the danger for people living in that area. chris. >> this is route 11 south. it's completely shutdown. goes from a few inches o water to several feet. and i can tell you it's like this take a look at this drone video. this is not a river. this is a major interstate highway. from california all the way toh

norolina. it's completelynd submerged water. parts of i-95 are still and that's causing major eroblems. in o areas the water has receded and that h allowed homeowners to get in there and start to get the first look at the property and drain some ofa that out and get rid of what was damaged in the storm but i can tell you, with all of till flooding that is present here, homeowners are not going to forget what happened when florence came through. >> the whole bottom part of the apartment was coveredn water and got about as high as thatle miection there. so that's when you get real close to god. some of these rivers still have not crested yet. so of all of this you're seeing, the worse is yet to come. >> thank you. >> right now the remnants of

florence are causing trouble on our local roads. heavy rain caused pnty of flooding and headaches for drivers this morning. this is probably one of the most tellingscenes. take a look at all of the water. >> nicole jacobs e withn more problems on the road. what are you seeing? >> well, a we'reroaching the road right now in laurel if you take a look here we have come upon a area where the road is flooded out. now it has since receded since we had the downpours in the area. th areyo issues want to be careful of throughout the morning. the downpours last night. those this morning making for a lot of ponding and puddling on the roadway so youurant to give lf some extra time and certainly keep a watchful eye of these types of conditions on the roadway. back to you.

we're going to turn back to melissa in first four traffic. >> take a look. this one right lane getting by eastbound 66 at 123. this is a fatal cra investigation now. you can see one vehicle here. one o to the right sid of the roadway this morning. it is jammed as you're headed inbound there on 66. so take a look at that slow down. your,lternate here the es dutoll road on route seeing? >> make your way to work and school this morning and as you mention as well we now know one person has died in this crash. no word yet on the numberf otherer injuries that we involved in this crash or the severity of the injuries. matione awaiting the inf

from virginia state police at this te but we can tell you here, the investigation i still underway. that far right lane of traffic. a single lane is getting by. there is a long back up here as a result ofhis crash and now the investigation. so it might bemart to avoid this area if this is your normal this to work and schoo morning because this melissa, as we have said, is going to take awhile. >> belt way looks okay here right now this nothing major but westbound 50, ash c there. 75 at 355 lanes blocked for a disabled vehicle. marc trains cancelled today. 270 a little slow this morning. inbound on 66 only 7 miles per

hour. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car. this rain isn't helping. >> that's ridiculously long. there'sor the national ai underneath a cloudy sky. sun coming up on your tsday morning. a hint there. don't plan on seeing an awful lot of sunshine. another inch and a quarter of rain at national ort. that's the 17th day this year that we've had more than an inch of rain. so we now have an 18.7 inch surplus for the year. almost 17ve inches abovege at dulles airport and bwi marshall moren 19 inches above average rainfall this year. more rain coming our way today as the deep tropical moisture as well. sounds neither any of the individual storms the rain could really come down at an incredible rate yet again. nothing all that heavy early this moing. a couple of showers. flash flood watch until6: p.m. for all the d.c. metro

area. this highlighted area, northern prince gege's unty. a sliver of montgomery and northeast washington. that's a flood warning that goes until 8:30. futu weather, rain comingack over the next couple of hours. by lunchtime the rain chance h comee into the city and the combination of the rain chance and a little daytime heating, this rain could be very heavy at times between noon and 5:00 in then ound the city and after about 5:00 or 6:00 it starts to push further down into southern maryland. everybody should be dry. by 9:00 this evening skies will clear out and we'll have a sunny daytomorrow. rainfall potential could be an inch or more in many spots. an 80% chance for more rain, heavy at times today and then dr sunny, warmer than average days in a row. 85 tomorrow, 82da thu and near 90 on friday. rain chances are mtly focused on sunday night. >> chuck, thank you, it's 6:55

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talent.'s d.c. brian king joseph, ye seight there is one performance away from winning it hl. we'll find out i wins on wednesday. watch it live tonight at 8:00 right here on nbc 4. >> the search is on for this missing man dewight allen whitaker was last seen at his job at northwest highway on friday in germantown. his family and friends are concerned for his emotional and physical welfare. >> supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman that accused him of sexual assault will testify next week. they'll go before the senat monday.y committee on more on this developing story coming up on the "today" show. >> a deadly crash isffecting one eastbound lane of i-66 at 123 in irx county. so far we know one person died in a crash and several others are hurt. be sure to get the latest on the crash and lane closures in the nbc washington app. >> of course, first 4 traffic as well. so take a look here.

just that right lane. do not take 66. try the toll road and try 50. 66 is going to take you a lot of extra time. >> you m get there about the time the day is over. there's your ten day forecast. on final shot o heavy rain this afternoon and then drier weather to finish out the week. we might be dry for three or four days in a row. >> i need to s this to believe it. >> you and me both. >> see the sun. it wl be so nice. >> nice color by the way. >> i know. i was going to say when i saw you, look. that is the news and fashion for today. thank you for joining us. >>s the "today" show next. enjoy your day enjoy your day .

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