i do. how i cuteis. >> i saw it yesterday. for the first time in a week rain will not be a big concern for our area. good news all around with the weather today it seems like. 4:30 your time now. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilcunist. >> i yang. we're going to head over to chuck bell. >> chuck, you promise? >> i promise. most of us areng not g to have to worry about that in the showers perhaps lingering into the shenandoah valley. those are the reason why i n't give you 0% chance of rain. most of us won't have to worrya about drops today. temperatures are going to be way above average. 66 at naas. 65 next to the chesapeake bay.

dog walk being forecast, you could adopt peach. dog or no doing, the morni i walk not going to bother anybody. plenty of sunshine. rain chances on the hold are below 20%. melissa mollet, i'd say most of us don't need to worry about that today. >> like that, i have to say ilom ing forward to it. taking a look at it at this video in tacoma park. this is tiny branch road shut down both ways betweeneast-west highway andastern avenue. theoad could be closed through rush hour. mclean, some parts of the road could be closed and there's high water on the dpotomac.

>>eloping this morning, d.c. police are looking for a man who stabbed a wom in the logan circle neighborhood. the woman is in grave condition. >> police say ted man sta her on the sidewalk outside the asian-american 2 tiny carryout. she stumbled into the restaurant andassed out. they're trying to figure out why. >>ven't gotten to the bottom to see if this is someone that she knew or exactly what the motive is butt' very disturbing, unsettling. police said they saw a wom running down the street. new news about monday's testimony of dr. christine blaseyford.

senate democrats now want to postpone the hearing while sena republicans still want to hear from kavanaugh. news 4's tracie potts will have more from h capitoll and the details of what president trump says coming up. today president trump will get a closer look at the damage from hricane florence when he visits north carolina. while he's there he will likely seethis. entire towns swallowed by flood waters. i-95 in lum edban and rising waters. hundreds of thousands of people are still without power. more than 10,000 families remain in shelters. meanwhile, the remnants of florence cau destruction in eastern lama. strong winds ripped the roofs off of the stables. and a look at the wood debris on the ground. severalpporses were t inside but none of them returned. meanwhile, two men in maryland are lucky to be alivea r their car became snuck

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te was supposedo be inrison til 2024 but the utah board of prisons said it mus count her time in prison but the smart family saidbarsey is still a danger to thpublic. to the murder of a nationally ranked amateur golfer. her body was found monday on a pond in ames, iowa. she was stabbed multiple times. kyle richards was arrested. yesterday her coach spoke about the positive impt on the people in her life. >> you've never seen anyone who's a better ambassador. i mean, she loved it. when she found out she was going to be hon 2340ored at the footb game for being female athlete, she was so thrilled.

4:45.our time is the woman accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assau is refusing to testify unless there is an fbi >> news 4's tracie potts is following this. what's the president saying? >> reporter: the president is saying the fbi doesn't want to get involved. he's they person who doesn't want him to testify. he's ready and telling but overnigh we learned that lawyers for christine blasey forder is u stress. she has to bev before the facts come out. she along with other democrats are pushing more than the fbi investigation. ey're giving her a chance to testify next monday.

if she doesn't want to do iten th, they'll move on on wednesday. >> tracie potts on capitol hill. thank you. with more awareness about sports injuries, fewer kidsre turning out for football teams. today the virginia athletic department is wondering whether th could support it. in so many sool districts is football itself getting sacked? >> a review of the kids. coaches say they worry there will be more cancellations in the future if this trendco inues. >> you're competing against the fact you can sit on the couch and engage? >> yeah, absolutely. why come out here.

parents are split whetherfo ball leaves their kids too verb verbal. amy bartau has decided her kids won't be on the field. >> you can do basketball, baseball, track and field. you can do many things where it doesn't require you being knocked on yourbutt. but vanessa is fine with her son playing quarterback. >> ehry sport comes w a risk of concussion. i think so many people af not awaree fact of the training that these coaches have. >> tonight on news 4 at 0,11 the other big factor that is thinning out local ferreras-copeland rosters. for now. scott mcfarland. >>. 18-year-old jamall speaks has been ruled inelquib e to

play because he was homeless. he was pulled out of a game because of his residency issues. the athleticociation says he can't play -- he already proved he doesn't have a home address.s homeless and sleeps on a friend's coach. >> my father deceased. me and my mom, we don't really talk like that. like i don't talk to my moom. dcps officials are investigating is problem. he has isnn't -- >> i hope there's some stlugs have an address on record and then go to college. >> the poor kid. >> how unfair because you're homeless you're going to be penalized because you can't come up with an address?

>> yeah. >> we're going to stay on top of this. >> absolutely. chuck, it's so nice coming out this morning. >> i am officially allowed to park in employee of the month spot for another couple of daysa it could to patchy fog early this morning but there won't be a weather impact day. that's for sure unless sunshine an impact. temperatures in the mid 70s. a bit of a northwesterly breeze. the northwest flow has me the tiniest bit concerned that we're going to be rain free.t riow temperatures have fallen into the mid 70s. 63 in lou ray, virginia. today's commuting forecast, you may actually he sun glare early this morning and again later on today. temperatures mosy in the upper 60s for the ride in. 80 degrees at lunchtime.

high near 85s. degr plenty of sunshine today but there is this one little ripple of rain showers here across parts of central ohi that is embedded in that northwesterly flow. so there is a small chance for our friendsnd neighbors in the shenandoah valley and central virginia that somse of t showers could find their way into your backyard. whatever tiny rain chances there are between 2:00, 4:00 winchester, culpepper, those are about the only spots that i think have even the tiniest little chance for rain today. everyone around the city here i don't think needs to worry too terribly ch. you can track t showers from ohio liert into the mountains of west virginia. what about the ten-day cafo? wow. how nice does that look? 85 today, 82,tomorr 86 friday and 82 on saturday with precious litt in the rainhance for the next four days.

showers do return to the forecast for sday and linger on into the early parts of next week. melissa imollet,s time to make hay while the sun is shining today. >> that is right. i love this. taking a look at tacoma park. the detour is posted there. allow a little extra time. have a big old tree down there. again, closed through the rush hour thismorning. right now taking a look at the beltway. inner loop anduter op, everything is nice and clear. we don't have any big complaints there. earlier the road work gone. green belt, powder mill, left lane getting by that work zo 66 and 95, no complaints there. eun? >> thank you, melissa. amazon officials are likely to wait u after the november mid terms to unveil the location of their second headquarters. that is according to a

speculation in the washington business journal. with 25alists on the list. ere's no point in alienating the other congressional districts. the mid term elections are 48 days away. one large group that may not exercise their right to vote are college kids who don't return their absentee b they have a stamp or nowhere to get one. >> stop. >> the focus group was made up from county team's seat. >> it makes sense. they do everything electronically. for the anrecord, you buy stamps at post offices and grocery stores. this is why i mak my kids write thank you letters, actually the on it. and put a stamp >> make them buy the stamps? >> we have >>stamps.

o they know how to -- >> they are with me when i buy thestamps. like doing laundry. >>. >> don't get me started. i'm trying toeach mychildren. it's hard. >> we'll move on. kraft brewin it's growing and this could be a good week for you to check out breweries created in the breweries. you can visit any of the t breweries get the guy's stamp. if you have four or more stamps byaturday y can take the brewery guys to the county brew fest chantilly and get special admission to a beerta ing area. >> stamps again? >> yes. >> in the brew festoi we're have a vip area and we've got all the breweries that are going

to bringee unique for the vip area. you have four guest breweries coming. >> we really recognize the how popular that has become and we wanted to highlight what we have in fairfax >> the word of the day is -- >> brew -- brew -- >>er br >> saturday's brew fest will be held at musta i sally's chantilly. details on the event and the field guin aree nbc washington app. search brew fest. sorry, orioles fans. it's going to be a tough morning for you. theyroke theirwn losing record. they blew a 4-0 the bluejays 6 h. 4. that lost is the worst record in the franchise's year team.

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"news 4 today" starts now. welcome back, everybody. it's about 5:00 a.m. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. for the first time in days we are not in weather alert mode. hallelujah. >> no red,gh flashing . we'll check the commute with melissa. first, chuck bell is here with our forecast. it starts off with a cool start to the day. >> yeah, nice way to get the day

going. >> what was that? coolish? >> i guess, sure. cool's a relative term. it could be cool to some. temperatures above70 degrees. i wouldn't consider that necessarily cool, especially the middle and third part of september here.bu gaithe, 64. 64 in manassas. 64n front royal and 64 on the map. there are plenty of places like washington, lorton, all above 70 degr es. a pleasanugh way to get the day started. forecast, a little patchy fog is ssible i some of the sheltered valleys first thing this morning, but you're going to notice an amazing amount of sunshine today and temperatures going to be well above average. our average high is 78. a plus weather today. today's forecast high 85 degrees. there is the tiniest little chance for a few rain d