the ramp nown has overturned vehicle. good morning chuck and sheena the rain isn't going to help anything. >> no, n it'snot. if anything it's going to slow down this morning because when the wips start going, people start hitting the breaks. >> they're swerving to misll the rain drops. >> that's not a good idea. don't do it. >> well, i mean, i tried to work in the middle of the night. >> rain drops? >> absolutely. >> please don't. >> okay. it's a very cloudy sky at the time. the overnight period moving out. not a lot of rain on the roads yet. a lot of puddlesea to with out there this morning. more rain coming our way later onn the day. you can see that redevelopment of like rain here during the part of the morning commute and that continues on into lunchtime and then drags on into thern afn as well.ou

, showery weather. rain boots on the kids this morning. temperatures ithe 60s today. so jeans and an umbrella are a requirement. >> another woman has come forward accusing brett kavanaugh ofexual misconduct. >> this latest allegation comes days before he's suppo d to testify in response to a claim of sexual assault. deborah ramirez says kavanaugh exposed himself to her while she attended yale university. the white house stands behind kavanaugh. the democrats want to delanie action

-- delanie actiy it. >> one group will gather a the capitol and later this afternoon at one survivors of assault and allies will walk out of their homes, jobs and classrooms. >> the white house pointed out judge said he does not remember the party. democrats say judgehould still testify. it's now 4:32 no for a violent weekend in the district. >> d.c. police are invtigating five homicides and 8 shootings all since about f 11:00day night. the majority happened in southeast washington. least 14 people have been shot. no word on a possible connection. police have auspect in custody for only one of the shootings. >> happening today, the logan circle community isg pla a public meeting to discuss the gruesome attack that left wen

martinez dead. that's at 6:30 tonight at the marriott marquis. martinez was stabbed wednesday whilein jo police charged anthony crawford in her death. also t happening int area, a safety walk. residents will begin their walk at 19th and l street to show their concern about the violence in the area. >> here's a look atour other top stories this morning. d.c. police are investigating a possate crime after two gay men were attacked. we're not showing their i faces this video at their t.re it happened on sunday. one of the men was knocked unconscious. police are searching for five suspects in this case. >> a balmore police officer i expected to survive after deadly shoot out with a suspect. that happened in west baltimore. police in baltimore say the s respect the officer and the officer fired back killing the

man. >> sentenc tg begay for bill cosby. he is facing up to 30 years in prison for sexually aaulting andrea constand. his other accusers are calling for tax mum sentence which could mean life in prison for cosby. he is 81 yrs old. >> many of you remember this image showing a firefighter save an elderly woman during last's wepartment fire in southeast washington. yesterday betty carter thanked him for saviner life. he was happy to see her but he was just doing his job. >> two major road projects could impact your commute through loudoun county. >> one could sve a traffic issue for years to come while the other sts down major road for several weeks. they approve an expansion

proj15t on route that will widen it from two lanes to four. it would also add traffic circlesn keyreas of congestion. the plan goes to the design phase. it will be aublic hearing on the plan this wednesday. >> in ashburn a road will be closed for five week vdot crews will lay down a gas line and widen the rd ere. residents and businesses in the effected area will have a tess road but it will be closed to all other traffic. the project is expected to wrap up by october 26th. it's one of television's biggest shows and the voice returns to nbc. >> we're givingne you aak peek at the new season plus bringing the noise, thee skins cruis to a decisive victory thisen wited

this i a stretch of nterstate 40 in pender county, north carolina. firefighters were called in to clean up a school of fish stranded on the road there. they travelled from their natural d habiting the storm and were left behind after the flood waters receded. >> oh. >> it's now 4:39. nbc's the voice returns for another season tonight. >> the gang is back together. jennifer hudson, kelly clarkson, adam levinend blake shelton will judge this season. we'll start the season off with the bli auditions. >> jennifer hudson is in it to

ewin it andryone is trying to keep country singers away from blakeshelton. >> all he does is turn his chair around and he gets them. that's it. >> that's not true. >> what's the strategy to that? >> that's not i'true. talking to them tell pa telepathically. >> the two part seapener of the voice starts tonight. smorrow everybod favorite show "this is us" comes back. >> yes. eak out the tissue. if you're a want to be country singer wouldn't you want to be blake's team? it makes total sense. >> well, it was an epic win for the skins. yesterday the t defeated green bay. 31-17. the offense was hot once again. four touchdowns in just the first half. twy of them running back a d --

adrianpeterson. next week the skins are off for a bye week. >> that's what i hear. 2-1 now. >> how about that? these skins this year, boy. >> that alex smith. >> that guy? >> ye. >> and the oer guy. that runs. >> isn't aaronn a seaicket holder? i thought he was. confusedy >> the guy that runs. >> he must be confused with somebody else. we have some fog this morning. also some showers and some rain. this wilybe prett chilly. temperatures always in the 60s. back in a fewminutes. melissa. >> right now first four traffic alert in bethesda. jackknife tractor-trailer. just the right lane getting by. live report coming up. >> also ahead, kavanaugh controversy. a second woman comes forward

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a second woman ces rward accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh ofl sex misconduct. this as capitol hill prepares itself for a contentious week. he first woman to accuse judge kavanaugh will testify before the senate judiciary committee. >> now democrats are pushing to delay that theory and fostpone anther action on the confirmation. >> what is theatest accusation? >> this allegation dates back to the 1980s when kavanaugh was a student at yale along with a woman namedebah ramirez. she admits she was drinking at e time but her memory was fuzzy but what she remembers is kavanaugow pulling d his pants and thrusting himself in her face. this w an unwanted advance. she pushed away and

inadvertently touched m. she remembers him pulling up his pants and laughed aboutit. they were unable to find ey itnesses. this comes at a pivotal time for kavanaugh. but that should note that the white house and kavanaugh both came out songly denying this accusation calling it baseless slander. >> and will anyone else testify besides dr. ford and judge kavanaugh? >> that's one of the things we don't know. there's still details being worked dr. ford would like to have more witnesses come forward. she wants to cal theoctor that gave her the lie detector test and two trauma experts to help put into context what happened. th's still being worked out but we do know that the other person says was in the room alleged me of the

assault he will not be subpoenaed and called to testify. >> nikki, thank syou. >> iow 4:47, a former usa gymnastics trainer connected to larry nassar will be in court. she is charged with sexual assault of a child. in june she wasic indd as a acting party to nassar's abuse of gymnasts. b he hasn accused of sexual assault by 150 women and is serving 175 years in ison. >> a moving tribute to tell forf slain student at iowa state's football game. they paused toon her. she was randomly murdered and dumped in a pond. she was recognized ashe 2018 athlete of the year. the players marched arm in arm to the sideline instead of running to thennel.

both teams wore their initials o hetheir helmet and shirts. >> news 4 iteam is looki a wave of scammers said to be taking the district by storm. >> the district attorney general is warning all would be renters and potenti buyers about becoming targets. look all starts when you online for a rental. this ad seems real enough but the owner tol us it's actually bogus. so we went undercover and started e-mailing with the person pretending to rent it.as d.c.ne of the hottest rental markets in the country. a constant influx of people in search of the per place but scammers are getting smarter, preying on the desperationko trould be renters out of thousands of dollars. >> if i didn't have the family support that i do, i don't know what i would do right now. >> thisenter was moving from across the country and had to apartment huntre tely.

she wired more than $7,000 before realizing she had been duped. they even used a fake e-mail from the d.c. htysing authori to get victims to pay more money and keep stealing the identity of this reputable realtor to make their fake ads look mor convincing. >> i called everybody i could. lawyers, police, fbi. >> fake ads with his name keep popping up. dozens c of peoptacted him to complain. >> my heart dropped. what am i caught up in it's not me. >> the scammers constantly switch bank accounts ato keep from being caught. >> new details, the hawaii volcanoes national park is set to open today. the park wase closed m than e0 days because of the month-longption earlier this year. plans to attend a sof opening

over the weekend. it caused widespread damage to park infrastructure a dramatically changed the landscape. the summit crater insi park doubled in size as lava drained. hundreds of homes outside the park were also destroyed by lava. a war scene. that is whathe mayor of a town in canada says his community htoks like r now. take a look. twoornadoes touched down outside of the capitol of ottawa on friday. take a look a this dramatic video. sent six people to the hospital, tore off roof tops and left more than 100,000 people witho power. no one was killed but look at all of that destruction lef behind. >> we turn now to a developing story out of texas. angie has the latest on the heavy rainfall in the dalla dallas-fort worth area. >> let's look at this incredible picture. you can see the cars here in erged nearly to the roof

flood waters. chuck bell saying that the dfw airport sawore than nine inches of rainfall this weekend. sadly, thisin flo is being blamed for one death. according to our nbc station in dallas, the victim is identified as a 23-year-old man. he was a student at the university of texas. ba to you. >> thank you. >> 4:51 right now. tracking breaking news on the be beltway this morning. >> a big problem here. just going to get worse as the morning progresses soe're talking about the inner loop here. that's a little bit of aetter option. it's a jackknifed w tractor-traileh a fuel spill. the right lane is getting by. we have chris lawrence at the scene and we'll talk to him in a coup of temi the rest of the beltway looks okay right now. the ramp to kenilworth therturned car right now.

woodbridge, nund 123 near dale sh there and the boulevard situation before crashes on the shoulder, that one is now gone. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. it's a gloomy looking monday morning outside. all cloud cover again for tod and probably below 70 degrees again today. that is aig sure that the seasons, they are hanging. staying below 70 and the last time we had back to back days where we failed to get to 70 degrees or higher was in the springtime. may 17th and 18th and we had an inch of rain on both of those days. much like we'll see around here. temperatures are in the cool low 60s around town. and with all the clouds around today not much of a rise in

temperatures. we'll move up into the mid and upper 60s today but you're chance of getting rai ad on 100% today. a big plume of moisture coming our way and at the surface we have a c veryl easterly breeze coming in off t ocean. steadier rain around lunchtime today. rather rainy afternoon and evening as well. that m be an issue on wednesday afternoon. chances for rain just about every day this week. morrow morning at 6:00 a.m. showers throughout the day for sure and probably going once or twice during the day tomorrow and then a chance for stronger storms as we get into wednesday. with all of that in mind, here's your ten day forecast. clouds and 60s and rain drops

today. then a little sunshineet us to 85 degrees. and the weekend is looking beautiful. >> chuck, thank you. it's 4:54 and congress is considering a bill that could give passengs more leg room on airp tnes. this wee house is expected to take up legislation that would requireal the fed aviation administration to setn w minimum requirements for legom ro it will also prohibit bumping ssengers that already boarded a flight. >> for teenagers learning to drive is a huge milestone. >> but risky behavior on the road can turn deadly. the american academy of pediatrics suggests doctors advise teens about seat belts and the risk of driving while

drun h you can alsp by spending more time with your kids behind the wheel and how to use technology responsibly. >> it's been months since prince harry and meghan markle tied the knot but we're learning about a special ddail rol into that ceremony. >> yeah. well, every bride knows about the good luck tradition, something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. she was no exceptio the duchess reveals that thelu something be was from her first date with prince harry. >> somewhere in here, there's a piece of blue fabric that's stitched inside. it's my something blue. it's fabric from t dress i wore on our first date. >> the piece of blue fabric was woven into her veil.

her veil was 16.5 feet long. i love tse beautiful details and i'm sure there's going to be a lot of interest in any other secrets she may reveal aut theautiful day. >> coming up at 5:00, a violent attack on ath couple in district could turn into a hate cr investigation. >> he was america's dad but by the end of the day he could be america's newest prisoner n everything yd to noah head of bill cosby's sentencing. that's still ahead on news 4 today.

chris lawre te is on scene for us this morning. chris, what's going on? >> rightow what we got is one laneetting through on the inner lore. we a on the beltway. outo give y perspective we're right before wisconsin avenue. a couple of hundred feet. you could see that traffic getting by in the turn off lane but we have all the other lanes take a look at the tractor-trail tractor-trailer. just talked to one of those men out here trying to get that thing out of here. the driver called eight tit the dangerous spot on the beltway

when you hit that sharp turn coming around before you hit wisconsin. the wheels locked up. it took out about 100 feet of guard rail. rightow 8 or,000 pounds. there was some fuel spill on the road. they're trying to get that now.ned up they're trying to get this cleaned out befe the bulk of the rush hour gets started. no serious injuries in this crash but one lane getting off to the side. for more on the work around and other traffic problems this morning, let's send it over to melissa for first four traffic. >> good morning. thank you. to be a this is going problem for