mid-atlantic right now. the difference today is going to be warmer out there. >> okay. >> lovely. >> what's better? warmndrainy? >> i'll take warm and rainy over cold. and rai cold and rainy has to be the worst combination. >>ventually the sun has to come back. >> eventually. >> there's your gd news. the sun will eventually come back. >> sunday. it won't be today. >> no, not today. i hate the word badnews. the not so good news this morning is its lking a lot like it did yesterday morning around the area. we have the rain 68 degrees in washington. i'm going to back up so we can zoom ein. we h scattered showers across the area. the green is showing us the lighter rainfall. we have heavier rain off to the

west of 81. this is scattered showers down around fredericksburg but as we zoom into the ltway this is very light rain but this unsettled weather pattern is going to stan place again today. we'll take a look at your afternoon forecast. let's see what the roads look like. good morning. >> good morning. it's both northbound and southbound lanes this morning and that's goi to cause bit of a delay. no major delays when you look at it here right now. the green showing you where it is raining across thearea. we do have this though. new trafficattern remember center of the road is blocked because of the bridge work.39 here. northbound and southbound.

>> another shooting in the district. angie is at the live desk with latest. what happened? we got new video in the newsroom. a heavy police presence here the shell gas station right at the d.c.-maryland line near new hampshire avenue. there's still no word on who may have been shot. were they pumping gas when they were shot? what the current condition is. who exactly they were looking sr. they arerching for a suspect but again still a lot of unanswered questions but the good news is news 4's chris lawrence just arrived at the scenng and he's goi to update usnihroughout the mor now back to you. >> we believe survivors.

>> relentless chanting from otestors from texaste senator d cruz and his wife out of the restaurant. this was video overnight. protestors angry about the kavanaugh confirmation process outed we believe survivors and they didn't let up until the couple left the restaurant and cruz is just one of the republicans supportingrett kavanaugh. kavanaugh denies all the sexual sconduct allegations against him. >> last night he said he's not going anywhere and that he has always treated women with, quote, dignity and spect. i am not perfect but i have never, everik done anything this. >> a second woman came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct and yesterday stormy daniels attorney says he's representing a third won.

>> it is 4:34 and here's a look at our other t stories this morning. e deputy attorney general still has a job. he was called to the white house yesterday leadi many to speculate he was about to be sired. he cred envolkswagening the 25th amendment to remove the presidt from power. they'll meet on trsday the violence streak continues yesterday with four shootings rswithin just h of each other an hour earlier another person was shot on northeast and that haened jus as community members were in a crime walk

this would change how synthetic drugs were classified making it easier for police to arrestt people tha make and sell them. >> residents are ccerned this morning. a person living at rock creek retirement community diagnosed with legionnaires disease. they say the drinking water is safe and the problem is isolated to this community. >> this fire at senior residence in southeast d.c. burned for hours. we wereold that everyone was out and safe and accounted for. that was not the case though. a structural engineer found a 74-year-old man stuck in his apartment. the man had been there f five days and was doing fine when he was found.

>> i was messing with the door and heard a choiced and s is somebody in there? and he goes yes. we said we'll get you out. he said i'm not going any place. >> a 7-year-old girl died in a tragic accident in loudoun county. a tree fell on top of her while she was lying in a hammock. she was in the hammock with another child on saturday. the tree was fastened but suddenly collapsed. the other child is expected to be okay. in a statement to news 4, her father said she was amazingly kind and completely loved. he goes on to say her family will never recover from this. >> take a look at these pictures

showing a baby boy crawling across the road i new jersey. police suspect the baby flipped out of a house,f out the door there that a sibling left open. >> a man and a wan that lived nearby stopped traffic to save that baby. look at the by right in the middle of the road there the man held hiswnnfant as he talked about it. >> i blocked traffic and got out and stood by the baby. i didn't feel comfortable because ie baby u didn't know what was going on. to me anybody in that situation would have done t same thing. >> another neighbor helped return the baby to its parents. people in the neighborhoodde ribe the parents as warm and caring. 4:36, coming up, lost at sea and finally found. how a teen survived 49 days stranded in the ocean on this makeshift raft.

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>> the white house says the president is expected to be unapologetic about h decision to engage with north carolina and remove the u.s. from the iran nuclear deal. tomorrow he will chair a meeting of the un security council for the first time. presiden trump is also dealing with the confirmation ontroversy involving his supreme court nominee. brett kavanaugh says he's not going anywhere even thoughco a woman is accusing him of

misconduct. >> he denie all accusations against him in an interview on fox newschannel last night. whacy pots is live on capitol hill. else did he say in this interview? >> he wants to clear his name and protect his reputation. and he says he's not dropping out orin g up and he'll fight for a fair hearing. that hearing will take place on thursday with dr. ford who is coming to washington to teller story. one took the new yorker that kavanaugh expos himself to her in college and he denied that in the fox interview and now a third woman, yet unidentified whose attorney says she'll come toth us i next 48 hours.

>> live for us on capitol hill, thank you. >> we turn to decision 2018. the maryland governor isg campaignor re-election. >> those men squared off in the first and onlyef debatee november's election. in the debate both men outline why they would be the best for the sition. they passionately discussed gun control and the economy. we lead the nation. we have increased jobs, increased wages and you can't keep making up the stories. >> please. all the reports are althere. the facts are there and also all of my plans are there. >> a poll shows the governor leading. >> a render that news 4 is hosting a live debate for the candidates for virginia's u.s. senate seat.

that will happen tomorrow night. tim cai will go up against corey stewart. the debate will be moderated by chuck todd with questions from julie rry and me. watch it at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow on nbc 4 or stream it live in the nb washingtonapp. >> your time is 4:49. major changes at the montgomery county jail in order to reduce the risk of inmate suicide. they already swapped out bed sheets for softer blankets. they're reviewing suicide prevention policies. over the summer two high profile inmates hanged emselves. he was found dead the day he was set to go on trial for the murder of his former girlfriend.

>> police are picking jurors carefully for the case in the house fires. they investigated the scene ere the family's porch was set on fire the day after they were killed. there was a foot path tha backed up to an apartment complex. the members of the suspect's family once livedt that apartment complex. on the stand today will be an evidence technician with the d.c. police department. >> good morning, here at the live desk with breaking news. investigators are searching for a 6-year-old boy in north carolina and we know the fbi joined this search for maddox ritch. this is a look at the picres of maddox. he is on the autism spectrum and is nonverbal. hear disappe at a park in gin

georgia and community members came together to pray for the boy's return as they worked endlessl through the night trying to find maddox. authorities say his parents right now cooperating with the search. as we get more 'lformation, bring it to you. >> all right, angie, thank you. it's 4:51. a new hockey mascot is taking the internet by storm. >> last night the philadelphia flyers introduced their new mascot. take look here. this is gritty. it's a 7 foot creature with an oranbeard. he made his debut against the boston bruins. not everyone is a fan of gritty. the penguins tweeted and he fired back with this. >> sleep with one eye open tonight, bird. >> bet you he probably got

booed. >> philly, they are so special fans. i'm just gng to p it that way. >> he looks like a creature that would come out from your closet or under youred and get you while you're hesleeping. >> no slap shot. >> i worked in philly for five years. i'm so curious about what's going on in the news over there about gritty. we'll have to see. this morning weave rain around the area again and areas of fog. be careful driving. weather alert tomorrow because we have evening thunderstorms. some of which could be severe but as we head into thed, weeken we have a nice dry weekend in the forecast. here's a look at theda more rain around this morning than yesterday. scattered showers across the whole area with light rain falling around the beltway and the district. re heavier pockets. the yellows and oranges near woodbridge, quantico and off to the west of fredericksburg right now but we're still stuck in a

very unsettled weather tttern. ha umbrella today. scattered showers the first half of the day. we're a little bit milder this morning.n temperaturese mid to upper 60s. we'll have more of a south wind today and that's going to keep te temperatu temperatures warmer. mostly cloudy with the chance of a shower. at the bus stop make sure the kids have the raincoat. by recess, mid 70s. upper 70s later on today. tomorrow the severe threat. much of the northeast is under that yellow here. locally the d.c. metro are and points north and west. for tomorrow evening damagingwi s, lightning, heavy rain and hail with any strong to severe storms. we go through tomorrow, that will be the case most of tomorrow though. dkeep in mind we'll be and warm. it will be in the mid 80s and the storms move in later tonight. we go into thursday and still a chance for showers friday. otherwise the weekend is looking

fantastic. let's send it over to melissa with a check on the ads. >> good morning. 95 northbound, a crash here on the left side of theay roa so you can see some delays heading northbound and we're seeing that rain t falling throught area so those wet roads just add into it in some places. look at thatgreen. inner lp and outer loop of the belt way. those hov lanesear washington boulevard, right side blocked by a vehicle fire there and asde y out, vicentree a crash there. an update on bw parkway coming up thank you. 4:54. w overnight an incredible story of survival. how a 19-year-old survived 49 days at sea. he told the associated press that he r out of food within a week and survived on fish and w seer he squeezed from his clothing. the indonesian teenager was

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weight watchers is that iconic brand. >> a local pastry chef with an inspirational story is making his firstppearance on the steve harvey today. >> the 19-year-old from he maryland, young chef is on the autism spectrum but has not tot that sp him when it comes to achieving his dream. he already hosts on his own cooking show on youtube and has co-written a book to his mother and n r isdy to take his talents to the next level. >> how does it feel when you're in the kitchen? what is i like for you? >> it makes me feel confident. it also makes me feel happy and that i can accomplish >>anythin ou can watch the entire interview today at 2:00 p.m. right here on nbc >> still ahead on news 4 today, a resident of a local retirement community diagnosed with legionnaires disease. where it happened and what's being done. >> why some improvements to your

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that breaking news, a man has been shot at a gas station and investigators are still on the scene working to figure out exactly what happened. fast approaching 5:00 a.m.now. good morning, everybody. >> we'll have a live report from the shooting jcene int a few

minutes but we begin with a check of your commute and. foreca melissa is standing by with your first 4 traffic but we begin wi the forecast. storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena. i can't remember the last time i saw the sun all day. >> we're going to have a little sun tomorrow but then it's going tol f some storms. >> normally september is 70% sunshine. this september, only 27% sunshine so we are way below average on required amounts of sunshine here in september which is typically one of our more pretty months. at you need to know about the weather then, another messy morningcommute. umbrellas required through at least lunchtime but you will notice it's much warmer today and it will be warmer still tomorrow. that's the reason for thunderstorm chances tomorrow eveninon and it could be on the stormy side around here