on that. first we do want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. the warning why you wan to pack that umbrella. nole quite in the yet. >> not yet. we h don'te the rain this morning. before you leave, know we have it later today.u n't want to leave home without the umbrella. we could have strong storms. >>ribsolutely t. chance for very strong storms later this afternoon and early this evening. timing is probably somewhere around 2:00. 3:00. up to 6:00, 8:00 right alo the i-95 corridor. lots of rain chances back out to our west. this cold front moving through chicago, that promises to bring an end to the rain here sometime on friday and may actually leave us with two back-to-back sunny days. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washington, philadelphia, boston onp into parts of central new york and new england. we'll watch out for that. is a dry start here on your

wednesday morning. temperatures, mid 60s in the shenandoah lley. low 70s close to town. warm and humid today. degrees. that will be our warmest day in .quite some time melissa, we'll show you future weather coming up in just abit. > first 4 traffic alert here in the district this morning. t reminderake a look at this video. officer-involved crash investigation. in northeast washington.tb ouound new york avenue pushed on to m htana avenueere this mo ing. northboubladensburg road at north avenue, all lanes blocked crash.t taking a look at the beltway, this map is showing you everything is clear. no complaints, nork road nothing in your way. as we zoom in, 395 before the th street bridge, left side blocked by a disabled stleek. melissmelissa, thank you. a d.c. police suv has been involved in a b cras here's a look at the scene.

it happened overnight. we're, w to confirm exactly how this crash happened and the condition of the officeh and the driver. news 4's nicole jacobs will have a live rept comingp at 5:00. it will be another difficult day foro people get around sixth street in southeast d.c. here's why. the big old sinkhole, cars teetered. tow trucks were called in the cars off the streeteyefore there swallowed up. all of this started when a water main break. crews will be out here. at 5:00 we'll be back with the latest on repair work. to the latest on the controvercosupreme court controversy. the group ultraviolet projected a message onto the courthousen o constitution avenue where brett kavanaugh serves as a u. appeals judge. they don't want him confirmed.

tomorrow brett kavanaugh and the first woman accusing him will lead the discussion. >> yesterday president trump praised kavanaug an unexpected moment at the united nations that even caught president a little off guard. as the president boasted about his accomplishments laughter could be heard in the chamber. >> in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america's -- so true didn't expec thatreaction, but that's okay. >> his reaction was pretty surprising, too a lot of people

are saying. and a major difference from last year. no talk of rocket man. instead president trump praised kim jong-un and called him, icquote, terr the violent weekend continues to spill into the week. two men shot on benny road northeast last night. police say a man was sitting in and when a man walked u shot them. they both surprised. d.c. mayor muriel bowsers surprised with the violence. >> dramatic,ra oous and it happened across the city. all non-randomacts. all people lely who knew each other. >> as of this morning there have been at least 119 homicides in d.c. that numbe has already surpassed all the killings in 2017 when there were 116. it's 434. today the jury will begin deliberating in the case of avi inia man accused of killing his wife and a police officer

who tried to help. he opened fire on thefficers wh responded to the scene. prince williams county oicer ashley winden was killed. it was her first day on the job. o other officers were hurt. hamilton's attorney argued hisu client snapped and didn't intend to kill anyone. if convicted of capital murder hamilton could face the death penalty. these are the stories we're following for you today. four people are in the hospital after a head-on crash in dale city. it shows the fire that started seconds after impact. a silver chrysler jumped the median and slammed head on into the jeep. good samaritans ran in to help the passengers. all four people seriously hurt and medivaced tohehospital. this morning bill cosby will wake up in a maximum security prison 30 miles north of philadelphia. he werl three to ten years

for sexual assa his defense team says it will appeal the case. tonight the candidates for virginia's senate sact will off. you can watch it here tonight. chuck todd will moderate it. i'll be there along with our northerngi va bureau chief julie kerry. nbc news 4 air a half hour e before the debate begins at 7:00 p.m. metro police are stepping up to catch people who skip out on paying fares. they've given out8,000 citations. it can range from the cost of the fare to hundreds of dollars. the station with most cases is gallery place and an accostia.

4:37 rig now. coming up, a police pursuit through a metro train. tunn the new video showing the scary way the suspect made itnto the tracks. plus, federal products under fire where wan can beom

you're watching "news 4 today." delta airlines flights aref taking this morning after a computer outage led to a nationwide ground sto yesterday. the technology issue has some delta passengers complaining that they were unable to access its app or get boarding passes. the airline says there were no disrn tions to flightse air. delta apologized to its customers for the inconvenience and says it is investigating the ot cause of the issue. new video this morning showing a wild police chase in

l.a. that ended in train tunnel. it happened back in february. you can see the train go downe tunnel and then 30 seconds ter here comes a truck. >> another camera picks up the male and female after they dish the truck. with few options to escape and the policclosing in, the man hid under the floor board. the woman casually walked out of the tunnel and was never caught. wey found the man under the floor. t to jail for two years. he was sentenced to two years. >> we're looking at areas of fog. by lunchtimell w see enough sunshine to heat us up into the 80s. severe storms this afternoon and through the evening. coming up, chuck is back and coming up, chuck is back and he'll break down the

t criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, i 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 seal offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress,de'll stand up to presi trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. "n you're watchins 4 today." wcome back at 4:45 we now know who will

take the republicn's lead questioning supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and his forced accuser in tomorrow's hearin we now know that it's going to be rachael mitchell, aou name may not have heard before. she is a woman who heads the special victims unit in maricopa county out in phoenix. she is a veteran sex crimes prosecutor and shs going to be working on behalf of republicans here tomorrow asking those questions to both dr. christine blasey ford and judge kavanaugh. they want her in place to preserve the pcess so it's not like a political atmosphere. democrats say that they're trying to distance themselves, these 11 men, from appearing to grill the woman who is coming to accusekavanaugh. that's who we will hear from. we will not hear from the other two women, one of whom is yet b

unname may go public today. both of whom have said through theiorneys that they, too, experienced sexual misconduct that kavanaugh denies. >> tracie potts on the hill this morning. tracie, thank you. new details this morning about the bicyclist killed a hit-and-run outside of the natural historyto museum. hollow well was a museum employee who biked to work every day from virginia. he was sit along constitution avenue on his way to work. the driver who hit him ran the red light and fled tscene. his wife has a message. >> i hope and pray there was a real significant reason for why he had to go so fast and he had to disregard the traffic light. i mean, i can only imagine that there might be a reason. >> right now police are only saying the car that hit

hollowwell was a dark sedan. his wife sai she will spend the rest of her life trying to make the roa safer for bicyclists. this morning crews will be out looking for survivors of a senior apartment building in southeast d.c. this comes after an injured senior citizen was discovered fi days later. news4's mark seagraves will explain. >> reporter: they're sure everyone is accounted for. this after a 74-year-old m was found alive five days after the fire. despite that, search dogs spent all day in the bottom two floors searching apartments a those dogs will be back again tomorrow. as for today,l structu engineers will shore this up.

we can tell y the fire marshal has been let inside for his investigation. gregory dean tells me he hopes crews will be a ie to geto some of these amounts and recover some personal belongings fo ftheilies who have been displace 4:48 now. prosecutors used a man's own facebook post and the testimony of familyembers against him in the d.c. mansion murder trials.h yesterda stepmother told jurors she did not see him for nearly two days starting on may 13th. that is when the famy and the housekeeper were held hostage and later killed. experts analyzed wint's facebook activity. duri a 36 hour period there was hardly any ritivity. the will resume morning j specia--

they want to name part of a detroit park after trisha mcc l mccalley. she was rapednd murdere nearly two years ago on christmas day. she was not only psionate about yoga and acting but also garden joog virginia is suspending a newly introduced policy that would ban women visiatng i from wearing tampons. the secretary of public andme nd security safety ryan moran tweeted the decision saying the policy needs furth review. prison officials say they wanted the ban to prevent contraband from being smuggled into prisons. they say it violates the privacy rights ofe fem visitors. tequila, whisky, scotch, some of the liquor stolen from the beacon hotel in northwest

d.c. security cameras caught this man going into the bar and snatching the booze. this happened before2:00 in the morning on monday. he threw a brick into the window. >> i thought you were talking about your -- >> easy. >> okay. never mind. mor new video this morning showing an incredible rescue and reminder to turn around if you see standing water. look at that, a taxi driver and his elderly disabledasnger had to be pulled out of a black town car. the driver wasn't paying attention when he i droveo the water in new jersey. look at this smess. >> tha awful. >> the driver will likely be issued several summons for the incident. police also told reporters of the area regularly floods and he should have kno better. if your job is to drive in the

haea -- look at all that water. you didn't see coming? >> obviously not paying attention. >> what in the rld? >> something beyond not paying attention. >> and thank goodness his passenger, who was elderly and disaed, was able toake it out. >> no kidding. >> chuck, we are happy not to be talking about raven this morning. >> absolutely right. we are not talking about it this morning. we are talking about rain this aftern stronger storms comes our way. it's been a warm september and it's been warm for a while now. the last time national airport dropped below 60es deg was june 12th. that's 104 days ago making it the third longest setch on record to stay above 60 degrees. we have a chance and only one not since 1870 have we dropped below 60 during the month of september. we may be able to stay above 60 l the way through the end of

the month. gloomy this morning. it's going to be a warm and humid day today. that leads toha ae for some stronger storms later this afternoon and evening. see all the rain back across the ohio valley. there are a couple of waves of rain chances. thisirst one arrives later afternoon and it could pack quite a punch. chance of severe weather washington, baltimore, philly if you're traveling up the northeast corridor, air travel uld be significantly delayed. slight chances for storms today. nothing on radar this morning. yes, indeed, a f quiet start the day. future weather carries the fo enough sunshine through the lunch hours to get temperatures into the mid 80s toda here you can see the chance for storms firing up around 2:00 3:00 in the shenandoah valley. it comes in about 4 or 7 p.m. on therms could b strong to severe side. here's the extended forecast. stormy today. cloudy, cool. showers gradually ending.ck

o-back sunshine for saturday and sunday. sunday is the 30th of september. that will be our last best chance to get below 60degrees. i cannot believe we are heading into october. the first 4 traffic alert here is going to be wiped off thep. in northeast, that officer involved crash investigation, all lanes have just reopened. live report from that area here in just a second. taking a look at the beltway. inner loop, outer loop of the beltway, no complaints. northbound 395 before the 14th street bridge had the left side blocd by a disabled vehicle. that has cleared out of the way. 66 is fine. quiet. southbound 95 after harrisonville road. have the left lane getting by the tractor-trailer crash badt one t happened before noon yesterday. guys? >> angie goff here at the live desk with this breaking news out of los angeles. take a look aou what are looking at here is the lapd. this is shortly after they responded to a break-in at this

hollywood hilu home. an see a lot of flashing lights outside of it. it is a home believed to have been owned by the singer rihanna. what we're told is that in may there was anotburglary. she was identified as the owner. as of right now all they will say is that things were taken from the property but they're not sure if the singer was i town. gain, we're not sure if s still owns the property but they are responding to a burglary there. angie,hank you. a big change is happening at dunkin' donuts. they're dropping the donuts part of the napa. the c tweeted out this clip showing the new logo. the cha he is onlypening to the name. they're not going to get rid of the donuts. that would be crazy. they're makinghe bold change after 68 years. the change will officially take place in january.

other food, too. they offer breakfast sandwiches. >> i wasn't confused. >> exactly. exactly. i liked their iced coffees, slushy coffees. you'll soon have two new ways to get your chocolate fix. >> it is all thanks to mcclain based mars, inc. the owner o m&ms announced it's adding two new pducts to i lineup. coming in april, hazelnut m&ms. it has ae nutella l filling. chocolate bars are also rolling out in time for the winter holidays. they'll have min be any m&ms throughout. peanut, chocolate, crispy, almond andy crimint. >> yeah. s. i love m&m snats star pitcher max scherzer has hit another incredible mistone. he recorded his 300th, 300th strikeout of the season.

he is just amazing. last night the nats took on the miami marlins at home. scherzer took the mound and threw ten strikeouts. he is only the 17th player in modern baseball history to reach this marks. >> definitely wanted to do it here at home. the fans, unbelievable support. when they're standing on their feet going crazy, it gives you an extra adrenaline boost. you just want to go out interest and accomplish that. it wasaz an amg feeling to have the fans behind you and the feeling you get. >> standing ovation. you're watching one of the greatest pitchers of all time playing right here for us. nats won 9-4.t he j seems like such a good guy. >> yes. >> tod is the nats' last homega for the season. >> i just wish that we had a

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american history. braving fire, thick smoke and even death. cameras rolling as witnesses mount a stunningon rescu local road. plus recent rains may lead your basementis at for flooding. allew this morning, we're working for you with the tips you need now to stop major probmslater. "news 4 today" n starts. good morning, everyone. welcome to your y,wednes i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. a calm, cloudy start to the morning. storms are on the way later today. >> happy there are no storms this morning. cwe'llck in on your commute with melissa mollet. first storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell a sheena parveen are here. >> if you're a biker, runner, dog walker you can get outside without getting drenched. >> it's a nice relief not to have the