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 wipersn this morning.

hopefully the commute will be a little smoother becausef that. understorms north and west, 2:00 p.m. we'll see them move into the d. metro area. if you're watching this, it's set up for a couple of hours. storms can be strong to severe. 'll be here tracking all of that. leesburg has visibility lessth half a mile. we do have areas of fog this morning. quantico is at a mile and a half. not too bad there. steamy conditions. nice and dry on the radar. we have storms back off to the west. a cold front. here's theisk mostly north of d.c. and these are the areas that could have the highest chance of seeing strong to severe chance of a storm. let's head over to melissa mollet to checkn your commute, melissa. >> good morning. first 4 traffic, inner loop and

outer loop of the beltway, nice and green. we don't have anything in our way. looks good. 95 does as well. we have an earlier slowdown southbound there from a crash yesterday. that's out of the way. no poor ris there. as we zm in here, 14 east all lanes blocked for a water main break there. aaron? >>nk melissa, t you. 5:02 now. following breaking news, new york avenue northeast is back open after that bad crash. >> police suv and another car collided. news 4's nicoleacobs isn the scene with the latest. what are you seeing? >> eun and aaron, we're live at the corner of new york avenue. u can see it's open after police were here on the scene for several hours investigating a serious crash. we want to get you right to some video showing you the extent of that crash. you can see a police cruiser and

another vehicle somehow collided and there is some heavy fronte end damn both of those vehicles. and for several hours a pretty largeadius of roadway here in northeast was blocked off as they inve higated. ave reached out to dc police t this morning find out what exactly caused this crash and of cour to find out if there are any injuries and if so the extent of those injuries. wew don't k if there are any charges or anything of that nature but, again, as you take a live look here at the intersection of new york avenue and bladensburg, it's good news that it's clear. we'll continue to keep you updatedn any n developments we receive from d.c. police. back to you. nicole jacobs live for us. thank you. 5:03.t's developing overnight the all male senate judiciary committee has picked a fale prosecutor

from arizona to question brett kavanaugh and his accuser during thursday's hearing. her name is rachael mitchell and she will lead the questioning about dr. christine blasey ford's accusations that when tey were teenagers judge kavanaugh tried assault her. kavanaugh has denied the accusations and say he i eager to answer questions during the hearing. president trump who has been reserved in his comments about this controversy railed against democrats in a visit to the u.n. yesterday. he says they want to derail this nomination. >> the democrats a playing a con game,c-o-n, a con >> is there anything -- >> they know it's a con game. they knowig he's quality. they wink at each other. they're winking. >> president trump also blasted kavanaugh's second accuser debra ramirez. she alleges kavanaugh exposed himself to her at a party at memory says she has gaps because she had been drinking. the president says those gaps are not a gsod enough r to stop the confirmation.

so who is rachael mitchell? e process by which the republicans selected her has so far remained a mystery, but wer are lg new details about who she is and the experience she has. she works for maricopa county, arizona, the same county where controversial sheriff joe arpaio worked. she is the chief of the special victims division of the district attorney's ofce. the judiciary committee staff utntacted her boss over the weekend to ask a her. she has worked in the office for 26 years. five minutes after the hour right now. this morning bill cosby willn wake up a maximum security prison 30 miles north of philadyphia. yesteroes which was stepsed to three to ten years in prison for sexual assault of a woman i 2004. the judge called cosby a sexually violent predator. the defense team says it will appeal this. the recent spike in gun

violence continued last night. two men were shot on benning road northeast. xtra patrols have been in the area. as of this morning there have been 119 homicides in d.c. that number has already surpassed all the killings in 2017 when there were 116. marylandamily is pleading for the driver who hit and killed their son to come forward. rapping up-old was work with his dad in gainesville on sunday when he was killed. this morning investigators have a new clue that may help lead to the driver. this security cooerage shows the car slowing down before taking off. investigators are looking for a white chrysler 300. it's a 2005 to 2010 model that will likyel have damage to the front on the driver's side. a gound me page has been set

st to help adrian's family with funeral you can find that information in the nbc washington app. water, gushirs teetering on the edge, complete chaos. a sinkhole opened up on that road yesterday. crews will continue fixing the water main that broke this morning. news c4'sis lawrence is live with what neighbors are saying all about this. had to be pretty weird, chris? >> yeah, aaron. some are saying we had a tremendous amount of rain. this is just nature taking i course. others say they have to do a better job of maintaining the pipes. there's a gaping hole in thero . that's been patched up. take a look at what we were seeing yesterday. youet an idea of how big a project it was. you saw that water gushing through this area.

carspp were sto in the road inches away from the hole, cars teetering e on thedge that had to be towed out ofhere. the residents in this area didn't have water for the day. they had to shut the water off. basically what happened was several cracks in the water main burst and that erodedeome of underpinnings of the road. all of the soil and rock washed away. once that happened it completely collapsed. now we d speak with one of the anc commissioners who says, you ow, all of this new development in the area, like new washington wizards, mystics facility, is the cause. >> if you don't fix the pipe although you are taking the fee from us then this is what's going to happen and this can happen any time. >> reporter: okay. so bottom line b waterk on. aat's the good news but here

you get idea of the scope of this project. the metro buses a going to be detouring around mississippi avenue for the next few days. it's probably going to take several days for this road to get repaved and reopened. chris, thank you. if you've been caught on one of those d.c. speedcameras, you are not alone. aaa reports the programge rated more than a million tickets last year alone. next year, even more people are expected to gettickets. the cameras are hardest to see. all of the tickets added more than m$100lion of revenue in the district. people love to he the speed cameras. it's a money making machine. >> if you know they're there you slow down. 5:09. a fiery rescue in prince william county. a man braved fire, smoke, possible explosion to help save

four strangers. >> take a look at cell phone video taken seconds after the impact. you can see flames shooting out of the car. a silver chrysler jumped the media and slammed head on into the jeep. david ayala helped and they went through the sun roof to pull the driver from the burning jeep. >> weore down the jeep sun roof to get him out and he was just completely hurt. the gentleman so far had a broken leg. the steering wheel was compressed on his chest. he couldn't breathe. i hope he's okay. everyone wants to go home every day. >> ayal was able to pull the other driver out of the christ chrysler, too. with mid terms around the corner, the cast of "hamilton" took on another role. >> cast and crew helped people

to register to vote. that was part of national voter registration day. the cast held register people on the spot inside the lobby. the mid-term elections are on november 6th. ben & jerry's ice cream hopes your swe tooth will help propel several progressive candidates into office. they're backing seven candites that support universal health care and debt free college. they're working with move on, a political action committee helping to support left leaning candidates. the upcoming electionsre weighing on the minds of voters. the incumbent senatort democ tim cane will square off against democratstory art. that starts at 7:00 p.m. and you can catch "nbc nightly news" at 6:30 following news 4 at 6:00."m t the press" moderator chuck

todd will moderate this debate. i'll be taking part as well as julie kerry. this morning congratulations are in order for a dale city firefighter. >> we told you yesterday about eddie due mayer taking that chilly recipeoro new york a chance at $10,000. smoke showing. he told us bacon was the key.as boy, he right. it's being used for the santa prograta they take s around on the fire truck to visit terminally ill children in the community. they do so much goo for the community. instead of getting a shiny new toy and keeping it for themselves, they're giving it back congratulations. i want to try that chili. millennials are growing up and gettingie ma >> they are also changing the wedding gift game. coming up, two things popping up more on registries and y.

talk about a nightmare scenario. a woman's car explodes. what she had inside that caused the ouble. who wouldn't want to protect their home and save money at the same time. the things you can do to keep your basement safe during the xt round of rain. sheena? we don't have any rain. we have areas of patchy fog. et is mild. temperatures in 70s. it will be that way this morning. before you leave, do take t umbrella. we're looking at thetorms in we're looking at thetorms in s

he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. and fully fund our schools.n drug costs the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" and fully fund our schools.n drug costs to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare. drug costs to lead maryland. but it means we've got to believe in each other. ben jealous. governor. you're watching news 4 today. 5:16 right now. this is a nightmare for a driver in cincinnati. her car exploded while she was

in it. security cameras captured this. nearby officer jumped in to help that woman. remarkably she was able to get out and actually talk with the paramedi before she was taken to the hospital. authorities believe a propane tank inside her suv may have caused that blast. it's really incredible to know that she walked away mr. that looking at that video. my goodness. new this morning, millenn l millennials are cashi on their wedding day. so apparently more couples arei embr cash registries. what do you register, $50 bill, 6100 dollar bills. >> instead of a gift plea go to my ypal. >> put money in my account? >> here, i'm registered a12 different places. buy me stuff? >> 12 different places. >> i don't know what it is. whatever. this isart o a growing trend among younger adults. they're prioritizing experiences over stuff, possessions, gifts. >> a lot of my wedding gifts -- i still use them and i've been

married 15 years. >> accordingao d from wedding planning sites, cash rej citi registries are up. they use the money from honeymoon to a downpayment on the home or pay off student debt. modern couples say the cash funds are about more than justy mone it's the experience. >> okay. talk about an exrience. the fresh prince, will smith, spent s 50th birthday jumping out over a plane. he did it over the heart of the grand canyon. oh, my goodness gracious. smithel said thisates to a famil family trip back in 1996. he was the only one in the family who was terrified too alk upthe edge of the canyon. he said, take that. you said he jumped out of a plane. it was a helicopter which makes

it up err crazy to me. >> the whole thing is banana wn >> i would never bungee jump. >> will smith is living his best life. >> superman. > is he one of the best entertainers ever. just the best. >> i've gone sky >> you've gone sky diving. >> it was i will not rely on a cord. they could snap and it would be messy. oh, no, i wouldn't. >> two parachutes. you have a backup and you're on the back of somebody that knows what they're doing. i don't know what i'm doing bungee jumping. this morning, the good thing is we're n dealing with rain. we do have patchy fog. we will have rain. even though it's dry, i'll grab the umbrella. you'll need it this afternoon. this is the severetorm threat. the green shows us the general storm threat.

our highest chance will be around the d.c. metro area and areas north. damaging winds, lightning, heavy rain, potential for hail. nice and dry but we have line of thunderstorms forming today. this morning, some patchy fog.il leesburg visy is less than a half a mile. temperures mild in the low 70s. if you are exercising, looks good this morning.ur temper in the 80s. we have those severe storms. if we go through t day, dry again by the middle of the day through the afternoon. you can see top storms dev there at 6:00 p.m. moving through the d.c. met area, we'll be watching that closely. rain around, upper 60s. it will be cooler and the weekend loo fantastic. let's check in with melissa. good morning. pretty fantastic as well with the exception of this new problemhere. northbound 29 in gainesville. ramp to 66, theeft side is blocked by a new crash. 66 itself loo good.

inner loop and outer loop, green. in southeast, a couple of probms. 14th street near w, lanes blocked for a water main break. sinkhole north of mississippi avenue. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 5:21 saving you from pricey home repairs. what you can do to keep your basement from flooding. virginia suspends a policy. what women were forbidden w bringih them that had many people calling foul. then this morning on "ellen." ♪ ♪

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you're watchingws " today." >> rain, wind, and a whole lot of lightning. our region has been pounded by rough weather. >> rain can do a serious number on your basement. this morning's news 4's chris lawrence can show you what to do now to avoid a costly fix later. >> reporter: flooded basement. even a wet or damp one can cause a lot of anxiety for homeownersa

ter on the floor is anhabvious sign tt you have a problem but chris mclaughlin with jes water says there are other things you can do. >> you may see some discoloration on the drywall meaning there's water behind there. you may have a musty wsmell. t's that? >> it's a water problem or moisture problem. >> reporter: what can you do to protect your home? >> first and foremost, direct water away from the home. start outside. ma sure your gutters are nice and clear. if you don't have sgutters, it a good idea to put gutters on the house. make sure they're running away from the house. >> reporter: in addition, seal any cracks in your foundation to preventng water from see in. waterproof the walls and check your landscaping. experts say you should make sure the draining around your house direct water away from your

home and if you suspect youa he re serious problem, call a professional for help. chris lawrence, new 4. new video this morning of an unpurground rsuit. next at 5:30, we'll show you the wild police chase that took suspects inside a metro train tunnel. and the things you need to know about the weather. a chance for some strong thunderstorms later on in the day today. more rain chancom forrow and friday but i am optimistic that you're going to love the weekend forecast. we'll share that all with you in the next half hour. >> plus dropping a staple for breakfast on the go king more changes. king more changes.

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it is 5:29. we're taking a live look outside this morning. it is a little foggy out there, but guess what? for the first time in days we'rg not g to see any rain for the morning commute. how about that?u how do like those apples? >> i like it. >> how do you like the apples? >> shiny green apples. >> no, red. >>he gre ones are sour. >> granny smith. >> really?

>> whew. >> there we went, right off the rails. >> good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. melissa will have a look at our roads and chuck and cena with a warning about the umbrellane wel today. iteven though you don't need for the second we step out the door which we don't have it for the morning commute, which i finally good news for the morning hours, but rain later on today. >> ere's always a price to be paid for getting something good. that's what we're going to do today. there is a slight risk particularly with the northern half of our viewing area. en a marginal risk down to the south. keep that in mind. storm team 4he scanning mountains and you have to look west the mountains of virginia. enjoy the next couple of hours whichilbe dry. warm and humid, metro area in the low 70s.

a very wm late december morning. look at the temperatures jumping into the 80s. thunderstorms becoming warm and muggt a look a the weekend sunshine coming up in a few minutes. for now,o let's go melissa. >> hi, chuck. taking a look here at the problem in gainesville. northbound 89. the ramp to eastbound . left side getting by the crash. just a warning for you if you're headed that way, we have a couple of different issues there. 270 southbound fromrederick down to the spur, you can see on time, 56 miles an hour.ou nond on 270 is nice and clear as well here this morning. beltway, no issues right now. rolling along well. prince gorges county, branch avenue,ni pennsylvaa avenue good into town and out of town. >> thank you, melissa. update now on breaking news you may have seen at the top of the hour. new york avenue is reopened in

northeast after a crashin lving a d.c. police suv. we're still waiting to findut exactly what happened and whether any officer or other drivers were injured in the crash. >> complete chaos in onet southed.c. neighborhood after a massive sinkhole opened up there. take a lk at the water gushing through that hole. cars teetering on the edge of th cracked road there. >> crews will continue. news 4's chris lawrence are live witht neighbors are saying about this. chris? >> reporter: ueun, some are saying the city needs to do a better job of maintaining the old pipes. take a look behind me. far cry from what w saw yesterday. obviously they got the water main itself fixed anded repa but look at the street. long way to go there. let's take another look at some of t video from yesterday in which you can see all of that

water just pouring through. cracks opened up in that ight inch water main and then it burst. the water start washing away some of the soil and rock and then the asphalt completely fell apart and collapsed. that metro bus parked inchesaw . cars teetering on the edge. we were here when some had to be towed ay. they che water off. neighbors were without power for about most of the day and w talked to one of the residents here who says, look, he says, they c justldn't be helped and he expects this won't be the last time he sees it. >> these pipes are agks. two wee ago -- wowell, t and a half weeks ago they actuay did digging right here at this particular hole. with the bus traffic that we have, they were actually diggino he backfill so it was to be expected for something toen hahere.

>> reporter: all right. and back here live, you can take block.down the this gives you an idea of the scope of the problem. so, again, they didhe fix t water main but again you look at how big of a project thi , we were told that all the metro buses to anacostia are still going to be detouring to avenue.pp it will be several days before this road is totally repaired and back open to traffic. live in southeast d.c., chris lawrence, news 4. >> chris,yo thank now 5:34. now to the latest on the confirmati ctroversy surrounding president trump's supreme court nominee. take a look at the scene here. activists went high tech with their protests tonight. ultraviolet projected a message onto the courthouse of constitution avenue. they don't want kavanaugh confirmed. in the meantime we're learning more about who will question vanaugh and the first woman accusing him of sexual misconduct thi morning. arizona prosecutor rachael

mitchell will take the lead instead of the 11 men on that panel. democrats will give their own questions. yesterday president trump emphasized his support for kavanaugh and criticized the democrats. news 4's tracie potts will have that in a report just ahead. m unexpectedent at the united nations that even caught president trump a little off ar as the president boasted about his accomplishments yesterday, laughter could be heard in the chamber. >> in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the our country. america's -- so true. didn't expect that reaction, but that's okay. >> in a major contrast to last year, there was no talk of rocket man. instead, president trump tanked the north korean leader kim jong-un and called him, quote,

ser rifk. this morning he'll mee with benjamin netanyahu. t recent rash of violence continues. two men shot on benng road northeast. they were sitting inside a car outside a carry out restaurant when another man walked up and sh them. they both survived. d.c. mayor murielowser is very concerned about what's happening. >> dramatic, outrageous and it happened in different places across the city, all non-random acts. all people likely who knew each other. >> as of this morning there have been at least 119 homicides in d. that number has alreadyd surpasll of the killings last year when there were 116. today a jury will begin deliberating in the case of a virginia man accused of killing his wife and the police office who tried to help. investigators say ronald hamilton shotle and k his wife crystal in february of 2016. he then opened fire on

officers who responded to the ene. prince williams county officer was killed. it was her first day on the jobr hamilton's attney argued his client snapped and didn't intend to kill anyone. 5:37 right now. here's a look at our other top stories. four people in the hospital after a head on crash in dale city. is is cell phone video that showed the fire that started seconds after impact. witnesses say silver chrysler jumped the median and slammed head o into the jeep. good samaritans went in to help. four passengers were hurt and flown to the hospital. this morning bill cos u will wakep in a maximum security prison in philadyphia. yestere was sentenced to three to ten years for sexual assault on a woman in 2004.le the judge c cosby a sexually violent predator. his defense team says it will case. this tonight the candidates for virginia's u.s. senate seat will

face off in a debate right here non 4. chuck today will moderate the deba between tim cane and cory stewart. i'll be there asking questions along with our norern virginia bureau chief julie kerry. "nbc nightly news" will air a half hour early at 6: before the deba dwins live at 7:00 p.m. coming up, a plils pursuit showing the scary way the suspect made it onto the track. suspect made it onto the track. >> plus, finineem

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not to the finish.t. but to the beginning. a fight that can only be won, if we stand together for one cause. him. expert care for every new beginning. he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. a plan to lower prescription drug costs d fully fund our schools the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas"

on education, on healthcare. but it means we' o got to believe in eaer. ben jealous. governor. y're watching "news 4 today." welcome back. 5:41. new video this morning showing a wild police chase in l.a. that ended in a traintu el. this happened back in february but the video was just released overnighr take a look yourself. you can see that train go down

the tunnel and then 30 secondst there goes a truck. >> another camera picks up the male driver and femaleasnger after they dished the truck. they tried to fand a place to hide in an evacuation passage. take a look here. with few options to escape, the man hit under the floor board. the woman walked out of the tunnel and was never caught. police stormed the evacuation hatch. they fouer the man und the floor. he was sentenced to two years in ja jail. well, the good news t is mornin we're not looking at rain for the morning commute. we have rain thisn. aftern we have rain thisn. aftern chuck is back in a few minu

i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennseer wexton, and as a ptor, 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 sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this message because, like every working mom, what's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. you're watching "news 4 today." >> welcome back. 5:45. senate republicans are bringing in outside help to question suprtte court nominee b kavanaugh and his first accuser for tomorrow's hearing. >> news 4's tracie potts is on capitol ll. who ihis person they're

bringing in. >> reporter: aaron, it's seone u may never have heard of but you'll see tomorrow. rachel mitchell isan a vet sex crimes prosecutor out of phoenix area, maricopa county. she's been doing this for decades. republicans have hired her to ask the questions on their anhalf. judge kavanaugh to tell his story, clear his name and get this nomination moving. what we now know the two other women, oneme un the other debra ramirez said through her attorney that they have similar they're not set to testify. there's no indication they will be testifying. the senate has scheduled a wemmittee vote for friday morning. don't know when the final vote will happen. >> trae potts on the hill for us this morning. thank you.

new details this morning about the bicyclist killed in a hit-and-run outside the natural history museum. tom hallowell was a museum employee who biked to work every day. he was hit along constitution avenue monday on the way to hrk. the driver who h ran a red light and left the scene. his wife has a message for the driver who still hasn't been found. >> i hope and pray that there was a rl significant reason andwhy he had to go so fast he had to disregard the traffic light. i mean, i canne only imahat there might be a reason. >> right now police are only saying the car that hit hallowell was a dark sedan. his wife says she will spend the rest ofer life trying to make the roads safer for bihiclists. morning the search continues for any survivors left

behind after the massiveire in d.c. this comes after an injured citizen was discovered five days after the fire. they're certain everyone has been accounted for. they hope crews can get inside sose of t apartments and recover personal belongings for the families. prosecutors used awn man's facebook post and testimony of family members against him in the d.c. mass murder trial. yesterday he told jurors he did not see wint f two days. that is when the family and housekeeper were held hostage and later killed. experts analyzed the facebook activi ertivity. during a 36 hourd there was hardly any activity. the trial will resume this morning. a speciale honor in works for a beloved yoga instructor who was murdered in the

district. a meeting was held last night to propose it. mccauley was raped andde md two years ago on christmas day. >> virginia is suspending newly introduced policy that would ban women visiting inmates from wearing tampons.ar secr of public and homeland security saying the policy needs further review. prison officials say they wanted the band to prevent conaband from being smuggled into prisons. inmate advocates says it violates the policy rights of visitors. tequila, whisky, scotch is some of the alcohol. stol

he snatched all of the booze he could carry. this was before 2:00 in thein moon monday. he threw a brick through a glass inside.o get there is a reward of $1,000 if it leads to the arrest and indictment in this case. >> what are you trying tosay, eun? >> if you have guests you have to have livations. >> i like that word. 5:50. metro charactering down. i saw a guy. happens all the time. news 4's nicole jacobs has more on the tactic police are using to cash people. >> un and aa in, this one of the biggest in terms of fair evaders. one of the things the police want to do is stop them their track is to add me

police includes plain clothesed ficers and uniformedofficers. the acostia has the most. if fare evaders are caught, they are most likely cited. that fare or fee can range anywhere from the fare, the cos of the fare up to 50 but that money is then funneled back into the jurisdiction where they were ted. aaron, back to you. >>icole jacobs. thank you. 5:51 right now. chuck bell joins us again. a little warmer this morning. not as wetgh thou. >> little hint of late summer and hue mitt at this.

>> yeah. >> back into the 80 been a while since we've been th warm. we w pl a price for that in the form of instorms. there's a likelihood for stronger to potentially severe storms most likely between 3:00 and 7:00. cold front moving through st. uis promises to bring us some autumnal weather. here you see on radar,o rain around the d.c. area this morning. nice dry start for today. runners, walkers, dog walkers. here's washington and baltimore and philly. here's future weather. low clouds and fog giving way to sunshine. more than enough sun.

inhe ear afternoon we get thunderstorms fired up in e shaenandoah valley. do take your umbrella with you today. you are likely going t need it. going to be more rain chances morrow. temperature wise in the mid 60s. low 70s around town. warm and a muggy start. high today86 degrees. won't that feel nice? going down to the final home game of the 2018 baseball season. the nats and the marlins today 4:00 game. there is likely thunderstorms later. make sure youave your poncho. guess what, more rain chances come our way thursday. here's your ten day fo good-bye to the 80s. saturday and sunday looks great. i'll be tweetin out the beach and mountain forecast on my twitter handle @chuckbell4.

good morning, melissa. >> good morning.d- brw crash here this morning. gainesville, ramp to eastbound l 66, soundike all of that has gone to the shoulder. brand-new problem silver spring, outer loop before colesville road. we have a newn accidente left-hand lane. that just happened. you'ee probably problems at the top of the beltway. metroelays on the blue .li travel takes not that bad. top of th beltway, outer loop, no problems right now. the new problem u top is going to cause some delays. 66 in und, 95 north. remember to listen to wtop f.m. it's 5:54. how about thatatt herzer. he's hit another incredible

milestone. he recorded his 300th rikeout. last night they took on the miami marlins at homerz er took the mound and has 300strikeouts. he's incredible. the nats won 9-4. >> chuck mentioned today is the last home game for the nats. first pitch set for 4:05 this afternoon. good morning, i'm eric chemi at cnbc.he losing name donuts. coffee the overwhelming majority of that. starting in january dunkin''s advertising, packaging will use the name dunkin' and t stores will be remodeled. the company says donuts will remain a significantart of the

business. with your cnbc morning business report, i'm eric em >> eric, thank you. you'll soon have two new ways to get your chocolatefix. >> thanks to mcclain based mars, inc., the owner of m&ms announced it's adding two new products. coming in april, helnut m&ms. it has a nutella like filling. >> i will definitely try that. >> chocolate bars are rolling out in time for the winter holidays. they will have mini m&ms in them. >> those would make good stocng stuffers. a heroic rescue while cameras are rolling. fiery crash trapped people inside a jeep. details and the quick thinking a witnessook that kept them alive. working for you. rainy september may mean flooded

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your basement w with flooding. we're working for you to stop later. roblems "news 4 today" starts now > good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 6:00 onhe dot. still it's cloudy and storms coming later. >> get ready. we'l check in with melissa mollet with a look at yourut co but first chuck bell and sheena parveen h aree with a check on your forecast. >> finally, a dry start to a dae around . seems like it's been forever. >> it does, doesn't it? at least you don't need the windshieldwipers. it's dry right now. you need the umbrella late joer on today. as we zoom out, storms off t the west. that will be here later this af rnoon. our severe threat shown by the yellow shaded area.