frustrating complaints and no resolutions. one woman gets money back from two local companies. news 4 at 4:00 begins with breaking news. cpper 4 yingveakin nomin ndon tothe a>>ir rig ahtve w e'. aumber of people are critically injured after a terrible crash on the indian head highway in fort washington. you can see here, the sce involves a cement truck, anday there m be as many as five victims, and we also hear two children they be involved here. route 210 south is shut down at the moment. princeou george'sy firefighter had difficulty rescuing one of the victims from the car. t word on hows happened, but we got a crew headed there to the scene fat more infon for you. stay tuned here with news 4 and we'll kp you updated. right now at 4:00, watching the radar ase a lin of storms moving into the region >> let's go to ourhe stormrm s who is impacted ts evening

during the commute. >> leon, everyone has the chanci for tonight here in the d.c. metro area with the best chanceou deal with thunderstorms is between 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. we're watching this activity just crossing over i-81 right now. weather alert mode because anyi storms t could not only have heavy rain but gusty winds as well. take look. this activity is in the lou ray area, the bright colors there on the radar. that's very heavy rainfall moving through and through wn hagers scatters thunderstorms continue to push east impactings in the evening hours. it's hot and humid out there fuelling these storms. by 7:00 p.m., storm in the area, at 9:00, cloudy and humid, d muggy at 11:00 with a temperature of 73.ce the cs are heavy rains and

gusty winds. now, these thunderstorms bring massive changes f tomorrow's weather. i'll break that down at 15. >> thank you. breaking news in the supreme court confirmatn controversy. hours before the senate reopens the fearing judge brett kavanaugh. >> a third woman stepping forward to accuse kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. ford will testify tomorrow about her allegations dating back to high school. ramirez alleges an incident that happened at yale yesterday, and tovey, most explo allegation surfaced from a woman in our area. theavanaugh strongly denies allegation. blayne alexander has the latest. this caused scrambling today on capitol hill. >> reporter: absolutely. if you're on the hill, there already a push for tomorrow's hearing to be delayed. it's highly itunlikely. as called to hear from christine ford. since then, two more women, a

yo mentioned, came forward, and both of them say they are willing to testify, but there's nonclusioindication they'll get chance. on the eve of the senate judiciary hearing, a third accuser coming forwardth wit most explosive and detailed allegations yet against the supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. julie says in 1981 or '82 she was aware that kavanaugh and others would spike the punch in house parties with drugs and/or alcohol so girls would lose their ability to say no. ae saw kavanaugh and friend get girls drunk so they could be gang rapedaying she was the victim of such an assault and kavanaugh was present. he strongly denies it all writing this is ridiculous and from ttwilight zone adding he r.doesn't even know >> there are scores of people supposed by involved over the years. why is it that none of those people have come forward?

>> reporter: she holds government security clearances tells her story written under penalty of perjury, represented by daniel's attorney who released the accusations this morning after days of teasing on twitter. >> all thee allegations m within this declaration. >> reporter: released just one day before kavanaugh and the first accuser, ford, are set to testify before the senate judiciary committee. democrats demanding a delay. >> absolutely investigate it. it should not be rushed through. >> reporter: the committeeays thellegations are under review, but no plans to delay friday's committee vote. and tomorrow hearing i set to begin at 10:00 a.m. with ford speaking first followed by kavana back to you. >> all right. >> thanks. be sure tolo do the nbc washington app, folks, we'll work for you streaming tomorrow's hearing live so you

won't miss a thing. we have breaking news now. there will be no government shutdown on sunday. >> the president committed to signing a spending bill that passed the bill funds the pentagon and key domesticgencies wit a stopgap spending provision to keep the rest of the government open through dember 7. the bill does not address the president's border wall with mexico. now we turn to an update on a data breach that affected hundreds of thousands of uber drivers. today, uber agreed to pay $148 million and take steps to tighten up data security after prosecutors say the ride hailinf company faileor a year to notify drivers that hackers had stolen their personal information. in 2016, uber learned personal data like driver's license information had been compromised. virginia's two senate candates go head to head tonight in the second debate. democrats cane and republican

challenger stuart square off. >> cane is critical of the trump administration, and stuart is a staunch supporter othe esident and his policies. the debate takes place at pital one headquarters and you can watch it on nbc 4. >> jim is live now at capital one headquarters with a look at what to expect, jim?y, >> jim. >> reporter: hi, guys. we are waiting for the candides to arrive here at the capital one headquarters. there is a lot on the line for stuart tonight, the republican from prince william county. we're going to be talking about that throughout the he's been behind by double digits in every poll throughout the summer and one out last week. we'll share those numbers with you too. more importantly, he's way behind when it comes to money. kane is outpacing him. it's yincredible how m ads he has around the state, and corey is sticking to ads online. we'll get a sense of what each needs to do tonight and how many

times we'll hear the name "donald trump" come up in the hour long debate let's look at the candidates now. first democrat tim ka, going for the second term. he was elected back in 2013, former governorvi of inia, lieutenant governor too and running mate of hillary clinton in 2016. republican cey stuart, since 2006, has been the chair of the board ofsupervisor in prince william county, ran for governor unsuccessfully last year and waa the virgini chairman for donald trump's campaign. here's what we can expect this evening. it is an hour-long debate that uns throughout the commonwealth. each gets 90 seconds for opening marks. then t questions. one minute to answer for each candidate and 30 second rebuttals for each candidate, and because of the debate, we have speal coverage this evening. news 4 at 6:00 is only a half hour thtonight. debate begins at 7:00 right here on nbc 4. you can also catch catch it on c

washington app. so muc we are joined live with chuck todd and more about the big issues that will be coming up i tonight'bate, again, the second of three. a lot on the line for both men, but particularly corey stewart. back to you. >> we have the zone flooded down there. jim and half the news room down there covering this thing tonight. all right. .hould be great to wat thanks, ji we'll check back in a bit. >> thank you, jim. chopper 4 busy over a traffic mess this mornin a tractor trailer overturned and ught fire in the mixing bowl in springfield. the driver lost control while trying toxit on to 395 northbound. the crash blocked thexit ramp. the driver was not seriously injured, and noer vehicles were involved. investigators believe a medical emergency caused a deadlyccident involving a hearse. it happened this morning at the intersection of old branch avenue andn allent road and

camp springs. police believe the driver lost control hitting a utility pole. there was no other vehicles involved. the hearse was empty at the time. residents want to know what on earth is happening on banning road. >> police cou seven shootings in less than a week there along a short stretch of the street. the latest one caught on camera. >> news 4 pat collins shows us the video and is talking to a long time resident of the or neighood. >> reporter: bloodshed on benning road. since friday, seven people shot along a five block stretch of the street in northeast. last night, two men shot and wounded in the parking lot of the hip hop fish and chicken restaurant on benning road. muchf the actio caught by security cameras. you can see the man comend in order two chicken dinners. he then goes to the parkinglot, but a short time later, he comes

back 'sside. hot in the chest. he's looking for help. police and rescue workers on the scene in a flash. they treat him inside and take him to the hospital. they find his friend in the parking lot with a gunshot wound to the leg. the gunman still at large. then last monday night, five blocaway in the 1800 block of benning road, a 25-year-old man shot and killed in front of a convenience store. they say there was some sort of argument. the suspect there still at large. last friday, sylvia's fired upon. the crowd runs to the corner. when it's over, four people shot and wounded. leah was there when it happened. >> i just went into shock, and i couldn't ve, and i didn't know

where to go. a young guy put his body over md anook a bulletigo his r shy to his main artoty to prt my life. >> reporter: the mayor is expected to come to benning road to do something about the violence here. watch this space in northeast. pat collins, new4. sobi distur. next, we are working for you. >> consumer reporters susan hogan, explanes how she got a woman's money back from not bun one, but twoco mpanies. a father bmes himself a the desperate search for his 6-year-old son stretches into day five. on the move, a turtle in a local zoo gets a second chance life and freedom thankso a contraptio

iv back with pictures from chopper 4, a terrible crash in fort washington involving a cement truck. there was as many as five people injured including two children. this is india head highway at east swan creek road a route 210 is shut down. we'll continue to follow it. >> that is ugly. now, nbc 4 responds to a virginia woman whod neeur

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that? 'm supposed to give you my informion, my signed and my social security number, how did you -- how did that happen? >> reporter: not getitng anywhere t-mobile, she called nbc 4 responds. after we reachedout, t-mobile refunded her $240 for the lines she never used, but they never explained what happened. as for the oven, it had a major flaw, she says. >> when i touched the handle of it and the handle was, like, super i couldn't touch it with my hands. >> reporter: she had the oven serviced as recommended by whirlpool -- >> and the technician wrote on the card, problem still exists. >> reporter: and whirlpool's response? >> said the equipment is operating as designed. >> reporter: that's when she contacted nbc 4 responds in a statement, saying no flaw was found by the nitean.

we stand behind our products, but after taking another look at e complaint, whirlpool offered to refund her 90% of the purchase price. while she waits to buy a newen ith the refund, she's got her old faithful from years ago dohe job just fine. are you glad you contacted us >> yes, very happy i did. thank youo much. >> you're welcome so much, and nbc 4 respondseld our viewers get this, save or recover nearly $1.8 million so far. if you have a csumer complai you need help solving, contact us here at nbcwashington.com/responds. pat, back to you? >> good for you, susan, thank you. >> some big changes are being made to mcdonald'sburgers. the company is ditching artificial preservatives, florings, andolors in nearly all burgers including the mcdouble and big mac.

they made changes to the american cheese, the big mac ecial sauce, and bun. all that contains artificial flavoring is the pickles, although a lot isan ng, prices should not. an uplifting story for a guy who might want to gohrough the drive-thru now. okay. we're talking about a little injured turtle who is recoverino but it's all because of a lego enthusiast who built this turtle his own wheelchair. the turtle's recovering in the maryland zoo after fou with fractures on his shell. post-surgery, a veterinary student sketche out a wheelchair design and sent it to a friend who built it from lego bricks. it surrounds the shell and held together by pudpuddy.

>> that's so sweet. >> like, rn, i'mlly flying now, i'm really going so fast. this is amazing. >> lego in the hand of a veterinary student. >> who knew you h the bes turtle impressions. know. we all >> and it's sunny and dry. >> finally. >> like summer. finally. here's the thing, guys, we're tracking scattered thunderstorms in the area tonight, sohile it is feeling very much like summer out there right now, well, the 60s are back tomorrow. yes, the 60s. look at the weather headlines. scattered thunderstorms out there tonight. our graphics are in red. we're in weather alert mode because the storms could have heavy rain and gusty damaging winds. these storms with the cold front, that's going to make our temperatures much cooler tomorrow. we'll only be in the 60s the raint the day with around at times tomorrow. you want to keep that umbrella rehandy. rain in the forecast friday in the morning hours. here's the line of thunderstorms that we're tracking rig now. pretty much passing over i-81 or still back to the west,

hagerstown with heavy rainfall now. he's the timing, moving through tt 5:06, moving through frederick city6:00, and then moving on towestminster at 30 here's your weather at 7:00 p.m., scattered thunderstorms across a good portion of the area, especially stalong and of i-95. 9:00 p.m. with areas of heavy rain out there impacting the area. as we look to tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m., patchy fog and drizzle out there, otherwise cltdy skies through the day tomorrow, by lunchtime, we see more r bn movink in, and then it's looking like a rainy evening commute onur ay, and we'll continue to track showers in spots thursday night and aliday morning before we fly dry out for the weekend. we're in the 60s to finish.start it's cloudy. it's cool. it's damp. it's rainy. ose humidity level are going to be lower tomorrow.

right now, it's oppressive out ther it's feeling very tropical, but tomorrow, feeling comfortable.e aside from rain. the humidity not an issue on friday. feels just a little humid out there, but it is looking nice for your friday afternoon. sunshine starts to develop. high temperatures in the low to mid-70s. when you dry out friday, it's nice out there. the weend is looking fantastic. plenty of sun, especiallyay su the humidity is not an issue saturday or sunday. temperatures in the mid to upper s, the perfect weekend to do stuff outdoors, go to the pumpkin patch. last weekend was not ideal for that. as we look to next week, this is something we have not had in the focast for a while. a string of sunshine, dry weather, no 90s, 70s, and 80s, and we deserve it, guys. oo terrificking ten-day. >> yes. >> thanks. >> thanks. w g want to now to breaking news now. this is another one of the busy things, a verdict reached in the double murder trial of a suspect in prince william county.

chris gordon covered this case, the case of the officer killed on the first day of the job, right? >> reporter: that's right, officer ashley, her mom in court surrounded by suppor,rs, fami friends, and police officers. the defendant stood wearing his staffergeant uniform, ronald hamilton, showing no emotion as he was pronounced guilty of all charges including three capital murder chargesr for the mur of officer ashley and his wif hamilton. it was a domestic dispute. hamilt arguing with his wife, crystal, who called the police from theirwoodbridge home on february 27th, 2016. prince william couldn't police officers responded. he came to the door after shooting his wife. he had an ak-47 and opened firee on officers killing offer ashley and wounding jesse and

officer david mcewen. he was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of his wife, crystal hamilton, and officer auiley and foundy of attempted murder against the other two officers. he was found guilty of assault attempted earm and murder of two officers and was also found guilty of child neglect against his at the time 11-year-old son when he pushed t his sonde the door after shooting the officers and h son was outside at that time. now, we have a capital murder trial. jury ordered to return here on monday tex begin the phase of this trial, which is to consider the death penalty. that's the latest from the judicial center, back to you. >> all right. >> thank youo much. >> and we'll continue right after this. kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop.

i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers.t then i w honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginia and passed a law to expand job training for young people. i'e tim kaine, and i appris message. here in virginia, we have to build an economy that works for all. of great savings and service.

with such a long history, it's easy to trust geico! thank u todd. it's not just easy. it's-being-a-master-of-hypnotism easy.ot hey, iour text- sleep! doug, when i snap my fingersyo re going to clean my gutters. ooh i should clean your gutters! great idea. it's notasust easy. it's geico todd, you will go make me a frittata. i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, 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, worked across party line tas and take guns away from domestic abuser 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.

a thishd woman accusing brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct is making headlines today like the first two accusers. this woman's memory ofavaugh is from the early 1980s.

julie is her nam and told her story through her lawyer, michael, who has been heading up the allegations for days and now released details on the eve of he next judiciary committee hearin tomorrow, kavanaugh and his original accuser, ford, will address under oath accusations that kavanaugh trieo sexual assault her while in he denies all accusations against him. now, we posted over a doz stories about this confirmation controversy in the last 24 hour wnload our nbc washington app to stay up to date there. pat? women raising their voices on capitol hill and workplaces all over the country. they say the me too movement and trump era is the reason she released her book "knowing your value: women, money, and getting what you're worth," we spoke with her earlier today and is joining us tell us about the book. >> i read the book, i read it many years ago, but mika says

the message matches the moment, that now more than ever, itr s important men to find their voices and use them effectively in getting what thee rve. respect. first and friendships follow. but sadly, she says for many women, they wait months, maybe years working up the courage to ask for that promotion. >> one of theseth thing you point out is don't assume anything's going to be noticed. as women, we have a problem going in there touting success because it' perceived a certain way. >> you know, we have to turn our frown upsidedown on the issue. we tend tohink it'suntowards to talk about money or talk about accomplishments or value. every woman needs to practice it every dayment don'tpologize your way into the room. you will not get to your goal.us you undermind it with those words "i'm sorry," dig deep, find ourpassions, and wrap our passions into what it is we bring to the table so we confidd

with flair and with conviction about what it is that we want and w and why they want us at the table. >> she says she's encourawod by so mann who let her know they read the book, they followed her advice, and ghe raise. >> a great message and worth re-reading if you already read it. >> yeah. >> thank you. all right. we have much more to comen news 4 at 4:00. the father of a missing 6-year-old boy with autisms blaming himself for his son's disappearance. disappearance. the latest on the searc kaine: my dad ran an ironworking shop.

i learned hard work and a trade from him and his workers. then i went to honduras as a missionary and taught kids to be carpenters and welders. our economy works best when everyone has a skill, like shipbuilding. that's why i created career and technical academies across virginiao and passed a lawpand job training for young people. i'm tim kaine, and i approve this message. here in virginia, we have to build an economy that works for all. strand restoring ading a father's faith.... it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorr. stronger is finding it earlier ... and coming he sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not ndving up, until you hem. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger.

we continuhi to work breaking newsin in george's county involving the cement truck and another vehicle there. there ares many as five people injured at this t.poin we're told including two children. you're looking at indian head highway at sn creek road. right now, route 210 south isdo shut . no word how it happened, but derek ward is headed to the scene and expect to hear from him momentarily. stl tuned. weeep you updated. >> terrible scene there. hundreds of law enforcement officials are searchie the area wh6-year-old boy with special needs went missing in north carolina. it's been four days now.mo five. today, his parents spoke to the

media for the first time. >> maddox is my whole world. >> reporter: breaking silence tuesday with a desperate plea for her autistic son's return. >> i just want my baby's home please. >> a missing kid, we searched everywhere. >> reporter: four days since the 911 call was made from a park west of charlotte where 6-year-old maddox disappeared. an>> we don't another hour to pass before we find him and brinhim home. >> reporter: he's nonverbal so there's recordings of his parents's voices in attempt to get his attention ifos he's in the woods. hundreds of law enforcement personnel continue the searc leaving no stone unturned. >> we've srched and researched every day with new search personnel, every piece of the property. >> we'd search landfills and dumpster dives, really is part

of the sop. >> reporter: fbi says his father is cooperating and retraced the path where he went missing saturd. ian rich spoke this morning on "good morning america. >> at some point, he got out of my vi, and that's when i never saw him again. >> reporter: rich is heart broken and told police they tooh him t park when the boy ran after a jogger. >> everybody looks at you as a monster, and i regretted that since the moment it happened. >> reporter: a moment everyoneh in community prays will end with maddox rich coming home safe. nbc news. back now to the virginia senate debate. the democrat and republican square off tonight. >> the race is heated and evenes nasty at t it takes place at capital one headquarters and jimlyha is there with a look at where debate tand before the tonight, jim?

>> reporter: yeah, interesting, pat, you say "nty," a it'll be interesting to see if it takes a nasty turn tonight. e are awaiting the candidates' arrival. the debate begins at 7:00 here on nbc 4 and our ngnbc wasn app. we want to share the latest poll, which is reallyiv refle of where this race stood since june. take a look. tim kaine up 49% to 30%, and 73% of all republicans for stewart, 15% for caine and 90% of democrats pick caine. one-third, you should know, say ump is a factor in this race. that brings us to our guest, our nbc political director, mark murray, thank you for joining us. jim.anks, >> start with president trump. how much do we hear his name and how much a factor? stew warart says he was trump be trump. >> i don't know what's going on comes todebate when it president trump, but all midterm

elections come down to theen pres of the united states, particularly in a fight like virginia that is so close to the natif 's capital, and onee things we're seeing on the campaign trail, this race and others,ou is have democratic candidates and democratic incumbents being a check and balance on the president of the united states republicans want to support that agenda and the dynamic in tonight's debate plays out throughout the entire e'country. >> seen the state party pull away from corey stew wart. nationally, too, they are not giving much repport to the blican candidate. does that surprise you? might we see a switch in that? howre they viewing the race? >> yeah. national republicans are not talking about it at all. in some ways, that's a surprising development, if you were an observer of politics after electioes day with ent trump, places like virginia and places like michigan and wisco are not top battlegrounds. what we saw in the2016 presidential election but one thing that he's trying to do is say, i'm going t run a

full donald trump-like campaign to be able to get his voters to the polls. back in the virginia governor's race in 2017, ed tried to have that message, but he didn't hav that biography, and he was not able to draw trump voters in. we get with stewart, we'll see if a full trump candidate brings voters to the polls. >> we were here last year talking about the gubernatorial rate. back to you live from the capital one headquarters, again, that debate coming up at 7:00 right here on nbc 4 and our nbc washington app. we're going to join with chuck todd at 5:15 tonight. back to you for you. >> all right. thank you, jim. over to amelia standing by in the storm center. we had- yeah. i was talking about the area of heavy rain and now it's a severe thunderstorm warning in washington and frederick county until 5:30 for heavy rainfall and potential for damaging winds. winds. more storms ou

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news 4 is working for you putting the spotlight on a new benet for military families. >> it is hard to imagine life without the internet, isn't it? but foromeeterans the cost puts it out of reach, and now comcast is expanding its internet essential program and making it available to vets across the country t anywhere company provides service. two olympians announced the launch yesterday, and a partnership with the elizabeth dole foundation provides digital education and community outreach. >> 40% of low income veterans have no computer, a third of them have no internet access, and it's so important thatve th it, to access their benefits. the are men and women who have fought for our freedom and our security. >> so, another way for them to connect with some of their service members they have been

serving with, toelp link them up with jobs or just to make sure that they are doing good i think is an amazing tool to have. >> the program also helps eligible veterans buy computers r under $150. comcast is the parent company, of course, of nbc universal. well, we continue to have a severe thunderstorm warning until 5:30or areas in washington county and frederick and olca county. and olca county. when dohey t

this is a fight. not to the finish. and olca county. when dohey 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. expert care i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night.

w later, when i had a actice, 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 mvesage because, like e working mom, at's ahead is as important as what's in the rearview mirror. let's get you caught up in the newsroom this afternoon. crews on the scene of india head highway in fort washington. the wrecknvolving an

overturned cement truck and two vehicles. ao people were pulled from beneath the truck flown to the hospital. three others, including two children, were tated at the scene. a third woman has come forward to accuse judge brettgh kavan of sexual misconduct. in a sworn avenue david, she said he and friends would spike punch at high schoolarties to take advantage of vulnerable girls. she said she was gang raped at one of his parties. senator tim caine and corey stewart swear off tonight. caine holds a significant lead in polling. we'll check in with jim handly 5:00 and watch the debate live at 7:00 right here on nbc 4. no government shutdown sunday. president trump has committed tn si a spending bill passed by congress. that bill funds the pentagon and

keeps domestic agencies and includes a stopgapin spe provision to keep the rest of the government open through december 7th. president trump has a news conference planned in new york within the next 15 minutes or so, and when that happe, we'll brin it to you live. back to you in the studio. >> thank you. it's been just overee a since wendy martinez was stabbed to death joggingog in circle, and today we have a better understanding about the past of the suspect. anthony crawford, news 4 learned he had a number of run-ins for skips out on fares, and transportation reporter has the latest from the shaw station. adam? >> reporr: first of l, off the bat, no one is making the correlation between someone who evades fare on metro commits a murder, but this part of the story is impor nnt for aber of reasons. number one, it paints a picture of what was going on in th suspect's life in the years before it led to this arrest. of thisnd part of a is this is the first time we're

actually seeing a mushot of the suspect. until now, this surveillance video was the only ima of anthony crawford, the suspect in the logan circle stabbing deatut that we had,ews 4 learned he was known extensively to metro transit police, ced six times in the past two years for fare evasion, arrested once. sources did not go as far as to say this murder could have been prevented, but some s it's a ne for tougher penalties, and that is a controversialissue. there's been an ongoing battle in the district about decriminalizing fare evasion. >> it's absurd to go to jail over a $2 fare. >> reporter: jessica raven has been pushing for it and says the evasion a policies not fair. >> the places where they are cracking down on fare evasion are in poor communities so if a strategy to peepoor communities of color off metros.

>> reporter: they cited stats showing in part because of the fare crackdown, crime is down across the system. still, as the community continues to make sense of the murder crawford's past comes in focus a bit more. in the district, news 4. > turning now to the weather. amelia, you have stormsut there? >> a severe thunderstorm warning in effect for parts of washington, frederick, and carroll county inand over the mason dixonine until 5:30. heavy rain there, potential for gusty, damaging winds. i timed it out for you with the storm team 4 radar. moving through at 5:00 and at 5:15, and continuing on throughi leburg at 5:40. our high resolution computer models, , keep this area of very heavy rainfall together and almost strengthening it as ius continues to off towards the east towards the baltimore areas.

heads up if you know somebody in baltimore. let them know they have potentially potent storm moving through withinhe next few hours. take a look. it's part of a larger line of showers and thundwestorms that e tracking. the bottom part of the line moving more quickly so at times, it's giving you an idea and, of course, it can change. this ishe a rough idea to expect the rain. reston at 5:30, the district at 6:15, annapolis at this area of rain brings changes to the forecast tomorrow, but tonight, scattered ttnderstorms there with heavy rain and gusty winds until 9:00 p.m. it is muggy and feeling like summer. t degrees. look att number behind it. big changes with the temperatures tomorrow. >> oh, yeah. >> oh, ah, amelia, this is a shock to the stem because the temperatures are dona temperatures are only in the 60s tomorrow c it is anothl day, a cloudy day with fog out there, patchy ty, but we're i going to have a few areas of

drizzle around tomorrow, but thenome more steady rain into the afternoon and into the evening. f timing that o you, at 4:30, showers overnight, and then a few showers aroundin tomorrow mo but, again, it's just gray. it's just drizzly out there. then as we go through your day on thursday we keep the clouds. the rain chances increase throughout the afternoon and into theen g. we could have spotty areas of moderate rain as we head into thursday overnight. we'll have some rain friday morning, but it's going to try high tail it out of here through the day on friday, and we will getal some gra clearing through the day on friday, maybe a few peeks of s w turn the corner on this dreary forecast. look at the weekends. beautiful recast. temperatures are he upper zeft70s, but plenty of, amelia, and on ten-day, it's through next week. >> we deserve this. trking a nice streak of dry, sunny weather. i'll step out for the ten-dy.

lauren s fantastic weekend, guys, i can't wait for the weather. we deserve it. next week, it's dry with hhs in the 80s. >> all right. sounds good. >>thanks, amelia. up next, d.c.'s mayor today introduced something benefitting homeless family. the sweet little kiss stole the show. what this means for her new family. getti adivorce, many didn't know he was married. reps for both confirm they are

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on we're keeping our eye things in new york where we are standing by for an address from president trump set for 5:00. the white about his time in the united nations and calling the, quote, news of theday. that's live here as soon as it starts. pat. >> and here's some good news. d.c. mayor bowser cut the rib don paed on the first of several new homeles shelters for families across the city with a

surprise little guest. news 4 spoke to the mayor about new he wanted to bring her little baby miranda to the event. >> one, two, three! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: today's ribbon cutting was supposed to shine a light on the mayor and d.c.'s efforts to close the d.c. general family shelter.s >> it' past time to demolish d.c. general. >> reporter:aby miranda stole the show. the new shelter called the kennedy is off kennedy street northwest in ward 4, home to as many as 45 families offering modern living accommodations as well as recreation space, computer labs, and there's also going to be space for service providers that wilh help e family on their paths to housing. from this single mom living with her son in the d.c. general shelter for two years, she says there'somparison between the new shelters and where she's been living. l,>> d.c. gene the moment you walk in, it's kind of gloomy.

just the way that it is set up, it's set up more -- >> rorter: this i quite a gathering. wow. this is a lot of people. >> a lot of media. we are now joining president trump at the united nations where he's addressing the nation about what's been going on there for the last two days. >> as you know, prime minister abe of japan, we'retr starting e talks with japan, and they were not willing for years to talk trade, and now they are willing to talk trade, and i'm sure we'll make a very good deal. just concluded, as you know, two days ago, signed a deal with south rea, trade deal, a tremendous deal with south korea, means a lot of business for our p farmers, openingr farmers, opening up for a lot of different groups. we're going to be ae to sell much more than double the number of automobiles that we were lowed under theeal that was totally defective that was there before.

we're very happy with that that deal concluded. very well along the way with mexico. the relationship is very good and with canada, we'll see what happens. they charging 300% tariffs on dairy products. we can't have that. we can't have that. with china, as youknow, we put out an announcement today that lose ould like to see me an election because they have never been challenged like this, but i want to openp china to our farmers and to o industrialists and our companies. i want to be open to them. they charge 25, 35%, 55% for things, and we charge them nothing in terms of coming into the country. cars that are %, and we're 2% and 2.5%, and don't even collece it, but collect it now. so we're doing very well in our situation with china on trade. i have a great relationship with the president of china,

president xi, but it's going to be a two-way street. if for 25 years or longer, it was not, and trillions trillions of dollars was taken out of the united states for thf benefichina. we just can't have that. we have to make it fair. so we're at $250 billion now, 25% interest, and a lot of money is comin into our coffers. it's had no impactn o absolutely, by the way, no impact on our economy. which i said it wouldn't. l fact, steel is the hottest industry there isk at steam, a 25% dumped massive amounts of steel, they want those companies out of business, and after they are, they'll charge five tes more than ever thought possible, and we need steel and alumin, and those industries are doing ,