news 4 today begins wh breaking news. >> that breaking news, major issues on the roads this morning after a night of a lateral of rain to georgeashington parkway. just reopened after a tree fell across southbound lanes overnight. the issue was in maryland where thas a crash impacting the beltway and i-. >> we're going to get to him first and then chuck andna s will fill us in on the impact of all the rain we got last night. >> we had the issue southbound to george washington rkway st reopened. we have trees that have fallen down on the gw parkway south. all travel lanes opened. issues remain. jackknifed tractor-trailer 1 of 2. in tr loop of beltway, right side of the roadways is getting by. volume was still light. inner loop of the beltway toward

park.ge that crash also involving a jackknifed tractor-trailer. that could be until about 6:30 or 7:00 this morning. we're off to a rough srt this morni morning. >> once you drive-thru those puddles it really grabs ahold of your wheels. >> exactly, right. those puddles are deep this morning. it was a ailuge of overnight. fortunately the heavy rain is coming to an en there's a live picture over national airport. a lot of headlights sheen on the roads thismorning. there's water u erywhere. yocan see on the regional radar much of the heavy rain isd acrossaware and new jersey moving away from us. itin willly bring a northwest wind in here and blow

the rest of the moisture out. we'll be try for remainder of your friday. there's still the northern half of our viewing area now. north up 270, north up i-95. be careful. watch for highte standing temperatures in the upper 50s to around 60 degrees 'snow. going to be a nice second half of your >>friday. we should have sunshine back with a high of 75 degekes and the d looks nice too. more of that coming up in a minute. >> thank you, chuck. this morning millions of americans are still digesting the emotional testimonies from supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and dr. christine blasey ford. the hearing lasted for nearly nine hoursye erday. people glued to their tvs at work and at home.'s he what happens next. a vote on kavanaugh's nomination be scheduled for 9:30 this morning with mem of the senate judiciary committee. >> republican senators haven't

said which way they're leaning. in her opening statement she insisted she didn't want to come shrward but felt it was her duty. also left no doubt that she believed it was kavanaugh that tried to rape her in 1982. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted yo >> 100%. >> after dr. ford wrapped up her stimony it was judge kavanaugh's turn to testify. several times during the hearine was visibly emotional stopping at times to compose himself. also angry saying democrats turned the confirmation process into a search to destroy strategy. >> none of these allegations are true. >> correct. >> no doubtn your mind. >> zero. i'm 100% certain. >> 100% certain senator.

>> you swear to god. >> i swear to god. >> coming up, we'll have more analysis on the hearing andha wt ens next. the r weather didn't stop demonstrators outside of the capitol. >> they're demanding the o presidenter an fbi investigation. more protested are expected today and could last through the weekend. ofrse you can find more coverage on the nbc washington app. >> it's now 4: developing this morning, students at the university of maland are on edge and upset happening at the technology program buildingn wednesday. an employee found an offensive phrase aaninst afr americans written in the men's restroom. it's the fifth alleged hate crime at the university this

month against african americans and the lgbt 2 community. the university police department is asking anyone with information to contact them. >> we want to update you now on that situation in northeast d.c. we brought you as breaking news yesterday on news 4 today. the 16 hour ordeal did not end until about 2:00 in the afternoon when police arrested a turns out the suspect wassp suted of it. he barricaded himself insidend he was eventually arrested and will be extradited to arlington where he will be charged withpe nd strangulation. >> a local school employee is accused of child negligent. this happened at rock terrace school in montgomery county. a school aid is charged with negligent after letting two teens with autism leave the

school. he was arrested after failing to report students leaving. police say lopez reported the first student missing after a call from a a family membeut picking them up. officers returned to school about two hours later for a report on the second missing student. both teensnd were f safe wandering miles away from the bui building. sadly we have a terrible outcome for a grieving mher in north carolina. they found the body of her missing 6-year-old son with autism. maddox ritch. the body was discovered in a creek more than a mile from where he went missing. his fathe says his son ran away from him during a walk. there's still many unanswered questions and the investigation a not over. >>ington memorial bridge will be closed for a major constructi project. starting tonight at 7:00, crews plan to close lanes in both directions. it's beenal delayed sev times

and this weekend you won't ble o walk or bike over the bridge either. it's the start ofil a $200on project to repair the aginggr . you can expect the left lane in both directions to be csed all day. >> this morning, anoer bridge across the potomac river. they narrowed down a few locations they say a bridge would work. a bridge thatonnects places like route 28 and the loudoun county parkway would be but some want to protect agricultural lan on the maryland side of the river. it could require regional approval and funding. >> it's now 4:37. coming up, it is a hang out fit for harry potter but you don't have to go to londono seehow. how you can pay a visit to this wiza. wonder land >> you're going to need some magic for these shoes.

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welcome back. it's 4:44. a realousewives of poto c husband is facing serious charges this morning. he's charged with sex assault. the alleged incident happened on september 1st on the set of the bravo show. a camera man says he groped him grabbing his rear end and giving him alirtatious look. he told him to stop and reported it to a supervisor. bravo has not comme ted ons incident. >> it's about to cost you more money to buy the stuff you buy every day. a sales tax hike is going intoy effect monn the district. nearly everything including tickets to your favorite show

cigarettes and other tobacco oducts will take a really hard hit. the general sales and tax rate wiincrease 6% up from the current 5.75 andust so you know, feminine hygiene products are exempt from the hike. i had to ask, but how much would you pay for a pair of oes? >> it depends. >> hundreds of thousands. >> thousands, no way. no way. a jeweler in dubai put a price tag, $17 million for a pair ofa diond studded heels. it's at - its the world's most expensive pair of shoes. 100 carats of flawless diamonds. >> that's a waste of diamonds. why wouldn't youurn that into jewelry. >> why would you put them on the ground and walk on them.

>> they're on display. the ceo is confident the shoes will find a buyer.fo r 17 million you have to put them onnd turn into beyonce. i'm sorry. >> that's the most ridiculou thing i have ever seen. somebody probably be buy them but n they'll probabl wear them. they'll just sit them in a pretty little case.t i douy shoes over $40 because i walk in them a day. so the rain is moving out this morning and as we go through the afternoon gradual cleang. ri

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morning. that's just how transfixed the nearly was during the nine hour hearing. >> i watched my facebook feed fill u with people commenting about it and people want to know what happens next. let's get to tracie potts liv on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> so next is the committee vote it's the final vote, but it could give us some sense of where this is going. there's one person to watch this morning, arizona republican jeff flake. he said after the hearing he was still undecided. he's the 11th republican. if the of them vote in favor of kavanaugh and he doesn't, this does not get o favorably o committee. it doesn't mean he won't be confirmed but it ges us some sense of what's ahead. so after today's committee vote, the leadership here has already set a schedule for what happens next. this is quite a process. so they want to stay over part of the weekendo start this process with a vote on saturday.

they haveo take the day off sunday according to the rules and then we're looking at 30 urs of debate starting on monday assuming this moves forward. after that a possible final vote on tuesday so you could be looking at ann up or d vote in a matter of days. >> a hand full of republican senato senators. >> jurors heard fm the lead dna analyst. it matched the suspect and the handle of a knife. he also said dna w uncovered from a construction desk. the defense team pressed ahe about items not tested for dna. he is o f trial the torture and murder of the family in may of 2016.

whether you're enjoying your metro service right now or not theleadership, yesterday the metro board approved the contract. first on four yesterday and he was there for what was at times a debate. >> controversy about a contract. >> i can look at whomever i want. thank you. >> please, please,se pl respect everyone when they're talking. >> today disagreement from many sidesbout extending the contract of metro's lder paul wiedefeld. >> employee morale went down, so much so that people don't like coming into work. >> leave it t metro board members calling the optics of the situation bad. they get almost a 10% pay raise

taking his basal have to $445,000 a ye. meanwhile there's been cuts to service and metro res ted pay and benefit increases to front workers. >> we shouldn't be inflicting requiring pain from our riders and pain from our jurisdiction and pain from empyees and on the other hand, making a significant incrse in the compensation for our general manager. >> in the end, though, the contract passed. >> this is the best job i've ever had. i love the job. i love theor people i with. i love what i do every day. we are makingimprovements. >>ouor now th, this leadership team not going anywhere. >> atmetro headquaters, news 4. >> adam also discovered this pay increase. that's going to take effect

immediate immediately. >> you need to know this information. starting monday, they'll have to have a special one ic. and fairfax county. they're moving away from using student i.d.s for the kids ride free program. more schools are offering free transit rides to students. >> well, the skins may not be playing this weekend at the bye week but there's another match to watch out for. >> the biggest gam t ofhe season fighting for the final playoff spot in the league. they beat the montreal impact. the united hope their advantage will help secure that win. >> i think it's just like theay ers for the fans i'm sure it very refreshing to go to a brand new stadium they can call

their home. >> it kicks off tomorrow night at 7:00. >> it's now 4:51. we're still tracking traffic alerts. take a look. this is new video from the big problem along the beltway near i-95n i maryland. >> as you can see, the far right lane is getting by. this is on the inner loop ofhe beltway. that needs to be removed off the guard railknd put b on the roadway. inner loop right right now but you can expect slow downs later. inner loop at the beltway, i-95 north at college park. that remains blocked. also a jackknifed we'll see the rain. still closed. a lot of cleanp to do. water in the right ne, use caution. that could be the case in a number of spots. irfax county northbound going northbound had an accident with a couple of vehicles off the

roadway. left side of the roadway is getting by. how ishe rest of our day looking? >> it looks really, really nice. the sunshine will be making a come back in the next couple of hours. the heavy rain is done. something fun you can do to get your weekend off o the right foot, it's going to be a nice day tomorrow. i'll be one of the mcown there. so you can see me. our puppy dog that's almost six months old now, if you want to enter your dog in and there's hundreds of dollars in prize money to be won justth go t website and i'll be down there from 9:00 tomorrow morning to 2:00 or 3:00 in the afternoon. it won't be raating. th's the best news ever. rain showers have quickly come to an end. this is going to bring in cooler -- excuse me -- i'mo excited i'm almost allergic to the thought of sunshine. it's been raining so much around

here. it will be rain free for your friday afternoon and friday night plan. out of here in the next hour or two and it will not rain either saturday or sunday. >> high standingn water i many areas. illuminated counts go until 7:15 the morning. as far as your friday goes, rain ending rly, early this morning. sunshine this afternoon. daytime highs 75 degrees. believe it or not you can get your car washed for today. we should be dry through the weekend andonestly our next chance for showers doesn't roll in until probablyoouesday afte next week. there's your ten day forecast with precious little in the way ain chances. that's excellent news for sure. weekend, i, kn sunny. 75 today, 76 tomorrow, 76 on sunday. we'll get you the beach and mountain forecast coming up. >> that looks so nice after all th rain youhad. thank you so much. >> get ready to laugh this

d.eken saturday night live is back and adam driver will be hosting. kanye west is the musical guest. that's a strong show. >> that's going to be great. a family has added some magical touches and you have to see. check out how they turn their backyard into a agon alley. now they're using it to help -- i know she looks lik her. they're trying to help victims of hurricane florence. they're inviting kids to come take professional pictures there in exchange for a donation for some of the hurricane victims. >> we have a friend who is actually from north carolina and

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that breaking news, overnight storms, aess on the roads and the possibility of someng floo take a look at george washington parkway. it was closed near chain bridge road when a tree fell on the road. that's been cleaned up. you. morning to >> i heard it coming down last night. the only issue for the morning commute. check this out. a jackknifed tractor-tra ter fromhe inner loop.

>> chuck and sheena have a check on your forecast. but we believe with a look at your commut jeff, what are you seeing? >> we'll start with that jackknifed tractor-trailer. i'll start here with the lane open. i the volum light for now, inner loop at the beltway, to the north on i-95 out of college park. that's closed for the foreseeablefuture. a lot of clean up can be done. 355 up in the northern end of montgomery back to perry road and urbana parkway. 355 is closed due to flooding conditions. same situation along 385. that also had been closed due t. high wa we have lanes open now. the water is