rain and chilly temperatures come our way just like that. big change. >> i'm a little ready for . >> you are? >> a little bit. at the same time we're trackg hurrican michael. the storm strengthened to strength 4. we'll have more on what's being called an historic hurricane. first, we'll turn back to our thel forecast and a look at commute too. >> melissa mollet is standing by in the first 4 traffic.we begin with storm team 4 meteorologist amelian draper for chuck. another hot and humid day? >> yeah. you want to soak itup. as you said, eun, i think this could be the last warm and humid day of the year. right now we're at 74 degrees and we're three degrees warmer an where we should be. we'll stay in the low to mid 20s. as we move towards 9:00,:00

a.m., we'll see peaks of sunshine. i am tracking a major cooldown. cool ehaugh in the mountains saturday morning we'll have to update the weekend forecast. above 3500 feet. maybe a few wet snowflakes mixing in with some rain. that's giving you a idea of how cool it's going to be. i'm going to be talking abo that plus of course historic category michael now a 4 hurricane that has its eye set on the florida panhandle. i'm going to have the latestng trac and impacts in five minutes. >> thanks, amia. taking a look at the roads. northbound 270 between old georgetown and montrose, had the work zone. looks like it might have a delay. rest of 270 just fine.g southbound see little bit of a delay. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway is nice and clear here

thning and 95 in virginia, quantico to the beltway, you can see 68 miles per hour. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 4:32 now. monstrous. that is what officials are calling hurricane michael. category 4 storm is set to make landfall heres.n the this afternoon. florida panhandle is directly in rs now.ss h this is a look at the radar satellite immake of that part of the s. and the caribbean. florida's governor rick scott says this could be the worst storm the panhandle has seen in decades. >> residents who haven't left are preparing for the torrential young pours, potentially getting out of - dodge residents across the region are bracing for maj power outages long after the storm is gone. first responders are in florida this morning ready to offer help

to those in need. wellre s following a developing story out of prince william county this morning. police sri a woman to save a child after she was abducted on her way to school. pa trish yeah aguilar saw the man and child and thought sheed nehelp. when she tried to do something the man grabbed aguilar and the young girl and dragged her into the. backya they started fighting and the son woke up and he came outside. the man has been identified a adam seth walter. he sexually assaulted the child and then let hergo that girl found a police officer who was already looking for her and led them to walter. is now in jail facing several felony ch>ges. eveloping this morning, police say a 4-year-old boy and 2-year-old girl witnessed a terrible crime. their mother washotnd boyfriend killed. the gunman opened fire as all four sat in a car onontana enue in northeast yesterday

morning. that shooting shattered the car window. the children were in the back seat and not hurt. the boyfriend argued with the man a couple of days ago. no one is in custody. the grieving continued last night for a teen gunned down in waldorf. elija cole wasdhot and kil saturday night. police say he was involved in an sigument o a house party. friends and family are trying to work through the loss. >> upset. i know that god has him and we're going to push through. god knows he's in a better place even though i wish he was with us. >> so far police are not even sure what started the argument that nurnd that shooting saturday night. no arrests have been made. >> your time is 434. today friends and family will t gath say good-bye to a teen

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seeing hurricane michael make landfall in the u.s. that monstrous storm now a category 4 and heading straight for the florida panhandle. this morning we're keeping a close eye on conditions there. >> news 4's jay grays live in pan na city beach. how is michael stacking up so far? >> reporter: well, much different storm here. thiss a much more powerful storm eun, aan. it's moving much more quickly. there's good news in that. it means it won't stall like florence did. this is auch more powerful major hurricane. like you said, knocking on the doorstep here right now preparing to move in. what are we well, a bit of a spitting rain. has been this way all morning though it seems to be intensifying. the wind's been a gusting times and the surf has picked up dramatically over the last hour oro here. these are all just the beginnings of what's going to be

a very intense time. these conditions going downhill quickly. this storm expected to make landfall this afternoon andt will move inland. >> jay gray for us in panama beach city, florida. thank you. we'll be back in a few minutes with more on the storm's latest track. we're keeping an eye out for the 5:00 a.m. advisory as well. 4:47 right now. the latest shakeup in the trump administration and one that few people saw coming. u.n.ik ambassador hailie said she is resigning. >> news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill. tracie, do we know who's in line to replace hailie? >> reporter: we don't know. the president will make a statement. ivanka trum theresident said she'd do a great jcu but he'd be d of nepotism. she later said she is not going

to be the next u.n. ambassador another name the former national deputy security advisor, dena powell. president trump said that's someone he would consider. powell's name popping up early in this process. again, the president said it will be a few weeks before heeo names s but that several people have said they're interested. an tracie potts live on capitol hill. you. today virginia congressman jerry conley will hold a news conference. the council onmerican islamic relations will be there to lead a vigil. turkish officials say this shows the last time the wter was seen alive. the writer has criticized saudi arabia's crown prince in the past. the saudi governmen denies any involvement in his disappearance. 4:48. alexandria policecure ding

the chilling remains found yesterday. they were found yesterday evening. it was in a wooded area behind a business in the 4700 block of ng street. there is a dunkin' donuts and a tgi fridays inhat area. right now the remains are being sent to the office of the chief. medical examin anyone with information is asked to call alexandria police. a mother had some very powerful words for the man who murdereder daughter. ronald hamilton shot and killed ashley gwyndon on her first day back in 2016.rt in c she took the stand and she said, ronald hamilton, you not only killed my daughter but youe killed too. my life will never be the>> sa. today prosecutors are expected to rest their case against aaron wint.

his attorne will begin calling their witnesses to try to prove that he is not guiy. he is the only suspect. the trial is expected to last several more weeks. new this morning, anthony weiner is scheduled for early release next spring. the 54ear-old wasentenced to 21 months in federalac prison in 2017. he pled guilty sending inappropriate materialo a minor. in this case that minor was a 15-year-old girl. he's set to be released in may. that three months early. a resurgence of a rare bird is coming to our area. the crane program i sending 33 birds to louisiana. hurricaneichael pushed back today's seduled fligh for the

birds until next wednesday. the program here helps bhabilitate the whooping crane withroken wings. wildlife officials were able to breed 40 of tho rare birds over the years and now they will be looked after by similar i prograthe region. glad to s they're back on track. birdeautiful >> i hate to see animals endangergo. >> oh, my. >> yeah, and such a great program. >> sure. >> all right. amelia, we've been sort of waiting for summer to really wind down around it's coming, soon, right? >> it's coming. it's not going to do any winding. it's going to come to an end. take a look at the temperature trend. this says it all. eun, you have a great point. temperatures in the 80s.

tomorrow in the 80s. just like that, in the 60s. through sunday for the miup week, for next week as well. this is impacting our fall color. we're noticing a lot before the leaves are able to change. i'm posting more on the foliage s on my facebook pages. more and ireasing sun tomorrow. going to get breaks in the action. then you look to the weekend, 64 degrees on your saturday. 66 on sunday. that's refreshing. it's the autumn air. it's not 70 but we'll take it. the update to the forecast, it looks like a clipper system could bring sprinkles saturday morning. going to keep an eye on that. of,cour we'll update throughout tay.

this weekenfr hing. if you're headed to the pumpkin patch, check it out. it'sust fine. take a look, there's a 70 out there on moay. owers with another cold front that puts us back in the low 60ed tuesday and wednesday. how are the roads, melissa? >> right now have some new slowdowns that we weren't seein earlier. now we are seeing them. even though it's been in effect since last night. in the area of powder mill road, you can see them locked in the same direction. 270 hadli ear slowdowns southbound and northbound because of road work there. everything is nice and clear. you don't have anyem pro on 270. 69 miles an hour down from frederick to the beltway. inner loop and n outer loo worries here.

looking good. aaron. >> thank you, melissa. 34 4:54. says theional airport cell phone waiting area is different. >> it's for the traffic that's building because of construction. is is what you need to know if you are picking someone up at the airport. >> the pickup game, for so many of us you make the phone call to someone waiting in the cell phone lot. the cell phon lot is gone at ragan national. a lot of people trying to figure things out. >> the cell phone lot? >> cell phone lot. >> tt's awful. >> the cell lot was somewhat of an owe says sis at t-- oasis. the lot itself was actually becoming a congestion issue. >> the cell lot at ragan vtional, small,y popular, tends to fill up quickly.

it creates backups that's exacerbated by the lanecl ures. it's a recipe for gridlock. >> the new work around is to park in the regular garages for up to an hour. for more changes to keep in mind as the traveling around the airport itself becomes a bit more aticky. ragan national, adamtuss, news 4. well, if you're going to the capital one arena any time soon, a riff hungry. news 4 took a tour behind the scenes to check out the upgrades made to the arena over the summer including the new concession stands where you can customize your meals. a falafa waffle. >> can you say that? >> if you're in drinks, there's a beer wall. how many beers can you pour? >> some people would never stop. >> i was going to say, bring a gigantic cup.

this is part of the $40 million vation that began after the caps won the stanley cup. i think they're expecting more peop. >> you think? other updates include new team stores and new seats. for those of you wondering, the two chick-fil-a stands will still be open. oh, okay. >> you know how we feel about chick-fil-a. i could go for some right now. >> right now. >> all right. still ahead on news 4, a report forho anyone likes to save money. >> the four products you're going to b want to in october because of deep discounts. plus, caught on camera. the effects of distracted driving. details when ns 4 continues. 4

newwed begins with breaking news. experts say this could be the most powerful hurrica to ever hit the florida panhandle. hurraneichael with wild wins and pounding rain is only beginning to make its presence own in the gulf. good morning, everybody. as we approach 5:00 a.m., i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang. today may wind up being a day that no one living on florida's gulf coast forgets. >> we begin with a check on our morning commute and local forecast. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a look at roa a rails. we begin with amelia draper. od morning. >> good morning to you on your wednesday stepping out the door it's another mildstart. i'm tracking plentyf clouds.

74 degrees. it's humid out t re aswell. the clouds are starting to break up by 9:00, 100 a.m. a then we'll have clouds and sunshine. today another-shirt and shorts kind of day. you want to grab the sunglses as wel especially for later in the day. this could be the last day around here where it's really feeling like summer. i'm tracking a major change that will happen tomorrow into friday. i'm going to have more on that coming up. rain in the how are the roads, melissa? >> problem here in gaithersburg. 124 south there's trees and wires down. all lanes on hu124 down right now as they try and get all of that out of the way. i know that is aig route in for a lot of folks trying