we begin with amelia draper? >> wits' going tbe very humid. we'll keep cloudy skies around until 8 cls, 9:00 a.m. 75 by 8:00 a.m. it will stay muggy throughout the day. 76 degrees around 10:00 a.m. can't re out an isolated shower this afternoon but for most of us it will be a dry day. take a look tomorrow your thursday tracking widesprean rain and t a chance for early morning showers on friday. maybe a few sprinkles out there saturday morning. some of tha rainrom the remnants of michael. i'll have more on the latest track and for now, how are the roads, melissa? >> a couple of new proghems here now. first starting on the beltway. silver spring, the outer loop.

crash blocking one lane. we'll try to get some eyes on that coming up here in the next couple of minutes. the next beltway looks quite good. noaints here anywhere else. delays at the top of the belt by. left sidecked by the crash. you can start to see those delays headed southbound rockville, southbound after falls disabled truck. eun? >> melissa, thank you. we all s following a developing story in prince william county this morning. police say this man abducted a child on her way to school sterday and that kicked off a massive search. what's more if i live. justin? >> eun, aaron, police say this

suspect hefacing a very long list of charges, even felonies. police do not believe this man had any prior kwemt to his victim. adam soet walter, a very long list of charges. on tuesday morning just after 8:00 a.m. a neighbor said she saw walter and that 11ear-old girl together. you may notice she still has some bruises leftr from her bravery. she went over and interviend because she said something at any time feel wide. they forced her and this girl into the backyard. he threatened her life. her son gotn there and tried to break things up.

walter and the 11-year-old managed to get away. hours later walter and the girl were found nearby in the there's relief that suspect is off the streets. >> most comforting right now is we don't have t worry about him coming back here any time soon.c >> reporter: w tell you back on the block that that neighbor, uilar, is being recognized as a hero. she wants to see walter with her own eyes. walter is being held without bond. i'm justin finch. news 4. back to you. now.03 hurricane michael is now a category 4 storm. >> the hurricane is bringing pounding rain, destructive winds and potentially life threatening

storm surge. >> it won't be until later today when we see how violent this storm can be. passengers on a cruise ship have already experienced it firsthand. >> passeng aboard the royal caribbean cruise ship shot this video monday night. you can hear the wind whipping across the deck.e hip delayed arrival as the hurricane was pounding down on michael is expected to make landfall in the u.s. this srning. >> ts what people in cuba are seeing. milesught winds up to an hour. trees bent in the wind, rain came down innd sheets streets were turned into bonds. flash flooding over the weekend caused 13 deaths. the waves are beginningck t p on the beach in panama

city, florida. this is on the coast. this is a live picture for you. storm team 4's amelia draper joining us with the information on hurricane michael. >> aaron, this storm is a category i storm and has actually intensified a little bit with the 4:00 a.m. update.m maxi sustained winds up to 140 miles an hour. expected to make landfall somewhere around than ma city. wherever it does make landfall you'll see trees down and pow outages. it's a quick-moving storm but it doesn't matter. we're talking about the winds, the storm surge and impressive rainfall as well. it weakens to a cat 1 and heads off the mid-atlantic friday imorning. this historic for the panhandle of florida because it's never seen a category 4 make landfall. you can see the winds up to 140 miles an hour.

in addition to the storm surge, we're talking about flooding rain foralabama, florida, eeorgia and the carolinas. >> we'll you then, amelia. thank you. of c-rse we this is a category 4 storm that we're keeping a very close eye on for you this morning. >> news 4's jay gray isive for us in the florida panhandle with more. jay, what are you? seei >> reporter: aaron, eun, good morning. what we're seeing right now is a spitting rain. the wind picking up at times, but notngramatic at this point. the surf's really been growing this morning. of course, of that is going to intensify and really start to go downhill here. ndfall expected early this afternoon. if the storm maintains the the current status, it would be the strongest storm eve to hit the florida pand handle.

a lot of people who have had out of the way. that's the gd ws. there are some who have decided to ride this things out. they need to be prepared, guys. this is something that's going to affect a lot of people over p loiod of time. even though is a fast-moving storm, as it get inland it will causeajor problems. we're talkingower outages, flooding. it willake time for teams to get in and get things back orking order. aaron, eun, a l people preparing and getting ready. >> jay gray live. thank you. time is 6:07. we're following two pedestrian-involved crashes in maryland. >> montgomery county, four teenagers are recovering after they were hit by waiting for the school bus. a two-car collision nearby sent one vehicle directly into the students.

all of them go to kennedy high school. one of them, a 15-year-old, has life threatening injuries. in prince gorges tyco, silver hill road and brooks drive yesterday afternoon. she died yesterday afternoon. the driver stayed on the scene. deadly shooting at a shopping center in florida. angie goff at the live desk. aaron, this story is so, so tragic. a woman saying she was celebrating her. birthd this was at a restaurant. she went to go and pay t andt is when someone shot and killed her husband and son in front of her. this happened in fortrs mye at the bell power shop. it's a large restaurant mall and they have me a store. victoria were also injured in

at this point police do not believehis was a random shooting. aaron? >> angie, thank you. 6:09 now. happening today, president trump begins the search for a new ambassador to the united nations.ni i hailie took a lot of people by surprise when she announced she'll be taking a break at the end of the year. she said she needs a break. >>ometimes it's good to rotate in other people who can put that same energy and power into it. nt the presi said he has narrowed down the list ofac ements to five including dena powell. it was standingm rly at stap ford county school's latest board meeting. lgbtq advocates packed the meeting.ud ts were sheltering in boys and girls lker rooms.

school staff was called on to better address the needs of transgender students. >> i'm tired of students beinga id to be themselves. i'm tired of not being able to address these issues with fellow staff. most do want to give equity to all of our students. >> the school superintendent has apologized acknowledging that stafford county public schools should be a place of respect for all students and staff. a wanted man is off the streets after a dramatic takedown in prince gorges county. he led them on a wild chase. he fell off the radar until yesterday morning. he was f wanted grand larceny

and close call. he hopes this video is a view yes t keep your eyes on the road. woman was hurt but the the other car said she was reaching down to grab a drink and not paying attention. >> i think this also proves a point. it is not only cell phones that are the distraction. it can be eating your food, doing your majup. a week later he hopes his experience there make that area safer. what a reminder. this morning the mega millions jackpot is now more than half billion dollars with a b. >> nobody matched all six asnumbers with the drawing night so now that jackpot for

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nig night. >> every now and then. >> do you do john legend? >> every now and en. >> an area group is putting their vocals to useoo for a cause. molette green live with how their songs are helping kids enjoy the great outdoors. big mike? >> kareoke machine is getting this party going. what does kareoke and trips have to do with anything? it's a fund-raiser going on. we're live at the audubon naturalist society. having a good time g for ad cause because the money raised will support programs that help chilo on field trips. many children for the first time seeing the great outdoors. they just brought in this mush room l -- mushroom log. it has slugs on it and ants. i want to bring in sarah ann.

why is it for individuals to see? >> absolutely,, it's very important for them to have the opportunity to learn in the most basic way possible by having experiences, by going,to hing, smelling. >> even these birds eggs herent right in ff us. >> absolutely. we have birds eggs, we have the rtunity to bring them and pecker rightd wood in front of us getting the meal in the mo >> that's wonderful. it's a great opportunity. we have the carey owe key happening. we have information on how you can donate right now before you leave. let'sontinue theparty. before sunrise. coming up later one in hour. we'll talk about how you can support this organization.

>> hear adele playing in the background. >> let's check the forecast. amelia draper is in for chuck. amelia. >> aaron and eun, never done karoke. aaron, i want to year do some john legend. >> it's the warmest day oarthe hen it's feeling like summer rather than fall out there. it's mild and muggy. with the rain, you can't enjoy the weather.ou it be heavy in spots. i'm tracking a major cooldown for the weekend. highs in the low to mid 60s. well abo normal to below temperatures. currently in the 70ed. 68 in manassas. 62 up in frederick. high of 83nd a high tomorrow around 80. ecu want the umbrella for your thursday elly during the afternoon and evening hours. i can't rule out sttered showers to deal with for the morning commute as well.

the mugginess is still the tomorrow but it is not there on friday. as you drop to 66, take alook. our average high coming in at 71 degrees. we are below average friday, saturday, sunday. i want to update you on saturdayki it's l like a clipper system might move through the area. during theho morning s, bringing plenty of clouds. ut aa washout by any means heads up because that is an update to the forecast. i'm going to continue to monitor that change. chance for mor showers on monday. melissa, i hear you have a lot of issues? >> we have a lot of problems. outer loop at colesville road, delays. near problem, out er loop at 27. southbound after fallsroad, a truck with a blown out tire. debris across the road.

both on thes. should that is helping things on 270 this morning.rg gaithers124 near brink there, tree and wnges down shutown 124 in the area. whiteman road, 108. both alternates. at lea they're open this morning. laurel, southbound on128. e crash there. slow. after 25 north, delays in both rections. falls church, an nondale road. crash there after your trave time. 95 northbound from quantico. not so bad. top of theeltway. top of theeltway. ba bck

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"news 4 today" starts now.ht r now at 6:30 a live look outside over washington as we start this wednesday morning, and thi may be our last sunny summer-like dayor the year before the rain and chi temperatures come our way. the changes coming. >> meanwhile, hurricane mhael strengthened to a category 4 overnight and it's barrelling towards the florida panhandl'l we have much more on what's being called an historic hurricane. first, back to our local forecast and a look at our commute. >> storm team 4 amelia draper is in for chuck and then we'll check in with melissa mollet. >> amelia, what about our weather today? >> aild and cloudy start out there. reports of patchy drizzle. 73 degrees.00 by a.m., temperatures out there and temperatures in the

mid 70s. byer noon ano humid day. clouds breaking up around 9:00, 10:00 a.m. very similar to yesterday. i can't rule out an isolated showerhe out this afternoon. for most of us, it is dry. i am tracking widespread rain especially during the afternoon and evening hours. i'm going to have much more coming up on that around 6:50. melissa, hear you have a lot of issues out there right now. >> we do. i can hardly get through it all. remember to follow u us irst4traffic. outer loop, this is a live look at some delays there. southbound bw parkway and laurel, singleane getting by. look at the slowdown. 95 through that same secti isn't bad here this morning. that might help you o you the a little bit. in gaitheburg, south o brink, tree and wires down. all lanes blocked. well.w the area i know you use that to get

through shady grove.m i sorry, whiteman road, 1508. either will work though not the most convenient. 270 southbound looking pretty good. two earlier issues out of the way. still have some delays though. aaron? >> melissa, thank you. 6:32. monstrous, that is what officials are calling hurricane michael. thaty categ storm is set to make landfall in the u.s. this afternoon. florida panhandle directly in the cross hairs. this is a le look at panama city beach. florida governor rick scott says stormould be the worst seen in decades. >> the residents who haven't left are preparing for the torrential downpours, strong winds and potentially catastrophic storm surge. even though michaelppears to a fast-moving system, residents areracing for power ouges long after it's gone. we have groups in florida ready

to offer help to groups in need. your time is .6: here's a look at our topie st police say a man abducted and raped a young girl on her way tn scho in prince william county yesteaway. a woman what was happening and she tried to stop it. the man hit her and ran away with the girl. the girl led police to the suspect, adameth walter and he was arrested. today they're saying good-bye to a teen killed in a crash montgomery county.la week 17-year-old josh snider died when his car hit a box truck on 270. he was a senior in germantown. inthe funeral services bt 11:00 a.m. in clarksburg. family and friends filled the bleachers to rememben a t who was killed last week. 17-year-old elija aman cole was sh and killed wednesday night. two groups of people were in an argument thated end with cole being shot. so far no arrests.

this morning a pedestrian involved crash has neighbors calling for increased safety efforts. >> news 4's chris lawrence is live in the aspen hills area. chris, what are people saying about this road? >> reporter: aaron, they're telling us if the drivers on georgia avenue don't slow down and stop looking at their oi phones, we're to see a lot more crashes like this one. that is one reason the montgomery county planning commission is doing a detailed studyf the entire aspen hills area trying to make it afer for pedestrians and people riding their bike. police say yesterday morning the ki, a b and three girls, were standing on the sidewalk abt a block away from where their bus stop was trying to get to kennedy highn school w a white jetta pulled out of a gas station on to georgia avenue, somehow collidingeith a blu ford. that jetta veered off the road andlod right into the kids. the boy is in critical

condition. g thls were also hit and injured as well. we spo with one mom whose daughter goes to kennedy high school. she told us she has seen far too many drivers going way too fngt and b distracted the entire way down georgia avenue. >> they runhe red light. they're always on their phone. i had to literally tap somebody's car one time becaue they wn the phone. it is scary. it is really, eareally,y scary. they don't pay attention. >> repter: and if there i any day to pay close attention to what's going on arounu, it is this morning. it is walk to school day which means you're going to have a lot of kids out there walking to school, riding their bike. please pay attentionea as you out the door this morning. live in aspen hill, chris lawrence. >> it's 35. today the caps will take on a familiar rival, the vegas goldeg s. this will be the caps first game in nearly a week. you know the knights wil

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here at the live desk though with breaking news to report.ow d.c. police investigating a deadly stabbing and the suspect is on the loose in the victim's truck they say. this happened overnight. take a look at the map of 37 block mnesota avenue northeast. we are still working to find out if the victim knew the attacker at this point we know the suspect was inside of the truck when the stabbing happened. officers telling news 4 that the victim got out of the truck and was able to flag down police officers. that person was taken to the ho wital and that isre he died. the truck police are looking for is morning, a 2011 ford pickup truck with maryland tags. eun, back to you. >> angie, thank you. it's now 6:45. now to a developing story. one of the top i womenthe trump administration is calling it quits. united nationsr ambassa nikki hailie announced she is stepping down at the end of the year. hailie's resignation caught many by surprise and some are questioning her . decisi >> nbc's kristen will kerr is

outside the white anhouse. word who might be the replacement? >> reporter: well, that's what everyone is talking about this morning. i can tell you dena powell is the former national security advisor and one of the names on the list. this morning speculation is swirling today about that very question. who is going to replace u.n. ambassor nikki haili after that stunning aouncement that she's leaving her post. many in the wgt wing say they're disappointed she didn't wait until after the mid terms. she's the formerovernor of south carolina and as you mention one of only a tw women in tmp cabinet. she's widely considered a rising star. sh quick to dismiss any political ambitions of her saying declaratively she has no plans to run in 2020. the question is why is she leaving now? she dies she was tha anonymous senior official who wrote thatar bombshell cle. she insisted in her own op ed

that when she challenges the president she does it directly. we'll have a lot more on s hailie'sprise departure coming up on "today." >> kristen, thank you again. more on this developing story straight aheadn "today." 13 before the hour now. we're following a developingy stn prince william county after an exhaustive search. police arrested this man. he'sccused of ab ducting a -- >> reporter: that suspect was caught and cuffed. his 11-year-old victim likely still realing from her inin ini her attack. it doesn't appear the suspect and victim knew each other. prince william county saying this man, adam seth walter, is now facing a series of charges including aggravated sexual battery and abduction. about 8:00 a.m. tuesday just

yesterday patcia aguilar said she noticed walter and that girl and she went over to confront them. you'll see shead someruises after her attack yesterday. she said walter beat her up after she asked what was going on there a that the girl warned her that walter had a gun. she saidhe walter dragged them both to her backyard where her son eventually came down and tried to break everything up but thatal wr and that girl were able to escape. a massive police search was on thed from the air and ground and both were eventually found some hours later. back o c live we tell you walter is now being held without bond.me mean aguilar, that alert neighbor, is being haled a hero on her ock. live in manassas, justin finch, news 4. it's being called monstrous and potentially devastating. hurricane michael is a category 4 and heading straight for the florida panhandle. this morning we're keepingcl e eye on the conditions there. >> news 4's jay gray is live for

us fro panama city beach. jay, you were with us for hurricane florence. w are things different so far? >> reporter: well, this storm much more intense as you talk about a category 4. sustained winds of 140 miles per hour. to give you some perspecve on that, would be the strongest storm to ever cross into the florida panhandle. an area here, what we've seen over the morning are gusts and it will continue to gohi do for the next several hours until the storm makes landfall. that is expectedometime early this afternoon. massive system as you talk about so even as it movinland, aaron and eun, it's going to continue to cause some pretty major problems. >> jay gray live forn us i panama city, florida. thanks so much. let's turn to storm team 4

meteorologist amelia drer. e has been tracking the storm. what do you have? >> aaron, take a ok. maximum sustained winds at 140 miles an hour as you heard jay say set to makedf ll at panama city. we can see the storm intensify before does make landfall with gusts up to 145 miles an hour. it looks to remain a 4 categor hurricane as it moves into georgia then overnight wednesday, early thursday morning before quicklyeakening in a cat 1. it brings rainfall to alabama, orgia, the carolinas. it becomes a tropical storm thursday later in the day and it heads off towards thent mid-at out to sea very morning.iday as the cold front moves through pushing it out to sea but this is an historic storm for the panhandle of florida because of the strength. they have never seen a catrr ane make landfall.

a few cat 3s, yes, never a cat 4. gusts will be around 130 miles an hour or greater withif a threatening storm surge of over 9 feet. flooding rain for parts of alabama, florida, georgia, and the carolinas. they do not need any rain at int. again, little impact here. we are going to have rain at times tomorrow. east of i-. as the cold front moves through and helps to usher out michael, we'recking a big major cooldown for friday. if you're getting out in theto garden y, it's looking like a good day. the last day it can feel like w summh a high temperature of 83. now the experts at maryville garden center tell us it's not too late to seed and fertilize thelawn. tomorrow will provide great temperatures for seed germ mization.da toy's summer, tomorrow rain by,

frid autumn is here. >> pumpkin patch time. taking a look here. outer loop after colesville road, that crash has cleared out of the way. some delays. laurel southbound bw parkway after 198, singlelane. new problem northbound near 197 as well here. 270 southbound is recovering pretty well. two different crashes there. one of them southboundwe as you approaching bucky's town pike. still a little delay and not nearly as bad as it was. >> gaithersburg, all lanes blocked. you can take white n, 108. i know that's a tough area. try to get over shady grove road. i am sorry, that is really frustrating for people this morning. 66 in bound. 95 northbound have some delays from earlier problems. alexandria duke stree left lane there blocked by a crash. virginia trave times 95 north to the beltway, 30 miles per

hour. 270, 30 miles an hour. top of the beltway, 17 milesn hour. thank you, melissa. 6:53. get ready for karaoke with a twist. an area group is putting their vocals to use. >> molette greenngs tal about how they're getting kids to enjoy the great outdoors. hey, molette. >> reporter: good morning. they're calling it we carey oki. they're accepting a happy song. all of this to raise money. they're coming to the field trips at the audubon nationalist i'm standing next to a turtle and a snake. the turtle peed often my leg. this fund-raiser really helps that out. e 's the stone and h

foundation that makes it all possible. caroline will tell us a little bi about the brothers who passed away in a crash and their mission to really allow kids to enjoy the great outdoors, right? >> yes. so the foundation supports the audubon naturalist society school field trip because they were so deeply involved in the environment, theyared about it and they were working on environmental projects when they wee killed. >>ant to raise that money. you can donate right now. go to our website and get more information on the audubon nationalist society efforts along with the foundation. tomorrow they'll have a big events. we have eggs, pee o the floor from the turtle and a little on my leg but we're happy anyway, right? back in to you. >> i want to hear you sing "proud mary," that's f sure.

>> molette, where are you headed. 6:55. four things to know. no one won last night's megamillions jackpot. now the top 51 worth $548 million. if you have lotto fever, tonight is the powerball jackpot. that's up to $282 million. tonig the washington capitals take on a fam rival. the team will face the las vegas golden kights. the drops at 8:00 at capital one arena. you can wat the action on nbc sports. police arrested adam seth walter in prince williams county. he's accused of abducting an 11-year-old girl and sexuallyhe assaulting he hit a woman who tried to help the girl. the girl led police back to him. category 4 michael is expected to make landfall. peoplehe along florida

panhandle are bracing for the worst. you can see how it will affect >> speaking of the track, here is the latest track. very powerful category hurricane. we'll have the new track coming up on news 4 midday at 11. it moves out into the atlantic into very early friday. having very little impact on our area. not the case, unfortunately, for the panhandle of florida. today it's feeling like summer some rain and say hello to fall on friday, melissa. >> taking a look at the roads, still delays outer loop at colesville going to be traveling at 19 miles per hour from 95 t ov 278. slow there on the outer loop of the beltway. guys? >> melissa, thank you. that ishe news for today. we appreciate you waking up with us. w >> the "today" is next. we're back with weather, traffic, news. ye leave you with images from panama c beach where there is heavy rain pounding ahead of

hurricane michael. >> make it a great wednesday, everybody.

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breaking news. extremely dangerous. hurrice michael strengthens again overnight now a powerful category 4. the massive storm bearing down on the florida panhandle and hours from landfall >> there isothing you can do to stop it. you just prepare the best you can. >> hundreds of thousands warned to get out of its path. >> if you are undern eva order, listen to it. ave now. do not take a chanceon >> millis unthe threat of high winds, heavy rain and a life-threatening storm surge. we ares live acr the region and al is tracking it all. surprise exit. >> i will tell you that i have time. >> u.n.r ambassadonikki haley's