going next, now the strongest hurricane to ever hit the u.s. in the month of october, now going into the southeast. i'll show you how it affects our region. right now, record-breaking disaster. hurricane michael hits the florida panhandleith unprecedented power. >> ripping winds are peeling buildings and cars apart, and the surge that's coming now has the potential to bury entire townunderwater. this is live off the coast. gusts are kicking up impressive waves. >> look at this satellite imaging showing you just how big this thing is. what you can't see is how fast it's moving. michael could be knocking on georgia's door before 6:00 p.m. tonight. >> we have all thean es. >> we'll be on the air for the next three we start off in the weather center, guys? >> you mentioned records. it is now the strongest storm to hit the united states in the month of october. the strongest storm to ever hit

the panhandle of florida, and, lauren, it's moving our way right now. more about this right now. down to jay gray w is live. >> reporter: good evening, we are getting strong winds here, sheets of rain continue to fall, and the surge continues to growe mi unleashing its furry no right florida's panhandle under siege, hurricane michael a powerful storm to hit the region slams into the hcoast. ricane michael is upon us. now's the time to seek refuge. >> reporter: a catastrophic storm with a triple threat. a dangerous storm surgee 14 f projected along the coastline. destructive winds as high as 150 up s per hour, tearing buildings and knocking out power. and torrential rainfall already causing flooding. >> hurricane michael is a hurricane of the worst kind. >> reporter: with the storm

tracking inland, the's a state of emergency in georgia, and caronas dreading the arrival. >> the carolinas are staring down another perful hurricane less than a month after hurricane florence battered our state. >> the life threatening storms putting the entire northeast on alert. you can see land fall, and we're conditionsng intense here as the storm now continues to move inland. that's the latest live here panamaeach city, florida, jay gray, back to you. guys,racking hurricane michael, amazing thing about to is this storm continued intensify all the way up to 1 miles per hour below a category 5 hurricane. the eye is wobbly. watch that, incredible forming onshore, around mexico beach, and i have reports that that area is just completely devastated. you may not see any homes in the region now. look at this, the latest advi

advisory came out. it still has a strong eye, category 4, winds at 140 miles per hour right now moving into georgia. u i'm looking the information now, but it could be the strongest hurricane to hit florida,nd that's aft coming onshore and -- or georgia, after coming onshore in florida first. amazing what's happening. here's the eye.e eye is very much in tact right here. you see the incredibly heavy rain. we are seeing i tornado florida and in georgia. making its way to the north. you can see the tornado watc and, in fact, for the entire state of georgia, northern portions of floridalls and that storm moving to the north and east. already seeing raiowards the carolinas. the storm now expected to make its way throualeigh right off our coastline here by early friday morning, and the latest numbers are in for us. this has more of an impact in our area than we spoke about yesterday. that means stronger winds and heavier rainfall. that's all coming up, b daking n in just a few minutes.

>> just amazing to watch the way it intensified. making it this far land being thro , amazing. >> unbelievable. >> thank you. team coverage continues with erica gonzalez at the live desk watching the pictures coming in from florida. >> reporter: remarkable, and this is really being compared to the strength, if you will, of an ef-3 torn'so. hehe live pictures we have coming in from the florida panhandle, and here's some numbers for you. more than 106,000 customers inut florida wit power. that number, of courcourse, sur rise more than 375,000 florida residents were told to evacuate, and this storm is packing sustained winds of more than 150 miles per hour. what doesoo that like? take a look at the pictures. you can see just the sheer rength of the winds from this storm. this is video from the hotel room where anre nbc was staying. the wind was so strong, in fact,

it was boeing the glass slider do there, trying to keep it in place. you see arms over the glass window there, and they haickly after put a mattress over the window. lester holt described the sound of the wind like a jet engine. we were miles to the west and was able sond outside in the live report. take a look at this just before landfall. >> so we got a little ptection out here. what's going to happen in a little bit isng we're g to see with the winds changing directions here that the gulf of mexico, which is holding off a little bit, is going to have to come in from the backside or the water, and that's going to begio push the water up, that's the storm surge, so it may look le everybody's skated here, but that's not the case. we still have hours to go with the direction of the storm. it's estimated 24,000 people stayed in their homes.

it was -- according to the fire department, many of them have been calling saying, can you come get us out? the fire department not only not responding, but taking those 911 calls on pieces of paper because yey say we can't get out there. we're going to wrir addresses down and check on you after the hurricane passes through. >> moments after that live he was trying to get back inside, and the wind was so brutal, it blew him into a pillar and he needed rescuing there. that other person we found out in t a shot isually the weather channel's jim cantore who came to his rescue. that storm quickly moving rth, and we're starting to get more damage reports, so, of course we'll keep you updated right here at the live desk. back to you. >> winds a factor in thestorm, thank you. and we won't let you miss a single thing about this storm. we'll have team coverage, live coverage, and updates over the

next three hours as we get them. if you have to step out, keep our washington app close at hand. sign up for alerts f t updates storm damage. from the storm to a free fall. breaking news from wall street. the dow plummets more than 800 points. the drop driven by big losses for the big name tech companies that have been doing so well as of late, and shares afzon and netflix slid that interest up.es could be going for some time to come too. today's loss, the worst drop in the dow in 'sght months. ropped four of the last five sessions, and this is a breaking story. updates from wall street just ahead here, pat? ew breaking in the d.c. mansion murder trial. the prosecution rested, and daren went, the lone man charged in connection with the high profile crime h taken the stand today. h news details from the court. >> reporter: in a surprise move, the defense called daren went to the witss stand, the only

suspect charged in this case. went was admittedly nervous, rubbing eyes, took seconds to collect himself, and the defense was asking h questions. the defenseopes darrenwint's testimony proves their opening statement, arguing the brother ed his v to drive to d.c. where they murdered the family and tricked daron into coming to the house to pick up his blue van. plto n that argument, he said he was asked for help with a painting job that he was doing with stefan. in the early morning hours ofy 13th, 2015, wint met up with his brother whoe said didn't need the help with the job after all, but wanted to borrow the van. he said he agreed to pay him $300. hours later, three family members a their housekeeper would be taken hostage inside their home onwoodland drive. coming up at 5:00, what daron

says he was doing and where he was wh the family was held hostage. now to the latest in the arrestd of a man accu a violent abduction and rape of a child. today, adam seth walter faced the judge to be arraigned on multiple charges. he sat hunched over in the wheelchair refusing to speak to the judge. we are live in more following the attacks, and, david, you learned more about the suspect. did you pick up here? >> reporter: well, leo tonight, this woodbridge community, first of all, is still coping with yesterday's utal attack. meantime, one neighborhood is ization thate really they know the suspect. >> this is him? >> yeah, yeah reporter: from the doorstep of the town home, she tells me she lived here for the past year. she says adam seth walter's father is also a resident in thd home, in the past six months or so, she says adam seth moved

back in. we pass each other in thear kitchen, she says, and he always acknowledges me. asking me how i'm doing. the description of a kind house mate far removed frothe accusations of a violent criminal, accused of brutally beating a child and sexually assaulted a little girl. telling me tuesday -- i thought i was going to die, that i w at the point of death. police say the 26-year-old walter went after the 11-year-old girl as she was walking to school on essex drive when sheted lati tried to help the girl. jackie benson was there as she and heron learned of the arrest. >> reporter: badly bruised, but grateful police got their suspect. >> most comforting part now is we don't have to worry about him coming back here any time toon.

>> reporter: she repeatedly told us she wiss she could have done more. the police chief tonight saying she did an incredle job n only trying to save that little girl, but also identifying the attacker. he wanted to prove that. rit w, he's actually inside latissa's house. hear from him on news 4 at 5:00, leon. >> glad she did wha she did. all right. thank you, david, reporting live. back to hurricane r michael verage is just getting started. >> doug's back with how the system affects our weather here, and this just in, a man plans tp blow himself on the national mall. we'll tell you how authorities foiled the plot. plus, theest buy for october. consumer reporter, susan hogan, doing the work for you, finding the best dealsht out there rig now. our live team coverage of hurricane michael continues next. >> you're watching news 4, first 4:00. at

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right now, a live look at e florida pan handsel, paying close attention as hurricane michael made landfall hours ago.

this thing is moving fast. doug will be back in a bit with the storm's updated track and what it means for us in this region. pat? >> meanwhi you and reviewing the top four products on deep discounts this month. coumer reporter susan hogan uyhas the best in october. >> reporter: the consumer reports tracks the prices on the products they test so they can tellou month by month which ones to buy. get a jump on winter, buy a snow blower. as $200 pend as little to over $1,000 for whatever you need a snow blower for, a bodewalk or driveway or, to determine the right size and features for you. interior paint, brand lines keep expanding and the price might jump$5-$20 per gallon. the type of finish you use cuts down on how much you h buy, nd finishes, by the way,

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>> how long will if be a hurricane? generally it breaks up after hitting land. >> this strengthened up to landfall. if it had six more hours, it would have been a category 5 atp 165 mil hour winds. that's how fast it was strengthening. i thin it enters georgia as category 4. that could be the strongest storm to hit georgia after moving into florida. take a look, first off, this ie down around panama city beach area where they got h very, very hard. the eye of the storm moving off -- l t aoohetny leaves left. they are stripped as far as the trees were concerned from the high wis, but you notice now, the winds have really subsided.s this storm i moving fairly qukly, about 15 miles per hour right now. take a e'look, and wll show you where the storm is. michael made its way on ld at 1:30 this afternoon. that eye becomes well-defin here, and we knew right away this thing was approaching category 5s staen it made a donut hole like it did.

now it's in the panhandle into southwest georgia and alabama. those areas also under hurricane warnings. the latestadvisory, we'll get these hourly now since it's on lands. 140 miles per hour winds, moving to the north, northeast at 15 miles per hour. that's fast for a tropical storm system, picking up speed moving north and east. 100 miles per hour into georgia tonight. making its way around stau georgia as a 45 miles per hour tropical storm. it may be stronger than that. they a s going to 60 miles per hour winds with this easily, and then this towards the raleigh area, this was an area hit extremely hard by florence a month ago, and then out to sea, but we her are still going to get big time impacts. first off,he hurricane warnings. the warnings are in effect for the panhandle and also a lot of ge now, even into central georgia, hurricane warnings are in effect. you do not see that very often. smart, i worked down in this area in central georgia and never saw that. tropical storm warnings into

north carolina and along the outer banks there. again, hurricane into georgia, winds over 60 to 100 miles per , hospecially in the southwest georgia zone, and trees down everywhere along the evpath. thetation from the trees alone in through the southeast including into the carolinas is going to bezing with the power outages. here's the storm. you can see it. still wrapping itself up moving georgia. notice the red boxes here? those are tornado warnings, another threat from inlands hurricanes making their way onshoror you see the getting on shore at panama city n andow moving into georgia and alabama with heavy rainfall and rwind. weather, we have shower activity, not much, but showers around t and cloud cover after a high at 80 degrees. i want to show you, though, this area we're going to see here for us, still heavy rain. we upped the rainfall totals to 1 to 2 inches in d.c., less than that in the north and west. this is a flash flood watch in the sthern zonesnd fredericksburg, and to the

eastern shore. those locations could pick up 2 to 4 inches of rain, not only ut that 45il to 50 per hour winds now. upped the winds there now. more ont this 4:45. we'll take you and really show you the local impacts from this ng up at 4:45. 79 tomorrow with the rain likely at time 64 on friday with falling temperatures. this is amazing, guys. saturday, 62, overnight low in the 50s, and the mountains in west virginia could be having snow. that's the cold airing in. 64 sunday. cooler air, big time changes over 24-48 hours, even in our area as michael moves out to sea by friday afternoon. >> talking about hurricane and snow. >> let's talk about snow. hurricane sandy produced a blizzardn late october. >> oh, wow. i remember that. thanks, doug.

doug mentioned that hundreds of thousands of peoplelo could power because of michael. >> that's right. a look at what's being done to help them coming up. plus, you probably got o of those annoying robo calls before. today, a new plan fromle local aders to get them to stop. thele police c on a man just for babysitting, and he recorded the whole thin 'll show you the story peopley are rea responding to on our facebook page today. >> oh. our live team coverage of our live team coverage of hurrice michael is back riganht he turned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty companies "maryland a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. a plan to lower prescription drug costs and fully fund our schools.

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himself up in washington, d.c. thwarted. new reporting this afternoon from etnbc's williams. police and fbi raided the hudson valley home of paul rosenfield. these areho chopper from our sister station in new york. investigators weresoncerned he etting materials to make a bomb. this, after authorities say he told a reporter in pennsylvania that he planned onwi b himself up on the national mall because he waangry about what he said was the country's direction. authorities say it looks like he was acting alone and had no ryans to hurt others. have it for wsos s a aon we you at the livsk. back to you. >> thank you. more news from new york as well. the operator of the limousine mpany involved in saturday's eadly crash is now und arrest. he's been charged with criminally negligent homicide. a timeago, investigators say hussein is solely responsible for the troubled limo being on the road. he owns the company, and

saturday's crash near albany, new york killed 20 people. the cpany has been criticized for the condition of its vehicles, but the owner says the company went through great pains to ensure the defects were fixed. h hussein's lawyer says he's not guilty and they jumped the gun in charging him. we continue to monitor hurricane michael. this would bring water to the second floor of homes. what to watch for and the impact on our forecast. plus, the national effort to help those in michael's past and new safet improvements in the work one day after fouteensr stronger is blasting her rimors... without ing her bones.

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now at 4:30, tracking hurricane michael. the catastrophic category 4 storm landed hours ago on the florida panhandle and at damage. these are live pictures, by the way. >> incredible. michael is the strongest hurricane ever to hit in the month of october. satellite/radar showt's a huge mo monstrous system.

>> let's get the latest now, doug, any new information? guys. you know, the one piece of information that i've been orying for the last couple days here, this of course, is an extremely strong storm, yes, onestf the stron to -- thee strongest to hit in october. one of the strongest to hit the u.s., period. ght now, it looks like it could be the fourth strongest ever, very clo to a category 5 hurricane here. the one saving grace that i see in all of this is where thisas hit. now, it's around panama city and mexico beach, but this area of florida, the panhandle of florida, is extremely sparsely populat populated. there's not a lot ople here, about 40,000 people here in the panama city area, and we have some pictures, only 12,000 people in the entire county here, so,ou again, c be a little bit of a saving grace here in and around the region, t for thosereas that are there, for thosee peopl there that have homes, we are getting reports now of complete devastation. you can see here aund

appalachiacola, near complete de astation in the area, we are awaiting pictures from other locations as we move on through. the whole storm making its way to georgia now, moving through georgia, the entire state under a tornado watch. this is coming our way. i jt had ahone call from a viewer asking about, hey, what about tomorrow afternoon? i got dinner plans tomorrow afternoon, how heavy is the wind and rain going to be? we're not woirried aboutea wind and rain. have plans?. you'll be fi take the umbrella, but friday, lauren will join me in 10-15 minutes with more o the local impacts because there will be some coming up in just a few minutes. >> all right, good news for us, and we could be dodging a bullet here if we hit overnight rather than during the day or anrush hour. you, doug, back to you in a bit.

crewsma is already moving into place to cope with the aftermath of michael. the fema team briefed ptosident trumy, and he said that they are ready to respond to the second major storm of the season. our tea coverage continues now with blayne alexander. >> reporter: with hurricane michael slamming the gulf coast and moving inland -- >> had the pressure close to katrina and andrew. >> reporter: president trump and fema says help is in position. >> foods, supplood chains, working with all the states. >> reporter: the president briefed by the homelandy, secretnd the fema director, brock long. >> would be the most intense hurricane that struck this area since 1851. >> reporter: among the biggest concerns? not enough evacuated. we are concerned that citizens did not heed the warnings, but prepared with search and rescue teams too try to in and do what we can. >> a lot of people are very poor in certain areas, and it's very tough for them to leave. r

orter: this potentially catastrophic storm coming weeks after hurricane florence barrelled into theast coast. flooding some of the same are of michael's path. >> i worry about north carolina and south carolinathe standpoint they are already saturated and they'll get a reasonable hit. >> rorter: the back-to-back hit another test for fema staff. >> we have ata lot of and continue to have a lot of staff in the recovery phase of a lot of storms. >> reporter: now, all eyes on michael as it pasts southeast. thousands of rescue workers in t place and mor come. and president trump says that he hopes to visit some of those storm affected areas sunday or. mond leon? >> thank you, blayne. count on news 4 t update you on hurricane michael, everyone. ave storm is far from over. if you to step out, keep our app close by for alerts and get updates on your device. rapper kanye west is having

lunch at the white house tomorrow. the white house says west will meet with the president and son-in-law, jared inkushner, taabout manufacturing, prison reform, and gang violence. taylor thomas has today's "talk around town," and he's an outspoken supporter of the president. what are your listeners saying about the luncheon tomorrow? >> they are tot surpriseds meeting is taking place. he's been i stomping for since he let everybody know he's a supporter. listeners are commenting is the type of people the presidentvi s to the white house about such sympathies and issues with the african-american communities, and glad to see him choose people who have boots on the ground working in areas of concern to do something. it's even neat with someone who may not necessarily le you or have a different opinion so they come together for the betterment of america. we had a lot ofll cas. this is derek from fort washington who weighed in on

today's topic. >> first question is, is kanye west the only one meeting with him? only one in the meeting? secondly, kanye kanye west is the person to lead that charge. he lacks credibility right now within the black community to take that message and try to bring some yunity. i don't think h s the person for it. >> an interesting point. >> yes. >> it coming on the same weeke when saw taylor swift flexing her political muscle, even though she previously had been mum about that. >> yes. >> are your listeners talking about his appearance on "saturday night live," still? >> growling about that o, but love celebrities are taking star power to talk about voter registrati registration. they are not concerned about the candidates. they want people to be educandd about the ates, to register, and most importantly, show up at the polls. that's all listeners are concerned about is that you getw educatedt's the best for you, and vote. >> all right, that's a message being put out there by a lot o

ople. >> yes. >> thank you, taylor. >> you're welcome. >>ri all t, pat, taylor? >> local lawmakers making a new effort to keep annoying callers from calling your phone, but there's a catch there. plus, the most talked about story on our facebook page today, the cops called on a er babysi we'll explain. and our live team coverage of hurricane mhael and the impacts continue after the impacts continue after the break, how it could affec ust in thei'm tim kaine.ked to keep all virginians safe. i helped lead efforts sh grow our navy to 35s and increased troop pay.bus about that budget bill...ew start: it's just an absolute nightmare and a dister. i wish the president had vetoed it. that would hurt virginia and threaten our security. i approve this messaic because keeping amersafe has to be a top priority.

here's a live look right now at the florida panhandle. hurricane michael made landfall just hours ago re, and you can see the damage done already. the roofipped off homes, walls knocked over, and doug is back with the storm's and what it means for some of us. ry hasll, this next s been the most talked about story of the day on the nbcn washing facebook page. a black man was babysitting two

whiteren when a woman was suspicious, started following him, and eventually called the police. >> i got two kids in the backseat that do not look like me, this lady took it upon herself she's going to take myo plate d and call the police. >> corey louis works as youth mentoring mentor at aam pron murrieta, georgia. he started streaming live when the woman started following him. she confronted him and tried to ask the children questions, and she followed him for an hour to his home and then called the police. >> i was really shocked that i was angry, i was scared. at the endf the day just cause someone does not look like how you prefer for them to look. doesn't mean that they are a bad person. >>he video has gotten hundreds f thousands of views on social media. he says he's hoping this can be a tlearning,chable moment for

a lot of folks. we'n all got them at one point or another, annoying robo calling trying to sell us something or worse, scammers giving out our personal information. now the attorney general wants to do something about that,jo ing 30 state attorneys general across the country who want to give telephone more power to identify and block those calls. many robo callers use something called spoofing, allowing scammers to hide their identity tht year, 400 million people campaigned to the federal government about the calls. you heard of people bringing emotional supportls ani aboard the flight. >> yeah, but not like the one we're going tohow youhere. believe me, you don't want to miss this one. and t as is pretty impressive hurricane michael, almost cleared the panhandle of florida, but bad news for areas inrgia and then up through the deep south. we'll talk about the impacts hereecause we'll feel them. right now, looking at a live

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>> reporter: under the watchful eyef teachers and parents, the students made their way to school the old-fashned y, with 50,000 kids in the district clking to school every day. preciousgo and safety depends not just on their actions, but drivers' as well. for jack smith, the tragic accident that sent four higtu schoolnts to the hospital tuesday is a stark reminder of the reality. >> i can't imane the parents, of the children, how it feels to have someone cal you and say your child's in the hospital. >> reporter: they were early to get behind vision 0, eliminating pedestrian fatalities, but in the last 'syear, the been nearly a dozen fatalities, and a family is praying their son won't be another statistic. yesterday, begs to question, why would a bus stop closere to the be notorious for pedestrian accidents? the bus can't pull io the apartment complex, and the

parking lot is a strip mall here is private property. tonight, there's no dis pssion onentially moving these bus stops, but work is underway to make the area safer. soon, members of the county transportation and education committee meet to discuss ways to make georgia avenue safer, hopeful the state highway administration and other marylas agencie join in. heays protecting kids has to be a team effort. >> we're one family. we have to make certain in our fami, we are safe. >> reporter: corey smith, new 4. news 4 begins with a storm team 4 weath alert. >> this is the winds of a category 4 hurricane. almost impossible to stand, and i've got a wind break over there. >> it's like an airplane taking off. >> and nbc's lester hot, on the

ground in panama city as hurricane michael made landfall. that storm is churning across the panhandle with destructi force. >> came ashore, driving winds of 155 miles per hour, and wealyeee damage here from sagging power lines to splintered trees, to the roof ripped off of t monsbuteilr disyngs.em is not losing much strength as it's head the north into georgia. >> yeah. storm team 4 tracking impacts, what's nextm f the potential dangerous storm surge to what could be up to a million people without power and where all of this moves from heea. >> we havem coverage tonight. panama city.ive in >> yeah. but we begin with doug in the storm centercenter. there's not a lot of wet here yet. >> it is weaken, now at 125 miles per hour. that's a category 3. m it'sing land fall or coming

into georgia or alabama as a cat 3. that could be one of the strongest hurricanes they've ever s nhere, and in this area, we've seen a ton of damage around the panama city beach area, you see that right here, where the eye came onshore. there's been a lot of reports fr, the area mexico beach and anama city beach, incredible damage there, now the storm moving north. with a little bit more on what's happening in panama city, we go toay gray now live. >> reporter: good evening. for the first time in hours, we are getting a breakrom what's been driving rains herement it's still spitting ates tbut nothing like we've seen throughout the day for hours. sillnificant winds as well, and while this storm is moving inland, michael is still unleashing its