tropical storm michael come up and a colfront moving through. this cold front well to our west right now. these are going to kinde,f comb leading to some heavier rain later today. you can see on storm team 4 radar right now, tracking some scattered showers out there, especially in parts of northern virginia and up around fredrick county in maryland. i had a few sprinkl on my w in this morning. nothing too heavy out there right now, but look at thegg picture. here's tropical storm michael. this is going to move up. there's that cold front back to the west's going to help usher it out to sea. again, leading to a rainyr day us. we'll have dry time today, but you definitely want to have the umbrella handy for your thursday. today is really the last mild day. a major cooldown moves in for morrow on your friday. 75 degrees right now. scattered showers during the morning hours, a steadier rain into the afternoon and evening e,hours. otherwt's mild out there for your morning. i'm going to have more on how the temperatures are impacted b michael and that cold front coming up in a bit. how are the roads,sa mel >> right now not looking so bade

he do have the inner loop at annapolis, the right lane tting by the work zone. northbound 270 beformontrose, we had a little red on the map there. right lane was getting by. that's now out of the way. that's a pretty big peyject e had under way there. in beltsville, southbound bw parkway at powder mill road has cle cleared. the northbound one is sti hanging around. and 95 in virginia, northbound quantico to the beltway, you're on time going 61 miles per hour. eun? >> ssmeli thank you. howling winds and heavy downpours,ichael slammed into florida's panhandle as a category 4urricane. panama city beach had the worst of it with uprooted trees, damaged homes, and flooding. that storm had winds oup to 155 miles per ur. powerful enough to gut some businesses. just about every part of that city was damaged in some way.

the is at least one confirmed death. a man died when a tree fell on his home. >> thousands of people are now without power. members of the national guard have already been deployed. those who decided to ride out the storm now say they regret that decision. >> i've been through a couple hurricanes hibefore, but t one was pretty rough. it dely wasn't a wise choice to stay. i definitely won't be staying for the next one. >> i'm still in awe right now. i don't know what we're going to do. basically probably relocate. this is going to take a while to fix. >> michael is now making its way to the carolinasnd may also impact our area as we noted this morning. still ahead, storm tram 4's ameliar will have the latest on michael's path, and jay gray will give us a closer look at the damage in florida. now to another developing story about a plot to blow up a 200-pound bomb here in c. fbi agent raided a home outside of new york city yesterday and arrested pau rosenfeld.

agents say he had a bomb factory in his basement. we're told he used black powder he bought online to make a bomb about the size of a small hot dog stand and was meant for d.c rosenfeld had even been conducting explosive tests away from his home. his alleg plan was to set it off at the national mall on election day. >> they found the actual explosive device. he called and made his intent known, to blow himse up on election day. this was an actual thing, and it was a real threat tet the s of our country. >> investors sigators say the bg was intended to draw attention to rosenfeld's political views. rosenfeld apparently called a news reporter in pennsylvania to boast about his pl, and that reporter called pole. they eventually found rosenfeld. investigators believe he's the only person involved in this coming up on 4:34.

we have an update to breaking news you saw here on news today. d.c. police have identified the man killed during a carjacking late tuesday night. police say 53-year-old curtis barnum was stabbed multiple tomes aftering for gas on minnesota avenue northeast.rn 's family tells us he was a giving man and tried to help others any way he could. theuspect was arrested yesterday. take a good look at your screen though. police are still looking for the stolen white pickup> truck. osecutors will have their chance to question the man accused of killing three members of a d.c. family and their housekeeper later today. the defense homesaron wint's testimony will hel they're arguing wint's brothers used his minivan t drive to d.c. where they murdered the family and tricked daron wint into coming to pick up his

minivan. your time now is 4:35. here's a look at our other tops y. the man accused of randomly stabbing a woman to death in northwest d.c. is set to be in court today.ra anthonyord is charged with killing wendy martinez last month. d.c. police say she was jogging down p street when the attack happened. metro is investigating the death of a man who fell down an escalator in a wheelchair. the accident happet the columbia heights metro sdtion. no wor on why the man did not use the station's elevator, which was working. this moining, an stigation is under way at a school in leesburg, virginia, tber an incident that reportedly happened among fool players. the local paper cites sources who say a boy was sexually assaulted afterct prae last eek after tuscarora high school police refused to characterize the nature of their investigation. 4:35. it's a great day to be a cs fan. last night the team took on a

floor rival, looking for stanley cup revenge. the caps came out on top. the team dominated the golden knights h5-2 despiteaving the last six days off. the offense was on fire, and so was the star. o alexchkin picking up two goals. the caps are back on the road tn take on ew jersey devils. the puck drops tonight at 7:00. just like old times. 4:36 now. coming up, controversial rapper kanye west coming to washington. details on what's on the agenda for his white house visit today. and we continue our coverage tropical storm michael as it continues to move across the meutheast. anda draper is back with much more on its latest track and theempact we could soon seeing in our area. your time is 4:36. for you, it's always leap over look.

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4:43 right now. michael has lost a bit of its punch. it's now a tropical storm, but a look at the storm's latest path shows still causing problems across the southeast. we're also getting new video t this mornit shows the devastation from the category 4 hurricane that hit the florida panhandle. take a look at what's leftf a middle school gym here. the wind just ripped off the roof and exposed the court there. >> debris is everywher it looksike one wall is completely gone. news 4's jay gray is live in panama city beach with a closer look at allhat damage. jay, it's terrible out there. >> reporter: yeah, eun, aaron, it really is. 've got afirsthand look this morning, even before the sun comes up. the damage the wind did here, you can see it snapped what was an advertising sign here and just pushed it over on to this beachside business. agu can see the wind did the

rest of the dam here. this business really just shredded. there's not much left. this was a dual-pronged storm.e wind doing damke this, water flooding areas. this really was a history maker. a couple facts on that. we know this was the strongest hurricane ever to make landfall in the u.s. in october. it was also the first ever category 4 hurricane to strike the florida panhandle. that's significant. they see a lot of hurricanes in this area. also, with winds at 155 miles an hour when it made landfall, just below a category5, it was the strongest winds we've seen in the u.s. since hurricane andrew with winds of 167 miles an hour in 199 aaron a eun, today begins the cleanup as this system continues to move through the northeast. >> all right. jay gray live for us in panama city beach. thanks so much. >> and amelia will have a look

at where the storm is headed next. now we turn to politics. ile hurricane michael hit, president trump was on the campaign trail. this is a lk at tha rally in erie, pennsylvania.de >> the pre is now catching heat for refusing to postpone the campaign rally. many are saying he should have be t focused on dealing wit storm response. news 4's tracie potts is live on capitol hill now. tracie, did the president make any mention about hurricane michael last>> night? oh, he certainly did, eun. he talked about the federal response, saying they were ready, that he had been on the phone, consulting with governors in georgia, down in the carolinas and florida, of course, staying onop of this. and he defended t going that rally in a late interview last ands ofsaying that tho people had been waiting, some of them for almost a day, to get and it wouldn't be fair to disappoint them. >> tracie, do we know when the presidentight visit the hard-hit areas in florida? >> well, he did mention last night that he's goingflo ida, which raises the

question about whether or not his next two ral llies on frida and saturday in ohio and kentucky, whether one of them might be canceled. he said sn. he did not say when. taking a look at some of the storm damage and thee' video getting in, a lot of that will depend on how people are digging out, what the response is. the federal government has said that this is going to be am long-tfallout for a lot of people in terms of the roads and the electricity it's going t take them a while to get things back in order, they believe, in some of these areas. that could affect how soon president trump could get down ther >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank you. these days it's easy togu and get angry about politics, but we all have those friends who take it a littl too far on social media. >> authorities are stepping up investigations into threa against federal officials. as the news 4 i-team reports, you should think before you tweet. >> reporter: threats against federal officials have become

almost common place here on capitol hill. the t number ofeat investigations conducted by u.si tol police nooerearly doubled from 2016 to 2017. me of these are happening on platforms, faceboo and twitter, including one local man who thought he was just tweeting a political protest until the fbi showed u at his door. >> the charges i was facing, i could have gone to prison for 25 years for some tweets. >> reporter: the number of federal prosecutions for this increasing. and it's not just federal officials getting the threat. in so many cases, it's their staffers opening it and reading it and having to deal with it. >> it affected the staff, you know, internally to a level we had to bring in counseling. >> reporter: the u.s. leader shot on a baseball field in alexandria last year tells us he's still getti threats too. >> why do we have such a dramatic increase fro where we were years ago to where we are now? >> the rhetoric has definitely got an lho er. >> reporter: what is being done

to protect these officials and the thousands of local government workers from threats? and what's being done to catch the people making the threats? our news 4 i-team investigation tonight on news 4 at 5:00. for now on capitolhill, scott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. two senators say they wantg an inveson into what happened to a missing saudi journalist. senators bob menendez andob corker want to find out why jamal khashoggi isdpeared. khashoggi wrote columns for "the washington post" often critical of the saudi government.eo surveillance v shows him going into the saudi consulate month.ey earlier this once inside, turkish officials believe a saudi security team killed him. new this morning, there's a weite thatou might hear about a lot tay. its url itkbranaugh.com. that takes you to a website called we believe survivors. it's dedicated to helping sexual

assault victimsnd offer links to various resources. the website w paschased by the executive director of fix the court, which advocates for judicial transparency. the director said heand the kavanaugh ocused sexual misconduct to any he supports them. judge kavanaugh's first day on the high court was tuesday. happening today, president trump will host rapper kanye west at the white. the two plan to discuss a variety of topics, including the manufacturrig industry,n reform, and how to reduce gang violence in chicago. president trump is also scheduled to sign the music modernization act, which will update licensing and royaltiesc for muayed on streaming services. west is also expected to meet with president trump's son-inaw jared kushner. meteorologist amelia draper is here. i knowav youa lot to do because you're tracking the remnants of hurricane michael. you're doing our local forecast. >> so much stuff going on. it's kind of all

as michael's moving out of georgia and south carolina, a cold f through.so moving that's all going to kind of combine just south of us, bring us some rain today and fall is tomorrow. in a big way. we're in storm team 4 weather alert mode this morning because some rain will be heavy during the afternoon and evening hours from michael and that cold front, mainly east o i-95. so charles, calvert, st. mary's, prince george's counties, you're really under the gun today. you come across a flooded road, turn around, don't as that cold front moves through the area, take a look at your second weather headline. breezy and much cooler for your friday. temperatures only in the 60s tomorrow during the day. that sets us up for a very autumn-like weekend. unfortunately, it's looking like we'll havecattered rain showers saturday morning. speaking of rain showers, here's the latest check of storm team 4 radar. me rain impacting parts of montgomery county.

most of the beltway looking fine. some showers around the i-81 area. winchester seeing light to moderate rain. here's tropical stormicel. ultimately this is going to be its track. it kind of scoots out to sea just south of us. here's the cold front back to the gest. these ang to kind of come together and push out to sea early tomorrow morning. when i say early, i mean like 2:00 a.m. on your friday. before w get t friday morning, here's your thursday night. here's where that heavy rain is moving in.t' i think going to get here a little earlier, about 4:00, 5:00 p.m. you get the idea. as we move towards 7:00 p.m., take a look. we're talking about heavy along and east of 95. look at the bright colors there. 2 to 4 inches of rain i possible east of 95. areas back to the north and west, onlyh.bout an i that includes most of the metro region. so that means cooler tomorrow for your friday as that front moves through. temperatures ithe 60s. a lot of us only in the 50s on saturday.

we stay in the 60s for sunday and monday. here's that ten-day forecast. again, breezy out there tomorrow. that 64 is going to feel a little cooler. umbrellas today, jackets etmorrow. ja and scarves, i think, on saturday. some you ashowers out there dur the morning hours. how are the roads, melissa? >> nice and dry right now, at least here on 95 in vi inia. 12rthbound, southbound, everything is looking quite good. we know that might not besi the ation for the evening commute. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway also rolling along nicely. no complaints there. 270 southbound, 70 to the spur, 68 miles per hour. going to takeou 26inutes. if you're headed northbound on t earlier roadwork as you're approaching montrose road bo out of the way. hyattsville, soud bw parkway after u.s. 50,la right is getting by. we'll be back in a couple minutes. >> thanks, melissa. ou'll have one fewer option

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oh, my goodness. >> a hurricane for the history books. what is now tropical storm michael left arail of destruction across the southeast. this video isoming in from alabama, where strong winds explode.wer lines to just about 5:00 a.m. now on this thursday. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. similar scenes played out across florida. this morning, hundreds of thouutnds are witower. overnight, the storm moved north, hitting georgia and arading into the carolinas. in georgia, an 11-ld boy was killed. first responders say it took them nearly 30 minutes to get to him, but it was too la. they say it looked like a bomb had gone off in the county where he lived. this morning we're expecting some of that rain to hit our region because of that, we're in weather alert mode. >> melissa mollet is standing by with a cck on the roads and

rails. let's get to amelia draper first. where is the storm, and what are we expecting? >> the storm is down in georgia and south carona, but it's interacting with a cold front that's just to our west. as these two systems kind of come together later today, we're going to see some heavy rain around here, especiallf east 95, where flash flood watch is in effect for prince ,george charles, calvert, st. mary's county, down through parts of stafford and king geo counties. this starts at 2:00 p.m. today until 6:00 a.m. on your friday. the heaviest rain impacts everybody for the afternoon and evening hours. there arca already someered showers out there. if you're in the flash flood watch, you can anticipate about 2 to 4 inches of rain elsewhere, including mostro of the m area, about an inch of rain, maybe a little less. still,ot a great day out there. you definitely want to grab the umbrella. recess for the kids today could be indoors. i think a lot of us will be impacted by rain. take a look. showers scattered across the