killed. first responders say it took em nearly 30 minutes to reach him, but it was too late. 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 a region because of that, we're in weather alert mode. >> melissa is standing by with a check on roads and rails. let's start with amelia draper. where is this storm now? what are we expecting? >> the storm right now is in georgia, south caroli it will be moving into north carolina as the day goes on and eventually bringing heavy rain to our area, mainly during the eving hours. take a look. because of that heavy rain later today, the national weather service has issued a flash flood watch forrince george's, charles, calvert, st. mary's county, down through stafford and king george county as well. now, the heaviest rain is going to be thiernoon and evening. i'm already tracking scattered showers out there right now with some pockets of heavier rain. if you're in that watch, you want to anticipate about 2 to 4

inches of rain falling, m enly during tning hours. for most of us today, we'll see about an inch of rain. definitely grab the umbrella. aside from that, it's a mild day. we're in the 70s with a high temperature around 80. he's the lates on storm team 4 radar. we're already tracking showers moving through the area, up toward the northeast. areas of frederick county, parts of princge ge county already seeing rain right now. it's going to be a rainy day out ther when it's not raining, we have plenty of clouds. i'm tracking a massive temperature drop, melissa. i'll have more on that coming up. for now, how are the roads? >> right now okay.ou ase been saying throughout the morning, we have sprinkles here and there. heavier rain eected laterhis morning. some of them are wet right now. inner loop before river ro, a disabled vehicle. we are seeing a little bit of li rain f there right now. as far as that disabled vehicle, not seeing any issue here. innerou loop anr loop of the beltway nice and clear.

as we zoom in, southbound 295 after eastern avenue, crash reported there. and zooming in even further here this morning, arlington southbound gw parkway after the y bridge, left lane blocked by a crash. camp springs, lots of heavy rain there. inbound suit pndkway at igitland road, disabled vehicle blocking the side. 270 also seeing rain falling as well. >> all right, melissa. thank you. we want to get back to our coverage of the damaged caused by michael. e category storm was the most powerful hurricane on record to hit florida's panhandle. >> winds clocked in around 155 miles per hour, jus a shy of category 5. this monster storm hit panama city beach, florida, hard, splitting trees in half, ripping off roofs, tossing trucksnd cars like toys. you see it right here. for about two hours, michael battered that city, damaging practically eve home, business, and tree.ut the stormted this t-mobile store, shredding just about everything inside. you can see debristt scaed

across the street.l the powerinds also blew out the windows of homes and hotels. people are also still dealing with flooding. >> and here's abird's eye view of the damage in panama city beach. florida governor rick scott says search and escue teams are heading into the state's hardest hit areas to help two people have died in the storm. one in florida and the one we mentioned in georgia. and we want to show you this neweo vhis morning showing the moments the storm ripped off a building's roof in panama city beach. >> there it goes! >> you can see that roof flying off likheet of paper. a woman riding out the storm in a friend's sixth floor apartment recorded this video. she told local reporters she also saw the wind blow out windows and demolish a resort. farther inland, even for people sheltere inside building the threat was very real. nbc's lester holt found that out firsthand while riding out the storm inside a panama city hotel

room. >> the power is n out. we were outside for a little bit. we were forced inside. hurricane michael proving to be everything it was advertised to be. at one point, lester's crew put a mattress in tront ofhe windows over fears the wind would shatter the glass. it was good ide too. just one floor above them, the nd did blow out the windows, sending glass flying across that roomo the good ne one was inside when this happened. lester was safe inside. you saw that. t check out this moment with nbc's kerry sanders. >> wow. thank you. thank you. >> that was the wther channel's jim cantore, who happened to be nearby, coming to kerry's aid the. kerry later said he was thankful he was wearing a helmet. he said he was hit in theead during that scare, and he could have suffered a concussion without it.

and while hurricane michael hit, president trump was on the campaign trail. he isea catching for refusing to postpone a campaign rally to deal with the storm response. take a look at this video just ursar after michael blled into florida as a category 4 storm. shortly after the storm hehit, t president landed in erie, pennsylvania, to speak to supporters. reporters repeatedly asked the president if he considered cancelling the event, b he said he did not want to disappoint the people who showed up. mr. trump did talk about the storm at the beginning of his remarks. ye i want to send our thoughts and p of our entire nation to everyone in the path of hurricane michael, especiallyn the flori panhandle where it's hitting and hitting hard. >> today we're hoping to learn about the president's planto to these damaged areas. according to the president's schedule, he's set to have a rally in ohio tomorrow.

fema has activated first responders from across the nation to head to the southeast, and they are stationedacross multiple states to help with cleanup and recovery efforts. that includes captain larry laughlin wh the montgomery county rescue and fire department. he in montgomery, alabama. he's joining us by phone. captain, are you there?ye >> i am. good morning. >> thanks for making time for us today. what can you tell us about the conditions where you are right now? >> r conditionsight now whe we are, are pretty calm. we had some moderate to heavy rain yesterday when the storm came onshore. we're probably 150 miles from the shore. >> now, we know that when fema activates these task forcend frm arhe country, they bring you in. you were probably there for a couple of weeks. at do you know about the type of work that youight be called on to do as the sun comes up today and more of the work begins?

we're waiting for activation ouom fema to go into where the storm went t. some of the things that we might be looking for are water rescue. that's definitely something we're equipped to handle. air force at maxwe base with six other teams and awaiting arrival of other teams as well. >> do you have any idea how long you might be down there? obviously we saw with florence a lot of foding that lasted for days upon days. any idea how long you might be in ts part of the south? >> we're equipped to se -sufficient for up to 14 days. >> so potentially at least thatn long, andr if needed. i would imagine they'd get you more supplies if you needed that. captain, i think your team was about, what, 16 strong. >> we are 16 members at this point. >>ou typically have to work together if you're called on and

activated to go down and actually do a mission? do you work with that team, or do you spread out and make yourselves available separately wherever you might be needed? >>as >> they can us to pretty much do anything. we can go anywhere the local jurisdiction needs us. >> well, we know you are awaiting your orders to see if you will be captain larry laughlin with the montgomery county fire opartment, a membe maryland task force one there in alabama awaiting orders to help out post-hurricane michael. captain, best of luck to you and stay safe down there. y >> tha. have a good day. >> our coverage of tropical storm michael and thete ath continues all morning long. you can also c washington app for the latest images from the cleanup and track the storm's path. it's now 6:08. we're still following a developingtory this morning. fbi agents stopped a plot that could have claimed lives and caused a lot of damage hern d.c. >> a new york man is now in jail accused of planning a suicide bombing on the national mall.

news 4's justin finch ishin the mall morning. what are you hearing about the possible motive here >> reporter: hey there, aaron, eun. it turns out fbi officials say th paul rosenfeld was very frustrated with the nation's politics right now and was so upset, he was willingo blow himself up and even risk the lives of others herel on the m to advance the idea, a very old idea, of something cald sortition. it has its roots in ancient greece. it calls for choosing government leaders at random. the fbi say rosenfeld's bomb plot had been coming together for the past few months in them ba of his home in tappan, new york, just outside of new york city. that house was swarming with federal agents jt on wednesday. officials say rosenfeld also told a reporter in pennsylvania about his plot, and that reporter reached out to the feds. he was tracked down on tuesday, we are told, not far from his home. he did confesshe to plot to government agents as well as

buying eight pounds of black powder that would be used to power a near 200-poundt bomb t he was building in his basement. also found there, test explosive devices. >> they found actually explosive device. he had called and made known his intent to do something and ilow himself washington, d.c. on election day. so this was an actual active thing. o was a real threat the safety of our countr >> reporter: our siste station in new york reports rosenfeld has no apparent record or ties to any terrorism organizations. he's now facing two decades in prison for this plot. live on the mall, justin news 4. back in to you. >> justin, thank you. this morning, the man accused of beating woman and sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl inwoodbridge remains in jail. yesterday, adam seth walter faced a judge for the first time and refused to speak. he is accused of grabbing the

girl on her way to school tuesday morning. elp her or tried to when she realized something wasn't right. walter attacked a the neighbor briefly held her before sheoas able tet away. he is due back in court in december. bo> happening today, we may learn more the random attack that left a woman dead in d.c.'s c logancle neighborhood. >> anthony crawford is set to be in court today. 's accused of stabbing wendy martinez to death last month. street ingging down p northwest d.c. when that attack happened. investigators say it was an provoked attack. a man in a wheelchair died while trying to ride an escalator up the elscalator at the columbia heights metro station. metro officials say paramedics found the man lying at the bottom of the escalator yesterday afternoon. he tried to use the elevator apparently, but for some reason gave up after a short time. that's when he tried to ride the escalator instead. at some point while going up the escalator, the man fell backwards and his wheelchair fell on t s of him. >>n a guy laid out pip saw

his legs was all bloody, really bad. i saw about ten people crowded around h >> metro says the elevator the man was trying to use before the accident was fully functional. e're learning newdetails this morning following saturday's deadly limo crash in upstate new york. the operator of the limousine company is now charged with criminal negligent homicide. nauman hussain was arrested yesterday. he was released on bond last night. as part of his release, he had to give up his u.s. passport. new york state police say when they arrested him, he had packed bagsith him. his attorneys say that's because he was receiving death threats and had to leave his house. he's pled not guilty. police say the limo involved in the crash failed recent safety inspections, and tho driver, was also killed, was not properlyed lice 6:12 right now. still ahead, our coverage of the aftermath of hurricane michael continues. >> we have a live report from florida's panhandle, one of the rdest hit areas. how about our weather, amelia?

>> we're going to have rain at times throughout the day todayet someoads out there right now. more widespread rain later today. you might want to budget time for that evening commute. by tomorrow morning, we return to dry conditions. here's thef latest looke radar. his is tropical storm michael. more on the impacte later today coming up. well, dancing keeps them focused. how you can help outfit them for success coming up on news 4 toda y.

6:16 right now. we're tracking michael, now a tropical storm. that category 4 hurricane didba er florida's panhandle, packing winds up to 155 hour.s an

>> one of the hardest hit areas was panama city beach. that's where news4's jay gray is live this morning. jay, good morning to you. describe what you're seeing out there. >> reporte good morning, eun. good morning, aaron. devastation from this storm. it was two pronged. we had the water from the storm rge and from the rain, flooding several areas. things wind that did like this. you can see it snapped this roadside sign, threw it into this business, a business that michael wasn't finished with.ds the wust coming through and gutting this beachside place. i mean, it shredded everything in sight here. it's a complete loss. and i'm afraid, guys, as the sun comes up across thee strik zone, we're going to find more situations just like the one i we're going to see here. significant damage. again, this is the wind. we're also going to have to deal with flooding and wait for waters to recede. >> jay, we know there will be so

much clean to do. people were ordered to evaate. are you seeing any residents out there in the last few days trying to pick up the pieces? >> reporter: yeah, we have seen a few people that were here. obviously there are those that rode out the storm who came out and took a look around yesterday when things lightened up just a bit and started a bit of the cleanup. to start is in full is going to require crews to come in and clear things away t for thosehat evacuated, which is most of tho who live here, the power has got to get back. once that power gets back, this area will come back to life and pean come in and kind of see what's left and assess their own personal property and how they're going to move forward. >> jay, you mentioned the power issue. i was wondering if you'vt seen any of those sorts of crews starting to move into the area, the powerre, the building inspectors, the folks who are going to really hav to do the work of rebuilding this

community. >> reporter: we haven't to this point, aaron. i think we will once the sun comes up here and things get moving a little bit. just too windy yesterday. we were still seeing severe gusts so those crews couldn't get in yesterday. i believe we'll see them reall starting their work as the sun comes up here. >> jay gory live us in panama city beach this morning. jay, thank you. >> amelia dracer is still ng this tropical system. what's going on now? >> right now, aaron, michael is a tropical storm with maximum winds at 50 miles an hour. atest position of it here with our hurricane track right along the georgia/south carolina border. it's moving at nice pace now. northeast at about 20 miles an hour. think bac to yesterday, it was moving about 10 to 15 miles an hour. so it's picking up steam, dd that's a ghing bauecause it will reduce the amount of rainfallia in geo and south

carolina. later today it's going to head off aund norfolk,ut to sea. late tonight, early tomorrow morning with help from a cold front. that cold front has a massive impact on our temperatures tomorrow. today we' tracking raint times, mild and muggy conditions out there as wel take a look. here's storm team 4 radar. still tracking rain, mainly up in o parts frederick, maryland. somer stead rain moving through parts of southern yoryland and prince george's county. can see the beltway here dealing with rain. it's going to be a slow go traveling toward onannapolis. 95, woodbridge to quantico, moderate rain out there this morning. budget some extra time for that morning and evening commute with rain at times throughout the entire day. a high around 80. look. here's the storm team 4 ten-day forecast. for tomorrow, weo from 80 today to 64 degrees tomorrow. it's breezy as well. for the weekend, some scattered showers out there saturday

morning. temperatures on saturday only in thro 50s tod 60. low to mid-60s on sunday. melissa, we all wanted fa g, and itng to be here tomorrow in full force. how are the roads? for.reful what you wish silver spring, brand new problem here. new hampshire re avenue, left side blocked by a disabled vehicle. you can see that slowdown here starting to increase. the rest of the beltway looks fine. all of this green, the yellow, the orange on yota screen, we're ing about rain falling across the area. you'll have to use those windshieldmp wipers. springs, inbound suitland parkway at suitland road, disabled vehicle blocking the right side of the road. germantown road at 270, a little slowdown. aslar as your tra times, looking pretty good her66 inbound, 95 north, just 33 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 fm when you p in your car. ho

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page. you want to make sure they get outfitum cost, because they're getting requests to perform. >> every weekend there a requests to perform somewhere. so yes, a need for uniforms. uniforms.l get new >> we have information about the gofundme page that you can donate to. ci want to thank theommunity members. some of them have comeout. police officers, parents, community leaders who want them to succeed despite the obstacles that may come their way. let's help them get those costumes. back in to you. >> lov that routine. thanks, molette. coming up,g eat breakfast while you commute. a lot of us do it. it may become easier for met riders. >> the proposal to bring foodtao your localon. and scattered showers right now but heavier rain moving through later today. with that, a flash flood watch in effect for counties east of in effect for counties east of 95.

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right to that storm team 4 weather alert at the category 4 hurricane that caused all of this damage is now a tropical itstorm. as downgraded overnight, but it's still leaving a lot of >> and michael is still making its way through the southeastern united states. today we could be feeling some of the impacts of this powerful storm. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper is in for chuck this week. >> she's here to fill us in on the latest befor we check in cth melissa mollet for a look at yourmute. >> well, right now i'm tracking scattered showers across the area. today is a great day to download our nbc washington app. you can have the radar right there on your phone. right now we're at 76 degrees. rain is moving into the beltway. it could be a slow go out theou for morning commute. it's a mild start to theay. temperatures are going to stay in the mid-70s until about 10:00 a.m. you want to have the umbrella not just ts morning but this

evening. check this out. this is future weather at 7:00 p.m. tonight. notice this heavy rain along and east of i-95. this is where a flash flood watch is in effect t for 2 4 inches of rain. we could see some flooding issues, especially in parts of southern maryland and prince george's county. everybody today dealing withle t some rain. i'm going to have the latest check of storm team 4 radar. plus, as this rain moves out overnight tonight, we're tracking much cooler air in.ving i'll have the latest on that coming up in about 15 minutes. for now, how are the roads, melissa? >> a couple new stproblems. und 66 before the beltway, sounds like we have a disabled dump truck blocking the rerht lane this morning. a little bit of a slowdown as you're approaching theeltway. otherwise, rest of 66 looks pretty good. actually, pretty dry. sterling, westbound old ox road after the dulles greeneay, left blocked by a crash. you can see all of this here, that radar showing you where it is raing across the area. so 95 northbound, once you hit quantico, you'll start dealing with that rain if you're htded ometime soon. silver spring, outer loop before

new hampshire avenue, left side blocked by a disabled vehicle. seeing some slowdowns there. rest of the beltway is okay. slow here as well, 270 southbound as you're leaving frederick. guys? >> tnk you, melissa. it's 6:32. howling winds and heavy downpours, michael slammed into florida's panhandle as a category hurricane. panama city beach had the worst of itith uprooted trees, damaged homes, and flooding. the storm had winds of up to 15 miles per hour, powerful enough to gut some businesses. just about every part of the city was damaged in some way. there's at least one confirmed death in florida. a man died when a tree fell on his me. >> at the same time, thousands of people are now without power. mbers of the national guard have already been deployed. those who decided to rideis out storm now say they regret that decision. >> i've been through a couple hurricanes before, but this one was pretty rough. it definitely wasn't a wise choice to stay, and i definitely won't be staying for the next

one. >> i'm still in awe right now. like, i don't know what we're going to do. basically it's probably relocate because this is gng to take a while to fix. >> michael is now making its way to the carolinas and may also impact our area. we'll keep checking bac in wit amelia draper for the latest on michael's path. >> coming up in a few minutes, c's gabe gutierrez will join with us a closer look at the damage in florida in a live i now 6:33. sport. we're continuing to monitor this breaking news. a space rocket headed to the international space station made an emergency landing in kazakhstan. the spacecraft was carrying two astronauts from the u.s. and russia. aid the russian booster rocket failed minutes after launch. the crew is in good condition and are out of the capsule. cording to russia's news agency, all russian-manned space launches have been suspended after this incident. olook for update this story in the nbc washington app. and here's a look at our other topni stories this m. a new york man is in jail for allegedly planning to bomb the

national mall. the fbi says paul rosenfeld wanted to kill himself with a 200-pound bomb on electionco da. ng up in a little bit, news s justin finch will tell us how the plot was discovered and the suspect's bizarre political views. w prosecutol get their chance to question the lone suspect in the d.c.mu mansion er case today. daron wint took the stand for the first te yesterday. he's trying to pin the murders of three family members and their housekeeper on his brother. a c man is tody after a deadly stabbing at a northeast d.c. gas station. police say curtis barnum was carjacked and killed tuesday night. police say his pickup triuck is still missing. investors hope for a big recovery after wall street took its biggest hit in months. the dow dropped more than 820 points yesterday. experts say fearf rising rates are forcing people to bail on some big tech names. facebook, apple, intel, and

microsoft stock prices all dropped more than 4%. 6:35 right now. metro may be getting into the food and beverage business. >> the transit agency plans to foodnt a proposal to allow sales in and around stations. news 4's chris lawrence is le with more on this story. >> reporter: well, eu these stations could look a lot different in the years to come. the metro officials will present this plan to the metro board committee later this morning. i can tell you food is just one part of a much larger plan. these new regulations wouldal w metro to cut commercial deals on its own without going to theoard to get its okay. so they'd be able to rent out any space on metro property for private or commercialuse. so yeah,oo think of those f the rs here outside station. of course, all that food would still be wrapped up because you still wouatn't be able to e or drink on board the train. but also, there could be electron kiosks like red box, photo booths, lottery machines,

even vendors selling health and beauty products. so why are they doing allhi well, money. the ridership is downthan 10% over the past few years. because metro is going toat get dedicated source of funding from you, taxpayers in d.c., maryland, and virginia, that also means iagreed to a hard cap on its spending next year.hi so would be yet another way to raise revenue. live outside the clarendon metro, chriss lawrence, new 4. >> chris, thank you. 6:36.t's now coming up, stanley cup rematch. how did the caps do defending the cup? a look at their latest battle against veg ahead. plus, onlinehreats on the rise. now a warning to remember before you tweet. manho says his manho says his w

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and we are going to have rain at times throughout the daw todah some heavier rain later. some of this is an impact michael as well as a cold front too. unfortunately, some flooding is possible. ankfully, we're not talking about any big impacts here. it's going to bring big changes weekend i'll whebe breaking that down i the full forecast. a vehic s on ie here at the american leej bridge. fu details coming up. ll in thei'm tim kaine.ked to keep all virginians safe. helped lead efforts to grow our navy to 355 ships and increased troop pay. but corey stewart said this about that budget bill...

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michaels now a tropical storm and moving inland, making its way ross the southeast. take a look. this is new video from early this morning, showing the storm in georgia. all eyes, though, are on florida's paandle, where michael made landfall as a category 4 hurricane with winds topping 155 miles per hour. those winds peeled back theof rf his middle school gym in panama city beach. >> you can see theourt is jus covered with debris there. that storm hit that area hard,

damaging homes and knocking out power for thousands. about 70 miles east of that city is even more damage. nbc's gabe gutierrez isiv now in apalachicola, florida, with a look at things there. gabe, good morning. >> reporter: aon and eun, good morning. this is what we're seeing across the region, all these massive trees toppled, power lines down as well, making it nearly impossible to get around. so far two deaths have been flamed onhis storm, one a man in florida where a tree fell on his home. another, according to emergency management officials, in georgia was an 11-year-old boy who was killed. this was a fast-moving storm that showed no mercy. it came onshore y,yester packing maximum sustained wind miles per hour. lots of damage in panama city beach, but the eye also made landfall near mexico beach. homes were destroyed, ripped off their foundations. massive storm surge. here in apalachicola, florida,

there was a storm surge rorted of up to seven feet, part of a historic downtown flooded. now hundreds of thousands of people are without power. itay could be and in some cases even weeks before that wer is restored. guys, back to you. >> gabe gutierrez in florida this morning. we'll have more on the "today" show in a few minutes thanks, gabe. storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper will h e more on where michael is headed next if a few minutes. it is 6:46 right now. we turn to a developing story. the fbi ss agents stopped a man's plan for a suicide bombing on the national mall. >> the man told agents he was making a bomb with materials he planning ine and was to strike on election day. news 4's justin finch is now on aye national mall with more. justin, election seems to have a deeper meaning in this case. what are investigators finding out? >> reporter: eun, that's right. federal investigators saying that paul rosenfeld, 56 years old of new york state, was just

upset and he wanted attention and would have gotten just that on election day had his plan panned out. he was willing to blow himself up here on the mall, taking his own life risking the lives of others here on the mall to enaw aon to an idea of something called sortition, which has its roots in ancient greece. it calls for choosing government leaders at random. now, rosenfeld was busted on tuesday, found out thanks to a l tipster's c to federal investigators. that tipster a pennsylvania reporter who says that rosenfeld reached out h to about his bomb plot, aha bomb he been building in his home in tappan, new york, just outside of new york city. on tuesday, we are told from investigators that rosenfeld did confess, saying not only had he been hatching this plan from his home, but he also bought eight pounds of black powder that he wanted to use in a20 pound bomb that he had basemenlding in his in that basement as well, also

hound were test explosive devices,ng rosenfeld was actually very serious and also getting close to hatching his plot here that could have been very deadly. back out live, we're told at this point he has no apparentt criminal por any ties to any criminal terror organizations. he's also now facing at least two decades in prison for thisl bomb we're live on the mall. i'm justin finch, news 4. back to you. >> justin, thank you. 6:48 now. these days it's easy to argue and get angry about politics, but we all have those friends who take it a little too far on social media. >> authorities are stepping up investigations into threats against federal officials. as the news 4 i-team reports, you should think before you tweet. >> reporter: threats againci federal ofs have become almost common place here on capitol hill. the number of threat investigations conducted by u.s. capitol police nearly doubled

from 2016 to 2017. some of these are happening on social media platforms, facebook and twitter, including one local man who thoughhe was just tweeting a political protest until the fbi showed up at his . do >> the charges i was facing, i could have gone to prison for 2r s for some tweets. >> reporter: the number of federal prosecutions f this increasing. and it's not just federal officials getting the threat. in so many cases, it's their ing fers opening it and re it and having to deal with it. >> it affected the staff, you know, internally to a level we had to bring in counseng. >> reporter: the u.s. house leader shot on a baseball field in alexandria last year tells us he's still getting threats too.e >> why dave such a dramatic increase from where we were years ago to where we are now? >> the rhetoric has definitely got anot hotter. >> reporter: what is being done to protect these officials and the ousands 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.

sfor now on capitol hill,cott mcfarland, news 4 i-team. 6:50 now. we want to turn back to tomorrow steam 4 meteorologist amelia draper. >> she's tracking the impact of michael on our area. >> we're going to be dealing wies rain at t throughout the day today, due in part to michael and also from a cold urfront that's just to west right now. we're in storm team 4 wther alert mode today because of heavy rain in the late afternoon and evening hours. best chance for heavy rain today is east of i-95.ld it ce a slow go for that commute to and from work, as i'm already tracking areas of rain, which you saw in justin finch's live report. for tomorrow, your second i weather headli breezy. it's going to be much cooler. temperatures today around 80. we're only ithe 60s tomorrow throughout the day. that sets us up for a cool weekend, feeling very much like aumn out there. unfortunately, there are going to be scattered rain showers around for saturday morning but

late-day sun. here's the latest weather alert. most of us not under a weather alert. along eastern 95 through stafford and kin george counties, a flash flood watch is in effect. it starts at 2:00 thite oon. it's going to go until 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. again, the heaviest raing is go to be during the afternoon and especially during the g hours. in the watch, 2 to 4 inches of rain possible. if you're not in the watch, around an inch of rain. cloudy skioday when it's not raining. take a look at storm team 4 radar. we're seeing heavy rain right now in parts of fairfax, arlington, alexandria, moving into parts of the distric along the beltway. you can see rain in parts of prince george's county. so have the umbrella handy throughout the day today. but knowld it's going to be 70s now. 80 for a high. n friday, we're only tracking temperatures tomorrow in the 60s throughout the day. with the breezy wind, it's going to feel cooler.an definitely to grab the jacket as you head out the door tomorrow.

for the kids at the bus sp tomorrow morning, temperatures are in the 50s. for the weekend,tu tempes on saturday in the 50s to around 60. low to mid-60s for highs on sunday. then as we look at the next ten days, we stay in the 60s. how are the roads? >> well, we have a fir traffic alert this morning. this has to do with the beltway. take a look at this. this is the inner loop before the american legion bridge. looks like we have rain falling right now, just adding to that problem. this is an overturned vehicle. now we have the response here on the scene. you can see we're only getting by on the left side of the road. inner loop here, american legion bridge. allow extra time if that's your route this morning. capitol heights, outer loop, a crash reported there. look at the beltway. it is really slow at this point this morning. at's because in part of all of this rain that's falling. this is where that problem is, inner loop at the american legion bridge. that heavy band is coming throug right now. fairfax, eastbound 66 beforthe beltway, broken down dump rruck on theight side. triangle northbound5 at 619, crash reported there.

as we zoom in just a little bit, alexandria northbound 5 before duke, left lane blocked by a crash there. travel time, 66 and 95 both slow, probably because of that rain. 270 and the topf the ltway, same situation. going just about 25 to 30 miles per hour. remember to listen to wtop 103.5 when you hop in your car this morning. >> melissa, thank you. 6:53 now. in a neighborhood plagued by violence, there are a of people trying to make a difference in the lives of young girls and teens. >> this morning, molette green takes us to a community center where dance is building self-esteem, keeping teens focused, and in demand. but theyeed new costumes as they get more requests to perform ithe community. molette, tell us more from the benning court community center. >> reporter: absolutely. and it's a tiny little community center in the basement of the apartments here.ve but they big goals and big dreams. we want to help them out.ad al this morning watching our broadcast, a local church, a

nearby churast baptist donated $300 towards -- [ cheers and applause ] yes, towards their goal of getting new coi umes. ink to bring in the community center director. here is a look at the costumes. you hold that up. it's beautiful. tell me where we are on the goal. >> we e trying to raise at least $5,000 to get our uniforms a >> reporter: right. and you're about at 2600. so you're sort of halfway there. you need people to go to that gofundme page and support the illusionsf dance. 7 to 12 years old. some of them say they want to be professionals. some of them say they're just doing thisfu to have i want to thank thecommunity, the local police and others who are supporting these young girls and their goal. [ cheers and applause ] we're going to get to that goal, aren't we? yes, we te. i want tonk the illusions of dance. they got up early this morning.

and they have to go to school. you're going to school this morning, right? all right. really quickly, elena is 12 years old. what would a new costume mean? >> the new costume would mean we tunities to do what we want to do and get out into the world. >> reporter: that's it. back into you. >> all right, elena. >> hopefully they get it. now 6:55. four things to know. the powerball jackpot is at $413 million. no one won after last night's drawing. she next drawing is saturday. tomorrow nigh mega millions drawing is worth $548 million. an american astronaut and a russian cosmonaut are okay after making an emergency landing. they were headed to the internatio the russian booster rocket failed. the russian news agency says all russian-mannhe space launcs are now suspended. you can look for the latest on "today." metro is investigating the death of aho man fell down an escalator in a wheelchair. the accident happened at the h columbiaghts metro station

yesterday. investigators are not sure why he didn't use the elevator, which was working. ne hurri michael is now aal troptorm. it hit florida's panhandle as a category 4 hurricane yesterday. that was the strongest to ever hit that part of the state in recorded history. one man in florida died. an 11-year-old boy in georgia died. the storm is now moving inland toward the carolinas. and today we are going to have some rainue in parto michael as well as a cold front moving through. have the umbrella handy. h heavy rain during the afternoon and especholly evening s, mainly east of i of 95. mild today, temperatures near 80. taking a look at the roads. inner loop of the beltway, a you're approaching the american legion bridge, overturned vehicle. only the left side is getting by. capitol heights outer loop, crash reported there as well. all of that green, the yellow, the orange showing you where it's raining around town. it is kind of messadout there, ng to the pain on the roads.

>> i grgot my umbrella. >> what? >> didn't amelia tell us thursdayas going to be the rainy day? >> i have a big one. come on., >> "today" show is next.

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