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let's zoom in. right toward the d.c. area. let me move out and show you as we move out and show you where the willontinue to bes we move through the rest of the evening. right along 56, 50, coming out of d.c., in to the east and the west. some very heavy rainfall. more heavy rain andhunder toward the wood bridge areand quantico. a flash flood warni in effect until midnight for fredericksburg, just to the west, around spotsylvania, orange county, and 1 be surprised to see more. this is all from michael and cold front. they are converging across our sgion. we wil very heavy rainfall until it moves out. we've got some really cool numbers behind.
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80s today. say hello to the 50s,ven the 40s. >> some of us are very much looking forward to it. hurricane micel is the most powerful storm on record ever to slam would the floridaa pae and it left behind a path of utter devastation. >> take a look from above. roofs ripped off by wind gusts, above 150 miles an hour. >> two people have been killed by this storm. hund ads of thousands left wiout power. nd one of the hardest hit communities is mexico beach, ama t 30 miles south of p beach. that's where the storm made its landfall. the srmiped out several neighborhoods. cut off all access to the others. people are out trying to help people recover. >> the winds are what led to so much of this damage. video shows roofs just flying off. other gusts, strong enough to
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bring down walls, concrete walls. laura rriguez is in panama city. folks are just nowrt sg to pick up the pieces. >> the damage is catastrophic. we've been draggg aroundll day. we came across this home. it is just gut wrenching. that is a crib of what is lt of this baby's room. they did not ride out the storm. it is a duplex. they spoke to the family on the other side of the home and the entire top blewoff. aieyhed sy t lost and everything now they are homeless we don't have anything to wear. you can see our clothes are gone. we usually put our stuff upstairs and everything is just gone. >> before arriving at the home,
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we saw several search and rescue teams. most teams are comprised the engineers, firefighters, and canine handlers. >> it is significant damage. it is hard to really quantify but i believe tre will be a lot of work here. >> this is only the beginning. familiestire g a first look at the damage and now have to rebuild their lives. reporting in panama city. nbc news. from florida, the storm pushed north into that's where an 11-year-old lost her life after a mobilearport was picked up and crashed through the roof. it hit her in the head. you can also see the radar showing it into the carolinas. you can get the latest weather whereverou are. with the storm-team 4 forecast and the live radar. it isur in free nbc washington app. to the latest in the d.c. mansion murders case. and the lone suspect, back on the stand tod for as much time
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as we spent yesterday trying to pin the crime on his brother today, prosecutors went after him, trying to tear down his version of events. >> reporter: for most othe afternoon, daron wint took questions from the prosecutor who was a fiery aggressive as she told the jury it was wint's dna found in the bedding where the three were murdered. wint denied the accusation. she pointed out that he has a history of lying to family members, his fiance andpolice. she spent hours trying to poke holes in thetory wint told wednesday about where he was in the hours before and after the murder. wint said in the early morning hours on may 13th, his brother asked to use his mini van for the day and he would pay him $3. he said h agreed and he dropped him off at his friend's house in
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southeast. he said he ended upg spend the night after his brother never came back his van. this i the same day they were held hostage in their home on woodland drive. in court today, the prosecutor told the jury that the only alibi was dead. none of the family members could corroborate his story. the prosecution seemingly went off guard. his brother stayed after his blue mini van stayed on fire and wint was arrested. prosecuts say dorel was the one who said daron burned the debris. >> they said he sa no idea his friend ed had passed away. confirmed witnesses details about ed that supported wint's testimony. prosecutors say a ma hunted
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down a personss who alted his daughter and killed him. today jury convicted him of second-degree murder. gregory bauer faces u 40 years in prison. he killed 21-yeaold nathaniel mckinnon after he attacked his daughter. ett ran him over in an amish parking lot. he had a gun in his car. and the met after a car careened. driver w hurt a well and there was substantial damage, as you can imagine, to that building. inspectors are trying to make sure the building is still safe lt not sure what caused the crash. we've got an urgent message from metro tnd driver after the death of a man in a wheelchair who didn't wait for the elevator and tried to use
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th escalator instead. darcy expenr is live at the columbia heights station reaction with this tragic accident. >> reporter: this was the daevator the man was going to use yest he pressed the button but didn't wait. he decided to use the escalator and we know what ppened then. metro officials warning people, if you use a wheelchair, ifve y baby stroller, you have to use the elevator. it was on this escalator that a man in a wheelchair lost his life. he tumbled backward. metro is reminding riders that they need to use t elevator. no one swe spoke with has ever heard of this before. karen uses what she calls a
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roll-ator to get around. e uses the elevator to get down into the station or she can get out of her chair to stand on the escalator. she said elevators can be unreliable but in this case the elevator was working. >> i don't know what they can do. in some places, the escalators are not working and the elevators are not working soo what du do? >> metro says the man who has not been identified waited only 14 seconds for the elevator before going to the escashtor. empathizes with the man who died. she said you don't know whatine was thi when he made deadly thinking. >> my thought is he was rushing to catch a bus. >> chief safety inv will to get the word out on how ill advised it is. sameoes for strollers while we're on the esubject. us the elevator always.
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disabled riderse spoke to agree saying it is we are to wait and be safe. it ishurtful. we have tose common saense to survive. aside from hurricanel, michae we had a little hurricane kanye in the white house today. that is what has been plastered all over social media. kanye west was in the oval office, going off in tangents, scribed as part diatribe, part train wreck, you idecide. >>t was something about, when i put this hat on, it mad me feel like superman. >> more important than any deal that we bring jobs into america and w provide a transition with mental health. we don't need sentences. we need pardons. this is what our president should be flyin in.
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look at this. he has to be the -- i don't answer questions in simple sound bites. you are tasting a fine wine tt has multiple notes to it. > i didn't mean to put you like that,bro. >> tell you what. at was pretty impressive. >> after this, kanye west joined the president and sitting next to him, that's football legend jim brown. they dcussed prison reform and other topics. >> when we come back, he was a victim of one of the nation's worst anti-gay hate crimes. matthew sheppard was killed nearly 20 years ago. and now he is getting a final resting place right here in our area. >> more than a month into theho scol year, thousandsf ildren still don't have their
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he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousandobs. ben's vision: medicare for all.o a plan tr prescription drug costs and fully fund our schools. the sun says jealous has "the stature and gvitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare. but it means we've got to believe in each other. ben jealous. governor
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after the breaking news we've been following for you this evening, some big, big changes are coming for our memorial bridge in d.c. for the next few years. starting monday morning, you will see a big slowdown on your commute. lanes are being cut down from one o three and only sidewalk will stay open. a lot j of people across that and walk it, too. this is all for ongoing repairs on that bridge and it will be ongoing through 2021. well, a snake on thein loos a school in fairfax county. how fun could that be in.
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>> reporter: some people are dog aople. some people cat people. there's the officer. >> i like snakes. i'm not afraid of them. they're not sry imals. >> reporter: good thing she was on duty when the call came in. school security called and said they had aha snaket was in the science lab that wa setting off the motion detector. >> reporter: she said a small blac snake had gotten loose. it turns out her natural instincts were wrong. >> when i get in there, there's a big colombia red tail on the cabinet. that makes sense. > again, we're talking to someone who loves snakes. it turned out buddy wanted to find outt live was like outside the cage. >> i just picked him up. okay. i'm used to it. >>eporter: it turns out he's pretty friendly and happy to
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pose for a picture with a friend. best call she got all day. >> snakes are my favoriteca s. even the wild ones. they're totally harmless. >> reporter: snakes are your favorite call in. yes. plus we don't typically have to write a report for them.t >> i w to know what buddy looked like when he was freaked out. what does a boa constricssr, what expn do they get when they're freaked out? she's been an actmal pron officer for seven years. she likes snakes because she spent a lot of time working at the fairfax county animal shelter. >> some students in arlington are using new skills. they're solving real crimes. and they're third graders. and now they're looking for baby echo, their owl study buddy. the school resource officer was called in to ld the search. he taped off the crime scene. he posted aissing owl flyer
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and they'll come up with enough clues to solve it tomorrow and wrap up their union mysteries. ashe promised, storm is moving our way. >> the one time we don't want to see it. it is really nasty. buckets. coming down in we're seeing rainfall, one to three inches per hour in some tareas. you j walk outside. you felt the extremely tropical air mass. the high temperatures today, 81. the heat index was at 88 degrees. one tim i saw 95. you know how wet it is. you can see the extremely heavy rain. you are seeing the heaviest rain up 270, 95, around laurel. right down toward d.c. this is the rain that will move back into alexandria and then
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look to the south around wood bridge. we've seen two to three inches per hour in this region. friends up around burke. notice a little lightning with this as well. we won't see a lot of line from this but i am seeing a few strikes. iyou can see the area yellow, that's a tornado watch. just to the south of richmond, you notice what's happening.h notice the p right here. that's the cold front. tt will help keep the heavi rain around i-95. here's the wider picture. showing the circulation. flash flooding going on across north carolina. i've seen numerous trees. that will happenn in south virginia. for us, yes, we have the potential later this evening.
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we'll talk about that. by the time it moved our way, 25 miles per hour. that's exactly whate're seeing moving offshore fairly quickly. tonight, it is already offshore. virginia beach, and ocean city area. flash flood watch in effect through 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. fredericksburg, two to four inches of rain. once the rainoves out, the winds begin to pick up. he we are at 11:00, 40-mile-per-hour wind gusts around toucnpaturiver. 30 miles per hour, maybe a little higher in some places. we could have a couple of trees down overnight. not something i'm super worried about but it is something to think about. tomorrow morning, waking up to breezy conditions and s.mperatures only in the 50 we're in for a real shock to our
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56 and windy. no shorts tomorrow, kids. it is going to be a pants day. we're talking breezy conditions. falling temperatures, morning showersn saturday. and this is interesting. morning showers in the 40s t low 50s. kind of a nasty start. a better afternoon saturday wih sosunshine. a lot of i still chilly. we'll talk a morebout that. >> thayo u. social media threats against federal officials. they're on the rise. ust ahea a local man said he learned the hard way what you can and cannotay online. and the struggle many can relate to. the mother of a police officer who took her own life talks aboutathee with post aboutathee with post partum depressi
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in thei'm tim kaine.ked to keep all virginians safe. i helped lead efforts to grow our navy to 355 ships and incread troop pay. but corey stewart said this about that budget bill... stewart: it's just an absolute nightmare and a disaster. i wish the president had vetoed it. that would hurt virginia and threaten our security. i approve this message because keeping america safe has to be a top priority
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i'm jennifer wexton, and i approve this message. seen barbara comstock's fake ad? jennifer wexton backed a deal lead massive tolls on 66. nonsense. jennifer wexton fought the tolls on 66. and let s call this plan whatis, the way that it's been rolled out. it's highway robbery. there's also healthcare robbery. barbara comstock votedag to sabote the healthcare market, hiking premiums up to 64%. barbara trumpstock -- everything that's wrong in washington.
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tonight this police detective is opening up about her suicide as northern virginia reporter explains, they're hoping you'll learn the signs of post partum depression in an effort to change minds. >> seen here in this home video from2014, surrounded by her family.er wishing own mom a happy birthday. a few months later, they suffered a miscarriage. her mother and sisters say she become increasingly anxious. >>el she f like failure. i've never heard my sister use this word before. this is very strange. >>wo weeks after losing a baby, her mom was out of the gea takare of family. >> she said i have this feeling some something is not right. >> she called sarah asking to
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check. it was too late. at just 35, she took her own life. we need to do something to spread awareness so others won't be affected. >> she wants to educate people about pos partum depression. >> she is talking about it. hoping it will spread. chan >> we can't wait for the mom who is struggling to say, hey, i need help. let us know if you're struggling. we have resources available. >> they are comforted by warm memories, encouraged knowing she is changing minds. >> she knows she's made a b
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difference. >> news4. >> now to learn more about saturday's run or to findce reso to help overcome post partem depression. you will also find a full list of our changing mindss. resour his murder became a simple for the gay rights movement. 20 years since hisdeath. matthew shepard will have a final resting place. why will his remains be interred at the national cathedral? and hurricane michael is still a dangerous storm. a force to be reckoned with. sts erroilr reon i sudirgbuera y. ..ng or
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we've got a coldmiront in this way and michael from the south and east. we have this very heavy rain along i-95. some lightning associated with that. heavy, heavy rain toward wood bridgend quantico. if you live toward lorton and burke, eect heavy rain in your area. a flash flood warning continues until midnight tonight. part of culpepper and orange county and the wider view showing where the cold front is. it is moving toward norfolk and the east coast and away from our garea. we really, ryea 5s. >> s.ee you back here.
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in panama city, people decid toay they're now dealing with some awful conditions. >> reporter: road clearing is underway. efts of roads with debris down. this is a volunteert and you're seeing it across the impact zone. making way for the power companies to get through. making it a way for people who decided to stay in theirhomes, to get out. yes, they survived. there is no power so it is hot in many cases. people thought, i won't leave because it is only a category 2 only to find out it was a category4. 20 years ago, matthew shepard was kid animal, tortured
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and killed, all because he was gay. e story got national attention and led to a national hatew. crimes finally after all these years, sheppard will find his final resting place and it is here. >> reporter: the washington national cathedral is honoring mahewsheppard. he was killed in a violent, antiay hate crime that shook the country. sheppard was murdered on octobe, 12th 1998. >> i think it is important, especially for gay and lesbian, bisexual and trans gender people emday to rember our history. andatthew sheppard was an important symbol in our history. >> only 200 people have been interred near in the last centuryhelen keller. there will be a servi
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recall his life and how much the country has changed since his death 20 yrs ag >> there was a tremendous push for anti-hateti legis which was being fiercely resisted at the time of matthew sheppard's death. and through the efforts of his family, with which we partnered ten years later, the anti-hate crime legislation was finally passed. and it was named in matthew sheppard's honor. >> his mother judy says it is nice to know he will rest in a sacred place where people can me and contemplate a safer world. >> matthew sheppard's parents say they kept his ashes fearing they would be vandalized. a school district is a major vaccination problem. thousands of children do not
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have tir shot at the end of the first week of school, more than8,000 children were not in compliance. at the deadline last month, more than 6,000 kids still do not have them. as of today the number is at 4,000. tracee wilkins explains how the school system is dweeg the problem. >> having students immunized against contagious diseases that are sometimes deadly. >> when children are not immunized, they spread the disease in the com and everyone is at risk. >> for years, the school system has failed to meet thefo deadlis r immunizing the more than 130,000 students. it is supposed to be done within the first 20 days of school. the system has missed that deadline. again this year. in the largest school system, there are 12 students a who not in come plims. prince george's county has 4,000 cstudents. anrles county, a smaller
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school system. approximaty 50 students who are notn compliance. three have been excluded from school. >> the entire 4,000 has to be representative of students who have come in over me. who need to get the immunizations done. >> reporter: as it stands, prince george's says no students have been kept out of school yet. >> everybody needs to comply. en the depar of health is offering free clinics in hopes of preventing the warst-case sc. >> measles is an exthple. e are outbreaks all over the place. california had an outbreak a couple years ago at disneyland. >> reporter: there are clinics where you can go and get yoursh s for free.
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go to nbc washington and search school shots. news4.di thrict is pumping millions of dollars into a project for the education of your children. ere was a new initiative announced. it includes $3 million in funding. this will help improve things like a s hemtences academy and a new literacy program. both programs will be in schools in wards 7 and 8. andreas agassi celebrating the opening of the secondocket ship school in d.c. ft. s established in the davis neighborhood of northeast. it currently servesour hundred students. they will welcome kids from pre-k through the fifth grade. a major step in a a major step in a revitalization in georgeto
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storm-team 4 radar picking up some very heavy rain, right through northwest d.c., right through the ststios. ook at the reds and the oranges here. rainfall s,ra one to two to even three inches per hour right now. mess. the beltway will be a mess the rest of the night, too. tomorrow, i'm not tracking rain. we're talking much cooler temperatures in about four minutes. thank you. all manned space flights are on hold tonight after a dramatic emergency landing this morning that kazakhstan. an american astronaut and his russian counter part were on the y to the international space station when a record administration rocket booster failed. he crew had to perform a rare maneuver. basically, falling back to earth. both are okay.
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the russian rocket booflter g have aood reliability r ord and it is not clear yet why this one failed. >> speaking of the international space station, today is the international day of the girl. part of a global mission advocating gender equality and encouraging kids to reach for the stars, a group of young ladies took part in the faich with the girlsn e run program trying to teach self-esteem. >> buck get them into a program cher they can learn confidence and to be themselves. d>> we're tol each run includes a lesson. are not they cute? coming up, the popularity of
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social media. just ahead, cracking down ot you say online. some people are going too far. far. >> he turned neound the naacp. buman. ben jealous.r "marylan the year". he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousa jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. a planwer prescription drug costs and fully fund our schools. the sun says jealous has "the stature andravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare. but it means we've got to believe in each other. ben jealous.. govern
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what's left of hurricane michael has arrived. heavy raiin fa doug is back with an update on the forecast in just two minutes. still more questions thand answers he growing concern for "washington post" contributing columnist whoea disad last week at the saudi consulate in turkey. the turkish officials have alleged that jamal was killed inside that consulate. the officials say saudi arabia's ambassador is on his way back to his homery and on the return, aey want full report. he had been living in our country in a self-imposed exile. >> the former first lady michelle obama on the "today" show this morning where she is launching a new initiative. she talked about life after the white house.
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she als mentioned the moment at mccain's funeral last mon when george w. bush filmed her a cough drop. it wasiniscule but it got celebrated as a moment ofis bipaship. she said bush is a good friend and party doesn't separate them. >> becau of protocol, that's how we sit at all the official he is my partner in crime in every major thing where all the formers gather. it was a simple gesture. he was getting a cough drop from laura. i said hand me a cough drop. oh, okay. >> mrs. obama says bipartisanship ps whatple expect. it comes as current fmest lady nia trump said she may be the most bullied person. the election just around the corner and politic arguments, can they heat up anymore? take a deep breath before you fire off that e-mail or tweet to
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people this power. an increase in investigations and prosecutions of threatsga madest government officials over this past year. as scott mcfarlane reports, some people are learning the limits of free speech on social media the hard way. >> it is so easy and tempting to post e-mail or tweet something political. >> did you ever envision you could tweet anything, itould get you arrested? >> no. not this ba >> kiler moved toxa aleria nine years ago to get involved in polics. en dame orlando pulse nightclub shooting in 2016. >> it really touched me. >> angry abouthe nation's gun laws, he began tweeting with the need to cnge them. >> i wanted to make little noise. maybe get into a little trouble. >> he took i too far with tweets that law enforcement say
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crossed into threats. in one he wrote,o i'm going shoot you in the head for allowing someone to murder my lo od onesthe. >> the point of my tweets was to show how dangerous guns are in a way that he think was not dangerous. >> he didn't own a gunnd thought his tweets made clear his tweets weren't serious. the u.s. capitol police and the fbi didn't agree. he pleaded guilty to a federal threat charge. he was given probation. threats like these have become common place on capitol hill. thely number nerubld 4016 to 2017. more than 950. an uptick in prosecution's threats. it includes a california man so upset about net neutrality, he
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sent e-mails to the federal communications commission with threats. >> it is not just the number of threats. it is the tone. people that are literally talking about kilsong mebody. >> the house republican whip hen ow scary it can be ofho he was s and nearly killed in a congressional baseball practice in alexandria last year. he said ireasinglyngry rhetoric is driving it. >> you don't see people speing out. >> do people still threaten you? >> yeah. >> members on both sides of the political aisle say they're seeing the >> the vitriol, the nasty bderstand, the harsh language. >> anthonywn said he called authorities several times. we've had one threat where they ininquired where i lived which suggested that not only am i at risk but my family as well.
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>> it affectsds thous of the government staffer who's are often on the receiving ends of the messages. >> he finally just teatened to kill our district director. >> the long time chief of staff. last year authorities prosecuted an atlanta man for threatening. they called counsellors to help deal with the stress. to spew just hate. it's difficult. >> tylermith -- >> trying to say something to get noticed. what would you tell them >> careful what you tweet. >> federal authorities say they've seen ancase in using social media to make hoax threats against schools and other institutions. they carried a penaltyp to five years. the goal t was prosecute but
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they said, stop the problems before they escalate. everybody needs to take a breath. thank you. well, it has arrived and it is pouring l in a of parts. doug -- >> guys, a nasty mess out t tre evening rush. you can look at the radar. you take a look at the traffic around wood bridge. notice, it is not mucing at all. it is just a terrible mess along i-95. we've gotain rain the entire area. one to three areas an area. heavier rain move in around the robinson terminal gharea.
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toward burke, brad okay road, some heavy rain there. toward oxon hill. seeing the very heavy rain and then right down 95. fredericksburg, all seeing very heavy rain. that will continue for a while. somethingeelse that we've talking about. the wind overnight will be picking up and the weather service has just put out a wind advisory. upwards of 50 miles per hour. that's new. i would see 40, 50 might be stretching it. saint mary's county, i tnk you uld see it. maybe up to 55 miles per hour. the national weather service seeing this. we could have gusts 40 to 50an milehour. the winds really pick up after about 10:00, 11:00. we'll start to see the winds picking up as the storm michael makes its way closer to our area. it will pass to the south.
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it is interacting with the cold front. we've got this system moving in. those two come together and create a stronger storm off the coast. that will happen overnight.6: , staying fairly heavy around fredericksburg, toward northernneck, 7:00. around 8:00. look at all the heavy rai around portions of southern maryland.ch les county, calvert, a flash neck, all under flood watchful so please remember, turn around don't drown. arrive safely. once it moves out, w that'sn the cooler air and the wind begins to pic up. so overnight we could see some trees down in the area. don't be surprised to see if you wake up to a few power outages. 79. 80 degrees today.ow tomo we'll wake up about 20
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degrees cooler. breezy. up to 63. then back down during the evening. if you're heading out for dinner. yeah. take jacket, the sweater. it is boo weather. we're talking really cool. clouearly, some showers. but then good in the afternoon. cool, 59, a really nice da monarchs chance of showers. as you look toward the next ten days, we'reid on the cool a major restoration project is making its wayo georgetown. > we'll look at the >devastation. a powerful russian oligarch.
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georgetown, you've likely walked over the canal. nhing prettier. it hasn't meshed with the communitymen some there is a new push to make that space a renewed destination for our region. >> adam tuss was there as part of the canal was restored. climbing down into georgetown's canal to actually witness story. massive locks made of yellow summer pine cut to mim the original. it brought the business community to the window. a lot of brute force being used. and also,ome gentle precision. this is not easy work. these the actual canal locks going into place. each one weighs about 5,000 pounds. is hardork getting in in place. >> locks that now close and this
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putsn motion is something much bigger. it is setting the stage. our vision is to tareze and reinvigorate the canal. >> it is extensive. used to ship in coal, it was packed with boatsin fer residents around as well. and it almost went away completely in favor of the car. >> thankfully theanal which dates back to around 1829 was saved. now a update for the section with the hopes of creating a net hiory all its own. in georgetown. news4. the pan hane pummelled and now michael the menace comes dangerouslylose to d.c. lts of homes flattened.
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a new startling view fromov tropical storm michael bearingn down our region. >> plus, kanye west delivers a bizarre monologue before the president. >> i put this hoot and it made meeel like superman. first,he death toll rising from hurricane michael. five people have died. look what tto can to mexico beach, florida. it shows flat slabs where people used to live. now the system is in our region and could it spawn a few tornadoes around here. >> still a monster tropical storm. you can see the chief meteorologist starts off with a look at what comes next. >> we have se extremely
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