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it's the middl of october and finally feels like fall. what a temperature drop. and the latest on the cooler temperatures. >> well, overnight we saw t 3 6 inches of rainfall in parts of southern maryland from michaeld cold front moving through the area. take a look at the latest radar right now. this is what's left on the stern shore moving out of pennsylvania and up through new enndand right now behind it intense winds moving through the area. you really want to watch for debris branches on the roads.
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the latest wind gusts at 40 miles per hour. speaking of flooding, we continue to tck flood warnings for parts of charles, st. mary's county and parts of southern prince george's county as well. 50s and 60s right now. are we going to warm up at all? i'll have more on that in a little bit. >> we do have problems because of all the wind here from overnit. take a look at northwest. river road all banescked there. you'll have to wiggle your way through a neighborhood to get out of that one. inner loop and outer loop of the beltway fine at this point. wind warnings in fect. >> thau. at last check michael had
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claimed six lives acrossfl ida, georgia, and north carolina. >> now we're seeing the impact of the storm closer to home in virginia and maryland. take a loo at the flooding here yesterday afternoon. you can see the rushing floodwa rs turn roads into rivers.s driverad to take it slowly and in some cases cars were left stranded. everywhere er were and the wind was also a problem knocking out power to about 10,000 people at one point. the national weather service also confirmed at least one tornado southwest of richmond. here's some pictures out of maryland. parking lots flooded there. there were similar scenes like this east of 95 and south of fredericksburg. some places received 3 to 6 inches of rain last night. >> in florida panhandle more than 1 million people are still without power this morning. in mexico beach, much of that town is reduc torubble. look at that. wiped out. the 155 miles per hour winds
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flattened homes and businesses everywhere. search and rescue crews are now seg damaged buildings looking for survivors. two o the largest hospitals in panama city beach took a hard w hit asl forcing patients to be transferred. >> all the homes areashed out. devastating. >> officials say 285 people in mexico beach defied mandatory evacuation orders. some have been rescued, but most are still unaccounted for. >> it was tropical storm michael that hitorth carolina rd. people are still trying to recover from last month's hurricane florence. in charlotte, the stronginds uprooted huge trees yesterday. the heavy rain flooded t greensbo and in winston salem, flooding forced people to
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evacuate their apartments. for 400,0 out power people across the state. >> someone was shot in georgetown last night and shortly after that a womas found injured and looking for police at 20th and l reet. those two incidents are connected. we spotted a car with bullet holes in the area last night and we are still working to find out whether thi is some kind of road rage incident. we're alsoorking to learn more about shootings in fairfax county. two peoplerred at separate hospitals last night with gunshot wounds. now police are trying to figure out whether theicms were hurt in the same shooting. we found police investigating one are in springfield. that's where policetelieve at lene of the victims was shot. thel update you more on story as we learn more.
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>> an arrest has been ma in theilling of a local woman riding in a lyft car more than a year ago. she was killed when the car she was in was hit head on by another hicle. the driver of that car was going 70 to 80ho miles per. court documents also show that her bteod t positive for nt fentnyal. >> it hurts to have to see her face on this obituary. >> younger was charged with second degree murder. we tried to speak with her. she de not h any comment. >> prosecutors say a d.c. firefighter took mattersnto his own hand taking his suv with his daughter to track down the personhat attacked her hours earlier. what happened next left one aung person dead the firefighter facing up to 40 years in prison.
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yesterday, a jury convicted gregory bowyer for running over and killing innathaniel mckinno. security camera footage caught it. >> this case is really about revenge. and that morning was going to be a reckoning for mr. bowyer. >> the defense argues mckinney had an ak 47 and mr. bowyer ran him over in self-defense. >> his parents say they keptis ashes for all of these years fearing they would be if they buried them. they feel confident the national cathedral would be a safe place.
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>> there was a tremendous push foranti-hate crime legislation the time of matthew shepard's death and through the efforts of his family with which we also partnered, ten years later the anti-hate crime legislation was finally passed and named in matthew shepard's honor. >> he wl be laido rest on october 26th. his mother says it is reassuring that he will rest in a safer plac where people can come and contemplate a safer, kinder world. >> kanye unfiered. the rapper visited the white house and for almost 20 minutes allr the president anybody else in the oval office could do is listen. these are some of t phrases and topics he covered in a monologue that was almost completely uninterrupted but for a few reporter questions. one thing is clear.es
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kanye supports president trump. >> they tried to scare me to not wear this hat. my own friends. buthis hat, it gives me power in a way. there was something about when i put this hat on. it made me feel like superman. what i need saturday night live or the liberals to improve. on he don't look good. we don't look good. this is our president. ou >> i'll tell what, that was pretty impressive. >> kanye previously talked about his own presidential whed about that, he said apirations. only after 2024. >> it's a game o wait and see when the stock market opens later this morning. the dow tanked again yesterday. one day aft president trump blasted the federal reserve for major stock market losses. the dow jones fell 545 points yesterday after dropping 831 on wednesday. that's a 5% loss in value in two days. investors are worried about
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rising interest rates and trade tensions t could slow economic growth. >> right now, maryland's second largest school district is trying to solve a major vaccination problem. thousands of kids in prince george's couy do not have their shots. at the end of the first week of school,ore than 8,000 kids were not in compliance with district policy. byhe deadline last month, more than 6,000 children still didn't have the shots. as of now 4,000 students are not v vaccinat vaccinated. the school district missed the deadline this year. those students have been held out of class. prince george's county school is working with the healt department to set up free immunization clinics. big changes areoming to e memorial bridge and may slow down your commute. lanes will be cut from six down to three. if you run or bikehe across bridge, you'll be down to just one sidewalk. and this is all for the on going
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habilitation project that's scheduled to last through 2021. an uncertain future for the space launch program after yesterday's rocket failure. ming up, why russia has opened a criminal investigation while the u.s. weighs egen b questions about space. >> and massive work is being done to bring tater back a d.c. canal that's been sitting dry. we'll give you a special look at the work happening inisric georgetown. >> you might have heard the winds overnight, but check out the temperature change that moved in. we're about 15 degrees cooler. starting off with temperatures in the 5 and 60s. so we'll be in the 6
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the american astronaut and russian cosmonaut hav been reunited with their families. now future manned launches are on hold. three astronauts still orbiting in the space station will remain there for now. officials must decide wthther u.s. will maintain a presence on the space station. >> investigators are looking into the cause of a house explosion.e explosion ripped open a wall and damaged part of the home's ro >> all the lanes westbound are now open. that was not the case yesterday after a large sinkhole caused some traffic problems there. take ak, lhat sinkhole spans two lanes. crews worked on it for twowhours e traffic was diverted yesterday. >> if you spent any time in georgetown you likely walked
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along ored over the canal. it's historic but some what neglected. >> there's a new push to make that space a renewed destination for our region. >> this is not easy work. they're 16 feet tall. each one weighs about 5,000 pounds. it's hard wor getting it in pl e. >> in the end make no mistake. this puts in motion something much bigger. >> our vision is to restore and revitalize and reinvigorate this one mile section of the canal. >> but now an update with hopes of creating a n history all it's own. >> there is a new museum in the district devoted to the history
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of law enforcement. rod rosenstein and other officials spoke at tha event. tickets will cost $22 for adults and $15 for kids. pat collins will be the mc at the grand opening on saturday. we're so used to the n, smithson $22 for a ticket seemsep s to me. >> maybe it's going for a good cause. >> you weren't kidding. thero bottom didn't out. it was windy i had my jacket on. >> it's crazy. you do wan to be aware of that this morning. tomorrow morning we'll be in the 40s. fall is here and winter is trying to move in already at the bus top, i temperaturethe 50s
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so you want a light jacket sweatshirt for the kids toda it's going to be breezy with a degrees.ure around 59 we'll top out around 64 which is 5 degrees below normal. grilled cheese and tomato soup tonight sounds like perfection. 52 in washington. the suburbs are in the 40s and we areoing to have areas of light rain out there and guys, take a lk back into the panhandle of west virginia and far western maryland. look at the blue and pink. that's a little bit of snow mixing in with rain at the highest elevation. nothing is going to stick. too warm at the buound. something to note, just to give you an idea of how cool the
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air is gng to be out there, tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m., still in the 40s and low 50s. and by noon it's crisp and breezy and feeling like fall. and we'll continue to warm to0 near for a high. all inall, a pretty low impact on your weekend.an definitely to grab a jacket and sweatshirt. here's your ten day. foreca 64 on sunday with a mix of clouds and sunh a hig around 70 and back in the low to mid 60s on tuesday and wednesday. how are the roads, >> good morning. this is one example of it. in northwest, on t i way this morning for me.
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we have seen that across the area where we see trees and lots of branches down as well. left side blocked by a crash. 66 no problems here now. but in fairfax, another es situation,ound 50 near prosperity. westbound lanes are blocked by a tree and wires down. eastbound lanes are. op >> melissa, thank you. a d.c. hot spot is making r marking one y since opening up for residents. we talk to the man thatke helpe t possible. later today on ellen. >> i loved this. >> why did you loveit? >> no one talks to you. you don't have to talk to anyone. >> because of the -- >> it's great. if you have any social anxiety, i highly recommend a space suit. >> ryan gossling has space jokth afternoon. he sits down with ellen. if that's not eugh reason to
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>> melissa will have a look at the commute. amelia, we're talking about majo changes here. >> we're 15es deg cooler than we were yesterday. along wh the cold front and behind the front, gusty winds right now. the entire d.c. metro area, down to southernmaryland, stafford and king george counts under a windor adv until 6:00 a.m. this morning. gusts right now anywhere from 4m to 4es per hour. so you do want to watch for some debris road in the this morning for you commute. it's still going to stay windy. not as windy but breezy throughout your friday. heres the current wind gusts from 30 to 40 miles per hour. it's a chill start. take a look at the bottom of your screen. temperature now, 6nly degrees from the rain we had overnight which is 3 to 6 ihes in parts of southern maryland. we still have flood warnings
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there until about 10:00 a.m. how are the roads this morning weather. >> we have trees and branches down here and there. we'll talk about one of them. westbound lanes are blocked. this is a treend wires down. as we widen out just a little bit, 66 looks okay. 95 south, left side there, still blocked y thecrash. northbound, inbound on 95, no problems. inner loop and outer loop at the beltway we don't have any issues. well.ooking good as when you're heading through the neighborhoods i saw lots of anches. smaller ones even are dangerous. chris lawrence is out at the one along river road. how are we looking now chris? >> completely shuown at this point. take a look behind me. you can see the high winds knocked that tree down across the road, there. you can see thepepco truck there behind it. we saw one of the workers outw minutes ago pulling up some t
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