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 of the wires from the house.

but river road shutdown in both directions for this small stretch in between say wisconsin and western. so i can't imagine this tree is going anywhere over the next hour or two. so it's going to effect your commute going forward. you can see the pepco truck moving backwards there. he was pulling up some of the wires. you got to feel for some of the homeowners here that are going to have a tough time trying to get out the dooror thisng. trying to get a better estimate as to when this tree will be removed and we'll be sure to update you coming up on the next hour. >> thank you, ris. >> 4:31. with tropical storm michael out of the florida panhandle, rick scott surveyed the damage by helicopter. you can see debris scattered across neighboood after neighborhood here with some roofs emissing. governor told reporters that places in the panhandle face a

heavy lift during the recovery process. the look on the ground shows the devastation in one of the hardest h areas. this is mexico beach florida. >> more thanil 1on people are still without power and the death toll has now t climbed six people across florida, north carolina and in georgia where an 11-year-old girl died. a carporto crashed i a home there killing the girl. >> michael then moved on to virginia and caused flooding in roanoke. you can see the video here. the heavy rain in that area hit ng the afternoon rush hour. crews worked pretty fast to try toescue strande drivers that were trapped by the rushing water there.ia am draper is tracking what is left of michael and how it will effect our area or how it has effted us. >> we'll check in with her and the forecast for the weekend in just a fewnu s. >> now to breaking news in the district. someone was shot in gegewn

just before 11:00 last night near wisconsin ave and water street. then shortly after that, a woman was found injured and looking for police at 20th and l street. investigatorsay these two incidents are connected. te did spot a car with bul holes in the area last night and or're still wking to find out if this is some kind of a road rage incident. new this morning, this is the washington post demanding answers about a missing journalist. several reporters and media organizations are pulling out of a hig profile conference in saudi arabia after the disapprance. he wasast seen enerring the saudi conciliate in turkey on octobernd. turkish authorities believe he was killed inside the concilie but t saudis deny that.u. lawmakers from both parties are publicly demanding the u.s. government hold saudi arabia accountable for any role the country may have played in his the saudi ambassador to the u.s.

is headed home. state department not tell him to leave but say they expect him to return to the u.s. with information. life became difficult for him after he criticized the saudi crowned prince. s.e response is complicated by the close relationship between t prince and the white house, particularly,dviser jared kushner, the president's son-in-law. >> starting next week, a s suspended catholic university de will rebuild relationships with students and staff. he made comments on social mediz criticg a woman that accused supreme court justice brettna kavaugh of misconduct. they opted to allow him to teach. he will teach a half semester class. >> it's now 4:34. here's your other top stories for this morning. the man whose m horrificder

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in northwest d.c. the trees blocking traffic in both directions. the clean up crew trying to tet the out of the road. >> melissa is going to have all the traffic warnings in a few minutes and more on the cool down that started overnight and how long it's going to stick around. >> meanwhile, these are new images out of panama city florida. two major hospita there were hit hard forcing hundreds of patients to be evacuated. you lsn see the w of the building are gone and much of the florida panhandle looks like a battlefield. >> jayn gray is panama city for us now. jay, what are you seeing out there? good morning. >> just complete devastation. i'm standing in the middle of what used to some type of small business. i couldn't tell you exactly what it is. the building was made of brick and cinder block.

looked like it was thrown into a blender and this is the devastation that so many arede ing with now. what you hear is that it seems the shock of what's hapned now starting to wear away just a little bit. the reality of how difficult coming back from scenes like this is going to be is starting to set inoi it's to be a tough go for a lot of people across not only the florida panhandle but really the entire southeast. >> what about those patients? we heard about thecu eions out of the hospital and you see the wall torn down. what happened to those people? >> yeah, well, they're being transferred to a numbedi of erent hospitals. some in pensacola and some in jacknville, florida and even moe bel mobile, alabama taking patients. it's a long process. but something t t they have been working on around the

clock. it started at about 3:00 a.m. yesterday when they discovered the buildings weren't going to be safe. two of the major hospitals, the biggest hospitals here in panama city having to go completely dark because of the structural problems. >> amazing images and stories coming out of t panhandle of florida. jay, we'll check back in with you a little later. thanks. >>no it' 4:46. breaking news, a firefighter has been killed in the line of dutyr county and ems were on the scene of a crash late last night. that was on southbound i-295. the firefighter that was killed has been identified as lieutenant brad clark. there's a picture of two other refighters with serious injuries. officials say atr sek slammed into their emergency truck which did have emergency lights turned on. we'll update m youe as we learn information. >> developing this morning, this is the washington post ad that

is running right now demanding answers in the disappearance of a journast. >> he was last seen entering the saudi concilie in turkey and has not been heard from since. trac potts is live with more. >> good morning. is he murdered is the question this morning? there's new audio and video evidce the turkish government said they have that he was murdered and brutally dismembered inside that conciliate on october 2nd. president trump responding suggesting for the first time that he may, in fact, have been murdered but not quite ready to punish oranction the saudi government. some here on capitol hill called for that, but president trump says he's concerned about $110 billion in military sales from the u.s. to sau arabia. state department says they're ready for forets while we

have a debate going on here on capitol hill on how to deal with the saudi government. the post also reporting there's some evidence, intelligence that the saudis may have tried toll him before, but the saudis are denying any involvement in this or the allegedit 15 man team that the turks believe were him.there to kill back to you. >> tracie potts live for us on capitol hill. thank u. >> 4:48 right now, the d.c. mansion murder trial will resume on yesterday was an intense day for jurors. they watched a fiery and aggressive prosecutor attack every angle of the story about where he w in the hours before and after the murdered in 2015. the prosecutor says his onlyal i is a friend who has died and none of his family members ca corroborate his story. he spent hours on the witness stand blaming the murders on hit r. but the prosecution says his brother cooperated with

investigators. >> yesterday, d.c. public sc aolsounced a new initiative that includes $3 million in funding. the money will help support programs such as a health science academy and new literacy beogram and both of those initiatives wil in schools in wards 7 and 8. one of the greatest tennis players of all time paid our area a visit. he helped celebrate the opening of the second rocket ship school in d.c. he established the school int southed.c. the state of the art facity serves 400 students and would eventually welcome kidsrom pre-k through 6th grade. well, fairfax countyrolice office had to pay a visit to a local classroom this week. this guy set off a motion detector after escaping from his cage. that's a >> it's not just a snake. it's a big snake.

we spoke to the officer that saved the day. >> some people are dog people. some people are cat. peop then there's officer chase. >> i like snakes. i'm not afraid of them. they're not scaryim s. >> good thing she is an animal protection officer and was on duty this week when a call came in. >> there a big columbian red tail boa on the cabinet and i was like thaes m sense. >> again, talking to someone that loves snakes. tus out buddy wanted to see what life was like outside of his cage. officer chase put him back in the cage and secured him withbi ogy books. best call she got all day. >> these are my favorite calls. they're totally harmless. >> all in a day's work i guess. >> listen, i have so manyti qus. why is there a boa in that school? why is it a boa in that school.

>> it's educationalos pu. >> until it eats a child and then what happens. >> it's like a panda will bash your face in. >>hy do you have to drag my pandas into thisconversation. leave my gentle, sweet, pandas >> you guys are so great. it's been such a fun week filling in with you. you're fantas draphank you, amelia >> it's friday. >> i ow >> 60 degrees right now. wow. >> yeah. so fall is here in a big way. so we're in storm team 4 weather alert today, winba you py heard them overnight. gusts of 40 to 50 miles per hour until about 6:00 a.m. after that theinds will diminish a little bit but it's still going to be breezy on your friday and a big temperature drop yesterday. our high was today our high about 63. so we'll be about 20 degrees

cool overall. it stays cool for the weekend with scattered light showers there tomorrow morning and after that, next week, fall sticks around. this is the weekend that i would transitionut the clothes. 61 in washington. 56 in gaighersburg. a today of 64. plenty of sunshine throughout the day. no rain in the forecast, but it's going to stay breez and crisp throughout the day. as we take a look at your weend, check out the high on saturday. 59 degrees. so cooler tomorrow. still a breeze at times out there tomorrow. a few scattered light morning showers. if you have outdoor activities omorrow morning, be aware of that, if they're not cancelled, probably want to bring at least a light rain jacket out there. sunday a high temperature of 64

degrees. partly sunny skies and we stah off w temperatures in the 40s saturday and sunday morning. re's your ten day forecast. 70 on monday and after that mostly the 50s and 6 for highs tuesday through next weekend. >> how are the roads right now? >> we do have some problems. in northwest, near river ad this is all lanes blocked because of that tree down.ki a look elsewhere, fairfax, westbound 50,bo all wed lanes are blocked. eastbound lanes are open. so that's good. inner loop and outer loop at the beltway, no problems on the beltway here this morning and

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to get big things done, create jobs, help communities. and failure isn't an option. i am david trone and i approve this message. the storm hit overnight. a windy and rainy night fro what's left of hurricane michaee through. there we go. this tree came down in northwest d.c. overnight. a wind advisory still in effect for our area and som places may find high water too. good morning, everybody. >> it looks le the crews are getting to work and pretty successful at getting the tree out of troad. it is the middle of october now. the 12th andin fallly moving in. finally feeling the cooler temperatures. melissa is tracking the wet roads for your friday commute. >> amelia draper has the latest on cooler temperatures.

it's a weather alert day. tell us about it. >> we're in storm team 4 weather alert because of the higds w still out there and the massive temperature drop that i'm tract,ng. fi let's talk about winds. take a look, all thereas a under a wind advisory until 6:00 a.m. this includes the entire d.c. metro area down through southern maryland and parts of northern virginia. gusts up to 40 miles per hour still out there right now and for your corningmute you want to watch for winds and downed trees in the roads. all of us encountered a lot of them on our way in this morning. as the winds comedown, it's still breezy throughout the day today and much cooler. here's theatest on the wind gusts and you can see they're starting to lminutish atle bit right now but winchester still having windf gusts 46 miles per hour. so noticing the winds this morning and some of you could be dealing with flooded roads in southern maryland. most of southern maryland through southern prince george's coun is under a f