right now at 11:00, flooding washed out this northern virginia road. why neighbors fear scenes lis thi will play out again and again. >> new video shows water taking over parts of a home.

homeowners taking their first painful steps to can up the mess. >> the heavy rain and floods wiping out this montgomery county basement. we have liv o team covera the damage and what's next. >> and former president bill clinton clarifies his relationship with jeffrey epstein, the billionaire charged with y recruiting girls asng as age 14 to have sex with them. >> announcer: news 4 at 11:00 starts now. flash rst tonight, the floods that paralyzedte commu in just a matter ofmi nutes. rivers overflowed, roads into rapids, cars and homesde unr water. this is 4 mile in arlington, overflowing its banks and submerging cars nearby. >> not a creek any more, that's for sure. the water came in so fast and so furiously, some people couldn't turn around fast enough. this is the scene here on canal road from potomac into georgetown that road runs one way into the district in the morning and this morning one way into trouble.

us some harrowing moments and the damage not jt to our roads. check out the waterfall inside the virginia square metro station here. and in the elevator at pentagon ustion, metro officials tell poor drainage above ground caused the issues below ground. >> boy. >> hi, verybody. they are scenes no one around here will soon forget. the records fell almost as fast as the rain. >> that's right. we are still getting new video o of the damag there. we're talking about washed out roads and flooded out homes. we have live te coverage for you tonight. >> we want to begin with ews 4's shomari stone in potomac. shomari, whags the scene like where you are now? >> reporter: well, you guys, it was an absolute mess here on this street in potomac. i'm in one of the flooded cars. the water was actually up to the top the door. this entire street flooded out, coat street. look right over here, andis the ud still left in this car.

this is nothing compared to a lot of the homes on this street. that water soaked into basements. >> it came all the way up to this top step right there, but did not get to the first floor, thank god. >> reporter: jeremy counts his blessings after flood waters destroyed his mother's basement. >> i think i'm st in shock right now. it hasn't hit me too much because i've just been working, working, working to clean this up. >> it is a train table. my that they are set up with us. >> reporter: he grew up in this potomac home on coat street. this was the sne earlier when the flash flood turned the street into a river. >> there's just a ton of memories in the bament that just -- they all flooded up to the ceiling and they're all gone. >> reporter: and the sheer force of the water was intense. it was at least 6 feet deep. there was a car parked here in this open space. the water pushed the car at least 10 feet down the

you can see it in the top of isur screen in th cell phone oideo. and take a l at the red prius. waterlogged. to t was in my car and up the windows. >> reporter: steven roden owned it for ten years. he puts the loss in perspective. >> i'm happy our house is okay. i can't say the same for my neighbors. >> my grandfather's old antique tools were all in the workshop over to the left. now they're all waterlogged. all the antiques in the basement, we have to consider they're gone. >> reporter: all those memories. >> irreplaceable. >> reporter: really feel bad for him. now jeremy gliardidoes not have flood insurance, but the owner of this car does have carn rance. he hopes to get another one soon. live here in potomac, i'm shomari stone, news 4. >> just go tofeel for those folks. thank you, shomari. now across the potomac from there, the massive clean-up effortderway tonight in northern virginia. >> and it won't be easy for a lot of folks.

news 4's jackie benson continues our team coverage now in mclean. jackie? >> reporter: well, take a look behind me here. you can see kirby road is closed, washed out by the storm. it's part of the extensive dame here in northern virginia. and a lot of people think this sort of thing is going to keep happening unless structural changes armade. >> this is where all the water isg cominfrom. >> reporter: this is what it looked like in the 8500 block of lew insville road in mclean. the area was being pounded by several inches of rain. >> this is not normal. unfortunately the infrastructure we built 20, 30 years ago around these streets and the drainage systems is not keeping up with the weather patterns. >> reporter: the damage at one home includes this dead air conditioner unit and piles of t trash t floated in from who knows where. homeowner waspi tells news 4 that during the time he's lived here, he's noticed thea' ares drainage system both natural and

manmade, has been unable to keep up with the rain. he took this video showing a torrent of water gushing from a big drainage pipe across the street. he says the water hits his side of the road with no place to go except into a smaller drainage ditch that is quickly overwhelmed. >> i've had a friend of mine who was walking wn from this street while it was rainingd an he fell in the ditch neck deep. that's life-threatening. >> reporter: the busy road ng itself is ero at the edge and shows signs of patching. he says his front yard remains so coggtantly so the trees are starting to rod. he's made the decision to invest in major structural changes to his property. this video from a news 4 t viewer shows washout that forced police to close kirby road in mclean. it is not the first time heavy rains have caused pivot run creek to rise up and over its banks, taking part of kirby road with it. and we are told that kirby road will cesed for what's

described as a significant amount of tihe while t damage is assessed and then repaired. live in mclean, jackie bensen, news 4. >> what a mess. all right, jackie, thank you. hard to believe, 3 1/2 inches of rain soang d.c.n just a couple of hours. >> get this. some of you folks out there saw more than that. maybe like 5 1/2 inches of rain in some spots. storm team four meteorologist doug kammerer continues our live coverage. >> doug, today definitely one for the record books. >>,really, guys just amazing. it was the most rain we've ever seen on this date, and also the 6th wettest july day ever in the history of d.c. we go back to the late 1800s. the amazing amount of rain we st saw, mo of that came in one hour. show you what's happening. this is early this morning coming through aroun 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00. tremenus storm with incredible

rain rates. it sat over the area. it took seven hours to go from t fredrik al way to the leonard town area. that's why we saw 3, 4, 5 you inches of rain. around 9:00 when most people were trying to get to wok, they were late because of the flooding in parts of the area. look at the incredible amount of rain there. here are some of the totals. 4.6 into frederick county, 5 inche-- we do have ground truth to this. potomac maryland, 5.5 inches of rain. now tomoow, it's allut of here. a much better forecast, starting off your commuter forecast e oking dry, 73 degrees. watch out for som the residual effects from the rain and all the flooding we were saw out there today. high tomorrow getting back into the low to mid-'80s. guys? >> all right, we'll see you in a bit, doug. thank you. you know we tell you all the time turn around and don't drown. onlyw on 4 tonight we s you the scary situation you can find yourself in if you drive into high water. this man forced toarry his two kids in waist-deep water here.af r his vehicle got stuck on

ttle falls parkway. our molette green talked with a woman who saw the family and gave them a ride home. >> i saw that it& was okay, th he grabbed the kids.h so ten they were walking on the grass area. >> reporter: and you took them home. >> i took them home, yes. the kids were little bit afraid, and they were like oh, dad,wh t's going to happen to the car and what's going to happen to our back pack. >> well, as quickly as the water came in, itut all flowed o. we're not sure how the car turned out, but the woman told molette she did drive them back to the spot in bethesda so he could retrieve those all-important back pack> >> many unbelievable stories, so many unbelievable imagesod from's storms. you can check them all out. we have a full slot of dramatic photos and videos in our nbc washington app. >> friends and relatives of a

woodbridge family are devastated. a crash killed three people, including a child and a baby. the car they were riding in crossed the cter linend hit an suv on courthouse road in spotsylvania county near lake anna yesterday. it was one of several crashes that left nine people dead over ohe holiday weekend in our area. a tow truck tok away the mangled car and was nearly unrecognizable as you see her in this scene. anna was killed along with a 12-year-old girl and a 10 month old boy.am a gooditan who rushed to help describes what she heard one of the children say. and repeatedly, over and over and over dagain, an it's one of the most horrific things i've ever seen. >> the driver and another child who wa in the suv at the time are in the hospital tonight with life-threatening injuries. jim? >> a trip of a lifetime has turned into a nightmare for the parents of an indiana toddler. the 1-year-old died in a freak accident on a cruise ship.

we want to show you pictures now of little khloe. they say she slipped from her gra fanned they are's arms, falling from the 11th story of the royal caribbean cruise ship yesterday. she hit the concrete pier where she died below. relatives say the grandfather is now under investigation. the family remains in puerto rico until that investigation is complete. >> a friend of president trump and former president bill clinton in jail o sex trafficking charges. a spokesperson for clinton released a statement saying that clinton knows nothing about jeffrey epstein's alleged crimes. the billionaire pleaded not guilty today. nbc's jay gray reports, these charges come after a disturbing discovery in epstein's manhattan home. >> reporter: the allegations are horrifying. >> children who were asked to engage in direct and indirect sex acts for money. >> reporter: by wall streetbi llionaire jeffrey epstein, according to federalho agents w pulled evidence from his new

york mansion during a weekend search. >> evidence including nude photographs of what appear to be under age girls. >> reporter: the 66-year-old financier pleading not guilty this afternoon to federal charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy, prosecutors say the abuse continued fornd years a included dozens of victims. reporters at the "miami herald" have interviewed several of epstein'saccusers. all jeffrey cared about was go find me more girls. he wanted new fresh young faces every single day. >> ii started gong to him when i 15. 14, >> reporter: there's been no comment from epein's lawyer since his arrest. he's already a offender pleading guilty in 2008 to state charges of sew litting iting and procuring a minor for prostitution. epstein spent 13 months in jail, part ti a widely crized plea deal. lawyers for his accusers also today.ng out >> they had gone through years and years and years of being

attacked, of being maligned by mr. epstein and his enabler. >> reporter: many, he says. now looking forward to their day in y,urt. jay grabc news. >> virginia senator tim kaine is one of the lawmakers calling for labor secretarial xandos acc to resign for cutting that 2007 plea deal with epstein. he was u.s. attorney at the time. only on news 4, two brothers finding strength in each other. >> they were shot months apart near their d.c. home. the attack left one of them nd paralyzed reliant on his younger brother just to get up these steps. >> tonight, how they are dealing withy adversitnd what t

two local brothers wounded in separate shootings this year are not giving up hope. >> one of the boys has been left paralyzed. >> both a now trying to comprehend what happened as their mother helps them lift their spirits. >> the boys are now speaking for the first time only with news 4's meagan fitzgerald. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: there's nothing average about ranal and his brother any more. he was once a teenager like his iends, with big dreams. >> i smile through the day. famous as a writer or rapper, a famous rapper. >> reporter: but on may 4th,is life changed forever. >> i was standing on the fence and i heard someshots, some shots ring out. >> reporter: he was shot. the bullet striking his spine. he spent weeks in the hosphoal ng for a full recovery, but it was his mother ebony who told him the prognosis. >> she told me, you'll be all

rinht, but you're gog to be paralyzed. i said, i'll stillliv right? she said yeah. i said that's the only thing that mattered. >> reporter: he understood how precious life was. three months earlier on brother was ay his shot steps away from thr home near kennel worth avenue in northeast. >> when he was shot, i was running. then i pushed him out of the way. >> at2 years old, he said he saved a girl's life while almost losing his own. now he's too scared to gots oue. >> sometimes when i go outside, they're gonna start shooting and probably my last time seeing him. >> reporter: so royal helps his brother get around and do the things he can't do for himself because their mother always taught them that family sticks together. >> oh, it's heart breaking that this is what we have to go through. >> reporter: the trauma and the wounds still linger, but their

faith and love is still strong. >> i know i'm going to be able wat walk again. >> reporter: hen't give up hope that he'll beat the odds while his mother tries to accept tha thefamily's life won't be theame. >> he can't do things he normally used to do. the first son that was shot, he's scared to go outside, scared to be in the house by himself. so, yes, they were robbed of their childhood. >> reporter: ebony hill's sons, caught in the wave of violence that too often leaves innocent kids with permanent scars. meagan fitzgerald, news 4. >> now, you may have noticed the boy's home is not handicapped accessible. we reached out to d.c.!9ñ housi authority and asked them about that. they te us this mother now is at the top of a waiting list to be placed in one. no one has been arrested in either shooting, by the way. >> let's hop the housing authority steps up after seeing that. >> this family deserves support. they have no quit in them. they're not giving up.a >> off to those boitz and

their mom, too. tomorrow the gun debate will take center stage. lawmakers begin a special session by governor ralph northam. e ordered after the virginia beach massacre may. the governor is calling lawmakers to vote onas es including universal background checks and assault weapons ban and a one gun per month limit. >> well, lots of support and certainly opposition as well to this special session, news 4's julie carey is in richmond. she's watching it all for us and she'll have live repts starting tomorrow right here on news 4. >> well, we are big fans, leon. -year-old tennis phenom coco gauff is handling life in the spotlight with confidence, grace, and an amazing maturity. she may have lost in today's fourth round of wimbledon, but she's already getting a lot of respect for what she's accomplished so far. tomorrow on the today show, savannah guthrie will speak with the american teenage tennis sensation. you know, we've got some tennis coming up this town. city open, how cool would that

be if she joined? >> she would be a hit here. she would be -- >> everywhere. >> absolutely. well, things are nice now. what a difference out, what, 15 hours can make. what a mess we had. >> rclly dible. i was looking back at footage from early this morning. it was really right around 6, 6:30 th t you started seeing things go downhill. that's when the first flash flood warning was issued for frederick county, maryland, after receivin 1 to 2 inches in parts that region. just -- we're going to take a look at that in just a second. this is what's going on tonight. yes, the rain is done. and that is allowing people to get out there. the ground a little bit on the wet side. the fort reno concert series going on here, close to our studios in northwest d.c. this is mondays and thursdays and most of thep summer o to the public of course. you can get down there and see it. i didn't know this was going on right around the corner from us. now, talking about the rain, yeah, the ground a little bit wet from this, record rainfall.

north potomac today, 5.55 inches. merrifield, tyson's corner, 5 inches. fredrik was the first area that saw flash flood warning, 6.30 inches of rain. the national airport set a record at 3.44 inches. that is 6th most rain in o day in the month of july, just incredible. and this one and this one would have been number one if it was . , so you know that's a lot of rain across our region. not good when we're setting record for rainfall. no rain now. we're on the dry side. you see the storm is making its wa down to the south, continues to clear us out. right now really nice and clear outside. look what it did for temperatures, though. it kept us on the cool side. only 80 today. the average high is 89. down to the south, though, raleigh, nashville, into the lo to mid 90s in the south and that warmer air is going t start to make its way our way starting tomorrow. but really into the day wednesday, thursday and friday. outside right now a very

comfortable 73 degrees. not much in the way of cloud cover right now. winds out of the e at about 6 miles an hour. your morning forecast, a much better start, yes. take theunglasses. that's all you'll need tomorrow, not the umbrella. hot, but not humid. we're getting iaverage, a hgh temperature about 88 degrees. plenty of sunshine with near average temperatures. the next couple of days we go back into the 90s.a wednesday igh temperature of 91 degrees. we go to 92 on thursday. 60% chance of storms on thursday. i now, thursdaythe day i'm watching for another chance for some very strong storms, maybe even severe storms on thursday as the frontal boundary moves our way. it will also increase humidity so very hot and humid. heat index close to 100, a high of 93. another high of 93 on sunday. look at the weekend on the hot side, too, but a good beach weekend, that's for sure. as we make our way towards next week, watching something else s much of here acr the eastern part of the country. notice we've got 96, 97. that looks like that could be aa big-time hewave making its way our way and we're talking

some big-time numbers there, too. ot hopefully rain numbers. >> hopefully not. we don't have a lot of rain. >> we're done with thafrmts >> done for a while. >> that will last us awhile. >> thanks. >> coming up, home run derby to remember. plus the victory tour. it comes home. the world cup champs ready to celebrate.

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