barry, is closing in, overnight tornado warnin have people on edge asca tropi storm barry gained strength before slamming the gulf coast. protesters in d.c. showing support for immigrant families, hile rumors swirl ant possible immigration raids this weekend. that glass of wine at dinner might not be brienging you the health benefits you originally thought. more on a new study that's bucking some old knowledge. we're tracking tropical storm barry as it gains strength approaching the gulf coast.

the storm is expected to become a hurricane byhe time it makes landfall this morning. first responders have told people along the coast in louisiana that the time to run has passed and now people have to hunker down and barrel through the storm. t good morningo you, i'm meagan fzgerald, we're tracking the latest developments on tropical storm barry and how that system could affect us here in the d.c. region. we want to check in with lauryn ricketts. first and foremos this storm system is continuing to churn very slowly over the last several hours. it has sped up. from three miles to five miles an hour, heading towards the coast of louisiana. now, not sure if it's going to get to category 1 status manufacture it makes landfall. winds are 65 miles an hour. the thing is, it m doesn'tatter if it makes hurricane 1 status,

capgory 1 status, or troal storm. the damage is starting to be done right here. lots of rain headed towards new orleans, towards baton rouge, just to the west of new orleans. we're continuing to watch this as it churns on shore. lots of floodgand storm surge. also, they've got lakes and of course the mississippi river that could break some we'll have to watch for flooding not only from the storm but also from just overflowing of ridrs lakes. back here at home we hain nothg going on. the sun just came up. temperatures are in the 70s right now. it is nice morning out there, look at that gorgeous sunrise right there, 73 degrees, humidity not that bad. let's talk about the rest of our weekend and talk about when barry could impacau us becse i do think the remnants could come our way. we'll show you when coming up. back to tropical storm barry, it's just hours away from making landfall along the louisiana coast.

it's still predicting that the storm will intensify to a category 1 hurricane but the primary damage as i lauryn said not the winds but the torrential rain and the dangerous storm surge barry brings. we have wendy woolfolk in new orleans. >> reporter: withbarry's arrival imminent, the time to get out is over. >> at what point might you draw the line and get out of town? >> i'm not the smartest guy in the world so i'm going to stay here. a reporter: low lying prishes are already taking on water. with 25 inches of rain it's only going to get worse. >> this is the first time in the history of the levyistrict we've had to close every single gate due to the river being swollen and so high. >>eporter: the river is eight feet above normal. barry's expected 70 mile an hour winds could make a storm surge

that will put the levies to the test. >> game day is here. the only thing we can be assured ofls something w change in the plan because we're dealing with the unknown. >> reporter: the entire region on edge, hoping its ready. wendy woolfolk, nbc news, new orlean we'll continue tracking the storm from the storm team 4 weathertorm and live reports from louisiana this morning. stay with news 4 and our nbc f boston a continuing coverage on barry. developing this morning police have charged a day care teacher accused of assaulting a child in northern virginia. she allegedly threw a 4-year-old girl to the ground in wood bridge last week. investigators say she picked the girl up by her ankles and dropped her on her head. the child was hurt but is expected to be okay. ali was removed frothe classroom and was arrested

yesterday. past five ked the years for reports for this location and found no major violations or abuse allegations. meanwhile, presisnt trump ha confirmed that i.c.e. raids set for tomorrow will target thousands of undocumented immigrants. the president says agents will go after people who have already been given deportation orders, raids aren planned for te cities, including baltimore. president trump says the raids will be focused on criminals. his critics say th operation is designed to appeal to his base. but across the country there's been strong show of support for immigrants. vigils took place in hundeds of cities, including here in the l distt night. news 4's jackie bensen reports from the emotional demonstration at lafayette square. >> hate has no place herehe >> as t sun began to set hundreds of protesters held battery candles, some raising them skywardn memory of the people including children who

have died at the u.s. southern border. many held signs protesting conditions under which migrants are being held. >> i've worked my entire professional life with children and families and know that this is lifelong trauma that's being inflicted upon these innocent youngsters, these ug refs. >> people arrive at our borders and we say -- we say no.o we sayre -- you know, that you're like not human. >> reporter: some told us that seeing the images of conditions being endured and hearing stories of fanly separatio have made them frustrated and angry. >> we need to be a welcoming place. we need more immigrants. >> i'm not a nurse, i'm not a lawyer, i can't help at the border but i'd love to be able to do something to helpge chan what we're doing. >> reporter: organizers estimate nearly a thousand people attended this protest, organized by social media. inorthwest, jackie bensen,

news 4. the houseversight committee held a hearing on a treatment of migrants at the southern border. they also put out a new report on child separation. and according to a report more tan 2,600 children have been separated fromeir parents. at least 18 re under the age of 2 and some were kept away from parents for up to six months. the report also found more than s00 children were kept in border patrol facilitie longer than the allowed 72 hours. at yesterday's heang democrats blamed the trump administration for poor conditions at some centers wle republican members pointed to overwhelmed enag. >> between 2017 and 2018 we hit a high of 100 agents committing suicide. that needs to be put in record. the dehumanization is not only with those families but it's also with the ants that we've had told to dohis to these families. >> president obama set up a bill

for $760 million for i.c.e. why were we not funding i.c.e. so we have a place to put people when they come thugh border patrol? >> democrats in both the house and senate are working on bills to tighten, and working to improve standards. this morning lawmakers say robert mueller's highly anticipated hearing on capitol k.ll will be delayed a w he will now testify on july 24th about his investigation intoss ruia's attempt to influence before mueller was only scheduled to talk for about two hours. now lawmakers will get to question him for an extended amount of time. mueller didn't want to testify publicly but house democrats subpoenaehim. and tomorrow "meet the press" moderator chuck todd will talk to bernie sanders and also an exclusive interview with the

women's world cup champion megan apinoe, airing tomorrow at 10:30 after "news4 today." grim new for some ofwa us wo ed to live out our golde years in maryland. the finanal resource website bank rate.com named it last on its list of best states for retirement. thembstudy looked at a nu of factors. the ones that maryland got low scores on were affordability, crime, culture and wellness. ut a relatively good score on weather. nebraska on the other hand, including iowa, missouri, south dakota and florida topped the list. virginia came in 39th p the study did not include the district. all right, heads up for all those wine lovers out there. new evidence suggests skipping a that daily of wine is a better wa to boost your mental health. a new study in the canadian

medical association journal sayo women w quit drinking alcohol improved their mental well being. over a course of three years many of the women they were studying reported feeling calmer and more peaceful. interesting. i kind of tanought, you know, extra glass does that. anyway. the weekend isere and we're finally seeing a break from all the rain. if you're looking for something fun to do this weekend we've got you covered. tommy mcfly br it dn in thowe

don't be surpri if you put on a few pounds this weekend. food festivals are happening all across the city. tommy mcfully highlights a few of them. crabs and water lilies, i'm

tommy mcfully with your weekend scene. thousands of foodies will be headed to virginia this weeke for the food and fine festival. >> 30 vendors, three craft brewers, continuous music and an array of art exhibits and art demonstrations. come on and join the hen. 5 t ticketed event commemorates the0th anniversary of the virginia is for lovers tourism. campaign just a jaunt across the bay idge as the tillman island crab festival, allenits the local fire thpartment ere, you can do all you can eat crabs if you dare. but maryland, summer on the water, what's better than that? >>speaking of on t waters, the lotus and lily festival at aye kettle worth aquatic gardens, sa and sunday. get up close and personal with water lilies a lotuses in full bloom. this festival is a full roster

of music, entertainment, arts, crafts and plenty of instagram opportunities just when you thought the fireworks were over, alexa ria to the rescue, everyone. they're celebrating on saturday, independence day, the 243rd birthday of america but also the 270th birthday of alexandria. a town cryer will be celebrating, cake for everybody and those fireworks go off with aymphony behind them starting around 9:30. check out the events foris th weekend, search the scene n the nbc washington app. i'm tommy mcfly, news 4. check out what's happening on the apollo 11 mission. and we've got ideas of thing to do beyond the beltway on our nbc washington app. don't be surprised if, you know, you look outside and it's a littleit hotter than you

thought it would be because it's going to be warm today. we're going to check in with laryn in a minute here. all eyes are on tropical storm barry as itur chns along the gulf coast headingtowards louisiana. it is expeed to make landfall sometime soon. residents have already been told to evacuate. wendy woolfolk live in new orleans with the latest. what are you seeing righ now, wendy? >> reporter: good morning to you, the winds are picking up along the mississippi river. barry slowedwn overnight but became more organized and the conditions are only going to get worse. as he gets closer to making landfall. there is a shelterin place order in the city of new orleans. coastal, those low lying areas have evacuated and they are already taking on water. with as much as 25 inches of rain expected in some areas historic flooding is certainly

possible.is s the first time they've closed every flood gate surrounding the city of new orleans because the mississippi river was so high before barry even formed. the deadly storm surge that ut es with this storm will the levies that are protecting this city to the test. right now officials believe, meghan, that the four to five levies in the improved pumping systems will hold the water back but as most people who live along the guow coast kn only time will tell what this tropical storm will do. that's the latest here alongsihe misippi river in new orleans, i'm wendy woolfolk, back to you in d.c. >> wendy, thank you very much. wow. all right, we're taking a live look at new orleans right now where that city is bracing for what is to come. we're going to check in with lauryn rictts in a few minutes to let us know how barry could affect us. we'll be right back. this is annie.

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welcome back. we are continuing to follow tropical storm barry as it's king its way to louisiana. always a big deal. below sea level so just a little bit of rain is a problem and we'rech talking several . >> yes, and i know you worked in louisiana. ake pontetrain, that is north

of louisiana. kind of jets out. that's what they're worried about. the southern shore rightof ther ouisiana going through baton rouge all the way from west to east and new leans and as well as portions inside'sinland, it going to take a while to get through there. they'll be dealing with this rain all weekend. wendy was saying it was going tw sl down, it actually sped up.t i moving to the west/northwest at 5 miles an hour. just this morning it was moving about 3. either way, that isslow. let's go ahead to our maps right now and talk about what's going on at home. today we're not as humid. it's hot but not as humid. sunny andumid. monday, beautiful, tuesday, sunny and dry, we've got nice weather here before we start to see some rain and remnants of barry moving our way, so some dry time and some nice time with

temperatures in the 60s and low 70s. you walk outside this morning not quite as humid. wake up weather those a temperatur going to be in the 70s. by 8:00 a.m. already at 81 degrees. again it is going to be a little on the warm side out there by 8:00 a.m. and we're headed to the upper 80s and lower 90s today. the humidity is not as bad but it rolls in overnight. so ur forecast for your pool today go to the pool. put on the spf. but otherwise plenty of sunshino at the p it's going to be beautiful out there, great pool day. nothing happening on the radar for us. we're looking good. we'reooking dry and that's the way it's going to be today and of course updating you on tropical storm barry right now, things going to stay a tropical storm as it makes its way into tlouisiana. eiher way doesn't matter. winds are at 65 miles an hour. they can get up to 75. but i do believ time is running out quickly. should make landfall next couple hours. it's going to take all wekend

to move through louisian that's how slow it's moving. it will head up towards the middle part of the unid,d states ann fact, it will start taking a turn towards us. so here we go, here it is right there, this is 5:00 p.m. on sa rday, the yellows and the reds are the heaviest rain with the potential to get up12 from to 15 inches of rain. that's going to be west of new orleans into baton uge. it's going to continue to move up. watch it here. we're dry. even by sunday we're dry. actually, an isolated shower on sunday for us but for the most part we'll stay dry. monday morning looking good. we're fine over here. tuesday, we're looking good. here's the remnants of barry still coming up. even into wednesday afternoon we're fine. or tuesday afternoon and then wednesday starting to get a little close. now, wednesday will start to bit, up a little especially by the afternoon but it's going to take its good old time to get here. i don't ink wel see the morning. it will continued to push throuh during the day thursday. lingering showers friday and then we dry out.

temperatures in the low 90s today, monday, esday, wednesday, dry. late wednesday night. that's when we'll see remnants of barry. look at these temperatures. a few thunderstorms as well, some heavy downpours. the heat index in the triple digits by the time we head towards next week.ry towards next week.ry again, friday

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we areon panda watch. >> panda watch. >> update friday, the national zoo saysgiant panda my shang is could be nest, which a sign of pregnancy. >> oh, gosh. >> yay! >> i'm like so over the pandas. >> come on, lauryn, come on. >> so that's another live look at the panda camera. the zoo says aside from the nest being built they haven't seen any other pregnan behaviors so far. we will be watching this story with breaking news every time she moves. >> there you go. myshang was artificially inseminated back in march. h she alreadyas three other cubs with tan tan, her sperm donor. >> all right. >> there you go. >> we'll be covering that forever. a foul ball is supposed to be the best souvenir you can get at a majore leaguaseball game. >> one fan in texas definitelyto

had pay for it. on thursday night the ame between the rangers and the astros, you can see a man going for a foul ball but instead of making the catch, yeah, that's cash,he ball hits his wallet and then cash goes everywhere. >> oh, yono, can see it all over the aisles right there. oh, my gosh, people are so nice. luckily the fans helped him 'tllect the cash. >> people aren like taking it. >> she's like, i'm rich. >> yeah, big money. switchingears to a man training to be a bus driver in belgium. he's makinghehis mark. >et a goal of spending 165 hours on a toilet. >> so this story isn kiof bizarre. he squatted in th middle of a bar, the watering hole stayed open around the clock but gave up on his goal of 116 hours. he was going for the guinness rd world recofor sitting on a toilet. >> i don't think that's good for

you. the guinness world records wala immediately avaible for comment, shocker. >> it makes you wonder if you can do a guinness for anything. >> clearly. beautiful start out therni this mor. but we've got a lot of things to talk about. we're quiet here for now. acking barry on the gulf of mexico.

>> announcer: "news4 today" starts now. we're trng it gains strength he gulf coast this morning. new is another live look at orleans right now. the storm is set toake landfall anytime now and people in the region arereparing for the storm to hit them with more than two feet of rain which could be devastatinmo good rning toou. i'm meagan fitzgerald, we'rein trackthe latest developments of this tropical storm barry and how the system could affect us here in d.c. we'll check in with lauryn ricketts who is keep ago close eye on this storm as is headed towards louisiana. >> it should be making landfall in the next hour or two but it is moving so slowly. it sped up fom three miles to about five miles during the overnight hours. and so we're going to continue to watch that as it churns through the deep south and then eventually takes a turn towards

themid-atlantic. so we will see somets remnan of barry but it looks likee at som heint later on next week. beautiful out tre right now. clear skies,unny ies. we're going to have a gorgeous day out there today. if you're thinking about getting your car washed on this saturday, go for it. we've got some dry conditions, not only today, but all throughout the weekend. and then we also have dry coitions as we continue into next week. current temperatures out there right now not bad. lower to mid-60s in the sh shenandoah valley, lower 70s along i-95. let's talk about this. we've got the latest information. and let you know how that will impact us. a lot tolk about in terms of this. comingup in 20 minutes. >> thank you so much, lauryn. back to tracking tropical storm barry it's just hours away from making t landfall a louisiana coast. the primary danger is not the

winds, but the torrential rain s and dantorm surge barry will bring. nbc's wendy woolfolk is in new orleans with the latest. >> reporter: with barry's arrival imminent the time to get out is over. >> at what point do you think you might draw the line and get out of town? >> well, i'm not the smartest guy in the world so i'm going to stay here, no matter what. >> reporter: low lying parishes are already taking on water and with 25 inches of rain expected in some areas it's only going to get worse. >> this is the first time in the history of the d levystrict we've had to close every single gate including on the river due to the river being so >>high. reporter: the swollen mississippi is already eight feet above normal. barry's expected 70 mile an hour win could cause a storm surge that will put the levies protecting new orleans to the test. >> game day is here. the only thing we can be assured of is something will change in the plan because we're dealing

with the unknown. >> reporter: the entire region on edge, hoping it's ready. wendy woolfolk, nbc news, new orleans. anstay with news 4 and our nbc washington app for contiing coverage of barry. switching gears to montgomery county where the police chief calls the language used by hisff oers unacceptable and unprofessional. yesterday the department released hours of body camera footage from an interaction in white oak. in it we hear a white officer use the "n" wordd aroun a group of young black men. darcy spencer has the latest. >> the acting police chief releases all of the body camera footagealrom a controver stop. it runs more than three hours long. he said he didn't like what he heard. >> i also want to emphasize that you will hear on this tape language from our officers thed is decidly unprofessional.

>> y'all been trained or something. you ain't got here faster. >> montgomery cows police officer uses the d "n" wordring an arrest of four men outside thehi mcdonald's in wte oak back in may. at least one of the men could be heard using the word as well. it.i will still say what i'm doing is repeating your words. >> chief marcus jones says nine office remain under investigation and could face disciplinary action. the officer who used the word was assigned to desk duty. officers are gettingd retraine on professional conduc that's welcome news to members of the silver spring justice coalition who say the stop should have never happened. >> a lot of retraing needso happen and officers have a difficult job and i understand that and they do a lot of good. but the ones who don't do t right thing are really making the rest of them look badly. >> reporter: four me were arrested for trespassing at the

mcdonald's. they accused the officers of racially profiling them. >> i couldn't believe it. i could not believe it. >> reporter: t the chief said that is not the case. mcdonald's that has had problems with loitering and drug activity. when the officers asked them to move along, they refused. two of them had marijuana. >>his is not what some people all a randomop and frisk action. >> that was news 4's darcy spencer reporting. the acting chief also expressed disappointment that so many people took to social media saying is was a casof racial profiling before they knew all the facts. > and now to the latest on the sudden resignation of alex acosta, the labor secretary made the surprising announcement outside the white house yesterday morning and it comes days after acosta defended his role as a u.s. atto in that controversial plea agreement with jeffrey epstein in 2008.

epsteinent 13 months behind bars for soliciting prostitution from a minor. yesterday acosta said he decided to resign because he didn't want the epstein situati tobecome an event bigger -- an even bigger distraction. >> i do not think it is right and fair for this administration's labor department to have estein as the focus rather than the incredible economy that we have today. >> president trump says the deputy secretary of labor will now take over acosta's role on an acting basis. and ohio authorities and the fbi are looking for the driver who hit a cleveland police officer and kept driving. check this out. this is surveillance camera. it shows the vehicle hitting the officer and sending him into the air. the officer survived the crash from last weekend, but it is being treated -- he is being treated, rather, for several injuries,ncluding broken ribs. and a man accused of raping a woman at a metro station is

being transported to pince georges county. transit police say he assaulted a woman on thursday and got on a train and rode one stop to dean wood in d.c. officers followed him on surveillance and arrested him a short time later. no other witnesses orrs ri were around at the time. and shocking new details were released as r&btar r. kelly was indicted on federal sex crime charges. court documents say kelly id allegedly paoff a victim and her family to deny that she was the underage girl at the center of his pornography trial back in 2008. they also allege kelly kept women locked inside his home and weren't allowed to dothnything wit his permission. other charges include sex trafficking, child pornography, and racketeering. kelly and his lawyers look forward to his day in court, to

the truth coming out and his vindication. a bail hearing is set for next week. coming up, amazon's arrival could shake up another local community. hear why some neighbors areot rolling out the welcome mat in prince georges county. the story is ahead on "news4 the story is ahead on "news4 today." ♪

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♪ experts say the tropical torm should make landfall next hour. residents are urges to take we have the latest from reynolds there this morning. what are you seeing right now?rt >> repo: to be honest new orleans the city has turned into a ghost town. yesterday, if you're familiar at ll with new orleans, here in canal street this place is usually just an ocean of people. but right now it's been pretty

empty. up and down the streets you'll see signsf preparedness. you've got sandbags in frt of a lot of buildings and hotels. it's very quiet this morning. they' had heavy flooding here a matter of days ago. and now this approaching tropical storm system that could bring a foot or more of rainfall. so a lot of fear, plenty of aconcern. >> as the rain, you know, moves forward to the coast of louisiana, is there concern that those levies won't be able to hold the rain that's coming? >> reporter: that is a great question, yeah, everyone's talking about the levies andwi h good reason. we've been speaking with the army corps of engineers and they've been checking the levies, and they've been doing o this fer 200 days. we've had flooding on the mississippi river for quite a while. o they are very, very concerned about them but for now the

levies seem to be in good shape wite exception of one area resting to the southwest of our present position. mandatory evacuations there. but in the city doing well for >> reynolds wolf reporting for us. thank you so much and stay safe out there. >> reporter: absolutely.. good morning all right, lauryn, looks like a relatively calm conditions out there right now. >> yeah. >> but obviously the worst iset to come. >> yeah. and they're going to continue to see these heavy bands of rain that push into that area. and the river's already swollen, the mississippi river's already swollen. if you don't know, i know you worked in louisiana, the mississippi river around louisiana and around new orleans, i mean, it goes up and down and around and around and itth flows from the nor to the south. it is completely swollen from the rrin they got in the spng and also the winter they had ana the t'pontchartrain, thas

on the north side of new orleans a's they're worried that going to swell up and that is going t create floodconditions. it's going to take all weekend for barry just to move through the state of louisiana. that's how slow this is moving. again, we're going to be watching thatnc flooding con. doesn't matter if it's tropical storm, hurricane, i don't think it's going to get huicane status before landfall. winds are at 65 miles an hour right now and it needs 75 miles an hour for a cat 1 hurricane. but it doesn't mter because the main problem is the heavy rains they'll see pushing on shore. and then again filling up some of those reservoirs and lakes. nothing happening here, but again since we're talking about barry we'll take you to the deep south right here, a little bit but organized, again, lar re not seeing the cir pattern you usually do with these hurricanes you get. didn't have enough time to organize and again we're watching it move right on shore

to new orleans. you can see some of the heavier bands of rain right there.in the mathreat is going to be ou baton r, which was just to the west of louisiana. that's the area that i think is going to se the most rain. and anywhere -- i mean, they could see up to 20 inches of rain, anywhere from 10 to 15 inches of rain. so let's take a look at the track. winds are at 65 miles an hour. the pressure has dropped a little bit and it sped a ittle bit overnight up to fi miles an hour as opposed to three. it's going to take all weekend to get through. by tuesday to the middle part of the united states and by the time we get to wednesday and i thursd's heading towards the mid-atlantic. sunny skies, clear skies, beautiful day out there. current temratures, 60s and 70s. the humidity won't be as bad today but it is going to be hot. lower 90s. humidity starts to roll back in overnight but still enjoy the day at the pool. find somebody with a pool. put on the sunshine out there. as far as your weekeoo outl is concerned, yard work better in the morning as opposed to tho

afterno. kids sports looking good and the pool looking good as well. here's barry starting at 5:30 on saturday. we stay dry. there could be an isolated shower tomorrow passing by but we stay dry. it will be isolated if we see anything. tuesday, we're dry. clouds move in by the time we get to wednesday and here we go, still tuesday we're dry but we head into your wednesday. wednesday overnight in thursday here comes barry, finally pushing through the mid-atlantic bringing us rain into early friday. temperatures again today and tomorrow, low 90s. upper 80s by monday. tuesday, back into the 90s and that heat index this week could be right around 100 degrees but we do have chances of barry rain late wednesday night through da early fri morning, wettest day on

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the "today" show is comin. >> coming up on "today," state of emergency in louisiana, as barry comes ashore this morning, ststl a tropical rm with maximum winds at 65 miles an hour. new orleans bracing for heavy rain and flooding. national guard troops ttanding by mississippi river is expected to swell to historic highs. also ahead today courting a record, serena williams in the wimbledon finals this morning, tying all-time grand singles mark and win her first title

since becoming a m.mo and golfing with the stars, dylan dryer is teaming up with several athletes in lake tahoe. see howashe's meing up. >> she earned it, let's be clear after the winter we had, good gig for dylan this morning. we'll see you later on this morning. the developer of a community in prince geges coun explai plans for a new facility, rumored to be the home of anon amaz merchandise supply center. it's in the beginning stages of development. it will be off pennsylvania urenue. bu chief tracy wilkins with the latest site plans. >> we have planned a proposed school. >> reporter: when we met with the developer to discuss the latest plans for an 800,000

square foot fulfillment center there were neighbors with questions. >> why does i have to be so close? >> it's blankplanned to sit her between two residential neighborhoods. >> we want everyone who has a stake in that claim over there to hear the people g who areng to have tolive beside it. >> reporter: sources tell us this will be the new amazon merchandise supply center. the developer would not confirm what's going in the building but did describe how it wl be designed. >> it will be about four stories tall, almost all of the employees will be on the first level. and so the second, third and fourth level are all robots, conveyor belts, different chutes andrs elevato to move product around. >> it was built with the promise of on site grocery stores and retail that has yet to happen. the developer says this center will spark what was promised. >> this logistic center will be

the w catalyst that need to be able to get the retail component off the ground. >> reporter: those are the new site plans that the developer will be handing out to residents on monday at a community meeting. there are a number of community meetings surrounding this project. one happening tomorrow, two next week and on thursday the developer go back before the planning board on another hearing on this project. wilkins, news 4. >> the developer for theproject o tells news 4 constructi improve roads throughout the community in preparation for the new logistics center will begin in the fall. nt to take a live look outside. it looks like a beautiful day ahead for us. 73 degrees at 6:52. lauren wilkins will be back to lauren wilkins will be back to let us know what the restof our

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t thousands l tar of undocumented immigrants.ds the rai are planned for ten cies, including baltimore. the president says agents will go after people who have already been given d ortation orders. and tropical storm barry i just hours away from making landfall along louisiana's coast. much more on this next on b "today"ut first we'll get a recap wit lauryn rickets standing by. you've been watching this closely and it's speeding up. >> it's speeding up from three to five miles anhour. again we're watching that speed up just slightly. and, it's going to take all weekend to get through louisiana. so they're going to be dealing with flooding. don't think it's going to be a category 1 beforet makes landfall, but it doesn't matter. it's not going to be a wind event it's a rain evet. 's going to take so long to move through because it's moving so slowly. that eventually will move towards us as you get into

thursday and friday. there it is, you can see it pushing through into louisiana right now.e' we worried about baton rouge, just to the west of new orleans. but, of course, new orleans as well because the mississippi river is flooded and the lakes are flooded around there. here, low 90s today and a little less humidity, hot and humid tomorrow, maybe a stray shower and temperatures anywhere from the upper 80s to the mid-90s through midnextk. wee by midnext week we'll expect remnants of barry late wednesday night in thursday, out by friday. >> lauryn

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