amelia draper standing by with what you need to know. >> record rainfall causing business problems for d.c. woman with a hole in her ceiling. tonight she'setting some relief. >> the searc for a girlrom china abducted from ragin national airport moves into another hour. on get answers from police why it took so to issue an amber alert. >> news4 at b11:00ins with breaking news. >>> we just got new pictures in the investigation into a girlhi from who was abducted from ragin national airport. >> police issueder an a alert and say they hope these images will help them track this girl down. shomari stone has been following the story from the begin joins us now live at the airport. what's the latest this hour? good evening. right now, police are hoping these new images can help crack the case. tlp finds 12-year-old girl. they released them within the hour. rone of theiveht now, we're going to show you the female suspect excuse me,he first one shows a man and woman. police say they are the suspects who arred at ragin national. had the second image shows you the female suspect and the 12-year-o

tips toi]Ñi earn a green shums n ti c weeks. >> amelia draper outside now.ce f you. hey, a-ó%9hr( guys. &&háhp has% been ohe of wettest mid-julys to mid-augusts in our area, and lot of you have been writing to me onok facend twitter saying what &háhp &hc% figured we're asked thexd exper. michael, talk to me a little bit about what canou do or wh based onall the rain we've had so far? >> thanks so muchjf for having on. >> a lot of people who planted early vegetables gardens like the aprilnd may time frame have had issuesi] and have been hitfá by the rainfall. a lot of people that planted a little bit later like, you know, mid-june, early june, some of them have gotten awayçó prettyc n and haven't hade1q nearlyxd te problems. one of the things if you've had success, reap the rewards andçó harvest the fruit and if you're supposed to rain pretty heavily like you said earlier, maybe you go yahead and cutur losses as ear have more issues and you geted sta for your fall planting. with that fall planting ba d on how mucinçóxd we've had. >> absolutely. >> let's say t

first, back to amelia draper in the center. >> it all depends on where you are. under a fla flood watch, that's frederick, loudoun, further back to the west, you can anticipate scattered thunderstorms, especially near i-81. tomorrow 50% chance for scattered showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and especially evening hours. more scattered showers and thunderstorms on friday. still plenty of dryime for the weekend. only an isolated afternoon thunderstorm is possibly both saturnd sunday. here is the latest on that flash flood watch. this is going to go, guys, until 6:00 p.m.da on thu for parts of frederick, western loudoun, up through washington county. all the way back to th west. uld lead to more flooding concerns similar to what were tracng in central prince william's county as well as manassas. is a look at the bigger radar picture. the rain mainly back in west virginia. again, for the most part, it's going totay alo and west of the blue ridge tonight, but a better chance at rain tomorrow. now, of course, overnight we had a ton o rainfall across the area.

let's go to the storm center ang meteort sheena par convenieparveen and amelia draper join us now. >> we had heavy rai and flooding concerns, too. >> the g.w. parkway, saw incredible flooding in parts o the parkway. a repeat out there with heavy rain moving through. take a lookto at team 4 where we're noticing flood warnings across the area. they are in parts of southern fauquier and southern prince william and fairfax counties and up through the district, arlington and alexandria and parts of prince george's county. these flood warngs are in effect until the evening as late as 80 tonight. the heaviest rain along and east of i-95 with a lot of heavy lightning espially around the anne arundel area moving towards annapolis. very, heavy rainfall there. flood concerns there. flooded roadways in parts of prince william and fauquierco ties. if you come across a flooded road, don't driveuhrough it. nly need 6 inches of moving water to carry vehicle the sun goes down, especially since you don't know you -- don't know how deep the water will be. we're not done with the rain just yet. after the

amelia draper has us covered. still some watches and warning out there. >> i'm still tracking flood warnings out there and still tracking some take a look at storm team 4 radar. the most intense activity up around loudoun county. on into parts of reston and gaithersburg. along 270 still dealing with rain. this is the last batch of rain of moving through the area overnight tonight. it will be out of here tomorro morning. but tomorrow morning, some of these flood warnings are still in efct. for instance, this one in loudoun county goes till 4:45mon the ing. remember, you never want to drive through a flooded roadway. we're tracking flood issues in parts of prince william, fairfax, loudoun, montgomery, frederick, carroll, washington county and parts of vest wa. a lot oflood warnings are in effect through the early morning hours.ur 76 degreesntly right now. maybe an isolated shower out there or during the morning hours. for most of us, looking dry. though.umd partly sunny with a temperature around 82. windy coming up.

paul tweeted this video to amelia draper. car submerged at henderson hall in arlington. you can see this car trying to drive through it. ok at the gray object in the center. that's a dumpster floating across that parking lot. >> flooding reported in parts of maryland this aftnoon as well. we had a water rescue on suitnd road. businesses there reportedly also damaged in clinton. >> let's geto the storm center where meteorologist amelia draper and sheena parveen are tracking all the activity. >> the big question is what will happen later on this evening? >> we'll see stronger and maybe even severe thunderstorms moving il 10:00 he area u p.m. tonight and here's a thunderstorm. it's not severe, but it is kind ofacking a punch around the gainesville area, there right al ng 66. th a lot of lightning within this north of manassas, but you can see heading further up to the north and west. this is a lineer of thuorms that we're really keeping an eye on. this is moving towards theorth andast. here's some impact times. hagerstown towards 5:50 and towards carlisle at about 6:00, and

. >>> let's turn to the weather with storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper and a stormy pattern we can't seem to shake. >> hit and miss all week. right? >> yeah, that's exactly right, wendy, with the best chance of dealing with rai later in the day and in fact, right now on storm team 4 radar, i'm tracking portion of a good our area. we're going to have pretty rainy night for some of us.we e not talking about flooding issues but light to moderate rain willcr continues the area till about 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. light rain in parts of fairfax, montgomery, frederick and carroll, howard counties. then heavier rain falling on prince william counties. here's a look at the bigger picture. more rain moving throughni ovt tonight. as i said, it's over by about 4:00, 5:00 a.m. at 7:00 a.m., we're mild dealing with wet roads.ra the temre around 74. plenty of sunshine during the morning and midrsy hnd humid tomorrow with a hamperature of 82. however, wendy, sun will fuel late day thunderstorms. i'll have more coming up at 11:18. >> we are staying on top of breaking news out of northern mexico tonigh

amelia draper tracking some of the heavy rain that could be coming in the coming days aheadt it look like across the region? >> across the area right now, i'm tracking some thunderstorms and heavy rainll. this follows a line i was tracking earlier in the night. i thoughtta it would further back to the west but you can see this line is moving toward the east. we're tracking very heavy rain up around the baltimore area and areas to the north. even down here, moving through the district, absolutelywn urs right now. they're very compact. the good news is this rain is moving. it's not sitting which is what we want. we don't want to deal with any more flooding. there could be isolated flooding issues overnight tonight. never drive through a flooded roadway. u don't know how deep the water is, especially when it's dark outside. the areas in solid green under o flash watch through 6:00 p.m. tomorrow.s however, tash flood watch could be expanded farther off to the east and later than 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. i'll have much morrm on stos in the forecast tomorrow and friday coming up right around 11

amelia draper joins us.it wasn't just in stafford county but all of the circles you're seeing are storm reports from earlier today, and a l them south of washington. this was just one strong moved through at the area, generally from west to east. and each of these sigeifying er wind damage, flooding issues, or hail that at one asnt was reportedly as lar half of an inch. so very large hail and a lot of damage in parts of culpeper, ororge, and sta counties out there tonight. thankfully no thunderstorms are storm team4 radar right now. just a few isolated showers out there. from those storms earlier that impacted areas s mainlyth of tracking ict, still frac flood warns for parts of culpeper, all of stafford more rain in the forecast tomorrow. i'll have the latest timing coming up. >>> new at 11:00, police inor prince 's county need help solving a deadly assault. this afrnoon, a m was assaulted on boon's hill road in capital heights. this happened about 3:30. officers found the man with wha they are describing a

amelia draper is standing by in the storm center. amelia?ow doug and i are tracking severe thunderstorms with incredibly heavy rainfall right now on rhear. coming up we'll let you know how long this lasts and what to expect tomorrow on your tuesday. ♪ ♪whoaaa-oooaaaa ♪as long as the suns up... ♪there's no holding back.♪ ♪whoaaa-oooaaaa ♪and every moment, ♪you gotta make it last. all the thrills of summer. one amazing getaway. busch gardens williamsburg and water country usa. visit both parks for only $30 per day. >>> right now the skies are dark over nationalarbor. doug and ameliaon tracking strg thunderstorms in the region. they are back soon to show you when they could hitig your orhood. >> it may still be summer, but thousands of kids across the eaded back te school today. this is with a the first day of school for 13 city schools that have an extended school year. news 4's aimee khoe caught up with students at cook elementary. >> what will everyone think when you're not there? >> reporter: even though summer was shorter for kids at cook

something else that's going to be changing, amelia draper, a rm chance for stos coming up on friday.eal. >> exactly,specially out there on friday. tomorrow starts to feel a little bit humid. but on wfriday,re really feeling that heat and humidity. feeling closer to 100 degrees out there on friday when you factor in the mugginess. here is your planner for tomorrow on thursday. 7:00 a.m., we're5 at degrees with the high of 94. so a little bit warmer than e bit more cloud cover than today. we're completely dry during the day on your thursday. obut during thernight hours, i can't rule out an isolated shower, mainly north of shington. i was going to change the pool outlook today up to maybe like e playgroundoutlook. then i saw doug was out there at that fantastic pool, i walike, i'll keep the pool outlook for the graphic today. tomorrow if you're heading to the pool, it's looking great again. on friday, scattered late day showers and thunderstorms possible. i wod definitely still hea to the pool on friday and saturday. so afternoon showers and thunderstorms are right now.ikely if you were

let's go to storm team 4 meteorologist amelia draper. folks should expect up to 30 inches of rain in some spots? >> exactly. that's going to be the biggesth issue w hurricane lane, the amount of rain it's dropping on hawaii. here is the latest radar image with satellite. almost all the islands getting at least som rainfall from this hurricane. now a category 4 hurricane. the good news, it'sxpected to weaken quick lip over the next day or so. maximum stained winds at 130 miles an hour, moving northwest at about seven miles an hour. here it is, early friday morning in hawaii,till max winds at 110. it is downgraded to a category two. then it mak thankfully this nice west early turn. we're not expecting necessarily landfall, but that doesn't really matter. when we don't get landfall, we're not aor muched about the winds, still it doesn't matter because of the amount of rain this storm system is dropping on parts of hawaii is going to lead to big flooding issues. storm surges going to create a lot of damage there into the meekend. back at we'

meteorologist amelia draper jos us with how high they will get. amelamelia. >> we're going to see high temperatures today in the low 90s. right now4 we're at degrees. notice the winds out of the south at about 6 miles an hour, in that southerly helping to bring warmer and more humid air into the area. we were in the 90s yesterday here in shington, 90s again today, but the difference we're noticing that mugginess. i was o for my run this morning and you could just feel the humidity out there. here's how w measure the humidity. it's with the dew point temperatures.y yesterhey were in the 60s, today they are in the 70s. when you start to get close to a dew point temperature of 75, it's feeling tropical out there and that's how it's feeling out right now. with a high tperature today of 93 degrees and a mix of clouds and sunshine throughout the day. we are completely dry today, but some storms potentially impacting us tomorrow and storm chances over the weekend. i'm going to break that down in about 15 minutet, >> all ri thank you. >>> developing this

amelia draper is here to explain. >> thanks, and saying a small earthquake is exactly what i want to get across. this is actually a microearthquake. magnitud but it did happen last night around 11:24. and lot of residents in the area reported feeling maybe a little bit of a bump. this happened about 2.5 miles northeast of belmont, virginia. ook here on the map that i've drawn. the x is where the epicenter was of the earthquake. what i sed in are all reports of people feeling that bit of a bumphe around lansdowne area, through alexandria, parts of prince william and. manass again, at 1.3, we had no reports of damages thankfully.re if you wondering what happened last night, like you said, it wasn't just your imagination. back to you. >> all right. >> listen, unless you're in californ, there's no such thing as a microquake. it's at happens here, quake. >> one on the richter scale. thanks. >>> ahead, a county fair firestorm. fairman calls out a local for a racist caricature on a ride. we'll show you what news4 found. >>> a game changer for those with severe allergic reactions. the announ

amelia draper has an even better looking day tomorrow in the weekend, too. >> it's so beautiful o herew the humidity levels have dropped since we got here only a few hours ago. you can see folks ling up to get the coveted seats, the best seats on the lawn where you can bring your picnic, your food, your drinks and just enjoy time with family and friends. speaking of friends, i made a new friend abigail who is here. who are you most excited to see, michael mcdonald or peter cetera? >> peter. cete >> favorite song? >> "you're my inspiration." okay. i lov that. i love that. this is what i love, too, when you have the lawn seats, y can bring in whatever food you want. what food did you and your family bringn tonight? >> just chick-fil-a. >> just chick-fil-a. i think that was t the rightng to bring in. just chick-fil-a is like the best thing to eat at outdoor summer concert here to celebrate the end of summer here. as we talk about the weather right now, temperatures still coming in in the low to mid-80s. 84 degrees in washington. a nice wind out of the northwest that is helping to bring in

amelia draper is in the weather center. we like the breeze today, but something tells me that's not going to last, huh? y know what, tomorrow we'll dealing with thunderstorms out there during the afternooninnd ev hours and some of these likely strong to even severe, so because of that tomorrow your tuesday is going to be a storm team 4 wayther alert right now only a few isolated showers showing up on storm team radar. despite the cloudiness, not a lot of rain falling from those clouds and still around the northern neck and parts of southern maryland and over the bay, seeing light rain right now, but you can see most of the area is completely dry and most us do stay dry. a small chance for an isolated shower. currently at 81 degrees and the temperpretty nice out there throughout the day. evening hours, we'll fall into the upper 70s until 9:00 p.m. and 76 at 11:00. humid out there overnight and patchy f and showers are possible tomorrow morning, but during the afternoon and evening hours,endy, we'll be tracking some storms wi

amelia draper is joining us from the storm center. >> well, wendy, we' see this pattern break down over the weekend. the next week a few chances in the coming days. these warnings will go until 8: into parts of fauquier and parts of alexandria and the district and prince george's county. all these areas in green are heder a flood warning. you can see heavy rainfall that prompted the flood warnings is now mainly along and east of i-95 with areas over the bay. downhrough anne arundel and calvert and charles and st. mary's county under t gun with some lightning and issues with area roads, flooded roads being reported in parts of fauquier and prince william counties. never drive through a flooded roadway. wendy, this isn't it. the there is more rain south and westehat could m through overnight tonight and heavy rain once again tomorrow. more on the timing coming up at 5:15. >> thanks, ameln. >> a north virginia family is facing a devastating loss. a little girl killed while she slept and a tree fell on her. this happened at a neighborhood that's just outside of warrenton and it happened dur

what does this amelia draper for yo -- mean for your case?is mean you will possibly get to depose a sitting president? what are the chances that of? >> i think the likelihood of us being able to depose first michael cohen and second donald trump, i think those odds went through the roof today as a result of this plea, as a result of the language in the plea and the facts that michael cohen pled to. i think there's little question as to whether we're going to get a deposition of michael cohen and i'm going to be permitted to ask him specific questions about what happened and the level of communications and i'm going to get to the details relating to that. and then i am guessing -- i'm not guessing, i'm speculating and i think i'm on solid ground, i think i'm going to get a deposition of the president of the united states. >> you said you have zero doubt michael cohen is cooperating and has been cooperating with the investigators. do you mean the southern district or the special counsel? >> the southern district. it doesn't sound like he has co

storm team 4 amelia draper wiai ex how every family should get ready. >>> we'll have a check on yourtemperatur temperatures in mid to upper 70s. and then 40% chance of some thunderstorms coming in after 5:00 or 6:00 thisno aft. higher rain chances as we go into tomorrow or saturday. yote friday forecast, oon highs in the mid 80s. a 60% chance of rain tomorrow and again on saturday. >>> another local news update in another 25 minutes. >>> we'll be back after the "today show". ♪ you say >> >> prince harry stepping into the role he was literally born part ing the king george in "hamilton". on stage with the whole cast. it was a date night with hisfe meghan. the creator was right there. we'll catch upith them in a little while. that's fun. >> another reason har ry is my favorite royal. let's start with today's headlines. arizona paying a final tribute to senator john mccain today. celebrating his life as a st esman and former prisoner of war. mccain just the third person in 40 years to liein stateat the arizona capital. overnight mourners came in droves to payheir respects. earlier his w