in southeast, chris lawrence, news 4. back to you. >> 6:49 now.ing more about the ying electrocution of a 6-year-old girl at mgm national harbor. according to the washington post investigators saygaulty wirin is to blame. this happene back in june. investigators say a device that controls the flow of electricity to the lights on a hdrail was improperly installed. handrail ouched that and was jolted by 120 volts of electricity. that is ten times the amount that should have been powerinan thatail lighting in the first place. the post is reporting that the girl is still in critical condition. >>>t's now6:49. now to a developing story in the district. >> the rash of gun violence across the city continues. oro men were shot on benning road ineast last night. police say the men were sitting in a car outside acarryout restaurant when a man walked up and shot them. they both survive that shooting. there have been four shootingons d.c.'s may muriel bowser is concerned about what's been happening all over the city. >> dramatic. outrageous. and it happened i

live in southeast d.c., chris lawrence, news 4. >> chris,yo thank >>> now 5:34. to the latest on the confirmati ctroversy surrounding president trump's supreme court nominee. take a look at the scene here. activists went high tech with their protests tonight. ultraviolet projected a message onto the courthouse of constitution avenue. they don't want kavanaugh confirmed. in the meantime we're learning more about who will question vanaugh and the first woman accusing him of sexual misconduct thi morning. arizona prosecutor rachael mitchell will take the lead instead of the 11 men on that panel. democrats will give their own questions. yesterday president trump emphasized his support for kavanaugh and criticized the democrats. news 4's tracie potts will have that in a report just ahead. >>> m unexpectedent at the united nations that even caught president trump a little off ar as the president boasted about his accomplishments yesterday, laughter could be heard in the chamber. >> in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administr

chris lawrence is live in northeast nowith what w know. chris. >> ll, the victim was shot several tim and is in cardiac arrest. i'll tell you why that's so significant. but first, what we know, this shooting happened outside of thl shel station on eastern avenue. a couple of hours ago, we have seen detectives her onhe scene for several hours. some of it is cleared out now but i want to take you to shot in the last hour. you can see the canine units on the scene near the sidewalk. we saw a lot of the detectives there taking some shell from that area directly in front of the gas station. and we're trying to determine if that's where the shooting hamened but the vic suffered critical injuries and was in cardiac arrest when this haened. as ientioned before, the significance of this, just checked d.c. homicide statishecs. they say are standing at 115 homicides right now. th is justne shy of the total for all of last year. back herean live you see it still shutdown and police say they're searching for a man wearg a whiteshirt, black pants. sort o

live in kinston chris lawrence, news 4. back to you guys. >> we heard fromsohat one p you spoke to about neighbors helping neighbors. what else are people saying about the prospect of all of the clean up as the rain to come in that area. >> basically what they're trying to do is to see if they can get back in. to see if they can pull anything there. they're just anxious to see how much has been damaged. the extent of the damage. at least here, they can tak the boat and get into there and at least take a look at the id ou but boy you're talking about parts of this state, wilmington coly cutoff. it's been turned into an absolute island because you have all the interstates closed. the secdary ads, the airports closed so there aren't rces that major res can get in there to help those people so it has kind of fallen on a lot of these neighbors toy o pitch in and help their neighbors anyway that theycan. >> chris lawrence, live for us in kinston north carolina. thank you so much. >> all of that lead to a thousand water rescues. l

. >> chris lawrence is in new bern. chris? >> i've been watching people tearing out their floors. knocking out bad drywall doing anything they can.iv this you an idea of the damage suffered here. i've been talking on folks all over this area. one guy told me the floodwaters chasedim clear up to the second floor. he runs up there. he was able to ride it out oka but now he say his first floor is a complete loss. heo has throw everything out. you can see, let's sho s youome of the damage going on inside. what people are coping with here. you can see it is pretty extensive at times. i talked to one man who took us into his backyard to give a good idea of theer power of this storm. >> my neighbor across the street, part of his dock is across his fence over here. just amazing whatea rlly happened. just unbelievable. >> reporter: yeah, 5:00, we'll you the damage and talk to one homeowner whoat actuallyed on it her net cam happen as the storm was hitting her home. >> it's just heart breaking. >> t number of first responders is growing. over the weekend we were there as virginia's elite ta

i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm meaga fitzgerald. thanks for joining us on this labor day monday. we have a quick traffic alertu. for >> the westbound lanes are blocked at graham road after someone got hit by a car. the eastbound traffic is moving. we'll bring you an update as soon as we have information. >> and this holiday is supposed to signify the end of summer. it is steamy out there, sheena s.parveen. >> i'm telling you, as we go through most of this week, we're going to ben the90s. our normal high for this time of year is 84 degrees. we're going to be ten degrees above that today. and tomorrow, be in the 90s, through thursday. it is warm and a muggy you walk outside. 80 degrees in annapolis. 79, washington, 78 degrees in quanti heantico. as we go throughay today, it will feel close to 103 through parts of the ea. by t afternoon, we have an isolated srm chance. i mentioned, 90s, most of this it feels like the dog days of summer, as the kids head back to school. we go back to the weeke and we have rain. the day is off and the kids are enjoying the pool this afternoon. this is

chris lawrence visits one of the hardest-hit areas in north carolina after hurricane florence. >>> concrete concerns. we'll tell you what metro plans to do abo all that faulty construction on the silver line. >>> and final touches. we take you inside a new sports arena and the revilizing part of the district. >> announcer: welcome to "news4 this week." >>>hello, everyone, i'm leon harris and we begin with the aftermath of hurricane flor the state of north carolina in the middle of a long cleanup and recovery processha after storm flooded parts of the state. news4's chris lawrence went to one ofhe hardest-hit areas to get a firsthand look at the damage. >> reporter: as new bern dries out from the storm, there's a guy driving around town asking store owne do you need anything? >> i've helped out four or five people already, so just trying >> be a good role model for the town. eporter: jake phillips says every store downtown was damaged. >> as far as you can see it was like four foot of water owerywhere. >> reporter: andhat the water has receded in this part sf north carolina, a lot of busines

i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. the calendar says that summer it over butt is not true. >> it feels like it when the kids go back to school. the hot, muggy weather, isn't near over, is it, gina? >> it's not. this is the unofficial end t summer. as the kids go back to school, it will feel likeayhe dog of summer for most of this week. this morning, as you walk outside, it is mild and muggy out there. it's 80 degrees in annapolis. 70 degrees, washington 73 in frederick. we're really going to heat up today. you're heading out for your labor day, doing something outside. n mind, it's going to be a hot one. very humid. 9

i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm meagan fitzgerald. the calendar says that summer it over butt is not true. >> it feels like it when the kids go back to school. the hot, muggy weather, isn't near over, is it, gina? >> it's not. this is the unofficial end t summer. as the kids go back to school, it will feel likeayhe dog of summer for most of this week. this morning, as you walk outside, it is mild and muggy out there. it's 80 degrees in annapolis. 70 degrees, washington 73 in frederick. we're really going to heat up today. you're heading out for your labor day, doing something outside. n mind, it's going to be a hot one. very humid. 94 this afternoon. feeling closer to 103. we have an isolated storm chance. most of the area will be dry. you better stay in the shade and have the spf 30 on. we'll look at what it's like tomorrow, as the kids are heading back to school. that's straighea >>> following breaking news in falls church. one person has been struck by a vehicle in the westbound lanes of arlington boulevard at graham road. >> molet

chris lawrence is live for us in kingston, north carolina now with the latest on the flooding. good morning. >> good morning, aaron. it's still a very light but eady rain falling here in k kinston and the water is still rising in this area. that's makingnt tough people to try to get back to their homes because you have all kinds of deb flowing through the water. you even have exploding colonies of fire ants, if you can believe that. so is too dark to get out there right now. but i was able to get a slightly perspective. take a look. >> i had to do this while i still had some daylight left to be safe a to be able to see where i'm actually going. but this gives yn idea of exactly how high the water is rising he. i'm in the neuse river. i'm 6 feet tall. look at thi stop sign. there's a kid's park right over there where the slides are literally going right into the water. the incredibly high a thing about this, this isn't even the high point. it's not supposed to crest until the end of the week and that's going to be at abo 25 feet. >> that would be 2 or 3 feet less of the record h

chris lawrence, news 4. back to you. >> chris, thank you. >> it's 6:08 now. we're following two developing stories this morning. both impacting the trump white house. the first concerns brett kavanaugh and the womanccing him of sexual assault has been invited to testify at a publicg hearn monday. she claimed the incident happened in the 1980s at a party while kavanaugh attended ge gewn prep in bethesda. hehe denies t accusations. democrats want answers before they vote while republicans s democrats have known about the allegations for months. >> they have known about it for six weeks and chose to keep it secret until the 11th >> it's a unsulinsult for the w of america to rush this through after the serious allegations have been >> yesterday president trump said he woulde okay with delaying the confirmation process while thes cla were investigated. >> the president ordered the declassification of documents related to russia vestigation. he's only doing it to make himself look better. critics say it could expose u.s. intelligence methods. r months the president

chris lawrence isive in northeast now with what we know. chris. >> the latest that we got is the victim is in cardiac arrest. i'll tell you why that's significant. that shooting happened tsoue this shell station on eastern avenue right at the corner of avenue inir northeast d.c. you can see the officers and detectives, homicide detectives here at the scene. as we pan down, down the street there, wha we're trying to determine is whether the shooting happened here at the shell station or if it started here and extended down the street. we have beeneeing them collecting and identifying some of the shell casings during down the road about 40 or 50 feet from the shell station. at this point what we're hearing ishey're looking for a man wearing white shirt, black pants, a brown derby hat and the victim ie're told in cardiac arrest. why that's important, right now d.c. is just one shy of the total homicide rate, 116 for all of last year. so we're not even out of the month and d.c. poised to hit mark it hit all of last year. we'll stay on top of thi

. >> and i'm chris lawrence. we're looki at the local forecast and your commute first. >> chuck and sheena a here to start us off. what can we expect today? >> yes, chuck will have a closer look at he afternoon forecas coming up. this morning, take a look at where florence is. it's getting t closer to carolina coast. wilmington is right in the center of this track. we'll talk about that coming up. rain bands approaching parts of the outer banks of norht carolina r now. locally, we're not dealing with any of that. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies, showers up and around ha hagerstown this morning. this afternoon, still some showers in the forecast. pa littlechy fog as you're driving around. nothing too dense this morning. there. careful out temperatures in the mid to low 70s. 75 in washington. 74 degrees in as you wake up and walk outside, just grab that rumncoat or small ella for later today. we won't see a washout of a day. we won't see any heavys. downpo this morning we're starting out iez fo dry for most of

m eun yang. >> and i'm chris lawrence in for aaron. stms hit some of us pretty hard yesterday afternoon. we may be looking at more rain today. >> here we go. we're going to get a check on your commute with melissa in a moment. first, storm team 4 meorologist chuck bell a sheena parveen are here with a look at your forecast. tell us how much and what we can expect today. >> later today, that's when we see the heavy rai move in. ng at a ning we're loo few scattered, spotty showers around the area. you want the umbrea because later on tonight, that's when we could see flooding concerns. >> it is going to be another very rainy night tonight. some places will half inch to an inch tonight from sundown tonight until sunrise tomorrowtorning. riow it's just a mostly cloudy day here in washington. not any heavy rain out there tais morning. that is cly good news. there will be more rain chances later on.

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chris lawrence is live in old town alexandria. we'll hear from him in just a few minutes. people trying tok soa up sunshine ahead of the storm. you can get up tthe minute information on hurricane florence and the potential impact this storm could have on us in the nbc washington app. >> people all over the country will pause to remember the attacks. 11th >> justin is live for us this morning with other events planned in remembrance of this y. good morning. >> good morning. we're now just minutes away from the flag ceremony taking place at the pentagon. behind me you can see that area is already lit up. this is a tradition that now dates back to the day after tr septem11th attacks. when the large fg wasrought in to drape over the dage here. vice president mike pence will join the ceremony at the9/11 memorial here and on this day 17 years ago, 184 people were killed. they wer aboard america airlines flight when it crashed into the western wall. the dead includingassengers on that plane and flight crew as well as pentagonem oyees. all the celebrations taking place across the

in kingston, chris lawrence, news 4., molette, back to you. >> thank you. >> wow. >> i mean, that's just devastating to see those images there. se sections of i-95 in both north carolina and south rolina close due to the flooding. police and emergency crews are askie peo who do not need to travel through that hurricane-da ged area, those parts of the state, to just stay away. >>> there's also anoth area of the world suffering today. it's what's being called the biggest storm in the world. typhoon mangkhut is wreaking havoc in china after devastatinh the ilippines. more than 60 people have died there. the deadly storm roared isashor weekend, packing powerful winds and drenching rains. nbc's chapman bell reports on the incredible damage. >> reporter: supertyphoon mangkhut tore across the doilippines over the weekend. the storm leavinns dead. high winds and heavy rain causing deadlylaslides. up to 100 miners and their families missing in one town alone. fears mounting that those missing will not be found alive. thet storm n

chris lawrence, news 4. back to yo >> thank you, chris. we still have the closure right noin they're m some progress hoping for another hour or so. so you might want to think of another way to get to your favorite destination this morning. northbound before 202 have a crash and southbound the ramp to kenil worth you can see the delays there. that might be getting better here pretty soon. inbound 66 at sudley arash and northbound 95 ramp to 123. right side blocked by the crash there. >> we also have rain around the area. >> it dn't look that heavy on radar but it sure did look like a dowour where chris was. >> light rain. areas of patc fog this morning. here's a close up look. areas of light rain falling. have the umbrella and raincoat through the day today. andbe temperatures wil on the cool side. 65 degrees in washington right now. 55 in leesburg. 65 quantico. so as we go through the morning and closer to lunch me, temperatures are not really going to move too much today. we'll have an on shore wind flow. we'll be in the 60s. chuck will t

chris lawrence, thank you. a >> university of maryland football player died of heatstroke.e university. he collapsed after a workout in may. the family filed formal letters notifying the state of a suit. espn reporhey could seek up to $30 million. the overall conductfof the ball program are still in progress. >>> a jumbo blooper on a local basketball court and this had nothing to do with thgame. check it out. george washington university's jumbotron fell to ther. fl the big screen was already lowered to the ground when it fell. they were doing some maintenance on it when this happened. nobody was hurt which is good news. still not clear if any damage is caused because of this. >> when you think of how large the structure is, a short fall will cost the school some money. >>> it's now 6:37. coming up, hometown team with a shot at a championship. one player said a local bar refused to show their game. refused to show their game. i'm neal simon. i'm the son of an immigrant and a family man. daer: hey, dad. neal: and now i'm running for the u.s. senate, unaffiliated with any par

. >> chris lawrence is live with a look at the damage the flooding has caused to homes and businessest are you seeing? >> well, everything that you and aaron just mentionednd roads closed everywhere. this is a way for people to get up and down the state. it's completely shutdown. this is only about ankle dwhp e i am but i can tell you yesterday you go back 20 or 30 yards fromere and that water is coming up your legs. this road is shutdown for miles. is is what we're seeing across the state. 1,200 roads across the state have now been closed. take a look at the drone video. lookingnot a river your at. this is i.erstate it's a mayor highway that runs all the way from california to asthe east it is completely shutdown. parts of i-95 also shutdown so major problems isolating a lot of communities i this area. now other communities, well, the water has receded and that'slo wed some of the residents to get in a start to assess the damage. we spent the day dow in new bern talking to store owners and getting in their homes for the first time and looking at the incredible damage including one wo

chris lawrences monitoring the situation from the live desk.re going to check in with him for much more on this story in a few minutes. good morning, everyone. >> 6:30 right now. you start your friday, you'll notice a big change in the weather. the cooldown is finally moving in.k but ch here for a check of the weather. >> tgif. made it through a shorten f work we many, including yours truly. a ltle pinkish hue to our sky. sunrise about 12 minutes from now. our heat wave is coming to an end. probably going to fall just degrees. 90 flash flood watches are issued, as well. rain is a long ways away for now. you should be ready for rain drops around 5:00 or 6:00 today. nothing locally yet. there's the flash flood watch, from noon to 11:00 p.m. night. not included is the d.c. metro area just yoyet. friday morning temperatures are in the low to mid 70s. it will be a hot one today. take the puppy dog out f a walk. this is bella, available for adoption at the heane res alliance. the best time to walk the dog is firstmohing this ing. chances for a high o

chris lawrence is live in northwest washington with more on this. hi, chris. >> hey, melissa. yeah, in that letter, cardinale talked about failures in episcopal oversight, failures ich have caused a lot of catholics to question whether he can connue to lead. the church's sexual abuse plscandal is ing all over again. in another archbishop of washington may not survive it. cardinal wuerl says he's going to rome to speak with pope francis after hearing from local priests under his command the cardinal wrote him. it was clear some decision sooner rather later on my part is an essential aspect so that this church we all love can move forward. wuerl has been under fire since a grand jury report came out last month. it says when he was in the dioceses in pittsburgh, at times he went out of his way to ly remove so-called predator priests, but in other ases, wuerlowed some to stay in the ministry including one priest who allegedly molested teenage boys. >> he is the object of considerable animosity. >> reporter: a parishioner called out cardinal wuerlng duri mass. protesters have demon

in kinston, chris lawrence, news 4. >>> we continue a to track developing story out of prince george's county. that is where police are investigating a homicide. this happened early this morning around 2:15 on hanover parkway in greenbelt. we're still working to get more details. anbut authorities found a shot. he was taken to the hospital where later died. >>> more than e100 peopl lost their homes after a massive fire tore through a county apartment building. the fire broke out on85th avenuenh in yesterday afternoon as children returned home from school. news 4's nicole jacobs spoke with residents grappling wloh th this morning. >> reporter: a look at her apartment unit from the outside --oo > justng at it, it's crazy. >> reporter: -- not knowing what, if anything is salvageable on the inside is heart-wrenching for brittany hopkins. >> i had a baby in april. if anythint i wan to get his things. >> she's the one who spotted the smoke mon y afternoon com from her neighbor's door and balcony. the new mother banged on the door and called for help. >> i called 9-1-1. i stayed on the phone

of guard rail and now they're saying 4 to 6 hours before this will be cleared so we're sending chris lawrence to get eyes on this one. inner loop and outer loop the rest of the beltway is looking good this morning. no other complaints rightow and fairfax, eastbound 6612 befe crash with the left lane blocked there. good morning, sheena, you must have better news than i do, ght? >> yes. it's going to be rainy and clou and chilly. >> and the weekend is one day closer than it wasst day. >> that's a good way to look at it. >> it's chilly outside and patchy fog and visibility, but as we zoom out, for rain throughout the southnd southwes visibility is not too bad. we're above about two miles for most of the area and it could be a little bit difficult in some spots. 63 washington, 62 clinton, take a look at how they're going to go as we go through the morning, not moving too much. even through lunchtime we should be in the mid 60s. some sub persons in the late 60s. we'll talk about our rain chances for the rest of the wee comiup. >> it's 4:02 now. to a developing story this morning, aasther woman com

of guard rail and now they're saying 4 to 6 hours before this will be cleared so we're sending chris lawrence this one. inner loop and outer loop the rest of the beltway is looking good thi

chris lawrence is alsoeading to the scene right now. d.c. police tweeting out about h ting happening. this is right at the d.c.-maryland line near new hampshire avenue northeast. the scene is a the shell gas station there, if you're familiar with the area. it's marked there on the screen. there's no word on who may have been shot or their current condition. we're working to get more information. we know that police areng loo for a suspect. we'll bring you an update as soon as we get it. but for now, back to you. >> angie, thank you. your time is 4:03. now to a developing sty, supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh says he is innocent andwhot going ae and that is despite a second woman coming forward accusing him of sexual misconduct. >> he repeatedly denied all the allegation against him. he insisted he always treated women with dignity and this comes as comments that he and his first accuser ppare to testify in front of a senate judiciary committee on thursday. kavanaugh wants the process to be fair. >> i'm not going to let false accusations

we have chris lawrence at the scene and we'll talk to him in a coup of temi the rest of the beltway looks okay right now. the ramp to kenilworth therturned car right now. woodbridge, nund 123 near dale sh there and the boulevard situation before crashes on the shoulder, that one is now gone. good morning, chuck. >> good morning, melissa. it's a gloomy looking monday morning outside. all cloud cover again for tod and probably below 70 degrees again today. that is aig sure that the seasons, they are hanging. staying below 70 and the last time we had back to back days where we failed to get to 70 degrees or higher was in the springtime. may 17th and 18th and we had an inch of rain on both of those days. much like we'll see around here. temperatures are in the cool low 60s around town. and with all the clouds around today not much of a rise in temperatures. we'll move up into the mid and upper 60s today but you're chance of getting rai ad on 100% today. a big plume of moisture coming our way and at the surface we have a c veryl easterly breeze coming in off t ocean. steadier rain around lunch

arerching for a suspect but again still a lot of unanswered questions but the good news is news 4's chris lawrence just arrived at the scenng and he's goi to update usnihroughout the mor now back to you. >> we believe survivors. >> relentless chanting from otestors from texaste senator d cruz and his wife out of the restaurant. this was video overnight. protestors angry about the kavanaugh confirmation process outed we believe survivors and they didn't let up until the couple left the restaurant and cruz is just one of the republicans supportingrett kavanaugh. kavanaugh denies all the sexual sconduct allegations against him. >> last night he said he's not going anywhere and that he has always treated women with, quote, dignity and spect. i am not perfect but i have never, everik done anything this. >> a second woman came forward accusing him of sexual misconduct and yesterday stormy daniels attorney says he's representing a third won. >> it is 4:34 and here's a look at our other t stories this morning. e deputy attorney general still has a job. he was called to the white house yesterday leadi many

. >> and i'm chris lawrence in for morningis storms hit some of us pretty hard yesterday afternoon. we may be lookingt more rain today as well. >> we'reoing to c on your commute with melissa in just a moment. first, storm team 4 meteorologists sheena parveen and chuck bell are here with yourorecast. >> it will be like nothing ever changed. it's cold to start, but we have more rain in the forecast. >> if you've been here for the last coupleweeks, you know what's coming. another cloudy day. noin sun at all. temperatures are going to be about 20 degrees cooler this afternoon than yesterday. a significant change in the weather. four things you need to know about. cloudy start this morning. it'll be a rainy finish later today and tonight. ood watches are up for late tonight into early tomorrow morning. here's good news.s the rain e early tomorrow. the weekend is looking oh, so much nicer. that plume of moisture coming in our direction here. no heavy rain for the morning commute. just hit and miss sprinkles and showers. no big impact. there's the flood watch. could get another inch of rai

. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron.e have team coverage on that hurricane,lus your local forecast and a look at the commute. re here tond sheena start things off for us. >> another day much like yesterday. cloudy, humid, make a peek or two of sunshine toasy. thatice to see the sun, even if it was just a few minutes. >> it was. fd you could reallyl once we have any of that sunshine, how warm we get. the atmosphere is still very warm. we haven't been seeing too mh of i i'm going to back up for one second. we haven't been sing too much of it because of all the clouds around. but today, we could see peeks of sunshine. here's a first look from radar at some of the outer bands approaching the outer banks of north carolina. florence is still a 2 category we're going to talk more about that coming up. seas you it is very far to our south. we're looking at mostly cloudy we've been watching some showers around hagerstown. those are continuing to head to the north. as far as visibility is concerned, not too bad. a little bit of pa

. >> and i'm chris lawrence in for aaron. stms hit some of us pretty hard yesterday afternoon. we may be looking at more rain today. >> here we go. we're going to get a check on your commute with melissa in a moment. first, storm team 4 meorologist chuck bell a sheena parveen are here with a look at your forecast. tell us how much and what we can expect today. >> later today, that's when we see the heavy rai move in. ng at a ning we're loo few scattered, spotty showers around the area. you want the umbrea because later on tonight, that's when we could see flooding concerns. >> it is going to be another very rainy night tonight. some places will half inch to an inch tonight from sundown tonight until sunrise tomorrowtorning. riow it's just a mostly cloudy day here in washington. not any heavy rain out there tais morning. that is cly good news. there will be more rain chances later on.e we already had almost nine inches of rain here for the cnth of september. so audy start and a rainy finish today. flood watches are up for tonight into tomorrow morning. again, there you can see o

i'm chris lawrence. >> i'm meaga fitzgerald. thanks for joining us on this labor day monday. traffic alertu. for >> the westbound lanes are blocked at graham road after someone got hit by a car. the eastbound traffic is moving. we'll bring you an update as soon as we have information. >> and this holiday is supposed to signify the end of summer. it is steamy out there, sheena s.parveen. >> i'm telling you, as we go through most of this week, we're going to ben the90s. our normal high for this time of year is 84 degrees. we're going to be ten

chris lawrence will have a live repo n fromth carolina. >>> breaking news into the newsom now, montgomery county police are looking for a missing man. what doe know? >> well, police just released this picttae. a good look. the 31-year-ol dewight allen whitaker was last seen at his job in germantown on friday. 6 feet tall, 230 pounds. he has tattoos on his arms. he may be driving a black 2011 toyota camry with washington state tagayd8608. family and friends are very concerned for his emotional and physical welfare. we're working with montgomery county police and we'll continue to bring you updates as we track the story. but for now, back to you. >> angie, thank you. it's 4:36 now to the that's dominating capitol hill. monday we'll hear from the woman upaccusingme court nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual assault. she isd expec to testify before lawmakers about the incident. she was attacked at a house party in the 1980s. she was a student at the private school in bethesda andan kavaugh was at geortown prep a the time. more than 200 fellow alumnite signed a l of support for ford including jul

. >> and i'm chris lawrence.e're looki at the local forecast and your commute first. >> chuck and sheena a here to start us off. what can we expect today? >> yes, chuck will have a closer look at he afternoon forecas coming up. this morning, take a look at where florence is. it's getting t closer to carolina coast. wilmington is right in the center of this track. we'll talk about that coming up. rain bands approaching parts of the outer banks of norht carolina r now. locally, we're not dealing with any of that. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies, showers up and around ha hagerstown this mog.

whis morning news 4's chris lawrence can sho you what you can do now to avoid a costly fix later. >>orter: foded basement. even a wet or damp one can cause a lot ofor anxiety f homeowners. now water on the floor is an cvious sign that you have a problem, butis mclaughlin with jes waterproofing says therare other signs a well. >> you may also see some discoloration on the drywall, meanin there's some moisture behind there. you could get musty, damp, mildew or mold smell. >> musty? >> mustymells are not good. if you have musty smells in a basement, it's either signs of a basementoo waterng problem or moisture problem. >> reporter: what can you do to protect your homendwallet? >> first and foremost, direct water away from the home. start outside. make sure your gutters are clear. make sure all the downspouts are running away from the house. you never want to direct all of the water fm your roof on to your home's foundation. >> reporter: in addition, seal anycks in your foundation to prevent water from seeping in. waterproof the walls and check your ndscaping. experts say you should make

chris lawrence, news 4. >>> all that flooding lead to more than 1,000 water rescues. take a look, a man in a,boli north carolina had to wait in the bed of the pickck up t for rescuers to arrive. water was about to flood even the bed of the truck. he was attempting to eape the teooding when his car took on too much >> a dam in eastern north carolina couldn'told backhe large amount of water brought on by the storm. it failed saturday night because three lakes in the area drained soickly. boiling spring lakes is also dealing with several washed out roads. the national guard is helping we vak y evacuations. fema leaders says their focus is on search and reue. even as north carolina lawmakers warn it's going to be costly. >> it's always a very frustrating process for people. it's fair to say in termsf onomic impact, rebuilding, that we are talking in the llions ofdollars. >> president trump wants to see the destruction first half. he plans to visit the carolinas once he gets the okay fro fema. >> we turn to what is being called the biggest storm in the world. typhoon mangk

good morning, i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. >> and i'm eun yang. s here t of the gang working for you. melissa is keeping an eye on your commute. first, chuck bell and sheen parveen here with your forecast. more rainok again. record. >> if you can't find your umbrella at this point, then you own forve been out of the last two months. >> maybe it broke. maybe the umbrella has had ali le too much work lately. >> but you can still find it. >> fpefully you can stilld it. hopefully you have more than one. i think i have about three or four. you're going to need it later today. this morning we don't really have rain around the area except for a few sprinkles here and there. what we're looking ator lat today is heavy rain. we're under a flood watch as we ough the later evening ours and into the overnight hour that is going to be most of the area here. we have a couple sprines

ton, chris lawrence, news4. >> thank you. and the fema director is talking about florence andmaria. what he has to say in about six minutes, plus doug with an ha update about w florence is going to bring to our area. open our nbc washingtoleapp for compte coverage. >>> breaking tonight, two retiring gop senators are joining the chorus of democrats calling for a delay in thursday's confirmation voteor supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. a t republican tells the "washington post" that he'll talk to kavanaugh and theoman who says kavanaugh sexually assauladd her d ago in montgomery county. democrats want the fbi to investigate. so let's take a a closer look what we know about the woman stine ford. she teaches psychology at a college in california. she told the post she first revealed the incident to a therist in 2012. according to the post, she passed a polygraph test in july. nbc's kelly o'donnell with more reaction. >> reporter: christine blasy ford described kavanaugh in the post report as stumbling drunk at a maryland house party in the 1980s when she claims he pinned her to a b

. >> we want to g t chris lawrence. what's going on behind you? >> a lot. this is the sinkhole. they finally got down to the actual water main. you can see how big this is with the role completely buckled almost halfway across. they're digging down there now trying to get to the water, rain and isolate the problem and fix that water main.ho i want to you a little bit of video that we shot just a little while ago when the water was still they were trying to pump it out of here. you could see it completelyg rushinrough the street. even though the sun is halfway coming out now, remember all that rainhat wead last night, throughout the morning and you can see the damage that it caused to this road, just completely buckled it all way down the street. i did speak with --ls we saw at one point that metro bus stop lsst a few inches from the hole. metro officre now telling us that they're detailing the buses to anacostia. they're detourin them to mississippi avenue. earlier i did get a chance to speak to an official at d.c. water who put context into how this happened. >> an eight-inch w

i am chris lawrence. it is anotherraatic day on capitol hill. chuck grassley was right in the ddle of his opening statement when democrats stormed out. the sen ne panel is set to take the key vote on kavanaugh at 1:30 this morning. >> reporter: today the senate judiciary committee takes the first step towards confirming juree kavanaugh to the u.s. supreme court. republicans are pushing forwd, hoping a weekend of procedural votes could place kavanaugh on the bench early next week. though there are no guarantee,p ident trump remains confident. >> judge kavanaugh laid outot just a very compelling testimony but a corroborated one. >> reporter: the nion watched at kavanaugh laid out an emotional defense. >> this confirmation process has become a national disgrace. >> i believed he was going to rape me. i tried to yell for help. >> reporter: the american bar association, which a month ago gave kavanaugh its highest recommendation now wants a delay while the fbi investietes all allegations against kavanaugh, as do democrats. >> and the only way we get

chris lawrence is in north carokina. he is l at the damage in new bern. you're getting an upclose look at the devastation there. >>eporter: yeah. you saw it first hand. some of the families are having a hard time describing the sheer power of all the water. look at this woman's home. you can see the damage. we're talkingfo , five, six feet of damage on the first floor. >> this is melissa daniels' home before the storm. then the hurricahit. >> yeah. >> and by 7:30, there were major waves coming in. it looked like ocean wav and crashing into the side of the house. >> her camera caught images of it. >> it started working like a battering ram against the house. ve ir.>> >> ithased her neighbor right to the second floor. >> this wholet bottom p of the apartment was covered in water and got about as high as that middleti secon there. >> tha when you get real cle to god. >> reporter: they all say that wall of water was roaring through their doors. >> you could see it coming over ohe street, the walk, right i my apartment. >> my neighborhe across t street. part o

chris lawrence. police are investigating a crash in clinton that involves a pedestrian.e 5 and malcolm road. soone was hit by car. >>> in fairfax county, a woman had serious injuries after she was hit by a car. the crashou happened along 50 at grand road just after 3:00 this morning. th driefr did sta at the scene. >> police in howard county are investigating an .officer-involved shooti it happened lastight on washington boulevard. police say a man confronted officers in the w parking loth a gun. he was shot and has non-life threating injuries. no one else was hurt. >> today, metro is operating on a sunday schedule for theda lab holiday. the rail service will open soon, at 8:00a.m., and close at 11:00 p.m. off-peak fares will be i effect and parking is free at metro's parking lots. >> i know a lot of you have outdoor plans. check of your forecast is .ext. >>> good monday morning. mild and humid outside. we're dealing with a little patchy fog mainly north and west of d.c.his rning. as we go through the afternoon, mostly sunny. temperatures in the snients, and then a coupl

i am chris lawrence. >> these are live cameras. this one from carolina beach. theas area h seen high surf and heavy rain and high winds this morning. >>> take a look at this. hurricane force winds dismantled a gas station canopy in south carolina. let's g live to nbc's wdy live in woolfolk with the conditions. >> reporter: the winds and rains are brutal and the conditions will not changeme any florence's much-anticipated arrival on the coast. driving rain and relentless winds already wreaking havoc. the feared storm surge already putting some communities underwater. >> we are there helping to support the local first responders that are going out and saving people that were asked to evacuate. >> dozens of people have already beenesed and nearly 150 more stranded. >> we knew we were stuck because it was our fault forng. >> reporter: power outages across the region, likely to last for days and weeks to ce. >> surviving this storm will be a test of evndurance, teamwork, common sense and patience. >>lorence's threat now a reality. the storm is going to continue to p

chris lawrence joins us now from the newsroom with the latest on the developments. >> he is ready toestify before the senateudiciary committee on monday but his accuser says she canns. today ihe deadline for dr. ford to let the committee know if she will be there on monday. her attorney says dr. ford isg willo appear next thursday but that's the earliest. she is also willing to appeart a public hearing but doesn't want judge kavanaugh in theca rm bee of safety concerns. we have been telling you about the localonnection to this shory. went to school at holton-arms. several of her alumni have her back. they even launched a website saying dr. fd has a right to testify and share her story. some of those alumni also want the fbi to move forward with an investigation of her claim. >> thank you. this morning family andarriends choosing to remember the way wendy martinez lived instead of ho she died. they held a vigil for her last night. >> the35-year-old was stabbed to death during her evening jog on tuesday. he pled with the crowd to not let the way his sister died prevent them from feelin

for m chris lawrence in erin this morning. we heard it coming down all night. down trees won't be the only t issue with morning commute. a jackknifed tractor-trailer on the inner loop f thebeltway before exit 34. he's going to joinit us live details on the clean up in a few minutes. >> a check on yourorecast but we begin with jack taylor and a look at several issues that will impact your commute. jack, what are you seeing? >> it's been a tough start. here the beltway, that's 355 rockville pike. one right lane is getti by. that could get worse. now under 10 miles per hour if lucky. also we had some south on washington parkway reportedor t be b greenbelt road. a couple of vehicles went offoa theay down into the woods. they have the right side

. >>> chris lawrence is on the inner loop. what are you seeing out there?> big progress right now. i want you to take a lookd beh me. just in the last five minutes they were finally able to get the actual cab out of that guard rail. this tctor-trailer lost control and jackknifed a couple of hours ago. took out about 1 feet of guard rail and the main part of it was wedged in there. about fiv minutes ago they were finally able to get that out so they're making someog ss. it was hauling about 8 or 9,000 pounds of meat. a couple of different fuel tanks on there and showed upbout ten minutes ago and they're trying to basically contain that fuel and mak sure that that fuel doesn't spill out on to the road even more than it has and cause additional problems. just talked with o of the crew members. he said right now the hope is that they can get this clear. a couple of hundred yards shy of wisconsi

i'm chris lawrence. >> i thanks for joining us on this labor day monday. >> your kids are going back to school.t will feel like summer. it still does. >> these are the last group of kidsaiting toet back to class. they will have a hot end to their vacations today. >> the hotness, the muggineswhm ever you want to call it. >> we'll call it the dog days of summer. will stick around. for the last day of the unofndcial end to summer as we kick off the school year for a lot of kids, it will feel liku er most of this week. this morning for your labor day to start your morning, it is warm. it's muggy out there. as you step outside, you can already tell, it will be a hot, humid day. it's 80 degrees in annapolis. 72 in manassas, 78 in washington. a lot of kids, heading to the pool will feel great when you jump in the water. you're going to get hot very quickly. you want the 0spf or higher. stay hydrated. stay in the shade. the sunill be brutal today. sunburn in 15 minutes for many of you. and temperatures will be aroun thmid-90s. 103 degreeg around can't rule out an isolated thunderstorm. about

for m chris lawrence in erin this morning. we heard it coming down all night. down trees won't be the only t issue with morning commute. a jackknifed tractor-trailer on the inner loop f thebeltway before exit 34. he's going to joinit us live details on the clean up in a few minutes. >> a check on yourorecast but we begin with jack taylor and a look at several issues that will impact your commute. jack, what are you seeing? >> it's been a tough start. here the beltway, that's 355 rockville pike. one right lane is getti by. that could get worse. now under 10 miles per hour if lucky. also we had some south on washington parkway reportedor t be b greenbelt road. a couple of vehicles went offoa theay down into the woods. they have the right side of the roadway tied up causing a delay back to 197. 270 southbound, you have accident activity on both shoulders but already causing a slow down riding sthbound as authorities arrive on scene that lane configurations have changed. 66 going eastbound before you get into marshall. accident activity tgre block the left lane and

chris lawrence at the live desk. >> the fire butoke on the last few hours. and i want to get you video towing you how bigs fire is, in the fells point area. fire officials have had to have multiple crews. this is on south broadway, the heart of fells point. we're hearing from our affilte in baltimore. the firert staed in a paint shop. and according to the company's website, that company started in 1868. now, we're hearing from wbal, that fire has spread to a church, as well. >>> it is 5:33, again. closure for a family this idrning. the man accused ofpping a young girl and her grandmother led police to their bodies one month after they disappeared. they were last seen in harrisonburg, virginia, in early august. police found their bodies on we esday. he was captured in pennsylvania in august. the family gave prosecutors permission to make a plea deal. >>> we're getting closer to in fiout who will sit on the anjury in the trial of the charged in the connection with the d.c. mansion murders. darren went ll accused of g three family members and a housekeeper befo

. >> i'm chris lawrence. adam tuss has the day off. boy oh, boy, lauryn, this morning? absolutely. you'll walkout i'd that humidity is going to hit you with ton of bricks. it is warm out there and this week is no exception. it will feel like we're in the middlef summer as we get through the first full week of september. already up to 78 degrees out there. calm winds. you can see from the picture behis we have got some clouds out there. and that'so going to continue be the case as we go through the day, a mix of sun and clouds. a bit more sunshine by lunch time. no rain out there. a little clutter, no rain out there right now. that's clutter from the radar station out in loudoun coun. on sunday, we have brunch, temperatures in the 80s for that, but iwill feel like we're in the low 90s. we have a chance of a pop-up storm so you may want to grab that umbrella. but i think the chances lie to the west. so not everybody is s going to them. so we'll time out some of the storms and we'll talk about how hot we'll get over the next couple of days. especially for your labor day in 15 minutes.