[gasps] chuck? you were in here the whole time? chuck?thud] [screams] [door slams] so everything went fine. nothing weird happened. good-bye. - you opened it, didn't you? - yes, i'm sorry. if you didn't want anybody to open it, why would you paint it red? just leave it regular door colored. - what are you implying? that i wanted you to open it? th was 1996... and there you have it: erik and lyle menendez convicted of murder in the first degree. i just reported the crap out of the menendez brothers, and i was the heir apparent for the "nightly news" desk. women wanted to be with me, and men wanted to hear news from me. whoo! and then, just when i thought things couldn't possibly get better, i got a call from a very special lady. madame tussauds? it was like i had achieved immortality. there i was between kurt cobain and austin powers. people came from far and wide to see my statue because they thought i was somebody. and t

chuck was. >> but they didn't arrest chuck.went by, and the detective kept investigating him. authorities seized his computer, searched his car. all the while chuck was saying they were looking at the wrong guy. >> there's a lot of people that won't confess to a murder, for obvious reasons. and at that point, he was a person, strong person of interest, but i still didn't know if he was my killer, so we continued the search. >> the investigation dragged on. life for the students on campus began to go back to normal. parties every weekend. but when police were called to the scene of one house party, it wasn't because of noise or underage drinking. another woman was in a fight for her life. >> coming up -- a student at a party ends up a prisoner in a stranger's apartment. >> i scream as loud as i can, and then immediately he grabs me and starts choking me again. >>> when chuck crews' girlfriend was murdered, he was immediately considered a person of interest. they said that you were acting nervous, that you were acting like you ha

>> thanks, chuck. we're continuing to track harvey's destruction. it's hard to imagine the situation can get any worse in texas but that's dpakter exactly what's happening. take a look at storm team 4 radar. harvey is lingering over houston and expected to drop another 10 inches of rain on a city that can't handle any more water. >> today the president and first lady will travel there to tour the damage. we expect to learn more about the federal response to the storm. >> here's what we know about the toll the storm is taking on texas. a family of six is feared dead after their van was swept away by floodwaters. three other people have died because of harvey. houston's mayor has said there have been more than 3,000 rescued. the entire texas national guard has been deployed to help. as nbc's jay gray reports, first responders aren't the only ones stepping up. >> reporter: the rain keeps falling, nearly 3 feet now in areas. >> we didn't know we was going to get this bad. >> reporter: there's concern. it's going to get worse. resources have been stretch

weather alert day, chuck bell. >> absolutely. weather alert to help everybody get ready for a rainy day and a monday at the same time. already some showery weather during the overnight hours and heavier rain is likely to come back in later on in the afternoon. though we could have some areas of briefly heavy rain here, even on the monday morning commute. ne n news. flash flood watches have been posted from 9:00 a.m. this morning until 10:00 tonight. also a chance for some stronger thunderstorms as well. i'll show you future weather and a peek on down the road for several days, coming up. >>> as if paying for college wasn't hard enough, some students in our area are now being turned over to debt collectors. theittle known r lul fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone

we're talking about the bus stop forecast, chuck.t looks like in prince william counties, they'll have nice weather to start things off. >> 80-plus weather for the first day of school. make it an easy transition from vacation mode to mode. temperatures in the comfortable 50s. highs into the 70s and sunshine. could be raindrops for your tuesday. see with you that forecast coming up. >>> new developments in the collision between a navy destroyer and oil tanker. what we learned overnight in the search for sailors' bodies, including two from maryland. >>> but first, another live look from the houston area this morning where people are still feeling harvey's punch and the rain is still coming down. a closer look at what people are >>> we have breaking news. joining us with what's going on so early. hey, jack. >> hey, ang, good morning. unfortunately, we've got an accident on 95 northbound just before 234. the only thing getting by is the right shoulder. good news on either side of 234. north on to i-95, that ramp is beyond the scene of th

about chuck. he made a pass at me. out because i was good at my job. - hey...don't let him steal your power. you are a strong, modern woman. you need to march right into chuck's office, grab that jerk by the collar, and kiss him on the lips. - what? - it's your only move. if you tell chuck you're not interested, you'll embarrass him. but if you kiss him and then push him away we could never be together, mr. roker," then your problem's solved. - but that doesn't sound very modern or empowered. - it is. it's like when phones got big and then small and then big again. - okay. no. no. i am never kissing chuck pierce. - well, you better think of something, because if chuck feels rejected, he's not gonna want to work with you. he won't even be able to look you in the eye. - oh, no, and then i'm gonna be stuck doing stupid fluff pieces with por...shh... i'm sorry--i couldn't think of anything. [hip-hop playing] [overlapping chatter] [muffled music continues] - [singsong] yoo-hoo! greg, what are you doing

let's get to chuck bell and what you face as you head out the door. good morning to you, chuck. happy friday. >> got to make it through for sure. there's a significant change between now and the weekend plans as well. we're under a slight risk of strong storms in the afternoon, early evening. there's a weather front. i would call it a cold front. it's not going to be that much cooler over the weekend. way less humid. but temperatures in the upper 80s to near 90 both saturday and sunday. closestai -- nothing a krots news 4 nation at this point in time. man, is it a sticky and steamy start to the day. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s this morning. even a heat advisory. heat indexes could be over 100 degrees before the storms get going. >> thank you, chuck. we've got breaking news for you in the wake of the violence in charlottesville. another monument in our area is gone. the statue of roger b. tawny was removed from the maryland statehouse around 2:00 this morning. tawny was a supreme court justice. he wrote the dred scott decision that upheld slavery and denied citizenship t

we're on top of it. >>> head to storm chuck bell.ood morning. >> that looks like an ugly ride in for friends and neighbors in frederick to work today. >> not good. good news weather wise, we're not seeing the rain like we had yesterday for the morning commute. it is unseasonably cool. >> i like it. windows were down for my ride to work early this morning. rain is gone. there's radar, nothing to worry about. nothing falling from the sky this morning. leave the umbrella at home. temperatures upper 50s to low to mid-60s in the area. we'll take that. school day forecast looked good. probably a lot of puddles on the playground. be careful for that. bus stop temperatures near 62 this morning. midday temperatures in the mid 70s, afternoon highs today mid to upper 70s. mets got a game in, another big win against the marlins. today's game starts 4:00 in the afternoon, perfect weather for baseball. what won't be perfect is saturday. we'll d what's left of harvey in a few moments. >>> chuck, thank you. as we talk about harvey, it is putting com

chuck, what are we looking out this morning? >> the comfy stuff in place for the rest of today and tomorrow. honestly, humidity levels nice and low. most of the rural areas are down, for temperatures, anyway, in the 50s. even national airport dow 70, a rare treat in august. humidity levels staying in the comfy zone for today and tomorrow, but humidity and rain chances increasing as we get closer to the weekend. that part of the forecast in just a minute. >> all right, thank you. >>> serena williams slammed the comment she made about being a woman that have a lot of folks in an uproar this morning. >>> and we're getting you ready for school. how to save money on your back-to-school shoing without pp >>> you're watching news4 today. >>> welcome back. it is now 4:10. let's take a look at some stories folks will be talking about this morning. ♪ the wichita lineman >> oh, boy, remember that? glen campbell, the superstar singer of wichita lineman and rhinestone cowboy has passed away. he was 81 years old. he sold more than 45 million

. >> let's start with chuck who is outside. how does it feel out there, chuck? >> i like it. 65 degrees out here on the front lawn. it's a beautiful morning. a dry start. don't need the umbrella first thing. there are increasing rain chances, though, between now and saturday. first rain chance comes with the approach of that cold front to our north. we'll zoom in closer and a few sprinkles in southern st. mary's county. over the lower bay, moving away from us. take a look at future weather. dry to start the day, for sure. after we get past 2:00, showers bubbling up. a smattering of shower chances through the afternoon and evening as they get closer. >> let's go to sheena parveen and look at that afternoon plan. >> good morning, chuck. we're going to be warmer than yesterday. but still pretty comfortable. these are going to be seasonable temperatures. normal high is 85 degrees where we'll be topping out this afternoon. for 7:00 a.m., expect comfortable conditions. around 70 degrees. lunchtime looks good. 82, mix of sun and clouds and isolated shower chance throug

chuck, we got some good rain last night, didn't we? >> we have raindrops to be dealt with early on a thursday morning. not everybody got rain. my place in downtown washington was rain-free. there's a band of showers between quantico and woodridge. some of our co-workers fredericks berg said there was a nice dousing coming in. western charles county getting in on the rain. rain chances will be highest over the next couple of hours for southern prince george's county and farther southbound into southern maryland. rain chances from route 50 northbound are fairly low here for the first part of the day. but rain chances increase for everybody later on. we'll show you that part of the forecast coming up. >>> thank you, sir. today friends and family will start to stay goodbye to the troopers killed. berke bates and jay cullen died heading to the site of the violent rally. a visitation for trooper bates is happening today in richmond, virginia. friends and family will come together tomorrow for trooper cull cullen. his service is also being he

starting things off early on this monday morning, chuck.ell me something good. >> there is good news in the forecast. there's a chance for a shower today. but i think there's a couple of days with more dry weather than wet to get things cleaned up after the heavy weather friday night into early saturday. this is all ground clutter. there are showers on the virginia/north carolina border. with time, that ripple of moisture may sneak its way our way. on the whole, it's a pleasant way to get your week started. temperatures in the low around downtown, but most places comfortably in the 60s. afternoon high of 82 degrees. your rain chance today, only 30%. i'll show you future weather, show you where it may be maximized and minimized. back to you, angie. >>> new overnight, one person was arrested at a demonstration near vcu in richmond. this is according to the richmond times dispatch. the group was protesting police in the white supremacist rally over the weekend. the co we say fight back. >> back here at home, hundreds of people gathered right u

coming up, chuck and i are back. we'll talk about the timing you can expect today and how long it's going to last, straight ahead. >>> vice president pence is peeved. the rumors he's pushing back against when we go to capitol hill. >>> good monday morning. we're talking about wet roads before you head out for your commute, so keep that in mind. we have a few spotty showers around now, but closer to lunchtime we expect more widespread rain. and through the afternoon some of it will be locally heavy. we have a flash flood watch the area, weather alert today. chuck will show you the timing you can expect hour for hour on your monday. that's coming up. >>> president trump is out of the public eye today as he spends a working vacation in new jersey. >> but he is appraising new sanctions in north korea on twitter. tracie potts is here from washington. tracie, what's significant with these sanctions? >> reporter: we're talking about a billion dollars of exports they will not be able to take advantage of. it could be a third

hi, chuck. >> quite the week. there you go. we made it. well, if it's friday, it's apparently a white house staff shake up day again in the west wing. tonight, the departed. the president's controversial chief strategist steve bannon is out. but does this latest shake up really change anything inside the white house? >> they're going to go out the quote unquote globalists in the white house. >> plus the mayor on charlottesville on what he thinks should happen to the confederate statues now. >>> and total clims of reason. what does monday's eclipse have to do with your health, the planet your anus, president trump and probably 1776, probably nothing. but don't tell that to your local atrolg engineer. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now. >>> good evening. i'm chuck todd here in washington. welcome to "mtp daily" b. we begin tonight with yet another earthquake in the white house. steve bannon seen by some as an elm seas to many on the populist right or alt-right, whatever you want to call them, arguably the driving force behind mr. tr

let get to chuck with a look at that.d morning, chuck. >> hey, good morning, we're having what we would call a computer restart issue in the weather department. what's left of harvey is bringing heavy rains to parts of arkansas, mississippi, louisiana and all that moisture will eventually find its way into our backyards over the next 48 hours or so. for now, off to a quiet start this morning. temperatures mostly 50s and 60s. afternoon highs today will be a sunny and nice day to be outside. highs today mid-80s. 85 and sunshine here today. we're tracking the impacts of harvey. we'll give everything the reboot and turn it off and back on again, kristin. >> good luck. the storm is now a tropical depression and it's moving through northern louisiana and into mississippi. so the storm may be moving on, but the devastation it left behind is extraordinary. we'll take a look at -- talk about houston where 32,000 people are waking up in shelters this morning. many have no idea if and when economists say harvey could end up costing

chuck bell is that you? >> you used to have brown hair. [ laughter ] >> he's out on the weather deck getting ready to kick us off. chuck, you looked good. you were a handsome boy. >> the first day of third grade back in 1975. so that's -- if i'm 31 now -- >> then i'm 14. >> my hair wasn't always this color on the side. looking for a good day today. plenty of sunshine here. especially the first part of the day. but that weather front promises a dramatic drop in temperatures between today and tomorrow. rain chances are relatively low. there you can see not much on radar now. future weather carries a chance for an isolated shower or two later on in the day. start off temperatureos lawn of channel 4. 63 in leesburg. 59 in martinsburg. let's find out more about the commute from sheena parveen. good morning. >> good morning, chuck. i thought your hair looked nice in that picture. i love the throwbacks. i mentioned the hair. i like it. 70 degrees by 7:00 a.m. as you head out the door and hit the roads. roads will b

>> chuck, look. kasich first of all, you couldn't pronounce it and secondly, you couldn't fit it on a bumper sticker. who r here is what i do want to say. >> that's not a denial. just because you can't put it on -- >> the answer is no. here is what i do want people to think about this. because hickenlooper and i work together, sin iks out there say well, they want something. because we want to stabilize health care and milwaukee sure that poor people have something, is people assume there's a motive. you know, sometimes people actually do things because they're trying to help somebody. and when we do that everybody ut want to say what's in it for them. this growing cynicism eats ae fabic of the spirit of our country. it's really ago -- not much that aggravates me. that does. >> let me ask you this. whose party is this, donald trump's or the republican party you joined 30 odd years ago. >> well, i have a right to define what the republican party is. he has a right to define it. look, you know, you can

that's right, chuck. you know, the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is a very powerful person in his own right. you can make the argument that he's going to be a top republican in the united states senate beyond 2020, maybe even beyond 2020 four and it's very hard to use those same kind of tactics that he's used on mitch mcconnell. and what's amazing here is that both men really do need other for a big legislative agenda in the fall when you're talking about tax reform, when you're talking about the budget, spending legislation, raising the debt ceiling and then chuck, also in the 2018 midterms as our friend amy walter this points hout, this divide and conquer type of strategy, these kind of critiques that he's level against mitch mcconnell really might only end up hurting congressional candidates in 2018 on the republican side. >> now, it's been interesting, mcconnell himself hasn't responded but some allies have, orrin hatch, who is the senior republican in the united states senate by seniority ca

chuck bell on twitter. instagram is forecast for you. temperatures in the 60s for most neighborhoods this morning. afternoon highs today in the upper 70s and low 80s. rain chance today officially stands at 30% jack taylor. but the best places, most likely places to see rain will be west of the blue ridge into the shenandoah valley. looking at the week ahead coming up. >> thank you, sir. 66 going eastbound. two accidents unfortunately this morning. before 234 suddenly and after 234 sudley. both have been moved to the shoulder. the red line builds very quickly. beach drive northwest remains closed between joyce and broad branch road. unfortunately, we had trees on the roadways. also in the roadway, we've got a blocked off chopper 4. a live look on the baltimore southbound to the beltway without delay. we're am -- as you leave 695, south of the airport toward 495 we're in good shape. aaron, eun, back to you. >> now back to our coverage of the violence in charlottesville. we're learning more about the man charged with murder for ramming his

chuck, we'll start with you. what do you have? >> we're tracking a storm system down off the south carolina coastline. the hurricane center has been keeping a close eye on it. it remains a tropical depression at this time. were it to be named, it would take on the name irma. they're resisting putting a name on it at the moment. named or unnamed, it's going to bring rain and wind in abundance to the area. rain plus wind in the afternoon. for more on that, let's go to sheena parveen who is in the rain this morning. >> yes, chuck. in the rain and cool temperatures, i might add. aside from the rain increasing, it's going to get windy. here's a live look at the radar. that low is centered off the south carolina coast. but all the moisture is to the north of this heaviest rain in fredericksburg. 95 south of the beltway has been seeing rain for quite a while. zooming into the beltway, though, you see pretty steady rainfall. through your morning, take your time. grab the umbrellas. you'll need a rain coat with the winds increasing. look a

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fairfax, prince william county. >> no pressure, chuck. >> no pressure on me. pop quiz on day one, though. temperatures are awesome. i'd love to be a teacher, walk in, here's your first pop quiz. >> that would not be nice. >> tough to make it through the school year. >>> we are talking about tough stuff on the texas coast as well. tropical storm harvey is continuing to unleash an enormous amount of rainfall down here. heaviest rain to the east and north sides of the city of houston. that's not necessarily good news. there's so much standing water between houston and galveston bay that all this heavy rain now, all that has to get into the river system and drain towards the bay. this is a long way from over for the people down there in the texa the red cross and as you heard, one. best things you can do is donate blood. they'll be needing it. >> a dry start on monday morning. here's a look at future weather. not going to stay dry for a lot long he were. by 5:00 this afternoon, skies partly to mostly cloudy. still dry. by this time tomorrow morning, we'll be watch

chuck. >> that's for sure. kelly, monitoring this for us. and as we get more information on whether it's connected or not and in i other incident, obviously we will check back in. thank you. joining me now is michael lighter, nbc news national security analyst. when this attack first hit and it's spain, you don't automatically assume isis in spain. they have their own separatist group, the bass terrorists here of the tell me how you guys would be sorting it out in the counterterrorism center when you see spain. you dealt with a spain attack. >> i did. i worked with the spanish significantly. i will say since about 2011ment bas separatist piece has really dropped off and there haven't been any militant attacks. you start thinking about sunni inspired terrorism. until you have that identity it's pretty hard to piece this together until you had intelligence warning beforehand of something occurring. >> no hint of that it appears. >> we didn't have that. let's face it in europe today a van attack, mass casualty attack like this, chances are it i

chuck bell on the storm team 4 weather deck with a look at the forecast today. chuck? >> it's a hum dinger of a forecast and plenty of humidity in the air. all cloud and gunk iness out here. stiflingly humid weather is on the way. 78 degrees at 6:30 in the morning. feels like 81 already. afternoon highs today will be in the upper 80s to near 90 degrees. you'll know the instant you walk outside, this humidity will matter quite a bit. heat indexes could be as high as 100 to 105 degrees. keep that in mind. good news about your weekend, though, after some big thunderstorms later today, tomorrow the humidity fades away. temperatures over the weekend still in the mid to upper 80s. let's go to dave dildine and check on the friday commute. >> not so good. looking at this camera shot on i-95 heading north at laurel and columbia. it will take time. look at all the brake lights. it's a crash north of near the split for 895. the harbor tunnel freeway. it involves an overturned vehicle in the center of the roadway and only one single right lane getting by. pretty big travel jam hea

. >> chuck is keeping an eye on what you'll face this morning. what do you think, chuck? >> first of all, you'll notice the humidity which is way high early this morning. it's not going anywhere any time soon. there's the early morning picture from the city camera looking into the downtown monuments. it's indeed a thick atmosphere this morning. four things to know about the weather. it is super muggy out there. just like yesterday, we had a peak heat index of 102 yesterday. just like that again today. over 100 degrees for a couple of hours during the middle of the afternoon. watching out for a chance for some strong to severe storms today between 9:00. that's not the good news. but it's the best news of all. the weekend is looking pretty nice. here's a look at the radar now. showers well out to our north and west. these are along the boundaries coming our way this afternoon. it will bring us a chance for thunderstorms. marginal risk of severe weather in the shenandoah valley. a slight risk along the i-95 corridor. keep that in mind. mid-70s this morning. highs near 90. he

i'm done with chuck e cheese for that matter."vicki) san joaquin environmental health department officials say they will be investigating the claim. this chuck-e- cheese's has received a complaint prior to this one. the complaint claimed the bathrooms were unsanitary. (grant) talk about a low blow... a rented bounce house stolen right from someone's home... and it was all caught on camera... this is surveillance video from the valera's family home in las vegas... one man is seen approaching their home at night, and he steals the stereo. the man comes back with an accomplice, and the two roll up the bounce house and drag it to a nearby truck. now the family is questioning their safety while sleeping inside their home. (grant) right now the family is expected to pay for the bounce house since it was rented - that's about a couple hundred dollars. police are looking at the surveillance video and asking anyone with information

as you head out the door this little humidity out there as well, right, chuck? >> absolutely.perfect day to be outside. i want to know how many shots did the globetrotters take before they put the one in the basket? sure it's easy if you have 100 balls up there in the air. meanwhile our rain chances unfortunately as we go into the weekend, here is your beach forecast, rain chances continue to increase particularly at the coastline for your saturday and sunday plans. remember though, even a rainy weekend at the beach sometimes better than a sunny weekend at home. >>> and the first hurricane of the atlantic season just made landfall. the inrmation just comingfo i fios is not cable. we're a 100% fiber optic network. and with the new fios gigabit connection... you get our fastest... internet ever. with download speeds up to 940 megs - 20 times faster than most people have. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr servic