i'm eun yang. >> i aaron gilchrist. parents are endin the long holiday weekend, going back to work. >> this is a bigay it's knnotorious day for traffi. > let's start with the weather aler we're talking about dangerous heat today and over the next several days? >> the 90s will not be breaking until friday. even though for many o you, the unofficial end to summer has comendnd gone. we go through most of this week. it's 80 degrees. but soid hutside, it feels like 85. if you head to the bus stop this morning, you will wait until the sunday went to the department. gaither sburg is at a half-mile doesability. watch t for the kids at the bus stop. and here's your bus stop forecast. >>nts want to look cool today. it's 105 degrees. let's go over to melissa and s how the roads are chshaping up. >> looking at the roads this morning. this is a live look at 95 here. 65 and northbound near norton. no problems here this morning. everything is rolling along just fine. >>> had an earlier problem on the etter loop of the beltway. we don'

good morning, everyone, i'm eun yang.terday hitting me in the face. >> that is one lucky sun.>> ot that kind of party. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilct'ist. -- i guess we have to go .o chuck. >> we do we do want to check on the weather. >> melissa, hang on a second. b we'l right back. >> okay. >> it is going to be a much improved weather pattern for the next couple of days. 4 things to know about the weather. just a little of fog around this morning but, yes, indeed, sunshine returns exclamation point. temperatures running above average today and for the rest of the week. you're going to have mainly warm to dry weather for days come. today's rain chances below 20%. not 0%y but a v low chance. any chances for rain today mainly out across parts of the shenandoah valley and the mountains of west virginia. not much in the way of rain chances. 65 at dulles airport,64 in columbia. 70 in leesburg and prince gorges county. there's the rain that gives me some caution for mouainous area of west virginia and the shenandoah v

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang.re are trouble spots for the commute already this morning. melissa m will fill us in on that. first we do want to check in with storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell and sheena parveen. the warning why you wan to pack that umbrella. nole quite in the yet. >> not yet. we h don'te the rain this morning. before you leave, know we have it later today.u n't want to leave home without the umbrella. we could have strong storms. >>ribsolutely t. chance for very strong storms later this afternoon and early this evening. timing is probably somewhere around 2:00. 3:00. up to 6:00, 8:00 right alo the i-95 corridor. lots of rain chances back out to our west. this cold front moving through chicago, that promises to bring an end to the rain here sometime on friday and may actually leave us with two back-to-back sunny days. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washington, philadelphia, boston onp into parts of central new york and new england. we'll watch out for that. is a dry start here

i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrist. are keeping a close eye on hurricane florence. >> cck bell is monitoring it and we begin with melissa mollet and sheena parveen. good rning. >> good morning, ladies. yes, we have a similar pattern to yesterd except this morning we're not talking about dense fog. we had a little bitat ofy fog, but you also notice a little bit of drizzle out there throughout the morning so you might need to use the windshield wipers on your drive. 64 leesbu. 71 in quantico. so it's pretty mild out there. here's a look at t visibility, not nearly as bad as yesterday, but if you're u heading 95 towards maybe baltimore especially in philadelphia, that's who's dealing with the very dense fog this morning. be careful as you'reg. driv radar is showing us a couple of showers, one near frederick and royersville and near 70 and boonsville. we'll watch these shors and a cluster of thunderstorms trying to move up through. parts of the eastern shor i think they will mostly try to move into delaware. we'll stay clou

. >> i'm eun yang.out a insid restaurant. >> police say the man attacked the woman and ran off. we're looking at what police have to go chuck? >> you'll never believe it. i have a forecast i whichludes the mtion ofen, >>> "news 4 today" starts now. >>> a little before 4:00 a.m. now on this wednesday morning. good morning, everybody. i'm aaron gilchrist. >> and i'm eun yang. for the first time in days we mode.t in weather alert how about that? >> how about that. first we'll turn to chuck bell with a look at the forecast. looking for aeason to likehe weather man today, too. >> well -- >> we always like the weather man, aaron. >> come on, there's always a reason to like the weather man. you may not go ahead and like him, butthere's always a reason. skies have tried to clear out rather significant can'tly curi ng the overnight hour there's patchy fog, nothing major. visibility slightly reduced in some of our sheltered valleys. file that away und the just in case. look at that, dry weather up and down the i-

i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrist.se eye on hurricane florence. >> cck bell is monitoring it and we begin with melissa mollet and sheena parveen. good rning. >> good morning, ladies. yes, we have a similar pattern to yesterd except this morning we're not talking about dense fog. we had a little bitat ofy fog, but you also notice a little bit of drizzle out there throughout the morning so you might need to use the windshield wipers on your drive. 64 leesbu. 71 in quantico. so it's pretty mild out there. here's a look at t visibility, not nearly as bad as yesterday, but if you're u heading 95 towards maybe baltimore especially in philadelphia, that's who's dealing with the very dense fog this morning. be careful as you'reg. driv

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.issa will have a look at our roads and chuck and cena with a warning about the umbrellane wel today. iteven though you don't need for the second we step out the door which we don't have it for the morning commute, which i finally good news for the morning hours, but rain later on today. >> ere's always a price to be paid for getting something good. that's what we're going to do today. there is a slight risk particularly with the northern half of our viewing area. en a marginal risk down to the south. keep that in mind. storm team 4he scanning mountains and you have to look west the mountains of virginia. enjoy the next couple of hours whichilbe dry. warm and humid, metro area in the low 70s. a very wm late december morning. look at the temperatures jumping into the 80s. thunderstorms becoming warm and muggt a look a the weekend sunshine coming up in a few minutes. for now,o let's go melissa. >> hi, chuck. taking a look here at the problem in gainesville. northbound 89. the ramp to east

. >> 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 sprinkles around the area you might run into those, but for the most part, we're staying on the mostly dry side this morning. e a lot of moisture that'll be moving in from the south later on today. that where heavyain is going t

i'm eun yang. >> a l i'm chrisrence in for aaron this morning. we may be looking at more rain today. >> cannot get a break. it's been the rainiest year. chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with your forecast. i guess it's the same old, same old. >> even though we have rain in the forecast, we don't have rain now.e radar right heavy rain is on the way. >> another soaker. if it's any consolation, it's only been the third rainiest year on record. >> oh, okay. see, eun, it's not that bad. >> the real issue has been it started raining in mid-july and it's been a super soaker for about the last 1/2 months. it was really dry earlier this year, but that's all a distanto memory four things you need to know. another cloudy day coming our way today. no heavy rain yet, but rainier weather comes in for this evening. flash flood watches overnight tonight. i've got real good news about the weekend forecast, which we'll share with you in a bit. for now, it's hit and miss rain drops and sprinkles early morning. flood watches for overnight tonight into early to

. >> and i'm eun yang.police officer taken to the hospital after a crash. >> news 4 with video from the scene and how this played chuck. >>> cloudy, gloomy again to get your day started but we'tc ng out for the chance for strong thunderstorms this afternoon. sheena will breaksow >>> the stages set and this morning word of a new player. anrizona prosecutord calle to question kavanaugh and his accuser. what we know about her and the place she's about to take in american history. >>> braving fire thick smoke and even death. witnesses mount a stunning rescue after a fiery crash. >>> recent rains may leave your basent with ooding. the tips you need to stop major problems later. >>>" "news 4 todtarts now. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. 4:00 a.m. calm butta cloudy to the morning. storms are coming later today. >> we're just glad there's no rain thismorning. we'll check on your commute with melissa mollet and your first 4 traffic. first storm team 4 m beorologist chell and sheena

. >>> i'm eun yang.ocal home catches fire overnight. >>> news 4 is on the scene where a hundred firefighters worked to put out the flames. >>> wednesdayo off steamy start. sizzling sunshine and heat indexes near an100. >>> breaking news. 100 firef bhterstled an overnight fire in bethesda. good morning. ip aaron gilchrist. >>> i'm eun yang. angie goff has more from the live desk. >> one of the firefighters that you mentioned is hurt. we're working to learn the extent of that injury. take a look. this is a picture of that house on fire. it required a massive response from montgomery county fire and you can see significant damage caused by this fire. officials saying the home was under renovation and nobody was living in it of the this is a really busy area. whittier ulevard. you cut through to get to bradley boulevard, you can from the map, whitman high school up the road. molette green is t headedt way and will have the latest in the 5:00 hour. we'll stay on top of it. >>> we're in for another day of blaz

weome to your tuesday, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrisgilchrist.e're looking at scorching hot day here today. melissa will have a look at the roads for us. first, sheena parveen has a weather alert because of the heat. >> weather alert because t bngs wi heating up very quickly around here, with the humidity mornin heat this it feels about 4 degrees warmer than the air temperaturehen youalk outside. 79 in washington. the sun is coming up here. it's goi -- our temperatures will start to rise quickly. it feels more like 83 degrees. we have a heat advisory for most of the area through the afternoon, feeling like 105 degrees today. temperatures as you walk outside. 74 dulles, 74 clinton. it's warm and humid. we have a patchy fog. just be dareful. as you are driving, watch out for the kids. as you are commuting, you probably want to start blasting. temperatures will be topping out in the mid-90s. 105.ing like and we're going to see very little to no rain relief in today'recast. but we have a rainy stretch ahead. i'll show you that coming up. >>> let's ge

i'm eun yang. >> i aaron gilchrist. parents are endin the long holiday weekend, going back to work. >> this is a bigay it's knnotorious day for traffi. > let's start with the weather aler we're talking about dangerous heat today and over the next several days? >> the 90s will not be breaking until friday. even though for many o you, the unofficial end to summer has comendnd gone. we go through most of this week. it's 80 degrees. but soid hutside, it feels like 85. if you head to the bus stop thi

i'm aaron gilchrist. >> i'm eun yang.ve a chance of rain. >> a little bit. >> not totally in the clear. melissa wille a look at your wednesday commute but just in a moment. the ones that can apes the question, chuck bell, sheena parveen. we're going to need the umbrla, don't put it away. >> yes, dry outside. thison't need the umbrella morning. u eun, we have a mostly dry middle of the day. >> i think most people have had their umbrella surgically lwtached to their hand. >> is have mine. >> constantly there. >> unfortunately, more rain chances coming our way for the second halff today. pretty high chance you're going to get rained on tomorrow a friday. i remain very optimistic. that cold front across the midwest, that will bring a chance for rain and thundersrms later on today. there is a slight risk for severe storms from washinon, baltimore, philadelphia, new york, new england. if you're traveling northeast bound today there could be flight delays. storm team 4 radar, first thing this morning. ur westowers are way to out

. >> i'm eun yang. the weekend is forecast approaching. but can we expect a break from all the heat?>> melissa with our commute. we'll start with chuck bell and a word about this heat. chuck? >> it's ending. >> good. >> just a word? >> just word. he'se trying to cool, you know. temperatures will be trending downward, as we head into the good-bye to the 90s and good riddance to the 90s. ipt it's ser for crying out loud. our heat wave coming to an end. it's going to bear plenty and humid today. but the rainy weekend ahead will be cooler. temperatures will fall into the 60s tomorrow wit the rain coming in. flash flood watches have been issued. and hurricane florence will be something we have to watch for in the middle and later parts oe next. for now, all is dry on your friday morning. don't need to worry about the umbrella just jyet. going for a ride or a run, no worries right now. flash flood watches for west virginia, a large part of the shenandoah valley. the d.c. metro area not included yet.av that watch may to be expanded as we get into the weekend. future weather there, here come

aaron rning, i'm gilchrist. >>> i'm eun yang. the flames sparked inside an abandoned but very large home. molette green is on the scene now.s molette, whae latest? >> reporter: the huge fire is out. the firefighters are aone. ta look at what's left of this large two-story home on whittier boulevard here in bethesda. we want you to look at what firefighters had toattle. yes, a lot of firefighters. about a hundred of them. in the last few o minut battling the blaze, they were hosing down hotspots concentr e concentrating on the rf area which caved in. one firefighter suffered from no one believed to be inside the home, although there is a car in th driveway. montgomery county police are still here on the what's next is the fire investigators who will come in when theun comes up to determine what caused thise masslaze here in bethesda. to give you a better idea of where we are, we are not very

we're going again with this hot weatheid i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. this could be the hottest day oe th week. cklissa and c bell is here with the forecast. >> the good and the bad news is, one more day to get through the intense heat and it's the last day of an incredible stretch of hot weather to get the month of september going. mostly cloudy sky. a heat index of 85 degrees at 4:00 in the morning. 80 in washington. 82 in anop lis. leesburg, wbe 70 degrees this morning. that won't ltut. the tempes will be in the 80s by 10:00 and in the 90s by lunch time, and low or outside. low to the mid-90s between 100 and 105 degrees. not much of a rain chance today. rain chances go up, up, up for hemorrow. and hang on in the weekend. >> don't love on the weekend. >>> oxon hill, we have a camera to show you this. you can see that on the right. not really causing any delays at this point. it could if it hangs arnold, too much. chevy chase, outer loop to connecticut. mclane teoop before the troll road. alexandria, 395 after seminary. two left lanes get by the work z

. >> and i'm eun yang. for the first time in days we are not in weather alert mode.lelujah. >> no red,gh flashing . we'll check the commute with melissa. first, chuck bell is here with our forecast. it starts off with a cool start to the day. >> yeah, nice way to get the day going. >> what was that? coolish? >> i guess, sure. cool's a relative term. it could be cool to some. temperatures above70 degrees. i wouldn't consider that necessarily cool, especially the middle and third part of september here.bu gaithe, 64. 64 in manassas. 64n front royal and 64 on the map. there are plenty of places like washington, lorton, all above 70 degr es. a pleasanugh way to get the day started. forecast, a little patchy fog is ssible i some of the sheltered valleys first thing this morning, but you're going to notice an amazing amount of sunshine today and temperatures going to be well above average. our average high is 78. a plus weather today. today's forecast high 85 degrees. there is the tiniest little chance for a few rain d

i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff. ntinue to keep a close on hurricane florence. >> chuck bell is monitoring the path and we want to go to sheen parveen. >> good morning. we're tking this morning about drizzle, fog across the area and then of course all es will be to our south as florence gets closer to the carolinas. this morning, talking about temperatures around 71 degrees. manassas.s in the fog this morning not nearly as thickt ass yesterday. in areas like clinton visibility is less than a mile. as you head more towards philadelphia, baltimore, that's where the fog does get a lot thicker. keep that in mind if you are heing in that direction. locally we're under an unsettled pattern. showers into thurmont. cloudy conditions with us. some thunderstorms moving into willastern shore but those mostly be dying out and trying to move into delaware. there is hurricane florence getting closer to the coast. i'll show you the updated track. we have drizzle out there. let's seeow your commute is going with melissa mollet. go

. >> and i'm eun yang. both police officers are expected to survive. >> justin finch is live with the latest details. it still busy out there. >> reporter: hey there, ron, eun. you're absolutely right, still busy out here. but a sense of relief those injuries to the officers appear toe non-li threatening. here on the ground, officers are still at work, proof this investigation is continuing at this time. here's a look at what w know so far. we have two officers wounded, the second houlder, officer suffering a wound to his arm and hand areaar they were of a special operations team serving a warrant to a top-level apartment here about 10:30 last night at this apartment complex. we're told they knocked on the door, annnced emselves, but could not get inside, so they used a device to open thatdoor. here's what happened next. >> there is an individual inside the apartment armed with a shotgun. that individual fired that shotgun at our nine-man team of officers. two of our officers are t. >> reporter: so a close c

i'm eun yang.serious crash overnight. this was on 18th and p streets in northwest d.c. officials say four people have been injured and one of them life-threatening. no word on what may have caused the crash. >>> right now we are preparing for hurricanelorence. dominion energy crews are preparing to hd south to the hurricane zone this morning. after the storm passes. 12-member crew will help restore any lost power. m handly is working for you on socialdia. in >>> let's check in with meteorolist chuck bell. good morning to you, chuck. >> florence continuing to inch towards the north carolina coastline. hurricane watch and warnings have been post along out of the outer banks and charleston, north carolina. here it's a cloudy morning. a couple of sprinkles early, higher chance of rain and thunder showers later in the afternoon. low-to-mid 70s now. today's high temperature near 83 degrees. even higher chance for rain and temperatures in the 70s coming up for tomorrow. sheena will have your ten-day forec

we're going again with this hot weatheid i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.s could be the hottest day oe th week. cklissa and c bell is here with the forecast. >> the good and the bad news is, one more day to get through the intense heat and it's the last day of an incredible stretch of hot weather to get the month of september going. mostly cloudy sky. a heat index of 85 degrees at 4:00 in the morn

i'm eun yang. >> 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

good morning, everyon i'm eun yang. >> 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

welcome to your y,wednes i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. a calm, cloudy start to the morning. storms are on the way later today. >> happy there are no storms this morning. cwe'llck in on your commute with melissa mollet. first storm team 4 meteorologist chuck bell a sheena parveen are here. >> if you're a biker, runner, dog walker you can get outside without getting drenched. >> it's a nice relief not to have the

. >>> i'm eun yang. we're also tracking the rising temperatures on this weather alert day. it's already 79 degrees outside. it's only ffling -- because all the humidity. the warnings are severe right now. one lol school district is sending students home early today. >> wll get to that in a moment. first to the forecast with chuck and sheena.

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.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 toni

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. this cld be the hottest day of the week.elissa is standing by with a check on our commute this morning. let's start with chuck bell and a look at this heat wave that seems to never end. >> no kidding. th cendar says september. the kids are back in school. that tells you it's fall. the fours you need to know about the weather, another very steamy start this morning. the heat is peaking today. this may b the hottest day of the week. it's been 94 twice already. 93 yesterday. heat indexes over 100. it's all about the svelweat ande misery for 'rday. if y wondering about the weekend, you can be in trouble. the ouoor plans may be rained out. current temperatures in the 60s and the 70s. there's a tiny chance for a shower or thunderstorm. don't count on mother nature cooling you off. afternoon highs,

. >> i'm eun yang. the weekend is forecast approaching. but can we expect a break from all the heat?elissa with our commute. we'll start with chuck bell and a word about this heat. chuck? >> it's ending. >> good. >> just a word? >> just word. he'se trying to cool, you know. temperatures will be trending downward, as we head into the good-bye to the 90s and good riddance to the 90s. ipt it's ser for crying out loud. our heat wave coming to an end. it's going to bear plenty and humid today. but the rainy weekend ahead will be cooler. temperatures will fall into the 60s tomorrow wit the rain coming in. flash flood watches have been

i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff. cardinal wuerl says he will ask po francis whether should resign as archbishop of washington. he is facing s mountingutiny for the way he dealt with priests accused of sexual abuse while bishop in pittsburgh. lookor more on this story in the nbc w>>hington app . membd task force one are heading into the hurricane florence zone. this is videoho sng some of the 80 firefighters on the sout request. count on jim handly to bring yol updates week on new . now let's check your forecast with chuck bell. how isgo ig? >>> another cloudy day. almost no sunshinetoday, tomorrow, friday. into the weekend unfortunately. the heavy rains from florence, will have to deal with them. we will probably have it owal with tmds the middle part of next week. right now we are in the upper 60so around 70 degrees. full cloud cover overhead. take the umbrella. afternoon highs todayto and rrow much like the last few days in the upper 70s to right around 80 degrees rain chanc continue into the wee

. >>> i'm eun yang. we're also tracking the rising temperatures on this weather alert day. it's already 79 degrees outside. it's only ffling -- because all the humidity. the warnings are severe right now. one lol school district is sending students home early today. >> wll get to that in a moment. first to the forecast with chuck and sheena. then melissa will have a look at the commute for us. >> yes. good morning. it's going to be another scorcher out there. i don't fee like we need to tell you. it feels never ending. >> i agree w.h th it feels like a summer where it was pouri down rain or 90 degrees. we've continued the pattern into september. another day sizzling hot today. again, what was tropical storm gordon now starting to rain itself out across the deep south. that's an area of low pressure. we have a relatively large area of high pressure around us. that's going to squash chances for cooling thunderstorms. had quite a few yesterdayn. aftern i don't think that's as likely to be the caseto y. current temperatures as we mentioned, though, are already in the steamy mid

i'm eun yang.th breakingews, confirming tyler tessier was found dead this morning in the facility i rockville. jury selection was under way for his murder trial. he was accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. itas about aear ago what en laura wallace wenermissing. >>ody was discovered in a grave and shortly after that tessier was arrested. we'll have more later today. >>> we want tock cn your commute. how are the roads looking? >> southbound 95 north of the ver bridge we do have a vehicle off the roadway. northbound delays and southbound through that section. w waldorf a closure, utility work. purple means a shutdown. 270 southbound we arelow. southbound before montgomery village, broken down trucks. delays remain. >>> we' take a breaknd check your forecast next. >>> good morning. another storm team 4 weather alert to get you ahead of the heat waiting for you outside afternoon. today's high temperature near 95 degrees. only a tiny little chance for a thunder shower primarily in t sh shenando

. >> and i'm eun yang. both police officers are expected to survive. >> justin finch is live with the latest details. it still busy out there. >> reporter: hey there, ron, eun. you're absolutely right, still busy out here. but a sense of relief those injuries to the officers appear toe non-li threatening. here on the ground, officers are still at work, proof this investigation is continuing at this time. here's a look at what w know so far. we have two officers wounded, the second houlder, officer suffering a wound to his arm and hand areaar they were of a special operations team serving a warrant to a top-level apartment here about 10:30 last night at this apartment complex. we're told they knocked on the door, annnced emselves, but could not get inside, so they used a device to open thatdoor. here's what happened next. >> there is an individual inside the apartment armed with a

i'm eun yang. >> i'm chris lawrence in for aaron this morning. we're just hours away at this point, and we are going to see some effects from this storm. news 4 tracking hurricane florence very closely. take a look at this live picture. i know it can be a bit hard to make out with all that rain, but this is wilmington, north carolina. >> you can see the flag there whipping in the breeze. the wind is starting to pick up. the seas are churning, and the rain is falli. orm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen is keeping an eye on the storm's path, but we begin with a check on the current conditions and your commute with melissa and your forecast withhuck bell. >> any serious impacts from florence won't come until probably the mondayti tuesday frame of next week. four things to know about florence. it's a serious threat still for the ncarolina, south carolina, and parts of potentially the georgia coast. although, mor of an inland georgia threat at this point. landfall likely about this te tomorrow, maybe a little earlier than this. impacts around here

i'm eun yang.his morning, we expect toearn more today about a tragic incident on a fairfax county school bus.d a student dfter a medical emergency on that bus in herndon yesterday afternoon. paramedics rushed the child from ae bus to hospital where he died. police have not said what school that boy attended. > a child is recovering after a stray bullet hit her in southeast. this was the scene around 11:00 last night on langston place. the child was hit in the ankle ond is expected to be okay. we'll continue update this story inbc the washington app. now let's check on the commute with melissa mollet and your "first 4 traffic." good morning, melissa. >>> good morning. a couple of problems. laurel northund bw parkway at 197, still have a crash really slowing things. southbound lanes being impacted as well virginia,d lorton northboun 95 before lorton, right side blocked by the crash there this morning. and in mclean, look at that. southbound gw parkway after 123, crash in the left lane. >> melissa, th

i'm eun yang. >> a l i'm chrisrence in for aaron this morning.today. >> cannot get a break. it's been the rainiest year. chuck bell and sheena parveen are here with your forecast. i guess it's the same old, same old. >> even though we have rain in the forecast, we don't have rain now.e radar right heavy rain is on the way. >> another soaker. if it's any consolation, it's only been the third raies

i'm eun yang. >> i'm angie goff in for aaron gilchrist.ing all of us keeping a close eye on hurricane. floren >> storm team 4's chuck bell is looking at the path and we' check out melissa mollet and sheena parveen.? shee >> we're seeing a little bit of fog, too. stly in maryland. other than that, a little bit of drizzle. eading towards baltimore, the fog isthicker. the rest of the area seeing a little bit of patchy fog with a dense fog advisory. that's closer to the philadelphia area. if youe traveling that way keep in mind visibility is not looking good. degrees i washington. 68 gaithersburg. 60.leesburg like i mentioned, a little bit of drizzle. we have a lot of clouds in the forecast. a cluster of storms is continuing on.

i'm eun yang. want to che morning commute with jack tic first tra what are you seeing, jack?er loop at 355 rockvil pike the jackkn tractor-trai sing file. o nort river road. northb o39 a in s up before sem accint cleanup, left lane taken s on the pain line. riding up t. northb on 28 after route 50 t in virginia got a crash out there as well. just expect only one right lane gettg by with a big delay. .to you. as we go through the day today gradl clearing. we will see more sunshine. to be a nice one. 75 deg, dry. you have friday eveng plans .he weekend loo ♪ >>> it's 8:00 on "today." coming up, supreme cou showdo. s are moving ahead wi v a keye this morning on brett kavanaugh's nomination after an extraordi and certaintyof teimony. do you believe bresa kavan you? 100%. >> that's not who i am it is not who i was. i amnnocent of this charge. the president standing by his supremtee while key yote? remain divi w do you talk to your kids about what happened? > plus, making a comeback. tiger >> tiger fm the left rough. less than a week after earning his first win in more i didn't kno

i'm eun yang.ay right now. a couple of problems. inner loop at little river left lane blocked. soc stopped, fatal crash n this morning. parkway a crash blocking the left lane. >> thank you. >>> we wiltake a quickreak and . what makes aldi olive oil oh sweetheart. because only the specialest, most amazing products in all the world make it into aldi stores. something so beautiful and precious, you should never ever, ever, ever, ever let go of. jeez mom it's just olive oil. stop being weird. we hand pick only the most amazing products. that's changing shopping for the better. aldi. shop differentli. >>> good morning. a deck of low clouds and fog is obje now. visibility down near zero in central virginia and parts of the shenl improve as temperat go from the upper 60s and low 70s now to the upper 70s and low 80s later today. not much in the of a rain chance today or tomorrow. a smallnce for rain on saturday. higher chances sunday and monday> thank you. forow, back t >>> it's 8:00 on "tod supreme d. thi

good i'm eun yang.r-old anthony crawford is behind bars and charged with stabbing wendy t martine death. a d.c. judge ordered him held without bond. c police sayrawford stabbed martinezuring her evening jog at 1th and p streets tuesday night. po don't have a motive for a shooting at a rite aid distribu center in maryland left four people dead. we are tola mosey started shooting after an argument. three people were killed and o threers injured. police say moseley killed herself before officers arrive> morning commu with melissa mo and your first4 traffic. good morning. a single tracking on the r wato glen for track inspections this morning. fax eastbound 66 after 50 slow because of a crash on the right side. nohbound 395, the h.o.v. lanes on the 14th street bridge crash blocking t right lane. u. we will take a break an. at children's national, stronger is caring for a baby's heart in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. and a future when prenatal pediatrics leads to healthier children. it's being the number

gom eun yang. we wanton to checour morning good morning.lissa mollet. beltway. c southbound 270 local lanes be montrose, crash in th left lane. those delay headed into ck near the fairfax couy parkway dela inbound because of an earlr crashlocking two t you. .e will take a break and check stronger is rebuilding a newborn's heart... and restoring a father's faith. it's standing tall after one surgery... not six. stronger is being a typical kid... despite a rare disorder. stronger is finding it earlier ... and coming home sooner. stronger is seeking answers... and not giving up, until you find them. because we don't just want your kids to grow up. we want them to grow up stronger. >>> news4 todays broht to you by next day blinds. > good morning. in the mid-to-ur s right now but even though we are dry have the umbrella before you leave through the afternoon we have g7:ov00or.mein i could betrong o severe, starting to cle out later tonight, but we have rain in theorecast tomorrow. have the umbrella with you tomo. temperature upper 60s. the weekend though nic

the eun yang show place. >> that's a great name. ly lights.a i can't afford it. >> 7 minutes after 6:00, health care sticker shock. costs.ing up medical how about our weather, chuck? >> could be aaron's arenas well. >> yes. >> if you're starting to think about the week ept there. will be a chance for showers with temperatures in the 70s between now and then. the forecastoming right up. >>> we're going to be bac from the animal rk. >>> you're watching "news 4 today." >>> 6:14 right now. ou the season gets ready to changee probably already clearing out your calendar for pumpkin patches and hay rides. >> this morning we're working for you at one of the biggest fall festivals in our area. this one is not all apple cider and corn mazes.ni this m molette green is in leesburg. molette, what are we looking at here? these are interesting animals. >> that's a cute shot there. >> i know. rlvia is a sloth. she'sdy for breakfast. she's the animal curator. >> hold it up higher. >> will she take this? sylvia's not ready for this? >> she'll probabl

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm aargilchrist. the new school year kicks off for hundreds of thousands of students in this area. montgomery and prince gorges county and several schools start today. we have great resources in the nbc washington app. >>> the impt of the metro for weeks is now over. trains will be moving all the wa to fort totten. let's check in with melissa mollet. jack is here for melissa. hi, jack. >> coming into brandy wine, 5 an 301. only have a left lane getting by causing major slowdowns. olde columbia p closed with colonial road. massive tree down.no hbound on 234. aaron, eun, back in to yo >> jack, thank you. >>> news 4 is looking into one ofd.c.'s high profile cases. tune in for a special report, mansion murders, inside the investigation. >>> a check on your forecast is ♪ when was the last time you felt... free. it's time to uncover that feeling again. with the compassion and strength of a name... most accepted by top doctors and specialists. and the power of a card... that opens doors in all fifty states.

eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. the heat wave is coming to an end. so close. bell is working on there st before we check in with the traffic. how close is it, chuck? >> one more day in the weather bunker, that's all we need. temperatures in the s again this afternoon. heat index is up to 100-105 degrees. a hazy sky to greet you on a thursday morning. not too many clouds out there just yet. today is the peak of the heat wave. p.m. rain likeyo tomorrow on friday afternoon and evening plans. and the weekend could be impact by rain ops. it's eitr 90 degrees or it's raining. g're stuck in the mid to upper 70s to your thursday morning started. plan on another hot day today. i'm forecasting 95 only a teeny, tiny little chance for rain today. most along the i- corridor. i-95, likely to be hot and dry. more about the rain chancesn the weeke coming up. good morning, melissa. >> good morning, chuck. looking right now. eastbound ic bridge cheney. i think a car has spun around here this morning. once they get tft out the way, doesn't seem to be slowing things too much. but

i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist. that's approaching 6:00 a.m. this could be the hottest day of the wee yet. melissa looking at the commute for us.t but let's stth chuck bell and how hot it's going to get today. >> your nbc washington app from the app store and get your storm team 4 forecast. that's a mouthful. four things you need to kouw the weather. another steamy start to the day today. today, likely to be the hottest day of the week. we were 94 twice and 93 once already this week. forecasting 95 today. this will be the top h of thet wave and it will be the end of the heat wave. heat index, 100-105. we get rid of the heat but your afternoon plans better include a tent. annapolis up 8 to 80 degrees. the school day forecast, maybe an indoor recess because it will be too hot. heat indexes close to 100 b

. >>> i'm eun yang. rain overnight and this morning caused problems for drivers. this is brockridge road in laurel. it's covered in water. closed between 7 and laurel buoy road this morning. more rain is on the way. >> because of that,e wanto find out what we can expect in the hours ahead from meteorologist chuck bell who has more on this weather alert day. >> good morning, aie andeun. it's another cloudy and incredibly humid day to be outside. areas of rain still across the washington area this morning. the back end of the rain has moved into parts of wesrn maryland. so there is, in fact, an end in sight. but between now and about 6:00 this evening, off and on rain chances remain high. a thunde lightning over the city of baltimore, up near the towson area. no heavy rain this point in time, but a lot of wet pavement. more showers dotting the landscapecross parts of loudoun county and the shenandoah valley. rain chances remain about 80% for the rest of the day. flash flood watch until 6:00 p.m. localized rainfall amounts of heavy rain could be possible. but not ery

i'm eun yang.i'm chris lawrence. in the news this morning hurricane florence has made landfall in north caroli locally, we aren't seeing anywhere near of impact they are feeling down there. the d.c. mayor canceled the state of emergency declaration for the district. >> however, maryland and virginia both remain understates ofemergency. first responders from maryland and dominion energy crews have deployed to the hurricane zone to help communities recover. we want to check on your morning commute with jack taylor. >>> good morning. we have had a little bit of trouble in virginia headed from springfield riding up towards nebratic road. afteroodyard road, a broken htwn vehicle causing delays in the r shoulder lane. white's ferry is closed due to the high water on theotomac and vre is running normal schedules today. >> t fast, reliable internet is crucial. does it every go down? yes. can't do my job. business grinds to a halt. our gig-speed network not only downloads files up to 20 times faster, we go

. >> and i'm eun yang. we begin this morning with the weather. there are flood concerns this morning after heawe rain this end and more rain on the way. we're also keeping a close eye on hurricane florence. the storm cou cause problems for areas later this week. >> meteorologist sheena parveen begins our coverage with the latest on e wet weather. we are dealing with that right now. hi, sheena. >> hey, guys. we're talking about a little bit of light rain around the area. i'll show you the rad in a second, but we just have the hurricane ck now o florence. so i want to show you this first. at this point, this is a reallyi good-l hurricane as far as when you talk about a perfect-looking category 3 storm. that's what it is. it's very organized. we only see it strengthening, as we go forward. look at this updatedtraffi potentially a category 4 before it nears land. and the general thought still is that the carolin will have the best chance of any exaimpact fr this storm or at least direct impact. again, we still have time for this to change, that would

i'm eun yang. >> and i'm chris lawrence in for ron.e have team coverage. >> chuck and sheena are here to start us off >> we're not having too much around here. obviously we're focusing an awful lot on hurricane florence. i just teretw something from jim cantore. they're measuring wave heights between 60 and 80 feet. that is amazing. , a oh, yeah. and we're talkiut out to sea, not the a the coastline. that is amazing. a very strong storm. a very large storm. here's a close-up the radar is picking up aliittle ghtning with some of these rain bands making their way close to shore. that's north carolina right there. you see how far south it is. we're notny dealing with of that today. we're looking at mostly cloudy skies on the a radar satellite image with a couple showers in the forecast as we go through the afternoon. this morning, fog from martulsburg. be carf you're driving in those sections. temperatures are in the mid to low 70s. as the kids head out to the bus stop, we're looking mainly dry. maybe the raincoat for later today with tho

good morning to you, i'm eun yang. >> i'm aaron gilchrist.ec jury son begins today in the darryn wential. he's accused of killing a family three years ago. he's the lone suspect here. you can find our special program, mansion murders in the nbc washington app. >>> prince gorges county schools will dmisstudents two hours early because of the heat. we've checked several school dissflikts ourarea. so far prince gorges cnty is the only one that has decided to dismiss students early. now let's check on your commute with melissa mollet. >> good morning, a couple of problems in gaithersburg. montgomery villagee averash on the right side. slow, slow, slow heading into rockville. springfield 95, expresslanes, 4, 6, 44 broken down vehicle on the left side. fortn washington bound palmer road crash in the center lane.th >> melank you. >> chuck has the forecast in a nute. st. >>> storm team 4 weather alert because once again today heat indexes will be in the danger zone this afternoon. over 100 degrees from noon until 5 or 6:00 this afternoon. limit your outdoor activities as best as you can. curr