fredericksburg was a sergeant. he had an encounter with a drunken comrade who he had ordered to take some wood and go across camp. this drunken soldier refused to do it and lunged at him. he nearly crushed the skull of this drunken man. when this man came to, he wasn't done with him. he ordered him to carry a 40 pound log around camp. this incident caused him about his military career up until that point. it seems like a dream through which i have passed but it is so impressed on my memory that i shall never forget it while life i was just one of the greenest specimens that started on his travels, knew nothing of the ways of the inld, but of my own sphere fact was a perfect know nothing. the army had not been the most tender schoolmaster but some appreciation for how he had transformed once he had been in the ranks. it was wonderful to see what a change will take place in a man's disposition once in the army. in lesson two years he had become a tough-minded soldier and the key part here, he saw himself as the he be

and just south o fredericksburg. what we're saying is when we're putting on our storm track right now, it is another way to see what's happening. is there any rotation. we're getting some early indication of rotation. we might see another one issued just south of fredericksburg. and that would be again the next tornado warning potential will you in our area. >> and they just canceled the warninun for charles . and we're not seeing that anymore. we're not seeing the rotation i anymore whi why we're thinking, maybe it will be canceled. >> a the severe thunderstorm moved out of the area. out of where the warning wasle ch county. and you can see we're seeing it build to the west. so it is going to be an absolute nightmare with. the tornado watch in effect for the 95orridor from our area through richmond. and these storms that have a history of producing known tornadoes are moving up into our area so we're requesting to track it again. most of the area is under a p.m. until 10:00 we're going to be here all afternoon. we'r

this is scattered showers down around fredericksburg but as we zoom into the ltway this is very light rain but this unsettled weather pattern is going to stan place again today. we'll take a look at your afternoon forecast. let's see what the roads look like. good morning. >> good morning. it's both northbound and southbound lanes this morning and that's goi to cause bit of a delay. no major delays when you look at it here right now. the green showing you where it is raining across thearea. we do have this though. new trafficattern remember center of the road is blocked because of the bridge work.39 here. northbound and southbound. >> another shooting in the district. angie is at the live desk with latest. what happened? we got new video in the newsroom. a heavy police presence here the shell gas station right at the d.c.-maryland line near new hampshire avenue. there's still no word on who may have been shot. were they pumping gas when they were shot? what the current condition is. who exactly they were looking sr. they arerching for a suspect but again still a lot of unanswered ques

lee fighting all of these battles in the fredericksburg area? the point is, ladies and gentlemen, he is trying to win the war. how do you win the war? according to robert e. lee, if you're going to win it through military means, you probably have to win a decisive battle or on virginia soil or at least a victory on northern soil. robert e. lee knows he can keep whipping the yankees time and time again, but what does it solve? what does it accomplish? after the battle of chancellorsville, robert e. lee is going to get the opportunity . he has the initiative area and and he is going to use that opportunity to invade the north. map is not have mountain ranges on it, but basically lee swings through the west and uses the mountain ranges as cover and it is a perfect avenue up into the north. once he gets into pennsylvania, he splits his forces up. the union army is starting to dovetail behind him. but they are not exactly flush with him as he comes up. on the night of june 28, anything changes for him. if you have good eyes, you can see right over he

. >>> a fredericksburg woman said it sounded like her walls were alive, scratching, growling, all night long. she soon learned she had a major infestation of bats. >> we're talking major here. only on news4, david culver -- team culver. >> yeah, i know. >> he explains what you need to look out f when sharing your home with a winged colony. >> you can seet so well a it's so awful. it's so awful. >> oh,. go >> reporter: if you're like me, a warn this story may make you cringe a bit. before we show you the video up close, let's introduce you to kristin baca. back in may, she and her husband and young son moved from pittsburgh to fredericksburg, closer to kristin's bought a h settled, ready to belcomey number two. >> i gave birth on june 4nd the bats arrived the week i brought my baby sthome. >> k seemed to be not the only one welcoming the new arrival with ts home. >> our walls were alive with activity, learning later they were giving birth so adult females were having babies in our wall. >> reporter: kriin began documenting the growing infestation, capturing the baby bats danglingrom behi

leesburg, fredericksburg, in the top five. it has been a wet year. and now we're only going to tack on more rain. we've got a chance for scattered showers tomorrow. isolated showers wednesday and thursday. then we're watching for friday. and then widespread rain on saturday. and this thing will ten to strengthen as doug wast talking abnd may even get a little bit big cher could maximize the impaund the east coast. around this area of high pressure north of bermuda, it will head into the east coast. and that's why we're fairly confident. and look these temperatures. the atlantic ocean, a little warmer than norl at this point. it will continue to roll right through there and that warm water feeds into the hurricane. and then once it sits here, another lit becking area of high pressure going to come to the north toward new england. and that is the high pressure that will sit there and make that area spin. we'r talking about rain early next week. normally we're talking one to two days. this is a lot different. tomorrow, showers and storms. an isolated ch

that will be in fredericksburg over the next hour or two and locay, probably a wet second half of themorning commute. most of the rainoving in by 9:00 or 10:00 in the morning around the saturday. heavier rain, and it could ally be coming down in buckets to the west of the blue ridge. that's the reason flash flood watches are posted. ain still possibilities of locally heavy rain through here. that should taper off a littl bit starting late tonight and then for tomorrow, i think stilh cloudy w lingering wetness around in the morning but later tomorr w, an actuather front is going to pick up whatever is left of florence and give it the heave out of it. by 8:00 tomorrow evening rain quickly coming to the end. skies clearing to thest clearing skies, he says? holy cow. haven't seen sunshine in over a week iteels like. but flash flood watches for all of the89 corridor. it does include arlington county, the distct, fairfax, ud n, montgomery, frederick. >> the only people not included in that would be fredericksburg to maryland. 2 to 4 inches west ofhe blue ridge. download your app and be read

coastal flooding around the southern marand area, even toward fredericksburg. right along theac pot right there. so coastallooding likely. we'll be watching it very closely over thed. week and then as we get sue the middle of next week, looking a lot better. >> a lot better. i want to y show the rainfall around our area. you see the showers into charlen county southern maryland, fredericksburg, that's the only area seeing somey shower activ right now. we will continue to see it making itsghay thr here but most will be on the light side.r temperise tomorrow, about 80 degrees tomorrow. about where we are today. upper 70s to around 80, a showers, not a bad day saturday. 81, i wouldn't be surprised to see some sunshine. monday and tuesday. the best chance of rain from florence. and then really breaking out into a lot of sunshine some of e very nice weather next week and fall feeling like fall. we're in the 70s next weekend. >>hat will be eat. >> that will be heaven. thank you. >> in e meantime, before we can get to that, we have to get through orence. now tropical

. >>> we have one problem in fredericksburg. southbound 95 after 3. a crash blocking the right side. we're not seeing a delay because it's so early.e we h that potential slowdown there. inner loop and outer loop on the beltway. everything there hasp cleared nicely. 95 in ryland. 32 down the beltway. you get there in 11 minutes. >> it's5:02. we're following a developing story out of southeast washington, where a child was hit by a stray bullet. >> megan mcgrath is outside of the pice station in that area. what do we know about this? >> reporter: an extremely scary situation for the family of this child. take a look at the video hereth happened last night. shots were fired on langston place in southeast washington. a stray bullet hit a little girl in the area. she is going to be okay. she was struck in the ankle. certainly, a close call and a ry scary situation. not a lot of information at this point. it was 9:45 and happened on the 2700 block of langston place. police are trying to figure out who fired the shot. but the child transported to the ghospit

when i drive through the fredericksburg, spotsylvania, battle field system. i'm a huge fan of robert e. lee and these four battlefields which surround this area are the mecca for me. the rangers like to talk about time tobjects too from time. what is the point of robert e. lee fighting all of these battles in the fredericksburg area? he is trying to win the war. how do you win the war? ifording to robert e. lee, you're going to win it through military means, you probably have to win a decisive battle or a victory on the northern soil. robert e lee knows he can keep time andthe yankees time again, but what does it solve? what does it accomplish? after the battle of chancellorsville robert e. lee is going to get the opportunity at the initiative and he is going to use that opportunity to invade the north. this map does not have a mountain range on it but basically he swings through the west and uses the mountain ranges as cover and it is a perfect avenue up into the north. once he gets into pennsylvania, he splits his forces up. the union army is starting to do

morrow.rederick 83 in fredericksburg. sunshine to the south. day.s way late in the we're going to be in the clouds most of the day. here's tomorrow morning, 8:00 a.m. shower activity. drizzles, showers, fog. not nice at all. noon, not a good day to get lunch outdoors. we're still talking shower activity. it will be light. we get taf the rnoon, we start to see the winds shift out of the south. if we can get enough iearing, anhink we will down south, we could get into the low 80s. we may do that in d.c., but very tough forecast here, because i think the temperatures are going to vary big time between the t north a south, areas around our region. by 8:00 a.m. on wednesday, still more clouds, areas of fog there. we get into sunshine on wednesday. we break out into the sunshine, into the warmer temperatures, and that leaves a chance for some thunderstorm activity. here's 6:00. notice this line of storms making its way through here, 6: , 7:00, 8:00 on wednesday. could be strong to possibly severe storms. that's somhing i'll be watching for sure. tomo

manassas down to 74. 77 in baltimore. 77 also in fredericksburg.umidity,nough especially close to the waterways, that we have a significantly different feelsat like tempe, the heat index. 88 in washington at this late hour. that's just nuts. 72 still in leesburg, not quite as bad in some of the western suburbshere some fog will start to formulator on during the nighttime hours. we'll see that moisture causing some of those clouds and some of the fog in our future weather. but by tomorrow afternoon, just an isolated thunderstorm or two will pop up in the daytime heating. this time of atmosphere, you don'get a lot of thunderstor activity. same thing for tuesday afternoon. one or two thunderstorms could pop up in the heat adi hu. the whole pattern being dominated by a big area of high pressure on the eastern seaboard, which has now consolidated itself quite nicely. so it's generating the heat. it's keeping it here. it's also keeping the humidity in place. it's also keeping the next bront held a in the nation's midsection in the upper midwest. there is

down south there, fredericksburg southbound at 3. right lan and ramp blocked by the work zone from labs night. top of theeltway upere back into maryland, bw parkway, 9, route 1, all of tho nice and open as well. eun? >> melissa, thank you. school is getting out a little early for some kids in our area. >> justin finch is live in prince george's county with this announcement. justin, good morning. >> reporter:aaron, good morning. different schools have different schedules. but in thiscase, all students in prince george's county schools areoing to leave two hours early with the temperatures forecast to reach into the 90s. of course, it feels much hotter. those are not the conditions they want students who are walkers or bus riders to be later on today. they announced the decision on t r, as well posting that classes will be ending early toda lunch will be provided for students before they head home. all after school and evening classes and activities, vening school will be canceled for today. th decision extends to school-based staff,

about this she's a personal and business finance specialist she joins us via skype from friday's fredericksburg virginia thank you very much for being with us tara so why is comcast bad for sky such a big deal why does it matter so much it meant a great deal because comcast. fox they're trying to get the market share back with from all the giants from netflix amazon taking with the live streaming and so they're noticing there's a big hit in their viewership in their customer base so in order to be able to compete with those they have to move international so this merger with sky is definitely going to help them get back on the playing field and a lot of companies wanted to buy sky looting rupert mark murdoch's fox how is comcast able to beat the competition what was in its advantage. their advantage of they had a. difficult did for that thirty nine billion dollars or that now is twenty two dollars per share but that thirty three point nine billion dollars more than what fox murdoch actually offered and so they were very very very motivated to get when this bid and they want it and it's going to

there is a famous story at fredericksburg where this happens. the confederates will start sending renegades into this quagmire. it's going to turn into a problem for the union forces. unionaren't enough soldiers in the wheatfield. they don't want to do that. is an openeld plateau of 20 acres. gunsshows two of the six of george winslow's battery. of monumentsber where they enter the battlefield to do battle with the confederate forces attacking from the right side of this picture to the left side. barnes'division comes into the wheatfield, one of the reasons people don't study it is because look at all the lines. it's very confusing. the soldiers became confused. come inforcements who here for james barnes, they will fill up on an area called stony hill. they will go into the wheatfield itself. the confederates will start to show up. james barnes poses division out. kernels said i will not go he was so adamant. the way he discloses manon stony hill says men were facing to the south, east, some for the west. a map is only a snapshot of history. th

look at the temperatures. 59 in leesburg. 78 in fredericksburg. the warm front is movingin. we have not much right now butt this is gordon. we're still dealing with this frontal boundary. we will see more thund tomorrow into the next couple days some fog in the morning. 85 on wednesday and thursday and then tracking florence. late thursday night into next week this could be with us into next monday or tuesday. that's why wutre worried a the flooding even in our area. u lauryn joins at 4:45. >> whos that aim at? >> good question. i have n idea. i can't see a thing. >>> up next, another star i born. >>> just ahead, we're talking about lady gaga going from a superstar singer to coactress. uld she be a major player at this year's oscars? >>> and now that school is back in session, parents can face a in session, parents can face a tough geico has over 75 years in session, parents can face a tough of great savings and service. th such a long history, it's easy to trust geico! thank you todd. it's not just easy. it's-being-a-master-of-hypnotism easy. hey, i got your text- sleep! do

fredericksburg, areas like onardstown, the steadiest rain is to the north. winkler, gaithersburgtarting to see it. right around the beltway. all the way across. it is a nasty night for they've got more rain in the forecast as we make our way into the forecast. look at thesemp ature. 65 in hagerstown. so it is cool. we go up by 20 degrees. it is going to end withhat severe weather. >>> all right. thank you. to two potentially consequential meetings thursday on wnnsylvania avenue. while the senatl be hearing from the supreme court pick and from a woman who accused him of sexual assault, the president will be sitting down with rod rosenstein, the top doj official who is overseeing the investigation. he said he spoke with the president about rent news reports. that includesthe new york times" article which says the deputy ag discussed wearing a wire around the president and a possible effort to invoke the 25th amendment. they are meeting later this week. pete williams with a look at that move. the idea that you somehow saved the opts by moving to it thursday, i

most of thehowers moving down through fredericksburg.rince george's town. 8:00 t 9:00 this morning. that's about it. most of the area staysy clo today. if you're walking a dog, this is casper, he's available for adoption, but ay pre decent day to walk the dog. you have a chance of a. show cloudy through the afternoon. if you're gardening this week and it looks best, tomorrow mostly cloudy. 79 for a high by sunday. we have rainn the forecast. quite a bit too and temperatures will be cooler in the mid 60s. here's a gardening tip. and the temperature there too. next week the rain in the forecast and temperatures stay cool for your monday. let's get melissa to get a check on t roads. good morning. >> good morning. right now chopper 4 2 over there. the taillights headed southbound there near the furthest one son you ee a slow down there. eastbound 66 after 123. we do have a new work zone there causing a little bit of adelay. you can see it on the map here this morning. we do have a brand new crash there. 95 overall looks pretty good. inner lo

fredericksburg feeling like 99. baimore feeling like 96. it's already a warm start. it's only getting hotte as we continue through the afternoon. lday it's going to f about 102. tomorrow 103. the actual temperatures are in the yellow in the lowo mid 90s. we will talk about the rain chances and show you what is going to happen at the end of the work week with more rain coming our way in about 20 minutes. >> no rain, so it isif a bea day for a parade. minus the humidity. festivities are underway. >> in mckenzington that parade already kicked off. hopefully parade fans are staying hydrate.ot it's out there, girl.ri alt. >> well, we could see it behind yer. it's definit happening. we heard the noise. i think she has something wrong with her earpiece. >> it's frying. we will work on getting her . ba you could see and hearnd the sightsounds around her. >>> new this morning, we will continue with other stories we e following. one person was kileed t others hurt in accidents. one accident was i clinton, maryland near malcolm road at 5:30 this morning. the victim is in seriou

the rain just about ready to start in fredericksburg and stafford. it's all coming toward the d.c. metro area. grab the umbrellas today. you'll need them for sure. flash floodtoatches y. that will continue on into tomorrow. rainfall amount maybe a inch or two. but there could be as much as 3 or l we're in th 70s this morning. that's the one good thing about tropical air masses. at least it's not cold and nyiny. it's just r but the daily grade on a monday with rain drops is a big fat f for today. right now they're splitting two left lanes and right lanes to get past that center it's going to take some time. right side blocked disabled vehicle and inbound five.e left s blocked by a crash there. right nownn loop and looking good eastbound and southbound and we do have a crash there.ro >> melissa, thank you. it's 6:02 right now. breaking news in montgomery county this morning. an overnight shooting turned deadly in silversprings. five people shot and two people dead now. police are calling this a murder-suicide. >> two of the victims are young children. justin finch is live in sowver s

cording to "the freelance-star" in frederi fredericksburg," they may evict kenneth hauge if he runs bible study. a nonprofession group that protepr sotects religious freedom defending the poastor. >>> months after sarahrs san was asked to leave an accident, the restaurant is stilleeling consequences, positive and negative. the restaurant is getting calls about it. and the tourism board is using emergency funds to boost its online marketing campaign to try to create more positive coverage. >>> a man is in jail after breach at tcurity white house. the secret service says the man jumped over a bike aackund 8:00 last night. he was quickly arrested. >>> just down the street at the capitol, people were celebrating lar day little early. >> there was a concert just capitol.of the and darcy spencer has the sights and sounds from the labor day concert. >> reporter: thel nationa symphony orchestra, on stage ontside the u.s. capitol for the annual labor dayrt. ♪ ♪ t crowds are turning out on the west lawn for a beautiful evening. it's the last harroorah of summer. and the symphony is playing. >> repo

so there's one. >> about the pontoons at fredericksburg? >> yeah, that's a big un one. >> question back here from my polish brother. >> i want to get a little cosmic here because we've been talking about turning points and -- [laughter] >> where's my drink? >> we haven't determined what the turning point is so i'd like to offer the entire panel to comment on the following from wilmont, who says turning point is a noticeable sign post that points to a parting of the ways. so the question i would pose to all the panelists, is that an adequate definition and if not, why not and what would you add to it? >> oh, man. >> a turning point is a noticeable sign post -- he wrote this about the battle of midway, by the way -- a noticeable sign post that points to a parting of the ways. >> i think that's partially true. how i've always viewed a turning point -- again, i've never been caught up on the idea that there is one turning point, the one turning point of the civil war or world war ii or whatever you want to talk about. to me a turning point is a

in fredericksburg, virginia, wow.ver, news 4 6r7b8g9s >> i donknow, i would have just packed up and just -- y can have the house. >> like the bats can have the house, right? i'm out of here. >> thousands of them? and after the pest contr team determined the bats were gone for good then they had to clean up. >> they had to remove nests. the story is a reminder of how important it is to mak sure your home inspector does a thorough job. >> i'll keep that in mind. there was only one thing that i wanted to see more in that story. >> what? >> that was david dressed as robin. >> i knew it! >> next the batman in a robin tf . >> he would look so good. >> don'tomiment him. don't compliment him. >> can't be team dull kuler yoy clear. >> i did. >> well you have problems, too. you're red and yellowor washington football. >> nobody wrote me yet. >> what is happening with you? >> my brain is just fried. fried. >> you gs have been doi a great job. >> thank you so much. it's been a lot and the hurricane isn'tven here in our area yet.

fredericksburg, southbound i-95, a csh blocking the right side. 66 into town, fairfax countyy parko the beltway, no problems. we'll look at couple of work zones coming up. >> i need you to pick a side, melissa. >> she's not going to pick a side. >> still ahead, the wro message. that is exactly what some parents think a new netflix show madeor teens could be sending. what you need to know about "insatiable." >>> the twist in thhostory of a less man, saying the money raised for him was taken frohi m. >>> and this afternoon on "ellen" -- >> we want to know your butt exercises. >> you get down on allfours. okay? >> is someone else in the room? [ laughter ] >> get down on all the plastic surgeon go to work. >> stop it. >> cher, stopping by ellen's show. he's not only talking about staying fit but a new album. >> she looks amazing.ks she l amazing. >> absolutely. at hek >> catch "ellen" here at 3:00. and stick around for news 4 at 4:00. i'm alex trebek here to tell you about the colonial penprogram. if you're age 50-85 and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p'

fredericksburg, all lanes still blocked by t earlirash here this morning and now to maryland again.ee you can 95 from 32 down to the belt way nice and clear here. southbound, northbound also pretty good. >>hank you, it' 4:54 right now. if you use the memorial bridge, yoancan expect closures this week ahead of the major closures this ekend. loe lane in each direction will be csed between 8:30 in the afternoon and 3:00 in the afternoon. the entire bridge is supposed to be closed to drivers and pedestrians and cyclists too on friday at 7:00 p.m.. it will be reopened next monday at 5:00 a.m. this is part of the two-year project to sure up the aging bridge there. we'll see what happens with the weather coming in. >> new york, you are miss america 2019. congratulations. >> there she is. miss america. a new miss america from new york. she was crowned last night. >> that's verynice. >> she beat out 50 con stestant in atlantic city. this is the first pageant where theyudere notd on their physical appearance and there was no swim suit competitio a big shout out to miss d.c.e sh finished in the

so more likely to be rained on in fredericksburg than frederick and inis temperature we're in the tropical air mass. we're in the low to mid 70s across the area now. friday cast, hit and miss rain showers off and on this morning. staying in the 70s for temperatures today. a lot of clouds in the 70s tomorrow as well. more about that sunday home opener for the redskins forecast coming up. let's go to jack taylor. >>> hey, chuck. good moing. we have a painting project outside the belt way heading toward plyers mill. they should be in the wrap up stages. it's along the left se of the roadwa now 50 near the bay bridge, we have warnings but no vehicle restrictions for now. there was a crash on 123 northbound before workhouse road. apparently a vehicle overturned. the tow truck is trying to clean it up r thht side of the roadway tting by north on 123 before rk wohouse road. back to you. >>> thank you, jack. it's now 4:33, back now to our team coverage of hurricane florence. rom the is the view road in wilmington, north carolina. the roads are empty now. a lot of people listening to the evacuation

fredericksburg southbound. 95 at 3, a blocked ramp. e rest of 95 in virginia looks good.nner and outer loop of the beltway, noproblems. everything is moving nicely. bottom of the beltway through prince george's county into >own, out of town, no worries. angie? two alerts that could affect hoyou do business today. fairfax county courthouse closed because they're dealing with a broken water pipe all courts and court activities are canceled. however, the court inhe town of herndon and civil commitment hearings will go on as scheduled. for those i the northeast d.c. area, pepco reporting a scheduled outage affecting 1,293 customers. restoration expected by 8:00 a.m. we'll get more information to you. >>> angie, thank you. it's 4:54.d as you h out this morning, keep an eye on your speed. not only are more students andu school on the roads this week, but so are new speed cameras. >>> you may think youho kno to spot them. as adam tuss shows us, they'nl not oy in new locaons, they have a different look, too. >> a lot of d.c. speed cameras there getting n locations. you don't see

farther south around fredericksburg, dry conditions there. but for most of us it's a soggy evening. all of this moisture will push overnight tonight and throughout theay morrow. 64 degrees right now. 56 a. patchy fog out there late tonight and tomorrow as well. 10:00 a.m. with a temperature of 65. i am tracking a warming trend in our forecast. i'll let you know when we're book in the 80s coming up. away from just days the a high-stakes hearing that could decide the fate of brett kavanaugh. fiworks are expected when dr. christine blasey ford speaks publicly for the first time about allegations that kavanaugh sexually assaulted her when they were teens. kavanaugh denies that. the gop senators on the judiciary committee want an outside female counsel to question dr. ford. er attorney says the senators should shoulder the responsibility to question her directly. the entire process coming under fi after republicans refused to let the fbi investigate the case. >> the senate republicans have predetermined the outcome that this will be a he said she said by taking that away. >> if we don't

maybe fredericksburg,r, culpep you have the best chance on saturday. most of us dry. tomorrow, 83. more clouds,ut still pretty nice. some of you remain in the upper 70s. as we make our way throughhe weekend, this is what we can expect. yard work, better on saturday. outdoor parties, have a backup pl sunday if you have it sunday, because i do expect a lot of shower activity. that includes the redskins game. and the carwash, hold off on that. we're going to see rain sunday and monday, too. monday could be a pretty good dousing of rain. look at the high on sunday. only 68. rather breezy on nday, too. so, kind of dreary, kind of nasty. drizzle, that's not good. kind of like fall around here. sunday and monday. of course, sunday, the first full day of fall. chance ofhowers all the way through next week, as well. thursday and friday looking okay, but keep the up brel whats handy. >> we will. thank youg do. >>> coming up, a future hall of famer on how the rskins can stop a future hall of famxt. >> sports ne. >> sports ne. i'm neal simon. i'm the son of an immigrant and a family man. daugh

now, you notice it's not down around fredericksburg and southern maryland. folks are going to get the least. if you're winchester, d.c., points north, it's coming down now the next 24 hours or so. heavier rain towards front royal. leesburg, gaithersburg, towards herndon, fairfax, heavy rain, there, too. all pushing east. watch what happens as we move west. this is just a line of storms, a line of very heavy rainfall. this right here, you can see a little swirl, bigger thunderstorms. that's the remnants of tropical storm irdon. that going to move across our area,o, just to our north and that's why we're going to see all this rain here. take a look overnight tonight, here it is 11:00 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:00 a.m., more rain. southern maryland, down around fred aicksburg points south, lot less for you. watch what happens all day long. 00, yeah, sti raining. tomorrow afternoon 5:00, everybody still raining. that's why i think wre going be dealing with the potential for flooding. national weather service putting out a flood watch different than a flash flood watch.

the tnumbers,se are the high temperatures across our region.5 c., quantico, fredericksburg, 97. warrenton, it washot. all you have to do is add in humidity. heat index close t 105. i expect it again tomorrow. 82 r now. nice night. warm and muggy. we are a little bi cooler than this time last night. down to 73 right now. 83 in annapolis. partly because of the shower. a couple storms and cloudover lped to drop temperatures a little bit. tomorrow morning, out at the bu, st79. very muggy. recess up to 91. hit 94 degrees at noon today. i don't think we'll be quie tht recess tomorrow. it's going to be close. up to 94. feeling like 104 by the time you pick up the kids tomorrow. no rain right now. couple isolated storms. a couple more tomorrow. most off us on the dry side. the storms developed earlier today. watch this.ight he look at the storls and the clouds around the d.c. metro. it went from 95 in d.c. to 83 at one time this afternoon. that was much nicer than it would have been. cre's the area of high pressure over theter portion of the country. that forces all the storms up and ov

in fredericksburg. still some shower activity. not och. mo us are completely dry. way down to the south right now. if you're thinking of heading to ocean city on a tueay afternoon, hey, good for you. still seeing some shower activity and it is looking great inhe area. also looking good because florence is finally you can see the line here of showers and thunderstorms. i want to show you the wider view. the remnants of florence toward the northeast. they came all the way toward the boston area. they saw flash flooding across the area. they saw the water rescues and even some rotation and possible tornadoes. we saw them here yesterday so this storm has been with us for about a week and finally it is getting o of here. that's great news for all of us from the carolinas to the coast. as far as what we're seeing tomorrow, the high of 85 degrees. finally some sunshine and nice and warm. it will be a great day. ifhiou'reing about the kids, some schools closed because of the holiday. nice weather there. 80 degrees. 84 degrees by the time you pick up theds very nice. and ev

as a result of a big storm around fredericksburg. take a look. you can see the areas in yellow extending from richmond toward the baltimore area. it includes all of southern maryland, the heavy hijack of storms from richmond. some very heavy i rain some areas. i want to take you into this areaere around the university of maryland. they have an alert fg out about a tornado warning. there is to warning for the university of maryinnd. we're gea lot of calls on it. they're taking kids and putting them that interior rooms. that does not need to happen. it is a strong warning but no tornado warning. wre to the south. a tornadoch for areas in yellow. >> thank you.

around.l have some swers most of those around the fredericksburg area. you see it to the south. tomorrow, 80 degrees. cloudy, a little breezy. not a bad day though. kind of like today. we did see a peek ofhi su. the next couple days, about a 30% chance of an ilated shower sunday but most of the day dry. if you're tailgating out there, the best chance ofn rain monday. that is with the remnants of florence. behind it though, we get some sunshine. >> any minute. >>> a >>> these are live pictures as the storm crawls along, making its way inland. >>le places are underwater. there were plenty of submerged cars and flooded mes. and the there's north carolina. parts of myrtle beach starting to feel the eects oflorence but they may have avoided the worst of the storm damage. >> we've got team coverage with reporters out there. let'sit start jim handly along the pamlicoiver which has overflowed its banks in ag biway. >> reporter: it sure has. we've got this. it is salty because ocean water has blown down through pamlico sound. this will take days. literally days. everybody here is anxious

more of the same tomorrowefe some heat relief. 91 in annapolis. 88 in fredericksburg. hourly planner, afternoon temperatures hovering in the low to mid-90s all afternoon. lots ofro humidityd here tomorrow as well. >>> it's only the second day of classes for some kids but biggest in one of the school systems could be getting out early. >> it's all because of the september heat wave. let's check in with justin finch. tell us what' happening there. >> reporter: hey, there. there's already a sizzle going on in the air right now. students will be getting home early because the home is to have the students home or way home says the county so they can beat this heat. dism dism dismissal comes twoar hours because of the heat. the county shared word on twitter tuesday. high temperatures that could feel like more than 100 degrees at times as reason. >> we have no choice. >>eporter: she walks her daughter knowing she'll be back soon to pick her back up. it's not a huge inconvenience because she says for her safety hat matters the most. >> i'm sure other parents have to make aerar

. >>> we turn to an alarming discovery inside a fredericksburg home. hundreds of bats living inside this house. take a welcome. do you see that? ho have had with her family over the summer. she said there were so many bats it was like the walls wer alive. >> i gave birth june 4th and the bats arrived the week that i brought my baby home. learning later they were giving birth as ewell. dult females were having babies in our walls. >> see, they needed an inspector on their house. they installed one way tooks in the home which let the bs fly out but not back in and they sealed it up so hopefully they can't come back. >> let's hope not.>> wow! >> we're in for some wet days ahead. it is going to last a while. it has been so wet. it is one of the wettest years we've ever had to this point. now we're talkih a hurricane making its way here. that's when we normallyet heavy rain here. this one is no different and we could see a lot of rain as we make our way into the weekend. all because o hurnl florence. you can see the buzz saw of a monster of a hurricane.y a

yes, my forecast for today was, i fredericksburg. it showsou the big difference. ten-degree difference. in and around the baltimore d.cs and annaparea. some heavier rain along i-70. heads up for you folks. you're seeing some of that rain. in and around the d.c. area. seeing some showers right through downtown right now coming up through northeast. over toward highland beac pretty good rain. it is flooding from new york to boston. they are getting hammered today. you can see some sun. something else to point out. look what's happening. north carolina, yeah. the tropical storm off the coast. it moved the way around. the actual storm way out there. this is what is left over from florence. kind of amazing. not much. a few clouds. we will see some shower activity but not early. tomorrow afternoon around 11:00 a.m. notice someclearing. i think we see some sunshine. the more sun we see, the better chan we have of thunderstorm activity. and notice this line of storms. we have a chance of storms it may be a weather alert day. 86 on wednesday. a chance o showers thursday an

according to "the freelance-star" in fredericksburg, an apament complex is threatening to evict kenneth hauge ife continues to run bible study. the pastor preured tenants to join and made them feel uncomfortable. a nonprofession gr protects religious freedom is defending the 86-year-old pastor and accusing the complex of discrimination. >>> months after sarah sanders was asked to leavean a resta in lexington, virginia, that establishment is still feeling the consequences. the tourism offic is still getting calls about it. the roanoke times is reporting that the tourism boards using its emergency fund to boost its marketing campan and more coverage. >>> a man is in jail of causing a security breacht the white house. the secret service says the man jumped over a bike rack near the white house around 8:00 a.m. last night. f was quickly arrested. >>> new researc you. it shows some troubling details about possible attacks on u.s. embassies. and it centers around a device that you have sitting in your kitchen. >>>plus, an uber driver got left behind in this high-speed chase. see how it all ca

. >> good evening, i am paul from fredericksburg. i get the award for the closest participant. [laughter] [applause] making that drive on courthouse road was a bear. bert, no it isr not about gettysburg. you had brought up the confederate act of being significant time. ask, would you consider inthe flip soy not the union 1960 -- 1863 but the homesteaders act which, if i got -- unionrs correct citizens take advantage of that. number,of that large you take a huge fighting force from the union army. even if you say 10% are of fighting age, that is an entire union army that the federal government allowed to slip through their fingers and not be committed to the war effort. >> that is a good point. i had not considered that. when i look at something like the homestead act, and the transcontinental railroad, which is moving forward. things are that as going on but normal. the united states thinks it is going to win this war and other things are progressing the way they would have progressed. it is looking forward to a vision of the future that the war will be over and we will continu

according to "the st freelanc" in fredericksburg, an apartment complex is threatening to evict kenneth hauge if he continues to run bible study. the pastor pressured tenants to join and made them feel uncomfortable. a nonprofit group that protects religious freedom is defending the 86-year-old pastor d accusing the complex o discrimination. >>> mont after sarah sanders was asked to leave a restaurant in lexington, virginia, that establishment is still feeling the consequences.th tourism office is still getting calls about it. the roanoke times is reporting that the tourism board is using its emergency fund to boosits marketing campai and more coverage. >>> a man is in jail of causing curity breach at the white house. the secret service says the mani jumped over rack near the white house around 8:00 a.m. last night. he was quickly arrested. >>> new research for you. some troubling details about possible attacks on u.s. embassies. and it centers around a device that you have sitting in your kitchen. s > plus, an uber driver got left behind in thihigh-speed chase. see how it all came to a

and heat indexes by 5:00, forecast to be around 102 in gaithersburg. 101 degrees in fredericksburg.and humid today. any little chance for rai today comes across parts of the shenandoah valley. 7:00.between 4:00 and mosty aw frhe.et .f o oshodathy,lle wi ten degrees co tomorrow and ten degrees cooler than that for the weekend. both days this weekend have high chances for rain,, big if, florence were to make it to the east coast, we would watch it in a thursday/friday time frame. >> chopper 4 over this problem here. i this 270 southbound. you see the delay in the main and local lanes headed southbound because of that. calve calverton, all lanes open now. 270 southbound has other pain as you're headed out of the urbanah area and s a little slow because of an earlier problem. inner loop and outer loop, the slow spots will be up top there. travel times, 270 from german town to the spur will take you about 0 minutes. top of the beltway, going just 21 miles per hour. 66 inbound, going 33 miles per hour. and 95 north quantico to the beltway, 38 miles per hour. listen to wtop 103.5 f.m. when

still around 73 in look at fredericksburg. around 83, may see some sun south of d.c.aybe if we get some sunshine in d.c., i can easily see this going to 81 in d.c. i can also i see staying around 75. one thing for sure, everybody has a chance of seeing showers in the morning. especially to the north. here tonight, 8:00, yeah. a the showerivity as we move through. 3:00 a.m., showers,fog, here's 10:00 a.m. you notice some fog and cloud bver. we try onak out a little bit from the rain. the temperatures do go up and we may see some sunshine by the evening. we've still got a chance ofsh ers. wednesday is something different. we have the clouds, the low fog. here's 11:00 a.m. some of the sunshine out there. we've gotha ae of possibly strong storms wednesday evening. a chance of stronger storms on went. 78 tomorrow 85 o wednesday with some sunshine early. 72 thursday. 78 o friday. friday looking good if you think about playing golf. the rest of the ten-day forecast. i've got that coming up for you. >> we can save some money by not washing the cars. >>> fans would call it an

and currently look athese numbers, 92 fredericksburg and gaithersburg. hagerstown at 80. 77 in winchester. yeah, you see what is happening here? we have a browndy maoundary mak way through. the storms should stay to the west. this is a big storm right around the clarke county and frederick county line in virginia. you can see that storm between winchester, down toward millwood, over toward the rth. and also seeing some of the showers and storms there. so head's up there. this storm making its way toward bluemont. look at that, that is theig boundary there that is bringing some cler air. here i is the whole thing, thi to our north and west. it has a lot of moisture associat with it, some showers and storms during the day tomorrow. even leftovers from gordon still down to the south, this will ride along the front and give us a chance of showers for the weeken tonight again an isolated shower, but most of us on the dry tomorrow 9:00 a.m., we're dry. by noon, we start to see the showers and storms vep. so heads up tomorrow afternoon. expeing a good deal of s

as well as manassas. 81 degrees in fredericksburg. for tomorrow, a high of 76. very similar feel as to what we're having right now.n, ag mostly cloudy skies tomorrow and then a bit of a breeze outdoors ear but as the day wears on, the winds die down and mainly dry. take a look. this is 5:00 a.m. on saturday. plenty of clouds out there. maybe an isolated shower around as a cold front pushes south through the area. by lunchtime, though, dry. notice the sunshine breaking out. where elsewhere, plenty of cloud cover out there. w as head on into the afternoon and evening hours, mainly dry and outdoor parties, barbecues, just fine on the saturday in the overnight hours, i do see rain movingnto the area and then on sunday is, notice rain out there. 6:00 a.m. until noon. heading on into the afternoon and evening hours, the potential for dryingheut but t's still a chancho for srs and sunday really a chance for rain at any point and that includes heading down toedx field for the red skins game with the packers at 1:00u'.m. want to bring the poncho. i don't think it's wet t

rest of the region. 91 degrees leesburg and 91 fredericksburg and 9 is as well towards the eastern shorea very hot and humid afternoon, ant's the way things will stay right on through tomorrow. school bus forecast for theol sc day. very muggy start and 79 degrees under partly s to mostlny skies. a lot of sunshine and a lot of heat, too. heat index is 98 degrees at recess. yeah, we'll see if all the kids get out there and feeling like i do think many of the schools will have an issue dealing with the heat this week so make sure the kids are ready to go and make sure they are drinking plenty of water before they leave the house and make sure they have plenty of water leaving the house as well. not much going on. haven't seen much in the way of storms at all. just a couple of pop-up thunderstorms here and there. a lot over towards sussex county delaware and a lot came home. flash flood warning for sussex county delaware after very heavy itrainfall. ae bit earlier you see the storms. watch them pop up right here, boom, righthere. a little bit of a sea breeze making its way in. showers and st

monroe is from westmoreland county and born in 1758 and moved here from fredericksburg where he traveled with his young wife. first they lived that is now on the grounds of the university of virginia and called monroe hill. and this property became available and he saw it as being closer to jefferson being a larger tract of land and hopefully more productive. he purchased the property in 93 and moved here in 19 -- 1799. he had this property oak hill in loudoun county and he went there more frequently. during monroe's presidency when he came here, he very likely traveled with his wife, sometimes his elder daughter accompanied them and her husband was an important person being a secretary sometimes. and so his family would come. there were general slaved people during his lifetime. he claimed ownership of about 250. not at one time. and the general slaved work force varied in number based on what was happening. i think that is important to recognize is that monroe's legacy is physically -- i mentioned the two houses and this is the one that is open to the public and he spent time in freder

the hospital contained 2000 patients. 1100 arrived by that point as a result of the battle at fredericksburg. the surgeon and charged received the delegation cordially providing them with quarters and food, and appointed them acting medical cadets. the delegates went about the work of dressing wounds, engaging the men in conversation, writing letters to loved ones on behalf of the soldiers, and acting to comfort the hospital inmates. once again, administering to temporal and spiritual needs. the delegation did not limit for providing aid to the sick and wounded soldiers. workers went on to distribute a large quantity of bibles, tracks, and other religious reading material to the men in an attempt to reach them with the christian message. the delegates also held evening meetings at the chapel. generally, reached a number of situations. soldiers who were sick or wounded were in special need of a proper diet. that could not be met through the regular channels of army provision. their diets had to be altered in order to supply them with the necessary nutrients. think of what was often standard i

here is a previewf david culver's story you'll see on news 4 tonight.or >> rr: a fredericksburg couple bought this home for their growing family, not a realizinther family already lived here. inside the walls, a colony with hundreds of bats. >> high hundreds to thousands. yeah, a lot. >> our walls were alive with activi t, learning latt they were giving birth, as well. so the adult females were having babies in our walls. >> i mean, we could heawh them we were working. you could hear them climoffit, t was pretty crazy. >> rorter: they chronicled their journey to get the bats out of their home and later they have a warning for other homeowners. >> i can't even imagine wt at would be like. i don't like the bats. >> but they're cute. >> no, with ing angie. >> you can see david's full story tonight at 5:00. >>> so two daype later, and le are still talking about the controversial u.s. open. and you said people are going to be doing this for days. the champion herself elaborated on what she saw happening between serena williams and the chai umpire. williams was fined $17,000 on saturday duri

in fredericksburg. at the patuxent river as well. hig today at 82 with increasing sunshine for the afternoon hours. and again, not t humid o there. so overall, a really nice thursday. as we look to tomorrow, a little bit more cloudiness out buthere still nice. highs tomorrow in the low 80s once again. and asth we look t weekend, well, here is your weekend forecast. on saturday, a t highperature around 80 degrees, with clouds increasing throughout the day.e' on sunday have a high of 71. much cooler out there on sunday. i think that's 71 as we look to the afternoon information coming in. we'll continue to lower that nuouer. i think highs on sunday only in the 60s. and there's a chance for a late day s on saturday. but most of the day is dry. on sunday we'll see a few showers out there. hke a look,e are your humidity levels today and tomorrow. in that cfortable nge, just a little humid, not all that bad, as we look to saturday, the really not really chging. sunday we really see any humidity completely leave the area. so again, saturday