in the original plan nobody was going to hagerstown initially. began it execute the rder on september 10, lee however had learned through some pies or someone that there was union militia approaching hagerstown from pennsylvania and hat the people in hagerstown were taking their food supplies. bad.eds that food he modifies the plan on the longstreet's es demand up to leesburg and leaves a division at boonsburg. map and ook at the realize lee is taking a gamble. eaarmy is divided by mountains, rivers and widely dispersed. leesburg, bansboro, harper's ferry, north of the potomac, south. from the shrpb dough, then -- shenandoah and jessica west of harper's ferry. that is the plan that he draws up. the confederates begin to execute there the union army is on hing across maryland and september 12 the leading elements river and occupy frederick. september 13 the army of potomac begins to close on frederick and the town and some of the troops river south of the town the 27th indiana. they march into the field and ridgement stacks arms and n.c.o.'s look

locally, we have a couple showers around hagerstown.therwise, more showers in the afternoon forecast. i'll show you where florence is coming up. z2ydoz z16fz y2ydoy y16fy hat weather alert this morning continues as we track hurricane fkerence. live look at wilmington, north carolina. you can see the fg pole there. it's a bit blurry. sheena just said that is a bullseye in this storm right now. >> they're going to take the brunt of it. folks there starting to see and feel the effects of florence. this category 2 storm is expected to make landfall by this time tomorrow. we're tracking each upte as it comes in. >> good morning, everyone. i'm eu yang. >> and i'm chris lawrence. we're looki at the local forecast and your commute first. >> chuck and sheena a here to start us off. what can we expect today? >> yes, chuck will have a closer look at he afternoon forecas coming up. this morning, take a look at where florence is. it's getting t closer to carolina coast. wilmington is right in the center of this track. we'll talk about that coming up

here locally, se rain drops around hagerstown, maryland.hose are lifting northbound into pennsylvania. good riddance to those. afternoon highs today will once again be in the upper 70s to around 80 degrees.ll take your umb with you on your way out the door because more showers are likely this afternoon. sheena has your whole ten-day outlook coming up in five or six minutes. >>> your time is 5:44. as you wake up, hurricane florence is barrelling closer to the eas coast. it is now a category 2 storm. it's expected to stay that way before it makes landfall tomorrow. >> the carolinas are already seeing and feeling the effects of this storm. these are some live pictures fr wilmington, north carolina. we know it's grainy, hard to make out, but you can see t effects of the wind on this flag. chucknd sheena monitoring the very latest. we'll continue to bring you team coverage all morning. >>> d.c.'s cardinal donald wurlwur wuerl's title may be changing later today. >> he's expected to ask pope francis to accept his resignation after being named in

yeah, it is hot, but 73 in cumberland. 82 in hagerstown. that is where the front is or at least the storms ahead of the front. and you can see those right back here. nothing around thero d.c. m area, but if you live in areas like winchester or over toward frederick or hagerstown, you are starting to see some shoiwers ad thunderstorms moving in. that's why we have lower temperatures there. so heads up tohe west. we will see the storms coming through. d.c. tonight, maybe some of these holding together. so don't rule out a shower this evening, but begin most of us on the dry side. now this front sags across our reayon during theomorrow and we have a lot of moisture out ahead of this including what is left of gordon. yeah, still spinning around little rock. that will eventually head our way too. that is for the weekend.ro tonightd 10:00, 11:00, some cloud cover across the area, but nothing much around our region on overnight totonig. rrow however we start to see the clouds move in and showers around noon. if you have afternoon plans tomorrow, w

in the original plan, no one would go to hagerstown initially. when they began to execute the order on september 10, lee had learned through spies or someone that there was union militia approaching hagerstown from pennsylvania and the people in hagerstown were taking their food supplies out. he needs that food bad. he modifies the plan on the march and takes longstreet's command. you can look at the map and realize he is really taking a gamble here. the army is divided by mountains, rivers, and they are widely dispersed. they were north of the potomac, south of the potomac, and jackson is west of harpers ferry. that is the big risk and big plan he draws a. -- up. when the confederates execute, the union army is marketing -- marching across virginia. theeptember the 13th, potomac closes up on frederick and occupies the town. some of the troops arrive south of the town which include the 27th indiana. they march into a field and stack arms. as they do, they see an envelope on the ground. there is three cigars in it and a piece of paper wrapped arou

hagerstown has fallen 12 es as a result ever thunderstoof thunde. we will track it as it moves n tonight andg sticks around with us tomorrow and right into the weekend too. major changes as we head into the weekend. and we'll be tracking what is egght now hurricane 234rflorenc. it is just a cy 1 right now. but this storm is going to be one to watch very closely as we make our way toward the beginning of next week and into the end of next week. we have about a weekth to watch . >> doug, tha you. >>> day two in the trial of the man in charge in connection to the d.c. mention murdansion mur. and the jurors got whittled down who would ultimately sit on the bench. meagan fitzgerald has the latest. >> reporter: we're getting cluter to finding who will sit on the jury which will ultimatelyecide darren wynn's fate, he is the man charged with killing three familyembers and their house keeper. evidence and witnesses are importan teveryase, but legal 1k3er7 experts say jury selection is the most critical. >> thereng not more important. it is jury selection. >>

for us, a couple rain drops here near hagerstown first thing this morning. mainly cloudy around town. a few sprinkles around there arno around dulles airport. we're in the mid-70s rht now. 68 right now in leesburg. your forecast for today, lot of clouds around. a 40% chance for

and martinsburg, hagerstown that's where the heavier, steadier rain is.othing too heavy but henvy gh that you can feel it. you have more rain to the west. we'll see moris rain vening right through the day tomorrow. especially in 7:00 a.m. to aboun most of us should be dry by noon but keeping a chance of showers in there. wave good chance of rain tomorrow. at least early. wednesday, it is much later in the afternoon. but still, we're talking about it. a chance of severe weather and we think it will be in theur evening >> absolutely. with the frontal system coming rough and we'll have the roller coaster of temperatures. we've gotse t frontal systems rolling through area and today, of course, chilly withrain. that rain is leading into tomorrow morning. scattered some showers. at least through the first part of the day tomorrow. if you're north of d.c., you may add a little more rain through afternoon. otherwise, we'll start to d out wednesday morning. but that's when we could see some showers and thunderstorms wednesday night as the coldom front through. and

you noticed leesburg, hagerstown, right through national harbor. a couple of showers but they're few and far betweene' and not seeing the drizzle out there. you see the rainfall. most of it well to the north and east. so time flooding around the philadelphia area. we've seenhe showers and we've seen the end of the showers. the temperatures today, 80 degrees. yeah. 80 degrees with the high yesterday only in the 60s. even warmer tomorrow. it ces with a chance of strong to severe storms. we'll take you hour by hour. >>> all right. thank u. for some, it is a way of life to take a bicycle. and thiserson was killed just about a block away from the end of his commute.ll it happened at 12th street and constitution avenue. chri spoke to thvictim's wife in an emotional interview today. what did she tellyou? >> well, she says police found the car that killed her husband right here in this intersection. tonight authorities are still looking for the driver. he rode his bike fro his nome arlington to the natural history museum yesterday morning, he was riding ea

heavier rain and steadier rain toward hagerstown. keep the umbrella tonight and tomorrow.ou can see we've got a lot more to go. you can see what's going on. we have a frontal boundary that will move to the north. we may t to get in the warm sector tomorrow. that's where the temperatures start to rise. here's noon from d.c. northward. we have a good chance of owers. most will be light again. then by the afternoon we'll break out a little bi maybe some sunshine through the south. temperatures will rise a little bit. more fog early. we see some sunshine. again, very warm air. we have a chance of some storms. you can see parts of the area with a chance of severe weather. that is something we'll be watching very, v carefully in the next couple days. tomorrow, the temperatures early. a hig of yoif. 72 on tuesday with a chance of showers. better friday. not bad saturday. a chance of showers. really noe sunday i monday. right now, you wanted to save on prescriptions... so you went online... and got so lost in a mumbo-jumbo of co-pays, coupons and codes that your brain went offline

not out there right now though. 92 the current temperatun d.c., 94 in hagerstown. up towardsphiladelphia, heat index close to 100. so another very hot day. tomorrow still holt and hut and but we're tracking this fron back to t west. we'll track it as it moves through our region during the night tonight io the day tomorrow. and then watching a major pattern change setting up f saturday and sunday. all of that coming up in a couple minutes. plus i havehe latest on hurricane florence. this is what we really need to . watc that is coming up in about ten minutes. >>> and in the meantime, another precedented day of heat on capitol hill as the confirmation r brett kavanaugh. democrats made a bold move dodging senate rules. let's go back to aierica gonzal keeping an eye on today's hearing for us. >>> senateemrats went rogue today led by cory booker, they decided to release several documents classified committee confidential. that means that committee members can see them but the public cannot. booker says he is knowingly violating a committeele. the document he released ha

we are seeing sunshine by hagerstown in frederick county, maryland. a few isolated showers out there, stray showers throughout the day. we will see an increase in rainr chances l tonight as florence takes a turn to the north. rain tomorrow and tuesday. >>hat's your latest forecast! >> dylan, thank you much. >>> coming up hnext, thehs and lows of the week including a big surprise for mary halsey. >>> plus, the guy who gave newa meg to the term "wedding crasher." >> and the hurricane hunter who is breaking barriers en as they risk their lives heading lito the storm. >> ourt director came into us and said we need to take a picture of this, we're making history. what are you talking about? >>> that'soming up on sunday today. as we head to break, a shot from space of what was monstere hurricorence on wednesday just two days before it made la. withwhat sore back?sk... what bum knee? advil is relief that's fast strength that lasts you'll ask... what pain? with advil ♪ ♪ you know doc how can i get whiter, brighter teeth.. and the dentist really has to say let

the temperatures in d.c., hot, 93 in hagerstown, a repeat of this tomorrow and yes probably weather alert tomorrow and thursday and because of the intense heat we'reic tracking tr storm gordon. very close to hurricane strength and making i c way veryse to shore as well. the latest on this storm and the other in the atlantic. i'll see you back here in is a minutes. >> doug, thank you. >>> over the past few years we have gotten used to seeing srotesters interrupting high-profile hearin capitol hill. >> this scene played out over and overorgain thisng at day one of the confirmation hearing of supreme court nominee brett kavaugh, some of the biggest interruptions came from behind the bench and the person in question. >> roughly two dozen people we removed and democrats also spent more than an hour trying to get the hearing postponed. >> at issue, they say, is a lack of transparency for a candidate with agt l paper trail. >> after that, extensive delay. theearing did get underway but the tension in that hearing room day.ned throughout the >> and just a short time ago judge kavanaugh got a chan

because of the fact that t we've seense showers. 94 in hagerstown and hot agai tomorrow, i think another heat advisory and i'm tracking the latest ondo tropical storm g about to make landfall in the next few hours. we'll talk aboutlhat and t you where this storm goes after it makes landfall in parts of the southeast. got te covered. >> pretty much. >> >>thanks, doug. we're going to be in weather alert mode for the next few days, folks, as the heat and humidity holds its grip on it. download the nbc washington app and get the latest on the heat and humidity and when it will finally let up. pat? >> a local man says a day at six flags left him with bruises to his head and b and now he's suing. this video shows guards holding him to the ground. news 4's darcy spencers live outside of six flags right now in's prince georcounty, and explain what he says happened and how the amusement park is responding. >> reporter: well, pat, this man says that he was beaten by those security guardst here six flags on father's day in front of his wife and children. like you said. he's filed suit. this is a co

moving upstream or northwest into montgomery county, frederk county, all the way up to hagerstown in western maryland. because of the rains we had plenty of. >> shannon: to go around today. but water is starting to flowing back to the south and west and eventually out to the chess speak bay. temperatures around the are in the 60s. the time we need to think about on the tonight is about 11:4g 1. 11:4g 1 will be high tide in the areas of georgetown, national h harbor, h tide again bep 1:17 a little after noon on tomorrow. plenty of. >> shannon: for your day tomorrow. still an area where we'll have to keep an eye on that. fog will start to very many to the west, again across the potomac highlands, west of interstate 81. in those areas to the west, they'll have fog. for us throughout the day tomorrowof plenty >> shannon: to go around. just a peek of cloudiness threw toas of annapolis. the forecast for tomorrow, if but enjoyed today, you'll really enjoy tomorrow. temperatures in the mid to uppe. light westerly breezes. again, that coastal flood warning will continue till about 8:00 tonigh

you're going to feel it to the north and west for sure 73 right now, hagerstown. 67 in gaithersburg.omorrow night, these temperatures will be ten degrees coer than this. really going to feel quite nice. we still have some time to get the cooler air the radar picture, there's nothing. storm team 4 radar, it's how about that? i know, right, thank you, thank you, everybody. you know,'t we d need anymore rain. we've seen so much of it, it looks like we're going to stay dry right through the next couple of days, all becau the remnants of florence finally moving out to sea. that means for us, some sunshine, something we haven't seen a lot of. and you can take a look at the wider picture. the remnants moved up through the northeast today we saw the trailing cold front moving to the south and east awayou fr region. that means for us tomorrow, abundant sunshine. gr s, finally some sunshine. and nice and warm, too. and not just one day. w i thive got a nice little stretch here of sun coming in on thursday and friday. but tomo at the school bus, you know, a lot of kids still have school tomorro

up toward roanoke and hagerstown and pittsburgh we're still looking at 2 to 4 inches of rain and that rain's going to continue all the way up into the ohio valley, eventually all the way up into new england. not just a storm surge problem, a heavy rain problem and a runoff problem with the rivers really over the next couple of days. bottom line, it's a big, big hazard all across the eastern u.s. >> that was meteorologist bill walsh. >>> one person was killed and at sees of gas explosions in communities north of boston. at least 39 homes were destroyed and entire communities were forced to evacuate yesterday. one fire official described the scene as armageddon. kenneth craig has our report from north andover massachusetts. >> firefighters attempted to douse this home engulfed in flames. it's just one of dozens to catch fire in three towns north of boston. >> i've been in the fire service for almost 39 years and i've never seen anything like this. it looked like armageddon. >> an apparent explosion blew the walls off of this house and cracked the side of the home in two. >> there was so

the hagerstown maryland -- herald mail, tamala baker. from wnd t cells. , ryan eldridge. i would like to thank those four organizations for participating. also, our other partners wyprding wbal baltimore, radio, and the league of women voters. here's how the questions will work. each candidate will respond to each question. each question will alternate the orders. site --have time for for 62nd rebuttals. while this debate began in an unusual manner, it was negotiated directly between the campaigns in a bilateral agreement. now that we are on the air, this is a production of maryland public television and the reporters and i are under no restrictions whatsoever in terms of the questions that can be asked. let's go first to ovi do from the post. reporter: governor hogan, although the economy has rebounded and wage growth remains stagnant in maryland, many ebola not seen their paychecks grow. the would you do to grow private sector and raise wages? gov. hogan: wages are up in maryland all across the board. up 9%. you are not right on the facts there. wages have grown at ever

i fully expect these numbersmo ow. 95 hagerstown, 95 philadelphia. heat index between 100 and 105 ue to an area of high pressure dominating. an area of storms formed in d.c. that gave us cooling weather. dropped temperatures by about 10 grees. not expecting rain tomorrow. big ridge of high pressure sending all of our storms to the north and to the south. leaving us high and dry and warm and humid again tomorrow. storms to the south, tropical i storm gordon making landfall. we've seen winds gusting upwards of 80 miles an hour. this is the alabama, mississippi border. here's biloxi. this storm making its way onnt shore parts of mississippi and alabam jay gray is in gulfport right now. this storm just to your east rinow. really starting to wreak havoc on thosears. >> reporter: it really is. closing in on this area, as well. we felt the wind pick up a bit and see the surf grow, as well. right on the edge of the next nd of rain comingthrough. those conditions can expected to continue through the early morning here. driving rain sent a growing surf as gord

hagerstown only around at70. what we told you would happen. we've seen much more in the way of temperatures from the south. shower activity from 95 to th north and west. mostly cloudy skies right now. you can tellthe current temperatures at 79. we'll continue to see the numbers. 85. we're at 84 in fredericksbu. d.c., around 79 president the. we are warmer to the south. thearm front has moved to the south, we have thelouds and showers. you se a shower down there but still around there metro on. we talk about the beltway. a couple showers. over toward laurel, i think they'll be okay there. you can see the sun breaking out to the south. nothing but sunshine. reas seeing some big time flooding. it will give us a chance ofve weather. to the south, some clouds to the south. the better chance we have for severe weather. here comes the line of storms. 7:00, 8:00, we could see a couple of strong to severe storms. i think the best chance is north of the area.ld we c see some in our region too. we could see a severe thunderstorm tch. i think it is more l

across i-81, wchester to hagerstown, still quite a bit of rain to deal with. most of e rain in the city for the rest of the daylight house and there may be increasing ana chances for breaks of sunshine. while i do think we'll start with a fair amount of sunshine tomorrow before a thunderstorm chance comes in tomorrow afternoon and evening. the low cloud and fog under a mileility al bulles airport. 74 in town, already 82 and only 62 in the panhandle of west virginia. more about that form chance tomorrow and a look at the weekend coming up. >> more deadly violence from the district this morning. d.c.olice confirmed another homicide. we followed this all morning on "news4" today. it happened just outside a gas station. the victim is an adult man. that was withone of three homic in the last 24 hours. yesterday a man died at the hospital after being shot on southeast and bowen road. d.c. has surpassed the number oi des from last year. in 2017, there were a total of 116 homicides. right now we're at 118. angie? >> president trump just addressed the national aembly a

questions from several journalists from "the washington post," "thbaltimore sun," and th "tald mail" of hagerstown. the debate will air on maryland public television srting at 00. >>> and in virginia, news 4 is hosting a debate with democrat tim kaine and cory stewart. uck todd will moderate that debate with questions from news 4's aaron gilchrist and julie carey. >>> later this week, former first lady michelle obama will urge people to get out and te. it's the first of two stops for her nonpartisan group when we all vote. itncourages people to vote and participate in the midterm elections in november. she'll be in miami on friday. >>> well, this week, the news 4 i-team is looking into a wave of scammers who are said to be taking the district by storm. >> the district's attorney general is now warning about all renters and would-be buyers about becoming targets. >> reporter: it all startk when you lnline for a rental. this ad seems real enough, but the owner told us it's actually bogus. so we went undercover and started e-mailing with the person ptending to rent it. d.c. has one of the hottest ren

you see it around the city to the west.er winche and hagerstown.his is an area that h seen the tris and what we'll continue to see. you can see the shower happening. martinsburg, she saids town. it is coming down right through the night. we've been on the west side and we've got coming. omre rain to and now this is, most of this will head to the north. aware going to stay with the showers. your plan for tomorrow, expect showers early for the morning commute. and maybe around noon we could see the cool temperatures continuing. most of this will be to the north of washington. a better chance ofteast some sun. let's talk about the rain chances. we've been taking a look at these and the next couple days, the morning, som in the afternoon. >> it really depends. we'll have a roller coaster of o mperatures. we're goingve showers around the region. you'll be dealing with some fog and then i believe we can get some sunshine out here on wednesday morning. then m erain, possibly stronger storms in the afternoon. w you make your out the door, if you have thing

we have heavier rain in pockets in the a yellow oranges so by frederick into hagerstown. we have a stalled frontal system, moisture moving in off the atlantic, we have remnants from tropical storm gordon and then we're reaching back to the. gulf of mexi may even be tapping intohe eastern pacific so we have all this. that's lending to flooding threats aroundhe area. we'll talk more about how much rain we'll see in 20 minutes. >> lauryn, thank you very much. there's a state of emergcy in virginia because of florence. >> what does that mean? we'll break it down what governor ralph northam's decision means. the order helps resources to prepare for the storm, lessens potential damage and streamlines the process for the commonwealth to send assistance to the other states the, governor wants you to start preparing with emergencykits. you can find more information on what to include in those kits andow to prepare for a hurricane on our web site. stay with storm team 4 for continuing coverage of florence. we are tracking the storm. get up-to-the-minute oupdates our nbc washington

pretty much passing over i-81 or still back to the west, hagerstown with heavy rainfall now. he's the timing, moving through tt 5:06, moving through frederick city6:00, and then moving on towestminster at 30 here's your weather at 7:00 p.m., scattered thunderstorms across a good portion of the area, especially stalong and of i-95. 9:00 p.m. with areas of heavy rain out there impacting the area. as we look to tomorrow morning, 6:00 a.m., patchy fog and drizzle out there, otherwise cltdy skies through the day tomorrow, by lunchtime, we see more r bn movink in, and then it's looking like a rainy evening commute onur ay, and we'll continue to track showers in spots thursday night and aliday morning before we fly dry out for the weekend. we're in the 60s to finish.start it's cloudy. it's cool. it's damp. it's rainy. ose humidity level are going to be lower tomorrow. right now, it's oppressive out ther it's feeling very tropical, but tomorrow, feeling comfortable.e aside from rain. the humidity not an issue on friday. feels just a little humid out there, but it is looking nice for

959 hagerstown and 93 philadelphia. the heat index wel over 100. had the heat advisory that's been cancelled as have allhe showers that came through and the thunderstorms, too. pbig-time downpours ints of the area and that's all gone for the most part.in still wat a couple of showers back in fauquier county and very hard to pick o here. >> one right here and one right to the west of warrenton and most of the area remaining o the dry side. and something else i'm watching. very close to hurricane strength and very cloo making its way onshore. the latest on this storm out in the atlantic. all that have and when we'll see much cooler air and we'll see much cooler air move in. i'll see you back here in 15 minutes. >> now to the most contemptious and chaotic supreme court confirmation heang inecent members as senators consider the prnation o brett cough gnawing. esters erupted 64 times during the hearing. >> bla re alexanderorts. >> on the nomination of -- >> mr. chairman. mr. chairman. >> the hearing for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh was only se

look at the high tempehetures across region. 95d.c., 93, hagerstown, degrees was the high temperature up around the philadelphia area, 92 in richmond. most areas in the mid-atlantic into the 90s. the heat index, you look at these numbers. this is current. 103 leesburg, 102 in d.c., 103 in annapolis and 101 in quantico. the extreme heat behind an enre school system closing earlier today. prince george's county bureau chief tracee wilkins is live outside laurel high school. they closed today but they're open tomorrow. tomorrow may even be hotter. >> reporter: i know they're opening tomorw. what we believed happened here some of the schools that had minor w repairs theye able to get to and take care of some of those issues but there a going to be problems for some of the schools tomorrow. this has shown us there isr a ma issue with the infrastructure at af lot o prince george's county schools. thousands of parents had to make alternative plans to pick up their kids after it was nounced schools would be closing two hours early due to excessive heat. >> it is what it is. it's reallynd hot

questions tonight from the washington post joining us is pamela wood from the baltimore sun, from the hagerstown herled, tam lubaker, and from wmdt rain eldridge. i'd like to thank those four organizations for participating, our other partners including wbal baltimore, wjla washington, wypr radio, and league of women voters. here's how the question works. each candidate will alter the order, the questions will be 60 seconds, we'll have time for 60 seconds rebutles. while this debate began in an unusual manner it was negotiated directly between the campaigns in a bilalityeral agreement now that we're on the air this is a production of maryland public television and the reporters and i are under no restrictions whatsoever in terms of the questions that can be asked. let's go first to o veeta from the post. >> governor hogan although the economy has rebounded, and wage growth remains stagnant in maryland, many people across the state have not seen their pay changes grow. what specific policies would you enact to grow the private sector and to raise ages? >> well first of all wages are up in marylan

we have s scattereshers across 81 from winchester towards hagerstown.way moving into theistrict. this will be the case the first grlf of the day. 70 s washington, 67 dulles. later t 79or a high. keep the b with you. we are finally drying out this n we >> alright. thank you. another ns for you in 25 minutes bactohey . "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty companies and a thousand jobs. ben's vision: medicare for all. a plan to lower prescription drug costs and fully fund our schools. the sun says jealous has "the stature and gravitas" to lead maryland. we can do much better on jobs, on education, on healthcare. but it means we've got to believe in each other. ben jealous. governor. >>> it's . >>> it's 8:0 "today." on defense. >> i am not going to let false accusatiori me out of this process. >> supreme court nomin btt kavanaugea f ther ti since sexual miscondu allegations were made against him with his wife by his side. >> i ow i'm telling the truth. i didn't thisth or ag resemblin this. these are -- this. is wrong >> so doe tte >>> plus, dev