yet.ot >> what about leo kammerer? >> no. >> so all kammerers speak german, right?a'am. >> so what would you say to me? german? what did he saom my would make me a german chocolate cake. is that really german? >> i don't know. maybe. 'm going to say its because that way we're closer. it works out. >> yeah. >> there he goes. maximilian kammerer. on!e >> it looks like he's wearing the right kind of skates. as and he all his teeth. >> he was just the coolest guy ever. what he actually. in german, the weather here so far has stunk. >> really! >> and he's right. niit has been r a lot. >> they're up in montreal tonight. >> nice that you got to meet.ha yo high hopes for that young man. >> come on, kam! >> whoe doesn't l german chocolate cake! >> a nice guy, those kammerers. >> yeah! >> we'll see you for news4 at 11:00. have a good evening. . >>> wreakibreaking news tonight, major turns in the cliff hanger as protests erupt at the capital and we have details on the offer late today from brett kavanaugh's accuser about testifying before congress next week. >>> horr at the of

holding the kammerer name proud.belly flop would have been all t wayre t >> we saw him out there today. a great guy. 21 years old. he's been playing three years professional any >>> two police officers are shot. tonight it is revealed they sbeenl the wrong home. confronting the father trying on protect his child. see what went wng and what happens next. >>> a woman out for a run. new tonigh the victim's heart broken family opened up about their unimaginable loss as police arres a man for her murder. >>> a tragic twist of fate. the family making plans for weading now plannin for a funeral. >> she was stabbed to death. >> she tellsaus herter put up a fight showing the true warrior she was even in her final moments of life. >> well, i didn't know about the video until this morning. i saw my daughter rushing, rushing into theestaurant looking for help. i could see thater adrenaline was ther she was very passionate. so at the last moment, i saw that warrior in her life. she always did that. r focus, career oriented, but a

that is keanu reeves on the left with jerrod kammerer and leslie walker . the newlyweds say they spotted the actor at the dream man bar and asked him for a photo. the groom's mother took this picture. she told ktvu keanu reeves was very nice and was happy to be a part of this big day. >>> a high school senior in florida getting an unexpected surprise from jay-z and beyonci . during the couples tour in orlando they awarded 17-year-old keyshawn morgan a $100,000 scholarship >>> let's check your labor day weather. steve is right here. >> we do have, take a look, we will go back and take a look, on september 1 one year ago 106 in san francisco. the hottest ever. lawson that was the second which was still 102. this time around 64 on the first and is 65 on the second. a 42 degrees difference in one year. today the forecast high is 66 . the averages 70. lows are running pretty close to normal. 61 at half moon bay yesterday. morgan hill 91. east san jose 86. similar today. morning low clouds in 60s and 70s coast and pay. 80s low 90s inland in ukiah clear lake and v

count, becse the canadiens won 5-2, and for those wonding, no shots on goal, no ts one penalty for kammerer, so -- >> you got a penalty? >> and we are confirming, browns lead 217 with a minute left, we saw leon in here, cleveland has not won a game in over 600 days. noted browns fan leon harris is running around the newsroom sm ging. >> but te continues. >> the game, is it over? i don't have my phoneot -- >>ver yet. oh, boy. would that be bad if he had to come back in? i thought it was over. >> all right. >> we'll have to check the scor ♪ [doorbell] ♪ ♪ when you have doctors working as a team for your health, you get the care you need to help you thrive. ♪ visit kp.org to learn more. kaiser permanente. thrive. ♪ i put criminals in prison during the day i'm jennifer wexton, and as a prosecutor, and changed diapers at night. later, when i had a law practice, i volunteered to help moms collect child support. then, as state senator, i worked across party lines to target sexual offenders and take guns away from domestic abusers. in congress, i'll stand up to president trump. i approve this messa

. >> let's begin touight withg kammerer, he's in the storm center. doug, this is all thanks to florence, right? >> absolutely, guys. when we talk about a land fallingcane or tropical system, we do get tornado threat that goes along with that. we saw t the last couple of days in parts of the carolinas, and now that threat has moved into virginia. let's show you what's happening around the area right now. you see the spin here in the atmosphere. this is the remnants of florence. not tight spin like we saw earlier, but a spin down toward the south and west. i'm tracking this area right here. this is a fairly dangerous situation, think, that we've got going on. you notice what's happening along ki-95 and b to the west around the charlottesville area. big-time thunderstorm and they a moving our way. now, some very heavy rain with that, and once again, we still have a flash flood watch inct efntil 4:00 in the morning. and look at the training going on erre. are flash flood warnings down into this area. even a tornado warning in this area, as well. now, aro

. >> let's get things started with chief meteorologist doug kammerer. the storm track that came in a few minutes ago, dg? >> a couple changes we've been seeing with the hurricane in the last hour or two hours oro. takeook at what's going on right here. you notice a fairly well dined eye. you notice some greens, some yellows. 's air that got into the system and weakened it a little bit when the hurricane hunter was going in there. the storm slihatly weaker it was, although the last couple of frames i can telyou it's starting to strengthen again. here's the latest from the national hurricane center. first off current stats still at 140 mile per hour storm. the pressure is up by 5 millibars. weakened slightly, but i do think it is going to get that strength right back. moving to theest northwest at 13 miles per hour, the new track is a little farther to the not much, by about 30, 40 miles. but does still bring it on shore as a category 4 thursday afternoon and evening around 140 mile an hour winds. a category 4 making landfall in towards the carolinas, mos

let's check in with doug kammerer now. >> it was straight out swampy out there.s how long d the heat last here? obviously -- >> definitely on in the heat index. the heat index hit 104 today. i expect it to be there again during the day tomorrow. not much in the way of storms. one or two storms today. as we make our way in towards the nex couple of days, we are tracking the latest on tropical storm gourd dordon. whoe this storm is goinge headed what happened that means for our weather later on in the week. week.d humid all storm chances late this week. we're talking thursday and friday. and not one, talking gordon, but two tropicaou storm there. both of which have to be watched. m muchore on that. >> you got it, doug. we got good news tonight for metro riders as you get back in i your routine the morning. the partial red line is going to be over. tr the last month or so, you haven't been able e the red line because of emergency repairs. they're lser. >> we're watching for word from the white house tomorrow, federal workers will be waiting to hear if president trump has had a change of

chief meteorologist doug kammerer standing by. ♪e are the leaders of today ♪ >> reporter: i'm darcy spencer where there was a back to school rally of a different kind. >> the pain doesn't go away >> reporter: speaking out against gun violence in schools. i'll have the sto ahead. >> the srch is on for a missing swimmer in northern virginia nnouncer: news 4 begins with the storm team 4 weather alert. >> we have s ate of emergency in virginia because of tropical storm florence . good evening. this storm gains steam and puts everybody up and down the east coast on notice. lelgts' break down what governor ralph northam's dee sil means. it lessens any potential damage and it also streamlines the process for the commonwealth to send assistance to other states. theeoovernor wantse to start preparing right now. steam 4 chief meteorologistmm doug er. give us what you're seeing now. >> it's still a tropical storm, area. this storm is getting its act together again. a couple days ago it was a category 4 stor it weakened all the way down too a

. >> let's begin our team coverage with chief meteorologist doug kammerer and the latest storm track. doug, what are you seeing now? >> guys, this has weakened again. it is now a category 2 ghurricane. gorom a 4 earlier down to a category 2 right now with 1ur 110-mile-an-winds. this is the imagery here, this is about three hours old, unfortunately, i'm losing some satellite data, but you can clearly se a nice little circle earlier and look at the southern end of thisstorm, really falling apart. that's some good news with the wind.r, howe that does not change the effects along the coast. yes, the wind has aays been a factor, but i've been telling you the whole time, it is storm surge and it is flooding. that's what we're going to continue to see threatening parts of north carolina. let's showou the latest track here as it does move closer, the outer bands, by the way, are visible on radar now, as you can see. florence, 110-mile-per-hour hurricane, a category 2 hurricane, moving northwest at 17. on this new track, expected now to be a category 2 as it makes landfall, coming close to the

we've got team coverage, begins ith chief meteorologist doug kammerer. doug, thees watchow include virginia beach. r virginia beach under tropical storm watchesht now. the latest advisory just came out from the national hricane center. and it's even better news for our region, even worse new for the carolinas. let's show you where this storm is. you mentied just south of bermuda, south and west of bermuda right now. still churning in the atlantic as a category 4 hurricane. it hasn't changed all that much from the 8:00 or 5:00advisory. winds of 140 miles an hour. still well aw, miles away from the coastline. pressure up jus a little bit at 940 millibars. here is the latest track. he it's even farther to south. yesterday at this time, the cone of uncertainty was all the north of washington, d.c. now it's well to the south of washington. cape hatteras no longer in the cone of uncertainty, but this storm is gng to still come very close to cape hatteras. going to give them a wallop there at a category3, category 4 storm, 130 miles per hour, inland at 110 mile

our chief meteorologist doug kammerer will break itown for us in a moment. >> but first, let's start off with jim handly live for us in nags h jim, set the stage for us. >> reporter: guys, timing is everything. we've got high tide rolling in in justbout seven minutes. we are feeling wind gusts right here of about 75 miles an hour so far. we have seen tornado warnings,l flash warnings. but as you -- concern for everybody out here in carolina, south carolina and in the days ahead, perhaps georgia, is the surge. we're going to show you just how far inland this stuff is moving. but doug, first up, what are be going te waking up to tomorrow at sunrise? >> yeah, jim, sunrise tomorrow, that storm just off theoast here of parts of north carolina and right now, only about 60 miles away. eabut theest winds still have yet to come. the heaviest storm surge still has aet to come, well. that's all going to come during the day tomorrow. take a look right now. you cansee, the storm is really just off the coa right here. look how big this sucker is. and it just continues the grow in size here as it w

doug kammerer has the story. that's been happening over the next six to 12 hours, it is underrequesting an eye replacement cycle, meaning it has to fluctuate in intensity a little bitful it has come down a little bit. take a look at the latest satellite picture. one thing you do notice toward thethnd o satellite loop, it was looking very ragged. not anymore. look at th. the eye really coming into its own again. i think this isen strengg. the 5:00 advisory coming out in 45 minutes to an hour. dvthe latestory at 2:00 had it at 130 mil an hour. moving to the west northwest at 17 miles per ho the pressure at 950 millibars. yesterday it s939. so it is a little weaker storm than this time yesterday. the latest track making its way toward the carolinas here. tiis is new. okay? right here. this is category 3. winds of 120 miles per hour. no longer expected to be a 4. a category 3 on thursday nighta into fr that's when we expect landfall and then it just sits in our area. one other thing. look at the cone of uncertainty.

>> doug kammerer is in the storm center. are we finally going to see some good weathef >> we kindave to go through more clouds and showers. the good weather is coming. the heaviest rain into parts of west virginia. even around t maryland area, right through d.c., we've got some showers, it is raining right outside our udio. most of the showers are on our right side. sameis all part of the system bringing rain yesterday. a little different today though. all this making its f waym the south. and the temperatures have responded. we'ret 80 degrees in d.c. 84 in richmond. tomorrow we get into the mid to upper 80s. we're talking a chance forse re storms as well. i'll break it down for you hour byhour. u. okay. thank >>> new, a serial killer locked up. thomas hill was lockedup, charged with a series of burglaries near his homes in the colesville area. the string of crimes started la thursday. in one case they say he intrigue a house on carlisle dve and tried molest a 12-year-old girl in her bed. leaking antifreeze at multiple crime

. >> doug kammerer joins us now. how bad is this thing going to get? >> as it sits now across the atlantic ocean, this thing has really blown up over the past 24 hours, going from storm this time yesterday, a very weak hurricane, to a monster of a storm out there right now. the eye starting to get bigger and you can see, this is a buzz saw hurricane, winds of 135 miles per hour. winds moving west at 30 miles an hour with 130-mile-an-hour a category 4 storm south of bermuda on this track, staying on the westerly track coming in toward the carolina onbeaches. thursday, this is thursday, with 145-mile-an-hour nds. this is national hurricane center forecast. this is about to be revisedthver next hour. big time damage along portions of the carolina beaches and the storm surge for our area won't be until friday into the weekend. the big issue f us could be flooding associated with that. so tracking florence. we'll have much more coming up. coastal flood warningstonight. we saw it around alexandria, the d.c. area, ande the chesape and potomac rivers. we'll se

i was talking to doug kammerer. said this is the kind of thing that lets you push in on those outer bands to see what thempact will be for this part of hampton roads, southeastern virginia, even potentially at times into the eastern shore. so it is something that allows to us get a better view of what ae storm doing. we are, you caneehein . feeling the impact of florence even much farther south down to north carolina. >> but still, the biggest and highest winds have yet to make their way into your area. it will be interesti to see what readings you get on that mache. >> that thing looks sto ready. >> thanks. >>> the historic storm prepares to mak landfall. we have a complete gallery, pictures of very brave pple inpr the carolinas eparing for this, i vicious storm. to go our nbc washington app to see >> we always say, turn around, don't drown. >>> in th meantime, president trump is in a fire storm of his own making. he is denying theonusions of an academic scientifically validated report from george washington univer

al >> reporter: yeah, we'll put that question to doug kammerer. it does see like. that serve on pins and needles it willow much worse get for folks here in little washington, as it is known. back to u. >> you can tell that gentleman that this thing is moving so slowly, it will be there night and day, night and day, another night or so. >> he has ain they do seem to come at night. for some reason, escalate at night. we wake up and say my goodness. what's out righty. of in virginia, a lot people -- actually, we want to get back tom breaking news we told but at the top of the hour. a mother and baby killed. with ter holt spoke firefighters who went to the rescue. reporter: tonight we'll take you inside a dramatic rescue effort. tree crashed three people for several hours. wilmington firefighters work t feverishly move the tree, the debris, to get to victims. they brought out a voictim on a stretcher. the person wasnd conscious a was talking on firefighters. there was hope the other two could be extricated but instead the firefighters cameit out looks their faces of de

let's go to doug kammerer in the storm center. o this weekend won't be a sh definitely expect to see some rain during the weekend and much .oler numbe if you are talking about it, and a lot of you you are asking me for fall-like,temperaturhey are coming this weekend. 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 to

i' storm team 4 chief meteorologist doug kammerer.rackingeat and humidity on this labor day, and what you can expect heading back to work andl sc and not to mention two tropical storms to follow. >> plus, a tragic turn after a local man is found dead in the chesapeake bay. >> i couldn't believe that he's been in such great shape. you just would not expect something like this to happen. >> remembrances for the popular personal trainer who drowned while out for a swim witnd fr >> and on tap for a senate showdown. what we can expect when hearings get underway for the nominee that could shape the supreme court for decades. >>> wetart with that breaking news from northeast d.c. a tragedy averted today at a local swimming pool. >> it is not often that we're able totart a newscast off with the good news, but that is the case today. lifeguards able tota resus a little girl this, after pulling her from under the water. >> this all happened at the langdon park pool in northern d.c. and that's where news 4's jackie benn is live wit us. hi, jacki

i' storm team 4 meteorologist doug kammerer, another weather alert and anothertorm making its wayng aus, a showdown on capitol hill. angry outbursts and partisan fireworks mark the fir day the confirmation fight over the president's supreme courtmi e. >> this is the first confirmation hearing for a supreme court justice i've seen basically according to mob rule. >> what's being doneere is unprecedented, and i keep coming i k to the same question asked what are we trying to hide? >> reporter: a father'suit against six flags after a beating caught on camera. >> that shouldn't happen to anybody, white, black, short, tall, i don't care what are you. >> thearoment oftal panic that he says ended with him being assaulted by park securitr . >> and our top story this evening is a weather alert as our region is dealing withajajor heat and humidity. >> oh, we can feel, it folks. the heat indexdiopping triple ts in some spots this afternoon while some others are seeing storms. >> lor's get the latet doug. how is it looking out there? >> extremely hot and humid all day todayig the in d.c. 59 degre