i'm adam us the. >> i'm megan fitzgerald. start to our a little chilly out there. you know what? it gets me in the mood toakant to me soup or something. >> you know whon can brighte things up? >> only one girl. >> it's lauryn richts. >> lauryn ricketts. >> i don't know how much sunshine i can bright things up today guys. if the redskins win, we'll have brightnessll around the area, it won't matter if it's raining outside. that will put erybody in a good mood despite the rain. if you're headed out to the game, be prepared for rain. if you're headed to the nats game, be prepared for rain. if you're headed toaste of georgetown, d.c. fair, we have a plethora of events going on and this is what it looks like on your sunday morning. unfortunately, this is what it will look like on your sunday afternoon as well. live at the n,ional harbor you can see water drops hitting the camera. we've got a lot of rain andar s of moderate rain and this is what we're going to see. some may see some the skies just for a hot second but the rain will

. >> i'm megan fitzgerald in fore anoff and a bit of a wet art to the day. droo dreary but a good day for movies. >> or stay winside andch football or keep us on for the next hour and a half. >> and then we havepr "meet the s" and then football starts and of course we've got a couple home games. we've g the nats playing at home. we also have the redskins dlaying at home against the packers then you hp to baltimore, ravens are playing at home as well. conditions et throughout the mid-atlantic. let's go ahead and take a look at some of the showers out there. yeah, this is how the radar look all throughout the day today. areas of moderate rain, areas of drizzle, areas of light rain and if you get a little t of a brea it will be short lived. we have a frontal system to the south and this is going to hang out here for at least 48 hours and we are going to see little waves along this, that will bring rain into our area, high pressure to the north that is also kind of reinforcing our rain chances. we're at 63 rig now. we won't make it out of the 60s today. it will

it's8: on this sunday, .eptember i'm megan fitzgerald.e top stories we're following for you this morning. >>> a mother from honduras who is sking asylumreunited with her son at dulles international erairport yesty. karen gutierrez came legally to the united states to petition for asylum. her 11-year-old son was detained at the southern border as he tried to join her. she sued and a federal judge in d.c. allowed them to be reunited. >>> and the redskin are looking to bounce back this afakrnoon. they te on the green bay packers at fedex field. kietoff is for 1:00. >>> of course we will have a >>> of course we will have a look at your forje i put criminals in prison during the day i'm nnifer 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 message because, like every wo

megan fitzgerald, news 4. >>> hurricane florence is not only a threat to the people in it's path but the animals as well. ey had to transport more than 40 cats aog during the storm but the trip didn't go quite as expected. the alternatorailed and that left animals stranded at a gas station in north colina for hours. >> so more 5 than people arrived at that gas station to get the animals to help, air conditioning cars and now they're all safe and they also said they wanted to replace the van as well. there's a little bit o the video we were talking about. the dogs and cats are going to be up for adoption soon. so very good news. >> thank goodness for the kindness of strangers. >> i wonder if the girl dogs will be named florence. >> that's a good question. flo. >> so we'll continue to keep a very close eye on the orm. it's just now starting to scrapn al the north carolina coastline. this is going to be a real problem. storm.category 1 the winds are at 90 miles per hour. the newest advisory from the hurricane center, expected to come out right about 5:00. so about 8 minutes from now. we

news 4's megan fitzgerald has more on what he had to say.r: >> reporames martin remembered his daughter, son-in-law, a 10-year-old grandson. he talked about the close relationship with his family and said he learned that their house was on fire after getting a call from a reporter. notable testimony came from a woman who wked for a pet resort company that the family would use to board their dog. this woman testified that they tried to confirm an appointment wi a at 3:14 p.m. on the day the family was held hostage, but the phone was disconnect. she said by 5:35 that evening, amy called herro back her cell phone. the former employee says amy was alwa a bubbly pleasant, but this time, she said, she sounded, quote, sleepy like she was rushing. this time she was different. prosecutors say when amy made that phone call, she was alrea being held hostage inside her home. now, we are expecting to hear from several more witnesses today when the trial begins at :00 a.m. reporting in nortest, meg fitzgerald, news 4. >>> all eyes are on hurricane florence all ears are on president trump's recentomme

megan fitzgerald has details from d.c. superior court. >> reporter: prosecutors called to the witness stand an expert who analyzed daron wint's fab identity. he used facebook dozens of times a day. but during a 36-houreriod during the morning the family was held hostage to after they wererd ed, there was hardly any activity at all. earlier in the day the prosecutors used vehicles to showhat happened in the hou after the three family members and the housekeeper were killed. jurors watched video from traffic cameras as a u.s. parkt ive showed how the family's blue porsche was seen leaving d.c. on new york avenue and heading into maryland. less than an hour later, a tow truck is seen moving into new york avenue. the blue mini vanates the description of the vehicle that the defendant used to drive. and she told jurors the wint was living with them in may of 2015. while she was speaking, daron wint looked down the o majorit the time. the woman said he would spent st of his time looking for jobs and around the house. but on may

news4's megan fitzgerald sat down with the scho's president who explained how it happened. >> it's beeness than a month since classes have en under way at howard university and the year has already gotten off to a strong start. according to "u.s. news and world re" latest rankings for the best colleges across the country,d how university ranks 89, jumping 21 spots from last year. thversit w helped by the change in the formula used to rank schools. now the success of graduates and pell grant recipients are factored into the rkings but university presi wayne frederick sayshere w factors th at the end of the day this is the vindication i've seen in the frederi says he and his staff have increased the minimu credits students are taking each semester to 15. >> that alone has moved. our retention rate has gone from 82% to 96%. >> the success howard is enjoying came despite alt tuus end of the last school year. auditors fou universy employees misappropria financial aid fundinlya decalo six ees were fired and students occupied the administration building with the list of demands but this year m

megan fitzgerald will cover the trial for us.scher is also digging in.a ladiest of ground to cover and a lot of questions to be asked. i'll start with the length of s timetember 5th is when this trial will start. it seems like a long time. three years. >> it does, but when you look at how big of a and case we are talking about here, it takes time to process evidence, the prosecution has to go through the evidence and then that needs to be turned over to the defe work through that evidence. but we have to keep in mind here that daron wt swi attorneys and they need more time to go through the evidence. to retest it thesuelves to make that the dna is what is and so forth. that's part of the reason. plus f youacr in how big of a case this is as we all know, a judge has to block off two months' time to be able to, you know, accommodate a case like this and that's why we're oking at september 5th. >> the expectation is this will be a two month trial. let's walk through the case here. wint is facing 20 charges this case. walk us through

megan. my name is laura fitzgerald, i have known brett kavanaugh since high school. i dated him briefly in college and i've been friends with him ever since. i want to make something clear, very, very clear. for me this is not political, me being here, my being here has nothing to do with politics. i am here because i felt it important to share my perspective on brett's character and to talk about a man i have known for 35 years. the allegation against brett is inconsistent with everything i've known about him as a person. in both public and priva, brett treated me and everyone i know with respect. he has always been kind and good-natured. he has always been caring and concerned with the well-being of others. and a was in college close friend was in a coma after a car accident, brett sent me a letter letting me know how sorry he was, writing that although he had never been in a similar situation, he could imagine the hurt i was feeling. that was very typical of brett , openly and unabashedly exhibiting care and compassion. to my recollection, he was the only friend,