roanoke sudden the river is back open to confederate traffic. a few weeks later after consolidating their gains, the albemarle and union navy will go at it on the roanoke river just downstream of plymouth. as the albemarle gets the better of the fight going after these union double enders is going to explode one of them's boilers, force the others to retreat as one of the commodores there said at the time, if she had disabled one or two more of our steamers we would have lost control of the north carolina sounds. the blockade had loosened. the confederates came within a stone's throw up breaking it and ripping a hole in it in the north carolina sounds. but note the date of the accident i just mentioned. may 5, 1864. what is going on in the war? and butler day the leaves for munro and moves towards bermuda hunter. houck's commanded north carolina has to be withdrawn to reinforce the confederates in virginia. the north carolina sounds settle into uneasy, bloody stalemate at this point. the blockade is loosened. it has not been broken. the confeder

to the south and west, some showers have developed around roanoke.hey will come up through the blue ridge, parts of the shenandoah valley, heads u the west. they should stay to the west for the most part ofchester and rom see them. tornado watches for portions of tennessee, to the tallahassee area. storms are moving east fairly rapidly. birmingham and then atlanta is next. and then eventually in towards our region. but not tomorrow. we'll start future weather tomorrow at 8:00 a.m. notice just a few clouds, shower activity back toward the west. throughout the day, a couple of clouds. i think we'll see some sunshine. that's going to help temperatures to warm close to 80 degrees tomorrow. but the shower chance remains west of the blue ridge. tuesday night, a better chance of showers, maybe loudon county. don't think we'll be totally dry tomorrow, but i expect most of the day to be on the dryer side. wednesday morning, a line back to the west. 8:00 a.m., notice the shower activity around the rest of the region. the line of showers coming through, 3, 4, 5

all of a sudden the roanoke river is back open to traffic. a few weeks later, we will both go at it and they get the better of the fight going after these union double enders will explode one of the boilers and force the others to retreat as one of the commodores and officers said at the time. he said if she had disabled one or two more and the confederates came within a stono throw of ripping a hole in the north carolina senate. note the date, may 5th, 1864. this is also the day they move towards bermuda. the command in north carolina has to be with drawn to fight and reinforce the confederates in virginia. it is loosened and not broken. they start off on a good note thanks to the album. as the calender turns from may to june, the focus for both sides shifts and shifts eastward to the atlantic theater. the confederates in 1862 and as early as 1861 developed a strategy they term as war against the economy. war against commerce. we want to outfit the raiders. build them under assumed names, most of them under assumed names in london and liverp

down from roanoke, roanoke valley and down towards the mountain empire of southwest virginia.ng. most of that will stay down to the south today, but never say never to that kind of a wave of low pressure and in our future model forecast is picking up on it as well. low rain chances today, but there is at least a chance during the late daylight hours, down to the south and west. here's how the computer models handle it. the nice sky early this morning and becoming mostly cloudy this afternoon and there's the laare of showers that will dry up as it comes into our area but never say never to the hint of a rain forecast. nice today and may have some thunderstorms to contend with as we get into the day on wednesday so if you go out to that very, very carefully as temperatures will be in the 80s but thunderstorms are a real possibility. much warmer air is coming our way. some places might flirt with 80 degrees on tuesday. dry late week and into next weekend. >> thanks, chuck. >> you're welcome. >> coming up, the artificial turf your kids play on is linked to cancer. what an nbc inve

by noon, showerapproaching roanoke. these will overspread some of the region by mid-afternoon. we could have a couple of showers in d.c. it doesn't look widespread enough to warrant a yellow alert. we're looking at good weather for the drive home and tomorrow night a chance of showers and by wednesday morning they're out of here. wednesday will be a good day along with thursday. today, breezy, milder, 73. and an isolated shower tonight and 59 degrees in town and mid- 50s in the cool spots. 72 tomorrow. and a couple of showers in the afternoon. and a better chance tomorrow night. by wednesday the sun returns and a pleasant today and 75. thursday also looks good, low 70s. 71 on friday and a few showers and the o's and royals kick off in baltimore. and temperatures holding in the 60s. we in fairfax county we had to cut a lot of waste. we consolidated offices. started sharing printers. we can walk a few feet. replaced computers, but kept the monitors. they still work fine. we even discovered that the phone company overcharged us by three million dollars! i approve this message beca

heavy rain and thunderstorms just on the north side of roanoke, virginia right now. that's the part we're really watching right now. this area down in southwestern virginia. because it's moving north-northeast. we'll be here in three hours. so 6:30, 7:00 time period it hits areas like rappahannock and culpeper county and continues to move northeast. that's wave one. there will be another heavier wave coming after about 9:00 p.m. so your impact forecast for tonight, 9:00 p.m. until 2:00 a.m. all the way up to moderate, because there could be strong gusts with heavy rain. i don't think we're going to see any flooding across the area, but strong gusts could lead to a handful of some power outages across the area. 73 degrees your temperature. mostly cloudy at 5:00. we hang on to dry conditions for just a little while longer. then it's rain after 7:00. we drop to 72, and with that rain and chance of storms at 9:00 p.m. and thereafter we're into the 60s and temperatures will start falling off faster. your future weather, let's take a look. we'll take you through right thro

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the city of roanoke, the law enforcement tactical response team will also benefit from this. in total 79 projects across the commonwealth will get some money. >> turk our eyes to the weather and outside -- >> we can actually look at the sky today. turn our eye to the sky without getting a raindrop in our eye. >> at no additional charge to you. 100% free sunshine for you on your sunday morning, and we appreciate it after that cloudy day yesterday. nobody in the metro area saw a sliver of sunshine. today though, it's beautiful outside now. you need to enjoy the sunshine while you can, because we're going to be sunshine challenged by later today. tomorrow the sky will not look like this at all. nice and blue. can't even find a cloud in that picture. there will clouds hanging around out there. just not in this particular camera view but it's a nice looking day outside. runners still streaming over the 1th street bridge and the army ten-miler. 35,000 runners strong and if you want a great day to be running around downtown washington, if you're not participating in the race and you

charlotte and roanoke and raleigh under the gun. big hubs, john. it moves to new york on wednesday night into thursday and brings stormy conditions there. >> if you are watching us from the airport this morning stuck, our greetings to you. alexandra, thank you so much. >>> 12 minutes after the hour. worry on wall street. a late day selloff on monday sent stocks sinking lower. the dow slid 223 points. that is the fifth straight day of triple digit moves. one of the triple digit moves in the good direction. the latest move down dashes hopes of a rebound following the plunge. the market has been in shambles after fears emerge of a growth globally. >>> a huge explosion rocking the city of kobani as the fight for the key city wages on. can coalition forces keep isis from taking the city? >>> and new tension in ferguson, missouri. protesters demanding equality. an arrest of one very prominent figure. we will have the latest coming up. come on! let's hide in the attic. no. in the basement. why can't we just get in the running car? are you crazy? let's hid

you s the showers down here tow the roanoke area.ough going through the north, through canada to the north. there are freeze warnings almost down to the gulf coast. that is how coldr mass is, a very early cold shot. we'll see the colder air coming in tomorrow. saturday, 8:00 a.m. rain showers making their way through the atlantic, across the area, around the noon hour. if you have plans around noon you want to take the umbrella with you just in case. we'll see shower activity, not going to see a lot of rain, maybe a tenth of an in, maybe 2/10, take the umbrella anyway, one thing we'll see for sure, windy conditions develop during the afternoon, winds gusting 20 to 25 on saturday. sunday morning we can see winds gusting to 30, maybe even 40 miles an hour through the 11 or 12:00 hour, so sunday morning, very cold. wind chill could be in the 20s for most of us. high temperatures tomorrow in the 40s, 48 in gaithersburg, 47 martinsburg, 52 in fredericksburg, and scattered showers, a little more than isolated. we'll call them scattered. th

there is actually a winter storm warning toward roanoke. they could see 3 to 6 inches at the higher peaks. for us, it would be the cold. not the rain, not every the chance for snow. but the cold. veronica, we're not just talking cold, we're talking windchills. >> and of course gusts over 30 miles an hour. so just so rea harsh weather for saturday night and especially the second half of the weekend. this will be our coldest air that we will have for deal with going all the way back to early april. take a look at your saturday evening. is this at 5:00. these are the windchill temperatures across the area. actual air temp down in the 50s from 44 degrees in d.c., that windchill reading, to gaithersburg at 44. 42 in leesburg. watch what happens as we get into early sunday morning. windchill temperatures will be getting closer to the freezing mark even around d.c., you folks in college park and even around arlington feeling more like 35, 3536. early sunday morning, the air temps drop into the low 30s and look at this, low 20s across the area. at

he told the roanoke times newspaper that the school wants to send a message that it is inclusive on its campus. >>> developing now, a teenager from the chicago suburbs arrested while reportedly on his way to join isis. >> ebola reaches europe for the first time. nbc news now confirms a hospital employee in spain has tested positive for the deadly virus. jay gray joins us livefter the break. in cases of rape and incest, just like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge. >>> welcome back to news4 athe 4:00. for the evening rush, we're dry. for tomorrow morning's rush, we're dry. in between, we get rain. we're tracking it here. you can see this whole area just across west virginia right now, coming out of ohio and moving through kentucky. advancing eastward. and we can find that leading edge bringing rain

rape drops in the southwestern parts of the commonwealth moving out of roanoke valley. most of that will dry up before it gets here. if it comes straight on it, that would be three hours, 6:00 in the afternoon. here's the forecast. partly cloudy and mostly cloudy by lunchtime. full cloud cover by late this afternoon. rain chances remain very, very low. a little higher down to the south and west. we'll need to know about the areas and the raindrops. >> looking forward to it, thanks. >> right now people running that army ten-miler want to take a live look at hov lanes of the 14th street bridge. the sun shining on them. news 4 derrick ward live along the course near the lincoln memorial, not wearing your running clothes and perhaps running in place to kind of stay warm. i know they have been out there for a little while. hey, o, derrick. >> reporter: well, i'm running in my heart and that's what counts. it is a perfect day for it and not necessarily such a perfect day for getting around this area if you're not running. take a look these are some of the runners taking part

there are a few heavier showers north and west of roanoke, south and east of charleston, west virginia. but most of that will move to the northwest of the metro area. scattered showers definitely in the forecast. our temperatures delightful now. low to mid 70's. that's it. increasing clouds. should be a beautiful sunset this evening. then some overnight showers. we'll be back ontrack to a pretty pleasant weather day for the day tomorrow. let's hope sports fans are having a pleasant day by tomorrow morning, too. >> you got that right, buddy. >> all right. thank you. >> all right. so how much optimism is there out there among us all about the nationals' chances of advancing to the next round? >> hopefully a lot. we continue our team coverage. he's been monitoring our facebook page and joins us with what nats fans are saying tonight. hi, kendis. >> the conversation online has transitioned from what the heck was matt williams thinking to let's hope we can pull off a win. we posed the question on our facebook page. do you think the washington nationals can win today? one of those responding

big picture, down to the southwest, look at all the rain down in southwestern virginia in the roanokey dry and clear this afternoon when the clouds start to thicken. 61 was the high yesterday. the coldest day this month, also the weather of our rainfall yesterday for the month. today, partly sunny and pleasantly cool, some late-day clouds, 61 to 66. if you like those temperatures, you're going to like tomorrow. temperatures tomorrow around 70. showers possible and cloudy skies, but otherwise a nice columbus day and strong storms at mid week with temperatures all week long in the low to mid 70's. >> ok, dave, thanks a lot. we thank you very much for watching. enjoy the rest of your sunday. >> is this news from the capital regigion. this is "washington business report, at" witith rebca cooper. >> thanks for joining us for a a firstook at businesss and finance and the washington region. today in o small business spotlig, the top for legal tips you need to know. and coming up,he market gyrations, google's privacy expectatioions, and twitter takg on t fed. all that and more. but first -- e

the upper level low producing the showers by noon from cleveland to charleston back to southwest of roanoketart to spin up some showers our way early to mid- afternoon from areas around martinsburg and winchester over toward northern virginia and the district. potentially a few into southern maryland late afternoon as well into early this evening. this will pull away so that by tomorrow morning, we're sunny. it's going to be a very pleasant friday around here with temperatures in the low 70s. comfortable winds. we get a little breezy ahead of this front coming through on saturday, saturday night with a couple of showers possible saturday night, especially north and west of us. see how they're coming across here by midnight, 12:30. the cooler weather filters in for sunday. sunday's highs may not get out of the 50s for a lot of folks. this is gonzalo. it will weaken as it heads toward bermuda but it's taken a terrible track toward bermuda. the front that went through us with the tropical moisture, that's going to kick gonzalo north and then northeast. 140 mile an hour winds, a category 4 stor

through north jersey right now but more rain moving toward the north and east in that batch near roanoke is moving on a plane up i-95 corridor and will be moving through philadelphia later on tonight. these showers and storms moving faster, and will be arriving during the night time hours. so we're talking about ten or 11:00 o'clock tonight we will see rain moving n front moves off shore, breezy conditions moving n we will talk about westerly wind tomorrow about 15 to 20, gusting to 25 miles an hour but temperatures will be able to make it in the 70's with the sunshine. after that cool air really start to settle in, temperatures only in the 60's for thursday, and then friday, clouds and a few showers backing down into the 60's. it that is time of the year. overnight rain up to about a quarter inch, some thunderstorms and wind gusting up to 25, and some of those thunderstorms wind could be as high as 40 or 45 miles an hour. so, the 20 percent chance of rain tomorrow, that is a slight chance, not worried about that, or thursday, better chance of rain on friday even a chance of showers on s

temperatures right now, 39 in roanoke, 45 in d.c., 40 in pittsburgh. chicago, you're at 40 degrees.n the same boat here. we're going to see temperatures rebound though. temperatures today will actually be a little bit warmer than yesterday. 61 in new york. we'll be warming up to 70 by tuesday. temperatures in d.c. around 65. warming up to 75 tomorrow. chicago, 57 is your high temperature today. tomorrow 60 and tuesday at 66. so warming up nicely. across the southeast, much of the same story. a lot of places around 65, 70 degrees today. we'll be warming up to around 80 by tuesday. so a very fast rebound for much of the country. i want to touch on the west coast just a bit. that fire threat does remain high for today. santa ana still a problem. staying very, very hot here. no relief in sight. we are going to see temperatures stay warm today, however, gradually starting to taper off over the next couple of days. 86 today in l.a. 83 tomorrow, 81 on tuesday. things are getting a little bit better. we're also watching simon. this storm is going to continue to weaken as it bends to the nor

in fact, the risk of severe weather stretching from roanoke all the way down to daytona, as far west as tallahassee and atlanta in this as well. as we look at the live radar, you can see how heavy the storms are. these areas shaded in red, that's where we have tornado watches into early afternoon hours. so, we're going to continue to track them. we have flash flood warnings also starting to fire up across the plain and into the south. rainfall amounts anywhere from one to two inches. locally we could be look at two to four georgia, and three to five in the panhandle. also gonzalo. so far, tropical storm watches and warnings canceled for puerto rico. however, this storm is expected to become the strongest of the atlantic hurricane season, 140 miles northeast of san juan, 110 miles per hour, moving northwest at 13. here is the big problem. if you are, or know anybody in or around bermuda or planning a trip to bermuda, this is bad news. friday night, some time late friday, this will be a category 2 storm making its way across bermuda, already devastated by fay last week. this could be v

david olson used a small camera to record up the dress of a 4-year-old girl at a wal-mart store in roanokeark. he's a registered sex offender for a previous conviction involving a child. his bail has been set at $300,000. >>> a man accused of exposing himself to women in belmont may be tied to similar incidents in palo alto. belmont police say they're looking for this manual. they say he is the person depicted in a sketch released by palo alto police yesterday afternoon. the belmont incident happened yesterday morning just outside peach coffee shop on el camino. two women saw the man touching himself inappropriately inside a vehicle. >> there was a man parked in a white bmw in front of the business and he was exposing himself. >> the most recent palo alto incident happened thursday when a man in a white bmw exposed himself to a woman on her bicycle there on miller avenue. >>> san jose police are searching for whoever burglarized a home and severely injured a family dog. it happened just after 11:00 yesterday morning on culpeper drive. police say the homeowner had been out but then found th

atlanta will get up to the mid 80s and then as we get to the east coast, roanoke, 82. norfolk, 81.egrees above normal as well. it's going to be toasty on the east by the time we get into tomorrow. big changes coming with this front. lot of wet weather stretching from the great lakes back into oklahoma and more rain moves into the pacific northwest, again, the remnants of >>> good morning. i'm meteorologist bill henley. a cold start this morning but we have got sunshine today and a nice afternoon, into the 60s today. tomorrow we will see sunshine, 75 degrees the high temperature. but that's where the warming trend stops. 69 degrees as clouds move in with showers for wednesday. thursday it will be nice and sunny, but cooler with a high of 60. it turns chillier for halloween, especially friday evening. by saturday morning, we'll see temperatures in the 30s. have a great day. >> that's your latest weather. >> al, thanks. >>> have you avoid a colon cancer screening because they're invasive and uncomfortable? you could get a new breakthrough test that you could take right in your own hom

average in kansas city, atlanta is going to get up to mid-80s, then as we get to the east coast, roanokefolk 81, d.c. 15 degrees above normal as well. it's going to be toasty in the east by tomorrow. big changes coming with the front wet weather stretching from the great lakes back into oklahoma, and more rain moves into the pacific northwest, again with r >>> in the south bay, 67 in san francisco, a lot of sunshine coming your way. s a you head to the mid section of your week, temperatures jump to 81 degrees and then we have rain coming in as we head throughout friday. more coming at 11:00. >> and that's your latest weather. >> all right, al. thanks so much. have you avoided a colon cancer screening because they can be invasive and uncomfortable? starting today you could potentially get a new breakthrough test that you can take in your own home. clinical professor of medicine is here with more g. morning. this is one of those things a lot of people dread, obviously you have to drink that liquid beforehand, the test is invasive, sometimes you good under. is this a viable alternative? >>