when my friends andl rockville, maryland.from nearby catholic all—girls high schools, stoneridge, holy child, visitation, immaculata, holy child, visitation, immaculata, holy cross. doctor ford did not attend one of those schools. she attended a private school. she was a year behind me. she and i did not travel in the same social circles. it is possible that we met at some point at some events, although i do not recall that. to repeat, all of the people identified by dr ford as being present at the party have said they do not remember any such party ever happening. importantly, her friend has not only denied knowledge of the party, she said under penalty of the party, she said under penalty of perjury, she does not know me and does not recall ever being a party with me ever. in my two male friends who were allegedly there, who knew me well, have told this committee under penalty of felony that they do not recall any such party and that i never did or would do anything like this. doctor ford's allegation is not merely uncorrob

you see this loop here hour after hour, rain in the same .ocations, and right over to the rockville ar watch out for flooding in this region. we could see some over the next hour give yourself a lot of extra time at 270, and, also, you know we're watching hurricane florence making its way to the coast now under 400 miles away from the coastline. >>> and now at 5:30, we are not the only ones watching florence. who else is? the astronauts on the internationa space station. ese are the images of the monster s as they seet giving us perspective how big this thing is. >>> myrtle beach, south carolina, people are stocking uk and cheing in, grabbing supplies like cases of waters re and shelters opening up feeding people and sheltering them for the night. >>> places as far as the heartland are gearing up forhe hurricane. a kansas city base nonprofit is sending teams to help victims and provide supplies, and florida emergency leaders are heading to the carolinas to set up an emergency operating center, so everyone is -- we're all in this together. >> of course news 4 is working for you around t

meanwhile, justin finch is in rockville, maryland, where local crews are heading towards the storm.lorence we're keeping an eye on. melissa molt will have the first 4 traffic warnings. wrst we beginh chuck bell and sheena parveen. >> some areas in marylan the fog. it gets more intense towards baltimore and philadelphia. >> wn will we ever see the sunshine? >> not for a while. >> chuck, it's been since last thursday or friday since we saw the sun, and there will be very littleunshinen your future for today or the next couple of days. the latest on florence, we'll give you that information in a little bit. threat. serious right now though we're dealing with a couple of showers across southern maryland. hit-and-miss showers will be with us. thicker fog out onte the e shore. visibility down to 1.1 mile ere at joi base andrews. future weather carries that rain out onto the eastern shore. there will be a 50% chance you can get hit with a rain drop. umbrella in the 60s and 70 highs in the 70s and 80 degrees. not much sunshine today and the ten day. for now, let's hear from melissa mollet w

on saturday night august 7, but i was at a small gathering at becky's house in rockville with matt, lori, and jenny. their names are all listed on my calendar. i will not use their last names here. then, on the weekend of august 20 to 22nd, i was staring at the chris.'s with pat and confirm, thatrs footballefore real training camp schedule was no time for parties. let me emphasize this point. if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my family -- my calendar shows all the definitively that i was not there. -- all but definitively that i was not there. during the weekdays in the summer of 1982, as you can see, i was out of town for two weeks in the summer for trips to the beach with friends and at the legendary five-star basketball camp in pennsylvania. when i was in town, i spent much of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball, were hanging out and having beers with friends -- or hanging out and having beers with friends as we talked about life, football, school, and girls. some notice that i did not have church on sun

justin finch live for us in rockville. thank you, justin. >>> we know it's not only emergency crews in maryland prepared to help out, additional crews have been called in fm missouri, ohio, as far away as oklahoma. this is dealing with power outages, w assistingh the rescues. the storm is no joke, chuck bell. you have been trackg this all week. i know we were waiting for the latest advisory? >> the strength is pretty close to where it has been, a category 3 to 4 storm. that's going to continue. you can see t very well-defined eye of florence now about 600 miles o the coast of north carolina. the very latest forecast track from the hurricane center follows pretty much the ensemble of these computer models. each one of thesere is a dif line. the hurricane center is right on track with that maintaining a category 3 too 4urricane all the way tofa la. there is new information on the nerun. saturday,. displ thursday night thlandfall. 're saying it will drag south ward before being scooped up and taken farther inland. the center

on saturday night, august 7th, but i was at a small gathering at becky's house in rockville with matt, denise, lori, and jenny. their names are all listed on my calendar. i won't use their last names here. and then on the weekend much august 20 to 22nd, i was staying at the garretts with pat and chris as we did final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday the 22nd. as the calendars confirm, that weekend before a brutal football training camp schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point, if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendar shows all, but definitively that i was not there. during the weekdays in the summer of 1982, as you can see, i was out of town for two weeks of the summer for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five-star basketball camp in homesdale, pennsylvania. when i was in town, i spent much of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball, or hanging out and having some beers with friends, as we talked about life, and football, and schoo

also was in dc on saturday night august 7th, but i was at a small gathering at becky's house in rockville with matt, denise, and genny, their names are all listed on my calendar. i won't use their last names here and then on the weekend of august 20th, to 22nd i was staying at the garretts as we did final preparation for football training camp that began on the 22nd. as calendars confirm the brutal weekend schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point, if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendar shows all but definitively that i was not there. during the weekdays in the summer of 1982 as you can see i was out of town for two weeks of the summer for trip to the beach withor friends and at legendary 5-star basketball camp in pennsylvania. when i was in town i spent much ofwh my time working, working o, lifting weights, playing basketball or hanging out and having some beers with friends as we talked about life and football and school and girls. some have noticed that i didn't have church on sundays on my calendars, iid

molettereen in rockville with details on this amazing event and whos benefom sales this weekend. hi, molette. >> reporter: hey. i'm sur rounded by chocoholics, right? [ cheers ] can i have you look at this chocolathe everyw, all these deliciousco chotes with ingredients i can'tmbven remeer to tell youabout. from the t maple the ange, to the pistachios inside the chocolate and, eun and aaron, all for a vy good cause. talking about the carnival of chocolates, which kicks off on and the dwelling place is the charity, the nonprofit, that will benefit from everybody coming up. got a bunchf chocolateers, got a bunchfvendors. we are trying to hp homeless families, right? >> that's correct. the dwelling place is a nonprofit organization in montgomery county. we've been around f 30years. we support homeless families in their road to self-sufficiency. we provide them with the tools. we have 100% success rate, when they are stably housed once they leave. >> all of the reasons that lizette engle, to eat chocolate early in the morning, right? we have fabulous chocolateers. they left their day

on saturday night august 7th but i was at a small gathering at becky's house in rockville with matt, denise, lorrie and jenny. their names are listed on my calendar. i will not use their last names here. and then on the weekend of august 20th, 22nd. i was staying at the garretts with pat and chris as we did final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday the 22nd. as the calendars confirm, the weekend before a brutal football training camp schedule, there was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point, if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendar shows all but definitively i was not there. during the weekdays in the summer of 1982, as you can see, i was out of town for two weeks of the summer. for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five star basketball camp in honesdale pennsylvania. when i was in town, i spent much of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball or hang out and having some beers with friends as we talked about life and football and school and girl

so that's good. 10-day forecast coming up inner loop there at rockville pike. not seeing a big impact because it's so early but the right lane is getting by. this should be 4 to 6 hours before it's cleared out of the way. taking a look at another problem. crash there as well. >> if you're looking for a part time jo i you are luck. coming up how businesses are tfering more > welcome back at 4:24. getting ready for the shopping season. >> the challenge is different this year. instead of people struggling to find work, it's the stores that are struggling to find workers. >> whi is creating some nice holiday job perks. >> there's nearly00,000 retail job openings across the country as of this summer. that's 100,000 more than last year. seasonal hiring is now underway at target that plans to add 120,000 workers. macy's hiring 80,000 and ups is bringing in 100,000 seasonal workers. with consumer confidence hitting an 18 year high, employers are offering incentives toe retain workers. >> they're doing whatever. that could be higher pay, that could be paid time off or o

on saturday night, august 7th, but i was at a small gathering at becky's house in rockville with matt, denise, lori and jenny. their names are all listed on my calendar. i won't use their last names here. then on the weekend of august 20 to 22nd, i was staying at the garretts' with pat and chris as we did final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday, the 22nd. as the calendars confirm, that weekend before a brutal football training camp schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point. if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendar shows all but definitively that i was not there. during the weekdays in the summer of 1982, as you can see, i was out of town for two weeks of the summer for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five-star basketball camp in holmesdale, pennsylvania. when i was in town, i spent much of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball or hanging out and having some beers with friends, as we talked about life and football and school and gi

a rigorous all boys catholic jesuit high school in rockville, maryland. when my friends and i spent time together at parties on weekends, it was usually with friends from nearby catholic all girls high schools, stone ridge, holy child, visitation, immaculata, holy cross. dr. ford did not attend one of those schools. she attended an independent private school named holton arms and she was a year behind me. she and i did not travel in the same social circles. it is possible that we met at some point at some events, although i do not recall that. to repeat, all of the people identified by dr. ford as being present at the party have said they do not remember any such party ever happening. importantly, her friend, miss keyser as not only denied knowledge of the party, miss keyser said under penalty of felony, she does not know me, does not recall ever being at a party with me ever. my two male friends who were allegedly there who knew me well have told this committee under penalty of felony that they do not recall any such party and that i never did or would d

on saturday night august 7th, i was at a small gathering at beck's's house in rockville with matt, denise, lori and jenny. their names are all listed on my calendar. i won't use their lastlori and . their names are all listed on my calendar. i won't use their last names here and then the weekend of august 20th, i was doing final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday the 22nd. as the calendars confirm, that weekend before a brutal football training camp schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point. if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendar shows all but definitively that i was not there. during the week days in the summer of 1982, as you can see i was out of town for two weeks in the summer for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five-star basketball camp in homesdale, pennsylvania. when i was in town i spent much of my time, working, working out, lifting weight, playing basketball or hanging out and having some beers with friends as we talked about life and football and sch

on saturday night august 7, but i was at a small gathers at becky's house in rockville with matt, denise, lori and jenny. their names are all listed on my calendar. i won't use their last names here. and then on the weekend of august 20 to 22, i was staying at the garretts with pat and chris as we did final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday the 22nd. as the calendars confirm, the weekend before a brutal training camp schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point. if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendars show all but definitively i was not there. during the week days in the summer of 1982, as you can see, i was out of town for two weeks of the summer for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five-star basketball camp in honesdale, pennsylvania. when i was in town, i spent much of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball or hanging out and having some beers with friends as we talked about life and football and school and girls. some have noticed i

on saturday night aug seventh but i was at a small gathering at bacchis house in rockville with matt did a nice lori and jenny their names are all listed on my calendar i won't use their last names here and then on the weekend of oct aug twenty to twenty second. i was staying at the garrets with pat and chris as we did final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday the twenty second as the calendars confirm the what that weekend before a brutal football training camp schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point if the party described by dr ford happened in the summer of one thousand nine hundred two on a weekend night my calendar shows all but definitively that i was not there during the weekdays in the summer of one thousand nine hundred two as you can see i was out of town for two weeks of the summer for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five star basketball camp in hone's dale pennsylvania when i was in town i spent much of my time working working out lifting weights playing basketball or hanging out and having superiors

megan mcgrath is in rockville with n details on what happened. megan? >> reporter: well, a strange wist in what from the very beginning has been a strange and tragic case. now, we're here at the courthousecounty you can see that we are waiting for a press conference, which is scheduled for enoon. we'r expecting to hear from prost.utors at that poin now, tyler tessier had been in court on tuesday anday wedne for jury selection. he was supposed to be back today for the opening argumts in his murder trial. but about 5:00 this morning, he was found dead in his cell at the clarksburg detention facility of an apparent suicide. tessier is accused of killing s girlfriend, 31-year-old laura wallen. wallen, a teacher, was 13 weeks pregnant. he was missing for nine days before her body was found in a shallow grave in damascus. now, investigators say tessiern was li double life and had a fiancee and killed wallen when she threatened to expose their relationship. inight of thi morning's events, the jury has been dismissed. we spoke to one of the and she described ho

on saturday night august 7th, but i was at a small gathering at becky's house in rockville with matt, denise, lori and jenny. their names are all listed on my calendar. i won't use their last names here. and then on the weekend of august 20 to 22nd, i was staying at the garrett's with pat and chris as we did final preparations for football training camp that began on sunday the 22nd. as the calendars confirm, that weekend before a brutal football training camp schedule was no time for parties. so let me emphasize this point. if the party described by dr. ford happened in the summer of 1982 on a weekend night, my calendar shows all but definitively that i was not there. during the weekdays in the summer of 1982, as you can see, i was out of town for two weeks of the summer for a trip to the beach with friends and at the legendary five-star basketball camp in holmesdale, pennsylvania. when i was in town, i spent much of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball or hanging out and having some beers with friends as we talked about life and football and school and g

in rockville, shomari stone, news 4. >>> it's aou commute know well around here. one of the busiest roads in the d.c. rereon. now tre new calls to make things safer for the hundreds of thousands of you who drive on 66 every day. more on what you need to be watching out f next news 4 toonda >>> new calls for safety on a congested roadway, i-66. adam has the urgent message for drivers as construction ramps up. >> reporter: well, as if i-66 wasn't tough enough already, now all the construction in this corridor, and drivers who are flowing through the area on a daily basis, you really nee to pay attention. >> take a look. this is the new reality along what's an already intense corridorg construction right next to heavy, heavy traffic. it's got drivers fleeing. >> i will avoid 66 as best i own. >> and more than ever, lanes shift, switch and move here as new express toll lanes are built. >> it's become a nightmare. i thought new york- i'm from new york. i thought that was the worst. this is the worst. >>> a deadly crash eastbound on i have close to chain bridge roadth r

coming up, news 4's justin finch wi join us live from rockville as they pack up and prepare to ship out. so it'sme not onlyency crews in maryland that are prepared to help. additional crews were already called in from missouri, ohio, as far away as oklahoma. this is to help out with power n outages, cg up with debris and assisting those who need to be rescued. the storm is no joke. chuck bell, you've been tracking this all week. what is theatest on the path and strength? because i know it's been changing. t sure has. maintaining category 4 strength at this time. the maie threats in short term remain north carolina, south carolina, and southern and southeastern parts of virginia. still looking for a landfall late in the day tomorrow. the one thing that has changed a little bit, the impact locally are more likely now from later on in the day, monday of next week to wednesday and thursday of next week. our main threat will continue to be flooding. there's the very latest satellite imagery from hurricane florence. very strong storm out there. just not too far, aut 0 miles now off of cape fe

tom costello, nbc news, rockville, maryland. >>> there's breaking news in the case we've been followingse suspects from the new mexico compound where children were allegedly trained to kill. the fbi has now stepped in and re-arrested all five of them after the original charges were dropped due to a technicality when county prosecutors missed a hearing deadline. three had already been released, but now all five are back in custody, facing new charges of violating federal firearms and conspiracy laws. >>> now to a story about this network. a former producer at nbc news going public with accusations that executives tried to stop reporter ronan farrow about pursuing a story about sexual harassment allegations against hollywood producer harvey weinstein. here is anne thompson. >> reporter: nbc news tonight on the defensive, insisting the "new york times" report that it tried to stop the hvey weinstein sexual harassment story is an outright lie. the claim comes from former nbc news producer rich mchugh, who worked with ronan farrow on the story. mchugh says nbc was resistant about the reporti

was 17 years old between my ju arsf gh school at rigorous all-boys catholic jesuit high school in rockville, maryland. when my friends and i spent time together at parties on weekend, it was usually with friends from nearby catholic all-girls high school, stone ridge, holy child, visitation, immaculata, holy cross. dr. ford did not attend one of those schools. she attended a independent private school named houlton arms. she was a year behind me. she and i did not travel in the same social circles. it is possible that we met at some point at some event, although i do not recall that. to repeat, all of the people identified by dr. ford as being present at the party have said they do not remember any such party ever happening. importantly, her friend, ms. keyser, has not only denied knowledge of the party, ms. keyser said under penalty of felony she does not know me, does not recall ever being at party with me ever. and my two male friends who were allegedly there, who knew me well, have told this committee under penalty of felony that they do not recall any such party and that i never did or

. >> reporter: take a look in the rockville warehouse. bags are packed. flat boats, inflatae boats, are attached to pickup trucks. leave ave the capable to town, support a local community for up to ten days. >> reporter: the team is experienced. they pulled dogs out of floodwaters and helped people afr hurricane harvey hit texas. they also searched for people in major floodinne after hurri maria devastated puerto rico. >> many different types of disasters, natural, man-made or the other, we've been there.te >> rep now, i literally just got off the phone with people, thespokesperson for montgomery county fire rescue and he tells me that t crews will be deployed tomorrow morning at approximately 6:00 in e morning. they are heading to south carolina. again, we just found this out from pete, he's going to put more information on that on twitter. meanwhile, as i can tell you, that the georgetown waterfront, you can see it is very busy right nowfn terms the potomac river coming over during hide rede. eople are expected to come down here to take pictures of it a

search and rescue teams from sacramento. 80 first responders from rockville, maryland. >> thank you, guys. >> reporter: and tonight, north carolina's governor roy cooper with some of those first responders and a final warning. >> my message today -- don't relax. don't get complacent. stay on guard. this is a powerful storm that can kill. today, the threat becomes a reality. >> reporter: authorities are telling residents here to prepare for days without power. perhaps weeks. they also fear the hurricane could flood some 16 nuclear reactors across three states. the brunswick nuclear plant announcing tonight it will shut down, saying they are, quote, currently in the path of hurricane florence and they anticipate the plant site will experience sustained hurricane-force ones. with tropical storm-force winds now expected to reach more than 300 miles across, many families have now decided on this final night before landfall to get out. >> be safe, guys. >> you, too, be careful. >> see you in a few days. >> reporter: the forecast is calling for destructive winds pounding the coast for at le

when the slave came back he was arrested, convicted of murder and hanged in rockville. and as a result of learning that, slavery became a subtheme of the book, slavery as it unfolded in washington during the war. one of the things i have tried to do is just lay out the story as i found it and not subscribe any motives to rose or try and think how she might have felt at any time. as a news reporter i have tried, i have learned not to do that. i wondered having known that how that affected her about slavery. i will draw your own conclusions on that. >> the details about her death, i heard other stories that she had been robbed by the seamen that were on the boat that she was trying to reach land with. where did you get the details of her death? >> well, i got them from a number of places. one, i found the diary of colonel lam, who was the head of the fort fisher at the time, and the body was brought to him. i also have the diary of doc conner, the man, the confederate soldier who found her. as i piece them together it appears that the confederate soldier who found her saw

southbound falls at maryland in rockville, a pedestrian struck near julius west middle school. there on 27 to. >> thank you. a >>> we will t break now and check your forecast when we come .ack. as your home becomes more connected... shouldn't your internet keep up? it's time for fios. because fiber optics move crazy amounts of data at even crazier speeds. and fios is the 100% fiber-optic network, so you can get phenomenal capacity for your tech. we'll even help you get another device to put it to the test. right now, get $200 toward a range of google and nest smart home devices when you switch to fios... plus the fastest internet available, plus up to 200 tv channels, plus phone, with a 2-year price guarantee, all for $79.99 per month with a 2-year agreement. and if you order online by september 30th, you'll get a $150 verizon prepaid mastercard. now is the best time to switch. so call 1.888.get.fios to learn more. get the fastest speeds available for the best price with fios gigabit connection, for just $79.99 a month with a 2-year agreement. and, get $200 toward a range of go

said it occurred in montgomery county as well.we now the fbi baltimore field office has agents in rockvillened to answer oures ons about whether they would be equipped to handle it. in the meantime, the chari and police department received a letter saying they haveiv not rece any statements from any victims but they stand ready to igate if that happens. >> do you have an answer? >> no thank you. >> what do you say? >> i understand. tell me. i'm standing right here in fro of you. >> that video of a protester stopping senator flake in an elevator today who annoued pport for judge kavanaugh has made it across the world. the senateill be in session next week so we expect a lge capitol police presence. many senators who expected to go home will be here to vote. >> you mentioned montgomery county and judge kavanaugh. his friend mark judge. has he beent locatede beach? we keep hearing delaware. do we know where he is? >> judge has been made aware ofu this and cooperate under some conditions. it indicates that he is somehow.e some way, >> all right. thank you. >>> their ford's powerful testimony is

i was in dc saturday night auguh at a small gathering in rockville matt, denise, lori and jenny their names are all listed on the calendar. i will not use their last names here. been on the weekend of augus aud we did final preparations for football training camp as a calendar is confirmed that weekend before brutal training camp was scheduled was no time for parties. if the party described in the summer of 1982, on a weekend night, my calendar shows definitively that i was not there. during the weekdays summer 1982 as you can see i was out of town two weeks for the summer with trips to the beach and that legendary five-star basketball camp in a.pennsylvania. when i was in town i spent much of my time working, working out, lifting weights, playing basketball hanging out and having beers with friends talking about life in football and school and girls. some noticed i do not have church on sundays on my calendars i also did not list brushing my teethhu going to church on sunday was like brushing my teeth. automatic and still is. in the summer of 1981 working construction cutting lawns.

in rockville, shomari stone, news 4. >>> at 6:39 on this saturday, it's one of the busiest roads in the d.c. region. there are calls to make things safer for the hundreds of thousands of drivers on 66 every day. more oou what need to wchat >>> there's a new call for safety on a congested road. there's been a string of crashes along i-66. including one this week thatll a 21-year-old. we have an urgent message for drivers as construction ramps up. >> as if i-66 wasn't tough enough already, now we're dealing with all the construction in this corridor and drivers slowing through this area on a daily ba s, you really need to pay attention. take a look. this is the new reality along what's an already-intense commuting corridor. constrtion right next to heavy, heavy traffic. it's got drivers fleeing. >> i will avoid 66 as best i can. >> and now me than er, lanes shift, switchov and here as new express toll lanes are built. >> it's become a nightmare. i thought new york, i'm from new york. i thought that was the worst, but this is the worst i'veen se. >> a deadly crash eastbound on 66 close to

encounter this weekend with a copperhead snake, and that snake bit this, pers who was gardening in rockville on saturday. that's a picture there of the snake one it was captured. yes, keep it right inside. >> don't let it out! >>lu ily, that bite wasn't life-threatening. the bite was considered a dry bite. i've never heard of such a thing. okay. i'm not havg encounters with snakes to learn. the snake did not inject any s veno that's why it's called that. montgomery county animal control captured and relocated the snake. >> i just didn't think you could fi copperheads, you know, in the suburbs of washington, d i thought you had to go farther out. >> you would think. you've got to be careful. >> why i don't gard. >> so at least there was a good thing that came out of this dreary, dreary weather. the redskins didn't need any of the sunshine to pull out a win. >> news 4 sports's sherrhesher burruss has more. >> reporter: after six straight quarters without a touchdown, thes red score 4 in a 31-17 win over the packs. >> it's n your old redskins, you know, that you can laugh out, we had to win. we

. >> he was in the rockville musical theater production of "anything goes". >> i've never seen that. >> great. >> beaumont-- oh, oh, yeah. it was funny seeing you yesterday. i'm jealous. i will just have to sink in some time. that's hilarious. that's basically what allen has told me. allen's dad wrote all the great marx brothers and i say the reason he's a conservative is because his father was such a marxist. >> puns are the lowest form of humor. >> i never know where the line is. okay. so, "resistance is futile", why did you write this book? >> well, because i watch msnbc every night, most of every day. i read the "new york times" and i kind of considered myself an expert on the resistance. the country has lost its mind. the left has lost its mind. is not good for the country. it's certainly not good for them, i mean, there's a lot of great advice for the resistance in my book if they actually want to defeat trump. i'm kind of mad at him. if you follow me on twitter, you know that. why don't they go after him on some should-- something he's actually done as opposed to make it of th

. >> chris lawrence is on the beltway there in rockville pike. chris. >> well,aaron, right now we're seeing a mangled mass of metal right here. i want to take you inhere. this is the tractor-trailer that jackknifed a couple of hours ago on the inner loop of the beltway shy of wisconsin avenue here. they were able to move it out from the guard rail. feet of ut about 100 guard rail. they got it turned around and they have been trying toook up these wenches to try to pull it seeingut what you're not is the damage on the other side. this thing jackknifed at suchp sh angle that the tractor actually smashed into part of the trailer. ripped a gaping hole in it so the wor here is they put too much pressure on it. and the entir trail is going to collapse and s everything out of there. so that's the worry now. you can see rht now one lane getting through on the beltway now. they're hoping to havehis cleared in the next hour or so but that remains to be seen. for more on how to get around this iss and other issues that may be tracking your morning commute l

here the beltway, that's 355 rockville pike. one right lane is getti by. that could get worse. now under 10 miles per hour if lucky. also we had some south on washington parkway reportedor t be b greenbelt road. a couple of vehicles went offoa theay down into the woods. they have the right side

and going to tutor intellectually disabled kids at the rockville library. went to church. and, yes, we got together with our friends. >> does this reflect what you are? does this yearbook reflect your focus on academics and your respect for women? that's easy, yes or no, you don't have to filibuster the answer. does it reflect your focus -- >> i already said the yearbook? my opening statement, the yearbook -- >> judge, just wait a minute. he's ask add questied a questio. i'll give you time to answer it. >> the yearbook, as i said in my opening statement, was something where the students and editors made a decision to treat some of it as farce and some of it as exaggeration. some of it celebrating things that don't reflect the things that were really the central part of our school. yes, we went to parties, though. yes, of course, we went to parties and the yearbook page describes that and kind of makes fun of it. and, you know, if we want to sit here and talk about whether a supreme court nomination should be based on a high school yearbook page, i think that's taking us to

they left rockville wednesday. the captain spoke with me via skype and he said t group is purposely situated in an area ote enough to be r to be safe but close enough to effective. >> the task force person relevant very anxious to get on work helping people. we also recognize that we have to wait for the storm to pass. >> reporter: the captain said they are prepared for anything. judging by th previous missions, they could be out there for days and even weeks at a time. pat and leon? >> all right. thank you. >> we have some pictures for you by the stormeam 4 at 4:00. >> the waters of the pam dloik river there completely overflowing the banks and there's a lot more of that to come. >> we continue to watch the rain. our stormtracker is still there. we're seeing the wav of rain pushing through. we'll talk about the weekend forecast coming up after this. (announcer) there's a freedom about asheville. an unspoken invitation to discover who you really are. come up for air. asheville. discovery, inside and out. ofreat sav

here the beltway, that's 355 rockville pike. one right lane is getti by. that could get worse. now under 10 miles per hour if lucky. also we had some south on washington parkway reportedor t be b greenbelt road. a couple of vehicles went offoa theay down into the woods. they have the right side of the roadway tied up causing a delay back to 197. 270 southbound, you have accident activity on both shoulders but already causing a slow down riding sthbound as authorities arrive on scene that lane configurations have changed. 66 going eastbound before you get into marshall. accident activity tgre block the left lane and causing the slow down. it's not been a great ride so far on the wet roadways but have the rain showers moved out of the area. we'll probably end up september with just over ten inches of rain. until you ming back can make nice outdoor plans and enjoy it. it's going to be nice out. the ground is still going to be wet in a lot of areas though but ght now we're not seeing any rain falling. the rain has moved out. cloudy skies and flood warnings still. so this is the aft

pregna our team coverage begins with chris gordon out side theur ouse in rockville.r: well, police and prosecutors have been working on this murder trial

16th ue and street very heavy rainfall in the district right now and further north and west around rockville, down to a trican legion bridge and the falls, we saw the rain for the better portion of two hours now because that. national weather service issued a flood warning here. stat flood warning for creeks and ams, watch out, remember, turn around, don't drown. we'll continue to se rain here over the next hour or so. all of the boundary moving in. it's not relative or related to hurricflorence, however. hurricane florence now making its way towards the east coast, and, ain, re, only about 400 miles away. the eye looking a ltle ragged at the moment. that's showing you the weakening that it's seeing here.bl that's pos good news, but it does not matter. when a storm weakens like that, it enlarges the wind field just a little bit, and the stronger it is, the tighter the field so you weaken the storm a little bit, the hurricane force winds extend further out. right now, 120 miles per hour storm with windswe moving north at 16, on the track close to wilmington, north carolina and outer banks by

quit good. 270 southbound, little slow throughfrederick, and it opens up in urbana, coming t down rockville, you're not speed there. 64 miles per hour this morning. alexandr alexandria, after seminary, two left lanes get by that work zone. world can head, be a dangerous place, especially for kids and adults. melissa is learning about -d seense and what you can do to help your children? >>> and aheart-stopping moment. everything that happened next is on me. ♪ slow when you sleep put holes in your jeep ♪ >> she acts and sings. she's really funny, too. and she can rap. anna kendric is joining ellen. plus, spike lee stops by to talk about "black clansman." >>> you're watching "news 4 today." do your chirp walk alone? maybe it's to aie 's house or to school. >> now is a good time for an important conversation self-defense. >> some of the moves might look a little tough for smaller here this morning. but i tried them at home last pght with my 8-year-old. while ach from a child may not really hurt an adult, if that child kno what to do, go for the eyes or teach them how to jab, the way they fight

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references to a country club, blair high school if silver spring and a party in rockville. hard to ignore the fact the two characters in this story, or or were waingtonians. judge i was just in the safeway from last night. >> us, teenage drinking is something that is a universal theme here tnd somethingt has been the theme across generations from the 60s onward and i wonder how that will play out and if these lawmakers will be hearing from their constitu constituents. if they're taking the pulse. >> it reminds me that maryland's drinking age was buyounger. judge kavanaugh was asked, did you drink on weekdays?cu ng on this issue of teenage drinking. >> i think at one point it was younger because of the vietnam war. >> thank you. >>> a times they've resembled a hearing and other times a courtroom cross-examination as we've seen in tv shows. today whole country watched as christine blasey ford testified. >> it wati ri. they got their chance to speak. ford saying s was sure it was judge kavanaugh who assaulted her more than 30 years ago at that house party and kavanaugh vehemen

and due east, just around burke and fairfax, but this area here, zooming in again,ds up tow the rockville area, around bathesda. this is giving you showers and downpours over the next hour or so, localizm flooding fro this, and the rest of the area is gdry. nothingng on to the west. not much to the east. we'll see more in the evening tonight, but you can see that's the only game in town, threally area along i-95 l here. we'lsee more storms. as far as hurricane florence goes, we have the latest advisory on the storm, and it's weakened again, and the latest advisory coming in as of just a couple minutes ago, winds now at 120 miles per hour moving northwest at 15 or 16 miles per hour, and it's stillt putting onshore at 115 miles per hour storm on friday and could be stronger before landfall and making its way south, interesting, south away from us, but so far away from us, amelea, we dol not f direct effects from this, but indirect effects, breezy and shower activity through the weekend. >> absolutely. it helo ep the onshore flow in our area, and that's why were seeing our waterways and rive

pregna our team coverage begins with chris gordon out side theur ouse in rockville. chris. >> reporter: well, police and prosecutors have been working on this murder trial for almost exace tly one year and they feel robbed for the opportunity to provide justice for the family of the mder victim, teacher laura wallen. an officer in montgomery county hanging fromessier a sheet in his ll. a juror says the judge told them the news. >> he said there is no easy way to say this, and he told us aboutef thedant and so it seemed like half the people were in shock. rsh . >> reporter: prosecurs joined the family of laura wallen. prosecutors say he was double timing her, living with another woman and dating still others. and when laura went missing last senth, tessier participated in a news conference with her family seeking her return. ten he was questioned for hours by police. there was a statement made by mr. tessier on september 13th the day that he was arrested where he admitted he shot miss wall in the back of the head with a .22 caliber weapon. >> reporter: prosecutors who

college park, brand new crash there and northbound bw parkway before 198 crashe along ight side. 270, rockville southbound, 270 near 28 two crashes. really some slow downs there. southbound connecticut at beach drive there. we still havehat crash hanging around. northbound is a little bit slow as well because of that.us folks looking across the sl there. camp springs northbound branch avenue right lane blocked by a crash thend arlington 395 before the bridge crash right lane. travel times in maryland are slow there on 270 fore what just showed you. south of the belt way this morning. on 95 on 66 and inbound both normal. remember to listen to wtop when you hop in your car today. >> thank you. it's 6:53 now. it could soon cost more to ride metro when there's a special event. the transit agency drafted a proposal to charge peak fares when service is beefed up. riders had mixed feelings about oposal. metro says it's a way to recoop the cos extra service without having to ask the local money.ent for more >> 6:53, coming together in the time of need. that's what volunteers are setting out to do in re

and going to tutor intellectually disabled kids at the rockville library. with the church and yes, we got together with our friends. >> does this year book reflect your focus on academics and your respect for women? that's easy. you don't have to filibuster your answer. >> i already said -- >> wait a minute. he's asked the question.im i'll give youanswer it. >> the year book a i said in my opening statement was something where the students and editors made a decision to treat some of it as farce and some of it as exaggeration, some of it not reflecting the things were the center part of our school yes, of course we went to parties and the yea book page describes that and makes fun of it knand, you , if we want to sit here and talk about whether a supreme court nominldion she based on a high school year boo page. i think that's taking us to a new level of absurdity. >> we've got a filibuster but not a single answer. miss mitchell. >> why, do you still he your calendar? >> i do. k at would like to you l the july 1st entry. >> yes. >> the entrysays, and i quot

the four suspects were seen redeeminickets stolen from a rockville's mike-and-son's sub shop at the end winning scratchoffs to 7-eleve in silver spring and last month they tried to cash in more in several stores iy montgom county. the most recent attempt to redeem one of the stolen tickets was denied. >>> today was the first day for students atge princge's county public schools. there's new leadership and new excitement and still a lot of work to be de though. bureau chief tracee wilkins spoke with the interim ceo ansut the p for the upcoming here. >> it's the first day of school in prince george's cou and prince george's county schools allowed an interim ceo monica golson who is already making a positive impression. >> she's a strong woman. i think she's going to do good. >> reporter: she replaced the former school ceo kevin maxwell o became a political lightning rod after a number oy hig publicized scandals including large pay raises for some of his cabinet and accusations of grade fixing for seniors. grading practices areow being supervised by state auditors. >> the auditors are here

a rigorous all boys catholic jesuit high school in rockville, maryland. >> apart from the assault itself, these past couple of weeks have been the hardest of my life. i've had to relive this trauma in front of the world. and i've seen my life picked apart by people on television, on twitter, other social media, other media and in this bhoid have never met me or spoken with me. >> when i accepted the president's nomination ashleigh and i knew this process would be challenging. we never expected that it would devolve into this. >> dr. ford, with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted you? >> 100%. >> none of these allegations are true. >> correct. >> no doubt in your mind? >> zero. i'm 100% certain. >> hmm. what a day. that was obviously just a small portion of it. good evening, thank you so much for joining us. i want a really honest heartfelt conversation today. this is very important for the country. what did we witness today? where are we now, chris? >> what's hard, what i found hard, i drove home and then came back here. as i was driving home i listened to t