the red is a tornado watch to issued in the last hour, parts r of southeast virginia.e is the flood watch locally. most of the region under a flooo watch until 10:00 tonight.10:00o it does not include frederick county if you're out one of our viewers out to the west, in wesw virginia you're not under a flood watch as your sprinkles will be less than the rest of us. it's starting to crank up and ad starting to push into the area,e we got a i will bit of rain overnight and got a little bitt of a break and now here is thete rain back with a vengeance. it will be raining for of muchmh of your friday, probably until 9:00 or 10:00 tonight it will0 start to wind down. that is indicating good rain rates and the potential for for thunderstorms. we are in for a soggy friday. fr potential for flooding they high today. rain expected to be 2-4 inches and maybe six at some spots. center of low pressure down into south carolina at this hour.thio here are your projected rain ran totals, 2-4 inches locally. it looks like the heaviest rain to the east of washington, prince george's coun

off throughout the day.hout t the potential for thunderstormsr there's a tornado watch for southeast virginia, we will seee if that doesn't get pushed further north.r north. it's not going to be a great looking day, 75, flash-flood watch until 10:00 tonight.10:00n i felt ponding on the roads whed i was moving in.in. >> i hit that wall of water.ter. when you hit and you go, that's right, it always floods there. . >> you're absolutely right. i did lose power for about 15 minutes around midnight.mi >> that is because you got to pay your bill.your >> reporter: well, there is that, [ laughter ] >> reporter: well the outer our loop of the beltway, sarahsarah mentioned this at the top of the show, the two right lanes aree closed off traveling between van dor enstreet, and eisenhower avenue, a typical part where the water accumulates, the two righo lanes are closed right now, w, while v-dot is pumping the water from the two right lanes. on the inner loop of the the beltway, so far without far wito incident, leaving the wilson bridge headed towardtoward springfield. we had police activity that was tyi

that is the tornado watch forwar the southeast virginia.e under a flood watch here with the exception of the our friends to the north and west. you won't get quite as much rair t will be raining in hagerstownn and cumberland are but your rain totals will be less than 2-4 inches. more details coming up. 75, very tropical out there with rain through date and things ths will wind down later tonight. before i toss to julie, i wantnt to remind you of the fox 5 app, it's absolutely free, dc weather, and you can get the latest. we put in video updates ands tweet there, if you want to thee weather updates and you can depe to myfoxdc.com facebook page, tucker barnes, something oror other, fox 5dc; is that right?h i think it's right. >> fox 5dc facebook page. >> i don't know why you would you want to spend anytime but okay. >> reporter: hey, dj geminigemi is here.is i like this song, juicy, i likee that. remember that?that? yeah, i like working out to this one.one. tucker, you like this one when h you're running.runnng >> oh, yeah. >> reporter: i lik

near wilmington and, of course, that tornado watch just off to our north and east in parts of southeast virginianortheast north carolina. sam. >> yeah, i think the character of this storm, ginger, will continue to be rain and tornadoes, the real issue. some wind damage but let's show everyone what they're expecting on the east coast as it continues for the next two days really to pull north and east. watch the rain. this is the heaviest rain we're expecting. locally there will be 6 inches of rain and many areas will get 3 to 4 inches of rain. this has been a wet season in the east-northeast. it's not going to take too much rain to get serious flooding going in that area so everyone needs to pay attention to this. believe it or not an "a" named tropical storm, usually one of the weaker ones, josh. >> all right, sam, and be sure you stay safe. >>> meanwhile, to that breaking news overnight about just how much of our personal lives the government has been secretly surveilling. "the washington post" reporting a second massive intelligence operation, this one tapping into data of leading internet com

southeast d.c. and into maryland and across the river in virginia people could see the thick smoke billowing into the that was out of control from 6:30 to 9:00 here, brian. but it appears now that this thing is out but the damage is done. >> bob, i know you've been running around gathering information but did you see the owner or perhaps any employees? >> they said they evacuated people quickly even though the fire started outside so there were two firefighters hurt, no citizens or employees, customers of the hardware store. the assistant police and fire chief had the couple who owns this fire store which opened in 1920. they have been here. they have not spoken to us. a very traumatic night for them. >> bob barnard live on capitol hill. >> now a fox 5 consumer alert. chrysler is refusing to recall 3 million jeeps. federal regulators say a fuel tank leak can cause deadly fires. >> in a letter to chrysler this week the national highway safety administration asked the automaker to recall 2.7 million grand cherokees from the years 1993 to 2004 and liberties from 2002 to 2007. the agency says the rear mo

our slight risk today of southeast storms from northern new england right back into parts of virginiand our biggest threat with these storms today will be late today into tonight and it will be for wind gusts. perhaps damaging wind gusts and small hail. this is not a major >>> and our temperatures around the bay area today are running cooler closer to the coast and the inner bay where the fog has returned around the coastline this morning. still around q90 in livermore a1 upper 60s in san francisco andi  for the first half of the workweek are really cooling down and ast( we pass wednesday temperatures rebound in the opposite direction as we once again see highsç/ráár'gñ2h!ack into the 9 approaching next weekend.ok e look back at the life of one of tv eights greatest comedians. jean stapleton from all in the family. that's next. ♪ we had it made ♪ those were the days [ male announcer ] this one goes out to all the allergy muddlers. you know who you are. you can part a crowd, without saying a word... if you have yet to master the quiet sneeze... you stash tissues like a squirrel stashe

virginia. >> it's not rare. >> it's not near as rare has people think. >> but it's not what it is in southeast asia these other places. i think the challenge is, we are the country that has ability, wherewithal to try to do something about it, be outraged by it. and be a world leader yet in our own country a lot of people can't believe it. it's a weird story, but can't really be going on day-to-day. >> the perception is that it's something that happens somewhere else to those people over there. not that it could be in my back yard. not that it could happen to my child which it could. pervasiveness of sexual slavery in this country is renorm muss. >> what do you mean? >> children in the united states who are really transported from one area of the country to another area. >> more down the block in a basement. >> exactly. >> except the cleveland situation was -- that was not for commercial exploitation. >> that was personal. >> that case did raise awareness about something going on in toledo, ohio, which seems to be a large recruitment center for this kind of sexual savory. where in china they traffic both for o

southeast. the most active severe weather of the year brought up to 80-mile-per-hour winds to parts of virginia,esulting in damage like this in hampton roads. >> scared to death. >> reporter: where a 20-foot tree smashes right through a kitchen and comes out the back of the house. just a few miles from the nation's capital, tornado warnings. listen, as this radio station in rockville, thinks they see rotation outside of their window. >> it's rotating. >> reporter: a half-dozen water rescues in west virginia. this woman, carrying a child, falls into the water. three children were rescued after being trapped at home and then cut off by rising waters. >> i think i prayed the whole time i stood out there. >> reporter: in georgia, winds created havoc on the highways. falling trees struck one child in richmond, virginia, just as the park was beginning to evacuate. a woman from atlanta was trapped inside this mangled suv, saved by the cherokee county fire and rescue. heavy rains immersed new jersey, new york and connecticut. where flooding will be a concern today. the ground, already saturated. at leas

virginia first. >>> developing this morning. you are looking live at what remains of frager's hardware in southeast washington this morning. the capitol hill institution gutted by flames. firefighters are still there. you see putting out some hot spots this morning and some streets are still closed in that area. coming up in half an hour, we'll check in with news4's megan mcgrath getting an up close look at the major damage to that historic building. >>> let's check in with richard jordan at the news desk. >> we're hearing from the woman trapped in that factory collapse in bangladesh. she spent 17 days under the rubble. she's now out of the hospital and talking. she says she will never work as a seamstress again. she did suffer a very serious head injury. she now has accepted a new job. she's going to work at the weston hotel in their housekeeping department. her new boss says she's going to be a public area ambassador. she is very grateful for all of those that supported her. she's become a celebrity in bangladesh. back in april 1,100 people were killed when that factory collapsed. it's called the world's worst garment in

virginia into north carolina. the pockets of yellow and orange, the heaviest rain advancing north as the latest track for andrea takes it southeastf us. it's going to be right near the mouth of the chesapeake bay between around fourp to 7:00 p.m. this evening, tracking just south and 50e6east of us along atlantic seaboard around ocean city towards assateague. after that, the position saturday east of the jersey coast and quickly pulling away. expect another one to three inches, maybe even up to four inches of additional rain, all of these counties in green under a flood watch into this evening including all of our viewing area, after everywhere east of the blue ridge and the heavy band coming in as of 10:00 friday morning into southern maryland zone, right into washington by noontime, and then during the afternoon, some other pockets of moderate to heavy rain coming through, and then by midnight, most of it should be over. a small are chance of a shower tomorrow. look at how much rain we may get. we could get up to a total, including last night's inch, up to maybe a four inch amount, right along 95 and points east of there. blust

southeast. the only thing investigators can say is that they are looking for a silver care. we'll keep you up to date on that. the governor of virginia spentnt taxpayer money on a range of small personal items. "the washington post" ishi reporting thatng governor mcdonnell and his wife billed state for body wash, sunscreen and dog vitamins.s. an official says the mcdonnells were told about six months into the term and paid back $30 post reports the mcdonnells have continued to let the taxpayer pay foror personal items. signs of progress in the fight against a massive wildfire burning near colorado springs. s officials sapry the black forest blaze is 65% contained. smee vac yates have been allowed back home but there's concern that dry grass and trees could ignite hotspots in some areas sox far it's destroyed nearly 00 homes and being blamed for the deaths two of people. federal officials are due to arrive on scene today to investigate investigate a cause. a scare in the air for former president george w. bush. he was on board a plane that made an emergency landing. it was flying from philadelphia to dallas at the time. it was diverte

southeast. brand-new severe thunderstorm watch for nashville into the piedmont. upstate of south carolina. raleigh, virginia beach. you don't see tornado watches today. certainly we will have the threat of more than that. we'll have hail. we'll have wind and a lot of lightning. 2% to 5% chance of some tornadoes, small ones today. the big threat, again, here you go. there's the hail. then large hail. some hail could be, again, up to tennis ball size all the way from the tide water back down south. d.c., you're just in it. you're not in tornadoes right now. you're not in the moderate risk. only in the slight risk. a little reduction from where you were because you had rain this morning. that cooled your atmosphere, lowered your chances for big weather. look, we could have severe weather all the way back into jackson, mississippi. this is kind of a widespread event today. i'm centered and focused on the carolinas. but this will be widespread all the way across the deep south, brooke. >> chad, thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> in just about a half hour the fbi director will be giving a private briefing to membe

southeast moose mass and then pulling away quickly toward nova scotia by tomorrow afternoon. tropical storm warnings make the southern part of the chesapeake, the southern delmarva, southeastern virginia. our area beaches not under any tropical storm warnings but obviously it's going to be an ugly day at the beach. i would still go this weekend because i think the weekend will still be all right. temperatures slowly climbing to the mid-70s. winds east to northeast at 10 to 20 here in town with occasional gusts a little higher than that. then by 8:00, 9:00 if not earlier, things will start to taper from this heavier, steadier rain more to showers as andrea is coming up from the south. we did have some heavy rains overnight. those have drifted well up to the north and east now. they're really across areas in northern maryland, over toward elkton and headed toward philly with spotty light showers. you see how south of fredricksburg we're seeing more of that green. that's the leading edge of andrea's rainfall headed our way. with the rain overnight and yesterday and boy there was a lot of rain out west yesterday but east of the blue ridge, we're expecting quite a bit of rain. in fact east

southeast. and southbound north capitol street slow. inner loop slow from the wilson bridge 21 minute commute with wt all lanes open leaving virginia.eck ever your fox 5 on time traffic. >> thank you, julie. president obama is in northern ireland today for the g-8 summit. the meeting discusses a wide range of topics. president obama took time toa to praise the people of northern ireland for their dedication ofo having peace in the nation.th >>e fear and resentment are are allowed to harden. h it encourages cooperation. peace is not just about politics ultimately. it's about attitudes. it's about a sense of empathy. it's about breaking down the divisions that we create for f ourselves in our own minds. >> another hot topic at the summit will be syria. president obama last week announced the united statess would provide military assistance to the rebels following evidence that chemicaa weapons were used to attack the people of searal. one of other big player it's summit, russia opposes that action. they've been helping to sport regime of syria president assad. president obama is set to privately meet with leaders from russia, britain

southeast of atlanta even. eastern georgia rain. 4 to 6 inches of rain. already seen that, more to come. from norfolk to raleigh, eastern north carolina and virginiaiest rain falling now. we're going to watch this all move to the north. here's a look at where it is now. here's the time stamp on it. here's this morning. look what happens by this afternoon. about midnight tonight, center of circulation south of washington, heaviesest rain new york and boston. overnight rain and then it clears the coast. believe it or not, tomorrow afternoon things will be dry. 1:00, halifax where this is. some rain showers around washington, kind of tropical moisture. there's a cold front that was going to bring rain to this area anyway. it's just all that tropical moisture ahead of the front kind of enhancing the amount of rain we're seeing. so here we go. what we've seen, 2 to 4 inches. again another 2 to 4 from new york down to norfolk, but again, rain and the tornado threat again and north carolina and virginia, coastal areas, that's kind of what we'll be looking out for for today. >> all right. thank you so much. >>> the good news, moving more quickly than we i

virginia. but it's the threat of rain. this is how much we have seen so far in south florida already. three to five inches. four to six in southeastwe move north and east, on the whole, two to four inches really right along the coast. washington, to new york, to boston, believe it or not. we are also seeing some winds, winds not a huge factor, but as we head through this afternoon, you can see atlantic city, gusts to 20. so between 20 and 40-mile-per-hour gusts. later this afternoon and tonight, that's predominantly on the coast or offshore. that also is where the heaviest of rain is. so you can see by tonight, here's where the center is. here's where the bulk of the rain is. through tomorrow morning you can see it in maine and then it pushes out. a fast mover, two to four inches will be the biggest threat with this for sure. >> all right. the good news is she's bringing up the weekend. it will move through quicker than we thought it would be. >>> all right. it may be a little too much exposure for first lady michelle obama. first, she made news about her handling of a heckler. now there's lots of speculation why mrs. obama won't

southeast, but not for the mid-atlantic. eastern north carolina, we have one tornado warning. anywhere from east of raleigh towards the virginial be moving quickly. drenching the mid-atlantic today. tonight, it will be drenching the northeast and we're talking as much as 2 to 4 inches of rain from boston to providence to new york city. over the weekend, andrea's gone. more of a typical weather pattern, but scattered storms in the northwest. i know this morning the travel's difficult around i-95, washington, d.c. the rain is only going to pick up toward the noon hour. you're watching "morning joe." brewed by starbucks. oh, he's a fighter alright. since aflac is helping with his expenses while he can't work, he can focus on his recovery. he doesn't have to worry so much about his mortgage, groceries, or even gas bills. kick! kick... feel it! feel it! feel it! nice work! ♪ you got it! you got it! yes! aflac's gonna help take care of his expenses. and us...we're gonna get him back in fighting shape. ♪ [ male announcer ] see what's happening behind the scenes at ducktherapy.com. otherworldly things. but there are some things i've n