so a serious threat for north carolina and south carola but also southern virmg -- virginia. landfall is expected on thursday. impacts are expected in the friday-saturday time fraframhe on shore som as a major hurricane in southern north carolina but the rain shield will expand well northf at. after a heavy rain this weekend the last teeng we is more rain. we'll keep a close eye on this for you. >> thank you. of course as we said, stay with eews 4 for the latest on hurricane florend it's potential impact for up to the minute information on the storm, just open our nbc washington app. >> now to breaking news, d.c. police are looking for three missing children. >> angie is at the live desk with more. >> they are all under the age of 6 and we want to show you their photos right away. take a good look. they tell us that these children disappeared yesterday. th weret their grandmothers home. that is whe some kind of dispute, some kind of argument happened. police say that they believe that these ks are with this woman on the right side of your screen. she is theom of one of these k

and these thunderstorms down here across southern virginia, those are also coming in our direction.o be ready for the reales cha of heavier rain later in the day. be on thelookout for high water in c arlottesville culpepper. we'll go back to bright sunshine for three days in a row, with wednesday, ursday, friday. don't push the panic button on the weekend just yet. there is a chanc showers around here, but it does not look like any super soakers, like we' been dealing th. >> all right, chuck. thank you so much. >>> a camel out of control at a circus. we have new video of thisngery ous situation. >> yeah. >>>a and an aspiriy could be doing you more harm than good. a look at some of the risks. >>> i mean, just terrifying video this morning of a camel violently losing control at a circumstanc circus. six children, one adult was sent to the hospital yesterday after this performangh in pittsb police say children were riding the camel on the main floor of this arena when suddenly that camel was spooked some kind of way and started to buck. fne child now has a fractured arm. stater regaine

it then stalls and rains itself out across southern virginia, western north calina, and western south carolina. that is a huge problem for there. any viance in that that would bring the storm farther north would bring the possibility for severe flooding for us. late thursday night and into fridaywend the end. for now, though, what's left is bringing heavy rain to new york, pennsylvania and headed on up into new england if you're traveling today. pittsburgh, philly, new york or boston, there cou be a lot of slow travel or air travel. it will be along and to the west of i-81 but everyone has a pretty high chance of at least getting some amount of rain today.re future weather. by 3:00 in the afternoon, you might actually get a little peak or two of sunshine today. then overnight tonight, staying on the cloudy side and then for tomorrow, less rain until maybe later on in the afternoon. most oftomorrow's rain chances later on in the so showery weather today and hit and miss for tuesday and t wednesday an we'll have to wait and see thursday and especially friday into the weekend where flore

and into portions of southern virginia.his area could pick up one or more inches of rain and that's going to be t floodroblem as we move on through. also, look how wide the cone of uncert is. all the way from ocean city all the way down towtld m beach. that is a big area of uncertainty. we have been seeing this shifte farther to north. the farther north it goes the bigger chesapeake bay if it's able to make its way inland. that's a key, too. major wind damage? absolutely along t shore. storm surge along the shore that is going to be one of the big factors, 15 to 20 feet in parts of the carolinas. inland flooding is a big concern. in towards north carolina, but into our area as well. and with the persistent east flow here, we're going to see back bay flooding towards ocean city and portions of th delaware beaches, then we're going to see the chesapeake bay continue to flood. every single tributary, rappahannock james river, potomac, allill see flooding. any rain we get back here to beably toward the shendoah valley, down to

you can see the very heavy rainfall in towards southern virginia, parts of north carolina continuing to see ther fall. the heaviest rain still down around the same locations thatth it's see entire time. downd a myrtable beach, wilmington. this has had a couple of tornadoes associated with it. right now it's severe w thunderstoning associated there. and look at all the red here. all the way up to roanoke. these are all flash flood warnings. flash floodeearnings in t states as a result of all of the rainfall that we have seen so far out offlorence. now, this flash flood warning, yeah, i think they may be i extendo our area during the day tomorrow, especially west of the blue ridge. you can see w re thatstorm. and it's moving slowly to the north and west, bringing that heavy rain up against the mountains. any timeou bring theain up against the mountains, it kind of rings out the moisture. and that's why we're going to see more out there towards the blue rid points to the west. for us, nothing going on. we're on the dry side. h e a couple of shower activity and he a coupl of showers down

notice the clearer skies down round southern virginia so i'm optimistic. especially the southern half. you're more likely to actually see a breaks of sunshine later on in the day today. not this morning, though. it will all come in the after hours. probably up closer to 5:00 or 6:00 this hour. there you can see storm team 4 radar. lots of rain today. the hviest rain will be in northern maryland and the panhandle of west virginia. the 60s to near 70 on your way out the door this morning. the commute forecast. 68 this morning. 70% cnnce of r through noontime with a high temperature 74. rain chances dropping though as you get later on into the day today so that's welcod news and by the time you get to the nats game this evening they'll be able to play baseball. will be cloudy and humid and it will be over. a warmone, 85 tomorrow and then a cooler shower day there on thursday. rain ending early friday and saturday looks fantastic. sunday looks good too. let's go to melissa. >> oh, gosh. i'll pay you later. thank you, chuck. northbound 95 before 123 here. still

>>>also, southern virginia is bracing for the stor the grocery stores are packed. state leaders warn they could be without power for days. >> and they are sandbagging and boarding up windows in the carolinas. more than 1.5 million people have been ordered to evacuate coasta areas. traffic back-ups and gas shortages are a concern for those leaving. >>>ne and of the concerns is how long the storm c over the carries and just churn. that has people not only worried who live on the coast but people who live further inland. tammy is in fayetteville, north carolina. t.out an hour from the co is that enough inland for people to feel safe? >> reporter: hey, we're about 100 miles from theoast and there's still a major concern of flooding here in fayetteville along with aotf the other inland cities. one of the reasons is the rivers and the creeks swell. take a look at this creek behind me. this is flooded seven times since hurricane matthew hit here two years ago. so residents in this area, they have reason to be concerned. spoke with one family and they said when hurricane m

more than 100 shelters are open across southern virginia and the carolinas. many of them were already at capacity. un>> red cross vers are working to take care of the families who had to leave their homes. >> migue is in goose creek, south carolina. >> reporter: we're at goose creek, south carolina. millions ofav people already evacuated their homes and heading away fromhe storm. some of them u endedp at this high school. volunteers tell me the shelter is already completely at capacity. they go fit 400 people and they are full. about 4,000 people spent the night in evacuationsh ters. last night, about 1,500 volunteers are working around the thock. 're trying to get as many people to safety as they can. red cross volunteers moving supplies. they're taking them inside tsh ter to try to keep as many supplies available for the families staying inside. i spoke to some of the families. they say after the storm, they just hope they have a home to go back to. >> and of course, it is not just people. dozen of animals were traveling in a van that nearly broke down. >>

it could be anywhere in southern virginia or the western half of the carolinas as we get into the wheren that circle it is has all the impacts on od. week more on thisin coming u few. >> we can be certain this will be devastating. >> this could be one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the eastern seaboard in decades. fema held a news briefing a short time ago, and the feds have a clear and stern message for citizens in this storm's path. > be a part of the team. do yourpart. if you don't want to be a part of the team, you're going to put firstnd ress at risk, and it's an unnecessary risk, heed the warning acuate. >> we've just o learned because this storm, the university of mary washington is closing only at 50 p.m.si nts and businesses in the d.c. area are preparing for heavy rain and flooding. news 4's jus n finchreports. >> right now a lot of eyes on hurricane florence which appears to be on track to strike the carolinas, here in our area, we're bracing for days ofeavy in and officials are warning tond be careful to be safe. as hurricane florence swirls in the t atlantics st

thieves have made off with two and a half tons of grahams fro a vineyard in southern virginia. let me repeat it. two and a half tonsf gra of the fire fly vineyard said the grapes were just about ready to be harvested so they were still on the vine. the theft reportedly happened overnight. the stolen grapes amount to a $50,000 loss. because of them being stolen, thed family ow vineyard has been forced to close. b >> that's arre story. who picks all tho grapes and where do you store them on keep them from spoiling? who will buy them? >> that is pretty quick work. in one night, to steal that much? >> yeah. had to be a team of grape burglars. >> we'll keep ourose out for that one. >>> nearly 12 hours after landfall, hundreds of people have been rescued or they're in need of helpn the carolinas. >> right now some residents who stayed behind amidst evacuation deorrein a roofs of their homes for a boat to come by. >> and our prayers are with them as we continue tracking this you wanted to save on prescriptions... so you went online... and got so lost in a mumbo-jumbo of co-pays, coupo

capital city of richmond with several tornadoes believing to have touched down in central and southern virginia. the national weather service is surveying damage to determine how many tornadoes touched down and how strong they were. >>> taking a look at e- cigarettes and how they may hurt you. the bay area school received a government grant to research vaping. >>> i was going to maneuver between these two cars over here. it'sa mess. >> bike lane confusion in san jose. the new parking spots have some wondering where to park. >>> good morning. if you are driving to the freeways, you will see slow traffic at the toll plaza. we already have a delay before the span. >>> low clouds are back. no big change in the temps butt warmer starting tomorrow. more on that. ♪ south l.a. is very medal when the old hospital closed people in the community lived with untreated health problems for years. so, with the county's help we built a new hospital from the ground up and having citi as an early investor worked as a signal to others to invest. with citi's help we built a wonderful maternity ward and we were able

even if southern virginia, definitely north carolina and south carolina, they have to take the storm just as serious as we did in florida with irma. we can't tell exactly who will be affected. we know a large mound of the population will be. we'd rather get a little more you know people out of the way. we want to push people inland. that's what we want to do. we don't want anyone to be theri never met anyone that esaid i lived through the hurricane, can't wait to do it again. >> thank you, stay safe. still ahead, more than a million people are under a hurricane evacuation. not everyone is choosing to lead e leave. i will show a woman with seven rescue dogs, her home directly in the path. another high profile executive leaving cbs amid inappropriate conduct. the second in less than a week. that story coming up. after months of criticism that he has been too soft on russia, president trump is now taking steps to punish those who interfered in the 2016 elections. you are watching cnn, i'm brooke baldwin. no, i can't believe how easy it was to save hundreds of dollars on my car insurance

triggering a deadly tornado outbreak several twisters have been reported throughout central and southern virginiaat least one person is dead after building collapsed the storm is expected to dump more rain today as it spins north. >>> a dramatic showdown has been set between supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh and the woman accusing him of sexual assault. chuck grassley said in a statement to provide ample transparency we will hold a public hearing on monday to give these allegations a full airing. this week christine blasey ford said kavanaugh groped her at a high school party three decades ago. >>> a twist in the russia probe. president trump ordered his intelligence agencies to declassify a cache of secret documents without redactions t he also ordered the release of the secret application to the foreign intelligence surveillance court to investigate carter page. house republicans claim it will show the probe was flawed from the start. those are your headlines >> thank you very much for those news updates >>> still to come on this show, upping the ante. president trump turning up the heat on

if your north or south carolina even parts of georgia and southern virginia you're going to feel some impacts from this certainly. >> bret: will head live to the coast later in the show. president trump is still taking heat for his comments on what a good job his administration did in the aftermath of hurricane maria in puerto rico last year. the president and his team has been pushing back on that, now they face a new and dangerous challenge as you heard from rick. john roberts is on the north lawn, with the white house policy and politics of federal hurricane response. >> of the president did spend a little bit of time on twitter earlier this morning complaining about the molar investigation. he was focused on the massive threat looming offshore. in a video message day, he urged people in the path of hurricane florence to get out of harm's way. >> president trump: get out of its way, don't play games with it. it's a big one, it may be as big as they've seen. >> may pass catastrophe left back into the headlines. asked yesterday about lessons learned from hurricanes that devastated pu

we are talking from georgetown to myrtle beach, possibly to southern virginia. that's where the power outages will be. the extreme wind damage is near the land fall and to the east of it. of course, when you get a major hurricane approaching the coast, you are going to deal with storm surge. with hugo, it was horrendous. that's where the destruction and damage was done. the land fall is near wilmington. the right is to the storm surge. i haven't ruled out myrtle beach yet. right now, this is where it lies, the worst storm surge. it's not etched in stone. the rainfall conditions, this is epic of the 30 inches of rain of slow moving hurricane dying over north carolina for three or four days is ridiculous. one of the things we have to watch, we have our american models further up the coast and the outer banks. the european model, the most accurate is near wilmington, the south carolina and north carolina border. i do not want my friends in myrtle beach or georgetown to, you know, don't rule out the chance of a direct hit. we'll get a new update at 2:00 p.m. this af

north carolina, south carolina and southern virginia you're not out of the woods.g to be a multibillion dollar weather disaster without a doubt. >> hopefully folks along the coast are heeding the mandatory evacuation order. >>> national security advisor john bolton is taking a hard line against the international criminal court. speaking to a conservative audience on monday, bolton warned of possibly and serious repercussions if the courts attempt to prosecute americans or u.s. allies over alleged war crimes in afghanistan. bolton said that the trump administration would retaliate financially and even sanction the court's judges and prosecutors. he went onto denounce the u.s. affiliation with the icc going forward. >> the united states will use any means necessary to protect our citizens and those of our allies from unjust prosecution by this illegitimate court. we will not cooperate with the icc. we will provide no assistance to the icc. and we certainly will not join the icc. we will let the icc die on its own. after all, for all intents and purposes, the icc is a

back to hurricane hugo 1989 i was in college, but we felt the impact of it because i was in southern virginiaof the storm. i know charleston suffered through it, but the rebuilding process in some ways helped the entire region. they were able to build up around charleston. is there any net positive to gdp from these events as the rebuilding process kicks in? >> absolutely. it would be a temporary negative impact but by the following quarter we would start that rebuilding effort, construction effort, manufacturing would pick back up. there's a positive offset in the near-term when we do talk about that disruption. we generally see a sizable bump to the upside to counteract that disruption >> hurricane florence will come through. we will prevail. they're going to rebuild let's move on to the macro perspective, everything else that is going on in the market a lot of concern about the "p" peak earnings, peak economy, peak housing any sign to you that we're seeing a slowdown at all ahead >> i think absolutely. second quarter activity was the peak going into the second half of the year we do expect

and this does not mean all is well florence posing a major threat to the carolina coast from southern virginia down to georgia. jackie deangelis is live in north carolina with more on the preparations and how the storm is starting to turn just a bit >> good morning to you that is good news that the wind is going to be less from the storm. as you said that doesn't mean there will be less damage here as a matter of fact in carolina beach, a mandatory evacuation there and here at kure beach the curfew was at 9:00 a.m it feels like a ghost town here. businesses are boarded up. a lot of the residents have gone, though there are still some pockets of people when you are out and about. we have spoken to some people who decided they will hunker down for this even though that has not been advised by the authorities. the wind is kicking up a bit here today we are expecting the rain to start to move in, the outer bands from the storm, you will start to see that, that will strengthen as we move in towards thursday night a huge impact when it comes to life on the ground that's what everybody is the most co

. >> reporter: speaking via skype from her southern virginia home where she stayed during florence, kim langford writes about money matters like insurance for the ask kim column at kiplinger and says even if you remain evacuated keep your insurance company informed. >> that your house is likely damaged and to get on that list so they can come out to see you as soon as possible. >> reporter: document the damage to your property. >> take your cell phone camera and video everything. walk around the house. walk around inside. that's all going to be important evidence when you file your claim. >> reporter: even better evidence if you've documented your property and belongings before disaster hits. she adds there's another benefit to contacting your agent quickly. >> a key thing that homeowner's insurance policies cover that people don't realize is that it can also cover your expenses to live outside of your home while your home is getting fixed. >> reporter: if the insurance company's slow to respond, she says call your state's insurance commission. chris clackum, nbc news. >>> okay. switchi

there are showers across parts of ohio and southern west virginia. weather systef a that's moving our direction. your rain chances are going up as your frida progresses. most will be dry in the afternoon hours, but rain becos likely thi evening. a dry start to the day today. 4 in winchester, and 78 in arlington. school day forecast for kiddos, sun's up at 6:42 this morning. outdoor recess, wante to put

there are showers across parts of ohio and southern west virginia. weather systef a that's moving our direction. your rain chances are going up as your frida progresses. most will be dry in the afternoon hours, but rain becos likely thi evening. a dry start to the day today. 4 in winchester, and 78 in arlington. school day forecast for kiddos, sun's up at 6:42 this morning. outdoor recess, wante to put sun sunblock on. not much of a rain chance before 3:00, so, not much need f an umbrella. more about the wkend rain chances, coming up. >>> good morning, mr. bell. rosslyn, right lane closures. right laneed cl along 66, the bridge over the ramp, from northbound 110 to westbound 166. and from southbound g.w. parkway to eastbound 66. they're doing a bridge replacement project. and that will kick into gearayn mo morning. al the beltway, we had a par closure because of the roadwork up top. no t problems beltway. and in ksfrederrg, southbound 95 after 3. >>> we're following two developing stories this amornin. hild is recovering after a gunshot wound. >> thi

the center of the circulation that was florence is working it's way into southern west virginia.e heavy, deep, tropical moisture in place with that storm is across south central virginia and north central carolina. this is all lreting in our ion so rain chances are going up with time here through the remainder ofng the mor and could be rain heavy at times later today and tonight. but flash flood watches have already been posted along and to the west of i-95. already some showers and they'll be here and no rain yomediately. have some dog walking to do, do it first thing this morning, in now and then be ready for a very soggy day today. look at future weather, bringing the steadier rains bain, py before the morning commute is over. sin could be very heavy at times where you the yellows and oranges. that could be rainfall rates over an inch per hour. and especially the westernlf by 2:00 in the afternoon, heavy rainste winch into leesburg and that will be changing latere in the oon. there's a broader view of it. temperatures to get you out the for on a monday morning st and close to

actually have a bigger problem here in that there are highly populated areas in this region in southern virginia north carolina, in south carolina and in some cases going into georgia where major population centers are in danger from these heavy rains and these floods. we have to sort of think about it that way, too. >> yeah, i mean the statement from the national hurricane center like the second paragraph says life-threatening catastrophic flash flooding. this will not be a coastal storm. you're going to have coastal impacts, but well inland, that term catastrophic life-threatening flash flooding. here's another factor, as much as we talk about wind, 88% of the deaths from hurricanes from direct impacts is caused by water, inland flooding storm surge. that's why these evacuation orders are given early to give people time to move to higher ground, and this will be an impact well inland. we're not just talking about the coast. we're talking about wherever the storm ends up, it's going to have heavy rainfall, again, comparisons to what we saw in harvey, going back in the history of the carolinas,

we were really focusing on it here and possibly a little bit in southern virginia. now this turn and drift that he mentioned is critical. it's hugely important because all of south carolina is in play. look at that, all of south carolina is basically going to flood. we've got the low lansdowne in here. so even if you don't flood like savannah, you're looking, oh, i'm not getting the big water out of this. you're going to get the big drain out of this. the other thing that happens with this is that storm surge pushes water for the entire time it's here. it's going to be more than a day kind of wandering the shoreline maybe. that water is holding in those bh bays and inlets pushing water in there. >> tom made a good point. this is not spongy space. it's permeable and that's why it's so destructive. tom, please, go ahead. >> you know, the second part of this is the mountains of the blue ridge and the piedmont up to areas of shenandoah because they've already been inundated with flooding in parts of pennsylvania and upstate new york. when this system starts to move nort

third district of west virginia kind of buried there by that head, but the 3rd district of west virginia, southern west virginia, used to be a generation ago democratic stronghold. it really loves trump. it won't for him by 50 points. but guess what, it's an open seat there. and check out this poll. richard ojeda, trump voter. says he's turned on trump, running as a democrat for an open seat. you take the incumbency factor out, you put the volatility of the local political culture. there are a couple of these on the board where democrats on paper would have no chance but there are some peculiar local circumstances. so you've got to take that into account too. >> when you think about the tiers of competitiveness here, right? to me the first tier of competitiveness is probably, you know, clinton districts that are open, where you've got a retiring -- you've got no incumbent. right? would you say that's probably like the top tier? >> yeah. in fact, i can show you right here -- i can show you right here on the map a perfect example of this. make sure this thing is selected. i williana ros-lehtinen, a

several tornadoes are believed to have touched down yesterday in central and southern virginia. this morning, the national weather service is surveying the damage to determine how many tornadoes touched down and how strong they were. >>> time is 7:10. taking a look at e-cigarettes and how they may hurt you. the bay area school that received a government grant to research vaping. >>> bike lane confusion in san jose. the new parking spots and bike lanes that have some drivers wondering where to park. >>> it is busy out there. a couple of crashes made is a little slower than usual on this very freeway we'll tell you about the delay times coming back. xfinity mobile is a new wireless network designed to save you money. even when you've got serious binging to do. wherever your phone takes you, your wireless bill is about to cost a whole lot less. use less data with a network that has the most wifi hotspots where you need them and the best 4g lte everywhere else. saving you hundreds of dollars a year. and ask how you get xfinity mobile included with your internet. plus, get $300 back

this isntal system that you can see comes all the wayac down into southern west virginia. so this frontal system is moving through. it's going stall across the area and that's what's going to bring us increasing rainto chans sunday, monday, and tuesday. visibility down as well. in fact, we can see the visibility down in gaithersburg down to about two miles. be careful. we have fog out the and temperatures in the 60s and 70s as well. for any saturdayts ev we talked about brew fest, there could be some showers passing through. water melon park going to be a little wet tonight. otherwise nats game, shower possible. i think they'll get it in. it's a later game, late afternoon. i think they'll be able to get it in. maryland taking on minnesot it will be cloudy. you'll beigfor the already that. increasing chances throughout the afternoon and into theev ing. and then just tomorrow about everybody getting wet. we'll have some rain through the day tomorrow. again, could have some heavy rain throughout the day amorrow. hereook at your ten-day forecast. a 30%hance of rai today. incre

more rai across loudoun county, headed up towards frederick, maryland, and more rain across southern virginiahe western and southwestern side of the metro. temperaturewise we're in the low to mid-60s this morning. afternoon tempetures getting up near 80 degrees. off and on hit or miss showers. tomorrow lower chances for rain and slightly higher temperatures. 83 cwae you >>> check of trefk >>> right now firstrt a traffic alert, some slowdowns across the area. you're taking some delays at the 0,p of the beltway. northbound the local lane at shady grove, we still have delays, had omedebris. southbound we're slow this morning. southboundgw parkway at bellevue before the key bridge, we have lanes blocked. >> thank you. >>> another local news upda in about 25 minutes. >>> now back to the "today" s >>> 7:30, now, on a maonday morning. and that happens >>> to be your 2018 u.s. open champion naomi osaka. we're so excited. we cannot wait to talk to he'l speak to her in just a little bit. it was quite a match. >> it was. >> it will goown in the record books. >> one for the history books. it's great to h

news 4 viewing area there's the center of the swirl and the spin here moving to parts of southern west virginia. one more band of intense rain coming through raleigh, north carolina now. if you have to drive si-95th they recommend you avoid driving through the state of north carolina entirelych means taking 81 down into parts of tennessee. in now heavy into charlottesville area. rain chances go up and rainfall amounts could be a inch or more in many spots. by noon, hit and miss swers around. heavier rain possible today. it doesn't look like a lot ofe coverage hn the future weather. underneath any one of those individual spots the rain could come down at more than an inch per hour. another cloudy day tomorrow and late in the afternoo a little weather boundary pushes the last of the moisture out of here. skies will clear on tuesday night and we'll have sunshine back in the picture for wednesday, thursday, and friday but again the w ternhalf, anywhere west of i-95 under the flash flood watch for itoday. we'rthe low to mid 70s now. highs to be in the upper 70s to ar 80. another cloudy, rainy day to

is president trump removed from southern virginia? moved by my lovely bride, but on balance, by thesident is moved middle of the united states, who get him. outside, especially south and west, find him disconcerting. francine: i feel like i need to stick up or europeans. taking the subway all week. you need a u.s. zip code to buy one of those cars. tom: a 14 year project. the european union has started exploring unilateral emergency measures and case of the no deal brexit. emmanuel macron weight in on this issue and trade yesterday. >> with america disrespecting the paris agreement, i cannot accept. why? >> you would not do a trade deal with america? >> if it is not compliant with our current objective, it would be inconsistent. we are asking a lot to our farmers and citizens to mix such a shift. if you open your markets to products and goods coming from countries which decided not to respect the same rules and constraints, it would be crazy and inconsistent. ill have executions to avoid a trade war. i addressed this with president tr

coastal damage then, number two, ip land, when the storm stalls out somewhere in north carolina, southern virginia, inland cities i think big problems raleigh, maybe charlotte, maybe richmond those cities are going to have a lot of issues with flash flooding over the next few days. this is going to be all inclusiv inclusive. nobody is going to escape this it's going to be major issues all around >> just hope that folks are heeding the warnings and getting out trying to get themselves to safety ahead of that storm thank you so much, dan, with the weather company. appreciate it. >> any time. >> all right a new report out on how america's small businesses are feeling about the economy. the numbers are startling. we'll bring them to you on the other side of this break and tell you what it is all signaling. if you're waiting patiently for a liver transplant, it could cost you your life. it's time to get out of line with upmc. at upmc, living-donor transplants put you first. so you don't die waiting. upmc does more living-donor liver transplants than any other center in the nation. find out more and get

: elaine mcmillion sheldon is an oscar nominated documentary filmmaker born and raised in southern west virginiaigious, gun rights important. a lot of people -- that's not going to resonate, at all. in fact, it sounds threatening. >> elaine: right, but both sides are saying the same thing. both sides feel threatened by each other. and i would say a majority of people that live in this region want to be left alone. the traditions of this place, the things that we value, whether that be family, interpersonal communication, not having cell phone technology to distract us, those types of things sort of butt up against america's idea of progress. and it's why we've always been looked at as being backwards. ♪ being part of the media, but living here, is a really big challenge because rarely, people like myself actually are the ones that control our narrative, that control our story. ♪ >> anthony: it was always too easy to come gawk at west virginia. to make it the poster child for whatever the agenda of the moment was. lazy depictions of stereotypical west virginians. hillbillies and hicks, tucked int

whether it is collins in upstate new york, hunter in southern california, taylor in virginia beach, the list goes on and on. even republicans in the caucus are facing scandal. that is certainly part of the conversation. the main driver are these economic issues. twoou're just mentioning new seats on the map. how do you prioritize where you spend, given a map that seems to be getting bigger? charlie: it is a good challenge to have. it is something we hadn't seen. we do a lot of in cycle data work. we are doing more qualitative and quantitative analysis. research is important to determine what is happening on the ground. it is something we are refining all the time. and youe coming online, want to make sure the investment is the right place to do it. sidelinedink getting by the shinier objects -- as we get closer to election day, other places will come online. in addition from an investment strategy, we need to pick up these 23 seats, but we have a singular focus on taking those up. we will make those investment choices. -- thecompeting against other side has a lot of money. we need to be

southern west virginia. and these pills were given -- you had a backache, suddenlyout got a heroin derivative, oxycontin, percocet and they're highly addictive and they're expensive and eventually you town heroin because it's cheap. six dollars a bag. and the bags are now often laced with fentanyl, and they kill you. so, -- >> host: which oddly makes the heroin more attractive. >> guest: i wrote in the book, they all -- it's death by marketing. so, somebody dies of an overdose and everybody wants that -- these bags have names. i don't know, red star or something. so, they all want it because it's just kind of nuts but shows you how perverse that world is, and heroin -- this book, dreamland, which is quite good, and he writes how the molecules -- can't wash it out of your body. so a year later you can feel as if you're dope sick, even though you have been clean for a year. it's a really pernicious drug, and that's what makes what they family did through perdue pharma a criminal. >> host: there's an interestin

the storm surge along the north carolina and south carolina coast, as well as parts of southern virginiae rain continues to be the big problem. these are the images we have seeing. in new bern, north carolina, wilmington, north carolina, and footage is available on the washington post website. good morning. caller: good morning. it is in reference to the governor's contest here. the story short, billionaire democrat has been groomed when he got out of college. state., we are a close independents could not vote in the primary. there are a whole bunch of us that will be voting in the general election. i noticed is no one is talking about the federal investigation on gillum for fraud, stealing campaign funds, and using taxpayer dollars for his campaign. he is under federal investigation. they keep it real quiet. host: he has been asked about it. it has been in the public record. this issue came up before the election and after the election as well. caller: right, but i am saying it is not plastered all over the place like they do for everyone else. they are keeping it pretty quiet and tight

strong leadership here and provided the military bases that stretched from florida all the way to southern virginia the largest density of military in the united states but any place in the world and gave them authorities to conduct immediate assistance for local communities and moved troops from new york to kentucky into the area to reinforce local authorities, the third thing is, dagen, when we are looking at an enemy, we call it the threat, and here the threat is rising waters and the engineers that are doing modeling, they have overhead satellites and they have drones and they can anticipate where the crisis flooding will take place so resources can be focused to rescue operation and then the rescue as we are seeing and watching on television it's all in -- it's first responders, national guard, certainly the coast guard air rescue backed up by other military rescue from camp lajun military base, fort bragg, high-water rescue vehicles, the military is to assist local communities and state organizations to complement what the national guard is doing and looks to me, you know, i'm not sitting in

griffith: i represent the portion of virginia in the southwest corner, borders a big chunk of southern west virginia. so i had some questions similar to mr. mckinley's questions because we are suffering from a huge opioid problem but drugs in general. and so i know you're trying and your working on it, looking for hing bus last year in addition "scientific american" talked about having artificial intelligence scan twitter for signs of opioid abuse. it would seem to me on something that's an illegal conduct if somebody is selling drugs, that's not just an inconvenience , you're trying to judge whether it's something bad or -- it's illegal. it would seem to me you ought to be able to deploy an artificial intelligence platform to knock down anybody trying to sell illegal substances on your platform. can you address that? mr. dorsey: yes, i mean, we have -- we have to prioritize all our models. have -- mr. griffith: shouldn't illegal be at the top of the list? mr. dorsey: absolutely. but we have been concentrating on the 2016, 2017 election interference. mr. griffith: i got people writing

parts of virginia beach along the coast, southern virginia beach where it is pretty marshy and wet, andow lying. so there's parts of it. emergencyt for coordinators and the state government, they don't want to cause a panic, of course, and don't want to just evacuate people without it being absolutely necessary. i would encourage folks who are to maybe pay attention, listen, and please follow the orders. of military installations in that virginia beach area. how are they preparing? caller: my district alone has eight major military installations. for several days, ships have been going out to see to be able to -- obviously, not worry about the potential winds. we have claims in oceania -- andving planes from there langley air force base, moving them inland to avoid potential damage to our military assets. host: when it comes to the work of the house, will it be affected by hurricanes and preparations? host: i'm not sure -- caller: i'm not sure. as far as i understand, we are still voting in the house. i'm not leaving my district. we have let the whip team know that we are working in any

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 fear, north carolina. and the t forecastck over the next couple of days will bring coasty, very close to the line in the next 24 hours and then eventually more of a threat or a strike, anyway, along the southet coast oforth carolina. my computer refuses to go to the next thing, but therecast cone brings it on shore. the new information now is that the storm may land in north carolina and then drift southward along the south carolina aoast line then move inland more close towards the columbia, augusta, perhaps the atlanta area. that's the reason for the delay. they will have to d

southern kansas through missouri into illinois. eventually we'll still have a ch tce at some stormsay from west virginia all the way through virginia in the mid-atlantic. when we come back, we'll talk abouorence, which could be a problem along the east coast next week. >> see you in a bit. thanks, bill. >>> two young boys in maine had

the most serus threat is north carolina, south carolina and southern and south western virginia. time frafr tie, late on thursday. the storm expected to be a category 3. hurricane, a major that's category 3, 4, or 5 and making land fall as either a high end 3 or near category 4 storm late on thursday. the storm is expected to essentially stall out. that could bring catastrophic flooding to south westernerge virginia and western parts of theh and south carolina and rain shield could bring another chance for flooding rains here friday into the ekend. she'll be back with a complete check of your five-day forecast ncwhichdes a little chance ofain for several more days. >> all right, chuck, thank you. and of course stay with newsr 4 he latest on hurricane florence and it's potential impact. for up to the minute information on the storm, you can open our nbc washington app. >> 6:50 no05 now. police are looking for three missing children. >> aaron, these children are all under the age of 6 and i want to get straight to their photos. take a close ok. weust spoke with d.c. police. this is

southern china. >>> hundreds of peorne in northe virginia lost power after a huge tee cam down on powerli nes. crews worked for hours to try to clean this whole mess up and fix the broken powers license plnes. at one point, 200 people had lost power. >> theenefit of living next to a scenic byway, b lot ofig trees and power lines.es cially with all ofhis rain, it just comes down. and that's it. >>ed satur grounds. most dominion customers have their power back on tonight. >>> let's talk about the catch rated ground and the rain over othe last couple days and because of this thing that's sitting and spinning behind us, we're going to get more of it here. our friends in the carolinas are all.n the clear a >> you see the te come down in our area. that was in light winds. monday will ban interesting day, as the remnants of florence come our way. its allbout north carolina right now. south carolina taking a blow today, for sure. north carolina, today, it's been about eastern north carolina. that was the same thing yesterday, as florence made its way onshore. tomorrow, it will be western portions of n

i represent that portion of virginia that's in the southwest corner and borders a big chunk of southern west virginia. so i have some questions similar to mr. mckinley's questions because we are suffering from a huge opioid problem, but drugs in general. so i know you're trying and you're working on it and you're looking for things, but last year in an edition of scientific american, they talked about having artificial intelligence scan twitter for signs of opioid abuse. and it would seem to me that on something that's an illegal conduct, if somebody is selling drugs, that's not just an inconvenience of trying to judge whether it's truly something that's bad, it's illegal. it seemed to me you ought to be able to deploy an artificial intelligence platform that would knock down anybody trying to sell illegal substances on your platform. can you address that? >> yes. i mean, we have to prioritize all of our models and we have -- >> shouldn't illegal be at the very top of that model? >> absolutely. but we have been prioritizing a lot of what we saw in 2016 and 2017 in terms of election inte

it moves up into southern ohio and west virginia. we could end up with one to thre inches of additional rain. >>> as dylan was thsaying frontal system is what's bringing us the rain showers throughout much of our area. at front system isn't going anywhere at least until tuesday. so this is what we'll be looking at -- periods of rain. it could be oderate attimes. we could have areas of drizzle. if you get some dry patche that will short-lived. another thing, it's chilly out. temperatures in the 50 and 60s, only topping out in the 60s for daytime highsut grab the umbrella, yo >>> and that's your latest n,recast. >>> dylahank you very much. straight ahead, the highs and lows of the week including marines doing what marines do, rushing into danger, but this time in their own neighborhood here at hoeme. >>> and two words you don't hear very often, browns win.'r theye still partying in cleveland after the city's party tastes victory and the fans taste previously locked up beer. >>> plus, it used to be the stuff of futuristic movies, but to

southern republican florida. indeed, lbj made the point crudely but effectively as his train pulled out of culpeper, virginia. utting on a thick southern accent, which nobody ever heard johnson do in washington dc, johnson wailed, "what has dick nixon ever done for culpeper?" and the answer was, not a thing. shortly after the democratic national convention, the democratic congress passed a special law that allowed for presidential debate for the first time during the year 1960. the next presidential debate, however, would not take place until 1976. interesting. both nixon and kennedy were eager for the debate. for presidential debates were set. neither party wanted vice presidential debates. which is interesting. the parties were anxious for the debates because the price of television advertising had soared since 1956. also, the debates were generating a much larger audience than one candidates paid speech. eisenhower, however, advised nixon not to debate kennedy, because he said it would only elevate kennedy to the level of the vice president. nixon, however, had been a champion debater in college and was cer

professional, and here in northern virginia, d.c., southern maryland, there's tons of jobs. i'm never out of work for very long, and my new job is going to pay a higher salary, if i pass the interview and get an offer and the recruiter is very confident that i will. it's just part of job. host: does that process -- sounds like you're used to it. does the process of losing a job like that fairly out of the blue and then moving on to the next, does that unsettle you at all? caller: no! i spent 10 years in iraq and afghanistan on all kind of different projects, three months, six months, nine months. one time i flew all the way to afghanistan to start a new job, and my first day in country, the company lost the contract, so i had to pack up my stuff and fly back to washington, d.c. i was in afghanistan less than 24 hours. in the i.t. field, projects come and go. companies come and go. the army, the defense epartment needs changes, and i always keep a bag packed. and whenever i get a call from a recruiter, we may have something for you, i said i'm interested. that's just the way