Florida. It has extremely heavy rainfall. There have been tornado warnings out there earlier today. The wider view showing how wide this is. The latest advisory winds is 75 miles an hour moving to the east at 14 Miles Per Hour and moving our way but farther to the east. This is continuing to track to the east and its good news westward. Well talk about the impact at the beaches coming up later on. Right now, we have storms out there across our area and amelia is tracking those. Its still muggy out there. Grab the umbrella. Youll be dealing with heavy rain. Temperatures during the midevening hours, generally in the 70s, midto upper 70s, rain will be over by 9 00. Heres the 4 radar. Parts of Montgomery County, fairfax traveling along 270 and into the beltway and district as well. Bethesda at 6 40 here in the district, just after 7 00, annapolis at 7 10, i think once it moves through we are dry and it clears out. Were talking about the Tropical Storm watch over the weekend and theres always friday. Friday looking great. Even saturday now looking pretty good. This storm is moving in late saturday into sunday. Much more about the impact in yaur ar your area coming up in a bit. Thank you, doug. Hermine is taking aim at florida as the governor there warns of a potential danger ahead. Nbcs Sarah Rosario is joining us from cedar key with more o measures being taken to keep people safe. Sarah . Reporter doreen, as this storm continues to strengthen, conditions here are increasingly deteriorating. The biggest concern for people not in the path of the storm is the storm surge and the possibility of tornadoes. And for people already dealing with flooding, they are prepared for things to get much worse. With rough surf, gray skies, residents are bracing for hurricane hermine barrelling towards floridas shoreline. This hurricane is strengthening. Were going to see landfall about 2 00 a. M. Weve done everything we can to prepare. Their town is at the center of the cone while they plan to ride it the same preparation gathering sandbags to keep the water out but in some parts it wasnt enough. This storm is life threatening. Reporter state offices were closed to give people more time to prepare as they warn of potential storms. The danger of lifethreatening storm surge, this is a dangerous situation. Reporter others are bearing down, prepared for whats to come. And for people who arent heeding that evacuation order, if they have to call 911, there will be no one there to save them. Local Officials Say they will not send out First Responders for their own safety saying that they dont want to put those First Responders in danger to save those not heeding the warning that they told them about. Reporting live, Sarah Rosario, back to you. Thank you, sarah. Well update the Facebook Page with video and posts all night long. We turn to politics now. Donald trump campaigning in the battleground state of ohio. This is one day after delivering a hardline speech on immigration. Trump is vowing that america comes first and that means that people that are here illegally will be deported. Steve handelsman with reaction to the speech. It could be tough to figure out. Just yesterday morning in mexico, donald trump was sounding a softer line on deportation but its clear that trump believes an America First hard line can save his bid for the white house. Hoping he is staging a comeback, donald trump in ohio today summed up his new push in two it will be, from now on, America First. Reporter his meeting in mexico was great, he says. Trump reassured u. S. Voters. Our greatest compassion will be for the american citizen. Reporter cheers of usa, usa and the crowd loved his wall. Mexicos going to pay for the wall. Reporter he said it to day. Clinton running mate tim kaine jabbed trump. It was like he choked, he caved, lost his confidence. Reporter back from mexico last night, trump doubled down on deportations. Day one, my first hour in office, those people are gone. Reporter undocumented criminals deported, 2 million. 10 million in line to be deported. He looked like a president. Reporter but to get to the white house, trump is choosing a hard line. Which means, again, hes ignoring or undercutting his top advisers for week who is have broadly hinted that donald trump would turn away from across the board deportation. Steve handelsman, news4. Thank you, steve. A verdict late this afternoon in the trial of a man charged with killing his girlfriends toddler. His name is osman sesay. A jury found him guilty of child abuse and assault in the death of the 23monthold baby last summer. His mother left sesay with the child while she wasat t he said that the boy wandered away and he found him unconscious. Hes facing 965 years in prison. He admitted to strangling the mother of his unborn child and nearly stabbing her to death. Tonight, hes in custody. And were learning what may have stopped him from finishing the job in wheaton. Darcy spencer is live in rockville where the teen appeared today. Darcy . Reporter he had a very brief Court Appearance in district court. This afternoon, a judge ordered him held on a 5 million bond. According to charging documents, he confessed to the crime and said he only stopped the attack because he saw some gang members. Police say dakota brothers was attacking the teen pregnant with his child. It happened off a path in a wooded area of kensington. A vicious assault that could have been deadly, according to court documents, brothers told teen and the baby but he stopped. There was some indication that the defendant gave up on the attack because he thought he saw what were gang members coming in to the area. Reporter hes never been in trouble before but now at age 18, he could spend the rest of his life in prison. Aid cording to charges documents, brothers stabbed the 19yearold multiple times in her upper body and neck because he was not ready to be a father. He doesnt have a prior record. He doesnt have a juvenile record, any other criminal record. Hes only an adult for five days. Reporter on wednesday afternoon, the 19yearold victim agreed to meet brothers here. Documents show they had consensual sex and then he strangled her unconscious. He told detectives that he wanted the victim and the baby to die. The child is alive. The child is in a dire situation in a local hospital. Reporter the victim was about six months pregnant. She was rushed to the hospital in delivered by caesarean section had to be revived. Shes still clinging to life. The babys father just turned 18 days before the crime and started back in high school in wheaton where hes a sophomore on monday. The victim is a senior there. So again, the victim and the defendant attend einstein high school. Im told that there were counselors there to help students who needed to talk about it. Back to you, jim. Thanks, darcy. Coming up tonight, a family torn apart by tragedy. Some changes are being considered after a mother and baby were hit by a car in a crosswalk. From the Nations Capital to the nfl, cathy lanier reflects on her time as d. C. Police chief and the most challenging part about her job in new york. Coming up on luann bennett. After losing her husband to cancer, and grew the family business. A single working mom who helped create over 1,000 local jobs, bringing people together to solve problems. Im luann bennett. In business, you bring everyone to the table and work to get results. Congress just doesnt get that theres too much partisanship. I approve this message because washington needs more commonsense problem solvers. Not only am i tracking a hurricane but what is happening across our region. First off, the hurricane is making its way on shore right now and you can see the yellow box there, its a tornado watch in effect for the state of florida. Weve already seen a couple of warnings down there and heavy rain is moving on shore. The storm itself is just off shore. In our area, im tracking the rain moving through parts of Fairfax County and Montgomery County. Right now, area. Pretty good wind gusts, in will move over the American Legion bridge. Heads up if you live around tyson, bethesda, vienna and oakton, that storm is moving your way. Much more on hermine and what it means for your weekend coming up in just a second. Developing now in prince georges county, three employees with the embattled Head Start Program have been fired and three others have been recommended to be fire. They were under investigation for months. It revealed allegations of abuse against students. A student was forced to mop up his own urine and the investigation led to the county losing more than 6 million in federal funding. 200 years ago, Georgetown University sold slaves to pay off school debts. Today, the president of the university apologized. His address began with an emotional moment as the crowd acknowledged that the descendents of the slaves. Some have joined us here in person. Some have joined online. Its with the gratitude and hume mi hume milt that i recognize your presence. Georgetown will give those students preferred admission as they recognize those slaves. To be able to walk this ground, which was once walked by some of the 272 who were sold in 183a experience this place, its part of for me trying to understand how best to bring the immediame into our reality. The 272 slaves were sold by georgetown nearly 200 years ago. Most of the slaves were sold to a plantation in louisiana. Today, hawkins great, great granddaughter lives in the area where he was sold. They didnt know last year until they were descendent of a slave owned by Georgetown University. Just knowing that now, i feel that in a personal way. Reporter on campus today, students were reaktdicting to t apology. As long as they put the real those descendents so they can take sole advantage of that, that will be a lot more productive than just paying a service. By apologizing, thats a good step and maybe they can go ahead and try to track down those that are displaced and let them go to college for free. Now, reporters were not allowed inside for todays announcement and our request to talk to the president to get specifics on this plan was denied. What we can tell you is that some steps that have been taken already, they have renamed two buildings. Doreen, back to you. Mark segraves reporting, thank you. D. C. Police chief cathy lanier is getting ready to leave the department after 26 years and almost ten years as chief. Shell take over as head of squu security for the nfl. Shell talk to me about what she is leaving behind and what makes her most proud during her time as chief. Shes the most popular public official in the district and thats because shes out in the community all the time. At crime scenes and also at neighborhood gathers. She meets with crime victims and their families. Compassion is part of her Mission Statement and laniers own personal story is inspiring to many. Growing up in this area, she got pregnant and dropped out of high school at age 14. She went on to earn a g. E. D. , then college and two masters degrees while raising her son full time. A young woman said to me, well, im not that smart. I wont go to college. I said, i wasnt that smart either. As evidenced by my dropping out of school and having my son so young. Even though i wasnt so smart, i can outwork everybody. And everything i accomplished, i accomplished not because i was smart butau for it. And so you can do that. And she said, oh, i never thought of it that way. Reporter lanier says the nfls job offer came out of nowhere and shes excited about facing new challenges. I really have compassion about what im doing and ive been so passionate about policing but at the same time i didnt feel the passion for doing it somewhere other than here because this is my city. So i was afraid that there was going to be nothing that came along that struck that passion for me to want to do it. And this job really does. Reporter but first, she has to deal with some big lifestyle changes. Thats the biggest challenge, you know. I have a real short turnaround and ive got to move to new york. So i think whats most stressful about this transition is the clothes. Ive got to go shopping. Ive got to do a lot of shopping. Im 27 i have known what im going to wear to work every day for 27 years. She is the most proud, she says, of the relationship between the Police Department and the community during her term. Her last day on the job here is september 17th. Shell report for work two days later at the nfl. She didnt say much about the challenges that shell face at nfl like overseeing player misconduct and shes up for the challenge and really believes in the nfl mission or she wouldnt have taken the job. Well be sad to see her go. You can see my entire interview on the nbc washington app. Shes doing a heck of a job. A man who tried to assassinate president reagan is now just a few days away from freedom. New questions from safety after falling debris impacted riders on metro. Im adam tuss at the bay bridge. A new crossing across the bay . Does it have to be a bridge . Ill tell you about the plan [ clock titime. ] you only have so much. Thats why we wanna make sure you wont have to wait on hold. And you wont have to guess when well turn up. Because after all. We should fit into your life. [ laughing ] not the other way around. [ clock ticking ] hook hermine is causing problems down in florida and in tampa, several inches have fallen. The bridge in st. Petersburg has been closed due to heavy winds and storm surge. Hurricane hermine is expected to make landfall overnight. Threat to florida and how it will affect our weather. Its going to have an impact on our weather. Were talking about the labor day weekend. If you live in d. C. To the west, not big of an impact. To the east, there is beach erosion, strong winds and lots and lots of rain there saturday night and sundays. A Tropical Storm watch, shell talk more about that right through Montgomery County and Fairfax County, well see these storms come through the d. C. Metro area in about the next hour you can see around gaithersburg, take a look at this around herndon. This will hit mclean and down towards d. C. Within the hour but after that it should get out of here. If youre heading to the Bruce Springsteen concert, looking okay for them. You can see the eye developing. Its actually trying to redevelop and beco its supposed to make landfall tonight as a category 1 80mileperhour storm. The latest advisory at 5 00. Take a look at the track moving up across our region down to our south, farther south and east now. With more on the impact, amelia has that. 40 to 60 Miles Per Hour, rehoboth, dewey, ocean city, sea isle, everybody here in pink with winds this strong well be talking about wind damage, beach erosion and that flooding threat was 3 to 6 inches of rain in play. Look at your impact. Only minor impacts here in the d. C. Area as we go back there on the graphic inch to half an inch of rainfall here in washington. As we look to the beaches, more rain. 3 to 6 inches and maybe even ten inches in some spots. Storm team 4 by 4 and storm ranger will be out in the storm. The ranger will not be traveling around. We will put it in one location and it will send out a signal and it will tell us where its raining, where its not raining, where the heaviest rain is and well have it following hermine throughout the Holiday Weekend but again right now our focus, doug, is on the beaches. Tomorrow, its friday, right it is friday. Friday is looking very good. Love having storm ranger out there today. It will be on the nbc washington app. The weekend, again, not bad in the city but south and east, well watch that. The day of concern is saturday 90s, a recordbreaking heatwave as we head towards the end of the week and weekend. We still send our camera and this is lynn net jones, you have got one heck of a crowd and i know you throw one heck of a party. How you doing out there . Were doing good, doug. We miss you so much. Reporter thats not my name on a dallas jersey, is it . Yes, it is, doug. Reporter what do you have going on in your backyard today . I have my september babies here. Reporter i love you, i miss you, i cannot wait to see you. Im so sorry i couldnt be there myself. Give everybody big hugs for me and, again, take off that cowboys gear. Well be back. See you later. Thanks for having us there in your backyard. Miss, doyou, dougie. Next at 6 00, there are cause for change after a baby and mother were hit in a crosswalk how the state says it will address the danger. Four years, millions of dollars to explore the idea of a new crossing over the chesapeake. But some say there is an easier and faster way to do it. A piece of equipment that spacex was carrying happened. A new twist on the irs tax scam. In one day alone, they called me four times. Well tell you what you need to kn ow my son has meningitis b. But how did we end up here . His mom thought he had the flu and that he was covered by the meningococcal meningitis vaccine he had received. Until 2014 there were no vaccines for meningitis b in the u. S. Now there are. While uncommon, meningitis b can lead to death within 24 hours. Trumenba is a vaccine for 10 through 25 year olds to help prevent group b meningococcal disease. Trumenba should not be given if you had a severe allergic reaction after a previous dose. Side effects were injectionsite pain, fatigue. Headache, muscle pain, and chills. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about all the risks and benefits of trumenba and tell them if youve received any other meningitis b vaccines. Meningitis b can be spread by typical sharing like. A drink. A spoon. A kiss. It all started here. It might have been prevented with trumenba. Ask your doctor or pharmacist about trumenba. A growing memorial for a 5monthold baby child killed in Loudoun County. His mother was being hit by an suv while pushing the stroller yesterday in lansdowne. A gofund me page has collected more than 37,000 to help the family. And as the Community Mourns the loss, investigators are trying to figure out how to prevent tragedies like that in the furt. Reporter teddy bears, balloons, remembering a baby boy. Those who live here hoping this loss is never felt again and for some, safety changes are the only way to prevent that. A lansdowne mom, beverly, fears that her communitys road is more dangerous. It is more and more common and this has been going on since pedestrian crosswalk. This sedan was braking quickly and then swerving around him. Others seeing him cross and come to a stop. Weve got to do something to get his attention. Reporter while not knowing the specifics of yesterdays incident, ralph bono wants his drivers to be more focused here and hes using his elected position to ask vd. O. T. To make changes. You also have a lot of hills here and curves and as you go to the west, you have three more unsignalized crosswalks, all of which have limited visibility. Reporter the supervisor says he took his concerns to vd. O. T. They say their tests show that all of the signals worked as designed. Thats the latest in the county. David culver, news4. New details tonight in the release of the man who shot president reagan back 35 years ago. John hinkley jr. Will be able to leave the psychiatric clinic hes been held. He was ruled to be no longer a danger to himself or others. Hell be required to participate in therapy and return to d. C. At least once a month for evaluation by doctors. Metro right now trains are bypassing the rhode Island Station on the red line. It was shut down an hour ago after debris started falling from the ceiling. The same thing happened last night that forced the station to shut down around 8 30. Metro is running Shuttle Bus Service to brookland station. We told you about the plan for a new bay bridge and other ways to cross that dont involve a bridge at all. Adam tuss looks at some of the alternatives. Reporter building another bay bridge crossing, that could cost billions of dollars. But is there a way to do it cheaper, faster and maybe simpler . Some say the answer is yes. Call it a backtothe future for the bay. Ferries used to carry passengers and car ass across the bay. I think for the people who dont go out on boats, they should have a ferry system to go over and, i dont know, people would do it. Reporter alternative modes of transportation are part of this new study on a bay crossing, even a rail line could be considered and, most importantly, thisew different from previous examinations because it will identify an exact location for a future crossing. Governor hogans administration said you have to start somewhere and this is a starting point. Reporter with the Transportation Authority we will have a very active involvement public process. Listen for us. Well be out asking for input. Reporter still, as bad as bay bridge traffic can be, there are critics of this entire 5 million study. Stewart schwartz is with the coalition for smarter growth. We dont understand how they are setting priorities for transportation in maryland. The American Legion bridge, that should have been task number one on the Roadway Network and bridge traffic can be addressed by other techniques like variable tolls that push drivers to cross the bridge at different times of the day regardless, this study is now in motion. Lets say it all goes according to plan with this new study. We should have a new location for the bridge t best pick by 2020. Back to you. Dramatic video as a rocket erupted into flames during testing. The impact is on facebook. Families who lost everything in a deadly apartment explosion and who is helping victims start over. Im not only tracking a hurricane, im tracking thunderstorms right now in our area. One of them coming down through the d. C. Metro area, fairfax. Ill track these for you and show you what it means for the rest of your night coming up in just a mite. Nu tonight, weve learned that the spacex rocket that exploded had a satellite on board. Nasa says spacex was conducting a test firing of the unman a second explosion happened 20 minutes later. Launch scheduled for saturday. A blast killed seven people in Silver Spring and more than 100 were left without a home. State officials hosted a Financial Recovery workshop today. Government agencies and nonprofit organizations were on hand to talk to residents and help them plan their next steps. A gas like caused that explosion. It was at the Flower Branch apartments. The Fairfax Deputy who shot and killed a man last month was part of the team that restrained a woman last year while removed from her jail cell and later died. Were told the deputy was involved in both cases. Last month, jovani been released from the hospital but was having a Mental Health episode. He injured a man and ran towards the deputy with a sign post when he was shot. And this woman died last year after a struggle with Sheriff Deputies and a stun gun was used on her multiple times. She also suffered from mental illness. A new warning about an old irs scam making the rounds again. Four things you should know before you answer the phone to make sure you dont fall victim. Tracking hermine. The hurricane is just hours away from landfall in florida now. A closer look at the timeline well, if you havent received one already, you could be getting a fake call from the irs telling you that you owe money. I think ive had three already. The local Attorney Generals Office has seen a recent surge in complaints and they dont appear to be stopping any time soon. Susan hogan has what you need to know. Federal investigators call this scam the most pervasive in history and highest in investigative priority. Scammers, they dont stop at anything. Reporter she is the last person you would expect to get a fraudulent call from the irs. Im a lawyer for the district of columbia. Reporter discriminate. She, like millions of americans, have told taxpayers they owe the irs money. In one day alone, they called me four times telling me that i had one last chance to respond to the irs or legal action, serious legal action would be taken against me. Reporter threatening calls similar to this one. Internal revenue service. The reason is to inrm you that the irs is filing lawsuits against you. Reporter sally suspected it was a scam but many people fear the irs and believe it may be real. Just recently, a taxpayer in Loudoun County fell victim after receiving a call from someone impersonating the irs. But the call came with a twist. The caller demanded more than 27,000 to be paid with gift cards or the arrested for fear going to jail, the victim paid it. Callers demanding money via gift cards is the latest warning on the Tax Administration website. It investigates irs scams across the u. S. Since october 2013, it found americans lost more than 44 million to the irs impersonators with maryland and virginia among the top ten states where taxpayers have been scammed out of the most money. D. C. Ranked 42nd. So phone calls related to alleged irs stats are fraudulent calls. Hang up immediately. A recent surge includes his own staff. His office is investigating the phone numbers behind the calls often with a local area code. Who owns these numbers . Once we were able to discover that, d more information to see who is behind these companies. Reporter heres what you need to know. The irs will never call you and demand money. You will receive a notice in the mail. The irs will never email you asking for money, never require a specific type of payment and never ask you to pay with gift cards. Thats when you just hang up. There is no nonsense and serious sounding. Do not fall for the irs scam. Now, many people think you report it to the irs but you report the tax scam to the Tax Administration. We have a link where you can report these phone calls and more information to help you flag fraud. Just open up our nbc washington app and search irs scam. Tracking hurricane hermine and the impact that it could have on our holiday be. If youre going towards the mountains or around d. C. , i think you will be okay. Chesapeake or beaches is where we will run in to problems. A couple of storms developing one right now in Fairfax County well zoom in and show you where this is heading around falls church and around the braddock area and alexandria. This will clip downtown as well. I think the Bruce Springsteen concert will be fine, though. Hermine is trying to get it is eye even tighter around the center, really trying to get that eye wall replacement going on now and really trying to become a very intense storm. 75 miles an hour it is hurricane. Tampa just went through a big squaw line. Take a look now, this is a live shot of tampa down towards that region. Were right now in just in the middle of what is a little bit of a lull right now down towards the tampa region. Do we have that shot, guys . There it is. Maybe not at this location but this is tampa. Gusts up to 30, 40 Miles Per Hour with this but tampa is going to get spared the worst of this. One area that will not be spared is the panhandle, part of the panhandle and big bend area. This area of florida right along the coast here, you dont have a lot of people and its not very populated. If this was coming in to tampa, millions would get hit by the brunt of this storm. This storm is tracking up to the north and making landfall into its way across tallahassee. Now, for us, lets look at the impact around the d. C. Metro area. Some rain but more east of i95. Mountains, by the way, west of the blue ridge, not bad at all on saturday and even sunday looking good towards the mountains. Down towards the beaches, very heavy rainfall. 3 to 6 inches or more. Some areas could see 10 inches of rain. Gusts up to 50, 60 Miles Per Hour. Beach erosion and tidal flooding as well. Heads up towards the beaches. Tropical storm watch is in effect. Saturdays and sundays, in the 70s. A high of 83. Tomorrow is great. The weekend is on the stormy side, especially to the east. Labor day is looking good and then calling for a record heatwave as we move towards next week. That sounds familiar, doesnt it. Weve already have a couple of those. Yet another. And now its september. That means were records, guys. Thank you, doug. I think. Yep. Sports coming up. A high school and college star, a super bowl winner. Now a new face at howard already okay. You skip a play it with your life. A rookie decided his workbook, nfl backpack belonged into a dumpster and then a redskins fan came along and discovered them and caused the controversy. These are pictures that josh shared with the junkies on 106. 7. Josh described them as the entire defensive play book with audibles, breakdowns, the whole nine yards. But they are working to get niece notebooks back asap. Get it. Lets get it, baby. And that running back is all smiles after a night that most d guys only dream about. 50 yard touchdown, youre seeing right there, the highlight of the night. The mack truck likely to carry three running backs. Now its on everybodys radar. I pray god for everything. I wouldnt be here. Hopefully its good things. He showed up and made the decision even tougher. Hopefully we can figure out a way to get together and Coaching Staff and figure countdown is on now to the season opener. Welcome back to the show. You know, lets go to the highlights. After 23 days, coming off a sweep of the phillies, we take a look at that 20 in 20 stretch. The record is 119. They have a lead and when they started the stretch, it was a lead over the marlins. How about jason werth . Hes been heating up. Four home runs. And now has 20 for the season. Most since 2013. Maryland and howard are playing, the first ever meeting. Maryland is favor but a new howard compete. You probably know him, cato june, the star at michigan. Also on his resume, of course, the nfl, winning a super bowl ring with the colts tony dungee. Hes back at howard because he used to practice and now hes paid to be there and loves his work. Being able to share my wisdom and bring my own personal energy every single day and really just getting them focused in on preparing their mind and body on a daily basis. Its great for me. He loves the game. All of the things that hes been through. So cato j with maryland and howard meeting at noon on saturday. Bring it home again. One more time. Thats really cool. Thanks for those guys as well. Thats our broadcast for now. Nightly ns isew breaking news tonight, a lifethreatening hurricane about to make landfall in florida. Several states of emergency and concern stretching all the way into the northeast. Spacex explosion disaster caught on camera. A rocket blows up on the launchpad, destroying a major plan by facebook. What went wrong . Backlash. Big fallout for donald trump from key supporters who say they were betrayed as trump calls for a major immigration crackdown. Stopping pain without painkillers. Some alternatives that patients are trying. Whats working and whats not. And parents nightmare. A big mixup in the air. Two small children sent to the wrong cities and a mom