Police rescue and power crews are staying busy this morning. Falling trees have taken down those power lines leaving roads blocked and intersebss xheetdly dark. Thousands of people and businesses are also dealing with Power Outages at this hour all because of the powerful wind gusts. We begin our coverage this morning with storm team 4 meteorologist sheena parveen. Well, we still have the high wind warning in effect until this afternoon. This is going to go until 6 00 p. M. All the orange shaded counties including the district, many of our maryland counties currently seeing high winds. We still have the potential to see wind gusts near 60 miles an hour for the rest of the day today. Those will be damaging winds knocking down tree limbs and power lines so we still have the risk of that through the afternoon. Current wind gusts, 40mileanhour winds in the district, 44 camp springs, leesburg almost 40mileanhour wind gusts. Hagerstown close to 45. Again today is going to be one of those day
For a moment and as it rushed through the court and the wires were shaking we heard this crash. It wasnt raining or thundering. We saw the tree fall into the house. Josh they saw the tree fall from their house across the street but what was actually going on inside one of the owners of the house was in the basement and didnt realize this had happened until she came upstairs. Fortunately, she is okay. Everybody is doing all right. The family does have a place to stay nearby. Thats whats going on in kensington. Latest. To ony for the reporter josh, remarkable scene here in gaithersburg. A tree brought down a power line and it caused a crater in the middle of the roadway. The asphalt almost looks like lava. The crater goes down about a foot into the ground and take a look at this. You can just see how soft this asphalt is. It really burnt it up. Still smoldering at this hour. The smell not very pretty. Down. You can see that people in the neighborhood were using chain saws to try and clea
Congress. Threatening letters delivered to two local islamic sites, a day after threats to jewish schools here and across the country. And as the rain starts to wrap up, were tracking strong tor storms that could impact your commute. News4 at 11 00 starts now. Heralding a new chapter of american greatness, President Trump addressed a jointd session of congress are if the first time tonight. The president struck an optimistic tone, touching on immigration, health care, and the military. The president also called for democrats and republicans to work together. Nbcs tracie potts begins our coverage. Mr. Speaker, the president of the united states. Reporter President Trump opened his first address to congress, promising to unite the country and fight terror. We are a country that stands united in condemning evil in all of its very ugly forms. [ applause ] reporter that got a standing ovation from both sides, but key parts of his agenda, like replacing obamacare, show a congress and nation
Silver 1f nspring. A big gust. I bet you it was 50 miles an hour. I saw it go down on the house. Reporter not far away in kensington, another house crushed by a fallen tree. Actually, we have a few houses. W one in prather and dealing wi that. Firefighters having tough access getting there. The electric meters are smoking and trees and wires are down. Reporter heavy rains and strong wind pounded our region. On canal road, a tree fell on a car near fox hall road and causing the driver to hit a truck. The driver of the car4; e transported to the hospital. Montgomery county had thousands of calls in one hour and several trees hitting homes. A tree came down and trapped a box truck. There were arcing live wires around. The truck couldnt move and cut the ¿o tree and got the dri out and no injuries. Reporter now the owner of this home isfvnbqu11e in very good spirit, considering what has happened to his house. He tells me that just last week, he and his wife were out at the dulles expo
Some democrats say sessions needs to resign. I did not have communications with the russians. Some lawmakers are defending the attorney general today. House Speaker Paul Ryan says sessions should only recuse himself if he ends up being part of the fbis investigation into russia. Sessions lied. Hes got to go and there were new protests in washington this afternoon. Many of those saying they want sessions to resign. Its important to note that the attorney general has acknowledged that he spoke with the Russian Ambassador last year. But he says those were routine meetings and that he held tohos meetings as a senator on the Armed Services committee. Breaking news from Prince Georges County where a teenager has been shot in oxon hill. This happened on street. What condition is the teenager in . Reporter our understanding is that this teenager is in critical condition. A serious gun wound to who were being told by multiple sources is a 14yearold male who attended potomac high school. Shot af