Canceled. High water spilling over from louisianas lake pontchartrain. Ropical storm barry putting levees to the test. This road was whed away during mondays flooding. It remains closed. Ill tell you when stranded residents should be able to get back home. News4 at1 00 begins with breaking news. So we have breaking news tonight. Manhattan plunged into darkness after a massive power outage. The outage stretching from hudson river to fifth avenue. People were trapped in underground subway reportedly in elevators as well. Traffic gridlock after the street signs went out. Movies and broadway shows, they were interrupted. Even the j. Loconcert at Madison Square garden had to be evacuated. Please leave the building. J. Lo herself later tweeted that she was devastated that this has happened. In all, more than 73,000 con edison customers lost power. It all started with anuipment malfunction at a power sub station. The companys ceo justroviding an update a couple of minutes ago. We are proceedi
Handgun on the ground outside the macys door on the third leveling and most of the investigation appears focused on the fourth level. Heres what police had to tell us just a short time ago. Upon arrival it was determined that a struggle ensued between two subjects in the garage in whichrm a firea was brandished. The struggle continued and one subject was shot. S thatbject has been transported to an area hospital withni lifethreate injuries. Police tell us there is no threat to the community. They have spoken to both people involved inhat struggle. Ey could not tell us what led to that fight or who opened the gun, who was legally owned or how many guns were involved, but, again, we do know that we saw one handgun that was recovered here. One person taken to the hospital with lifethreatening injuries taying on her person the scene and being interviewed by police. Again, so far nobody has been charged, and, again, no threats to the community in this area. Thats the very latest. Pat, back
Accepting responsibility for the dui crash that killed 5yearold twins alexander and rosalie and 1yearold isaac mejia. Hawks vehicle slammed into thei back of t vehicle as they were stopped at a red lies on indian head highway last december. Hawks bloodalcohol level was mo than twice the states legaat limit. The scene he was unable to stand, and a one point he fell asleep in the Police Patrol ca. We were coming from church. They didnt deserve to leave. We had so many plans with them. Reporter parents alexis and juanita were both injured in the crash and are expected to live with the pain o fose they are also living with the pain of no longer having their chondren. Last mday they experienced the twins first birthday since d theirth. Reporter we had to sit at their grave site missing out on the plans that we had for them as graduating kindergartners. N reporter hawks is out bond as he has been since this accident happened unt his sentencing set for september. Hes looking at the possibilit
Local forecast and the coute. Wtop jack taylor is in for Melissa Mollet today but lets chart with ouror st team 4 meteorologist chuck bell. I dont know if our region can any more storms. Lo im with after last mondays flash f emergency here. We know what the folks in new orleans is dealing with. They had a flash flood emergency yesterday and 5 to 6 inches of rain in a couple of hour and are all too familiar with that around here after monday. Unfortunately, another storm team 4 weather alert day today. An opportunityor not only thunderstorms this afternoon and evening but because the ground is saturated, a brandnew Flash Flood Watch has been issued. No heavy rain outside early this morning. The Flash Flood Watch begps at 2 00. This afternoon and goes until two a. M. Friday morning and includes all of the d. C. And Baltimore Metro area so keep ndat in mi. Be weatherlert today. Your evening commute could be seriously impact by rain, jack tayl taylor. Beltway outer loop breaki traffic. Tro
The rain shafts coming through this thunderstorm. Theres a nice little lightning bolt right there. That was chopper 4 about 20 minutgo that. Same storm. Take a look at it on storm team 4 radar has really declined and decdased in intensity, an what its done is sent out this boundary, so were seeing other storms form in parts of fauquier and Fairfax County and Prince William county. Lets go in and zoom on it. Lets show you in through Fairfax County nd greatfalls, the heaviest of which coming towards quantico. Strockest storms now, ba into Jefferson County west virginia. A lot of lightning with this one and a ne forming back towards thisn our way moving t through evening. On the hot side. 91 so far today, leon and well go higher tomorrow. Ngouve been talki about the chances of a 12day long heat wave. Are we still on track for that . The one day were really watching would bemo nda 8y. 9. That would take us out of the heat wave, but if were looking at 89 to give us some relief, you know wev