This morning. Stay with us. News4 today continues at 5 00 a. M. News4 today starts now. And good morning, everybody. Im aaron gilchrist. Im angie goff. Welcome to news4 today. Okay. So were talking about what it feels like out there. I dont care what the temperature says. It is i guess the best word to describe it, tom mentioned gak, the total gak factor out there this morning. Thats a meteorological term. As we have showers and thundershowers approaching us from the west the leading edge of some relief on the way from the gak. Right now we are getting some showers and thunder and lightning and coming near frostburg. To the east of washington a couple showers in Anne Arundel County south of annapolis. Those are crossing the bay, headed over to the Eastern Shore. A few sprinkles here in southern Prince Georges County. Thats a tracking east as well. Temperatures are muggy and mild. Near 80 degrees right now. The feels like well, it is oppressive humidity. But it will be dropping overnigh
The way to germantown. Chuck . All right, outside, back to school. Everybody wants to know will you need to put the umbrella in the backpack . Yes, you will. Heres the live picture of the sky this morning. Still waiting on sunrise about 30 minutes away. But theres nothing on storm team 4 radar so were dry this morning. Current temperatures mid to upper 60s in the twes earn suburbs. Near 70 from the bayside area communities into the inside of the beltway. Commuter forecast, mild and dry here for the next hour or two. Sunny and plenty warm from 8 00 to 10 00 this morning. Nothing to worry about early on, but after lunch time today, after about 3 00 or 4 00, there will be a chance for showers and thunderstorms coming through as a cold front comes our way. Todays high up near 90 degrees. Back to you. All right, chuck, thank you. 6 01 now and today its back to school for thousands of students in the district. As you finish preparing the lunches and backpacks we want to let you know about so
Wall street. Stocks dropping like a rock this morning. Well take a look at the board and see where things stand. I can tell you the dow down about 500 points. First thing this morning, the dow dropped more than 1,000 points. Now were about 300 below since the beginning of the day. This is all as markets here in the u. S. React to global slowings of the economy in different parts of the world. This started with china last week where we saw their economy beginning to slow and a lot of investors in china reacting. Some of them concerned about their own money and trying to either move it or hold onto their money in china. The problem is that a lot of Big Companies like mcdonalds and apple and intel, they all do business in china, so if the Chinese Consumer pulls back and cant buy their products, it really hits their bottom line, and wall street is very worried about that. Experts say the decline we saw first thing this morning is not the result of a panic, really. This is just traders in w
Good afternoon sara bloomquist is off and in the news security efforts are heightened following sundays deadly shooting in las vegas as strangers step up to honor the victims and a school in new jersey is closed after mold was discovered. And parents are expressing anger and confusion about the districts actions. And the big story on action news at Tropical Storm nate. Which is being blamed on two dozen deaths in Central America and could reach the gulf coast as a hurricane over the weekend. Nate dumped 6 to 10 inches of rain over honduras and its likely to stren enover the Caribbean Sea. And louisiana and alabama and florida have issued warnings. You need to be where you want to be by dark on saturday. We are experiencing another storm and we all have to be prepared. The storm is already impacting the oil industry, exxon and shell have shut down some facilities in the gulf and some production is already off line. And while states along the gulf coast are bracing for weather from nate.
Extreme amounts. And how the people of china are going cashfree with the help of cell phones. Why the u. S. Is being left behind because of debit and credit cards. But we begin this morning with todays eye opener, your world in 90 seconds. This is absolutely devastating. Its heartbreaking. It looks like another planet. California fights to contain wildfires. New evacuation orders were issued for entire towns including the wine country, giving people minutes to get out. Were in the fight for the long haul. Its going to get worse before it gets better. Hes speaking out for the first time. Im not doing okay. Im trying. Ive got to get help guys. Perhaps i feel stronger. More tough talk. The calm before the storm. It seemed related to rocket man. Im building up the military like nobodys ever seen. Im not saying im not doing anything, and im not. President trump is tweeting demand for the players to stand. He gave putin a puppy. You is ee him kiss that pup right there on the noggin. That wil