Humidity, it is not going to be hard for any storms that do develop to become strong. Once again, yesterday we saw the flash flooding. That was the biggest threat. Today, that threat still a threat but not quite as high. It is the high winds that we are going to be dealing with. Yes there is a low threat of a tornado today best chance of that northern portions of maryland around the masondixon line. Continue to track it for you throughout the afternoon. Amelia segal and i are in all day. With the stroke of a pen, South Carolina governor nikki haley is about to end the controversy that has divided her state for more than half a century. Haley is signing a bill that will remove the Confederate Flag from the state house grounds. These are live pictures from columbia, South Carolina. This move will come hours after the state house passed this legislation. The Governors Office says the flag will come down in a ceremony tomorrow morning at 10 00. We are closely following this breaking news.
Parts of california, including franklin and fulton county, West Virginia, one Tornado Warning north and east of pittsburgh. Our weather is coming from down south in towards north carolina. So i think weve got about one or two hours before things really start to kick off. And thats when things are gonna get a little dicey. This evening, a breezy tuesday. Well talk about the winds for tomorrow. A big storm late week and then a much cooler pattern. Were setting records over the weekend. Not going to be anywhere close this weekend. Thats coming up in a few minutes. If you dont have the nbc washington app on your phone, this is the time to download it as the storms move through the area. Youll get alerts. As the storms get clo that and get the forecast and a look at the radar. Even if your home loses power. A husband and wife are in the hospital after a domestic dispute. Police say there was a fire this morning at the couples home in the hampton oaks subdivision. One of them had to be airli
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Their first appearance before a judge sometime tomorrow morning. Now again police are still looking for the weapon in this case. As far as we know they tell us they have not recovered that gun. Wendy, back to you. Mark segraves, thanks. Todays shooting just adds to metros troubles. Its the latest highprofile violent attack in the Transit Agency in recent weeks. Our transportation reporter adam tuss spoke with the Metro Transit Police chief today about safety concerns. Adam, what did you learn . Well jim, Transit Police say they hear riders concerns about safety and they are going to respond. One of the changes that will be coming, the police chief tells me there will be a greater focused effort on the trains themselves. No one, not one of metro staff can remember the last time a shooting happened on a train. But there have been a number of attacks on trains recently. And Transit Police say they will be adjusting. Any exra physically on trains . We already look at our process, better to