Well, this week we saw what can go wrong if y dont heed that advice. A father for carry his kids through waistdeep floodwaters. Molenas therescue. Reporter it only took a few ion to for a bad dec put a family in danger from the dramatic high water th the heigg rush. Watch here as this dad had to carry his two little girls, they were around 7 years ofe, ag in each arm to get them out of their stalled car, trapped in high water here at the intersection of little falls parkway and massachusetts avenue. Luckily, the dad was able to carry them away safely and a Good Samaritan rolled up, who watched all of this play out and actually gave them a ride home. He was unable to open the car so thats why he that why the grabbed them out of the window. I was going t just go nearby him. Then i saw that it was okay, that he grabbed the kids. So then they were walking on the grass area. Reporter and you took them home. I took them home, yes. The kids were a little bit afraid and they were like, oh, dad
Tests the Home Delivery services. Announcer news4 midday starts nmo. Good rning and welcome to m news4day. Im melissa molette. And im aaron gilchrist. We start with the weather. New orleans dealing with floodingt similar to whawe saw on monday. A flash flood emergency is sued there. This picture or video coming from nbcs Morgan Chesky i believe. It is a very different scene here. It is warm and dry. The sun is out. Finally calm conditions, but it wont last. The system thatan hit new could be headed this way. Lets check in withry laun ricketts with more on what is ahead. Chuck and i have been fall following this and it is a potential Tropical Cyclone number two. Look at this rain. And it is not even close to landfall yet. They will fly a hurricane hunte service into it today to check it out to see if it has the tropical capability to become a depression or into a hurricane. Eventually so again this is what were watching. But a lot of heavy rain pushing around new orleans. Ix fo inches f
Baltimores police chief says the sergeant who was injured is5 ear veteran billy shiflic who isab in st condition before undergoing surgery. The man who plowed h car during a White Nationalist rally in charlottesville will spend the remainder of his life in prison. A judge upheld the jurys recommended sentence for james n field i the 2017 attack that killed Heather Heyer and injured several others. The judge called the video ofc hi driving into the crowd one with of the more chilling and disturbing things he had ever seen. As part of his sentence fields will have to pay nearly half a Million Dollars in restitution. Four freshmen female members of Congress Firing back after a seriesf tweets and oncamera remarks by the president. Many have called the president s words ralsts. He cad on the members, all of whom are minorities, to go back to their countries. Thats despiteleave it them being born here in the united states. Pat lawson muse is in our newsroom with ak. Closer loo reporter wendy
Good morning andwelcome to nes 4 midday. Right now in charlottesville, the clselfpromed white upremacist accused of killing heatherheyer is being sentenced. Yer was a counter protester when james fields jr. Plowed into the crowd with his car, killi heyer and injuring others. Fields attorney had argued that because hes 22 years old and had had a traumatic childhood, he doesnt deserve life in prison. Julie carrie is at todays sentencing. Look for updates on twitter and on the nbc washington app. Maryland is honoring the five peoe killed in the capitol gazette shooting one year ago today. June 28th will now be knowns as freedom of the press day in maryland. Aunman opened fire at the newspaper last year. This is a live look at the new Memorial Garden ceremony thatwi l be dedicated to the five journalists who died in annapolis. Chris van hollinsngis amo the speakers at this mornings dedication. The gazette was alsowarded a special post surprise for its commitment to covering the news during
And not much of a breeze either. Thickest of the fog towards Fauquier County and Prince William county. Upper 60s and a few spots in the 50s this morning. Tuesday planner nothing but sunshine all day long afternoon highs mid to upper 80s. More about tomorrow and the weekend coming up in a few. 4 traffic. Fir good morning. Right now Silver Spring Georgia Avenue and seminary dark traffir lights soat it as a stop. Repairs from an earlier crash and probably last through the morning hush. A slow situation there. Connecticut avenue at randolph road crash in the middle of the intersection here in Silver Spring. Seeing slowdowns the. Just got this in. F whiteserry shut down because of high water and impr debris. Pure panic and chaos as ugflash floods swept throthe d. C. Area yesterday. This is video from potomac, madeland. Outsi, folks are dealing with the aftermath of this. Many cars were waterlogged and seems like a river took over their neighborhoods in some cases. Molette green is ve on wi