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scheduled to arrive in d.c. later tonight. back to you from the live desk. thanks, jim. it is just not letting up in south carolina. it is raining again right now after an historic weekend that saw nearly two feet of rain fall in some places. nine people have died in the flooding and many have been pulled and rescued from stranded cars and homes and now virginia s task force and one search and rescue team is in south carolina to help nbc s jay gray is right in the middle of it in the state capital. south carolina is still under water right now. historic flooding that s tossed aside cars, torn away roads, bridges and dams and swallowed communities from the coasts to the midlands. we are continuing rescue and evacuation operations throughout the state. in the columbia area alone from the weekend through today there have been 150 swift water rescues and first responders expect that number to climb. the national guard has moved in to help with the ongoing effort i ....
detectives are gathering details. they are reviewing notes. let me move right out of the way. you can see them right there across the street. we are here at walters lane and chavez lane at the bp gas station in forestville. let s roll some video. this happened around 7:15 tonight. police are telling me that a man walked into the gas station and opened fire on another man. they tell me this was a targeted attack. there was a clerk inside, along with the victim who was a customer. and police are investigating to see if there were more customers inside the gas station. there is surveillance cameras, or excuse me, there are surveillance cameras here at the gas station. police will review the surveillance video. and again, they are trying to see if there are more customers inside this place. and they don t know if the man drove away or if he ran away from the scene. they re obviously trying to figure that out. and they will review the video. also, they re trying to determine ....
right now several cities in south carolina remain under water. president obama has signed a disaster declaration. that makes federal funding available to people in the hardest hit areas. 1300 national guardsmen are in the area now performing aerial rescues. there are still fears this morning that more dams could break which could lead to more flooding. more than 500 roads and bridges have been washed out by the flooding. going to have much more from south carolina in a minute when we go to dave wagner in columbia. first, weather traffic on the 1s. autumn chill will greet you when you step out the door to walk the dog early this morning. down into the 40s in montgomery county, fairfax county, loudoun county, prince william fauquier, low and mid-40s there. near the potomac, low 50s at washington. many of our eastern suburbs near 50, right in the bay waters, though, in the upper 50s. easton, 49. look at this shenandoah valley, chilly to cold, 41 in front royal and lura ....
that s something they re considering now, raising fares? they call that the transit death spiral, an actual term. they don t want to get that. good morning to you. i m eun yang. i m aardam tuss in for aaron gilchrist on a chilly morning. need the heater in your car. chilly start to our tuesday, tom. almost need the heated steering wheel too. it is quite chilly this morning. in fact, we have dense fog along with the chill in the shenandoah valley. only 41, martinsburg, winchester, front royal, luray. east of the blue ridge. mid-40s. a little wispy fog. temperatures near 50 in washington. under the clear sky, in the mid to upper 50s around the bay. look at the visibility. we have our cameras zoomed in on the washington monument. we re about six, seven miles away from it. in haze in the sky. chilly morning, your headlines, mild afternoon, a warmer pattern will continue throughout the week ahead. coming up next weather and traffic on the 1s, look at the bus stop w ....
roads. we have a crash slowing things down quite a bit. a 2 1/2 mile backup as you are headed northbound on crain highway at branch avenue. the left lane is blocked and those backups are building here. really have increased quite a bit in the last couple of minutes. in silver spring now, chopper 4 over this problem, a pedestrian struck northbound georgia avenue at dennis avenue. another shot from the ground there for you this morning. also outbound 11th street bridge, still have the two left lanes blocked, overturned truck on the bridge. thank you, melissa. a developing story now in prince george s county. police are searching for the man responsible for a deadly shooting at a gas station. police say surveillance cameras may have caught the shooting around 7:15 last night at the bp station on walters lane near chavez lane in forestville. officers say this attack was not random and did not happen during a robbery. they hope any other customers inside at the time ca ....