these new photos fm the police. their bodies were ericaveonzalez has pments from the live desk. reporter: there s a new nugget of information that s come out today that makes the sisters deaths more strange. this is the first picture we are able to show you of of the sist. their mom told detectives that the dayefore the girls bodies were found she got a call from an official at saudi arabia embassy ordering the family to leave the united states because her daughters had applied for political asylum. one 22, the other 16, were reported missing in late august. last week, their bodies were founin the hudson river, ductpe ta together, clothes on, no signs of trauma. nay have been living in fairfax team. we made attemptscho rut to the family, but are not successful in that. we heard from the police, theyn are askingdy with information to come forward. the saudi consulate general saif cials reached out to the family offering aide and support. from the live desk, erica gonza
the panhandle of florida, and, lauren, it s moving our way right now. more about this right now. down to jay gray w is live. reporter: good evening, we are getting strong winds here, sheets of rain continue to fall, and the surge continues to growe mi unleashing its furry no right florida s panhandle under siege, hurricane michael a powerful storm to hit the region slams into the hcoast. ricane michael is upon us. now s the time to seek refuge. reporter: a catastrophic storm with a triple threat. a dangerous storm surgee 14 f projected along the coastline. destructive winds as high as 150 up s per hour, tearing buildings and knocking out power. and torrential rainfall already causing flooding. hurricane michael is a hurricane of the worst kind. reporter: with the storm tracking inland, the s a state of emergency in georgia, and caronas dreading the arrival. the carolinas are staring down another perful hurricane less than a month after hurricane florence battered ou
vote yes on h.res. 789. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from ohio rise? as the member designated by mrs. lawrence, i inform the house that mrs. lawrence will vote yes on h.r. 789. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois rise? mr. speaker, as the member designated by mr. rush from illinois, i inform the house that mr. rush will vote yes on h.res. 789. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? as the member designated mr. cawthorn of north carolina, i inform the house that mr. cawthorn will vote no on h.r. 789. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from ohio rise? thank you, madam speaker. as the member designated by mr. amodei, pursuant to h.res. 8, i inform the house that mr. amodei will vote no on house resolution 789. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from minnesota rise? madam speaker, as the member designated by
now, it was eight years ago when the case was closed for nearly eight years until a new witness came forward this year and police were able to arrest jose rodriguez cruz. multiple sources tell news4 that cruz led police here to stafford county, virginia, along this stretch of i-95 where he says he buried the young woman s body. i spoke with police chief peter newsham today. while he would not comment on the specifics of the search, here s what he had to say about the importance of finding butler s body. i know that it s very important for the family to be able to recover pam s remains. it s extremely important to them so we re working attorney s office to see if we can make that happen. reporter: he plans on being out here friday afternoon when the search begins. it s important to note that the landscape here has changed dramatically in those eight years, so police are hopeful, hopeful that they will be able to recover those remains. that s the very latest. leon, back to
we ll go through the timing in a couple of minutes. some snow and continued cold and windy during your day tomorrow and tracking your weekend as well. all of that coming up in just a minute. right now, though, i want to take it outside. it s on the cold side. we sent our team down there. reporter: here s proof that the dogs are sticking to the sidewalks. they are just well-behaved. you normally see more people down here and you don t today and it has something to do with the weather. people still find a way to get out. some of them had to and some because they wanted to. it was about layering up and staying warm. we spoke to one vendor who had good advice i have a sweater here. i stay all day here outside. reporter: alpaca, that s the word for today. you don t need any alpaka if you re going to be inside but we ll talk to more folks about what they were doing out in the cold air. derric cank, thank you. go to our nbc washington app and we continue to put the data in o