Wha as warm as we will get. All the warnings have expired in terms of Severe Weather. Theres still a lot of standing water. That is something we will have to deal with throughout much of today. There was a record rainfall at dulles, more than two inches in the last 24 hours. Over an inch in d. C. , merely a four inches in culpeper. The green areas will coincide with the heaviest rainfall. Thats where the flood warnings remain in effect now. 32 in elkins, 60 in d. C. It will be a blustery afternoon with temperatures falling into the 40s. Details on the wind and what we can expect over the next seven days. Coming up in a few minutes. Now to steve. A couple road closures. On beach drive, south of noted way at the district line. Porter street nw is closed between connecticut avenue and the drive because of wires on the road. That is still blocked. You probably want to stick with connecticut avenue. That will be a problem for a little longer. In the aspen hill area, Georgia Avenue at hewitt
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From nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with brian williams. Good evening. It takes just a moment to remember back clearly to the very moment we learned about the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in newtown, connecticut. To remember how shocked we all were and how sad and sorry a scene that was. Well, this is still very much the post newtown era. So there was great emotion today at a hearing on guns on capitol hill. Especially when a very wellknown survivor of gun violence, Gabby Giffords, came forward to deliver her own remarks. And yet during the hearing, we learned of another shooting. This one in arizona. A workplace, one gunman, three shooting victims, one fatal. We begin tonight with this emotional issue. Our report from Nbcs Kelly Odonnell on capitol hill. Reporter good evening, brian. The passion so deep, this hearing room was packed, included many families and survivors, victims of other shootings. And it was a group of people asking con
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