You can see this line making its way our way. Very strong thunderstorms especially where you see the pinks. These are all moving towards our region. Because of that, we are under that tornado watch. You can see it affects everybody to the east of the blue ridge. This is where we have some warmer air thats moved in. Its now 65 in d. C. Still only in the 40s back towards dulles, but even there we do expect to see some Severe Weather. Notice the Tornado Warnings towards our south and west. A couple Tornado Warnings with that line. All of these moving in. The crunch time i think for our region will be between 5 00, 6 00, 7 00, maybe 8 00. So between 5 00 and 8 00 is when we expect to see the worst. And, of course, what to do so important. Between now and the next several hours, strong severe thunderstorms, not just damaging winds, they could lead to a handful of Power Outages but also isolated tornadoes and thats whats so important in knowing what to do. In your home, building, make sure you get to the basement, you dont have a basement. Make sure you do not open any windows. Mobile home, you want to get out, get to the lowest floor of a nearby sturdy building if you can. If a Tornado Warning is issued and you know someone that is in their car and nearby, near that potential tornado, give them a call, let them know what to do, and never seek shelter under a bridge or overpass. So important. Well be providing that throughout the next couple of hours. And this is going to be a very fastmoving event, so youre going to see things like rain making its way across the area and then you will get a severe storm rolling through. Stay with storm team4. Well continue to keep you pops posted. Were going to keep you ahead of the storm. A dangerous situation unfolding for the next couple hours. Here is an example of how strong the storm system can be. More than 70 homes and apartments were damaged from a tornado in pensacola, florida. Three people there suffered minor injuries. And right now investigators are trying to figure out if rai on the beltway. One person was hit when a truck slammed into a injury say wall near georgia avenue. It september debris flying into oncoming traffic just before the morning rush. Its times like these when breaking weather alerts on the nbc washington app could keep you safe from some of the Severe Weather. You can download it on your snart phone right now. New details about the formers teachers aide charged with sexually abusing students and producing child pornography on cool grounds. There are now six civil lawsuits against Deonte Carraway and the principal of the Elementary School where he worked. Tracee wilkins has just talked to the attorney lahandling thes lawsuits. What did they find in their investigation . We keep getting more information. Yesterday we heard from the feds. Before that we were hearing from the states attorney. Now were finding out a lot more about the civil suits that have been filed so far. As you said, there are now six civil suits filed against 22yearold more are expected to be filed before theant of the week. 17 victims have been identified so far. Today we sat down with attorney Timothy Maloney and hes the attorney behind these suits, and he shared some of what his investigators have found as they continue to mr. Their case against carraway. The Prince Georges County school board says carraway was left with little to no supervision when he worked at the school. Deonte carraway had the run of the school. He could pull kids out of classrooms, pull them out of the library. He ran what was called the walking home club where he would have access to various homes in the community. Reporter coming up on news4 at 5 00, we hear more about what they have found in their own investigation of what carraway was able to do at this school. This is something that the school board is also reviewing policies on volunteers and what theyre able to do and access once inside t well have more details coming up at 5 00. Im tracee wilkins, back to you all in the studio. Thank you, tracee. Right now going to show you some live pictures from the Durant Art Center in alexandria. They are gathering there waiting for former president bill clinton to appear at a Campaign Rally for his wife, Hillary Clinton. Virginia is one of several States Holding a nominating contest next tuesday, super tuesday. Virginia will be one of the biggest swing states in the general election in november. News4s tom sherwood is working the story and his full report is coming up on news4 at 6 00. The gop frontrunner was in virginia today fresh off his landslide win in the nevada caucuses last night. Donald trump spoke at Regent University in virginia beach. He joined religious leader Pat Robertson for a forum. Trump has been aggressively courting christian conservatives, and hes done very well with that voting group in the last several primaries and caucuses. Reporter as the delegation from d. C. , maryland, and virginia wraps up its final day here in havana, most of them headed back either later tonight or tomorrow to the d. C. washington area, we look ahead to what is the next big visit, that is the visit by u. S. President barack obama, the first time a u. S. President has come to cuba in nearly nine decades. A lot of anticipation here. Youre going to hear ahead on news4 at 5 00 from an american student. Her family is cubanamerican. They have not been back sips they left cuba in the 80s. However shes on a study abroad exchange. She brings a unique take on what its like to be a cuban immigrant and to be back here for the first time. A lot of emotion, no question. Youre going to hear some of her story plus how cubans are preparing for the president s visit. A lot to get to when we see you on news4 thanks, david. Some potentially new and interesting developments this afternoon. Were going to tell you who the president is considering to fill that vacancy on the u. S. Supreme court and why it may be not who some people expected. And its a weather alert day. A tornado watch in effect right now for the washington area. Were tracking the Severe Weather with continuing coverage all afternoon. Keep it right here on news4. We have some powerful thunderstorms making their way through parts of our area. The Tornado Warnings in red. The tornado watch pretty much covers all of our viewing area, but you can see there around the northern neck, the red youre seeing as well as just south of charlottesville, this is associated with another line thats going to be moving our way and into our area over the next couple of minutes to maybe two to three hours that were going to be tracking. As a matter of fact, take a look at the radar. You can see around the beltway, were wet, down just to the south. Moderate to heavy rain towards owings, mason beach. Then the secondary line i mentioned to you, this is the one that could bring the damaging winds, maybe isolated tornadoes also to the area. Already some reports down around areas just south and east of ch so, again, the possibility of damaging winds and isolated tornadoes over the next couple of hours. Guys . Thanks, v. J. Tonight you can weigh in on how Arlington County handled last months blizzard. County officials are holding a forum at key Elementary School and youre invited to share your concerns starting at 7 00. Some of have you already responded to an online survey. More than half of those who did are satisfied or neutral about the countys response to the storm. Late developments in the search for a new Supreme Court justice. Nbc news is reporting that president obama is vetting nevada governor brian sandoval, a republican. Sandoval is a former District Court judge who stepped down from the bench to run for governor in 2009. The president says the courts credibility could be diminished if Senate Republicans refuse to hold a hearing on his nominee, and the president reacted to comments by Vice President joe biden that nominees shouldnt be confirmed before an election. Biden said that back in judiciary committee. Obama says those comments dont apply to the current situation. The government just ordered one company with products in just about everybodys home to pay up. First at 4, the shocking claims and how this company is responding to our consumer team. Love, laughter, sadness, the new emoji that is are completely shaking up the way we use social media. And weve had our first warning of the day across our area. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning, the line back to the west were watching. Look at this storm right here towards st. Marys county, northern Calvert County rather, Calvert County and Anne Arundel County, right now seeing this storm. This storm making its way toward the north fairly quickly. Up towards annapolis. This Tornado Warning goes into we could be in for a long night. First at 4, the potential for strong storms is already here. A tornado watch is in effect until 11 00, so keep your phone handy. Well be sending you breaking news alerts on the nbc washington app. Doug and veronica are tracking this together on this weather alert day. Well get an update for new abo you in about 90 seconds. Its a household name at the center of a major lawsuit and one in particular will cost this company. A womans lunged to Johnson Johnsons talcum powder. Susan, what happened in this case . Well, thats right. This week a jury found Johnson Johnson liable for fraud, intelligence, and conspiracy. The lawsuit claimed 59yearold Jacqueline Fox of alabama suffered from Ovarian Cancer after years of using the companys talcbased baby powder and shower to shower. Now, news4 spoke with the family attorney this afternoon. He tells us Johnson Johnson failed for decades to the warn consumer its talcbased products could cause cancer. Also a wakeup call for Johnson Johnson. They have intentionally, willfully withheld this information from their customers. There are hundreds of lawsuits that claim similar allegations. However this one was first one where a jury actually awarded money to a victim. Johnson johnson tells us the recent verdict goes against decades of sound science proving the safety of talc as a cosmetic ingredient and while we sympathize with the family of the plaintiff, we strongly disagree with the outcome. Now, we have a lot more information for you about this case, including court documents. Just go to our nbc washington app and search Johnson Johnson. Back to you. Thank you, susan. Got to go to the storm center. Doug, we understand there is a new Severe Thunderstorm Warning out. Its kor calvert and Anne Arundel County really right along the Chesapeake Bay where were seeing this. This is going to be a dangerous situation as we move through the rest of the night. We have a line of storms thats going to move through over the next couple hours and it already has a lot of Severe Weather with it. Lets take a look and show you the radar right now. Coming through our region, notice the very heavy rain. County, down towards fairfax county, along 97 here around baltimore, annapolis. This is the severe storm right now right on the border of northern Calvert County and southern portions of Anne Arundel County. Its moving right along the bay here. Heads up if you live along the bay. You will see that up around the annapolis area in about the next half hour moving across the Chesapeake Bay bridge. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning there. The main area is back to the west. We have heavy rain around frederick and leesburg. Not a lot of lightning here. That means we wont see a whole lot of wind with this, although it could get rather windy. The real danger is this line right here. Look at this line. Look at all the lightning associated with this. Look at all the Red Associated with this. This is all moving towards the east. Already around the winchester area. You may see some strong winds here. Down to the south. Now, i do expect over the next half hour once these move to the east of the blue ridge, then were going to really see this enhancement of these storms. Again, here is the blue ridge. Here is east of the blue ridge, and look at these storms firing up just to the east. Tornado warnings, Severe Thunderstorm Warnings associated with that. Once we get to the piedmont, thats when i expect the strongest storms. This tornado watch is in effect until 11 00 tonight. We dont expect storms that late but we do expect the worst to be between 5 00 and 8 00 tonight. Thats what well continue to watch. Want to show you a closer view here. You notice this storm just south of charlotteille. Thats a Tornado Warning. The orange is a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. Thats the line moving up. Everybody else under that tornado watch, it does not include areas west of the blue ridge. East of the blue ridge, because of the temperature difference. 65 d. C. Dulles and leesburg still in the 40s. Where we have the warmer air we have the chance for strong storms. High winds, 50 to 60 miles an hour fairly tornadoes are possible as we move on throughout the rest of the day. So that tornado risk between low and medium. Thats a high risk for our area. We really do expect to see one or two tornadoes in our region. High winds definitely going to see that, flash flooding could be a big impact here too. Thats what well continue to see. Now, next couple days things really begin to calm. 53 tomorrow with windy conditions. Chilly on friday. Windchill only in the 30s all day long and right now looking at a much nicer weekend. As we continue to mention, were watching the storms for you. Any new alerts, watches, or warnings we have them for you right here from the storm center. Thanks so much. Well, now you can like us or love us on facebook. Facebook is out with five new emojis today. They are love, humor, anger, wow, and sad. You get them by holding down the like button on mobile devices or hovering over it on a desktop. I have been playing with this all day on my phoneth some of my friends. But the thing that gets me is with the anger. Okay, if i hit the anger, am i saying i share your disgust with whatever topic that youre railing about or am i saying i really hate your post . I guess it could be whatever you want it to be. I put that question out and you can always explain it in words. Words, what . Hit me up on facebook because id love to know what people think about this too. And facebooks new feature is the subject of our nbc washington flash survey today. How do you feel about the new facebook reaction buttons . Call or text the number on your screen or you can head over to the nbc washington Facebook Page to vote. How would you like it if the government told what you you can and cant eat . A controversial proposal that could keep some popular meals off the menus for millions. And breaking down the zika virus. Dr. Jackie joins to us answer some of the biggest questions about this quickly spreading virus. Also a weather this afternoon the storm team4 x 4 is live on i95 right near the stafford exit and it will be showing you what its like as Severe Weather rolls through our area. Well keep you updated on news4 and send you breaking weather nbc washington app. With the cdc now investigating 14 cases of zika that may be tied to sexual conduct, people have more questions than ever about the virus. In news4 your health, how to know if you have it and if youre pregnant or plan to get pregnant, how to protect your baby. Dr. Jackie is here today to talk about it. Most people who have zika may not know they have it, so how do you know . What are the symptoms . Well, first of all, its rare. Only 1 out of 5 people actually will manifest any symptoms, and theyre really pretty mild. Rash, fever, joint and muscle aches, pink eye. The symptoms usually go away in about a week. What about these cases of babies born with mick microceph and adults. These are associations, meaning we cant say for sure its zhuo to the zika but it seems to be associated with it. Microcephaly is when the baby is born with very sll at some point in the pregnancy and guyon bar ray is an immune response from the virus and you get paralyzed. This is a treatable disease in most cases. And whats the deal with testing for zika . Well, you can get testing but we usually only do it in those specific cases when youre looking for the association to the disease. In most of the countries dealing with it now the virus is being spread by mosquitos. We know that. Here in the u. S. There are real concerns about sexual transmission. What is a pregnant woman to do or a woman who is thinking about getting pregnant . Well, a pregnant woman, first of all, has to be very careful because we dont know when in pregnancy it does affect the baby. She should stay away from all zika infected areas. This is not the time to be going to rio for sure. Be aswear of your sexual partners and where they have been if theyve been exposed to zika, and if you have been exposed, please go see your doctor. For people planning a pregnancy, its basically the same advice. Pregnan