Coming in as of the 5 00 hour is now that hermine has been down graded from hurricane to Tropical Storm. Winds at 70 miles per hour. Still a strong Tropical Storm. Heres the newest forecast track, saturday afternoon, moving off the outer banks of North Carolina, thats good news. Its farther off shore and less of a rehook back to the coastline. Thats critically important for how long the impacts are going to be on the beach and how far west ward those impacts will be felt. D. C. Area, not a huge impact. Gusty winds, tomorrow into sunday. More rain the farther east you go. I95 corridor eastbound to the Eastern Shore could see tremendous amounts of rain. Out toward the beaches, 3 to 6 inches of rain possible at the coastline with 50 to 60mileperhour winds. Almost no impact out toward the shenandoah valley. Temperatures looks fine, sunny, nice and highs near 80. More about the storm coming up. Oh, i wish i could say that the bw parkway looks as good as some of your flaft. Mid between 198 and 197, there is a problem. An incident blocking both sides. The road island avenue station is going to be closed today for red line inspections. Shuttles are available through the morning rush hour. Well keep you posted if they are making any kind of progress. Back to you. Jack, thank you. Were seeing widespread warnings and some serious damage from that major storm hermine. But its getting weaker so perhaps we could be spared. Molette green tracking the storm and has live desk. Hermine now a tropical with 70mileperhour winds that can still do a lot of damage. The storm slammed ashore, floridas first hurricane in a decade. Thousands without power. Downed trees fell on cars and on homes. Parts of cedar keys pounded by the high winds. Hermine now farther inland, moving across southern georgia, into the carolinas. Chuck bell keeping an eye on the latest track and farther off shore. Well stay on top of the latest. The storm may be getting weaker but it is still quite strong as molette just mentioned. Were sending storm ranger 4 to North Carolina now where a third of the state is under a state of emergency at this hour. The truck is incredibly powerful, one of a kind and gives us the ability to track storms anywhere. Well be using it to make our coverage the most accura right there on the back of the truck. Now is the time to download the nbc washington app. You can get forecasts and weather in your neighborhood or wherever you are headed for the holiday weekend, always updated for storm team 4. New information just in on two overnight shootings in the district. We now know this one in northeast took a mans life. Police are still there looking for clues in the 2500 block of 14th street. The shooting happened just before 1 00 a. M. Police also investigating a shooting in the Deanwood Community on the 3400 block of dick street. This happened around 10 30 last night. They found a male victim shot. Hes in the hospital. When we get more information, well bring it right to you here and inside our nbc washington app. Following a developing story out of laurel this morning, howard coin police are investigating a double murder. They found two people dead inside a home on we want to show you some video from the scene overnight as detectives collected evidence from that home. A Family Member of the victims has been taken into custody. Police have not identified the victims or the suspect. Were following two metro issues that could affect your commute. First, an investigation into a derailment at a virginia storage yard. At least one train went off a nonpassenger track at alexandria yard last night around 9 40. Nobody was hurt there. Metro Transit Police say it doesnt appear to be affecting any machine systems. Were still going to try to find out if this will impact any service for you this morning. There will be trouble on the red line all day today. The rhode island avenue station is closed after concrete fell from the ceiling again. The station did open yesterday after concrete fell from another part of the ceiling on wednesday. Shuttle buses will be provided. Metro feeling the pressure to bring back late night service. Elected officials in prince georges and montgomery counties are making a call for change. 40 of them have asked for a return of some form of late night hours on weekend. They say service endeding at midnight prevents thousands of people to get where they are to go. This is a big issue last night when thousands of people were trying to get home from a concert at nats park. Its Standing Firm on providing no changes for special events. This morning, students in Anacostia High School will learn that one of their classmates has died. The student was killed in a double shooting in southeast washington. Police are not identifying the victim at this point. A pizza delivery man who was shot and seriously hurt. We spoke to one neighbor who said her kids arent allowed outside because of thgo its gotten to the point where my kids play in the house. They cant come outside . They cannot come outside. Police are offering a 25,000 reward for information on a suspect that leads to an arrest and conviction. Shes had an amazing career and now shes leaving the city shes served for 26 years. Outgoing police chief cathy lanier sat down one on one with our doreen gentzler. One thing they talked about the challenges she hfaced. Lanier dropped out of high school at the age of 14 and had a son, raised him as a single mom, went on to earn her ged, went to college, got two masters degrees. Her last day it will be september 17th. Before you cell, were learning details about a recall. Samsung issuing a worldwide recall, a call back after its galley note 7 after reports of battery fires. Some of the gadgets exploded while they were charging. The company has suspended sales of the smart phone just two weeks after launching its latest flagship device. If you already have one, the company says you can swap it out for another smart phone regardless of the purchasing date. Back to you, erika. Thank you, molette. Hermine has been down graded but the threat has is far from over. The danger as tremendous amounts of rain and wind hit the gulf and continue to move up the coast. The storm could make a big difference in your Labor Day Weekend plans. Victims of the colorado thea te fios is not cable. Were wired differently. So we wired the wagners house with 100 meg internet. Which means in the time it takes mr. Wagner to pour a 20 oz. Cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. Thats the power of fiber optics. And right now, get our best offer ever. Super fast 100 meg internet, tv and phone for just 69. 99 per month online, cable cant offer internet speeds this fast at a price this good. Only fios can. 5 11 our time right now. Chuck bell is in the storm team 4 center keeping us upto date for the weekend. Monday isnt looking bad. Saturday, sunday and is what were focus ged on. Tpses are mostly in the 60s. It feels a lot cooler than the last few mornings. Be. Afternoon temperatures today, upper 70s and low 80s. A couple of clouds around, nothing bothering anybody. Outdoor planner, not too hot. A gorgeous day to have lunch outside. Although football tonight in the comfy 70s for sure. Now the beaches is a whole other story, saturday, sunday, and monday, periods of heavy, heavy rain, squally rain and windy weather and beach erosion more a huge problem. More of all that and the latest storm track is coming up at 5 21. Between now and then, you should download that nbc washington app and have it ready to go. Lets good to jack taylor to see how we can plan out that traffic. If you are going to plan it, take 95. Weve got two trouble spots in the baltimore washington parksway, two accidents each other. Its causesing bigger delays than expected. To have this delay, be aware, plan ahead if at all possible if 50 eastbound, headed toward annapolis, after Freeway Airport the work is still in place along the right side of the roadway, you should find two left lanes getting by. Hopefully they will lift it early if we have folks lucky enough to head out to the Eastern Shore. This holiday weekend, Montgomery County police and other Law Enforcement agencies have a personal message about the dangers of drunk drive. In memory of Noah Leotta Police held a traffic checkpoint. Each driver received a card with his photo and a reminder not to drink and drive. Next month, tougher drunk dr. Driver laws go into effect. D. C. Police need your help finding three people who broke into a school to steal electronics. They just released the video. The thieves pried open the basement door in the middle of day on saturday to load up equipment in a car and took off. Anybody who thinks they if you recognize the suspects, they are asked to call police. We will never forget the u. S. Terrorist attacks. A piece of limestone was unveiled that was go on display at Dulles National airport. It was pulled from the pentagon. This memorial will serve as a constant reminder of those that paid the ultimate price. We will never forget and the loss will not be forgotten. The department of defense awarded the art fact to the tsa office in dulles. China will play host to the g20 summit this weekend. Ahead of the summit, Security Police and soldiers are blocking roads that lead to the events venues. President obama will be in attendance. Howard University Students were in for a treat when two nbc hosts took the stage but then there was a surprise guest. Give it up for the first lady. [ cheers and applause ] i dont know how you can keep that a surprise. Think about the security detail. The swarm of cars outside howard. The audience erupting into cheers when the first lady, Michelle Obama appeared on stage here. The crowd rows to their feet to give her a standing ovation. Mrs. Obama offered advice to students. Nobody up here went straightline to success. There are bumps and flipups and embarrassments. Nearly 250 students packed the event at the Business School there. Americas got talent host n at the university a couple of weeks ago. The controversial release of the man who shot president Ronald Reagan will happen next week. John hinkley jr will be allowed to leave Saint Elizabeths psychiatrist hospital. The 61yearold who will live with his you are mother in willamsburg, virginia, he will be required to return to d. C. At least once a month for evaluations. This morning, Georgetown University is trying to make amends for selling slaves in the 1800s. They sold 272 slaves in 1838 to pay off debts of the school. Now the descendants of those slaves and anyone who help build the school will get preferential treatment when applying. Georgetown family and we need to get whats in effect. The school will build a memorial to the slaves and create a center to study slavery. Georgetown will remain two buildings that once paid attributes to the president of the university involved in that slave sale. The victims of the colorado Movie Theater shooting owe the theater change nearly 700,000. Survivors and their families had sued cinemark saying it did not do enough. The a jury cited with cinemark. They wont have to pay the Attorney Fees they owe as long as the suit is dropped. One of the victims are to blame for the emotional pornography in jared fogles case. Fogle is currently serving 15 half years in prison for receiving child pornography and traveling to engage in Sexual Conduct with a minor. In news 4 your health, ipads can work just as well as medications undergoing surgery. Those who played with an ipad had similar anxiety levels to those who were given a sedative. The ipad group also had no side effects. Breaking news in last 15 minutes. Hermine has been down graded now to a Tropical Storm. That doesnt mean its no longer paul, though. Ja g us. We know they are feeling the storm too. What are you expecting there . Reporter hey, aaron. Were getting one of the outer bands, the far outer bands of hermine right now moving through the savannah area. Weve seen intense rain over the last 20 and 30 minutes here. The wind picking up and whirling a bit at times. We expect the rain to intensify, winds to gust at 30, 45 miles an hour or even more through the midday period. Thats the big issue. There are a lot of trees here. Strong win expected to pull down branches if not entire trees and with that power lines, we know already about 130,000 people without power in florida as this storm continues to churn across and into georgia right now. Its something thats going to continue through the carolinas and up the eastern seaboard. This is going to be an issue throughout the that area as well through the weekend right now were seeing some lowlying areas with flooding here, but again its that stronger rain later in the day as well as the winds that going to cause the biggest problem here. Well keep watching things. For now, thats the latest live in savannah, georgia. Its all but a certainty that the storm will affect millions of people this Labor Day Weekend and their plans, but we want you to be as prepared as you possibly can be. I want you to take a look at the screen. These are the best times to leave to avoid traffic if you are heading out this morning, before 10 00 a. M. Is going to be your best bet. After that, you should wait until after 9 00 tonight. Tomorrow, you need to get up, get out early and get out the door before 7 00 to be able to avoid traffic. When you are coming home sunday, monday, leave before 10 00, otherwise you got to wait until midnight. I want to make sure you have all the chuck bell. Were keeping a very close eye. The latest track for hermine is a favorable one for the d. C. Metro area and points to the west. Its a good reminder to have your nbc washington app downloaded and ready to go. All the latest information is available on the app and also on our nbc washington. Com website. Whats new with hermine . As of the 5 00 hour, the track is a little bit farther off the coastline. That is excellent news. Large field of wind and rain, though. The wind field goes out several hundred miles and a big rain impact as well. It will be have a huge impact on the beaches. Coastal flooding will be annive and the impacts could last 3 to 4 days along the beaches. Tropical storm watches are posted for ocean city, rehoboth. Winds possibly more than 40 miles per hour. Heres the latest track now as we get into saay outer banks of North Carolina. Its after that that things get a little dicey. By sunday afternoon, notice how the forward progress is starting to slow, sun, monday, into tuesday, the storm may hang off the jersey coast for many days to come. So thats a big problem for the coast. For us, rain could start as early as tomorrow morning, especially Southern Maryland and out into lower parts of the Eastern Shore. And this model doesnt look like a lot of rain here in the immediate washington metro area, nonetheless, we should get up wards to an inch of rain down toward Southern Maryland. Keeping aa close eye on that. The next update is do you out at 8 00 this morning. Saturday, showers. Steadier rain on sunday. Breezy saturday, stronger winds sunday into monday, but any flooding concerns will be confined mainly to the beaches. 82 today nothing to worry about at all. Enjoy today, and most of monday looks pretty nice as well. Its that saturday night into around here. Just know that it wont be all that pretty of a day to be outside as we get toward the middle of next week, though, heat wave of september is getting ready to move in. Thats the check on the tropic. More on the latest for hermine coming up in ten minutes. Breaking news with jack taylor. The tough part is going to be the bw parkway this morning. Two accidents, opposite each other on the parkway, between 1i78 and 198, the left lane is closed both ways. Tow trucks hopefully. Weve got a delay northbound from 197, southbound on 198. Two separate incidents blocking the left lane. A big new change from walmart. How the retail chain is planning to upgr grade and whyhousands t but how did we end up here . 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Most of them work in accounting and stwoising positions. They will increase the number of employees on its sales floors and some will be paid more money. Workers who complete a sixmonth Training Program will be paid 10 per hour. Colin kaepernick takes a knee. How football fans reacted. Were keeping you uptodate on Tropical Storm hermine. Breaking news, Major Concerns this morning in florida where hurricane hermine made landfall around 1 30 this morning. It is now a Tropical Storm. Gulf coast residents are dealing with heavy rain, though, winds, and strong storm surge. I want to show you a look at storm team 4 radar. Look at that spin there. Hermine is moving into georgia and the carolinas are next and the storm could wash out plans for thousands o