Washington and baltimore area. Stay weather alert today and have our nbc washington app and have it ready to go and we will send push alerts as many more warnings or watches coming out. A Flash Flood Watch at 2 00 p. M. This afternoon until 2 00 tomorrow morning ides all of the metro washington area. Its steamy outside this morning. Te teratures are already inhe low to mid seventh. Fternoon high close to 90 defoees bere thunderstorms get going today. Increase just in time for the evening commute. A lot of possibility to snarl the ride home from work today. Lets try to get through this morning. At least for now, dry. We thank you for that. Unfortunately a closure in place for a while. Due to mondays lstorms, ca road you see at the tv right now is off to left. You can see the cone up in place. That roadway is closed and canal roads blocked between reservoir and foxhall and unfortunately damage from mondays storm and no word when the roadway will reopen. O cinuing our coverage of that cra
Effect until 430 with this were also seeing a little bit of hail as well. Farther south things are pretty quiet. Im watchng this little isolated shower to the sth of leesburg. Its going to continue to pull to the northeast clipping far western Montgomery County there and i think a little bit more activity going on to the south. Heavy rain. We had a few lightning strikes there. In the washington, d. C. Metro core we do have the threat for some showers and storms as we ug head thro the next couple of hours. Right now, though, temperatures are in the mid 70s with lots of suns. That sunshine is actually going to give us some fuel to see some storms spark off in the next hour or two. Ill keep you updated. Thank you. And we invite you to download our nbc washington app if you havent done so already. You see somaras forecast the ere, anytime, right in palm of your hand. Let turn now to some breaking news just coming in. Moments ago a jury reached asi deci in a case geagainst a former Universi
Back to you. Thank you,a. Somar now to breaking news as a jury acquits a former university of maryland basketball player, acquitsm hi rape charges, tamonte dodd was facing charges for ating a woman onlo halen night in 2017. Tracee wilkins spoke with dodd just moments after he heard the verdict. Reporter former university f maryland basketball player damonte dad says hes looking forward to his future after a jury found him not guilty on charges associated with an alleged rape near the university of maryland. The jury deliberated with all dig indigen diligence and care and came back with the appropriate verdict. Iugs definitely been to because, you know, you talk to teams and stuff and you look up my name and its the accusations. Reporter dodd was accused of meeting a college in a bar and raping her halloween night, 2017. During testimony his accuser admitted to being drunk before arriving at the bar, drinking more once she arrived, and snorting cocaine before spotting night. The bar tha
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In talking about this, you have to go with the woman. I dont know if hes guilty or not but if he quits, hes admitting guilt to a rape charge. Howie is there a double standard with the media pummeling Brett Kavanaugh. The National Enquirer is accused of extortion by jeff bezos. Most of of the press dismisses President Trumps calls for unity and bipartisanship in the state of the union saying his governing style is very different. I saw this as a psychotically incoherent speech with cookies and dog. And dog poop. Everything he said in the speech will be overshadowed by the fact he said there cannot be investigations. It was quite effective as an opening speech for the 2020 campaign. Howie im howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. Virginia Governor Ralph Northam seemed on the verge of resigning days ago for wearing black face. But the media narrative changed after the Lieutenant Governor was accused of unconsensual sex. He went into hiding. And laid low. The second this issue popped up in v