again, through northeast, rhode island avenue. detours are in place. now we have the conditions at cleveland park metro. with that being closed down, the roads surrounding that metro station andthe parkway a stretch of it just received word that it blocked because of high water, potentially a tremdous down in the roadway. barbara, back to you. >> a busy day for you. wll talk to you again shortly. and still ahead we will continue our coverage of the storms that are with us. tom and jerry will both be back in a few minutes to update us on nditions. but firswe're going to take a look at a report on mammograms and when women should get one up next. and a look back at the life and career of tny curtis who passed away this morning. i love to eat. i love hanging out with my friends. i have a great fit with my dentures. i love kiwis. i've always had that issue with the seeds getting under my denture. super poligr free -- it creates a seal of the dentures in my mouth. just a few ds of super poligrip free is clinilly proven to seal t more food particles so you'r

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also, rhode island avenue near the metro station is closed because that underpass is flooded out. connecticut avenue is closed each way. there is a police investigation at the cleveland park metro. that will cause delays on the red line. >> one thing after another. >>> today, we are following the aftermath of the dramatic tour bus crash. one person died today, -- yesterday, but today, we know that those others are doing well. >> a tour bus crashes through a guard rail and tumbles 50 feet down an embankment. >> i was trying to get the kids felt. >> a witness jumped into action to help pull the children from the wreckage. >> i gave my hand to the other people. >> police searched to make sure no one was ejected. witnesses say it appeared the driver, 66-year-old joseph clabaugh slumped over in his seat seconds before the accident. he was killed. >> it was scary. we are glad they are safe and doing well. >> the bus was heading toward pennsylvania after a trip to the national zoo. the accident caused a major traffic tieups and a secondary wreck. investigators are surprised the outcome w

part of rhode island avenue was shut down, but it is back open now. we'll have more on the storm's impact in the distct coming up in our next half hour. >>> news 4s a learned of an arrest in the murder of a high school football player. 16-year-old jamal bell was shot after leaving a go-go party at a church in june. two other teenagers were also injured in that shooting. police aested 17-year-old zachary sims. they've charged him with first degree murder. officials say sims has been in the custody of the district's department of youthrcó rehabilitation services on unrelated charges. bell was a player on the roosevelt high school football team. >>> tonight, we haveeveral first-hand accounts of that deadly bus crash on i-270 yesterday in bethesda. there were six childrenn that bus. they all survived. and tonight some of them are talking about the crash and their rescue. aaron gil crest is here now with more. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a fun day at the national zoo for three siblings from carlisle, pennsylvania, and it was until they started t

we assisted rescued folks in the 100 blockf rhode island avenue and we had several man holes smoking. they were connected in to buildings, of cose, and electrical distribution system and it caused a problem there for aew hours today. >> is that northeast builng collapse caused by just the rain we had today? >> we believe it was the rain on the roof. it was a deteriorating building although a fily was living in it. and the rain was not draining off. that added to the roof load, as it were, and ultimately helped cause the collapse. >> you had your work cut out for you today. thank you, chief dennis rubin, d.c. fire and rescue. >> and it could be ju beginning. they may have a veryusy night ahead. four car res kus there in the northeast. our coverage of the flooding continues. still ahead, weather may have caused a metro bus crash this morning sending peopleo the hospital. >>> plus all eyes are on the skies. meteorologist veronica johnson will tell us how much more rai we're going to get. [ male announcer ] you can't un-smoke a cigarette. and you can't go back and un-do the times you trie

northeast, ken elworth, rhode island avenue, very quiet. 270 from i-70 down is fine. i-70 between btimore and frederick, no early ncerns. >> thanks very much, jerry. >>> 4:42. still to come, poison control is seeing a spike in calls from the students from the university of maryland. >>> the high-tech way d.c. is keeping tabs on young offenders. >>> a new ♪ [ male announcer ] it's luxury with fire in its veins. bold. daring. capable of moving your soul. ♪ and that's even before you drop your foot on the pedal. ♪ the new 2011 cts coupe from cadillac. the new standard of the world. >>> at least 50 crows happened at the faulkier livestock exchange in marshall, virginia. the cause fire is under investigation. >>> d.c. leaders defending district schools after president obama said his children could not get the same quality of education at d.c. schools than they can at sidwell school. president obama told the "today" show d.c. schools are making strides. >>> sources tell nbc news the announcement could come as early as this friday. hm emanuel is likely expected to leav

one came down on glenn brook road in northwest and over on rhode island avenue there was a bit of trouble when there was a flash flood underneath the metro rail path in northeast. >> and -- to get to the bridge. was that -- raining that hard and we didn't know that the water kept coming. and by the time -- on the hill, the water was coming so fast. it was taking me under. >> reporter: a number of people were upset by what happened. the cars were engulfed by the water and they were flooded out and that is a lot of damage done there. >> paul wagner inside and talk about some high water problems in virginia. didn't take long before the low- lying stretch of browns mill road was flooded in vienna. a car partly submerged. you see it there and turn around. >>> flooding problems in maryland as well. there have been reports of possible waterspouts and waves can causing coastal flooding and let's continue in maryland and bob barnard is live in annapolis and taking a beating from the heavy rains and mixing the tide, bob and that is a real mess. >> reporter: that's right, high tide is not for anothe

and on rhode island avenue northeast, tow trucks haul away mud filled cars that got stuck in nearly 4 feet of water. 75-year-old bernice clark feels lucky to be alive. >> oh my gosh. i was in there with all that mess. >> yeah. >> i love this car. >> her great grandson was in the passenger seat. he managed to get out and pull her to safety. by the time he got to her, the water risen up to her neck. >> i knew staying in the car wasn't going to do nothing because we would have drowned in the car. >> with the flooding subsided, street sweepers clear out the mud left behind. this man still in shock that the water rose so high, so fast, even his suv didn't make it. >> you can just see that the whole parking lot was flooded. >> over on capital avenue, the grounds at the baptist church full of mud and debris. flood waters left behind. the pastor captured the flooding on his phone. crews rescued some passer byes. people looking for higher ground as the waters began to rise. >> it felt like we were under siege by the water. we thank god for the way things turned out. >> clark agrees, saying it

she is at rhode island avenue northeast with more information. >> reporter: good news this afternoon. bernice clark, 5 years old and her grandson are now safe. they were trapped this their vehicle for a short time. let me get out of the shot so you can see. you can see just below the metro station this typically is an area that floods during heavy rains and that's what it did this morning. bernice clark tells us she and her grandson were heading downtown early this morning when visibility was just extremely poor. rain started to come down and within instants they splashed in to a huge puddle and water started to fill up their car. the grandson said the water was up to his shoulder an he was sitting down. he was afraid for his great grandmother's life. he said if we would have stayed in that car we probably would have drowned. it is incredible stuff. he got out of the car and dragged his grand mother out of the driver's seat. you can see all the way down, with the lights on, their car is still there. several cars -- there were four cars in all. those cars have been towed but you can se

island avenue. on reno road, lightning struck and brought down a massive tree. there it is. and while intersections were under water up in friendship heights, now crews are trying to clean up all the mess. >>> coming up on 9news now, the largest toy recall of the year. more than 10 million toys and children's products pulled off the shelf. what parents need to know. top. >> all right, we changed the timing, if you will, of the next round two. we'll talk about that and take you out with live doppler. also going to come back and focus in on these storms east of frederick, down across 270 and back down towards gaithersburg. we'll talk about that. we'll also talk about where the bulls eye is going to be for round two. stay tuned. four years ago, bob ehrlich got fired as governor of maryland. for good reason. first, he protected tax loopholes for giant cable cable companies. then, he let utilities jack up our rates 72%. and for the last four years, he worked as a hired gun for big corporations, even a ba

at the edge wood terrace area at rhode island avenue. so, yeah, parts of d.c. got tremendous amounts of rain. the rain is all the way from the carolinas up through virginia and the eastern shore, all the way up to nye city and getting into new england as well. we'll deal with this for at least the next 24 to 36 hours as the whole mess works up the coast. there could be severe weather in there as well. still under a tornado warning in the area. also as we head to southeast pennsylvania. we've had tornado warnings. we'll keep you updated from here. the rain may have stopped, but the wind is starting to blow a little bit. we're still not out of the woods yet. >> north of where jeff is now, a tornado watch has been issued for delaware, northeast maryland, and southeast pennsylvania. that's in effect until 7:00 tonight. mara is in bound brook, new jersey. doesn't look too bad. >> reporter: you can see it's dry. the water levels are normal still. this is expected to get on the move later, and then it's really going to reek havoc on the area. this area is expected to

island avenue. just before noon today, as the rain was coming down in buckets, a half dozen motorists found themselves stranded under the metro yale overpass. >> in -- metro rail overpass. >> and exponentially, all the water let it up. >> reporter: bernice clark and williams, grandmother and grandson, had quite a scare. both were yelling for help as the water gebegan to pour into their car. >> you couldn't see how to get to the bridge. >> how are you? >> it was that -- raining that hard. and we didn't know the water kept coming and by the time -- on the hill, the water was coming so fast and it was taking me under. >> i guess it was a big burst underneath the tunnel where the water started coming in the car and it took awhile for me to get her out of the car because she was scared. i understand she would be scared. the water was coming to the top. >> reporter: williams said one good samaritan dared to go into the water to answer the calls for help and neighbors say the underpass floods in heavy rain