>> this is abc7 news at 6:00 p.m. on your side. >> heavy rain is pounding our region today, causing a lot of flooding. >> we are on storm watch tonight. >> let's go right to the doppler radar and give you an update. there is a narrow line of heavy downpours competing over the last couple of hours. >> coming across the carolinas is headed north of the i five corridor. -- the interstate 5 corridor.

of to 3 inches of additional rain falls to night, complicating the issues. frederick counties and surrounding counties are under a flash flood warning. a full report, minutes away. >> this storm watch continues. john gonzales is live in alexandria, va. this evening. >> it has been a frantic day on the roads for drivers and, of course, thousands of people are still without power in their homes. then there are low-lying areas like old town alexandria, which is always a concern. some of the roads are already under water. >> you have water going that fast and you are going to be off

the road. but high waters and down trees proved potentially dangerous. a section of route 450 near davidsen was closed down because of impassable conditions. some drivers dared to cross water that was moving very quickly. >> the current seemed to be moving pretty fast. >> there was no way i was going to go through it. >> the cab of this truck was crushed, the driver seriously -- escaping serious injury. the pavement made driving difficult about whether it was -- the brain on the pavement made driving difficult, whether it was visibility or water on the roads. >> secondary roads were also shut down due to heavy rain and a lack of drainage. in honeybun, -- in huntington,

under watched by storm county management today. >> it gives us the ability to know when the critical times are and to help protect public safety. >> you can see how common is that guy looks. the boats are rocking on the potomac. and that water is looking higher and higher and you can see that the ground is saturated in old town, everett shinya. -- alexandria. >> thank you, john. the for the first time, we are schuring from three young survivors aboard the bus that tumbled over -- we are hearing from three young survivors aboard the bus that tumbled over an embankment yesterday. brad bell has more on what the youngsters are saying in the latest on the investigation. >> we do have some information

on the investigation. we heard from maryland state police this evening that derrek team investigator was able to check the bus appier -- their team investigator was able to check the bows out. they said there was nothing on the bus that could have led to an accident. they are now waiting on the autopsy of the driver to see if a medical condition could have caused this. >> safely at home in carlisle, pa., vincent, randy and madison can tell the horrifying story of what it was like as a tour boat -- as their tour bus careened down an embankment. >> they were shouting. it was pretty scary. >> i was like, out, my head hurts and there was blood in my hands. >> guizar reille -- a week isaak reille being taken by a medic,

because of a head wit wound. just before the accident the children heard a commotion on the bus and saw a terrifying sight. >> i looked over and the driver was slumped over the steering wheel. >> the driver is now the focus of the investigation. he was the only fatality of the iraq -- of the wreck and investigators are waiting for an autopsy tuesday of a medical emergency are to blame. the children, of course, know nothing about that. they wish they could forget the whole experience. >> we were spinning completely upside down and stuff. i was holding onto my see. i heard everybody screaming. i did not know, but my leg was bleeding a lot. >> as we said, the driver

perished in this accident. 12 other people, including the children, were treated for their injuries. two adults are still in hospital, but we're told that they're going to make a full recovery. >> new at 6:00 p.m., a soccer coach is in custody for allegedly sexually abusing a minor in montgomery county. police say he inappropriately touched a juvenile at the corporate offices. he is also a volunteer coach for the northland high-school stock -- soccer team. any one with the information is asked to call police. >> a mother who was killed in an accident earlier this month is taking her daughter's place on the ballot. she is running for the seat long held by her daughter -- by the democrats.

she wants to take her daughter's place after she was killed riding her bicycle september 1. >> two well-known new yorkers are picking sites in the upcoming election. rudy guiliani says he is backing bob ehrlich. he endorsed ehrlich in 2006 as well. he says he is the best candidate to create jobs and rein in government spending. new york's current mayor, michael bloomberg, is endorsing gov. martin o'malley. bloomberg held eight rally on capitol hill today. -- a rally on capitol hill today. in news conferences scheduled concerning rahm emanuel future. what is expected to happen there. what is expected to happen there. >>

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 bank that took billions from a taxpayer funded bailout. ehrlich sides with corporate executives again and again and again tell bob ehrlich big banks and billionares don't need help. middle class marylanders do.

>> we're following the developing story of rahm emanuel's expected resignation. he is expected to confirm that he is running to be the mayor of chicago. president obama will hold a news conference tomorrow morning at 11:00 a.m. for what is being called a personnel announcement. his departure has been rumored

for weeks, ever since longtime mayor richard daley said he would not be running for reelection. >> sarah palin has gotten a is a restraining order against a teenager that she says is threatening her. the 18-year-old sean kristie is threatening her by phone and text message, telling her to "watch her back." the judge granted the 20-day protection order after she said she feared this teenager could kill her. >> jpmorgan chase says it will stop all foreclosures in 23 states. analysts say they do not expect delays will reduce the number of foreclosures, but it will slow down the process for a couple of months. >> still to come, meg wittman is firing back on allegations

that she knowingly employed an undocumented worker. >> and doug hill has your complete forecast. >> because of the heavy rain today, the redskins moved their practice to an airplane hangar at dulles airport. and michael v think about the internet. growing, evolving, literally transforming our lives. now imagine the possibilities of what tomorrow could bring.

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further south toward virginia beach. this is the next batch. i cannot tell you exactly where the heaviest rain will fall. the indications are that it will be along and east of the i-95 corridor. this event will go mostly all night long with more heavy rain. 4.3 interest in prince frederick. -- 4.3 inches in prince frederick. 81 and 66, a warm, tropical, windy day with a lot of rain in the bucket.

the overall area under a flash flood watch until about midnight tonight. a lot of things will change. this next big batch of rain is coming up from the south. buie at 81 degrees. definitely a tropical field in the air. by tomorrow, this latest storm system, which has incorporated what is left of tropical storm nicole, that will move up the chesapeake bay and make a turn to the right early in the morning. then we are on target to have a great stretch of whether as we head through the remaining afternoon hours into the weekend. as we head through the late- night hours, more heavy rain after 11:00 p.m. that is why you have to watch bob tonight. their new warnings that will be

out. then rain overnight and sunshine by midday tomorrow. sunshine on saturday. just a chance of a shower on sunday and beautiful fall weather next week. >> more controversy tonight in the california governor's case -- race. charges against made with minton, she says, are a political smear. -- against mag wittman, she says, are a political smear. >> she made some allegations of her own. >> it has been one of the key issues in this hotly contested governor's race in california. many are saying it is time to take a tough line against illegal immigration and the employers who hire them. now she is accused of doing just that. just a short time ago, attorney gloria allred had a press conference today and she produced a letter that she had

been discussing for the last two days that she says is from the social security administration to make wittman telling her that it appears her housekeeper was not working in the country legally. meg wittman was planning for this press conference and already earlier today responded. >> allred had refused to produce the evidence earlier, but had made not -- announcements that she would. negrin and denied she ever received it, even before -- meg wittman denied she ever received it, even before it was produced. >> wittman insists he hireddiaz through a service -- hired to diaz through a service and that she had the correct documentation.

>> this is truly a political smear on me, on my family, and based on lies and is designed to divert attention from the issues that really matter to california voters. >> at the debate, wittman said laws should be tougher against employers who knowingly hire illegal workers. >> folks, when you watch the eagles and redskins this weekend, rembert this word, containment. not let him escape to the left where he can run or throw.

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