we could get more than an inch of rain. we get more than an inch and a half, it will be the rainiest day since december 7th, pearl harbor day. we need every drop we will get. we have been so dry that even with the heavy rain coming, not even a threat for flooding. take it slow and easy on the haoez for sunday and monday and tuesday. the rain drops are not going anywhere anytime soon. moderate rain moving into parts of st. mary's county. that's the leading edge of a big plume of moisture. heavy rain experts from offshore down to the northern coast of flaw. we are watching it closely. temperatures are falling throughout the course of the

day. we are in the upper 40s and low 50s. then tomorrow, might as well go to work, everybody. it's monday and will not be a good day to be outside. temperatures may not crack 50 degrees tomorrow with the cold and wind and rain around still. snowflakes will be flying in western maryland. some places could get six inches or more out past to western maryland. >> that's so crazy. >> we may not see the sun again until wednesday. >> oh. >> well, thank you, chuck. new this morning police are trying to figure out what caused a crash that killed a man in montgomery county. police say around 10:00 last night the driver lost control of a nissan altima and hit a tree in the median. the police have not released the victim's name but say he was 30 years and old the only person in

that car. >> this morning, a man is recovering from a vicious dog attack in d.c. the attack happened on friday night along queen street. andre hawthorne tells us he was getting home from work when he saw the two dogs, and he describes them as pit bulls and was chasing two teenagers. the dogs began to attack him. >> i fell down, so both dogs were coming at me, and i was trying to protect my face and check. >> hawthorne was bitten on both arms and hands. he is now getting rabie shots and will find out tomorrow if he has nerve damage. police are still looking for the

dogs' owner. a homicide along marine row barics. police heard both make a homophobic slur towards bushong. p ofpl th stabbed bushong. >> in columbia heights, a carjacking ended towards the border. a man and woman were thrown into the trunk of a car, but the kidnappers could not drive a stick shift so they ordered the man to drive them around. the man jumped out of the car and ran for help. the woman freed herself. both victims suffered minor injuries. and then media are staking out the jail for a glimpse of

george zimmerman. defense attorneys say his family is having a hard time coming up with the bail set at $150,000. the case sparks countless protests with many upset that police initially did not charge zimmerman. his lawyer said public outrage made safety an issue for his client. >> it's difficult, because i want to get him somewhere where he is safe and available to help me, but it's difficult. >> zimmerman's attorney said he hopes a release will happen by the middle of the week. he did not say if his client will stay in florida while waiting for a trial. >> the latest on the secret service prostitution scandal. one senator is asking if any white house members are part of the on going investigation.

charms grassly sent a letter to the secret service director. he asked several questions, including whether the agency reserved or share roomed for white house staff members. 11 employees are accused of bringing prostitutes back to their hotel in columbia on april 11th. six of the agents have already resigned. the man leading the investigation into the scandal will be on "meet the press." the homeland security committee chairman, peter king, along with darryl issa. a prominent member of the nixon white house that became a

key figure in the watergate scandal has died. colson spent seven months in prison for trying to discredit the man behind the pentagon papers. after his release he founded prison fellowship. colson spent the remaining years of his life helping ex-immates. he died yesterday after surgery trying to fix a blood caught. charles colson was 80 years old. and a pastor fired from his family's historic church will begin services at a different location. the dispute stems over money in one of the largest churches in our area. derrick has the story. >> reporter: we are outside the metro points hotel just off of 450 and the beltway, and there's an old adage that says the church is not the building, but

the people inside. joe pebbles considered the heir, he was ousted by church leadership on wednesday. the board was created by decree by his mother's will. she died in 2010, and since then there has been a disagreement about the management of the assets of the church. this has been characterized by lawsuits and even claims leveled by each respective side that they were in league with satan. the minister has called for cool heads to prevail and called for his followers to not hate. he said in his vision of a church, it will continue and go on. >> the eyes of the world are looking at us right now. some people are looking at us to see if we are going to be angry

or difficult or are we going to give people a hard time. we are going to be a beacon light to show the world that when you go through a difficult season, you come out of that season stronger and you come out with victory. >> and that is sort of the sense among the congress tkpwrau tkpwaeugs. they say it's a new beginning for this church, this institution here in prince georges county. it looks like it will be difficult going forward. >> we will be watching what happens there. the time is eight minutes after 9:00. and the warning signs that you

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dramatic pictures in overnight from japan. a chemical plant exploded. the blast killed a worker and injured 17 others. a man that took a picture of the plan the on fire said the explosion felt like an earthquake. it was powerful enough to break the windows on surrounding homes and buildings. no word yet on what caused this explosion. this morning police in new mexico are searching for a man that opened fire at a mobile speed camera. the camera inside a speed van caught the man pulling up in van last week, and he gets out in what looks to be a nightgown. the santa fe police say they are

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have to pay to sign up for. this is free. i will get back to the map and you have to take a look at the profile. this is my account and it has all the saved spaces that i am interested in. it has push alert, so you can sign up and it will alert you when it's open and on the market. today sets the stage for a new era in france. voters are casting ballots. a list of 10 candidates will narrow down to two finalists and then france will hold a decisive runoff election on may 6th. sarkozy is likely to make that cut. back here, everybody is talking about the weather.

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this year's unusually warm weather brought extra sunshine and along with it the early arrival of tick season. according to the centers for disease control 12 diseases are transmitted by particulars, including lyme disease. a rash appears within a few days to a month, and usually at the site of the tick bite. >> we think that the summer of 2012 is going to be the worst year yet for lyme disease, at

least in the northeastern and mid-atlant mid-atlantic. >> experts say you should do daily tick checks. >> just something else to worry about. a lot of people suffering from allergies were waiting for the rain that we are about to get. a lot of it because of the summer so hot. >> and as a dog owner, check the dogs when you bring them back in. >> yeah, the tick season will be bad. i don't know how you guys are fairing. the mosquitos are already this big in my backyard thanks to the mild winter we had. it's going to be a tough go from the insect problem. the pollen count back down to zero. it was in the 1,200 range for much of last week, and now we have it cleared out thanks to

the rain showers. still raining in many locations. light rain here in washington. our temperature now at 52 degrees. the official high for the day, 57 occurred just after midnight. and north wind at 10 miles per hour allows the cooler air to keep settling in. 48 encumber hrupbd and winchester. 52 degrees in cambridge. and here is a look at the doppler. look at all the rain. light rain and drizzle across the northern parts of maryland and into the mountains of west virginia. that's the leading edge of what promises to be a very rainy day today. you can see that big push of moisture coming up the eastern seaboard. heaviest rains about ready to move in the outer banks of north carolina. this is all waiting for the area

of low pressure to form. what will help it do so? this little area of green showers, that's a jet stream streak that will come into the base of the area of low pressure and deepen the low very, very quickly. as a result, we are going to see a lot of rain tonight. if you have travel plans, monday morning to philadelphia, new york city, or boston, leave early or plan on having a big delay tomorrow. the heaviest rains for us come in late this afternoon through the evening hours. heaviest rain probably 3:00 this afternoon, to about midnight tonight. and then the low races up the coast, and takes the heaviest rain with it. plenty of moisture and cold air. places like western maryland, six inches of snow could get two or three inches as far as

cumberland, maryland. be on the lookout. it's going to be a wet and rainy day. so cloudy, rain, windy, and heavy at times today. one to one and a half inches of rain west of i-95, but one and a half to three inches or maurior east of the bay. high spots could get snowflakes. there is the forecast for the rest of the week. chilly today and cold tomorrow. we have stormy, chilly, breezy, and replacing sniffly, and sneezy, and all the other stuff we deal with with the pollen. >> we did not see a little yellow on your forecast until midweek. >> that will be a short lived three. real sunshine probably not back until friday. virginia lottery officials say a burrillville woman is the

first to win two powerball prices. she bought two tickets from the same store. she will take home $1.4 million after taxes. she said she has not made any plans for spending money beyond paying bills. i am sure that's the worst of her worries. >> remind me to go and buy tickets with that lady. >> maybe she could get tickets for capitals games. >> yeah, the capitals and the nationals and wizards were all in action yesterday. none of them disappointed their fans. here is dan hellie with your sports minute. >> good morning. sports minute starts with game five. the caps and bruins in boston. capitals win 4-3 to take a 3- series lead. they can close it out at verizon center this afternoon. game time, 3:00, and you can

watch it here on nbc 4. on the diamond, it's the marlins and nationals. strausburg pitches great but doesn't get the win. but the sac fly scores desmond. nationals win 3-2, and going for the series sweep this afternoon. the wizards visiting miami heat. the wiz is up by eight at half-time. and then wizards take it, 86-84. their first three-game winning streak all season. as a matter of fact, their first three-game winning streak since last april. that's your sports minute. i am dan hellie. everybody have a great weekend. the caps are one win away

from beating the defending stanley cup champion, boston bruins. >> we want to know who you want the caps to play in the conference semifinals if they beat the bruins -- or should i say when they beat the bruins, right? go on the face page and tell us who you would prefer, and we could share some of the comments. >> it doesn't matter. serious allegations against the world's largest retailer. the global controversy involving walmart. take a look at this. it may look like a typical soccer ball,

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welcome to "news4 today." i am richard jordan. >> i am angie goff. we are working to learn the name of the man killed in montgomery county. he lost control of his nissan altima around 10:00 last night and he hit a tree in the median. nobody else was in the car. police say the victim was 30 years old. d.c. police say a homophobic slur may have led to a deadly stabbing involving two marines. poth allegedly stabbed bushong who died at the hospital. a key figure in the watergate scandal died. charles colson helped to run nixon's re-election campaign when it hired men to burglarize the democratic committee

officers in 1972. he died yesterday after surgery to fix a blood clot. he was 80 years old. and now the big story. we are getting rain. >> yeah, big changes are continuing. we will check in with chuck for more. >> thank you, angie and richard. the rain we have been waiting for to clear the pollen out of the air finally arrived. we will get wined and notably colder temperatures. some folks may jump back into winter by the time we get to tomorrow morning. for now, a live picture outside. rain showers move into town. current temperatures in the upper 40s and low 50s. an increasingly northern breeze today. the current windchill in hagerstown at 46 degrees. moderate rains move into parts from southern maryland all the way into the southern tip of st.

mary's county, and so be on the look out today. plenty of rain today. be careful. put your headlights on and take 5 to 10 miles per hour off the speed. it will be wet and that will make for slippery roadways. part of the forecast for tuesday will linger into wednesday as well. the rest of the seven-day coming up in a few more minutes. see you then. we are following breaking news this morning. rescue crews are searching to the potomac right now for a kayaker that might be missing. somebody reported seeing an overturned kayak a short time ago. this is near fletcher's boathouse. rescuers are searching north of the key bridge and we will bring you updates as they become available. right now, the fbi joining the search for a 6-year-old girl in tucson, arizona.

her disappearance is being called suspicious. 6-year-old isabel salas was discover the gone around 8:00 on saturday morning. investigators are looking into all potential scenarios including the possibility that isabel wandered out of the home or that she was kidnapped. police in new york are searching the collection of clues involving the disappearance of a 6-year-old boy. they have been tearing a basement apart in hopes of solving the mystery. brian moore has the latest. >> reporter: working into the weekend police investigators in new york continued the effort to close the cold case disappearance of aaton. he disappeared in what should have been a short walk to his

bus stop. each piece of ruble could hold the key to breaking the case. searchers were literally shifting through the dirt for clues. >> careful work is going to be done. precise, detailed deliberative work is going to be done. >> etan's disappearance was national news and it is now 30 days later. ramos was found responsible for etan's death in a civil court, but attention is now focussed on miller, a handyman that used the basement that is now being searched. >> i am not seeing anything other than the denial in involvement of what happened to the beautiful young boy. >> in new york, hope, lots of movement but still no resolution

in the search for etan patz. brian moore, nbc news. tomorrow, opening statements begin in two high profile cases. a retrial is happening here in the district for roger clemens. the former major league pitcher is accused of lying about using performance enhancing drugs. the government wants to keep one reported exchange out of court between clemens and a congressman. in that statement clemens denies he told a teammate he took a human growth hormone. ironically prosecutors allowed another portion of that exchange last year and it led to a mistrial. tomorrow in tkpwrepbz borough, north carolina, edwards will face a jury. he is accused of misusing campaign money to hide an affair while he ran for president in

2008. the former candidate faces six criminal counts. the mistress, rielle hunter, could testify for the defense. virginia state police say they are investigating hundreds of cases of voter fraud. according to the richmond times, they are looking at 400 cases across the commonwealth. 26 have been consreublgted. most of the charges included people lying on registration forms and illegally casting ballots. this morning walmart is looking into an investigation that they used bribes to obtain permits all over the country to build stores quickly and to dominate the market. walmart issues a response saying it's working aggressively to determine what happened.

a volleyball and a soccer ball that washed ashore in alaska may be the first pieces of debris to arrive in the u.s. from last year's tsunami in japan. look at a picture of that soccer ball. it was in the gulf of alaska. the sports equipment was traced back to a japanese school hit by the tsunami. an earthquake hit on march 11th, 2011, and 16,000 people were killed and 3,000 people still unaccounted for. right now, her family believes she was dying of cancer and had six months to live. her school raised $6,000 for her cause, but just one problem, she did not have cancer. a miraculous comeback on robin gibbs. his condition is still to come.

obama's college tour, pennsylvania voters head to the polls, and money, money, money. on monday, romney campaigns in pennsylvania. he will likely remain in the state through tuesday. on tuesday, republican voters go to the polls in five states. president obama begins a two-day three-state trip this swing states talking student loans. if congress does not act by july 1st, student loan interest rates could double. he will hit college campuses first at the university of north carolina chapel hill. in north carolina the president will make his first appearance on the jimmy fallon show. it can't be spelled out clearer, this is about young

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welcome back. our wednesday's child this week is a young man you have met before. it has been three years since we first introduced you to tony. >> barbara harrison caught up with him at best buy and found he had an interest in electronics. >> remember tony? he is taller since we met him. back then he wanted to grow up to be a dog trainer. he has new ideas now. although he doesn't have a cell phone or ipad, he loves reading the specks for them.

>> he does really well in school. he gets along with his peers and has a great heart. >> tony has been in the foster care system for a long time now. >> do you know how many times you have moved? >> no. >> haven't kept count, huh? >> no. >> what is it like to move from one house to another? >> boring, but i can handle it, though. >> what is the hardest thing of having to move? >> having to say good-bye. >> he says he's ready to have a family that means forever. >> i never had somebody that cared for me in my life except for some people. >> those were social workers, and he would like to have a family. as a surprise for tony, roger of best buy had a gift for him, a cell phone. >> i really appreciate this. >> perhaps soon tony will able to phone home. >> that was barbara harrison there. if you have room in your heart

or home for tony or another child you have seen on wednesday's child, please call the special adoption hotline. 1-88-to-adopt-me. chuck is back with us now. the rain still coming down, huh, chuck? >> there were some people that were on twitter that says where is the rain? >> wihere is the rain? >> i don't know.

so the rain is here, chuck? >> yes. no doubt. >> i just wrote her back to find out where she lives? >> palo alto, where it's not raining now. >> maybe it was not raining enough for her, perhaps. >> if it's not raining at your house now, it probably already

has rained and it will rain again very shortly. promise you that. rain showers are a big part, if not the entire part of your sunday forecast. falling temperatures and rain drops and a gusty northwest wind will make for an indoor recess kind of day. maybe a nice comfy spot on the couch with your dog next to you. 52 is our current temperature. there is the north wind at 10 miles per hour. i think it will increase in speed up the coastline. we were in the mid-50s when i got to work this morning, and now we are in the low 50s and back into the upper 40s in some areas to mid-40s. on radar, maybe it's not raining in this spot here west of

mcclain, maybe a break in the action next toli leesburg. more heavy rain on the outer banks of north carolina. it has not formed officially just yet. and it's going to come up the mouth of the chesapeake bay this afternoon. it will be an energized storm. an ugly day around here today. getting worse by late this afternoon. so heavy rain, moving northbound today. the area of low pressure races up the coast, and it will take the heavy rainfall away from us, and so early morning travel plans on your monday to philadelphia, new york or boston

could be seriously impacted. rain drops switching over to snowflakes in far western maryland, some spots near deep creek lake could see six inches of snow or more, and could get the one-inch line as far east as cumberland, maryland. occasional snowflakes possible, maybe as close by as frederick, maryland. i don't think it will add up to too much. rainfall amounts, one to one and a half inches from i-95 westbound to the blue ridge, and one and a half to three inches or poor from i-95 eastbound to the chesapeake bay. and then an ugly day to go back to work and school for tomorrow. rain ending with occasional snowflakes and a few spots. staying very chilly through tuesday. a peek that sun shows up on tuesday. i am already optimistic for next weekend. >> yeah, look ahead, to the goal next weekend.

>> eyes on the prize. a texas teenager is behind bars accused of pocketing thousands of dollars after she convinced her family and friends and classmates that she was dying on leukemia. the 19-year-old angie gomez was arrested in horizon city on friday. her school held several fundraisers for gomez. there is no evidence bgomez eve had cancer. and bee gees singer robin gibbs spent more than a week in a coma. he can nod his head and communicate with family members. the 62-year-old got pneumonia and fell into a coma last week. he had intentional surgery last month. gibbs founded the group with his

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nbc 4 is your place for politics on sunday. the chris matthews show follows us and then it's "meet the press" with david gregory. >> good morning, washington. coming up at 10:00 on the chris matthews show, the presidential race is very tight. what is fascinating two-thirds of us are locked into our choice. what will make the difference on election day?

new polls show white voters are not there for barack obama the way they were last time, and is it all about jobs? if jobs pick up will obama get back his 2008 coalition? plus, it's a celebrity world. obama was a rock star last time. will celebrity be a winner for him this time or will slow and steady romney look better. we have a great roundtable. now for a look at what is coming up on "meet the press," here is david gregory. >> 12 secret service agents now implicated in the prostitution scandal down in columbia. this is in the wake of the controversy spending spree. who is going to be held accountable for all of this as new details emerge in both incidents. chairman of the house oversight

committee, darryl issa of california, and the congressman from new york, peter king. and then we have polling that shows the race between romney and obama. we will talk to david axelrod, plus our political roundtable. there is more, and stay tuned after the program for my rare press pass conversation with jay leno on politics and comedy. leno on politics and comedy. we asked earlier who cap's

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