we're keeping an eye out for the weather tonight. trying to see which neighborhoods are getting wet right now. >> and a beloved author whose signature work "where the wild things are" which forever changed children's literature, has died. >> i'm dorene gentzler. >> i'm jim vance. we begin with details about the foiled airline bombing plot. it was disrupted because the cia had a source deep inside al qaeda in yemen. it was a man who posed as the bomber. and while the plot involved a new and more sophisticated bombing device, there are no immediate plans to change airport screening measures. a device is now being analyzed. steve handelsman at the capitol now with more. steve. >> reporter: thanks. it's a huge development, and there's a lot of satisfaction tonight, in official washington. after the cia's first ever revealedin filtration of al qaeda, and homeland security is saying that its system seems up to this challenge.

u.s. officials say the full-body scanners in many u.s. and overseas airports probably would have picked up the latest al qaeda bomb. >> i think all things considered, yes, in high likelihood, it would have been detected. >> reporter: the fbi is analyzing the device. the next version of the underwear bomb that fizzled in 2009, worn by al qaeda terrorist, omar abdulmutallab al ab. >> we see an increase in the sophistication of the device. >> reporter: and the cia is adapting in yemen, scoring a huge coup, sources say. in this nation, where al qaeda is the most active. >> we don't have to worry about the ied or the would-be bomber. >> reporter: sources say the bomber was never a worry, but, in fact, a cia source, an asset, who brought the bomb out of yemen. infiltrating al qaeda would be a breakthrough. >> this is something we have been trying to do for a long time. so these sources, these methods

of our collecting intelligence are really the crown jewels in terms of disrupting these plots. >> reporter: the same cia source helped target a u.s. drone. senior u.s. officials tell nbc news, that killed the head of al qaeda in yemen on sunday. administration officials are feeling good today. >> since 9/11. and not one plane has been brought down. by a terrorist. [ applause ] >> reporter: but from the tsa to the cia, the vow tonight is not to let up, since all died proved it's still targeting usair travel. from capitol hill, i'm steve handelsm handelsman. one person is in the hospital after driving a car into a building in fairfax county. it happened about 1:30 this afternoon in the 8,000 block of henson farm road in mt. vernon. the car went about halfway through the building. the driver was trapped and had to be rescued. the driver's condition is not known yet, and there's no word on what caused this accident. a newly released sketch

could help police find the man who pretended to be a police officer and robbed a woman as she was leaving church. police say the suspect is in his late 20s, weighs about 190 pounds, and has tattoos on both arms. the victim told police she was pulled over last wednesday in silver spring. the police impersonator asked for the driver's i.d., then ordered her out of the car. the suspect then pretended to search the car. he took her purse and cell phone, and then he took off. police are trying to figure out who shot two people in a vehicle in prince george's county. it happened about 2:00 this morning onbrans avenue near the beltway in temple hills. police say the victims ended up crashing their car. the driver was hit by the gunfire, taken to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. a passenger in that car suffered minor injuries. a woman in fairfax county has been charged in a deadly road rage confrontation. records show the suspect has a history of traffic offenses. pat collins has the latest.

>> reporter: the suspect, 32-year-old gloria mcmillan. the victim, 21-year-old shalinda arrington. they both live in apartments on lockheed boulevard, about a half mile apart. they were not known to each other. mcmillan's driving history. according to court records, mcmillan has been cited for driving on a suspended or revoked license, reckless driving, several speeding tickets, and a number of moving violations in prince george's county, arlington county, and fairfax county. the new charge. a felony charge. police say it stems from a case of road rage. they say last friday on a street near their homes, the two women got into an exchange of words. they got out of their cars. it got more heated. they say suspect mcmillan got into her chevy suv and took off. and as she did, she struck and

killed shalinda arrington. the charge, felony hit and run. >> directives do not believe and do not have evidence to support, be it verbal or otherwise, don't have evidence to support that the suspect did this intentionally. >> reporter: the big break. shortly after the incident, police put out a lookout for a black chevy suv spotted leaving the scene. it had paper tags, but they only had three of the numbers on the tag. that turned out to be just enough. >> in one of our homicide detectives sat down in front of a computer, and just ran every conceivable combination involving those digits, and came up with a list of potential suspect vehicles. >> reporter: the lesson learned. >> if people are engaged in some type of a road rage incident, if emotions are running high, do yourself a favor. take a deep breath, turn the other cheek, drive away. >> reporter: tonight, suspect mcmillan held without bond,

pending further court action in this case. live, fairfax county, pat collins, news4. >> we are getting some much-needed rain out there today. doug is watching the radar for the latest details on where the storms are, and what's coming next. doug? >> yeah, right now looking at a temperature of 73 degrees out there, winds out of the south at 12 miles per hour. mostly cloudy skies, but as you just saw where pat is, fairfax county, some sunshine coming in across parts of the area. that's going to help to bring temperatures maybe up a degree or two. 68 right now in leesburg, 69 in martinsburg. 76 degrees right now in fredericksburg, and 70 towards annapolis. we did see the rain across the area today. this was the last six hours. you can see how the rain started off to the west, and then moved right on through the metro area. now, though, looking behind us, we're just seeing a few scattered showers out there. you do have to go even farther to the west to really start to pick up on that rain. i do think some of this, along with that frontal boundary, will move through during the evening tonight and into the overnight hours.

we will see a few more isolated showers, but then a return of more rain tomorrow. those of you who didn't see it, you may get it tomorrow. i'll talk about who that is coming up in a minute. thank you, doug. lawmakers on capitol hill blocked a bill on student loan rates today. that sets the stage for a showdown in the senate. the 52-45 vote keeps the measure from moving forward. 60 votes were needed. if congress constant act, interest rates on some student loans could double beginning july 1st. a one-year freeze on student loan interest rates would cost about $6 billion. and lawmakers can't agree on how to pay for that. president obama is stepping up the pressure on congress to work on other economic issues. he made the stop at a college science complex in albany, new york today and unveiled a congressional to do list. it features five proposals that he says will create jobs and grow the economy. >> first steps we can take as a nation to make it easier for companies to grow and to hire. but the truth is, the only way

we can accelerate the job creation that takes place on a scale that is needed is bold action from congress. >> the to do list includes tax incentives for businesses, a veterans job corps and new measures to help homeowners refinance their mortgages. the cost of beer, wine and other alcoholic drinks could be going up in the district if the city approves a plan to raise wholesale taxes on distilled spirits. but the liquor industry turned out in force today to try to block that. tom sherwood here with more on the story. tom? >> reporter: jim, the increase would be about 6 cents a drink. big and small firms worry about its impact. a d.c. brow in northeast washington, owners of the small brewery are proud of the start-up company that purposely picked d.c. where it does 95% of its growing business. >> we just had our year anniversary. we're doing absolutely gangbusters right now.

>> reporter: brandon is co-owner. he joined a crowd of alcohol retailers and wholesalers tuesday to oppose a wholesale tax increase that amounts to about 6 cents per drink, far higher than in the suburbs. >> we are relatively a pretty small operation. this is a product that's made right here locally in washington, d.c. and this tax directly puts that in harm's way. >> the excise tax in the district has not been increased since 1990. [ banging gavel ] >> reporter: council member jim graham is considering proposing the higher tax to help fund social service programs, and some citizens testifying agreed. >> i would readily pay a few extra cents per drink to raise that revenue for the city budget. >> d.c. has the worst alcohol and other drug problem in the nation, and the worst of the worst. >> reporter: but the broad based industry representatives say the d.c. sellers would be hurt, especially the craft brewers. >> the craft brewers in the city, which is a growing city

would suddenly be at a total disadvantage in our maryland, virginia restaurant and food sales and liquor industry. >> the tax increase could become part of the 2013 budget that gets voted on in the next few weeks. now, council jack evans, who runs the finance committee says he wouldn't let this through his committee without at least some changes. but it may go directly to the council. >> still work to be done. thanks, tom. phase two of the metro silver line waiting for approval, loudoun county, virginia is currently at an economic crossroads. that's the conclusion from george mason university. the report says the county stands to add nearly 27 3 billion dollars if the rail goes through. phase two goes from reston and fairfax county to dulles and extends two more stops. experts say it could be a driving force in getting workers and businesses from outside loudoun county to set up shop there. >> once the decision is made to

extend the metro rail, investors will start thinking about loudoun county as our buying and building in anticipation. that decision is made not to extend the rail. those investors will go somewhere else. >> loudoun county has until july 4th to decide whether to fund the extension. memories of some iconic children's books are on the minds of many today. they mourn the loss of maurice sendak, he died at the age of 83. he suffered a stroke only four days ago. sendak wrote and illustrated books such as "chicken soup with rice" and "where the wild things are." that one later became a motion picture. erica gonzalez will show us how his work is influencing the next generation coming up in our next half hour. also coming up, mass protests in moscow. hundreds have been arrested after a shift in power there. a surprising family secret is revealed at the funeral of a ♪

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an intense manhunt under way for the man who kidnapped a

woman and her children in western tennessee. that man's wife, meanwhile, and mother have been arrested for helping with that abduction. adam mayes is accused of kidnapping family friend jo ann bain and her three daughters from their home last month. the bodies of bain and her 14-year-old daughter were discovered behind their house last week. the other daughters, 12 and 8 years old, are still missing. a family member talked on the phone about how the suspect's sister knew what happened to the bodies. >> caller: she knew he dug the grave. >> oh, she did. okay. >> caller: that was my understanding of the conversation with her. because i was yelling at her, because i'm like you. what? >> the search for adam mayes now spans several states. more protests and more arrests today in moscow. police are cracking down on hundreds of opposition activists there. they have been demonstrating against russia's newly inaugust rating president, vladimir putin. stephanie gosk has our report from london. [ speaking in foreign language ]

>> reporter: vladimir putin may have officially begun has third term as russian president, but some russians still aren't willing to accept what they see as the revolving door of power at the kremlin. two of the principle architects of the opposition were arrested after an overnight sit-in, adding to the hundreds already detained in days of clashes with police in moscow. >> translator: we have shown that we have not given up, and the fight for fair elections and legitimate government goes on. and the harsher the government's reaction towards us, the harsher we will respond. and we will defend ourselves as we have every right to do. if their government is trying to destroy us, we have the right to take a stand. >> reporter: putin, who has already served eight years as president, replaces dmitri medvedev. the job swap opens the door constitutionally for eight more years in power. the former kgb officer was inaugurated in the gilded halls of the kremlin's throne room, given a 30-gun salute and a $1

million reception. in his speech, he vowed to strengthen democracy, constitutional rights and freedoms in russia. many believe his first hours back in office have done little to make good on that promise. stephanie gosk, nbc news, london. an army soldier's shocking secret created some tense moments at his funeral in california. 29-year-old army specialist moses gonzalez was laid to rest yesterday. he was apparently living a double life. he was married to two women at the same time. gonzalez died in a vehicle rollover accident in afghanistan last month. he married ruth baona in las vegas two years ago. she only found out gonzalez was still married when the army contacted his first wife, darlene, to notify her about the death instead. both women saw each other face-to-face for the first time at his funeral. >> in my heart, that's not him. i feel like he's still in afghanistan. that's how i feel. >> translator: he was a very good boy. and he died giving his life for

the country that he loved. >> gonzalez also leaves behind three children, his first wife will receive his benefits. a father's graduation gift to his son may earn him a place in pennsylvania's record books. 22-year-old todd young is an avid fisherman. on sunday, his dad took him to lake erie to celebrate his upcoming graduation from clarion university. after te minutes, he got a bite. >> whoa. >> turned out to be -- will you look at that? 39-inch long lake trout. >> wow. >> girth of 26 inches. big sucker weighed in at 29.25 pounds. that's a trout! that's a pound and a half heavier than the current record. that's luck. >> that's a pretty nice day out on the water, i'd say. >> i would say. >> that's not going to fit on this skillet. >> oh, i hope he put it back. i really hope -- >> you think so? >> i hope so. >> all right. i don't know. >> you've got to put that fish back, man. >> we would like to put today's

weather back. but we needed the rain. >> as we talked about last night, the rain was going to come in and miss us. that's exactly what happened. we saw 2/100 of an inch of rain today, even though it rained for a couple hours. some areas north and west picked up some much-needed rain but we need a lot more. right now, take a look at all of the cloud cover across the region. we have been socked in with the clouds pretty much all day long. we have seen some breaks and a little bit of sunshine from time to time. but that's really been about it. mostly cloudy skies all day long. we did still manage to get to a high temperature of 75 degrees. so that wasn't too bad. at least it was nice and mild. low this morning, 61. the average high, 73. there it is at the airport, 2/100 of an inch of rain today, and right now at 5.16 below average for rainfall, so, again, we need to see it, and i don't think we're going to see too much more during the day tomorrow. although some other places do have a good chance. gaithersburg today picking up about 15/hundreds of an inch.

leesburg, a quarter inch of rain and brookfield and maryland, upwards of 7/100 of an inch. cooler because of the clouds and rain to the north and west. 66 in frederick, 68 in leesburg. 68 in whin chester. to the south, we saw much less in the way of rain. actually almost no rain. pax river, 77. 79 in freds rehabilitationburg, and 79 in the culpeper area. 73 under cloudy skies. winds out of the north at 12 miles per hour. the southerly component to the wind here. we're going to continue to see the wind out of the south. we'll stay mild throughout the rest of the evening and overnight. current temperature, 70 in martinsburg, 73 in la plata. don't expect these numbers to change a whole lot the next few hours. there goes the first batch of rain we saw come through the area. and we do have a few more showers to the west. around winchester, martinsburg,

this is the area that is going to be seen. it's the area that already saw the rain during the day today. and you can see right now where that rain is. frederick county, right over the border, mt. airy and damascus, gaithersburg, clarksburg and we continue to watch as showers around winchester make their way in through jefferson county, coming up over the next half hour to an hour. as we widen out, this rain associated with a cold front will move through the area overnight tonight. a few more areas of showers, maybe a rumble of thunder. we'll see some shower activity. tomorrow, however, we're going to turn our attention to the south. an area of low pressure is going to make its way along this cold front, and that area of low pressure will help in the addition of some rain during the day tomorrow. 5:00 tomorrow, take a look. pretty good amount of rain, i think, especially right around the i-95 corridor. south and east. so the areas that did not see the rain today will have a better chance of seeing the rain tomorrow. and into tomorrow night as that area of low pressure makes its way on out of here. thursday, looking a little bit

better as far as sunshine is concerned. and rather breezy with winds upwards of 20 to 30 miles per hour. this evening, continued cloudy with areas of showers. breezy and mild. we'll see those numbers dip down a little bit tonight, but not too bad. temperatures between 56 and 63 when you wake up tomorrow morning. we'll see isolated showers for your morning commute. but i'm not expecting too many showers. we'll see the bulk of them during the afternoon tomorrow. and the best chance will be down to the south and east under mostly cloudy skies. temperatures 74 to about 78 degrees. here's the next couple days showing 70 on thursday, 74 on friday. and look at the weekend. beautiful. 77 on saturday, 80 on sunday. next chance of rain coming up early next week. so right now, if you have a three-day weekend, friday, saturday, sunday, it's looking good. >> it's not too soon to mention about how mother's day is coming up on sunday. >> you know, dorene, mother's day is coming up and i just wanted you to know that. >> okay. thanks, doug. also coming up, new license plates out for what is being called the car of the future. also ahead, two local

schools dealing with child sex scandals right now. and the suspects were trusted members of the community. coming up in sports, nationals phenom bryce harper with a new spot in the batting order as the nats get a couple big guns back. and how the entire caps-rangers series changed in just six seconds.

mechanical fatigue caused some brake parts to fall off of metro trains earlier this year. the official report was attained by "the washington post." the friction rings fell off the rail cars before their intended life span. one ring fell off in december, damaging two cars and delaying service for hours on the orange and blue lines. another fell off in january near the stadium armory station. a man who worked at a montgomery county high school is accused of inappropriate behavior with at least three students. >> tonight, police are trying to find out if there are other victims. this investigation under way now at northwood high school in silver spring. chris gordon joins us there now. he's there with more on this

story. chris? >> reporter: good evening. the northwood high school community is shocked tonight by allegations that young boys here were solicited for sex. it allegedly happened in northwood high school in the auditorium area where plays are staged. 39-year-old aaron lamare worked in the audio/visual department until early march when he resigned for personal reasons. a school counselor was later surprised when told that two students had received telephone texts from mr. lamare, soliciting sex. police detectives began an investigation when child pornography was found on a laptop computer lamare used at the school, that included the naked picture of a former student. the montgomery county public school system tells news4, as soon as this type of information is brought to the attention of the school, we notify police. they removed mr. lamare. he subsequently resigned. they fully cooperated with police. >> when they learned of this information and they did so internally, before we did, they

contacted us immediately. then we took over. we began looking at some of the evidence that they already had, and, of course, we dug deeper and talked with more people. >> reporter: lamare was arrested. he appeared in montgomery county district court today, facing more than a dozen charges, including possession of child pornography, sexual solicitation of a minor, sex abuse of a minor, and indecent exposure. judge patricia mitchell set bond at $50,000. the principal at northwood sent a note home with students about aaron lamare's arrest. >> i was really surprised, because usually that would never happen i think in high school. but still, we have got the security and the school have got to do a lot more better to protect the students. >> reporter: another problem facing montgomery county public schools became public yesterday. neilsville middle school in germantown also had a member of its staff arrested. the principal's letter to parents says, kyler cornel was

charged with having inappropriate contact with a minor. the schools say the safety and security of their students is of utmost concern, but some parents tonight are complaining that not enough is being done to provide counseling and other help to the young victims of sex abuse in the schools. that's the latest, live in silver string, maryland, i'm chris gordon, news4. an airline terror bomb plot was disrupted, because the cia had a source inside al qaeda in yemen. he was a man who posed as the bomber. homeland security says there is no need to change airport screening procedures, even though the plot uncovered a new kind of underwear bomb that does not contain metal. that bomb is being analyzed now. a woman in alexandria is being charged in a deadly road rage attack. police say gloria mcmillan ran over 21-year-old shalinda arrington after they got into an argument on the road last friday. mcmillan has a history of traffic violations, including

reckless driving and speeding. in north carolina, voters are deciding whether their state will define marriage as solely between a man and a woman. they're voting on an amendment in their state constitution that would essentially close the door on same-sex marriage. experts expect the measure will pass. they put a rottweiler under quarantine after it brutally attacked a woman known by her neighbors as the dog whisperer. the woman who was attacked will survive. but she is going to have to undergo several extensive reconstructive surgeries. jane watrel has our report from olney, maryland. >> reporter: a neighborhood in shock after a well-known dog-lover suffered a severe facial attack. >> jan is known as the dog whisperer, truly in the neighborhood. she loves dogs, carries treats in her pocket. and i suspect the dog was a little agitated, and she went to comfort the dog. >> reporter: it happened along rose theater circle, when a 24-year-old woman was walking her father's rottweiler. it was then that the victim, known to the neighborhood as the

dog whisperer, stopped to chat. >> while this conversation was occurring, the dog, although on a leash, was able to jump up and bite the victim on the face. >> reporter: the attack has rattled many in this dog-friendly neighborhood, because they say the victim is such a lover of dogs. allan saw the victim shortly after the incident occurred monday evening. >> i saw a young lady sitting over there on the grass and two other people helping her out. and she was completely bleeding around her face. >> reporter: montgomery county animal control officers have ordered a ten-day guarantee teen of the rottweiler, which will remain home behind closed doors. the victim doesn't want to press charges, despite the fact she will face multiple reconstructive surgeries. >> she could have only been nice to the dog. that's all she knows. >> reporter: the dog has no history of biting or attacking people. in olney, jane watrel, news4. >> friends and family said dwb

to a local priest today. a priest who was murdered. the funeral was held for reverend mary magazine receipt. she was shot by a homeless man in saint peters church. police say the man was upset after he was turned away from the church's food bank. the other victim, brenda brewington, will be laid to rest on thursday at st. john's parish. tonight we know more about chuck brown's health problems. the d.c. music legend is suffering from pneumonia. the 75-year-old godfather of go-go cancelled or postponed concerts since march because of his health issues. his daughter, kk brown, who performs in her father's band declined to provide additional details. civil rights icon rosa parks is going to be honored at the washington national cathedral. this thursday, a new sculpture of parks will be dedicated in the cathedral's human rights

porch, a section of the church devoted to those involved in the fight for social justice and equality. back in 1955, rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a montgomery, alabama bus to a white passenger. her action was a major spark in the fight to end segregation. the sculpture will be dedicated during an evening ceremony, one of parks' nieces is expected to attend. the author maurice sendak prided himself on writing and illustrating books that he said captured the truth about being a kid. today, local families honored the memory of the late author by delving into one of his most beloved and controversial works. erica gonzalez reports. >> that's true. >> reporter: through the course of 60 years, award-winning author, maurice sendak, wrote and illustrated nearly 100 books. today, at 83, the brooklyn native died. but his legacy lives on. >> his text is very simple and gets to the point and kids can relate. >> reporter: in fairfax, kids and their parents sat down for story time at the chantilly

regional library and shared in one of sendak's most famous and beloved books. >> "where the wild things are." >> reporter: the story tells the tale of a boy named max, sent to his room without supper after misbehaving, and the monsters he encounters in his fantasy world. although it was written nearly 50 years ago, it can still captivate an audience. some critics and parents thought the book was too scary for children, but sendak was vindicated in 1964, when he won the california did he cot award. >> sarah says it's taught son nate a sense of bravery. >> it doesn't give me, like, nightmares. >> reporter: it doesn't give you nightmares. >> no. >> reporter: no? it's not scary? >> no. >> reporter: you don't think when the wild things come out and show their claws, that's not scary? >> no. of course not. >> reporter: a former kindergarten teacher, sarah b w

blow reads the stories to her students, children too. >> it has a good ending. it's timeless. >> his mother called him wild thing. >> reporter: so timeless, in fact, it was read by the president at this year's easter egg roll, and was even made into a film adaptation by spike jones in 2009. >> it would be great to experience new stories from maurice sendak, but those will always be there. >> reporter: in chantilly, news4. coming up, a car that can drive itself is one step closer ♪

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yesterday, google was issued the nation's first-ever autonomous vehicle license plate by the state of nevada. what that means is that google can now operate its self-driving prius on public roads in that state, provided there are two people inside to take control. the plate is easily identifiable. it's bright red with an infinity symbol on the left side. google has been testing the self-driving car for about a year-and-a-half now. a new report from aaa warns that teenage drivers are at greater risk for deadly crashes when other teens are passengers in the car. a 16 or 17-year-old driver's risk of death increases 44% if there's just one teen passenger in the car with them. that number doubles with two teen passengers. quadruples when there are three

or more minors. the study shows young drivers' risk drops 62% when adults over the age of 35 are in the vehicle with them. a local high school senior is going to graduate with a full ride to college next year thanks to a very special award. her name is brianna alexander and attends the academies at anacostia high school. she won the bill and minute dagates scholarship. it pays for any further schooling she wants to pursue. she is ranked kicked in her class now, despite being diagnosed earlier on with a learning disability. >> i read in my spare time so i can develop my learning skills more. >> reporter: regardless of the zip code in which they live, they can achieve anything they want to achieve. and we applaud organizations like the bill and melinda gates foundation for supporting the dreams of every single student.

>> alexandria wants to study biology and become a veterinarian. she'll go to george mason university in the fall. >> brianna alexander. we better remember that name. that kid is going places. >> let's hope so. what you got? we're going to have to take another look at the heartbreak in new york city. unfortunately, we have to. the caps suffering against the rangers. local boxer lamont peterson's next big bout is in doubt. we will explain why. plus, two faces of the franchise will finally

and hello, everybody, i'm meteorologist doug kammerer taking a look at what has been a cloudy day across the area. still not that bad even though we did say rain. temperatures in the 70s for most of us across the area. winds south at 12 miles per hour. around the region, areas that stayed in the 60s, gaithersburg now at 68 degrees. baltimore right now at 69 degrees. but 7 4 in college park. huntingtown, 74 degrees. warrenton coming in at 75. what have we seen as far as the radar is concerned? once again, the rain that came through earlier today is now out

of here. now we're watching what's coming in from the west. these showers continue to develop right around the winchester area, martinsburg and shepherdstown and charlestown, harpers ferry, loudoun county, you'll see shower activity. as we widen out, you continue to see more showers developing and moving our way. even some thundershowers associated with this. i'm not anticipating much in the way of thunder. don't expect anything strong or severe this evening, but maybe a rumble of thunder or two as this line makes its way our way. here's our future cast, starting tomorrow at 5:30 in the morning. most of us will be dry tomorrow. it's tomorrow afternoon, here's 5:30 tomorrow afternoon, the afternoon rush, that could be a little bit on the wet side. and really, this is right around the i-95 corridor to the south. north and west, where you saw today, not nearly as much rain as you'll get during the day tomorrow. and then once again, 10:30 tomorrow night, more rain likely as an area of low pressure moves off the coast. we need to see the rain. hopefully we pick up a half

inch. morning temperatures in the 50s to about the 63 degree mark inside the beltway. it is going to be a rather mild morning for most of us. temperatures tomorrow afternoon with i think at least some sun, maybe a little bit early, we will get up into the mid to upper 70s. 77 in washington, maybe 80 degrees in fredericksburg. next couple days, 70 on your thursday, 74 on friday. saturday coming in at 77 degrees. right now, the weekend looking good. >> all right. thank you, doug. >> looking what, doug? >> good. >> good! i want to see that day. only a few seconds left, but man, when it went bad, it went bad in a hurry. >> probably the toughest playoff loss to digest, even more so than the triple overtime loss in the last 20 years. six seconds away from victory and the script was flipped for the capitals. joe ward, game seven for the boston series, made a crucial mistake that may have cost the caps the game. and nobody, nobody took the loss harder than ward himself.

♪ >> it's no secret i -- you know, i cost the game for the squad. and it came down to a couple seconds, the guys were working hard. it's just -- you know, i tyke pride in being out there at the time in the game and doing my job. i didn't execute and therefore cost the team the win. >> it's tough. it was a tough play. he's doing everything he can to box that guy out like he's supposed to, doing his job, and unfortunately those things happen with high sticks. and got a penalty. so you know, joel has done an outstanding job. you know, just nothing you can do there. >> guys are doing their job, doing what was asked, and -- that's what happens. >> we block a lot of shots. sometimes those go in and it just happened to be in overtime today. >> rookie goalie braden holtby once again played beyond his years. the third star of the game had 35 saves. now it's gut-check time for the

rook and his mates. they have to win two in a row over the number-one seed to stay alive. >> it's tough. it's hard to swallow. but, you know, it's a hockey game. i don't have a lot to say about it, but it's -- it's a tough loss. but we need to regroup. you know, they won at home. now we need to win at home. >> i don't think somebody thinks we're going to lose it easily. you know, we're going home. we're going to play at our house. and, you know, we'll come back here and beat them here. ah, the drama! big game tomorrow, capitals trying to stave off elimination. talking about bake of baseball. major league baseball did not take kindly to coal cole hamels admitting he threw at bryce

harper. mlb has fined rizzo an undisclosed amount, calling hamels classless, gutless and a bleeping chicken bleep. he was asked about his reaction to hamels' five game suspension. >> i think i've said probably enough about cole hamels. i'm going to stand by my statement with him and just move on from there. >> some things have happened in the past that i don't make a lot of comments on other people's comments. there's too much media coverage on it now. and hamels making those comments, you know, that's kind of a rare thing to ever happen. there was no comment. >> and then the smile. nats in pittsburgh tonight and bryce harper will actually be playing with ryan zimmerman for the first time. harper moving up to second in the batting order, because zimmerman is coming back from the dl.

adam la-roche also back from injuries so the nationals should have some added pop in the lineup, which they have desperately been needing lately. the much-anticipated rematch between local boxer lamont peterson and amir kan is in daughter after a failed drug test for peterson. the lightweight champion tested for higher than normal levels of synthetic testosterone. peterson won the wba when he beat kan last december. his lawyer called the failed drug test an isolated occurrence. now, the fight could still take place as scheduled on may 19th in vegas. that decision is up to the nevada athletic commission. they're expected to make a ruling by wednesday or by thursday. the nba postseason is going on. the wnba regular season getting ready to kick off. the washington mystics open up at home against the chicago sky on may 19th. a team looking to rebound after a season to forget.

media day at verizon center for trudy lacey and the mistakes a year after tying for the best record in the east, the mystics just 6 and 28 last season. the terp contingent different. marissa coleman is gone, and laura harper, a former top-ten pick, trying to make the team, a team whose coach thinks playoffs are definitely in the picture, despite last season's troubles. >> oh, definitely. i think so. you know, again, it's a mind-set. you know, it's about, you know, doing your work every night, believing that you can win, going out to play to win. and really, you know, believing that you're unstoppable. >> going into every season, i have high expectations for myself and for the team. and basically, you have to win games, you know. you have to win games if you want fans to come see you, you have to win games if you want to keep a job. so the bottom line is i want to do whatever it takes to win. >> all right. wnba season starting up.

hockey playoffs continue. we hope the capitals can stay alive. and let's hope lamont peterson can get cleared -- >> bad read. >> actually, the ironic thing, he's the one who requested olympic-style drug testing. so i seriously doubt somebody who requested that type of drug testing, which is very intense -- >> is cheating -- >> would be messing around with that. >> thank you. . coming up, the clock hands that mysteriously disappeared from the georgetown university tower are back. for all your news, we invite to you search nbc news online. just search facebook and twitter.

it's a book that's older than the declaration of independence. historians in south carolina recently found this extremely rare political volume that was written in 1743. it's called "the dissertation on parties." the book made it through a fire that destroyed hundreds of other books at the charleston library society. it had been sitting in the library's vault since then. the book is now housed at the college of charleston. only 15 other copies are known to still exist. hey, if you look forward to girl scout cookies every year, well, we've got some news for you. coming soon to a store near you, girl scout candy bars. >> oh, wow. >> yeah, they're being produced

by nestle. there will be variations on the company's famous necessarily crunch bar. three varieties, thin mint, caramel coconut and peanut butter cream. they hit store shelves june 1st. but there will also be a special presale through facebook sometime tomorrow. >> coming up on our broadcast at 11:00 tonight, john travolta's lawyer is speaking out after a second lawsuit filed by a ma sewer claiming inappropriate behavior. new details emerging after parts and ammunition for a gun were found hidden in three stuffed animals at an airport scanner. and a rooster problem right here at home. an entire neighborhood being kept up at night. >> oh, that's not good. >> oh, my goim one more check on our weather, doug? more showers throughout the rest of the evening, i think, most of us should stay on the dry side. you will see some, so good idea to carry the umbrella, not only tonight but into the day tomorrow too. tomorrow, a good chance of rain, going with a 70% chance of some

rain and some shower activity. 77 degrees tomorrow. 70 on your thursday, rather breezy, if not windy on thursday. with winds 20 to 30 miles per hour. friday, beautiful. 74 degrees, plenty of sunshine, and the weekend could not be any better. 77 on your saturday. 80 on sunday. looking very, very nice. monday and tuesday looking good, too. a lot of people heading to association city or rehoboth, a lot of calls asking how it will be with this weekend. with the southwesterly wind, could be warm at the beach. >> sounds good. thanks, doug. we may never know what happened to the clock hands that disappeared from the haylee tower at georgetown university last week. but we can at least tell time again on the campus. the university put a new pair of hands on the clock this morning. somebody swiped the old ones on april 29th. the alleged thieves sent an e-mail to the campus community, claiming they sent the clock hands to the vatican. school officials don't think that's funny. they don't like any of this at

all. they say it's dangerous and it's costly. a student who admitted to taking the hands back in 2005 told the hoya newspaper the university should just embrace the tradition. in other words, as a local politician once said famously -- infamously, "get over it." that's what he said. that's not what we're saying. that's our broadcast tonight. "nightly news" later tonight. >> we'll see you later tonight on news4 at 11:00. have a good evening.